Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1038 Chiyou's Three Attacks on Yizhou

Chapter 1036: Chi You's Three Attacks on Yizhou

Among the thirteen prefectures of the Han Dynasty, Yizhou's economy is not the highest, but it is definitely the largest prefecture in terms of area.

Yizhou has eight counties, three states and three provinces, a total of 3 counties. During the Shu Han period, it was divided into 98 counties, and the number of counties expanded to 21 counties.

However, although the territory of Yizhou is large, most of the areas are sparsely populated.

More than [-]% of Yizhou's population is concentrated in the four counties of Shu County, Hanzhong, Ba County, and Guanghan, while the Nanzhong area in southern Sichuan is sparsely populated and has a large number of barbarians.

Today's Yizhou is occupied by four forces, namely: Yizhou Mu Liu Yan, Hanzhong Prefect Li Shimin, Bajun Prefect Liu Ji, and Nanman King Chi You.

Since Liu Yan became the shepherd of Yizhou, in order to completely control the strength of his subordinates, he has carried out a total of two administrative relocations.

Just as Jingzhou's original government was in Jiangling instead of Xiangyang, Yizhou's initial government was not in Chengdu, Shu County, but Luo County in Guanghan County.

In 191, Liu Yan moved the government office from Luo County to Mianzhu County, Guanghan.

In 194, Liu Yancai moved the state government to Chengdu, Shu County.

After more than 2000 years, Chengdu's status has not changed, and it has always been the political and economic center of Yizhou.

Although Liu Yan is the shepherd of Yizhou, the real territory directly under his jurisdiction is Shu County, Guanghan and Qianwei, and the counties in southern Sichuan are constantly fighting because of the mixed residence of Han and barbarians, so Liu Yan controls them. relatively low force.

Speaking of the Nanman rebellion, Liu Yan was able to handle it at first, but since the Nanman Zhu Rong's family changed to a new leader, the situation in southern Sichuan has become more and more serious, and even Liu Yan can't help but feel a little powerless.

Zhu Rong was originally one of the five major tribes of the Southern Man. After Chi You became the leader of the Zhu Rong tribe, he quickly integrated the power of the whole clan with a thunderous force, and then began to expand abroad with great ambitions.

Although Chi You was born in Nanman, but when he was young, he went to the Han Dynasty and roamed the rivers and lakes, so he still knows the world of the Han Dynasty very well.

Chi You knew that there was a huge gap in equipment between the Han and the Barbarians, so he didn't set his sights on the big Han at first, but chose to annex the small surrounding tribes first, and then counterattack the Han people after unifying the Southern Man.

The process of Chi You's domination of the Nanman was not smooth, and the other tribes of the Nanman were not soft persimmons, especially the Zhurong tribe's deadly rival, the Gonggong tribe.

Zhurong and Gonggong are two tribes, one believes in Zhurong, the god of fire, and the other believes in Gonggong, the god of water. Because of their different beliefs, the relationship between the two tribes is naturally incompatible.

The difference between the Gonggong tribe and the Zhurong tribe is that the new leader of each generation will inherit the name of Gongshui Shengong, while the current leader of the Gonggong tribe, Gonggong, is the most difficult thing that Chi You encountered in the process of unifying the Southern Man. opponent.

The Zhurong tribe under the leadership of Chi You, after annexing more than ten small tribes, finally aroused the fear of the Gonggong tribe, and several wars broke out between the two tribes.

Although Chi You won the battle, he also lost a lot.

Although Gonggong lost, it won the support of other tribes in the Southern Man.

Seeing this, Chi You finally realized that if he wanted to forcibly unify the Nanman, even if he succeeded in the end, it would consume a lot of Nanman's vitality, so he decided to transfer the conflict to the outside, and the target was naturally the big man.

Chi You described to the leaders of the major tribes in the Nanman how beautiful the world of the big Han is, but the life of the Nanman is so poor and backward. By comparing the two, the leaders of the tribes are naturally unhappy.

But at this time, Chi You suddenly said how powerful the big man is, for example: the champion Hou Qinhao destroyed 20 Huns in one battle, and Dong Zhuo killed the Qiang people so that they dare not set up a Qiang king...

If you don't want to be exterminated, if you want to live a good life, then the only way is to unite.

Unity is the only way out for the Nanban.

Although ninety-nine percent of the people in the Nanman do not know a single word, it does not mean that they are ignorant.

Under Chi You's earnest persuasion, the leaders of the various tribes basically agreed with Chi You's theory that 'union is the only way out for the Nanman', but this still failed to unite the entire Nanman.

Chi You knew that profit is the key to drive people's hearts, so he voluntarily gave up some benefits in exchange for the trust of several tribes with bad relations, and formed a coalition army to launch the first invasion of Yizhou. It can only be Chi You.

Chi You's first invasion of Yizhou was not many troops, only [-] troops, but he fought successively, almost crushing Liu Yan's [-] troops. In the end, he was completely defeated and occupied the southernmost part of Yizhou. Yongchang County is a land of five counties including Buwei County, its governing place.

Although the territory of the five counties is not large, it is a great encouragement to the various ethnic groups in the Nanman. After all, they have launched countless rebellions, but it is one of the few times that they have successfully set foot on Han soil. .

Of course, the losses of the Southern Barbarians themselves were not low. Almost half of the [-] invading army suffered casualties, and this was mainly caused by the gap in equipment between the two sides.

Chi You invaded Yizhou for the first time. Although the territory he laid down was not large, he captured a large number of weapons and armor, and also let the various tribes of the Nanman see the benefits of unity.

After the first victory, Chi You's second invasion naturally became more natural.

This time, almost all the tribes of the Nanman, even Chi You's nemesis, Gonggong, participated, dispatching a total of [-] troops.

After Liu Yan suffered a big loss at Chi You's hands, he was naturally full of vigilance towards him. This time he naturally used all his strength to resist, but it was still difficult to resist Chi You's invasion.

The physical fitness of the barbarians is stronger than that of the Han people, and now they have obtained the weapons and equipment of the Han army. Chi You is more than a step ahead of the generals of the Yizhou army in terms of strategy and command, so how could Liu Yan resist it? What about Chi You?
Liu Yan fought repeatedly and failed repeatedly, and gradually the entire Nanzhong would be lost, and if he continued to lose like this, Chi You might really break through southern Sichuan and attack Chengdu.

The strong invasion of the southern barbarian Chiyou aroused the same hatred of the Yizhou family, but although the message received the full support of the native state family, it still could not defeat Chiyou on the frontal battlefield, and could only unite with Liu Ji, the prefect of Berkshire to resist Southern barbarians invaded.

Even if Liu Ji and Liu Yan joined forces, they would have to pay a huge price to drive Chi You back.

General Cao Wushang under Liu Ji's command was beheaded by Gonggong, generals Lu Wan and Guan Ying were killed by Chi You, and Peng Yue, Cao Can and Xia Houying were also seriously injured by Chi You.

As for Liu Yan, it was even worse. According to statistics, more than 30 generals and schools were killed in battle, and this made the Yizhou Army almost reach the dilemma of having no generals available.

(End of this chapter)