Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2601: The Three Gates of Yunnan and Guizhou, the Sixth Battle of Shu Man

Yizhou County originally had a total of 16 counties, but after repeated competition between Shuhan and Nanman, and the new cities built by immigrants from each other, it was finally developed into 23 counties, and this place was divided into: Yizhou and Jianning. , the three counties of Yunnan.

The southernmost three counties in Jianning and five counties in Yunnan, a total of eight counties belonged to Nanman, and Chiyou also merged these eight counties into Dian County, set the capital in the original Changgu County, and made it Changed its name to Kunming.

There are eleven counties in the Southern Kingdom, of which only Dian County, Lijiang County and Qiannan County are bordered by Shu.

The total population of the Southern Kingdom is 260 million, which is less than 300 million. The whole country can only support an army of 20.

However, the Shu Han has a population of 630. Before the maximum expansion of the army, it already had an army of 25. After the expansion, it is not known how many troops there will be.

As far as the power comparison between the two countries is concerned, it is almost impossible for the southern country to annex Shu.

But this time, Da Qin first started a war against Shu in Hanzhong, attracting most of the Shu army to the north. This is a golden opportunity for the southern country.

Naturally, Chi You would not let go of such a good opportunity, so he directly dispatched an army of 15, and the troops were divided into three groups to attack Shu.

Chi You personally led an army of [-] troops from Dian County to attack Jianning and Yizhou;
Gonggong led [-] people, starting from Qiannan County, and attacked Heng County.

As for the [-]-strong army of Dali and Lijiang counties, they were led by Duan Siping, the prefect of Dali, to attack Yongchang County from Dali County.

After many years, Chi You led an army to attack Shu for the sixth time. The elite 15 Southern Kingdom Army was divided into three groups to attack, and its momentum can be described as far exceeding any previous one.

However, there are also certain risks.

The Southern Kingdom had a total of 20 troops, and Chi You dispatched 15 to attack Shu, leaving [-] to stay in the rear. Such an arrangement of troops is actually somewhat risky.

The national strength of the state of Shu is much stronger than that of the southern state. If the southern state cannot win quickly, and once a protracted war is formed, the lost troops of the Shu army can be replenished quickly, but the southern state cannot. No.

Chi You knew that he would not be able to fight a protracted war with Shu, but he still left a total of [-] troops to guard him, because of Chu in the east.

The two counties of Qiannan and Qujing in the eastern part of the Southern Kingdom, Yulin County of Guangzhou in the State of Chu, and Jiaozhi County of Jiaozhou are only separated by a hundred miles of mountains and dense forests.

The state of Chu also knew that Nanman was not easy to provoke, so for so many years, it had never sent troops to the southern state.

But Chu and Shu are allies. If Liu Yu can't hold on, he will definitely ask Chu for help.

Once the state of Chu chooses to support the state of Shu and send troops to the southern state, it will obviously not be able to stop the elite of the Chu army just by relying on the mountains, secret orders and marshes.

It is precisely because of this that Chiyou will leave [-] defenders, and distribute them to [-] defenders in Qiannan County and [-] in Qujing.

If the State of Chu was really determined to send troops, it would not have any reservations, and the Jiaoguangzhou and Guangzhou were likely to have [-] troops, and only [-] southern defenders would obviously not be an opponent.

Chi You knew this, but he was not afraid.

The [-] Southern National Army was naturally no match for the [-] Chu Army, but Qiannan and Qujing were surrounded by mountains, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack, and Chiyou had long placed Liu Xiu.

Since the alliance between Shu and Chu, Chiyou has worried that the two countries will join forces to besiege Nanman. After all, the strength of the two countries is not much stronger than that of Nanguo. If they really join forces to attack, Nanguo may not escape the end of the country.

Fortunately, the state of Shu did not stop fighting before Liu Ji died, while the state of Chu focused on the Central Plains, and had no interest in the barbarian places such as Nanzhong, Annan, and Siam.

Although Chu State was not interested in Nanzhong, Chiyou could not help but beware that Liu Xiu would come over one day in the future. After all, if Chu and Shu sent troops together, then the Southern State would be in danger of subjugation.

Therefore, long before Ying Hao became emperor, Chiyou had been strengthening the defense in the east. Not only did he build a large number of Wubao and camps in Qiannan and Qujing counties, but he also selected three dangerous places in the east to build checkpoints.

These three passes were named by Chiyou: Qixing Pass, Shengjing Pass, and Loushan Pass. Because they are located in the land of Yunnan and Guizhou, they are also called the three passes of Yunnan and Guizhou.

The land of Nanzhong is too poor, and the southern country needs to concentrate on training to restore war damage, so naturally there are not many resources to build new levels.

Therefore, even after three years of construction, the three Xiongguan still have not been fully repaired, only one has been built, and the other two are only half-finished products, but they are still more defensive than those of Wubao.

Relying on the three passes of Yunnan and Guizhou in the east, as well as the major fortifications built, Chi You was confident that [-] defenders could stop the [-] Chu troops.

It was also once as a reliance that Chi You dared to lead an army of 15 with confidence, and divided his troops into three groups to attack Shu.

Since Zhang Yi accidentally revealed his identity when he was on an envoy to the South, Liu Yu speculated that Da Qin and Nanman might join forces, so he naturally expected the attack of Nanman.

Liu Yu not only notified the prefects of the southern Shunan counties in advance to prepare them for war in advance to prevent them from being attacked by the southern barbarian army, but also sent Zhou Bo to lead [-] elite soldiers, as well as Zhang Fei, Liu Wei, Wu Lan, Shi Jingtang and others to go south. .

In the six southern counties of the Shu Han, there were already 15 defenders, plus Zhou Bo's [-] troops, the total strength has reached [-]. Even if they can't defeat the [-] Southern Barbarians in field battles, there is still no problem in defending the city. .

Liu Yu never wanted to fight with the Nanman army from the very beginning, but he was prepared to be unable to defend until Chiyou ran out of food, and then Nanman would retreat.

However, the combat effectiveness of the Nanguo army that invaded this time was completely different from the previous Nanman army, and the old countermeasures of the Shu Kingdom would naturally not work.

In the past, Nanzhong lacked iron, and the metallurgical technology was extremely backward, so the equipment of the Nanman Army was very simple.

Apart from an iron sword or a wooden spear with an iron head, the soldiers of the Southern Barbarian Army basically did not have any other equipment, and armor was a luxury only for generals.

As for the unique rattan armor in Nanzhong, although the defense is strong, the shortcoming of burning at one point is also fatal.

After Chiyou suffered the loss of Fujijia once, he never used the Fujijia Army again.

But since the Southern Kingdom and Daqin traded, they have bought a large number of weapons and equipment from the original Zhao, Yan, Korea and other countries from Daqin through sea trade.

Today's Southern Army not only has a steel knife in hand, but also the armor penetration rate has reached [-]%.

Among the 20 Southern Army, 3 were wearing armor. This was naturally not comparable to that of the Central Plains, but compared to the previous Southern Army, it was an unprecedented improvement.

In addition to the update and iteration of weapons and equipment, the siege methods of the Southern Army have also undergone great changes, and the siege equipment used has become more diversified, including wells, crossbows, catapults and other equipment.

The Shu Army's impression of the Southern Army is still the Southern Man Army before the Fifth Shunan War. How can they know that after more than two years of cultivation and training, the Southern Barbarian Army has been reborn and turned into today's Southern Army.

The Southern Barbarian Army and the Southern National Army, although they are only one word apart, are not the same thing.

In the past, the poorly equipped Nanman army could be trained by Chi You into a strong army whose combat effectiveness was no worse than that of the Shu army.

But now equipped with a lot of sophisticated equipment, and the 20 Southern Army that has been trained for two full years, the combat power is naturally much stronger than before.

Chi You personally led [-] vanguard troops, marched for a hundred miles in two days, and directly attacked the city without any pause. Even if the Jianning defenders had been prepared, they were still caught by surprise. In just three days, four cities fell.

Wu Yi, the prefect of Jianning County, learned that the other four counties had fallen. Although he was surprised by the performance of the Nanman Army, he was not too flustered. While gathering the defeated soldiers, he asked Zhou Bo who was stationed in Yizhou for help.

Before Wu Yi could wait for Zhou Bo's reinforcements, Chi You brought the vanguard troops to the city.

Wu Yi was stunned when he saw the appearance of the Southern Army outside the city.

The weapons and equipment of the Nanman army are so sophisticated that they even use catapults and siege crossbows. Is this still the poor Nanman?

Wu Yi immediately realized that the situation was not good, and hurriedly passed the book through flying pigeons, urging Zhou Bo to come to support, and at the same time mobilizing the entire city to defend the city, and the people in the city naturally responded in groups.

Wu Yi was the first to join Liu Yu, but later, because Liu Yu was weak, he defected to Liu Ji. Since then, he has been against Liu Yu, and even sent his clan brother Wu Ban to besiege Liu during the palace change. Yu.

But in the end, Liu Yu survived the infighting of Shu Han and became the final winner of the Shu Kingdom.

After Liu Yu took power completely, in order to reassure the former Shu clan, he did not personally count those who betrayed and offended him. After all, he could even accept Xingtian who killed his younger brother Liu Daolian, not to mention Wu Yi. What about this traitor?
Although Liu Yu didn't kill Wu Yi directly, he obviously wouldn't reuse Wu Yi, but considering that Wu Yi's ability is not bad, and Shu Han, who was in need of talent, was transferred from Chengdu. , demoted to Jianning as prefect.

Wu Yi knew that Liu Yu didn't want to see him, and he didn't have the face to continue to be by Liu Yu's side. For him, it was good to be assigned to Shunan. At least he didn't have to worry about it anymore, so he worked very hard to manage Jianning County.

Two years ago when Wu Yi served as the prefect of Jianning, the population and economy of the five counties in Jianning had grown a lot, and the people of Jianning loved this prefect, so when Wu Yi mobilized the people to defend the city, there were so many people. response.

At this time, there are 8000 defenders in Jianning City, plus [-] responding civilians, a total of [-] people can participate in the defense of the city.

Wu Yi felt that relying on these 8000 people, it would not be a big problem to hold on until Zhou Bo's reinforcements arrived, but he was soon slapped in the face.

[Ding Dong, Chiyou skill 'Soldier Master' effect 1 is activated, in the case of being the main general, all generals under his command will command +1, and the entire army will increase by 1; if you personally participate in the war, the entire army will increase by 1. +1 again;

The current commander of the Southern National Army +1, the force +1;

Chiyou's commander rose to 103, and the force rose to 113;

Duan Siping's commander rose to 96, and his force rose to...

The commander-in-chief of the Communist Party rose to 95...

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This is the main reason why the previous Nanman's equipment is so much worse than that of the Shu army, but its combat effectiveness is not weaker than that of the Shu army.

Chi You used his own strength to forcibly raise the combat effectiveness of the entire Southern Barbarian Army.

Chiyou did not personally participate in the siege of the city, but commanded the [-] vanguard troops under his command, but the offensive of the [-] troops was too fierce. In the first round of siege, some people boarded the city head, and then rushed up. There are more and more people.

Wu Yi personally led people to besiege the barbarians who came up, but this time the barbarians were too difficult to deal with. He fought for two hours without killing them, but instead made the barbarians wait for them from several other places.

Wu Yi wanted to lead the army to break through the encirclement, but Chiyou was outside the city, and he had cavalry by his side. Going out of the city at this time was tantamount to seeking death, so he could only retreat into the city to fight in the streets and support him hard.

Chiyou saw that the army had invaded the city, but was unable to take down the Shu army in the city, so he personally participated in the battle, and this added a little force to the southern army. But where can we escape?

In the end, nearly 8000 people put down their weapons and chose to surrender to Chi You, and Wu Yi was recruited and captured by Chi You, who had no other skills.

"Wu Yi, this king knows the grievances between you and Liu Yu. Liu Yu can't reuse you, and you don't want to be wasted in Jianning all the time. I wonder if you would like to submit to this king and serve our southern country?"

Corporal Chi You Lixian recruited Wu Yilai to surrender. After all, Wu Yi was the head of the Wu family in Yizhou. If he subdued him, it would be equivalent to accepting the Wu family.

Wu Yi said with a look of disdain: "Want me, Wu Yi, to serve the barbarians like you? It's just a dream. Being captured today is just a death. There's no need to say much."