At the end of the Han Dynasty: a stingy husband from his hometown

Chapter 292 Zhou Gongjin’s surprise attack on Hanzhong

After the Pyu Kingdom was destroyed and the Pyu people surrendered, Xiang Hongnai, the governor of the South Central Region, led his army back to the palace of the Shan King. The Shan King himself came out to greet him.

The news that the Shan soldiers suffered heavy casualties, with only more than [-] people left, had already reached the ears of the Shan King.

Although he was sad and angry, and resentful that the Han army did not go to the rescue in time, he still did not dare to show any dissatisfaction in the face of the powerful Chu army. Instead, after seeing the head of King Piao hanging on the flagpole, his attitude changed. Became very humble.

Xiang Hong, wearing armor, led his generals into the palace and was warmly received.

After the banquet was over, Fazheng suddenly asked: "May I ask your Majesty, the Shan Kingdom's [-] elite soldiers have almost been killed or injured, can your Majesty still sit on the throne?"

Fa Zheng's words immediately made the Shan king's face change slightly.

The non-unified Pyu Kingdom of the Shan Kingdom is a kingdom in the form of an alliance. The king is the leader of the most powerful tribe in the territory. The leaders of the other tribes and nobles all hold important positions in the Shan Kingdom.

The biggest shortcoming of this kind of country formed by the union of various tribes is that there are many warlords in the country, the power of the king is greatly weakened, and the cohesion is not very strong.

This is why, although the overall national strength of the Shan State clearly exceeds that of the Pyu State, it was always at a disadvantage during the war between the two countries.

This situation only occurred because each tribe wanted to preserve its strength and was not willing to do its best to resist the Pyu Kingdom.

In a country composed of tribal alliances, once the strength of the king's tribe suffers a severe setback, the king's position will be taken away by the remaining more powerful tribes.

In this southern expedition, although all the major tribes sent troops and horses, the king of Shan State almost devoted all his tribe's efforts to the southward expedition out of his trust in the strength of the Han army and his coveting of the land of Pyu State.

Unexpectedly, the Shan soldiers in this southern expedition suffered almost all casualties, and the strength of the Shan king's tribe suffered a heavy setback.

The other tribes that contributed to the battle were also full of complaints against the Shan king because of the huge casualties of tribal warriors.

to be expected.

Once the Han army withdraws from the country, the king of the Shan Kingdom may change, and the vast ownerless land in the Piao Kingdom will also be divided up by other powerful tribes.

This is not the result the King of Shan wants to see.

He also didn't want his hard planning to end up as a wedding dress for other tribes.

Looking at the livid face of the king of Shan Kingdom, Xiang Hong said in a deep voice: "The Pyu Kingdom can be destroyed in one battle this time, and it is inseparable from the strong support of the king."

"Now the civil strife in the Han Dynasty has not ended. We, the Chu State, have not long been established. We don't want the chaos in the south to resume. We also hope that the king who is friendly to our Chu State can continue to rule the Shan State."

When the king of Shan heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed.

This time Xiang Hong led his army back, and the king of Shan was ready to find an opportunity to ask the Chu army to support him in order to keep his position as king.

Unexpectedly, the other party took the initiative to mention this matter before the King of Shan Kingdom opened his mouth. How could he not make the King of Shan Kingdom happy?

He stood up in a hurry, bowed deeply to Xiang Hong, and said: "If the governor is willing to represent the Chu State to help the young king secure the throne, the young king will definitely be loyal to Chu forever!"

Hearing this, Xiang Hong looked at Fazheng with a bright smile on his face, and then promised the Shan King: "With our help, from now on, the territory of the former Shan and Pyu Kingdoms will be restored." , only one voice will appear!"

In the next six months, Xiang Hong led his soldiers to help the King of Shan completely conquer the remaining tribes by force, and all those who dared to disobey were slaughtered.

This method of uniting various tribes by force is something that the Shan kings in the past generations wanted to do but did not dare to do, but the current Shan king has done it.

Just when he was complacent and thought that his tribe would completely rule the entire Indo-China Peninsula, he was suddenly assassinated.

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The tribes that were destroyed by force by the Shan King rose again and led their troops to slaughter the Shan King's tribe.

In the name of the Chu State, Xiang Hong and Fazheng severely reprimanded those who assassinated the Shan King and destroyed the remnants of the Shan King's tribe. Then they took over the entire Shan State and began to send troops to encircle and suppress the rebellion.

In less than a month, the rebels were wiped out.

Since then, there have been no powerful tribes in the Shan Kingdom, and the royal family has been almost wiped out.

In order to prevent Indochina from falling into civil strife, Xiang Hong, the governor of Indochina, simply petitioned the King of Chu and established Changnan County in Shan and Piao states, which meant south of Yongchang.

Originally, it would be most appropriate to change this place to Nanhai County.

However, after Qin Shihuang destroyed Baiyue and annexed North Vietnam, Nanhai County had been established there. Naturally, the name Nanhai County could not be reused here.

Nowadays, another vast sea area has been discovered in the south of Changnan County. It seems that it is more suitable to be called the South China Sea than the South China Sea, but now I don’t know how to name it.

Now that the Indochina Peninsula has been brought under the rule of Dachu, the sea areas will naturally have to be renamed.

Therefore, Xiang Hong also asked the King of Chu in his statement what the name of this sea area should be.

Xiangyang, Palace of the Prince of Chu.

When Zhou Qi read in detail the process of destroying the Piao and Shan countries, he couldn't help but sigh: "You are so filial and upright, you really have the Piao and Shan countries under your control!"

When Zhou Qi saw the end and learned that Xiang Hong planned to establish Changnan County in the homeland of the two countries, he couldn't help but show a bright smile, and he went ahead and appointed Lu Su as the governor of Changnan County, and Changnan County was assigned to Yizhou. , the county government was set in Bimai, the capital of King Piao, and was renamed Bode City to express the contribution of Hongnan's expedition.

"Let's name that sea area Changnan Sea."

As for the candidate for the governor of Changnan County, Zhou Qi thought for a long time and finally chose Lu Su.

Lu Su was a man of literary and military skills and a tolerant personality. His appointment as the governor of Changnan County could speed up the reconstruction of Changnan County, which had experienced serious damage.

Zhou Qi also planned to let Lu Su go out for a few more years and then entrust him with important responsibilities.

Since Changnan County was newly established, in order to maintain the stability of Changnan County, Zhou Qi gave E Huan, who had repeatedly made military exploits, the title of Grand Concubine, and appointed him as the Captain of Changnan County. He led [-] barbarians to station here, and also allowed the barbarian soldiers to be stationed here. Those who moved their families to Changnan County were given large tracts of land, and each household was given two slaves.

Changnan County was the final assessment given by Zhou Qi to Yu Lusu.

Besides.

Zhou Qi also sent many children from poor families to Changnan to teach Chinese characters and promote Chinese culture. He also ordered [-] Han households to move south to serve as a frontier fortress.

Not only that, Zhou Qi also ordered Xiang Hong to burn books, harass monks, and destroy temples and Buddhist statues in Changnan County before leaving, in order to fundamentally eliminate the influence exerted by Pyu and Shan there.

Zhou Qi also stipulated that no language other than Chinese would be taught in Changnan County in the future, and no text other than Chinese characters would be allowed to be used.

People who did not speak Chinese could only become inferior people, were not allowed to own land, and could only be reduced to tenants and slaves. Men had no right to marry, and women could only be concubines, not wives.

People who can speak Chinese can become middle-class people and can basically enjoy the same treatment as Han people except that they cannot be officials or engage in business.

Only those who can speak Chinese and write basic Chinese characters can enjoy the treatment that truly belongs to the Han people.

As for the Chinese language and Chinese characters taught, they are all free, and anyone can attend the class. Even if they are slaves, their masters cannot prevent them from learning Chinese culture. Once a slave can speak Chinese proficiently, he can go to the government to apply for removal from slavery.

Don't think it's cruel to divide people into three, six or nine grades.

Even in the [-]st century, when technology and the Internet are more developed, the rulers of this land still believe in Bamar nationalism and divide their citizens into three, six or nine classes.

Those ethnic minorities or Chinese in the north don't even have ID cards and are always regarded as inferior people.

Changnan County was first violently conquered by Xiang Hong and Fazheng, and now Lu Su and E Huan are guarding it. Zhou Qi is not worried about how much trouble there will be.

Because there are not many young people left there, by the time the younger generation grows up, Chinese language and culture may have been popularized in Changnan County.

At that time, the people here will also consider themselves Han Chinese.

After Changnan was settled, Xiang Hong left E Huan and three thousand barbarians behind, and then led his troops back to the Nanzhong Governor's Mansion.

At the beginning, the Barbarian King Gao Dingang was not willing to divide his troops and station them here, let alone leave his close generals in Changnan.

However, when Xiang Hong took out the edict from King Chu to confer him the title of Marquis of Guannei and General of Anyi, Gao Ding was immediately overjoyed and reluctantly left E Huan and three thousand barbarians behind, and promised to move all the barbarian soldiers' families. Arrive at Changnan.

As for other meritorious soldiers, regardless of Han or barbarian status, they were all rewarded fairly and justly based on their merits, so that everyone was happy and excited.

Especially for those barbarian soldiers, many of them were awarded official positions, and their sense of identification with the Chu State was much strengthened.

After the class teacher returned to the Dudu's Mansion, Xiang Hong ordered the head of Piao Wang, which had been pickled long ago, to be sent to Xiangyang on a starry night journey.

Zhou Qi received the head of King Piao and had it hung at the south gate of Xiangyang. This could not only demonstrate the country's prestige but also deter other small countries.

The reason why the south gate is hung instead of the north gate is because the people in the north of Xiangyang are Han people, and there is no need to shock them with the head of King Piao.

On the contrary, there are many small countries in the south of Chu State and there are many ethnic minorities. If you send an envoy to Chu State, you will inevitably enter Xiangyang from the south gate. It is appropriate to hang the head of King Piao here.

In this era, there is no need to pay attention to human rights and morality, and there is no Virgin bitch to reprimand this kind of barbaric behavior. Only strong national power, terrifying Beijing views, and bloody heads are the best means to deter the enemy.

With the southern part of Yizhou established and the two countries Piao and Shan already destroyed, Zhou Qi immediately set his sights on Zhang Lu in Hanzhong.

Hanzhong County is the northern gateway to Yizhou. The entire Han River runs through its entire territory from west to east. It flows down through Nanyang County and directly into Xiangyang. Not only is its strategic location extremely important, it is also important for water transportation connecting Jing, Yi, and Yang states. also plays a vital role.

It is precisely because of its important strategic position that the famous Battle of Hanzhong broke out here between Cao Cao and Liu Bei in history.

The Battle of Hanzhong was the only time Liu Bei defeated Cao Cao.

If the Battle of Chibi laid the foundation for Soochow's hegemony to be able to divide the world into three parts, then the Battle of Hanzhong was when Liu Bei established a firm foothold in Yizhou and laid the foundation for the Shu Han to be able to divide the world into three parts and take one part of the world.

Only by occupying Hanzhong can Yizhou take the initiative. It can not only take the initiative in the Northern Expedition, but also rely on the steep mountains and rivers to separate itself.

How could Zhou Qi not know the importance of Hanzhong?
  Therefore, as early as when Zhou Qi captured Yizhou, he began to make arrangements in Hanzhong and constantly sent people to present gold and silver property to make friends with Zhang Lu's subordinates and generals.

Now, it's time to reap the fruits of victory.

Zhou Qi immediately appointed Zhou Yu, the governor of Bajun, as the governor, and ordered Li Yan, the governor of Badong, Wu Yi, the governor of Brazil, Wei Yan, the governor of Guanghan County, and Huo Jun, the governor of Jianwei County, to assemble the entire five northern counties of Yizhou to attack Zhang Lu.

After Zhou Yu received the order, he immediately began to secretly mobilize his troops with the tiger talisman to control the northern counties of Yizhou. He led [-] troops to the north and left Baishui Pass. Then he went down the Mianshui River, rushed to Mianyang day and night, and then crossed south. Mianshui, set up camp at Dingjun Mountain.

Dingjun Mountain is only a day or two away from Nanzheng, the capital of Hanzhong County.

Because Zhou Yu secretly mobilized his troops and mobilized the navy in Yizhou, he went down the Mianyang River at night and captured Mianyang in a surprise attack. He then occupied the favorable terrain of Dingjun Mountain and defeated Zhang Lu. Caught off guard.

After Zhang Lu got the news, he hurriedly appointed his younger brother Zhang Wei as the commander-in-chief and general Yang Bai as his deputy. He ordered [-] troops to stop Zhou Yu from continuing to advance eastward.

However, it was said that Wei Yan, following Zhou Yu, stormed Mianyang without any support and then directly captured Dingjun Mountain, which impressed the arrogant Wei Yan deeply.

What Zhou Yu did seemed simple, but in fact it was extremely difficult to operate. Even if the news was leaked, it would be impossible to capture Mianyang and Dingjun Mountain so easily.

However, Zhou Yu took the tiger talisman and the edict issued by the King of Chu and directly found Wei Yan and several other county guards. He first asked them to quickly recruit the elites in the county on the pretext of quelling the rebellion in the south.

After the troops and horses were assembled, Zhou Yu only allowed the army to carry three days of rations. When the generals were confused, they actually left Baishui Pass in the north, then flowed down from Mianshui River, attacked Mianyang at night, and occupied Arrived at Dingjun Mountain.

It was only then that everyone suddenly realized that this was not going south to quell the rebellion, but preparing to attack Hanzhong.

Even the generals were concealed by Zhou Yu, let alone Zhang Lu, which made Zhou Yu's advance extremely smooth and encountered almost no obstacles.

Seeing that the camp was set up and Nanzheng was close at hand, the governor Zhou Gongjin, who had just started to use thunderous troops, became quiet and actually stood still at Dingjun Mountain.

Seeing this, Wei Yan couldn't help but ask: "The governor made a surprise attack on Hanzhong. He first defeated Mianyang and then occupied Dingjun Mountain. He only needed to continue advancing to besiege Nanzheng. Why did he stop advancing at this time?"

"If Zhang Lu was allowed to react and lead his troops to stop him, wouldn't the previous attack have lost its surprise effect?"

Not only Wei Yan, but also Li Yan, Wu Yi, and Huo Jun were a little confused.

Zhou Yu looked at the expressions of everyone, but said with a smile: "In order to take them by surprise, the soldiers and horses under my command only brought three days of rations, and now there is not much left."

"If we continue to advance eastward, even if we can besiege Nanzheng, we will not be able to supply food and grass."

"Do you think Nanzheng will be breached so easily?"

Upon hearing this, the generals shook their heads.

Zhou Yu continued: "Standing troops here and waiting for food and grass is just one of them."

"There is a saying in the art of war: the first is to attack the enemy, then the second is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the enemy, and then the third is to attack the city."

"The Art of War also goes like this: If you are ten, you are to surround it; if you are five, you are to attack it; if you are twice as many, you are to fight."

"Let's not talk about the siege of Nanzheng. It is just a last resort."

"Even if we can besiege it, our military strength is less than twice that of Zhang Lu, and the attacking troops are still somewhat stretched. How about attacking the city?"

When everyone heard this, their faces were full of admiration. They did not expect that this seemingly young governor was so proficient in the art of war.

Although these generals are quite good, in terms of coordinating the army and looking at the overall situation, there is no way to compare with Zhou Yu.

They only wanted to quickly besiege Nanzheng, but they did not take into account that the strength of the two sides was not much different.

What's more, Hanzhong is Zhang Lu's home turf. If he makes a mistake and cuts off his food supply, the [-]-strong army will inevitably collapse without a fight.

Zhou Yu is young, but he has already mastered the art of war. He has both the ingenuity to march lightly into battle and attack thousands of miles away, and the prudentness to station troops in the mountains and fight steadily. A famous marshal of his generation has already begun to show his talents.

(End of this chapter)