Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 236 230. Conquering the Three Counties
Jianwei County. It was only a little over a year from Koufeng to Jianwei County, but he always felt that his life seemed to have experienced a huge turning point.

Although he felt a little awkward at first giving up the surname Liu, he gradually came to like this free feeling.

Although officials would no longer call him the eldest son, Kou Feng did not care. The title of eldest son brought him troubles and had no benefit at all. Instead, he felt more comfortable with the titles of "General Kou" and "Prefect Kou".

When he heard about Liu Bei's death two months ago, he felt a little sad but also a little relieved. The sadness was naturally due to feelings. No matter how tense the relationship between him and Liu Bei was before, no matter how suspicious they were, they were father and son after all. Old Liu had been very nice to him most of the time. Although they were no longer father and son, the kindness they had shown to each other was still there.

As for the relief, it was because Liu Bei was dead, and the mountain that was pressing on his head and the sword that was hanging over his head disappeared. Liu Chan and Kou Feng had played together since childhood, and Kou Feng knew that the young emperor was unlikely to embarrass him, and his life would definitely be much better than before.

Kou Feng thought that he would be in hiding for a while, but he didn't expect that the turmoil brought about by Liu Bei's death would be much greater than he thought.

First, Huang Yuan started a rebellion, but under the arrangement of Kou Feng and Yang Hong, Huang Yuan was pinned to death before he could make much noise.

Now the southern counties of Yizhou were in collective rebellion, and Qianwei County had suddenly become an important frontline location. This made Kou Feng, who loved to fight on the battlefield, feel his heart beat again unconsciously.

Kou Feng was already gearing up and preparing his troops to deal with the offensive from the other three counties. Coincidentally, an envoy from Chengdu came and informed Kou Feng of the contents of the court meeting truthfully, and also told him that subsequent reinforcements would arrive soon, which gave Kou Feng a shot in the arm.

Qianwei is very close to Chengdu, and reinforcements arrived in just one day, along with Zhang Bao, who was attacking Yuexi, and a young general who was said to be there to help Kou Feng and learn from him.

"Xingguo, long time no see, what is this...?"

As the "second generation of generals", Zhang Bao and Kou Feng knew each other and had a good relationship. Kou Feng saw that the young man brought by Zhang Bao looked familiar, so he couldn't help but ask Zhang Bao in a low voice.

"Weizhi, come and meet General Kou. I'm sure you've figured it out. This is my second uncle's third son, Guan Suo Guan Weizhi."

Zhang Bao called Guan Suo over. Guan Suo was supposed to go back to Chengdu with Old Lady Hu, but Guan Suo was active by nature and couldn't sit still. Feng Xi thought about letting him go back to Sichuan first and follow Zhuge Liang in advance, since Old Lady Hu would be back in a month or so anyway.

According to reason, Guan Suo was not old enough to be given a courtesy name, but there are exceptions. For example, the Guan family was in such a state now, Guan Yu was gone, and when Guan Suo went to Baojiazhuang, Old Master Bao married off his daughter, so he should have taken on the responsibility, so he tied up his hair and became an adult at an early age, and was given the courtesy name Weizhi.

"Meet General Kou."

Guan Suo was a little embarrassed. This was mainly because Guan Suo knew about the grievances between Kou Feng and his Guan family. Now that he saw Kou Feng in person, it was unrealistic to say that he didn't feel a little uncomfortable. However, since he was here to gain experience and would be the other party's subordinate in name for a period of time in the future, he couldn't turn his face to Kou Feng.

"Alas...if there is anything you don't understand during the march, you can ask me at any time. I will answer as long as I know it." Kou Feng knew the delicate relationship between himself and the Guan family. Kou Feng didn't expect the other party to forgive him, but he would definitely not keep anything to himself. He would teach Guan Suo whatever he wanted to learn.

Zhang Bao stayed in Jianwei County for one night, and on the next day he led his 10,000 troops south along the river, preparing to attack Yuexi County via Lingguan Road.

On the other hand, Kou Feng reorganized his troops, integrated the troops of Jianwei County with the 5,000 reinforcements from Chengdu, and coordinated the command and formation of both sides before heading south from Jianwei County, passing through the newly established Zhuti County, which was the former vassal state of Jianwei, and taking the Tu Shui River almost directly to Dianchi Lake in Yizhou County.

At the same time, Zhao Yun, with Ma Zhong, Zhang Yi, and Zhang Yi, the new generation of generals who Zhuge Liang believed to be promising, set out directly from Chengdu, took the Jianshui River to Jiangyang, and then attacked the city of Zangke County through the water network and mountain roads in Zangke County.

The three armies advanced at the same time according to Zhuge Liang's plan, and the first to meet the enemy was naturally Zhang Bao's western armies. Previously, Huang Yuan, the governor of Hanjia County, rebelled, causing Hanjia County to suffer from poverty and hardship, if not happiness.

First, Huang Yuan mobilized almost all the soldiers in the county, and then forced young men to join the army, so he was able to raise such a large rebel army in a short period of time.

In order to maintain the morale of the rebel army, and because Huang Yuan was certain that he would not return in the future, he let his soldiers plunder the people freely, so that these demoralized county soldiers could have some fighting power.

After these two disasters, Hanjia County was extremely empty, and even the new prefect had not arrived yet. Gao Ding naturally knew about this situation, so after taking Yuexi, he ordered his trusted general, Li Qiucheng, the old commander of Sidu who had first broken into Yuexi County and killed the prefect, to head north, cross the Moshui River, and prepare to plunder Hanjia County again.

Gao Ding himself was still busy looting Yuexi County. Although Yuexi County was highly sinicized, there were still many Yuexi barbarians like Gao Ding. In addition, Gao Ding's successful uprising made the growth of his troops quite rapid. Within less than a month after the uprising, the number of his troops had grown to nearly 30,000.

However, there is a big question mark about the fighting ability of these Yuexiyi, because these southern barbarians are almost incomparable with the northern nomadic peoples except for the use of poison or manipulation of animals.

In the era of cold weapons, all nomadic peoples were soldiers. No matter what kind of training they had, as long as they could ride a horse, they would be a qualified soldier. Cavalrymen were naturally superior to others.

However, most of the barbarians in the south had no special skills and could only rely on their numbers. For example, the Shanyue, the main threat to Jiangdong, had no special skills, but they could plunder places by relying on their large numbers and dense forests. Although they could not defeat the regular army, their harassment was not restricted. They would go down the mountain to rob and then return to the mountain. The Eastern Wu could not find anything even if they searched the mountain.

The Yuexi Yi were in a more awkward situation. They had no advantages. Not everyone could ride a horse, nor could they control wild beasts. They also had no advantage in numbers. Therefore, these 30,000 Yuexi Yi could truly be described as a "mob."

However, Gao Ding was not very aware of this. He just thought that he had conquered the county city and was already very powerful. It wouldn't be long before he, Yong Kai and Zhu Bao would be able to gather in the southwest and jointly resist Ji Han. Once the Wei army arrived, the three of them would be promoted and get rich. Wouldn't that be wonderful?

What Gao Ding could not have imagined was that even the extremely weak Ji Han in the original timeline did not take much effort to crush them to death, and it was even longer than the time he took to conquer Meng Huo, not to mention Ji Han in this timeline whose strength was well preserved and who owned three states.

(End of this chapter)