Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 244 238. Retreat
In fact, Zhang Bao was overthinking. Apart from Yuexi County, the situation in Yizhou County and Zangke County was actually not bad. After all, Zhu Bao and Yong Kai were of Han Chinese origin. It was impossible for them to plunder and kill the local Han people. On the contrary, they still needed the support of the Han people to expand their power.

Gao Ding did not dare to kill people indiscriminately like Li Qiucheng did. There were originally more Han people than Yueshi barbarians. If he slaughtered them, he would be dead without a burial place when the Han army arrived.

Li Qiucheng was just an accident, or maybe it was just that Li Qiucheng was more bloodthirsty. In the original timeline, Li Qiucheng killed two governors of Yuexi, fled for more than ten years, and was finally killed by Zhang Yi.

Unfortunately, now that Li Qiucheng met Zhang Bao, he was no longer as lucky as before. He was skinned alive by Zhang Bao as a sacrifice to the people of Hanjia County.

As originally planned, Zhang Bao took the Lingguan Road to head straight to Yuexi County. However, because he had to return to assist in the defense of Hanjia County, the speed of Zhang Bao's side slowed down and was not as fast as the other two routes.

In Zangke County, Zangke County was originally a vast and sparsely populated area, so Zhu Bao's rebellion actually only controlled the Zangke County City and some surrounding county towns.

The location of Zangke County is also somewhat remote, located in the northeast corner of Zangke County, very close to Wuling County. This was a good thing in the original timeline, facilitating the communication between Zhu Bao and Soochow, but now it is like sitting on pins and needles for Zhu Bao. He can only send several letters in a row to ask Meng Huo and Yong Kai for support.

He had also heard that the Jingzhou army was powerful. If the Jingzhou army came from the side ditch or without water, he would definitely find it difficult to resist. Therefore, Zhu Bao's defense on the east side was quite strict, and as a result, he ignored the possibility of people coming from the west.

After all, Zhu Bao started the rebellion after receiving a call from Yong Kai, and his preparations were not as sufficient as in the original timeline. In addition, there were not many people in Zangke County, and the troops were stretched to the limit after guarding the direction of Jingzhou. This was also a helpless move.

Neither Yong Kai nor Zhu Bao expected that Ji Han would react so quickly and counterattack so vigorously, as if they were not affected at all. But this is normal. In the original timeline, Zhuge Liang was really powerless and could only let them jump around for two years to recover before marching south.

Ji Han is now in his prime, what strength does he need to restore? It doesn't even take much effort to beat them, just three generals leading three divisions will do.

"Sir, something terrible has happened..."

While Zhu Bao was worried and anxious, his county commander came into the conference room with a grim look on his face and started to tell him bad news.

"What's going on? Are the Jingzhou troops attacking us?"

Zhu Bao's mind was now full of the affairs of the Jingzhou Army, so he subconsciously thought that the Jingzhou Army was attacking from the east.

"Sir Governor, no, it was His Majesty... His Majesty sent people from Chengdu to attack us. When the news came, they had already passed Fu County and were heading towards the county town..."

The county commanders also had grim expressions on their faces. They had been instigated by Zhu Bao to rebel, and Zhu Bao was not fully prepared for the rebellion, and had not done anything to win over the hearts of the people. As a result, the county commanders were somewhat shaken and addressed the Han army in a very familiar manner.

"Tsk... Gather the soldiers immediately and head south to Jing... No, go to... That's not right either, go find Yong Kai!"

Zhu Bao knew his own limitations and knew that a head-on confrontation with the Han army would mean death, so he had to move away. The question was where to go?

Jingzhou was just escaping from a tiger's mouth and falling into a wolf's den. The Jingzhou army was able to beat the Cao Wei and Jiangdong armies into such a state, and going there would be a waste of food. Zhu Bao originally wanted to go to Jiaozhou, but after thinking about it, there was no difference between going to Jiaozhou and going to Jingzhou. Both had to face the encirclement and suppression of the Han army in one state. It would be better to go to Yong Kai and discuss a countermeasure together.

"Yes……"

The county commander lowered his head, but his eyes were rolling around, but Zhu Bao naturally couldn't see clearly. Zhu Bao gathered 6,000 county soldiers, directly abandoned the city of Zangke County, and fled all the way south in a panic. As a result, after running for only two days, he found that not even half of his men were left.

"Sir, the county commander and his brothers have left..."

A troupe leader reported to Zhu Bao with some bitterness.

"Damn that guy... I've known for a long time that he and I are not on the same page... Ignore him, organize the troops, and tell the brothers that we will have no worries about food and drink when we reach Yizhou County!"

Zhu Bao gritted his teeth, unable to do anything about the county commander's defection. After all, he had coerced the other party into rebelling. Now that he had lost power, it seemed reasonable for the other party to take the opportunity to escape from him.

"Damn you, Yong Kai... You swore to me that if I took control of the four counties of Yizhou, I would be rich and powerful... Even if I die, I will take you with me!"

Zhu Bao hated Yong Kai at this moment. Originally, Zhu Bao's idea was the same as in the original timeline, which was to wait and see. If Ji Han did not react, he would take advantage of the situation and raise troops.

As a result, because Gao Ding started the rebellion ahead of schedule, Yong Kai sent me several letters to urge me. I had no choice but to start the rebellion as Yong Kai said. As a result, it collapsed completely in less than a month.

Zhu Bao went to Yong Kai at this time, and he also intended to make things difficult for Yong Kai. Originally, he was comfortable as the governor of Zangke County, but he believed Yong Kai's instigation and now he is against the Han army and is chased like a dog. How can he be willing?

However, Zhu Bao did not need to hate Yong Kai, because Yong Kai's situation was not much better at the moment.

Yong Kai knew that if the Han army came to attack, they would come from Zhuti County, so he ambushed in the Tanlu Mountain area in advance, preparing to inflict heavy damage on the Han army.

However, the problem faced by him was the same as that faced by Zhu Bao. Although Yong Kai was a local prominent family, he failed to win back the hearts of the local people in his hasty rebellion. In addition, Zheng Ang had done nothing wrong and had some prestige among the people. Therefore, there were many people who were dissatisfied with Yong Kai.

As soon as Kou Feng and Guan Suo's troops left Zhuti County, they were tipped off by the locals and learned that Yong Kai had made a desperate attempt to ambush part of his troops in Tanlu Mountain.

"General Kou, the safest way is to take a detour through Weixian and Tonglao, then we can bypass Tanlu Mountain and attack Dianchi Lake and Yizhou County from the east to the west."

Although Guan Suo is young, he has the Guan family's education and genes after all. He has gained a lot from marching with Kou Feng in the past few days. In addition, Kou Feng always explains the secrets to Guan Suo before doing anything, which made Guan Suo familiar with military affairs very quickly.

Now that he heard that the other party was well prepared, Guan Suo's first reaction was naturally to avoid the enemy's attack and take a detour.

"Not right... If our army takes a detour and lets this enemy army go, it would be fine if they surrender, but if they become bandits and harm the people, that would be bad."

Kou Feng shook his head and did not quite agree with Guan Suo's idea.

(End of this chapter)