Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 319 313. Support
"De Xin, what on earth are these southern barbarians doing? Why are they fighting each other out of the blue?"

Zhang Yi and Ma Zhong, who were stationed in Yongchang County, had received a lot of intelligence in the past half month. Yang Feng's Yinzhi Cave was not a small force, and it was also one of the best among the 72 caves in Nanzhong, so the battle between Yang Feng and Meng Huo was naturally noticed by Zhang Yi and Ma Zhong.

However, they did not know the inside story and just thought it was a dog-eat-dog fight. They were happy to watch from the other side of the river and see them decide the outcome.

"Boqi, as far as I know, Meng Huo is a bully who only bullies the weak and fears the strong. He and Yang Feng have always been at odds with each other. I guess the two of them had a conflict again this time for some reason, and it eventually developed into a battle."

Unlike Zhang Yi, after arriving in Yongchang County, Ma Zhong collected detailed information about the caves of all sizes in Nanzhong. He learned about the strength of each cave master, their relationship with Meng Huo, etc. Therefore, he was not completely confused about the civil strife in Nanzhong at this moment.

"Hey, who cares? I think it's best to fight these southern barbarians to death, so that they won't come to harm our Yizhou."

Zhang Yi was still relatively young at this time, so his words and deeds were a bit frivolous. However, due to the change in the timeline, Zhang Yi did not lose a close friend, the second governor of Yuexi, Gong Lu.

Gong Lu and Zhang Yi were both from the same hometown of Baxi County and had a very good relationship. In the original timeline, Jiao Huang, the first governor of Yuexi, was similar to the current one, and was killed by Li Qiucheng, a subordinate of Gao Ding, the commander of the Yuexi Yi. Although there are some differences in the details, the general trend is still the same.

In the original timeline, Ji Han had no strength to march south because of the defeat in Yiling, so he could only temporarily allow the three counties of Yinnan to be arrogant. Gong Lu was appointed by Zhuge Liang as the second governor of Yuexi County, but he was a remote commander.

After all, Yuexi County was occupied by Gao Ding at that time. If Gong Lu was really sent there, everyone would probably suspect that Zhuge Liang had a grudge against Gong Lu and wanted to kill him. Therefore, Gong Lu could only perform his duties as the governor of Yuexi in the corners actually controlled by the Han army.

Later, after Zhuge Liang managed central Sichuan for two years and recovered a lot of vitality, he naturally had to march south to eliminate these rebels. Gong Lu, as the governor of Yuexi, also went on the expedition to prepare to take back his county.

Unfortunately, fate is fickle. After Jiao Huang, the first prefect of Yuexi, Gong Lu was also killed by Li Qiucheng himself, and Gao Ding's troops were defeated by Zhuge Liang's massive southern expedition army. However, after the defeat, Li Qiucheng hid his identity and disappeared, thus escaping the disaster.

At this point, it had nothing to do with Zhang Yi anymore. However, as Ji Han pacified Nanzhong, Yuexi County was still in some chaos, and the county magistrate did not dare to take office. So the court ordered Zhang Yi, who was famous for his bravery, to be the governor of Yuexi. By accident, Zhang Yi came to this position.

Later, Zhang Yi started to clean up the rebels and bandits in Yuexi County. When he came to the brothers Dongfeng and Dongqu, Zhang Yi had an unexpected harvest. Li Qiucheng, who had killed two governors of Yuexi County, now served under Dongqu and became a leader.

This time, Zhang Yi was not so polite. He captured Li Qiucheng and killed him with his own hands to avenge his good friend Gong Lu.

However, these are all things in the original timeline. The current timeline has completely changed because of Feng Xi, the troublemaker.

The well-equipped Sichuan easily defeated the rebellion of the three counties of Yinan, and Gao Ding and his three men died before they could run rampant for long. Now Zhang Yi's fellow villager Gong Lu has inherited Jiao Huang's position as the governor of Yuexi County. Li Qiucheng, who should have lived a long time, was killed by the young and incompetent Zhang Bao.

The creation here can be said to be amazing.

In other words, the order Zhang Yi and Ma Zhong received in Yongchang was to guard against the southern barbarians. Although the southern barbarians were now fighting among themselves, the two still ordered the border to be prepared. Who knows if these southern barbarians will turn north to invade Yizhou? However, before Ma Zhong and Zhang Yi were confused for a few days, the envoy from Zhuge Liang arrived.

"De Xin, what does the Prime Minister mean? Why do you want to help Yang Feng?"

After seeing off Zhuge Liang's messenger, Zhang Yi became even more confused. Prime Minister Zhuge Liang had sent an envoy from afar to tell them that, while ensuring that Yongchang would not be lost, they should help Yang Feng as much as possible and ensure that Yang Feng's Yinzhi Cave would not be defeated by Meng Huo.

"Well... I heard that Yang Feng went out of Jiaozhou two months ago and has been missing. I think it has something to do with the Grand Commander. If the Prime Minister said so, I'm afraid Yang Feng has been instigated by the Grand Commander."

Ma Zhong had a quick mind and knew a lot of information, so he integrated the intelligence a little and deduced what had happened.

"But we only have over 10,000 people. How can we defeat Meng Huo's 40,000 or 50,000 people?"

Zhang Yi nodded, but still had some doubts about sending troops. Originally, Zhang Yi and Ma Zhong were only good at defense but not good at attack. However, with more than 10,000 soldiers, it was definitely more than enough to defend the city. But if they were to harass Meng Huo, who had tens of thousands of soldiers, they might not be able to do it.

"It's okay. The Prime Minister said in his letter that reinforcements will arrive soon. We just need to hold Meng Huo back first."

Ma Zhong finished reading Zhuge Liang's letter, smiled slightly, and handed the letter to Zhang Yi. Zhang Yi read Zhuge Liang's letter, which said that Zhang Yi, Zhang Bao, Guan Xing, Guan Suo and others would lead an army of 30,000 to support them, and they only needed to delay Meng Huo.

At present, the military strength in central Sichuan is strong, and the total number of troops used against Nanzhong is no more than 40,000 to 50,000. There are still a large number of troops left in Hanzhong to guard against Cao Wei.

Moreover, there is another huge difference between Ji Han in the original timeline and that is that Ji Han in the original timeline also had to use heavy troops to defend Badong County.

In the original timeline, after Jingzhou was captured by Eastern Wu, Lu Xun was not a man who would sit still. He had the idea of ​​launching a surprise attack on Yong'an every now and then, so Zhuge Liang had to let Li Yan lead a large army to guard Yong'an, the important town entering Sichuan.

Now Feng Xi is in charge of Jingzhou, and Li Hui is in charge of Jiaozhou, both of whom are Ji Han's own people. There are troops in the direction of Yong'an, but compared to the original timeline, they are completely undefended.

As a result, the only direction that Sichuan needed to guard against was Hanzhong. Needless to say, Wei Yan was very good at dealing with Cao Wei. In addition, he had Ma Chao as his wing, and he would harass Liangzhou every now and then. In fact, the military strength of Sichuan was several times more than that of the original timeline.

From Feng Xi's letter, Zhuge Liang knew that Feng Xi was worried about Sichuan, and he also planned to lead his Shenwu Camp to support him. However, due to the long journey, it might take some time.

Zhuge Liang thought that although there were all kinds of talented people in the south as Feng Xi mentioned, they would definitely not be able to make any waves due to the absolute gap in strength between them and the Han army.

(End of this chapter)