The last three kingdoms

Chapter 1322 Taking Yulin County Lightly

After leaving Jianning, the Han army turned to the southeast, passed through Yelang County, and entered Yulin County in Wu State.

In the Han Dynasty, the land of the seven counties in the south of the Lingnan was called Jiaozhou. Until the fifth year of Sun Wu Huangwu of the Three Kingdoms, Sun Quan divided Jiaozhou to the north of Hepu as Guangzhou, governing the four counties of Nanhai, Cangwu, Yulin, and Hepu. Lu Dai is the governor; the south of Hepu is still Jiaozhou, which governs the three counties of Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen, and Rinan, governing Suolongbian, and Dai Liang is the governor.This is the beginning of Guangzhou's name.A year later, Jiao and Guang were ruled together.In the seventh year of Wu Yong'an, Jiao and Guangzhou were divided again, and Guangzhou was still placed under the jurisdiction of Nanhai, Cangwu, Yulin, and Gaoliang counties, with the seat of Panyu.

This time Liu Yin took the lead in attacking Yulin County, Guangzhou.

Compared with the smoldering wars in the northern border counties, which were repeatedly invaded by Hu barbarians, the Jiaoguang area can be called a peaceful paradise.Although there are also Yi people in the four sides of Jiaozhou and Guangzhou, compared with the nomads in the north, these Yi people in the south are much weaker. Because the terrain is more complicated, these Yi people are also relatively closed, and they rarely take the initiative to attack and breed. Therefore, the situation in the Jiaoguang area has always been stable.

Although the State of Wu controls the two prefectures of Jiaoguang and Guangzhou, for a long time, their defense focus has been maintained on the Yangtze River or the area north of the Yangtze River. For the south of the Lingnan, they are relatively despised, and only a small number of troops are stationed. Most of the soldiers and horses are also recruited from the state, and their combat effectiveness naturally cannot be compared with the regular army.

Although Liu Yin's army marched thousands of miles, because its marching routes were all in Jihan territory, and Liu Yin kept the operation highly secret, before reaching the destination, even the Han army None of the soldiers knew where they were going on this trip, let alone Wu's elaboration.

Before reaching the border of Wu State in Yulin County, Liu Yin notified the whole army that this time their attack target was Jiaoguang Erzhou in Wu State.

Because most people in this era can't understand maps, at best they can only judge east, west, north, south, and north according to the position of the sun. Many people have lost their sense of direction at all in this kind of grand march that spans thousands of miles. The destination, so they just follow the instructions and march, and how many people know exactly where they are now.

So after Liu Yin announced the target of the attack, all the soldiers were in an uproar except for those generals who knew about it in advance. Even they didn't expect to come to Jiaozhou after traveling for so many days, which is really incredible.

However, obedience to orders is a soldier's bounden duty. The Tiger Cavalry Army and White Tiger Army have fought with Liu Yin for many years. Extremely high-spirited.

The western part of Yulin County is full of mountains and hills, and most of the people living here are also Yi people such as Baise. It is four to five hundred miles away from Lingfang County, Yulin County, which is the closest to the Wu-Han border.

Liu Yin decided to divide his troops into two groups and capture Yulin County and Guilin County at the same time.According to previous intelligence, there are not many Wu soldiers stationed in Yulin County and Guilin County. If the Han army concentrates its forces to attack a certain county, it means killing a chicken with a bull's knife. Now the main force of the Wu army in Jiaoguang is concentrated in Yulin East. Guangxin and Panyu are facing each other, the former is the seat of the former Jiaozhou, and the latter is the seat of the present Guangzhou.

Fu Mo led the White Tiger Cavalry Army to the northeast and attacked Guilin County, while Liu Yin led the Tiger Cavalry Army to advance towards Zhibu Mountain, Yulin County, in the southeast.

Even if the troops were divided into two groups, Liu Yin did not plan to concentrate his forces to attack Yulin County. After arriving in Lingfang County, Liu Yin only sent Annan General Luo Shang to lead three thousand Qingqi to double the road, and marched into Bushan overnight. .

Before arriving in Lingfang County, the whereabouts of the Han army had never been exposed, but after occupying Lingfang County, the Han army could no longer keep this secret. After all, there are countless pairs of eyes in the local area to see the cavalry of the Han army. , Within a few days, news of the Han army's attack on Jiaoguang will inevitably spread throughout the counties.

Of course Liu Yin couldn't keep everyone's mouths shut, but he could win Yulin County before the news spread. After all, relying on word of mouth, the speed couldn't be faster than the cavalry of the Han army anyway.

From Lingfang to Mount Bushan, it was only two or three hundred miles away, and it was only a one-night journey with Luo Shang leading the Qingqi. In the early morning, under the guidance of the guide, Luo Shang led the troops and could already vaguely see the scenery of Mount Bushan. The castle is gone.

At this moment, Bushan City is still shrouded in tranquility. Since it is not yet time to open the city gate, the gate of Bushan City is closed. silhouette.

It would be a good time to launch an attack at this time, but since Luo Shang came on a light cavalry, he didn't carry any siege equipment at all. Shang visually observed that the city wall of Bushan County is relatively high. If you only attack by building a ladder, if you don't encounter the enemy, you can climb up without anyone noticing. If the army finds out, the sneak attack turns into a strong attack, and only the Han army suffers.

So Luo Shang was not in a hurry to attack. He hid all three thousand cavalry. Fortunately, there is a large dense forest here, and hiding is almost no problem. Now that the gate of Bushan City is closed, even if someone gets the news and wants to inform the city, I'm afraid it can't be done.

Luo Shang sent some sporadic soldiers, took off their military uniforms, put on the clothes of ordinary people, and stood in groups at the gate of the city, waiting for the gate to open.

Generally, the opening time of the city is at the time when the rooster crows. During the Warring States period, Mr. Mengchang was trapped in Hangu Pass and could not leave the city. It happened that among his retainers, some of his retainers who were good at learning rooster crows pretended to be roosters and crowed, which attracted the whole city to crow. The soldiers went in without knowing it, and opened the city gate when they heard the rooster crowing, and Lord Mengchang escaped with his life.

Of course, no one in the Han army would pretend to be a rooster to crow, but this time should also be the time when the rooster crows. After hearing the rooster crow three times, the gatekeepers lazily opened the city gate.

Usually when opening the city gate, people are rarely seen. As soon as the city gate was opened today, the soldiers guarding the city saw groups of "common people" gathered outside the city. There will be so many people coming early in the morning.

However, Yulin County has had no military situation for a long time, and these guards didn't care, they opened the city gate and let people in.

These Han soldiers who entered the city immediately showed their weapons, beheaded the guards, and took control of the city gates. Then Luo Shang led the cavalry brigade to enter the city.

(End of this chapter)