The last three kingdoms

Chapter 332

Consecutively winning the five counties of Longyou, the morale of the Shu army was high. Perhaps such a big victory had not been achieved in many years. Since the founding of the Shu Han, there has never been a glorious record of taking the five counties.During Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition, although he had won three counties in a row, that victory was only a flash in the pan. The loss of Jieting brought Zhuge Liang's actions back to zero.In the following several Northern Expeditions, the Shu army returned to zero again and again, not to mention capturing a county, and even several county towns became out of reach.

But now, Liu Yin has won the five counties of Longyou in one breath, except that he fought a battle when he hit the city of Gu, but it was also an overwhelming victory, with an absolute advantage of [-] to [-]. The defenders of Shangyu had little power to fight back, and they only persisted for two hours before being wiped out.In addition, the Shu army took the five counties almost without firing an arrow, and without injuring a single person. It can be said that this victory came too easily.

All the generals suggested striking the iron while it was hot, marching eastward in one go, taking down Chencang, and going straight to Chang'an.But after the winter solstice, several heavy snows fell, thousands of miles were frozen, and the weather in Longyou was extremely cold. It was not a wise choice to use troops in the field at this time. Sima Zhao patiently waited for the spring to warm and the ice disappeared. It is also impossible to attack Chencang in the severe cold of minus [-] to [-] degrees, especially after Liu Yin learned that Sima Wang had served as the governor of Yongliang and arrived in Chang'an to supervise the battle, Liu Yin decisively gave up his plan to attack Chencang.

Chen Cang is the strongest pass in Wei State on the south bank of the Weihe River. In extremely cold weather, to attack the rock-solid Chencang City is almost a joke with the lives of soldiers.

The situation in Longyou has entered a period of wonderful stability.

Yang Xin, the prefect of Jincheng, also handed over the letter of surrender, which is obviously due to Deng Ai's credit. Yang Xin, like Qianhong and Wang Qi, was Deng Ai's general. Feng, sent someone to Jincheng to persuade Yang Xin to surrender.

Although Jincheng did not receive the same siege treatment as Tianshui Nan'an, the fall of the five counties of Longyou still put considerable pressure on Yang Xin. Jincheng County only had a garrison of 1000 people. The collision is the result of the egg hitting the stone.Yang Xin knew that this was the Shu army's courtesy first and soldiers later. If he refused to surrender, his fate might not be much better than Yang Bao's.

Yang Xin weighed again and again, and decided to follow Deng Ai's wishes and surrender the city to the Shu army.Liu Yin's sphere of influence expanded from five counties to six counties, and entered Liangzhou from Yongzhou.

Compared with Yongzhou, Liangzhou's geographical location is more remote and desolate. Jincheng County crosses the Yellow River and borders Yongzhou. It can be regarded as a richer place. The remaining Xiping County goes deep into Qiang territory. Zhangye, Jiuquan, and Dunhuang are located in the Hexi Corridor. Apart from sporadic oases, they are all large tracts of Gobi and desert, sparsely populated.As for Xihai County, it was established after the abolition of the former Zhangye state. The whole county has only one city, Juyan, deep in the desert, and there is no one inhabited.

Expanding his influence to Jincheng is equivalent to opening the door to Liangzhou. However, Liu Yin has no plans to enter Liangzhou yet. One is that it is inconvenient to march due to the cold weather, and the other is that there are many places that need to be integrated in the five counties of Longshang. Yin also took time out flawlessly. After all, compared to Liangzhou, the five counties in Longshang were more important.

This time, Yang Xin sent someone to deliver the surrender letter. To show his sincerity, he also sent [-] war horses, two of which were the best horses in a thousand miles, and a red horse. Although the "flaming horse" is not as good as the red rabbit horse that Lu Bu rode back then, it is also a rare horse and BMW.

Liu Yin specially gave the flame horse to Liu Chen, the king of the Northland. On the grass, Liu Chen killed his own horse and used it as rations for soldiers in order to boost morale. Liu Yin got a good horse at this time, so naturally he did not forget Send one to Liu Chen.

As for the other white horse, Liu Yin liked it very much and used it as his mount.The name of this white horse is "Zhao Yebai", its whole body is as white as snow, like Bai Lian, without even a single stray hair.

The original garrisons of the Longyou counties were 2000 in Longxi County and 3000 in Tianshui County. The remaining Nan'an, Anding, Guangwei, and Jincheng had only more than 1000 garrisons. Guangwei's garrison fled, and now the total number of surrendered troops in Longyou is only about 600.

Obviously, even if these troops can be used and can exert corresponding combat power, they are still not enough to counter the Wei army's counterattack next spring.

The first thing Liu Yin thought of was recruiting soldiers. Although the population of Longshang was not as large as that of Kanto, Cao Wei had been focusing on managing Longyou in order to effectively resist the attack of Shu. At that time, there were [-] soldiers in the Guanlong area. Although it was not enough for the people of Longshang to support them, most of the money and food came from Longshang Guanzhong.

Therefore, Liu Yin's recruitment still has a certain foundation, not to mention the confrontation between countries, regardless of the past dynasties, the common people don't care about the change of dynasties. The thing on the lips, the survival principle of the common people is very simple, so simple that they only need to eat two meals a day and one night at night without worrying about food and clothing.

The common people do not know a few big characters, so it is very difficult for him to distinguish the Wei and Han characters on the flag. The so-called loyalty to the emperor and patriotism is even more nonsense. can be recruited into the army.

Liu Yin just got the Tianshui granary, and with the addition of the grain stored in several county government warehouses, the food problem is no longer a problem at all. As for the money, it is even simpler. He made a windfall from Huang Hao, and Liu Yin But they didn't stay in Nanzhong, and took a lot of effort to bring all of them to Longxi, just to be useful here.

Liu Yin's way of recruiting soldiers is also simple and rough enough. On the left are rice sacks stacked higher than the wall, and on the right are large baskets of shiny copper coins. Anyone who enlists in the army will be given a bag of rice and a consistent money.

The folk customs in Longyou area are tough, which is related to the local environment. They are often plundered by Hu Yi. In order to protect themselves, many people practice martial arts and horseback riding, so Yongliang has many powerful troops since ancient times, and it is true.

(End of this chapter)