Chapter 1038 Chiyou attacked Yizhou three times (Part 1)


    Chapter 1036: Chiyou attacked Yizhou three times (Part 1)


    Among the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, Yizhou had the highest economy, but its area was definitely the largest state.


    Yizhou has eight counties, three vassal states, and a total of 98 counties. During the Shu Han Dynasty, it was divided into twenty-one counties, and the number of county towns also expanded to 146 counties.


    However, although Yizhou has a large territory, most areas are vast and sparsely populated.


    More than 80% of the population of Yizhou are concentrated in the four counties of Shu County, Hanzhong, Ba County and Guanghan, while the southern central area of ??southern Sichuan is sparsely populated and there are also a large number of barbarians.


    Today, Yizhou is occupied by four forces, namely: Liu Yan, the governor of Yizhou, Li Shimin, the prefect of Hanzhong, Liu Ji, the prefect of Ba County, and Chi You, the king of Southern Barbarians.


    Since becoming the governor of Yizhou, Liu Yan carried out two migrations of the capital in order to completely control his subordinates.


    Just like the original capital of Jingzhou was in Jiangling instead of Xiangyang, the original capital of Yizhou was not Chengdu, Shu County, but Luo County of Guanghan County.


    In 191, Liu Yan moved his capital from Luo County to Mianzhu County, Guanghan.


    In 194, Liu Yancai moved the prefecture to Chengdu, Shu County.


    In the next two thousand years, Chengdu''s status has not changed and has always been the political and economic center of Yizhou.


    Although Liu Yan was the governor of Yizhou, the territory he really under his jurisdiction was only Shu County, Guanghan and Jianwei. The counties in southern Sichuan were constantly wars because of the mixed Han and barbarians, so Liu Yan had relatively low control over it.


    Speaking of the Southern Barbarian rebellion, Liu Yan could still deal with it at the beginning, but since the Zhurong family of the Southern Barbarians changed their new leader, the situation in southern Sichuan has become worse and worse, and even made Liu Yan feel a little overwhelmed.


    Zhurong was originally one of the five major tribes of the Southern Barbarians. After Chi You became the leader of the Zhurong tribe, he quickly integrated the power of the entire clan with thunder, and then began to expand externally with great ambition.


    Although Chi You was born in the Southern Barbarians, he also went to the Han Dynasty and spread across the world when he was a young man, so he still had a very good understanding of the Han Dynasty.


    Chi You knew that the equipment gap between the Han and the Barbarians was too big, so he did not aim at the Han at the beginning, but chose to annex the surrounding small tribes first, and then counterattack the Han people after unifying the Southern Barbarians.


    The process of Chiyou unifying the Southern Barbarians was not smooth, and the other tribes of the Southern Barbarians were not soft persimmons, especially the mortal enemy of the Zhurong tribe, the Gonggong tribe.


    The two tribes Zhurong and Gonggong, one believes in the Fire God Zhurong and the other believes in the Water God Gonggong. Because of different beliefs, the relationship between the two tribes is naturally incompatible.


    What is different from the Zhurong tribe is that each generation of new leaders will inherit the name of Gongshui Shengong, while Gongshen, the contemporary leader of the Gongshen tribe, was the most difficult opponent Chiyou encountered during the process of unifying the Southern Barbarians.


    After the Zhurong tribe under Chiyou''s leadership annexed more than ten small tribes, it finally aroused the fear of the Gonggong tribe, and the two tribes then fought several major wars.


    Although Chiyou won, his own losses were also considerable.


    Although Gonggong lost, he received support from other tribes of the Southern Barbarians. Seeing this, Chi You finally realized that if he wanted to forcibly unify the Southern Barbarians, even if he did it in the end, it would lose a lot of the Southern Barbarians'' vitality. Therefore, he decided to transfer conflicts to the outside world, and this target was naturally the Great Han.


    Chiyou described to the leaders of the major tribes of the Southern Barbarians how beautiful the world of the Han Dynasty was, and the lives of the Southern Barbarians were many poor and backward. In contrast, the leaders of each tribe were naturally resentful.


    At this time, Chi You suddenly spoke up and said how powerful the Han Dynasty was, such as: the champion Hou Qinhao destroyed 200,000 Xiongnu in one battle, and Dong Zhuo killed the Qiang people so hard that they dared not establish the Qiang King...


    If you don’t want to be exterminated and want to live a good life, you can only unite.


    United is the only way out for the Southern Barbarians.


    Although 99% of the people in the Southern Barbarians can’t read a single word, it does not mean they have no knowledge.


    Under Chiyou''s sincere and hard persuasion, the leaders of each tribe basically agreed with Chiyou''s theory that "unification is the only way out for the Southern Barbarians", but with this, the entire Southern Barbarians could not unite.


    Chiyou knew very well that interests were the key to driving people''s hearts, so he took the initiative to give up some interests in exchange for the trust of several tribes with bad relationships, and formed a coalition force to launch the first invasion of Yizhou, and the leader of the alliance could only be Chiyou.


    Chiyou did not have many troops invading Yizhou for the first time, only 20,000, but he won consecutive battles, almost suppressing Liu Yan''s 50,000 troops. In the end, he completely defeated him and occupied Yongchang County, the southernmost tip of Yizhou, including its capital Buwei County.


    Although the territory of the five counties is not large, this is a great encouragement to the Southern Barbarians. After all, they launched rebellions countless times, but this is one of the few times that they have truly successfully set foot on the Han territory.


    Of course, the Southern Barbarian Army itself suffered great losses, with almost half of the invading 20,000 troops killed or injured, and this was mainly caused by the gap in equipment between the two sides.


    Chiyou invaded Yizhou for the first time. Although the territory he captured was not large, he was winning because he seized a large number of weapons and armor, which also allowed the Southern Barbarians to see the benefits of unity.


    After the first victory, Chiyou''s second invasion naturally became even more natural.


    This time, almost all tribes of the Southern Barbarians, even Chiyou''s arch-rival Gonggong, participated, and a total of 50,000 troops were dispatched.


    After Liu Yan suffered a great loss at Chi You, he was naturally full of vigilance against him. This time, he naturally used all his strength to resist, but it was still difficult to resist Chi You''s invasion.


    The barbarians'' physical fitness is better than the Han people, and now they have obtained weapons and equipment from the Han army. Chiyou is more than better than the generals of the Yizhou army in terms of strategy and command, so how could Liu Yan resist Chiyou?


    Liu Yan fought repeatedly and fought repeatedly, and gradually the entire Nanzhong was lost. If he continued to lose like this, Chi You might have to break the southern Sichuan and attack Chengdu.


    This strong invasion of the Southern Barbarian Chiyou caused the common hatred of the Yizhou family. Although the message received full support from the local state families, it still could not defeat Chiyou on the front battlefield and could only unite with Liu Ji, the prefect of Ba County, to resist the invasion of the Southern Barbarians.


    Even if Liu Ji and Liu Yan joined forces, they would have paid a huge price to defeat Chi You.


    Liu Ji''s general Cao Wushang was killed by Gonggong in the last battle. Generals Lu Wan and Guan Ying were beheaded by Chi You one after another, and Peng Yue, Cao Shen and Xiahou Ying were also seriously injured by Chi You.


    As for Liu Yan, it was even worse. According to statistics, more than 30 generals and schoolmen were killed in battle, which made the Yizhou army almost reach the dilemma of no general available.


    (This chapter ends)