Chapter 1042 New Yizhou Governor Liu Yu
Chapter 1040: New Yizhou Governor Liu Yu
Before we knew it, we came to February of the second year of Chuping (191).
In the past year, too many major events have occurred:
In January of the first year of Chuping, the thirty-six princes joined forces to fight against Dong;
In the same month, the leader Qin Hao promoted high-yield grain, which became the greatest blessing for farmers in the world;
In February, the third battle at Hulao Pass;
In March, the rain battle in the tiger prison;
The coalition forces were divided into three groups in the same month;
Afterwards, the Battle of Longmen Formation, the Battle of Luoyang, Li Yuanba and Li Cunxiao fought to the top of Luoyang, a plan to win over the alliance, the meeting of Mianchi, the death of Dong Zhuo, and the coalition forces of the southern princes...
Each of the above is an extremely important event, but it all happened in the same year, which shows how wonderful the first year of Chuping was, and the second side of Chuping, which followed closely behind, was also uneasy.
On February 1, the second year of Chuping, the Southern Barbarian King Chiyou led 100,000 barbarian soldiers, and defrauded 300,000 to the outside world, and invaded the counties in southern Sichuan for the third time.
Chi You was not so arrogant that he declared war on the two Lius at the same time. Before the main army arrived, his main target was Liu Yan''s family.
Although Liu Yan has always been on guard against Chi You, nearly half of his troops were used to guard against Liu Ji, who had tense relations, so it was naturally difficult for him to resist Chi You''s invasion.
Chiyou''s army was not superior in terms of military strength, but Yizhou County was afraid of Chiyou like a tiger, so Chiyou''s army was so powerful that it was even less than half a month, so it captured all Jianning County, and Xinggu County was also halfway.
The rapid deterioration of the war situation forced Liu Yan to draw troops from the Northern Line to resist the aggressive invasion of Chi You, and Liu Yan fell ill due to exhaustion.
Chengdu, the provincial governor''s office.
“Yuer…”
Liu Yan on the sickbed moaned weakly.
Liu Yu led Liu Zhang and other brothers and sisters to kneel in front of Liu Yan''s bed. When he heard his father''s shouting, Liu Yu hurried forward and grabbed Liu Yan''s hand, saying sadly: "Father, Yu''er is here."
Liu Yan opened his turbid eyes and said bitterly: "Yu''er, it''s useless to be a father. He ruined the great foundation of Yizhou to this current situation..."
Liu Yu immediately shook his head and comforted him, "Father, this is not your fault. Zhu Rongchi (Chiyou) is a hero born in the Southern Barbarians every thousand years. No one in the world will do better than you, your father."
"Yu''er, you don''t need to comfort yourself as your father. If you lose, you lose."
Liu Yan''s face was even more bitter, and he said, "Yu''er, for his father, I wanted to build a solid foundation for his son like Qin Wen, but I didn''t expect that he would only leave a mess for you.
Now that I am afraid I will not be able to be a father, Yu''er, you are the eldest son of the family, and you can only take over this mess. ”
"Father, this is Yu''er''s responsibility, and Yu''er will never back down."
Liu Yu said with great firmness, and Liu Yan couldn''t help but feel a hint of relief in his eyes when he saw this.
"Yu''er, you are the pride of your father. I believe that you will be able to keep this foundation and take good care of your younger brothers and sisters. Also, be careful, be careful of Liu..."
As he spoke, Liu Yan seemed to have suffered a great pain and could not even explain a complete sentence.
Liu Yu was shocked when he saw this and hurriedly said, "Father, stop talking. Doctor, doctor, come quickly..." "Be careful of Liu Ji, he is the eldest son of the emperor."
Liu Yan used all his last strength to finally reveal this amazing secret.
After hearing this, Liu Yu was shocked and finally understood why his father was so afraid of Liu Ji. After all, compared to the Han family, the identity of Emperor Liu Ji''s eldest son is easier to gain the support of the aristocratic families and the people!
On February 20, the second year of Chuping, Liu Yan, the governor of Yizhou, died of illness in Chengdu. His son Liu Yu inherited his position and became the new governor of Yizhou.
Shortly after Liu Yu finished the funeral for Liu Yan, he led an army of 80,000 to go south and personally went to confront Chi You.
Compared with Liu Yan, who could only hide in Chengdu, Liu Yu dared to confront Chi You directly and head-on. His move to the battlefield in person also won the recognition of Yizhou generals, and the morale of the Yizhou army increased sharply.
When Liu Yu''s 80,000 reinforcements arrived, there were only 70,000 troops left in southern Sichuan, and the combined forces of the two armies reached 150,000.
Liu Yu far surpassed Chiyou in terms of military strength, but facing the Chiyou army with strong morale, Liu Yu did not dare to be careless at all, but instead adopted a steady and steady approach.
With his superior troops and excellent equipment, Liu Yu blocked Chi You''s fierce offensive and forced Chi You to suspend the attack.
But this situation did not last long. When 100,000 reinforcements from Chiyou''s rear arrived, Liu Yu, who had lost his military advantage, was suppressed by Chiyou again.
Chi You, who is in the hands of 200,000 troops, has two war god-level generals, himself and Gonggong, which is extremely powerful.
Liu Yu was not as good as Chi You in terms of military strength, and the generals were farther apart, but he still refused to compromise or give in at all. Both sides would fight for an inch of land.
Faced with the Yizhou army, which was repeatedly defeated by the Southern Barbarians, under the leadership of the new lord Liu Yu, the combat power that Chi You couldn''t help but be amazed, but the price of doing so was also huge.
Liu Yu''s army suffered a total of nearly 50,000 casualties in terms of soldiers. As for the losses of the generals, they can only be described as tragic.
Among the generals who were born, Liu Yu, He Wuji, Tan Pingzhi, Tan Shao, Meng Chang and Meng Huaiyu, five generals were killed in battle.
The casualties of local generals in Yizhou were even more tragic. Eight generals were killed in battle.
Among the thirteen army that died in battle, six died at the hands of Chiyou, four died at the hands of Gonggong, and other generals of the Southern Barbarians killed only three people in total, and even Liu Yu himself almost died several times.
Liu Yu paid such a tragic price and also destroyed nearly 35,000 Chiyou''s army, which was an unprecedented victory for the Yizhou army, which was defeated repeatedly.
In the past battles between the Yizhou Army and the Southern Barbarians, the number of victories was only a handful. The most time was to destroy only one thousand barbarians, but they paid the price of nearly three thousand casualties.
This time, under the leadership of Liu Yu, the Yizhou Army finally became proud, and veterans such as Zhang Ren, Yan Yan, and Huang Quan also agreed with Liu Yu, the new leader.
Through the war with Chiyou, although Liu Yu won the hearts of all the ministers in the state, he still lost strategically.
Liu Yu, who had only 100,000 troops left in his hand, was unable to defend Xinggu County in the end. Seeing that the situation was not good, he chose to retreat to Zhuti County in time.
Chi You put too much pressure on Liu Yu, forcing Liu Yu to send troops from the Eastern Front to assist, but considering Liu Ji who was eyeing him, this made Liu Yu unable to make up his mind.
In the end, Liu Yu decided to ced the Guxing County, which had been occupied by Chiyou, in order to reach an alliance with Liu Ji again, and the two families joined forces to fight against Chiyou''s invasion.
(This chapter ends)