Chapter 1036: Chiyou's Three Expeditions in Yizhou (Part 1)
Chapter 1036: Chi You's three expeditions to Yizhou (Part 1)
Among the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, Yizhou's economy is not the highest, but its area is definitely the largest.
Yizhou has eight counties, three vassal states and three roads, a total of 98 counties. During the Shu Han Dynasty, it was divided into 21 counties, and the number of county towns also expanded to 146 counties.
However, although Yizhou has a large territory, most of its areas are vast and sparsely populated.
More than 80% of Yizhou's population is concentrated in the four counties of Shu, Hanzhong, Bajun, and Guanghan. However, the Nanzhong area in southern Sichuan is sparsely populated and has a large number of barbarians.
Today, Yizhou is occupied by four forces, namely: Yizhou Mu Liu Yan, Hanzhong Prefect Li Shimin, Bajun Prefect Liu Ji, and Southern Barbarian King Chi You.
Since Liu Yan became the shepherd of Yizhou, in order to completely control the strength of his subordinates, he moved his headquarters twice.
Just like the original administrative seat of Jingzhou was Jiangling instead of Xiangyang, the initial administrative seat of Yizhou was not Chengdu, Shu County, but Luoxian County in Guanghan County.
In 191, Liu Yan moved the administrative seat from Luo County to Mianzhu County, Guanghan.
In 194, Liu Yancai moved the state government to Chengdu, Shu County.
For more than two thousand years, Chengdu's status has not changed and it has always been the political and economic center of Yizhou.
Although Liu Yan was the shepherd of Yizhou, the only territories directly under his jurisdiction were Shu County, Guanghan County and Jianwei County. The counties in southern Sichuan were in constant war due to the mixed population of Han and barbarians, so Liu Yan had control over them.
The force is relatively low.
Speaking of the Nanman rebellion, Liu Yan could handle it at first, but since the Nanman Zhu Rong family changed to a new leader, the situation in southern Sichuan has deteriorated more and more, and even Liu Yan can't help but feel a little powerless.
Zhu Rong was originally one of the five major tribes of the Southern Barbarians, and after Chi You became the leader of the Zhu Rong tribe, he quickly integrated the power of the entire tribe with thunderous power, and then began to expand externally with great ambition.
Although Chi You was born in the Southern Barbarians, he also traveled to the Han Dynasty and wandered around the world when he was young, so he still knew the world of the Han Dynasty very well.
Chi You knew that the equipment gap between the Han and barbarians was too big, so he did not set his sights on the big Han at first, but chose to annex the surrounding small tribes first, and then counterattack the Han after unifying the southern barbarians.
Chi You's process of unifying the Southern Barbarians was not smooth, and the other tribes of the Southern Barbarians were not soft persimmons, especially the Gonggong tribe, the deadly enemy of the Zhurong tribe.
The two tribes, Zhurong and Gonggong, one believes in Zhurong, the god of fire, and the other believes in Gonggong, the god of water. Due to their different beliefs, the relationship between the two tribes is naturally incompatible.
The difference between the Gonggong tribe and the Zhurong tribe is that the new leader of each generation will inherit the name of Gongshui Shengong, and the current leader of the Gonggong tribe, Gonggong, is the most difficult thing Chi You encountered in the process of unifying the southern barbarians.
opponent.
The Zhurong tribe under the leadership of Chi You finally aroused the fear of the Gonggong tribe after annexing more than ten small tribes, and the two tribes subsequently fought several wars.
Although Chi You won the battle, his own losses were also considerable.
Although Gonggong lost, he received support from other southern barbarian tribes.
Seeing this, Chi You finally realized that if he wanted to forcibly unify the Southern Barbarians, even if he finally succeeded, it would consume a lot of the Southern Barbarians' vitality, so he decided to divert the conflict externally, and this target was naturally the Han Dynasty.
Chi You described to the leaders of the major tribes of the Southern Barbarians how beautiful the colorful world of the Han Dynasty was, but how poor and backward the life of the Southern Barbarians was. Comparing the two, the leaders of each tribe naturally felt dissatisfied.
But at this time, Chi You suddenly started talking about how powerful the Han Dynasty was. For example: the champion Qin Hao destroyed 200,000 Xiongnu in one battle, and Dong Zhuo killed the Qiang people so much that they did not dare to set up a Qiang king...
If you don't want to be exterminated, if you want to live a good life, then the only way is to unite.
Alliance is the only way out for the Southern Barbarians.
Although 99% of the people in the Southern Barbarians cannot read a single Chinese character, it does not mean that they are ignorant.
Under Chi You's sincere persuasion, the leaders of each tribe basically agreed with Chi You's theory that "union is the only way out for the Southern Barbarians." However, this still failed to unite the entire Southern Barbarians.
Chi You knew that interests were the key to driving people's hearts, so he voluntarily gave up some interests in exchange for the trust of several tribes with bad relations, and formed a coalition to launch the first invasion of Yizhou. Naturally, the leader of the alliance also
It can only be Chi You.
Chi You's first invasion of Yizhou was not large, with only 20,000 troops. However, he fought consecutively and almost overwhelmed Liu Yan's 50,000-strong army. In the end, he completely defeated him and captured the three lands of Yizhou.
The key in a large subject country is the subject country.
The main vassal state was Zhuti County later, and there were only three counties in total, but this was a great encouragement to the various tribes of the Southern Barbarians. After all, they had launched countless rebellions, but they really succeeded in setting foot on the Han Dynasty.
Damn, this is one of the few times.
Of course, the Southern Barbarian Army's own losses were not low. Almost half of the invading 20,000-strong army suffered casualties, and this was mainly caused by the gap in equipment between the two sides.
Chi You invaded Yizhou for the first time. Although the territory he conquered was not large, it was more than enough to seize a large number of weapons and armor, and it also allowed the various tribes of the Southern Barbarians to see the benefits of alliance.
After the first victory, Chi You's second invasion naturally became more natural.
This time, almost all the tribes of the Southern Barbarians, including Chi You's arch-enemy Zhu Rong, participated, and a total of fifty thousand troops were dispatched.
After Liu Yan suffered a big loss at the hands of Chi You, he was naturally wary of him. This time, he naturally used all his strength to resist, but it was still difficult to resist Chi You's invasion.
The physical fitness of the barbarians was already better than that of the Han people, and now they have obtained the weapons and equipment of the Han army. Chi You is much better than the generals of the Yizhou army in terms of strategy and command, so how could Liu Yan resist it?
What about Chi You?
Liu Yan fought and lost again and again, and gradually the whole of Nanzhong was lost. If the defeat continued like this, Chiyou might really break through southern Sichuan and attack Chengdu.
This time, the powerful invasion of the Southern Barbarian Chi You aroused the common hatred of the Yizhou family. Although the message received full support from the Tutonzhou family, they still could not defeat Chi You on the frontal battlefield, so they could only join forces with Liu Ji, the governor of Bajun, to resist.
Southern Barbarian Invasion.
Even if Liu Ji and Liu Yan joined forces, they would have to pay a huge price to defeat Chi You.
Liu Ji's general Yong Chi was killed by Gonggong on the battlefield. Generals Fu Kuan and Zhang Ao were killed by Chi You successively. Peng Yue, Cao Shen, Lu Wan, Xia Hou Ying and Guan Ying were also seriously injured by Chi You.
As for Liu Yan, it was even worse. According to statistics, a total of more than 30 generals were killed in the battle, which left the Yizhou Army in a dilemma of almost having no generals available.