Before we knew it, time came to February of the second year of Chuping (191).
In the past year, too many major events have happened:
In January of the first year of Chuping, thirty-six princes allied themselves against Dong;
In the same month, alliance leader Qin Hao promoted high-yielding grains, which became the biggest gospel for farmers all over the world;
February, the third battle of Hulao Pass;
March, Hulao Rain Battle;
In the same month, the coalition forces were divided into three groups;
After that, the Battle of Longmen Formation, the Battle of Luoyang, the decisive battle between Li Yuanba and Li Cunxiao on the top of Luoyang, the plan to seal the king's plan to retreat all the coalition forces, the meeting in Mianchi, the death of Dong Zhuo, and the coalition forces of the southern princes...
Each of the above is an extremely important event, but they all happened in the same year. This shows how wonderful the first year of Chuping was, and the two sides that followed it were equally uneasy.
In the second year of Chuping, on February 1, the Southern Barbarian King Chiyou led one hundred thousand barbarian troops, falsely claiming to be three hundred thousand, and invaded the counties in southern Sichuan of Yizhou for the third time.
Chi You was not arrogant enough to declare war on the two Lius at the same time. Before the main force arrived, his main targets were only Liu Yan and his family.
Although Liu Yan had always been on guard against Chi You, nearly half of his troops were used to guard against Liu Ji, who had a tense relationship with him. Naturally, it was difficult to resist Chi You's invasion.
Chi You's army was not superior in terms of strength, but Yizhou County was as afraid of Chi You as a tiger. Therefore, Chi You's army was so overwhelming that in less than half a month, the entire Jianning County was captured, and half of Xinggu County was also lost.
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The war situation deteriorated rapidly, forcing Liu Yan to deploy troops on the northern front to resist the aggressive Chi You invasion. Liu Yan also fell ill due to mental and physical exhaustion.
Chengdu, Prefecture Mufu.
"Yu'er..."
Liu Yan groaned feebly on the hospital bed.
Liu Yu took Liu Zhang and other brothers and sisters and knelt in front of Liu Yan's bed. When he heard his father's call, Liu Yu quickly stepped forward and grabbed Liu Yan's hand, saying sadly: "Father, Yu'er is here.
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Liu Yan opened his cloudy eyes and said bitterly: "Yu'er, you are useless as a father. You have ruined the great foundation of Yizhou to this situation..."
Liu Yu immediately shook his head and consoled him: "Father, this is not your fault. Zhu Rongchi (Chiyou) is a hero born in a thousand years in the Southern Barbarians. No one in the world can do better than you, father."
"Yu'er, you don't need to comfort your father. If you lose, you lose."
Liu Yan's face became even more bitter as he said: "Yu'er, as a father, I wanted to lay a solid foundation for my son like Qin Wen, but I didn't expect that I would only leave you a mess.
Now I am afraid that I will die as a father. Yuer, you are the eldest son in the family, so you can only take over this mess."
"Father, this is Yu'er's responsibility. Yu'er will never back down."
Liu Yu said with great determination, and when Liu Yan saw this, a trace of relief flashed in his eyes.
"Yu'er, you are my father's pride. My father believes that you can keep this inheritance and take good care of your younger brothers and sisters. Also, you must be careful, be careful..."
As he talked, Liu Yan seemed to be in great pain and could not even speak a complete sentence.
When Liu Yu saw this, he was shocked and said quickly: "Father, stop talking. Doctor, doctor, come quickly..."
"Be careful of Liu Ji, he is the eldest son of the emperor."
Liu Yan used the last bit of strength in his life to finally reveal this amazing secret.
Liu Yu was shocked after hearing this, and understood why his father was so afraid of Liu Ji. After all, compared to the Han clan clan, as the eldest son of Emperor Liu Ji, it was easier to gain support from the aristocratic family and the people!
On February 20, the second year of Chuping, Liu Yan, the shepherd of Yizhou, died of illness and moved to Chengdu. His son Liu Yu succeeded him and became the new shepherd of Yizhou.
Not long after Liu Yu finished the funeral for Liu Yan, he led an army of 80,000 people southward to confront Chi You in person.
Compared with Liu Yan who would only hide in Chengdu, Liu Yu dared to confront Chi You directly. His move to the battlefield in person also won the approval of the Yizhou generals, and the morale of the Yizhou army increased greatly.
When Liu Yu's 80,000 reinforcements arrived, there were only 70,000 defenders left in southern Sichuan, and the combined strength of the two armies reached 150,000.
Liu Yu far surpassed Chi You in terms of military strength, but facing Chi You's army with high morale, Liu Yu did not dare to be careless at all, and instead adopted a steady and steady attack.
Liu Yu relied on his superior troops and sophisticated equipment to block Chi You's fierce offensive, forcing Chi You to postpone the attack.
But this situation did not last long. When the 100,000 reinforcements from Chi You's rear arrived, Liu Yu, who had lost his strength advantage, was suppressed by Chi You again.
Chi You had an army of 200,000 at his disposal, as well as two god-of-war generals, himself and Gonggong, which could be described as overwhelming.
Liu Yu was inferior to Chi You in terms of military strength, and even worse in terms of generals, but he still refused to compromise or give in even half a step, and both sides fought fiercely for every inch of territory.
Facing the Southern Barbarians' repeated defeats in battles, the Yizhou Army, under the leadership of the new lord Liu Yu, displayed combat prowess that even Chi You could not help but marvel at. However, the cost of doing so was also huge.
In terms of soldiers, Liu Yujun suffered a total of nearly 50,000 casualties. As for the losses of generals, they can only be described as tragic.
Among the generals Liu Yu brought to life, five generals, He Wuji, Tan Pingzhi, Tan Shao, Meng Chang, and Meng Huaiyu, died in the battle.
The casualties among Yizhou's local generals were even more tragic. Eight generals, Jia Long, Cheng Yu, Zheng Du, Li Yi, Yang Huai, Lei Tong, Yong Kai, and Zhu Bao, died in the battle.
Among the thirteen soldiers who died in the battle, six died at the hands of Chi You and four died at the hands of Gong Gong. The other Nanman generals only killed three people in total. Even Liu Yu himself narrowly escaped death several times.
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Liu Yu paid such a heavy price and wiped out Chi You's nearly 35,000 troops. This was an unprecedented victory for the Yizhou Army, which had suffered repeated defeats.
In the past battles between the Yizhou Army and the Southern Barbarian Army, the number of victories was simply handful. The most victory was only 1,000 barbarian soldiers eliminated, but at the cost of nearly 3,000 casualties.
This time, under the leadership of Liu Yu, the Yizhou Army finally felt proud. Zhang Ren, Yan Yan, Huang Quan and other veteran generals in the army also recognized Liu Yu as the new leader.
Through the war with Chi You, although Liu Yu tried his best to win the hearts of all the ministers in the state, he still lost strategically.
Liu Yu, who only had 100,000 troops left in his hands, failed to defend Xinggu County in the end. Seeing that the situation was not going well, he promptly chose to retreat to Zhuti County.
Chi You put too much pressure on Liu Yu, forcing Liu Yu to send troops from the eastern front to help. However, considering Liu Ji who was watching covetously from one side, Liu Yu was still unable to make up his mind.
In the end, Liu Yu decided to cede Guxing County, which had been occupied by Chi You, in order to form an alliance with Liu Ji again, and the two families once again joined forces to fight against Chi You's invasion.