The strength of Jiuzhen and Nichinan counties is far less than that of Jiaozhi County, otherwise Shixie would not dare to take their chances easily. According to the information heard by the Phantom Secret Agent, the total population of Jiuzhen County is only a little over 200,000, and Nichinan County is only a little over 200,000.
Even fewer, less than 70,000 people.
Such two counties can be said to be vulnerable to the powerful Han army. This is indeed the case. When Yun Bin, the governor of Jiuzhen, heard that the Han army was attacking, he immediately led all the civil and military officials in the city to beg for surrender outside the city. Zhang Fei comforted them with kind words.
Fan, still made Yunbin the governor of Jiuzhen, and led the army to continue southward and entered the territory of Rinan.
After the Han army entered Rinan County, they arrived at Bijing County on the same day. What surprised Zhang Fei was that the four gates of Bijing County were wide open, but there was not a single defender in sight.
Seeing that Zhang Fei wanted to enter the city, Yan Yan hurriedly stepped forward, raised his hands on his horse, and reminded: "General Zhang, be careful that there is an ambush in the city."
Zhang Fei tightened the reins and said: "The entire population of Rinan is only 70,000. How many people can there be in this Bijing City? Even if there is an ambush, what should I, Old Zhang, fear? Enter the city!" [
When the people in the city saw an army in black clothes and armor rushing in, they were frightened and fled. Zhang Fei ordered the soldiers to capture two people and asked in a deep voice: "Where is the county government?"
The two commoners pointed tremblingly towards the east of the city. Zhang Fei raised his horse whip lightly, spurred his horse and ran towards the east of the city. It was smaller than Jingcheng, and in half a cup of tea, the large group of people arrived at the county government office, far away
Then he saw several government officials running in in a panic. Zhang Fei didn't even get off his horse and rushed straight into the lobby.
There was a chaos in the lobby. The county magistrate had just stood up and was about to avoid the back office. He was caught up by Zhang Fei. He thrust his snake spear at his back and shouted loudly: "Say! Why are there not even a single soldier in the city?"
None?"
The county magistrate trembled and said: "Hero, spare your life. The Xianglin Zhan tribe has rebelled. They have captured Lu Rong and established the Linyi Kingdom. They are now besieging Xijuan. All the soldiers in the county have been transferred to Xijuan."
Zhang Fei grinned and cursed: "It turns out it is really an empty city. My sons, keep going south, I want to see what those Cham people are."
Therefore, the soldiers who had just entered the city ignored the need to rest and continued to advance south, arriving in Zhuwu County in the afternoon. As a result, not only did Zhuwu County have no defenders, they could not even find the county magistrate, and they did not know that they were going to Xijuan County.
He helped, but he still ran away.
After running through two empty cities in a row, Zhang Fei was very unhappy. However, he did not order to march to Xijuan immediately. Xijuan is the prefecture of Rinan, and the money and food of Rinan are concentrated there. No matter how powerful the Clan people are, they must be eager.
Xijuan City could not be captured in a short period of time. Zhang Fei knew that his soldiers were getting tired after days of fighting, so he simply ordered a two-day rest in the city, and at the same time sent reconnaissance cavalry to inquire about Xijuan.
Tan Ma rushed back early the next morning. Xijuan City was already surrounded by Cham rebels. However, according to Tan Ma's reconnaissance, the number of Cham rebels besieging the city was only two to three thousand, which was equivalent to the defenders in the city.
Since the combined forces of these two parties were less than a fraction of the Han army, Zhang Fei had no reason to hesitate and immediately continued southward.
At noon, when Zhang Fei's leading troops arrived outside Xijuan City, the Cham troops surrounding the city panicked. At least so far, the three counties of Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen, and Rimian have not officially separated from the Han Dynasty. They are still under the rule of the Han Dynasty.
In the territory, the Han army suddenly appeared here, indicating that Nishijuan's reinforcements had arrived.
However, the Cham people have always been brave. From Xianglin to Lu Rong, their troops were smaller than the defenders of Rinan County. As a result, they not only defeated the Japanese army, but also captured two cities in a row. For these Han troops who appeared in the wilderness, the Cham people
The rebels didn't take it seriously at all.
The Cham people fought with courage. When they heard that reinforcements from Xijuan had arrived, they not only did not retreat, but gathered together and rushed towards the new Han army.
Because the two attacks were at hand-to-hand combat, Zhang Fei took advantage of the opportunity this time. He suddenly appeared with a snake spear eight feet long in his hand, and killed the Cham rebels. As expected, the Cham rebels were not afraid of death. They really fought forward and fell down.
One after another came one after another. No wonder the Japanese army was defeated by them and was unable to fight back.
Although the Cham rebels were brave, their opponents were more powerful. Needless to say Zhang Fei, those elite Han regular regiments were not something they could resist. The two sides fought fiercely for half an hour, and the shouts of killing gradually faded away. In fact,
It is more accurate to say that it was a one-sided massacre. Because the Cham rebels did not cooperate at all and fought independently, how could they defeat the well-trained Han army? What's more, they are still outnumbered.
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For the Nichinan defenders in Nishijuan, this is the best opportunity to go out of the city to help in the battle. With two attacks, the Cham rebels will be defeated faster. However, the continuous battles with the Cham rebels have resulted in repeated battles.
Repeated defeats had made them lose confidence in themselves. Facing the one-sided battle, they did not dare to help. They only dared to stay on the top of the city and be bystanders.
The battle outside the city ended quickly. The Cham rebels were indeed brave. Even until the last warrior was picked on the tip of a spear by Zhang Fei, no one surrendered. The flat ground outside the north gate of Xijuan City was filled with Cham people.
The corpses of rebels.
Zhang Fei, who was covered in blood, rode his horse to the foot of Xijuan City. With a strong wave, the corpse of the Cham rebel on the tip of the spear flew up out of thin air and hit the head of Xijuan City hard. Blood and flesh splashed everywhere.
All.
Zhang Fei shouted: "Listen to the people in the city, open the doors quickly and surrender, otherwise the army will enter the city and no chickens or dogs will be left behind."
At this time, the stunned Rinan defenders realized that the black-clad and black-armored army under the city holding a banner with the Chinese character "Han" was not their reinforcements, but the same troops as the Cham rebels, who came to rob them.
of the territory.
There was a sudden panic on the top of the city. A man who looked like a general brandished a sword and shouted: "Hold on, hold on, they can't attack." [
Although the Cham people are shorter in stature, a corpse weighs more than a hundred kilograms anyway. The blood-smeared and ferocious-looking enemy general at the bottom of the city can easily throw such a corpse into the city if he wants to attack.
Are there any other difficulties?
The defenders at the top of the city looked at these "magic soldiers" who were ten times or a hundred times more powerful than the Zhan tribesmen, and how could they still feel the slightest bit of resistance. Moreover, the enemy general at the front had already said that no
Surrender means leaving no chickens or dogs behind. In the panic, some people fled down the city, others ran around, and there was no one willing to listen to the command. That
The man who looked like a general swung his sword and chopped down two escaping defenders. As a result, not only did he fail to stop the riot, but he provoked a strong reaction from the defenders. The only way to defend the city was to die, and only surrender could give a chance to survive. Since
So, it was just the opposite! When some of the defenders looked at the general again, they had a fierce look in their eyes, and they didn’t know who was the first to pounce. Everyone swarmed forward. The general fought back with his sword, but he
Without Zhang Fei's incredible martial arts skills, he was ultimately outnumbered and chopped into pieces by random blades.
With the city gates wide open, the Han army successfully captured Xijuan City.
Further south, Lu Rong and Xianglin counties have been captured by the Cham people, but the Cham people have a small population. It was only with the spirit of not fearing death that they defeated the Nichinan defenders. Now after the battle outside Nishijuan City
, the Cham tribe did not have many young men left. When the Han army arrived at Lu Rong and Xianglin City, the remnant Cham soldiers guarding the city had already plundered all the property and children in the city and fled into the nearby mountains.
Zhang Fei then settled down in Xijuan, and while sending people to report the victory to Xiangyang, he also sent the mountain troops of the Seventh Legion to various places to wipe out the remnants of the Zhan tribe.
At the same time, the second group of troops led by Zhang and Zhang Ren also successively captured Yulin and Hepu counties. The third group of troops led by Zhang Liao and Gao Shun were even more ineffective, forcing Cangwu prefect Dong Zhen to surrender.
It was the fourth group of troops led by Guan Yu and Tai Shici who ran into trouble.
The target of the fourth wave of attacks was Nanhai County. Nanhai Prefect Wu Ju and Liu Bei were old acquaintances. When Liu Bei was still in Xuzhou, he secretly sent people to befriend Wu Ju. Later, Liu Bei was taken to Xiangyang by Liu Xin, and Liu Bei and Wu Juzhi
The contact between them was broken. However, Wu Ju, reminded by Liu Bei, had made a lot of preparations. On the one hand, he greatly expanded his military strength, and on the other hand, he built checkpoints in Longchuan and Zhongsu.
Jiaozhou has been the territory of the Han Dynasty for a long time. Except for the three counties of Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen and Rinan, there are ready-made roads in other places, as well as in the South China Sea. Guan Yu started from Kuaiji County and went south, marching along the main road.
They arrived at Longchuan within a day. However, they were blocked by Wu Ju's army in Longchuan.
Longchuan is the only road from Kuaiji to Panyu, the capital of Nanhai County. The terrain here is dangerous. The originally flat road suddenly became winding here, with steep cliffs on both sides. Wu Ju's camp and checkpoint were built on this road.
On the main road.
Ordinarily, even the mighty passes such as Wuguan and Yangpingguan could not stop the Han army from advancing, and a small camp was nothing. However, the unique terrain of Longchuan made Guan Yu and Taishi Ci, who had experienced hundreds of battles, helpless.
Because Nanhai County borders Guiyang County in Jingzhou, Liu Bei had long wanted to use Wu Ju to stab Liu Xin in the back at a critical moment, so the information he provided to Wu Ju was very comprehensive, including telling Wu Ju that Liu Xin was in the army.
The range of crossbows is two to three times that of ordinary crossbows, so Wu Ju fully considered this factor when setting up the camp.
The location where Wu Ju camped was chosen particularly well. There was a curve less than fifty steps ahead. Originally, it was not easy for the Han army to deploy its troops on the main road, and such a short distance put the Han army's crossbows within range.
The advantage has been lost, and both sides are basically on the same starting line.
At the same time, this layout also brings another benefit. The trebuchet, another weapon of the Han army for attacking cities and fortresses, has also lost its use. The distance of fifty steps is too close. If the trebuchet is launched at this position,
The stones thrown must have gone behind Wu's huge camp, posing no threat to them at all.
Faced with this situation, if they attack by force, they will pay huge casualties, but if they don't attack by force, it will be difficult to move forward. Guan Yu and Taishi Ci reached a deadlock.