After pacifying Xicheng County, Zhong Yu did not set out towards the county town of Western Han Dynasty.
Instead, they turned north and attacked the four counties in the north of Shangyong County, Xunyang County, Changli County, Xin County, and Wuling County in Xicheng.
Except for Wuling County, the other three county towns among these four counties are slightly more tightly defended, because each of them has some checkpoints to guard the transportation between Yizhou and Guanzhong.
This is also the reason why Zhong Yu wants to attack them first. If he doesn't defeat them separately, seize their fortresses, and cut off communication with Guanzhong, how can he dare to capture the entire Hanzhong with confidence!
Yizhou is blocked by mountains and full of dangerous places. Often you only need to guard one road to make the imperial army look at the pass and sigh without doing anything.
So I only need to send a few hundred people to guard these levels, and basically I can sit back and relax without any accidents. Unless the imperial court sends tens of thousands of troops to attack fiercely regardless of life and death, and use human lives to fill these barriers.
But it is impossible to think about it. The entire imperial court is troubled internally and externally. In the north, there are Xianbei people who invade the border from time to time, in the west, there are Qiang people who often cause chaos, and in the south, there are Shanyue barbarians who constantly come out to plunder property and people.
Only the east side has no big troubles because of the sea, but there are also many pirates making a living there.
There are also people inside who are rebelling because they can no longer make a living. Bandits are causing chaos everywhere, transportation is blocked a lot, and the court's control over local areas is slowly weakening.
Soldiers are needed everywhere, so how can we use him to fill these levels? What's more, it's not like he doesn't have troops to send reinforcements.
I just mentioned that the defenses in those three counties are stricter than those in other parts of the mainland. But the main purpose is not to target the hinterland of the south, but to look after the refugees in the north.
In recent years, natural and man-made disasters have continued, and people in various places have been displaced and are constantly running around, hoping to find a place to settle down.
But the county chiefs in various places often dare not accept them. They don't have enough food in their counties, so why can't they distinguish them from the refugees
We can only force them to be driven away. If we can't, we will let them go, but we will also send troops to keep them under strict guard.
Therefore, the main responsibility of those checkpoints now is to see if there are any refugees among the passing pedestrians. Identify them and stop them outside the pass to prevent them from entering Hanzhong.
If there are bold people who want to break into Hanzhong by force, then this will be the moment when their role is reflected. Kill them without mercy and use their bloody corpses as a warning to all the refugees.
During this time, there was another disaster in the north, and the number of refugees increased. There are countless people who take desperate risks and want to enter the fertile Hanzhong in the south. There were dozens of corpses in front of the checkpoint, but it still couldn't stop the enthusiasm of those people.
Therefore, the defenses in the northern part of the pass are often very well built and look majestic at a glance. The defense in the south is not very good, it can even be said to be rudimentary.
This is also a characteristic of the ancient feudal dynasty. After all, all city defenses are used to defend against enemies, so why would they deliberately build something to defend their own people
Not only is it a waste of resources, but it also alienates insiders. Even if you really suspect that someone among your subordinates is rebelling, you will only investigate in secret instead of speaking out to alert the enemy.
However, their cheapness gave Zhong Yu the opportunity to easily break through from the rear, a level that was usually easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Taking advantage of the gaps in their defense, they finally led their troops to bypass the county seat and go straight to the checkpoint in the north of the county, hoping to capture the checkpoint first.
At that time, the county town will be a turtle in a urn, and it will be its own territory in front, back, left, and right, so where can it go
A few miles away from the checkpoint, Zhong Yu asked his soldiers to change their clothes and become some handymen, while he changed into a businessman.
Pretending to be a caravan, they headed to Guanzhong in the north for business, while a group of soldiers hid in the carriage.
There are caravans going to the north for business, and these soldiers can also collect a generous toll, so they are not too embarrassed.
This is their God of Wealth. If you offend them now and they don't take this path in the future, it won't mean that you have lost a fortune in vain.
So I finally just took out a heavy wallet and handed it to the guard at the city gate with a smile.
The city gate officer smiled and chatted with him for a few words, and then ordered the soldiers behind him to open the city gate and let him pass.
After opening the city gate easily, Zhong Yu suddenly took action, pulled out several knives from the carriage, and slashed repeatedly, killing all the soldiers at the city gate.
The eyes of those soldiers who were still open after death clearly told people that they could not believe until their death that the businessman with a friendly face was actually an enemy.
If there were really enemies, why didn't anyone from the counties along the way come to report them? Or maybe there are people in the county who are rebelling. In short, their resentment must be very serious.
After occupying the city gate, Zhong Yu had a road leading into the city pass. He signaled the soldiers behind him to rush forward, saying that they should occupy those dangerous terrains as much as possible before the people in the checkpoint could react.
He slowly retreated to the back, and under the protection of a few cavalry, he came to a safe rear, away from the battlefield.
He would not really rush forward and make fun of him with his own life. It was just a last resort.
The people under his command are all rough people, they all look like they are good at making moves, and they don’t have much culture. How can they be expected to win the trust of the checkpoint guards and make them believe that those people are businessmen
Only I, a person who usually lives well and knows some words, went up to deal with the guards. The main reason is that there are too few talents. If I have enough talents in the future, I will never do such risky things again.
After opening the gate of the level, he entered the interior of the level. The most dangerous level had been defeated by himself, and the rest of the matter was not a big deal.
The soldiers under his command are all extremely elite. Although those checkpoint soldiers have killed a few refugees, they are still not as good as the soldiers who have gone through battle formations and been on the battlefield.
After resisting for a while and realizing that they were no match for the enemy, they simply put down their weapons and surrendered, or turned around and ran away.
However, even if those people wanted to escape, they would not be able to escape anywhere. Their efforts would be in vain, and they might even end up losing their lives.
Zhong Yu, who had foresight, sent his cavalry to the city gate leading to the north from the moment he entered the city.
With those elite cavalry around, no one can go out to the north through that city gate to report the news.
However, within half an hour, this small checkpoint was quelled by his own soldiers. All the guards were captured or surrendered, and all the tough ones were shot to death with a crossbow.
Zhong Yu still cherishes the soldiers under his command. Those are all good luck points. Therefore, if we can save their lives, we must try our best to save them and never waste them pointlessly.
Therefore, if possible, Zhong Yu will try his best to use his weapon advantage to make those enemies who try to resist and occupy dangerous positions despair.
Just like the guards in this level, trying to fight hand-to-hand with their own soldiers, he directly ordered the cavalry to take out their hand crossbows and shoot them with an arrow, keeping them in check.
(End of chapter)