Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 478
After the King of Chu responded to the calls of the people in Jinling, the news gradually spread among the Chu Kingdom.

The originally fermented emotions finally calmed down, but the emotions in response to the recruitment were still high - on the one hand, they wanted to contribute to the Chu State, and on the other hand, after the nutritional level of the civilians improved and the Pan-Zhenqi project was launched, civilians also emerged. More and more grassroots warriors.

Of course, Chu State also carefully controlled the direction of folk propaganda.

While depicting the princes of Shu as powerful, tyrannical, and full of malice towards Chu, they also portrayed the poor life and oppression of the Yizhou people. They even published articles about Yizhou caravans and immigrants from Yizhou in Di Bao, expressing their views on the princes of Shu. The government's strong accusations and support for the Chu State.

Emphasize that the interests of the people of Chu and Yizhou are the same, and our common enemy is the oppressors of Yizhou Prefecture who are cruel and hostile to the people's yearning for a better life, and the anti-Chu forces behind them...

As for the "anti-Chu forces behind the scenes", Bai Tu has nothing to do with how the people understand it. If they insist on saying that they are forces supporting the Han Dynasty, Bai Tu will not specifically correct them.

This time, Zhang Lu's title was rejected, and the Han Dynasty court vaguely showed its intention to target Hanzhong. This was not completely beyond Bai Tu's expectation, but it did make Bai Tu vigilant.

It was natural to take the opportunity to arouse public sentiment, make the Chu people aware of who the enemy was, and reduce the impression and potential influence of the Han Dynasty.

At least since then, it will be difficult for anyone, whether among the people or scholars, to criticize Chu's policies based on "Han orthodoxy". Otherwise...Song Zhong will serve as a warning.

At the same time, Yizhou is not out of reach. It is still possible to train troops all the way along the Three Gorges. In addition, more efforts should be made in the Nanzhong area!

The Chu State's "truce" was only aimed at other Han princes. Overseas expansion and the development of Jingnan and Wuling have never stopped. Likewise, the pace of opening up Nanzhong from the south of Wuling to the west has never stopped.

It's just that we don't just use war. To be precise... war is the last resort in development.

Not to mention overseas expansion, most of the people encountered were stone civilizations. The area from Wuling to Nanzhong in the south, that is, the area from Guizhou, Guangxi to Yunnan in later generations, although they belonged to Jingzhou and Yizhou, for the barbarians, there was no A clear dividing line between Jingwei and Jingwei.

Although the Wuling barbarians and the Nanzhong barbarians have different origins, they have long been mixed with each other, and have been mixed with the blood and culture of the Central Plains people, that is, the Han people in a narrow sense.

Compared with Wuling Man and Shan Yue, Wuling Man and Nanzhong Man are actually very close in culture...

Speaking of Nanzhongman, the most famous among them in later generations is Meng Huo, who was captured seven times!
There is some controversy over the existence of Meng Huo in history, because this name does not appear in "Three Kingdoms", but it is recorded in "Han, Jin, Spring and Autumn" and "Huayang Kingdom".

Later scholars believe that it does not exist. The main basis is "Three Kingdoms". The evidence is the name "Meng Huo" - a barbarian king who surrendered after being captured. He happened to be named "Huo", which seems too deliberate.

Therefore, it is speculated that Meng Huo's deeds were probably pieced together by several Han Yi rebel generals, who later took the name "Huo" and took the surname "Meng" from Nanzhong.
After all, Chen Shou, the author of "Three Kingdoms", was from the Shu Kingdom, while "Han, Jin, Spring and Autumn" and "Huayang Kingdom" were both from the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Regardless of the location or time, Chen Shou should be the one who knew better about the Nanman rebellion.

Of course, regardless of whether Meng Huo existed or not, the "seven captures and seven verticals" in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms have no place in the history books.

During the Southern Barbarian rebellion when Liu Bei died, Zhuge Liang sent troops in the spring, crossed the Lu River in May, and then returned to the court with his troops in the autumn - it can be seen that the formal fighting did not last long, and it was impossible to go deep into Nanzhong.

Otherwise, with the scattered locations of the legendary Seven Captures and Seven Strategies, there would not even be time to check in one by one...

And in fact, the Shu Han's strategy towards the Nanzhong region was completely different from the legend of "Seven Captures and Seven Columns". According to the legend of "Seven Captures and Seven Columns", Zhuge Liang almost penetrated Nanzhong and surrendered countless tribes along the way.

However, in fact, the Shu Kingdom did not retain either people or troops in Nanzhong. Instead, it took away Nanzhong's elite soldiers and bribed and recruited warriors from the barbarians. The remaining ordinary soldiers and generals were still returned to Nanzhong. part...

Just wait for the people of Nanzhong to present gold, silver, lacquerware, cattle and horses, which means that they no longer actually rule Nanzhong. Compared with the Han Dynasty, they have left Nanzhong alone in exchange for a stable rear.

The stability of the Nanzhong barbarians is not so much the result of seven captures and seven manipulations, but rather the effect of Shu's change in Nanzhong's strategy.

In the annotations of the Nanman rebellion in the history books, Meng Huo is not the protagonist. Generally speaking, the protagonists of the rebellion should be Yong Kai, the leader of the Han people in Nanzhong, and Gaoding, the Yi king of Nanzhong.

There are only discrepancies in the records of the rebellion process. One theory is that Yong Kai and Gao Ding joined forces to rebel and were later pacified. The other is that Yong Kai was killed by Gao Ding, and Gao Ding took over the rebellion and was later pacified...

The space where Meng Huo exists in the history books is that of "Yong Kai's subordinate". As a barbarian king with a reputation among the barbarians, he took on the important task of colluding with various tribes in the south and central for Yong Kai.

Meng Huo was not killed like Yong Kai and Gao Ding, but because he had a certain prestige among Han and Yi in the South China, he was surrendered by Zhuge Liang and left a promise of "never turning back".

In the world of Castle Princess, the situation in the Nanzhong region is consistent with "various historical materials", but also completely different.

The entire southern part of Yizhou, from west to east, is Yongchang County, Yuexun (xi) County, Zhuti County, and Zang (zang) County. Historically, after Zhuge Liang put down the Nanman rebellion, Jianning County, Yunnan County, and Xinggu County is collectively known as the Seven Counties in Nanzhong!
In total, Nanzhong in Yizhou accounts for a much larger proportion than Shanyue in Yangzhou and Wuling in Jingzhou. The population of Nanzhong is not even larger than that of Bajun, Shujun, Guanghanjun, and Qianweijun. There are only four counties in Bashu. Counting Hanzhong County, only the northern part of Yizhou has an absolute advantage in population resources.

The reason why the Kingdom of Shu is derogatoryly called the Kingdom of Shu instead of the Kingdom of Benefit is because the core of its power has always been in Bashu. The only requirement for the seven counties in the south was to provide money and troops. "Lai" is completely opposite to Soochow who insists on grinding away all mountains and rivers little by little.

In addition to the external reason that the Shu Han "set the goal in the north", it is also because of the complicated internal situation in Nanzhong!

Compared with Shanyue in Yangzhou and Wuling County in Jingzhou, Nanzhong is not only larger, but also has less conflicts between Han and Yi, and is more united internally...

Although the so-called Nanzhong surname, that is, the wealthy families in Nanzhong, have the inheritance of Han culture, no one can say whether they are Yi people who learned Sinology or Han people who intermarried with Yi people after moving to Nanzhong. Be clear.

These "Nanzhong surnames" have the characteristics of both the Han powerful clans and the Nanman tribes. The only difference is that the leaders who call themselves "Han people" and come from the Nanzhong surname are called "barbarian kings", while the leaders who come from the Nanman tribes call themselves "Han people". The leader is called the "Yi King".

Regardless of whether they are barbarian kings or barbarian kings, the standard is "Han and barbarians share common submission". Although from south to north, there is also a situation that the farther south you go, the greater the proportion of barbarian tribes and the smaller the proportion of Han culture. After all, they belong to Cheng Ji and Barbarian Ji, but there is not much difference in interests between southern China and Han Yi.

When facing the Han people in northern Yizhou, the southerners in Nanzhong felt that the Nanzhong barbarians were more like their own people - even more so than the wealthy people in Jingnan.

It is precisely because of this characteristic that it becomes more difficult for the Wuling Army led by Shamoko to advance westward...

This method of helping Nanzhong barbarians build mountain cities and assist in development can only win over some fringe tribes. When it comes to those Nanzhong barbarian tribes and Nanzhong surnames, all of them are very stubborn.

According to Chu State's previous strategic layout, the development focus of the south in the next five years is also to build cities and reclaim land in the southern mountainous area of ​​​​Jingyang, and build settlement cities one after another relying on mining, gradually eroding the influence of the "tribes".

As for Nanzhong, they just let nature take its course and it is not the focus of the strategy. Unless they are actively attacked, they will not use force lightly.

However, starting from the third year of Chu Li, Bai Tu specially sent Gao Shun and Chen Gong over. The familiar formula and the familiar taste...

And this time there is Samoko’s wholehearted assistance!

At the same time, Yiling has also begun to gather troops and horses, one of which is the Nanyang Army's military exploits.

If it were someone else, other generals might still be competing, but Huang Zhong... Look at how old he is, and he is a transcendent general, and now he is still holding the shabby title of general, who would have the nerve to compete? ?

That's right!

This is respecting the old and caring for the young, and it is definitely not for the future artillery company...

As for Zhao Yun... there is no way to refute it!
Since they are gathering in Yiling, the Jingzhou Army is naturally the main force. There is no problem that the Jingnan Army is led by Huang Zhong, while the Jingbei Army is naturally the Nanyang Army. After all, the original elite of Jingzhou Prefecture in Nanjun have been dispersed and reorganized.

Zhao Yun is also a divine general, a general who conquers the north, and Zhang Xiu's junior brother. He has been stationed in Nanyang for a long time...

To mobilize troops and horses from Nanyang, and the generals must be able to control the north and south of Jingzhou, including Huang Zhong, then naturally Zhao Yun is the most suitable, even Zhang Xiu is not as good in comparison.

Wenpin also served as the deputy commander of the Nanyang Army this time - Bai Tu personally invited him to go south, with Zhao Yun as the commander, and the other one was the Jingnan Army heading west, with Huang Zhong as the commander and Wei Yan as the vanguard - anyway, the artillery We have to recruit slowly. Huang Zhong is idle when he is idle. More importantly, he just takes this opportunity to give Huang Zhong a brush, and Wenpin finally takes up the post.

What's not obvious to outsiders is that Bai Tu's choice of Zhao Yun also has some metaphysical implications. After all, when Zhuge Liang entered Sichuan in history, his main generals were Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei...

However, at that time, Liu Bei was at Jiameng Pass in the north, attacking Shu County all the way, and attacking from both sides with Zhuge Liang in Jingzhou. Otherwise, it would be difficult to achieve anything by relying solely on an army that had to cross the Three Gorges.

The reason why Bai Tu sent out troops this time was mainly to take the opportunity to eliminate the remaining influence of the Han Dynasty in the hearts of the Chu people. It was also because the Privy Council had repeatedly stated that the armies everywhere were almost "lazy" and simply moved, but there was no hope of success. Go directly to Shu County...

(End of this chapter)