Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 566 The Battle of Nanzheng
A whole day and night passed since Yang Song, Yang Bai and Ma Chao joined forces and began to attack Nanzheng...

Nanzheng City experienced Ma Chao's attack, Zhang Lu's escape, Xiliang army entering the city, Chu army reinforcements... several stages!
Nowadays, most of the entire southern city wall has collapsed, and the horse-running wall in Wengcheng used to attack enemy troops entering the city is also incomplete. Ten miles to the southwest, it is even more of a mess, as if two Kuns had mated...

At the same time, news of the Battle of Nanzheng City also spread like wildfire. Hanzhong was a self-contained entity due to its terrain, but because it was the time when the world was looking for it, the news circulated very quickly.

After fighting for a day and a night, the Chu army, which was the last to enter, had the last laugh. The Xiliang army that first entered Nanzheng was defeated steadily by the Chu army's guns and the civil strife in Nanzheng City, and finally had to withdraw from Nanzheng. .

The "magic battle" between Sun Ce and Ma Chao also ended in a draw - Ma Chao felt that he had won, but... it didn't tell the difference between life and death, and it had no impact on the battle situation. Who dares to say that he won?
Not to mention that no one witnessed it, Ma Chao himself did not promote anything...

After the Chu army entered the city, they immediately issued orders to appease the people - pacifying the people after entering the city was also one of Chu's process trainings. The steps were clear and clear, and troops at the brigade level and above were equipped with a dedicated pacification department!

There is no shortage of military officials and other officials in Chu State.

For Nanzheng, what needs special attention is that after the Xiliang army withdrew, Zhou Yu immediately began to take over the military power of the remaining troops of the Tianshi in the city.

The original impression of "reinforcements summoned by the Celestial Master" suddenly became "the allies of the Celestial Master who later protected the people after escaping", causing some of the Celestial Master's remnants to dodge a little.

However, compared to the Xiliang army, the Chu army is obviously easier to accept. Firstly, the Chu state is indeed an ally of Han Ninghou, and it still defeated the enemy Xiliang army and entered the city; secondly, compared to Xiliang The army and the Chu State's methods were obviously much more "soft".

Regarding these old troops of the Tianshi Mansion, Zhou Yu did not completely "burn the bridge". Instead, after entering the city, he took back the power and gave great rewards and praise to all the soldiers who rose up in resistance.

At the same time, they focused on publicizing "the escape of Han Ninghou" and "the atrocities of the Xiliang Army", and these are not rumors!

Officially, the Chu army never mentioned the Tao of the Heavenly Master, as if in the eyes of the Chu State, they only had the "Marquis of Hanning" and the "Xiliang Army" and did not know anything about the Tao of the Heavenly Master.

Subtly, it also did not recognize the teaching position of Tianshi Dao, but only recognized the official position conferred by Han Ninghou!

In short, he created an image of bravely supporting his allies and protecting the people of Hanzhong. He also commended the generals of Hanzhong who had been with him before...

The generals who surrendered to the enemy, such as Yang Song and Yang Bai, were quickly interrogated and executed by Zhou Yu - they went directly to the military torture hall of the Privy Council without even having to go through the punishment department.

And the charges of execution in the end were "internal collusion with foreign enemies" and "treason", and it was not made clear which country he was treason against.

At the same time, when they focused on publicity, they exposed the crimes of this group of people who usually prey on the common people and run rampant in the countryside.

Therefore, if you look at it from the perspective of a "pure passerby", the current situation in Nanzheng City is that of civil strife in Tianshi Dao. Usually, a part of the fish and meat township colludes with the ferocious foreign enemies to massacre innocent people in Hanzhong, while the senior officials of another part have also abandoned The people fled.

At this time, the Chu State, as an ally, sent troops to protect the people of Hanzhong and expel the brutal foreign enemies...

Even the remnants of Tianshi Dao mostly accepted the rewards and commendations from the Chu army, at least... on the surface they all accepted them!

After all, if you surrender to the Xiliang Army, you will only be a defeated general, and you will seek refuge with the Chu State... Not only will the "shade" be greater, but also because the Chu State will rescue Hanzhong as an ally, it will be regarded as "taking refuge" rather than "surrendering".

Although for the sake of stability, Zhou Yu abolished almost all the military power of the former Tianshi Mansion generals, he also hinted that when the situation stabilizes and they are willing to join the Chu State, the Privy Council will re-appoint them.

In terms of governance, Zhou Yu also activated the "wartime state" of the Chu army's original procedures and quickly took over the government affairs of Nanzheng. On the surface, he did not mention Tianshi Dao once, but in actual operation, Tianshi Dao Officials with higher status and deeper connections were idled more completely. On the contrary, some lower-level officials with less education were quickly promoted.

As for how to tell?

The lurking Wind Guards and the Enlightenment Department are not just decorations. They have already passed on the "personality" information of Hanzhong officials collected daily to Zhou Yu through hidden channels.

Therefore, the backlash suffered by the Chu army in Nanzheng was much smaller than when the Xiliang army entered the city. In addition, the decisive factor of "the strength of the Chu army" soon caused no apparent noise in Nanzheng city for the time being. .

However, the Xiliang army only withdrew from Nanzheng City, not Hanzhong...

There are nine counties in Hanzhong. Nanzheng is the center of western Hanzhong and the most densely populated area in Hanzhong. To the west of Nanzheng is Mianyang. As you can tell from the name, it is on the north bank of Mianshui River, that is, Hanjiang River, adjacent to Yangpingguan. When Zhang Wei withdrew from Yangping Pass, Mianyang was equivalent to being abandoned.

In addition, there is Chenggu County to the east, Baozhong County not far to the north, and Anyang County a little further away...

As for the eastern part of Hanzhong, the most important ones are Xicheng County and Shangyong County, and the other two counties are Jin County and Fangling County, which are adjacent to them respectively.

Among them, Xicheng is the Xicheng in "You are lucky to have captured three cities in a row. You should not be greedy and take my Xicheng again". It is also the "legendary" place where Zhuge Liang sang the empty city strategy.

As for Shangyong and Fangling...

In history, Guan Yu died in battle and Meng Da defected to Wei. When the Shu Han Dynasty turned from prosperity to decline, Shangyong and Fangling also returned to Wei State along with Meng Da. It can be seen that its terrain is still somewhat blocked from the central and western Han Dynasty. The population is also smaller.

The Xiliang army has now captured Baozhong and Chenggu, not far from Nanzheng, and is attacking Xicheng and Anyang.

After gaining a foothold in Nanzheng at this time, Zhou Yu's further goal is to continue to recover Chenggu and Baozhong. As for Shangyong and Xicheng, which are closer to Wudang, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu have passed by before, and there will be naval forces coming from behind. come over!

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Just when Zhou Yu was sorting out Nanzheng, Zhang Lu finally crossed the Micang Mountain Road and returned to the Bazhong area with the remaining defeated soldiers. Bazhong also had mountainous terrain and an underpopulated area. Zhang Lu was preparing to walk along the Micang Mountain Road. Dive into the source of the Jialing River, which is later known as the Jialing River, and head to Hanchang, the central county of Bazhong today.

What made Zhang Lu relieved was that, just as Yan Pu expected, the Xiliang people had no intention of pursuing them. Although the mountain road was rugged, there was no danger after all.

However, the next scene made Zhang Lu feel cold...

"Report! Tianshi, there is a group of people in front, coming towards us! Look at the flag... it's not the army of Tianshi Mansion!" The forward scout reported to Zhang Lu in a hurry.

"What? Not one of us? Is it Liu Zhang?" Zhang Lu felt dizzy.

Although they had brought out thousands of people, they were still exhausted. If it was really the Xichuan Army, it was very likely that they would overturn!
"Yeah, it doesn't look very similar. Judging from the flag... it seems to be the Chu army. I don't know if it's a scam." The scout said anxiously.

"Chu?" Zhang Lu was stunned when he heard this, not knowing what to expect.

(End of this chapter)