The fifteenth day of the eighth month of the first year of the Han Dynasty is the time for the Han Dynasty's Mid-Autumn Festival reunion.
The hot Lingnan also had a hint of coolness at this time, and Xiao Shilian's southern expedition army, which had rested in Yanguan and Xiangjun for nearly two months, once again advanced to Lingnan. Of course, this time it was not so much an advance as it was a reception along the way.
city.
Two days ago, Li Xingchen's troops entered Jiankang Mansion, and the news of Nanchen's surrender had been rushed to Yanguan for 800 miles. Xiao Shilian breathed a sigh of relief. In any case, Jiangnan is certain, and Lingnan will naturally face more resistance.
Smaller.
After Shen Jungao and Fu Wei learned the news, they could only go north to plead guilty and accept the canonization of Shu Han. With these two southern Chen generals here, some state capitals in Lingnan that were originally planning to resist stubbornly would not be able to sustain it.
"General, this is the person sent by Mrs. Xian to contact us." Li Xun, as the forward, made an invitation gesture.
"Subordinate Feng Xi, please see the general."
Mrs. Xian's husband's family is the Feng family, so Feng Xi should also be close to Mrs. Xian. Although Xiao Shilian has not mobilized troops in the past two months due to weather conditions, he is not completely unclear about the situation in Lingnan.
Now that most of the areas in Lingnan have been replaced by the flag of the Shu Han, the remaining state governments have to send partial troops to quell the situation. Thinking of this, Xiao Shilian couldn't help but thank Shen Jungao and Fu Wei for keeping Nan Chen in Lingnan.
The main force was pulled over, and then almost all were lost in the Yanguan battle.
The local state capital had no troops at all, so resistance was out of the question.
This time, Xiao Shilian sent Tang Xiao to lead an army to cooperate with the navy to drive directly to Panyu, and at the same time he adjusted the army and prepared to go west. This was also the main purpose of his meeting with Mrs. Xian. According to Li Xingchen's instructions, the main enemies in Lingnan were not the remaining few
The state capital is Baiyue, whose attitude has been ambiguous for such a long time, and even places such as Jiaozhi and Rinan in the south - of course this place is now occupied by a country called Linyi State.
Xiao Shilian didn't know about Li Xinchen's Nanyang plan, or in other words, no one in this era would set their sights on Nanyang, so he didn't know why Li Xinchen wanted this army of 20,000 to 30,000 people to go all the way.
South.
However, Xiao Shilian never doubted Li Xingchen's order. Since Li Xingchen thought it was meaningful, he would go there. After all, it was the homeland of the Han Dynasty. Everyone would not reject the idea of regaining the homeland. Maybe he could also expand the territory.
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"Is there any news from Nanzhong?" Xiao Shilian did not ask Feng Xi anxiously, but first looked at Hou Dan, who was in charge of liaison.
Hou Quan said hurriedly: "All the ministries in Nanzhong have been prepared to follow the orders of His Highness the King of Han and obey the general's dispatch."
Xiao Shilian nodded slightly. Since he wanted to pacify the south, it was naturally impossible to rely only on their army. Moreover, most of the troops were Bashu and northern Han people. It was already good to be able to get used to the local climate in the past two months. I really hope
It was a bit overwhelming for them to be able to cross mountains and attack the fortresses in the mountains, so Xiao Shilian simply used the soldiers and horses of Nanzhong.
The number of soldiers and horses in Nanzhong is not large. They are mainly composed of the eight tribes of the Ba people and the Nanzhong tribe that later surrendered. The person in charge is also Du Qi, who was ordered to go to Nanzhong.
Five or six thousand people, but these five or six thousand people are used to fighting in mountains, and because they are natives, they are also familiar with this place.
Xiao Shilian's plan is very simple. The army advances forward, while the southern and central ministries launch attacks directly from the sides and rear. It is necessary to flank Baiyue to the south of Xiangjun and north of Jiaozhi. Although the Shu Han Dynasty is not without its troops heading south to Jiaozhi and Rinan.
Plan, but at least at this stage, it still has to comply with the strategic arrangements of the entire country, so Xiao Shilian cannot guarantee that he can go to the ends of the earth without any care.
Therefore, it would be best if Baiyue could be eliminated in its own country.
Thinking of this, his eyes also fell on Feng Xi: "Tell me, what is Baiyue's situation now?"
"Now the Baiyue tribes have occupied Yulin County, Jinxing County (now Nanning South) and Ningpu County (now Hengxian County, Guangxi). The three counties have become a corner, separatist, and they listen to the orders but not the propaganda.
Moreover, these counties are backed by mountains, and they can retreat westward into the mountains at any time. After all, for them, mountains are their foundation." Feng Xi said hurriedly.
"How many troops can Mrs. Xian send to help?"
"There are tens of thousands of people."
Xiao Shilian nodded slightly and exchanged glances with Li Xun and others. Mrs. Xian was very sincere, but the so-called ten thousand people in the Lingnan tribes were actually just ordinary young men holding weapons. They could not stand up to the Shu Han army for a long time.
Compared to the tens of thousands of people who trained, Baiyue who was opposite them was not much better.
"In this way, a certain guild will personally lead an army directly down the Tanshui River from Xiang County to attack Shaoyang. According to our scouts, there should be only wandering Baiyue tribes there, and then the army will go straight to Yulin County." Xiao Shilian.
He said in a deep voice, "At the same time, a certain society sent a partial army upstream along the Ke River to sweep Ancheng County and Lingfang County (today's east and west of Binyang, Guangxi) and cut off the road from Yulin County to the west and into the mountains."
After a pause, Xiao Shilian tapped his hand on the map: "Our Nanzhong ministries will directly outflank the enemy's camps in the mountains of Yushui and Keshui from Nanzhong. What Mrs. Xian needs to do is to attack from Dianbai County.
Hexing County (now Maoming, Guangdong) bypassed Yunkai Mountain, surrounded Hepu County, and cut off the enemy's southward path!"
Feng Xi hurriedly handed over his hand: "My wife also has this intention, so the general can rest assured."
Xiao Shilian nodded slightly: "Take him down to rest."
After Feng Xi resigned, Xiao Shilian turned to look at Li Xun: "General Li, I have to leave the side of the army to you."
Li Xun hurriedly handed over his hand, which was expected. Xiao Shilian was also a little helpless. The only one under him who could take charge of the job was Li Xun. Neither Tang Xiao nor Luo Yi had ever been the head coach of a side.
At this time, there is no need to go deep, so it is natural to let them go. However, there are not many people in Li Xinchen's army who can take charge of their own affairs. Under the pressure of the northern battlefield, it is good to have someone available in the southern battlefield.
"Do you think Mrs. Xian can be trusted?" Xiao Shilian asked carefully.
"The letter should be trustworthy," Li Xun answered first, but his voice changed, "Just because you can trust it now, doesn't mean you can trust it later..."
"How do you say this?" Xiao Shilian was surprised.
Li Xun pondered for a moment and said in a low voice: "The general should also know what His Highness the King of Han did in Bashu. He divided the fields, let the tribes go down the mountain, and transformed the barbarians into Han people. At this point, all the people knew that there was a King of Han and that there was China, but they didn't know
There is a tribe, but I don’t know if there is a clan leader.” (To be continued)