The three counties of Xicheng, Fangling, and Shangyong were originally three counties under Hanzhong County.

In the last years of Jian'an, these three counties broke away from the jurisdiction of Hanzhong County and became counties.

The three eastern counties are not only blocked by the Qinling Mountains and Daba Mountain as a whole, but also the transportation with Guanzhong and Yizhou is extremely difficult, and even the three counties are also blocked by mountains, which is very difficult to travel.

Fangling, one of the three eastern counties, was used as a place for exile for a long time in the Qin and Han dynasties, and its isolation is difficult to walk, which can be seen.

However, fortunately, the Han River and its tributaries all flow through the three eastern counties, although the land transportation conditions are extremely poor, but they can communicate with each other by waterway, and because of the existence of the Han River, the three eastern counties can reach Yangxian in Hanzhong in the west, and the exit of the three eastern counties in the east is close to Deng County in Nanyang County, that is, close to the boundary of Xiangyang.

However, it is surrounded by mountains, the terrain is treacherous, heavy mountains are stacked (from east to west, there are Qinling, Daba Mountain, Wudang Mountain, Wushan), the north is connected by the water (that is, the upper reaches of the Han River), the west city is on the edge of the water, Shangyong and Fangling are in the south of the water, respectively, they are connected to the water by blocking the water and the South River.

Due to the limitations of the terrain, it is geographically self-contained, closed to the outside world, and isolated from the world for a long time.

The Shen Tan and Shen Yi brothers, who are active in the Shangyong and Xicheng areas, are the largest local tycoons, and they rely on the dangerous terrain to live a semi-independent life as a local emperor.

Later, Meng Da captured Fangling, and Zhuge Liang's eldest brother-in-law Kuai Qi was killed by Meng Da.

After coming again, Liu Feng led the army down the Han River and captured Xicheng and Shangyong, and the brothers Shen Tan and Shen Yi surrendered to the wind.

Today's three eastern counties are dominated by Liu Feng and supplemented by Meng Da.

After Liu Chan thought through the details of the three eastern counties in his heart, combined with the intelligence of the military division, how to do it when he entered the three eastern counties, and he also had a rough charter in his heart.

The three eastern counties are geographically isolated, but they are indeed very important for today's Han China.

Longzhong's military plan for Liu Bei's group to seize the world was, "Order General Yi to take the army of Jingzhou to Xiang Wan and Luo, and the general will lead the people of Yizhou out of Qinchuan."

The objectives of the Northern Expedition military operations were Chang'an and Luoyang, and only by linking up with each other could the opponent not be able to take care of each other, and the significance of sending troops from the two routes was precisely this.

Once the Northern Expedition began from Hanzhong and Nanyang, from Hanzhong to Xicheng and then to Nanyang, this is a line that can be used by the Hanjiang River waterway throughout the whole process, and the use of the Hanjiang Waterway to coordinate the east and west lines, whether it is to transmit military information, coordinate command, or put troops into the army, and transport supplies, it will be very convenient and efficient.

As the main road connecting Hanzhong and Jingzhou, Liu Chan will never allow anything to happen in the three eastern counties!

"There are mountains all along the way, and the caravan stops and goes, and the road is so dangerous!"

Fei Yi looked at the mountains stacked on top of each other outside, and the dangerous road could only cross a carriage, and even some vehicles, one accidentally, fell into the deep stream, and for a while, he couldn't help but sigh.

"Thousands of miles longitudinal, mountains and forests are jammed, and its solid high tombs are high, if there are houses."

Liu Chan sighed, and he was also embarrassed in his heart.

This is the origin of Fangling County, which shows its difficulties and obstacles.

"This is only eighty miles away from Fangling, why haven't we seen mountain bandits come to loot? Could it be that the news has leaked? Does the bandit know that there is an ambush? ”

Liu Chan looked deep and said, "You might as well wait." ”

"Your Highness has Meng Da who has informed Fang Ling?"

Liu Chan shook his head.

"No, I didn't."

In the news of the Military Division, Meng Da was dissatisfied with Liu Bei's appointment, and he complained a lot, and he also treated the bandits in Fangling County negatively.

There are rumors that Meng Da wants to rebel.

But this news is most likely from Wei Guozuo, in order to cause turmoil in the three eastern counties.

After all, flies don't bite seamless eggs, and after Meng Da killed Zhuge Liang's eldest brother-in-law Kuai Qi, it was rumored that Meng Da had a gap with Zhuge Liang.

In addition, Liu Bei asked Liu Feng to preside over the overall situation of the three eastern counties, obviously he didn't trust him Meng Da.

Under multiple factors, the rumors intensified, that is, Liu Chan got the news through the military division in Runan.

"If it is really as rumored, Your Highness is putting yourself in danger!"

The short rod of four meters and five, it is easy to say that if you catch two or three catties of fish, but if you catch a giant object weighing dozens of catties, the pole will have to be broken, and the fishermen will have to go down to feed the fish.

"The leader of the mountain bandits in the three eastern counties is the one who is the queen of the Qi clan, and Qi Qi was killed by Meng Da, and it is expected that Na Qi will not be with Meng Da."

Fei Yi doesn't think so.

"Cho Jun is the pseudo-Wei Feng's 'Nanyang Taishou', for the sake of the great cause, don't say that the relatives are killed, or the parents and children are killed, you can laugh at the enmity, Your Highness has to guard against it!"

"Hahaha~"

Liu Chan laughed and said, "Don't worry about Wen Wei, it's Meng Da who wants to rebel, and his subordinates dare to rebel?" What is the current situation, presumably Meng Da can see it clearly, the situation is in order, Meng Da does not dare to oppose Wei. ”

Meng Da and Fa Zheng are close friends, and they are both representatives of Dongzhou Shi.

In another time and space, Meng Da rebelled against the Han and entered the Wei Dynasty, which was after Fa Zheng died.

Now that the law is still there, the Han China has unparalleled momentum, and there is no need to oppose the Han Dynasty.

There is no anti-Han guts!

Liu Chan came here to appease Meng Da's heart.

moreover

Although there are only 1,000 princes and guards under him, they are all elites, and they can't run if they can't beat them?

What's more, in the caravan, Guan Ping is also in the latent period.

Behind the caravan, Yin County ordered Dou Xiao to lead 5,000 strong soldiers, who could come to support at any time.

Fishing was pulled into the water by a fish, he Liu Chan would not do.

While the two were talking, there was a shout of killing in front of them.

"Mountain bandits are coming, mountain bandits are coming!"

There was an uproar in the caravan.

It turned out that the prince's guards, who were dressed in household robes, pulled out their weapons and shields from the truck.

"Fight, crossbowmen ready! Let the sturdy hand crossbow consume the arrow feathers, shoot a wave, and interrupt the impact of the enemy. ”

Guan Ping, who was hiding in the caravan, let out a loud shout and immediately began to order.

The prince's personal guards are all good in the army, and this scene has been rehearsed countless times in his heart.

The crossbowmen were immediately ready.

Whoosh~

Arrows rained down on the bandits, who rushed down from the mountain.

Ahhh

All of a sudden, screams rang out one after another.

"Then light the wolf smoke, summon reinforcements, and the sword and shield battalions and spear battalions will rush and kill in formation, annihilating the enemy in one fell swoop!"

Everything is self-explanatory.

As the elite of a hundred battles, the prince's personal guards almost gave an order in Guanping, and they were ready.

The sword and shield bearers rushed against the trend, the spearmen followed the sword and shield hands, and the crossbowmen, after the two battalions, frantically drew their bows and shot arrows.

Whoosh~

Arrows flew like locusts up the mountain.

Compared with the rain of arrows from the prince's personal guards, the arrows shot by the mountain bandits can only be described as sparse and lala.

"Ahh There is an ambush! ”

When the mountain bandits saw this scene, they didn't know that they were in an ambush.

The small leader of the mountain bandits a few hundred meters away was hit by several arrows and shouted desperately.

"The crown prince of Hanzhong was in the caravan, captured and killed Liu Chan, the prince of Hanzhong, and made the marquis pay homage to the general! Thousands of dollars!! ”

I saw that on the top of the towering mountain, there was a young general wearing fine armor standing on horseback.

This person is none other than Nanyang Taishou Jun, who was appointed by the Wei State.

He is a relative of Qiqi, and he is quite famous in Jingzhou Wei, and after Nanyang was breached, he led his troops and horses to infiltrate the three eastern counties as bandits.

This person actually knew that His Highness was in the caravan.

When Guan Ping heard this, his brows suddenly furrowed, and he felt that things were gradually out of his control.

He quickly issued a military order: "The sword and shield bearers protect His Highness, and the rest of the people will rush and kill with me, and capture the leaders of the mountain bandits!" ”

On the top of the mountain, he pulled out the sword at his waist and shouted, "Kill! ”

After saying that, he rode his horse and rushed down to kill him first.

When the rest of the mountain bandits saw it, they all seemed to have been beaten with chicken blood, and under the leadership of the coach and heavy rewards, they became fearless of death.

"All offense! Money and food treasures are ahead, rush! ”

"Rush! Capture and kill the prince of Hanzhong, Liu Gonghei, and be the marquis of ten thousand households! ”

"Those who stand in my way will be killed!"

Suddenly, all the mountain bandits in the ambush stood up and rushed towards the caravan.

They were all dressed in leather armor, holding various weapons, their eyes glowing red, and they rushed with an indomitable momentum, and there were many of them, and for a moment the caravan horses and sturdy people were frightened by it.

It can be seen from this battle that this is by no means an ordinary outcast, but a regular army who went up the mountain and fell into the grass.

"Rush with me!"

Guan Ping stood in front of the caravan and shouted loudly.

"No!"

The soldiers listened to the order, the sword and shield battalion took a few steps forward, stood in a queue, surrounded the chariots and horses where Liu Chan was, holding shields and ring-headed knives, with solemn faces and firm eyes looking at the mountain bandits who were coming.

More than 300 soldiers of the spear battalion rushed forward with spears in hand.

In the face of the onrushing mountain bandits, his face was expressionless, like a sculpture.

Behind him, the crossbowmen's arrows continued.

The rest of the prince's guards, who were armed with various weapons, also rushed forward with Guan Ping.

"Rush!"

"Kill!"

Not to be outdone, the prince's personal guard waved the weapon in his hand, and various postures flashed.

Some use the Azure Dragon Glaive to sweep out, some hold spears and shuttle through the air, and others use throwing knives to kill bandits back and forth.

They rushed left and right, or jumped and fled, and with a wave of the long knife in their hands, blood splattered.

Although there are many bandits, how can they be the opponents of the elite prince's personal guards who are fully armored and elite?

As soon as the two armies first clashed, the prince's personal guards directly crushed the mountain bandits.

"Thief leader, take your life!"

Guan Ping gritted his teeth, held the long knife in his hand, and rushed towards Ji Jun.

"Good thief dog, die for me!"

Guan Ping and Ji Jun met under the scorching sun, both of them were riding on the back of war horses, and swords and spears instantly exchanged swords and guns.

Bell bell bell ~

In an instant, it's a few rounds down.

The two of them raised their knives in their hands, shouting and killing to the sky, the sound of horses' hooves rose and fell, and their cruel eyes shot out from the depths of their eyes.

Guan Ping was wrapped in a long knife that was shining with a cold light, shaped like a sharp arrow, with a tall posture, every blow was full of strength, and the long knife danced smartly.

Jun Jun is holding a spear in his hand, and he immediately meets the source left and right, with good body skills and killing skills, and every move has a strong murderous aura.

The two stared at each other with a solemn gaze, constantly performing their own killer moves on each other.

Guan Ping became more and more ferocious, and the tactic of exchanging injuries for injuries continued to attack Cho Jun, but Jun Jun held his spear like selflessness and counterattacked again.

Bell bell bell ~

A few more rounds down.

"The thief is nothing more than that!"

After more than 20 rounds, Guan Ping finally saw the flaw in Cho Jun, the knife cut through the air, Cho Jun was overlooked for a while, and hurriedly resisted, but how could Guan Ping give him a chance, the move was like a storm, and he didn't give Ki Jun a chance to breathe.

Ahhh

There were suddenly a few more blood marks on Jun Jun's body, and the horse under him was frightened and almost lost control.

Looking at the battlefield again, their own soldiers are retreating one after another, wolf smoke is rising nearby, and in the distance, under the towering mountains and forests, it seems that thousands of troops and horses have come to help.

He no longer hesitated, and the spear flicked Guan Ping's long knife, and endured being slapped on the back by his long knife.

Taking advantage of the momentum, he chose to slip away without hesitation, and under the gaze of Guan Ping's proud pursuit, he jumped directly into the mountains and forests, tossing and turning a few times, and he had disappeared without a trace in the grass, obviously very familiar with this mountain forest.

Guan Ping's pursuit was fruitless, and he was furious!

"Let the thief escape, damn it!"

Guan Ping snorted coldly, and had to vent his anger on those mountain bandits.

The lord will be defeated and flee, the morale of the mountain bandits will fall into a trough, and the prince's personal guards will kill him, which is even more like a massacre.

Half an hour later, the entire battlefield was only stumps and severed arms, and there was no shouting of killing.

"Congratulations, Your Highness, at least more than 1,000 enemies were killed in this battle, and the bandits in the three eastern counties were eradicated."

Eradicate?

Liu Chan shook his head and said, "The bandit leader has fled, and this time it just hurt his vitality." ”

Fei Yi said: "That Rakjun condenses the mountain bandits, that is, it can bring them benefits and hope, and now His Royal Highness has defeated it, plus the governance of the three eastern counties and Nanyang County, and the implementation of the surrender policy, the foundation of the Na Rakjun will be broken, and the bandits in the three eastern counties will be eliminated invisibly." ”

After thinking about it, Liu Chan also nodded.

"Wen Wei's words are reasonable."

If you can live a good life when you go down the mountain, who will go up the mountain to be a bandit and do a precarious business?

In this big defeat, as long as Nanyang County and the three eastern counties are well managed, it will be difficult for them to stir up the storm in the three eastern counties.

Right now

It's time to deal with Mengda's affairs.

"Your Highness, Your Highness."

The wolf smoke lit up, and he stayed here for almost two hours, waiting for the prince's personal guards who were chasing the mountain bandits to gradually return to the cage.

Dou Xiao, the Yin County Commander who followed behind him, led the troops to follow.

Dou Xiao was sweating profusely, and his whole body was soaked, as if he had been soaked in water.

At this moment, he bowed to Liu Chan.

"The subordinates are late, please punish Your Highness!"

thought that he was here to make meritorious service this time, but as a result, he led the troops over as quickly as possible, and the battle was actually over.

This credit will not be earned, but may be punished by His Royal Highness.

Alas~

Bitter!

Liu Chan helped Dou Xiao up and said, "Get up, two hours to arrive, it's already considered speed, what's the crime?" Now, follow me into the Mausoleum! ”

Thousands of people entered the mausoleum, and they were afraid that Meng Da would turn against the water.

Now that I am going to Fangling with 6,000 people, even if you Meng Da is really anti-willful, you still dare to rebel?

He Liu Gonghei does things, relying on a stable word.

Suppress people with power and convince people with virtue.

What kind of wind and waves can little Mengda withstand?

He Liu Chan will not give you a chance to rebel at all!

Day 2.

At dusk, Liu Chan finally saw a small impact plain in the mountains and forests, and on the small alluvial plain, a city stood proudly.

Needless to say, this city is Fangling City.

Now.

Outside the city, Meng Da, who was wearing Xuan armor, led a cadre of officials from Fangling County and was already waiting outside the city.

Seeing Liu Chan driving his horse to arrive, Meng Da hurriedly knelt down and bowed to Liu Chan.

"The last general, Meng Da, meet His Highness."

Meng Da lowered his head, and his body trembled a little.

Honestly, he was scared.

His Highness lifted heavy troops over, is it.

Want to take his life?

After all, he indulged and made chaos in the three eastern counties, and he often had disrespectful words, and he was angry before, but he was not afraid.

Now that Liu Chan is here, he recalls what he did before, and it was a cold sweat.

Today, Meng Da actually thought about closing the city gates, against his mother.

It's just that

Reason still told him not to do it.

If you want to do the opposite, you have to communicate with Cao Pi of Wei in advance, ask for reinforcements from Wei, and at the same time sell it for yourself at a good price.

It's just that now Nanyang is occupied by Han China, where are the Wei reinforcements?

And also

His Highness lifted heavy troops over, and he could stop it?

In addition, His Royal Highness's prestige is immeasurable, that is, if he wants to rebel, the defenders in this city, the scholars of Fangling, will rebel with him?

Thinking that there is still Fa Zheng behind him, if he is against him, won't he put him in an unkind and unjust situation?

After considering all aspects, there is a danger of being killed by Liu Chan, and he Meng Da does not dare to oppose it.

"Hahaha~"

Liu Chan laughed, jumped off the war horse, and stepped forward to help Meng Da up.

"Yidu is too guarded, get up quickly."

Seeing Liu Chan smiling at him, Meng Da put down half of his hanging heart, but thinking of the hidden danger in his heart, Meng Da didn't get up.

"The subordinates are guilty, don't dare to get up."

"Yidu Taishou took the three eastern counties for my Han China, and he is a meritorious minister, how can he be guilty?"

It seems that His Highness is not here to ask for sin.

Meng Da's heart became more and more calm.

"When I took Fang Ling, I didn't know that Taishou Qi was Zhuge Jun's brother-in-law, and I killed him and my subordinates."

"When the two armies are fighting, casualties are inevitable, and the general has no need to worry."

"Before, the three eastern counties were plagued by bandits, but the last general did not send troops to kill them"

Meng Da also did not get up.

"The mountain road is far away, you can suppress him and escape, how can it be so easy to suppress the bandits?"

"When his subordinates were drunk, there were disrespectful words, criticizing the king, and his subordinates were guilty of capital crimes!"

It's over, isn't it?

Liu Chan insisted on helping Meng Da up and said: "Don't count the words after drinking, the general can go to the table to tell the humble, I will sign the back of the table to correct the general's name, how about it?" ”

Hearing this, Meng Da had no doubts in his heart.

At this time, he also had enlightenment in his heart.

Your Highness did not come to kill me, but to collect me.

Saying

To be accepted by His Royal Highness, that is also an honor, isn't it?

After all, the young man in front of him will be the co-master of the world in the future!

Thinking of this, it was the evil man Meng Da, and a smile appeared on his face.

"Your Majesty's sins are so heavy, but Your Highness still loves them, which really makes Your Majesty admire."

After speaking, he knelt on the ground and bowed to Liu Chan with five bodies.

Then, he said in a loud voice: "In the future, His Highness has an order, and the last general will obey it, go up to the sword mountain, go down to the sea of fire, and the same is true!" ”

"Good, good!"

Liu Chan said two good words in a row, and then helped Meng Da up.

"Today's chaos, if you want to help the Han family, you need the general's assistance, a little rumor, don't take it to heart, as long as the general does not live up to me, I will not live up to the general!"

Liu Chan's promise is a thousand words.

At this point, Meng Da no longer had any doubts in his heart, and he did not dare to have two hearts.

ps:

Five thousand two chapters.

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