The Rise of History’s Most Powerful Empire

After pacifying Xicheng County, Zhong Yu did not set off in the direction of West Hanzhong County.

Instead, they turned to the north and attacked the four counties in the north of Shangyong County, Xunyang County, Changli County, Xi County, and Wuling County in the north of Xicheng.

Except for Wuling County, the defense of the other three counties in these four counties is a little tighter, because there are some checkpoints in each of them, guarding the traffic between Yizhou and Guanzhong.

This is also the reason why Zhong Yu wanted to attack them first. If he didn't break them down separately, rob their fortresses, and cut off communication with Guanzhong, how could he dare to rest assured and capture the entire Hanzhong!

Yizhou is blocked by mountains and is full of dangerous places. Often, it only needs to guard a road, and the imperial army can be sighed and do nothing.

So I only need to send a few hundred people to guard these checkpoints, and I can sit back and relax without any accidents. Unless the imperial court sent him tens of thousands of troops to attack fiercely regardless of life and death, filling these checkpoints with human life.

But it's impossible to think about it. The entire court has internal and external troubles. In the north, there are the Xianbei people who invade the frontiers all the time, in the west, there are the Qiang people who make troubles from time to time, and in the south, there are Shanyue barbarians who constantly come out of the mountains to plunder the property and population.

Only the east side is because of the sea, there is no big trouble, but there are also many pirates begging for life there.

There are also constant people inside, because they can't live on and rebel, bandits are everywhere, traffic is blocked a lot, and the imperial court's control over the local area is gradually weakening.

Soldiers are needed everywhere, so how can it be possible to use his omnipotence to fill these levels? What's more, it's not that I don't have soldiers and horses to send reinforcements.

I just said that the defenses of those three counties are stricter than those in other inland areas. But the main thing is not to aim at the hinterland of the south, but to take care of the refugees in the north.

In recent years, natural disasters and man-made disasters have continued, and people from all over the country have been displaced, constantly running around, hoping to find a place to live in various places.

However, the sheriffs of various places are often afraid to accept them. There is not enough food in their own counties, so why can't they distinguish them from the refugees?

They can only be expelled forcibly. If they cannot be expelled, they will let them go, but they will also send troops to keep them under strict supervision.

So the main duty of those checkpoints now is to see if there are refugees among the passing pedestrians. Identify them, stop them outside the pass, and prevent them from entering Hanzhong.

If it is found that there are bold and reckless people who want to break into Hanzhong by force, then it is the moment when their role is manifested. Just shoot and kill, and use the bloody corpse to warn all the refugees.

During this period of time, there was another disaster in the north, and the number of refugees increased. I don't know how many people took the risk and wanted to enter the fertile Hanzhong in the south. There are dozens of corpses in front of the gate, but they still can't stop the enthusiasm of those people.

Therefore, the defenses in the north of the checkpoint are often well-built, and they feel majestic at a glance. The defense in the south is not so good, it can even be said to be crude.

This is also the characteristic of ancient feudal dynasties. After all, all city defenses are used to defend against enemies, so why would they deliberately build something to defend against their own people?

Not to mention wasting resources for no reason, but it made the insiders feel alienated. Even if he really suspects that his subordinates are rebellious, he will only investigate secretly, and will not speak out plainly to scare the snake away.

However, their cheapness just gave Zhong Yu the opportunity to easily break through from the rear, which is usually easy to defend and difficult to break through.

Taking advantage of their defensive omissions, they finally led their troops around the county seat and went straight to the checkpoint in the north of the county seat, wanting to take the checkpoint first.

At that time, the county will be the turtle in the urn, and the front, back, left, and right will be his own territory, so where can he go?

A few miles away from the checkpoint, Zhong Yu asked his soldiers to change their clothes to serve as some handymen, and he changed into a businessman.

Pretending to be a caravan going to the northern Guanzhong to do business, a group of soldiers hid in the carriage.

There are caravans going to the north to do business, and these soldiers can also charge a generous toll, so they are not too embarrassed.

This is their God of Wealth. If they are offended now and they don't follow this path in the future, it's not because they have lost a fortune.

So in the end, he just took out a heavy wallet and handed it to the chief guard at the city gate with a smile on his face.

The city gate officer smiled, chatted with himself, and then ordered the soldiers behind to open the city gate and let him pass.

The gate of the city was easily opened, Zhong Yu suddenly made an attack, pulled out a few knives from the carriage, slashed and killed all the soldiers at the gate of the city.

The eyes of those soldiers who were dead still opened clearly told people that until they died they still couldn't believe that the friendly businessman was actually an enemy.

If there were enemies, why didn't anyone from the counties along the way come to report? Or there are people rebelling in this county. In short, their resentment must be very heavy.

After occupying the city gate, Zhong Yu has a road leading to the city gate. He signaled the soldiers behind him to rush forward, saying that before those people in the checkpoint could react, they should occupy those dangerous terrains as much as possible.

He and he retreated slowly, and under the protection of several cavalry, they came to a safe rear, away from the battlefield.

He wouldn't really rush forward, joking with his own life, just now, he just did it as a last resort.

The subordinates are all rough people, all of them look like hands and feet, and they don't have much culture. How can they be expected to win the trust of those gate guards and convince them that those people are businessmen?

Only myself, who is usually pampered and knows some words, went up to deal with those guards. The main reason is that there are too few talents. If there are 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 has been defeated by himself, and there are no major twists and turns in the rest.

The soldiers under him are all extremely elite. Although those checkpoint soldiers have killed a few refugees, they are still not as good as soldiers who have gone through battles and been on the battlefield.

After resisting for a while, realizing that he was no match for the enemy, he simply put down his weapon and surrendered, or turned around and ran away.

However, even if those people wanted to escape, they couldn't escape anywhere. It was just a waste of effort, and even cost their own lives.

Zhong Yu, who had the foresight, sent his cavalry to the city gate leading to the north as early as the moment he entered the city.

With those elite cavalry around, no one can pass through that city gate and go north to tip off the news.

However, within half an hour, this small checkpoint was calmed down by his own soldiers. All the guards were either captured or surrendered, and all the tough ones were shot to death by a crossbow arrow.

For his soldiers, Zhong Yu still cherishes them very much, they are luck points. Therefore, where it is possible to save their lives, they should be saved as much as possible, and they will never be consumed meaninglessly.

Therefore, if conditions permit, Zhong Yu will try his best to use his superiority in weapons to make those people desperate for those enemies who are trying to resist and occupy dangerous places.

Just like the guards in this level, trying to fight with their own soldiers, but he directly ordered those cavalrymen to take out their hand crossbows and shoot them with an arrow, keeping them accountable at that time.