Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 719
Zhijiang, the camp of the Han army in the south of the Yangtze River.

In the tent, Liu Chan was sitting on the couch, reading the victory reports from various places in his hand, he was very happy, but when he saw Xingye General Li Miao's memorial, his heart sank.

According to the internal statement of the memorial, Ma Zhong served as the governor of Nanzhong for many years, and he stood up with dignity and kindness, and many soldiers respected him.Today, Ma Zhong led the army to conquer Jiaozhou and Xiangzhou for a long time, and wherever he went, he issued edicts without authorization to show favor to his subordinates.He was arrogant and arbitrary, and without an edict from His Majesty, he appointed local officials in the name of the Son of Heaven.There is an act of cultivating a private party, fearing that Zhao Tuo will follow Zhao Tuo's rebellion and stand on his own in Lingnan.

Then Li Miao suggested in the memorial that in order to prevent Ma Zhong from committing misconduct, other generals should be replaced to replace Ma Zhong, and Ma Zhong should be imprisoned to verify the truth of his actions.

After reading it, Liu Chan sneered and smashed the memorial in his hand on the ground, obviously Liu Chan was a little dissatisfied.

Liao Li, who was in charge of handling military affairs, stood up, picked up the dusty memorial, wiped it with his cuff, and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down. I don't know what has caused His Majesty to be angry?"

Liu Chan pointed to the playbook and motioned Liao Li to read it for himself, but he picked up the teacup on the case and sipped it lightly.

Liao Li opened the memorial and quickly browsed through it. Seeing the content on it, he didn't dare to speak casually.

Liu Chan put down the teacup, and said expressionlessly: "I don't know who Li Hannan is, a loyal man, or an ignorant man. At such a critical juncture in the war situation, he actually went to the court to impeach the general of the country and separate The relationship between the monarch and his ministers, I don't know what is the intention of it?"

Li Miao, courtesy name Hannan, was born in Qixian County, Guanghan.During Lao Liu's period, he served as an officer in Yizhou and once offended Lao Liu with words. At that time, someone suggested to kill Li Miao, but because of Zhuge Liang's intercession, he was able to save his life.During Liu Chan's reign, Li Miao served as prefect of Qianwei, joined the army of the inner government, and general of Xingye.

Jiangxia has dense water networks and criss-crossing roads. It is located at the confluence of the Han River and the Yangtze River, and is a transportation hub in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River.

"Get up!"

Liu Chan looked at Liao Li seriously, and said: "In the battle of Yiyang in the past, Gong Yuan once said that he was unwilling to make compromises with the Wu people, because he feared that his life would be in danger. I replied: 'If there is a meeting with Wu next time, you will be the one Show off your majesty.' Now that Zhuge Jin is here, I want to repay my original promise. I don't know if Qing dares to take on this important task, so as to treat Zhuge Jin?"

Ma Zhong's department not only contacted Deng Zhi, but also contacted Liu Chan's army through Deng Zhi's department.When Liu Chan learned that he had contacted Ma Zhong and knew his achievements, he ordered him to be named Marquis of Longbian County on the spot, worshiped as General of Zhennan, and added Jiaozhou Mu.

Therefore, in order to further win over Ma Zhong, Liu Chan once again played the trick that practice makes perfect, regardless of whether Ma Zhong has such an idea, first hit him once or twice, and then show his favor.As for Li Miao, he was just a pawn in Liu Chan's hands.

"Without him, Jiang Xia!"

Liu Chan stroked his chin thoughtfully, and said, "Lu Xun is a big trouble for my confidant, but he is a general of Eastern Wu, so I'm afraid it will be difficult for him."

At the beginning, Soochow was able to unscrupulously launch two plots against the Shu Han and Jingzhou, and both times the Shu Han ended in failure. The first time was the alliance of Xiangshui, and the last time was Guan Yu's loss of Jingzhou.The fundamental reason is that after the exchange of Xiakou and Jiangling, Soochow occupied Xiakou, Shu Han lost Jiangxia, and Soochow's navy could enter and exit the Jianghan Plain in the center of Jingzhou without any scruples.

With the cost of betrayal (dog food), Soochow did not dare to be disrespectful to the Han, but would cooperate with the Northern Expedition of the Han in the future.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Liu Chan threw the memorial to the side and said, "Ignore it and order Li Miao to stay in Yiling to supervise the delivery of food and grass for the army. Send Li Miao's memorial and my punishment of Li Miao to Ma Jiaozhou, and let him concentrate on dealing with Wu. Don’t worry about what’s next.”

Since ancient times, the most important thing in the competition between Jingzhou and Yangzhou is Jiangxia County. Whoever captures Jiangxia County will take the upper hand.

However, there are also problems. The big man knows that Jiang Xia is important, so how can Soochow not know!
Liu Chan pursed his lips and said, "The importance of Jiang Xia is known to both Han and Wu. Now, with Sun Quan's nature, Qi An Neng agreed to cede Jiang Xia."

Liao Li paced around in the tent, analyzed and said: "The Han River passes through Xiangfan, and travels southeast at the intersection of Xiakou and Dajiang. Therefore, Jiangxia lives in the upper reaches of Jiangdong, where Jing, Yang, and Henan meet, and is the gateway to Jiangdong. The navy will go down the river, but it will take only ten days to reach Jianye, and only Chaisang can defend Eastern Wu."

Liao Li smiled slightly, leaned into Liu Chan's ear, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Lu Xun is a general of the Wu Kingdom. He has repeatedly provoked Soochow to fight against my Han. If he does not die, although my Han has Jiangxia, Jingzhou is afraid of being safe." .”

Hearing the words, Liao Li, with a serious face, straightened his clothes, knelt down and said: "Your Majesty's words in the past, I dare not forget them, and now I am willing to take this important task and benefit for my big man."

Longbian is the prefecture of Jiaozhi County, and Jiaozhi County is the Red River Delta area of ​​later generations. This place is a rare and wealthy place in Jiaozhou. There are 6 households in the county, which is about [-] people.As the governor of his county, Longbian also has one or two thousand households. Liu Chan used this place as Ma Zhong's food town to commend Ma Zhongwei's achievements in Jingjiao.

Liao Li smiled lightly, cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, you can only gain if you give up. I can give up the two counties of Changsha and Xiangdong in exchange for Dongwu Jiangbeijiangxia County. At that time, I will choose a good general to garrison and station the water division in Xia If Eastern Wu refuses to follow, even if the navy crosses the Yangtze River and makes it difficult for Changsha and the two counties of eastern Hunan to send taxes to the east, the soldiers of our great Han Xiangzhou can occupy Changsha and the two counties of eastern Hunan."

Liao Li shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, Sun Quan is a man of worrying character and capricious. If it is profitable, Lu Xun's affairs may not be impossible."

As he spoke, Liao Li used his hand as a knife, cut across his neck, and said, "It's better to cut it~"

As for the post of Jiaozhou Shepherd, it is even more difficult. Since Zhuge Liang took Yizhou Shepherd, there is no one in Dahan who can take the real power position of State Shepherd.Today, Liu Chan rewarded Ma Zhong with the post of animal husbandry in Jiaozhou. Not only did Liu Chan have Ma Zhong's trust, but it also showed Ma Zhong's high achievements from another aspect.

Liu Chan pondered for a while, and said, "It is hard to destroy the Wu Kingdom in this battle. I want to suppress the Wu people and make them my subjects. As for letting the Wu people cut off the states and counties, what is Gongyuan's opinion?"

"color!"

"So in the past, Sun Ce attacked Huang Zu several times, and Sun Quan attacked Xiakou to protect the Jiangdong gate from being invaded. This is also why the first emperor exchanged the land of Xiakou with Sun Quan for the land of Nanjun, and Sun Quan could promise it. The root cause is that Sun Quan wanted the late emperor to defend the southern county as a barrier for the Eastern Wu, to block the Wei people, and make him guard Jiangxia by himself, as a gateway, and defend Jiangdong."

After Liao Li responded, he said, "Your Majesty, Sun Quan sent Zhuge Jin to discuss peace, saying that the two countries will stop fighting and cease fighting."

In other words, the big man can use dog food (Changsha, Xiangdong) and dog chains (Xiakou) to deal with the dog of Soochow. If Wu dog is obedient, he will let the dog food be fed into his mouth, and if he is not obedient, he will tighten his dog The chain broke his dog food.

Liu Chan couldn't help applauding. It seemed that exchanging Jiangxia for Changsha and Xiangdong was a loss, but in fact it was the dog food of Soochow.Once Soochow was disobedient and the Great Han sent a large army to station in Xiakou, then the two counties of Changsha and Xiangdong, which were connected with Soochow's native Yangzhou through the Yangtze River, would be isolated outside the territory, and the Great Han waved his hand.

Listening to Liao Li's analysis, Liu Chan's eyes lit up.If the big man can control Jiangxia, it is like putting a leash on the vicious dog of Soochow.

After Liao Li stood up, he cupped his hands and asked, "May I ask Your Majesty, what are you trying to achieve in this meeting with me?"

Liao Li put the memorial on the case, and asked respectfully, "I don't know how Your Majesty wants to deal with it?"

Liu Chan raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile: "It seems that Sun Quan was scared by our country!"

"promise!"

After the Battle of Chibi, Sun Quanneng agreed to exchange the populous Jiangling with Liu Bei's sparsely populated Xiakou, the main core of which was that the area of ​​Jiangxia County was too important.

Now at the important moment of pacifying Jingjiao, reporting Ma Zhong might lead to rebellion, and I don't know what he thinks.

Liao Li nodded slightly, and said: "Our army is advancing rapidly, the vanguard has reached Le Township, Deng Zhi captured Gong'an, Lu Xun, Quan Cong, and Sun Quan retreated to Baqiu like bereaved dogs. Now Zhuge Jin came to me as a big man, not for other reasons. He came here to kneel down and pray for surrender."

This is also why when Lu Su or Gan Ning proposed plans to Sun Quan, the first thing they mentioned was to annex Jiangxia County before proceeding to the next step.It can be seen how important Jiangxia County is to Soochow. After taking Jiangxia County, Soochow can not only plot against Nanjun, but also retreat to defend Jiangxia and defend Yangzhou.

Liao Li thought for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, I think that to restrain the Wu people, you should restrain the gate of life. What is the gate of life? Jiangdong also! Where is the gate of life in Jiangdong?"

As for Jingzhou, mastering Jiangxia means that they can go down the river at any time at the right time to carry out military strikes on the entire territory of Soochow. It is like holding a sharp knife and can cut at the core area of ​​Yangzhou at any time.

Liu Chan tapped his fingers on the case table. After a long time, he stopped his fingers and said in a deep voice: "In this case, you can talk to Zhuge Jin, and you must put the interests of my big man first. You can use Jiaozhou to talk about Lu Xun's affairs, but you can't. Excessive, everything has its limits."

Liao Li cupped his hands again and said, "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will live up to your Majesty's order and let Sun Quan lead the horse and fall for the country."

Liu Chan laughed loudly and said, "I'm waiting for good news from you."

"promise!"

(ps: Therefore, Changsha County is divided into three counties: Xiangdong, Hengyang, and Changsha. The two counties in the article are just a part of the old Changsha County.)
(End of this chapter)