Who is not Cao Cao?

Chapter 145 Dedicated sister-in-law's kindness, should spring up to repay
He Yan was shocked when he saw Lu Su like this when he led the soldiers to rush in.

"Zijing! Don't die! Even if you want to die, come back to Xuchang with me and die!"

Lu Su: ...

For a moment, Lu Su felt that it was actually a good choice for him to die for the country just now.

"Marquis Shen."

Lu Su replied feebly: "This is the blood of Meigan, not mine!"

"and also!"

Lu Su rolled his eyes imperceptibly: "Instead of paying attention to my life and death, it's better to go to Tianzhu Mountain as soon as possible."

"After Chen Lan gets the news, she will definitely choose to send troops immediately!"

"The decisive battle with Chen Lan is the most important part of the plan! Only by defeating Chen Lan can Lujiang County and even Huainan enjoy ten years of stability!"

Even though Lu Su's current condition is not good, he still urged He Yan to complete the plan.

Otherwise, Lu Zijing's grievances at Mei Gan would have been in vain!
Lu Su thought in his heart: "As long as the plan is completed, not only will Huainan be able to achieve ten years of stability, but I, Lu Zijing... will also be well-known! Let the people of Huainan know my name!"

In this way, even if you enter the Cao Cao shogunate later, you may not be unable to compete with ministers in distress such as Xun You and Guo Jia!
"Zijing, I'm about to tell you this."

Liu Ye rubbed his little hands, full of excitement: "Chen Lan has been defeated by Marquis Shen!"

He Yan on the side hurriedly corrected, "No!"

"It's not defeating, it's killing! The kind of beheading!"

Looking at the proud He Yan, Lu Su began to doubt life again...

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"The heads of Chen Lan and Mei Gan have been sent to Xuchang."

"Among them, the grain and grass seized from Tianzhu Mountain and Chaohu Lake have all been transported to Hefei to govern the people."

"Because of Marquis Shen's care, Lei Xu's clansman confiscated their property and was recruited as soldiers in the fields. It didn't hurt his life."

"and also……"

Jiang Ji's eyes lit up: "After this battle, a total of 5 people have been recruited!"

Whether it is Chen Lan or Mei Gan, they are all poor. There is no such thing as He Yan who can get fat after he invades Yuan Shao's camp.

The real reward for defeating them is a large population!
Huainan was in decline, and the two counties of Lujiang and Jiujiang combined had no more than [-] households.Now there are suddenly [-] more people, and the young and strong occupy a large part of the [-] people. With Liu Fu's governance ability, Huainan will soon be able to get out of depression and become prosperous.

"On behalf of the Huainan people, I thank Marquis Shen and Zijing!"

Jiang Ji sincerely thanked the two of them.

Once Chen Lan, Lei Xiu, and Mei Gan are eliminated, there will be no major forces in Huainan.

And as long as the situation in Huainan can be stabilized, Liu Fu and Jiang Ji will naturally have a way to deal with Shanyue in the Dabie Mountains, so as not to let it become a disaster for Lujiang County.

For the Huainan people who have been affected by the war since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, such a stable life is really rare.

"Zitong (Jiang Ji) doesn't have to be like this. After all, calming Lujiang is the Haikou I boasted about in front of Sikong. Naturally, it is also my job. On the contrary, I should thank you and Governor Liu for their help."

After the scene was finished, He Yan was hesitant to speak: "Zitong, it stands to reason that I will return to Xuchang to return to my command soon, and I should not care about Yangzhou affairs any more. Besides, as a general, I can't interfere in government affairs, but I still hope that you will cooperate with me." Inspector Liu will properly deploy the Huainan line of defense in the days to come."

"I've been to the Sun Clan camp once before. Neither the leader Sun Quan nor the general Zhou Yu are ordinary talents."

"In addition to people like Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, Cheng Pu, and Huang Gai, if they are allowed to develop, it will become a serious disaster."

"However, Sikong now has to concentrate on dealing with Yuan Shao and conquering the north. Taking advantage of Li Shu's rebellion to seize Lujiang is the limit, and there is no spare power to go south."

"So this matter about the south... I have to leave it to you."

Hearing He Yan talking about the Sun family, Jiang Ji's excitement gradually receded.

"The Sun family in Huainan has suffered for a long time! Don't worry, Marquis Shen! Even if you don't say that, Governor Liu and I will not relax our vigilance against the Sun family."

The reason why Huainan is exhausted has a lot to do with Sun Ce!
Originally, local snakes like Lu Kang managed Lujiang and other places well, but Sun Ce, riding a flying dragon on his face, once again brought Huainan into the muddy abyss of war.

During this period, not only many members of Lu Xun's clan died, but many friends and relatives of Jiang Ji also died!
Jiang Ji has always remembered this hatred!
Speaking of the Sun family, Jiang Ji seemed to think of something: "I hate that Chen Yuanlong's plan to cross the river and recover Jiangdong failed, otherwise why should we guard against the Sun family?"

Don't look at Sun Ce as if he was invincible in Jiangdong, but in fact he suffered a lot at the hands of the former Guangling prefect Chen Deng.

Chen Deng, like Zang Ba, was appointed by Cao Cao as a scholar to guard Xuzhou, and he had quite a high degree of autonomy.Not only can he appoint and dismiss his own officials at will, but he can also raise troops in Guangling to resist foreign enemies.

But just because his freedom was a bit outrageous, Sun Ce was not afraid of attacking Chen Deng and annoyed Cao Cao, so he chose Guangling as his target.

First, in the fourth year of Jian'an, after Sun Ce captured Wancheng, he immediately took the initiative to attack Chen Deng's tribe and sent a large army across the river to attack Kuangqi City where Chen Deng was guarding.As a result, under the encouragement of Chen Deng himself beating the drums, the Guangling defenders directly defeated Sun Ce's army, which was ten times their own.

Later, Sun Ce sent his younger brother Sun Quan to lead an army to attack Guangling. While Chen Deng ordered his hero, Chen Jiao, to go to Xuchang for rescue, he also secretly ordered people to gather firewood at the places where the rescue soldiers must pass, and set fire to it when Sun Quan's army passed by. Firewood, the frightened Jiangdong soldiers thought that Cao Cao's reinforcements were coming, and in a panic, Chen Deng personally led the army to disperse them...

After this victory, Chen Denghuhai was full of pride, and wanted to lead the army to go straight to Jiangdong and restore Yangzhou's organizational system.

It's just a pity that Cao Cao was still confronting Yuan Shao at Guandu at that time, and was unable to open up a second battlefield. Seeing this, Chen Deng had no choice but to give up and gave the Sun family a chance to develop.

Then there was such an amazingly talented and strange man who died of illness not long ago.This makes Jiang Ji, who lives in Huainan and has always admired Chen Deng, feel a little regretful.

"If Chen Yuanlong sits in Guangling, Ziyang sits in Lujiang, and Liu Cishi and I manage Jiujiang, then Jiangbei must be as solid as gold!"

He Yan also regretted Chen Deng's death: "It is really regrettable that such heroes died young."

"But the past cannot be recalled. We still want to inherit Chen Yuanlong's wish to protect the people and prevent the flames of war from reaching Huainan again."

The death of Chen Deng and the loss of Guangling County are definitely a major loss for Cao Cao.

But if you think about Cao Cao's embarrassment in the battle of Guandu, no one will blame him.

Now that He Yan's new acquisition of Lujiang, it can be regarded as making up for some disadvantages of losing Guangling County, so that Huainan has enough space to guard against the Sun family.

"There are three layers of natural protection chain connecting Lujiang and Jiujiang."

"The first layer is the Yangtze River shared with Jiangdong."

"The second floor is the waterway connecting the three cities of Hefei, Wanxian, and Chaoxian."

"The third floor is Shouchun behind Hefei."

He Yan gave a suggestion: "The most important thing is this second line of defense."

"If the Anhui River can be connected to the Huaihe River, and a navy can be raised in Chaohu Lake to control the Huainan waterway, it will be difficult for the Sun family to attack from the waterway in the future."

"Coupled with Hefei's condescending view of the south, the high walls and strong walls will definitely make it impossible for the enemy to hide!"

"in addition……"

He Yan ordered someone to fetch a map and pointed out to Jiang Ji the water mouth between Ruxu Mountain and Qibao Mountain.

"This place is the key to control the Yangtze River entering Chaohu Lake! Zitong joins in and builds a dock here, which will surely make Jiangdong soldiers dare not go further north!"

This is actually the famous Ruxukou in later generations.

As long as the Ruxukou is firmly blocked and the ships on the Yangtze River are not allowed to enter Chaohu Lake, then Sun Quan probably will never see Hefei in his life...

In this way, it can be regarded as He Yan's reward for the kindness of his sister-in-law for Sun Quan, so that he will not leave the name of "Sun Shiwan" like the later generations.

Jiang Ji looked at the lines of defense pointed out by He Yan, and praised them again and again: "This layout is really good!"

"Unexpectedly, Marquis Shen not only has the ability to be a general in front of the battle, but also has the ability to be handsome behind the scenes. Compared with Marquis Shen, we all seem to be a bunch of mediocrity."

Jiang Ji himself is considered a successful young man, but compared with He Yan, he is still hard to come by.

Based on He Yan's record this time, it is estimated that it will be circulated in the Jianghuai area for a long time.

"Zi Tong is absurd."

"This time we mainly relied on Zijing's strategy, otherwise it wouldn't have been so smooth."

Hearing He Yan's self-effacement, Jiang Ji just laughed and said nothing.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that after Lu Xun lured Chen Lan out by self-defeating, Lu Su's strategy has actually become a pile of waste paper.

If He Yanzhen hadn't killed Chen Lan, let alone the three thieves, even Lu Su might have gotten involved.

It's just that Jiang Ji, as an "intelligent talent" who can share a biography with Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, Liu Ye, and Dong Zhao, can naturally see that He Yan is taking the initiative to push the credit to Lu Su, making Lu Su a "one-of-a-kind talent". He has the reputation of "killing the three thieves", so he didn't say much.

"Don't worry, Marquis Shen, after the people's hearts are stabilized, I will start to arrange this matter, and turn Huainan into an iron wall, so that the Sun family will not have a chance to take advantage of it!"

Seeing that Jiang Ji, the second in command in Yangzhou, was willing to support him, He Yan finally felt a big stone fall from his heart.

There is Jiang Ji in Jiujiang County, and Liu Ye in Lujiang County.

Taking advantage of the time when Cao Cao went north to fight Yuan Shao, it was enough for these two men to deploy defense lines and develop naval forces.

When Cao Cao dominates the north, Jingzhou will not be able to attack, and Yangzhou must be in his pocket, so there is nothing to worry about!
"If that's the case, then I can go back and return to Sikong with peace of mind."

Liu Ye, who came with He Yan, wanted to be his Lujiang prefect, so naturally he couldn't go back with He Yan.

But now He Yan is surrounded by not only Lu Su, Lu Meng, and Lu Xun, but also accompanied by Da Qiao, which can fill the trace of decline in He Yan's heart.

Well, especially Big Joe...

(End of this chapter)