Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1067 Joint
Jiang Qin grabbed the rope and climbed to the top of the mast to observe the scene in the distance personally.

He had already received news that the place where Yuan Xi and Baekje were fighting was more than a hundred miles away.

To be precise, it is the border area between the Three Han and Baekje, across a river, and the official name of the Han court is Weiliecheng.

Compared with later generations, this place was still a small fishing village at that time, but the mountain city had been built on a certain scale and had a large population.

This place is located on the coast, and the people there are tough. Fishermen often double as pirates and have harassed the merchant caravans sent by Yuan Xi.

Baekje called this area North Han County, and this mountain city was guarded by the county governor sent by Baekje. Now he was sitting in the city, listening to the sound of dense stone bullets hitting the top of the city, and was scared to death.

He complained to his subordinates, "What the hell are you doing? You're so careless and you made them attack so quickly!"

Ninety percent of what he said was Liaodong Chinese, and one percent was the local dialect. Moreover, the writing they used was also Chinese. The Three Kingdoms of Han and Baekje did not have their own language and writing, so speaking Chinese was extremely common.

Moreover, the higher the status, the more proud they are of speaking pure Chinese. As for the lower-class people in their eyes, because they are not allowed to read and write, they speak half Chinese mixed with half local dialect.

The officials below were silent. At this time, an old man with a goatee sitting at the head of the guest seat said contentedly, "Don't worry, prefect. Although Xionghu is famous in the north, he only relies on the strength of the Youzhou soldiers."

“And now I have brought with me the disgruntled Youzhou soldiers. We are more than capable of fighting them in a field battle, not to mention defending the city!”

After hearing this, the county magistrate felt relieved and said with a smile, "Since Mr. Wenhe has spoken, there will naturally be no problem."

"I have also heard about Mr. Wenhe's amazing deeds. With his own strength, he was able to stir up chaos in the Han Dynasty. He is truly a man of great strategy!"

The old man with the goatee was Jia Xu. He stroked his beard and laughed, "I'm ashamed, these are just trifling tricks."

"I think I did those things just to protect myself. Later, I thought about retiring, but the vicious tiger didn't let me live and exiled me to Liaodong to farm. I barely escaped death. It was really too much."

"So I looked for a chance to escape and swear to be irreconcilable with the fierce tiger. I will never stop fighting him in this life!"

The county magistrate heard this and laughed, "With Mr. Wenhe's help, I feel relieved!"

"The king also highly appreciates Master Cao and you. If we can defeat the fierce tiger this time, Baekje will be able to become a friendly country with the State of Wei and work together to destroy the fierce tiger. By then, the vast fiefdom of Youzhou will be waiting for you!"

Jia Xu smiled on the surface but cursed in his heart, "It's fine for us Liangzhou people to be rebels, but how dare you, like dogs, plot against Youzhou?"
How Youzhou is fought is the Han people's own internal affair. You, a savage, are actually coveting Han territory. Fuck your mother!

Jia Xu's face remained expressionless. After all, he was an old actor. This time he came to Baekje not to go against Yuan Xi, but to implement Jia Xu's plan.

A few months ago, Yuan Xi adopted Jia Xu's advice and arranged a big drama.

The reason was that Cao Ang's identity was leaked. Among the Youzhou soldiers guarding him, some were loyal to Cao's camp or wanted to get promoted and make money. So one day, these people gathered together and mutinied, and fled with Cao Ang and Jia Xu.

Since they could not return to Liaodong, they could only run south. They fled all the way, and after repelling the pursuit of the Youzhou soldiers several times, they finally escaped to the territories of Baekje and the Three Han in a desperate situation.

This incident caused a huge stir and spread across the Korean Peninsula in a short period of time. After Baekje and the Three Han learned about it, they all thought that Cao Ang was a rare treasure and sent people to fight for him.

After a battle, Baekje came out on top and took Cao Ang, Jia Xu and the rebellious soldiers to the Baekje capital.

After multiple checks, the King of Baekje confirmed the identities of Cao Ang and Jia Xu, and also verified the authenticity of the rebellion of the Youzhou soldiers.

After all, when the rebels fled, many of them still had the heads of Youzhou soldiers tied around their waists, and the Youzhou soldiers chasing them were extremely crazy, charging desperately and killing all the Baekje soldiers who came to support them.

After Jia Xu and others fled into the city in a panic, the Youzhou soldiers were still relentless and attacked the city with all their might without any siege weapons. However, the mountain city was difficult to attack, and the Youzhou army saw that they could not take the city and the number of injured people increased day by day, so they had no choice but to withdraw.

Moreover, not long after, an imperial edict came from Yuan Xi, strictly ordering Baekje to hand over Cao Ang, Jia Xu and the rebellious soldiers immediately, otherwise he would mobilize his entire army to flatten Baekje.

There was endless debate in the Baekje court about this, and many people demanded that Cao Ang, this hot potato, be handed over, but the other side believed that they could use Cao Ang's identity to join forces with the Wei State to eliminate Yuan Xi.

The benefits here are undoubtedly huge. If Cao Cao conquers the world, Cao Ang will most likely be the heir of the Cao family. Baekje has the merit of protecting Cao Ang, so it may be able to get Youzhou as a reward, or even more!

Under the temptation of huge benefits, the entire court of Baekje planned for a bright future and unanimously agreed to keep Cao Ang in the capital, provide him with good food and drink, and write to Cao Cao for help, hoping that Cao Cao would send a large army to eliminate the ferocious tiger.

As for whether Cao Ang and Jia Xu were pretending to surrender, some people naturally had doubts. But when they saw the gaps in Jia Xu's mouth where his teeth were knocked out, and his hands were covered with calluses and scars from the two men's years of reclaiming wasteland, they all believed it to be about 80%. They felt the same way and cursed Xiong Hu for his ruthlessness towards the captives from the aristocratic families.

But whether Cao Cao received the letter or not, Yuan Xi came first, and launched hundreds of warships, departing from Qingzhou and heading west, intending to land on the Baekje coastline at the southern tip of the Korean Peninsula. Baekje would naturally not sit and wait for death, they also risked their lives, and they had conflicts with Yuan Xi before, and many ministers thought that Yuan Xi would annex Baekje sooner or later, and now it just happened to find a reason.

The final strategy decided by the Baekje court was to resist Yuan Xi with all their might. Once Cao Cao sent troops to attack Yuan Xi's rear, the crisis on the Baekje side would naturally be resolved!
Their idea was actually quite remarkable, except that their letter had no chance of reaching Cao Cao.

Over the years, Yuan Xi spent a huge amount of money to train a large number of spies from the School Affairs Office. These people have undergone various special trainings, and naturally they can manipulate the almost primitive intelligence network of Baekje and the Three Han at their fingertips, including the intelligence about the Baekje and the Three Han's connection with Jiangdong.

What Yuan Xi's enemies can see now are all what Yuan Xi allows them to see. This concept, which is ahead of his time, makes Yuan Xi pay more attention to intelligence warfare than anyone else and gain the upper hand before the battle. This is in line with the approach of "attacking the enemy's strategy first" in military books.

After Weiliecheng, a port near the Baekje capital, was attacked, Jia Xu volunteered to lead the Youzhou rebels to help defend the city. Baekje naturally welcomed this opportunity. After seeing with their own eyes how brave the Youzhou soldiers were, they felt relieved and let the Youzhou soldiers serve as the main force in defending the city.

Now Jia Xu was sitting in his seat, drinking tea with a relaxed look on his face, but in his heart he couldn't help but admire Yuan Xi's courage.

The war is real, bows and arrows have no eyes, and although it is a show, casualties are inevitable.

Both sides are elite soldiers from Youzhou. To engage in a big drama with real swords and guns can be regarded as a gamble with their lives. This puts Jia Xu under a lot of pressure. If they really fail, the loss will be huge!

But if successful, the benefits will be enormous. Not only can we expand our territory at a very small cost and eliminate the hidden dangers of the Korean Peninsula, but we can also kill two birds with one stone.

Moreover, Jia Xu used all his skills and led the Youzhou rebels to act out a life-and-death drama. His target was not only Baekje, but also the Jiangdong army that rushed over excitedly. It was the last trump card that Jiangdong could muster to turn the tables.

Hearing the increasingly loud shouts and cries of killing from the top of the city walls, the governor of Northern Han and the officials could not hide their panic. Even with Jia Xu's self-restraint, he could not help but feel a little anxious. Why hadn't the change he was waiting for come yet? ?

Finally a messenger rushed in and said, "Report!"

"The Wu navy is already eighty miles to the south, and they said they can launch anytime in a day!"

The county magistrate and the officials were delighted when they heard this. The county magistrate was still a little unconvinced and asked, "Is the letter real?"

The messenger said, "I have checked it, it is real!"

"And the messenger secretly landed on the shore in a small boat with a horse, and then went ashore and took a small path to meet me. This small path was agreed upon in the previous letter, and it couldn't be faked!"

After hearing this, the county magistrate said happily, "Good!"

"Once the Jiangdong army arrives, we will attack from both sides and destroy the fierce tiger!"

If Lu Meng were resurrected, or if Mi Fang were here, they would understand that letters are the most untrustworthy, because it is very easy for Yuan Xi to put private messages in the letters. All he needs to do is add a middleman.

But Lü Meng was dead, and no one knew how Yuan Xi had forged the letter. So after receiving the so-called letter from Baekje, the Jiangdong side immediately set sail overnight and headed straight for the port where Yuan Xi was in the dark.

Now, after a month's long journey, only about 800 ships are left out of the more than 1,000 ships they had when they came here, and the food on the ships can only last for a few days. But this is not a problem. As long as they defeat the fierce tiger, they can replenish supplies on the spot and then return to the capital.

From another perspective, they had no way to retreat and could only go all out, so the four generals all had solemn expressions on their faces, but at the same time they were full of confidence. They could not launch a fire attack at sea, and in a head-on confrontation, especially with superior forces, the Jiangdong Army would never be defeated!
At this moment, Xu Sheng shouted: "We have been active in Jiangdong for decades. If it weren't for the vicious tiger's repeated tricks, how could our reputation be damaged?"

"Now is the perfect time for us to take revenge and wash away our bad reputation!"

"This is our best chance to restore the reputation of the Jiangdong Navy. You must not miss it!"

Jiang Qin smiled and said, "That's a good point, but the wording needs to be changed."

"We are now the navy of Wu State, and this is our first battle to make Wu State famous!"

"Let us start from here and make the Wu navy famous for its invincibility!"

The other three heard this and shouted, "The Wu navy will never be defeated!"

"The Wu navy will surely win!"

"Must win!"

(End of this chapter)