At the end of the Han Dynasty: a stingy husband from his hometown

Chapter 158

At that time, Dong Zhuo was in chaos, and Qiao Mao called on the princes of the world to challenge Dong, and heroes from all over the world responded one after another.

General Zhou Qi ordered [-] soldiers and horses, and then recruited [-] rebels in Lujiang and Yuzhang respectively.

Holding high the banner of crusade against Dong Zhuo, Zhou Cheqi sailed upstream from the Yangtze River and entered Jiangxia County.

Huang Zu, the prefect of Jiangxia, learned that Zhou Qi had led [-] troops into Jiangxia, so he hurriedly led his troops to occupy an important position on the Yangtze River, and then sent people to question Zhou Qi's intentions of crossing the border without reason.

Zhou Qi's soldiers and horses were stopped, so they stood still and sent Xi Zhicai to meet Huang Zu.

When Xi Zhicai saw Huang Zu, he said: "General Cheqi has no intention of invading your land, he just passed through Jiangxia, and he wants to go north to attack Dong Zhuo, wipe out the traitors, and help the Han Dynasty."

After hearing this, Huang Zu became less wary, but still asked with some doubts: "Since the general of chariots and cavalry went to challenge Dong, why didn't he go north from Jiujiang instead of detouring to Jiangxia?"

Xi Zhicai sighed, and said: "To be honest, General Cheqi first arrived in Yangzhou and was short of soldiers and food, so he first recruited troops in Lujiang and Yuzhang."

"Although [-] soldiers and horses have been recruited, there is still a lack of food and grass."

"If the army takes the land route, it will be inconvenient to transport logistics and baggage, and it will consume a lot of money. The chariot and cavalry generals cannot bear it, so they take the water route from the Yangtze River."

"Jiangxia is rich and has plenty of food and grass. The General Chariot has nothing to ask for. He only hopes that when he passes through the expensive land, Shijun can supply some food and grass. This will also support the General Chariot in the crusade against the country's thieves."

When Huang Zu heard this, he was completely relieved.

He thought of the governor of Nanyang, who was missing because he refused to give Sun Jian military supplies.

General Zhou Qi's soldiers and horses are not inferior to Sun Jian.

If Huang Zu was unwilling to provide food and grass, there was no guarantee that the other party would not directly kill him as a deterrent like Sun Jian did.

Thinking of this, Huang Zu immediately did not dare to make things difficult for Zhou Qi.

He sent people to let Zhou Qi's army march up the Yangtze River, and along the way, he asked the county officials not to neglect and provide food and grass.

At the same time, Dong Zhuo, who was in Luoyang, also learned that Zhou Qi had raised troops to attack him, and he couldn't help being shocked and angry.

He said to Li Ru: "I left Gai Xun in Luoyang, doesn't Zhou Qi know what I mean?"

"If he sends troops to attack me, isn't he afraid that I will kill Gai Xun first?"

Li Ru also frowned, vaguely feeling that something was not quite right.

If Zhou Qi wanted to attack Dong Zhuo, he would not have withdrawn his troops from Luoyang, nor would he have left Gai Xun behind.

But now, Zhou Qi did rise up.

Li Ru came to the map, looked at Zhou Qi's marching route, and suddenly his eyes lit up.

He turned his head to look at Dong Zhuo, and said with a smile, "If I expected it to be true, Zhou Qi raised troops not for the prime minister, but for Jiang Xia."

Dong Zhuo asked in confusion: "Why did Wen You say this?"

Li Rudao: "Zhou Qi values ​​love and righteousness. With Gai Xun in Luoyang as his hostage, he would not dare to lead troops to attack easily. This is one of them."

"Even if Zhou Qi ignored Gai Xun's life and death and insisted on leading troops to attack the prime minister, it would be easier for him to join forces with the princes of Shandong from the north of Pei State. How could he sacrifice the near for the far and instead detour to Jiangxia? This is the second reason."

"Not long ago, Bian Rang, the prefect of Jiujiang, and Chen Wen, the former governor of Yangzhou, impeached Sun Jian, accusing him of murdering an important official of the court."

"Both of these two are under the rule of Zhou Qi. If there is no acquiescence from each other, how can the memorial book reach Luoyang? This is the third thing."

"I think Zhou Qi is a man with lofty ambitions. If he takes over Yangzhou, Jiangxia will definitely pose a great threat to Yangzhou because of its rivers, mountains and rivers."

"Zhou Qi abandons the near and seeks the far to go to Jiangxia, it must be a counterfeit strategy to attack Guo."

When Dong Zhuo heard this, he immediately turned from anger to joy and said: "In that case, we don't need to pay attention to Zhou Qi."

Li Ru shook his head and said, "No."

"Now Qiao Mao is making an imperial edict to attack the prime minister, and all the princes in the world are responding. Zhou Qi has a heavy army in his hands, and his official worship is the general of chariots and cavalry. If he shrinks to Yangzhou and does not move, he will be despised by the people of the world."

"Zhou Qi saw through this point, so he entered Jiangxia under the banner of attacking Duke Ming."

"If the prime minister ignores it, then Zhou Qi will have no steps to go down, so he can only bite the bullet and come to fight the prime minister."

Dong Zhuo was anxious and asked, "What can I do?"

Li Ru smiled and said, "This matter is easy."

"Isn't Zhou Ziyi the first character?"

"Gai Xun has great kindness to him. If the prime minister wrote a letter to reprimand him and threatened Gai Xun's life, Zhou Ziyi was trapped by righteousness, and he would not lead troops to Luoyang."

Dong Zhuo was overjoyed and said, "Am I going to write a book?"

Li Ru hastily stopped and said, "Prime Minister wait a minute!"

Dong Zhuo looked at Li Ru with some confusion and asked, "Is there anything else?"

Li Ru said: "That alone is not enough."

"The prime minister can issue an edict to confer Zhou Jing, Zhou Zi's foreign uncle, as governor of Jiangxia."

"In this way, Zhou Ziyi can occupy Jiangxia in a legitimate way, and he has accepted the prime minister's affection, so that he can be safe."

Dong Zhuo can't protect himself now, if Zhou Jing can be canonized as the governor of Jiangxia, he will be able to make friends with Zhou Qi who holds a heavy army, of course he is [-] willing.

Without any hesitation, Dong Zhuo agreed directly, and then sent someone to hurry to see Zhou Qi with the letter reprimanding Zhou Qi and the canonized edict.

Dong Zhuo secretly told the envoy that if Zhou Qi was willing to stop his troops, he would then take out the canonization edict as a sign of goodwill.

If not, the canonized edict will be torn up.

Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

But it is said that Zhou Qi led an army of [-], and under the leadership of Jiangxia County's guide, he sailed westward by boat.

This time, Zhou Qi took Zhou Jin and Zhou Tai with him.

They have excellent water skills and have grown up in the water since childhood. However, after seeing the vast Yangtze River and the countless large and small lakes and swamps along the way, they were still amazed.

The two privately said to Zhou Qi: "Jiangxia County is densely covered with water networks, the water regime is complicated, and it occupies the upper reaches. If you attack it from east to west with a navy, it will be extremely difficult to make achievements."

"Even if there are occasional small victories, it will not be a total victory."

"If you want to really occupy Jiangxia, you can only rely on local soldiers who are familiar with the water conditions in Jiangxia County."

After hearing what the two said, Zhou Qi couldn't help but look solemn, and secretly said: "Fortunately, Zhicai set up this false strategy to attack Guo, so that he can go deep into the hinterland of Jiangxia without spending a single soldier."

"If I follow my previous thinking and attack with a large army, even if there are [-] elite soldiers, I'm afraid there will be little chance of winning."

Zhou Qi thinks so, but he is not underestimating himself.

Although there are not many soldiers in Jiangxia, most of them are sailors.

On the other hand, most of the [-] elite soldiers that Zhou Qi brought to Yangzhou were born in the north and had no water skills at all, and they had never experienced water warfare.

The water network in Jiangxia County is densely covered.

Whether the army is marching or transporting grain and grass, it needs to use waterways.

In the absence of a water army, rashly leading the landlubbers in the north to walk through the waterway, wouldn't it be a gift for someone?
Northeastern Jiangxia, close to the Dabie Mountains area of ​​Anfeng County.

There are many Jiangxiaman living here. Since Zhou Qi became the magistrate of Anfeng County, he has opened up trade with Jiangxiaman, often with kindness and friendship.

Today, the relationship between Jiang Xiaman and Zhou Qi is already very good.

At this time, in the stockade where the leader of the Jiang Xia Man lived, a man who was full of travel and dust had ushered in.

"Zhou, I didn't expect you to come here in person for this transaction. It really makes the humble house shine."

This man is Zhou Qi's elder brother Zhou Cheng, and he came here by order.

Zhou Cheng stepped forward, gave Jiang Xiaman's leader a big hug, and said seriously, "I'm here this time to discuss something important."

Seeing Zhou Cheng's serious expression, Jiang Xiaman's leader also put away his smiling face and led him into the house.

"You and I are brothers, but if you are told, I will do my best to help you!"

Zhou Chengdao: "I came here this time under the order of General Cheqi. I hope you can raise your troops and pretend to attack Xiling, the governor of Jiangxia County."

The leader of Jiang Xia Man heard the words, but asked with some doubts: "Why is this so?"

Zhou Cheng knew that these Jiangxia barbarians were straight-headed, and did not hide it. He said directly: "The chariot general wants to seize Jiangxia, but he has no excuse."

"If you can lead the tribe's son Lang to raise troops, the governor of Jiangxia must ask General Cheqi to help put down the rebellion, so there will be an excuse to stay."

The leader of Jiang Xia was overjoyed when he heard the words, and said: "Our family has been favored by General Cheqi for a long time, and the sons of the family are also very envious of the life in Anfeng County, and hope to live under the rule of General Cheqi."

"Since General Cheqi intends to capture Jiang Xia, I will definitely do my best to help!"

Zhou Cheng couldn't help smiling when he heard the promise made by Jiang Xiaman's leader, but he still warned: "This time it's just a feint, don't harm the people everywhere."

"These people will all be the people under the rule of the chariot general in the future."

The Jiang Xiaman leader patted his chest and said: "In the past, we plundered everywhere because we didn't have enough to eat. Since we got the help of General Cheqi, the clan has no shortage of food."

"We are not barbaric and uneducated people, how can we harm the people at will?"

Zhou Cheng had a detailed discussion with the Jiangxia barbarian leaders, and then began to mobilize various tribes in the mountains to prepare to go down the mountain to intimidate Huang Zu, the prefect of Jiangxia.

Jiangxia County, Xiling.

Huang Zu couldn't help being a little worried when he learned that the army led by General Zhou Qi had arrived in Xiling, the prefecture.

Fortunately, after Zhou Qi arrived in Xiling, he only ordered the army to temporarily repair on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and did not take any other extraordinary actions.

Huang Zu didn't dare to neglect, and hurriedly ordered people to transport grain and grass to Zhou Qi's army.

At this moment, a messenger suddenly came to report that Jiangxia Manxiao gathered tens of thousands of people, raised their troops to rebel, attacked the city and plundered the land, and came towards Xiling.

When Huang Zu heard this, he couldn't help but turn pale with shock.

In Jiangxia County, there are not only many rivers and lakes, but also many mountains due to its proximity to the Dabie Mountains.

The Jiangxia barbarians are entrenched in the mountains, but they have stayed contentedly in these years and have not gone down to the mountains to plunder.

But Huang Zu didn't know why Jiang Xiaman, who had kept his own law and order, suddenly rebelled and rushed towards Xiling.

Most of Jiangxia's troops are navy troops, and they are completely powerless to compete with Jiangxia's barbarians.

Huang Zu was terrified, fearing that Jiang Xiaman would attack Xiling and his life would be lost, so he hurriedly summoned the county officials to discuss countermeasures.

Even if Xiling could be defended, if the rebellion could not be suppressed, the imperial court would definitely blame him, and Huang Zu might not be able to keep his position as prefect of Jiangxia.

Compared with those in the north, officials in the south were more content with the status quo and lacked that bravery.

Many officials talked about it, but no one could give a countermeasure.

Seeing that Huang Zu's face was getting worse and worse, Jiangxia Juncheng suddenly said: "Isn't General Cheqi just on the north bank of the Yangtze River to rest, why don't you invite General Cheqi to come and put down Jiangxia's rebellion?"

The rest of the officials also said: "General Cheqi has the responsibility of hunting down thieves and suppressing rebellion. We also provide him with food and grass. If he is asked to help, General Cheqi will definitely not refuse."

Huang Zu's eyes lit up, and he said, "This plan is very clever!"

But Zhou Qi led his soldiers and horses and was stationed on the north bank of the Yangtze River, waiting for the grain and grass brought by Huang Zu.

this day.

Huang Zu personally led the county officials to the camp and said, "The Jiangxia barbarians have rebelled and are wreaking havoc on the counties. I hope the generals of chariots and cavalry can help and send troops to quell the rebellion!"

Zhou Qi hurriedly supported Huang Zu and said, "Your Majesty, don't do this."

"As far as I'm concerned, generals of chariots and cavalry are responsible for conquering and suppressing rebellions. Even if the county guards don't come to ask for help, I know that Jiangxia barbarians are raging, and they will definitely send troops to wipe them out."

"Personally speaking, your Majesty allowed me to lead troops through Jiangxia and provided food and grass along the way. This is such a high act of kindness that Zhou Qi is deeply grateful and should repay me."

Huang Zu was overjoyed when he heard the words, and immediately invited Zhou Qi to Xiling to preside over the overall situation of countering the rebellion.

Zhou Qi didn't delay either, and stationed most of the troops outside the city, but he only brought three thousand elite soldiers into the city, which made Huang Zu heave a sigh of relief.

Xiling County, Zhou Qi's temporary residence.

Zhou Qi looked at Xi Zhicai and said with a smile: "Although I only lead three thousand troops into the city, if I want to control Xiling, it will be easy."

"According to Zhicai's opinion, should we kill Huang Zu and occupy Jiangxia by force?"

Xi Zhicai pondered for a long time, then shook his head and said: "Acting in this way will damage the reputation of Duke Ming and is not advisable."

Zhou Qi said: "Please also ask Zhicai to teach me."

Xi Zhicai said: "Duke Ming can order Huang Zu to personally lead troops out of the city to fight Jiang Xia Man, and then plan to cooperate with Jiang Xia Man inside and outside, and use Jiang Xia Man's hand to get rid of Huang Zu."

"If Huang Zu dies, there will be Jiangxia barbarians ravaging counties and counties. As a chariot and cavalry general, it is reasonable for Duke Ming to take over Jiangxia County."

"Afterwards, I wrote a letter to Luo Yang, stating that my confidant is Jiang Xia's prefect."

"So, even if Duke Ming occupies Jiangxia, others have nothing to say."

Zhou Qi clapped his palms and laughed loudly, saying: "What Zhicai said is exactly what I want."

Just when Zhou Qi was secretly plotting to get rid of Huang Zu with the help of Jiang Xiaman, the imperial envoy ushered in.

Zhou Qi and Xi Zhicai looked at each other, and said with a smile: "I think Dong Zhuo will threaten my husband's life to prevent me from entering Luoyang."

Xi Zhicai nodded slightly.

This situation and situation had been expected by the two of them long ago, with Dong Zhuo threatening Gai Xun's life, and Jiang Xiaman ravaging the place.

As such.

Zhou Qi has a very good reason not to participate in the battle against Dong.

Instead of criticizing Zhou Qi, the other princes would praise him for his love and righteousness, loyalty to the emperor and patriotism.

as predicted.

After Zhou Qi read the letter from the envoy, he was furious and shouted: "Mr. is a famous person in the world, how dare Dong Zhuo threaten his life?"

"So, isn't Dong Zhuo afraid of being condemned by the people of the world?"

But the envoy shook his head and said: "Xiangguo treats the scholars so kindly, but they are slandered and betrayed. These scholars manipulate public opinion and compare the prime minister to a scourge, a traitor who disrupts the country."

"The feudal lords have already raised troops, threatened Luo Yang, and want to conquer the prime minister, is the prime minister still worried about the verbal criticism of the scholars?"

Zhou Qi was speechless.

The envoy said in a deep voice: "General Che Qi, please consider carefully whether Gai Xun's life is more important, or whether it is more important to have sex with those rebellious officials and thieves, and send troops to Luoyang to fight against the Xiangguo."

Zhou Qi's face was contorted, obviously extremely angry, but thinking of Gai Xun's kindness to him, he could only sigh in despair.

He looked at the messenger with murderous intent on his face and said, "Sir, you have been very kind to me. How can I put your life at risk?"

"You will bring Dong Zhuo a message. If you make a mistake, I will definitely raise the soldiers of Yangzhou and take Dong Zhuo's head to avenge you!"

The envoy ignored Zhou Qi's threat, but smiled and said, "Since General Cheqi is willing to be persuaded by Xiangguo, Xiangguo will naturally reciprocate."

After speaking, the envoy took out an appointment edict from his pocket.

Zhou Qi received the imperial edict, and after reading the content inside, his eyes shone brightly.

He didn't expect that Dong Zhuo would give him such a great gift.

Huang Zu was from Xiangyang, and was of the same clan as Huang Chengyan, a famous scholar in Xiangyang. Zhou Qi was not willing to take his life unless he had no choice.

Now that this edict is in place, Zhou Qi has no worries about seizing Jiang Xia, nor will it be confirmed.

He just pondered for a while, and knew that this was written by Li Ru, and immediately said: "Thank you, Li Wenyou, for me."

The envoy asked strangely, "Why doesn't General Chaqi thank Xiangguo, but Li Wenyou?"

Zhou Qi smiled and said nothing.

Afterwards, Zhou Qi said to the envoy: "Your Excellency, please go to the governor's house to read this edict in person."

If it were any other place, the envoy representing Dong Zhuo might not dare to remove the prefect of a county face to face.

If he really did this, the opponent would most likely turn against him, kill the envoy, and then launch an army to attack Dong Zhuo.

Jiang Xia is different.

Now Zhou Qi is stationed here, and the new Jiangxia prefect appointed by the imperial edict is Zhou Qi's clan uncle. With the deterrent of General Cheqi, it is expected that Huang Zu would not dare to act rashly.

The reason why Zhou Qi did this was because he was unwilling to offend Huang Zu, and wanted to transfer the hatred to Dong Zhuo.

County Sheriff's Office.

The news that the imperial envoys had entered the city had already spread in Xiling, Huang Zu couldn't figure out why the angels came here.

"My lord, the angels are here!"

When Huang Zu was feeling restless, he suddenly heard the voice of a servant, he didn't dare to be negligent and went out to greet him in person.

"I don't know the angel is coming, so why?"

Huang Zu's heart sank when he looked at Dian Wei, who was holding a pair of iron halberds and wearing armor beside the angel.

The angel didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of Zhou Qi, but he didn't give Huang Zu a good face, and directly shouted: "Jiangxia prefect Huang Zu is not good at governing the area, so rebellions occur everywhere, and the people are robbed."

"By the order of the Son of Heaven, Huang Zu is dismissed from the position of Governor of Jiangxia, and Zhou Jing, a famous scholar from the Pei Kingdom, is appointed as the new Governor of Jiangxia!"

"Huang Zu, please hand over the governor's seal and ribbon."

When Huang Zu heard this, his heart sank.

He wanted to have an attack, but when he saw Dian Wei standing next to him with all his clothes on, he lost all courage.

Although Huang Zu didn't want to hand over his seal and ribbon, there was an edict from the Son of Heaven, Zhou Qi stationed troops in Xiling, and Jiangxia barbarians were raging outside.

Now that the matter has come to this point, Huang Zu can only submit.

The angel took the seal ribbon and personally delivered it to Zhou Qi's house. Zhou Qi then sent people to hurry up and notify Zhou Jing to come to Jiangxia to take up his post.

that's it.

As the eastern gateway of Jingzhou, Jiangxia County fell into the hands of Zhou Qi without any bloodshed.

PS: "Three Kingdoms: Biography of Sun Polu": In the third year of Chuping, the Shushi Jian conquered Jingzhou and attacked Liu Biao.He dispatched Huang Zu against Fan and Deng.Jian defeated it, chased across the Han River, surrounded Xiangyang, and rode Xianshan alone on horseback, where he was shot and killed by the soldiers of the ancestors.

　I didn't find out who the Jiangxia County Governor was this year.

　　However, the history books did not clearly point out that Liu Biao appointed Huang Zu as the sheriff, but he was only sent to stop Sun Jian.

　　I simply wrote the governor of Jiangxia directly as Huang Zu.

　　Xian Mountain is in my hometown and is a good place for mountain climbing. There is also a monument to heroes on the mountain.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)