Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 203 197. News from Guiyang
The Han army worked for almost a whole day to deal with all the matters in Changsha City.

The fire in the prefectural government's mansion was extinguished after a while because it burned the whole mansion to the ground. Ma Su asked the soldiers to prepare for the fire to prevent it from rekindling and causing a second fire.

The mobs in the city who took advantage of the chaos to seek revenge were also controlled by the Han army's thundering means. As for those who still dared to resist stubbornly or even attack the Han army in turn, there was naturally no need to keep them. Their goal was obviously to cause trouble, not to overthrow Han Teng.

After everything was settled, Ma Su also sent a lot of soldiers to the lower reaches of the two surrounding rivers to search for the soldiers who were swept away yesterday, whether they were alive or dead.

After two days, they did find a few hundred soldiers who were lucky enough to survive, but of course there were still many more corpses.

In accordance with what Bao Feng said and the tradition of Grand Commander Feng Xi, Ma Su transported back the bodies of these soldiers and the young and strong men in Changsha to prevent the bodies from contaminating the water source.

At the same time, those who could claim the bodies in Changsha took them away and buried them themselves, which was also considered returning to their roots. Those who were not claimed were burned to ashes like the soldiers of the Jingzhou Army. However, the difference was that the ashes of the soldiers of the Jingzhou Army were taken back and returned to their families, while the ashes of the unclaimed young and strong men in Changsha were scattered as fertilizer in the surrounding fields.

Just when Ma Su was busy in Changsha, a scout came hurriedly from the south. It was a scout from Deng Ai's army, who was preparing to return to Jiangling to report on the battle situation.

Ma Su hurriedly asked a few questions and found out that Deng Ai had already conquered Guiyang County two days ago. The scouts were just worried that Changsha was still in enemy-occupied territory so they took a detour. Later, they heard that the Han army had conquered Changsha and then they dared to go north from the Xiang River.

"What did Deng Shizai do? Why was he so fast?"

Ma Su was surprised and disappointed to hear that Deng Ai had already conquered Guiyang. Although Ma Su had been taught a lesson by Han Teng and had put away his arrogance, he still felt that he should be able to conquer Changsha before Deng Ai.

It's not like Ma Su didn't know Deng Ai. Deng Ai was just an ordinary grain clerk. But for some reason, the commander-in-chief particularly admired him, so he went against the majority's opinion and recruited him as a military officer in the General's Office.

To put it bluntly, Ma Su felt that Deng Ai was a peasant, so how could he be better than himself, who was full of knowledge? So he couldn't help but ask the scout a few questions.

"After General Deng returned from Lingling..."

As Ma Su was a senior official, how could a mere scout like him dare not answer the questions? So the scout could only bow and begin to tell the story of Deng Ai's capture of Guiyang.

After visiting the Xi brothers that day, Deng Ai returned to his army stationed in Ling County, and then led his troops south to attack Leiyang and Bian County.

There were no generals stationed in these two counties, so they naturally opened their cities and surrendered when they saw Deng Ai's army coming. Deng Ai did not just take the cities and leave it at that, but summoned the county magistrates of the two counties and asked them about the affairs of Guiyang County in detail.

Not to mention, from the mouths of the two county magistrates, Deng Ai not only gained some understanding of the surrounding terrain, but also learned some information that was quite helpful for capturing Guiyang.

Guiyang County has not been peaceful recently, and the reason can be traced back to Changsha.

Changsha had some time to clear out the resistance forces in the county because the Wu-Han war did not affect them. One of the troops was driven from Changsha to Guiyang County by Han Teng. The leader was Wu Dang, who was the county magistrate of Ancheng County in Changsha County. When the Eastern Wu attacked the four counties in southern Jing, Wu Dang refused to surrender and led his army to fight with the Eastern Wu for a long time. He was defeated by Lü Dai and forced to surrender.

Later, the Eastern Wu suffered a great defeat in Yiling. Wu Dang contacted local people in Changsha who were loyal to the Han army and continued to rebel against the Eastern Wu, confronting Han Teng for a long time.

However, after the Han army entered Jingzhou, Cao Wei intervened and they did not have much time to take care of Changsha. Therefore, Wu Dang was ultimately no match for the brutal Han Teng and simply turned around and led the remnants to flee into Guiyang County.

Wu Dang did not hide it and made it clear that he was bullying the old thief Zhao Fan because he was not as powerful as Han Teng, and he only picked on the weak.

"Wu Dang... I didn't expect that more than a year after Guan Yu's defeat, there are so many loyal people in Jingxiang who are loyal to the Han Dynasty. First, there was Wuling's clerk Fan Zhou, then there was the governor Zhao Lei, the deputy general Hu Ban, the Xi brothers, and now there is Wu Dang. With such people's hearts, there is no need to worry about not being able to accomplish anything..."

Deng Ai couldn't help but sigh in his heart. After he joined Jingzhou, he naturally learned about the battle record of his superior Feng Xi in detail, and also inquired about the situation of Jingzhou changing hands several times in recent years. The final result really shocked him.

Countless talented and ambitious people conspired to overthrow Eastern Wu again and again for the sake of the dead Guan Yu and to express their gratitude for the benevolent rule of the Han Dynasty. Together with Feng Xi, they recovered Jingzhou at a speed that was actually faster than Eastern Wu's attack on Jingzhou.

In the four counties of southern Jing today, Gong Zhi and the Xi brothers also cooperated in the recovery of Wuling and Lingling counties. It can be said that Jingzhou is full of people who are loyal to the Han Dynasty, even in Guiyang, which he is about to attack. How can Deng Ai not sigh?

Deng Ai did not hesitate and immediately found out the approximate area where the remnants of Wu Dang were active. He asked Bao Yi to send some scouts with something that could prove their identity as Han troops to contact Wu Dang and see if he could provide any help.

Bao Yi was very efficient. Soon he sent out more than a hundred scouts to cast a wide net and search everywhere for the remaining Wu Dang troops.

Wu Dang's army of more than a thousand people was a big target and was discovered by scouts under Bao Yi in less than half a day. Wu Dang thought that these people were scouts from Guiyang County. Later, after the scouts explained, he learned that the Han army had divided into two groups and entered Guiyang and Changsha counties at the same time.

After confirming the authenticity of the news and the identity of the Han army scout, Wu Dang led his remaining troops to join Deng Ai's troops.

Deng Ai and Bao Yi had their own thoughts when they saw Wu Dang's army. What kind of army was Wu Dang's army? They were just a group of peasants who had revolted temporarily.

Everyone was wearing cloth, and some even held farm tools like hoes and sickles in their hands. However, even such people could still follow Wu Dang wholeheartedly to resist the rule of Eastern Wu.

"Master Wu, please take a seat. I have heard of your great name for a long time. It is my great honor to meet you today."

Deng Ai invited Wu Dang into the meeting hall of Bian County, which was naturally temporarily requisitioned by Deng Ai and his men.

Wu Dang was a little surprised, naturally because of Deng Ai's stuttering. However, Wu Dang also knew that the other party seemed to be a high-ranking official, so he naturally did not dare to show it on his face. He just greeted Deng Ai with his usual expression, and both the host and the guest looked very happy.

(End of this chapter)