Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 219 213. Jiaozhou Rebellion
Jingzhou has been quiet for the past month and seems to have made no further external moves. The cities adjacent to Eastern Wu and Cao Wei are just quietly strengthening their defenses, but there is no sign of taking the initiative to attack.

Cao Wei and Eastern Wu were similar. They only deployed heavy troops to defend strategic locations such as Nanyang and Chaisang, and had no intention of attacking. In this period approaching winter, everyone tacitly agreed to a truce.

Feng Xi naturally did not have to worry about the people's livelihood in Jingzhou. Whether it was Huang Quan or Cheng Ji, Wang Fu, Liao Hua, Ma Liang and others, they were all veterans who had served as officials for more than ten or even dozens of years. They were very adept at handling people's livelihood affairs and even had time to assist Feng Xi in making some policy and technical improvements.

There is not much to say about the military aspect, because in fact the foundation of the Jingzhou army is still there. After several battles of varying sizes, and with the current leisure time for training and recuperation, the combat effectiveness of the Jingzhou army has almost recovered. At least it will not be at a disadvantage in a battle with Cao Wei again.

The technology has also been developing steadily. The addition of Fu Zixun has made many of Feng Xi's ideas a reality, radiating to the entire Jingzhou with Jiangling as the center.

As long as they live peacefully for two months, Feng Xi will be able to marry Guan Yinping. However, fate has determined that Feng Xi will not be able to live peacefully for too long.

On this day, Feng Xi was discussing the issue of technological innovation with Fu Zixun at the arsenal as usual. As for military affairs, Feng Xi only needed to list a few major directions, and his subordinates Zhang Nan, Fu Xun, Wang Fu and others would implement them. He only needed to occasionally ensure that his Shenwu Camp was in normal condition, and he could be a hands-off boss at other times.

The new policy has now entered a stable period, and Huang Quan and others have gradually mastered how to handle these affairs. It is even less of Feng Xi's turn to worry about people's livelihood, so Feng Xi spends every day in the arsenal, wishing Fu Zixun could bring craftsmen to build a modern assembly line on the spot, and occasionally goes to develop his relationship with Guan Yinping.

"Xiu Yuan, Li Deang sent an urgent message from Jiaozhou, hoping you can help him."

Ma Liang rushed in from outside, while Feng Xi was holding a charcoal pencil and explaining to Fu Zixun the principles of internal combustion engine vehicles such as tanks and cars on the wall, hoping that he could use this as inspiration to create some modern vehicles.

"Li Deang? Jiaozhou?"

Feng Xi was interrupted by Ma Liang during his lecture. He was not annoyed at all, but rather a little confused. Li Deang was a man who had left his name in history. He couldn't be so incompetent that he couldn't even handle the affairs of Jiaozhou, right?

"That's right. Li Deang wrote an urgent report saying that about a month ago, the local Cham people in Jiaozhou began to rebel in an organized manner, taking advantage of the local defense to burn, kill and loot. When Yu Jin's army arrived to suppress the rebellion, those who could escape fled, and those who couldn't escape surrendered immediately. Yu Jin didn't dare to kill these people without permission, so he could only report the truth to Li Deang.

Li Deang initially thought that the Cham people were lazy, and that the harvest in Jiaozhou had decreased due to the war this year, so he deliberately opened the warehouses to release grain and appease the Cham people. Unexpectedly, these people became more aggressive. As long as Li Deang was not paying attention, these people would raise the banner of rebellion, plunder, and return to civilian life as soon as the anti-rebellion army arrived.

This happened repeatedly, not only was Yu Jin's Jiaozhou new army exhausted, but even the people's livelihood in Jiaozhou was devastated. Li Deang realized that the situation was almost out of his control, so he immediately asked the Grand Commander for help. "

Ma Liang held a letter asking for help from Li Hui, the governor of Jiaozhou, and with a worried look on his face he roughly recounted the situation Li Hui had encountered.

Feng Xi began to understand a little bit. Isn't this a typical setback in the public security war?

"Didn't Li Deang catch the mastermind of these people? The Cham people are stirring up trouble like this, so there must be a mastermind. Killing the mastermind should have some effect, even if it doesn't produce immediate results?" Feng Xi thought for a moment. Usually, such incidents must be instigated by local leaders or prestigious people, which will lead to civil unrest. Catching a few typical cases and dealing with them should have some effect of killing the chicken to scare the monkey, right?
"Li Deang did so. He killed several Cham tyrants who left clear clues, but the result was counterproductive. Li Deang knew that many famous and wealthy Cham people had participated in many rebellions, but their hands and feet were getting cleaner and cleaner, and Li Deang had no excuse to deal with them.

After all, if we forcibly kill them again, it will only make the situation in Jiaozhou worse, and the Cham people will become more disunited. Besides, we can’t kill all the people in the state…”

Ma Liang was also somewhat helpless. These powerful families must have done it, but they could not personally do it, so the court would not be able to say anything. If they were forcibly dealt with, the Cham people would think that the Han were oppressing them, which would only provoke more rebellion.

"So that's how it is... There must be someone behind the Cham tribe's repeated changes. In addition to the known Cao Wei, I'm afraid that Dongwu also made a lot of efforts. Dongwu has been managing Jiaozhou for several years, so it must have some connections..."

Feng Xi knew this very well, but he couldn't prevent such a thing. He couldn't warn the Cham tribe in advance. "Cao Wei and Dong Wu want to incite you to rebel. You better be honest!"

"So Xiu Yuan, do we need to send more reinforcements from Jingzhou to help Yu Jin and Li Deang suppress this wave of Cham rebellion?"

Ma Liang returned to the main topic and asked Feng Xi what to do now.

"That can't be the case. Jingzhou is of great importance. If there is a large-scale troop movement, it will be difficult to hide it from the other two families. Maybe they are waiting for this moment. If the Jingzhou army is mobilized, Cao Wei will take the opportunity to launch a sneak attack, or Dongwu will counterattack. I am afraid that the situation in Jingzhou will fall into a passive position."

Feng Xi rejected this idea immediately. Jingzhou and the other two states were now in a dynamic balance, and any rash move would break this balance. Feng Xi naturally hoped that he would be the one to break this balance, and the one who took action first would undoubtedly have the upper hand.

And if, as Ma Liang said, troops were dispatched to Jiaozhou to quell the rebellion, although there would be water support, the round trip would take at least ten days or half a month, and it would be easy to not have enough time to return to defend Jingzhou. Wouldn't that be exposing their weaknesses to the other two families?
"What about Jiaozhou? We can't just sit there and watch the people of Jiaozhou complain and lose control of Jiaozhou, right?"

Ma Liang was a little anxious when he saw that Feng Xi seemed to have no intention of sending troops to help. Jiaozhou was of great strategic significance to Ji Han. It was indispensable both as a granary and for attacking Dongwu. Anyone with a little foresight could see this.

Now Feng Xi's words and actions actually imply giving up. How can Ma Liang not feel anxious?
"Ji Chang, please be patient. Let me think about it."

Feng Xi first sent Fu Zixun away, asking him to think of ways to improve and invent on his own. He sat on a wooden chair in the room, closed his eyes and pondered for a moment.

"There is."

Feng Xi suddenly opened his eyes and smiled.

(End of this chapter)