The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 214 Chapter 213
"Let me see it!" Zhang Yan immediately stretched out his hand and shouted at Jia Xu.

Jia Xu handed the secret report to Zhang Yan, Zhang Yan took the secret report, opened it, looked at it quickly, and immediately frowned.

"My lord, did something happen in Jiangdong?" Seeing Zhang Yan's appearance, Jia Xu hurriedly asked.

Zhang Yan sighed heavily, handed the secret report in his hand to Jia Xu, and said softly: "You will know it at a glance!"

Jia Xu took the secret report, glanced at it quickly, was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "My lord, this matter is not trivial. If it is allowed to develop, Jiangdong will no longer be under the control of my lord, and the decision will be made sooner."

The secret report was sent by Chen Deng. Sun Ce secretly crossed from Xunyang to the south, captured Chaisang in Yuzhang County, and then went all the way south from Chaisang to conquer Liling and Haihun counties one after another.

Liang Mao, the prefect of Yuzhang, led his army to resist, but was defeated by Sun Ce. Even Nanchang, the county city of Yuzhang County, was conquered by Sun Ce.

Not only that, the thieves Kou Zulang and Jiao Ji who were originally attached to Zhang Yan, together with Yan Baihu, rebelled together. The commanders of Shanyue Zongshuai of the three counties of Jun, Kuaiji, and Danyang jointly rebelled and captured the prefectures and counties. In just a few days, there were already more than [-] people.

Jiao already led an army of tens of thousands to attack Shanyin, the prefecture of Kuaiji County. Liang Xi, the prefect of Kuaiji, had few soldiers and could not resist, so he was forced to retreat to Qiantang.

Zu Lang led his troops into Jinling County, broke through several cities, and fought Chen Deng at Moling.

It can be said that the situation in the entire Jiangdong is now in chaos. In the east, Yan Baihu, Zulang, and Jiao Ji incited Shanyue to rebel, and in the west, Sun Ce captured Yuzhang. It is too coincidental that these two events happened almost at the same time.

In fact, Zhang Yan's heart is like a bright mirror. Sun Ce attacked Yuzhang, Yan Baihu, Zu Lang, and Jiao Ji rebelled. This is definitely not a simple coincidence, it was deliberately done by someone.

In Zhang Yan's mind, he can probably guess one or two things, and it must be Sun Ce's tricks in the dark.

At the beginning, when Sun Ce attacked Jiangdong, Zhang Yan used Zu Lang and Jiao Ji to deal with Sun Ce, but now Sun Ce uses Zu Lang and Jiao Ji to deal with him. Is this a kind of revenge by Sun Ce?

The situation in Jiangdong is turbulent, which seems to confirm Chen Qun's point of view at the beginning. If he sends troops to suppress it, he will completely fall into the quagmire of war in Jiangdong. If he does not send troops, he will completely lose control of Jiangdong.

For a while, Zhang Yan had a headache and didn't know what to do, feeling in a dilemma.

At this moment, the room was unusually quiet. Zhang Yan raised his eyelids, glanced at Jia Xu standing in front of him, and then asked, "The situation in Jiangdong is out of control. Regarding this matter, do you have any suggestions?"

Jia Xu said: "The subordinates thought that Sun Ce's attack on Yuzhang by going south must be inextricably linked to the rebellion of Yan Baihu, Zu Lang, and Jiao Ji. Otherwise, it would not be such a coincidence. There is chaos in Jiangdong. Yan Baihu, Zulang, and Jiaoji are all mobs. If the lord sends a large army to suppress the rebellion, the rebellion will be quelled. However, Jiangdong Mountain is widely distributed, and it will not be quelled overnight, even if the lord sends troops to suppress it. This rebellion, but it won't be long before Shanyue will rebel again. Repeatedly, our army will go round and round, which will inevitably consume a lot of troops. But Jiangdong's geographical location is very superior, and it can't be discarded at will. The subordinates think that it can be tightened The strength of the army is to protect Jinling County alone, and turn Jinling into an important military town that can be retreated and defended, and can be attacked. As for the areas outside Jinling County, they can be temporarily ignored, and someone will naturally go to wipe out the bandits for the Lord!"

After hearing this, Zhang Yan felt that Jia Xu's words were to the point and there was something hidden in them, so he asked, "Are you talking about Sun Ce?"

Jia Xu said: "Last year, I heard about Sun Ce's intention to occupy Jiangdong. It can be seen that Sun Ce is a very ambitious person. He wanted to ask Yuan Shu as hard as he could, but he was suffering from lack of strength, so he borrowed the jade seal in exchange for soldiers." Ma, crossed the river in a mighty way to Jiangdong. At first, the situation was good, but the lord led the army to join forces with Liu Yao, smashing Sun Ce's attempt to occupy Jiangdong. This time, Sun Ce crossed the river from Xunyang again, and conquered several cities one after another. Basically, he wanted to make a comeback. But he was afraid that the lord would interfere too much, so he secretly united with Yan Baihu, Zu Lang, Jiao Ji and others, hoping that they would attract the lord's attention, and then he could concentrate on developing in Yuzhang. However, Sun Ce It will definitely not be limited to the capture of a county. Once they have enough strength, they will inevitably lead their troops eastward, sweep Jiangdong down, and completely occupy Jiangdong. Therefore, Yan Baihu, Zu Lang, Jiao Ji and others, in the end, will definitely It will be wiped out by Sun Ce."

After Zhang Yan listened to it, he burst out laughing and admired Jia Xu's analytical ability, and said, "I understand what you mean, what you mean is, let Sun Ce be my sharp blade to eliminate these reactions." Thief, right?"

Jia Xu said: "That's exactly what this subordinate means. Moreover, even if Sun Ce puts down these rebels, he will never be idle, because there is still Shanyue in the Jiangdong territory. It will not take a few years for Sun Ce to completely conquer Shanyue. It can't be done. But in order to prevent Sun Ce from becoming a big man, the lord still needs to send troops to attack Sun Ce at the right time, so Jinling County has become another sharp blade for the lord."

Zhang Yan appreciated Jia Xu's analysis very much. Dang even made a decision, wrote a letter with a brush, and informed Chen Deng of his intention, letting Chen Deng take full control of Jiangdong's affairs, but there was a premise, Jinling County must not be lost.

Sun CE crossed south and captured Yuzhang. It was impossible for Zhang Yan to ask him for internal response, so he asked Jia Xu for advice.

Jia Xu formulated three strategies for Zhang Yan and asked Zhang Yan to implement them together. If all three strategies were successful, then even if Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor in Huainan, it would no longer be scary.

First, they sent people to Runan to contact the remnants of the Yellow Turban Party who temporarily attached to Yuan Shu, and promised to try their best to win them over with high officials and rich salary.

Second, they secretly sent someone to contact Liu Xun, Yuan Shu's general. He was already the prefect of Lujiang, and he had quite a lot of soldiers in his hands, but he loved money very much.

Third, in the name of the Son of Heaven, Yuan Shu was once again granted the title to show weakness to Yuan Shu in order to gain more time to prepare for dealing with Yuan Shu.

Zhang Yan saw that Jia Xu's three strategies were very desirable, so he agreed to Jia Xu's strategy.

Therefore, Zhang Yan sent Xu Chu to Runan alone, directly contacted the remaining Yellow Turbans, and brought Zhang Yan's seals and ribbons to confer their official positions.

The reason why Xu Chu was allowed to go was because Xu Chu had a great reputation in the Huai and Ru areas, and his martial arts skills were strong enough to deter the remnants of the Yellow Turbans.

In addition, Zhang Yan sent the eloquent and eloquent Kan Ze to Lujiang to contact Liu Xun.

In the end, Zhang Yan went to Chonghua Hall, invited the emperor, and named Yuan Shu the Taifu and the Marquis of Hefei.

Although Liu Xie didn't understand what Zhang Yan meant, he still agreed and asked Fu Wan to take the imperial decree to Shouchun in Huainan to read it out for Yuan Shu.

Three days later, another battle report came from Jiangdong.

Chen Deng gathered his troops in Moling to meet Zu Lang, but secretly sent Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin to sneak out from the other city gates, detour back behind Zu Lang, and attack Zu Lang secretly.

Then, he ordered people to open the gate of the city, led the crowd to join forces with Zhou Tai and Jiang Qinli, attacked back and forth, and defeated Zu Lang.

In fact, when Zu Lang came with his army, Chen Deng took the strategy of luring the enemy to go deep, actively avoiding his edge, and made Zu Lang feel arrogant, and then defeated Zu Lang in Moling in one fell swoop.

Zu Lang was defeated, and Chen Deng drove his troops to cover up the killing. Zu Lang was killed, and the corpses were scattered all over the place for more than ten miles.Zu Lang led the remnant army back to Wanling, not daring to attack Jinling again.

And Yan Baihu tried to invade Qu'e, but was also defeated by Chen Deng's design. Like Zu Lang, he did not dare to offend Jinling County again.

Zu Lang and Yan Baihu were defeated by Chen Deng one after another, so that Chen Deng's reputation suddenly rose in Jiangdong. Even Liu Yao's subordinates were willing to encourage Chen Deng's admiration.

In addition, Chen Deng specially sent someone to escort Liu Yao across the river to Pengcheng. Zhang Yan asked the emperor to make Chen Deng the governor of Yangzhou and the prefect of Jinling.

Fu Wan came to Shouchun again with the imperial decree, and immediately read out the imperial decree of conferring Yuan Shu as Taifu and Marquis of Hefei.

Now Yuan Shu is only obsessed with proclaiming himself emperor, no matter how much he confers, he is not as powerful as the emperor, but Yuan Shu still accepts the conferment.

After that, Fu Wan praised Yuan Shu again, and said that Zhang Yan was also afraid of Yuan Shu, so he made Yuan Shu very happy.

When Yuan Shu was happy, he rewarded Fu Wan with [-] gold. After giving Fu Wan a good treat, he was sent away.

On the other hand, Kan Ze came to Lujiang, contacted Liu Xun, the prefect of Lujiang, tempted Liu Xun with huge benefits, and promised to make Liu Xun the Marquis of Huainan after the success.

Driven by his interests, Liu Xun secretly swore an oath and expressed his willingness to join hands with Zhang Yan to serve as an internal support in Yuan Shu's army.

In addition, Xu Chu was alone, riding a war horse, carrying a seal ribbon and several imperial edicts, and wearing casual clothes, he came to Runan swaggeringly.

At this time, He Yi, Liu Pi, and He Man, the remnants of the Yellow Turbans who were attached to Yuan Shu, stationed troops in Ruyin, Gushi, and Xiyang respectively.

Xu Chu set off from Pengcheng and came all the way to Ruyin, where He Yi's troops were stationed. Although He Yi, Liu Pi, and He Man were not subordinate to each other, among the three, He Yi was in charge.Along the way, Xu Chu inquired very clearly, so he decided to go to Ruyin first. If He Yi disagreed, he would go to Liu Pi or He Man.

The gate of Ruyin City was wide open, but the place looked very desolate. Xu Chu rode a fine horse and directly entered Ruyin City.

This place has been occupied by Yellow Turban bandits, and the county town is also very deserted. In order to avoid the disaster of war, the people moved east to Xuzhou one after another.

Today's Xuzhou is already a piece of paradise. Under Zhang Yan's rule, it has returned to its former prosperity. In addition, after the emperor moved to Pengcheng, it gave birth to a wave of immigration.

Xu Chu went straight to the gate of the county government office, and without dismounting from his horse, he directly shouted to the person guarding the gate of the county government office, "Where is He Yi?"

(End of this chapter)