The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 395 Chapter 394
Zhang Yan led Zhao Yun, Xu Chu and a total of 2 people, set off from Pengcheng in a mighty way, all the way south, after several days of long journey, finally arrived in Jiangdu County, which is only separated from Jinling City by a river.

In Jiangdu City, when the magistrate heard that King Yan was coming, he was terrified and made arrangements hastily, and even personally led the county officials to meet King Yan.

However, in the face of the enthusiasm of the county magistrate, Zhang Yan, the king of Yan, didn't seem to appreciate it. He just praised the county magistrate of Jiangdu casually, and then continued to march south with the army. Set up camp at the ferry.

Jiangdu county magistrate didn't show his courtesy, and he was not very reconciled after all, so he took the county officials with him, followed Yan Wang Zhang Yan, and obeyed his orders at any time.

If Zhang Yan wanted to cross the river, he needed a boat, and the county magistrate of Jiangdu came along, so Zhang Yan had to entrust this task to the county magistrate of Jiangdu. .

It should be said that the magistrate of Jiangdu County did have two brushes. He obtained an order from Zhang Yan, and Dang even gathered his subordinates to order them to collect boats and prepare to cross the river tomorrow.In addition, the county magistrate invited a chef from the county seat, and set up a banquet in the camp on the bank of the river to entertain the King of Yan, Zhang Yan.

Thousands of wears, no flattery.

Even though Zhang Yan was already the king of Yan, with one man under ten thousand, he was still a little bit overwhelmed by the constant flattery from the county magistrate.

But Zhang Yan understood that he didn't need people who would follow suit. Apart from flattering people, this county magistrate also had good political achievements. At least Jiangdu was under his governance, presenting a peaceful atmosphere.

However, this county magistrate doesn't have much ability. Now Zhang Yan's account is full of talents, and the bureaucratic system has reached a saturated level. If one person is to be promoted, the other person will have to move his position.However, visual inspection of the current situation has not found anyone who can move the position.

Therefore, Zhang Yan didn't give any rewards, he just charged all the expenses of the county magistrate's banquet to himself, and didn't let the county treasury take out a penny.

In the early morning of the next day, under the command of the county magistrate, hundreds of boats gathered at the ferry, specially for Zhang Yan, Zhao Yun, Xu Chu and others to cross the river.

Therefore, Zhang Yan led the army to cross the river from Jiangdu and officially entered Jinling County.

After the county magistrate of Jiangdu sent Zhang Yan away, he found that he didn't get anything. He felt a burst of frustration, and took his people back to the county, and continued to be his county magistrate.

At noon that day, all the [-] troops crossed the Yangtze River and landed at Dantu. The prefect Xue Li of Jinling had already received the news that King Yan was going to cross the river, and led his subordinates to wait for a long time.

After meeting each other for a while, Zhang Yan led the army towards Jinling City under the leadership of Xue Li.

Jinling City, the county seat of Jinling County, was originally called Moling, and later changed to Jinling.

When Zhang Yan arrived at the foot of Jinling City with his army, he couldn't help being a little surprised by what he saw before him.

This is the second time Zhang Yan came to the land of Jiangnan. The last time he came, it was several years ago. Today he revisited for the second time. Along the way, he found that Jiangnan has changed. developed greatly.

There are farmlands on both sides of the road, and the canals are even more criss-crossed, especially Jinling City, which is also twice the size of a few years ago, and the population is several times more than a few years ago.

The walls of Jinling City were six feet high, and there were special shooting holes on the walls. The entire city was built like a huge fortress, and all the soldiers on the walls stood energetically.

"I never expected that in just a few years, Jinling City would change beyond recognition..." Zhang Yan said with emotion after looking at the city.

After Xue Li heard this, he hurriedly said: "All this is due to the state shepherd. Jinling City has indeed developed a lot in the past few years. Because of the state shepherd's good management, Jinling City has not only become an important military fortress in the south of the Yangtze River, but also It has become a place where commerce gathers. In order to develop commerce, Master Zhou specially built a river channel to connect the Yangtze River, so that merchant ships can directly enter Jinling City from the Yangtze River by waterway, and then directly reach the wharf in the city. There are very active commercial ports along the coast. .”

Since Zhang Yan became the regent, with the continuous expansion of the territory, the number of government affairs of the country has also increased. Zhang Yan is not very good at government affairs, except for classifying political affairs, and then handing over all of them to the twelve Cao Caos under him. In addition to handling, most of the government affairs were handed over to Zhang Zhao, Chen Qun, Gu Yong, Dong Zhao and other confidants for handling. They regularly reported to Zhang Yan every month, and reported the government affairs they handled one by one. Chen Deng expanded Jinling City, opened commercial ports in the city, built rivers and so on.

But Zhang Yan was tired of listening to so many things, how could he remember them all.Zhang Zhao, Chen Qun, Gu Yong, and Dong Zhao made up most of the political affairs, and Zhang Yan only had the decision-making power.

Therefore, Zhang Yan knew about Jinling City, but he may have forgotten it over time.

Seeing Jinling City develop like this now, Zhang Yan is also very gratified. Chen Deng, a Yangzhou shepherd, is not in vain.

Under Xue Li's arrangement, the army filed into the city and stationed in the military isolation area in the city. This is a unique place for the military camp, and the army usually lives and trains here.

This time Chen Deng took away almost all the troops, so the barracks were vacant, just for Zhao Yun and Xu Chu's subordinates to live in.

After setting up the army, Zhang Yan began to ask Xue Li about the battle situation here, and Xue Li then reported the battle situation to Zhang Yan one by one.

Zhang Yan listened intently, and was very happy to learn that Chen Deng occupied the whole territory of Wu County, and that Lu Su and Liu Ye occupied the whole territory of Danyang County.However, Yu Jin's attack was blocked and he was forced to retreat to Xunyang to garrison. Sun's navy confronted Yu Jin in Chaisang, but Sun's army showed no sign of resistance.

At this moment, the scouts brought new news. Facing the attacks of Chen Deng, Lu Su, and Liu Ye, the Sun family not only failed to take action, but began to shrink their troops. The [-] troops originally stationed in Kuaiji County suddenly suddenly They began to evacuate one after another, and now Kuaiji County is like a land without owner.

Chen Deng has already started to act, sending Jiang Qin to occupy Kuaiji County, while Chen Deng led Zhou Tai from Qiantang to lead the army westward, preparing to join Lu Su and Liu Ye's army in Yi County, and then join forces , Prepare to attack Nanchang where Sun Quan is located, thus destroying Sun's power in Jiangdong in one fell swoop.

For this reason, Chen Deng specially asked the scouts to bring back a letter and handed it to Zhang Yan himself, hoping to get Zhang Yan's help and send troops to support it.However, Chen Deng only said that he would send reinforcements to support him, and he didn't mention Zhang Yan's going out in person.

Zhang Yan is a very smart person, he knew the contents of the letter after only reading it once.He knew that this was the moment Chen Deng dreamed of. Chen Deng hoped that he would lead the army alone and take all the credit for destroying the Sun family in his own hands, instead of making a wedding dress for Zhang Yan.

Chen Deng is a general in his own right, and the position of general of hussars is not for nothing, he is capable of writing and martial arts, Zhang Yan is also very relieved of him.Therefore, Zhang Yan wrote a reply letter to Chen Deng, meaning that he supported Chen Deng's plan to destroy the Sun family, and would send [-] elite soldiers led by Zhao Yun to support him.

However, in the letter, Zhang Yan also clearly pointed out that one must be cautious and discuss with Lu Su, Liu Ye, Zhao Yun and others, and not act rashly to avoid any accidents.

At the same time, Zhang Yan also pointed out that although Sun Ce is dead and Sun Quan has not yet stabilized the overall situation, the old Sun family is by no means easy to deal with, and Zhou Yu must be more careful.

After the letter was dispatched, Zhang Yan let the army rest in Jinling City for one night. In the early morning of the next day, Zhang Yan sent Zhao Yun to lead an army of [-] to join Chen Deng and Lu Su in Yi County, and told Zhao Yun that he must Be deliberate and stay in touch with yourself.

After Zhao Yun left Jinling City with his troops, Zhang Yan and Xu Chu set off together, while Xue Li and others remained in Jinling City, supplying food and grass at any time.

The army officially set off, but Zhang Yan felt a little uneasy in his heart.

Although Sun Ce is dead, Zhou Yu is still alive. No matter how bad Sun Quan is, he is also an emperor in history, and he will definitely not be defeated so easily.

However, the scene presented by Jiangdong now is very unusual.The Sun family retreated from Kuaiji inexplicably, and did not make any defenses. Is this the rhythm of surrendering Jiangdong?
Or, did something important happen within Sun's rule?
Zhang Yan couldn't sit still any longer, so he called Jin Yiwei and sent them directly to sneak into Nanchang secretly to find out the news.

At the same time, Chen Deng had already led the army, and with Zhou Tai, set off from Qiantang and went upstream by boat.

It was still early spring at this time, and the waters in the south of the Yangtze River were not so turbulent and relatively calm. It was not that difficult to go upstream by boat, and compared with the rugged land road, there were fewer mountains and dangers. In terms of time Much faster.

Two days later, Chen Deng, Zhou Tai and others arrived in Yi County, and Lu Su and Liu Ye also led their troops to Yi County. The two armies merged into one, with a total of 3 people, all of which were carried out by Hushi General Chen Deng. command.

After the army entered Yi County, Chen Deng did not take any action, but waited for news from the scouts.

When Chen Deng marched, he paid more attention to the news fed back from the front line, and made a judgment based on different news, whether to attack or defend.Therefore, Chen Deng belongs to the kind of late striker.

In the evening, the scouts returned and brought the situation in Nanchang City, and told Chen Deng in detail: "Sun Quan dismissed Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Huang Gai, Sun Ben, Sun He and other veterans who were accustomed to fighting. He appointed five young generals, all of whom were Sun Quan's confidantes. In addition, the governor Zhou Yu was unable to participate in the planning due to illness, and the people in the city were already panicked."

After Chen Deng heard the scout's news, he hurriedly asked, "Is the news absolutely true?"

"It's absolutely true! Now the [-] troops in Nanchang are not convinced by the new general, and complain that all the old generals have been dismissed. Their morale is very low!" said the scout.

After hearing this, Chen Deng laughed and said, "God helped me!"

Immediately afterwards, Chen Deng sent people to call Lu Su, Liu Ye, and Zhou Tai to come to discuss matters, preparing to mobilize all forces to capture Nanchang in one go and completely wipe out the Sun family!
(End of this chapter)