The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 484 483 Expedition to Jiaozhou (1)

Zhang Yan reformed the system of the Han Dynasty, adopted a constitutional monarchy, and wrote the restriction of imperial power into the constitution, re-promulgated many laws and regulations, implemented reforms from top to bottom, and made drastic changes.

However, these reforms have not been affected locally, but a storm of reforms has been set off at the center of power.

One month after the implementation of the New Deal, the ministers of the DPRK and China have gradually adapted to this system. In actual work, the new system has provided them with convenience in terms of administrative ability and work efficiency. Since the three major power agencies are not subordinate to each other, They also restrict each other, so the ministers work within the limited scope of power. If it exceeds the scope of power, it is necessary to implement the cooperation of multiple power agencies to solve these matters together, and it also creates an additional communication between the agencies. bridge.

However, although the New Deal was implemented, most of the courtiers were still immersed in the old political system and could not extricate themselves.

As the chief minister of the cabinet, Zhang Yan, the regent king of Yan who is also the prime minister and general, did not ask too much. During the period, if any decree that is not conducive to stabilizing the overall situation of the imperial court is discovered, it must be discovered in time and abolished.

Slowly polish and scrutinize the laws and regulations suitable for the changes of this era. We cannot blindly keep the old and let our thinking stagnate.

In the past month, the cabinet has played a very important role, issuing a series of documents submitted by the Shangshutai, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Dali Temple. The Han Dynasty has also officially entered the era of the cabinet.

In addition, Zhang Yan even sent envoys to various states and counties outside Zhang Yan's sphere of influence with the re-issued seals and ribbons, re-appointed them according to the cabinet's decision, and told them the grade of the official position. Bring gifts and come to pay tribute to the current emperor.

In today's China, Zhang Yan is dominant in the north, and only a few separatist forces in the south are still lingering. Sun Quan, Liu Biao, Liu Zhang, Shi Xie, and Zhang Lu in Hanzhong. An eloquent person served as an envoy, and went to Jiangdong, Jingzhou, Yizhou, Jiaozhou and Hanzhong with the appointment letter of the cabinet.

The nearest place to Pengcheng was Jiangdong. With the letter of appointment from the cabinet, the envoy first crossed the Yangtze River and arrived at Jinling County, and then went west from Jinling County all the way to Wuchang.

At this moment, Sun Quan has been taking over Sun Ce's position for almost two years. In the past two years, he has been thinking about how to get rid of Jinling County's thorn in his side.

Jinling County is like a nail nailed directly into Jiangdong's most critical position. It is the bridgehead for Zhang Yan's forces to attack Jiangdong. If it is not removed, Jiangdong will lose a lot of initiative in the future confrontation .

If Jinling County can be removed, it will be tantamount to pushing Sun Quan's sphere of influence directly to the edge of the Yangtze River, relying on the natural danger of the Yangtze River, and confronting Zhang Yan, and the Jiangdong navy has become an elite army under Zhou Yu's training. Once defeated Zhang Yan's army, shattered Chen Deng's plan to destroy Jiangdong, and won the self-defense counterattack.

Since then, Sun Quan has won the unanimous affirmation of the Jiangdong generals. Although Sun Quan does not have the bravery of Sun Ce, he has a stronger mind than Sun Ce, and it turns out that a smart mind is even more important than brute force.

In fact, all of this is due to Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu is willing to retreat and be reviled, but secretly helps Sun Quan to win the respect and affirmation of Jiangdong soldiers. It can be said to be well-intentioned.

For this point, Sun Quan was also very grateful to Zhou Yu. After the war, he resumed Zhou Yu's position as the governor, and he was even more confidant to Zhou Yu.

However, it is not easy to get rid of Jinling County. After Chen Deng died, Lu Su was appointed as the governor of Yangzhou. Zhao Yun, one of the Five Tiger Generals, led his army to sit in Danyang County. There are also elite soldiers such as Zhang Liao, Gan Ning, Lu Meng, Li Dian, etc., and Huainan, which has become a granary base, has Liu Ye sitting in the town, providing rich money and food for Jinling and Lujiang. County, forming a golden triangle, unbreakable.

However, Sun Quan just doesn't believe in evil. He always firmly believes that there is no impenetrable wall. As long as you find the weak points in the golden triangle, you can break them one by one.

However, Sun Quan racked his brains and thought about it for almost half a year, but he had no idea. Finally, he had to write a letter to Zhou Yu, asking for Zhou Yu's help.

As a result, Zhou Yu only said a few words in the letter, and waited and watched.In addition, Zhou Yu even suggested that Sun Quan take a longer view, not only looking forward, but also looking backward.

Behind?

What's behind Jiangdong?
Sun Quan turned over the map and suddenly felt enlightened. Behind Jiangdong was Jiaozhou.

It wasn't until this time that Sun Quan realized that Zhou Yu was indeed more far-sighted than himself. Since he couldn't move forward, he should develop backward, conquer Jiaozhou, and use the vast land of Jiaozhou to reclaim a bright future for Jiangdong.

Therefore, Sun Quan immediately wrote back to Zhou Yu, asking if Zhou Yu had a detailed plan.

At the same time Sun Quan sent the letter, a confidant soldier came in from the outside and reported to Sun Quan that Zhang Yan had sent an envoy.

"An envoy?" Sun Quan rolled his eyes, without thinking too much, he immediately asked someone to bring the envoy in, and he was going to see what the envoy had to say first.

Not long after, the envoy came to the hall. After seeing Sun Quan, he just cupped his hands and said, "See General Sun!"

Sun Quan showed great enthusiasm, let the envoy sit down, and served wine to entertain the envoy.

During this period, Sun Quan had a chat with the envoy, and only then did he know that Zhang Yan had implemented reforms, and now the emperor was nothing but Zhang Yan, and the real decision-making power lay with Zhang Yan.Sun Quan admired Zhang Yan's approach very much. Without abolishing the emperor, he was able to transfer the power reasonably. It really kills two birds with one stone.

In addition, Sun Quan also found out the purpose of the envoy's visit. Zhang Yan canonized him as the prefect of Wuchang and brought him a seal and ribbon.

Sun Quan did not hesitate, and quickly accepted Yinshou, and warmly entertained the envoy until he sent the envoy away.

Sun Quan's acting so well-behaved was also a helpless move, because he has no strength to fight against Zhang Yan at all, so it is better to choose to obey and let Zhang Yan know that he is a quiet person, and even in the conversation with the envoy, he expressed Came out extremely respected the New Deal, and support the New Deal.

After the envoy left, Sun Quan immediately called for deployment and began secretly dispatching troops to attack Jiaozhou.

Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, Lu Fan and other old ministers all came to the hall. When they learned that Sun Quan was going to attack Jiaozhou, a group of people were extremely shocked.

Cheng Pu first said: "My lord, our army is now confronting Zhang Yan. Most of our troops are on the border, and we have no power to launch a war against Jiaozhou. Besides, if the troops are transferred away, once Zhang Yan finds out, we must If we send troops to attack our army, won't we be attacked by the enemy?"

The rest of the people also had the same opinion, and they all echoed their voices and opposed the use of troops to cross the state.

Sun Quan said with a smile: "You just do as I said, and first secretly mobilize some troops. You don't need many, 1 is enough. Shixie, the governor of Jiaozhou, is a self-defense man, and he only relies on local tyrants. It's not our army's opponent at all. As for Zhang Yan, you don't have to worry, within a month, there will be news that Zhang Yan will be too busy to take care of himself, and he has no intention of dealing with Jiangdong."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, wondering if what Sun Quan said was true or false.

Seeing that all the generals under his command were still hesitant, Sun Quan calmly took out Zhou Yu's letter, saying that it was Zhou Yu who suggested him to do so.In addition, Sun Quan spoke out about Zhang Yan's implementation of the New Deal, and said: "What kind of constitutional monarchy did Zhang Yan adopt, which severely restricted the emperor's power, so that the emperor would be useless, so that the power would be safe?" It is really an ingenious idea to translate it into his own hands. However, he did it because there is no silver 300 taels here, which is not important to us at all. But for those of the Liu clan, such Their actions will anger them. Liu Biao in Jingzhou and Liu Zhang in Yizhou are both from the Liu clan. Liu Zhang is far away in Xichuan, so he may not be able to directly confront Zhang Yan, but Liu Biao is different. This move will inevitably anger Liu Biao. At that time, Liu Biao will definitely send an army to fight Zhang Yan. Zhang Yan has no time to take care of Jiangdong. We can take advantage of this opportunity to send troops to Jiaozhou to expand the territory and population. It will not take long In the next year, our strength will be improved."

After hearing this, everyone seemed to think that what Sun Quan said was very reasonable, and this was also Zhou Yu's strategy. They all trusted Zhou Yu, so naturally they would not have any opinions.

Therefore, everyone finally decided to draw a thousand elite soldiers from each of the ten places to form an expeditionary army to Jiaozhou.

In addition, Sun Quan decided to lead an expedition in person, with Huang Gai, Han Dang, Zhu Huan, Tan Xiong, Pan Zhang and other generals, and asked Lu Fan to exercise the power of Wuchang prefect on his behalf. Cheng Pu was the governor of Wuchang. .

Three days later, the [-] army was assembled. Sun Quan took three months of food and grass, and led [-] elite soldiers and strong generals, and embarked on a mighty expedition to Jiaozhou.

On the day of the expedition, Sun Quan's mother came to see him off in person, and urged Sun Quan to be careful all the way, and also asked Huang Gai, Han Dang and other generals to actively protect Sun Quan's Zhou Quan, and never let Sun Quan act alone.

For Sun Quan, this is the first time he has led an army to go on a personal expedition, and this time he is also full of confidence.

After bidding farewell to his mother and all his subjects, Sun Quan officially embarked on the journey, and Jiaozhou seemed to have become his possession...

(End of this chapter)