Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 85 Jiang Ziyi Connects with Shanyue

"Form the formation!" Seeing the Jiangdong army approaching, Guan Ping immediately ordered to form a formation to resist the enemy.The terrain of this area varies greatly, at first it is a narrow path, and then it is an open field.Right now, the path was blocked by Kuai Yueming men with armored shirts, making the already rough road even more difficult.And a division led by Guan Ping with [-] reinforcements happened to be blocking the open ground, occupying a favorable location to stop the enemy.

The sound of "bang bang" sounded again and again, and the 8000 men and horses along the way began to form formations according to the coordination of long and short weapons.The large shield soldiers first lined up in front, and the pikemen behind put their war guns more than one foot long between the large shields, and then the crossbowmen also drew their bows and arrows in the back to prepare for sniping.

Accompanied by the sound of "噗嗤", the hundred or so Jiangdong Army who were the most aggressive in pursuit were unable to catch up, and bumped into the shields and spears of the Xuzhou Army's formation, and were immediately pierced.Although many people saw the gun forest in front and knew they couldn't run into them, they were all pushed forward by the comrades behind them.There were screams and screams one after another, and the formation of Jiangdong Army's pursuit suddenly became chaotic.

"It's a pity!" Seeing this, Guan Ping sighed secretly. If he could set a fire on this narrow path at this time, it would be more effective, but it is really difficult to implement it now that there is such a heavy snowfall.At the same time, after nearly a thousand casualties, the Jiangdong Army finally realized that there was a hard stubble in the way ahead, and it was now lining up and advancing slowly.

"Who is blocking the way?" In the Jiangdong army formation, a general slowly walked out of the army formation, and Hengqiang immediately asked.

"Xuzhou Guan Ping! Who is coming?" Guan Ping's self-confidence has also increased a lot now, and he usually no longer calls himself the son of Guan Yu, but directly calls himself Xuzhou Guan Ping.The general curled his lips when he heard the words, and said with some disdain: "Jiangdong Dong Xi, the little thief will die!" After he patted his horse and raised his gun, he stepped forward to stab, Guan Ping also stopped him with a knife.The two fought for more than [-] rounds, and the long spear in Dong Xi's hand seemed a little dull. He never expected that this young man's sword skills were so sharp.After barely fighting for another seven or eight rounds, Dong Xi couldn't catch Guan Ping's big saber after all, and he sliced ​​off his left arm, and the blood flowed down immediately. He hurriedly retreated to see Zhou Yu for another plan.But Guan Ping didn't chase after him. Seeing that Cai Mao and others had run far away, he immediately ordered the sergeants to pack up the Jingzhou army's luggage on the ground, and then retreated to the riverside to take the prepared boat to cross the river and return to Lujiang.

When Zhou Yu's brigade arrived here, there were only hundreds of corpses of the Jiangdong army left on the ground, and what's more, even the armor on the corpses was stripped off. "Governor, now that the Xuzhou army is gone, do you want to take advantage of the momentum and attack Jiangxia again?" Cheng Pu's confidence is soaring now, and he wished he could uproot the Jingzhou army.

"No need, the soldiers are exhausted after fighting fiercely all night, so retreat to Yuzhang first." Zhou Yu's expression was slightly grim, but he still ordered calmly.It wasn't a surprise that the Xuzhou army would come to help, but Zhou Yu chose to sit on the sidelines instead of directly rescue, which made Zhou Yu a little unexpected.It seems that the other party not only realizes that he will take advantage of the heavy snow to attack the Jingzhou army, but also is unwilling to pay too many casualties.

"What's the result of the battle?" Zhou Yu asked his subordinates when they returned to the camp in Yuzhang.

"Our army fought fiercely overnight, and the casualties were no more than [-]. Jingzhou's [-] land and water troops had at least [-] casualties, but unfortunately only more than [-] were captured." The next general, Chen Wu, briefly explained the situation.Zhou Yu nodded slightly. It is really unrealistic to capture too many prisoners in night raids on other people's territory. Three thousand is already very good.

"After this battle, the strength of the Jingzhou army has been severely injured. Liu Jingsheng claims to have 30 troops under his command, so he can't afford to make such a lot of trouble." Zhou Yu smiled, and then ordered all the troops to go back to rest and prepare for a decisive battle with the Xuzhou army after the road is clear. and land.

"Guan Ping and the others have done a good job!" After receiving the military report from Gan Ning and Guan Ping, Zhao Feng from Wancheng also beamed happily. "It's a pity that we have too few sailors, otherwise we would be sure to take advantage of the emptiness of Zhou Yu's stronghold and go south to attack." After learning that Gan Ning's navy had also raided Zhou Yu's stronghold but returned without success, Zhao Feng was also quite hesitant. Pity.

"How could Zhou Gongjin's generation of Confucian generals be repelled so easily? Even a surprise attack would leave troops to garrison the camp." Pang Tong beside him looked very open.At this moment, someone came to report that Tao Qian's second son, Tao Shang, had arrived.

"Brother Zhongquan!" Zhao Feng also rushed out with Pang Tong to greet the pottery merchant. The latter's official rank was not as high as Zhao Feng's, so he hurriedly returned the courtesy. What is Jiang Lai doing?

"So that's how it is!" The pottery merchant suddenly realized when he heard the words, no wonder he wanted to run over by himself, and said with a slight smile: "It is indeed as General Zhao thought, when my late father was an official in Yuzhang, Danyang, he had a relationship with the two chiefs of Shanyue, Yan Baihu and Pan Lin had a relationship. My father went to Xuzhou 14 years ago. Before leaving, he recruited soldiers in Danyang. Although Yan Baihu is dead, Pan Lin's leader is still there, Shang is willing to persuade them to come to help!"

"It's so good!" Zhao Feng was also determined when he heard the words, but Pang Tong who was at the side frowned and said, "Young Master Tao, don't blame me, I think the young master and the people from Shanyue haven't been in touch for more than ten years, how can we meet in a hurry now?" Can you convince them of Your Excellency?"

"This?" The pottery merchant was also a little hesitant when he heard the words. Zhao Feng knew that his confidence was not very high just by looking at his expression, but he also knew that there must be a countermeasure for Pang Tong's inquiry, so he turned around and asked Pang Tong, "I don't know if there is a scholar Yuan?" The way to deal with it?"

"Actually, it's not that difficult. You only need to send a debater to go with Mr. Tao to convince the leader of Shanyue!" Pang Tong said with a smile.

"But I don't know who is willing to go?" Zhao Feng thought about it in his heart, the only ones who could take on this important task on his side were Lu Su and Pang Tong, but they couldn't leave for a while.But Pang Tong said with a smile: "The general has forgotten someone? Jiang Ziyi has always been famous in Jiangdong for his eloquence. Why don't you send him, Mr. Tao?"

"That's great!" Zhao Feng remembered that he still had Jiang Gan at hand. Due to the influence of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Zhao Feng didn't pay much attention to this Jiang, but only used him as a guide. After conquering the entire county of Lujiang, he was only sent to serve as the county magistrate of Wancheng.Now that he needs to lobby Shanyue, this person is needed.At that moment Zhao Feng summoned Jiang Gan and ordered him to go with the potter.

A few days later, in the Shanyue Camp in Danyang County, the current leader of Danyang Shanyue, Qin Lang, grandly received Tao Shang, the son of Tao Qian, who was the late Tao Qian. Pan Lin, the leader of Yuzhang Shanyue.

"Mr. Tao has been separated for more than ten years, and he is already a good-looking talent! We are all going to be old!" Pan Lin is over half a hundred this year, and he couldn't help but sigh with emotion after talking about the etiquette.Everyone talked about Tao Qian and Yan Baihu who had passed away, lamenting that things have changed for more than ten years, and the topic was a bit heavy for a while.

"I don't know why Mr. Tao came to Danyang in such a season?" Qin Lang asked this time.As the leader of the largest branch of Shanyue in Danyang, Qin Lang is also a person with a bit of a brain.The potters braved the ice and snow to come to Danyang, not just to reminisce about the old days.At that moment, the pottery merchant glanced at Jiang Gan who was beside him, and the latter smiled slightly and said, "I am waiting for this visit, one is to accompany Mr. Tao to visit old friends; the other is to discuss the alliance with the leaders."

"Alliance?" Pan Lin and Qin Lang were taken aback when they heard the words.Jiang Gan didn't play tricks, and immediately explained his intentions: "My lord, the Taiwei Liu Huangshu, appointed General Zhao Feng as the general who conquered the south, and came to Jiangdong to fight against the Sun family. My lord has always treated people with benevolence and justice, and I know that you are deeply oppressed by the Sun family. Therefore, I specially ordered Qian to come here, and wanted to unite everyone to attack the Sun family!" Jiang Gan lived in Jiangdong for a long time, so he naturally knew that the enmity between Shanyue and the Sun family was as deep as sea.At that time, Sun Ce established himself in Jiangdong as a mighty dragon. After the conquest, he forced Shanyue to pay taxes, perform military service, and even rewarded bureaucrats and landlords as farmers and slaves.Many aristocratic forces who opposed Sun Ce also united with Shanyue to fight against it. Sheng Xian is an obvious example.For this reason, Sun Quan specially designated four counties in Kuaiji County and Nanhai County, set up Jian'an County, and appointed He Qi's younger brother He Jing as the county governor, responsible for suppressing the local Shanyue.

After Jiang Gan's impassioned words fell, the crowd was silent for a while, and then they began to buzz and discuss.After discussing for a while, a small leader first said weakly: "If Mr. Tao wants to join forces with us, he will naturally have no hesitation. Is it just Uncle Liu?" This is almost the end of his words, everyone understands what he means, it is Uncle Liu and us I don't know him well, so I don't feel at ease.

Hearing this, Jiang Gan turned his head and smiled slightly at the potter, who also understood what he meant, stood up and said loudly: "You can rest assured that Xuzhou was invaded by the villain Cao Cao that day, and no princes in the world dared to uphold justice. Only Uncle Liu Huang led the way." The army came to rescue; my father wanted to entrust Xuzhou to Uncle Liu Huang many times, but Uncle Liu refused repeatedly, and he was not willing to take over until my father passed away, and the dragons in Xuzhou had no leader. Shang dare not speak falsely, but Uncle Liu Huang's benevolence and righteousness are by no means inferior to those of my late father!"

When Pan Lin and the others heard these words, they felt a little more at ease.At that moment Qin Lang asked again: "I don't know how Uncle Liu Huang wants us to help? You must know that Shanyue and I have some soldiers and horses, but it is a bit difficult to attack the city." Qin Lang is not stupid, he is afraid that he will be used as a gun, So ask first.

Jiang Gan naturally knew what he meant, so he just replied with a smile: "It doesn't need to be too much, all you need is for the leaders to harass the counties near Danyang after the spring, and just lure Sun Yi's army out of Danyang City."

"That's all right?" Qin Lang was a little unbelievable when he heard the words, and when he saw Jiang Qian nodded affirmatively, Pan Lin added: "If the emperor's uncle sits in Jiangdong in the future, how will we deal with us?"

"In the future, if the emperor's uncle sits in Jiangdong, you can go to the land of Yuzhou to reclaim the land and live and work in peace and contentment!" Jiang Gan's answer made them think nothing of it.This was also proposed by Zhao Feng and Lu Su after research. Originally, among the thirteen prefectures of the Han Dynasty, Yuzhou had fertile land and the largest population. In its heyday, the population of Runan and Ruyin counties alone was nearly 200 million.However, after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the population of Yuzhou has dropped sharply to less than 200 million.Coupled with Cao Cao's earlier pacification of Yanzhou, many people flocked to Yanzhou.When Guan Yu and Zhao Feng entered Yuzhou that day, the entire population of Yuzhou was only 80 million.If Cao Cao's house had not been copied, he would not even be able to support the army.Fortunately, during the previous plague, refugees from Jingzhou, Yanzhou and even Sizhou flooded into Yuzhou. Otherwise, Guan Yu would not even have a million people under his rule now, let alone how to support the 120 to 60 troops.At present, the total population of Yuzhou is about [-] million, of which Runan County has a population of [-] after merging Xiangcheng and Ruyin.In terms of the army, there are [-] front-line combat troops, [-] of which are drawn from Jiangdong this time, and there are about [-] soldiers from the rest of the counties and fields.Feeling that Yuzhou is vast and sparsely populated, both Zhao Feng and Lu Su agreed to move more than [-] mountains from Danyang and other places to Yuzhou after Jiangnan was pacified.One is to replenish the population, and the other is to save them from doing evil in the mountains, which is difficult to control.

Pan Lin and Qin Lang discussed for a while after hearing the words, and finally Pan Lin said: "I am willing to form an alliance with the emperor, but in the future, whether we go to Yuzhou or elsewhere, we all hope to have our own land to cultivate, instead of being tenant farmers Or slavery."

"Naturally!" Jiang Gan also nodded in agreement. After everyone signed the agreement, Qin Lang, as the host, ordered a banquet to be held in honor of Jiang Gan and the pottery merchants.Everyone just waited for the spring to begin, and acted according to plan.

(End of this chapter)