The Jagged Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1135 Jiangling Youdao ([-])

Jiangling City is no different than the Hetao area, and the latitude between the two places looks similar, but because of the terrain, the Hetao area is located on the edge of the grassland, and it often snows heavily in winter.However, on the side of Jiangling City, there are large mountains in the west of Xiangyang County, which surround Funiu Mountain in Nanyang County, so in fact, there will not be much snow in winter.

However, cold weather is inevitable. There is a thin layer of snow on the ground, and the bright sunshine still cannot dispel the cold air that comes from the north and south this winter.

The Da Sima Mansion in Jiangling City is always a busy scene.

The time is now, and the New Year has already passed.It's just that people who live in this era hardly celebrate the Spring Festival, and they only take a symbolic rest during the Lantern Festival.

However, the atmosphere in Da Sima's Mansion is more lively today. Quan Cong, the commander of the navy who has completed the task in Nanyang, after driving the fleet into the water village of Haiyan and resting for more than a month, finally He was ordered to return to Jiangling City to report on his duties.

In fact, Quan Cong had already returned to Jiangling City, and his fleet had already completed its combat missions in the Nanyang region.However, later along the way, His Majesty the Emperor assigned them many new tasks.For example, after capturing the coastal port of Funan, a military port was directly built there, and warships and troops stationed there for nearly a year to ensure safety.

It was not until seven months ago that Quan Cong's fleet was allowed to return to the Jiangdong base camp.But it is still necessary to leave half of the warships stationed in the coastal ports of Funan Kingdom to ensure the safety of the waterways and land ports there.

At the same time, when returning to the voyage, Quan Cong's fleet also received new combat orders.Emperor Liu Chan asked them to cooperate with Jiaozhou's army to launch a landing operation against the ethnic minorities on Chiya.

There is a very important factor in this. The island of Chiya is very large, and there are actually a lot of ethnic minorities on it. In addition, the climate is very hot, and it is not so easy to land and operate. It is very easy for large-scale outbreaks in the army. Epidemics are much more difficult than sea combat.

In history, Soochow once sent General Nie You and Colonel Lu Kai to lead [-] troops to expedition to Zhuya and Dan'er from the sea, and brought them back into the territory.Zhuya and Dan'er are two counties established by the Han Dynasty on Hainan Island. In many cases, Zhuya was used to replace the name of the entire island of Hainan Island.

From the perspective of the geographical environment, although Quan Cong's fleet is equipped with a well-equipped marine corps that has been tested in Linyi and Funan, Hainan Island has always been known for its poor mountains and bad waters, and the difficulty of combat can be compared with that in the middle of Jiaozhou. The difficulty of fighting in the mountain rainforest is comparable.In other words, combat is even more difficult than in Linyi.

The climate and geography are so dangerous, and Liu Chan understands the trend of history, so he still insists on sending troops, and he still has his own considerations.

Hainan Island is geographically located in the middle of the Beibu Gulf surrounded by Jiaozhou, and its geographical location is too important for the waterway.At the same time, as early as when Quan Cong's fleet went to the South China Sea, Bu Zhi, governor of Jiaozhou, had been ordered to build a simple seaport on the coast of Chiya to provide the necessary resting place for Quan Cong's fleet.

However, after Quan Cong's fleet left, this simple harbor was wrecked by the local natives, and was finally completely burned down.After this incident was reported to Jiangling City by Bu Zhi, Liu Chan attached great importance to it, and determined to at least take Zhuya, one of the two counties on the island, back into the territory of the Han Dynasty.

In the end, this combat task was handed over to the Quan Cong Fleet, which had two combat forces in the waterway, to complete, and the Jiaozhou side provided the necessary supplies of combat materials.

It took Quan Cong nearly four months to defeat all the indigenous tribes on the island, but his own losses were not small. Among them, the two aspects that tested them the most were indeed the two aspects of mountain warfare and rainforest warfare.However, Zhuya and Dan'er counties were eventually recaptured by Quan Cong's fleet.

Afterwards, Quan Cong led the fleet back to Jiangdong.

It should be said that Quan Cong made a lot of mistakes and mistakes in the process of leading the fleet to Nanyang, some of which could indeed be avoided, and some of them were indeed caused by external risk factors.

But from the point of view of historical and political significance, the impact is indeed very far-reaching, especially the three events of conquering Linyi, obtaining the coastal strategic military port of Funan Kingdom, and recovering Hainan Island are enough to make him famous in history.

At the same time, these three things also opened up and ensured the safety of the sea lanes of the Han caravan. At least the merchants in Jiangdong who are engaged in overseas trade, and Wang Lian's Shibosi must be very happy.

By the way, Jiangling City.

Quan Cong's Navy Commander's Mansion had already been set up in Jiangling City, so when he was conscripted back to Jiangling City, he naturally returned to the Governor's Mansion first.

On the second day, Quan Cong was ordered to meet with Da Sima Dong He.

Da Sima's Mansion was just to welcome Quan Cong's arrival, that's why it seemed so lively.

Dong He personally went out to meet Quan Cong and brought Quan Cong into the living room.Quan Cong was really flattered by Dong He's demotion to welcome him, it was an honor he never expected.

The reason why Dong He wanted to do this was indeed out of appreciation for Quan Cong.At the same time, it was also because Quan Cong's trip to sea this time not only did not bring him huge financial pressure, but actually brought him a lot of wealth and food.

A large amount of gold, silver and jewels among them, according to His Majesty the Emperor's will, some of them were sold in the Han territory, and some of them would be transported to distant western countries through the Silk Road.These matters have been discussed in detail before.

A large part of the money obtained from the sale and the food transported back has been used for combat in the Hetao area.

With these benefits, it was not without reason that Dong He went out to meet Quan Cong in person.

The next day, the award order for the fleet that Liu Chan and the Grand Sima Mansion had been contemplating for several months was finally promulgated. Even Ling Tong, who was supposed to be punished, was finally awarded.

Of course, this is not because Liu Chan is eccentric or has the intention to cover up. It's just that in the face of such a great victory, in order to unite the army and stimulate the morale of the army, we have to make mistakes in certain aspects and downplay certain incidents in the army.

This is also something that can’t be helped. The army of any country in any era needs such an approach. As long as it is not too extreme, it can generally be covered up.

And the interests of this kind of cover-up, it should be said, are indeed greater than the interests of exposure, otherwise it may turn into a huge scandal.

Quan Cong was personally optimistic that the Da Sima Mansion could take such a way to deal with it, and he couldn't help but feel a little elated.

At the same time, Quan Cong did get special treatment. Liu Chan allowed Quan Cong to take a seven-day vacation.

And on the eighth day, Liu Chan personally summoned Quan Cong.

Quan Cong originally thought that the audience of His Majesty the Emperor was similar to that of the Grand Sima's Mansion, and should be mainly for awards.

But things are not as simple as Quan Cong imagined.

(End of this chapter)