Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 323 Ding Jiangxia

On the second day of September in the sixth year of Jian'an, Sun Quan in Jiangdong took Cheng Pu as his general, Zhou Cang in Xuzhou took Xu Huang as his general, and sent troops to Jiangxia by dividing the land and water armies.

On the same day, under the arrangement of Zhou Wen, Zhou Cang married the daughters of Zhang and Wang, a rich family in Xuzhou. Zhou Chong and Zhou Xi married their new wives.

Zhou Cang, Zhou Wen, Zhou Chong, and Zhou Xi were all unruly people, and they didn't take this seriously at all.It's just that some literati shook their heads and sighed, what kind of system is this, how can the master and his subordinates get married at the same time, there is no distinction between upper and lower.But Gan Mei is Zhou Cang's original wife, Zhang and Wang are not regular wives, and Zhou Cang, Zhou Chong and Zhou Xi are clan members, so more people don't care about it.

At the banquet, after being fooled by Zhou Cang and drinking a few glasses of wine, Dianman told the news from the back house that Lu Qiling was pregnant, and the civil and military in Xuzhou were full of joy.More people are still silently chanting, after all, it is the young people who are so fierce that it will take a long time for the flowers to bear fruit.

On September [-]th, Xu Huang sent back news from Jiangxia that the Jiangdong Navy had three victories in three battles and defeated the Jiangxia Navy. Huang Zu's entire army was wiped out. He fled back to Jiangxia with only a few hundred confidant guards, but Xu Huang set up an ambush on the road and caught him. , with Huang Zu in hand, Xu Huang took down Jiang Xia almost without bloodshed.It wasn't that Huang Zu was incompetent, but that Huang Zu lost several battles with Sun Ce. He was severely injured and suffered heavy losses, but he didn't get enough support from Liu Biao. He completely relied on Jiangxia to recuperate. The powerlessness to parry leads to crushing defeat.

Xu Huang gave Huang Zu to Cheng Pu in exchange for ten large boats and a hundred small boats.With the boat bought by Huang Zu, the first batch of 8 immigrants from the Dabie Mountains has set off for Xiapi, and Xu Sheng’s navy has also arrived, and another 20 people can be sent away. It is expected that another batch will be transported in early October, bringing the total number to [-]. [-] to complete the set goals.

More than 1 people led by Zhou Cai set off by land and went straight to Donglai.There were about 7000 craftsmen and their family members in Jiangxia. Among them, [-] boatmen and their families followed Zhou Cai to Donglai, and the remaining [-] craftsmen and their families returned to Xuzhou with Ganchi and Xinbingying.

After Sun Quan captured Huang Zu in Jiangdong, he set up a sacrifice on the riverside and broke Huang Zu's abdomen to pay homage to Sun Jian.Cheng Pu moved Jiangxia's young and strong population and luggage to Jiangdong, leaving only the old, weak, sick and disabled in Jiangxia and almost reduced to Philadelphia.The prestige of the Jiangdong Army was greatly shaken, and Sun Quan's army and people's morale were significantly improved.

In his letter, Xu Huang mentioned Wu Gang and Duanmuling emphatically. After arriving in Jiangxia, the two suggested: first, do not rush to attack the city, but strictly control the roads outside the city, and watch Cheng Pu and Huang Zu fight. When Huang Zu was defeated and retreated, he took the opportunity to capture Huang Zu and opened the city gate through Huang Zu to avoid casualties.The second is to send people to sneak into Jiangxia first to find out about Jiangxia's craftsmen. After capturing the city, these people will immediately lead them to the craftsmen's home and take them away.

In addition, Xu Huang also mentioned an interesting fact: Duanmuling's development of hand crossbows is just beginning.Under Duan Muling's plea, Xu Huang equipped his soldiers with hand crossbows, which was very effective in besieging Huang Zu. The reason was that Huang Zu's men had abandoned their armor and escaped, so they did great damage to him.Lian and Ganchi are very interested in the opponent's crossbow, and think it is very suitable for trial use by the detective battalion. Now each of the detective battalion and the independent battalion has a hand crossbow and a crossbow bag, which contains fifteen crossbows.

At the end of the letter, Xu Huang was full of bitterness.Jiangxia was so rich that Xu Huang coveted Jiangxia's grain, ships, and supplies, especially in Lujiang, but it was a pity that it was too late to transport them away.However, it was these materials that attracted Cheng Pu's attention, so he didn't notice Jiang Xia's abnormality, nor did he pay attention to the craftsman's whereabouts.

After reading Xu Huang's letter, Zhou Cang handed it to Zhou Wen, "Actually, there is everything with talents, and materials are also created by people, right?"

Zhou Wen laughed dryly: "I have seen Lujiang's treasury before. Jiangxia has operated for more than ten years. It should be very rich. It's a pity that Sun Quan has been taken advantage of for nothing."

"Isn't this a good thing? Sun Quan has gained people and things, and his power has grown. He will have the confidence to fight against Cao Cao in the future. We have also formed this unreliable relationship with him. If we really get it, it will be a mess. Cao Cao's brow."

As expected by Zhou Cang, Ganchi was intercepted by Cao Xiu on the way back to Xuzhou. Cao Xiu found that there were only some people accompanying him, and he let it go without luggage.When Xu Huang returned to the army, Cao Xiu still found nothing, so he had to invite Xu Huang to have a meal and send Xu Huang across the border.Adhering to Zhou Cang's principle of not losing money, Xu Huang brought as much food and grass when he set off as he returned to the army. Cheng Pu and Cao Xiu still looked down on the food and grass accompanying the army.

"Cao Xiu must have received Cao Cao's instruction. If there is a large amount of luggage, he will stop it in the name of the court." After receiving Gan Chi's report, Zhou Cang said with a smile, "Gan Chi, your people have all been summoned. The detective battalion will be handed over to you."

"Yes. I will definitely guard Xuzhou as impregnable as gold." Gan Chi said loudly.

"What I want is that the soup doesn't leak." Zhou Cang said with a smile, "Try to do it. Don't be afraid of offending others. I don't know how many people stared at Xuzhou, and even stretched out their claws to find him and cut him off!"

On the sixth day of October, Xu Huang's army returned to Xuzhou.In the name of learning water warfare, Zhou Cang sent the independent battalion to Donglai.Before parting, Zhou Cang met Duan Muling in secret to encourage Zaisan, and instructed him to communicate more with Wang Dachui to try to build siege crossbows and city defense crossbows. "Go to Wang Dachui again and ask him to select craftsmen and teach him how to make military equipment. The location should not be in Tancheng, but ask him to take people to Chengyang County. You are afraid that you will send a small team of escorts, and you will not be allowed to contact the outside world."

The recruit battalion is still stationed in Pengcheng, but all of them have been replaced with newcomers. The original 2000 people have arrived in Donglai with Zhou.

Zhou Cang's team preparing to go north to Liaodong has quietly completed its assembly in Donglai: Pei Yuanshao's Pioneer Battalion, Zhou Cai's Pozhu Battalion, Gan Ning's Wading Battalion, Guan Hai's Thundering Battalion, Wu Gang's Independent Battalion, and a total of soldiers The army has 3000 people, the cavalry has 2000 people, and the navy has 6000 people.In addition, Wang Dachui's craftsman battalion has 3000 people, and the engineer battalion has 1000 people.After Su Yang completed the transaction with Yuan Tan, he took over the logistics supply. Zhou Ji recruited 3000 men from Mount Meng and 9000 fishermen from the local area to assist Su Yang and serve as a transport team, with a total of [-] auxiliary soldiers.

In Donglai, there are Cao Xing's Shirui Camp and Wu Anguo's Qingmu Camp, with a total of 1 people as defense.

On the eighth day of the eighth day, Gan Mei gave birth to a son, named Zhou Xin by Zhou Cang.Everyone in Xuzhou rejoiced and congratulated Zhou Cang.After the banquet, everyone dispersed, only Zhou Wen stayed to see Zhou Cang.

(End of this chapter)