Shu Chen

Chapter 562

Jingman generally refers to the barbarian tribes who lived and thrived in Jingshan Mountain.

For example, Meifu, the king of Yi who moved to the land of Jingzhong, and the tribe of Wanjia under his command were all barbarian tribes who migrated out of Jingshan when the south of Xiangyang was desolate.

Because there is little interference with counties and counties, even though Jingman has always been dissatisfied with Wang Hua, he can also be accepted by the Jingbei controllers, and the two have always lived in peace and do not disturb each other.After all, for the controllers of Jingzhou, the cost of sending troops into Jingshan to attack them is much higher than the benefits obtained.

However, this tacit agreement was broken years ago.

Thanks to the fact that Zhu Ran sent his troops into Jingzhong to plunder countless people, food, fodder, and assets of the Meifu tribe before, Jiangdong later repatriated Pan Jun to lead the army into Jingshan to plunder the Jingman.

Although Pan Jun's consequence at that time was the disastrous defeat in Wuhuan Tuqi's raid.

But the seeds of Jingman's hatred for Jiangdong were planted.

The Wei and Wu countries replaced counties and counties. When Hu Zhi, the governor of Jingzhou in Wei, migrated to the three counties in the east and Xiangyang Li Shu into Nanyang, he sent people to Jingshan to find the Jingman tribe and asked if he would like to join Wei.

Naturally, many tribes of Jing Man refused without any surprise.

This move also prompted them to brainstorm how to deal with the crisis.

Jiangdong Su likes to attack the Shanyue tribe, and the Jingman tribe also knows about the fact that the strong are used as soldiers and the weak are farmed.

Now the south of the Han River is owned by Jiangdong, and they will inevitably face the fate of being attacked in the future, regardless of whether there is any enmity between the two sides.

The best way to avoid this future is to prevent Jiangdong from occupying Jingbei.

Therefore, after they made a group plan, they sent envoys to Hanzhong County to seek an audience with the prime minister who had just returned from Guanzhong at that time.

Not entering Wei but hating Wu, in the cracks they have only the big man to choose from.

Moreover, the former emperor Liu Bei was well-known for his benevolence and righteousness towards the Han family, Li Shu and barbarian tribes, no matter whether he was in Jingbei or Jingnan.

The prime minister was a little surprised at their unexpected arrival.

He was relieved after hearing them tell the reason.

However, there was no answer to their request.

They are willing to accept the imperial edict of the Han Dynasty and become vassals, and they will send troops to help the Han army attack Wu; what they want is that after the Han army occupies Xiangyang, Jingshan and Jingzhong will be assigned to them to settle down, and they will not be recruited or paid as before. .

In terms of the current situation, their request is not too much.

But the prime minister really couldn't promise them.

If the Han army sent troops to attack Wu this time, if everything went well in the war, it would at most only occupy the three eastern counties, and had no intention of occupying Xiangyang and nearby counties.

Just think about it.

There is no Wancheng in Nanyang in the north of the Han Dynasty, and there is no important town in Jiangling in the south. Occupying Xiangyang is a deadly place where Wei and Wu are pinched from the north to the south!

The time has not yet come, so that the harm outweighs the benefit.

Therefore, the prime minister is giving them another choice.

If they are willing to rely on the big Han, after the Han army conquers the three eastern counties, they can choose a place to live in, and the court will not interfere with their internal affairs; and if the big Han returns to the counties of Jingzhou in the future, if they want to move The Jingshan court will not stop it either.

And the price they have to pay~
One is to pay annual tribute on a regular basis.

The other is to support Zheng Pu and Guan Xing's troops to enter Jingshan, and temporarily borrow some grain and fodder to supply the army with food, and repay it after the Han army occupies Bian County.

Yes, the prime minister does not need their help.

After many years of the Northern Expedition, each branch of the current Han army has its own tactics, and rashly joining an army that has not been practiced will not only not benefit the war, but will bring burdens.Moreover, the prime minister was also worried that their sudden gathering of soldiers and horses to prepare for battle would arouse Jiang Dong's alarm and inadvertently reveal the combat deployment of the Han army.

If there are too many people, things will not be kept secret.

This kind of choice with little effort but high return made all Jingman tribes gladly accept it.

Besides, they didn't have a choice.

The agreement was reached. After they entered Jingbei from Jiangdong, they led the tribesmen to escape into the deep mountains, making a gesture of worrying that the Wu army would enter Jingshan again to plunder.

In this regard, Jiang Dong has no doubts about him.

Whether it is the Zhu Ran Department in Xiangyang or the Tang Zi Department in the East Three Counties, they are not on guard against them.

Instead, they are preparing for the deployment to deal with the Han army's attack.

Anyway, the strength of the Jingman tribe could not threaten the Wu army; if they dared to attack from the mountains, they would only add some farmers or coolies to the Wu country.

It is also this kind of confidence that makes Zheng Pu, Guan Xing and other troops' intention to enter Jingshan and attack Bian County very smooth.

The counties along Jingshan have long since lost Li Shu, and it was not an important city in Jingbei before, and after it belonged to Jiangdong, it did not raise the city wall or send heavy troops to guard it.

When more than [-] soldiers of the Han Dynasty came in mighty force, the Wu army in the city immediately abandoned the city and fled.

no way.

With a city wall less than two feet high, only a thousand soldiers, and no bed crossbows and sufficient defense equipment, it is impossible to hold out under the huge disadvantage of troops.

Perhaps, within a day or two, the city was breached.

And they had no reinforcements to look forward to.

Lu Xun, who was stationed in Jiangling City, could not arrive within a day or two.

But the only Zhu Ran tribe who arrived in time and was stationed in Xiangyang City could not come to rescue.

There are only more than [-] people in Gein Zhuran's department!

In field battles, the Han army was often able to defeat the Wei army with inferior forces. It goes without saying how powerful it is.

Even though Zhu Ran has always been known for his courage and ability to win the deadly strength of soldiers, how could he risk alone in order to rescue more than a thousand soldiers under the inferior force?
Don't be afraid of being defeated by the Han army, and take advantage of the situation to pursue and capture Xiangyang City!

Therefore, even though Lu Xun understood the plan of the Han army and rushed all the way with [-] soldiers as the front, he was still one step too late.

The city of Bian County has been burned down by the Han army.

Moreover, Zheng Pu and Guan Xing had also moved northward, camping along the fortified roads of Jingshan and Wudang Mountains, blocking Wu Jun's hope of entering the three eastern counties from Bashan North Road.

It also turned the more than [-] soldiers of the Tang Zi Department guarding Shangyong City into a lone army.

So far, the strategy of the Han army to attack Wu has been achieved!

Moreover, it was Ma Zhong on the southern line who trapped Lu Dai in Jiaozhi Moling County, and the prime minister on the northern line who trapped Tang Zi in Shangyong, both of which had the advantage of encircling the spot to fight for aid.

Lu Xun, who led the troops, saw that the opportunity had been lost, so he ordered the soldiers to camp on the spot.

He and Zhu Ran, who had just arrived with the army, went to observe the camp of the Han army together.

At this time, the fortifications of the Han army camp had not been repaired, such as the trenches had not been dug, and the deer village had not yet been set up.

However, Lu Xun and Zhu Ran, who were watching from a distance, had no intention of attacking when the Han army's camp was not stable.

Not only because Lu Xun's rear army hadn't arrived yet, and the Wu army did not have a superior force, but also because the Han army repaired the fortifications in an orderly manner, so they knew that this was an elite army.

"Captain, the opportunity has been lost, and our army's strong attack will be difficult to break the situation!"

After watching in silence for a long time, Zhu Ran took the lead in saying, "In my opinion, we should seek external help at this time."

(End of this chapter)