Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 240 The Fall of Jingnan
Cai Mao withdrew his troops to Chaoyang overnight, and Lu Jie also retreated.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Shen Chen and Gan Ning immediately evacuated Xinye and moved everyone to Huangmen Pavilion to defend.

And while Shen Chen in the north was entangled with Cai Mao, the south was also acting at this moment.

The seat of Changsha County in the Han Dynasty was called Linxiang County. It was not Linxiang City in later generations, but the ancient city center in the center of Changsha City in later generations.

During the Sui Dynasty, Linxiang County was changed to Changsha County, and since then Linxiang has become Changsha.

At this moment, outside Linxiang County, Changsha County, there is an army slowly heading for Linxiang County in the north along the right bank of the Xiangjiang River.

As they approached the gate of the city, they could already see the gate open from a distance, and someone was welcoming them.

"General Yuan, but there was a change, and you knew about it."

Yuan Long, the general of Zhonglang sent by Cai Mao to take over Liu Pan's troops, was riding on his horse at this time, surrounded by soldiers on the left and right.

A gray-bearded veteran next to him looked at him fiercely, making Yuan Long feel like a thorn in his back and sweat profusely.

"I know I know."

Yuan Long nodded hastily, this old killing god really can't afford to offend him.

While talking, they had already arrived outside the city. Changsha prefect Han Xuan greeted him. When he saw Yuan Long, he cupped his hands and said, "General Yuan!"

"Mr. Han's House."

Yuan Long got off his horse, cupped his hands in return and said: "I am ordered by the Taiwei to go north this time, so I will trouble the Lord."

"This is all a matter of duty, so let's talk about trouble."

Han Xuan was still very polite, and finally sighed: "It's a troubled time, I didn't expect the first emperor to go suddenly, and the eldest prince was not angry, which caused civil strife in Jingzhou."

Yuan Long said: "There is no way to do this. The superiors are fighting with each other. Those of us who are subordinates are just following orders."

In fact, these words were not only for Han Xuan, but also for Huang Zhong who was holding a big knife next to him, and Liu Pan who was hiding behind.

When Cai Mao Kuaiyue was involved, he planned to send Yuan Long to replace Liu Pan immediately before Liu Pan knew the news. As a result, Shen Chen acted first and asked Liu Qi to write a letter to Zhuge Liang to persuade Liu Pan.

As soon as Yuan Long arrived in Liling, Liu Pan originally wanted to control him first, but Zhuge Liang used tricks to stabilize Yuan Long. After Yuan Long thought the handover was smooth, he sent the people sent by Cai Mao and Kuai Yue to report back, and then he was immediately arrested. Take it down.

Cai Mao Kuai Yue sent someone to follow Yuan Long. The man saw Yuan Long successfully obtained the military power talisman with his own eyes. He thought it was a great success and went back to report to Cai Mao Kuai Yue. But no one knew that Yuan Long had been captured by Liu Pan. The previous replies to them were all written by Yuan Long under compulsion.

So now Cai Hao and Kuai Yue are kept in the dark, thinking that the whole of Jingnan is under their control, but they don't know that apart from the prefects of the four places, the main force is either in the hands of Liu Qi or Liu Bei. Nanzao has become a sieve.

At this moment, Yuan Long naturally wanted to survive, so he obediently obeyed.Anyway, for him, whether he is loyal to Liu Cong or Liu Qi, they are all Liu Biao's heirs and the descendants of the late emperor, so of course there is no betrayal.

Hearing Yuan Long's words, Han Xuan thought he meant that these subordinates could not help themselves. The above sentence meant that they had to go to the battlefield to die, so he also echoed: "Yes, we can only obey the arrangements from above, What can we do? The general is leaving, you still have to take care of your health."

"Thank you, Mr. Fu."

Yuan Long bowed his hands and saluted, and then said: "The Taiwei asked me to attack Jiangxia, but I don't have too many ships, and I have to be stationed in Luo County to build ships. I will leave the matter of food and grass to the Fujun."

"Since that's the case, General, please go into the city and talk about it in detail."

Han Xuan said.

"Walk."

Yuan Long waved his hand, and hundreds of guards followed them into the city.

Everyone was walking, and the south gate of Linxiang was temporarily closed to welcome the army, and the common people were not allowed to come in or out.

But at that time, Changsha County was a large county with a population of more than one million, and Linxiang, as the administrative seat, also had a very large population. The city was crowded with people and bustling.

Han Xuan walked in the front, seeing Yuan Long looking around curiously, he smiled and said: "Linxiang is near the Xiangshui River on the left and Liushui River on the right. It has been the most prosperous place in Jingnan since ancient times. There is also the Changsha King's Palace in the city. There is also a lot of delicious food, and the general can just stay in the city for two days."

"I didn't expect Fujun to know Linxiang so well."

Someone in the crowd said.

Han Xuan turned his head and glanced at the person who spoke. At first glance, he seemed familiar, so he looked at it carefully, and then he opened his mouth wide, and said in amazement: "Liu"

"Your Majesty, there are many people here, why don't we go into the government office to talk."

Liu Pan smiled and put the ring head knife in his hand behind Han Xuan. Han Xuan became the prefect of Changsha two years ago. In the fifth year of Jian'an, Zhang Xian, the prefect of Changsha, rebelled. Zhang Xian died of illness not long after that, and his son Zhang Yi inherited its bit.

When Zhang Yi died for Liu Biao in the sixth year of Jian'an, his successor was not Han Xuan, but Xu Xu. After Xu Xu died of illness, Han Xuan became the prefect of Changsha in the tenth year of Jian'an.

At that time, Liu Pan was attacking Jiangdong and was stationed in Nanchang, so he and Han Xuan hadn't met much.

The only time we met was when Liu Biao sent a fleet to transport grain to Liling. The road to Nanchang was blocked by heavy rain. It was Han Xuan who rushed to Liling overnight, dispatched a large number of people and auxiliary soldiers, and buried the landslide. The road was cleared out, and the two met once in Yichun.

So to a certain extent, Han Xuan is a capable official who governs the local area. He has done a lot of practical things and indirectly helped Liu Pan.Otherwise, in history, he would not have been appointed by Liu Bei as the prefect of Changsha after he surrendered to Liu Bei and before he died of illness.

Now that the two met again, Han Xuanxian was taken aback, and then said with a wry smile: "It seems that the plan of the Taiwei and Situ has failed. I have been hearing that General Liu is recovering from his illness for the past two months, and all the soldiers and horses have returned to General Yuan. It turns out that the general is pretending to be sick, and all this is a way to confuse the Taiwei and Situ."

"Your Majesty once helped me open up grain routes and contributed to the war. However, I believe you also know that the late emperor always wanted to pass the throne to the eldest prince, because the late emperor knew that once the throne was passed on to the second prince, the great cause of Jingzhou would be acquired by Cai Mao Kuaiyue. .”

Liu Pan said as he walked: "The eldest prince has always been prestigious, and everyone is convinced. The second prince is weak by nature. Cai Kuai must be a powerful minister. We must follow the example of Zhao Gao and Li Si back then. We must not let this happen."

Han Xuan persuaded: "It's just that most of the soldiers and horses in Jingzhou have returned to the Taiwei Situ. Even if the general joins the army with the eldest prince, it is worth tens of thousands of troops, so why bother to struggle? In the end, it is still the people of Jingzhou who are suffering. Why not just let it go Promise, enter the court to assist His Majesty, in order to balance Cai Kuai?"

"Cai Mao used the name of the former emperor to bestow the death of the eldest prince, take away my military power, and enter the court?"

Liu Pan sneered and said, "Are you looking for your own death?"

"Forehead"

Han Xuan didn't speak anymore.

While speaking, everyone arrived at the prefect's mansion, which they said was the prefect's mansion, but in fact it was the palace of the former king of Changsha.

The Kingdom of Changsha was destroyed at the end of the Western Han Dynasty. In the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a king of Changsha, but it was soon abolished. So far, there has been no prince in Changsha County for more than 100 years in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

The original Changsha king's tomb is still there, located in the Wangcheng District of Changsha City, and the palace has long since disappeared. After all, the princes and princes are gone. Who lives in it?Therefore, in order not to waste the land, the original palace was converted into the prefect's mansion.

A group of people filed in, but the prefect's mansion was guarded by some guards. Although Han Xuan wanted to give an order, he hesitated for a while and still didn't do so. He only had one life.

After entering the mansion, Liu Pan said to Han Xuan: "Your Majesty, we won't embarrass you. As long as you hand over the card seal, you will still be the prefect of Changsha. Otherwise, we can only do it ourselves."

Han Xuan knew that they were going to use his seal of the prefect of Changsha to order all the county soldiers in the city to surrender, so he could only smile bitterly: "Do I still have a choice?"

"please."

Liu Pan reached out his hand to signal.

Han Xuan reluctantly walked to the table in the front hall of his mansion, and handed over the official seal with both hands.

Liu Pan handed the official seal to Huang Zhong and asked him to do it.

After Huang Zhong took the official seal and took the soldiers to order the whole city, he said to Han Xuan with a smile: "The lord is a smart man. The eldest prince wins the hearts of Jingzhou. Cai Mao Kuai Yue and his ilk will definitely lose."

Han Xuan thought for a while, and said with some doubts: "The general has an army of [-], why did he only bring a few thousand people here today? Could it be..."

"good."

Liu Pan nodded slightly, and said to the south: "I have ordered them to take Lingling, Guiyang and Wuling. This month we must take Jingnan, and then go north to take Nanjun!"

While speaking, his gaze had already turned to the south.

Changsha is actually the gateway to the south, because to the north of Changsha is the Dongting Lake Plain and the Jianghan Plain, which are a vast plain area.

After passing Changsha, there are many mountains and forests and countless rivers, lakes and swamps.

The Jingnan area in the Han Dynasty was barely developed, including Hengyang City, Chenzhou City, and Yongzhou City in later generations, all of which were large counties with a population of over [-], especially Lingling County, that is, the area around Yongzhou City. At that time, the population had exceeded million.

It's just that although there are developments, it is true that snakes, rats, ants, and miasma are rampant. In addition, the roads are rugged and difficult to navigate, and the local forces are complicated and intertwined. Therefore, it is not so easy to easily win the entire Jingnan.

Liu Pan himself first came to seize the most important Changsha County, and then left 5000 people in Liling to defend Jiangdong, while the rest followed Guan Yu and went all the way south in the name of Liu Qi.

There are many difficulties along the way. Some counties are willing to surrender, and some are independent, which makes the plan to capture Jingnan not very smooth.

Fortunately, Zhuge Liang went south in person and used his tactics many times, and finally captured Quanling and Chenxian.

Liu Du, the prefect of Lingling, and Zhao Fan, the prefect of Guiyang, finally chose to surrender.

Quanling and Chenxian are the later generations of Yongzhou and Chenzhou, as well as the seat of Lingling County and Guiyang County. If they occupy here, they can be regarded as winning Lingling and Guiyang.

As for the rest of the remote mountainous areas, the barbarians who refused to be kings and the tyrants who defended themselves will be discussed later.

After capturing Lingling and Guiyang, Wuling in the west did not hold out for long, and was attacked by Liu Bei sent Zhao Yun and the Youxi Mansha tribe attached to him.

Since then, the four counties in Jingnan have been owned by Liu Bei and Liu Qi at the end of April in the 13th year of Jian'an.

Time soon arrived at the beginning of May of the 13th year of Jian'an.

This period in history is the front end of the Battle of Chibi, and Cao Cao is preparing to go south to Jingzhou.

And it was also during this period that Cao Cao ordered the abolition of Taiwei, Situ, and Sikong, etc., and restored the prime minister system in the Western Han Dynasty. He became the prime minister himself, and became the lord of the north both in name and in reality.

But at this time, Cao Cao hadn't even recovered the north, and it was impossible to talk about the Battle of Chibi and becoming the prime minister. Therefore, these historical events have been completely eliminated in time, and may never happen again.

To some extent, Shen Chen's butterfly effect is no longer a flap of wings triggering a tornado in the Americas, but a nuclear bomb directly thrown to cause a magnitude [-] earthquake.

History has changed completely.

Against such a background, the entire south and north are undergoing great changes.

At this moment, the news that Liu Pan occupied Jingnan and Jiangxia's Liu Qiyao echoed quickly spread to Xiangyang, Cai Mao was furious, and Kuai Yue was extremely frightened.

After the two discussed, they decided to ignore Huang Menting and immediately go south to recover Jingnan.

Cai Mao ordered Wenpin to attack Huangmenting, and he personally led an army of [-] to Jiangling, preparing to capture Changsha.

Strictly speaking, there are not many troops in Jingnan, only 3 to [-] in total, while Cai Mao has his own Yangtze River Navy plus most of Zhang Yun and Nanyang's troops, with a total strength of more than [-], so he is not afraid at all.

But its location is too important.

Dongting Lake is connected to the Yangtze River. If Jingnan sends troops to the north, they can go directly to Jiangling by taking the Yangtze River, and Jiangling is Xiangyang's defense line.

When Guan Yu attacked Xiangfan, the loss of Jiangling directly led to the fall of Jingzhou, so we can know its importance.

If Jiangling falls, then when Cai Mao and Kuaiyue want to eliminate Liu Qi, Jingnan's army will go directly north from Jiangling to attack Xiangyang, and they will fall into an extremely passive situation.

Therefore, Cai Mao must ensure that at least Changsha, the southern gate of Jingnan, is in his hands, otherwise, he will fall into an embarrassing situation of being attacked from both sides.

And at this time, Jiang Dong, who was originally stationed in Yuzhang and eyeing Jiang Xia covetously, suddenly withdrew his troops.

Not from Yuzhang, but from Jiangxia.

In history, Sun Ce and Sun Quan have attacked Shaxian several times, and the Xiling area has almost been occupied by Jiangdong.

The reason is that the Yangtze River to the east of Jiangxia is difficult to defend. Places such as Qichun, Xiazhi, and Xunyang are all on the riverside, and they are easily captured by the Jiangdong navy.

Right now, the Jiangxia Navy is in a period of weakness, while the Jiangdong Navy has reversed the situation in World War I. Its momentum is like a rainbow. It has already broken Qichun Xiazhi, and its soldiers are in E County and Zhu County. Even Xiling is under Jiangdong's soldiers. , so the current Jiang Xia is actually in danger, facing the embarrassing situation of attacking from front to back.

And Jiangdong withdrew his troops back to Yuzhang, which obviously greatly eased Liu Qi's embarrassing situation for Jiang Xia.

Jiangdong's withdrawal of troops was naturally due to Sun Qian's mission to Jiangdong.

At the moment, there is a meeting in Chaisang, Yuzhang.

Sun Qian first went to Moling to meet Zhang Zhao, and after living in Zhang Zhao for half a month, he was finally recommended by Zhang Zhao, and met the young Jiangdong lord Sun Quan in the county government of Chaisang County!

　I am positive, and now the symptoms are a bit severe. When I write, I feel that I am talking nonsense and have no clue. I can only write 4000 words to ensure the progress of the plot, and then write the content after the symptoms improve.

　　
　
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