I rode and slashed unparalleled in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 918 There are other plans
At the end of August, Shouchun City County Magistrate’s Mansion.

"These two battle reports are vague and even contradictory when it comes to the key points. What exactly happened on the front line? General, please stop keeping us in suspense and tell me quickly!"

Everyone couldn't help asking, even Jia Xu, Guo Jia and others looked confused.

Su Yao put down the teacup and chuckled, "It's actually very simple - Sun Ce did surrender, but he also did run away."

Everyone was even more confused after hearing this. Jia Xu stroked his beard thoughtfully and said, "Could it be a false surrender?"

"Not really." Su Yao stood up and paced back and forth. "Sun Bofu is a man who values ​​friendship. Since he has agreed to surrender, I think he will not easily go back on his word and sacrifice the lives of his family and friends."

"It's just that with such a personality, it's naturally difficult for him to get rid of the grudge in his heart, and he's unwilling to face me, the murderer of his father, directly."

Guo Jia suddenly realized: "So he surrendered to General Taishi first, and then took the opportunity to leave?"

“Even if you miss, you’re not far off.”

Su Yao laughed:
"Before Ziyi left, I thought about how to deal with Sun Ce. If he really knows how to handle current affairs, I gave him two choices: one is to go to the capital to meet the emperor, and be assigned a position by the court, and then pursue a proper career; the other is to stay outside and work hard for the court in the worst place. This time he chose the latter."

There was an uproar in the hall.

“The worst place?”

"Glowing and hot?"

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Xun Yu frowned and asked, "General, do you want to send him to the frontier?"

Su Yao shook his head, a gleam in his eyes: "I gave him a more difficult task - to recapture Rinan County!"

"what?!"

"It's actually Rinan County!"

Rinan County, also known as Qinxiang County, is the southernmost point of land development in Chinese history.

It is adjacent to Jiaozhi County, located south of the Red River Delta in Vietnam today. Its jurisdiction includes the area from south of Hengshan Province to north of Binh Dinh Province in Vietnam. Today's Hue, Da Nang and other places are all within the scope of Rinan County, which was the territory of the Champa Kingdom in later generations. In the eyes of the world, this is a wild and smoky place since ancient times.

Therefore, when everyone heard the three words "Rinan County", they all took a deep breath.

You should know that since the second year of Yonghe (137 AD), Gongcao District of Xianglin County has rebelled, killed the county magistrate and proclaimed himself "King of Linyi". Although the imperial court wanted to send a large army to suppress it several times, it gave up because of the long journey and internal chaos.

There was even one time when Emperor Xiaoshun (Emperor Shun of Han) sent 40,000 troops from the four states of Jing, Yang, Yan, and Yu to attack the enemy. However, on the eve of the departure, a mutiny broke out as a direct result of the expedition, and the mutiny was eventually stopped after the ministers’ persuasion.

From then on, this former Qin territory was out of the control of the Han Dynasty. Even its successor, the King of Linyi, took advantage of the internal chaos of the Han Dynasty and joined forces with the powerful barbarian country Funan, which occupied the territories of present-day Cambodia and Thailand, to repeatedly encroach on Han territory.

This situation did not stabilize until the fourth year of Zhongping (187), when Shi Xie was appointed governor of Jiaozhi.

Shi Xie governed Jiaozhi for many years, pacified the local powerful, repelled the invasions of Linyi and Funan, and temporarily restored peace to the Jiaozhi area.

However, Rinan County was still occupied by the Linyi Kingdom, and the imperial court was out of reach and no longer had the ability to restore local rule.

Now Su Yao actually wants to send Sun Ce to recapture Rinan County, which is a hundred times more difficult than being exiled to the frontier!
Su Yao glanced at the astonished faces of the crowd, slowly unfolded the map, and poked his finger heavily at the location of Rinan County:

"As you know, although Linyi is located in the southern border, it controls the key point of the sea trade route. It has the support of Funan and colludes with it. Every year, it intercepts our Jiaozhou merchant ships and collects no less than one million strings of tax. It also condones pirates to rob merchants. Many people in Jiaozhou are forced to cross the Ten Thousand Mountains to communicate with the Central Plains."

"The court needs money and food to implement the new policy. Recovering Rinnan can not only open up the sea route, but also deter the barbarians in the southern border." Xun Yu pondered and said, "General, do you want to use Sun Ce to expand the territory for the court? But the malaria in Linyi is rampant, the barbarians are fierce, and Funan is supporting them. The court has been helpless for decades. How can Sun Bofu accomplish anything?"

"That's why we need a brave general like Sun Bofu."

Su Yao slapped the map on the table, and a dangerous light flashed in his eyes:

"I will give him a thousand elite soldiers and eight hundred warships, and allow him to act at his own discretion and recruit his old subordinates. If he can recapture Rinan, I will make him the Rinan Commander and restore his father's title!"

Yuan Shao was shocked when he heard this, while Jia Xu laughed and clapped his hands: "Great! This is a strategy of driving a tiger to devour a wolf. If Sun Ce wins, it will expand the territory for the court; if he loses, it will also eliminate a threat to the court. What's even better is-"

Jia Xu glanced at the south meaningfully and said, "Shi Xie has been governing Jiaozhi for many years, far away from the Central Plains. It is said that he has already started to establish his own regime. We need someone to check and balance him."

"That's right." Su Yao raised his lips meaningfully. "The people of Jiaozhou have a deep hatred for Linyi. I have written to Shi Xie, asking him to secretly help Sun Ce. The two of them will cooperate and supervise each other. I am not afraid that they will not serve the court obediently."

Guo Jia frowned and said, "But Jiaozhi is far away from the emperor. If Sun Ce becomes powerful in the south and forms an alliance with Shi Xie, wouldn't that be nurturing a tiger to cause trouble?"

"Feng Xiao is worrying too much. Not to mention that I have asked him to send his younger brother Sun Quan to the capital, the 1,000 elite soldiers I have allocated to him alone are not a force given to him in vain."

Su Yao smiled confidently and said:

"These people are all loyal soldiers from various camps. Their families are all in Luoyang. They are called helpers. Sun Ce should serve them obediently. If they dare to disobey, they will be killed on the spot."

Of course, they didn't know that Su Yao had another purpose in sending Sun Ce to attack Rinnan, and that was to explore the map!
After the national unification left only Jiaozhou and Yizhou, Su Yao naturally turned his attention to the two places.

Then he discovered that just like he had unlocked the maps of Korea and Northeast China and the local forces in Liaodong that day, Linyi, which was adjacent to Jiaozhi, was not to be mentioned, and even Funan outside the map could be vaguely seen in the fog of the system, and they were forces that could conduct diplomacy.

This guy, what is the current state of the map?
Sending someone to explore the route ahead of time was immediately put on Su Yao's agenda.

Originally, this task was intended to be assigned to Taishi Ci.

But since Sun Ce was able to recruit surrender, it would be best for this little tyrant to do it.

During the Age of Great Navigation, Western countries used their powerful ships and artillery to fund explorers, establish strongholds around the world at extremely low cost, and open up a large amount of territory.

Today, although the Han Dynasty has not entered the era of firearms, it still maintains an absolute generation gap with its neighbors in terms of systems, tactics and weapons and equipment.

Then he might as well go on a pioneering journey in advance to see where the limits of the world are.

However, even though they didn't know Su Yao's ultimate intention, everyone at the scene was deeply shocked by this plan.

"General, you have a far-sighted vision. This plan is truly brilliant!" Yuan Shao was the first to praise, his tone full of admiration.

In his opinion, Rinan County was far away, and even if Sun Ce, a genius, could take it, he would have to rely on the continuous support of the court behind him to keep his foothold. Even if he failed, it would only be the removal of a dissatisfied general.

After experiencing a series of events before, Yuan Shao thought he had a full understanding of Su Yao's methods, and at this moment he was truly impressed.

For a moment, everyone in the room turned into members of the praise group, and all kinds of compliments were endless.

However, amid all the praise, some people noticed something unusual.

Xun Yu spoke again: "But in this case, the general could have publicized Sun Ce's surrender with great fanfare. Why is the battle report so vague and makes it even more obvious?"

(End of this chapter)