The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 486 485 Expedition to Jiaozhou (3)

Sun Quan led an army of [-] troops and officially headed for Jiaozhou, all the way south from Yuzhang County. Because it was a secret march, in order not to attract the attention of others, the flags and drums were silent along the way, and he chose to rest during the day and march at night.

Not long after Sun Quan led his army to leave Wuchang, the envoy sent by Liu Biao arrived in Chaisang first, but was stopped by Zhou Yu directly. He neither said to send troops, nor did he say that he would not send troops.

After Liu Biao's envoy left, Zhou Yu sent someone to notify Liu Bei who was far away in Jingnan, and told Liu Bei that the time had come to take Jingzhou. He had a detailed plan to take the entire Jingzhou. If Liu Bei was willing to cooperate with him, he would Zhou Yu only wanted Jiangxia, and the rest of Jingzhou prefectures belonged to Liu Bei.

Zhou Yu's envoy went to Changsha as quickly as possible. When they arrived in Changsha City, Liu Bei also received an order from Liu Biao, ordering him to lead the elite of his subordinates to assemble in Xiangyang.

After Liu Bei sent away Liu Biao's envoy, he received Zhou Yu's envoy.

"See General Liu!" Zhou Yu's envoy said respectfully after seeing Liu Bei.

"You're welcome, what's your business in sending you here?" Liu Bei asked.

The envoy immediately took out a letter and handed it to Liu Bei. After Liu Bei opened it, he took a quick look and said to the envoy: "I still need to consider this matter. You must be exhausted from the hard work on the pommel horse along the way. Why don't you come first?" Rest in the guest room, how about I reply to you tomorrow?"

The messenger naturally had no objection, so under Liu Bei's arrangement, he went to the guest room to rest.

After Liu Bei saw that the envoy had left, he called Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Yi Ji, and Jiang Wan to discuss it, and asked them to read the letter Zhou Yu wrote to him one by one.

After everyone had finished watching, Liu Bei asked, "What do you all think about this?"

Zhang Fei took the lead and said: "Brother, this is a good thing, why don't you agree to Zhou Yu earlier?"

Guan Yu said, "Brother, I don't think this matter is appropriate."

"What's wrong?" Liu Bei asked.

Guan Yu said: "Although Zhou Yu is allied with our army, Liu Jingzhou treats us well. Besides, this time is a time when the outside world is always open. Even if we can use treacherous tricks to capture Jingzhou, after we capture Jingzhou, with our existing Strength, how to resist Zhang Yan's army? Moreover, if such an unjust act is done, the reputation of the elder brother will inevitably be damaged. In addition, Zhou Yu's words cannot be completely believed. The army is very powerful. How can he only want Jiangxia, the place he has worked so hard to get, and give up the rest to the eldest brother? Besides, Jiangxia is the place where the eldest son is stationed. If Zhou Yu goes to take Jiangxia , wouldn’t that be to deal with the eldest son?”

After Liu Bei heard this, he frowned and kept silent for a long time before he raised his eyelids, glanced at Yiji, and asked, "What's your opinion, sir?"

Yi Ji said: "Now that Liu Jingzhou asked the lord to lead the army to Xiangyang, his intention is obvious, that is, to use all his strength to deal with Zhang Yan. Moreover, according to my guess, Liu Jingzhou will definitely let Zhang Xiu be the vanguard to attack Luoyang, and then let Zhang Xiu be the vanguard to attack Luoyang. The Eldest Prince led the soldiers of Jiangxia to attack Lujiang, and then personally led the army, starting from Xiangyang, and marched into Yuzhou. The Lord's army must also be used as backup. If the Lord and Zhou Yu formed an alliance at this time and conspired with Jingzhou, the Lord would certainly be able to seize it. Jingzhou, but Liu Jingzhou will never let it go, even the eldest son who has always been good friends with the lord will turn against him. In addition, Zhou Yu is also scheming. After occupying Jiangxia, he will definitely take advantage of the victory and advance with The lord is competing for the land of Nanjun, so the lord will become the target of public criticism and will be flanked by all the enemies, which is the road to self-destruction."

Liu Bei patted the table angrily, shaking the things on the table to pieces, and said angrily: "Zhou Yu deceived me too much, do you think I can't see his tricks? Come and drive Zhou Yu's emissary out immediately." Changsha, reject all Zhou Yu's requests!"

Jiang Wan hastily advised, "Hold on, my lord."

"Gong Yan, do you have anything else to say?" Liu Bei said.

Jiang Wan said: "Our army managed to get in touch with Jiang Dong and became an ally. Don't let this trivial matter hurt your peace."

"Zhou Yu framed me like this, and you told me not to get angry with him?" Liu Bei said angrily, "Gong Yan, are you my subordinate or Zhou Yu's subordinate?"

"Naturally, it is the Lord's subordinate. The Lord calms down for now, let the subordinate finish talking."

"Go ahead!"

Jiang Wan said: "Although Zhou Yu's navy is powerful, Jiangdong's troops are very limited. Last year, Chen Deng almost wiped out the entire Jiangdong. Although he won the battle, it can also reveal the combat strength of his army. It can be said that , Jiangdong's army is not as good as it used to be, and its strength is very limited. Otherwise, Chen Deng would not let Chen Deng drive his troops forward. The subordinates thought that this was just a small trick by Zhou Yu to test the lord, and they had no intention at all. Really try to plot Jingzhou, as the saying goes, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. There are about 30 armored men in Jingzhou, of which nearly [-] are sailors. Jiangxia has become an important base for the Jingzhou navy. After being assisted by a young man named Sima Yi, he made Jiangxia's defense airtight. No matter how powerful Zhou Yu's navy was, if he wanted to attack Jiangxia, he would have to go upstream instead of going downstream to gain the upper hand. Therefore, his subordinates speculated that Zhou Yu Even though you say that, you may not do so. My lord might as well pretend to agree to Zhou Yu, and then send an envoy to inform the eldest son in Jiangxia to beware of Zhou Yu's navy, so that no one will be offended."

Liu Bei thought about it, and felt that what Jiang Wan said was very reasonable, so he decided to do what Jiang Wan said.

This time when Jiang Wan came to Changsha to report on his work, he happened to encounter this matter, so he expressed his opinion, which made Liu Bei look at Jiang Wan with admiration.

"What do you think about sending troops to Xiangyang?" Liu Bei asked.

Jiang Wan said: "My lord not only wants to go to Xiangyang in person, but also to lead a strong army. It is best to ask for a vanguard position in front of Liu Jingzhou, kill thieves and make meritorious deeds before the battle. In this way, Liu Jingzhou knows the ability of the lord, so that the whole Jingzhou can know the ability of the lord. Moreover, when we go to Xiangyang, we must continue to buy people's hearts. In this way, it will be of great help to the lord when he wins Jingzhou in the future!"

Liu Bei's suggestion to Jiang Wan was very useful and his blood boiled, so he immediately decided to take Zhang Fei and Huang Zhong to Xiangyang, leaving his second brother Guan Yu to guard Jingnan.

Zhou Yu's envoy returned to Chaisang with Liu Bei's opinion. Zhou Yu really did what Jiang Wan guessed, saying that he wanted to report to Sun Quan before making a decision.

At this moment, it has been more than ten days since Sun Quan left Wuchang, but Sun Quan had to hide during the day and march at night, and he was not familiar with the geography of Lingnan, so he took many wrong roads.In desperation, Sun Quan had to spend a lot of money to hire a guide to take them to Jiaozhou.

Two days later, Sun Quan led his army to Longchuan County in Nanhai County, Jiaozhou.

Longchuan County is the "Land of Prospering King" of Nanyue King Zhao Tuo. At the end of Qin Dynasty and the beginning of Han Dynasty, Zhao Tuo used Longchuan County as a base to establish the Nanyue Dynasty. Tuo was still the king of Nanyue.It was not until the sixth year of Yuanding, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, that the Han army pacified the Nanyue Kingdom. However, Longchuan County was not affected by the war at all, and the original general appearance was preserved.

After Sun Quan arrived in Longchuan County, he raided Longchuan County in the evening. The magistrate of Longchuan County was caught off guard and lacked soldiers and horses. He was surrounded by Sun Quan's army and was forced to surrender.Therefore, Sun Quan used Longchuan County as his base, preparing to plot a plan to conquer Jiaozhou.

But before taking the next military action, Sun Quan asked the local people about Jiaozhou, and basically had a general understanding of Jiaozhou.

Today's governor of Jiaozhou is called Shi Xie, a native of Cangwu Guangxin in Jiaozhou, a native of Jiaozhou, and the scholar's family is also a local aristocratic family.

Shi Xie was not only the governor of Jiaozhou, but also the prefect of Jiaozhi. His second brother, Shi Yi, was the prefect of Hepu, his third brother, Shi Jiu, was the prefect of Jiuzhen, his fourth brother, Shi Wu, was the prefect of Nanhai. Zi Shihui is the prefect of Yulin, and the third son Shigan is the prefect of Rinan.

The important official positions in Jiaozhou are basically monopolized by the scholars. In addition, Jiaozhou is located in a remote area. In the southernmost border of the Han Dynasty, the life of the scholars is like an emperor.

Shi Xie's brother, nephew and nephew together acted as the sheriff of each county, and powerfully took charge of the government of a state. Because the area under their jurisdiction was thousands of miles away, their prestige was supreme.When they go in and out, they ring the bell and chime, they are equipped with majesty, and the flute is blowing. The road is full of chariots, and there are often dozens of monks burning incense among the chariots and horses.Their wives and concubines all rode in small carts with curtains, and their children were followed by soldiers on horseback. At that time, their dignity and magnificence shocked all ethnic groups. Even the former Nanyue King Zhao Tuo could not compare with such people from the Shi family.

However, although the Shijia clan is prominent in Jiaozhou, because of the patriarch Shi Xie, the Shijia clan obeys the law and does not bully men and women.And Shi Xie himself has a generous personality, a humble corporal, and loves the people like a son, so that the people of Jiaozhou have a very high evaluation of the Shijia. Although he has not many troops, he has the hearts of the people of Jiaozhou. Unexpectedly, these Jiaozhou people will rush to die for the scholar's family.

As for the scholars in the Central Plains, because of the stability of Jiaozhou, the generosity and kindness of Shi Xie, and the courtesy and corporal, hundreds of people went to Jiaozhou to take refuge. Cheng Bing, who is an official, and many famous people from the Central Plains, are countless. When these people arrive in Jiaozhou, they will receive excellent courtesy and be reused, which makes the atmosphere of the gentry in Jiaozhou extremely strong.

After Sun Quan got the news, he frowned immediately. The scholar family was deeply entrenched in Jiaozhou. With the 1 people in his hands, he might not be able to capture Jiaozhou and had to change his strategy.

(End of this chapter)