Chapter 20 Jiang Ziyi connects Shanyue

"Falion!" When Guan Ping saw the arrival of the Jiangdong army on the opposite side, he immediately ordered to form a battle to resist the enemy. The terrain has changed a lot. At first, it is a narrow path, and then it is an open land. At present, the path is blocked by Kui Yue's armored robes, and the already rugged road is even more difficult. An 8,000 reinforcements led by Guan Ping just blocked the open ground and occupied the territory to stop the enemy.

The sound of "crap" sounded repeatedly, and 8,000 horses along the way began to form a formation according to the long and short weapons. The big shield soldiers first arranged the array in the front, and the long gunmen behind them put more than ten feet of guns flat between the big shields, and then the archers also put their bows and arrows behind them to prepare for sniping.

With the sound of "puff", more than a hundred of Jiangdong troops who pursued the most aggressively failed to catch up. They crashed into the shields and long guns of the Xuzhou army, and were immediately pierced one after another. Although many people saw the gun forest in front of them and knew that they could not hit it, they were pushed forward by their robes behind them. The screams and screams came one after another, and the formation pursued by the Jiangdong army was suddenly confused.

"What a pity!" Guan Ping also sighed secretly when he saw this. If he could put a fire on this narrow path at this time, he would have achieved twice the result with half the effort, but now it is really difficult to implement this heavy snow. At the same time, after nearly a thousand casualties, Jiangdong's army finally realized that there was a hard stubble in the way in front of them, and now they were also lined up and slowly advancing.

"Who is in the way?" In the Jiangdong army, a general slowly walked out of the army and immediately asked.

"Xuzhou Guanping! Who will come?" Guan Ping's self-confidence has also increased a lot now. Generally, he no longer calls himself the son of Guan Yu, but directly calls himself Xuzhou Guan Ping. The general immediately curled his lips when he heard the words and said disdainfully, "Jiangdong Dong attack, the thief will die!" After saying that, he shot the horse and stabbed forward, and Guan Ping also stopped him with a knife. The two fought for more than 20 rounds, and the long gun in Dong Xi's hand was a little dull. He didn't expect the young man's knife method to be so fierce. After barely fighting for another seven or eight rounds, Dong Shi finally couldn't catch Guan Ping's big knife. He was cut into his left arm. Suddenly, the blood flowed straight down, and he hurriedly retreated to see Zhou Yu and planned again. Guan Ping did not chase. Seeing that Cai Mao and others had run far away, the sergeant was ordered to clean up the briaries of the Jingzhou army on the ground, and then retreat to the riverside and take a prepared boat to cross the river and return to the Lujiang River.

When Zhou Yu's team came here, only hundreds of bodies of the Jiangdong Army were left on the ground, and even the armor on the body was peeled off. Grand Governor, since the Xuzhou army has gone, do you want to take advantage of the situation to attack Jiangxia again? Cheng Pu's confidence is soaring now, and he can't wait to uproot the Jingzhou army.

"No need, the soldiers fought fiercely all night and were already very tired. Let's withdraw to Yuzhang first." There was a slight grim expression on Zhou Yu's face, but he still ordered calmly. It was not particularly unexpected that the Xuzhou army came to help, but Zhou Yu didn't expect that he chose to wait for the rabbit in this place instead of direct rescue. It seems that the other party not only realized that he would take advantage of the heavy snow to attack the Jingzhou Army, but also did not want to pay too many casualties.

"What is the result of the battle?" Returning to the Yuzhang camp, Zhou Yu asked his subordinates.

"Our army fought fiercely all night, and there were only more than 7,000 casualties. There were 100,000 troops in Jingzhou, with at least 40,000 casualties. Unfortunately, only more than 3,000 people were captured. The next general, Chen Wu, briefly explained the situation. Zhou Yu nodded slightly. It was really unrealistic to attack too many prisoners at night on other people's territory. It was already very good to be able to get three thousand.

"During this battle, the vitality of the Jingzhou army was greatly damaged. Liu Jingsheng claimed to have 300,000 soldiers and horses under his command, and he can't afford to toss around like this several times. Zhou Yu smiled, and then ordered the troops to go back to rest and prepare for a decisive battle with the Xuzhou army after the road was smooth.

"Guan Ping did a good job!" Zhao Feng from Wancheng also smiled happily after receiving the military newspaper sent by Gan Ning and Guan Ping. Unfortunately, there are too few sailors, otherwise it will be safe to attack south while Zhou Yu's village is empty. After learning that Gan Ning's navy had also raided Zhou Yu's village, but returned without success, Zhao Feng was also quite sorry.

"How can Zhou Gongjin's generation of Confucian generals be repulsed so easily? Even a raid will leave people stationed in the camp." Pang Tong beside him was very open-looking. Just then, someone came to report that Tao Qian's second son, Tao Shang, arrived.

"Brother Zhong Quan!" Zhao Feng also quickly and Pang unified up to meet the Tao merchants. The latter's official rank was not as good as Zhao Feng's. He quickly returned the salute. After a while of courtesy, the guests sat down, and then Zhao Feng began to tell him what made him cross the river in winter.

"So that's it!" Tao Shang also suddenly realized when he heard the words. No wonder he had to run over. At the moment, he smiled and said, "As General Zhao thought, his father was in the land of Danyang Yuzhang, and had a relationship with the two leaders of Shanyue, Yan Baihu and Pan Lin. Fourteen years ago, my father went to Xuzhou. Before leaving, he recruited troops in Danyang, and many Shanyue warriors were also drafted into the army. Shang was young at that time, but he also had more than one relationship with the two leaders. Although Yan Baihu is dead, the leader Pan Lin is still there. Shang is willing to persuade them to come to help!"

"It's so good!" Zhao Feng was also very calm when he heard the words. At this time, Pang Tong beside him frowned when he heard the words and said, "Don't blame Mr. Tao. I think that you have not been in contact with the people of Shanyue for more than ten years. How can we make them convince you?"

"This?" Tao Shang also hesitated when he heard the words. Zhao Feng looked at his expression and knew that his confidence was not very sufficient, but he also knew that there must be a countermeasure for Pang Tong's question, so he turned around and asked Pang Tong, "Is there a way to deal with unknown Shiyuan?"

"In fact, it's not difficult. Just send a eloquent to go with Mr. Tao to convince the leader of Shanyue!" Pang Tong laughed when he heard the words.

"I don't know who wants to go?" Zhao Feng thought to himself that he could take on this important task, except for himself, Lu Su and Pang Tong, but they couldn't leave for a while. But Pang Tong laughed and said, "Didn't the general forget one person? Jiang Ziyi always claimed to be a hero in Jiangdong with good words. Why didn't he send Mr. Tao to go there?

"It's so good!" Only then did Zhao Feng remember that he still had a Jiang Gan at hand. Due to the influence of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zhao Feng did not attach much importance to Jiang. He just used him as a guide. After taking down the whole county of Lujiang, he only sent him to serve as the magistrate of Wancheng County. At present, we need to lobby Shanyue, and this person needs to come out. At that moment, Zhao Feng called Jiang Gan and ordered him to go with Tao Shang.

In the later Danyang County, Qin Lang, the current leader of Danyang Shanyue, met with Tao Shang, the son of his old man Tao Qian. At the same time, there were the leaders of several major Shanyue in Danyang and Yuzhang counties, including Pan Lin, the leader of Yuzhang Shanyue.

" Mr. Tao has been separated for more than ten years, and he is already a talent! We are all getting old!" Pan Lin is over half a year old this year, and he can't help sighing after a salute. Everyone talked about the deceased Tao Qian and Yan Baihu, lamenting that things had changed for more than ten years, and the topic was a little heavy for a while.

"I don't know why Mr. Tao came to Danyang at such a time?" This time it was Qin Lang who asked. As the leader of the largest mountain in Danyang, Qin Lang is also a little intelligent. Tao merchants braved the ice and snow to come to Danyang, not just to catch up the past. At present, Tao Shang took a look at Jiang Gan beside him, and the latter smiled and said, "I will come this time. First, I will accompany Mr. Tao to visit his old friends; second, I will discuss alliances with the leaders."

"Align?" Pan Lin and Qin Lang were stunned when they heard the words. Jiang Gan did not make a mystery, and then explained his intention: "Uncle Liu, the captain of the dynasty, appointed General Zhao Feng as the general of Zhengnan and came to Jiangdong to fight against the Sun family. My Lord has always treated people with benevolence and righteousness. I know that you are deeply oppressed by the Sun family, so I specially ordered you to come here and want to unite with you to fight against the Sun family!" Jiang Gan lived in Jiangdong for a long time, and naturally knew that the hatred between Shanyue and Sun was as deep as the sea. When Sun Ce stood in the east of the Yangtze River as a strong dragon, and after the expropriation, he forced Shanyue to pay taxes and perform military service. He was even rewarded with bureaucrats, landlords and slaves and maidservants. The people complained, which aroused the military resistance of the Shanyue people. There are also many family forces that oppose Sun Ce, and they have also united with Shanyue to fight against it. Sheng Xian is an obvious example. To this end, Sun Quan specially divided four counties in Huiji County and Nanhai County, and set up a Jian'an County, so that He Jing, the younger brother of He Qi, was responsible for suppressing the local Shanyue.

After Jiang Gan's impassioned words fell, everyone suddenly fell silent, and then began to buzz the discussion. After a discussion for a while, a little leader said weakly at first: "If Tao Gong wants to join forces with us, he will naturally have no hesitation. Is it just Uncle Liu?" It's almost the end of this. Everyone knows what he means, that is, Uncle Liu, we are not familiar with him, and we are not sure.

Jiang Gan turned his head and smiled at Tao Shang when he heard the words. Tao Shang also understood what he meant. He got up and said loudly, "You can rest assured that when Xuzhou was invaded by the evil thief Cao, the princes of the world did not dare to uphold justice. Only Uncle Liu led the army to save him. My father wanted to entrust Xuzhou to Uncle Liu many times, but Uncle Liu repeatedly pushed He resigned. Until his father passed away, Xuzhou's dragons were not willing to take over. Shang did not dare to say anything, but Uncle Liu's benevolence and righteousness will never be inferior to his father!"

Pan Lin and others were also a little relieved when they heard this. At present, Qin Lang asked again, "I don't know how Uncle Liu wants us to help him?" It should be noted that we wait for Shanyue. Although there are some soldiers and horses, it is a little difficult to attack the city. Qin Lang was not stupid. He was afraid that he would be used as a gun, so he had to ask first.

Jiang Gan naturally knew the meaning of his words, but replied with a smile, "There is no need for too much. You just need to attack the counties near Danyang after the beginning of spring, and you just need to lead Sun Yi's army out of Danyang City."

"Is that all right?" Qin Lang was also a little unbelievable when he heard the words. When he saw Jiang Gan, he nodded, but Pan Lin added, "If the future uncle sits in Jiangdong, what will he do with me?"

"After that, if the emperor sits in Jiangdong, you can go to Yuzhou to reclaim the land and live and work in peace!" Jiang Gan's answer made them even think of it. This is also proposed after the study by Zhao Feng and Lu Su. Among the thirteen prefectures of the Han Dynasty, Yuzhou had fertile land and the largest population. In its heyday, the population of Runan and Ruyin counties alone was nearly 2 million. However, after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the population of Yuzhou has plummeted to less than 2 million. In addition, Cao Yan's earlier pacty of Yanzhou, many people poured into Yanzhou one after another. When Guan Yu and Zhao Feng marched into Yuzhou, the population of the whole Yuzhou was only 700,000 or 800,000. If it hadn't been for Cao's house, he wouldn't even be able to support the army. Fortunately, during the previous plague, Jingzhou, Yanzhou and even Sizhou exiles poured into Yuzhou. Otherwise, Guan Yu would not even have a million people now, let alone how to raise the 70,000 or 80,000 troops. At present, the total population of Yuzhou is about 1.2 million, of which Runan County reached 600,000 after the merger of Xiangcheng and Ruyin. In terms of the army, there are 80,000 front-line combat troops, and 40,000 of them were transferred from there for this march in Jiangdong, and the rest of the county soldiers + field soldiers are still about 40,000. Feeling that Yuzhou is vast and sparsely populated, Zhao Feng and Lu Su agreed to let more than 200,000 mountains in Danyang and other places move to Yuzhou after pacifying the south of the Yangtze River. On the one hand, to supplement the population, on the other hand, it is difficult to control their evil in the mountains.

Pan Lin and Qin Lang discussed it a little when they heard the words. Finally, Pan Lin said, "We are willing to form an alliance with the emperor's uncle, but we hope that whether we go to Yuzhou or elsewhere, we can have our own land to cultivate, instead of being a servant or slavery."

"This is natural!" Jiang Gan also nodded and made a promise. After the people signed the alliance, Qin Lang, as the host, ordered a banquet for Jiang Gan and Tao Shang. After the beginning of spring, everyone acted according to their plans.

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