Chapter Twenty-Six Taking Jiangdong
There were two sides to the story. Let's talk about Yan Baihu and Yu Fan's camp in the east of the city.
Yan Baihu and Yu Fan came out of Zhou Tai's camp and hurried back to the camp. They packed up and prepared to retreat. After the army had finished packing, the two of them discussed. Yu Fan would lead his troops first, while Yan Baihu would lead his troops to cover the rear.
After a few miles, Guan Yu led his army to attack and broke through the corner of Yan Baihu's formation. Yan Baihu was defeated and lost all his grain and baggage. He led the defeated soldiers to catch up with Yu Fan. Seeing that the situation was urgent, Yu Fan ordered the soldiers to abandon all their baggage and advance lightly.
There was a river thirty miles east of Poyang City. The river was wide. When he looked up, the bridge had been broken. But I didn't get any ships. The two generals could only lead their troops around the river.
After turning around the river depression, there was a river on the left and a mountain on the right. When the troops were marching, they suddenly saw an ambush in front of them blocking their way. It was Huang Zhong who had led the troops to set up an ambush here. When they were about to retreat, Guan Yu led his troops to arrive.
Just as the two generals were panicking, they saw a white-robed Confucian scholar standing on the hillside with a feather fan in his hand. He was his archenemy, Zhuge Liang.
Zhuge Liang laughed and said,"The two generals are in danger. Why don't you surrender?"”
With that, he waved his feather fan, and the ambush on the hillside suddenly appeared. Rolling stones, battering logs, and crossbows were exposed.
"Pingnan King is thirsty for talents. If the two of you surrender, you will not lose your position as prefect. If you don't surrender, you'll definitely die." With a wave of his feather fan, more than ten warships appeared on the upper reaches of the river. Down the river and moored on the opposite bank.
Seeing that there was no way out, the two generals had no choice but to dismount and surrender.
Zhuge Liang ordered Huang Zhong to escort the surrendered soldiers to Poyang, and Guan Yu to lead the two prefects to Kuaiji. Zhou Xin, the garrison of Kuaiji, saw that Yu Fan had surrendered and opened the gate to welcome the Pingnan army into the city.
After entering the city to pacify the people, Zhuge Liang ordered Guan Yu to lead 30,000 troops with Yan Baihu to take over Wucheng. Yan Xing, the garrison of Wucheng, was the younger brother of Yan Baihu. Seeing that things had come to this, he also opened the door and surrendered.
Zhuge Liang regarded Yu Fan as a talented scholar in Jiangdong and recommended Han Xin to Sima Hui to study. He also asked Sima Wei for his disciples Lu Ji, Lu Fan, Cheng Bing and Kan Ze and recommended them to Jin Xuan. Jin soon appointed Lu Fan as the prefect of Kuaiji, Kan Ze as the prefect of Wucheng, and Lu Ji as the prefect of Lujiang. He also appointed Cheng Bing as the prefect of Luling, replacing Jiang Wan. He also transferred Ling Cao to guard Kuaiji and Jiang Qin to guard Wucheng.
The deployment of personnel was in place. Zhuge Liang left 5,000 soldiers to guard Kuaiji and 5,000 soldiers to guard Wu City. He led Guan Yu, Huang Zhong, Jiang Wan, etc. with an army of 120,000 to attack Jianye.
Jin Xuan settled down the affairs of Lujiang and ordered Zhao Yun to lead 50,000 troops to guard Lujiang, while he led 70,000 troops to guard Hefei to cut off Jianye's return road.
Jianye is a big county in the east of the Yangtze River. The prefect is Chen Wu. He is an officer and has extraordinary martial arts. There were six generals in the county, Lu Kuang, Cao Bao, Zuo Rong, Chen Heng, Dong Xi and Han Xian, with a total of 100,000 troops.
When Chen Wu heard that the King of Pingnan's army had 190,000 soldiers attacking Jianye, he sent people to Luoyang to report the emergency while gathering his generals to discuss countermeasures.
The generals sat down and had different opinions.
Among the seven generals in Jianye City, except Zuo Rong, who still had some strategy, the other six were all brave men. When the generals were about to sit down, Chen Wu asked Zuo Rong for advice. Zuo Rong said," King Jinxuan of Pingnan is both civil and military. He has great ambitions. Before he became an official, he had the world in his heart. He had a million soldiers in his heart. His song,'The River Is Red,' expressed his ambition to serve the country. He is the cleverest in judging people, knowing people and making good use of them. Those who are unknown and put in important positions by him are all very talented. Scholars and strategists such as Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu, Pang Tong, Guo Jia, Xu Shu, Lu Su, etc. were all resourceful. Zhang Liao used 20,000 elite soldiers to resist the 150,000 soldiers of the two kings 'alliance, killing more than 20,000 of them with less than 700 casualties. His brave generals Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei, Taishi Ci, Huang Zhong, Gan Ning, etc. all had the courage of ten thousand men. Zhuge Liang led 60,000 troops out of Jiangdong and occupied five prefectures. However, the king of Pingnan knew his talent and was good at using it. He was eager to seek talents, let alone have a benevolent heart. I have never heard of anyone who plundered or killed after getting the land. The four prefectures of Changsha had become increasingly prosperous after they submitted to King Pingnan. Wuling was originally a small prefecture in the southwest, but in just a few years, it had become an important town in the southwest. From this, we can see the political talent of Pingnan King. I heard that the soldiers of King Pingnan are good at fighting. I'm afraid our army is no match for them.”
Zuo Rong then called for the small school to get a map and said,"In the current situation, the east of Jianye is Xiapi. Xiapi's Sun Jianli is not on good terms with us, so he can't be our reinforcement. Lujiang to the west of Jianye, Wucheng and Kuaiji to the south were seized by King Pingnan. The only way out is to Shouchun on the north road. The King of Pingnan has led 70,000 troops to garrison Hefei and has cut off our way back. Moreover, Shouchun Yuan Shu disobeyed the emperor's will to withdraw troops from Poyang, and Pingnan Wang must have behind-the-scenes transactions, also can not help. Although Jianye was the territory of the Great Han Dynasty, it was actually an isolated city.”
Lu Kuang replied,"Since General He's accident, Dong Zhuo and the others have been suspicious of us. If Jianye is lost, we will lose our military power and official positions. It is better to surrender with the city and soldiers. We will certainly be able to keep our wealth and honor.”
Chen Wu said," If you're sure you want to surrender, why don't you send someone to King Pingnan's place to observe his behavior first? If you put us in an important position, it won't be too late to surrender."”
Everyone elected Zuo Rong as an envoy and went to Hefei to see the king of Pingnan. Jin immediately listened to the report, and Guo Jia to discuss. Guo Jia said,"Zuo Rong is here to find out the truth. Now you intimidate them with your military strength, treat them with courtesy with distinguished guests, and tempt them with official positions. Among the seven generals of Jianye, Chen Wu has the ability to be a general and can be reused. The other six generals are all garrison talents."
The king of Pingnan asked Guo Jia to arrange for him in the army. He personally went out of the camp gate and personally asked Zuo Rong to enter the camp. Along the way, Zuo Rong saw that the Pingnan army was neat and orderly, with strong soldiers and strong horses. The rumors in the past were not false.
"I only have one question to ask you." Zuo Rong went straight to the point after he sat down. If Jianye surrenders, how will Your Highness deal with us?”
"Chen Wu will follow the army and be promoted.”When Zuo Rong heard this, he was overjoyed. His heart was like a stone falling to the ground, so he called him Lord.
The king of Pingnan then asked Zhuge Liang to arrange for people to take over Jianye. After Zhuge Liang took over Jianye, he sent seven generals to Wuling Military Academy for training. After they finished their studies, they were arranged with official positions.
As a result, the eight counties of Jiangdong had been taken. Jin Xuan's strength doubled, occupying twelve counties and 550,000 elite soldiers.
The schools and military schools that Jin Xuan had set up at the beginning of his reign played an important role in the expansion of his territory. Most of the talents cultivated by the two schools were sent to the counties by Jin Xuan to serve as military and political officials, which also laid the foundation for Jin Xuan to smoothly implement the new policies in the counties.
The new counties in Jiangdong, the implementation of new policies, the training of newly recruited soldiers, and so on took up the main energy of the management of the Jinxuan Political Group. Jin Xuan used this period of time to recuperate and train his elite soldiers, waiting for an opportunity to expand. --
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