Just as Liu Bei was enjoying his leisurely days, he finally received some news regarding his teacher Lu Zhi's battle in Jiujiang.
It was not surprising that Lu Zhi had settled the barbarian rebellion in Jiujiang in less than three months.
In fact, Jiujiang's battle report had already reached Luoyang, but it was suppressed by Zhang Rang and the others, so it was not submitted to Emperor Liu Hong.
As for why Zhang Rang and the others wanted to suppress the battle report of Jiujiang, there was naturally a reason that was not worth mentioning to outsiders.
The barbarians of Jiujiang County were a branch of the Shanyue people. The Shanyue people had a population of several million at the end of the Han Dynasty. They were made up of countless tribes of different sizes, and there were scattered alliances among them.
The Shanyue people had lived in the mountains for a long time. After many ethnic amalgamations, some of them had been assimilated into the Han Dynasty, while most of them still refused to accept the imperial culture. This was also one of the main factors that caused instability in the Jiangdong area.
Generally speaking, the Shanyue people and the Han people rarely had any violent conflicts. Only when the Han Dynasty was changing dynasties and the society was in turmoil would they come out of the mountains on a large scale to seek help.
Although the Han Dynasty was in chaos, the Yue people didn't feel any pressure at all.
In other words, under normal circumstances, the Shan Yue people would not leave the mountain easily, let alone invade the Great Han on a large scale.
Then why did the barbarians of Jiujiang send out a large number of troops to invade Jiujiang Prefecture?
The reason was simple.
There were two tribes of the same size in Jiujiang. In order to maintain their alliance, they had a marriage alliance.
The two tribes would choose the most beautiful women from their own people and marry each other's tribal leaders.
On the day of their wedding, the two barbarian beauties were snatched away. The person who had stolen the two barbarian beauties was the only son of the prefect of Jiujiang County.
The prefect of Jiujiang County was called Wang Hong, and his only son was called Wang Dao. He was a typical good-for-nothing playboy. He was ignorant and incompetent, and he even bullied men and women.
Ordinary people were helpless against the kingly way. Who asked him to have an extremely protective prefect father and a big backer behind him, the constant attendant Zhang Rang.
One day, the King Dao was bored and brought a group of minions into the mountains to hunt. Coincidentally, they met two groups of barbarians who were escorting the bride, and they even caught a glimpse of the two most beautiful women of the barbarians.
Wang Dao didn't care whether it was good or bad. He ordered his minions to knock down the two bridal escorts and forcefully take away the two barbarian beauties.
The two groups of bridal escorts scrambled back to the tribe and reported to their respective leaders.
The revenge of killing his father.
The hatred of stealing his wife.
They were all irreconcilable enemies.
The two leaders each led 10,000 warriors from their respective tribes and charged out of the forest.
After asking around, they found out that the person who had snatched them was Wang Dao, the son of the prefect of Jiujiang County, Wang Hong. However, in order to find Wang Dao and the two women, they would have to break through countless cities.
The leaders of the two tribes looked at the city wall that was several feet tall in front of them and were completely dumbfounded. Without siege weapons, how could they climb up?
However, what happened next made the two leaders 'eyeballs fall to the ground.
The county magistrate of this county was bought by a local tycoon. It was fine to oppress and exploit the people under his rule, but forget about fighting a war.
Looking at the black mass of barbarian soldiers outside the city, the county magistrate collected the wealth of the people he had plundered and shamelessly ran away.
"The county magistrate ran away!" No one knew who shouted this, but the entire county fell into chaos. No one went to defend the city.
The two tribal leaders had their warriors who were good at climbing cliffs try to climb up the city wall. It was so smooth that people suspected that they were dreaming.
Needless to say, the city gate of the county city was easily opened. The barbarian warriors rushed in and searched the entire city.
In the end, they did not find him, but they turned the county upside down and moved out all the supplies and food.
This time, the barbarians of Jiujiang sent troops to look for people. They had no intention of killing or setting fire. They even distributed food and materials to the poor people in the city.
This was a big deal. The commoners were already living in dire straits. They might as well go all out and follow the barbarian team to the next city.
The situation in the second city was similar. Before the city was surrounded, the officials guarding the city had long run away in groups. Similarly, no one guarded the city.
The barbarian warriors easily entered the city and opened the granaries to distribute food to the people.
Similar phenomena kept happening in Jiujiang County, and eventually, it snowballed. The barbarians threatened hundreds of thousands of Han soldiers to attack the city and seize the land.
In just a few months, only Shouchun and Hefei were left in Jiujiang Prefecture. They were surrounded by hundreds of thousands of soldiers.
At this point, Wang Dao's second son knew that things were going to be bad, so he asked his father for help.
When the prefect heard this, besides scolding his son for his kingly way, he even openly reported to the imperial court. He did not say anything about his son's kingly way, but only said that the barbarians were not convinced by the kingly way and rebelled.
Of course, Prefect Wang naturally had to spend a lot of money to hire Zhang Rang, the constant attendant of the Great Reliance, to help him move around.
With Zhang Rang taking action, the Emperor Liu Hong flew into a rage. How dare a mere barbarian cause trouble? There was no need to say anything. He would be destroyed.
However, who should he send to Jiujiang to quell the rebellion?
Zhang Rang promptly suggested that Lu Zhi go. Who asked this guy to be annoying and know how to fight?
Although Zhang Rang didn't like Lu Zhi, he still recognized Lu Zhi's ability.
Lu Zhi was a great scholar, so Zhang Rang didn't dare to kill him. However, he didn't feel any pressure to disgust Lu Zhi.
As for Lu Zhi, it is his duty to eat your salary and share your worries.
In addition, his body, which had not been in good condition, had been recuperated by his disciple Liu Bei, making him even more ambitious.
Thus, Lu Zhi led 5,000 infantry and cavalry to Jiujiang to quell the rebellion.
When Lu Zhi arrived at Jiujiang, he was a little confused. There was no one in sight, only empty cities.
"Could it be that these barbarians didn't occupy the cities, but took away the people?”Lu Zhi was suddenly confused and could not differentiate between north, south, east, and west.
Lu Zhi had thought that he would have to recover city by city, but he didn't expect to see a single person.
After Lu Zhi entered Jiujiang County, he was puzzled. However, he chose an open area not far from Shouchun City to set up camp. Then, he sent out many scouts to gather information.
Very soon, the scouts returned with detailed information.
Looking at the information he had collected, Lu Zhi was furious.
Fleeing without fighting?
How shameless!
Of course, there was no information about the reason for the rebellion.
Jiujiang war situation to this point, Lu Zhi also dare not rashly five thousand infantry cavalry to solve Shouchun siege.
Five thousand against a hundred thousand, that was something only gods would do.
Lu Zhi was a bull, but he was not stupid.
Lu Zhi thought for a while and discussed with the major lieutenants for a long time.
Lu Zhi decided to personally investigate the enemy.
Thus, Lu Zhi led a dozen riders to the area where Shouchun City could be seen.
"How can such an army break through Jiujiang County in such a short time? Saying that the officials and soldiers of Jiujiang Prefecture were pigs was an insult to pigs!”Lu Zhi saw hundreds of thousands of refugees surrounding Shouchun City and could not help but complain in his heart.
These mixed army of over a hundred thousand did not even have a single piece of good leather armor, let alone armor.
Not to mention the standard weapons, which were basically wooden with some iron heads, and most of them were farming tools.
"Milord, a single charge will solve the problem.”A centurion who came with Lu Zhi said lightly.
The five thousand soldiers that Lu Zhi had sent to quell the rebellion had been selected from the top five northern schools.
The elites had their own pride and confidence. Elites were born from fighting, and they were not afraid of war.
"You're thinking too much. Didn't you see the nearly ten thousand barbarian soldiers in the center of the formation? Our five thousand men might not be a match for him in the open. It seems that we have to plan something.”Lu Zhi glared at his centurion and said.
"..." The centurion rubbed his head, speechless.
This guy dared to fight and fight, but he was the one who planned it, haha. Lu Zhi was a famous general. This centurion was very convinced by Lu Zhi.
When Lu Zhi and the others returned to the camp, Lu Zhi went to the tent to discuss matters.
"Everyone knows the situation. There are about one hundred and fifty thousand people outside Shouchun City. Among them, there are about ten thousand barbarian soldiers, and the rest are the people of the Great Han. Does anyone have any suggestions?" Lu Zhi felt a little complicated.
The captains under the tent looked at each other and then sang in unison,""It's all up to you, sir."
Lu Zhi suddenly stood up and said confidently,"We will defeat the enemy tonight.”
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