Imperial Power Of Han Dynasty

Chapter 854

Under the guidance of Tai Shici, Zhang Xian finally got his wish and met Zhou Yu. As soon as they met, even though Zhou Yu was not very old, there was an inexplicable demeanor and heroic temperament all over him, which made people involuntarily impressed.

"In Changsha, Zhang Xian, to meet with Governor Zhou."

"Hehe, Prefect Zhang, please get up soon."

Zhou Yu smiled and helped Zhang Xian up, and said with a smile: "Liu Biao is not a person from Jiangnan, but he steals from the high position of Jingzhou Muzhi, and levies me Jiangnan people. My lord has long wanted to conquer Jiangxia three times."

Zhang Xian praised: "Jiangdong Sun's righteous deeds have been heard a long time ago."

"Hehe, I'll wait to enter the city to discuss it in detail."

Zhou Yu took Zhang Xian's hand and walked into Linxiang City together. After some conversation, Zhang Xian finally agreed to Sun Quan's rule over Jing Nan.

This time the three counties of Jingnan were in the trouble, led by Changsha County Zhang Xian. Now that Zhang Xian has surrendered, it has become much easier to convince the other two counties.

After Zhou Yu persuaded Zhang Xian, he immediately sent Taishici to take Sun Quan from Yuzhang County, while leaving Taishici to guard Yuzhang County to guard against the attack by the Cao army.

Tai Shi Ci is now the leading general in Jiangdong Army, and Cao Jun occupies most of Jiangdong. Only Tai Shi Ci guarding Yu Zhang can make Zhou Yu rest assured.

Outside the city of Changsha, Zhou Yu, Zhang Xian, and Jiangdong army officers and ministers waited outside the city.

More than a thousand military horses escorted a horse-drawn carriage from afar, with a red water unicorn flag on it.

"The lord is here, I am waiting to meet him personally."

A group of generals and ministers headed by Zhou Yu welcomed Sun Quan's carriage into Linxiang City, and Sun Quan's safety was finally guaranteed.

"Lord, if you want to own Jingnan now and get the support of Jingnan's military and civilians, you have to rely on these nobles in Jingnan. I hope that the lord can open some preferential policies to them."

Zhou Yu gave his hand to Sun Quan.

Sun Quan nodded, and said calmly, "Gong Jin, please."

From the prefect of Yuzhang County to the leader of Jingnan, the Jiangdong Army is not strong, so it will naturally have to pay some price to get Jingnan.

"Allow these clans to have private soldiers and buy some land from the poor..."

Every time Zhou Yu uttered a word, Sun Quan couldn't help but frown. In fact, the Sun family had a lot of support for many gentry when he was in Jiangdong. The four most famous clans in Jiangdong are Zhu Lu Gu Zhang. These families sent private soldiers to support Jiangdong Sun's military and politically. In exchange, Sun Quan had to appoint the younger generation of the four big clans as officials. Such as Gu Yong, Zhu Huan and so on.

However, the Jingnan gentry's request was a bit too much, and they almost became independent small kingdoms one by one.

"Lord, you should follow the power urgently. As long as the army is still in the hands of our army, it will only be a matter of time before we clean up these gentry." Zhou Yu said solemnly to Sun Quan.

Sun Quan pondered for a while and sighed: "Well, agree to it, but they want to show me as the governor of Jingnan!"

In the spring of the sixth year of Jian'an, the Jiangdong Army who was dormant in Yuzhang County suddenly attacked from behind, attacking Liu Pan's subdivision, which was besieging Linxiang City, Changsha County. Together with the city's defenders, they defeated Liu Pan's subdivision and successfully occupied Changsha County. .

In April, the prefects of the three counties of Changsha, Lingling, and Guiyang joined the court to represent the rebellious general Sun Quan as the governor of Jingnan.

After Liu Biao heard this, he was naturally furious and sent an army of 30,000 to the south to storm Changsha.

Sun Quan used Zhou Yu as the generals, leading the army of 15,000 against the Jingzhou Army.

Although the Jingzhou Army had a large number of people, it was Cai Hao who led the army. Cai Hao’s talents were naturally far from comparable to Zhou Yu. He was devised by Zhou Yu in several battles and wiped out the Jingzhou army with around 10,000 people. Shocked and afraid to continue fighting with Zhou Yu.

However, even after repeated defeats, Cai Hao still had 20,000 Jingzhou Army under his command, even slightly more than Jiangdong Army in number, but Cai Hao did not dare to attack by Zhou Yu. This shows Zhou Yu's military talent.

Liu Biao was helpless. Cai Hao was his in-laws, and his concubine Mrs. Cai was Cai Hao’s younger sister. Mrs. Cai heard that her brother was trapped, so she naturally blew a pillow on Liu Biao all day and asked Liu Biao to dispatch an army to rescue Cai Hao.

In desperation, Cai Hao had no choice but to send Biejia Kuaiyue to lead five thousand troops to go south to meet Cai Hao's escape. Cai Hao responded quickly, but Zhou Yu did not send troops to stop him, Cai Hao was able to escape smoothly.

However, this battle completely brought out the majesty of the Jiangdong Army. From then on, all the Jingnan four counties except Wuling County, the remaining three counties were out of Liu Biao's control.

In addition to the land and population of the three counties, the Jingzhou Army also lost tens of thousands of people.

The news quickly reached Luoyang.

"Captain Jingnan?"

"It's precisely, Liu Biao's wolf ambition, and he led his army northward to invade the court's territory many times. My lord Sun Qiao was very angry at Liu Jingsheng's treasonous actions, so he sent troops to attack Liu Biao."

Lu Su spoke eloquently: "My lord is loyal to the court, and now he has done a good job in attacking Liu Biao's rebels. The prefects of the counties in Jingnan are all in his eyes. I also ask the general to grant my lord Jingnan's request."

Liu Ye nodded expressionlessly: "Well, this matter needs to be discussed with the staff of the mansion, Zi Jing can go to live in the post house for now."

"In that case, Su retire."

Lu Su stopped disturbing Liu Ye either, but got up and retreated.

As soon as Lu Su walked out, Xun You said solemnly: "Unexpectedly, Sun Quan's child has only one Yuzhang county, and he has attacked the three counties of Jingnan. The plot is not small."

"Sun Quan is just a child, but Zhou Yu shouldn't be underestimated." Liu Ye said slowly.

"General, Mo Ruo agrees to the request of Governor Sun Quan Jingnan." Guo Jia said.

"Oh? Feng Xiao tried to say it." Liu Ye said.

"For one thing, Cao Cao attacked Jiangdong, Jiangdong Sun and Cao Cao are enemies of life and death, and the hatred is almost insoluble. If Sun Quan is the governor of Jingnan, then Sun Quan will grow stronger and he must be the enemy of Cao Jun. The enemy of the enemy is mine. ally."

"Both, Liu Biao has attacked our prefectures many times before, and his soldiers have directed the Yang, and Sun Quan separatizes Jingnan, so Liu Biao and Sun Quan must have a tug of war all the year round, so Liu Biao will not care about fighting with our army. , And will continue to consume power, so it is easy for our army to collect Jingzhou."

Guo Jia talked freely.

Liu Ye caressed his palm and laughed: "It is reasonable to speak of filial piety. It seems that it is not enough to not canonize Sun Quan as the governor of Jingnan."

Jia Xu smiled and said, "In that case, you might as well give Sun Quan another big gift and appoint him as the General of the South, how about the power of crusade?"

The Generals of the Four Towns and the Generals of the Four Campaigns had great authority and had the power to conquer the Quartet. As a result, Sun Quan's desire to send troops to attack Liu Biao would naturally be more justifiable.

In June of the sixth year of Jian'an, the imperial court appointed Sun Quan as the governor of Jingnan and conquered Nanda general.