Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 667
Dahan, Chengdu.

While the Eastern Frontier of the Great Han Dynasty was surging, a storm was also brewing in Chengdu against the interior of Soochow Jingzhou.

Liu Chan's longing for Jingzhou arose as early as when he sent Deng Zhi to Jingzhou after conquering the northwest, and moved more than [-] Wuxi Man.Deng Zhi was appointed as Fuling prefect to re-govern Fuling and dredge the passages between the valleys.

Because of the Northern Expedition, Later Sun Quan had to put up with the account of the Shu Han, and sent people to meet in Xinling to reaffirm the covenant of the world.However, on the way back to China, Liu Chan changed hands and appointed Zhuge Qiao to be in charge of intelligence in the Jingzhou area.

After years of Zhuge Qiao's development, and the fact that the Dahan established a relationship with the Jingzhou gentry by selling Daquan counterfeit coins, the Shuhan also continued to deepen their understanding of the internal situation of Jingzhou in the Eastern Wu Dynasty.

Otherwise, Liu Chan would not dare to use troops in Jingzhou at will without knowing the enemy's situation.The actual situation is that under the governance of Soochow Wu, Jingzhou's agriculture did not develop, but the taxes were extremely high, the people were poor, and there were rebellions every year, and the bandits were hard to wipe out.

The current situation in Jingzhou is like a pile of dry firewood. As long as a little spark is thrown into it, it will ignite into the sky and devour the people of Wu.The entry of the Shu Han into Jingzhou was really an act of conformity to the people's hearts.

Moreover, there are not a few gentry clans who tend to be big Han remaining in Jingzhou, such as the Wuling Liao family (Liao Li), Lingling Jiang family (Jiang Wan), Lingling Liu family (Liu Min), Nanjun Huo family (Huo Yi), Jiangxia Fei Shi (Fei Yi) et al.

Although it is not as crowded as Nanyang and Yiyang, in reality, the Shu Han still has a certain foundation in Jingnan.

Moreover, with the efforts of Zhuge Qiao, he also discovered a scholar who is still loyal to the Han Dynasty against the rule of the Wu people, that is, Wu Dang (dàng) from Jieyang, Nanhai County, Jiaozhou. Cheng county magistrate.

During the conflict between Han and Wu in the later Han Dynasty, Wu Dang, together with officials from Ancheng, Youxian, Yongxin, and Chaling counties, gathered troops to resist and was defeated by Lu Dai.

Wu Dang joined forces with Liling's Zhonglang general Yuan Long to rebel again and occupied You County in response to Guan Yu. Sun Quan sent Hengjiang General Lu Su to attack You County, but was defeated by Lu Su and fled without a trace.

People often heard that he was haunting his hometown, and Zhuge Qiaojia sent people to look for Wu Dang intensively to see if he was still alive and could continue to be used by the great man.

Of course, Zhuge Qiao is more than that. He keeps trying to instigate the local generals in Jingzhou, tempting them to send troops to help the Han, and establish fame.

Liu Chan put down Zhuge Qiao's memorial and said with a smile, "I hope Bo Song can give me good news in a few days."

Liao Li responded with a smile, and said: "If there is an internal response, and our army is attacking from multiple directions, it will not be difficult for our army to enter Jingzhou!"

The big Han soldiers attacked Jingzhou in multiple ways. With the only remaining troops in Soochow, it would be quite difficult to resist the big Han's offensive, let alone have internal support.

At that time, it will be basically impossible for Soochow to replicate the practice of burning Yiling and defeating Lao Liu.After all, when Lao Liu attacked Soochow in the first place, he raised troops in a hurry, unlike Liu Chan who had been planning for so many years to infiltrate Jingnan and plan it slowly.

"Your Majesty, the Taiwei, the Governor of Jiangzhou, and the Governor of Jiangzhou have all arrived." The attendant replied.

"Okay!" Liu Chan stood up and said, "Let the three of you wait in the Yijun hall."

"promise!"

Liu Chan led Liao Li and his attendants along the road to the Yijun Hall.As soon as he entered the hall, he saw Huang Quan, Deng Zhi, and Ma Zhong in the hall. Seeing that it was Liu Chan, the three of them knelt down to salute, and congratulated the great man on his victory over Nanyang.

"Excuse me!" Liu Chan raised his hand, signaled everyone to stand up, and said: "Since the Northern Expedition, the generals have worked hard to guard the border for the great Han, so that the thieves and barbarians will not be disturbed. The current attack on Jingchu is the time for you to work hard. I hope you will encourage me."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The three responded.

Liao Li pulled away the colorful gauze on the wall that he thought was an ornament, revealing a huge map of Yijingzhou and Erzhou.Take a closer look, the water and land transportation between the two states is clearly outlined, and Soochow's deployment in the Jingzhou area is also listed on it.

Moreover, the above geographical divisions were not the five counties of Changsha, Lingling, and Wuling in Jingnan during the Shu Han period, but were replaced by ten counties including Xiangdong, Hengyang, Changsha, Lingling, and Yidu under the rule of Soochow.

Liu Chan raised his head, put his hands behind his waist, and said with a smile: "This is the result of several years of work. The map of Jingzhou under Wu people's rule is drawn, and my map of Yizhou is already on it."

Huang Quan couldn't help but praised, and said: "The mountains and rivers are all on the map, and there are two governors here. The strategy of defeating Wu is not far away!"

Liao Li pointed to Xiling (Yiling) with a thin stick, and said: "The former emperor conquered Wu and came out of Yiling in the east. He took Li Hui as the governor of Jiaozhou, and wanted to plot Jiaozhou from the south. It is a pity that the south is not safe. Only the first emperor used the main force. Send troops to Yiling to deal with Lu Xun."

"At that time, the late emperor still entrusted Ma Liang to guard the Wuling Man in the south, and sent Shamoke thousands of people as generals to help him. However, Lu Xun attacked with fire and broke the late emperor's alliance. Fortunately, your majesty came to the east to welcome the late emperor back to the country."

After a pause, Liao Li said: "This is about our army's attack on Wu. Qin's attack on Chu to seize Jingzhou in Chu is as follows."

"In the past, Sima Cuo and Bai Qi attacked Chu, and Qin exchanged Qianzhong County (Wuling County) for Shangyong of Chu, all of which were based on the upper reaches of the Han River. The next year, Qin State attacked Chu again, using Wu'an Lord Bai Qi to capture Yan, Deng, etc. land (Xiangyang), and then went south along the Han River to take Yingdu (Jiangling City), and then went west to take Xiling (Yiling).

"At that time, the Xiling Mausoleum was the tomb of the first king of Chu, and Bai Qi burned it to destroy the tomb of the King of Chu." Liao Li tried to highlight Bai Qi's brutality, and deliberately added the incident of Bai Qi's destruction of the tomb.

"After the Qin State sent troops from Ba and Shu to follow Sima's wrong route to attack Shu, cross Wuling Mountain, follow the Wujiang River, and then attack Qianzhong County (Lingling). In this battle, the people of Qin occupied all the land west of Yunmengze, and the people of Chu declined accordingly. .”

Liao Li explained all the previous cases of one win and one loss for reference.

After all, there are quite similarities between today's great Han and Qin's geographical situation in attacking Chu.However, the difference between Dahan and Qin is that Dahan also owns the Nanzhong region, which borders the Jiaozhou region of Soochow.

Liu Chan looked around at the three of them and said, "I don't know if you have different opinions?"

Huang Quan pondered for a long time, and said: "Our great Han is different from Qin today. The foundation of Qin is in Guanzhong, and Bai Qi's troops are the main force. The foundation of my great Han is in Bashu. We should send the soldiers of Bashu to go down the river, just like the former emperor attacked Lu Xun. But don't send generals to attack Jiangling and sweep the counties in the north of the river."

Deng Zhi stroked his beard, and added: "You can also send out surprise troops from Fuling, cross Wuling Mountain, and harass the Wuling County of the Wu people, so as to fight against the army."

Huang Quan took a step forward, rolled up his sleeves, pointed to the Nanzhong area on the map, and said, "We can send the soldiers of Nanzhong to Jiaozhou along Yushui, but I don't know if it is convenient to travel from Nanzhong to Jiaozhou?"

Hearing this, Ma Zhong immediately replied: "There is a way, Nanzhong starts from Zangcang, passes through Sang County, walks Yeyushui (now Honghe), and can attack Jiaozhou. In the past, Han and Ma aided the rebellion in Nanzhong, and they came from Jiaozhi and entered Nanzhong. Although there is a way, but from Nanzhong to Jiaozhou, there are mountains, hills, and terraces intertwined, and the road is difficult, and it may take more than several months to march.”

At the beginning, Wen Liuba went to Jiaozhou to avoid Lao Liu.Later, from Jiaozhou to Yizhou, the road we traveled was the Zangcang Road.

Historically, during the Jiaozhou war between the Western Jin Dynasty and the Eastern Wu Dynasty, Nanzhong sergeants entered Jiaozhou from this road, and an eight-year battle for Jiaozhou broke out.In the end, Huo Yi died of illness, and the Nanzhong soldiers who stayed in Jiaozhou had no reinforcements, and were defeated by the [-] troops of Soochow.

At the beginning, Lao Liu had this idea, but it is a pity that Nanzhong is restless.Today's Nanzhong has been in peace for 15 years under the rule of the great Han. The barbarians and Han people have initially returned to their hearts, and there is a general Ma Zhong, who can try the strategic move of sending troops from Nanzhong to enter Jiaozhou.

Liu Chan nodded and said: "It is enough to have a large army. This battle does not seek to occupy Jiaozhou. It is just to restrain the soldiers of Soochow in Jiaozhou so that they cannot rush to help Jingzhou."

As he said that, Liu Chan looked at Ma Zhong and said with a smile: "The road is difficult. At that time, there was Lao Dexin who traveled thousands of miles to attack Jiaozhou to support our army's attack on Jingzhou."

Ma Zhong showed excitement, he had been in Nanzhong for a long time, and finally had a place to use his skills, he clasped his hands and said: "How dare I refuse."

(One more chapter tonight)
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