Han Xiang

Chapter 165 What a coincidence
After Sun Ce rested in Shaxian for two days, he boarded the ship to collect the Yuzhang.

Before the main army set out, Sun Ce dispatched Cao Yufan as an envoy, and the light boat went to Yuzhang to say surrender.

Sun Ce's routine of "beginning with etiquette and then fighting" is exactly the same as the previous attack on Hefei. The difference is that Yu Fan successfully persuaded Hua Xin to surrender, while Zhang Zhao returned without success in Hefei.

Persuading surrender pays attention to the right time and place. Yu Fan's success is not because he is better than Zhang Zhao, but the timing of the two men's persuading surrender is very different.

Long Xiang's "young nouveau riche" and "Lengtouqing" like Long Xiang, Zhang Zhao even looked down upon them when they first met, and was more in communication with Lu Su to express their interests.

Hua Xin's situation is very different from that of Long Xiang. In his early years, he worshiped Taiwei Chen Qiu as his teacher, and he was in the same school as Lu Zhi, Zheng Xuan, Guan Ning, etc., and he was also known as a dragon with Guan Ning and Bing Yuan. As the leader, Hua Xin was very famous. high.

The Han Dynasty had supported scholars for 400 years. As an outstanding representative of scholars, Hua Xin still had his heart for the court at the end of the strife.

He was recruited by He Jin as Shang Shulang, and served in the highest authority of the Han Dynasty; when Dong Zhuo was in chaos, he persuaded Yuan Shu to beg Dong, and he had a sense of responsibility as a scholar who put things right; The people recommended him as the new governor, but they refused because there was no imperial order.

At this time, Hua Xin was well-known and well-mannered, but he was not very good at using soldiers. Although he was loved by the people in Yuzhang, he was helpless and powerless when facing the thieves in the county.

In Haihun, Shangliao and other places in the northwest of Yuzhang, the tyrants gathered their troops to defend themselves and self-government. They supported Hua Xin on the surface, but they did not take the county guards seriously in private. turn in;

Compared with Haihun and Shangliao's tyrants, the Poyang tyrants in the northeast of Yuzhang fought with force. They denied Hua Xin's legitimacy and killed the officials sent by the county government;

In addition, when Yangzhou was in turmoil, Tong Zhi from Danyang falsely claimed that he was appointed as the prefect of Luling, and directly enclose Luling, Ganxian, Nanye and other counties in the south of Yuzhang into counties, artificially dividing Huaxin's management area. half way.

The younger brothers in Yuzhang couldn't be suppressed. Liu Xun from Lujiang in the north often went south to disturb, and the forces in Jingzhou in the west also frequently crossed the border.

Now that Sun Ce had defeated Liu Xun and Huang Zu, and came down the river from Jiangxia with the prestige of victory, Hua Xin asked himself that he was not Sun Ce's opponent, and it would be meaningless to resist any more, so he agreed to Yu Fan along the way.

At the end of December, when Sun Ce's army arrived in Nanchang, Hua Xin surrendered at Kaicheng, and Yuzhang was flattened.

Hua Xin had a long-standing reputation, and Sun Ce treated him with great courtesy when meeting him, and made him a guest of his staff.

After exchanging pleasantries, Hua Xin introduced the county officials to Sun Ce and introduced the situation in various places in Yuzhang.

Sun Ce frowned when he heard this, and asked Hua Xin curiously, "Since Tong Zhi made a false edict to Luling, why did Ziyu (Hua Xin) ignore him?"

Hua Xin's face was full of bitterness: "Danyang has a lot of thugs. Before Ruo Rong killed officials and seized the county, later Tong Zhi swindled and occupied Luling. It has become a fact that I have been in Yuzhang. There are turmoil inside and outside. I really can't put it down. Looking down at General Huwei"

Before Hua Xin finished speaking, Sun Ce asked anxiously, "How many soldiers are there in Luling?"

Hua Xin cupped his hands and replied, "Tong Zhi controls the six counties around Luling, and the total number of troops stationed in various places may be ten to twenty thousand."

"[-] to [-]? Not much"

After Sun Ce finished speaking, he frowned, thinking that Tong Zhi had been around for a few years, if he became popular, wouldn't it be the second Long Xiang?

Seeing that Sun Ce's expression was different, Zhou Yu quickly guessed Sun Ce's intentions, so he stood up and comforted him: "Tongzhi has only [-] to [-] defenders in six counties, and Nanchang is not far from Luling, and our army has the advantage of the waterway, so it is easy to break. "

"Charity is willing to be the vanguard."

Taishi Ciyuan was under Liu Yao's tent, and had heard about Tong Zhi's name, so he was the first to stand up and ask for Ying.

"Ah."

Sun Ce stroked his beard and nodded, then turned to tell Sun Ben, "Brother, please stay and stay in Nanchang. I will personally lead the army to seek Tongzhi tomorrow."

"Bo Fu is free to go." Sun Ben cupped his fists and accepted the order.

The next day, warships from the east of the Yangtze River sailed up the Ganshui River.

It was a spectacular scene to see the waves splashed by thousands of oars and the boats advancing one by one like a moving city.

The Jiangdong Army's consecutive victories in Liuyi and Shaxian concealed the impact of Hefei's defeat. Everyone was confident in winning Luling County, and Sun Ce unexpectedly did not send envoys to persuade him to surrender.

Sun Ce didn't send an envoy to Luling, but Tong Zhi couldn't help sending an envoy to see him.

Luling's light boat went down the river, met Sun Ce's fleet on the way, and delivered Tong Zhi's "Rang Xianxin".

Coincidentally, Tong Zhi, the fake prefect of Luling, fell ill just before Sun Ce sent troops.

Tong Zhi said that she was seriously ill and could not manage politics, so she asked Sun Ce to take charge of the Luling county affairs. Sun Ce was very wise and powerful, and his humble words were almost flattering.

Sun Ce couldn't stop laughing after reading it, and raised his hand to pass the letter to the people around him for circulation.

"This disease."

"What a coincidence"

"In the letter, it is appropriate to praise the hero's bravery and Han Xin's soldiers, but compared with Zhang Liang and Chen Pinglai."

"Like Tong Zhi."

In front of the envoy, all the civil and military officers on the main ship did not shy away from it, making jokes while reading the letter.

Yu Fan said that Jiang Huaxin's meritorious service made Zhang Zhao feel ashamed, and he has been reticent for the past two days.

It wasn't until this time that Zhang Zhao reminded Sun Ce: "My lord, beware of fraud."

"Hahaha, it's okay."

Sun Ce laughed wantonly, and then pointed to the Jiangdong Fleet with great pride: "In the face of absolute strength, there will be nowhere to hide all deceits. Let me take over Luling with peace of mind."

"Oh"

Zhang Zhao responded, then backed away unwilling to speak.

Seeing this, Sun Ce leaned over and whispered comfort in his ear: "Zibu don't have to hold grudges. Long Xiang's ignorance of current affairs has nothing to do with you. After I settle Yuzhang properly, we will go to Hefei to avenge our shame."

"That Deng Dang..." Zhang Zhao hesitated to speak.

Sun Ce smiled knowingly: "Long Xiang didn't know that I had broken Huang Zu's prestige, so he dared to defend the isolated city. It will be very different if he goes there now. Tong Zhi is his example. Maybe Hefei's surrender letter is even more impressive. Surprisingly, Deng Dang will have no problem."

"Uh good."

Zhang Zhao said so, but his heart was still unsure. They were able to defeat Huang Zu in Jiangxia. Apart from the hard work of the soldiers, it was also related to Liu Biao's reinforcements.

Sun Ce beheaded Han Xi, defeated Liu Biao's reinforcements in the suburbs, took advantage of the retreat of the defeated army and fled to the city to take advantage of the situation, and then took down Sha Xian in one go.

Long Xiang's Hefei is an isolated city, he will not expect any reinforcements, and there is no loophole to find.

Is it really worthwhile to attack Hefei hard?
Long Xiang is also a soft bone?
Can the lord really get his wish?

With these questions in mind, Zhang Zhao followed Sun Ce to enter and take over Luling.

The area of ​​Yuzhang County was too large. Seeing that Luling had been a county for several years, Sun Ce separated Luling from Yuzhang according to the territory demarcated by Tong Zhi, and made his elder brother Sun Fu the prefect of Luling and Sun Ben the prefect of Yuzhang. .

So far, the six counties of Yangzhou have become seven counties. Except for Jiujiang, which is controlled by the governor Yan Xiang, six of the counties have belonged to Sun Ce.

The ancients also had obsessive-compulsive disorder similar to Jika. After Sun Ce took down Yuzhang and Luling without bloodshed, he focused his attention on Jiujiang County, and his next target was Hefei.

(End of this chapter)