Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 360
"Now the imperial court is supported by my lord Kuang. It is not like it used to be in the hands of treacherous people. Yuyu clarified that it was only in the middle of the night. Baigong is a great sage in the world. No matter in the Central Plains, Chu, Jiangdong, Hebei, the people all praise him, everyone at the time Admiration...Why do you have to damage your reputation because you were deceived by the traitors in the past? I hope that Bai Gong can clearly judge right from wrong, and don't make mistakes."

Jian Yong looked at Bai Tu sincerely.

The situation in the Han court improved, which made Jian Yong "harder" a lot, but it was not hard on his attitude, but on conditions!
Prior to this, Jian Yong would definitely not ask Bai Tu to withdraw from Jingzhou out of the blue, even if Liu Bei's original intention was just to let Liu Biao keep Nanjun and southern Nanyang - when Jian Yong left Chang'an, the news of Liu Qi's death had not yet spread, and the General's Mansion had not yet passed. No troops entered Nanjun.

However, when persuading Bai Tu, Jian Yong gave Bai Tu a high hat.

Recognizing Bai Tu's reputation and achievements, he seemed to be thinking about Bai Tu, and even promised Bai Tu to rule Yangzhou forever on behalf of the court.

"That's wrong. The greater your ability, the greater your responsibility, and the more wise you are, the more you have to care about more people. Now that the world is in trouble, how can I take a break?" Bai Tu still refused to accept it. look like.

"It is true that Duke Bai cares about the world, but now that the trapped dragon has ascended to heaven, Your Majesty, the Dukes in the court, and my lord, as well as Liu Jingzhou and Liu Yizhou... are not unscrupulous people. Bai Gong can reorganize Jingnan. The four counties have already shown their sincerity, there is no need to bear more!" What Jian Yong meant was that there was no need to pay back the four counties in Jingnan.

Jian Yong now has a lot of room for self-expression...

According to the intention of the imperial court, he wanted him to persuade Bai Tu to withdraw from Jingzhou after commending him. Even Jian Yong heard that this was the result of Liu Ai and others' persuasion. Otherwise, Liu Xie meant "to warn" Bai Tu. , that is, after beating him up, he was ordered to return to Yangzhou, and the troops of the General Mansion were not allowed to appear outside Yangzhou.

Liu Bei's private intention was to ask Jian Yong to persuade Bai Tu to "stop". After all, most of Nanyang plus the four counties of Jingnan, Liu Bei estimated that Bai Tu would not spit out the "meat" he had already eaten.

However, when Liu Bei and Jian Yong said "stop", Liu Qi was still alive. Not only was Nanjun intact in Jingzhou Prefecture, but also half of Jiangxia, half of Nanyang, half of Changsha, and the defense line in the north of Wuling...

However, by the time Jian Yong saw Bai Tu, the southern part of Nanjun had been lost, and all four Jingnan counties and Jiangxia had fallen into the hands of the General's Mansion. Stopping now... was not the same as two months ago.

According to Liu Bei's idea, as long as Bai Tu stops, he can coordinate with the court and temporarily recognize the jurisdiction of the General's Mansion over the current control area. It will not be too late to slowly take it back after the court stabilizes its position.

In other words, Jian Yong's bottom line is Xiangfan, so that Liu can "take back" Jingzhou's ticket...

As long as the important town of Xiangfan and the defense line to Xinye in the north are still there, Jingbei will still have the surname Liu. Otherwise, if the general really annexes Jingyang, he will really become the leader of Chu.
In terms of "persuasion", Jian Yong has always tried his best to use emotion and reason as much as possible, and he praised Bai Tu highly.

Obviously, the imperial court does not directly want to show its banner now, just like the Qin Dynasty, it will seize the east of Guandong and sweep the world. It still focuses on appeasing local princes not named Liu.

During the rebellion in Xudu, Hua Xin decisively judged that staying in Xudu had little significance, but he did not return south. Instead, he entered the pass with the imperial court and continued to serve as the front of the general's palace in the court.

This is actually very dangerous for Hua Xin. After all, Cao Pi is in Jinling, but there are no hostages from the court in the General's Mansion!
However, there is no reason for the imperial court to treat Hua Xin harshly, either because of its own desire to return the seal or because of the general government behind it. After settling in Chang'an, Hua Xin was promoted to Guang Luxun, but he was not given real power.

Of course, during Jian Yong's words, he did not forget to remind Bai Tu that the imperial court was now about to restore its authority, and the Han Dynasty had been orthodox for 400 years... From time to time, he also cited the examples of Emperor Guangwu and Wang Mang.

Bai Tu had no intention of being persuaded, but at this moment, Tai Shici suddenly had urgent military information to hand over - Bai Tu knew that "disturbing" his military information at this time might be related to his negotiations with Jian Yong!

He simply read the letter in front of Jian Yong.

Then he frowned and rolled his eyes at Jian Yong.

Although the latter didn't show any strange expression on his face, he was a little worried in his heart - what news is it?Jian Yong doesn’t know either!
"Xianhe is tired of traveling and traveling. Jiangling was previously occupied by the rebels and has just been retaken by the General's Palace, so it is still a bit noisy. Xianhe should rest first." Bai Tu said with a straight face and directly said to see off the guests.

Jian Yong was originally ready to make a big push today, at least to get Bai Tu's promise. However... now that the military situation is coming, Jian Yong is also a little hesitant.

Because of the lack of key information, although he was not sure whether Bai Tu was delaying on purpose, Jian Yong still resigned first.

After all, Bai Tu has made it clear that "it was previously occupied by the rebel party" - this is to establish Jingzhou Prefecture, which in the eyes of the General's Office belongs to the "rebellious party"!
Jian Yong suspected that the urgent report contained some military information from the Jingzhou Prefecture that offended Bai Tu.

But after Jian Yong left, the cold look on Bai Tu's face turned into a bad smile little by little, starting from the corners of his mouth...

The urgent report just now was not a pretense, nor was it the General's Mansion taking advantage, but an urgent report from Nanyang!

The Jingzhou army in the Xiangfan area suddenly went north to "surprise" Wancheng.

Ordinarily, the General's Mansion and Jingzhou Mansion were fighting fiercely. Xiangfan's dispatch of troops at this time could not be regarded as a surprise attack. However... given the stubborn temper of Jingzhou Mansion, he actually took the initiative to attack. This was no less unexpected than a surprise attack.

After dispatching troops from Xinye, the five counties of Anzhong, Rangxian, Nieyang, Jiyang, and Yuyang to the south of Wancheng were quickly occupied by the Jingzhou Prefecture—after all, this was only occupied by Zhang Xiu in the past one or two years. , Nanyang area has long been regarded as an "enclave".

Although some officials have been arranged in the local area, they are still deeply influenced by the influence of local wealthy families!
Typically, as long as you convince the local wealthy family, you can change the flag.

The Jingzhou Prefecture's dispatch of troops obviously gained the response of the local wealthy families, who had been cooperating before. As a result, the General's Prefecture took the southern part of Nanyang into its pocket without much effort, and fell back in one fell swoop.

However, there are no large-scale defenders in other counties, but in Wancheng, there are not only some elites left by Zhang Xiu, but also generals like Lei Xu and Zhang Xian.

Although he was far from being a famous general, at least he was under Zhang Ji's command at the beginning, and he came up from the Xiliang iron cavalry - about the same level as Song Xian who was raising pigs.

And... Zhang Chunhua is also staying in Wancheng as the head of the Nanyang Household Department at this time!
Half a month ago, news came that Anzhong and other counties had revolted, and that night at the gate of Wancheng City, hundreds of soldiers with bloody armor came to Wancheng, dressed as Wancheng's garrison in the south.

During this special period, the city gate guard did not dare to open the door, so he specifically reported it to Lei Xu and Zhang Xian. When they came to the city tower, they spoke in Xiliang dialect - if the other party was really stationed outside Wancheng, although he did not know them all, he But I know there must be people from Xiliang among them!

Seeing that the leader of the other party really understood and answered in Xiliang dialect, the two of them believed...

(End of this chapter)