Zhang Yan led Zhao Yun, Xu Chu and others to a total of 20,000 people, and set out from Pengcheng in a vast way, heading south. After a few days of long journey, he finally arrived in Jiangdu County, which was only a river from Jinling City.

In Jiangdu City, when the county magistrate heard that the King of Yan was coming, he was frightened and hurriedly arranged something, and even led the county officials to welcome the King of Yan together.

However, in the face of the county magistrate's enthusiasm, King Zhang Yan did not seem to appreciate it. He just praised the Jiangdu County magistrate casually and continued to lead the army to advance south. He had no intention of entering the city at all, but wanted to camp at the ferry in Jiangdu County.

The magistrate of Jiangdu County did not show his diligence and was not very willing after all, so he led the county officials to follow the Yan King Zhang Yan and obey the orders at any time.

If Zhang Yan wants to cross the river, he needs a boat. The Jiangdu County Magistrate followed him, so Zhang Yan had to give this task to the Jiangdu County Magistrate. The county magistrate was naturally happy and said that he was willing to work hard for the King of Yan.

It is said that the Jiangdu County Magistrate did have two tricks and asked Zhang Yan to ask for orders. He immediately gathered his subordinates to order them to collect ships and prepare for crossing the river in the Ming Dynasty. In addition, the county Magistrate invited a chef from the county town and set up a banquet in the camp on the bank of the river to entertain King Zhang Yan, the King of Yan.

Wear it thousands of times, but flatter you don’t wear it.

Although Zhang Yan was already the King of Yan, and was less than ten thousand people, he still couldn't resist the flattery that the county magistrate kept slapping.

But Zhang Yan understood that he did not need someone to be tempted by the tyranny. In addition to being able to flatter, this county magistrate also had good political achievements. At least under his control, Jiang Du presented a peaceful atmosphere.

However, this county magistrate does not have much ability. Now Zhang Yan's account is full of talents and the bureaucratic system has reached a saturation. If he wants to promote one person, then another person will have to move his position. However, according to the current situation, he has not found anyone who can move his position.

Therefore, Zhang Yan did not reward anything, but just recorded all the expenses of the county magistrate's banquet on his own and did not let the county treasury take out a penny.

The next morning, under the command of the county magistrate, hundreds of ships gathered at the ferry, specifically for Zhang Yan, Zhao Yun, Xu Chu and others to cross the river.

So, Zhang Yan led a large army to cross the river from Jiangdu and officially entered Jinling County.

After the Jiangdu County Magistrate sent Zhang Yan away, he found that he had nothing to do. He was depressed and took the people back to the county and continued to be his county magistrate.

At noon, 20,000 troops all crossed the Yangtze River and landed on Dantu. The prefect of Jinling Xue Li had already received the news that King Yan wanted to cross the river, and led his subordinates to wait for a long time again.

After meeting each other, they greeted each other for a while, and Zhang Yan led the army toward Jinling City under Xue Li.

Jinling City is the county town of Jinling County. It was originally called Moling, but later it was changed to Jinling.

When Zhang Yan led his army to the city of Jinling City, he couldn't help but be surprised by what he saw.

This is the second time Zhang Yan has come to Jiangnan. When he came last time, it happened several years ago. Now he revisited the second time. He has found that Jiangnan has changed its appearance and has made great progress compared to the past.

The roads are lined with farmland and canals are crisscrossed. Especially Jinling City, which is twice as large as a few years ago, and the population is several times higher than a few years ago.

The wall of Jinling City is six meters high, with shooting holes left on the wall. The entire city is built like a huge fortress, and the soldiers on the wall are all standing in high spirits.

"I really didn't expect that in just a few years, Jinling City became unrecognizable..." Zhang Yan said with emotion after looking at the city.

After hearing this, Xue Li hurriedly said, "All this is the credit of Lord Zhoumu. Jinling City has indeed developed a lot in recent years. Because Lord Zhoumu is well-managed, Jinling City has not only become an important military fortress in the south of the Yangtze River, but also a place where businesses are gathered. In order to develop business, Lord Zhoumu specially built a river channel to connect the Yangtze River, so that merchant ships can directly enter Jinling City from the Yangtze River through waterways, and thus directly reach the dock in the city. There are very active commercial ports along the coast."

Since Zhang Yan became the Regent, as his territory continued to expand, the national government affairs increased. Zhang Yan was not very good at government affairs. In addition to classifying political affairs and then handing them all over to his twelve Cao officials for handling, most of the government affairs were handed over to Zhang Zhao, Chen Qun, Gu Yong, Dong Zhao and other confidants. They report to Zhang Yan every month and report the government affairs they handle one by one, including Chen Deng’s expansion of Jinling City, opening commercial ports in the city, building rivers and other matters.

But Zhang Yan was tired of listening to so many things, so he could remember them all one by one. Most of the political affairs were Zhang Zhao, Chen Qun, Gu Yong, and Dong Zhao, and others, and Zhang Yan just had the right to decide.

Therefore, Zhang Yan knew about the matter in Jinling City, but he might have forgotten it over time.

Now that Zhang Yan has seen Jinling City develop like this, he is very pleased that Chen Deng, the governor of Yangzhou, has not been in vain.

Under Xue Li's arrangement, the army entered the city one after another and was stationed in the military isolation area in the city. This is a unique place in the military camp, where the army usually lives and trains.

This time Chen Deng took almost all the troops away, so the barracks were empty, just for Zhao Yun and Xu Chu's subordinates to live in.

After settling down the army, Zhang Yan began to ask about the situation of the battle here, and Xue Li reported the situation to Zhang Yan one by one.

Zhang Yan listened attentively and was very happy to learn that Chen Deng occupied the entire Wu County, Lu Su and Liu Ye occupied the entire Danyang County. However, Yu Jin was blocked from the attack and was forced to retreat to Xunyang to guard. The Sun's navy confronted Yu Jin in Chaisang, but the Sun's army showed no sign of resistance.

At this moment, the scout brought new news. In the face of Chen Deng, Lu Su and Liu Ye's attack, Sun not only did not take action, but began to shrink his troops. The 10,000 troops stationed in Kuaiji County suddenly began to evacuate one after another yesterday. Now Kuaiji County is like a homeless place.

Chen Deng had already started his action and sent Jiang Qin to occupy Kuaiji County. Chen Deng led Zhou Tai from Qian Tang to lead his army westward, preparing to meet with Lu Su and Liu Ye's army in Yi County, and then join forces to attack Nanchang where Sun Quan is located, thereby destroying the Sun's power in Jiangdong in one fell swoop.

For this reason, Chen Deng also asked the scout to bring back a letter and handed it to Zhang Yan personally, hoping to get Zhang Yan's help and send troops to support him. However, Chen Deng only said that he would send reinforcements to support him, and did not mention the matter of asking Zhang Yan to go to the battle himself.

Zhang Yan is a very smart person. After reading it once, he knew what the letter was in. He knew that this was the moment Chen Deng had always dreamed of. Chen Deng hoped that he would lead his troops alone and take all the credit for destroying Sun's family into his own hands, rather than making wedding dresses for Zhang Yan.

Chen Deng is a general who is the only one. The position of General of the Cavalry was not in vain. Zhang Yan was very relieved of him. So Zhang Yan wrote a reply letter to Chen Deng, meaning that he would support Chen Deng's plan to eliminate the Sun family and would send 10,000 elite troops led by Zhao Yun to support him.

However, in the letter, Zhang Yan also clearly pointed out that we must be careful and discuss with Lu Su, Liu Ye, Zhao Yun and others, and do not act rashly to avoid any accidents.

At the same time, Zhang Yan also pointed out that although Sun Ce is dead and Sun Quan has not stabilized the overall situation, the former Sun family members are definitely not so easy to deal with, so they should be more careful about Zhou Yu.

After the letter was sent out, Zhang Yan asked the army to rest for one night in Jinling City. The next morning, Zhang Yan sent Zhao Yun to lead a 10,000 army to Yixian to meet with Chen Deng and Lu Su, and told Zhao Yun to be cautious and keep in touch with him.

After Zhao Yun led his troops out of Jinling City, Zhang Yan and Xu Chu went out and set off. Xue Li and others remained in Jinling City, supplying food and grass at any time.

The army officially set off, but Zhang Yan felt a little uneasy in his heart.

Although Sun Ce was dead, Zhou Yu was still alive. No matter how bad Sun Quan was, he was also an emperor in history and would never be defeated so easily.

However, the scene presented by Jiangdong is very unusual. Sun retreated from Kuaiji for no reason and did not do any defense. Is this the rhythm of giving up Jiangdong?

Or maybe something major happened within the Sun family’s rule?

Zhang Yan could no longer sit still, so he called the Jinyiwei and sent him directly to let them sneak into Nanchang secretly to inquire about the news.

At the same time, Chen Deng had led a large army and set off from Qian Tang with Zhou Tai and went upstream on a boat.

It was early spring at this time. The water flow in the south of the Yangtze River was not very turbulent, and it was relatively calm. It was not so difficult to go upstream by boat. Moreover, it was less mountainous obstacles than taking the rugged land route, and it was much faster in time.

Two days later, Chen Deng, Zhou Tai and others arrived in Yi County, and Lu Su and Liu Ye also led their troops to Yi County. The two armies were combined into one, with a total of 30,000 people, all under the command of the General Chen Deng, the Cavalry General.

After the army entered Yi County, Chen Deng did not take action, but was waiting for news from the scout.

When Chen Deng marched, he paid more attention to the news feedback from the front line. He made judgments based on different news, whether it was offensive or defensive. Therefore, Chen Deng was the kind of person who was late.

In the evening of the same day, the scout returned and brought the situation in Nanchang City. He told Chen Deng in detail: "Sun Quan dismissed Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Huang Gai, Sun Ben, Sun He and other veterans who could take up their positions as accustomed to war, and appointed five young generals, all of whom Sun Quan's confidants. In addition, the Grand Governor Zhou Yu was ill and unable to participate in the planning. The people in the city were already in a panic."

After hearing the scout's news, Chen Deng hurriedly asked, "Is the news true?"

"It's true! Now the 30,000 troops in Nanchang City are dissatisfied with the newly appointed general, and they blame the veterans for being dismissed, and their morale is very low!" said the scout.

After hearing this, Chen Deng laughed and said, "God really helps me!"
Chapter completed!