Zhuge Liang was quick and ruthless in dealing with the scholars in Jingzhou, with nearly a thousand heads rolling, only overnight. However, the local area did not cause too much vibration.
The other great men were still led by Zhang Cun, Han Zeng, Wei Jing, Huang Zhu and others, and they all praised it. They all said that the King of Hanzhong was kind and Kong Ming could be called the ultimate righteousness. Since Pan Jun and others were seeking death, it was natural for military advisors to eliminate violence and prohibit evil and directly govern the law.
Jingzhou is full of loyal and kind people, and has long drawn a clear line with Pan Jun's rebellion that is worthy of dying. At this time, it is not just a stable mood, but it is simply cheering.
After that, Zhuge Liang continued to sit in Jiangling.
From April to July of the 21st year of Jian'an, the battle between the Sun and Liu families was still in full swing.
With Jingzhou and Jiaozhou mobilized with all its might, gradually gathering huge forces to be put into the frontline of the combat towards Jiangdong.
In mid-May, Lu Yi, Lu Su and others voluntarily gave up Lukou and retreated eastward. Li Yan, Kou Feng, Xi Zhen and other troops crossed Lukou and captured Puqi. Then the left general Lei Yuan led 10,000 Jiaozhou troops to the front line and ruled the entire army. Along the way, the two states had a total of more than 30,000 troops, heading straight to E County and Xisai.
At the same time, Pan Zhang and Xu Sheng had no food, so they were finally forced to surrender. So the headquarters of the Jingzhou Army finally made a free move, and Guan Yu personally led more than 30,000 people to attack Zhu Ran, Sun Yu and other troops stationed in Xiakou.
Zhu Ran was quite good at defending the city. He relied on Xiakou and Shaxian to guard the city, and once attacked and defended Guan Yu. However, Sun Yu died of illness soon in the army, and his troops were greatly depressed.
Although there were warriors in Sun Yu's army, they were generally a little uneven. After a few days of hard fighting, there were many casualties. The fighting spirit was declining, and the general was even more scattered when he died. Zhu Ran sent people to control Sun Yu's troops, but the troops he used for the front enemy were too short, so he gradually lost his support.
Faced with such huge military pressure, Jiangdong chose to submit to the Xudu court. That month, the court sent envoys to formally appoint Sun Quan as General of the Cavalry, and appointed Sun Quan, the eldest son of Sun Quan, who was only seven years old, as the minister, and stayed in Yecheng.
The eldest son was handed over, and only the imperial court recognized the position elected by Duke Xuande that year. The price was unbearable compared to Duke Wu and the governor of Yangzhou promised several years ago. Sun Quan's subordinates were very happy, because the Xudu court also named 42 marquises, generals and more than 100 generals. Among them, Lu Yi was indeed the General of Zhendong, and he became a person who was enough to compete with Duke Wu.
Since the Sun family surrendered, Cao family also had military support in addition to political promotion. Although the elite troops in Yecheng led by Cao Gong were exhausted and mobilized, the troops stationed on the front lines could still be killed in one fell swoop.
After June, the three Cao troops marched together.
Le went to Jiangling and Wenpin went to Xiakou. Yu Jin, who had gathered troops in Jianghuai, led the troops of Zang Ba, Sun Guan and other troops to sweep across the northern territory of the Sun family, including Wancheng. The troops headed straight to the river and made a gesture of crossing the river to support Wuhou.
It's okay to have the first two routes, but Guan Yu was in the southern county and had his own way to drive them away. Yu Jin's support to the Marquis of Wu made the Marquis of Wu disintegrate and urgently summoned the generals on the front line to return.
In July, Guan Yu attacked Xiakou and reoccupied the military fortress where he gathered troops in Chibi. Lei Yuan led his army into Xisai and headed straight to Chaisang. A part of the Jiaozhou army set out from the South China Sea had also attacked Luling County.
Because the battle situation ahead was really smooth, the generals of Yizhou also had the idea of ​​making contributions. Therefore, the King of Hanzhong sent Gan Ning, Wu Yi and other generals to enrich Jingzhou's troops and once gathered nearly 80,000 soldiers from all over the country.
Jiangdong Li III was in operation and had a very strong military force. Even at this time, the Wu army that was confronting the Han army still had more water and land forces. However, no matter how strong the navy was, it could not compete for the land. Moreover, the generals were in a state of turmoil. All the troops did not fight with all their might, and the Jiangdong regime was about to fall.
It was not until mid-July that a part of the Jingzhou Army had stepped forward and ran into the southward Yu Jin's troops east of Xunyang. The two armies fought fiercely, each with hundreds of troops, and camped in the area of ​​Longgan Lake and Daguan Lake.
Because this series of military operations were launched in the summer heat, the Cao family was not adapted to the climate of the riverside water network area, and the troops of Jingzhou and Jiaozhou were also a little tired, so they took this opportunity to stop the actions of the armies of all parties.
One day at the end of July, the generals of the Jianye Conference were extremely distressed, claiming that they wanted to imitate Goujian and endure humiliation and carry heavy burdens in order to achieve the long-term. When it was heart-wrenching, the Wu Hou almost cried, and when the ministers heard it, they all burst into tears. After crying, Zhuge Jin went to Jiangling again to start negotiations again.
At this time, Lei Yuan had personally moved to Xiazhi County, east of Xisai.
This county town is located at the easternmost end of Jiangxia County, crossing the Fushui River into the river, facing Net Lake in the north and Jilong Mountain in the south. It is an important place in the middle reaches of the river.
During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, King An of Huainan rebelled, and his minister Wu was appointed as the king. He said: "Preserve the city of Xiazhi, build the pu of Jiujiang, and break the mouth of Yuzhang; and guard the river and block the southern county. It can be seen that this place is an important stronghold for the confrontation with the upper reaches of Jingzhou in Yangzhou.
Xiazhi County has rich water, and there is an irrigation system managed by the Wu people on both sides. It is irrigated by public and private irrigation, and salty soil is formed. Sun Quan set up a military camp here, with more than 3,000 troops stationed there.
At this time, most of the more than 3,000 Wu army fled and a small number were captured. Lei Yuan mainly used these prisoners and mobilized several people to take care of the land and prepare for harvest. He himself lived in a garrison city east of Fukou, patrolling various places at all times, surveying the terrain, and making preliminary plans for the garrisoning situation of counties by the river.
From here to all counties in northern Changsha, they were all lands that were planned to be subdued. Although they were under the jurisdiction of the Jingzhou Military Administration and the subsequent construction had nothing to do with Lei Yuan, he felt that it would be better to inspect the actual situation in various places and plan early, which would also facilitate the comprehensive consideration of the Jingzhou Military Administration later.
Lei Yuan vaguely remembers that in the history that he was familiar to his family, E County behind him was the famous city of Wuchang, which seemed to be the first to be built by Sun Quan. Since the Han army entered this area this time, it must be managed well, at least not worse than Sun Quan.
The one who accompanied Lei Yuan to investigate the terrain this day was Deputy General Kou Feng.
At the beginning of the year, under the instigation of his political allies, Kou Feng took the initiative to move to Jingzhou, trying to replace Lei Yuan's special status in Jingzhou and Jiaozhou. This move once involved Zhuge Liang, which almost caused Lei Yuan to be furious.
However, when Lei Yuan was in Chengdu, Kou Feng was trapped and lost the police soon. He insisted on pursuing the case. In this crisis in Jingzhou, he could not escape the main responsibility.
Finally, Kou Feng still had the blood of a warrior. He went to Luo County in person, relied on Kou's local influence to convene his subordinates, raise food and fodder to launch a counterattack against the Wu army.
When Lei Yuan was in charge of the army in Jiangnan and attacking Chaisang, Kou Feng was ashamed and dared not see him. Later, Lei Yuan treated him as usual, Kou Feng also made great contributions in battles, and he was born and died several times, almost killing him.
However, for several months, neither the Chengdu Central Committee nor the military advisor Zhuge Liang in Jiangling had mentioned Kou Feng almost no mention in the official documents, and it seemed that there was no such person among the generals in Jingzhou.
As time went by, Kou Feng became more and more uneasy.
Lei Yuan had no way to persuade him in this regard.
Just this day, he checked geography and asked Kou Feng to travel with him, so he should be relaxed.
The two of them rode lightly, walked through the mountains and rivers, and walked across the lakeside fields with lush grass. Sometimes they saw groups of wild deer trotting by. Kou Feng couldn't help but hold his bow and hunch his way.
"Super, do you still remember the situation when we were hunting among the lakes in Lexiang County?" he asked.
"Of course I remember..." Lei Yuan nodded: "That day, we surrounded a very strong male deer, and we were hit by several arrows and could still break out of the siege. It was all up to Bo Sheng to rush the horse to catch up and knock him down and kill him. At that time, I thought that Bo Sheng was extremely brave, even if he had three or five thunders, he was afraid he would not be his opponent."
Kou Feng laughed.
As he smiled, he shed tears again.
"That day, Xuzhi led tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians to come to the Hanzhong King. The Hanzhong King personally went to Xiakou to welcome him and ordered Tanzhi to lead the navy fleet to respond. I heard Tanzhi talk about Xuzhi's feat of fighting against Cao's army in the Jianghuai River and protecting the people of Huainan, and I was very impressed, so I was willing to accept it. My kindness to Xuzhi is by no means false."
Lei Yuan nodded: "I understand."
Kou Feng gritted his teeth and continued, "At that time, I often made friends with young handsome young Yan of Jingxiang. In addition to Tanzhi, there were also Huo Jun, Xiang Chong, Xi Zhen, and even Ma Su, who were all close to me. To be honest, others thought that I was a rough personality, but in fact I would also weigh the pros and cons of myself, and even thought about it myself, if I could... it was possible..."
He stumbled twice, but fortunately Lei Yuan nodded slightly, indicating that he understood Kou Feng's meaning.
Kou Feng continued: "At that time, I vaguely hoped that you would become my partner in the future, help us to make achievements together, and we will make famous books and bamboos. But in the years, I felt that I had not gotten the opportunity to show my talents, and you seemed to gradually become alienated from me. When the King of Hanzhong ordered me to return to the surname Kou, I felt... in my heart... in my heart..."
He slapped the Anqiao hard, and then and then. After a while, he sighed: "Now I think about it, it's because I've been thinking too much that I'm so confused about it! Continue it, it's because I'm ridiculous! It's because I mislead others and myself!"
Speaking of this, Liu Feng was a little lost and confused.
He turned to look at Lei Yuan, blushed and wanted to say a few more words, but he really didn't know how to express it.
But Lei Yuan said relaxedly: "This is called "The shorter the ruler, and the strength of the inch." Bo Sheng, if you fight face to face with a sword, I will not be your opponent in three or five; but if you talk about winning the battle with all the people, I, Lei Xuzhi, seems to be foolish."
Kou Feng shook his head repeatedly: "Xu Zhi is too humble!"
He was about to talk again, and the sound of hooves not far behind was heard. Several military officers urged the horses to get close to them and bowed to him: "Report to General Lei, the peace agreement between the King of Hanzhong and Sun has been completed."
"oh?"
Lei Yuan and Kou Feng looked at each other, and the military officer took out another letter from his arms: "Military Master Zhuge and Guan Junhou asked General Lei to return to Jiangling as soon as possible. Junhou said that the reason is that General Lei reads the letter."
Lei Yuan took a look at the letter from the exhibition.
Chapter completed!