Chapter 145: The kindness given to sister-in-law should be repaid with a spring of water
He Yan was shocked to see Lu Su like this when he led the troops to rush in.
"Zijing! Don't die! Even if you are going to die, come back to Xuchang with me before you die!"
Lu Su:......
For a moment, Lu Su felt that dying for his country just now was actually a good choice.
"Marquis Shen."
Lu Su responded feebly: "This is all the blood of prunes, not mine!"
"besides!"
Lu Su rolled his eyes inexplicably: "Instead of focusing on my life and death, it would be better to head to Tianzhu Mountain as soon as possible."
"After Chen Lan gets the news, he will definitely choose to send troops!"
"The decisive battle with Chen Lan is the most important part of the plan! Only by defeating Chen Lan can Lujiang County and even Huainan achieve ten years of stability!"
Even though Lu Su's current condition is not good, he still advises He Yan to complete the plan.
Otherwise, all the grievances Lu Zijing suffered over Mei Gan would have been in vain!
Lu Su thought to himself: "As long as the plan is completed, not only will Huainan achieve ten years of stability, but I, Lu Zijing... will also become completely famous! My name will be known to all the people in Huainan!"
In this way, even if you join Cao Cao's shogunate later, you may not be unable to compete with ministers in need such as Xun You and Guo Jia!
"Zijing, I was just about to tell you this."
Liu Ye rubbed his little hands with excitement: "Chen Lan has been defeated by Marquis Shen!"
He Yan on the side quickly corrected: "That's wrong!"
"It's not defeat, it's killing! The kind that kills the general in front of the formation!"
Looking at He Yan with a proud face, Lu Su began to doubt life again...
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"Chen Lan, the head of Mei Gan has been sent to Xuchang."
"Among them, the food and supplies seized from Tianzhu Mountain and Chaohu Lake have been transported to Hefei to govern the people."
"Because of the care of Marquis Shen, the people from Lei Xu's side only confiscated their property and recruited them as field soldiers. Their lives were not harmed."
"besides……"
Jiang Ji's eyes shone: "After this battle, a total of 50,000 people have been gathered!"
Whether it is Chen Lan or Mei Gan, they are both very poor. There is no situation like He Yan who could gain a lot of money after he invaded Yuan Shao's camp.
The real gain from defeating them is a large population!
With the decline of Huainan, the two counties of Lujiang and Jiujiang together had only 100,000 households. Now there are suddenly 50,000 more people, and the young and strong account for a large part of the 50,000 people. With Liu Fu's governance ability, Huainan will soon be Can escape depression and move towards prosperity.
"On behalf of the people of Huainan, I thank Marquis Shen, Zijing!"
Jiang Jicheng sincerely thanked the two of them.
Once Chen Lan, Lei Xiu, and Mei Gan are eliminated, there will be no major power in the entire Huainan, and other Xiaoxiao will inevitably be frightened and accept the government's recruitment.
As long as the situation in Huainan can be stabilized, Liu Fu and Jiang Ji will naturally have ways to deal with Shanyue in the Dabie Mountains and prevent them from becoming a disaster for Lujiang County.
For the people of Huainan who have been affected by war since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, such a stable life is really rare.
"Zitong (Jiang Ji) doesn't have to be like this. After all, pacifying Lujiang is Haikou that I boasted about in front of Sikong. It is naturally my duty. On the contrary, I should thank Qin and Liu Governor for their help."
After talking about the scene, He Yan was hesitant to say: "Zitong, it stands to reason that I will return to Xuchang soon, and I should no longer be concerned about the affairs of Yangzhou. And as a military general, I cannot interfere in government affairs, but I still hope that you will be with me. Governor Liu will arrange the Huainan defense line well in the days to come."
"I have been to Sun's camp once before. Neither its leader Sun Quan nor its general Zhou Yu are ordinary talents."
"Coupled with people like Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, Cheng Pu, and Huang Gai, if they are allowed to develop, they will become a big problem."
"However, Sikong now has to concentrate on dealing with Yuan Shao and seeking the north. Taking advantage of Li Shu's rebellion to seize the Lujiang River is the limit, and there is no more energy left to go south."
"So this matter in the south... I have to leave it to you."
Hearing He Yan talk about the Sun family, Jiang Ji's excitement slowly faded away.
"Huainan has been suffering from the Sun family for a long time! Don't worry, Marquis Shen! Even if you don't say this, Governor Liu and I will not relax our vigilance against the Sun family."
The reason why Huainan is declining has a lot to do with Sun Ce!
Originally, local snakes like Lu Kang managed Lujiang and other areas well, but Sun Ce suddenly led Huainan into the muddy abyss of war.
During this period, not only many of Lu Xun's clan members died, but many of Jiang Ji's friends and even family members also lost their lives!
Jiang Ji has always remembered this grudge!
Speaking of the Sun family, Jiang Ji seemed to have something in mind: "I regret that Chen Yuanlong's plan to cross the river and regain Jiangdong failed in the past. Otherwise, why would we have to guard against the Sun family?"
Even though Sun Ce seems to be invincible in fighting all over Jiangdong, in fact he suffered a lot at the hands of Chen Deng, the former governor of Guangling.
Chen Deng, like Zang Ba, was a scholar appointed by Cao Cao to guard Xuzhou. He had a high degree of autonomy. Not only could he appoint and remove his own officials at will, but he could also raise troops in Guangling to resist foreign enemies.
But precisely because of his ridiculously high freedom, Sun Ce was not afraid of offending Cao Cao by attacking Chen Deng, so he chose Guangling as his target.
First, in the fourth year of Jian'an, after Sun Ce captured Wancheng, he immediately took the initiative to attack Chen Deng's troops and sent a large army across the river to attack Chen Deng's defense of Kuangqi City. As a result, with Chen Deng personally beating drums to encourage him, the Guangling defenders directly defeated ten times his own. Sun Cejun.
Later, Sun Ce sent his younger brother Sun Quan to lead an army to attack Guangling. Chen Deng ordered his meritorious officer Chen Jiao to go to Xuchang for rescue. At the same time, he secretly ordered people to gather firewood at the place where the reinforcements must pass through, and then lit it when Sun Quan's army passed by. The soldiers in Jiangdong were so frightened that they thought Cao Cao's reinforcements were coming. In a panic, Chen Deng personally led the army and dispersed it...
After this victory, Chen Denghu displayed his arrogance and wanted to lead his troops directly to Jiangdong and restore the Yangzhou system.
It's a pity that Cao Cao was still confronting Yuan Shao in Guandu at that time and was unable to open a second battlefield. Seeing this, Chen Deng had no choice but to give up, giving the Sun family a chance to develop.
Then there was such a wonderful and talented man who died of illness not long ago. This made Jiang Ji, who lived in Huainan and had always admired Chen Deng, a little regretful.
"If Chen Yuanlong is in charge of Guangling, Ziyang is in charge of Lujiang, and Governor Liu and I are running Jiujiang, the north of the Yangtze River will definitely be impregnable!"
He Yan also felt a little sorry for Chen Deng's death: "It is really regrettable that such a hero died so young."
"But the past cannot be recalled. We still have to inherit Chen Yuanlong's wish to protect the people and prevent the war from spreading to Huainan again."
Chen Deng's death and the loss of Guangling County were definitely a major loss for Cao Cao.
But if you think about Cao Cao's embarrassment in the Battle of Guandu, no one would blame him.
Now that He Yan has newly conquered Lujiang, he has somewhat made up for the disadvantage of losing Guangling County, giving Huainan enough space to defend against the Sun family.
"There are three layers of natural protective chains connecting Lujiang and Jiujiang."
"The first level is the Yangtze River shared with Jiangdong."
"The second layer is the waterway connecting the three cities of Hefei, Wanxian and Chaoxian."
"The third floor is Shouchun behind Hefei."
He Yan gave some advice: "The most important thing is this second line of defense."
"If we can connect the Wanshui River to the Huaihe River, and maintain a navy in Chaohu Lake to control the Huainan waterway, it will be difficult for Sun to attack from the waterway in the future."
"Coupled with Hefei's commanding position overlooking the south, the city's high walls and strong walls will definitely make it impossible for the enemy to hide!"
"in addition……"
He Yan ordered people to get a map and pointed out to Jiang Ji the water mouth between Ruxu Mountain and Qibao Mountain.
"This place is the key point for controlling the Yangtze River and entering Chaohu Lake! Zitong's participation in building a fort here will definitely make the soldiers from Jiangdong dare not go further north!"
This is actually the famous Ruxukou in later generations.
As long as Ruxukou is blocked and ships on the Yangtze River are not allowed to enter Chao Lake, then Sun Quan will probably never see Hefei again in his life...
In this way, it can be regarded as a reward for He Yan's kindness as Sun Quan's sister-in-law, so that he will not leave the name "Sun Shiwan" like later generations.
Jiang Ji looked at the several lines of defense pointed out by He Yan and praised them again and again: "This layout is really good!"
"I didn't expect that Marquis Shen not only has the ability to be a general in front of the battle, but also has the ability to be a commander behind the scenes. Compared with Marquis Shen, we all seem to be a bunch of mediocre people."
Jiang Ji himself can be regarded as a young man who has achieved great success, but compared with He Yan, he is still unable to compare.
Based on He Yan's performance this time, it is estimated that it will be spread in the Jianghuai area for a long time.
"Zitong was so impressed."
"This time we mainly relied on Zijing's strategy, otherwise it wouldn't have been so smooth."
Hearing He Yan being so self-effacing, Jiang Ji smiled and said nothing.
Anyone with a discerning eye knows that after Lu Xun's side failed to lure Chen Lan out, Lu Su's plan had actually become a pile of waste paper.
If He Yan hadn't killed Chen Lan in formation, let alone the three thieves, even Lu Su might have broken in.
It's just that Jiang Ji is an "intelligent talent" who can be listed with Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, Liu Ye, and Dong Zhao. Naturally, it can be seen that He Yan is taking the initiative to push the credit to Lu Su and make Lu Su a "first-class talent".
He had a reputation of "planning to destroy three thieves", so he didn't say much.
"Don't worry, Marquis Shen. After the people's sentiments are stabilized, I will start to arrange this matter and build Huainan into an iron wall to prevent the Sun family from taking advantage of it!"
When He Yan saw that Jiang Ji, the second-in-command in Yangzhou, was willing to support him, a big stone finally fell into his heart.
There is Jiang Ji on the Jiujiang County side, and Liu Ye on the Lujiang County side.
While Cao Cao was going north to attack Yuan Shao, there was enough time for these two men to set up a defensive line and develop a navy army.
When Cao Cao dominates the north, even if Jingzhou cannot be conquered, Yangzhou will definitely be in his pocket, so there is nothing to worry about!
"In this case, I can go back and resume my life with Sikong with peace of mind."
Liu Ye, who came with He Yan, wanted to be his governor of Lujiang, so naturally he could not follow He Yan back.
But now He Yan not only has Lu Su, Lu Meng, and Lu Xun around him, but also Da Qiao, who can fill up the feeling of depression in He Yan's heart.