Cao Xiu followed Cao Zhi's gaze forward and imitated the old-fashioned words of an adult: "Hey...Second uncle, although I don't understand what you are doing, I understand that this matter must be related to women again.
,Hey...my poor second sisters-in-law..."
"Ouch, second uncle, why did you hit someone?"
Cao Zhi had just finished kicking Cao Xiu's butt, and when he was about to follow up with another kick, Cao Xiu ran away like a slippery loach.
Cao Zhi chased and scolded him all the way: "Why don't you go to Hefei quickly and help your uncle Jiang Qin arrange the retreat of the troops? Don't let me see you again, otherwise I will kick your ass..."
The next thing went smoothly. Cao Zhi's subordinates and Chen Yu's subordinates officially handed over in Hefei on the first day of November.
Jiang Qin's 10,000 troops had withdrawn from Hefei three days ago, and the defense of Hefei City was successfully handed over to Chen Yu's men.
After Li Hei received 300,000 dendrobium grains handed over from Chen Yu's subordinates, he set off on the same day and rushed to Yanzhou day and night.
Cao Xiu also won the task of delivering food and followed Li Hei. He had bad intentions and did not intend to deliver food. Instead, he thought that it would be best for Yanzhou to encounter his uncle Cao Cao who was at war with Yuan Shu, so that he could join in the fun.
Unexpectedly, this boy took a step early. When he arrived at Yanzhou Juancheng, the war was far from reaching there. However, Cao Zhi's Danyang started the war first.
Cao Zhi asked Jiang Qin to deploy the 3,000 soldiers stationed at Chaohu and 3,000 of the 10,000 soldiers who had withdrawn from Hefei on the outskirts of Hefei, and then asked Jiang Qin to continue to garrison Chaohu and serve as his Chaohu Sima to help him train sailors.
The division and the development of the fleet also allocated an additional billion of money that Li Hu originally planned to use to buy grain to help Jiang Qin purchase the materials needed for the fleet.
After doing this, Cao Zhi was about to go to Chaohu again to inspect government affairs. At this moment, Wanling sent an emergency military report, saying that Zulang of Jingxian County had caused rebellion. He not only killed the local magistrate, but also robbed people.
The county government killed many Han people and exchanged fire with the local garrison led by Pu Hu. However, Zu Lang relied on the natural dangers of the mountainous area where they lived and occupied the mountain as king, successfully blocking Pu Hu's attack.
Pu Hu sent an urgent message to Wanling, requesting to capture Maolin and Yunling towns, Zulang's base areas. Wanling County Government also responded quickly. Mi Heng, while agreeing with Pu Huqing to suppress Zulang's base areas in Jingxian County, sent an urgent message to inform Yuan
Cao Zhi, who was in Hefei, sent Wang Ping and five thousand troops to reinforce Jing County, and ordered that this group of rebels must be wiped out.
After reading Mi Heng's military emergency report, Cao Zhi said indifferently: "It seems that we can't go back to Wanling for a while. Let's go to Jingxian County to see how powerful this ancestor is.
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Danyang officials all know that this ancestor will cause trouble sooner or later, but just like Cao Zhi and most other Danyang officials think, since everyone now knows that Danyang under Cao Zhi has strong soldiers and horses, and there are 10,000 troops stationed in Jing County alone.
Zulang is just the leader of the Shanyue tribe.
The combined population of the Shanyue tribe is only ten to twenty thousand. Cao Zhi had long estimated that Zulang was going to rebel, and that being able to gather ten thousand soldiers was already the limit. Given his current strength, this small number of troops should not be enough.
It’s difficult to deal with, so why is this ancestor rebelling now?
Cao Zhi was about to lead his troops across the river and attack Jing County, an important town in central Danyang, when he was suddenly stopped by Deng Ai.
Deng Ai seemed to know what Cao Zhi was thinking, and he said calmly: "My lord, what do you think caused Zu Lang to rebel at this time?"
Cao Zhi was startled when he heard this. He didn't understand why Deng Ai asked this. Lu Su on the side heard Deng Ai say these words and immediately realized what Deng Ai might have guessed. But he didn't know enough about Danyang political affairs, so he didn't understand the political affairs of Danyang.
It was inconvenient to speak out, so I just put down my standing posture, sat down again, smiled and said nothing, and waited quietly for Deng Ai's next words.
Deng Ai is an old Yangzhou man and knows very well about the affairs of Yangzhou. He has also known about this ancestor for a long time. When Zhou Xin was the governor of Danyang, he did not dare to rebel. Now Cao Zhi's strength is far beyond what Zhou Xin did at that time. Could it be that at this time
Has his grandfather become bolder?
Cao Zhi put down his steps and thought about Deng Ai's question carefully, knowing that his question was reasonable. So, Cao Zhi sat down again like Lu Su, and asked with a smile: "What do you think Deng Juncheng thinks?"
Deng Ai said: "I think someone is provoking it!"
Cao Zhi frowned when he heard this and said, "Who is provoking?"
When Cao Zhi asked this question, he suddenly realized something. After a pause, he suddenly raised his head and blurted out at the same time as Deng Ai: "Yuan Shu!"
Having said that, Lu Su also exclaimed, this is very possible. Yuan Shu promised his ancestors many benefits and asked him to raise troops in Danyang. Yuan Shu then sent people to attack from both sides from the outside, and it was possible to capture Danyang in one fell swoop.
Cao Zhi immediately asked the Wanling Scout Battalion to report the movements of enemy scouts sneaking into Danyang, especially those related to Zu Lang of Jingxian County. After the incident, Deng Ai did not forget to remind: "Not only should you pay attention to Zu Lang, but also pay attention to Zu Lang.
The movements around Danyang prevent Yuan Shu from sending people to carry out surprise attacks."
Cao Zhi thought it was very reasonable, and immediately ordered the counties to gather their troops and horses to prepare for possible wars. At the same time, they should also pay attention to all areas that have borders with other counties and states to guard against possible surprise attacks by the enemy.
After finishing all this, Cao Zhicai set off for Jingxian. Jingxian County is located in the middle of Danyang, between the Changshan Mountain and the Valley. When Wu and Yue meet, it is the throat of Shechi. In the past, Jingxian County had a relatively wide territory, with beautiful mountains and green mountains.
The water flow is long, the territory is vast, and the resources are rich. Jingxian County is also named after water. The Qingyi River in the territory was called "Jingshui" in ancient times, so it was named Jingxian County.
The Shanyue people in Jingxian County have lived in this area for a long time. If you look for their roots, they must have migrated in from outside. But starting from the Spring and Autumn Period, because the transportation here is inconvenient, there are many mountains, and there are many rivers, there are not many people here.
It is suitable for the Han people's habit of living and farming in the plains, so there are very few Han people living here. After being moved in by the Shanyue people, it is unknown how many generations passed
They actually thought this was their territory, and began to hate the Han people and drive them away. In the early Han Dynasty, tough measures were taken to suppress this arrogant behavior of the Shanyue people several times. They became much more honest, but in recent years
The situation was in turmoil, and there was little jurisdiction over this place. Zulang, as the current head of the Shanyue clan, took the opportunity to develop his power and clamored for peace with the mountains.
Cao Zhi left Hefei without stopping for a moment and went straight to Jingxian County. A newly formed army of 10,000 people from Hefei and Chaohu marched towards Jingxian County by land and water.
Danyang is mountainous and the waterway is not fast. After landing at Jingshui River, the three thousand soldiers joined the army waiting for them and headed south to Jingchuan Town.
Jingchuan Town is located in the beautiful mountainous area of southern Anhui and is the seat of the county government of Jing County. It was also the first place attacked by Zu Lang. The county magistrate was killed and the county government was plundered.
At this time, Pu Hu, who was guarding Jingxian County, led 10,000 Cao troops to recover most of the areas occupied by the rebels. He forced Zulang back to Maolin Town and Yunling Town, and surrounded them heavily.
But even to recover these places, Pu Hu and his tribe paid a heavy price. When Cao Zhi and others arrived at Jingchuan Town, Pu Hu led the front troops to invade the mountainous areas in Maolin and Yunling, but they were defeated.
After a defeat, hundreds of people were killed or injured, and they just returned to Jingchuan Town.
Although Cao Zhi's army had strict orders not to kill women, children or surrenderers indiscriminately, at this time, the flames in Jingchuan Town were soaring, and smoke rushed straight into the clear sky. More than ten groups of buildings were on fire, and shouts
The sound of killing was still deafening.
This was the first scene Cao Zhi saw when he led his troops to Jingchuan. When Pu Hu learned that Cao Zhi had led his troops, he was overjoyed and welcomed them into the camp. Pu Hu wanted to hold a banquet to cleanse everyone, but Cao Zhi politely refused.
, Cao Zhi asked Pu Hu to explain to him why Jingchuan Town was in such a mess, hadn't his troops already captured it? Why was there such a scene of burning, killing and looting.
Pu Hu cried sadly and said unjustly: "My lord, these Shanyue people are so shameless. Not only are they all soldiers, but they also rely on the mountains, forests and rivers everywhere in Jingxian County. Instead of fighting our army head-on with real swords and guns, they hide in hiding."
In the bushes, boulders, and creeks, when our troops advance, they will conduct sudden assassinations. Although our troops have taken back the county
Yamen, but the capture of Jingchuan Town cost more than a thousand casualties. We also followed your order and did not indiscriminately kill the old and weak women and children in Shanyue who stayed in Jingchuan. But we never thought that today we would forcefully advance to
Maolin and Yunling towns, Zulang's hometown, had just left the army, but the soldiers who stayed behind in Jingchuan town were attacked one after another.
Those old and weak women were attacked by the Shanyue tribe. I had a soldier who just wanted to help a Shanyue woman go to the well to fetch water. Unexpectedly, that woman actually took advantage of the fact that my soldier was not paying attention and took it out from under her skirt.
With a dagger, I stabbed my soldier to death by the well. I was also not making good progress on the front line. Zu Lang’s lair was not located
In Maolin or Yunling Town, I hid in the continuous mountain forest area and set up various traps and ambushes. Today I killed another four to five hundred people, but I didn't even advance into the mountain area.
Lin Du failed. After returning, some soldiers were so angry that they burned several Shanyue people's houses and punished several murderers."
At this point, Pu Hu felt discouraged and helpless. He knelt down on the spot in the tent and begged Cao Zhi for punishment.
Cao Zhi helped Pu Hu up and said solemnly: "Let's not punish you first. Let's take a look at my Jing County first."
To be honest, Cao Zhi only came to Jingxian County once last year to inspect the county's government affairs, and he has never really understood the rugged mountains of Jingxian County.
The entire Jingxian County is located on a plateau with many hills. It is also located in the humid area south of the Yangtze River, with particularly lush vegetation. It is known as "the mountains and rivers are clear and beautiful, and they are the best among all the towns." The mountains are connected with the mountainous areas of southern Anhui, and the environment is
Surrounded by green mountains, the peaks are beautiful, and the scenery is beautiful. Many tributaries are surrounded by two rivers, and are connected with large rivers such as Jingshui, forming a natural peripheral defense line, a bit like a naturally formed moat.