Killing system of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 52 Zhang Xiu surrendered Cao De to Wang Jian

Sun Ce went south to Yuzhang, Hua Xin, the prefect of Yuzhang, surrendered, and Sun Ce took all of Yuzhang County.

And defeated the invading Liu Qing tribe, and went north to crusade against Huang Zu.In December, when the army was exhausted, Sun Ce withdrew his troops.

But Zhang Yi returned to Shouchun and brought Ding Feng back to Shouchun.Because of the cold weather, Zhang Yi asked the troops to rest.

Originally Zhang Yi wanted to get some warm clothes, but in Xinding, Jiujiang County, the food was just self-sufficient, there was a shortage of poultry, too little down was collected, and there were even fewer beasts. Apart from the immobile cattle, sheep and dogs had long been taken away ate up.

Zhang Yi has ordered the people to raise more animals, and set up official warehouses to buy animal feathers, which will be used to make down jackets and leather jackets in the future.

In mid-December, Zhang Yi suddenly received news that Zhang Xiu had surrendered to Cao Cao again.

"Congratulations to the host, Zhang Xiu's power is gone, and Wang Jian, a famous historical general, will be extracted for the host."

"Wang Jian, a famous Southern Song anti-Yuan general, the commander of Diaoyu City. Wang Jian is now the host's personal guard Dubo."

After Zhang Yi heard it, he was also very curious!He has never heard of this Wang Jian, but Diaoyu City is famous. As the last place in China to resist Yuan and Mongolia, there have been several generations of people in the past few decades. surrender.

Since Wang Jian is the commander of Diaoyu City, his defensive ability should be very strong. Maybe when he fights Jiangdong in the future, he can let Wang Jian defend the Shouchun area.

But since Wang Jian is here, Zhang Yi is not in a hurry to see him.On the contrary, it is about Zhang Xiu's surrender. Since Zhang Xiu surrendered, then Cao Cao should also attack Liu Bei, right?Cao Cao is attacking Liu Bei, does he have to recruit himself?What if he can't make it through then?I'm afraid I can't go there, so go there!He was afraid that Cao Cao would take him directly to fight Yuan Shao.

Tangled ah!Zhang Yi was really entangled, so he found Liu Ye and asked for advice: "Now that Huainan is newly established, there must be no one. Now that Wancheng Zhangxiu has surrendered to Sikong, Sikong can use more troops, and Yuan Bing will not move lightly. , Sikong is bound to crusade against Liu Bei, and he will definitely recruit me to help. If I go to answer the call, I am afraid that I will follow Sikong to the north. If I do not answer the call, I am afraid that Sikong will misunderstand."

After listening to Liu Ye, he immediately understood what Zhang Yi meant. He said, "My lord knows that Huainan is newly settled, and people's hearts are not stable, so he can't compete with Cao Sikong. Therefore, the lord who enlists Liu Bei must answer the call, so as to reassure Cao Sikong's heart. The Northern Expedition against Yuan Shao can be resolved easily. After your lord leaves, we may not be able to scare Sun Ce, so it is reasonable to ask for help from your lord!"

When Zhang Yi heard this, he immediately understood.Liu Ye's intention was to support the bandits to respect themselves. Zhang Yi had also thought about this strategy, but he just didn't know how to implement it.

But Zhang Yi couldn't ask clearly. This kind of thing can only be understood, not explained in words. He can only trust Liu Ye and hope that Liu Ye can handle this matter well.

But he was still a little worried, because no one knew what Liu Ye was thinking.After Liu Ye left, he called Shi Xiu and asked Shi Xiu to keep an eye on Liu Ye, and report quickly if Liu Ye wanted to betray him.

The reason why Shi Xiu was not allowed to kill Liu Ye was because it was very difficult for Shi Xiu to be Liu Ye's opponent.With Liu Ye's resourcefulness, if he betrayed, how could he not guard against Shi Xiu and the others?

Zhang Yi was still in a mess, so he had no choice but to go to the barracks to see how the soldiers were doing.

Zhang Yi's soldiers are drilled by him himself most of the time, but once he has something to do, he will let his own soldiers do the drills.My own soldiers are the ones who have stayed with him the longest, and they know his military training methods from the bottom up.

Here, he also met Wang Jian, and after talking with him, he discovered that although Wang Jian was a general, he was also a scholar and a very thoughtful person.

"Zi Gu (Wang Jian's word, Jian Zhe, Gu Ye!), you are very talented. Among my soldiers, it is a waste of your talent. I want you to go to Pishuifang Fortress to serve as the commander and replace Shang Master and apprentice and Han Tao are back, what do you think?"

Wang Jian clasped his fists and said, "The Pishui Fortress is designed to prevent the enemy from crossing the river, but there is no water army on it, so it may be very difficult to organize the enemy."

"The Pishui river is narrow, there is no good harbor, and it is inconvenient for ships to pass through." Zhang Yi said.

Wang Jian explained: "The Pishui River is too far away from Shouchun, so it can only be used as a moat. I think a navy should be formed on the Huai River. The Huai River is wide enough to deal with the attacks of many armies."

"Zi Gu's words are very true." Zhang Yi agrees, but he also has difficulties, "At this time, Huainan is full of waste, and I'm afraid I don't have the financial resources to build a navy on the Huai River."

Wang Jian said: "My lord is the prefect, but the government order can only be passed in the three counties of Shouchun, Hefei, and Juchao. Wouldn't the world laugh at it?"

Zhang Yi has no choice. He really wants to control the entire Jiujiang County in his hands, but he doesn't have so much food and grass!
"I also know that the lord is short of food, but the lord has [-] soldiers and horses. Although nearly half of them are new recruits, they can be used to make a fuss."

"Oh? How to do it?"

Wang Jian said: "My lord can send me some troops to pretend to be bandits and attack these counties. Then my lord will have an excuse to bring these counties under control."

Zhang Yi heard that this was a good idea, so he gave Wang Jian 5000 people.Wang Jian headed east all the way, sweeping across the counties.

In fact, 5000 people is already a lot for a county seat, even if the private soldiers of the wealthy families in the county add up to only 2000 people.

If it was a few years ago, there might have been more, because they hadn't supported Yuan Shu at that time, and each family had hundreds or thousands of private soldiers.But now, because of Yuan Shu's decline, they have lived up to their former prosperity.

man!Sometimes it is greed, and the same is true for these powerful families.They are already very weak, but they still want to occupy the counties.

Well now, a cruel person has come and wants to drive them all away.

Wang Jian's family broke Wubao, looted the population, transported away food, finances, and books, and then burned Wubao.All the resisting tyrants were killed, and the land occupied by the tyrants was also confiscated by Zhang Yi. Zhang Yi pretended to fight Wang Jian, and then took over the old and young, women and children, finances, and books, and took back the governance rights of the counties. .

After defeating Wang Jian once, he repaired it on the spot and let Wang Jian go to the next county to plunder. Repeatedly, at the end of January, he finally took all the counties into his hands.

The reason why it went so smoothly was because Huainan had suffered too many blows before.Yuan Shu's own bandits, Cao Cao, Lu Bu, and Sun Ce all plundered here, reducing the private soldiers of the powerful by more than half.

Coupled with the rampant banditry, Zheng Bao, Lei Bo, Chen Lan, Zhang Duo, Xu Gan and others also often plundered.

(End of this chapter)