Chapter 232: Zhang Hong's return
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If Zhang Xiu's Chu State Sealing Ceremony is too simple, then Sun Quan's Wu State Sealing Ceremony can only be described as hasty.
The enemy pressed the border, and there was still controversy over whether the Sun group was immediately ordered to seal the country. However, in the end, Sun Quan still decided to enter the throne of King Wu, so as not to lose the momentum of King Zhang Xiuchu.
After all, the difference in strength between Zhang Xiu and Sun Quan is obvious, if Zhang Xiu loses again in momentum, then just relying on those old subordinates left by his eldest brother, Sun Quan does not think that he can fight against Zhang Xiu, who now has many soldiers and enough food.
Therefore, regardless of the opposition of the patriarch Zhang Zhao, Sun Quan immediately announced the throne of King Wu after worshipping his deceased brother and father, and copied the edict of the Chan State brought back from Chang'an and distributed it to the three counties of Yuzhang and the Jingnan region, and at the same time set up a hundred officials, declared Zhang Xiu's Chu State to be the enemy country of Wu State, and wrote Zhang Xiu's suppression of the Huainan clan's bloody massacre of Jiangdong Shimin and other crimes as a text to spread to all counties and counties, calling on the army and people of Jingnan Yuzhang to resist the enemy wholeheartedly.
Just when Sun Quan was anxious about setting up the civil and military hundred officials of the Wu State, requisitioning troops and horses from various counties and counties, and repairing the city defense of Nanchang, the news of Jiang Qin's defeat and death in Peng Ze came to make the situation worse for Wu Guoxue, who was already not optimistic.
After Sun Quan heard the news that Jiang Qin was shot by Tai Shici and that the main force of Wu was gone, his eyes immediately went black, and he almost fainted. It's not that he's too poorly handled, it's that the pressure of these days is too great. In the past, it was his father Sun Jian and eldest brother Sun Ce who took care of things, but now the burden is all on his shoulders Sun Quan alone, and he Sun Quan is only an eighteen-year-old young man this year, and this pressure cannot but be said to be heavy for him.
At present, although Sun Quan controls the territory of Yuzhang and Jingnan, a total of seven counties, in terms of land area, Sun Quan's Wu State is larger than Zhang Xiu's Chu State, but if you talk about the degree of development and population of the region, Yuzhang and Jingnan are more than one or two levels behind Huainan and Jiangdong.
To describe it in four words, the biggest feature of Wu is that it is a vast land and few people!
After all, because of the war in the Central Plains in recent years, many northerners have gone to the south to survive. Although the proportion of the population in the southern region is still less than that in the northern region, the population is already considerable, but the population of these northern migrants is mainly concentrated in Jiangdong, Bashu, Jingbei, which are three areas that are convenient to reach and have a good geographical environment.
Therefore, although Sun Quan currently sits on the land of Yuzhang and the seven counties of Jingnan, its population is not even comparable to the five counties of Jiangdong in Zhang Xiu, let alone the number of soldiers and horses. Zhang Xiu's Chu State now has nearly 400,000 people with armor, and in terms of quantity, it is already the existence of the Jin State second only to Yuan Shao. And because of Zhang Xiu's national policies such as recuperation, raising the people and fighting less, and naturalizing Shanyue, this number will definitely continue to grow in the future.
As for Sun Quan, there are now only 30,000 Jiangdong soldiers, 20,000 or 30,000 Yuzhang soldiers, more than 10,000 Huang Zu's Jiangxia troops, 50,000 or 60,000 Jingnan soldiers, and 30,000 newly recruited soldiers in the past year, which add up to less than 150,000 horses.
And what you must know is that Zhang Xiu's soldiers and horses brought by Sun Quan this time are enough for 1670,000!
Now in the battle of Peng Ze, although his side has prepared in advance, there are still many places that he did not expect, and Zhang Xiujun's plan is thorough, and he has lost a general Jiang Qin, not to mention, and has also put in 10,000 Jiangdong disciples, 10,000 Jingnan soldiers and Yuzhang soldiers, and 5,000 new troops each.
As a result, Sun Quan's subordinates now have only 120,000 horses. Excluding the soldiers and horses that need to be garrisoned and garrisoned in various passes, Sun Quan's available soldiers are only 80,000. And half of these 80,000 are still on the way from the counties of Jingnan.
With only 40,000 horses on hand, Sun Quan's choice could only shrink in Yuzhang County to govern Nanchang City and wait for help. However, there is no way to deal with the uprisings and defections of the surrounding cities and counties.
The more than 90,000 Chu troops personally led by Zhang Xiu drove directly to Nanchang City in the shortest possible time. The biggest credit for this is still due to the current Chu State Grand Situ - Hua Xin.
With this former Yuzhang Taishou, who won the hearts of the people, he led the army in front, and all the counties and cities where the Chu army passed were all surrendered. Many of these county governors of Yuzhang County are former subordinates of Hua Xin, and there are also many county commanders and county lieutenants installed by the Sun family, but the time that the Sun family occupied Yuzhang County is still too short, and the foundation is not stable at all. The disparity in the power of Wu and Chu, coupled with Hua Xin's appeasement, and the common desire of the people, these county commanders and county lieutenants of the Sun clan could only be tied up and surrendered.
After receiving sufficient civilian labor and nearby grain and grass support, Zhang Xiu and the generals of the Chu army naturally knew how to use the fighters, so they quickly drove the troops south and directly surrounded Nanchang City.
When the battle of Nanchang was about to start, a group of people dressed as traders took advantage of the siege of the Chu army to advance Nanchang City.
Half an hour later, Zhang Hong, who was still dressed as a businessman, walked quickly into the palace of King Wu, that is, the former Taishou Mansion of Yuzhang County.
At this time, the palace of King Wu was arguing, and the main battle faction led by Han Dang and Zhou Tai hoped that Sun Quan would take advantage of the unstable foothold of the Chu army to go out of the city for a decisive battle. The conservatives led by Zhang Zhao asked Sun Quan to temporarily avoid Zhang Xiu's edge, abandon Nanchang City first, and flee west to the Jingnan area. As for Sun Ben and others, they advised Sun Quan to stick to the city and wait for help.
All parties are reasonable, and they all have tough attitudes, even if Sun Quan is scheming, he will be buzzing with noise for a while.
But when everyone was arguing, there was a doorman who shouted: "Mr. East has arrived!" ”
Sun Quan was young, and his Wenchen generals were all Sun Quan's uncles and uncles no matter which age, especially Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong were the oldest, and their reputation was the most, so Sun Quan called Zhang Zhao Zhang Gong and Zhang Hong as the east, in order to show respect for the two.
Today's Sun Quan is not like in history, under the protection and training of his elder brother, he has cultivated the spirit of a king, or is like an ordinary general, the children of the powerful men are more light and polite, so the etiquette system of the Wu State is very easy to simplify. If it is a civil and military general close to the lord, they can enter the hall without a report and only need to roll call.
Although Zhang Hong left Sun Quan for more than a year for some reason, and during this time, Sun Quan also had his own guards, but the old Jiangdong people all knew this great talent, so it was normal for Zhang Hong to go directly to the palace to see Sun Quan all the way unimpeded.
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