After the end of the water battle on the Yangtze River, the potters collected the defeated soldiers of the Yuan army and prepared to return to the wet dock, but at this time, a soldier from the school office came to report, saying that Yuan Shu had fled back to the camp, and even the defeated soldiers under his command could not be collected, and the camp was raised, and the panic rushed to the west to evacuate.

The potter knew in his heart the reason for Yuan's withdrawal, and the failure of the water war was only a superficial phenomenon.

The important thing is that Liu Biao must have sent a large army to conquer Nanyang County, and the foundation of Yuan Shu's family was taken by Liu Biao, not to mention that he is plotting Yangzhou, and even whether the grain road to Jiangnan can be kept smooth is between the two theories.

But judging from Liu Biao's steady style of doing things, either he doesn't make a move, and once he makes a move, he will definitely be nine out of ten, even if Yuan Shu goes back this time, if he wants to recapture Nanyang County, I'm afraid there is not much hope.

The largest county in the Eastern Han Dynasty, with a population of more than 2 million, was finally taken away from Yuan Shu.

The potter didn't know if he should write a letter to Yuan Shu to express his condolences.

Thoughts belong to ideas, but since the enemy has run away, he naturally can't sit and watch, at least he can't let Yuan Shu run so comfortably.

After the potters sent Xu Chu and Xu Huang to lead an army to attack Yuan Shu, they gathered their troops and horses and returned to Jinling City.

Although Yuan Shu was won in this battle, the Jinling army also suffered a lot of damage and needed to rest well.

However, after this battle, the Jinling Army gained relatively rare experience in warfare, both in land and water warfare, and the soldiers' war capability began to turn to maturity and moved to a new height in terms of combat effectiveness.

After returning to Jinling City, the potters summoned the leaders of the water thieves who had made great contributions to the war.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the military strength of the assassins and county guards in many places greatly expanded, but due to the low official positions and status, even if the government was opened, it was impossible to set up more official positions and positions in the government.

However, the end of the Han Dynasty was different from other periods, because of the needs of war, it was necessary to continuously expand the strength of the personnel under his command, in order to give these additional personnel the corresponding official positions, so in the local county government institutions in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, there were many Taishou who set up their own miscellaneous captains or miscellaneous generals.

Today, the potter set the names of the miscellaneous captains for these water thieves one by one.

The potter held a grand commendation meeting for the leaders of the water thieves.

At the meeting, the potters gave these water thief leaders a mess, except for Zhou Tai was appointed as the captain of Pingyu, Gan Ning was appointed as the captain of Zhichong, Jiang Qin was appointed as the captain of the west, and the rest of the Liu Zhai Lord, Guan Zhai Lord, and Wang Zhai were appointed one after another Why Fengye Lieutenant, Zhengyi Lieutenant, Deputy Military Lieutenant, Captain of Destroying Kou, Captain Zhongyi, Captain Xielu, and there are miscellaneous and bits and pieces.

After the official position is appointed, the next most important thing is to let them lead their respective soldiers and horses to the county and station independently.

This was something that the potters had promised them in advance before the war, and Tao Ying had no intention of breaking the contract.

When the leaders of the water thieves heard that the potters had really begun to fulfill their promises, they couldn't help but be overjoyed, and their big snots were foaming with joy.

Only Gan Ning, Zhou Tai, and Jiang Qin did not want to go to the county seat for independence, and the three of them expressed their willingness to join the official and military system of Danyang County with the soldiers under their command, and accept the deployment and appointment of the officials.

For Gan Ning, Zhou Tai, and Jiang Qin's down-mindedness, the potters expressed their great appreciation - they are really different from ordinary water thief leaders, and they are really good generals who are trustworthy and reused.

As for the rest of the bandits...... Huh.

The potter took out a map and pointed out to the other bandit leaders that they needed to go to the county seat where they were stationed, and most of the garrisons were concentrated near the county towns of Anxian, Dantu, Qu'a, Biling, Wucheng, and Fuchun.

The thieves couldn't help but be overjoyed when they saw this, and nodded to the potters one by one, thanking Dade, and calling Long live One Piece.

The person who accompanied the potters to divide the land for these thieves was Chen Deng.

Chen Yuanlong saw the area where the potters had divided the bandits to the bandits, and his heart moved slightly, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly.

None of the county towns where the potters arranged garrisons for these water thief leaders were in the territory of Danyang County!

These county seats, all of which are the jurisdiction of Wu County, the county of Danyang County!

What is this situation?

After the water thieves were grateful to Dade for retreating, Chen Deng hurriedly inquired to the potter.

"Tao Fujun, none of the county towns you assigned to those water thieves are the territory of our Danyang County, all of them are subordinate counties of Wu County, if you do this, how can Wu County be too good at abiding by the Shengxian? Besides, you are just Danyang Taishou, and you are only at the same level as Sheng Xian in terms of official position...... If you act like this, if Sheng Xian goes to the court and rumors the world, it seems to be detrimental to the reputation of the king. ”

The pottery merchant smiled slightly, tapped the table with his hand, and said: "Originally, Tao's practice was a trespassing, but after the battle between the water of the Whisker Dock and the Yangtze River, Tao and Liu Biao fought to retreat 100,000 people from Yuan Shu, and they already stood out among all the county guards in the world, and they had some prestige...... Yangzhou Assassin Chen Wen was killed by Yuan Shu, now the position of Yangzhou Assassin is vacant, and Tao defeated Yuan Shu, it is equivalent to avenging the blood of Yangzhou Assassin Chen Wen, to put it arrogantly, with my achievements in defeating Yuan Shu this time, in Danyang, Lujiang, Huiji, Wu County, Yuzhang and other places, it is enough to be called the first county guard of Yangzhou, and the limelight is prosperous, with my current military merits and prestige, instead of the temporarily vacant Yangzhou Assassin History, to the counties to insert people, even if the county guards are not convinced, they will never dare to disobey the slightest...... After all, the strength is in front of them, which of them can compare their strength with Yuan Shu? Who dares to make a mistake? ”

Chen Deng is a smart person, the potter talked about this, how can he not understand the potter's thoughts at this moment?

Yuan Shu killed Chen Wen, Yangzhou assassination history is vacant, now belongs to the power vacuum period, the period of their own affairs, pottery merchants take advantage of this time period to make benefits in Yangzhou, it is also the right time.

This young man wanted to take advantage of this great victory in defeating Yuan Shu to start extending his hand from Danyang County to the surrounding areas.

His desire was greater than before.

He is now the same as Yuan Shu...... also want to control Yangzhou.

But what is even more clever than Yuan Shu is that Yuan Shu controls Yangzhou by force, while the pottery merchant wants to go by name.

A gentleman is really different from a violent man.

Among the counties of Yangzhou, although Yuzhang Taishou Zhuge Xuan was close to Yuan Shu, but this time Yuan Shu was defeated, and his power shrank, Zhuge Xuan was not a fool, and he was afraid that he would be cautious in the future to draw a clear line with Yuan Shu, and his nephew Zhuge Liang is now a nominal master and apprentice with the pottery merchant.

Zhuge Xuan, whether it is because of the political trend in Yangzhou or because of his relatives, even if he does not support what the potters do in Yangzhou, he will definitely not and dare not oppose it;

And Huiji Taishou Wang Lang, who was originally a scholar who went out from Xuzhou, in name, and Xuzhou Tao Qian can be regarded as breaking bones and tendons, at least the pottery merchant is not too excessive, Wang Lang must also turn a blind eye.

Lujiang County and Jiujiang County are still in Yuan Shu's hands for the time being, so let's leave it alone.

Then only Wu County is unknown.

In this way, the potters first took the water thief leaders as a temptation and sent them to the county seat of Wu County to station independently, ostensibly to indulge the thieves' investors, but in fact they were attacking the layout of Shengxian.

It's a good move.

The potter's idea was indeed as Chen Deng thought, but he sent the water thieves to the county seat under the jurisdiction of Wu County, and he actually had some other ideas.

Since ancient times, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces are an indispensable whole and economic and cultural belt in the south, Jiangsu and Zhejiang cover an area of more than 200,000 square kilometers, and are typical plain river network areas, and there are tens of thousands of rivers of different sizes crisscrossing the river beach wetlands, which can be described as a natural moat.

All according to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, that is, it controls the entire waterway in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

In this era, the territory of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces is basically included in the two counties of Danyang County and Wu County, Danyang County contains most of the later Jiangsu Province, which is firmly grasped by the potters at this moment, and the Wu County of Zhejiang Province, the potters will naturally not let go.

As long as the territory belonging to Wu County and Danyang County is taken, plus Xuzhou, the power of the Tao clan is at least not as good as Yuan Shao, who will unify the four states of Hebei in the future, but at least it can be attacked and defended, and it can be bullied.

Now is a great opportunity.

However, Chen Deng raised a concern about the potter.

"If the so-called name is not right, it is not good."

Chen Deng said to Tao Shang: "Yangzhou Assassin Chen Wen is dead, there is no Assassin History in Yangzhou, although the prince can take advantage of this time to rely on military merits in Yangzhou, but you don't forget, this vacancy in Yangzhou Assassin History will not always be missing, and the imperial court will appoint someone to take over Yangzhou sooner or later...... It's like Liu Biao riding into Jingzhou. ”

The potter wasn't in a hurry, he just smiled inscrutablely.

Even if he is as smart as Chen Deng, he can't help but be a little dazed by his expression.

Why is this expression so unpolished? …… It's as if he has the ability to predict the unknown, it's too pretending!

Chen Deng guessed correctly, the potter is an unpredictable prophet, and he wants to pretend to be forced.

Because he just knows who this person who succeeded Chen Wen as the assassin of Yangzhou.

The traverser is invincible in this regard.

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Donghai County, Huaipu County.

Huaipu County is the former residence of Chen Deng's family, and the Huaipu Chen family is the first scholar family in Xuzhou.

But when it comes to honor, it is not the Chen family, just because in Huaipu County, there is another respected family, although its influence among the scholars is not as good as the Chen family, but when it comes to the respect of the gateway, it is far above the Huaipu Chen family.

But this family is not a scholar family, and this family has a more famous name than the scholar family.

Han clan relatives!

Liu Miao lived in Huaipu County, his ancestors were Liu Fei, the king of Qi Mourning, and Liu Wei, the marquis of Muping, and his elder brother was Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou, who had just been killed by the Qingzhou Yellow Turban some time ago.

Liu Miao has already been out of office, in the early years, he was recruited by Sikong Mansion as a subordinate, except for the imperial history, but the pattern in the capital is too complicated, plus his brother Liu Dai is one of the princes who oppose Dong Zhuo, Liu Miao for the sake of his own life, did not go to the capital to take office.

From this point of view, Liu Xuan's approach is still very correct.

Otherwise, his fate is likely to be as miserable as that of Yuan Kui, Er Yuan's uncle - he was directly chopped up by Dong Zhuo and fed to the dog.

thought that in this world of great contention, he would never have any chance to go out of the mountain, Liu Xuan's mentality has become very peaceful in recent years, the wind is light, and he can see through the red dust.

But it is clear that the imperial court has not forgotten him, a member of the Han family.

Following the death of Liu Dai in Yanzhou for the crusade against the Yellow Turban, the imperial court's edict immediately came to Huaipu and ordered Liu Miao to be the assassin of Yangzhou.

Even though Liu Dai was once a prince who opposed Dong Zhuo, his death was due to the conquest of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban thieves, although he belonged to the hostile camp, but there were some things on the scene, Dong Zhuo still had to do enough.

It is not a trivial matter for the Han clan to die in the line of duty, even if Dong Zhuo is to block the mouth of the world's scholars, but also to stabilize the royal family surnamed Liu in the world, or to a certain extent, to give the emperor Liu Xie a little thin face, even if the old thief is no longer willing, it still makes Liu Zhuo the second great feudal official after Liu Dai among the descendants of Huiwang Liu Fei.

After the edict reached Liu Xuan's hands, the heart of the Han clan, who had seen through the red dust, suddenly became active again.

Let's let the red dust be a companion of the chic and chic.

The work of the feudal officials is obviously more attractive to Liu Miao than going to Beijing to serve.

It's time to take office – it's a must!