Liu Cong was unwilling to take risks, which was exactly what Lu Su wanted, so Lu Su relied on the lake area to prepare for a fierce battle with Liu Cong here. Therefore, the north of Chaisang gradually quieted down. Compared with the relative calm of Chaisang, the battle in Nanchang can be described as tragic. Liu Pan, Zhang Jaw, Xu Shu and others led 30,000 elite soldiers from Linxiang City all the way to the east, and almost encountered little resistance. This is due to the prestige that Liu Pan established in Changsha in the early years.

At that time, Liu Pan led Huang Zhong and crossed the border several times to invade Ai County and Xi'an in Yuzhang County. It gave Sun Ce a headache. So he divided Haiduan and Jianchang into six counties on the left and right, with Donglai Tai Shici as the commander of Jianchang, governed Haiduan and supervised the generals to resist Liu Pan together.

Now Tai Shici has long since died, and Jiangdong's fierce general Zhou Tai has also died. Liu Pan's courage is famous in the counties, plus a very brave open jaw, so the counties along the way almost fled from the wind! If it weren't for Lu Su to let Lu Meng garrison Nanchang in time, I am afraid that Liu Pan would have captured Nanchang and marched towards Chaisang at this time.

Obviously, Lu Meng is an opponent with enough weight! When Lü Meng was young, he crossed the Yangtze River south and attached himself to his brother-in-law Deng Dang. When Deng was Sun Ce's general, he conquered Shanyue several times. Lü Meng was only sixteen years old, and he also fought with Deng Dang privately. Later, when Deng Dang found out, he was shocked, and he couldn't stop it. After returning from the battle, Deng Dang told Lu's mother about it. Lü's mother was very angry and wanted to punish him, Lü Meng said: "It is difficult to live in this poor life, maybe you can get the merit and get rich." Besides, if you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you get the tiger? His mother took pity on him and forgave him.

In the fifth year of Jian'an, Sun Ce was assassinated at the age of 26. Sun Quan took over the reins and wanted to select those young generals who had fewer troops and could not play much of a role, and adjusted and merged their subordinates. After Lu Meng heard this, he knew that after the merger of the troops, it would be even more difficult for him to make a difference.

So, he found a way to get items on credit, made crimson clothes and leggings for his subordinates, and stepped up training. When Sun Quan inspected, Lü Meng's soldiers and horses were "displayed impressively, and the soldiers practiced", and Sun Quan was very happy when he saw it, thinking that he had managed the army well. Instead of reducing his troops, he increased his troops.

In the ninth year of Jian'an, Sun Quan crusaded against Huang Zu, defeated Huang Zu's army, and learned of the Shanyue Incident in Danyang, Yuzhang, and Luling counties. Sun Quan led the army back, and Lü Meng accompanied the army to conquer. To Yuzhang County, Sun Quan ordered the capture of the general Lü Fanping Poyang (now northeast of Boyang, Jiangxi), the general Cheng Pu to attack Le'an (now the northeast of Dexing, Jiangxi), and the Jianchang Governor Taishi Cifu to govern Haiyang (now Yongxiudong, Jiangxi).

At the same time, Lü Meng and other subordinates Sima Huanggai, Han Dang, Zhou Tai and others led troops to guard the danger and served as the county commander or county magistrate in the most active area of Shanyue. Lü Meng and the generals followed Sun Quan's deployment and each used force to pacify the Shanyue people who had rebelled in their own area. Lü Meng was appointed as the governor of Pingbei and concurrently served as the chief of Guangde.

In the thirteenth year of Jian'an, Sun Quan sent troops to attack Xiakou, and Lü Meng went out with the army. Huang Zu, the Taishou of Jiangxia County, ordered to use the Mengchong warship to block the mouth (the mouth of the Yangtze River from the Han River), and used a large brown rope to tie a boulder as a cone to fix the ship's position, and more than 1,000 people used bows and crossbows to block the river, and the attack of the Wu army was blocked.

Sun Quan ordered the generals Dong Xi and Sima Lingtong to lead a hundred death squads, wearing heavy armor, and rushed to the side of the Mengchong ship by a large boat. When Huang Zu saw Sun Quan's soldiers coming, Huang Zu hurriedly sent Chen Liang, the governor of the navy, to lead his troops to counterattack, and Lü Meng led the forward troops, took the lead in the battle formation, and personally killed Chen Zu.

Sun's army took advantage of the victory by land and water, defeated Liu Qi on the river, and then besieged Shaxian City. Sun Quan's army stormed, conquered the city, and slaughtered it. Huang Zu fled alone, if Liu Cong hadn't arrived in time, I was afraid that Huang Zu, Liu Qi and others would have died on the spot, and then Sun Quan. Although Sun Quan was defeated and fled in embarrassment, Sun Quan thought that Lü Meng had made great contributions to this battle, and rewarded Lü Meng after returning to Wu County.

It can be said that in Jiangdong Lu Meng's bravery, he is comparable to Huang Gai and Cheng Pu, and he is only slightly inferior to Zhou Yu and Lu Su in terms of strategy. Sun Quan is naturally very important. With the death of Zhou Yu, Lü Meng's position in Jiangdong became more and more important, and then he was promoted to the Taishou of Lujiang.

Of course, speaking of Lü Meng, it is natural not to mention the story of Sun Quan's persuasion, Lü Meng is well-known to future generations and is also from Wuxia Ameng, "Shibei should be impressed for three days". Therefore, Lu Su is now guarding Chaisang, and Liu Cong naturally asked Sun Quan to come to Lumeng as soon as possible.

Originally, in Lu Su's plan, Lu Meng was the best candidate to garrison Hukou, with Lu Meng on the commander side and Zhou Tai on the side of the fierce general, which should be a better combination. But it backfired, Liu Cong marched on two roads, and Liu Pan's invasion by land was unimpeded, and Lu Su had to urgently transfer Lu Meng to guard Nanchang!

Although Lu Su's move made Zhou Tai, Cheng Pu and tens of thousands of Jiangdong soldiers die in Huangquan, the so-called loss of the horse, and Lü Meng's safety in the southeast of Chaisang in Nanchang can be regarded as a great consolation. Moreover, in terms of strategic location, Nanchang is also far more important than Hukou.

After breaking the mouth of the lake, Liu Cong's Jingzhou Navy still had to make a detour to Saihu Lake in order to enter Chaisang as soon as possible. And Nanchang is the seat of Yuzhang County, once Nanchang is forced, Chaisang's land support will be cut off, and the entire Yuzhang will fall into the hands of Liu Cong.

In fact, Lü Meng is best at attacking cities, just last year, Cao Cao sent Zhu Guang, the Taishou of Lujiang, to cultivate land and plant rice in the area of Anhui City (now Qianshan, Anhui) in order to enrich the army rations. He also sent spies to recruit the bandit leaders in the Poyang area as an internal response.

Lü Meng believed that "the fields in Anhui County are fertile, and if there is a bumper grain harvest, their soldiers will increase, so that after a few years, Cao Cao's advantages will be revealed, and Anhui County should be taken as soon as possible." Sun Quan took his advice. In May, heavy rains swelled the rivers; In the leap month, Sun Quan led his army up the river and attacked Wancheng.

Zhu Guang gathered the troops to hold on to the city. Sun Quan asked the generals, who wanted to build earth mountains and buy siege equipment. Lü Meng said: "It takes many days to complete the construction of siege equipment and piles of earth. By that time, the enemy's city defenses have been consolidated, reinforcements will surely come, and we will not be able to capture the city of Anhui.

Besides, our army came with a lot of rain and heavy water, and if we stay for a long time, the water will gradually recede, and we will encounter difficulties on the way back to our army, which I think will be very dangerous. Now it seems that this city will not be very strong, and the morale of our three armies is high, and they can be conquered quickly by attacking from all sides, and then returning to the army while the water has not retreated, which is the strategy of a complete victory. ”

Sun Quan took this suggestion. Lü Meng recommended the general Zhou Tai as the governor of the city, led the elite soldiers, and launched a fierce attack from dawn. Lü Meng beat drums and cheered, Zhou Tai took the lead, Lü Meng followed the city with the elite, and in just one meal, he broke the city, captured Zhu Guang, and captured tens of thousands of people.

Zhang Liao, the general of Cao Wei stationed in Hefei, asked Hefei to be in an emergency, and hurriedly led his troops to help, to Jiashi (now north of Tongcheng, Anhui), and heard that Anhui City had been lost, so he had to retreat. It can be seen that Lü Meng has his own unique ability in siege. But there is something common between offense and defense.

So although Liu Pan and Zhang Jaw were menacing all the way, they eased up as soon as they arrived in Nanchang. Although the military advisor Xu Shu gave Liu Pan a lot of strategies, Zhang Jaw also continued to call for battle under the city, at the beginning there were military generals in the city to fight, and later after Zhang Jaw injured a few people, Lu Meng just couldn't hold out.

Liu Pan only had 30,000 horses, and the number of soldiers from various counties and counties collected along the way was less than 35,000, so he could not encircle Nanchang City. So despite Liu Cong's repeated urgings, Liu Pan couldn't help Lu Meng. On the contrary, Lü Meng continued to recruit troops in Nanchang City, watching the enemy fight more and more. It can really be said that you will meet good talents, and you will be equal. If it is replaced by an ordinary battle, Liu Pan can also be calm. But it was about the siege of Chaisang, the plan to attack Wu, and Liu Cong repeatedly urged Liu Pan to be in a hurry, so he wrote to Liu Cong hoping to send more manpower.

Liu Cong was in trouble when he received Liu Pan's letter, and the Jingzhou infantry could still allocate tens of thousands of people, but at that time they were prepared for Cao Cao's attack. If it moves without permission, once Cao Cao's army shifts its target and directly targets Jingzhou, Jingzhou's air defense is afraid that it will suffer a big loss. Moreover, far water could not quench the thirst of the near, and those infantry might be able to catch up when they continued to advance eastward in the future, so as to offset Sun Quan's constant reinforcements.

But if you don't reinforce Nanchang, you and Gan Ning will be blocked in the lake area north of Chaisang City, and the siege of Chaisang will become far away! Sun Quan won't give himself too much time in Chaisang, and neither will Cao Cao! Once Cao Cao took Hanzhong, Liu Cong would be even more unable to draw troops from Jingzhou.

"Lord, can you do some work from the Shanyue people?" Fa Zheng saw that the lord had been frowning for the past few days, so he suggested.

"Yamagoe?"

Shanyue is the general name of the mountainous people who were widely distributed in Jiangdong during this period, covering Huiji, Wujun, Danyang, Lujiang and Yuzhang, and is an ethnic group formed by the indigenous descendants of the ancient Yue people as the core and gradually integrating into the Han immigrants. It is a branch of Baiyue, and according to its literal meaning, it originally referred to the ancient Yue people who lived in the mountains.

Due to the ethnic integration since the Qin and Han dynasties, Shanyue has not much different from the Han people, including some Han people who entered the mountains because of escaping the ** service. Therefore, although Shanyue is called by race, it is actually a mixture of ethnic groups distributed in the southern mountains, among which there are Han and Yue elements, so they are also called "mountain people".

Shanyue is mainly agricultural, planting grains, and because "the mountains produce copper and iron", they often "cast their own armor". They were scattered in large numbers, lived in small clusters, were good at practicing martial arts, and relied on mountain dangers to form armed groups, whose leaders had many titles such as "handsome", "big handsome", "zongshuai", and so on, and were in a semi-independent state for the central feudal power.

Sun's initial determination in Jiangdong, there are many mountains in the territory, and the distribution is very wide. They often united with local "clans" (local armed groups organized on the basis of clan villages) and became a problem for the Sun-Wu regime.

In the third year of Han Jian'an (198), Yuan Shu sent people to use the seal ribbon and Danyang (now Xuancheng, Anhui) Zong Shuai Zulang, etc., to make it exciting Shanyue, and the army was united, trying to attack Sun Ce together, but for Sun Ce to break it. In order to consolidate the political power and plunder the labor force and soldiers, Sun Quan dispatched generals to pacify Shanyue from the time he was in power in the fifth year of Jian'an.

In the eighth year of Jian'an, Sun Quan went west to conquer Huangzu, and when he was about to break the city, Shanyue revived, seriously threatening Sun Wu's rear and forcing Sun Quan to withdraw his troops. Since then, Sun Quan has hated these Shanyue, and then sent large armies to exterminate them everywhere several times. However, the survival of the people in this mountain is like a tenacious grass, and the spring breeze blows and grows!

When the army pressed the border, they hid in the old forest, and when Sun Quan retreated, they came back to the mountains to make trouble!

Although Shanyue, which is now entrenched in the Poyang area, is not as good as before, if it is used, it can disrupt the deployment of Lusu, Lümeng, and even the entire Jiangdong. Especially for Nanchang, which has not been attacked for a long time, if Shanyue is willing to send troops to cut off Lümeng's grain route and reinforcements from the south, it will be a great blow to the defenders in Nanchang City!

Of course, Shanyue is also a double-edged sword, if you want to ask them for help, you must promise benefits, money and food are indispensable. If the mountains in the area are made bigger and bigger, and Liu Cong occupies Yuzhang in the future, then these people may become a potential threat to Liu Cong! Moreover, Shanyue's combat effectiveness is weak, if Sun Quan is fully prepared and can send heavy troops to sweep up, maybe he can get a lot of soldiers!