Sun Ce went south to Yuzhang, Yuzhang Taishou Huaxin surrendered, and Sun Ce won Yuzhang County.

and defeated the invading Liu Qi troops, and went north to defeat Huang Zu. In December, when the army was exhausted, Sun Ce withdrew.

However, it was said that Zhang Yi returned to Shouchun and also brought Ding Feng back to Shouchun. Because of the cold weather, Zhang Yi asked the armies to repair.

Originally, Zhang Yi wanted to get some warm clothes, but Jiujiang County was newly determined, the grain was just self-sufficient, there was a lack of poultry, too little down was collected, and there were even fewer beasts, except for the immovable ploughing cattle, sheep and dogs had already been eaten.

Zhang Yi has ordered the people to raise more poultry and beasts, and set up an official warehouse to purchase poultry feathers and animal hair, which have been made into down jackets and leather jackets in the future.

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

"Congratulations to the host, Zhang Xiu's forces are dying out, and the historical general Wang Jian is drawn for the host."

"Wang Jian, a famous general of the Southern Song Dynasty, the commander of Diaoyu City. Wang Jian is now the host of the guard. ”

After Zhang Yi heard it, he was also very curious! He really hasn't heard of this Wang Jian, but Diaoyu City is famous, as China's last place to resist Yuan and Meng, there are several stubbles of people in the past few decades, if it weren't for the destruction of the Southern Song Dynasty in the end, Diaoyu City may not have surrendered.

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 was Zhang Xiu's surrender, since Zhang Xiu surrendered, then Cao Cao should also crusade against Liu Bei, right? Cao Cao has crusaded against Liu Bei, does he have to recruit himself over? What if he can't get over it then? I'm afraid it won't work if you don't go over, let's go over! He was afraid that Cao Cao would take him directly to fight Yuan Shao.

Tangled! Zhang Yi was really entangled, so he found Liu Ye and asked: "Now that Huainan is newly determined, there must be no owner." Now Wancheng Zhang Xiu has surrendered to Sikong, the number of troops that Sikong can use has increased, and Yuan Bing will not move lightly, Sikong will inevitably 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 have to go north with Sikong. If it should not be called, it may be misunderstood. ”

After Liu Ye listened, he immediately knew what Zhang Yi meant, and he said: "The lord knows that Huainan is newly determined, and the people's hearts are unstable, so he can't compete with Cao Sikong. Therefore, the lord of Liu Bei must be called to calm Cao Sikong's heart. And the matter of Yuan Shao in the northern expedition is very easy to resolve, and after the lord leaves, I am afraid that we will not be able to deter Sun Ce, and it is reasonable to ask the lord for help at that time! ”

When Zhang Yi heard this, he immediately understood. Liu Ye means to raise self-respect, this strategy Zhang Yi has also thought about, but he doesn't know how to implement it.

But Zhang Yi can't ask clearly, this kind of thing can only be understood, not spoken, he can only believe Liu Ye and hope that Liu Ye can handle this matter well.

However, he was still a little uneasy, because no one knew what Liu Ye was thinking. After he waited for Liu Ye to leave, he found Shi Xiu and asked Shi Xiu to keep an eye on Liu Ye, and once Liu Ye wanted to betray him, he would quickly report it.

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

Zhang Yi was still in a mess in his heart, so he had to go to the barracks to see how the military training was doing.

Zhang Yi's soldiers practiced most of the time in person, but once he had something, he handed it over to his own soldiers to practice. These personal soldiers are the ones who have stayed with him the longest, and they know his training methods well.

Here, he also met Wang Jian, and after talking, he found out that although Wang Jian is a military general, he is also a scholar and a person with great ideas.

"Zigu (Wang Jian's word, Jian, Guye!) You are very talented, and among my own soldiers, it is a waste of your talent. I want you to go to Weishui Fortress to be the commander, and replace Master Shang and Han Tao back, I don't know what you think? ”

Wang Jian clenched his fists and said: "The Weishui Fortress is to prevent the enemy from crossing the river, but there is no naval army on it, and it may be very difficult to organize the enemy. ”

"The Weishui channel is narrow, there is no good port, and it is inconvenient for ships to pass." Zhang Yi said.

Wang Jian explained: "The water is too far away from Shouchun and can only be used as a moat. I think we should form a naval army above Huaishui, which is wide enough to deal with the attacks of many large armies. ”

"What Zigu said is extremely true." Zhang Yi agreed, but he also had difficulties, "At this time, Huainan is in ruins, and I am afraid that there is no financial resources to form a naval army on top of Huaishui." ”

Wang Jian said: "The lord and noble are too guarded, but the government decree can only be passed in Shouchun, Hefei, and Juchao counties, doesn't it make the world laugh?" ”

Zhang Yi has no choice, he really wants to completely control the entire Jiujiang County, but there is not so much grain and grass!

"I also know that there is not enough food in the hands of the lord, but there are 30,000 soldiers and horses in the hands of the lord, although nearly half of them are newly surrendered, they can also use this to make a fuss."

"Oh? How? ”

Wang Jian said: "The lord can transfer some men and horses to me to pretend to be bandits to attack these county seats, and then the lord will have an excuse to take these county towns under his rule." ”

When Zhang Yi heard this, this was a good idea, so he gave Wang Jian 5,000 people. Wang Jian went all the way to the east and swept across the counties.

Five thousand people is actually a lot for a county seat, even the private soldiers of the wealthy families in the county add up to only one or two thousand people.

If it had been placed a few years ago, it might have been more, because at that time they had not yet supported Yuan Shu, and each family had hundreds or thousands of private soldiers. But now, because of the decline of Yuan Shu, they have lived up to the strength of the year.

O man! Sometimes it's greed, and so are these powerful families. They are already weak, but they still want to occupy the counties.

Well, now, a ruthless man has arrived, and he wants to kill them all.

Wang Jian's family broke the fort one by one, plundered the population, transported food, finances, and books, and then burned the fort. The resisting Haoqiang were all killed, and the land occupied by Haoqiang was also confiscated by Zhang Yi, who then pretended to have a big battle with Wang Jian, and then took over the old and young, women and children, finances, and books, and took back the governance of each county.

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

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

In addition, bandits are rampant, Zheng Bao, Lei Bo, Chen Lan, Zhang Duo, Xu Gan and others often plunder.