Liu Ye learned that Sun Ce had withdrawn from several counties, in addition to sending the navy to send people to Chaisang City to station, he still carried out the plan step by step, and the troops advanced alternately, and built fortresses along the way, and set up several counties.

It is now September, it is after the autumn harvest, Sun Ce not only moved the people of several counties, but also transported all the grain that had just been harvested, and he would not be short of food in a short time; And there is a large amount of wasteland around Nanchang and south of which can be reclaimed, only need to remove the weeds, and after ploughing, it will be fertile fertile land, and the people can continue to cultivate there, so that Sun Ce has the ability to continue fighting, which will be very difficult to deal with, plus Sun Ce's inheritance of Sun Jian's bravery, so that the river basin has to be dealt with carefully.

Liu Ye now had a large amount of wasteland and arable land left by Sun Ce, and not only promised to reward the officers and soldiers after the victory, but he also planned to use the land to attract and settle the Shanyue people, and thus form a Danyang army that could fight well.

The reason why the Shanyue people live in the precipitous mountainous areas is to avoid taxes and forced labor, and now the imperial court has set up county towns in these mountainous areas, stationed officials and officers and soldiers, and expropriated and brutally oppressed, which has made the Shanyue people rebel a lot.

The biggest contradiction between the Shanyue people and the government is that their ancestors have never paid taxes and undertook forced labor.

Liu Ye was ready to adopt the system of Gao Shun to establish military households, and also established military households here, each household only needed one qualified soldier, the whole family could be exempted from taxes and forced labor, and 100 acres of land could be cultivated for free; Liu Ye now has a large amount of land in his hands, which is very suitable for execution, and he uses Shanyue people to fill the newly occupied counties to avoid the re-abandonment of cultivated land, and after a few generations, these Shanyue people will be no different from the Han people.

And absorbing those arrogant and powerful Shanyue people into the army not only strengthened the strength of the government, made it easier to fight against Dong Zhuo in the future, but also weakened the resistance of the Shanyue people, killing multiple birds with one stone.

There were a large number of Shanyue people in the mountainous areas around the four counties of Chaisang County, Pengze County, and Poyang, and Liu Ye asked the newly appointed county officials in each county to widely publicize and actively recruit Shanyue people as military households, and this was the main part of the assessment of their work.

In fact, those Shanyue people do not like to live in the mountains, but they are forced to helpless, now there is a good opportunity, they are not willing to let go, they want to go to the plains to live, where the land is fertile, irrigation is convenient, trade is developed, life is not as hard as before, but they dare not rashly believe the words of the Han people, decided to send people to test whether it is really as good as advertised, as a soldier to eat food, but also to distribute land, and do not have to bear taxes and conscription.

Liu Ye demanded that every 51 households be a village, divided into five tithes, and the other person served as the Dubo, with 5,000 acres of cultivated land per village, and built houses on the abandoned villages to live in.

The power of example is endless, more people go out of the mountains to accept the government's placement, and at the same time, one person from each household joins the army, of course, the conditions of the government must be met, otherwise they will have to pay taxes like the Han people.

For every ten villages for one township, one township head is arranged; Liu Ye did not dare to settle too many Shanyue people in each county, it was advisable to arrange 2,000 Shanyue people in each county, and the remaining land should be resettled by Han people, and only when the number of Han people was dominant could local stability be maintained; Interspersed with mixed settlements also facilitated the intermarriage between the Shanyue people and the Han people, and they learned advanced farming methods from the Han people, so as to speed up their acceptance of the Han way of life.

By the end of November, the main force led by Liu Ye arrived in Wuyang and Poyang counties, and camped along the east bank of the Chang River.

Liu Ye took such measures and firmly grasped the initiative in the war, which made Sun Ce and others very painful, the territory occupied by Qin Guan was relatively rich, the territory was large, the population was larger, there was greater war potential, and the energy consumption was time and money, and they only had one county, and they also took the initiative to give up four counties, the population was smaller, if the battle lasted for a long time, the officers and soldiers were tired, how to fight?

In order to prevent accidents, Sun Ce sent Zhu Zhi to Luling County to station and build defensive positions, in case Nanchang could not be defended, he could lead the officers and soldiers and people to withdraw to Luling County to continue to resist; At the same time, let Sun Ben take Sun Quan and other family members to Ganxian County to do the same thing, all as a precaution.

This is also Liu Ye's method that inspired him, Liu Ye adopted a step-by-step offensive method, and he adopted defensive tactics to block the enemy.

However, Sun Ce's adjustment was soon learned by Pan Zhang and Ma Zhong.

Sun Ce was able to make so many defensive arrangements without the assistance of Wenchen, which was indeed rare, if it were not for the hostile camp, Liu Ye would also have a heart of love.

Liu Ye made timely adjustments to Sun Ce's defense.

Sun Ce's army was arranged between Ganshui and Yushui, and Liling County and Haiyang County were left alone, so after stabilizing the defense of Wuyang and Poyang counties, he prepared to launch an attack on the western front and take Liling County and Haihuang County; At the same time, the army of Qinguan was notified to reach Chaisang County as soon as possible to participate in the battle.

These two counties are the key to Liu Ye's plan, and they must be taken with one blow in order to complete the encirclement of Sun Ce, otherwise they will be blocked by mountains and rivers, unable to enter the interior of Yuzhang County, and will not endanger Sun Ce's fundamental interests.

Qin Guan felt that Liu Ye's method was good, but it was too time-consuming, so he led the army to reach Chaisang as soon as possible; Prepare to digest Yuzhang County as soon as possible after eliminating Sun Ce, and let the troops rest, ready to start a war against Dong Zhuo at any time.

December is low, Liu Ye is ready.

With the cooperation of the naval army, Ji Ling led 10,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry to land on the south bank of Pengze Lake, and quickly completed the encirclement of Liling County and Haihuang County.

Haiyang County was isolated, and the 3,000 defenders surrendered without a fight.

He Man went to occupy Ai County.

Qin Guan led his troops and horses to garrison the west of Nanchang and confronted Sun Ce across the river; Liu Ye returned to Wuyang County and prepared to launch an attack from the east to contain Sun Jian's army.

Ji Ling led his headquarters to occupy other places one after another; Sun Ce originally belonged to the same Yuan Shu generals as Ji Ling and others, but Sun Ce and others led nearly half of the officers and soldiers to betray, which seriously weakened Yuan Shu's strength, so that the army was defeated; Therefore, they blamed Sun Ce for Yuan Shu's defeat, and killed those who did not surrender immediately.

The counties are in the interior, the defenders are very few, and many soldiers know Ji Ling, so wherever the army goes, the counties surrender immediately; Jianchang County, Jiancheng County, Yichun County and Xingan County were occupied by Ji Ling one after another, and then easily occupied Linru County, completely cutting off Sun Ce's connection with Zhu Zhi and Sun Quan in the south, and completing the encirclement of Sun Ce.

Ji Ling and the others were very happy, this is the war, which is exciting and comfortable; Compared to before under Yuan Shu, he was really too aggrieved.

This frustrated Sun Ce's plan; He concentrated the main forces around Nanchang, which facilitated Qinguan to occupy the counties around Nanchang and easily complete the encirclement of him; Fortunately, he arranged for his family to go to the southern mountains in advance, and he could give it a go.

However, ordinary people were not as optimistic as Sun Ce, they were afraid of war, afraid of officers and soldiers, and even more afraid of defeated and fleeing soldiers, so they fled in large numbers after being surrounded; Although Sun Ce was angry, he had no good plan, so he had to withdraw the defenders of Yuhan County and stationed them all in Nanchang City, preparing to fight to the death with Qin Pass; The people who did not flee in time were also forced into the city, and they can be used as miscellaneous labor now and cannon fodder in the future.