After some thought, Gao Shun decided to suspend the march into the Western Regions and attack Jiaozhou with all his might, and after taking Jiaozhou, he would form a siege of Li Ru's forces and firmly control the situation in the south.

So he wrote a letter to Qin Guan and Liu Ye, and sent a messenger to bring oral orders to Qin Guan; Accompanying the messenger to the south were 2,500 crossbow infantry, 2,500 high-ranking infantry, and 200 civil and military officials of all ranks, who supported Gao Wei, the governor of the navy.

Gao Shun appointed Gao Wei as the pastor of Jiaozhou, took over the Jiaozhou war, and Qin Guan assisted, which was a test for Gao Wei.

Gao Shun made adjustments in the letter, so that Zhang Xiu was appointed as the Taishou of Qiantang County, and the Taishou of Qiantang County was transferred to the Taishou of Huiji County; Qiantang County Taishou is a senior civil official in the system, and if he becomes the accountant county Taishou, it will be convenient to support the Jiaozhou war.

Qin Guan and Liu Ye made arrangements according to Gao Shun's instructions, transferred Zhang Ji back to Qiantang County to serve as Taishou, ordered Yang Hong to suspend the attack, and the new Taishou and Duwei took over Nanhai County, and ordered him to contact Changfeng to suspend the attack on the Sun family in Cangwu County.

The messenger recounted Gao Shun's orders to Qin Guan alone, and first, the county commanders of the coastal counties appointed system personnel to facilitate support for the war in Jiaozhou; Second, Gao Wei was appointed as the pastor of Jiaozhou, and Qin Guan needed to secretly transfer strong troops to support.

With the support of Gao Shun's troops, Gao Wei became emboldened, and first took over Nanhai County and took over part of the army left by Zhang Xiu; secondly, to control Panyu and build a military port; Finally, after stabilizing Nanhai County, he immediately sent troops to attack Happo County and blockade Jiaozhi County from the sea.

Now Hainan Island has begun to take shape under the management of Gao Wei, under the guidance of Gao Shun, set up Haikou Port, as a base for attacking Jiaozhou, and successively accept inland people, develop coastal plain areas, and build a large number of manors.

Since the beginning of the Jiaozhou war, not only Han Chinese have wanted to take refuge on Hainan Island, but also many people of other races have also been willing to accept the government's resettlement and live on Hainan Island.

The previous two counties, plus the six counties set up by Gao Wei, Hainan Island has reached the scale of eight counties, and Gao Shun set it up as Hainan County.

According to Gao Shun's password, Qin Guan gave great support to Gao Wei, and dispatched 6,000 Danyang soldiers to move to Nanhai County with their families.

The addition of 6,000 Danyang soldiers made Gao Wei's strength even stronger, and he was all sent to Hepu County to fight; He led the navy and high-ranking infantry and crossbowmen to cooperate from the sea.

Although Hepu County has a vast territory, it is sparsely populated, with only five counties under its jurisdiction, including Hepu, Gaoliang, Linyun, Xuwen and Zhulu, with a total of more than 10,000 households and a population of less than 80,000 people, only the size of a county in the Central Plains.

Hepu County in the Han Dynasty was a very important foreign trade port and the starting point of the Silk Road, but due to continuous wars, it was depressed at this time; Even pearl diving has stopped, trade routes have been cut off, and even if pearls are collected, they cannot be exchanged for money or food, so most of the people have turned to agriculture.

Xuwen County and Haikou Port face each other across the strait.

The main warships of Gao Wei's displacement army blocked Shixie's reinforcements, and sent sailors to occupy the coastal counties of Xuwen and Hepu one after another, and the 6,000 Danyang soldiers on land soon occupied Gaoliang and Linyun counties, and Taishou fled north to Zhulu County, and returned to Jiaozhi County by means of Cangwu County and Yulin County.

Gao Wei took advantage of the situation to take over Zhulu County.

Sun Quan of Cangwu County did not dare to counterattack Hepu County; Now that the sea route was controlled by Gao Wei, Sun Quan did not have a strong naval army, and it was even more dangerous to occupy the coastal areas, and there was no need to fight for a sparsely populated and inconvenient county to defend; Cangwu County has a population of nearly 600,000, rich in products, rich in people, and the local grain produced is enough to feed the needs of tens of thousands of troops.

Gao Wei did not continue the attack, but sent an envoy to Jiaozhi County to prepare to persuade Shixie to surrender.

The counties of Cochin County were all built along the great river, and Gao Wei could go along the waterway and penetrate deep into the hinterland of Cochin County to easily attack the counties.

Shi Xie is now very panicked, and very regrets that he hesitated because of greed, did not accept Gao Shun's kindness, and now he has lost two counties, Gao Wei sent someone to negotiate, it is to give him the last chance, he must grasp it, otherwise when the war is defeated, it will be doomed.

Gao Shun is the Duke of Wei, has the right to conquer, controls the Central Plains region of Jiangbei, and is strong, whether it is economic strength or military strength, it is not something he can compete with Jiaozhou, surrender is his only choice, and it is also the only way to keep his family.

When the envoy came, Shi Xie did not dare to slack off, and immediately set up a banquet to entertain him, and the next day the talks began.

After yesterday's initial contact, the envoy basically decided that Shi Xie had decided to surrender, so he first said: "If the prince of the palace has any questions, you can ask for instructions, if the governor of the capital is not satisfied, you can ask the Duke of Wei for instructions." ”

Through the understanding at yesterday's banquet, the two sides have a certain basis for negotiation, Shi Xie knew that the envoy's temper was very straightforward, so he didn't go around in circles, and asked directly: "I don't know what the Metropolitan Governor wants to achieve?" ”

The envoy smiled and said: "Haha, Fujun, this is not the goal of the Grand Duke, but the goal of the Duke of Wei, and he must completely control the counties and counties of Jiaozhou." ”

This made Shi Xie very disappointed, if this is the case, even if he surrenders, it is impossible to stay in Jiaozhou, so he asked: "I don't know how Duke Wei wants to settle Xie?" ”

The envoy said: "Fujun, according to the requirements of the Duke of Wei, all the prefectures and counties in the Central Plains of Jiangbei have implemented the policy of separating the military and the government, and the county taishou and the commander are at the same level and do not interfere with each other; The army is divided into the army directly under the Duke of Wei and the local army; If you are in the army, you can be both a county lieutenant or a lieutenant general of the army directly under Duke Wei; Also, Duke Wei once said that the prince of the house is a great Confucian in the world, and he can also enter the University of Alexandra to teach. ”

In Shi Xie's view, Gao Shun has not been killed, he has given him face, as for where he will go after that, it depends on his attitude, whether it is in the army or politics, it is better than going to teach, if he can't cooperate well this time, it is not impossible to teach.

Shi Xie asked again: "Then how will the existing officials and officers and soldiers be settled?" ”

The envoy said: "The county and county-level officials are all sent by the Duke of Wei, if the existing officials want to continue to serve, they must go north to Yecheng to accept the assessment of the Duke of Wei, and only after passing can they go out; If officers and men want to continue to serve in the army, the lieutenant or the metropolitan governor may select the best from among them and implement the same selection standards and salary benefits as the existing officers and soldiers. ”

Shi Xie said secretly, Wei Gong Gao Shun was really decisive and uprooted their old forces, fortunately, their family had looted a lot of wealth before, even if they returned to the Central Plains, they could also buy land and buy real estate, which was a rich family.

He also thought that he was a southerner, very different from the habits of the northern officers and soldiers, unfamiliar with the climate, terrain, etc., and continued to serve in the army, easy to be suspicious of Gao Shun, if he chose a civilian job, he could benefit one party, and even lay the foundation for the re-emergence of the family.

After pondering for a while, Shi Xie decided, "Xie is willing to work as a civil servant. ”

In order to save Jiaozhou from the flames of war and take over several counties as soon as possible, the envoys all followed Gao Wei's instructions and tried their best to satisfy, and Shixie was very satisfied.

Subsequently, Gao Wei sent people to take over Yulin County and Jiaozhi County first, forming a military encirclement of Cangwu County.

After occupying the five counties except Cangwu County, Gao Wei immediately wrote a letter to report to Gao Shun and asked for instructions on the next plan for Cangwu County; Accompanying the messenger was also the former Jiaozhou Thorn Shi Ma Riyan, whose family members were all killed by Dong Zhuo, and had no place to go, so he had to accept Gao Wei's arrangement and go to Yecheng for the time being.

After all matters were handed over, Gao Wei sent two large ships to escort all the personnel of the Shi family and fortune to the north.