Chapter 114: Internal and External Troubles
If Yuan Shu loses Nanyang, and at the same time can't fully control Yuzhou, he wants to develop again, and the road to the west has been completely blocked. Only to attack the Central Plains to the north and attack Xuzhou, Yanzhou, will exchange fire with Cao Cao, who has just subdued the Qingzhou army, and to the east and south is all Jiang Hong's territory.
Jiang Hong, who is now dead in bed, said that he is not easy to bully, but in fact, the current Jiang Hong is the best bully.
Even Xuzhou, which Jiang Hong has always looked down on and is regarded as fat on the lips, saw that Jiang Hong was besieged by Zhang Xun in Hefei, with more gas and less air intake, and also sent troops south, intending to recover the entire territory of Xuzhou.
Half of the Xiapi country occupied by Jiang Hong was lost overnight, and Xuzhou was silent for the past two years, and with the support of the Zhang family, it devoted itself to development.
Under the condition that Zang Ba of Langya State in the north was basically independent, relying on Zhang Zhao's superior political ability, relying on Donghai County, Pengcheng State and half of Xiapi, only two and a half counties, 60,000 soldiers were pulled out.
This time, most of the soldiers were placed in the east and north to guard against Cao Cao and Zang Ba, who had recently gained momentum, but Tao Ying saw that Jiang Hong in the south was about to get cold, so Cao Bao led 1w5,000 soldiers to the south to pick up leaks to see if he could take advantage of it.
But to Tao Ying's great surprise, the Xiapi counties occupied by Jiang Hong did not resist without resistance, and almost overnight, Cao Bao took them all without much effort.
In fact, those counties were strategically abandoned by Lu Dai, and in the case of Jiang Hong's siege of Hefei, they would not be subject to the orders of the foreign monarch.
What's more, Jiang Hong can't give any instructions now, Lu Dai made the most correct move, erect the wall to clear the wilderness, give up Xiapi, shrink the troops, and defend the sun.
But Tao Ying didn't know, he just felt that Jiang Hong was so easy to bully, which made Tao Ying swell up a little, and felt that Jiang Hong seemed to be really cold.
Tao Ying is no longer satisfied with just taking back Xiapi, under Jiang Hong's years of governance, Guangling, whose prosperity is close to that of the East China Sea, seems to be able to give it a try.
In Hefei, Jiang Hong was still in a coma, not knowing that his nest was in a precarious situation.
In the past few years, the pampered life cannot be said to have hollowed out Jiang Hong's body, and Jiang Hong still knows the truth of sustainable development, which is vigorously promoted by the motherland.
But there is no doubt that Jiang Hong's physical fitness has dropped too much compared to the previous Yellow Turban Rebellion, Jiang Hong was mixed on the battlefield and in the pile of dead people in the past, and he could survive the heavy punishment, but now, it can't be done.
Jiang Hong does not include the injury on his left arm today, the wound of the previous few days has not been cleaned and hastily bandaged, and there are already signs of inflammation and ulceration. And as soon as Jiang Hong's tight strings were loosened, his whole body seemed to collapse, he was unconscious, and his high fever couldn't go away.
After Zhang Xun received Yuan Shu's order to retreat, Hefei, which had been besieged, was finally connected to the outside world and could know the situation in the outside world.
But what worries Chen Zhi is that none of the good news from the outside is good news, Tao Ying in the north sent troops to capture Xiapi, and the arrow pointed directly at Jiang Hong's hometown Guangling, which has the momentum to recover the entire territory of Xuzhou, but fortunately, Lu Dai, who is now shooting the sun, temporarily blocked the pace of attack.
The mountains in the south are so good that they don't die, and when the earth recovers from the spring breeze, they also begin to go out of the mountains and go out for activities. It has been reported that there are signs of activity among the Shanyue people in the southern part of Huiji.
Not only that, but Kure County is also in a state of instability. Even if Gu Yong ran around for Jiang Hong, tried his best to appease most of the family, and did not stab Jiang Hong when Jiang Hong was most critical.
But when the tree dies and people are strong and poor, even if Gu Yong's tongue is like a spring, it can't stop some people's wolf ambitions. The Han family is in decline, the world is in chaos, and there are not too many people who want to get a piece of the pie in this troubled world.
The Yan family, the wealthy family of Wu County, can be regarded as the existence of the second level after the four surnames of Wu County, and its head Yan Baihu saw that Jiang Hong was basically cool, and his brother Yan Yu openly raised troops to rebel.
Moreover, with the support of the Yan family, as well as some families who were dissatisfied with Jiang Hong's rule or had ambitions, Yan Baihu's development speed was extremely fast, and his power expanded rapidly. So far, Yan Baihu has an armed force of about 10,000 people, entrenched in the southern part of Wu County, waiting for an opportunity to move.
The south and north sides are not restless in the middle, but Danyang, which has just been laid, is very stable. Zhou Xin demoted Jiang Hong, not to mention that he did his best to support Jiang Hong at the moment of crisis, but he did not deviate from Jiang Hong, which can be regarded as good news.
Jiang Hong is now unconscious again, everyone has lost their backbone, and they don't know what to do.
When the dragons were leaderless, Chen Zhi stood up, and the most important thing at present was to prioritize and solve them one by one.
Shanyue in the south only showed signs of activity, and he hadn't done anything out of the ordinary, and he couldn't threaten Jiang Hong for the time being, so he could leave him alone for the time being.
The offensive in Xuzhou in the north can be described as full of momentum, but Lu Dai shrinks his forces and defends the sun, Cao Bao can't do anything with Lu Dai for a while, and he can also slow down.
The most important thing at the moment is the rebellion of Yan Baihu of Wu County. As the saying goes, if you let Yan Baihu go on like this, it won't be long before this Wu County will have to be surnamed Yan.
At that time, the Huiji that he had just won would completely become an enclave, and I am afraid that it would also be out of Jiang Hong's control. In the end, Jiang Hong still only controls the land of the two counties, and Guangling is still in danger, which is not as good as before.
Chen Zhi immediately made a decision, gave up the occupied half of Jiujiang County, shrank his troops, and escorted Jiang Hong to Moling first. Ling Cao led 3,000 soldiers back to shoot back to support Lu Dai.
Stabilize Guangling first, Yuan Shu lost his hometown Nanyang County, but there is still a chance to take it back. But if Jiang Hong loses his hometown Guangling, he will really lose it.
He led 4,000 remnants of the army, returned to Wu County first, mobilized the defenders, recruited Xiangyong, and eliminated Yan Baihu as soon as possible. Zhou Xin has served as the Taishou of Danyang for several years, and Danyang has him to guard, and there will be no chaos. Besides, Jiang Hong has Dian Wei by his side, so nothing can happen.
Chen Zhiling Cao took away most of the troops left behind in Danyang, and the defenders of the entire Danyang were less than 4,000, and the rest of the Moling were in a half-crippled state.
Fortunately, the medicines and doctors in several nearby counties were all dispatched by Zhou Xin, and the most famous divine doctor in Danyang was invited to treat Jiang Hong.
Now Jiang Hong's whole body is tightly bandaged, like a half mummy, his eyebrows are frowned, and it seems that Jiang Hong, who is still in a coma, is not comfortable.