Chapter 522 Occupy Yuzhang County
Xu Kun crossed the Ganshui River and went to Xinjian City to negotiate; He was first shocked at the speed with which the new city was built, and that such a fortified city could be built in a few months; Secondly, I was shocked that Qin Guan's age was so young, only in his twenties.
Qin Guan felt that if he occupied Yuzhang County without a fight, it was what he wanted to see the most, so that not only would there be no battle damage, but also there would be no need to expose the crossbowmen, so he readily agreed to talk to Sun Ce's forces and let them leave Yuzhang County safely.
Originally, he wanted to invite Liu Ye to preside over the negotiations, but he was afraid that this was the enemy's conspiracy, so he took the opportunity to attack the East Route troops, and after thinking about it, he decided to talk to Xu Kun in person.
He expressed dissatisfaction with Xu Kun's request, and said: "I am the Yangzhou pastor appointed by the imperial court, and it is my duty to recover Yuzhang County. ”
Regardless of whether Sun Ce went to Jingzhou or Jiaozhou, it was conducive to containing Dong Zhuo's forces and was very beneficial to Yangzhou.
Xu Kun suppressed his anger and said: "Qin Zhou Mu, we only took away two months' worth of grain, less than one-third of the food stored in the city, I hope you don't be too greedy." ”
Qin Guan explained: "Haha, you misunderstood, you can take away two months' worth of grain, but ordinary people don't need to take it away, officers and soldiers with household registration in Yuzhang County are not allowed to take it away, and other officers and soldiers who are unwilling to leave are not allowed to be forcibly taken away." ”
Xu Kun thought to himself, they didn't want to take away the ordinary people in the first place, but now they have no land, and they can't resettle the people if they take them away, and they have to consume a lot of food, which has become a burden; The soldiers of Yuzhang's origin were all recruited later, and they were not loyal enough to be taken away; Those veterans who were reluctant to leave were not loyal enough and could give up, so they agreed with Qin Guan's opinion.
Qin Guan continued: "The war horse can only take half of it!" ”
Now they have a total of more than 12,000 cavalry, if half of the war horses are left, it is worth a lot of money, Xu Kun is very reluctant, but in order to leave safely and go to Jiaozhou to open up, he still reluctantly accepted the coercion of Qin Guan.
He thought to himself that even if there were 6,000 cavalry, he would be invincible in Jiaozhou, and he would be able to successfully lay down a territory in Jiaozhou and dominate one side; Now that Sun Ce is dead and the weather is hot, he must leave Nanchang as soon as possible and return to Ganxian County for burial, otherwise the body cannot be preserved.
Moreover, when Qin Guan and the others knew that Sun Ce was dead, they would definitely take the opportunity to blackmail and ask for a higher price, so it would be better to give up some of their interests, reach an agreement smoothly, and get out of Yuzhang County as soon as possible.
What followed was a matter of detail, but a heated quarrel broke out; Qin Guan estimated that the other party could accept so many harsh conditions before, and there must be unspeakable hardships.
However, after thinking about it, no matter where Sun Ce's power goes, it will create trouble for Dong Zhuo, so he did not weaken Sun Ce's strength too much, so as to avoid being easily eliminated by Dong Zhuo, he only needs to send it out of the country smoothly, so Qin Guan took the initiative to propose that no matter where Sun Ce's forces establish themselves in the future, they can carry out normal trade with Yangzhou without harming the interests of Yangzhou.
Xu Kun was overjoyed, and the two sides finally reached an agreement, and then returned to Nanchang City.
The next day, according to the plan, Qin Guan sent civil and military officials with a cavalry of each tribe, accompanied by representatives sent by Xu Kun, to Luling County and Gan County respectively to announce the agreement reached and monitor their evacuation.
3,000 infantry and a number of civil and military officials were sent to receive the county seat of Nanchang.
First count the number of war horses, leave half of them first, and then detain a sufficient number of war horses after the news of Luling County and Gan County returns.
Then the officers and soldiers were concentrated, and the order to receive and the evacuation plan of Huang Gai and others were announced.
The local household registration was easy to manage, and their families remained in the local area, and after the civil officials announced that they were not guilty of the past and that the farmland was distributed according to the number of people, they were all disbanded and returned home.
As for the veterans from other places, they have fought with Sun Jian for many years, and they still have a certain affection for the Sun family, plus their families are not in the local area, and they are afraid of being bullied after staying, but there are very few left, only those who are disabled or old, and those who are unwilling to leave their homeland in the Central Plains choose to stay for the people.
And Sun Ce's army was mostly veterans, and there were more than 10,000 people who were willing to follow and leave, which surprised Qin Guan and made Huang Gai and others very happy; They estimated that the 20,000 veterans stationed in Luling County and Gan County should be quite a few willing to leave, with nearly 30,000 troops, which is enough for them to sweep Jiaozhou.
The next thing is simple, the officers and soldiers who are willing to leave will go out of the city and stand by, and after everything is determined, Ji Ling, the Zhonglang general, will be responsible for sending them away.
Subsequently, Qin Guan appointed a high-ranking civil official to serve as a taishou and a military attache to serve as a lieutenant.
Liu Ye suggested that, according to Sun Ce's method, Luling County and the part south of it should be set up as a separate county to facilitate nearby management, otherwise, the territory of Yuzhang County would be too large, and the transportation would be inconvenient and difficult to manage.
Qin Guan readily adopted Liu Ye's suggestion and established Luling County, which was governed in Luling County. He believes that the territory of Yuzhang County is large enough, the northern part is located in the basin plain, the soil is fertile, and irrigation is convenient, as long as there are enough people, more cultivated land can be developed, and more counties can be built, and the north and south can be divided into small and easy to manage.
With Liu Ye's assistance, the reception work was smoother, and the counties appointed county commanders, county lieutenants and others to quickly stabilize the localities and resume production.
Liuzhonglang General Ji Ling was stationed in Nanchang City, Army Sima He Man was stationed in Luling City, Army Sima Liu Pi was stationed in Chaisang City, and Army Sima Liaohua was stationed in Pengze City.
Zhonglang sent Dong back to Wuhu to garrison; The army Sima dung was stationed in Chungu County, Xin'an County.
The remaining army returned to Dantu with Qin Pass.
A total of 15,000 newly recruited Danyang soldiers were arranged to be trained in Pengze County; It was divided into two armies, each with 7,500 men, each led by two high-ranking generals; The military commander is served by the middle-level military general, and the military marquis is served by the junior military general.
Zhu Zhi, Sun Quan and others were saddened to learn that Sun Ce had been assassinated, but they still had to carry out Sun Ce's arrangement, accepted the agreement reached between Xu Kun and Qin Guan, and chose to leave and open up new territory.
Sun Quan was secretly happy in his heart, but he couldn't show it on his face.
They buried Sun Ce in the south of Ganxian County, at the northern foot of Youshan, the highest peak in the Great Yuling Mountains, like Yuan Shu, and his family hoped that he could look at the Central Plains from afar.
Subsequently, they marched southwest to Guiyang County, first occupying the county seat of Qujiang as a foothold to settle their families and the elderly and weak, and then the army moved south to occupy Zhenyang County, Guiyang County.
After resting for a few days, the army continued to move south, and then entered Nanhai County, Jiaozhou, and the cavalry was very fast, and went straight to the county to govern Panyu City.
Sun Quan left Sun Ben to garrison Qujiang County, and Huang Gai to garrison Zhenyang County, and Zhu Zhi, Xu Kun and others went south with him; These two counties must not be lost, and they can bring them a little bit of tax, which is very important to them now.
Jiaozhou's state seat is in Jiaozhi County, Jiaozhi County, Nanhai County is relatively backward, Han people are scarce, fortunately, it is located in the Pearl River alluvial plain, the land is fertile, easy to irrigate, there are large areas of wasteland to be cultivated, Sun Quan and others immediately began to military camp, ordering the infantry to reclaim the wasteland and cultivate the land, otherwise so many people will soon go hungry; The cavalry went to occupy the other five counties
At this time, Jiaozhou Thorn Shi Ma Ri Pan was far away in Jiaozhi County (northern Vietnam); And the school captain Zhang Xiu was attacking Liu Pan in the north of Lingling County, and no one cared about the changes in Nanhai County, which won time for Sun Quan and others to develop.
Sun Ce was defeated, his subordinates fled, and Qin Guan won a great victory, which made Dong Zhuo very angry and scolded Sun Jian's father and son for being waste.
Qin Guan's unification of Jiangdong counties and integration of resources will inevitably increase the difficulty of his unification of Jiangnan; Dong Zhuo regretted that he had looked down on Sun Ce's father and son before, but he didn't expect that both of them died young, and they were both defeated so easily, and neither of them caused great damage to the enemy; Moreover, Qin Guan easily eliminated the three forces of Yuan Shu, Zhen Rong and Sun Ce one after another, and unified Jiangdong, which made Dong Zhuo have to look at him with admiration.
He began to pray now that Qin Guan was loyal to the imperial court, and it was best not to make trouble for him, and wait for him to eliminate Liu Pan before cleaning up Qin Guan.
A month later, Gao Shun's system map showed that the area of Yuzhang County had become brighter, and he knew that Qin Guan had recovered the counties south of the Yangtze River; To his delight, he now has more than 4 million square kilometers of territory under his actual control, and only needs to occupy another million square kilometers to meet the requirements of the system upgrade, which is really exciting.