Chapter 337: Removing Hidden Dangers
In the north, the cold winter is approaching, Sima Yigang received Lü Meng's envoy, and Lü Meng's envoy conveyed the meaning of Sun Quan's desire to marry Cao Zhang. The pen fun and pavilion can tie the two families together through marriage www.biquge.info, and then they can work together to fight against the powerful Xuzhou! As soon as the envoy was sent away, Cao Zhang's order came here, Cao Zhang ordered Xu Chu to replace Sima Yi to guard Runan, and ordered Sima Yi to go to Jiyin County to replace Guo Huai against Xuzhou Lu Xun.
Now the Taishou of Shanyang County is Lu Xun who returned from the victory in Yizhou. Lu Xun was originally the prefect of Jiangnan Prefecture and a feudal official, but now he has been transferred to Shanyang County, a major economic county in the north. Although Shanyang County is not as big as Jiangnan Prefecture, Shanyang County is a large county that has developed together with Pengcheng, and after more than 20 years of construction, it has long been incomparable to Jiangnan Prefecture.
After Sima Yi received Cao Zhang's order, he had already guessed almost in his heart. The generals around him persuaded Sima Yi to write back to Cao Zhang, now that the soldiers and horses have not been trained, and the hearts of the people in Runan have not yet stabilized, if he goes, I am afraid that Xu Chu will not be able to govern Runan, after all, Xu Chu is a military general, and he will definitely not be able to compare with Sima Yi in governing the place. Sima Yi sighed and said: "I am a master of high merit, the lord must have listened to the slander of others, this is to remove my military power!" ”
Sima Yi packed his bags, and asked to return to Xudu to recuperate under the pretext of being ill, and at the same time promoted Guo Huai to guard Runan County. Runan County is a big county, and it is as big as Yanzhou, which is controlled by Cao Zhang. Moreover, Runan is a plain, which is rich in grain, if it is well managed, the grain and grass in the future will not need to be imported from Xuzhou!
When Sima Yi returned to Yanzhou and burned the letter of protecting Guo Huai, Sima Yi's son was puzzled, and Sima Yi said: "If I protect Guo Huai to Runan at this time, it will hurt Guo Huai, and the lord will definitely suspect me of colluding with Guo Huai under the instigation of traitorous ministers." Now Guo Huai is in charge of nearly 50,000 troops in Jiyin County, this is the barrier of Yanzhou, and he cannot be promoted! ”
After Sima Yi finished speaking, he couldn't help but sigh again. Sima Yi returned to Xu not because he was cold, but because he was obscure, and then took the opportunity to eradicate the officials who were bought by Xuzhou, and then he could support Yanzhou. Sima Shi was puzzled, Cao Zhang was so suspicious of him, why didn't he go to Xuzhou? Moreover, Xuzhou Tao Ying sent envoys to recruit him many times, and promised him to succeed Cao Zhang as the lord of Yanzhou.
Sima Yi was silent, as if everything was under his control.
When the new year came, due to natural disasters, the people of Runan had no food for the winter, and many people starved to death in one winter. The casualties of the people were huge, and Xu Chu's governance was unfavorable, so that more and more people began to move away from Runan and flee towards Nanyang. Seeing that some people were fleeing, Xu Chu ordered to prohibit the people from fleeing Runan, the first was to protect the population of Runan, and the second was not to let Xuzhou know the situation in Runan, otherwise Tao Ying would definitely send troops to attack Runan County under the pretext of humanity.
The people had nothing to eat, and when they fled in Runan, some people rose up and rebelled, and this rebellion did not matter, and for a time the entire county town in Runan was occupied by the chaotic people. Seeing that the refugees were getting more and more chaotic, Xu Chu hurriedly suppressed them everywhere, but what he didn't expect was that many of these refugees were actually well-trained, and they were also equipped with a lot of new cannons, and they defeated their soldiers and horses in several battles, especially when attacking the city, they suffered heavy losses!
Xu Chu didn't expect that it was the spies sent by Tao Ying who had already known about the situation in Runan, so at Jia Xu's suggestion, Tao Ying ordered Nanyang and Huainan counties to support the rebel army in Runan to pull up the peasants. Among those rebel armies, many of the leaders were students of Nanyang Military University and Shouchun Military Academy, and these students quickly pulled up an army in Runan with food and firearms, and these armies cooperated with each other.
Seeing that the suppression could not be suppressed, Xu Chu hurriedly reported to Xu Du, and after receiving the military report, Xu Du Cao Zhang hurriedly mobilized military horses from Chen Liu to suppress the rebel army in Runan. As soon as Chen Liujun's horse left, he didn't expect Deng Ai and Ma Jian to actually wave their troops from Bianjing and kill Chen Liu. Yanzhou's every move seems to be under Xuzhou's control, and the speed with which these spies deliver news also surprises Yanzhou!
By the time Cao Zhang received a letter from Chen Liutaishou asking for help, Deng Ai had already captured Chen Liucheng, the capital of Chen Liu, with lightning speed. Cao Zhang saw that the war in the west was busy and sent people to the south to ask Sun Quan for help, and asked Sun Quan to send troops to rescue Yanzhou. But what he didn't expect was that the peasant army in Runan had blocked the entire road to Yangzhou. This battle seems to be a trap that has been designed a long time ago, and Xuzhou is fighting a blitzkrieg!
Chen Liu's war was tight, and the strategists persuaded Cao Zhang to transfer Yingchuan's troops to rescue Chen Liu, and most of those strategists were bought by Xuzhou, so they began to harm Cao Zhanglai. Sure enough, when Cao Zhang transferred Yingchuan's troops out of Yingchuan, Nanyang Liu Xiu sent troops to attack Yingchuan with the help of Xu Shu. Yingchuan County is the location of Xudu, the capital of Yanzhou, so once Yingchuan is lost, the whole Yanzhou will be finished!
As soon as the Yingchuan army and horses arrived in Chenliu, they were ambushed by Deng Ai, and the initial battle was unfavorable, which made the morale of the Yingchuan soldiers and horses low. Deng Ai insisted on Chenliu County, and the two sides fought four battles, all of which ended in the defeat of the Yanzhou military horses. However, Chen left more than 8,000 military horses, and Deng Ai only had 2,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, so he couldn't completely destroy the enemy for a while, not to mention that the Yingchuan military horses were the elite of Xu Du.
Just when Deng Ai was thinking about how to defeat the Yingchuan army and horses, suddenly the soldiers outside the government came to report that the Yingchuan soldiers and horses had traces of withdrawal! When Deng Ai heard this, he hurriedly sent Ma Tan to engage the enemy head-on, and he led more than 500 soldiers and horses to intercept them halfway, and sure enough, the military horses left behind in Yingchuan were all old, weak, sick and disabled, less than 1,000 people, and the others had already withdrawn to Yingchuan!
Seeing that the enemy's elite had left, Deng Ai and Ma Jian were busy attacking on both sides to defeat the remnants of Yingchuan and collect nearly 600 prisoners of war! In this battle, Deng Ai captured Chenliu County with more than 5,000 infantry and 200 artillery men, and defeated the Yingchuan army and horses, making great achievements!
It is said that when the Yingchuan soldiers and horses retreated, Ma Yanyan should take advantage of the victory to pursue and fight until Xu Du, and when the time comes, he will be able to make a contribution by catching Cao Zhang! Deng Ai shook his head when he heard this, Deng Ai said to Ma Jian that it was not yet a time of crisis, and when it came to a time of crisis, Cao Chang would definitely use Sima Yi, and if they lost the battle at that time, both of them would be held accountable!
Ma Tan also said that if such an opportunity is missed, it will be impossible to regret it in the future! Deng Ai asked Ma Tan how to avoid missing the opportunity? Ma Tan offered a plan to let Deng Ai go to Yuan Tan in Jizhou to borrow troops, and when the time comes, he will be able to break Guo Huai's regression in Jiyin County! If what Ma Tan said is correct, Pengcheng Wang Taoying will definitely attack Guo Huai stationed in Jiyin County from Chen Guo and Shanyang County in two ways!
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