Shanyue was a special group that was formally formed at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and their composition was very complex, but the core was the descendants of the Baiyue people, and later some Han people who could not bear the oppression of officials and landlords joined. They generally live in clans and in the hilly areas of the south of the Yangtze River. Unlike primitive tribes, they knew how to grow grain, and they could also mine copper and iron ore, and smelt farm tools and blades. They call themselves mountain people, and as the name suggests, they are people who live in the mountains. They planted rice in normal times, and in the famine years, they made a living by going down the mountain to loot the Han people. Because they live in the mountains, the living environment of wild beasts is relatively harsh, so the folk customs are relatively strong, and almost all the men in the tribe practice martial arts, and their combat power is quite strong.

Shanyue is widely distributed in Jiangdong, mainly concentrated in the mountains of Danyang, Huiji, Wujun, Yuzhang and other places, Zhao Feng knew that this is the hilly area of the south of the Yangtze River as later generations. Historically, they have rebelled against Sun's rule in Jiangdong many times, among which Yan Baihu, the leader of Danyang Shanyue in the previous generation, died at the hands of Sun Ce. Since Sun Jian, the Sun family has been constantly conquest of Shanyue, including its prime-aged into the army, and the rest into the civil register or tuntian, and later even taking the conquest of Shanyue as one of the important means to increase the population and military resources. It wasn't until Zhuge Ke served as Danyang too punctual in the later period that this old man adopted the method of guarding the plant and waiting for the rabbit, and did not directly enter the army to collect, but built a fence during the rice ripening season, cut the mountain into pieces, and forced them to go down the mountain and throw themselves into the net. In this way, Danyang Shanyue was finally completely cleared. Although there are still sporadic records in the Sui and Tang dynasties, there are very few.

As for the Danyang elite soldiers, Zhao Feng only figured out later that they were not all composed of Shanyue people. They are mainly mountain people in the Danyang area, both Shanyue and Han, and even Han people account for the vast majority. It's just that because they also live in hilly areas and the people are fierce, the combat effectiveness of the trained elite soldiers is extremely strong. From Goujian, the king of Yue in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, to Li Ling in the Western Han Dynasty, and then to Tao Qian and Sun Jian later, they all used to recruit troops here. Even the reason why Zhuge Ke in the late Three Kingdoms period dared to be so arrogant was because he had a Danyang elite soldier that he recruited when he was too punctual in Danyang.

As for Tao Qian, he was originally from Danyang, and his first filial piety came out of some counties near his hometown. Later, when someone in the north made a rebellion and recruited him to join the army, he pulled up a team from his hometown and drove to the north. After more than ten years of travel, he was appointed to pacify the Yellow Turban in Xuzhou, and it was at this time that he began to recruit Danyang elite soldiers on a large scale, recruiting fifty or sixty thousand people before and after. Now up and down Xuzhou, after experiencing several battles, there are less than 30,000 or so of these veterans, most of whom were consumed in the battle with Cao Ying. Tao Qian used to say that when he was an official in Danyang, he implemented benevolent governance to the people of the Han and Yue ethnic groups, and he did not forget his true colors when he arrived in Xuzhou, so although he has passed away for almost ten years, there are still many people who talk about him in Danyang and Yuzhang, and there are still many people who talk about his goodness.

Since Liu Bei entered Xuzhou, Tao Qian's original two sons, the eldest son Tao Ying and the second son Tao Shang, have been studying at home and becoming rich men. It wasn't until the year before last that Liu Bei saw that the situation had completely stabilized, so he recruited the Tao brothers to come out as officials. At present, Tao should be the county magistrate of Yangdu County, Langya County, and the pottery merchant is the magistrate of Sheyang County, Guangling (the official position of the Han Dynasty, less than 10,000 households of the county magistrate, more than 10,000 households of the county magistrate). The Tao brothers have no ambition to compete for glory, and Xiao Yuezi is also at ease.

But now that Zhao Feng is attacking Danyang, he needs these two brothers to come out to help, and at that moment Zhao Feng wrote a letter to Liu Bei, asking him to send one of the Tao brothers to help as soon as possible. "Sir's mention of this point really saves a lot of trouble." Zhao Feng also thanked Pang Tong, originally he was going to pacify Shanyue after conquering Jiangdong. After a pause, Zhao Feng asked again: "Even if it is connected to Shanyue, how can you easily capture Danyang after that?" ”

"Hehe, there is already a slight plan here." After Pang Tong finished speaking, he carefully said something in Zhao Feng's ear, and the latter nodded again and again when he heard it. After Pang Tong finished speaking, Zhao Feng also straightened his clothes, and said to Pang Tong: "Zhao was entrusted by Taiwei Liu to pacify Jiangdong. However, at present, everything is complicated, and Zhao feels that it is difficult to do it by himself. Mr. is talented, the world knows, and I hope Mr. will help me! After speaking, he bowed deeply to Pang Tong.

"The general's words are serious!" Pang Tong hurriedly returned the salute, and then Zhao Feng officially appointed Pang Tong as the captain of the Pengdian Colonel of the Zhengnan General's Mansion, and he participated in political and military affairs. According to the system, he should have a long history and a thousand stones. The second is the twenty-four Pengdian subordinate officials, whose positions can be both civil and military, all of which are appointed by the generals themselves, the highest military attache can reach the Zhonglang general, and the highest civil official can be a Peng official with a rank of 800 stones. Now Zhao Feng himself has not taken Jiangdong, and the general's mansion has not yet been established, so most of these official positions have not yet been delegated. Except for Lu Jun, who was sent by Liu Bei to serve as the chief of the army, the rest were appointed by Zhao Feng himself. Since the start of the war, Zhao Feng has also appointed Sun Fu as the captain of the Pengdian Colonel of the Zhengnan General's Mansion, which is the same rank as the current Pang Tong. However, this appointment is somewhat reassuring, which Pang Tong can naturally see. With the identity that he had just served, he was appointed to an official position at the level of a captain, and Pang Tong also deeply felt that Zhao Feng trusted him.

Zhao Feng's letter to Liu Bei had just been sent, but it was snowing the next day, and it was still raining a lot. "In the land south of the Yangtze River, there is rarely such heavy snow in the New Year!" Pang Tong was also a little unexpected. However, he immediately came back to his senses and said to Zhao Feng: "General, such a heavy snow is really abnormal, and it is estimated that Zhou Yu is afraid that he is going to take advantage of the opportunity to use troops against the Jingzhou army." ”

"No, it's so snowy, the river is frozen, and he Zhou Yu still dares to enter the army?" Hao Zhao, who was standing on the side, couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this. Although his official position is only that of a military marquis, Hao Zhao has been following Zhao Feng for a while, and he knows that his surname is easy-going, and it is okay to interject casually. Pang Tong is also a free and easy person, and he doesn't pay much attention to these false courtesies. If it is replaced by Zhuge Liang, then Hao Zhao will inevitably be reprimanded.

"The Jiangdong army is only 50,000, but the Jingzhou army on the opposite side is 100,000, and it is also very resourceful. If I were Zhou Gongjin, I would definitely not let go of such a good opportunity, and I would always give it a go. Pang Tong said in a deep voice.

Zhao Feng was silent when he heard this, and then asked, "In Shiyuan's opinion, what should I do?" ”

"The general can inform General Gan Ning and ask him to lead the Xuzhou Navy Division to wait and see what happens. If the Jiangdong Army wins, rescue the Jingzhou Army so that they don't lose too badly; If the Jingzhou army wins, it will take the opportunity to march west to Poyang. Pang Tong seemed to have something to say.

"Why don't you inform the Jingzhou Army directly?" Hao Zhao couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard this, but Zhao Feng on the side nodded thoughtfully.

"If you directly inform the Jingzhou army, Cai Mao is stubborn and self-serving, and has a deep grudge with our army, it will be difficult to listen. Moreover," Pang Tong smiled a little sinisterly: "After the Jiangdong is defeated, how can the Jingzhou army and us be so in the same boat and share weal and woe?" took advantage of the opportunity to knock out some of his people, and even if Cai Mao wanted to make a fuss, he would have to weigh his own weight. Of course, we can't let them all be defeated, otherwise our army will be alone, and it will be even more difficult to capture Jiangdong again. ”

"I see!" Hao Zhao felt that the ugly man in front of him was terrifying, not only because of his appearance, but also because of his calculations.

"I immediately ordered someone to quickly send an order to Yu Xingba and tell him to be on guard." When Zhao Feng heard this, he also hurriedly wrote a letter and asked him to send it to Gan Ning in the Ganjiang River overnight.

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