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Stone city circumference more than 20 miles, east of Zhongshan, south pillow Qinhuai, west of the river, north of the back lake, in the natural barrier, the city is divided into the outer sub-city and Luocheng, inside and outside.

When Huang Zhong stroked the treasure knife in his hand, his eyes showed a fierce light, and he stared coldly at the approaching Jianye City, there was an indescribable surging in his heart.

When Fang Shao presented the plan to him and Pan, he said that although this plan was strange, the waves in the sea were turbulent, and whether 10,000 horses could reach the mouth of the Yangtze River alive by sea depended on the will of heaven, which was really dangerous.

And Huang Zhong did not hesitate and resolutely agreed, and now, after experiencing strong winds and waves, although he lost more than half of the soldiers and horses in his hands, he finally came to the goal.

Until this time, the Wu people still did not perceive, however, Jianye is where Wu Yanjing is located, and its degree of precaution is much higher than that of other places, when there are still three or four miles away from Jianye Port, a fighting ship of the sailors patrolling the river came quickly, shouting across the river, asking to board the ship for routine inspection.

"Let them come up." Huang Zhong sneered.

The fighting ship on the opposite side put down the boat, and four or five Wu pawns sailed to Huang Zhong's flagship in a small boat, and as soon as they got on the boat, they saw a ragged but bright-eyed military man, and dozens of people were quietly watching the strangers boarding the ship.

This quiet atmosphere made Wu Zu, who boarded the ship, a little uncomfortable, and the little colonel headed by him pretended to be natural, and asked loudly: "Who is the head of you here?" ”

The sailors consciously moved out of the way, and Huang Zhong walked over unhurriedly, staring at these people quietly with an eye of appreciation for his prey: "The old man is." ”

The little colonel glanced at the old man in front of him, put on an official stand, and asked, "Which army are you transporting and where are you going?" ”

Huang Zhong sneered: "We are from Qingzhou, and we want to go to Jianye to do a big thing. ”

The little colonel was stunned for a moment, and his face suddenly showed suspicion: "You said you are from Qingzhou?" Hmph, what are you kidding, what are you doing here? ”

Huang Zhong said in a low voice: "This matter is confidential, I'm afraid that it will be revealed, you come here, I will talk to you." ”

Seeing that the old man looked mysterious, the little colonel was also interested, hesitated, and approached with curiosity.

Huang Zhong put the little colonel on his shoulder, leaned over to his ear, and said mysteriously: "We are going to Jianye to do an earth-shattering thing, but before that, do you want to borrow something from you?" ”

"What's that?" Until this point, the little school had not understood.

"It's—this one."

While speaking, I saw a flash of cold light, and the knife in his hand fell, and the head of the little school was already in Huang Zhong's hands.

The sudden change occurred, and the rest of the Wu pawns were shocked, and before they could react, the surrounding Han soldiers rushed up and chopped them into meat paste.

At the same time, the small ship that had been dispatched a long time ago quietly circled the back of the Wu ship, and dozens of Han soldiers boarded the enemy ship and killed a boatload of Wu soldiers who were caught off guard without much effort.

Huang Zhong carried the bloody human head, raised it high, and shouted: "Brothers, today you will build a miracle with the old man, and just take this dog's head to sacrifice the flag!" ”

Sacrificing the flag with blood is the best way to motivate morale, and with the soldiers drinking and blood, a glass of blood wine is drunk, and more than 100 warships have sailed into Jianye Port.

This is the territory of the Wu people, Huang Zhong's subordinates are all northerners, and after the team enters the port and disembarks, they must miss the horses' feet.

Huang Zhong is ready, and at this time, it is time for the play to start in earnest.

The flag shook secretly, and the soldiers were so excited that they hurriedly tied the white cloth they had prepared to their left arms. For this surprise attack, these 5,000 soldiers and horses are all wearing Wu people's armor, and the white cloth on this arm will be the only symbol that distinguishes them from their enemies.

After most of the warships docked, Huang Zhong let out a long roar and took the lead in killing the ship.

Five thousand soldiers rushed away and rushed down from the ship.

Most of the soldiers and horses in the territory of Wu have been transferred to the northern front, and in this Jianye City, including the Praetorian Guard, there are no more than 2,000 soldiers and horses, and only a few hundred soldiers and horses deployed in the port area.

Five thousand Han soldiers, such as heavenly soldiers and generals who fell from the sky, killed the Wu soldiers in the port in an instant. Because Jianye is the largest commercial distribution center in Wu State, at this time there are not only military ships in the port, but also gathered traders from all over the country.

After seizing the port, Huang Zhong left 500 soldiers and horses to defend the port, and set fire to the landing facilities such as trestle bridges along the river to block the enemy's rescue in the north of the river. At the same time, Huang Zhong led the rest of the more than 4,000 people and kept rushing towards Jianye City.

Jianye City was built by the water, the port was only a few miles away from the city, and the Han army did not stop after disembarking, all the way to the east gate of Jianye. The Wu army defending the city did not know what was happening in the port, and because the Han army was disguised as their own people, they could not distinguish at all, and when they were shocked, it was too late, and a large number of Han troops poured in from the south gate like a tide, cut down the drawbridge, burned the city gate, and captured the south gate with lightning speed.

At this moment, there are still more than 1,000 Wu troops in the city, if the city is defended, with the existing strength of the Han army, it is still difficult to capture for a while, in order to win a blow, Huang Zhong personally led two hundred cavalry, along the avenue to look at the direction of the palace.

………… In the palace, a palace banquet is underway.

The wine and food in front of the case, the dancing sleeves in front of the palace, the harmony between the monarchs and the ministers, and the joy of it.

Sun Quan on the dragon seat is in a very good mood, his good mood comes from the book of good news in front of him, in his opinion, there is a famous general like Cao Zhen, coupled with the favor of God, Qingzhou is already in his bag, Qingzhou, the whole world is not far from him.

Therefore, on this day, after receiving the news of the breakthrough of Zhu Xucheng, Sun Quan was very happy, so he announced that Zhang Zhao, Gu Yong and other important ministers in Beijing entered the palace and held a banquet to congratulate this good news.

"Ladies and gentlemen, enjoy the wine and food in the south of the Yangtze River, but in a few moments, I will move the capital to Luoyang, or Yecheng, and the others will go north with me, and if you want to enjoy such good things, I am afraid it will be difficult."

Sun Quan drank a little too much and said big things unabashedly.

Zhang Zhao and Gu Yong in front of the palace glanced at each other, neither of them responded to Sun Quan's "pride", as political enemies, the two of them had different interests and disputes, but they had the same cautious surname, and they would not easily attach to the king's so-called grand ambitions.

"Your Majesty, although Zhu Xucheng is down, our army has suffered considerable losses, and now the hussar general has sent a messenger back to Beijing to urge grain, and the granaries have long been empty, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to supply."

Zhang Zhao's scruples were a little swept away by Sun Quanxing, he put the wine glass on the table, and said disapprerovitically: "Zidan will give him as much grain as he wants, and when the granary is empty, he will send people to the counties to forcibly levy, and every household will contribute a little, I don't believe that I can't afford to support tens of thousands of soldiers on the front line." ”

Gu Yong coughed a few times: "Your Majesty, this year's locust plague is rampant, and the cost of revenue in various places has decreased much compared with previous years. ”

Sun Quan's face sank, and he said unhappily: "They won't starve to death if they eat a few bites, can't they make a little sacrifice for the great cause of the country?" After this period of time, the world will be peaceful in the future, and they have endless food, and this grain must be levied for me! ”

Sun Quan put down his cruel words, and the two important ministers did not dare to object, but Zhang Zhao said: "Your Majesty is right, this grain still has to be levied. In the opinion of the ministers, it is better to expand the scope of grain collection a little, so that those local rich and powerful can produce more grain, so that they can not only make up enough for the front line, but also reduce the burden of the people. ”

The so-called local rich and powerful families are mostly surnamed Lu Gu Zhang and other Jiangdong clans, like Huaisi scholars such as Zhang Zhao, because they have not gained a foothold in Jiangdong for a long time, although they are very powerful, but in fact they plundered far less land than the local scholars.

Zhang Zhao's suggestion was obviously to let a big family like Gu Yong bleed.

Gu Yong was not happy at once, but on the surface, it was natural, and he just said lightly: "Zibu's strategy seems to have the best of both worlds, but in fact, Yong thinks it is very wrong. ”

Zhang Zhao was stunned and asked rhetorically: "How do you say this?" ”

Gu Yong said unhurriedly: "Most of the generals who lead the front-line battles are rich and powerful, and most of the soldiers they lead are their private soldiers. And if the imperial court forcibly requisitioned food from them at this time, wouldn't it distract the generals from this, and what if it affected the war on the front line? ”

Gu Yong was also unequivocal and euphemistically "threatened" Sun Quan.

There is no way, who called Wu Guo to implement the private soldier system, the soldiers are the generals, and the generals themselves are born in the strong and strong local tyrants, and the collection of strong grain is equivalent to "stabbing the knife" in the back of the front-line generals.

Sun Quan knows the stakes well, and at such a time when he needs to employ people, of course he will not lose a big one because of a small one.

Yuan sighed and said that it was reasonable, the soldiers fought bloodily for the country, how could they be allowed to contribute both strength and money. This grain will be levied from the households, Yuan sigh, you will be responsible for this matter, and those who dare to resist the levy will be disposed of by you at will. ”

Sun Quan once again made concessions to the Jiangdong clan, however, just when his words fell, he was still thinking in his heart that one day the world would be unified, and he would have no scruples, Lao Tzu and I would take advantage of your Jiangdong clan.

There was a sudden uproar outside the palace, and before Sun Quan could send someone to check what was going on, the eunuch on duty rushed in in a panic and shouted in horror: "Your Majesty, something is wrong, the Han army has invaded the palace." ”

(To be continued)