Guangling County, Western Han Dynasty.

In the third year of Yuanjia (120 B.C.), Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty changed the Jiangdu State to the Guangling State, led Guangling, Jiangdu, Gaoyou, and Ping'an (part of today's Baoying County) 4 counties, and governed Guangling County.

Today's Guangling County led 11 counties: Guangling, Jiangdu, Gaoyou, Ping'an, Ling (now southeast of Suqian County), Dongyang (now Xuyi County), Sheyang (now southeast of Huai'an City), Yandu (now northwest of Yancheng City), Yu (now northeast of Yizheng City), Tangyi (now north of Liuhe County), and Haixi. However, Jiangdong did not take Guangling, Haixi, Sheyang and Ping'an counties were still in the hands of Cao Jun, and Xuzhou Assassin Shi Zangba left Pengcheng with 5,000 Xuzhou troops, and the garrison looked down on Wu Jun in Ping'an.

Guangling, Dingwei General Guangling Taishou Zhu Ranzheng shouted a little angrily: "The Metropolitan Governor is not very good!" Hefei did not explicitly state, let's take the liberty of moving troops to fight with Xuzhou Zangba, this..."

However, the governor on the opposite side was not the hussar general Qiao Ren, but a middle-aged man who seemed to be loyal, and it was the later general Lu Zijing. "Yifeng don't worry, Qiao Du ordered me to take charge of the war in Xuzhou, and I must have the right to make chance, now Cao Cao is trapped in Hanzhong, and Zang Ba's army is only five thousand, which is a great opportunity for us to forge ahead. Besides, you and I have no less than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and I am afraid that he will not succeed. ”

Strange, strange. If it weren't for Lu Su, who had been in Guangling for half a year and had been with Zhu Ran every day, Zhu Ran really thought it was a fake. In his impression, Lu Su has always been a humble gentleman, but his recent performance has been a little angry.

"Yifeng, what do you want? Don't miss the opportunity! "Lu Su doesn't let go of a little time.

Ping'an's Zang Ba's troops are indeed not many, and whether it is Ping'an or Sheyang, they are all small counties. If it is divided according to the hierarchy of the county seat in the Eastern Han Dynasty, it should belong to the lower county.

The population of Ping'an County is about 5,000 households, more than 20,000.

And the entrance to the sun is even less...... This is related to the size of its county, Sheyang is near the sea and many salt fields, but it is susceptible to the influence of tides, according to the five years of Zhongping, may also be the last household registration census of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the original entrance of Sheyang is about 3,000 households, and the population is about 13,000 people. The scale of Ping'an County is even smaller, and the scale of this small city must not be large.

As for Heicy, the guy is too far away.

Therefore, in Zhu Ran's view, the two counties of Haixi and Sheyang are not enough to worry. I am afraid that there is only one place in Ping'an County and Zang Ba's 5,000 Xuzhou elite soldiers to fight, and the rest of the county soldiers are all fans who surrender to the wind.

"Good! Governor, then go and prepare, the soldiers are fast! After thinking about it, Zhu Ran felt that it was worth a try, so he withdrew from the lobby with his fists clenched, leaving Lu Su alone.

It's a pity that Zhu Ran didn't know that there was already a dispute between Qiao Ren and Lu Su, and his thoughts were still stuck in the Battle of Chibi. Qiao Ren, as the left deputy governor, cooperated with Lu Su, who joined the army, and his comrades-in-arms, who didn't want to be close, would also be alienated in the face of ideas and utilitarianism. Of course, Zhu Ran couldn't have imagined that there was a secret agreement between Cao Cao and Sun Ce, and Huainan would not attack each other within two years. Of course, Guangling did not belong to Huainan, but it was also under the command of Qiao Ren, the governor of Huainan.

Half a month later

In the Governor's Mansion of Hefei, Qiao Renzheng looked like he had eaten, "What did you say?" Lu Zijing and Zhu Ran sent troops to attack Ping'an's Cao Jun without authorization, and were detected by Zang Ba in Ping'an's battle with the two of them in several battles? ”

"Why is the Governor like this?" Zhang Wen, who came to inform, was particularly surprised, "But Lu Zijing sent troops without authorization, but he is the governor of Zuodu to lead Xuzhou, so he is not an unauthorized army?" ”

Jiang Ji was thoughtful, and pulled Zhang Wen, who was full of questions, and whispered: "Do you know that when the governor came, he said that he would not be allowed to start a war with the Cao army for two years. ”

"It turns out that Lu Su violated the established policy of the governor!"

"It's not that simple, I suspect that's what the Supreme means. I still remember that during the Battle of Huainan a few years ago, the Supreme had a secret discussion with Cao Cao before the battle, and I am afraid that some agreement was reached. Now that Lu Su has brazenly sent troops, isn't this Chi Guoguo's slap in the face of the Supreme!? Jiang Ji's voice gradually turned cold, and there was more deep meaning in his eyes when he looked at Qiao Ren.

"Hui Shu, immediately reply to Guangling and ask Lu Su to immediately give the lonely soldiers, otherwise military law will not allow it."

"Whoa!" Zhang Wen suddenly received the order.

"Zitong looks at your appearance, you have something to say!" The changes in Jiang Ji's face were all in Qiao Ren's eyes.

Jiang Ji hesitated for a moment and said, "The governor deliberately didn't tell Lu Su about this!" ”

"Haha!" Qiao Ren smiled so hard that his chest was pressed against his back, "What intentionally?" It seems that you have guessed that it is true that the Supreme and Cao Gong have an agreement, and they will not attack each other for two years, but I didn't even tell Dai Gang, the right deputy governor, where can it be regarded as deliberate. ”

Jiang Ji slandered in his heart, this is not called deliberate, among the six counties of Huainan, only Lu Su and Zhu Ran don't listen to Qiao Ren's military orders, even if the others don't know, they don't dare to advocate without Qiao Ren's military orders.

Jiang Ji looked up and saw Qiao Ren's satisfied smile, Jiang Ji couldn't help but feel a chill, it seems that the governor of the capital is really holding a grudge, it is not enough to squeeze Lu Su to Xuzhou, but also to take a hand in the yin. But when it comes to the yin man behind him, he blames Qiao Ren, Qiao Ren didn't want to yin Lu Su, and Qiao Ren himself didn't think that Lu Su would give him face like this, so he sent troops directly.

"Dudu, General Hou and Mrs. Zhu did not please outside Ping'an City. I'm afraid I won't just withdraw the troops! Jiang Ji said worriedly.

"It doesn't matter if you withdraw or not, I have sent someone to inform the General's Mansion. The key is how to make up for it, Cao Gong is now sitting in Hanzhong, and Shuzhong is in sight..."

"The Grand Duke!" Jiang Ji actually dared to interrupt Qiao Ren's words directly, "The Metropolitan Governor is so calculating!" ”

"Hmm!" Qiao Ren knew that Jiang Jiquan knew it as soon as he heard it, and couldn't help laughing: "You! Annoyingly smart! Hanzhong was lost, and Shuzhong shook the people who escaped from Yizhou and joined Cao Cao every day. Although Liu Bei is annoying, he is one of the three legs after all, and he must not die. Sun Cao and Liu Sanfang, one strong and two weak, if Liu Bei has something, Jiangdong is in crisis, so there must be some movement in Jiangbei so that Cao Cao does not dare to get Longwangshu, and the lord also has an order not to go north without authorization, and now it is less than two months away from the two-year period, but it will be too late if I wait for Jianye's order to come down, so there should be some movement on our side. However, it is not convenient for me to do it myself, since Lu Zijing has the heart, I will push him. ”

Get! It was Lu Su who violated the military order, but it was Qiao Ren who completed the purpose, and in the end, he also pitted Lu Su and Zhu Ran, killing two birds with one stone! Jiang Ji thought so, but Qiao Ren told him that it was not that simple.

"Zitong thinks Lu Su was cheated by me? Needless to say, just look at your expression, but Lone tells you that Zijing is the one who wishes to take the bait. Can Zitong know that he is on the couch, right? ”

When Lu Su and Sun Ce played against each other during the banquet, Jiang Ji was still in Cao Jun's office at the time, but after working under Qiao Ren for a few years, he still had some knowledge of Jiangdong's strategic policy, after all, he was more or less a middle-level person. "Lu Zijing put forward the idea of joining Liu to resist Cao at that time."

"More than that, although Lu Zijing is a gentleman, he is a stubborn person, and he will not give up the policy of the couch. However, he was not trying to deal with Liu Bei, Lu Su's strategy was determined to win Jingzhou and Bashu, so at this time, Shuzhong must not fall into the hands of Cao Cao. Zitong don't think of Zijing as too simple, he is a world-class layout master. This time, he voluntarily took the bait, but he also knew that he was not the material to lead the troops, and Huainan could not tolerate him, so he wanted to take the opportunity to be revoked and transferred back to Jianye. You don't know him, for Zijing, the so-called power is far less than his ideals. He wants Da Wu to follow his blueprint step by step to dominate the world, not in such a wanton way as I Qiao Ziyan. ”