Chapter 285: Controlling Youzhou
"Since the public can know the weakness of Cao Jun, how can I not know? It can be said that I originally only had the possibility of destroying Cao's army, but now I may be able to destroy Cao's 300,000 army in one fell swoop, and then attack Yangzhou in a big way, but seek Yangzhou for Jiangdong. If you get Yangzhou, then I Jiangdong can attack Jingxiang by two roads, and Jingxiang can be taken alongside, then it can be juxtaposed with the northern heroes, and it is not impossible to compete for the world at that time. ”
Lu Su smiled confidently, but he didn't tell Huang Gai what it was.
Fortunately, although Huang Gai was reckless, he was not an uninteresting person, and when he saw this, he admired Lu Su a little more, and he said with a hand.
"Huang Gai is reckless, please forgive the governor, if the governor can really protect my Jiangdong foundation, even if he wants Huang Gai to be on the head, Huang Gai will not hesitate!"
For a person like Huang Gai who is loyal to the Sun family, Lu Su can naturally be trusted, and after thinking about it slightly, he nodded and said.
"In this way, there is a matter that needs to be dealt with publicly."
"Please speak clearly!"
More than ten days later, all of Cao Cao's ships were all connected, although the operation was inconvenient, but the boats attacked, and the Jiangdong naval army was unstoppable.
It's just that because of the inconvenience of transshipment, as soon as the Jiangdong Navy retreats, it has no way to chase it at all, and the water is different from the land, even if there are boats, it is impossible to stay on the river without moving, so even if the Jiangdong Navy is repelled for a while, but after a while, the Cao army will also retreat on its own.
Unless we can hit the south bank in one go, it can only be a stalemate.
But I have to say that Lu Su is not a scheming person, and he ordered the whole army to block the entire river layer by layer. In the end, Cao Jun could not go south.
For a moment, the situation was deadlocked. But the situation is still Cao Jun has the advantage. If it goes on like this, even if the damage is not small, in the end, Cao Jun should still be able to win.
So every day, Cao Cao ordered the ships to storm Jiangdong.
It's just that just as the world is unpredictable, just when Cao Cao was complacent, an army suddenly came from the upper echelons and struck a blow to Cao Cao's abdomen.
also went down the river, and it caught Cao Cao off guard. At the whole time, the shortcomings of the serial warship that it was not easy to turn around leaked out, and under one blow, tens of thousands of Cao Jun were killed and injured, and then it was easy to leave, not giving Cao Jun the slightest chance at all.
Jingzhou Wenpin is the commander of this army, but this time it is an offensive launched by the Jingzhou Water Army.
What's even more surprising is that after Wen Ping won the blow, he immediately returned to Jingzhou, and he didn't look like he wanted to participate in this big battle at all. It's not like you're helping Jiangdong.
However, soon everyone got the news from Jingzhou. Jingzhou had no intention of participating in this battle.
The reason why there was such a blow was also to hit Cao Cao and prevent Cao Cao from sitting on it.
This was the result of Lu Su's trip to Jingzhou, although it did not pull the Jingzhou alliance, but this blow was enough to make Cao Cao unable to attack Jiangdong for a while.
"Lu Zijing really deserves to be Lu Zijing, even if I didn't expect Jingzhou to strike at this time, and it doesn't take much effort."
When the news reached Wei Tao's command, Xun You first shook his head, he really didn't expect this.
"And more importantly, Cao Cao received such a blow, he must not dare to devote all his energy to the attack on Jiangdong, and when the time comes, with the geographical advantage of the Jiangdong naval army, it is not easy to take it, and this battle must be extended indefinitely, which is really unthinkable!"
"Okay, Gongda, there is no need to say much about the Jiangdong water war, what should be the situation now?"
Wei Tao shook his head, no one expected the situation in the world to change, but now Wei Tao is not worried about Xiliang's affairs.
Now Ma Teng and Han Sui have already fought in Sili, but if they investigate carefully, they still have their basic sanity, and although their strength has been greatly reduced, it is not a matter of time and a half to attack Xiliang.
What Wei Tao said was naturally not Xiliang, but Youzhou.
Youzhou unrest.
Strictly speaking, it should be said that in Youzhou, a part of the family was dissatisfied with the rule of Zhang Ning and other original Taiping Dao, and actually intended to stir up, but this part of the family included many people who originally took refuge in Taiping Dao and then belonged to Wei Tao's subordinates.
Of course, this turmoil quickly subsided, after all, the military power of Youzhou is still in the hands of Wei Tao, and under the military power, even if it is supported by a big family, it is impossible to really have turmoil, let alone just a group of small families.
But Wei Tao knew that things were not so easy, these people were actually just 'stones' who threw stones to ask for directions, and those families who didn't say a word in Youzhou were the real masterminds.
"Huh...... The lord Jing Ziyu has been staying in Youzhou without moving, and even promised him the right to mobilize the army in an emergency, isn't it just for this time? I'm afraid that at this time, Youzhou is already all in Ziyu's hands. ”
However, hearing Wei Tao ask like this, Xun You immediately said with a smile, in fact, this time he didn't need to do anything to plan, with Zhuge Jin's ability, he could naturally do the best thing.
"Now what the lord has to think about is what to do with that Zhang Ning? The rest of Zhang Yan, Guan Hai and others can be transferred out of the army, but that Zhang Ning is different, not to mention his ability, just to say that his status is not so easy to deal with. In Youzhou, there are many people who are still believers in the Taiping Dao, and if they are not careful, I am afraid that the Yellow Turban Rebellion will start again in Youzhou. ”
Although Xun You said it seriously, as long as he looked at his relaxed expression, he could understand that in fact, he didn't take this matter too seriously.
It's not that this matter is not important, but even the Yellow Turban Rebellion that swept the whole country back then was helpless against the Han Dynasty and Wei Tao.
Wei Tao's arrangement in Youzhou is not a decoration, as long as someone dares to take the lead, then he will be arrested immediately, and he will not tolerate chaos at all.
But if stability can be maintained, who wants chaos in Youzhou?
So that Zhang Ning still had to be careful and cautious.
"Let's talk to one of them when I get to Youzhou."
Wei Tao shook his head and it was difficult to decide for a while, for Zhang Ning, Wei Tao naturally couldn't arrest and go to prison or something.
Although there was some turmoil, Youzhou had calmed down at this time, so Wei Tao arrived very quickly, and he saw Zhang Ning in Jicheng.
I don't know why, Zhang Ning always has a haggard feeling at this time, and her eyes are even more blank, so people don't know what she is thinking in her heart.
Even if Wei Tao arrived, Zhang Ning didn't come back to his senses.
"Actually, since your method of dividing the land equally and sharing property was implemented in Youzhou, I know that sooner or later there will be such a day. However, in this way, it can also divide some of the families in Youzhou and gather the hearts of the people in Youzhou, and I will do as you wish. ”
It was almost a sentence that sprinkled salt on the wound that suddenly made Zhang Ning wake up, and a pair of eyes stared directly at Wei Tao.
"There is no need for this, it will never be possible to divide the land evenly and share the wealth, not to mention how can those big families be willing to take out their property and divide it, even if it is the people of the Yellow Turban Dao? Is it for the sake of common wealth that one is diligent and the other is lazy that they want to divide what they have? Since diligence is the same as laziness, then who is willing to work diligently, even if there is no rebellion of the family this time, then I am also meddling in the affairs of Youzhou, under your governance, many fields have been uncultivated, let them be barren. ”
In fact, the matter is not so serious, strictly speaking, Zhang Ning's ability to govern a place is not bad, except for some practices that are really out of place, many things such as persuading farmers and mulberries, Zhang Ning still does a very good job.
But it was precisely because of those untimely ideas that she was disappointed in the end.
Even Wei Tao, a person who has been a man in two lives, has never thought of preaching anything like equality in this era, and Zhang Ning's actions like this naturally cannot be successful.
After a few words, although there were a lot of very unpleasant words, and even made Zhang Ning want to turn his face, but in the end, Zhang Ning could only admit that what Wei Tao said was extremely right.
"And what about you? Defend the border and bless the Han from foreign enemies? You and I both know, not to mention anything else, so Xianbei is now defeated Wuhuan again and again, once it annexes Wuhuan, then it will become a disaster in the north, without the support of the entire Central Plains, can you resist it? What's more, what about blessing the people of the Han Dynasty? Isn't it to be oppressed by the family? Can you turn a blind eye to these things? ”
Zhang Ning opened his mouth to ask, and in the face of this question, Wei Tao couldn't help but shake his head slightly.
"I rule the people, and I know that they are very happy."
Wei Tao didn't lie about this, although there are still things like taxation, but compared to other places, Wei Tao's command can be described as light taxes, exempt from forced labor, not to mention that everyone is rich, but at least every family can have a full stomach.
This is not easy in this era, let alone under the continuous war.
In comparison, the so-called peaceful and prosperous era of Taiping Dao is nothing more than that, and in the end, Zhang Ning can only be dumbfounded and acquiesce in his failure.
With Zhang Ning's recognition, Wei Tao can really take Youzhou into his own hands, in fact, it is also true, in just one month, all the people in Youzhou have a new look, during which everyone is cooperative, and nothing happens.
After taking care of the affairs of Youzhou, Wei Tao has not changed much, at most there is one more pretty woman beside him, and in the next step, Wei Tao has already set his sights on Xiliang.
Although Ma Teng and Han Sui did not lose both, as long as Xiliang did not return to the harmony he had at the beginning, then Wei Tao would have the confidence to capture Xiliang.
Now Wei Tao's mentality has changed.
But no matter how it changed, after hearing such a news, Wei Tao couldn't help but be surprised.
"Cao Mengde was defeated by Jiangdong? Did the 300,000 army be burned by a fire? How is this possible! (To be continued......)