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When Ma Han pursued Cao Cao, Tai Shici in the east was not idle, and launched a series of fierce attacks on the Jiangdong army.

On August 25, the dragon wolf Xu Linjun occupied Wu County, captured Lü Fan, and beheaded Sun Yi. And Guan Hai and Chen Deng have united, and they have also captured Dantu and forced Qu'a.

After the fall of Wu County, due to the emptiness of Wu County, the main force of the Jiangdong Army did not return, Xu Linjun took advantage of the situation to attack vigorously, and at the speed of three days and the next county, within half a month, all the counties of Biling, Qu'a, Yangxian, Wucheng, and Yuhang were in the bag.

At this time, Sun Quan had led a large army back to Jiangdong and stopped at Wanling in Danyang County. Along the way, he had been worried about the safety of more than 1,000 people in Wucheng Sun's family, and when he arrived at Dewanling, he saw his uncle Danyang Taishou Wu Jing, and learned that he had taken the Sun family first, and his heart fell to the ground. It's just that I was shocked to hear the death of the third brother Sun Yi, and the fourth brother Sun Kuang's palm has been abolished, and I can't help but feel sad.

At this time, Sun Quan was too young, whether in the army or in the political hall, he lacked prestige, and he was facing the current enemy. So Sun Quan decisively entrusted political affairs to Zhang Zhao according to his brother's last words, and handed over the military power to Zhou Yu to command.

When Zhou Yu took the talisman, at that moment, he was only moved by the death of a confidant in his heart.

By mid-September, Ma Han had taken control of the entire territory of Jiujiang, and Lejin in the north had also reoccupied Yuzhou, stabilized the rear, and was handing over the magistrates and backup defenders sent by the imperial court in order to free up troops and go south to support the general.

After Tai Shici occupied Wu County, he handed over Wu County to the second echelon led by Lu Dai to take over, and joined forces with Guan Hai. Water and land go hand in hand, tracing the Lishui and going up, and entering Liyang.

At this time, Sun Quan's troops in Danyang, in addition to the original 10,000 people and ships, still had 5,000 foot soldiers led by Sun Ben and Sun Fu, more than 15,000 soldiers and horses led by Cheng Pu and Sun He, plus more than 5,000 Danyang soldiers led by Wu Jing. It can be said that the elite of the Sun family in the entire Jiangdong is all concentrated here.

The total strength of Tai Shici and Guan Hai is no more than 10,000 people, less than one-third of the Jiangdong Army. Naturally, they did not dare to attack rashly, all they had to do was to put pressure on the Jiangdong Army.

Soon, Ma Han personally led Li Dian, Gan Ning, and more than 15,000 soldiers and horses on land and water, marched to Liyang, stationed troops on the right side of the river, and put on a posture of crossing the river at any time to attack together.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Deng was also ordered to lead 3,000 sailors to cross the Yangtze River. From the north to Danyang.

At this time, although the Jiangdong Army had nearly 30,000 troops, it fell into an unfavorable situation of being surrounded on three sides. Within the Jiangdong Army, the battle and the withdrawal. Engage in a heated quarrel.

Led by Zhang Zhao, including Wu Jing, Zhu Zhi, Sun Jing, Yu Tuo, Sun Ben, and Sun Fu, they all advocated evacuating Danyang and retreating to Huiji. to get rid of the danger of being surrounded on three sides. After Ma Han took over the counties of Danyang and Lujiang, he must first seek stability, and then he can go south. This gives you a respite. Hold your heels and figure it out again.

Led by Zhou Yu, including Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Huang Gai, Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin, Song Qian, Dong Xi, Chen Wu, Lü Meng, Pan Zhang and other generals, all advocated a war. They believe that if they fail to accept a battle and flee when they hear the news, it will not only hurt their morale, but also undermine their confidence, which is very detrimental to future resistance. Moreover, in terms of total strength, the Jiangdong Army still has a slight advantage.

Whether to fight or withdraw, both sides have their own reasons, and there is no dispute. Sun Quan saw it in his eyes and was bitter in his heart, imagine if his brother was still alive, how could there be such a situation? Regardless of the battle or withdrawal, it will be decided in a word.

While the people in Jiangdong were arguing, several events occurred one after another, and finally the balance of the dispute was tilted in favor of the conservatives.

First of all, the Jiangdong forces, like Cao Cao, fell into a righteous crisis.

In late September, Ma Han finally waited for the edict of the Son of Heaven, and immediately announced it to the world. reprimanded the Jiangdong Sun family, harbored evil intentions, refused to accept the officials, plotted to divide the territory, and eroded the place, and now it is begged for by the holy will of the Son of Heaven.

When Sun Quan and the others in Jiangdong heard this, they were really angry and crooked their mouths. Cao Cao attacked you for no reason and was reprimanded as a rebellion; You attacked my Jiangdong for no reason, but you said that I was divided (it seems that I am not wrong). It's just, it's just...... Jiang Dongzhong thought about it for a long time, but he didn't come up with a suitable word to describe it.

However, Ma Han has a figurative saying: double standards.

That's right, this is a double standard, you should "blackmail the Son of Heaven to please the minister" is in vain? The Son of Heaven is in his hands, and the righteousness is in his hands, and he can hit whoever he wants; If there is no reason, find a reason, and if there is no crime, you will be charged. As long as the strength is enough, there is no need to worry about the excuse of the crusade.

Secondly, the Tao brothers exerted their family's influence, and the Tao merchants sneaked back to Danyang (Tao Qian's hometown), instigated the defenders to raise the banner of righteousness, killed the Jiangdong defenders, and responded to Ma Han's army to cross the Yangtze River and capture Shicheng. This directly disrupted the overall deployment of the Jiangdong Army, especially the loss of the two cities, completely severing the connection between Wanling and Moling, Hushu, Jiangcheng, Jurong and other counties, and half of Danyang County was lost.

In the end, the encirclement came from all sides - the life and death enemy of the Sun clan in Jiangdong, Jiangxia Huangzu, took advantage of the fire to rob, sent his son Huang Shot, led 5,000 water troops, went north along the Yangtze River, attacked Danyang from the south, burned and plundered.

At this moment, the Jiangdong forces were surrounded by Ma Han, Tai Shici, Chen Deng, and Huang Zu from the east, west, north and south. In a word, if you don't run, just wait to be dumplings.

The political situation is extremely unfavorable militarily, and there is no internal discord, and this battle really has nothing to fight. Zhou Yu is also a military and political talent, he can fight, and if he can't, he will never be reluctant, he will make a decision immediately and withdraw from the army.

More than 30,000 troops, plus tens of thousands of people, retreated by boat from Lengshui to Shexian. Then the troops were divided into two roads, and the main force entered Zhejiang along the newly opened ditch, and then entered Huiji to the east. Cheng Pu and Han Dang led a partial division, about 8,000 men and horses, from Zhejiang to Pengze, and suddenly attacked Huang Zu's camp in Shuizhai by the Yangtze River, killing hundreds of enemies and burning thousands of grains and stones.

Huang Jie hurriedly returned to the division to rescue, but was ambushed by Han Dang halfway, almost killed, and was unable to form an army, only to be spared, and fled back to Jiangxia in a hurry.

As Zhang Zhao and others expected, Ma Han did not continue the pursuit, and took the four counties of Jiangzuo and Jiangright at once, and all kinds of military and political affairs came one after another: officials in various counties and counties had to be appointed, the people had to be appeased, the powerful families had to make friends, and the rout and bandits had to be eliminated...... Before the administrative officials sent by the Luoyang side arrived at the handover, it was enough for Ma Han and his soldiers to be busy until the end of the year.

Of the four newly acquired counties, Jiujiang is the closest to Yuzhou, and the backup is the most timely, plus Ma Han and others have also been operating here for the longest time, and they quickly controlled the situation of the whole county. The people of Danyang County are fierce and have always been a chaotic and strict area. Whether it is Yuan Shu or Sun Ce, they are very scratching their heads, and they have also made great efforts to clean up and rectify, and they have finally achieved results. Therefore, Ma Han received this result, and it was a lot less troublesome. Then he took the pottery merchant to lead the Taishou and took over the appointment of the captain; One is a local powerful family, and the other is a fierce general who specializes in cutting down bandits, and the two can basically control the situation when they cooperate.

Wu County, the base camp of the Sun family, is the most difficult to govern. So Ma Han also put two great powers here: one is Lu Dai; There is also another representative of the newly returned Jiangdong forces, Lü Fan. Lü Fan was appointed as the Taishou of Wu County, and Lü Dai was appointed as the county leader. With this old and new partnering with each other, I believe that sooner or later Wu County will be governed well.

The last thing to talk about is Lujiang.

Lujiang is under the governance of Yuan Shu, to be precise, under the governance of Liu Xun, the former Lujiang Taishou, which is very weak and has been very chaotic.

Today, Huang Zu's Jiangxia army will fight, tomorrow Sun Ce's Jiangdong army will fight over, and the thief army of Lei Bo and Chen Lan will also come to intervene the day after tomorrow...... It's really like a comb for soldiers, like a grate, and it's like a grate, and it doesn't have to stop poisoning the place.

After analyzing the situation in Lujiang, Guo Jia and Xun You agreed that in order to solve the Lujiang problem, it is first necessary to solve the thief army of Lei Bo and Chen Lan. Once this thief is gone, it can play three roles at the same time: deterring Xiaoxiao, appeasing the common people, and relieving internal troubles.

Ma Han agreed with the two masterminds, but he also knew that it was easy to defeat this army of thieves hiding in the depths of Dabie Mountain, but it was difficult to find them. The story of the million-strong army of bandits in later generations profoundly interprets this point. Of course, no matter how difficult it is, it is just a bandit, and it must be defeated.

The old rule, salute first and then soldier, and send envoys to Qishan to persuade surrender first. The candidate for the envoy, Xu Yu was originally quite suitable, but unfortunately he had returned to Luoyang as early as last month to report to the Son of Heaven. However, after a while, there is a more suitable candidate: Yuan Yin.

Yuan Yin is Yuan Shu's younger brother, and he was the boss of Lei Bo and Chen Lan, and he has a deep relationship with the two, so it is most suitable to use them as a messenger.

Yuan Yin was ordered to set off from Shouchun, and half a month later, arrived in Lujiang County, and then found someone to enter Lishan to deliver a letter.

Three days later, Chen Lan asked him to meet with him in a village twenty miles northwest of Lixian County.

After the two met, they first reminisced about the past, and then looked north and worshiped (Yuan Shu was buried in Shouchun) to show respect for the old master. Of course, at this time, Chen Lan selectively "forgot about it", and Yuan Shuxuan was humiliated by their refusal, and finally died of illness.

Yuan Yin asked why he didn't see Lei Bo?

He replied: "It has been many days since I led the army out of the mountains to eat. ”

Well, that's a euphemism for going down the mountain to loot, understand, understand.

Yuan Yin didn't say much, and said the conditions listed by the general: Chen Lan and Lei Bo can choose any county in Yuzhou to serve as the governor, or enter Luoyang to serve as a court official around Qianshi. You can keep a hundred servants, and the rest of the soldiers must be reorganized.

Chen Lan was naturally dissatisfied with this condition, he and Lei Bo's subordinates had tens of thousands of troops (originally more than 7,000, but later pulled thousands of strong men), and it was not too much to be a general, and it was not too much to be a guard. And he hopes to continue to lead the troops, put it in other departments, and lead the old department.

Before Yuan Yin set off, Ma Han had explained that other conditions were easy to say, but he was never allowed to continue to lead the old department, and Yuan Yin was naturally very embarrassed.

Chen Lan smiled: "Brother, you can ask the general, and I can also discuss it with Lei Zhong." ”

Yuan Yin had no choice but to say goodbye.

Chen Lanxiang sent him out of the door, and as soon as Yuan Yin took a few steps, he saw a man hurriedly entering, saluted Chen Lan, and approached and whispered a few words.

Chen Lan's face was full of surprise, while Yuan Yin's face changed greatly and he left in a hurry.

That night, Yuan Yin, who returned to Lixian County, immediately repaired a book, asked his entourage to send Wanling urgently, and reported Chen Lan's reply first. (To be continued......)