On the Yangtze River east of Chaisang, a fleet of more than 1,500 civilian and military ships is speeding eastward, and the scale of the fleet is huge, occupying most of the river and stretching for 100 miles, which is the largest fleet since the Chibi War.

This includes more than 700 warships and 800 civilian ships of more than 1,000 stones, and the civilian ships are responsible for transporting food and materials, including 300,000 stone of grain and countless military supplies.

But there are not many troops, only 70,000 main Han troops, plus 30,000 troops deployed in Jianghuai and Huiji County, a total of 100,000 Han troops, if it is to attack Cao Wei, this army is far from enough, but to attack Jiangdong, 100,000 troops are enough.

A great battle of Hefei enabled the Han army to seize the Jianghuai region, the Cao army was forced to retreat to the Central Plains, and the Han army completed the strategic encirclement of Jiangdong.

The 10,000 Han army of Huiji is a cold arrow in the back of Jiangdong, which can be shot at the back of Jiangdong at any time, and the Han army deployed in Taihu Lake is a sharp dagger, which resists Jiangdong's abdomen and can give Jiangdong a fatal blow to the abdomen at any time.

The encirclement of the Han army confined the Jiangdong Army to the narrow territory of Wu County, Danyang County and Biling County, which was equivalent to the southern Jiangsu region in later generations.

It was the completion of the strategy of encircling Jiangdong, especially the victory in the Battle of Hefei, that drove Cao Cao's forces out of Jianghuai, making Cao's army unable to join forces with Jiangdong again, so that the time was ripe for the Han army to destroy Jiangdong, and once Jiangdong was destroyed, the Han army would unify most of the southern regions except Jiaozhou.

Jiangdong was also well aware of the danger, and they were also forced to carry out strategic retraction, taking advantage of the opportunity of the Han army to temporarily ease the situation in Jiangdong, quickly withdrew thousands of troops and all military supplies from Jiujiang County and Yuzhang County, and in fact abandoned Jiujiang County and Yuzhang County.

Of course, the loss of Huiji County also caused Jiangdong to abandon Linhai County, Jian'an County and Linchuan County in the south, and if you add Xindu County, Guangling County and Lujiang County, which were previously forced to cede to the Han army, Jiangdong Eleven County is left with less than 30% of the land.

In June of the 22nd year of Jian'an, the Han army launched the final battle of destruction.

In the huge fleet, the main ship of the Han army's 5,000 stone was at the front of the team, with three thousand stone warships in front of the road, and one thousand stone warship on the left and right to escort it.

Liu Jing stood at the front of the second floor of the main ship, facing the hunting river wind and looking at the sparkling river, he himself couldn't remember how many times he traveled east, more than ten years ago, he was trapped in Chaisang, and was almost destroyed by the Jiangdong army, he never dreamed that there would be a day when he would lead the army to destroy Jiangdong.

But this day has really come, Liu Jing's eyes are looking to the north again, his greatest desire is to unify the world, I don't know when that moment will come?

At this time, a guard stepped forward and reported: "Your Highness, there are officials on the south bank who ask to see you!" ”

"Who wants to see me?" Liu Jing asked lightly.

"Your Highness, it's Yuzhang County Chenglusu."

"It turned out to be him!"

A smile appeared on Liu Jing's face, he looked ahead, there seemed to be a town on the shore in front of him, Liu Jing pointed to the town, "Master Yin, where is that?" ”

Liu Jing's new boss Bo was appointed by the army Yin Zheng, who was only in his twenties, but he was quick and knowledgeable, and was recommended to Liu Jing by Sima Yi, Liu Jing admired his literary talent very much, so he made him the commander of the army, replacing Qin Mi, who had been transferred to Huainan Taishou.

"Your Highness Qiqi, there is Fenghuang Town in Nanling County, which is a famous supply point on the Yangtze River."

Liu Jing nodded, he had heard Tao Zhan say that the Tao family used to have several large warehouses in Phoenix Town, which were later resold to other merchants, Liu Jing immediately ordered: "It's getting late, suspend Phoenix Town to rest!" ”

It's not that the fleet can't sail at night, like the Battle of Hefei, the fleet transporting supplies will sail at night, but that's because the time is tight and the task is heavy, so they have to take risks.

But if the time is not too urgent, the fleet will not choose to sail at night, and this time the Han army is crusade to the east, the fleet is too dense, it is very dangerous to sail at night on the river, and it is easy to collide with ships, especially the large-scale fleet, once the ship collides, there will not be only two, and the loss will be very strict, so Liu Jing specially ordered that the fleet will not sail at night, and must dock and rest, and then leave at dawn the next day.

The fleet slowed down and headed towards the south bank, Liu Jing's 5,000-stone ship slowly approached the wharf of Phoenix Town, and some soldiers had already disembarked under martial law, not allowing any suspicious person to approach the wharf.

An hour later, more than a dozen horseback officials rushed to the dock of Fenghuang Town, led by Yuzhang Chenglusu, followed by several young retinues, because the Han army completed the strategic encirclement of Jiangdong, forcing Jiangdong to abandon Yuzhang County, Jiujiang County and Linchuan County.

In order to protect their own interests, the senior officials of the three counties gathered in Nanchang County to discuss countermeasures, and the senior officials unanimously decided to surrender to the Han State, and recommended Lu Su, who had a good relationship with Liu Jing, to contact the Han army.

Lu Su had long been disheartened by Sun Quan, and he also knew that Jiangdong was gone, and he had no personal interests, but he was dedicated to the people, and for the benefit of the people of Yuzhang County, he finally decided to surrender to the Han State and accept the fact that Liu Jing unified the south.

Lu Su and his party rushed to Phoenix Town, it was already dark, the soldiers on the dock were ordered in advance, and when Lu Su reported his name, he was immediately sent by a small boat to anchor the main ship in the river.

Lu Su was taken on the main ship by the soldiers and came to Liu Jing's study on the second floor, and the guards reported: "Your Highness, Lu Juncheng is here." ”

At this time, Liu Jing walked out quickly and said with a smile: "Zijing, we haven't seen each other for a long time." ”

Lu Su hurriedly gave a deep salute, "Weichen see His Royal Highness the King of Han!" ”

"Come on! Come into the cabin and talk. ”

Liu Jing invited Lu Su into the cabin, and the two sat down separately, Liu Jing saw that Lu Su was very thin and looked very bad, so he asked with concern: "Zijing doesn't seem to be in good health?" ”

Lu Su sighed and said: "I was seriously ill last year, and I haven't recovered, coupled with the heavy government affairs, my health is getting worse day by day, and I don't know if I can survive until next year." ”

Liu Jing shook his head and said: "This can't be done, Zijing is a pillar of talent, I can't let Zijing's body continue to deteriorate, Zijing shouldn't go back, recuperate well on my ship, recuperate for a few months, and let his body recover." ”

Lu Su was taken aback, and waved his hand again and again, "This is not good, Yuzhang County is indispensable to me." ”

Liu Jing smiled, "What's indispensable, I will appoint another county officer." ”

Lu Su then remembered that Yuzhang County still belonged to Jiangdong, but Liu Jing said such a thing, indicating that he was bound to win, Lu Su was silent for a moment, sighed and said: "Jiangdong has fallen into Ruosi, it is really sad." ”

At this time, the guards brought two cups of tea, Liu Jing took a sip of tea, and said unhurriedly: "The unification of the world is the hope of the people, and the loss is only the interests of a very small number of people. ”

"Your Highness is right, reunification is the trend of the times, I Lu Su is also Hanchen, seeing that the rise of the Han Dynasty is coming, I should be happy, but it is also human nature to miss the old, Lu Su's loss, I hope Your Highness will forgive me!"

Speaking of this, Lu Su took out a joint letter from the senior officials of the three counties and presented it to Liu Jing, "This is a joint letter from the officials of the three counties of Yuzhang, Jiujiang and Linchuan to His Royal Highness, and we are all willing to return to the Han Kingdom to ensure the safety of the people of the three counties." ”

This letter was expected by Liu Jing, in fact, he had already received a private letter sent to Chang'an by the Taishou of Yuzhang and Jiujiang County, and both of them expressed their loyalty to him in the letter, so Liu Jing did not feel a little strange when he received the surrender letter at this time.

He looked at the letter, and said to Lu Su: "Ten years ago, Jiujiang County and Yuzhang County were still directly governed by the imperial court, and then they were stolen by Jiangdong, eight years ago, the Jiangdong Army was defeated in Chaisang, and at that time it was clear that Yuzhang County and Jiujiang County were ceded to Jingzhou, and later after the agreement between the two parties, I promised to return Yuzhang County and Jiujiang County to Jiangdong, this is the first time, four years ago, the Jiaozhou Army Northern Expedition, once occupied Yuzhang County and Jiujiang County, and was recaptured by our Han army, I also temporarily returned to Jiangdong, whether from history, or actual control, Yuzhang County and Jiujiang County should not belong to Jiangdong, and it is completely reasonable for the Han army to take back these two counties this time, Zijing should not consider that this is the Han army taking them, and do not have any melancholy. ”

Lu Su smiled bitterly and said: "Your Highness's words are irrefutable, but all the Jiangdong people, including me, think that the capture of Yuzhang County and Jiujiang County is not something that happened in the past, but the warships of the Han army now." ”

Liu Jing laughed, "Zijing is really interesting!" ”

Liu Jing and Lu Su talked for a while, and then asked people to take Lu Su down to rest, Lu Su's health is too bad, if he doesn't recuperate, he can't survive this year, for Liu Jing, Lu Su is still of great use, and his illness must be cured.

Liu Jing immediately appointed Kuai Heng, who joined the army, as Yu Zhangcheng, and rushed to Nanchang with his letters and Lu Su's entourage.

Kuai Heng is the son of Kuai Yue, shrewd and capable, talent is also good, Xiangyang Imperial Examination 67th, after joining the army from Shuzuo step by step to join the army, Liu Jing has long been interested in cultivating him, so he took advantage of this opportunity to let him serve as Yu Zhangcheng, and after two years of training, he was promoted to Yu Zhang Taishou.

After arranging everything, Liu Jing asked the guard who was standing at the door and wanted to speak, "What's the matter?" ”

"Your Highness, Gandu Governor sent someone to send urgent information."

The guard stepped forward and presented a red letterhead to Liu Jing, Liu Jing unscrewed the letterbox, poured out a roll of white silk from it, he unfolded the white silk, this turned out to be a map of the garrisons in Jiangdong, Liu Jing was overjoyed, immediately got up and came to the sand table, and marked it on the sand table one by one against the map.