However, it was said that Cao Cao Chibi was defeated and was taken by Cao Ren to Jiangling, the southern county office, to rest temporarily.

The next day, Cao Cao said to Cao Ren: "I will return to Xudu for the time being, pack up my military horses, and I will come to take revenge." Jingzhou is entrusted to you to manage, and you can guard Nanjun with Xu Huang; I have sent Xiahoudun to guard Xiangyang; Hefei is the most important, I ordered Zhang Liao to be the main general, Le Jin, Li Dian as the deputy, to protect this place. But there is an urgency, when the flight report I know. Cao Cao's distribution has been decided, so he led the public and Jingzhou's new civil and military officials, and returned to Xudu.

Before leaving, Cao Cao handed over a bag to Cao Ren: "I have a plan, and I will leave it to you." Non-emergency break. If the matter is opened in a hurry, act according to the plan, so that Dongwu does not dare to face Nanjun. ”

After Cao Cao left, Cao Ren sent Cao Hong to capture the Yi Tomb.

The Yiling garrison attacked Liu Zhang's generals, and was ordered to lead 300 men and horses to defend the city.

Cao Hong guarded the Yi Tomb in case of Zhou Yu.

It is said that Zhou Yu Chibi won a complete victory, collected the generals, rewarded the three armies, declared Wu Hou according to the merit book and asked for rewards, rewarded Huang Gai, Gan Ning and other meritorious generals, and asked Pang Tong to go to Xishan Nunnery to report that he was looking around, but he didn't know where to go, so he had to give up; After teaching people, the village released Jiang Gan and invited him into the account.

Jiang Gan entered the account and gave a salute: "Congratulations to Gong Jin for making such a great contribution." ”

Zhou Yu said: "If it weren't for Ziyi stealing books, Cao Cao would have killed Cai Mao and Zhang Yun; He also recommended Shi Yuan to ask for a boat plan, and I was able to succeed. In terms of speaking, Ziyi's contribution is indispensable, and it has long been recorded in the credit book. ”

Jiang Gan said: "A little merit should be given by Gongjin." ”

Zhou Yu said: "But I don't know what Ziyi's intention is to cross the river this time?" Is it because he is afraid that Cao Cao will see through it and hurt his life in vain? ”

Jiang Gan said: "This is one of them. ”

Zhou Yu smiled and said: "Master commented that 'Ziyi is wise and foolish, and open-minded. 'Cao Cao must see Ziyi as honest and dumb, how can he see through the reason? ”

Jiang Gan also smiled and said: "Master commented that 'Gong Jin is smart and quick-witted, but his qi is smaller. 'Gong Jin is so powerful, he can still see through the deception plan from Cai Zhong, Cai He without his family; Huang Gongfu surrendered without his family, didn't Cao Cao know that there was fraud? To tell the truth, Cao Cao regretted killing Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, but he didn't say it. This time, I was allowed to cross the river again, first, when I saw that the appointed date was about to arrive, but there was no trace of Huang Gongfu, so I came to inquire about the news; But he really wanted to kill people with a knife and eradicate me with Gongjin's hand. I knew what was going on, but I pretended not to know, and asked to send a henchman to be my retinue in order to deliver the message. Otherwise, Cai Zhong and Cai He have been controlled by Gong Jin, how can Huang Gongfu change the news of the appointment on the grounds of bringing his family, how can Cao Cao believe it? Wouldn't Gong Jin's fire attack plan fall short? ”

Zhou Yu pondered the details of Jiang Gan's three crossings of the river, and suddenly realized.

Jiang Gan said: "Although I am in Caoying, my mother's family is in Jiangdong, and I dare not forget the friendship with Gongjin, hugging and crying when we are separated, and exclaiming each other's hearts. ”

It turns out that the two have been classmates for three years, which is very good.

When parting, Zhou Yu persuaded Jiang Gan to stay with him to assist Sun Ce, who was just starting out, to achieve a career.

Jiang Gan was willing to vote for Cao Cao, saying that he had more experience and was willing to be Zhou Yu's internal response, so as to help Zhou Yu when needed in the future.

Zhou Yu was grateful and cried goodbye.

Zhou Yu recalled the scene when he was a classmate and separated from Jiang Gan, and looked at the classmate in front of him who secretly helped him to be honest and stupid, and suddenly felt different, teaching people not to have a single account, let him live, be entertained, and wait for reuse.

On this day, Jiang Gan was reading a book in the tent, when he suddenly heard a burst of heart-rending screams, he couldn't help but be frightened, hurriedly ran out of the tent, followed the sound to the river, and saw that the Jiangdong soldiers were tying stones to the captured Cao Ying soldiers and sinking into the river.

Jiang Gan asked the soldiers why they were like this, and the soldiers replied that they had thrown all the prisoners into the river and drowned on the orders of the governor of Zhou.

Jiang Gan said that he went to the governor of Zhou to intercede and asked the soldiers to postpone their disgrace in the river.

When he rushed to the big tent of the Chinese army, he saw that Zhou Yu was discussing with the generals about the strategy of recapturing Jingzhou.

Jiang Gan shouted: "Gongjin, do you know that people are being killed by the river?" ”

Zhou Yu looked up and saw that it was Jiang Gan: "You are talking about killing the prisoners of Cao Ying!" This is my commandment, how can I not know it? Ziyi came just in time, we are discussing how to recapture Jingzhou, dare to ask what is the plan? ”

Zhou Yu said, turned back to look at the map, and ignored it.

Jiang Gan walked a few steps, came to Zhou Yu's side, and then said: "Gong Jin, that's tens of thousands of lives, are you really indifferent!" ”

Zhou Yu immediately sank his face, looked at Jiang Gan and said: "Ziyi, if we put Cao Jun back today and return to the north, we will become our enemies tomorrow, wouldn't it be better to let the tiger return to the mountain and make enemies for myself!" ”

Jiang Gan said: "Conscription and service are out of helplessness. They are all born of their parents, who does not spare their lives? If you are given a way to live, and you are determined to be the governor of kindness, will you be an enemy again? Cao Cao recruited 300,000 people from Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, and incorporated them into Qingzhou soldiers, soldiers and civilians in Tuntian, for military needs, to be strong, and should be used as a reference. ”

Zhou Yu was silent.

Lu Su was on the side: "What Ziyi said is not unreasonable. ”

Zhou Yu said: "In Ziyi's opinion, how to deal with it? ”

Jiang Gan said: "In my opinion, those who are willing to surrender will be divided into various departments to enrich the army; The rest were sent to remote areas to farm and work together with the local people to develop Jiangnan. ”

Huang Gai said: "Ziyi's view is quite insightful, you might as well give it a try." ”

Zhou Yu pondered for a while and said: "Since Zijing and Gongfu also think so, then bother Gongfu to take Ziyi to deal with it."

Huang Gai and Jiang Gan came to the riverside, separated the yellow and white flags in two places, gathered the prisoners and announced the governor's order: "Those who are willing to surrender to the army will stand under the white flag; May those who farm the land stand under the yellow flag. ”

When all the captives heard that they were no longer sinking into the river, they were all overjoyed and stood under the two flags.

Huang Gai saw that there were only a small number of prisoners of war under the white flag, so he had them registered, brought back to the camp first, and then sent to the various departments after reporting to the governor.

Seeing that most of the prisoners of war were under the Huang banner, Jiang Gan ordered the construction of a camp to live temporarily, and sent Tuntian after informing the governor.

At night, Jiang Gan thought about the things of the day in Xinli Camp, and he didn't want Zhou Yu to be not only small now, but also so cruel, and sighed.

Suddenly, I heard that the school reported that General Huang Gai was visiting, and I hurriedly went out of the tent to greet him. After each other's quarrels, Jiang Gan asked Huang Gailai what he was doing?

Huang Gai said: "Today's governor of Zhou is no longer the Zhou Gongjin of the past. After the Chibi War, Zhou Dudu felt that he had the greatest credit, and except for Wu Hou, he no longer took others seriously. Huang Gai took a sip of tea, and then said: "Ziyi questioned the governor in front of everyone today, and the governor felt that his face was gone. Although Ziyi has made great contributions to Jiangdong and has an extraordinary relationship with the governor, it is better to be careful in the future. ”

Jiang Ganlian said thank you.

Huang Gai sat for a moment and left.

As soon as Huang Gai's front foot left, Zhou Yu took him to the school.

Jiang Gan hurriedly greeted him: "I was about to go to pay my respects, but I met General Huang's visit and just left. But he annoyed the governor to come to the village in person. ”

Zhou Yu asked: "The public reply said that the list of those who wish to surrender has been compiled into various ministries. I don't know what to do with visiting Ziyi? ”

Jiang Gan said: "General Huang can not hesitate to be tortured and humiliated, and is willing to sacrifice hardships and meat for the governor, which shows his loyalty and chivalry. Today, I have confronted the Governor and come to comfort me. It is said that the Governor is grateful for the kindness of the Governor when he hears about the prisoners of war, and he praises you as a classmate and friend, and let me do my best to assist the Governor. ”

Zhou Yu thought to himself, it is really rare to follow Sun Jian in public, loyal and courageous, and now I will help me to assist Sun Hou. It's just that Ziyi relied on his classmates and friends and their merits, and he actually confronted him face to face, showing no mercy, making himself lose his majesty, which is really annoying. This person is full of sharp teeth, tongue like a spring, mouth like a hanging river, with a three-inch tongue that is not rotten Jianghuai, if you argue with the tongue, it is embarrassing, it is better to go away, then out of sight and out of mind, so as not to be noisy in the ears from time to time.

So he said to Jiang Gan: "I am not ruthless in killing prisoners of war, and I regard human life as a mustard." It's just for the sake of Jiangdong, if the prisoners of war are released back to Cao's camp and come back, they will still be enemies. Ziyi's strategy of appeasing Tuntian is really clever, not only weakening the hostile forces, but also raising manpower to reclaim remote territory, and my grandson Marquis expressed his gratitude. ”

Jiang Gan said: "You and I are classmates and friends, what is the use of thanks? If it is useful to me, let it be commanded. is still the sentence when they were separated, 'willing to help Gongjin'. ”

Zhou Yu said: "If you keep many prisoners of war nearby, it will change for a long time, and it is better to be far away from the body, and develop the territory, what will Ziyi want?" ”

Jiang Gan said: "Gong Jin's words are exactly what I want. But if they are forcibly expelled, they will flee on the way, or they will rebel, will they not cause chaos? ”

Zhou Yu said: "What is Ziyi's opinion? ”

Jiang Gan said: "Fujian faces the sea, and the mountains are high and the road is far away. If a good manager is sent to lead the prisoners of war to develop the fields with the local people, the prisoners of war can be appeased, and the territory can be consolidated and the future can be relieved. ”

Zhou Yu said: "Good! Central Fujian has a vast territory, a long and difficult road, and a lack of management. Those who are good at managing are none other than Ziyi. How about going to manage the annoyance of Ziyi? ”

Jiang Gan said: "Since Gongjin thinks that I can go, and I am still willing to help, I will go." ”

Why did Jiang Gan propose to lead the prisoners of war to Fujian, and why was he willing to be ordered to manage Fujian?

Jiang Gan knew that the whole territory of Minzhong County was located in the Han area, which was set up after the unification of the Six Kingdoms by Qin, and governed Dongye (the area of Yeshan at the southeast foot of Pingshan Mountain in present-day Fuzhou City), with a vast area, including large and small Baiyue regimes and tribes such as Dongou and Minyue (Minzhong County included all of today's Fujian, Wenzhou, Taizhou, Chuzhou, Chaoshan, Meizhou, Jiangxi, etc. in eastern Guangdong).

In order to strengthen his control over Fujian, Qin Shi Huang sent 500,000 soldiers from the Fifth Army to Lingnan three times, on the one hand, to move some of the Minyue people to the interior, and on the other hand, to send some of the Central Plains people to Fujian, so that the different tribes were integrated with each other, forming an exchange between the Minyue culture and the Central Plains culture.

However, although the county in Fujian is early, there are different inner counties, Liu An of the Han Dynasty said, "Minyue is a place outside the party, since the prosperity of three generations, Hu and Yue are not with Zhengshuo", there is no city in the city, "get its land, not the county, the county also". In other words, the Qin Dynasty did not actually control Minzhong County but ruled it in a restrained manner, and Minzhong County was the land of Baiyue that had not been conquered at that time.

During the time of Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, it was officially recognized as the Minyue Kingdom, and Wuzhu was named the king of Minyue.

In the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were constant wars, and the imperial court had no time to ask, and the surrounding state capitals had no intention of jurisdiction, and it seemed to have become an out-of-control region.

Jiang Gan believed that the prisoners of war of the Cao army would be grateful for virtue if they escaped death, and then said to the prisoners of war Chen with a three-inch incorruptible tongue that if they did not die in the north, they would also suffer heavy responsibility; If you move south to marry a wife and have children, you can live in peace and cultivate the land, and you should go with your wishes. After arriving, he will integrate with the local people and govern the local area well, so that he can avoid the scourge of endless war, and let the people of the vast territory live and work in peace and contentment, so he is willing to go to the order.