Pan Jun really didn't brag, his prestige within Lingling County was completely beyond Shi Bao's intelligible range.

Anyway, what happened next, in Shi Bao's opinion, was a little too mysterious.

After relying on his own prestige to directly persuade Duliang County to surrender, Pan Jun didn't even let Shibao divide his troops to the south, but only sent people to write a few letters and send them out, which directly led to Taoyang, Lingling, and Shi'an counties in the south of Lingling County choosing to return to the Han Dynasty.

Then, Pan Jun suggested that Shi Bao postpone going north to attack Lu Kai, who was stationed in Fuyi, and instead go east to attack Quanling County, the county of Lingling County.

The geographical location of Quanling County is too important, and capturing Quanling is equivalent to mastering the springboard to enter Guiyang County and Changsha County.

Such an important place was attacked, Pan Jun didn't believe that Lu Kai, who was stationed in Fuyi, would have no action, and as long as Lu Kai chose to lead his troops to leave Fuyi County, then Pan Jun was sure that he could directly persuade the families of Fuyi County to surrender, so that the soldiers of Fuyi County would return to the Han without blood.

In this way, the Lingling County soldiers led by Lu Kai will become homeless duckweed soldiers, and their hearts will inevitably be weakened.

At that time, Shi Bud reflexively attacked the Lingling County soldiers led by Lu Kai, and he was bound to win a big victory.

And if Lu Kai is defeated, Quanling will inevitably not be able to defend it for a long time, and there is only one way to surrender. At this point, Lingling County was completely pacified.

When Shi Bao heard this, Pan Jun had already planned it so perfectly. Then what else is there to say, just do what you want.

In this way, Shi Bao stayed in Duliang County for a short time to rest for five days, and then left 3,000 people for Pan Jun to garrison Duliang County just in case, and he took a mixed team of 27,000 and headed towards Quanling County.

And Pan Jun, who stayed in Duliang County, received a letter from the county magistrate of the three counties in the south of Lingling County not long after Shibao set off. These people are willing to "eat pot pulp to welcome the king" and return to the Han court.

You really can't blame these county magistrates for being so stubborn, they also have their own reasons.

First of all, Pan Jun's prestige in Lingling County is indeed very high.

Pan Jun has been in Lingling County for too long, and the county orders of the counties here, except for the county orders of Quanling County, which were directly appointed by Dongwu, the county orders of other counties are all the children of local families promoted by Pan Jun back then.

The grace of knowing the encounter, this thing can be recognized by anyone who wants to make a face.

Secondly, the way Dongwu governed Lingling County did make the local families of Lingling County extremely dissatisfied.

At that time, Pan Jun reclaimed the swamp and tidal flats in the northeast of Lingling County, and opened business contacts with the Jiaozhou Shi family through his personal connections in the south of Lingling County, so that the families of the entire Lingling County could be said to have made a lot of money with Pan Jun.

and they can get land, and they have money and food to earn. This is how Pan Jun's extremely high prestige in Lingling County came about.

But as soon as the people of Dongwu came, the newly reclaimed swampy tidal flats in the northeast were all divided by the clans of Dongwu, and the trade between the southern families and the Jiaozhou scholars over the years was also cut off with Lu Dai in one fell swoop.

Tell me, the Lingling family can have a good impression of Dongwu.

But it's a pity that Lingling County is located in Wuling County, Guiyang County, and Jiaozhou, even if the family has so many private soldiers in their hands, it is definitely impossible to be the opponent of the Eastern Wu soldiers of the three counties, and Lu Dai is not so easy to provoke, there is really no way, the family members of Lingling County have to endure it.

Well, now Pan Jun is back, not only bringing the elite soldiers of the Han Dynasty, but also bringing a new benefit distribution plan According to Pan Jun's description, after Lingling County returns to the Han Dynasty, the distribution of interests within Lingling County is up to everyone.

This point, not only has Pan Jun's packing ticket, but also the endorsement from the Han Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, the credibility of these two people is much more reliable than those Wu dogs.

In this case, as long as the family is a little clearer-minded, they all know how to choose.

Very easily, Pan Jun only relied on a few letters to persuade half of Lingling County to surrender, and the remaining half depended on whether Shi Bao could attract Lu Kai to send troops from Fuyi County.

At this time, Lu Kai finally noticed the abnormality behind him. He finally received information from the southern part of Lingling County, and learned that half of Lingling County behind him was all reversed.

Lu Kai was directly stunned.

To be honest, I really can't blame Lu Kai for being too slow to react.

The entire military intelligence system of Soochow has not been running very smoothly in Lingling County.

Last time, Shi Bud was raging in the north of Lingling County, even if Lu Dai personally led the troops to encircle and suppress it, he was still always one step behind. The reason is actually very simple, the local family is not willing to cooperate with the Eastern Wu army.

That's just Shi Bao alone, under the banner of the big man, wandering around to fight, and there is already such a result. This time, Pan Jun personally led the troops to kill back.

Lu Kai's ability to learn about the huge changes in the southern part of Lingling within half a month was already the reason why he was vigilant enough to arrange in advance to collect intelligence in the southern part of Lingling.

It's sad to say. In his own territory, Lu Kai actually had to learn the secrets of the military situation through the installation of meticulous work.

But no matter what, now Lu Kai already knows that the four counties in the south of Lingling County are rebelling, and at the same time, he also knows that Shi Bao led 30,000 Shu troops to approach Quanling County.

Now in front of Lu Kai, there are two paths.

One is to approach Duliang County behind him and exterminate the Shu army of Pan Jun's department stationed there.

After Lu Kai figured out the reasons for the rebellion in the four counties in the south of Lingling, he immediately sensed the importance of Pan Jun. As long as Pan Jun is exterminated, then the remaining three counties will inevitably be pacified, and there is no need to send troops.

The other is to quickly lead troops to reinforce Quanling, and while keeping the county governance, it can also prevent Shibao from breaking into Guiyang and even Changsha County.

But no matter which choice he chooses, Lu Kai must send troops immediately, and he can only choose one route to march, not both.

If you go to encircle and suppress Pan Jun, you can only sit back and watch Quanling being attacked, and if you go to save Quanling, whether you can hold it or not, the influence of the rebellion in the four southern counties will become greater and greater.

Such a route choice is enough to make Lu Kai's head bigger, but there is another problem that makes Lu Kai's head even bigger - he can't just send troops and leave Fuyi County so simply.

Although Lu Kai's military ability is not as good as his uncle, he also has a certain strategic vision.

The consequences of leaving Fuyi County, Lu Kai can actually still see it, he Pan Jun can persuade the three counties in the south of Lingling, can't he persuade Fuyi County to surrender? !

Once Fuyi County defects to the Shu army, then the 10,000 county soldiers under Lu Kai will become rootless, and the army will be disheartened at that time, and they will not have the strength to fight at all.

The consequences are unimaginable.

However, Lu Kai couldn't stay still all the time.

If he stayed still in Fuyi, Pan Jun could completely contact the four southern counties and put together a private army of the family to guard the city, so that if he wanted to put down the rebellion in the four southern counties, the price to pay would be too great.

What's even worse is that along the way of Shibao, 30,000 Shu troops attacked a Quanling, and the defenders of Quanling now are less than 500 people. Lu Kai didn't even have to think about what kind of decision he would make when the Quanling County Commander learned that he was going to use 500 people against 30,000 Shu troops.

Being able to escape from Quanling and go to other counties in Eastern Wu can be regarded as this county order loyal to Dawu.

Quanling will definitely not be able to hold it, and once Quanling can't be defended, the current garrison force is basically equal to Guiyang County, which is not there, and it will be directly exposed to the edge of the Shu army.

If the Shu army wants to capture Guiyang County, it doesn't need to fight at all, march all the way, and then send people to take over the county seat.

Of course, this is not the most fatal, the most fatal thing is that after Shi Bao conquered Quanling, once he chose to lead the troops north, he directly entered Changsha County, and the soldiers of Changsha County are now concentrated in the Luo County area, and the south is completely defenseless.

Zhu Ran, who was stationed in Xixian, had a very high possibility that he would directly face the front and rear attacks of the Shu army.

And once Zhu Ran can't hold it, the loss of the four counties of Jingnan is a foregone conclusion.

Lu Kai's strategic vision is really not bad, and he finally sorted out all the strategic intentions of the Shu army to attack Jingnan this time.

But Lu Kai's military ability really can't be compared with his clan uncle, although he can see all the strategic intentions of the Shu army, but he can't think of any way to break the situation.

The current Lu Kai is very powerless, he feels that no matter what kind of decision he makes, whether he leaves Fuyi County or not, there seems to be no good result.

Well. Actually, it's not without a third option.

The third option is that Lu Kai will immediately go north to join Lu Dai in Wuling County, and then abandon Wuling County with Lu Dai and fully support Zhu Ran in Changsha County.

In this way, 60,000 troops were gathered to defend all parts of Changsha County and block the siege of more than 100,000 Shu troops. It should still be possible to defend Changsha County.

It's just that in this way, it is equivalent to completely abandoning such a big strategic decision as the three counties, which is not something that he Lu Kai can do.

Moreover, whether this is good or bad, Lu Kai can't completely judge it.

This kind of decision, even General Zhu Ran, I am afraid that he would not dare to make a decision easily.

(End of chapter)