When Jiang Xin's vanguard soldiers approached the city of Guangxin, Cao Wu's foot stepped on the land of Jiaozhi.

Cao Wu looked at the scenery in front of him that was different from the Central Plains, and suddenly sighed.

In the history he experienced, in 938 AD, the Southern Han Kingdom defeated Wu Quan on the Baiteng River, and the Jiaozhi region gradually drifted away from the Central Plains.

Unlike the Western Regions, after this battle, the Central Plains Dynasty almost never actually controlled Jiaozhi again, and the Northern Song Dynasty fought again on the Baiteng River 50 years later, winning and then defeating, and finally left behind a secessive regime.

At the end of the Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties, each dynasty once wanted to completely control this area, but it eventually left the Central Plains in the Ming Dynasty and completely became a new country.

Since Zhao Tuo's seizure of Lingnan, this place, known as Vietnam in later generations, once belonged to the Central Plains Dynasty for more than a thousand years.

They used to speak the language of the Central Plains Dynasty and use square Chinese characters, but eventually they parted from the land.

Cao Wu only has a cursory understanding of these histories, and is not proficient in them, but he always feels uncomfortable when he thinks of losing his land.

Speaking of which, the source of the Jiaozhi split actually has to be attributed to Sun Quan, the Great Emperor of Eastern Wu.

For a long time, Jiaozhou was originally a family, but after Soochow obtained Jiaozhou, Jiaozhou was divided into two parts, Jiaozhi, Rinan, Jiuzhen three counties are still called Jiaozhou, and Yulin, Cangwu, Nanhai and other counties have become Guangzhou.

In later generations, Guangdong and Guangxi were completely separated from Jiaozhou and became two administrative regions, while Jiaozhou, which was dominated by Jiaozhi, became the southernmost state in the world and the most remote.

When the Central Plains Dynasty was strong, the control could reach here completely, and it was fine, but when the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms arrived, when the Central Plains Dynasty could not take care of it, Jiaozhi became a hotbed for the birth of separatist forces, and it was not until later that generations of separatist forces established their own independent countries.

This is a consequence that Sun Quan could never have dreamed of.

In the previous life, Buqi went to Cangwu, Cangwu was too guarded by Wu Ju and was killed by him, Buqi went to Jiaozhi, but Shixie completely fell to Dongwu.

In this era, in fact, it was also carried out along the same vein, Wu Ju did not want to surrender, but just pretended to welcome, and Shi Xie also fell to Eastern Wu.

Of course, before this, Shi Xie had always wanted to pay tribute to the Central Plains, and he was also very satisfied with Cao Cao's position as the general of Suinan Zhonglang. Probably in the end, he couldn't wait for the army of the Central Plains, so he could only choose to surrender to Soochow.

"Know the times. Nantian Little China, heh. ”

Cao Wu smiled and shook his head.

In this life, since he has come, he will no longer let Jiaozhi split from the Central Plains territory, nor will he leave the bane of division.

It's better that something like Nantian Xiaohua doesn't need to exist.

As for Shi Xie, maybe he really wanted the Central Plains and had to surrender to Soochow, but now he has no chance to tell the difference.

Just as he was thinking, the sound of horses' hooves sounded, Cao Wu looked up and saw Cao Xiu riding over.

When Cao Xiu approached, he immediately turned over and dismounted, hugged his fists and said: "Uncle, it has been investigated, and there is no trace of the Jiangdong Army here. ”

"Okay."

Cao Wu grabbed a stick of grass from the water's edge and bit it in his mouth.

He and the tiger and leopard cavalry have been looking for several days, just looking for where the main force of the Jiangdong Army is.

From the moment he heard Jiang Wan's information, Cao Wu deduced from Lu Xun that it was impossible for Zhou Yu to take his 10,000 elites to attack the city, and the siege was the most consuming of troops.

Zhou Yu must still be choosing the location of the decisive battle repeatedly.

And Cao Wu is the same.

He stepped on the water of the Baiteng River and let the water lap on the surface of his feet.

Cao Xiu hesitated for a moment, and finally persuaded: "Uncle, do you want to wear armor." ”

Cao Wu waved his hand: "Not only I don't need to, let everyone take off their armor and rest first, the weather here is too hot." ”

It's only April, and it's hotter than Guangxin.

Cao Wu understood that this was actually similar to a tropical climate, which was not the same thing as the temperate zone of the Central Plains.

"Whoa!"

Cao Xiu did not persuade anymore, unconditionally accepted Cao Wu's statement, and went to let everyone rest.

Because Lu Xun followed the main force as a military advisor, only Diao Chan followed Cao Wu here, and Wei Yan protected from the side.

Wei Yan stood upright, meticulously guarded, Cao Wu patted him on the shoulder and said, "Wen Chang, you want to relax one by one." ”

Wei Yan was flattered, hugged his fists and said, "The last general will obey the order!" ”

This fist, the armor on his body is rattling.

Cao Wu glanced at his forehead, it was full of sweat, and his back must have been wet, but no matter how he persuaded him, Wei Yan didn't disarm him, so he had to go.

They searched for a long time, but they couldn't find Zhou Yu's main force, Cao Wu also had some doubts about his judgment, maybe Zhou Yu's main force really went to Cangwu? Then you can only rely on Ah Si's strange skills to resist.

If the Jiangdong army and the Shijia went to get Guangxin by changing their homes, it would indeed be his trouble.

Just as he was thinking, a slender jade hand rested on his forehead and pressed it gently.

Cao Wubian didn't think about it anymore, sat down honestly, and let Diao Chan massage.

Wei Yan turned his back.

Diao Chan said: "Actually, you don't have to be so tired, it should be the Jiangdong Army who is in a hurry." After all, Cao Jun has two-thirds of the world, and when the spring plowing is over, he can make up hundreds of thousands of troops. Even if Jingnan has a weak foundation and it is inconvenient to transport grain, grass and troops, with Xun Lingjun's talent, it is not a problem to transport 350,000 reinforcements, with these people, Jiaozhou will always not be lost. ”

Cao Wu closed his eyes and said slowly: "The people are too bitter, last year's war took too much energy, and Gou or Brother Gou may not have the spare time to recruit troops, after all, Tuntian is only in the north, but there are few in the south." ”

Diao Chan nodded, and didn't persuade him again, but Cao Wu continued to say to himself: "Zhou Yu is cautious, calm, and cruel, you can also see that he was seeking to get Jiaozhou a few years ago. If we don't come, I'm afraid that the entire Jiaozhou soldiers will be his, and in time, they will be able to defend themselves and build an iron-blooded defense line in Jiaozhou. Jiaozhou is in his hands, he can use troops from the four directions of Jiaozhou, Jingnan, Jiangxia, and Hefei, and when he comes to attack at that time, he will be attacked on his back. ”

"In short, if Zhou Yu doesn't come, then I may leave after beating Cangwu, and as soon as Zhou Yu comes, then I must fight him."

His eyes were closed, but Diao Chan could feel the sharpness in his body.

There must be a decisive battle.

The difference is only where the decisive battle will be.

……

Also on the day Jiang Xin attacked Guangxin, another fulcrum on the land of Jiaozhou, Jiaozhi County, also ushered in a new opportunity.

Jiang Wan was trapped in the mansion, but he was not in a hurry, he took the opportunity to go out of the mansion to buy materials every day to exchange information with the outside world.

He was originally a scholar, but the various ways in which Beifu exchanged information opened his eyes.

For example, passing books in the belly of fish, writing with special materials on vegetable leaves, and so on.

Jiang Wan thought to himself, if he was standing in a hostile position, he would definitely not be able to find these handbooks, which shows that Beifu is proficient in intelligence.

However, Jiang Wan's dilemma is that his source of intelligence has been cut off in the past few days, and he has not been able to transmit any important information, at least he has not been able to know where Zhou Yu's main force in Jiangdong is.

Early this morning, he planned to take advantage of the shift change time to take another risk.

There is a room in the Taishou Mansion, there is a side hall, and people are usually not allowed to enter, but it seems that the people living in it are particularly delicious, so there is an opportunity for Jiang Wan to deliver the food box.

Jiang Wan didn't pay attention to it the first time, but the second time he found the problem.

The person who was locked up inside, he should be-

Jiaozhi is too guarded by Shixie.