Chapter 850 Sweeping Through Jingnan
Under the guidance of Tai Shici, Zhang Xian finally met Zhou Yu as he wished. As soon as they met, although Zhou Yu was young, he had an inexplicable grace and heroic temperament, which made people involuntarily impressed.
"I'm Zhang Xian, Changsha, to pay my respects to Governor Zhou."
"Haha, Governor Zhang, please get up quickly."
Zhou Yu helped Zhang Xian up with a smile and said with a smile: "Liu Biao is not from Jiangnan, but he stole the high position of Jingzhou Mu and conquered the people of Jiangnan. My lord has long been determined to conquer Jiangxia."
Zhang Xian praised: "I have heard about Sun's righteous deeds in Jiangdong a long time ago."
"Haha, I'll discuss it in detail when we get to the city."
Zhou Yu took Zhang Xian's hand and walked into Linxiang City together. After some conversation, Zhang Xian finally agreed with Sun Quan to take over Jingnan.
This time, the three counties in Jingnan are in rebellion, led by Zhang Xian of Changsha County. Now that Zhang Xian has surrendered, it will be much easier to convince the other two counties.
After Zhou Yu persuaded Zhang Xian, he immediately sent Taishi Ci to take Sun Quan over from Yuzhang County, while leaving Taishi Ci to guard Yuzhang County to guard against Cao's army's attack.
Taishi Ci is now the leading general in the Jiangdong Army, and Cao's army occupies most of Jiangdong. Only Taishi Ci guarding Yuzhang can reassure Zhou Yu.
Outside Changsha City, Zhou Yu, Zhang Xian and other generals from the Jiangdong Army were waiting outside the city.
More than a thousand troops and horses escorted a carriage from afar, with a red water unicorn flag on it.
"The lord is here, and I will personally go to greet him."
A group of generals led by Zhou Yu welcomed Sun Quan's chariots and horses into Linxiang City, and Sun Quan's safety was finally guaranteed.
"My lord, if you want to own Jingnan and get the support of Jingnan's military and civilians, you must rely on these noble families in Jingnan. I hope my lord can open some preferential policies to them."
Zhou Yu bowed his hands to Sun Quan.
Sun Quan nodded and said calmly: "Gong Jin, please speak."
From the governor of Yuzhang County to the leader of Jingnan, and Jiangdong Army's military strength is not strong, it is natural to pay some price to get Jingnan.
"These clans are allowed to have private soldiers and acquire some land from the poor."
Every time Zhou Yu spoke a word, Sun Quan couldn't help but frown. In fact, the Sun family relied on many noble clans when they were in Jiangdong. The four most famous clans in Jiangdong are Zhu, Lu, Gu and Zhang. These families sent private soldiers to support the Sun clan in Jiangdong militarily and politically. In exchange, Sun Quan had to appoint the younger generation of the four clans as officials. For example, Gu Yong, Zhu Huan, etc.
However, the demands of the Jingnan gentry were a bit excessive, and they were almost becoming independent small kingdoms one by one.
"Lord, if the matter is urgent, follow the authority. As long as the army is still in the hands of our army, it is only a matter of time to deal with these nobles in the future." Zhou Yu said solemnly to Sun Quan.
Sun Quan thought for a while and sighed: "Okay, I agree, but they have to declare me as the Governor of Jingnan!"
In the spring of the sixth year of Jian'an, the Jiangdong Army dormant in Yuzhang County suddenly attacked Liu Pan's troops who were besieging Linxiang City in Changsha County from behind. Together with the defenders in the city, they defeated Liu Pan's troops in one fell swoop and successfully occupied Changsha County. .
In April, the prefects of Changsha County, Lingling County and Guiyang County jointly presented to the court to challenge the rebellious general Sun Quan as the governor of Jingnan.
After Liu Biao heard this, he was naturally furious and sent an army of 30,000 soldiers south to attack Changsha.
Sun Quan took Commander Zhou Yu as his generals and led an army of 15,000 to resist the Jingzhou army.
Although the Jingzhou Army was outnumbered, Cai Hao was leading the army. Cai Hao's talents were naturally far inferior to those of Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu planned several battles one after another and annihilated the Jingzhou Army. The number of the Jingzhou Army was around 10,000, and Cai Hao was defeated. He was so frightened that he did not dare to continue fighting with Zhou Yu.
However, even after repeated defeats, Cai Hao still had 20,000 Jingzhou troops under his command, which even slightly exceeded Jiangdong's army in number. However, Cai Hao was beaten by Zhou Yu and did not dare to attack at all, which shows Zhou Yu's military talent.
Liu Biao was helpless, Cai Mao was his in-law, and his concubine, Mrs. Cai, was Cai Mao's sister. When Mrs. Cai heard that her brother was trapped, she naturally kept whispering to Liu Biao all day long, begging Liu Biao to send out an army to rescue Cai Mao.
Cai Mao had no choice but to send Kuai Yue to lead five thousand troops and horses south to help Cai Mao escape the siege. Cai Mao responded hurriedly, but Zhou Yu did not send troops to stop him, and Cai Mao was able to escape the siege smoothly.
However, this battle completely destroyed the prestige of Jiangdong Army. From then on, except for Wuling County, the other three counties in Jingnan were all out of Liu Biao's control.
In addition to the land and population of the three counties, the Jingzhou army also lost tens of thousands of people.
The news soon spread to Luoyang.
"Governor of Jingnan?"
"Exactly, Liu Biao was ambitious and led his troops north to invade the imperial territory many times. My lord Sun Tuini was very angry at Liu Jingsheng's rebellious behavior, so he sent troops to attack Liu Biao."
Lu Su spoke eloquently: "My lord is loyal to the imperial court. Now he has made a successful attack on Liu Biao's rebels. All the governors of Jingnan counties have seen it. I also ask the general to grant my lord's request to be the governor of Jingnan."
Liu Ye nodded expressionlessly: "Well, this matter needs to be discussed with the palace staff. Zijing can stay in the post house for the time being."
"In that case, please excuse yourself."
Lu Su no longer bothered Liu Ye, but stood up and retreated.
As soon as Lu Su walked out, Xun You said in a deep voice: "I didn't expect that Sun Quan, who only had one Yuzhang County, actually attacked the three counties of Jingnan. His plot is quite big."
"Sun Quan is just a kid, but Zhou Yu should not be underestimated." Liu Ye said slowly.
"General, Mo Ruo agrees to Sun Quan's request to be the governor of Jingnan." Guo Jia said.
"Oh? Please give me a try as a filial piety." Liu Ye said.
"First, Cao Cao attacked Jiangdong. The Sun family in Jiangdong and Cao Cao are life-and-death enemies. The hatred is almost irresolvable. If Sun Quan is appointed as the governor of Jingnan, Sun Quan will become stronger and will definitely become the enemy of Cao's army. The enemy of my enemy is my enemy. ally."
"Both of them, Liu Biao has attacked our prefectures and counties many times before, with his troops going straight to Nanyang. With Sun Quan separatizing Jingnan, there must be a tug of war between Liu Biao and Sun Quan all year round. In this case, Liu Biao will not be able to care about fighting with our army. , and will continue to consume power, it will be easy for our army to capture Jingzhou."
Guo Jia talked eloquently.
Liu Ye put his hands on his hands and laughed: "The words of filial piety are reasonable. It seems that it is impossible not to appoint Sun Quan as the governor of Jingnan."
Jia Xu smiled and said: "In that case, how about giving Sun Quan another big gift and appointing him as the general to conquer the south and take charge of the expedition?"
The Four Towns Generals and the Four Expeditions Generals were extremely powerful and had the power to conquer all directions. In this way, it was natural for Sun Quan to send troops to attack Liu Biao.
In June of the sixth year of Jian'an, the imperial court appointed Sun Quan as the governor of Jingnan and made him the general in the southern expedition.