Chapter 412 [General War]
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Ma Han tried his best to suppress bandits in Lujiang, and Sun Quan and Zhou Yu in Kuaiji were not idle either, so he stepped up his pace of transfer.
Why transfer? Well, why shouldn't this sentence be transferred as soon as possible?
Kuaiji, which is now the Jiangsu and Zhejiang area, was actually a Jedi at the end of the Han Dynasty. It was very developed north of the Zhejiang water, with many counties and very dense counties. South of the Zhejiang water and to southern Fujian, it was full of smoky places, with few people thousands of miles of people, and no county a hundred miles of them, and various indigenous tribes were complicated. No foreign force could survive in this place, let alone develop.
It can be said that the Sun family in Jiangdong has been forced into a desperate situation. As long as Ma Han’s preparations for the southern expedition are completed, they can compete with him for control of Zhejiang River. If the Sun family is defeated and the Zhejiang River is cut off, the entire Jiangdong Group will be completely blocked in a narrow area of only 300 miles. There is no strategic buffer, and there is no way to retreat. The east is the sea, the south is the wilderness, the north is the strong enemy, and the west is the only way to survive. If the Zhejiang River is lost, the only way to survive will be cut off. By then, there will be only two roads left in the Jiangdong Group: either jumping into the sea collectively, or going up the mountain to be a savage.
Going west, fighting for survival space, and even turning the entire Jiangdong force into Jiangxi force, is willing to do anything. Otherwise, once the horses pacify Lujiang, the Dragon Wolf Firefighting Army will cross the Huai River, and the Dragon Wolf Xu Lin's army will complete the integration of the Jiangdong Boat Division in Danyang, and tens of thousands of troops will be in the forefront. Everything will be too late.
Zhou Yu saw this very early, so he sent Cheng Pu and Han Dang to guide Yuzhang early and occupied two important river estuaries in Pengze and Chaisang, laying the foundation for the entire force to move westward.
In November, Zhou Yu led 20,000 boat troops to march west along Zhejiang River and marched into Poyang. At the same time, Cheng Pu of Chaisang and Han Dang of Pengze also formed a large army. Like three sharp arrows, they pointed directly at Nanchang, the capital of Yuzhang County.
In mid-November, without substantial contact battles, Yuzhang prefect Hua Xin surrendered to the city.
This cannot be entirely blamed on Hua Xin. The main reason is that the strength of the two sides is too great. Nanchang's troops are less than one-fifth of the enemy's troops, and they lack fighting will. If they have no will, they will not be surrendered, so what if they do not surrender? But Hua Xin also needs to bear a lot of responsibility. In fact, Ma Han had sent an envoy to send troops to assist Hua Xin, but refused for him. It was obvious that he was afraid that he would take the opportunity to seize power. As a result, let alone power, he would even lose territory.
In early December, braved the cold, the entire Jiangdong Group started to migrate along the Zhejiang River and the south bank. It advanced along the water and land, and moved all the main military and political departments and their families westward, while Kuaiji only left a small number of troops as a restraint. Because the Zhejiang River was completely controlled by the Sun family at this time, although the Dragon Wolf Army had thousands of troops on the north bank, it could only watch and could not stop it.
When Yuzhang was occupied and the Sun family moved westward, the most important thing was not Ma Han, but Huang Zu. This means that this Jiangdong Fen was already at the door of his home. There will be a decisive battle between them.
At the end of the fifth year of Jian'an, Huang Zu, the prefect of Jiangxia, made a statement to his nominal superior General Ma Han and his substantial superior Jingzhou governor Liu Biao, requesting help from both sides to reject the three foreign forces of Sun, Cao and Liu. However, Huang Zu also knew that Liu Biao would only condemn morally at most, or send envoys to mediate, wanting to get substantial support from him, which is not enough to think of it.
Not to mention anything else, Cao Cao and Liu Bei were let down by Liu Biao, so don’t think that Huang Zu was blind. So he put all his hope on the Ma Han in Jiangdong. At the end of the year, he sent his eldest son Huang She to Wanling in the name of the New Year to visit the general.
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Although the weather in Jiangdong at the end of the year was cold, it was quite warm compared to Luoyang, and there was no snow, only a layer of thin ice.
At Wanlingfu Temple, the icicles hanging in front of the eaves slowly melted, dripping water downwards, hitting the dents on the stone steps, making the clear sound of the gukong.
In the lobby, Ma Han sat behind the desk. There was a copper candlestick in the room. The lights were bright, but there was no fireworks. This was not Ma Han's hard work and simplicity, but the climate in Jiangnan was nothing to him. The coldness of people who came from Liaodong was just enough to refresh themselves.
Ma Han was reading a letter from Luoyang at this time. The letter was written by Princess Wannian. Half of it was talking about the childishness of two sons and one daughter, and half of it was telling the longing of the girls in the house. Only at the end of the letter, it was very worrying to mention that the emperor's body became weaker and weaker. What was even more worrying was that neither Queen Fu nor Concubine Dong had any signs of raising the dragon seed. I was really worried that this lineage would be extinct...
In a quiet winter, I always feel warm when I read a letter from home with a comfortable cushion. Ma Han looked at it several times and smiled at the corner of his mouth, but when he saw the end of the letter again, a trace of darkness flashed across his eyes. He put down the letter from the bottom of the black box on the desk and took out a letter with three red feathers painted in the mouth. It was the highest level of red secret letter sent by Hawkeye, and the writer was Jia Xu.
As information, it is better to be short than long. Use the least words as possible to make the meaning clear. Therefore, after being translated, this information was only a short sentence: "The secret report in the palace was that the emperor pleaded blood and fainted for no reason. There were three such words."
This is a danger!
Ma Han stretched out his hand and rubbed his forehead. The sixth year of Jian'an was coming. When the New Year was approaching, he received such a news. This put a lot of pressure on him, which meant that the battle of the Southern Expedition was urgent. I just hope that this brother-in-law could hold on, and at least he had to survive next year.
At this time, Asu entered the house and reported: "One left, one came."
"Hmm?" Ma Han looked up, his words were a little unfinished.
"Premier Hua is gone, Mr. Huang is here."
The prefect Hua was naturally Hua Xin. After Xiancheng, he received the kind hospitality from Sun Quan and invited him to stay and serve, so he would be highly valued. Unfortunately, with the strength of Sun's family at this time, it was really uninteresting. Therefore, Hua Xin did not hesitate to leave Yuzhang and returned to Luoyang north. He passed by Danyang and visited Ma Han.
Ma Han was not interested in this lost city and land, but just summoned him as usual. After talking, he found that this person was keen on power and lacked character, but he was very good at government affairs. He was the kind of person who could be used and could not be reused. So he tried to send him back to Beijing and asked him to make arrangements with Jia Xu. Perhaps Jia Xu liked to use such a person the most.
As for Mr. Huang, hehe, it was just right. Ma Han put down the letter and nodded, "Please invite him in, yes, add a fire."
Huang She is about 30 years old, with a slightly yellow face and a high eyebrow bone. His eye sockets are deep and protruding cheekbones. He looks thinner, but his skeleton is very thick. This person is called "Yellow-faced Tiger" in Jiangxia, and it turns out that he is as his name.
Although Huang She had done a lot of homework in the situation of the general before, he was still surprised to meet him at this time. He was too young and seemed to be not as old as himself. He was actually a general? And this was not because he was the first relative of the Han Dynasty. But the real strength of the prince, even Dong Zhuo, was far from that time.
Thinking of the powerful strength that the man in front of him has, and the violent attacks on the forces of Jianghuai over the past few days, especially the Jiangdong Sun family, who had fought with the Huang family for many years, were forced to move twice. This strength is terrifying to think about.
Huang Sho stepped forward and bowed deeply to Ma Feng: "Jiangxia Huang Sho, pay homage to the general."
Ma Hansu made a gesture of asking for a seat, and Huang Qiu thanked him and entered the left seat.
Ma Han took out the Huang Zu Alliance letter that Liu Ye had sent before and slowly recited: "...I'm honoring General Annan, the title of the marquis of the town, and Yongzhen Jiangxia. I'll receive a tax every year, provide military armor, and jointly suppress Jiangdong... Is this what Huang Taishou's request?"
Huang She said with a sigh: "Now in Jiangxia, Jiangxia, is blocking the Sun family in the east and resisting Cao and Liu in the west, and is a pillar of Jiangnan. In front of the general, She dares not express his achievements, but he works hard here, so he must have understood..."
Ma Han raised his hand to stop and said lightly: "One time and another time, if you Jiangxia can restrain the Sun family for me and make him dare not invade the west, this general, the village marquis, and the armor of the army are no problem. But see how you did it? First, Peng Ze was defeated, and then Yu Zhang was defeated. During the whole process, I did not see Jiangxia showing his due strength, nor did I see what substantial damage you caused to the Sun family. This made me doubt Ling Zun's ability and Jiang Xia's strength..."
"General!" Huang She stood up in anger, clenched her fists, and showed her fierce eyes in habit, as if she was a vengeful tiger. "Victory and defeat are common among military officials, so what is the way to do? And Yu Zhang's mistake was also controlled by Cao Liu in the west, and he did not dare to act without action. Otherwise, with the hatred between Huang and Sun, how could he allow him to be so arrogant?"
Ma Han looked at him lightly and pointed at the seat.
Huang Xie gritted his teeth and then gritted his teeth, and finally sat down with his head down, unwilling to apologize to Marunton.
"Please tell Ling Zun that the times change, and the situation is not the same now. Now, he cannot be allowed to make the conditions." Ma Han knitted the previous alliance book into a ball and threw it into the waste paper box with his eyes suddenly sharpened, staring at Huang She, "You are not qualified to form an alliance with me. What I want is not the alliance book, but the surrender. After surrendering to me, what it was like and what it is now. If you don't surrender, then there are only two choices, either joining Sun, Cao, and Liu to resist the imperial soldiers; or being swallowed by these three evil dogs without leaving a drop."
It sounds like there are two choices, in fact, there is only one. Huang Zu was forced to do something. Maybe he would be stupid to unite with Cao and Liu, but it would be absolutely impossible to unite with Sun, so there is no unity.
Ma Han finally waved his hand: "Go back and fight for the survival of the Huang clan of Jiangxia. At that time, I will help you and others. For specific operations, you can discuss with me, Longlang, Xun Gongda, and remember that the more sincere you are, the more likely you are to survive."
Huang Za's neck was swollen and he was breathing heavily. This result confirmed Ah Weng's concern before departure. He was mentally prepared, but it was difficult to accept it. He was defeated by Jiangdong's army on the battlefield and gained nothing in negotiations. This sense of frustration was really uncomfortable. But what could I do? He and Jiang Xia had no choice, but he hated that this young general was too ruthless in price...
Huang She just left, and Shi Tianbao ran in happily: "General, good news! General Zhennan led his army across the river."
Chapter completed!