Imperial Power Of Han Dynasty - Chapter 1013

On the river surface near Chaisang City, the mighty Xiliang Army navy warship, slashing through the waves, is the main force of the Xiliang navy led by Gao Chong, and the main force of the Nanyang Army is also on it. Came slowly toward Chaisang City.

“Be on the alert and have reached the enemy’s hinterland, guard against the enemy navy!”

Gao Chong’s order was passed down, and hundreds of naval ships were immediately ready for battle. This water area was already very close to Chaisang, and Cao Jun’s naval ships could appear at any time.

Ding Feng, Wenpin, Zhu Huan and other navy generals led all naval forces to wait in full battle, carefully waiting for the appearance of the Cao Jun navy, but when they arrived at the port, no Cao Jun battleship was seen.

“Strange, what did Cao Jun think, just watching our army land without sending a warship to resist?” Zhang Jai asked strangely.

“The enemy naval forces are weaker than ours. Perhaps they want to rely on Chaisangjian City to resist, and the pawns and naval officers may cooperate with each other.” Gao Chong inferred.

“Well, in that case, Cao Jun’s navy will be handed over to the Gaodu Supervisor to deal with, and this will lead the infantry to prepare to attack the city.”

“The navy drew to the shore and sent the pawns up.”

Hundreds of naval warships docked and landed from Lukou Port, sending tens of thousands of Nanyang Army infantry ashore. After landing from Lukou Port, rush eastward for more than a hundred miles, and you can directly reach Chaisang City.

“The whole army is marching towards Tokyu, aiming at Chaisang City!”

The Nanyang Army had been staying on the ship for the past few days, full of energy and full of energy, and immediately stepped eastward and marched quickly towards Chaisang City. In less than half a day, Chaisangcheng had already appeared in front of the Nanyang Army.

“Ready to attack… wait!”

Zhang Jaw originally planned to cut down trees to make siege equipment, and then immediately attacked Chaisang City. However, there was something wrong with Chaisang City. Although there was still a Cao flag floating in the wind on it, there was no garrison on the top of the city, which made people wonder.

“General Zhengnan, is it possible that the enemy is in a suspicious formation and ambushes in the city?” Li Yan asked.

“If this is possible, don’t be reckless.”

Zhang Jai signaled the whole army to be calm, and immediately went forward, shouting loudly: “I am the prefect of Nanyang, the imperial court conquered the south general Zhang Jai, the enemy should be brazen, come out quickly!”

“Is the master king outside the city?”

Suddenly a person’s head poked out from the top of the city, fearing his head and tail.

“Yes! Who are you who would be conquered by the emperor’s order?”

“The villain is the Cheng of Chaisang County.” After Cao Jun occupied Jiangdong, in order to stabilize his rule, the general civil service was appointed to the local family, but the military power still had to be firmly controlled in the hands of Cao Jun.

“The general will not conquer the officials? That’s not necessary. The Cao thief has escaped long ago. Now Chaisang is an empty city!” Xian Cheng shouted.

“Then you order people to open the gates on all sides, hurry up!” Zhang Jai still doubted the enemy’s suspicious formation, and refused to believe it.

“Here, the general wait a minute.”

After a while, the gates on all sides opened slowly, with a big hand waved: “The whole army enters the city from all sides. Be careful. If you find the enemy, immediately withdraw.”

“Here!”

Tens of thousands of Nanyang troops entered cautiously through the gates on all sides, but they did not encounter any resistance and entered it safely.

“It’s true that you are not hiding the general, Cao Xiu and Cao Ren had led the land and water armies to go north a few days ago and gave up Chaisang.” The county Cheng said with a careful smile.

“Go north, are you sure they are going north, not east?” Zhang Jai asked strangely, knowing that Cao Jun still possesses the vast area of ​​the six counties of Jiangdong, how could he give up so easily?

“Yes, Cao Jun has indeed gone north, as if he has gone to Huainan.” The County Cheng said carefully.

“Okay, I know, you go out.” Zhang Jai waved his hand, and said again: “Please come in.”

After Gao Chong finished the navy affairs, he walked into the county office: “General Zhang, what do you call me?”

“Supervisor Gao, the situation is like this…”

Zhang Jai told Gao Chong what the county Cheng had just explained to him.

“So the six counties of Jiangdong are an empty city at this moment, and our army is at your fingertips. This is really good news!” Gao Chong said excitedly: “In this way, the entire south of the Yangtze River will fall into the hands of our army.”

“Well, hasn’t Qin Gong already named Sun Quan the Wuhou? Our army can use Sun Quan as an example, so the six counties of Jiangdong will definitely come down.” Zhang Jai suggested.

After Sun Quan surrendered, Liu Ye immediately asked the emperor to designate him as Wuhou. This was the highest honor of the county and the hero. In this way, Sun Quan has become a living example. Didn’t the nobles in the six counties of Jiangdong surrender one after another?

“By the way, the Zhu Huan in my camp was born in the line of Zhu clan, one of the four great gentry in Jiangdong, Zhu Lu, Gu Zhang, and is now worshipped as a general under my account, which is also a good example.” Gao Chong added. .

“Hahaha, okay, so the Jiangdong six counties won without a fight, hahaha.” Zhang Jay laughed.

The two immediately sent a letter to Liu Ye, requesting Liu Ye to provide official positions in the six counties of Jiangdong to the gentry and clans of various regions, so that they would support the rule of the Xiliang Army. Liu Ye readily agreed, and sent Sun Quan to Jiangdong with an order. Living role model.

With Sun Quan and Zhu Huan as role models, many gentry and clans in the six counties of Jiangdong came down. This is the best result. It is important to know that these gentry each have hundreds or thousands of private soldiers, and they are also a large armed force. In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, during the famous Wang Dun rebellion, Shen Chong of the Three Wu clan expressed support for Wang Dun. As a result, he pulled out nearly 10,000 private soldiers in one breath, showing the prosperity of these aristocratic families.

During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the imperial court had almost no majesty to speak of. The Sima court had to rely on these aristocratic families to be able to exist. Although today’s nobles have not grown to the point of the Eastern Jin nobles, their strength is also not small.

Seeing that both Sun Quan and Zhu Huan received such generous rewards, these clans did not want to confront the Xiliang Army head-on, so they chose to surrender. Since then, the south of the Yangtze River has been connected together, and all have become the territory of the Xiliang Army.

“Bo’an, should our army target Huainan in the next step and go north to Chaohu to compete with Cao Jun for Huainan?”

In Jianye City, Zhang Jai said to Gao Chong.

News of the defeat of the Yuzhou Army in Hefei has also reached the Zhangja Army, so Zhang Jai is ready to take advantage of the situation and lead the army northward, forming a horn with Liu Bei, and overwhelming forces to wipe out the Cao army in the Huainan area.

Gao Chong shook his head, his eyes dimmed and said, “I have another plan.”