Pengcheng, Yanwangfu.

Xu Sheng, the captain of the city gate and the commander of the Jinyi Guard, hurriedly walked in from outside the hall, and saw Zhang Yan discussing things with Chen Qun.

Zhang Yan raised his head, glanced at Xu Sheng, and asked, "Seeing that you are so flustered, is there something urgent?" ”

Xu Sheng nodded, glanced at Chen Qun, and did not speak again.

Zhang Yan understood, so he said to Chen Qun: "This matter, just do it according to what you say, you are fully responsible, and strive to make the people of Hebei live a good life within three years." ”

Chen Qun, as the great farmer of the dynasty, was mainly responsible for agricultural production, money and grain income and expenditure, and was a very important position, and this time Chen Qun suggested to Zhang Yan that water conservancy canals should be built in Hebei to irrigate farmland.

However, at present, the state treasury is not well funded, and it will take huge manpower, material resources, and financial resources to build water canals in the huge territory of Hebei, and Zhang Yan is secretly building a new capital, and a large amount of money is flowing out of the state treasury like flowing water, but the existing tax revenues are limited, and many localities have reduced or exempted taxes, and basically the current state treasury is already unable to make ends meet.

At this juncture, how can Chen Qun not be anxious about this matter, once the treasury is empty and the military salary cannot be distributed, where will there be money for construction?

But Chen Qun is Chen Qun, he has his own unique method, he suggested to Zhang Yan that there are a group of rich gentry in Hebei who have serious violations of law and discipline, and they are ready to crack down on them, and those who are implicated in it will follow the laws of the Han Dynasty. Kill the deserved. Severe punishment of severe punishment. The copying of the house that should be raided, the exile that should be exiled, and the distribution of the allotment.

Zhang Yan agreed with Chen Qun's idea, and entrusted Chen Qun as the minister of the Qin Mission, inspecting Hebei, and all officials must obey orders and not slack off, and gave Chen Qun the power to cut first and then play.

Chen Qun clenched his fists and said goodbye. took Zhang Yan to write a holy decree, said goodbye to Zhang Yan, and walked out of the room in the hall.

When Chen Qun walked away, Zhang Yan asked, "Is there any major news?" ”

"Sima Yi has already joined Liu Qi's account, and helped Liu Qi carry out a major cleaning of Jiangxia, completely sweeping away Cai's shili in Jiangxia County, and has made arrangements to deal with the unexpected." Xu Sheng said.

After hearing this, Zhang Yan grinned and said, "I really didn't see it, Sima Yi is really a little capable at a young age......

"King Yan. Do you want people to continue to observe? Xu Sheng asked.

Zhang Yan said: "Continue to observe, I want to find out Sima Yi's every move." Remember, let our people not expose their targets. Now that Sima Yi has arrived in Jingzhou, he is bound to set off a bloody storm in Jingzhou, and it is time for the calm lake in Jingzhou to be broken! ”

Xu Sheng let out a "whoosh" and continued: "In addition, there is also news from Jiangdong......

"What's wrong with Koto?"

"Sun Ce died, and his younger brother Sun Quan took Sun Ce's place, began to take charge of Jiangdong, and appointed Zhou Yu as the governor of the capital, and the power was only under him." Xu Sheng told the news he had just received today.

"What? Sun Ce is dead? How did he die? "Zhang Yan and Sun Ce have met, this is a very healthy young man, now in his youth, no disasters and no diseases, how could he die suddenly?

It is said that he was stabbed by someone and was hit by an arrow in the thigh, but the arrow was quenched with severe poison, and two days later, Sun Ce died of poison. On his deathbed, he entrusted Jiangdong to his younger brother Sun Quan, and asked Zhou Yu to assist him. Xu Sheng said.

"Assassinated? Do you know who it is? Zhang Yan frowned and asked.

"The assassin was so cunning that he didn't catch him at all, so he didn't know who killed Sun Ce. However, according to the grapevine, it seems that it was an assassin sent by the people of Koto. Xu Sheng said.

"Alas! It's a pity that Sun Ce died like this at a young age, dying young. Counting it up, Sun Ce is also a relatively tough opponent, whether he dies, it is better than him becoming a confidant after he lives. Although Sun Quan took over Sun Ce's position, there must be many people in Jiangdong who will not be convinced, and now is a good time for our army to send troops to Jiangdong......"

Before Zhang Yan's words could speak, he saw a brocade guard hurriedly running in from outside, and as soon as he entered the hall, the brocade guard hugged his fists and said: "His Royal Highness King Yan, the hussar general is urgent!" ”

The hussar general was none other than Chen Deng, who was also the pastor of Yangzhou and the Taishou of Jinling.

Chen Deng was a rear general before, but since the right general Yu Ban was transferred to Lujiang, coupled with Chen Deng's outstanding performance in the implementation of economic sanctions against Jiangdong, Zhang Yan deliberately crowned Chen Deng as a hussar general, and his official position was slightly larger than Yu Ban.

Moreover, Zhang Yan is not very relieved about the ban, otherwise, he would definitely not transfer the ban to Lujiang on the eve of the attack on Hebei, and after arriving in Lujiang, he hurriedly crowned Chen Deng as the general of the hussars, intending to use Chen Deng to control the ban.

In general, Chen Deng has become a one-man figure at the southern end of Zhang Yanshili, and is fully responsible for the strategy of Jiangdong.

Chen Deng suddenly sent an urgent report, which must be related to Jiangdong, so Zhang Yan personally took the urgent report, read it in a hurry, immediately frowned, and said in a lost voice: "The person who assassinated Sun Ce turned out to be sent by Chen Deng!" ”

Xu Sheng was also surprised, and hurriedly said: "Chen Deng is bold!" ”

After reading the letter, Zhang Yan knew that Chen Deng had been secretly paying attention to the situation in Jiangdong, and Sun Ce broke free from economic sanctions, causing Chen Deng's Jihua to be completely ruined, and seeing that Sun Ce was about to catch his breath, Chen Deng came up with this strategy, and sent Zhou Tai to go deep into Jiangdong with dozens of elite soldiers, secretly lurking in Jiangdong, waiting for an opportunity to assassinate Sun Ce.

Originally, this action was set by Chen Deng on impulse, and he didn't report any hope, but who knew that Zhou Tai's blind cat touched a dead mouse and successfully assassinated him.

After that, Chen Deng immediately mobilized his troops and horses, and the army was ready to go, and he immediately launched an attack on Jiangdong with just one order.

However, if he wants to attack Jiangdong, Chen Deng must report the matter, otherwise, he will be suspected of overstepping his authority and a crime of great disrespect.

The envoy came all the way from Jinling to Pengcheng, and hurried up. Hurry up, hurry, hurry. I arrived in Pengcheng today. handed the letter into the hands of Jin Yiwei, who forwarded it to Zhang Yan on his behalf.

Seeing that Xu Sheng was so angry, Zhang Yan waved his hand and said: "Chen Deng is also thinking about this king, Sun Ce is not dead, Jiangdong is indeed not easy to attack." Originally, the king wanted to accumulate troops for a few more years, and then launch a fierce attack on Jiangdong, but Chen Deng stirred up the war in advance. Since this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Chen Deng is also ready to start a war, so give Chen Deng a chance to perform! ”

After speaking, Zhang Yan picked up the brush and wrote down an order himself, and then took out the jade seal of the country and stamped it on it, then gave this order to Xu Sheng, and said: "Distribute it immediately and send it to Jinling as soon as possible!" ”

"Whoa!"

Xu Sheng didn't dare to slack off, and immediately found a fast horse. Let a brocade guard send him to Jinling.

At this moment, Chen Deng was anxiously waiting in Jinling City. And after Zhang Yan sent this order, he also took command again in person, and immediately ordered Zhao Yun and Xu Chu to gather the soldiers and horses of their headquarters and follow him to Jiangdong.

Two days later, Chen Deng was anxious in Jinling City, and finally waited for Zhang Yan's order, which was clearly written on the holy decree, headed by the hussar general Chen Deng, and supplemented by the right general Yu Ban, to launch a general attack on Jiangdong!

On the day Chen Deng received the holy decree, he took Zhou Tai as the left vanguard and Jiang Qin as the right vanguard, divided his troops into two routes, and went straight from Jinling City to Wu County, and he personally commanded Liang Xi, Liang Mao and others, and let Xue Li be responsible for garrisoning Jinling.

In addition, Chen Deng even asked the right general Yu Ban to lead the army from the Lujiang River to the south to attack Yuzhang County, Lu Su and Liu Ye led the army to attack Danyang County, and the three-way army marched hand in hand, quite a trend of sweeping Jiangdong.

On the day of the departure of the army, Chen Deng couldn't suppress the joy in his heart, and his long-cherished wish for many years could finally be realized. Sun Ce died, Sun Quan should take over Jiangdong, while Sun Quan was still unable to convince the public, fledgling, Jiangdong was still in deep pain, and Chen Deng, who had been eyeing Jiangdong, came.

Chen Deng, Yu Ban, Lu Su, Liu Ye and others led the army in front, and the troops marched in three ways, while Zhang Yan led Zhao Yun and Xu Chu to set off from Pengcheng as a follow-up force to capture Jiangdong, which could support Chen Deng on the one hand, and also strengthen Chen Deng's momentum on the other.

The most important aspect is that Zhang Yan is ready to take over Jiangdong, and in his opinion, Jiangdong seems to be already in his pocket.

This time, because Zhang Yan's elite troops were scattered on the northern border, but Zhang Yan didn't want to miss such a good opportunity, coupled with Chen Deng's full self-confidence, Zhang Yan decided to let Chen Deng's Yangzhou army as the main force and launched a war against Jiangdong Sun.

But for safety reasons, Zhang Yan personally brought 20,000 elites from Pengcheng in a hurry, and if he needed support, his 20,000 elites could play the role of a mainstay.

Zhang Yan fought undeclared, attacked Jiangdong by surprise, Chen Deng commanded the two pioneers of the East Route Army are brave and good at fighting, Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin both are full of strength, want to establish great merits in this battle, so the left and right vanguards cooperate with each other very tacitly, only with a mere 1,000 light cavalry, three days in a row to break through the six counties of Wu County, deep into the hinterland of Wu County more than 200 miles, straight to Wu County, the county capital of Wu County.

Seeing that there were only 1,000 cavalry such as Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, Wu Jun Taishou Zhu Zhi was the enemy in his heart, and led the army to fight fiercely with Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin.

Zhu Zhi and the others did not dare to return to Wucheng, so they quickly retreated to Wucheng, and sent someone to inform Sun Quan and pray for help.

Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin occupied Wucheng without much effort, Chen Deng led the army to arrive, directly stationed in Wucheng, and learned that Zhu Zhi had fled to Wucheng, and there were only more than 100 remnants, so he personally led the army to attack Wucheng.

Zhu Zhi was seriously injured in bed, unable to move, and Chen Deng came very quickly, when the soldiers approached the city, Zhu Zhi was already surrounded by a large army, and he was expected to be unable to break through, and he did not want to be captured, so he drew his sword and killed himself.

Chen Deng soon broke through Wucheng, learned that Zhu Zhi had killed himself, and felt that Zhu Zhi was a loyal man, so he ordered someone to bury Zhu Zhi.

After that, Chen Deng adopted a strategy of quick victory and led his army to attack Qiantang, an important city in Wu County, preparing to control Qiantang and coerce Huiji County. (To be continued......)