Zhang Yan led Zhao Yun, Xu Chu and a total of 20,000 people, starting from Pengcheng, all the way to the south, after a few days of long-distance travel, finally arrived in Jiangdu County, and Jinling City is only separated by a river.

In Jiangdu City, when the county magistrate heard of King Yan's arrival, he was sincerely afraid, so he hurriedly arranged it, and personally led the county officials to greet King Yan together.

However, in the face of the enthusiasm of the county order, Zhang Yan, the king of Yan, did not seem to appreciate it, he just casually praised the Jiangdu county order, and continued to march south with the army, without any intention of entering the city, but to go to the ferry located in Jiangdu County to set up camp.

The Jiangdu county commander did not offer courtesy, and he was not very willing after all, so he took the county officials and followed Zhang Yan, the king of Yan, to obey the dispatch at any time.

If Zhang Yan wants to cross the river, he needs a boat, and it just so happened that the Jiangdu county commander followed, Zhang Yan had to give this task to the Jiangdu county commander, and the county commander was naturally happy, saying that he was willing to serve the dog and horse for King Yan.

To say, this Jiangdu county order does have two brushes, and he asked for an order from Zhang Yan, and even gathered the subordinate officials to give them an order to collect boats and prepare to cross the river tomorrow. In addition, the county magistrate invited a chef from the county town to set up a banquet in the camp on the bank of the river to entertain Zhang Yan, the king of Yan.

Thousands of wears, but sycophants don't wear.

Although Zhang Yan is already the king of Yan, one person is above 10,000 people, but in the face of the constant sycophants from the county order, he is still a little unable to resist.

But Zhang Yan understands that he doesn't need people who tend to be inflammatory, in addition to being able to sneak around the county, his political performance is not bad, at least Jiangdu is under his governance. It presents a peaceful atmosphere.

But. This prefectural order doesn't have much power. Now under Zhang Yan's account, there are many talents, and the bureaucratic system has reached a saturation level, and if you want to promote one person, then another person has to move her position. However, a visual inspection of the current situation has not revealed that anyone can move the position.

Therefore, Zhang Yan did not reward anything, but only spent all the expenses of this county banquet. It's all on your own head, and you don't let the county treasury take out a penny.

In the early morning of the next day, under the command of the county commander, hundreds of boats gathered at the ferry port for Zhang Yan, Zhao Yun, Xu Chu and others to cross the river.

As a result, Zhang Yan led the army to cross the river from Jiangdu and officially entered Jinling County.

After the Jiangdu county order sent Zhang Yan away, he found that he didn't get anything, and he was immediately depressed, and he returned to the county with people. Continue when his prefectural order went.

At noon that day, an army of 20,000. All crossed the Yangtze River, and landed on the shore of Dantu, Jinling Taishou Xue Li had already received the news that King Yan was going to cross the river, and led his subordinates to wait for a long time again.

After greeting each other for a while, Zhang Yan, under the leadership of Xue Li, led the army towards Jinling City.

Jinling City, which is the county seat of Jinling County, was originally called Moling, and later changed to Jinling.

When Zhang Yan arrived at the city of Jinling City with his army, he couldn't help but be a little surprised by what he saw.

This is the second time Zhang Yan has come to the land of Jiangnan, the last time he came, it was a few years ago, and he revisited it for the second time today, and he found that Jiangnan has changed its appearance and has developed greatly compared to the past.

The roads are lined with farmland, and the canals are criss-crossed, especially Jinling City, which is twice as large as it was a few years ago, and has several times more population than it was a few years ago.

The city wall of Jinling City is six zhang high, and there is a shooting hole on the city wall, and the whole city is built like a huge fortress, and the soldiers on the city wall are all standing energetically.

"I really didn't expect that in just a few years, Jinling City would become unrecognizable...... "Zhang Yan said with emotion after looking at this city.

After Xue Li heard this, he hurriedly said: "All this is the credit of the state pastor, Jinling City has indeed developed a lot in recent years, because of the good governance of the state pastor, Jinling City has not only become an important military fortress in the south of the Yangtze River, but also a place where businesses gather. In order to develop commerce, the governor built a special river to connect the Yangtze River, so that merchant ships can directly enter Jinling City from the Yangtze River by water, so as to directly reach the wharf in the city, and the coast is a very active commercial port. ”

Since Zhang Yan became the regent, with the continuous expansion of the territory, the state affairs are also increasing, Zhang Yan is not very good at government affairs, in addition to classifying political affairs, and then all handed over to his subordinate twelve Cao Peng to handle, most of the government affairs have been handed over to Zhang Zhao, Chen Qun, Gu Yong, Dong Zhao and other henchmen to deal with, they regularly report to Zhang Yan every month, and the government affairs handled are played one by one, including Chen Deng's expansion of Jinling City, the opening of a commercial port in the city, the construction of rivers and so on.

But Zhang Yan was tired of listening to so many things, and he could remember them all one by one. Most of the political affairs are still Zhang Zhao, Chen Qun, Gu Yong, and Dong Zhao who make their own decisions, and Zhang Yan only plays a decision-making power.

Therefore, Zhang Yan knew about the affairs of Jinling City, but he may have forgotten it over time.

Now seeing that Jinling City has developed like this, Zhang Yan is also very pleased, Chen Deng, the Yangzhou pastor, is not in vain.

Under Xue Li's arrangement, the army entered the city and was stationed in the military isolation area in the city, which was a unique place for the military camp, where the army usually lived and trained.

This time, Chen Deng took almost all the troops with him, so the barracks were empty, just for Zhao Yun and Xu Chu's subordinates to live in.

After settling the army, Zhang Yan began to inquire about Xue Li's battle situation here, and Xue Li reported the battle situation to Zhang Yan one by one.

Zhang Yan listened attentively, and was very happy to learn that Chen Deng occupied the entire territory of Wu County, and Lu Su and Liu Ye occupied the entire territory of Danyang County. However, Yu Ban's attack was blocked and he was forced to retreat to Xunyang to garrison, and Sun's navy confronted Yu Ban in Chaisang, but Sun's army showed no signs of resistance.

At this time, the scout brought new news, Sun faced the attack of Chen Deng, Lu Su, and Liu Ye, instead of taking action, he began to shrink his forces, and the 10,000 troops that were originally stationed in Huiji County suddenly began to evacuate one after another yesterday, and now Huiji County is like a borderless land.

Chen Deng had already begun to act, sending Jiang Qin to occupy Huiji County, while Chen Deng led Zhou Tai from Qian Tang to lead his army westward, preparing to join Lu Su and Liu Ye's army at Yixian, and then join forces in one place, preparing to attack Nanchang, where Sun Quan was located, so as to eliminate Sun's Shili in Jiangdong in one fell swoop.

For this reason, Chen Deng also specially asked the scout to bring back a letter and personally handed it to Zhang Yan, hoping to get Zhang Yan's help and send troops to support. However, Chen Deng only said that he would send reinforcements to support, and did not mention that Zhang Yan would go out in person.

Zhang Yan is a very smart person, and he only read it once, and he knew the content of this letter. He knew that this was the moment that Chen Deng dreamed of, and Chen Deng hoped that he would lead the troops to fight alone and take all the credit for eliminating the Sun clan in his own hands, instead of making a wedding dress for Zhang Yan.

Chen Deng is a general who is in charge alone, and the position of hussar general is not done for nothing, he can be civil and martial, and Zhang Yan is also very relieved of him. So, Zhang Yan wrote a reply letter to Chen Deng, meaning that he would support Chen Deng in eliminating Sun's Jihua, and would send 10,000 elite soldiers led by Zhao Yun to support.

However, in the letter, Zhang Yan also clearly pointed out that we must be cautious, and we must discuss with Lu Su, Liu Ye, Zhao Yun and others, and do not act rashly, so as not to encounter any accidents.

At the same time, Zhang Yan also pointed out that although Sun Ce is dead and Sun Quan has not yet stabilized the overall situation, the old Sun family is by no means so easy to deal with, and Zhou Yu must be more careful.

Early the next morning, Zhang Yan sent Zhao Yun to lead 10,000 troops to Yixian to meet Chen Deng and Lu Su, and instructed Zhao Yun to be cautious and keep in touch with him.

After Zhao Yun led his troops out of Jinling City, Zhang Yan and Xu Chu set off together, and Xue Li and others still stayed in Jinling City, supplying grain and grass at any time.

The army officially set off, but Zhang Yan had a faint trace of uneasiness in his heart.

Although Sun Ce is dead, Zhou Yu is still alive, no matter how bad Sun Quan is, he is also an emperor in history, and he will definitely not be defeated so easily.

However, the scene presented by Koto now is very unusual. The Sun clan retreated inexplicably from Huiji, and did not do any defense, is this the rhythm of giving up Jiangdong?

Or is it that something big happened within Sun's rule?

Zhang Yan couldn't sit still any longer, so he called Jinyiwei and sent him directly to let them sneak into Nanchang secretly to find out the news.

At the same time, Chen Deng had already led a large army, took Zhou Tai, set off from Qiantang, and sailed upstream.

At this time, it is still early spring, the water in the waters south of the Yangtze River is not very turbulent, relatively calm, taking a boat against the current, it is not so difficult, and compared with taking the rugged land route, there are fewer mountain dangers, and the time is much faster.

Two days later, Chen Deng, Zhou Tai and others arrived in Yixian, and Lu Su and Liu Ye also led their troops to Yixian, and the two armies were combined into one, totaling 30,000 people, all under the command of the hussar general Chen Deng.

After the army entered Yixian, Chen Deng did not take action, but waited for news from the scouts.

Chen Deng's march paid more attention to the news fed back from the front, and made a judgment on whether to attack or defend according to different news. Therefore, Chen Deng belongs to the kind of latecomer.

In the evening of the same day, the scouts returned, brought the situation in Nanchang City, and told Chen Deng in detail: "Sun Quan dismissed Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Huang Gai, Sun Ben, Sun He and other veterans who could fight in battle, and appointed five young generals, all of whom were Sun Quan's henchmen. In addition, the metropolitan governor Zhou Yu was ill and could not participate in the planning, and the people in the city had already reached the point of panic. ”

After Chen Deng heard the news of the scout, he hurriedly asked, "Is the news true?" ”

"It's true! Now the 30,000 troops in Nanchang City are not convinced by the newly appointed generals, and complain that the veterans have been dismissed, and their morale is very low! The scout said.

After Chen Deng heard this, Haha smiled and said, "God help me!" ”

Immediately afterwards, Chen Deng sent people to call Lu Su, Liu Ye, and Zhou Tai to come to discuss the matter, preparing to mobilize all the troops, capture Nanchang in one go, and completely eliminate the Sun family! (To be continued......)