Chapter 30: The Li Guo Rebellion

At the end of Xingping, at the end of 195 AD, Xuzhou Mu Zhang Lang swept away the Jiangdong counties after nearly two years or so.

First crossed the river and the strange soldier Niu Zhu succeeded, and then forcibly attacked Moling, announcing an extremely important step in invading Jiangdong. Then, with the momentum of the wind, it swept through Danyang County. Soon En forced Qi out, persuaded the Wuzhong clan, and won its support, and afterwards Tai Shici entered Wu County, and attacked Liu Xiang of Nanxu, and won a big victory, Liu Xiang was killed and died. In the same year, Zhang Lang sent Zhang Liao to lead tens of thousands of troops to pacify many thieves such as Yan Baihu and Yan Xing in Wuzhong. He also coerced Wang Lang Yu Fuchun, who supported Liu Xuan's army, beheaded 3,000 people, recruited 10,000 people, and Wang Lang surrendered. Wang Lang's subordinates Gong Cao Yu turned over to welcome Zhang Lang into Huiji County.

Zhang Lang led the three counties of Jiangdong from himself, and attacked everywhere he went, and was invincible, and the counties of Wuzhong were pacified successively. Then the army rested for a few months, and began to use troops against the three counties of Yuzhang, Luling, and Lujiang, and stopped fighting once in the middle due to the lack of food for the three armies. The problem of grain and grass supply surfaced for the first time, with the abundance of Xuzhou, it was still impossible to pay tribute to the army for many years, so Zhang Lang made up his mind and began to disarm in a large area. The old and weak, and those who do not have much combat strength, are all sent to the military cantonments in Wu County, Huiji and other places. On the one hand, it is used as a reserve for the army, and on the other hand, it is self-sufficient, and if there is more, it can fill the granary, killing two birds with one stone. In the land of Jiangdong, in addition to the heavy troops guarding the places where Guanyi and thieves frequently haunted, only 50,000 Danyang troops were left in Xuzhou, and 20,000 elite Jiangnan naval troops and 10,000 elite infantry were recruited, and the personnel were reduced by nearly half. However, this group of soldiers is extremely high-quality and has good combat effectiveness.

After half a year of armistice, Zhang Lang began to pacify the battle of Jiangdong for the second time. For Lujiang County, persuasion is the mainstay, using the Lu family's family relationship, knowing it with affection, moving it with courtesy, and soon Lujiang is too guarded by Lu Kang. then coerced and lured, suppressed and persuaded, broke Zhu Hao in Yuzhang, and Hua Xin surrendered. In the end, the enemy army was discouraged, and the last battle was cold, so far Zhang Langwei shook the six counties and eighty-one prefectures in Jiangdong.

Yangzhou was pacified, and Moling was designated as the capital county, and six counties were controlled. Pick up Wen Ji, Xiu'er and many other family members here.

When the women arrived at Moling, on the Zhanglang Mansion, they all hugged their heads and cried, and the painstaking waiting and hope in recent years finally paid off sweetly.

Cai Yan, Xiu'er and other daughters, in recent years, not only have not diminished their appearance, but have added a lot of mature charm and charm, and their appearance is nearly half a chip. In every move, he has an indescribable noble and gorgeous temperament, and he has a demeanor. Zhang Lang, who was harmed, seemed to have not known the taste of meat for three years, and he fought on the couch again and again, working hard. Relieve the pain of lovesickness and comfort all women.

After settling down the women, Zhang Lang began to make a big show to order the counties to post documents, recruit talented people, eclectic, as long as they feel capable, they can come to apply, and the time is unlimited. For a while, Jiangdong was a sensation, and no matter the streets and alleys, there were people talking about it. Because there is Jiangjin first, everyone undoubtedly has it, and people with lofty ideals are flocking to it.

There is Kan Ze, a person from Shanyin, and the word Derun. Zhang Lang's understanding of this person only ends at the Battle of Chibi. Huang Gai used bitter meat to calculate, and Kan Ze offered a book of fraud. Later, I learned that this person's family has been a farmer for generations, poor and unwealthed, but he is very studious, only a domestic servant, and then a group of books, and a number of calendars, so he is famous. Zhang Lang respected. Let it be a meritorious Cao, and the guild will be too obedient. There are Linhuai Huaiyin people step skull, the word mountain. In the chaos of the world, he took refuge in Jiangdong, was single and poor, but he was talented, and he came to meet with Guangling Weijing. There is also a person from Yuhang in Wujun Ling Ying, only twenty-eight years old, light and courageous, extraordinary martial arts, water and land, the whole family comes to meet each other, Zi Lingtong is only seven years old, the elf is cute, the person is small, and a spear has already danced bright flowers, so that Zhang Lang and other people cheer non-stop, praise the godson in a good way. He also ordered him to be the messenger of the tent, and he was ordered to do so with the times. Huiji Yuyao people Dong attacked, the character Yuan Dynasty, eight feet long, with superior force, led nearly 1,000 people to surrender. There is also Zhu Huan, the first person in the martial arts of the Zhu family, who also felt Zhang Lang's courage and decided to come to meet him.

Zhang Lang's fame and influence are getting bigger and bigger, and many well-known generals and celebrities in Jiangdong have come to meet each other in a steady stream, and the military appearance is unprecedented.

If there are talents, it is necessary to make the best use of them, the six counties of Jiangdong are pacified, and all kinds of waste are waiting to be rebuilt, and when the Central Plains is chaotic, it is the opportunity for internal development.

Zhang Lang vigorously developed agriculture and economy. In order to achieve the purpose of raising a large number of troops. At the same time, he began to clear the surrounding remnants of enemies, and fought against thieves, aliens, etc.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, due to years of war, the population decreased sharply, and the land was vast and sparsely populated, Zhang Lang began to recruit a large number of displaced people to open up the wasteland and settle it. The more people in Jiangdong have a new distribution of state-owned barren fields in population units, and the more people in their families, the more fields they will be allocated, and the land taxes will be greatly reduced in the first year, so as long as a certain amount of grain is handed over every year, the land ownership will always be available to them when the economic development situation is shown in the future. In this way, of course, the ordinary people were not excited, and the local big families were also allocated more land on the original basis, and there was no dissatisfaction. However, they also have to pay a certain amount of taxes every year.

In addition, hundreds of yaks were purchased at high prices from the north, and agricultural props such as Xuzhou iron reels and keel waterwheels were introduced to be used in a large area to strengthen the efficiency of reclamation.

At this time, Zhang Lang put forward another slogan to encourage the peasants to vigorously develop the population. As long as you have more than ten children (pigs?) Sweat. ), sent to the title of Heroic Mother, and the political axe is marked with some preferential policies to show support. If a farmer has a single member of the army, he can be exempted from all taxes, etc.

Under Zhang Lang's generous policy, Jiangdong is full of vitality and prosperity.

Although the ancient economy was mostly concentrated in the central and northern regions, especially in Hanoi, Guanzhong. In the south of the Yangtze River, there are many aliens, many gates, and slow economic progress. However, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were many wars and chaos, and a large number of northerners moved south, and some of them also followed up with some advanced technologies in the south, promoting the first cultural integration in the history of our nation, and laying a strong foundation for the prosperity of the Tang and Song dynasties in the future. Zhang Lang is very confident in his knowledge and ideas in the 21st century. As long as it takes decades of hard work, it will definitely be able to change the current economic situation in Jiangnan. If you think that China has entered the 21st century, and its development in 100 years will exceed that of China in the sum of 5,000 years, then there is no reason why you can't promote China to enter the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty as soon as possible.

In the plan, after the development of agriculture, the peasants will have no worries about food and clothing, and will begin to build water conservancy, control rivers, repair rivers, pave official roads, and run education.

It is worth mentioning the cause of education, a century-old plan, and education-oriented. The improvement of personnel quality is not overnight, and only through long-term continuous development efforts can we reach a certain height. In the beginning, it was still the popularization of writing, common language, etc. However, in Zhang Lang's conception, he planned to open specialized education in medicine, military, politics and other fields in the future. Those who have the ability can be reused. Of course, this needs to be supported by certain economic conditions, and at present, it is still unlikely.

At the same time, the big family is encouraged to work hard to develop business, and a certain relaxation policy is given to facilitate and drive the surrounding people to get rich together.

Militarily, Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai were promoted to the governor of the navy, re-tun and dock, strictly governed the army, disciplined, trained the Jiangnan navy at night, and set up a technical team, and began to develop the improved methods proposed by Zhang Lang to build warships. Many of these military funds rely on the strong support of the Mi family and the Gu family. If you want to take advantage of the danger of the Yangtze River, resist the northern army from going south, and strive to maintain an invincible position, whether the elite of the naval army is or not determines most factors on the battlefield. Jiang Qin felt that he had a long way to go.

It's not enough to have a good shield, you also need a sharp spear, so that you can achieve a balance between offense and defense, and send and receive from your heart. In the army, after Zhang Lang's careful consideration, in order to make up for the congenital deficiencies of the Jiangnan army, it is possible to train crossbowmen like ancient Rome to attack from a distance and attack at close range, so as to strengthen the army's combat ability and blocking ability. And the development of crossbows became the primary problem of the army. However, with Zhang Lang, a special elite, this is not a big problem.

In addition to Jiangnan, Zhang Lang's requirements for Xuzhou Gaoshun are different, asking him to buy good horses at a high price, the climate in the north is dry, the weather is cold, and the production is good. On this basis, multiple groups of cavalry teams are the trend of the times. The soldiers must be trained to be skilled in bows and horses, although the requirements are not comparable to the 20,000 Mongol cavalry of Temujin, but as long as they have more than half of their combat strength, it is also very experienced.

And Zhao Yun, who guarded Huainan, also made big moves and lived up to Zhang Lang's expectations. After a year of recuperation, Shouchun has made great progress and the economy has recovered. Zhao Yun decided to follow the original plan, lead 50,000 soldiers and horses in Yangzhou, attack the strategic places around it, and lay a good foundation for defending the river and Huai. Lujiang and Hefei have been pacified. Especially in the battle of Anfengjin, nearly 10,000 yellow turbans were annihilated, and countless military funds were searched. At the same time, Zhao Yun sent troops to capture Yingshang, strangle Ruyin, and approach Xuchang Luoyang, Yanzhou was trapped, and the Central Plains was shaken.

Internally, in dealing with the problem of Jiangdong's wealthy families, he took gentle means, and reused Lu, Gu, Zhu and other promising people. In order to achieve strong support from local forces. However, at the end of the Han Dynasty, the view of the gate valve was deeply rooted, and it was powerless to change it for a while. In this way, for the sake of their own interests, between foreign forces and local forces, between the scholars and the noble clans, once they are overlooked, then there will be internal contradictions and disagreements, and it will be difficult. For today's plan, there is only grace and power, luring it to benefit, and knowing it with affection. Everything is about the big picture.

At the same time, Zhang Lang was transferred back to Xuzhou Gaoshun, Zhang Zhao and others, and Zhang Liao led tens of thousands of elite soldiers into Xuzhou to guard various strategic places.

and began to send Tai Shici and Gao Shun to use troops against Wu Zhongshan, and the outside must be settled first. Sun Quan has always been unable to make a northern expedition to the Central Plains, and there are factors that cannot be underestimated that the Shanyue soldiers are always in turmoil. They took advantage of the terrain to entangle with Eastern Wu, so that Eastern Wu has been busy and consolidating its rule, and became the country with the fewest foreign wars during the Three Kingdoms period. The battle of Shanyue can be said to have greatly affected the further expansion of Eastern Wu and played a great role in the secession of the Three Kingdoms.

Shanyue is mainly inhabited by foreign ethnic groups in the mountainous region of southern China. They ploughed the valleys and knew how to make weapons and farm tools out of copper and iron. In particular, most of them are distributed in Danyang, Huiji, Prezhang, Poyang and other counties. The Shanyue were very brave and adept at mountain warfare, and they also used copper and iron from the mountains they lived to forge for their own self-sufficiency, and repeatedly raided Han Chinese settlements. Therefore, later, Lu Xun said to Sun Quan that if Shanyue was not pacified, it would be difficult for Eastern Wu to manage the north, so he personally led the army to level Shanyue, and took the strong as soldiers and the old and weak as farmers, so that a total of tens of thousands of elite soldiers. After that, Wu still conquered Shanyue in order to continuously develop Jiangnan.

After Gao Shun was transferred back to Wuzhong, he got Zhang Lang's order to use troops against Shanyue with Tai Shici, with Xu Xuan as the strategy, Dong Xi, Ling Ying and other people who are familiar with the geography of Wuzhong as deputy generals, together with dozens of healthy generals, 30,000 infantry on horseback, and Wu County, Huiji, and Danyang Shanyue. At first, the two sides won and lost each other, but later Tai Shici used Xu Xuan's strategy again and again to defeat Shanyue, absorb tens of thousands, and Weizhen aliens.

When Zhang Lang was fighting everywhere to pacify the south of the Yangtze River, Cao Ying of Yanzhou broke Lu Bu Yu Dingtao, and the cloth generals Li Feng and Xue Lan died in battle. He collected the defeated army horses on the seashore, and all the generals came to gather, intending to fight Cao Ying again, Chen Gongjin said: "Today, Cao's army is strong, it is better to find a place to live first, and then it is not too late to come." Lu Bu thought about it and said, "If you want to vote for Yuan Shao again, how about it?" Chen Gong said: "Let someone go to Jizhou to listen to the news first, and then you can go." Yuan Shao was in Youzhou to fight Gongsun Zhan, and when he heard that Cao Ying and Lu Bu were holding each other, the strategist interrogated and said: "Lu Bu, Jackal Tiger also: If you get Yanzhou, you must try Jizhou." It is better to help Cao Ying attack it to get rid of future troubles. Yuan Shao nodded in agreement, and then sent 30,000 Ju Yi generals to help Cao Ying. After Lu Bu learned the news, he was shocked, and then got the idea of Chen Gong, and fled to Xuzhou to take refuge in Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao was greatly impressed by Zhang Lang's foresight, but he did not accept it openly, but secretly divided the country of Lu, and Boyang let him settle down, threatening Dongjun at all times. When Lu Bu's troops arrived at the city of Lu, he pretended to be defeated and left, and then led several troops to attack and defeat. had no choice but to call Zhang Lang Jiangdong, and he was powerless to crusade, so he could only temporarily rest assured. Of course, one is for others to see, especially Cao Ying.

At this time, Xiliang Ma Teng, Yizhou Liu Zhang, Jingzhou Liu Biao, Hanzhong Zhang Lu and other places and candidates, or civil war, or peace thieves, or internal affairs, etc.

At this time, after Dong Zhuo made a rebellion in the Central Plains, there was news that shocked the government and the opposition, Li Dao and Guo Yan were lawless, and forcibly won the position of general and Sima, ignoring the existence of the Eastern Han Dynasty, completely treating the Son of Heaven as a piece of wood. It's almost like the two of them competing to become emperors, making the people miserable, the officials miserable, eating wild vegetables and drinking cold limescale soup. There is no palace in the last dynasty, and there is no emperor in peace. Chang'an was defeated and dilapidated, without the slightest momentum of the imperial city, and everywhere was the aftermath of the war, with corpses piled up on the roadside, the stench was thousands of miles, the houses were also collapsing everywhere, and most of the residents moved south.

Just when the two armies did not give in to each other, the court ordered an official to send a mausoleum and asked Zhang Lang to escort the jade seal of the country back to Chang'an, and then add an official to the knighthood.

It turned out to be the servant Ma said that Zen saw that the annihilation of the ministers was in charge, cholera Chaogang, Mo Ran remembered that when he was trapped in Shouchun, how Zhang Lang of Xuzhou treated himself, and heard that the Xuzhou soldiers were brave and good at fighting, and recently said that he swept Jiangdong, sitting on Xu and Yang, with hundreds of thousands of armor, many generals, abundant grain, and then the Son of Heaven, Mingli ordered Zhang Lang to send back the jade seal, but secretly ordered him to lead troops into Chang'an, remove the national thieves, and lower the people.

As long as Zhang Lang sent back the jade seal, he would pay homage to the former general, lead the herd Xu Yang Erzhou, and wait for Yong'an.

And Li Xuan and Guo Yan not only did not object, but raised their hands in agreement. Secretly happy in his heart, his ambition is self-evident. Both of them thought that as soon as Zhang Lang entered the range of Chang'an, he could take it at will and forcibly search for the jade seal, and then he could abolish the emperor and establish himself as the king. At that moment, both of them agreed, and they were very urging. Li urged his subordinates to talk about it to Jia Xu, the number one adviser.

Jia Xu, Ziwen He, Wuwei Guzang people. The person looks very ordinary, the public face is quite thin, a few inches clear, the eyes are deep-set, and the eyes will only show a cold golden light in contemplation. Under this ordinary appearance, there is an absolutely extraordinary heart. No one knew what was going on in his heart, and no one knew what he wanted. For the light of power and the carving of life, even Li Xun loves and fears him. Because he prefers to hide behind the scenes, and welcome indulgence.

Some people in later generations commented on Jia Xu, if he was the second in the Three Kingdoms, then absolutely no one could be called the first. Some people may disagree, but he is a strategist in the most typical sense, unlike Zhuge Liang, who is responsible for the prime minister, focusing on governing the country and the country, and not like Zhou Yu, who is responsible for being a general, and is good at leading troops to fight. His identity is always behind the scenes. That's why we all said later that the biggest culprit behind the scenes of the three points of the world is Jia Xu.

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