Sun Quan sat upright, pulled up his wrinkled robe, and asked in a low voice: "Don't worry about Jiangxia's cavalry. We in Jiangdong are good at naval forces. I just want to know how many naval forces Jiangxia has."
"Well... although Fa Xiaozhi treated me warmly, he did not trust me with the truth about the military situation. However, Li Yi led his fleet to report in the middle of the way. In addition, there are many warships at Jiangxia pier, so the number of naval forces should not be small... ." Zhuge Jin replied.
"Li Yi is the lieutenant general in charge of Jiaozhou Navy?"
"It should be him."
Sun Quan stroked his beard and guessed, "The naval force in Jiaozhou is only a few thousand. Lantian sent them all to Jiangxia. Is it supposed to prevent us from making a comeback?"
"Uh... I don't know about my humble position, but Lan Tian is very cunning, and our past intelligence may not be true..." Zhuge Jin analyzed.
Sun Quan took a breath, Zhuge Jin's unintentional words made him feel scared. Perhaps he had received wrong information, which made Lan Tian so hungry, so he sighed: "What Ziyu said is true, but it's just that he didn't even Neither Fazheng nor Xu Shu can make the decision. I don’t know when the captives will be returned..."
"Perhaps we have to wait until the Xiangfan war is over..." Zhuge Jin smiled helplessly.
Sun Quan gently waved his hand and signaled Zhuge Jin to leave: "Tzuyu has worked hard all the way, go back and rest first..."
"Wei." Zhuge Jin stood up and saluted. When he stepped back, he accidentally stepped on the wine glass thrown by Sun Quan and almost stumbled. Finally, he leaned over to pick up the glass and placed it gently on the table next to him.
"The matter has come to this, so we can only deal with it well and not get too angry..." Zhuge Jin bowed again.
"Hey, it's not Luling's troubles..." Sun Quan sighed.
Zhuge Jin was about to leave when he heard this and stood still, "Hasn't the Bandit King Jin been wiped out yet? General Ding can't, right?"
"Humph, Ding Feng's qualifications are still low. He was tricked by Wang Jin in Nanye. Although the bandits returned to Guiyang, Yu Zhongxiang's whole family was taken hostage and demanded a ransom of 50 million yuan, otherwise he would have to pay a ransom of 50 million yuan. Damn it, these real bandits are more ruthless than Xuan Owl..." Sun Quan said and handed Lu Dai's letter to Zhuge Jin.
The letter stated that after Ding Feng left Gan County, he fought in succession and chased Wang Jin to Tailing Mountain on the upper reaches of the Yuzhang River and besieged him. Yu Fan followed closely and settled in Nanye County with his family. The vegetation in Tailing Mountain is dense, and there are many snakes, insects, rats, ants, etc. Ding Feng was afraid of being ambushed and did not dare to go into the mountain to encircle and suppress them, so he stayed at the key road at the foot of the mountain for several days. As a result, the garrison who stayed in Nanye came to report that their food and grass in the county town had been burned. , the county magistrate Yu Fan and his family of more than ten people were kidnapped.
Ding Feng was shocked when he heard the news and led his troops back to rescue Nanye. As a result, the bandits who had retreated reversed and plundered Gan and Yudu counties. They did not rob the people but only attacked the government offices, causing several counties to be paralyzed. The bandits Fighting to support fighting, he jumped back and forth across the Gan River, causing Ding Feng to be exhausted in the rear. The bandit leader Wang Jin led his troops to harass the rear, and staged a drama of a mantis stalking a cicada and an oriole behind. During this period, Ding Feng lost track of him. Yu Fan and his family.
After fighting for more than ten days, the two groups of bandits joined forces and fled to Guiyang County along the Yuzhang River. Ding Feng was angry and pursued him into Guiyang County. Unfortunately, he encountered the Guiyang garrison in Qujiang. Ding Feng and the envoy The young general who painted a halberd was unable to win the battle, and eventually retreated to Luling because the opponent increased his troops. Later, Wang Jin sent people to secretly sneak into Nanye and shoot archery books to Ding Feng's camp to demand ransom.
Zhuge Jin was confused after reading the letter, thinking to himself, is this still the Ding Feng in my memory? Although he comes from a poor family, he has rich combat experience, so he won't be teased like this, right?
In fact, among the thousands of bandits that Wang Jin brought to Luling, he was the only leader who was the real bandit. The "little minions" were the barbarians that Lan Yuan rushed to Longchuan to borrow from Samoko, and the "leader" in the army was Lu. The training veterans of the Tiejiao Martial Arts Hall, as well as the veterans of the reconnaissance camp around Song Chen.
Lu Dai withdrew his troops pretending to be Shanyue from Longchuan. Shamoko secretly dispatched half of the barbarians to Guiyang according to Lan Yuan's previous instructions, and finally met Ding Feng in Qujiang.
Before leaving, Lan Tian only asked Lan Yuan to ensure the stability of Jiaozhou, but did not give him an order to attack Luling, so he took the loot (Yu Fan) and returned to Guangzhou. When Lan Yuan communicated with Zhao Shuang at Guangzhou Academy , a wise man who probably knew Jiangdong well, when he heard that Yu Fan was actually in Nanye County, he staged the drama of kidnapping by bandits, which was like hunting a rabbit in the grass.
"This doesn't seem to be the work of bandits, and with General Ding's martial arts, how could he be stopped by an unknown young general? When did such a figure appear in Guiyang?" Zhuge Jin asked in confusion.
Sun Quan shook his head, "Hmph, God knows... When I tried so hard to find out the generals around Lantian, who would have thought that a young general would appear in Guiyang? As for the authenticity of the bandits, we don't know. They are so powerful that they can't be defeated. I don’t know what to say about Xi Zhen’s soldiers..."
Zhuge Jin sympathized with Ding Feng's plight. He had many military exploits, but his promotion was very slow due to his poor family background. This time he failed in Luling, and it would take many years for him to be promoted to general.
Four armies attacked Jingzhou. Lu Xun's army suffered the least damage and returned to Chaisang. Jiang Qin's army suffered the most damage and was almost wiped out. The remaining prisoners were mainly those of generals such as Lu Meng and Pan Zhang. The Jiangdong gentry had money and were unwilling to do so. It is not in their interests to redeem people from General Huaisi. This kind of transaction is detrimental to themselves and others.
Sun Quan repeatedly sent people to negotiate during this period, and he finally chose to make some concessions. First, he promised to distribute some of the redeemed tribes to the noble generals, and secondly, he was willing to promote a group of noble generals to give the Jiangdong nobles a say in the military attache group.
In mid-December, Sun Quan received a personal letter from Cao Cao, honoring his invitation to attack Jiangxia in response to the Battle of Xiangfan, and asked him for detailed news about Lantian.
While Sun Quan expressed his bitterness to Cao Cao, he assembled 30,000 naval troops with Zhou Tai as general and advanced to E County, intending to take advantage of the situation and pressure Jingzhou to return the prisoners of war.
On the twelfth day of the first lunar month of the 25th year of Jian'an, Lantian's fleet arrived at the agreed-upon Jiangxin Island, which is halfway between Jiangxia and E County and where the Yangtze River turns south (near today's Tuanfeng County, Huanggang City)
Sun Quan had been waiting for this negotiation for a long time. He pointed to the people on the big boat to the north, turned to Zhuge Jin and said, "That ruffian from the market has now transformed into a state shepherd. Ziyu, please talk to him for me first. If we talk about If you don’t agree, I’ll show up again.”
"Wei." Zhuge Jin bowed and responded.
The two parties disembarked from the ship as agreed, each brought ten guards ashore, and chose a flat place to discuss.
Zhuge Jin was followed by Zhou Tai, and Lan Tian was followed by Gan Ning. The two looked at each other as soon as they met, and their sharp and fierce eyes seemed to eat each other up.
"General Lan, you're polite." Zhuge Jin bowed his hands and saluted. Because he had a very different official position from Lan Tian and represented the victim, he was the first to lower his posture.
Lan Tian raised his hand and returned the greeting: "Mr. Ziyu is polite, are you talking to me today?"
"My lord has been caught in the wind and cold. Now he is resting on the big ship. How about we try to talk first?" Zhuge Jin asked.
"Of course, no problem. It's business anyway, just negotiate the price." Lan Tian smiled slightly.
"Uh... The general's price is really too high. Can you please consider reducing it a little? Jiangdong has been harassed by Shanyue all year round. In addition, disasters occur frequently in various parts of Yangzhou. There is not much money left in the treasury..."
"If I had not offered a high price, my life would be priceless. If General Sun had not betrayed the alliance, how could we be in this situation now? Besides, we need some compensation, mainly to pay for the soldiers who died in the war. Mr. Ziyu said it was too expensive... Today This negotiation is..."
Before Zhuge Jin finished complaining, he was blinded by Lantian's three-point axe. He quickly waved his hand and said: "It's not too expensive, it's not too expensive. For the sake of Kong Ming, can the general make some concessions so that I can be here?" I have a business meeting with my lord..."
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