Gan Ning successfully occupied the entire Lujiang River, and the Wei troops in Huainan were forced to concentrate on the two cities of Hefei. Among them, Xiahou Ru stationed troops in Hefei to guard Lu Xun, and Xiahou Shang stationed troops in Hefei Xincheng to guard Gan Ning.
During the battle for Lujiang, Gan Ning's troops showed strong land warfare capabilities, so Xiahou Shang paid special attention to Gan Ning and asked Xia Houru to help defend the new city, and did not take Lu Xun's old Jiangdong troops into consideration.
The story of eight hundred to one hundred thousand has been circulated in the Huainan area. Xia Houru's Taishan soldiers fought against the Soochow army many times, forming the inertial thinking that the Jiangdong soldiers were weak in land warfare.
After the all-out attack on Huaihe River began, the trapped troops who had not been seen for a long time joined the battlefield by water. Neither the general Xia Houru nor his Taishan soldiers had seen the power of the trapped troops, and mistakenly thought that Lu Xun was here to show off.
The Taishan soldiers originally commanded by Zang Ba had seen Gao Shun's trapped camp when Lu Bu occupied Xuzhou. Unfortunately, more than 20 years had passed. Whether it was the Taishan soldiers or the trapped camp, whether it was the commander-in-chief Gao Shun or the commander-in-chief Zang Ba, the two groups The army has been updated, and Xia Houru suffered from information confusion.
Seeing that the "Jiangdong soldiers" actually took the initiative to disembark and fight on land, Xia Houru happily went out of the city to confront them head-on. As a result, the old Soochow troops, led by the trapped troops, defeated the Taishan soldiers in one battle and captured Hefei.
The Taishan soldiers were defeated by the "Jiangdong soldiers", which shocked Xincheng's general Xiahou Shang. He was dispatching troops to attack Gan Ning. In a panic, he allocated 10,000 troops to Jiang Ji, and at the same time sent Xiahou Ba to lead the tiger and leopard cavalry to rescue Hefei.
After the victory in the external battle of Hefei City, Lan Yuan led the trapped troops to pursue them to the west of the city, covering Lu Xun's troops and taking advantage of the chaos to seize the city. During this period, they happened to encounter Jiang Ji and Xiahou Ba.
The news that the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry arrived in Huainan was discovered in advance by Lan Yuan's reconnaissance battalion. He brought his favorite tanks and placed many bunkers out of thin air on the battlefield, successfully limiting the impact of the heavy armored Tiger and Leopard Cavalry. .
Two legendary armies in the Three Kingdoms era had a fateful duel outside Hefei City. In the end, the trapped army defeated its opponent with relatively small losses, and the leader of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, Xiahou Ba, was captured alive by Lan Yuan.
There are many reasons for the victory of the trapped army. In addition to Lan Yuan's flexible use of chariots as bunkers, it is also related to the fact that the soldiers and generals of the trapped army are improving, while the quality of the soldiers and generals of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry is deteriorating.
Just like a spoiled fruit, when you see the damaged skin, the inside is already rotten.
Xiahou Ru lost Hefei, and it didn't matter whether he fought in Xincheng or not, because the warships from Jiangdong could not be restrained. The artificial canal dug by Cao Cao in the north of the city was diverted from Chao Lake to Feishui and Huaihe River, and directly attacked Shouchun, Xiahou Shang's rear important town.
Cao Cao's purpose of digging artificial canals was mainly for the military to move south to the east of the Yangtze River. At this time, it became an aid for Yangzhou's warships to move north. It was shooting himself in the foot.
Wei lost Hefei, and the Yangzhou warships went north to Shouchunhui to cut off the food route. Xiahou Shang was in a panic when he had no choice but to use all his troops in Huainan to capture Hefei. As a result, Hefei city was not recaptured, and his new city was occupied by Gan Ning.
Seeing that the situation was lost, Xiahou Shang led his troops to retreat to Shouchun and mobilized Man Chong, Jia Kui and others to go south to help. During this period, Gan Ning, Lu Xun, and Lan Yuan took advantage of the victory to pursue them, and the Wei soldiers in Huainan suffered heavy losses when they retreated.
During the retreat of the Wei army to the north, Wenpin's navy stationed in Shaoling came to rescue him, but was completely defeated by Lu Xun in Feishui, and the Wei navy disappeared.
Gan Ning, Lu Xun, and Lan Yuan became more and more courageous as they fought, and they cooperated with each other very well.
The addition of Jia Kui and Man Chong did not stop the defeat. After Xia Houshang was defeated in early May, he abandoned Shouchun and fled north to Yuzhou. The divided Yangzhou was restored to integrity in the hands of Lan Tian.
News of the great victory in Huainan spread back to Jianye, and the people and nobles in Jiangdong were as happy as the New Year. From then on, they could enjoy peace and no longer worry about Wei's military threat.
In the past two years, Lantian has lived in harmony with the Jiangdong gentry. The fresh seeds he planted in Yuzhang and Luling have taken root and sprouted. Jiaozhou's advanced system has improved governance capabilities, and Guangzhou's targeted assistance to Luling has given local people confidence in life. The enthusiasm for production becomes higher, and the government's tax revenue increases accordingly.
Zhancheng rice, which was successfully trialed in Luling, has now been promoted in Yuzhang. It has fewer pests and diseases, is independent of soil, has a short growth cycle, and has relatively stable yields. It has replaced the original rice species and become the staple food species.
The prosperity of Yuzhang and Luling was displayed in front of the entire Jiangdong by "Yangzhou News". The economy of the two counties is catching up, and it is believed that they will soon catch up with the prosperity of Wu County.
The realization of rights is a benefit. When the benefits are limited, rights are not so important. The nobles who were originally prepared to see the jokes of Yuzhang and Luling found that the systems of Yuzhang and Luling seemed to have many merits.
Driven by interests, the gentry instigated Zhang Wen to discuss with Lantian, hoping to introduce some beneficial new systems in Wujun, Danyang, and Kuaiji counties, such as the gentry paying for new official schools, but this would require Textbooks from Guangzhou Academy are borrowed, and students need to be selected.
Lan Tian refused because he had an agreement with the nobles. He did not allow himself to plant trees. Others came directly to pick peaches and eat them without watering or fertilizing them. They also had to be picky. Nothing in the world was so cheap.
Lantian builds Luling as a model, and the nobles in the three counties of the East will eventually succumb for their own interests. This conspiracy is aimed at the greed of human nature and leads the people to yearn for a better life.
Lan Yuan and others regained Huainan, and the sword to the Central Plains was just around the corner. Moreover, the stubborn problems in Jiangdong were getting better, so Lan Tian went to Shu and Liu Bei resigned as Yangzhou pastoralist.
At the beginning of the year, Zhao Yun was preparing to conquer Wuwei in the west, and asked Liu Bei to send generals to help. Liu Bei left Zhang Fei in Tongguan to exert pressure, and he took Pang Tong and Ma Chao back to Chang'an.
Finally, at the insistence of veteran Huang Zhong, the general who conquered the west was sent, and Ma Chao continued to partner with Zhang Fei.
In July of the third year of Zhangwu, Liu Bei appointed Zhuge Jin as the governor of Yangzhou, summoned Lantian to Chang'an as the chief agricultural officer, promoted Gan Ning to the rank of general on the right, governor of Yuzhou, and granted the title of Guangxiang marquis; promoted Lu Xun to the rank of rear general, governor of Xuzhou, and granted the title of Ling. Xianghou; promoted to Lanyuan as General of the Eastern Expedition and Langya Prefect.
Most of Liu Bei's new appointments were based on Lan Tian's suggestions, but he changed Lan Yuan's Runan prefect to Langya prefect because he trusted Lan Yuan more than Lu Xun. This meant that Lan Yuan and Lu Xun partnered to capture Xuzhou, while Gan Ning then went north to take Yuzhou.
Lan Tian originally wanted Lan Yuan to send troops to Runan to cooperate with Guan Yu in Jingzhou to attack Xuchang and Luoyang, but Liu Bei believed that Guan Yu alone was enough, and the great victory in Nanyang said everything.
After Lan Tian and Zhuge Jin handed over, he only wrote a letter and sent it to Huainan to Lan Yuan, then packed his bags and went to Guangzhou to pick up his family. He left Yu Xiu in Jianye to help Zhuge Jin stabilize Jiangdong, and only took away his assistant Jie Yan to run the newspaper. Song Chen.
The Huaisi faction was "jointly driven out" of Jiangdong by Lantian and the nobles, but Zhuge Jin suddenly became the new ruler. Gu Yong and others showed bitterness when they greeted the "Shangchao". No one expected such an ending.
Zhuge Jin did not have as strong aura as Lan Tian, and he was an old acquaintance with the officials in Jiangdong. He might be able to introduce good systems from Yuzhang and Luling, and the Jiangdong gentry suddenly felt that the future was promising.
Lan Tian returned to Guangzhou two years later. Nine-year-old Lan Qing had grown into a grown-up girl. After dinner, she went back to the room with her maid to read and memorize medicinal properties, looking eager for knowledge.
"It is said that girls become sensible early, and they are indeed more stable than Boyang and Zhongling back then..." Lan Tian looked at Lan Qing's back, stroking his beard and nodding.
"My husband has not persuaded her to study medicine, but it would be good to find something to do." Lu Lingqi comforted herself first, and then suddenly seemed to think of something important, so she said anxiously: "Husband, wait a moment, I will show you something."
