In fact, Cao Wu had read the name of this county in a certain Yi Zhi.
It is said that the name Jiaozhi comes from the relationship between men and women, which means that the barbarians in Jiaozhi are uncivilized. Because of the hot climate, both men and women in the southernmost Nichinan County do not like to wear clothes, and there are many wild couples. In Doupang County, Jiuzhen County, there is still a custom of taking the younger brother's sister-in-law after the elder brother dies.
So Cao Wu remembered the name of Dupang County. Otherwise, before Diao Chan obtained the map of Jiaozhou, Cao Wu's understanding of Jiaozhou would actually be dark.
When the word Jiaozhou came out of Cao Wu's mouth, Zhuge Liang and Lu Xun's eyes lit up.
It turned out that after a long detour, this was Cao Wu's purpose.
Although Jiaozhou was separated from the south, it was still nominally under the imperial court. Shi Xie, the prefect of Jiaozhi, paid tribute to Xudu in consecutive years. Even when Wu Ju, the prefect of Cangwu, blocked the northward exit, he secretly sent people to deliver letters.
Diao Chan said that there were three waves of forces in the seven counties of Jiaozhou. Shi Xie, the prefect of Jiaozhi, and his brothers had four counties, Wu Ju had one county, and the barbarians controlled the two smallest counties in the south.
And Jiuzhen County is in the hands of the barbarians.
Cao Wu's purpose is not just a county magistrate. The Zhuge Liang in his heart does not need any experience. What he just said was just rhetoric.
This was his way to break the situation. Starting from the appointment by the imperial court, he legitimately intervened in the situation in Jiaozhou.
Cao Cao and others also quickly figured out that Cao Wu wanted to enter Jiaozhou.
Cao Cao stroked his beard and said: "Wen Yuan and Jun Yi are chasing Liu Xuande, but I don't know what happened. Counting the time, they should soon catch up to Cangwu territory. It is indeed a good time to fight for Jiaozhou at this time. We can enter Jiaozhou in the name of chasing Liu Xuande."
Zhuge Liang and Lu Xun looked at each other, and their hearts were clear. Cao Cao didn't even know that Zhang He had been defeated, and the news from Beifu was even faster than Cao Cao.
After arriving in Beifu, the two of them were frequently shocked, but the shock brought by Beifu never stopped.
Cao Wu didn't want to expose this matter. Anyway, Cao Cao would know sooner or later.
He said: "This is the best time to take action against Jiaozhou. I plan to go to Jiaozhou with Kong Ming and Boyan. If we can provoke the three forces in Jiaozhou to fight, we should be able to resolve the battle with only the troops of the four southern counties. "
Jia Xu thought for a while and then continued: "Shi Xie is a minister in name only. He is the local emperor of Jiaozhou. And Jiuzhen County is in the south of Jiaozhi County. If you go to Jiuzhen County, you must pass by Jiaozhi. You can really find out the situation in a legitimate way."
After saying this, Jia Xu sighed: "We are still thinking about chasing Xuande Gong, but General Beifu has already thought of Jiaozhou, which is further away. He is really far-sighted."
Xi Lu said, "But how can General Beifu, who has a rich body, go to dangerous places and go south to Jiaozhou in person?"
He finally got in touch with Cao Wu, and he wanted to hug Cao Wu's thigh. How could he lose his thigh like this.
Cao Wu waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter, Kong Ming is more dangerous than me."
Zhuge Liang was not worried at all that he, the official magistrate of the county, would be in greater danger. He smiled and said, "Kong Ming is willing to take risks in order to resolve the situation in Jiaozhou."
Cao Cao has been listening to their discussion. He knows that Cao Wu and he have the same temper, and no one can persuade him. Now that he has decided to go to Jiaozhou, he can't change it.
Cao Cao said: "I'll let Hu Chi accompany you!"
The tiger idiot Xu Chu never left Cao Cao's side, so he sent him out to Cao Wu, which shows Cao Cao's deep feelings for Cao Wu.
"No need to be a tiger idiot."
Cao Wu said quickly.
Since the assassination of Wulin Camp, Cao Cao has actually been unable to sleep well and has become suspicious. Later, Kong Rong met Cao Cao before his death, and Cao Cao became even more worried. It was not until Cao Wu took him to the Chibi Camp that he felt much better.
Without Xu Chu, I'm afraid Cao Cao's headache will become serious again.
Thinking of the previous rumors, when I see Hua Tuo next time, or when Hua Tuo comes to Beifu, I will ask him to see if he can really perform an ancient craniotomy to solve Cao Cao's head wind disease.
"no."
Cao Cao insisted.
Cao Wudao said: "I recommend one person to be the Jiaozhou Mu. When the Zhou Mu takes office, he can lead an army of less than a thousand people. It is justifiable."
Everyone looked over and now everyone knew that the new Jingzhou governor, Zhao Yan, was recommended by Cao Wu, but Cao Wu followed suit.
Now Cao Wu actually wants to recommend someone again, but Jiaozhou and Jingzhou are different.
Everyone wanted to see who Cao Wu was going to recommend. Jingzhou was prosperous, but Jiaozhou was a smoky place in the south, far away from the Central Plains.
After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty conquered the South Vietnam Kingdom, the governor of Jiaozhi was always appointed by the imperial court. However, during the period of Emperor Ling, Zhu Fu, the governor of Jiaozhi, was killed by his subordinates. The new governor Zhang Jin won over Jiaozhi as Jiaozhou, and he became the governor of Jiaozhou, but he still remained. Killed by his subordinates. After that, the imperial court never sent any officials there. Only Liu Biao pretended to appoint Lai Gong as the governor of Jiaozhou, but he was driven back to Jingzhou by Wu Ju.
So this choice is not easy, not everyone is willing to go.
The senior officials are unwilling to go, but the junior officials can't help it.
"Who to protect?"
"The governor of Runan is full of favors, determined, courageous and resourceful, and is capable of taking on this important task."
Cao Wu said the name with a smile.
But Xi Lu felt the chill.
The impeachment of Cao Wu by hundreds of officials started with Man Chong, who himself was a loyal and upright person. Cao Wu later attacked the family, but he was not implicated.
Now Cao Wu finally took action.
The prefect was promoted to the state as a pastoralist, and he ascended and descended secretly. In the prosperous land of Runan, Jiaozhou has not yet held a piece of land in his hands.
Diao Chan, who had been listening in the dark, smiled softly, thinking that although Cao Wu was not a petty person, he was not generous enough to forgive people casually. It turned out that Man Chong was waiting for him here.
The most important thing is that Cao Cao just heard what Prime Minister Cao Wu said about the prefecture and county. It happened that Man Chong was a person who had been promoted from county magistrate to prefect. Now he has been promoted from prefect to prefecture pastor. Obviously, it is in line with what Cao Wu said just now. .
Probably from then on, Cao Wu dug a hole for Man Chong. Cao Cao was on the rise, and Man Chong couldn't refuse even if he wanted to. Cao Cao would definitely let him go.
Not everyone has the capital to be as picky as Cao Wu.
Diao Chan knew that Man Chong was a person without selfish motives, but who told him to impeach Cao Wu first.
It must be difficult to be a pastor in Jiaozhou.
If you dare to offend Cao Wu, you deserve to be punished.
…
On the edge of a large mountain in the south of Jingzhou, Zhang Liao held a torch and inspected the military camp.
Less than 70% of the 8,000 elite soldiers slept, and the others remained alert and prepared for sneak attacks at all times.
The news of Zhang He's defeat had reached him. He thought that even if he could not catch up with Liu Bei, he would not suffer any losses in this chase. However, he did not expect that such a stable man as Zhang He would be almost wiped out.
Liu Bei only had 2,000 men. Although they were all veterans, it was impossible to annihilate Zhang He's 8,000 elite troops. There must be others participating in the battle. But Zhang Liao still doesn't know who Liu Bei's reinforcements are.
This made him feel a great crisis.
He initially guessed that it was the troops of Wu Ju, the prefect of Cangwu, but he also suspected that they might be Shi Xie's army that had sneaked over.
Zhang He had already returned to Guiyang, but he had to stay here to continue to monitor Liu Beijun's movements.
The four generals were guarding the four counties and had no power to support them, so he did not expect reinforcements.
In this battle, no matter where Liu Bei found helpers, he could only fight by himself.
He licked his lips and looked toward the cloud-covered sky.
The climate of this land was different from the places he had been to before.
In the winter of the twelfth year of Jian'an, he was in the battle of Bailang Mountain in Liucheng, Liaodong. He risked his life to charge and killed Wuhuan Tadun Chanyu, who claimed to be comparable to Morton.
In the winter of the thirteenth year of Jian'an, he was in Jiangxia, Jingzhou, and attacked the three cities of Shiyang, Miankou and Xiakou.
In the spring of the fourteenth year of Jian'an, he camped in Wuling and faced an unknown enemy.
From Liaodong to Wuling, the two battlefields were eight thousand miles apart. In one year, he traveled all over the great rivers and mountains.
He held the torch and looked at the sky again, suddenly remembering what Beifu General Cao Wu said to him after he recommended Zhao Yan to be the governor of Jingzhou.
"I originally belonged to Yi Wenyuan for the position of Jingzhou, but you are a general who sealed the wolf and lived in Xu. How can you stay in one place?"
Yes, he is Zhang Wenyuan, the general of the bandits. If the bandits are there, the generals of the bandits will be there.
What he didn't know was that in the north, someone was concerned about the situation here and had already made a move on the chessboard.
Even the new Jiaozhou Shepherd has made arrangements.
…
There was no firelight, no moonlight.
A young man quietly looked at Zhang Liao's military formation. His figure blended into the night and was not noticed by anyone.
He was drawing something on the ground, which seemed to be the layout of Zhang Liao's military camp.
He painted and thought for a long time.
Another young man came out from behind and said, "Brother, how's it going?"
The young man in front shook his head and sighed: "As expected of a famous general, he has no flaws."
"Really, let me see?"
The second boy went to look again, but his elder brother stopped him and said, "Go back first, and then look for opportunities."
After struggling for a long time, he couldn't break free, so he had to go back in frustration.
At this time, the dark clouds peeked out, and the moonlight shone on the two teenagers. The one in front had half of his hair white, and his eyebrows were also white.
If Zhuge Liang could see this scene, he would definitely think of a saying spread among the Jingxiang nobles.
According to Ma's Wuchang family, white eyebrows are the best.
