Shi Xie is strong, very strong, otherwise he would not have been able to separate Jiaozhou for so many years. Even Shi Xie failed to conquer the barbarians in Rinan and Jiuzhen counties.
Zhuge Liang said he did it, why?
Zhuge Liang looked at Man Chong's doubtful expression and said with a smile: "The Southern Barbarians are shapeless, and what they want is nothing more than a heart-to-heart comparison. Once you use barbarian methods to subdue the barbarians, you will get twice the result with half the effort. The state pastor only needs to report to the emperor and send the prefects to these two counties, and then the problem will be natural Can be determined."
He kept it secret and didn't say how he conquered Ninan and Jiuzhen.
But Man Chong believed it instead. If he had not already done something, he believed that Zhuge Liang would not talk nonsense.
As for sending a prefect, Man Chong couldn't help but smile bitterly. He already knew that Wu Ju was dead. For a time, there were no prefects in the seven counties of Jiaozhou, which was also a strange thing.
Man Chong was not good at forming cliques for personal gain, and he did not have many party members. It was obviously very difficult for him to find seven prefects.
Moreover, there are still many remnants of the Shi family in various counties. Now they are afraid of Cao Wu, not him, the Guangganzhou shepherd.
He wanted to say something more, but Zhuge Liang had already seen through his mind and said with a smile: "In the decisive battle with Jiangdong Army, Beifu will win!"
He was sure, but Man Chong didn't believe it.
"Don't worry, Zhou Mu, there will be no soldiers from other forces in Jiaozhou within three days."
Zhuge Liang made an assertion, then looked at Man Chong and said, "In this case, can Zhou Mu speak up for General Beifu?"
Seeing the look in his eyes, Man Chong felt a sudden shock in his heart. For some reason, he saw a lot of things in this young man who took down Jiaozhi without any blood. There are threats and there are hopes.
Now, the safety of Jiaozhou seems to be a matter of certainty for Man Chong.
In fact, Man Chong already had the idea that it would be okay for him to do things for Cao Wu when he defeated Zhou Yu. He thought about it and finally said: "If General Beifu can defeat Zhou Yu, then Jiaozhou will follow General Beifu's lead."
This was a surrender, but it also left an opening. If Cao Wu won, but not completely, and suffered heavy losses, then he would have a chance to rebuild an army if he stayed in Jiaozhou.
But he is different from Shi Xie. He will never separate his country and stand on his own. Besides, Jiaozhou is full of Shi Xie and Wu Ju’s subordinates. These people are now leaning towards Cao Wu instead of Man Chong. Even if he rebuilds the army, he must have There is support from the North.
His army will only be used to attack Jiangdong, not to separate the country.
The next thing is to redistribute the benefits.
What makes Man Chong uncomfortable is that Jiang Wan and Shi Jie had already had relevant discussions before. When Man Chong himself had no team, the officials in the four counties of Jiaozhi were changed over and over again, but none of them were Man Chong's. people.
Everyone in the hall was busy all night, and each of them struggled to finish the stage of distributing benefits. Finally, except for the prefect of the seven counties, all officials were appointed.
Zhuge Liang waited for work and watched the whole process. He was not familiar with Jiaozhi officials, but he was very accurate in judging people. He often knew the positions he could hold at a glance.
Among them, Zhuge Liang also arranged for Liu Bei's counselor Yi Ji to be here as the chief administrator of Jiaozhi.
Yiji has surrendered to Cao Wu. He is from Jingzhou and is more suitable for the local environment. Moreover, he himself is Liu Bei who temporarily took refuge with Liu Bei, and was eventually forced to become an abandoned son.
When Pang Tong was killed, Zhao Yun thought that Yi Ji had escaped, but in fact Yi Ji returned to the dangerous place and was finally caught. This shows that this man was loyal.
Cao Wu hoped that he could forget Liu Bei. As his pawn in Jiaozhou, Yiji himself had agreed and was willing to come.
From the beginning to the end of the entire process of profit sharing, no one even proposed to dispose of Shi Xie's body. This old man who had been in charge of the four counties of Cochin for more than 20 years was found dead in the hall, and no one paid attention to him anymore.
Before going out, it was Zhuge Liang who sent someone to collect Shi Xie's body. The officials seemed to have just discovered a corpse lying in the hall at this time, and they all sighed. Some said that Shi Xie was old and not dead, and some said that Shi Xie died well. There are different.
Zhuge Liang was the first to leave the hall with a smile on his face.
It was already bright in Long Bian's mind. He looked up at the sky and sighed.
The darkness of human nature was, after all, fully exposed in this coup.
But fortunately, he was the one responsible for all this.
After finishing the work, Man Chong looked up to the sky and sighed, shaking his head.
This coup centered on Long Bian finally ended. Shi Xie died, but Man Chong was forced to choose Cao Wu.
From now on, Manchong and the original team of Jiaozhi will restrain each other, and Jiaozhi will never be able to stir up trouble again. What's more, the two counties of Rinan and Jiuzhen seem to have listened to Zhuge Liang's orders.
"Zhuge Kongming killed two birds with one stone and determined the four counties of Jiaozhi with one plan. It is really powerful. It is like the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead."
Man Chong went to rest on his own.
He was woken up by the guards in the prefect's mansion. The guards here were no longer Shi Xie's men, but had new faces.
Man Chong rubbed his temples and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Lord Zhou Mu!"
The guard saluted and said excitedly: "The situation of the battle with Jiangdong Army has been reported!"
"read!"
Man Chong immediately sat up.
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In March of the 14th year of Jian'an, Cao Wuchijie, the general of Beifu, commanded Yu Jin, Zhang Liao, Zhang He, Yue Jin, Xu Huang, and Li Dian, together with Jingnan generals Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, tiger and leopard cavalry Cao Xiu, school captain Guanqiu Jian and other troops , go down to Jingzhou and enter Jiaozhi.
In the five ridges, they burned the Wuxi barbarians, annihilated 36,800 enemies, killed Liu Qi and Pang Tong, captured Yi Ji, Chen Dao, and Zhao Yun, and captured Liu Bei's wife Mi Shi and his only son Adou.
In April, he arrived at Cangwu and governed Guangxin in Cangwu County. He killed Wu Ju, the governor of Cangwu, and Jian Yong, Liu Bei's counselor, and captured Cangwu without any bloodshed.
In mid-to-late April, Zhou Yu's main force was found to fight against Jiangdong's army on the bank of Baiteng River.
At that time, Lü Meng led an army of 30,000 to attack Guangxin, Gan Ning led an army of 2,000 to attack Longbian, and fought on the Baitengjiang battlefield on the same day.
Zhuge Liang and Jiang Wan planned to force Ding Longbian to kill Shi Xie, the prefect of Jiaozhi.
Yue Jin and Chen Dao stood firm in Guangxin and killed Jiang Xin in formation. They defeated Lu Meng's tribe and defeated more than ten thousand enemies.
At the Baiteng River, Cao Wu personally supervised the battle, beheaded Cheng Pu, Xu Sheng, Sun Jiao, and Pan Zhang, captured Zhu Ling, Lu Fan, and Wei Wen, and wiped out 39,700 enemies.
The battlefields of this battle were all over the east and west banks of the Baiteng River. The river was stained with blood and corpses were everywhere. Only Zhou Yu, Zhou Tai, Huang Gai and others of the Jiangdong Army escaped.
Cao Wu won three of the three battlefields.
At this point, in two months, Jiaozhou was settled and all seven counties were in peace.
The water of the Baiteng River was rolling down. Cao Wu on the riverside held Diao Chan's slender waist and said leisurely: "The rolling water of the Yangtze River flows eastward, and the waves wash away the heroes. Today, I am a hero."
The Southern Han Dynasty was defeated by the Baiteng River, and Zhao Kuangyin was defeated by the Baiteng River. Even the Golden Family of Meng Yuan could not cross here.
And he did it.
Cao Wu pointed to the west bank of the Baiteng River and said: "From this war on, Jiaozhi will always be the territory of Daxia!"
Zhang He, Wei Yan, and Guanqiu Jian followed behind.
Wei Yan picked it up in one breath and was the first to shout: "Beifu General Wan Sheng!"
"Wan Sheng!"
"General Beifu is victorious!"
From the big boats in the river to both sides of the river, there were such shouts everywhere.
The name of Beifu will be integrated into the hearts of these soldiers.
On this territory, there is one less place for separatism.
The only ones who are still separatist are Jiangdong Sun Quan, Liaodong Gongsun Zan, Hanzhong Zhang Lu, Yizhou Liu Zhang, and some smaller forces.
