Chapter 190: Returning to Lujiang (Part 2)

The hand holding the brush paused, Zhou Yu continued to write, and continued to clarify his point of view in a letter to Chen Gong and Lu Su.

Secondly, Jiujiang County has a wealthy population, a large population, and a crisscrossing rivers. It is a natural granary. It is close to Xuzhou and Yuzhou, which is the main export to the Central Plains in the future. The strategic position is very important. The original plan was to first sweep the four counties in Jiangnan and then seize Jiujiang County. Now, depending on the situation, Zhou Ang and Yuan Shu are increasingly close, and it is very likely to hook up and join forces to deal with us. However, Zhou Ang himself has certain ambitions, and he will not fall into Yuan Shu's arms so quickly. He is also worried that Yuan Shu will annex his power and will definitely be in a swaying state. At this moment, if we don't take action, with Yuan Shu's jackal-like personality, Jiujiang will sooner or later fall into Yuan Shu's hands.

Having written this, Zhou Yu couldn't help but remember that after Yuan Shu seized Jiujiang in history, he changed his name to Huainan County, and then became emperor in Shouchun. He had fish and meat and banned countless miscellaneous taxes, which made the entire Huainan County miserable. Since ancient times, those who have gained power have many helpers, while those who have lost power have few helpers. Yuan Shu's failure is inseparable from the lack of support from the people.

After picking up the teacup and taking a sip of hot water, Zhou Yu continued to write.

Third, after several years of development, the stable and rich Lujiang County has become a big fat piece in the eyes of others. There are many enemies around them, and they are all drooling and want to pounce on them and take a bite. From the perspective of protecting the strategic base, after seizing Jiujiang County, it can relieve the pressure on Lujiang County in the north and add a buffer zone, which is very beneficial to Lujiang.

Fourth, our army has two counties, Lujiang and Danyang, and its momentum is greatly boosted and can be easily expanded to soldiers. Especially Danyang County, with a larger population than Lujiang County, and its people are tough. It is a very ideal source of troops. However, too many new recruits have been expanded and insufficient combat experience will affect the overall combat effectiveness and require practical training. At this time, sending troops to Jiujiang can also be able to integrate the team and train new recruits, and prepare for the later sweeping Wu County, Kuaiji County, and Yuzhang County.

In the letter, Zhou Yu also raised some concerns, such as the court's attitude towards their capture of Danyang County, how the Shanyue people in the territory were pacified, etc. He also informed Chen Gong and Lu Su that he had sent Chen Duan to Chang'an with a large number of items to pay tribute, and at the same time, through his cousin Zhou Zhong's work in Wang Yun, he hoped to get the approval of the court, and at least morally stood firm. As for the Shanyue people's pacification, Zhang Zhao was appointed to handle this matter with Zhang Zhao's ability.

After the letter was written, Zhou Yu immediately sent a quick horse to send him to Lujiang. Afterwards, Zhou Yu summoned the civil servants and generals of Mi to announce his decision to return to Lujiang and attack Jiujiang, which also won unanimous approval from everyone.

It was agreed at the meeting that after the army left Danyang, Danyang's government affairs were managed by General Zhou Shang, Zhang Zhao and Qin Song, and Yuan Huan and others handed over to local officials to continue after the work was launched. Considering the unstable surrounding situation and the Shanyue people in the territory showed signs of riots, Gao Shun was ordered to command a group of 5,000 troops in the camp, Zhou Tai led 8,000 Feilong Army, Jiang Qin led 5,000 Jinfan Navy Army to guard Danyang, and Pan Hu's 15,000 military troops as the backup military force. The main general was Gao Shun, and the other generals were controlled by him.

On the second day, Zhou Yu led a unit of the camp, scout camp, hurricane camp, Niuzhu camp, female barracks, personal guards and other troops to leave Moling City in a mighty manner, and many military generals who were left behind in Danyang County went to see him off outside the city. Chen Wu left a thousand people to guard Niuzhu Fortress and led 3,000 soldiers of the baggage battalion to Hengjiangjin to meet with the army.

On the third day, Zhou Yu's army took the Jinfan Army's tower ship in Hengjiangjin, and successfully crossed the river northward and landed from Wankou Port. Local people all brought food and pots of slurry and welcomed them together.

After taking the first step to take the land of Lujiang County, Zhou Yu felt emotion, Lujiang, I am back. This time, I came back with the glory of capturing Danyang County, and also with the mission of continuing to attack Jiujiang County.

Looking at the people who came spontaneously to welcome them on both sides of the road, Zhou Yu smiled and said to Zang Ba and others beside him: "Xuan Gao, look at it, how happy it is to be able to get the support of the people."

Zang Ba and others repeatedly claimed that it was, and Zhou Yu's face suddenly became solemn, saying: "On the other hand, this is also the responsibility on our shoulders. We go to fight to make the people live a better life in the future and allow them to live in peace."

Zhou Yu thought that in the early days of the Three Kingdoms, due to years of war, people were living in poverty and invasion of foreign races, the population in the country dropped by more than 70% compared with the heyday of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Thinking of this, Zhou Yu felt a little heavy in his heart.

After returning to Daoshu County, Zhou Yu only rested at home for a long time, and the next day he led the army to the north. Zhou's mother was a reasonable person. Seeing that Zhou Yu had lost weight a little, although she felt sorry for her, she still didn't say much. She just asked the kitchen to make ginseng stewed black chicken soup to nourish Zhou Yu's body. She called her future daughter-in-law Deng Yu over and had a meal together, which was considered a family reunion.

When Zhou Yu's army arrived in Tongyang, Lu Su and Pan Zhang led a group of people out of the city for ten miles and were waiting beside the road.

Seeing the Marquis of Lu Su from afar, Zhou Yu turned over and dismounted, walked to Lu Su and said, "Zijing, use weak troops to defend Tongyang and protect me from Lujiang. Thank you for your hard work!"

Lu Su repeatedly gave in modesty, saying that this was the result of the unity of the entire army. Then Zang Ba, Zhao Yun, Dong Xi, Xu Sheng, Lu Dai and others arrived and exchanged greetings with Lu Su and Pan Zhang.

After the greetings, Zhou Yu ordered the camp to be set up outside the city, and he led everyone to Lu Su and Pan Zhang into Tongyang City.

Tongyang County Government.

Lu Su asked Zhou Yu, "Lord, where is General Xingba? Why didn't you see him today?"

Zhou Yu replied: "He commanded the navy, so he was naturally on the waterway. I guess he would arrive in Tongyang tomorrow."

Lu Su slapped his head and said, "Oh, why didn't I expect it? Jiujiang County's rivers are crisscrossing, and the navy can be used in great use. According to the information I got, Zhou Ang's men do not have navy troops yet."

Zhou Yu smiled and said, "So, Xingba is my secret weapon. However, from Lujiang to Jiujiang, we did not go through the waterway connecting the Yangtze River. If we had to pass through Guangling County, Xuzhou, we might cause variables. The second brother and his team walked on a relatively narrow waterway, and the towers and ships were naturally not used. Fortunately, there were a lot of boats reserved in Lujiang, which could be used for use."

Lu Su nodded and said, "In Jiujiang, the Huai River flows from west to east, and the Ying River flows from north to south. After Anfengjin converges, it flows through Shouchun and injects into Hongze Lake. Except for these two waterways that are quite wide, the other dense water nets are narrow reed marshes, which are not conducive to the passage of large ships and are very conducive to the concealment of small ships. Therefore, walking boats can show their skills."

Zhou Yu smiled and said, "From the news conveyed by Jingwuwei, Zhou Ang really does not have a naval army, and he doesn't know what he thought. He probably only thought about competing for the Central Plains, so he ignored the naval army and only trained infantry and cavalry. This time our battle in Jiujiang County, the naval army will play a major role!"
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