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Text Chapter 498: Ping Jiangnan, Looking at the Central Plains

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    At the end of summer, Yan Liang beheaded Sun Quan and leveled Jiangdong, which shocked the world.

    Yan Liang, who killed Sun Quan, returned to Yingtian and rewarded the three armies greatly to appease the soldiers and the people.

    Since last year, Yan Liang has fought all the way from Chaisang to Wu County. For nearly half a year, it can be said that he has been in a state of war.

    Although he won consecutive battles and finally destroyed Sun Quan and captured Jiangdong, the physical strength and spirit of his soldiers had indeed reached their limit.

    Therefore, although Zhou Yu still occupied Huainan and still posed a considerable threat to Jiangdong, Yan Liang decided to temporarily call a truce to allow the soldiers to regain their energy, and at the same time, he could spare his energy to consolidate the fruits of victory.

    Although Sun Quan was defeated, Jiangdong was still full of talents. In order to combine kindness and power and win people's hearts, after Yan Liang moved his seat to Yingtian, he hired many famous Jiangdong people such as Gu Yong and Yu Fan to enrich his power.  Bafu.

    In terms of employment, Yan Liang also specially recruited many powerful families who were killed during Sun Ce's era to serve as officials, so as to use their hatred towards the Sun family to consolidate his rule.

    In terms of the family, Yan Liang knew people well and made good use of them. In terms of treating the people, Yan Liang also took many measures.

    For the front line of Danyang County, which suffered the most serious damage from the war, Yan Liang showed extra mercy and ordered that the county be exempted from taxes for one year. For Wu County and other Jiangdong counties, taxes were reduced according to the different degrees of war damage.

    Because of the fierce fighting at Chai Sang last year, Sun Quan, in order to support the protracted war when the grain harvest in Jiangdong was poor, levied additional grain taxes from the people of Jiangdong several times, which made the people of Jiangdong complain.

    Now Yan Liang not only exempted them from the additional grain tax, but also reduced the original grain tax. Such "benevolent government" soon made the people of Jiangdong rejoice, and everyone praised the kindness of the new lord.

    Under Yan Liang's hard and soft tactics, the people of Jiangdong soon forgot about the murdered Sun Quan and turned to support Yan Liang, the new master who was brave and wise, kind and caring for the people.

    Of course, Yan Liang not only needs to be kind to the people of Jiangdong, but also needs to be careful.

    Yan Liang knew that the military system of Soochow was very special during the Three Kingdoms period. It implemented a system of private soldiers where the soldiers were the generals.

    This system of private soldiers means that the troops and horses are privately owned by the generals. Even Sun Quan cannot bypass the generals and directly dispatch his troops.

    ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Because they had powerful private soldiers, even the Sun Emperor was deeply afraid of them.

    The reason why Sun Quan adopted the private military system was because his basic national policy was to restrict the Yangtze River to protect himself, and he needed to use the private military system to win the support of the natives east of the Yangtze River.

    Yan Liang is different. His ambition is to enter the Central Plains and dominate the world. Naturally, he will not let the Jiangdong natives who tend to divide rivers and rule by rivers affect his great cause.

    Therefore, shortly after Yan Liang conquered Jiangdong, he immediately abolished the private military system implemented by Sun Quan and turned all the soldiers in Jiangdong into state-owned enterprises.

    Although Yan Liang¡¯s restructuring had a great impact on the Jiangdong indigenous people, it actually did not encounter much obstacles.

    The reason is actually very simple. In the war to conquer Jiangdong, Soochow's generals died and surrendered, and more than half of Soochow's soldiers were killed or injured. The entire Sun Group's military system has basically completely collapsed.

    This means that whether it is the old surrendered generals such as Lu Meng and Ling Tong, or the newly surrendered generals such as Lu Xun and Zhu Huan, the troops they lead are basically no longer private units.

    Therefore, when Yan Liang abolished the private military system, there was naturally not much resistance.

    While Yan Liang was recuperating and waiting to fight again, he was also paying attention to the situation in the world all the time.

    Xu You¡¯s Si Wencao sent Yan Liang the latest battle situation in the north in a timely manner almost every day.

    Among the entire northern wars, the most noteworthy one is undoubtedly the Battle of Yecheng.

    At that time, Yuan Tan's Youyan cavalry went all the way south to capture Julu.

    Qingxu's army led by Liu Bei also marched into Guangzong, assuming a posture of marching into Julu, intending to form a pincer attack with Yuan Tan.

    Yuan Shang had no choice but to gather all the soldiers from Jizhou in Julu, intending to desperately block the combined attack of the two powerful enemies.

    But when Yuan Shang's troops were all in the north and Ye city was empty, Liu Bei suddenly led his army from Guangzong southward to Guantao, bypassed Yuan Shang's northern defense line, and invaded Wei County from Yangping County in the east. Within a few days,  Then he arrived directly at the gate of Yecheng.

    At this time, the number of soldiers in Yecheng was only 7,000, but Yuan Shangmou was in charge of judging and guarding the troops.

    Liu Bei surrounded Yecheng with 30,000 elite troops, and used an ambush strategy to repel Yuan Shang's reinforcements.

    And Yuan ShangyinIt was when Julu was restrained by Yuan Tan that he could not lead his army to come back for reinforcements. He could only watch helplessly as his hometown Yecheng fell into a tight siege and could not be rescued.

    So, when the Yanliang River flooded Ye City, Liu Bei also used Zhuge Liang's plan to divert the water from the Zhang River to flood Ye City.

    People in the city were panicked, and the flood outside the city was raging. In order to protect himself, Shen Rong, Shen Pei's nephew, secretly colluded with Liu Bei and secretly opened the east gate of Ye City to let Liu Bei's army enter the city.

    After one month of siege, Liu Bei took advantage of the entanglement between Yuan and Yuan to steal the fishermen's profits and captured the heart of Hebei in one fell swoop.

    Once the city of Ye was lost, all the cities under Yuan Shang's rule fell upon the wind, either to Liu Bei or to Yuan Tan.

    Yuan Shang, who was defeated like a mountain, had to be squeezed into a small place between the three counties of Julu, Guangping and Zhao. With hard support, defeat was a foregone conclusion.

    "Liu Bei, a fisherman, is really very capable of making a profit. Uncle Liu Huang was originally a hero, but now with the help of Kong Ming, he seems to be like a fish in water."

    Even though Pang Tong was arrogant, he still spoke highly of "Wolong" who was as famous as his "Fengxiao".

    Yan Liang only smiled calmly: "It is only reasonable for Liu Bei to capture Jizhou. I think it won't be long before we have to fight Liu Bei again. Shiyuan, are you confident that you can beat your Lumen classmate?"  ¡±

    Famous Xiangyang scholars such as Sima Hui and Pang Degong once preached and taught in Lumen. Pang Tong, Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu and others all studied there. Although Pang Tong was much older than Zhuge Liang, it is not an exaggeration to call them classmates.

    "Kong Ming is indeed a talented person for Wang Zuo. It's a pity that he seeks too much stability in everything. He needs to know the art of war. The most important thing is to adapt to changes and combine the odd and the right. Kong Ming lacks the word 'change'."

    Pang Tong revealed Zhuge Liang's weakness in a few words.

    Yan Liang nodded slightly, deeply convinced.

    In fact, when Zhuge Liang assisted Liu Qi, it was not that there was no chance of a comeback, and Zhuge Liang did come up with several good plans.

    However, Zhuge Liang's strategies were repeatedly cracked by Yan Liang, who did not follow common sense. Perhaps this was because Zhuge Liang was not good at using surprises.

    Thinking of this, Yan Liang smiled and said: "Shi Yuan understands Zhuge Liang's weaknesses so well. It seems that you are determined to defeat this classmate."

    Yan Liang originally thought that Pang Tong was confident, but at this time, Pang Tong shook his head calmly.

    "Although Kong Ming is not good at using surprises, his ability to use regular soldiers is rare in the world. If Liu Bei can give him a hundred thousand soldiers and horses, it is not impossible for Kong Ming to push forward from north to south."

    From north to south, push all the way.

    Pang Tong¡¯s evaluation of Zhuge Liang was already very high.

    Yan Liang was not surprised at all. On the contrary, Yan Liang became more and more excited at this time.

    In previous battles with Zhuge Liang, Wolong always hid behind the scenes and manipulated the situation. Now he assists Liu Bei and finally stands at the front desk.

    This means that Yan Liang can finally fight Zhuge Liang head-on and see his legendary tactics of using soldiers.

    "Very good. If Zhuge Liang didn't have two brushes, it wouldn't be boring to fight with him. But I want to see who will push whom."

    After discussing Liu Bei's side, Yan Liang asked Xu You to report the situation on Cao Cao's side.

    Compared with Liu Bei's ability to reap the benefits, Cao Cao's eastward advance was quite difficult.

    As a famous general in Hebei, Han Meng had only 10,000 troops under his command, but relying on the danger of Hangu Pass, he was able to withstand Cao Cao's attack for several months.

    Unable to capture Luoyang, Cao Cao had to change his strategy, sneak across the Yellow River from Hongnong County, and capture Hedong County in one fell swoop.

    As soon as the east of the river is broken, the southern gate to Taiyuan County is opened.

    Cao Cao then left Cao Ren to lead some troops to continue attacking Luoyang, while he led a main force of 30,000 to drive northward.

    How could a high-ranking cadre with a small army and few generals be Cao Cao's opponent? He lost consecutive battles and was led by Cao Cao to Xihe and Pingyang counties, and his troops went straight to Taiyuan County.

    Cao Cao's tens of thousands of troops surrounded Jinyang City where the Bingzhou Governor's Department was located. Gao Cao held on for more than a month and was left alone, so he abandoned Jinyang City and fled to Yanmen County in the north. He then surrendered to Yuan Tan and requested  Yuan Tan's support.

    Yanmen County has a dangerous terrain, and Cao Cao did not attack Luoyang. After conquering Jinyang, he did not go north for a while. Instead, he went south to capture Shangdang County, posing a threat to Hanoi County controlled by Han Meng.

    If Hanoi County is lost, Cao Cao's army can cross the Yellow River from the south of the county and form a pincer attack on Luoyang from the west and north at the same time.

     As a result, Han Meng's ten thousand soldiers and horses are simply not enough to resist the attack from both sides.

    "It seems like the Battle of Luoyang will be over soon. I'm afraid Han Meng will surrender to Cao Cao before long." Yan Liang guessed.

    Xu You opened another piece of information. When he looked at the silk book in his hand, a strange color flashed in his eyes.

    "My lord is right, Han Meng did surrender, but he did not surrender to Cao Cao, but surrendered to Liu Bei with the counties of Henan and Hanoi."

    Hearing this information, Yan Liang's head shook slightly, and a gratifying thought suddenly flashed through his mind.

    When he looked back at Pang Tong, there was also a hint of joy on Pang Tong's face.

    "What Cao Cao spent a long time and failed to get, Liu Bei got it effortlessly. How can our Lord Cao be willing to accept it? It seems that the war between Cao and Liu is not far away." Yan Liang sneered.

    "It's not far away that Cao Liu starts a war, and it's not far away that we fishermen will make a profit." Pang Tong also added with a sly smile.  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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