"I really didn't expect that after passing Lingqu and entering Lijiang, the river water was so clear, and the mountains and forests on both sides were not like the smoke and smoky places of the Southern Barbarians. I thought that on this road, I had to fight against the poor mountains and rivers, and after hardships, I could reach Guangxin. I didn't expect that I would almost go to Lipu, but there was no poisonous miasma, mosquitoes, or heat."

Sitting on a boat and a raft, sailing dozens of miles on the Li River in a posture of scattering downstream, Wei Yan also changed his heart's dissatisfaction when he just boarded the ship and became more relaxed.

After all, before boarding the boat, he forced himself to cross the mountains for two days before he arrived at the boarding point at the west entrance of Lingqu. At that time, the troops were exhausted and were disturbed by snakes and insects in the mountains and forests. Even with the flower dew and snake medicine, he was still uncomfortable. After a sad psychological expectation, you can imagine the mentality when boarding the boat.

As a result, he sailed easily in the scenic beauty of "Guilin is the best in the world". This contrast really made Wei Yan, who had never traveled far away, stunned and his confidence soared.

At first, he was afraid that the Li River was a famous poisonous water like "Lu Water". There were poisonous insects, water snakes or vicious fish that ate humans. He did not dare to let the soldiers who had just emerged from the forest go to the river to bathe and clean. Until now, he found that the Li River water was so clear that it did not look poisonous, so he released the ban.

The soldiers who were originally depressed due to the forced marching immediately became energetic, washed the dirt and insect stains well, and killed all the lice and fleas.

"It's really a river of water. If you can sneak attack this way, even if you bury your bones here, you won't lose money. It's better than dying in a poisonous jungle. And thanks to the late autumn and early winter, it's not hot here, so God helps me."

I took a bath with Lijiang water. When I passed by the outskirts of Lipu County, I saw some villagers on the riverside watering taro in the silted fields. When I encountered the army, I ran away directly.

Now it is the end of the autumn harvest season, and Guangxi is hot again, and most crops can be planted in the second season. Therefore, there are still many taros in the silt fields by the river.

Wei Yan knew that he didn't have much food and grass, so he stopped for half an hour to rest. He asked the soldiers to dig a batch of Lipu taro for the enemy because of the food, cooked them, replenished the amount eaten on the road a few days ago, and continued to move forward.

The Li River has a gentle water level and a slow flow rate. Wei Yan also needs to save the soldiers' physical strength and cannot row boats. Moreover, the small boats that can pass through the Lingqu canal do not even have sails. At most, one soldier can take turns rowing.

So it took two days to arrive at Guangxin County, the capital of Cangwu County, which is later Wuzhou.

Fortunately, I felt very comfortable along the way. I looked at the Guilin landscape and ate Lipu taro, and my morale was high.

...

The prefect of Cangwu, Lai Da, still supported the governor Zhang Jin. So when Wei Yan suddenly appeared under the city, he was not directly attacked.

Wei Yan came from afar, without any siege weapons, and only two songs, and a combat force of 1,200 people was very difficult to attack.

Wei Yan was not stupid either, so he chose to create several stairs to bluff, while plundering more cloth and fake flags to pretend to be crowded, and then went outside the gate of Guangxin County to persuade him to surrender:

"Listen to the Cangwu Guardian, please tell your prefect quickly. Jiaozhou Governor Zhang Jin colluded with Li Jue and Guo Si, invaded the robbers and prefectures and counties, and invaded the Han clan territory. When this clan guarded the center, Zhang Jin was like a thief. More than 10,000 Hanzhong Kings army had arrived from Lingqu! Open the city and surrender quickly to avoid the loss of life!"

"You also know that General Zhao Fubo's reputation has been broken through. That is the power of Qin Shihuang to pacify Baiyue and Ma Fubo to pacify Jiaozhi. Who would have thought that he would be a traitor who would have been seeking peace before the world was peaceful, even if he hits the general's knife!"

The main force that Zhang Jin supported Liu Du was dispatched from Cangwu County and Nanhai County. Therefore, the county soldiers on Cangwu are naturally relatively empty at the moment, and they are blocking the entrance at the Wuling Front.

There are so many counties in Jiaozhou, but not all of them listen to Zhang Jin's life. For example, Shi Xie from Jiaozhi doesn't miss him at all. Zhang Jin can actually control four counties, namely Cangwu, Nanhai, Yulin and Hepu.

The defenders of Guangxin County were panicked and did not know the facts of Wei Yan, so they hurriedly reported to the prefect to come to Da.

But Laida was quite powerful, and immediately gave a speech: "Don't panic! I heard the envoy's return the day before yesterday. Zhao Yun was blocked in Mengzhu Ridge on the Fuchuan front line. The only one who appeared here was a surprise attack. There must be no siege equipment for a while. Our army defended the city to the death. He immediately sent a messenger to ask the envoy for help, and asked the district commander to lead troops back to the aid!"

Wei Yan wasted half a morning outside Guangxin County. Seeing that Laida refused to surrender and could not forcibly attack the city, he had to continue taking risks: "Go on the boat! Cross the river to Xinning County on the south bank. I don't believe that there are local officials like Laida who are loyal to Zhangjin everywhere. At that time, it will be said that Guangxin County has been captured, and we are using the power of great victory to send an edict to all counties!"

Wei Yan made a quick decision and took his men across the Li River to the surrounding small counties to cheat and coerce. Laida defended Guangxin and did not leave. He didn't know where Wei Yan was going, so he could not stop it. He just sent a messenger out of the north gate to report the emergency, but Wei Yan crossed the river and went south.

Guangxin is one or two hundred miles away from Lipu County upstream, but it is only more than thirty miles and fifty or sixty miles away from the neighboring Xinning and Duanxi respectively. Wei Yan had a ship forcibly marched, and it was completely possible to sweep it in one day.

As he expected, it was indeed not bad. Those small counties had no idea about the situation. Wei Yan directly claimed that the Zhangjin army on the front line had been defeated, and the prefect of Cangwu Laida had already surrendered on the day when the troops arrived. Now Zhao Yun sent troops to take over the counties, and these two counties actually surrendered directly.

Even later, I found out that Wei Yan actually had not many people, so I didn't dare to surrender and rebel all at once. Everyone's mentality was "Since I have surrendered, I have completely offended Zhang Jin. Zhang Jin seemed to have been able to jump around for a few days. Why not just follow the Hanzhong King's attacking troops. If Zhang Jin could turn the tables, wait for Zhang Jin to really repel Zhao Yun, or Zhang Jin's main force was coming to the city to defend, so let's do it anyway."

Anyway, if you have been a surrendered faction, it is such a serious crime to surrender for a day. If you surrender for a few months or even a year or a half, it is such a serious crime. You won’t say, “A person who surrenders for three days is less sentenced than a person who surrenders for twenty days is less sentenced.” So why bother more?

As the saying goes, if you come to Dada, you should not be a "Jiangyou Ma Miao", you will be the head of a small local county.

This is also why in history, Zhuge Zhan had to fight to the death after Ma Miao surrendered, because he knew that as long as Deng Ai's flag came and went freely in the hinterland of Shu Han, the more rebels would be carried, and you had to fight to put out his arrogance.

...

Three days later, Mengzhuling front line.

Zhang Jin personally sat in Linhe County, dozens of miles south of Mengzhuling, and received a document from Laida.

"What? Zhao Yun sent a side general to walk through Lingqu. The Li River detoured and had already entered Cangwu?" Zhang Jin almost immediately jumped up from the couch, shocked.

"Empress, please divide your troops back and rescue me!" All the generals under your command advised him.

Zhang Jin thought for a while: "Zhang Yi, you are not good at field battles. Lead your troops to continue to defend the dangerous pass of Mengzhuling. Qu Jing. You bring your troops back, and then gather the remaining soldiers of the Nanhai County to encircle and suppress Zhao Yunluo's side troops!"

Zhang Yi had no objection. He was originally a second-generation official and was not tired of guarding the Wuling Pass.

Duwei Qu Jing was very unhappy and persuaded tactfully: "It takes time for the troops to assemble, and it is probably too late to rescue them. The report from the Lord Laifu was unclear. Finally, the general thought that the situation in the rear at this moment might be different from what Laifu said, so he would fight steadily to avoid being ambushed by the enemy...

It is better for our army to offer Liu Du's head and ask for peace from Zhao Yun. We Jiaozhou people do not need to make a fortune for Lingling people and Lingling counties. The bigger the Zhao Yun, the more cruel it becomes. Now our army has not had a deep grudge with Hanzhong King, so we still have a chance to turn back."

It is not surprising that Qu Jing would persuade him like this, because in history, he was unable to stand such a leader after Zhang Jin took the initiative to attack Liu Biao and repeatedly gave him a free job. In the end, the superiors killed Zhang Jin and asked for peace with Liu Biao. Liu Biao expressed his conspiracy to take over as the governor of Jiaozhou.

Zhang Jin was not aware of it at all and slapped the table: "Rareless! Is this a problem for several counties in Lingling? This is a problem with the dangerous passes of Wuling. If these counties give up, all the dangerous places of Wuling will be given to Zhao Yun, including the natural danger of the alliance leader. Next time Zhao Yun will come and leave if he wants to?"

A sharp look flashed in Qu Jing's eyes, and he pretended to smile and agreed: "Since that's the case, I will gather people together for half a day and set off immediately - I will not delay. Please inquire about the situation in the south again, so as not to be reported by the emperor of the mansion."

After Qu Jing left, he immediately sent a secret envoy to cross the mountains from the Mengzhuling Road, heading straight to Zhao Yun's research camp, and then offered a condition to express his willingness to kill Zhang Jin and surrender, as long as he was allowed to be the prefect of Nanhai County afterwards.

Zhao Yun still looked down on such a person who sells his owners and seeks honor, but during the war, he had to be careless and agreed, and said that he would convince the King of Hanzhong to agree to the remarks.

That night, Qu Jing launched a mutiny directly on the front line. He took the opportunity to say goodbye before sending troops and took a group of subordinates to pay homage to Zhang Jin, and then decisively assassinated him.

As soon as Zhang Jin died, although there was more than one captain on the front line, he could no longer gather his troops, and no one knew who to fight for. Zhao Yun took advantage of the chaos to break through Mengzhuling, beheaded Zhang Yi, and released other Jiaozhou army officers.

The army then continued to advance, and within a few days he took down Guangxin County, Cangwu County, arrested Laida and deposed the official, without committing any more murder.

Qu Jing himself took his former Jiaozhou Army's former subordinates to fight back to the empty Nanhai County, killed the prefect Tiger Banner, and established himself as the prefect of the Nanhai.

The other Yulin and Hepu counties said that they "preserve the local area and do not fight against the Hanzhong King's army." Zhao Yun had no excuse to attack, so he left Yulin as it was, and the prefect of Hepu, temporarily acknowledging that they would continue to rule themselves.

Before the emergence of the new Jiaozhou Governor, Liu Bei did lack diplomatic excuses to make the locals surrender directly. Moreover, in those places, except for the pearls in Hepu who could provide financial support to the tribute center, other places were indeed not valuable. The journey was too far, and local output and manpower could not mobilize to support the frontline.

If you are temporarily autonomous, just be autonomous. Don’t make trouble and harassment, as it will cause local recession.

Finally, Zhao Yun followed the principle of appointing famous scholars in Jingnan before Li Su left, and told Liu Bei that Wu Ju was the prefect of Cangwu and Lai Gong was the prefect of Lingling. After the letter was delivered, Liu Bei would finally make the decision.
Chapter completed!