In November of the sixth year of Ganlu, the 100,000-strong Dongwu army joined forces with Tao Huang, the governor of Cangwu, in Hepu.

War clouds are gathering in Jiaozhou.

Yu Fan and Xue Jui thought that they were powerful in numbers, so they took Chen Shang and Pan Jing as front commanders and led 30,000 troops to seize the core of Jiaozhou - Jiaozhi.

Yu Fan and Xue Sui supervised the army behind them.

Tao Huang felt that the Wu army had an internal advantage and the convenience of the navy was advantageous in fighting for a long time. The Qin army was brave and had high fighting spirit, which was advantageous in fighting quickly.

He urged the two men to first stabilize Hepu, cut off the dense forests, eliminate threats to the west, and cut off the connection between Nanzhong and Jiaozhou, and then slowly move south.

But at this time, the Tao family was still a small clan, and the Yu and Xue clans were the big clans of Wu State. After their achievements, they naturally did not want to listen to the chatter of a prefect, and decided to go south to get the address first.

Yang Ji, the prefect of Qin Jiaozhi, has already fortified the walls and cleared the fields, and has been waiting for him for a long time.

The two generals Chen Shang and Pan Jing were just arriving, but their footing was not yet stable, thinking that they would hold on to the position with few troops.

However, Yang Ji went against the grain and led 5,000 soldiers to fight out. Yang Ji, Mao Jiong and other generals took the lead, and every soldier put his life on the line. The morale of the Qin army was already high, and it had the psychological advantage from the previous battle. The whole army regarded Wu Jun as such. Nothing.

The curse of "Wu Gou" echoed across the battlefield.

The Wu army could not resist. Yang Ji led 500 elite soldiers into the Wu army's formation and shot Pan Jing dead. Chen Shang was frightened. Seeing the Qin army pounced on him like wolves and tigers, he turned around and ran away, and was killed by the rebel army.

The Wu army was defeated.

At this time, Dong Yuan came out of Yulin, and Huo Yi led Linghu Sheng and others with 30,000 troops out of Nanzhong, and besieged Yang Ji on three sides.

Yu Fan and Xue Jui were so angry that they did not dare to fight and withdrew their bail in Hepu.

With an army of hundreds of thousands defeated in such a disgraceful manner, it is natural that someone must take the blame.

Yu Fan and Xue Zuo blamed Tao Huang: "I betrayed myself as a thief, but lost two commanders. Where is the blame?"

At the beginning, Tao Huang kept writing letters, advocating the recovery of Jiaozhou. If Jiaozhou was lost and Lingnan was lost, Jingzhou and Jiangdong would be attacked from both sides.

Now that they have failed, Yu and Xue have brought up old matters again. It was not you, Tao Huang, who wanted to recapture Jiaozhou, and the army would not have been so decadent.

Tao Huang was not a person who was afraid of trouble. He refuted the two superior officers face to face: "The armies are not in harmony, so they are defeated."

Each one fought on his own and had different ideas, and the country of Wu was always in trouble.

However, Tao Huang still left a glimmer of hope. It was not the fault of the two of you, but the fault of the generals and soldiers below.

Xue Jueyu's anger has not subsided, and the war is not going well. Staying in Lingnan will only ruin his future.

Xue Jui was the son of Xue Zong, the young master of the Wu Kingdom. He entered the officialdom in the shadow of his family. He was a good-looking general at the beginning. He had a good relationship with Zhang Bu and Puyang Xing. This southern expedition was originally to plating a layer of gold so that he could be replaced in the future. General Ding Feng made preparations.

The same is true for Yu Fan, another supervisor of the army. He was born in the Yu family in Kuaiji. He was the son of Yu Fan, a famous official in the Eastern Wu Dynasty. He had the merit of supporting Sun Xiu, the leader of Wu.

The two generals were like this, and the morale of the Wu army was low.

The 100,000-strong army was besieged by 40,000 to 50,000 Qin troops and did not dare to move...

Seeing this, Tao Huang realized that his attempts to persuade others were useless, so he led three hundred troops to attack Dong Yuan's troops in the north that night.

The Qin army was unprepared for a moment, and Tao Huang marched in with great noise, killing all around, and captured the treasures, which he carried back in his ship.

Wu Jun was all in admiration.

Xue Jui took Tao Huang as the front commander and led an army of ten thousand to counterattack the Qin army.

When Tao Huang saw that the Qin army was encircled, he knew that he could not fight with all his strength, so he led his troops across the sea and attacked Jiaozhi.

Yang Ji led his troops back, but Tao Huang's sailors arrived first and set up an ambush halfway, defeating Yang Ji, Dong Yuan, Jie Xie and other generals.

Yang Ji led the remaining soldiers to break out of the siege and returned to the delivery site.

In the first round of the Jiaozhou battle, both sides had a winner or loser.

Tao Huang turned the tide and became the mainstay of the Wu army.

Afterwards, the two armies fell into a confrontation.

Tao Huang besieged Jiaozhi, Huo Yi and Linghu besieged Yu Fan with 30,000 troops, Xue Jue's 90,000 troops...

The war lasted until the seventh year of Amrita.

At this time, Zhang Fu, the envoy of the State of Qin, also traveled thousands of miles and entered Jianye.

The two countries were at war, so their attitude towards the envoys was naturally extremely bad.

Zhang Bu and Puyang Xing were not even interested in meeting, so they sent Zhuge Liang to deal with it.

Zhang Fu was not in a hurry. He only traveled around Jiangdong, visited Jiangdong scholars, and secretly observed the situation of Soochow.

Seeing that the people are tired, there is nothing to eat, and there is no place to stand, there are many manors of wealthy families, and there are many houses and fields. The whole country is accustomed to it, and the scholars are proud of chatting. The Lord of Wu is addicted to hunting five-stone powder, and there are official announcements on state affairs. Puyang is prosperous. People take care of it, knowing that Wu will definitely not be the enemy of Qin.

The facts were as he had guessed. News of the defeat of Wu's 100,000-strong army soon spread, and Jianye was in an uproar.

The 130,000-strong army prepared for several months and spent hundreds of millions of money and food. Within a month of fighting, two generals were killed, tens of thousands of horses and horses were lost, and morale was lost.

A few days later, Tao Huang defeated Yang Ji, and news of the confrontation between the two armies came back, which made the Jiangdong scholars feel a little relieved and sober.

The Qin army in Nanzhong is just a partial division, it is still the former Shu army.

An army of more than 100,000 people has the advantage of fighting on the inside. It cannot even defeat the 30,000 to 40,000 Shu army, let alone the elite Qin army that looks like wolves and tigers.

There is no harm without comparison.

Zhang Fu's salary in Jianye has been continuously improved.

The important ministers of Soochow also began to summon him.

"Qin and Wu have no feud, but a common enemy. Why not attack the Sima clan to comfort the soldiers who died in the battle of Hefei and Shouchun?" Zhang Fu was confident.

"Jiaozhi is my homeland, and your country has invaded it for no reason. What does it mean to have no hatred?" Zhang Bu personally took action.

"If the princes hadn't coveted Shuzhong and Nanzhong, why would there be such a tragic defeat?"

"Zhongshu and Nanzhong are the land of Shu, why can't we take it? If Qin is willing to return Bazhong, Nanzhong and Jiaozhou, then the two families will form an alliance and jointly attack the Sima clan!" Puyang Xing said with a big tongue.

As soon as these words came out, the palace became extremely quiet.

No matter how shameless the ministers of the state of Wu were, they couldn't help but look at each other in confusion.

General Ding Feng had a wry smile on his face.

Zhang Fu burst out laughing and said, "It seems that you are not sincere anymore. Let's just not talk about the alliance."

Or Ding Feng was more pragmatic, "If the two families form an alliance, how will Jiaozhou be divided?"

Hundreds of thousands of troops have been attacking Jiaozhou, and the state of Wu cannot hold on.

Moreover, a secret report came from the front line that Zhou Tai, the governor of Jiangnan in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, died of illness.

A complete Jingzhou is even more attractive to Soochow.

In terms of military affairs, Ding Feng undoubtedly has more say.

Zhang Bu and Puyang Xing are just clowns, while Ding Feng is the pillar of Wu Guo.

In the past, I was tolerant just for the sake of the overall situation. Now I stand up for the sake of the overall situation.

When the veteran generals took action, Zhang Bu and Puyang Xing stopped making trouble.

After recapturing Jiaozhou and beating them like this, they had no shame in seeing anyone.

Xue Jue, a close confidant, and Yu Fan's 90,000 troops were blocked in Hepu by 30,000 to 40,000 Qin troops and did not dare to fight.

It is simply the most ridiculous thing in the world.

But this is also the style of Soochow. When the great emperor Sun Quan's army of 100,000 attacked Hefei, which was guarded by thousands of people, Zhang Liao...

Zhuge Ke's 200,000 troops besieged the new city guarded by 3,000 people...

Wu Jun's combat effectiveness has always been a mystery. In the hands of Zhou Yu and Lu Xun, it was like a tiger and a wolf, but in the hands of others, it was hard to describe.

So the kings and ministers of Soochow were used to it.

"Hepu will return to me, and each of the two families will keep their own territory!" Zhang Fu said calmly.

Now that we have entered the bargaining stage, forming an alliance is a matter of course.

But this alliance is only a temporary truce.

Since Soochow could not be defeated, the Qin army did not want to waste too much energy in Jiaozhou.

Ding Feng glanced at Zhang Bu, Puyang smiled happily and said: "Give the address to Rinan, Jiuzhen will return to Wu, and Yu Lin will send it to you."

Zhang Fu shook his head.

Ding Feng stood up and said: "Yulin, the site will be returned to Qin, and the other two counties will be returned to Wu. This matter is over."

A veteran general can naturally see that Qin will never hand over the two strategic locations of Jiaozhi and Yulin.

It happens to be exactly the same as Yang Zheng's bottom line.
Chapter completed!