Chapter 1009 Return Jiangdong

On the river near Chaisang City, the mighty Xiliang Navy warships were sailing on the river, cutting through the waves. It was the main force of the Xiliang Navy led by Gao Chong, and the main force of the Nanyang Army was also on top. Slowly coming towards Chaisang City.

"Be on strict alert, we have reached the enemy's hinterland, be on guard against the enemy navy!"

Gao Chong passed on the order, and hundreds of naval warships were immediately ready for battle. This water area was very close to Chaisang, and Cao Jun's naval warships might appear at any time.

Ding Feng, Wenpin, Zhu Huan and other navy generals led their naval forces to stand ready and carefully waited for Cao Jun's navy to appear. As a result, when they arrived at the port, not a single Cao Jun warship was seen.

"Strange, what did Cao Jun think, just watching our army land and not sending warships to resist?" Zhang Jia asked strangely.

"The enemy navy is weaker than our army. Perhaps they want to rely on Chaisangjian City to resist. The infantry and navy may also cooperate with each other." Gao Chong deduced.

"Okay, in that case, Cao Jun's navy will be handed over to Governor Gao to deal with it, and I will lead the infantry to prepare to attack the city."

"The navy will reach the shore and send the infantry up."

Hundreds of naval warships docked one after another, landed at Lukou Port, and sent tens of thousands of Nanyang Army infantry to the shore. After landing at Lukou Port, head east for more than a hundred miles and you can directly reach Chaisang City.

"The entire army is marching eastward, aiming for Chaisang City!"

The Nanyang Army had been staying on the boat for the past few days. They were full of energy and energy. They immediately took steps eastward and quickly marched towards Chaisang City. In less than half a day, Chaisang City had already appeared in front of the Nanyang Army.

"Get ready to attack and wait!"

Zhang Jaw originally planned to cut down trees to make siege equipment, and then attack Chaisang City immediately. But I didn't expect that something was wrong with Chaisang City. Although there was still a flag with the word "Cao" floating in the wind, there was not even half a garrison on top of the city, which made people feel confused.

"General Zhengnan, could the enemy have formed a suspicious formation and ambushed soldiers and horses in the city?" Li Yan asked.

"There is a possibility, so don't be reckless."

He opened his jaw to signal that the whole army should calm down, rode forward, and shouted loudly: "I am the governor of Nanyang, and the general of the imperial court's expedition to the south opens his jaw. The enemy should stop being coy and come out quickly!"

"Is this Master Wang outside the city?"

A head suddenly poked out from the top of the city, looking fearful.

"That's right! I have been ordered by the emperor to conquer the non-subordinates. Who are you?"

"The villain is the Prime Minister of Chaisang County." After Cao Jun occupied Jiangdong, in order to stabilize his rule, general civil servants were entrusted to local aristocratic families, but military power still had to be firmly controlled by Cao Jun.

"General, conquering Buchen? That's not necessary. Cao's thieves have long since escaped. Now this Chaisang is an empty city!" the county magistrate shouted.

"Then you order people to open the city gates on all sides, hurry up!" Zhang Jia still doubted the enemy's suspicion formation and refused to believe it.

"Here, general, wait a moment."

After a while, the city gates on all sides slowly opened. He opened his jaw and waved his hand: "The whole army is entering the city from all sides. Be careful. Once you find the enemy, withdraw immediately."

"Here!"

Tens of thousands of Nanyang troops entered carefully through the city gates on all sides, but they did not encounter any resistance and entered very safely.

"To be honest, general, Cao Xiu and Cao Ren had already led the land and water armies to the north a few days ago and abandoned Chaisang." The county magistrate said with a careful smile.

"Going north, are you sure they are going north, not east?" Zhang Jia asked strangely, knowing that Cao Jun still occupied the vast land of the six counties in Jiangdong, how could he give up so easily?

"Yes, Cao Jun has indeed gone north, it seems to have gone to Huainan." The county magistrate said carefully.

"Okay, I understand. You can go out." Zhang Jia waved his hand and said, "Please come in, Governor Gao."

After Gao Chong finished taking care of the naval affairs, he walked into the county office: "General Zhang, what do you want me to do?"

"Captain Gao, the situation is like this."

Opening his jaw, he explained to Gao Chong what the county magistrate had just told him.

"So the six counties in Jiangdong are now empty cities, and our army can easily get them. This is really good news!" Gao Chong said excitedly: "In this way, the entire south of the Yangtze River will fall into the hands of our army."

"Well, hasn't Duke Qin already made Sun Quan the Marquis of Wu? Our army can use Sun Quan as an example. In this way, the six counties in Jiangdong will surely surrender." Zhang Jia suggested.

After Sun Quan surrendered, Liu Ye immediately asked the emperor to confer him the title of Marquis of Wu. This was a county marquis and the highest honor for a meritorious official. In this way, Sun Quan became a living example. Didn't the nobles in the six counties of Jiangdong surrender one after another?

"By the way, the Zhu Huan in my camp is a direct descendant of the Zhu clan among the four major gentry clans in Jiangdong, Zhu Lu and Gu Zhang. Now he is also worshiped as a general in my camp, which is also a good example." Gao Chong added .

"Hahaha, okay, in this way, the six counties of Jiangdong will be won without a fight, hahaha." He opened his jaw and laughed.

The two immediately sent a letter to Liu Ye, requesting Liu Ye to allocate official positions in the six counties of Jiangdong to the nobles in various places, so that they would support the rule of the Xiliang Army. Liu Ye readily agreed and sent Sun Quan to Jiangdong with a transfer order as a Living role model.

With Sun Quan and Zhu Huan as examples, many noble families in the six counties of Jiangdong turned their backs. This is the best result. You must know that each of these noble clans has accumulated hundreds or even thousands of private soldiers. When assembled, they are also a considerable armed force. During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, during the famous Wang Dun rebellion, Shen Chong of the Sanwu clan expressed support for Wang Dun. As a result, he pulled out nearly ten thousand private soldiers at once, which shows the power of these aristocratic families.

During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the imperial court had almost no dignity at all. As the saying goes, "the king and his horse share the world" and "thanks and the horse share the world." The Sima Imperial Court had to rely on these aristocratic families to survive, and although today's gentry have not yet grown to the level of the Eastern Jin gentry, they are still quite powerful.

Seeing that Sun Quan and Zhu Huan had received such generous rewards, these nobles did not want to confront the Xiliang army, so they all chose to surrender. Since then, the south of the Yangtze River has been connected, and all of it has become the territory of the Xiliang Army.

"Bo'an, next, should our army aim at Huainan and go north to Chaohu to compete with Cao's army for Huainan?"

In Jianye City, he opened his jaw and said to Gao Chong.

News of the defeat of the Yuzhou Army in Hefei has also reached Zhang Jaw's army. Therefore, Zhang Jaw is ready to take advantage of the situation and lead his army northward to form a rivalry with Liu Bei and wipe out Cao's army in the Huainan area with overwhelming force.

Gao Chong shook his head and said with gleaming eyes, "I have another plan."