Chapter 1073 Subjugation
To everyone's surprise, Tao Kan was actually reluctant to exchange hostages at the beginning. After all, Tao Zhen is just his nephew, not his son.
However, he later agreed, for the same reason: Tao Zhen was his nephew, not his son.
Sacrifice your son, others may praise you, but sacrifice your nephew may be stabbed by the clan members. This is an era when the family is very cohesive, living together, eating, and celebrating together. Tao Kan finally gave up and agreed.
Before this, Deng Yue had actually secretly communicated with the song.
This kind of news cannot be kept strictly confidential and was soon revealed by "solicited people", so the entire surrender process is no longer reversible.
In other words: there is no way back.
Starting from the fourth day of the first lunar month, Jin soldiers have successively left the city and are placed in a camp alone, and have eaten hot soup and hot rice.
So the last trace of fighting spirit of the Xiangyang defenders was gone.
On the fifth day of the first lunar month, Deng Yue, who felt completely led by the nose, went to Caizhou Island through the floating bridge.
The Cai family's house covers an extremely vast area and has hundreds of houses of all sizes, which exceeds many families of ministers and nobles in terms of specifications.
The only disadvantage is that it is a little old.
Some houses were built as early as the end of the Han Dynasty. After more than a hundred years of renovation, the overall house still looks old.
The other part was built during the Cao Wei and Sima Jin periods. It is also relatively old, but the materials are solid and exquisite.
The wood is taken from the counties in Jingnan.
The bricks and tiles are all expensive.
He even cut mountains from other places to get stones and build walls, doors and houses.
In short, the glory of the Cai family in Xiangyang can be vaguely seen from the style of the Cai family.
Liu Biaodan rode into Jingzhou, but who did he rely on after entering Jingzhou? Cai family.
Cao Mengde went south to Jingzhou, but who helped him surrender to various places and even forced his old master? Cai family.
This family has a bad reputation, but its foundation is really deep, but now it has disappeared.
When he was on the island, Deng Yue took a few special glances.
A large group of warriors wearing bright light armor stood in all places. A large number of cavalry lived further away, with all the light and heavy, and they were on guard everywhere.
The officials traveled between Caizhai and Xianshan. It was obvious that this was already a temporary palace and the place where the emperor stayed.
When passing through the corridors and courtyards, Deng Yue could even hear the officials talking.
"Although Jiang Ke attacked the Changdi fiercely, he could only defeat Zhou Fu and could not completely wipe out. After a while, he would come again and be unable to defend himself."
"He may not dare to come. The battle against Li Yang was defeated a few thousand times a year ago, and he beheaded no less than two thousand. Will Zhou Fu have Li Yang fight?"
"You can't underestimate others so much."
"It's not that I underestimate it, just beating."
...
The voice gradually faded away, but Deng Yue was extremely shocked when he heard it.
Li Yang was a central council in Jingzhou. He should have attacked the Liang army from the flanks under the order of Tao Shiheng. As the saying goes, he came from afar and had not yet established a foothold. He gave you a warning first, but failed.
There is even more explanation for attacking the long dike.
Jiangling is not close to the Yangtze River, but in fact there are embankments and a mudflats in the south. The connection between Jiangling City and the Yangtze River is through inland rivers and lakes, and the water village is located in the pond east of Jiangling City.
When the Liang army attacked the river embankment, it was obvious that it was going to detour the rear of the navy camp and try to cut off Jiangling's external contact.
It seems that Zhou Fu and the Liang people fought a battle here, and Zhou Fu was defeated. If nothing unexpected happens, Zhou Changshi should have led the defeated soldiers to escape into the water camp, but he just doesn't know how it is now.
This is a real fight, Jiangling will not give up.
I don’t know how many twists and turns of the corridors I turned around, Deng Yue felt a little dizzy, and he cursed in his heart that the Cai family was going to lose. The family owned a sandbank in the river and built such a grand house. Who would you do if you don’t?
At this time, there was a dense sound of arrows breaking through the air in front of us.
He calmed down his mind and waited outside the wall of a small courtyard for a while, then was led in.
Shao Xun was idle and was taking the exam for personal archery skills in the middle school entrance examination, and gave rewards to those with excellent archery skills. After seeing Deng Yue, he took two steps forward, helped him up who was about to bow down, and then pointed at the archery. The personal soldiers asked, "Can Boshan still see it?"
Deng Yue looked carefully and said with sincerity: "This kind of archer is hard to find in the world."
Shao Xun laughed as soon as he heard this.
The personal soldiers also looked at Deng Yue. Archer? Who do you look down on? I am also very skilled in melee fighting skills, and can even defeat the enemy by horse fighting.
Long spear, step bow, ring-headed sword, heavy sword, horse lance, horn bow, hook and sickle spear, wooden stilt, long halberd, and big axe, you will be scolded to death. Go back and practice hard!
Deng Yue didn't understand why, so he didn't dare to speak for a while.
Shao Xun sat on a Hu bed, then pointed to the opposite side and said, "Sit down." "Thank you Your Majesty." Deng Yue calmed down and sat down.
"I have arrived in Jingyang, and many people have recommended Boshan, saying that you are brave and stubborn." Shao Xun said, "I always like warriors and wish I could see Boshan immediately and recruit him under my command. I don't know if it will be possible?"
What can Deng Yue do if the emperor says? He stood up and bowed to the ground, saying, "I wish to fight for Your Majesty."
"Sit down and talk." Shao Xun stretched out his hand and said.
Deng Yue sat back and felt a subtle feeling in his heart.
No matter what the scene was, Emperor Liang did a good job. No, maybe it's not just the time of the scene, he even tried every means to help you exchange your family and relieve your worries.
At the same time, he is gentle and polite, treats others sincerely, and what he says makes the warrior feel very listened and happy. It seems very good to follow such an emperor.
"Does Boshan have a strategy for the affairs of Fancheng?" Shao Xun asked.
Deng Yue thought for a moment and replied, "Your Majesty, Mao Bao may be difficult to surrender."
Shao Xun didn't ask why, just said, "If you don't want to surrender, then you will be able to help him. Xiangyang has surrendered, how can Fancheng survive alone?"
No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!
Deng Yue was shocked when he heard this. The emperor spoke so hard...just.
"Do you have a way to seize Fancheng?" Shao Xun asked again.
"Your Majesty might as well give Mao Shuozhen another chance." Deng Yue said, "I am willing to send someone to Fancheng and say that he will surrender."
"No need for such trouble." Shao Xun waved his hand and said, "After you return to Xiangyang, you can choose a reliable confidant and enter the city with the excuse of reinforcement of Fancheng. Mao Bao has few soldiers, so it is difficult to refuse. I don't believe it. Mao Bao wants to die. Don't the sergeant want to survive? ”
When Deng Yue heard this, he thought that this move would probably succeed. After the overall situation has been decided, Mao Bao has no choice.
Unlike Mao Bao, Deng Yue has been the prefect of Xiangyang for a long time and has led his soldiers for several years. Mao Bao was a member of the shogunate and did not lead troops normally. When he entered Fancheng, he brought thousands of troops from Jiangling to reinforce. He really might not be able to fully control his troops.
The Xiangyang defenders returned to the right and took action boldly. The Fancheng defenders would only lose their morale and would not have much resistance.
It can basically be said that after Deng Yue surrendered, the end of the Fancheng defender was destined.
"Oh, it hurts Mao Shuozhen." Deng Yue sighed in his heart, "Try to save his life as much as possible, as this will be considered a friendship between colleagues."
"Where does Deng Qing think I can fight to the south?" Shao Xun ignored Fan Cheng's affairs and asked instead.
"You can try to capture Huarong." Deng Yue said: "In the past, Eastern Wu sent fishing and salt officials here, which was a major city. However, time has changed, but now it can be attacked."
"Why can't we fight in the Three Kingdoms, but now we can fight?" Shao Xun asked.
"The people of Wu filled the swamps near Huarong, reclaimed wastelands, and built widespread piers. After pacifying Wu, there was a generation of Jin who vigorously reclaimed them here. The population gradually increased, and it was different." Deng Yue replied: "Anlu, The same was true for Shicheng and other places. At first, it was seized by the Wu people. However, after the household registration north of Anlu and Shicheng gradually increased, by the end of Wei, a large army could be dispatched to attack. Therefore, the place where it changed hands repeatedly was gradually seized by the Wei and Jin Dynasties. ”
Shao Xun nodded.
It's actually related to the level of development. The local area is an unmanned area and the environment is very wild and primitive. There are almost no qualified roads, and it is impossible to collect food, grass and men nearby. Once the rear route is cut off by the Eastern Wu naval army, it is difficult to stick to it for a long time. But after sufficient development, the Eastern Wu gradually could not defend these places and could only retreat south step by step.
A very terrible fact is that at this point of junction between the two countries, it is difficult for the Wei and Jin dynasties to vomit out the territory that had been eaten. Every time the Eastern Wu retreated, he could never come back, unless he achieved a large-scale battle. Victory in the field.
Compared with the development level of Huarong and even Jingling and Yangkou areas in the Jin Dynasty destroyed Wu, the environment was not so harsh. You can try to attack and defend it as a front-line military town.
As for Huarong going east, south, south of Jingling to the north bank of the Yangtze River, don’t think about it for the time being, there are only a few post roads passing through the vast lakes. Without naval troops, are you confident that you can keep these post roads?
After Deng Yue finished speaking, he saw Shao Xun nodding in praise, and couldn't help but flatter him, saying, "Your Majesty did not rush south to Wulin like Cao Mengde, but gathered troops to attack Jiangling, obviously, his strategy was on his chest. He has always heard of it. Your Majesty traveled across the north and even the desert, but he didn't expect to be so familiar with the warfare methods of Jiangnan water towns."
Shao Xun laughed but said nothing.
Northern plains tactics, grassland tactics, mountain tactics, water town tactics, I also know how to fight jungle wars...
"Go and take Fancheng off for me." Shao Xun said, "Your family should have crossed the river by boat. You will be able to come to Xiangyang in a few days. After taking Fancheng, why should I be stingy with the position of general?"
Deng Yue secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.
Even the lowest-ranking miscellaneous generals also have a fourth-rank rank, one level higher than the prefect, which is enough.
However, the premise is that he wants to take down Fancheng and surrender the two cities of Xiangyang and Fancheng.
This is actually not difficult.
Sure enough, after Deng Yue returned to Xiangyang, he took the time to rectify the internal affairs. It is said that he killed several generals and schoolmen, and then led three thousand soldiers across the river to Fancheng, and entered it smoothly - later that day, Shao Shen sent five thousand troops into Xiangyang and controlled the entire city.
On the night of the eighth day of the first lunar month, Deng Yue brazenly attacked Mao's house, killed all his personal soldiers, and put Mao Bao in house arrest.
The following night, the chaos inside Fancheng was endless and it was not calmed down until early in the morning.
On the ninth day of the first lunar month, Liang troops stationed west of Fancheng lined up into the city.
Deng Yue led the defenders of Fancheng and Xiangyang to hand over the equipment and set up camp on the mudflats east of Fancheng.
On the tenth day of the first lunar month, Shao Xun issued an order: the troops went south in batches, besieged Jingling and Yangkou, and found an opportunity to fight Tao Kan.
He began to operate Xiangyang, which was even more important than the war on the front line.
(This chapter ends)