Chapter 852 Wang Gui
How many people can survive in troubled times and achieve great achievements?
Although Chen Deng treated Sun Jian with a public heart, he was not a fool.
In fact, the Huaipu Chen family has been established on the bank of the Yangtze River for so long, and it is also related to Shanyue. But this time, the family behind Chen Deng privately contacted a Shanyue branch in Lujiang County to serve as a backup at any time.
If the Wuyue area is an overall geographical unit, then the surrounding areas surrounding it are generally called "Jianghuai Hills" and "Kuiji Hills".
Looking back on the history of the country before the dynasty, there was only a very small period of administrative or political unification here. They were often located between several civilizations or regimes in the south and belonged to the fringe zone.
Often a mountain or a valley is a settlement of Shanyue people. They hate, oppose and conflict with each other, and often have blood feuds that last for hundreds of years.
Even the initial reason may have been an accident or a competition for hunting grounds, but as time went by, the two sides already had an incomprehensible grudge.
This hostile ethnic status also makes them easy to be exploited by the Han people at the foot of the mountain.
Many powerful families of the Han people will always win over some Shanyue ethnic groups in the mountains, whether they covet the goods in the mountains or their own human resources.
Otherwise, why over thousands of years, even though there are more people in these mountains and they are more familiar with the geography, why have their living space been gradually squeezed out by the Han people?
This overly fragmented ethnic identity is the reason.
Only in very rare cases would these people unite with each other and then go down the mountain to fight the Han people. The several Shanyue Rebellions that occurred in this dynasty all had this background.
Of course, decentralized ethnic identity is ultimately a matter of fragmented geography. If the rolling hills and hills had not fragmented these areas, they would have had their own civilization.
But on the other hand, perhaps these people should also be grateful for the protection of the mountains, otherwise the Han people, who had higher productivity, might have driven them further south.
In fact, the Han people don't know exactly how many ethnic groups and languages these people have. They can only summarize them into a few simple ethnic groups.
But in fact, even though they may appear to be of the same clan in the eyes of the Han people, in fact the differences between them may be greater than anyone thinks.
The feud between the ethnic groups is like a ghost that has been passed down from generation to generation among these Shanyue people, and it has even become a way of entertainment for them.
Because they sometimes kill a foreigner, it can’t be said to be a grudge, it’s just for fun. And the bloody nature of their internal vendetta even made Chen Deng feel horrified.
When he was young, he went with his family to the mountains of Lujiang to practice.
At that time, he heard that a leader of the Shanyue people who had a good relationship with his family invited dozens of cousins who were related to him to visit his home under the guise of reconciling a blood feud.
That time, the leader of the Shanyue people killed these cousins with numbing medicine and then hung them alive in the mountains.
And the reason why this person did this may simply be that if he kills everyone, the hatred will be resolved.
Therefore, precisely because of his understanding of the Shanyue people, Chen Deng understood that it was this group of people who could restrain Jiangdong Sun Jian.
These people are cruel, untrustworthy, and extremely difficult to reconcile with each other. They can be said to be natural black gloves.
At this time, just before the Jiangdong mission went north, Chen Deng had already made contact with several Shanyue chiefs in Lujiang, and provided support to the mountains with a large amount of iron tools.
Once Sun Jian really had any bad intentions, it would be no wonder that he acted like Chen Deng.
The weather today is very good. Although it is a bit cold, the sky is clear and clear. Chen Deng also wandered in this vast world and sorted out these things.
Even though he still wanted to wait for a while, the aides of the shogunate were all hinting that even if he was given more power, if Chen Deng didn't even see Cao on the first day he entered the city, then it would not be promoting peace, but We really want to start another war with the Cao family.
There is no way, Chen Deng still needs Cao Cao, a powerful ally.
So, a group of people from the shogunate returned to the city again, and then Chen Deng met Chen Qun, the chief envoy of the Cao family's escort team, and Cao Ang, the deputy envoy, in the shogunate.
As usual, Chen Qun first opened his mouth to boast about Chen Deng, and then handed the dowry gift list to Chen Deng.
It can be seen from the gift list that Cao Cao loved his daughter very much. Many of the things he sent were of high quality, such as colored glaze from the Western Regions, silk embroidery from Shu, horses from Liaodong, and goldware from Qingzhou.
From lacquerware to makeup mirrors, from brocade to candlesticks, everything exudes luxury.
Chen Deng praised the gift list, and then naturally brought the topic to Cao Cao, asking him how the war in Mount Tai was going.
Chen Qun has the ability of Zhang Yi and Su Qin, so he can naturally return water without leakage.
On the one hand, he said that Cao Cao used his troops like a god and how smooth the war was. On the other hand, he hinted that although his own side was capable but weak, he could not swallow such a big fruit in one go, so he wanted to share it with Chen Deng.
But how could Chen Deng believe such a politician's rhetoric? He just smiled.
Of course he understands Cao Cao's current situation. Although he seems to be very proud of himself now, even the mighty Guan Yu in the East is no match for him.
But Chen Deng understood that with the Taishan Army's defeat of the Yuan family in Gyeonggi Province, Cao Cao's good days were coming to an end.
Otherwise, given Cao Cao's character, all the counties and counties north of Yishui would be returned to Chen Deng.
Chen Deng still remembers the meeting between Cao Cao and himself on a raft on the Yishui River half a year ago.
At that time, in order to regain the lost land with all his strength, Chen Deng brought an army of more than 25,000 people from Jianghuai to prepare for a decisive battle with Cao's army on the north bank of Yishui River.
But suddenly, the other side proposed a peace request for a complete withdrawal of troops from Xuzhou, and also wanted to form an alliance with Xuzhou.
So a war turned into an alliance on the Yishui River.
At that time, Chen Deng himself also knew that Xuzhou's overall strength had declined drastically after two large-scale destructions.
He said he was the governor of Xuzhou, but the ones who could really help him were Guangling and Xiapi counties. The others either went their own way or were damaged in the war.
The 25,000 men Chen Deng brought with him were already Xuzhou's last troops.
So when Cao Cao made such a request, what could Chen Deng refuse?
So, that day, he and Cao Cao met on the raft on the Yishui River.
The raft is very simple, except that there are two flags slightly hung on the tent to show the difference. But this alliance is of great significance. It represents the end of the two-year war between Qingxu and Qingxu.
Regardless of whether the Qing and Xu families will join hands in the end, it shows that they are about to enter a new era.
In Chen Deng's view, this new era is an era in which Xuzhou is the main force and Qingzhou is the supplement.
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When Qingxu made peace here and decided to join forces to encircle and suppress Guan Yu in the Taishan area, Zhang Chong, who had already seen the trend, also led the main army south to the Central Plains.
In the late autumn of the third year of Taiwu.
As the main force of the Taishan Army appeared in Yingchuan, the Taishan Army sentries that had been roaming and harassing various areas in Yuzhou finally began to launch a major offensive.
After months of local propaganda and fighting, more and more people began to join the Taishan Army near their hometowns. This is certainly due to the Taishan Army's fame, but more importantly it is due to the drought that lasted for several months.
The people's grain reserves had long been plundered by the county, so Yuan Shao never thought about losing in the battle with Heluo. It was a stud.
Now the people have no food. If they want to survive, they have no choice but to join the Taishan Army.
In this way, in just three months, the number of Taishan Army's outposts exploded geometrically.
Under the organization with the core force of the Taishan Army, the people followed the Taishan Army and continuously broke through the walls of the countryside. On the one hand, they cleaned up the powerful forces and on the other hand, they obtained food supplies.
At the same time, in this kind of wall-attacking battle, these new auxiliary troops who were originally Guizhou leaders and disciples were also tempered and gradually developed into qualified officials.
So when the main force of the Taishan Army was preparing in Luoyang, a sea of resistance had actually broken out throughout the Central Plains.
Previously, the reason why these scattered Taishan Army armed forces had not launched an attack on the counties and counties in Yuzhou was not because they were not strong enough, but because they had been waiting for orders from above.
And now, I heard that the king is once again leading troops south to the Central Plains, so what are you waiting for?
Especially when everyone heard that the King's birthday was coming soon, they were even more excited, and they all thought about making great achievements to benefit His Majesty.
In this way, before the main frontline troops of the Taishan Army arrived in Yangdi, most of the counties in Yuzhou had already been captured.
First, the cities of Yangzhai, Xiangcheng, Changshe, Kunyang, Yingyin, and Xu County were destroyed, and then good news came from Chen County, Changping, and Yangxia of Chen State.
Finally, Liang, Pei, and Chenliu all had a large number of counties.
It can be said that this time, the counties and counties in the Central Plains were the areas where the Taishan Army encountered the fastest solution.
Of course, all this is just a matter of time and place.
It was such a late autumn that the great cause of Chen Guo, which Yuan Shao had devoted all his efforts and efforts to improve, was swept away like autumn leaves.
The so-called efforts to govern and the ambition to dominate have all disappeared like frost and snow.
The great cause of the Central Plains that was finally achieved is now only a few counties in Runan still hanging the banner of the Yuan family, lingering on. It's really sad.
Not only the Yuan family, but Chen Liu's Zhang brothers also came to the end of his life.
When Chen Liu's maple leaves fell, the Zhang brothers, who had led the army out of the Taishan Army in the outskirts of Chengping, were finally abandoned by Chen Liu's people.
Instead of opening the door to the defeated Zhang brothers, they erected a large apricot-yellow flag.
In despair, the Zhang brothers could only wander on the land between the two rivers between Chasm and Langtang, and finally found a wall in a dock to avoid pursuing soldiers and the increasingly cold weather.
The owner of this dock wall is Zhang Miao's good friend, who he believes can be trusted with his life.
But one night, the Zhang brothers were imprisoned by the owner of the dock.
The cruel and insidious owner of the dock wall poisoned the Zhang brothers' guardsmen with wine and tied them up.
In order to prevent the Zhang brothers from revealing their ugly betrayal, this man burned the Zhang brothers mute with red-hot charcoal fire, and then escorted the two of them to find the leader of the nearby Taishan Army.
Although this matter was originally very rough, no one testified.
Therefore, the Taishan army general who was responsible for accepting the Zhang brothers at that time, even though he was suspicious, he was still happy to send a plaque of meritorious service to this Wubi.
With this plaque, at least this dock wall no longer has to worry about attacks from the nearby Taishan Army.
But ugliness is always exposed to the sun inadvertently.
At that time, Zhang Chao's young son also fled with the Zhang brothers. Because he was too beautiful, after betraying his uncles, the owner secretly hid Zhang Chao's son.
In order to satisfy his special and perverted desires, the owner kept feeding the boy drugs and drinking alcohol for several days, and also invited some nearby people with the same hobby to vent his passion.
But after a drunken carnival, the boy ran out and accidentally bumped into the Taishan Army's team on the road.
In this way, the entire crime of the owner of the family was exposed.
Not only was this Wubi house attacked by the Taishan Army, but even some nearby Wubi houses did not escape the Taishan Army's judgment.
Taishan's army advocates masculinity and deeply hates the evil habits passed down by the officials of the Han Dynasty. He believes that the yin and yang in the world are not in harmony, which is why the world has done so many evil things.
In this way, several participants were arrested and tried, and the family property that had been preserved due to speculation was directly confiscated.
And as the Taishan Army penetrates deeper and deeper into the core of Zhongyuan Prefecture and County, these things are encountered more and more.
It was only then that the ordinary Taishan soldiers understood why the apparently fertile Central Plains region was like this. It turned out that it was rotten from top to bottom.
Originally, this was just a way for the Taishan Army to change the degenerate atmosphere of the Central Plains, but some flattering literati began to take the initiative to defend the Taishan Army.
They say that the land of the Central Plains is too soft, and it needs the blood and essence of the Taishan Army, the heroes of the North, to be reborn.
Is it right for you to say this? That's right.
After all, as an emerging force, the overall ethos of the Taishan Army is very simple and vigorous, full of a pragmatic style.
The Central Plains, which should have been the center of imperial civilization, is in need of new people and a new atmosphere because of the prevalence of hedonism and the serious feminization of men.
But when it was said by the group of scholar-bureaucrats who were full of fans, it felt quite ridiculous.
But no matter how disdainful they are, at least the appearance of this group of people begins to indicate a change, that is, there are already intellectual groups who have begun to give their old enemy the Taishan Army a look.
Perhaps in their minds, the important thing is no longer how to target the Taishan Army, but to learn to correctly handle the relationship with the Taishan Army.
It seems that even they understand that the Taishan Army's march to dominate the world is unstoppable.
It was in the hearts of the people and scholars that the main force of the Taishan Army divided into one unit in Yangzhai and continued southward, preparing to attack the remnants of the Yuan family entrenched in Runan.
But its main force is still non-stop, while constantly dispatching officials to the vast Central Plains regions to allow them to resume local production, and their primary goal is to raise military rations to supply the army.
On the other side, the army set off along Chen, Liang, and Pei towards the Huaisi area.
Five years ago, Zhang Chong led the Taishan Army to break out of the encirclement. Five years later, he came back, bringing half the world with him.