One day in late April, an expeditionary force of about 5,000 people, led by General Fubo Zhao Yun, took more than 200 small boats, along with the baggage, set off from Changsha City, passed Hengyang, went up the Xiangjiang River, and approached the hinterland of Lingling County.

(Note: Hengyang was called Hengyang in ancient times; Lingling County was under Quanling County, which is now Yongzhou; Guiyang County was under Chen County, which is under Chenzhou)

When the boat passed Hengyang, the most dangerous and difficult section of the road was passed because Hengshan Mountain in Nanyue was already left behind by the expeditionary army.

Jingnan Geography, Changsha, Liling, southern Hunan (Xiangtan), western Hunan (Hengshan County) and other counties are located in the Xiangdong Basin north of Hengshan; while Hengyang and Yongchang, Qiyang and Quanling County are located in the Xiangnan Basin south of Hengshan.

Therefore, it is difficult for the Lingling County to attack Lingling County from Changsha County. The people of Changsha have already broken through the Hengshan defense line as long as they enter Hengyang County on their own.

Zhao Yun's front vanguard was led by a young Sima Li Yan, and there were fifty ships of soldiers, divided into five songs, each song with four hundred people, totaling two thousand.

As the boat passed Hengyang, the atmosphere gradually became relaxed, and there were also many officers whispering and complaining:

"Hehe. Is this Wei Yan? Is his life so good?"

"Yes, you heard it too? He did not make any contributions before. Li Sima (Li Yan) asked him to be the chief of the village, and he was wrongly given to him by General Fu Bo's instructions to inspire people who come to serve in the future.

Unexpectedly, the madman Liao Li was "bright and dared to advise" and said that the king was appointed based on his merits and only looked at his qualifications. The right general wanted to maintain the reputation of the king being happy when he heard of his mistakes and humbly accepting advice. Then he chose several new officers with a little talent, and promoted him one more level in an extraordinary way.

Now, Wei Yan has only been here for four months and has shown off his martial arts and the ability to manage military discipline. He is like us. He will be promoted to the chief of the army for three months and will be promoted to the general of the army in the fourth month. Be careful to climb too fast and lose your blessings."

The other four Qujunhous under Li Yan's command were either in the army for more than two years, or from the local Shanyue tribe or the Wuling Man next door, and were more or less powerful in the indigenous tribes. They had hundreds of families and brought dozens of private soldiers to join the army, so they became Qujunhou.

How could such a group of people be convinced by a guy like Wei Yan, who was on par with them in four months?

This kind of chatting is often deliberately spoke loudly, talk loudly, or even yelled together by several people.

Even though Wei Yan's boat was only a few dozen steps closest to them, the wind on the Xiangjiang River was not strong enough to cover up the sound of speech and would not restrain themselves at all.

Wei Yan vaguely heard it, and he had a gloomy face throughout the whole process. He occasionally gritted his teeth and creaked, but he never made any sound.

There was no way, he couldn't even say anything to express his determination to his subordinates.

Because the village chiefs under his command were still colleagues at the same level as him ten days ago. Now that he has been suddenly promoted to a leader, his former old colleagues are naturally sarcastic. Although they dare not disobey or exclude him, they are definitely not in a position to talk to each other.

After being promoted to Qujunhou, other Qujunhou in the same department did not like him, and the garrison leaders of his own Qu did not like him. They both clamped the two levels and were like rats in the bellows.

The promotion is too fast and it is indeed too hated.

Wei Yan's hand holding the hilt of the sword was bulging, and he wanted to kill him immediately to Lingling City and let a desperate enemy general in the city for him to kill and establish his authority, proving that he was more than enough to promote him to Qujun Marquis.

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Unfortunately, Wei Yan's eagerness to try was destined to hit a wall, because Liu Du, the prefect of Lingling, dared not take the initiative to go out to fight in the field.

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The former number one general of Lingling, Xing Daorong, was killed by Xu Huang in the battle to Yiling to attack Guan Yu with Zhang Xian three years ago.

That time, Zhang Xian took the initiative to attack and united local forces such as Wuling Jinxuan, Yiling Su Dai, Huarong Beiyu and other local forces and clan thieves. He wanted to take advantage of Guan Yu's foothold in the gorge and exterminate him, but he was all killed by Guan Yu.

After Guan Yu fought that battle, he was sent to Luoyang to attack Dong in the first year of the first three years, and was transferred back to Shuzhong by Liu Bei and pacified in the southern middle for two years.

Because there were no legends about Guan Yu in the external world in those two years, the newly rising sect thieves in Jingnan gradually healed their scars and forgot their pain.

Zhao Yun, who performed the subsequent guard mission on behalf of Guan Yu, had a rest with the people. For two years, he had been guarding the gorge entrance of Jingnan and entered Sichuan without any intention of invading other counties. The locals gradually forgot about Zhao Yun's reputation back then.

But Lingling lost Xing Daorong, and the rest were all unknown generals. Even Bao Long, who succeeded as the commander, was only a hunter from Hengshan. Although he claimed to shoot and kill two tigers and repeatedly kill giant pythons, he was only full of brute force.

How dare Liu Du, who succeeded Zhang Xian, use these generals to take the initiative?

Li Yan led Wei Yan, Huo Jun and other troops into Lingling County. After going deeper for dozens of miles, he first arrived in Qiyang County.

Qiyang is a county town on the north bank of the Xiangjiang River and the gateway to Quanling, the county seat.

After passing Qiyang, you will go straight to the west for eighty miles, and you will be Quanling County.

But if you walk along the Xiangjiang River, because of the winding trend of the Xiangjiang River, you have to turn a big bend north, and there are more than 150 miles of waterways.

The terrain of Qiyang is not as dangerous as the Hengshan Mountains, but it can be considered as a mountain to rely on. This place is the Qishan Mountains north of Xiangjiang River (it is not the same as the Qishan Mountains in Longxi, it is just a mountain between Qiyang County and Qidong County), and the Jiuyi Mountains south of Xiangjiang River.

Jiuyi Mountain is also called Cangwu Mountain. It stretches very broadly and is part of the Five Ridges. The south side of Jiuyi Mountain is "Lingnan", to be precise, Cangwu County in Jiaozhou.

Legend has it that Emperor Shun died in the south of Cangwu, and his two ladies of Xiang cried to worship him here. This is the Jiuyi Mountain. Many poems by Qu Yuan, a great poet of Chu State during the Warring States Period, wrote about this place. Later generations still studied the tomb of Emperor Shun on the mountain.

There is no way to march in the mountainous areas, so the grain road to Quanling must be walked from the Xiangjiang River at the entrance of Qiyang County. If you bypass Qiyang and attack Quanling, the grain road will be cut off by the Qiyang County defenders.

As soon as Li Yan arrived, he didn't want to directly attack the city, so he asked Wei Yan to take some soldiers holding large shields to go to the city to shout and persuade him to surrender.

Wei Yan did not refuse. He thought to himself that the garrison of Qiyang County was probably just a county lieutenant, so how could he have the courage to resist General Fu Bo's reputation? So he took a large shield wrapped in pear wood, held an ancient ingot knife, inserted a hard bow on his back, led his troops forward, and shouted out the lines that he had already mastered along the way.

It’s true that Li Yan brought these people, except for Li Yan himself, he really didn’t have the eloquence of Wei Yan, and he couldn’t figure out the great significance of the art of persuading surrender.

Many grassroots officers at the Qujunhou level are stupid and only know how to cut people with a knife. If you ask him to tell him who is right and who is wrong on both sides of the war, they are actually unable to explain clearly. At this time, Wei Yan was a little bit more educated and his advantage of literacy and understanding was reflected.

Wei Yan yelled: "Listen to the Qiyang Guardian! I am Wei Yan, the vanguard under General Fu Bo's tent! Liu Du relied on his clan thieves and disrespect the court, threatened Shangguan Qiang to seek official positions, and resisted the restructuring of the Hanzhong Wang Kuanrenyuanren, trying to continue to be proficient in plundering and exploit the people.

General Fu Bo is ordered by the King of Hanzhong to punish the people and punish them. He is responsible for the rules and regulations of the court and saves the people from suffering. You and others who have nothing to do with it, don’t miss it! Open the door quickly to surrender to avoid innocent casualties and injuries!”

After a few roars, an officer from the city, who was not known as Sima or county lieutenant, also hid behind the doufang and started shouting:

"Don't let the thief generals under the city talk about the evil! Sima Chen Ying of Lingling is here! Everyone in the world knows that the governor of Jingzhou is Jingsheng Duke, and our lord Liu Du's position as the prefect of Lingling is Jingsheng Duke of Ming Pao. The court gave the court to the court that the thief general dared to say that he was threatening to force him, which was shameless!

Moreover, my family's lord received another imperial edict from Chang'an several months ago, and everyone in Lingling was known to everyone. In the imperial edict, Chang'an issued an imperial edict, he said: Liu Bei, Liu Biao, as a clan relative, may have insulted the name of a thief, and attempted to become independent on the pretext of disrespecting the court. Let Jiaozhou governor Ziyun Gong engage in the work at a cheap price. If you encounter Liu Bei, Liu Biao invades himself, you can control the two counties of Lingling and Guiyang to respect the court! You are the rebels!"

Sima Chen Ying, the words of other Sima from Lingling, were really unexpected, and both Wei Yan and Li Yan were caught off guard, and they didn't know whether to fight or not.

If you want to fight, start preparing your siege weapons immediately. Even when Zhao Yun comes, Zhao Yun's confidant craftsman will build a counterweight catapult, and it is very easy to siege the city.

The counterweight catapult cart was only used in the battle in Yizhou before. Because the Shu Road was difficult and the news was closed, the external warlords still do not know the specific information of this weapon, and they will not be able to build it. Three years ago, when Guan Yu fought against Yiling, Wuling and other places, they did not dare to use it, because they were afraid that the opponent would learn it.

But the Lingling battlefield is actually not important now, because Wuling and Changsha in the north are all Liu Bei's territory, and Jingnan has been isolated from the outside world. Not to mention using counterweight catapults to attack the city, even if Li Su had a star destroyer and destroyed Liu Du, the people outside would not know it.

But the key now is not whether the force is enough, but the question of great significance.

After all, Liu Bei was not Sun Jian and Cao Cao. Even Sun Jian and Cao Cao had to make excuses to grab territory in 193, not to the point of being completely shameless. Liu Bei had to ensure that he respected the court and uphold the righteousness of the Han Dynasty could not be damaged.

"Liu Du actually has a secret order from Chang'an, allowing him to collude with Jiaozhou Governor Zhang Jin? This matter is not something we can decide. Hurry up, report to General Fu Bo immediately. General Fu Bo will report to the right general and ask them to decide. We will surround us first and not fight, and rest for a few days. Don't relax your guard. If Chen Ying dares to take the initiative to attack the city, then fight back firmly and let him never return!"

Li Yan ordered this to restrain his subordinates from acting rashly.

Wei Yan, Huo Jun and others followed the order and divided their troops to visit Qiyang County.

Wei Yan still had some thoughts, fearing that Chen Ying would not come out to attack him, so he was very radical when camping and chose to separate from the other Qu under Li Yan's subordinates.

Wei Yan led 400 troops alone to camp on the south bank of the Xiangjiang River, and took the attitude of "cutting off Chen Ying's retreat, preventing Chen Ying from retreating to Quanling, and preventing Liu Du and Bao Long from Quanling from coming to reinforce Chen Ying along the Xiangjiang River."

After the camp was completed, Liu Du's new diplomatic measures were sent to Zhao Yun within one day. Zhao Yun did not dare to be self-dedicated, so he sent a wardrobe to go downstream, using both sails and paddles. He returned to Changsha within two days and reported to Li Su urgently.

"Li Jue and Guo Si actually secretly ordered Zhang Jin to restrain the king and Liu Biao from behind when the king or Liu Biao develops a 'disrespectful heart'?"

When Li Su heard about this message, he was overjoyed.

The Book of Later Han only wrote about the Jiaozhou Governor Zhang Jin. In the early years of Jian'an, he received the secret order of the Xuchang court controlled by Cao Cao, so that he could cross the border and take over Lingling and Guiyang.

But that was because Liu Biao was always an ally of Yuan Shao, so Cao Cao was afraid of being attacked by Yuan Shao and Liu Biao, so he secretly ordered Zhang Xian in Jingnan and Zhang Jin in Jiaozhou to cause trouble for Liu Biao.

Unexpectedly, such tricks have been tried and done. Whenever the imperial court, which was holding the emperor, was threatened by local warlords in the Northern Expedition, they liked to use this to cause trouble to the warlords who challenged Dong/Jie/Cao.

"God helps me! Since that's the case, what's the doubt about Zilong? Liu Du colluded with Zhang Jin and supported Li Jue and Guo Si. This crime is even more despicable than Chen Wen, Lu Kang and Zhou Xin's "recognition of Chang'an's rebel ministers and destroying the thieves."

Chen Wen and Lu Kang and others, at least, just passively admitted Chang'an and were unwilling to contribute to the Northern Expedition to Chang'an, which was a clear attitude to attack the princes of Chang'an. Liu Du and Zhang Jin took the initiative to attack the Northern Expedition and rescue the great cause of the Northern Expedition and assisted the evil in abusing the evil!

Tell Zilong that you should not lose your attacks, and there is no need to worry about the title of Dayi. The king has always taken the Northern Expedition to Support the Han Dynasty. What else can you keep in hand with such a traitor and accomplice?!"

Li Su excitedly ordered the messenger sent by Zhao Yun, and also explained a lot of diplomatic essays according to the conditions of the times. Fearing that the messenger would not remember clearly, Li Su could only write a secret letter to Zhao Yun, so that he could win over the hearts in this way.

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