Among the zodiac signs of the thirteen states in the world, Jiaozhou can be said to be the least existence state. It is far away from the Central Plains and is more remote and desolate than Youzhou and Liangzhou. In the impression of many people, this is synonymous with wild lands, with hot and humid climate, snakes and ants roaming, and miasma.

For many people in the Central Plains, the poor mountains and rivers of Jiaozhou are simply nightmares. After many people commit crimes, they will be exiled to Jiaozhou, and they probably want to die.

Jiaozhou was the land of Nanyue in ancient times, mostly descendants of the remnants of Yue. After Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms, he sent 500,000 Qin troops to the south. After several years of conquest, he pacified the land of Lingnan at the cost of "hiding corpses and bleeding hundreds of thousands", and established Xiang County, Nanhai County and Guilin County, and placed the land of Lingnan within the jurisdiction of the central court.

By the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, the State of Nanyue was destroyed and divided into seven counties: Nanhai, Cangwu, Yulin, Hepu, Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen, and Rinan. In order to facilitate management, the Jiaozhi Governor's Department was established. By the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Xian of Han was established as Jiaozhou.

Although Jiaozhou is located in a remote and barbaric land, it has a large population. In order to manage the three counties of Lingnan, Qin Shihuang once relocated 500,000 people to go south. By the end of the Han Dynasty, there were chaos in the Central Plains. Many people moved to Jiaozhou with their families to avoid the disaster of war, and Jiaozhou also became a paradise.

In the era of separatist rule in the late Han Dynasty, Shi Xie, who had a deep foundation in Jiaozhou, gradually became the local emperor of Jiaozhou and ruled the country for decades.

When the Shi family was at its peak, the seven counties of Jiaozhou were prefects, and the Shi family had served as prefects occupied five counties. Only Cangwu County and Yulin County were not under the control of the Shi family. At that time, the prefect of Cangwu was Wu Ju, who had an old relationship with Liu Bei. When Liu Bei defeated Xinye, he had the intention to defect to Wu Ju. However, later he defeated Cao Cao with Sun Quan and had the territory of Jingzhou, so naturally he did not care about the desolate place of Jiaozhou.

Although Shi Xie did not become king like Gongsun Du in Liaodong, in the eyes of the people of Jiaozhou, Shi Xie was the king of Jiaozhou. The sky was high and the emperor was far away. The Shi family controlled the military and political power of Jiaozhou, and it was very luxurious.

The reason why Shi Xie did not become king was his cleverness. Although the princes of the Central Plains were divided and chaos was a mess, Jiaozhou under Shi Xie's rule was clear and the sea was peaceful, and the time and the years were prosperous. However, in terms of comprehensive strength, the power of Jiaozhou was really unable to compete with the princes of the Central Plains. If Shi Xie became king, he would inevitably become the target of joint condemnation among the princes of the Central Plains.

It is better to be a low-key person. Making a fortune in silence is the principle of Shi Xie.

Shi Xie's existence in Jiaozhou still attracted the scramble for Cao, Liu and Sun. Cao Cao hoped that Shi Xie could surrender to him and attack Sun Quan in Jiangdong.

However, Shi Xie repeatedly weighed the pros and cons, believing that although Cao Cao had a great power, he was too far away from him. Once he surrendered to Cao Cao, he would inevitably get into evil with Sun Quan. Jiaozhou was adjacent to Sun Quan. Once both sides were in evil, Sun Quan led his army to attack. How could Shi Xie resist? Therefore, Shi Xie rejected Cao Cao, attached to Sun Quan, and with the help of Sun Quan's power, he wiped out Wu Ju in Cangwu County and realized the unification of the Jiaozhou power.

However, the existence of the Shi family in Jiaozhou is always like a thorn in Sun Quan's throat. He is the emperor of Wu, so how could he tolerate the Shi family being the local emperor in Jiaozhou? So Sun Quan deliberately wanted to get rid of Shi Xie.

But Shi Xie was too powerful in Jiaozhou. If Sun Quan used his troops, he would inevitably fall into a lasting and bitter battle. This seemed to be unbearable for the Eastern Wu, which had been fighting frequently with the Wei State in the Jianghuai area for a long time.

Therefore, Sun Quan did not take action for a long time, and it took until Shi Xie died of illness before he took action decisively, and ordered the governor of Jiaozhou Bu Zhi to take over the Jiaozhou Shi family in one fell swoop, and finally took Jiaozhou under the jurisdiction of the Sun Wu court.

Bu Zhi was the father of Bu Xie Bu Chan, Sun Wu's first governor in Jiaozhou. Later, Lu Dai and Lu Yin took over the post one after another. When Tao Ji was appointed as governor, he was already the fourth term.

Although the status of Jiaozhou is incomparable to that of Yangzhou and Jingzhou, it is also one of the three major prefectures of the Wu Kingdom. Especially when the capital Jianye was defeated, Sun Xiu died, and most of Yangzhou and Jingzhou were lost, Jiaozhou almost became the last place for Wu Kingdom to recover, and its importance was naturally highlighted.

Jiaozhou has not fought a decent war for a long time. Even if some border residents or barbarians initiated rebellions, they are still small and cannot be described. With the Wu army's troops in Jiaozhou, it is almost effortless to quell these unrest. Therefore, in terms of combat effectiveness, compared with Yangzhou soldiers and Jingzhou soldiers, the Jiaozhou soldiers have been dispersed for a long time, and their strength is not at the same level at all.

Originally, the war on the Yangtze River was very far away from Jiaozhou. Even after Jianye was lost, the people of Jiaozhou did not feel much, and felt that the Wei army was still far away from them. However, after Sun Hao's small court fell into danger, Jiaozhou immediately became nervous.

After all, Jian'an County and Nanhai County in Jiaozhou are adjacent. Nanhai County knew about the situation in Jian'an County early. When they heard that the Wei army had already attacked Jian'an County, the entire Jiaozhou was panicked, and for a moment, people were panicked, as if they were facing a great enemy.

Tao Ji also realized the situation was not good. As the governor of Jiaozhou, he was responsible for resisting the Wei army's invasion of Jiaozhou. However, when the Wei army really hit the nail on the nose, Tao Ji became quite uneasy. Although he had been governing Jiaozhou for a long time, the army of Jiaozhou had always had only 30,000 to 40,000 troops. Even if he could temporarily recruit 20,000 to 30,000 people, his troops were still unable to compare with the Wei army. Jiaozhou had already followed the footsteps of Yangzhou and Jingzhou and was about to be attacked by the Wei army.

Especially after receiving the report from the Jieyang defenders, the vanguard of the Wei army had arrived in Tong'an at the junction of Nanhai County and Jian'an County, and the situation in Jiaozhou became even more tense.

Jieyang is the easternmost county in Nanhai County and is adjacent to Tong'an in Jian'an County. Although the Wei army's troops are still in the Tong'an area, they are already very close to Jieyang. If the Wei army wants to advance, they may attack Jieyang in the next step.

Jieyang is the gateway to the east of Jiaozhou, and its geographical location is crucial. If a gap is opened by the Wei army in Jieyang, the situation of the prefecture of Jiaozhou in Panyu will become very complicated. Even the Wei cavalry can march directly from Jian'an County to the east and attack Panyu.

If this is the case, how should Tao Ji deal with it?
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