Danyang, west of Jing County, among the mountains.

Ma Tun was built by Danyang Mountain people in a deep valley to avoid the government and war. The terrain is extremely steep, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack. It is also at an angle with Bao Tun, making it difficult to capture.

Danyang Prefect Sun Yi, together with Pinglu General Xu Kun, Wumeng Colonel Pan Zhang and other famous generals from Jiangdong, commanded thousands of troops and besieged Ma Tun for fifty or sixty days, but still failed to capture Ma Tun.

However, after a long siege, Ma Tun was at the end of its strength. In the first month of the ninth year of Jian'an (AD 204), Zhou Yu, who retreated to Spring Valley and re-defended, was ordered by Sun Quan to send troops south to help Sun Yi quell the rebellion.

The arrival of Zhou Yu's reinforcements devastated the defenders of Matun and boosted the morale of Jiangdong's army. Sun Yi took the opportunity to select elite troops, and with Pan Zhang as the offensive war commander, he joined Zhou Yu's army in an all-out attack.

Pan Zhang had lost Nanchang and felt that he had no courage to return to Wu to see Sun Quan, so he stayed in Danyang to help Sun Yi fight against the enemy and protect the thieves, in order to make meritorious deeds.

It's just that Pan Zhang was eager to make achievements. Every time he attacked, he would put his officials first. Especially the last time, he was trapped in a tight siege due to too fierce an attack. Fortunately, he was able to escape with the help of his left and right sides, and it took him more than a month to recover from his injuries before he got better.

Originally, Sun Yi had no intention of using Pan Zhang as his general this time. It was Pan Zhang who was unwilling to accept others and asked to go into battle even though he was wounded. His words were generous and his spirit was passionate. Sun Yi was also a kind-hearted person and deeply appreciated Pan Zhang's actions.

He immediately overcame all opinions and led the army to attack Ma Tun with Pan Zhang as general.

Pan Zhang also lived up to Sun Yi's expectations. Although his injuries were not healed, his courage became stronger. He held the drum and practiced, risked the arrows and stones himself, led his troops into the city, fought fiercely from dawn to dusk, and captured Ma Tun in one fell swoop.

"Ma Tun has been broken! Ma Tun has been broken!" As the gate of Ma Tun was opened, the Jiangdong Army's siege soldiers burst into cheers that resounded throughout the valley, and then swarmed into the village, killing and looting.

Time has become a hell on earth.

"Otherwise." Gui Lan said: "Ma, protect the two thieves. The Ma Tun thieves have always been the leader. Once Ma Tun is established, the Bao Tun thieves will lose their courage and will lose their will. I think they will be victorious and return to the army within ten months."

"So that's it." Gui Zheng suddenly understood. As Sheng Xian's former official, his brother Gui Lan was trying every means to avenge his lord, not to mention Sheng Kuang, the son of a man. It was completely reasonable for the latter to turn to Liu Jing.

things.

In the next few days, just as Gui Lan had judged, the bandits in Baotun learned that Ma Tun had been lost and lost all fighting spirit. Without waiting for Sun Yi to raise his army to attack, they took the initiative to abandon the camp and fled into the mountains to escape.

Sun Yi was greatly benefited from what he heard, and he pretended to be reserved and said: "The poem goes: 'Half of those who have traveled a hundred miles are ninety.' Although Ma Tun has descended, Bao Tun is still there, so it is too early to say that the rebellion will be quelled now."

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Sheng Kuang calmed down a little and replied: "I resigned from the state post at the end of last year and transferred to General Annan."

After the celebration, Xu Kun led his troops back to Wu, and Zhou Yu's army returned north to Spring Valley. At the same time, Gui Lan and Dai Yuan also secretly sent envoys to Yuzhang, intending to get in touch with Liu Jing.

In February, when Gui Lan and Dai Yuan secretly sneaked into Yuzhang, they were captured by Jingzhou Army scouts. The envoy explained his purpose. Gao Xiang, who was responsible for guarding the county boundary, did not dare to ignore it and immediately sent a team of troops to escort him to Nanchang.

"Ziye..." As soon as Sheng Kuang saw the person coming, he immediately stood up from his seat and blurted out.

Sun Yi was a proud and arrogant person. When he was in Wu Commandery, he often boasted that he was not as brave as his elder brother Sun Ce and that he was capable of commanding the battlefield. However, he was tabooed by his second brother Sun Quan and did not get the chance to display his skills.

Now when he left the town of Danyang and dealt with a small Ma Tun bandit, he was almost exhausted. The Ma Tun bandit was so difficult to deal with, let alone Liu Jing. From then on, Sun Yi's inner arrogance was greatly reduced, and he did not dare to be as ignorant as before.

The sky is high and the earth is thick, and all the heroes in the world are regarded as if they are nothing.

Zhuge Liang received Gao Xiang's report and took it very seriously. He secretly received the visitor with only Xu Shu, Yang Yi and Sheng Kuang accompanying him.

Sun Yi, who personally went to the foot of the mountain to supervise the battle, saw that the overall situation had been decided. He couldn't help but let out a sigh and sighed to his left and right: "My two brothers have told me in the past that the danger of protecting Ertun is very difficult. I didn't think so at the time. Now I am going to fight in person."

Ma, protect the thief, and then I know that what the second brother said is true."

The person who came was none other than Gui Lan's younger brother Gui Zheng. Although his talent, virtue and reputation were not as good as those of his brother, he was still a good scholar in Wu County. In the past, Sheng Xian valued the Gui brothers very much and supported them. Sheng Kuang also worked with the two of them.

Be friendly.

Ma and Bao Ertun raised troops to rebel. Although it ruined Sun Yi's plan to rescue Yuzhang, it also hindered his and Dai Yuan's plot to welcome Liu Jing to the west.

"Brother Zun, isn't he serving in the Hefei Prefecture Department? Why are you here?" Gui Zheng was surprised to see her long-lost friend.

In the middle of the first month, Sun Yi led his army back to the county town of Wanling to use hemp to protect the thieves' property. He did not take any cents and distributed them all to the officials and soldiers. The officers and soldiers were overjoyed and said "Long live". Sun Yi's move greatly won the hearts of the soldiers.

Prestige soared.

Sun Yi had anticipated this and sent troops to pursue him as soon as possible. He won a great victory, beheading thousands of people and taking many prisoners, and returned them with all their belongings and belongings.

The soldiers of Jiangdong Army had been hiding in the mountains for more than two months. After the long battle, people's hearts were filled with anger. Now that they had succeeded, the soldiers naturally wanted to vent their anger.

Sun Yi was overjoyed when he heard this. He couldn't help laughing and said, "I hope it will be as Guijun said."

"The two thieves Ma and Bao have been entrenched in Danyang and have been causing harm for many years. They defeated the rebels (Sun Ce) and the captives (Sun Quan) several times, but they could not be determined. Instead, the thieves' flames burned day by day. The king of the government was weak and the champion of the army was defeated, and the thieves were defeated. The victory was reported back to Wu.

, the name of the prince will surely shock Jiangdong." Gui Lan secretly breathed a sigh of relief and praised Sun Yidao against his will.

Sheng Kuang couldn't wait to ask: "Ziye said before that he wanted to meet the person in charge and discuss something big. I don't know what the big thing is?"

In fact, Sheng Kuang had already made some guesses about Gui Zheng's purpose of coming here. He immediately introduced Gui Zheng to Zhuge Liang and said, "This is Zhuge Liang, the commander-in-chief of Yangzhou, who has an overview of Jiangdong affairs. If Ziye has anything to say, please feel free to speak directly."

With the death of Sun Ben, Zhuge Liang was now a powerful figure in Jiangdong. He could stop his children from crying at night, so she bowed to Zhuge Liang and said unhurriedly: "The Lord of Shengfu has great virtues in Jiangdong, and he is deeply respected by the Sun brothers.

Ji, innocent people were killed, and Wu, the people of the society, were all indignant! My brother Gui Lan was deeply favored by Lord Shengfu, and often wanted to take revenge. Now my brother is the governor of Danyang, and the county magistrate Dai Boyunsu and my brother are of the same mind, and they heard about Annan.

The general raised up the righteous army, punished the people and killed Sun Ben. He was so happy that he sent me here to meet the righteous army."

Although Sheng Kuang had expected it, he still couldn't hide his surprise. Because of his concubine and Dai Yuan's high position in Danyang, it would be easy for them to seize Danyang if they turned against each other. Sheng Kuang said with tears in his eyes: "Sure enough, your Excellency didn't do that at the beginning.

I misjudged the wrong person. Zihuan (Gui Lan) and Boyun (Dai Yuan) were loyal and loyal, and they never failed."
Chapter completed!