Chapter 615 Everyone has their own plans (26)

Cao Pi wants to completely solve the Qingxu problem. With the last time he mobilized the Tibetan tyrant as the foundation, he took a ruthless move this time!

He used the name of the Southern Expedition to transfer the troops of Qingxu and Xu to the Guangling Front, but also almost all the backbone officials like the city guard were sent to the front line by Cao Pi.

He immediately appointed new city guards in each county, all of which were replaced by his own confidants.

This means that no matter what the victory or defeat of Sun Quan in this southern expedition, these city guards will never return to Qingxu.

The middle-level backbone generals of the Qingxu warlords were suddenly taken away, which made it difficult for Sun Guan, Wu Dun and others to accept.

What makes them even more unacceptable is that in the future, new cities will be responsible for recruiting soldiers. Without Sun Guan, Wu Dun, Yin Li, Sun Kang and other veteran warlords, it is almost impossible for them to accumulate private troops and strengthen their own strength!

Even Sun Guan, Wu Dun and others were still vassal officials with prominent official positions, but their rights had been completely transferred to local government affairs. In the army, except for the general's false position, they had been completely undermined.

In the current Wei State, after the efforts of two generations of Cao Cao and Cao Pi, it not only successfully replaced the Han Dynasty, but also completely controlled the situation and steadily suppressed Liu Chan of Shu Han and Sun Quan of Jiangdong.

Cao Pi had many soldiers and generals under him. He had no intention of attacking Wu this time, and was also brought to him. Not only could he fight nearly 100,000 soldiers, but he could also fight Xu Huang, Zhang He and other good generals who were accustomed to fighting all served in the army.

Even if the Tibetan barbarians have not left yet, the strength of the Qingxu warlords has not been damaged, and they cannot compete with Cao Pi with these two states.

What's more, the Qingxu warlords not only lack the backbone of Tibetan Ba, but also have few soldiers available.

Although Cao Pi wanted to take away their last capital, they did not dare to rebel openly for their sakes for their wealth and life.

On the surface, they follow the order, but they don’t want to submit!

After all, they just received the rights received by Zangba and tasted the sweetness, but they didn't want to give up the rights they had.

After conspiracy, the Qingxu warlords and local wealthy families decided to indulge their subordinates in rebellion, causing some trouble for Cao Pi, and let his southern expedition see if there was any turning point.

It is not a trivial matter to determine the candidate and location for the cause of chaos!

Because they worked hard to plan this incident, not only would they cause some trouble to Cao Pi, but they also needed to clear themselves.

In the end, they decided to choose the location in Licheng, but the head of the company chose Tang Zi, the guardian of Licheng City.

The reason they chose Licheng was because Licheng was close to the Yangtze River and needed defense. Cao Pi did not transfer the county soldiers and county towns, and Tang Zi, the governor of Licheng City, was not replaced.

Qing and Xu are located on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and are only separated from the Sun Quan regime entrenched in Jiangdong.

There have been constant wars in Guangling County. In recent years, Sun Shao has often caused trouble in Guangling.

Since the Cao Cao era, due to the insufficient strength of the navy, and the breakthrough point of Wei's attack on Jiangdong, the Wei army in Hefei and Jingzhou, Qingxu and Qingzhou, had been in a passive defense.

On the contrary, Sun Ce and Sun Quan from Jiangdong successively used troops in Guangling. They regarded Guangling as their breakthrough in the northern expedition to the Central Plains.

In the fourth year of Jian'an (199), Jiangdong was initially decided. After capturing Wancheng, Sun Ce took the initiative to attack General Fubo and the troops of General Chen Deng, in order to establish a bridgehead for the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains.

Sun Ce sent the Eastern Wu army to cross the river to attack Kuangqi City guarded by Chen Deng (near Sheyang County, Han Dynasty), and the Jiangdong Army was ten times that of Chen Deng's defenders.

Chen Deng was calm and composed, and ordered his soldiers to be on guard.

In order to confuse the enemy, Chen Deng ordered the city gate to close, stop the flag and show that he was weaker than the enemy.

Chen Deng climbed up the city tower and carefully observed the enemy. He thought he could attack. He ordered the city gate to be opened, and the soldiers went down the mountain to fight bravely and rushed towards the enemy formation.

The Jiangdong Army was caught off guard and was chasing the Chen Dengjun, defeated the army and lost command.

Chen Deng beat the drums himself, and the soldiers rushed bravely. The Jiangdong army was unable to board the ship, countless people were killed and drowned, and they returned in a big defeat. Chen Deng won a complete victory.

After Sun Ce failed to attack Guangling, Sun Quan did not want to be covered by the light of his brother Sun Ce. He had long wanted to establish his prestige in the army, so he took the initiative to ask Sun Ce for his order and led his army to attack Guangling.

Sun Quan's attack on Guangling this time was mainly to show his outstanding military talents.

After careful preparation, he learned from Sun Ce's failure last time and decided to adopt Sun Ce's tactics to attack Kuangqi City where Chen Deng is located again.

After Chen Deng received the report, he sent Gongcao Chen Jiao to Cao Cao to make trouble, while preparing to respond to the enemy.

He secretly ordered people to accumulate firewood and grass in the place where the reinforcements must pass, and they were piled up in ten steps, lined up in a row, neatly arranged, and then lit them at night to shine at the distance.

After Sun Quanjun discovered it, he mistakenly thought that the rescue army had arrived and was very frightened.

Sun Quan came to make achievements, but he did not want to lose his troops. Seeing that Chen Deng's reinforcements had arrived, he immediately ordered his retreat.

Seeing that the time had come, Chen Deng personally led the army to attack, defeated the Jiangdong Army led by Sun Quan in one fell swoop, and won the victory of defending Guangling again.

The Sun brothers were defeated by Chen Deng one after another, and the Jiangdong army calmed down a little. Although there was no big battle, the Jiangdong naval army was strong and often crossed the river to harass them.

Seeing that Qing and Xu prefectures were the focus of the competition between Sun Quan and Cao Cao.

In order to survive, the aristocratic families of these two states cannot put eggs in one basket.

However, those who have become officials from aristocratic families still dare not do anything like an affair with Jiangdong.

But they had their own ways of adapting. Almost all the aristocratic families secretly divided the family into two major factions, one of which was related to the Jiangdong official.

In this way, Qing Xu's family would be like stepping on two boats, so naturally they would not provoke the Jiangdong Army.

In the future, if Sun Quan occupied the Qingxu states, these aristocratic families only need to change the helmsman within the family, and they can change their families naturally and still make a fortune under Sun Quan.

The Tang family is not considered a top family in Qingxu area, while the Tang family in Licheng County is a faction that tends toward Sun Quan.

The head of the family, Tang Zi, was very famous in the local area and was the guardian of Licheng City at that time.

Although Licheng is a small town, Cao Pi did not transfer the county soldiers and county magistrates here because he was close to the Yangtze River and away from the main battlefield of Guangling.

Tang Zi was quite talented. He was very strict in his army and his subordinates had strong combat power. In addition, his secret activities, he managed to ensure that the Jiangdong Army did not attack the dangerous Licheng County.

Tang Zi's subordinates had a centurion named Cai Fang. He was born as a wanderer with good martial arts skills and very loyal.

Because Licheng is close to the Yangtze River, it often has some small conflicts with Jiangdong, and it is easy to obtain military merits.

Although Cai Fang is free and easy in the world, he "hashe breaks the ban with martial arts, and he is often troubled by the government, and he decides to gain an official position as well.

The fastest way to get promoted is to gain military merits in the army, and Cai Fang resolutely joined the army.

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