Chapter 363: A Fatal Battle in Two States and Four Regions

Shamoke regarded the fall of Hanshou as a rebellion and vowed to make the man pay the price.

But for Hanshou Pan, this move was just to take back what was due.

After all, the barbarians lived in the mountains and forests, and the Han people cultivated the plains. This has been the case since the Han Dynasty.

Since Emperor Xiaowu, there have been countless Jingzhou governors who have come and gone in Hanshou. Which one of them did not treat these local big families with courtesy and courteousness, and jointly fight against the barbarians?

Although after the Yellow Turbans, the governors of Jingzhou did not like to come to Hanshou very much, and instead vigorously developed Xiangyang as the seat of government.

The big families that have been rooted in Hanshou for generations will not leave here. On the contrary, because of the lack of the governor's restraint, it has become easier to seize power. Hanshou, a strategic place with convenient access to all directions and capable of controlling the Jingman in the west and linking up with Yunmengze in the east, has actually fallen into the hands of Pan and others.

Afterwards, whether it was Sun Jianqiang killing Wang Rui, the governor of Jingzhou, or Liu Jingsheng riding alone into Jingzhou, or his deposing the eldest and enthroning the youngest, which caused disasters, it was not a big deal for the big families in Hanshou.

It was not until this inconspicuous uncle Liu, from living in Jingzhou to taking over Jingnan, and then Jingxiang repelled Cao and sent troops into Hanzhong, that the big families in Hanshou felt awe.

But there were still many complaints besides awe.

For example, this uncle Liu was quite close to the barbarians, but on the contrary, he not only ignored them in Hanshou, but also had the intention of suppressing them.

Pan Jun, who was a man of little talent and famous in Jingzhou, was not used, but Jiang Wan, who had an obscure family background, was used instead. All of this was seen by Hanshou, who was only a hundred miles away.

Therefore, now that Jingnan seems to have the intention of changing the world, the Pan family does not mind giving it a push.

After all, compared with the various policies pushed by this uncle Liu, the military and slave system of Jiangdong still look more attractive.

The news of the fall of Hanshou made the faces of the barbarians show obvious anger, and someone stood up on the spot:

"The Han people are really untrustworthy!"

But before Shamoke could speak, more barbarians glared at him:

If the Han people are untrustworthy, then where should we put Mr. Ma, who has lived and eaten with them for almost all these years?

Not to mention, the team that came to report the news was also half Han and half barbarians.

According to what Mr. Ma had taught before, wouldn't such words chill the hearts of the Han brothers?

So someone laughed and scolded on the spot:

"In my opinion, those sons of big families look at the Han brothers and us in the same way."

Such an exclamation caused the barbarians and Han soldiers present to nod frequently.

Shamoke did not speak, and after resting, he stood up again with the iron rod:

"Take back Hanshou first!"

Shamoke's face showed no joy or anger, but just stated a simple order.

For him, another point that Mr. Ma convinced him was his well-organized management of Hanshou.

Repair the streets, build low city walls, set up medical clinics and schools, promote the method of farming, and issue the order of cooked food and water.

The effect of all the policies can be said to be immediate. At least these barbarians who were regarded as inferior by the big families also got a life they could expect.

In particular, Lord Xuande did not look at their backgrounds and temporarily granted official positions to these barbarians. This was the first time in Wuling County.

As for why it was temporarily granted, Mr. Ma also explained clearly that when the world was peaceful, Lord Xuande would select talents according to their talents. If these barbarian kings who temporarily held official positions failed to pass the assessment at that time, they would only be deprived of their official positions.

Similarly, as long as the assessment could be passed, even the barbarians could be officially granted official positions.

In comparison, these big families had previously been more like occupying Hanshou, and there was no governance at all.

The powerful are like pigs, and the common people are like mud. This was once Mr. Ma's joke, and Shamo Ke thought about it carefully and agreed with it.

What Shamoke remembered more clearly was that "future" was a word that Mr. Ma often mentioned, and now these barbarians did not want the Jiangdong people to break this "future".

On the low wall of Hanshou, the powerful troops saw such a fierce barbarian army.

"They didn't even enter the forest and went straight here. They really don't know how to die!" Someone sneered contemptuously.

Now that they have been linked with Jiangdong, they know clearly that the Jiangdong army is behind these barbarians.

Although the barbarians are strong, how can they attack the city?

Just defend a little, and when the Jiangdong army arrives, the barbarians will surely flee and die!

The infantry led by Shamoke now looked at Hanshou, and obvious confusion appeared on their faces.

Although they are both low walls, the low wall of Linyuan is only half a person's height or even less than the waist. It can be climbed with a little use of hands and feet, and it only has a little blocking effect.

The wall of Hanshou was built by them last year, and it was as high as a man.

Such a height can be climbed with effort, but that was in leisure time. Now the two armies are fighting, if I climb the wall panting, I am afraid that I will only be hit by the Hanshou rebels.

However, Shamoke did not take a simple and rough way to attack the city. He ordered the infantry to stop and whispered to the guards, and then watched the guards leave.

Shamoke chose to wait quietly, and Hanshou became a little agitated. The quality of these powerful troops was uneven. Although they were coerced and lured to climb the wall with weapons, they still trembled in their hearts when they saw more than 10,000 barbarians.

So the leader of the troops stood up and shouted to the barbarians:

"Shamoke, now you are afraid of the strong city, and Sun Hou's elite soldiers will chase you later. It's too late to regret your death!"

"Why don't you surrender yourself? If my master is kind, he may keep you alive as a slave, how about it?"

Shamoko scratched his ears, thinking that the other party was ignorant of life and death, but since he took the initiative to bark at him, he didn't mind a few quarrels.

At this moment, the barbarian king took two steps towards Han Shou with the strength of the rattan armor, and then said in a powerful voice:

"Who are you?"

There was a commotion on the top of the city, and then the voice shouted at the top of his voice:

"I am Liu Sandao, and remember who killed you today!"

"What kind of pig dog are you!"

"You!" The people on the city wall were immediately furious, but they were talking at the top of their voices, and now they were anxious and coughed continuously.

The other party didn't speak, but Shamoke didn't stop. He roared one after another under the city wall:

"I am the magistrate of Hanshou County and the Wuxi Barbarian King Shamoke. I have the seals and letters. What are their official positions?"

"I am the chief official of this place appointed by Emperor Liu. You are all my subjects. Now you are rebelling against the emperor. Do you want to rebel against the Han Dynasty?"

"I want to persuade you. If you surrender now, there is still room for you. If I suppress the rebellion, according to the Han law, those who rebel will be beheaded and those who follow will be executed. Do you know?"

The soldiers on the low wall of Hanshou looked at each other and felt that the scene in front of them was very messy. A barbarian king was seriously persuading them, the Han people, not to rebel, and he even used the Han law to explain.

And after Shamoke's special emphasis, they suddenly realized that this barbarian king was actually the chief official of the Han Dynasty and the county magistrate here.

Although it was a turbulent time, the Han Dynasty still had its 400-year-old prestige, and these poor people could not help but lower their weapons.

All of this was seen by the family generals of the big family. They were a little angry for a while, but they could do nothing when they saw that the other party stood on the side of the big man.

However, Shamoke had no intention of talking here. Seeing that several guards were carrying a tree as thick as a man's embrace back, he decided to put an end to this farce.

Carrying the newly cut tree trunk with the guards, Shamoke took the lead and aimed at the wall ten steps to the right of the city wall, and rushed there together with slogans.

The first reaction of the family generals on the city wall was to laugh at this group of barbarians. They really didn't know how to attack the city!

Even he knew that such a simple battering ram was used to break the city gate, so how could it hit the city wall?

But as the tree trunk carried by this group of people hit the city wall, a "bang" made him shut up quickly.

Something is wrong. The city wall should be solid and made of rammed earth. There shouldn't be such a sound, unless...

The soldiers in rattan armor ignored everything and followed Shamoke's shouts, retreating a few steps and then rushing forward. After several rounds of this, the city wall that should have been built of rammed earth began to fall.

With the last collision, this short section of the low wall collapsed directly, revealing several wooden stakes and wooden planks inside, and the powerful troops were immediately in chaos.

At this time, Shamoke didn't need to call for help, and his subordinates took the lead in starting a simple siege.

As the city wall collapsed, the few confidences of the powerful private soldiers also collapsed. Some knelt down and begged for mercy, while others took advantage of the chaos to take off their armor and weapons and tried to escape.

And the most conspicuous powerful family general who called himself Liu Sandao was caught by a group of people and sent to Shamoke.

The previous arrogance had disappeared, and there were only two trembling legs and a spontaneously replaced servile attitude.

Shamoke pondered for a moment, then waved his hand in boredom, so the guards grabbed his shoulders and dragged him away without saying anything.

So the expression on his face collapsed immediately, and he wailed sharply:

"King! General! County Magistrate!"

"I am willing to pay for my crime with merit! I know that Pan has hidden property in several places!"

"County Magistrate! The criminal is willing to live!"

Shamoke raised his chin and didn't say a word, but the guards knew what he meant. At that moment, one of them with good eyesight selected a team of people, and then escorted the man who called himself Liu Sandao out to search for property.

There was a hollow section in the city wall, which was a backup plan left by Shamoke after reporting to Mr. Ma.

Even if there is a hollow section in the short wall, it will not affect the performance. Moreover, even if the enemy army attacks, the first reaction to such a short wall should be to climb up and seize the wall first. No one would be idle like him and use a simple battering ram to hit the wall.

Moreover, the Pan family's rebellion can only be said to be a clown. Shamoke is grateful that they took the initiative to jump out and gave him a perfect excuse to deal with Hanshou's complicated family.

The main problem that needs to be faced now is still Jiangdong.

Shamoke's face became serious. There were 30,000 Jiangdong soldiers chasing him behind him. Linyuan in the south is expected to be surrounded by Wu soldiers soon.

Shamoke could not see much, but he knew that Mr. Ma entered Jiangdong to unite Shanyue, and he also knew that Lord Xuande probably had a back-up plan to cooperate with Mr. Ma.

Therefore, there is no other choice now. Surrounded by enemies on all sides, we must hold on.

In the distance that Shamoke could not see, the situation in the entire south was becoming more and more stalemate.

Jiangdong raised a large army to besiege Hanshou in an attempt to wipe out this barbarian army, so that they could enter Jingnan according to the established plan.

Jiang Wan saw that the soldiers in Gong'an County were becoming increasingly scarce, and he began to send troops out of the city frequently to test the confrontation.

Gan Gui saw that Sun Hou abandoned the broken outer city and retreated to the inner city, which was difficult to conquer outside the deterrent range of the navy's giant crossbow.

Ma Liang and the Shanyue chieftain had joined forces to capture Piling and plunder salt, but they were unable to make any progress in trying to press Jianye to the west.

At this time, Cangwu prefect Wu Ju just wanted to let out a long roar to vent his excitement.

Although he was on good terms with Lord Xuande, and although Cangwu County was subordinate to Jiaozhou, it had no connection with Lord Xuande.

But when Jiangdong launched a massive attack, Wu Ju and Lai Gong immediately gathered troops and horses to support.

This move was for both Lord Xuande and himself.

After all, if Bu Zhi had not received support from General Zhang when he came here a few years ago, Wu Ju's grave might have been covered with cypresses.

No one knows Jiangdong's ambition for Jiaozhou better than Wu Ju and Lai Gong.

But the helpless reality that needs to be faced is that Jiaozhou is indeed poor.

One of them is the governor of Cangwu, and the other is the governor of Jiaozhou. In the end, they only managed to raise two thousand troops.

When they set out from Guangxin and went north along the Heshui River to Fengcheng, the Cangwu army ran into the soldiers of Jiangdong head-on.

Wu Ju is not a person who does not know military affairs. In his opinion, although the soldiers of Jiangdong are stronger than those of Jiaozhou, their strength is very limited.

But in terms of quantity, Jiangdong has more than one more than Jiaozhou.

For more than 20 days, the two thousand men were blocked by the Jiangdong army in the Fengchengyingpu area and could not move forward.

Wu Ju's previous dream of going north to Jiangling to boast of his achievements and then returning triumphantly was shattered.

But what Wu Ju did not expect was that when he was helplessly confronting Jiangdong, Lord Xuande could still have reinforcements coming from behind him!

Wu Ju had not been so excited for a long time. He had been waiting in the tent since morning, and the wine and food were heated again and again.

It was not until noon that he saw a group of soldiers coming from the south on the Heshui River.

After getting off the boat, Zhang Yi was immediately welcomed in by Wu Ju.

After informing each other of their names, Wu Ju was in a good mood and explained his arrangements in detail:

"There is abundant food and grass here. General, you have come from afar and worked hard. Today, you should rest and gather your strength. Tomorrow, our two armies will join forces and defeat the enemy army!"

Zhang Yi had already understood the situation here when he came. After entering, he didn't even sit on a chair. He just stood there and said:

"My soldiers came from afar and the enemy army didn't know about it. It's a good opportunity to launch a surprise attack to defeat the enemy. Please help me to plunder the formation."

Zhang Yi's smile was very gentle, but there was persistence under the gentleness. In the end, Wu Ju had to compromise and brought Zhang Yi to the front of the formation to give Zhang Yi detailed instructions on the enemy's troop deployment.

Seeing that the general listened carefully, Wu Ju felt relieved.

But just a moment later, seeing that the general with a gentle smile entered the formation and led the charge first, Wu Ju was a little annoyed:

It turned out that all the words just now were in vain!

But soon, what Wu Ju did not expect was that the Yizhou soldiers, who came from afar and should have been exhausted, easily penetrated the battle formation of Jiangdong like an arrow breaking through the silk cloth of Lu.

The general, who was not tall and had a slightly flamboyant smile after entering the battle formation, looked like a god of war in the sun.

Jingnan is saved! Wu Ju shouted loudly in his heart.