In March of the 15th year of Jian'an, Yang Fan left Huang Zhong's Nandaying to guard the Central Plains and chose to return to the court to recuperate.

This year, Guo Xiu, who was on the Western Regions, also returned to Jinyang.

After seven years of seeing Guo Xiu, he was more capable than before. Yang Fan received Guo Xiu solemnly at the Jin Palace. After inquiring, Yang Fan also roughly learned about the situation of the countries in the Western Regions. As for the thirty-six small countries west of Yumen Pass, when they saw Guo Xiu and the 3,000-300-school soldiers, they chose to surrender to the Han Dynasty again. However, to the west of the thirty-six effects, there are five more powerful countries, namely the Anxi Kingdom, the Kushan Kingdom, the Dayuan Kingdom, the Kangju Kingdom, and the Wusun Kingdom. These five countries have a vast territory and a large population, and their troops range from 100,000 to 300,000, which is equivalent to Yang Fan's current strength.

Guo Xiu lived in each of the five countries for a year, knowing that their system, production, culture, etc. were far behind the Han Dynasty. After discussing with Xun Yu, Xi Zhong, and Jia Xu for a while, he decided to let Guo Xiu go on a mission to the Western Regions again, reopen trade with thirty-six small countries west of Yumen Pass, and exchanged luxurious items such as silk and pottery for the strategic resources of the thirty-six countries, such as iron, salt, gold, etc., and at the same time, he focused on negotiating with the five kingdoms and opening a trade path.

April of the 15th year of Jian'an.

On this day, Yang Fan was summoning the heads of the three prefectures and the six ministers of the ministers of the ministry in Jin's palace to discuss matters.

Suddenly, a loud voice sounded from outside the house, "Report! King Jin, Yizhou, and Yongkai of Yizhou County killed the prefect Zheng'ang, and together with Zhu Bao, the prefect of Guanxian County, and Gao Ding, the Yiwang of Yuezhi County, rebelled, and Wang Ke, the commander of the public security army stationed in southern Yizhou, was killed."

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Yang Fan was stunned when he heard this. The news was too sudden and the room was quiet. Everyone looked at Jia Xu.

Seeing this, the censor Jia Xu smiled bitterly and said intimately that this was an undesirable disaster. He then apologized to Yang Fan and said, "It's all the ministers who supervised Diting Camp, and I'd like to ask the king to sue him!"

"Yizhou? Yizhou County?" Yang Fan shook his head and smiled: "There is another Yizhou County in Yizhou? If you don't know, please don't! From now on, Yizhou County will be changed to Jianning County! The commander of Xidaying Zhao Yun asked him to lead his army to the southern part of Yizhou to quell the rebellion. Remember to deal with those people, while dividing, suppressing and comforting them!"

"Wenhe? What's your fault?" Yang Fan wondered: "You are not the bug in Yong Kai's belly. How could you first know that he was going to rebel? Get up quickly!"

Shangshu Ling Xun Yu seemed to smell a bad smell, and he frowned and said, "How could Yong Kai suddenly rebellion? Or is it when our army is about to prepare for the southern expedition of Eastern Wu? It seems that it is a bit too coincidental!"

Taiwei Xi Zhong nodded and analyzed: "Wen Ruo said it well. This is a coincidence. I heard that the Jiaozhou Shixie is well-known in the local area, and that Jiaozhi County is more and more apart... No, Jianning and the two counties of Jingxian are close, and perhaps the Yongqi rebellion is related to this Shixie!"

Xun You, the Minister of War, smiled bitterly and said, "I heard that Shi Xie has defected to Sun Quan of the Eastern Wu! It seems that this matter is probably caused by Sun Quan! It is an attempt to delay the time of our army's southern expedition!"

"It seems!" Yang Fan chuckled, "That boy Pang Tong still has some tricks! Since Sun Quan wants our army to rest for a while, we will follow his wishes and rest for another year, and at the same time consolidate the defense of the four states of the Central Plains. Zhicai and Gongda, you two go to the Central Plains to personally go to the Central Plains. Just use this time to survey the terrain and decide on a plan to attack Jiangdong! Also, we will order Gan Ning to draw soldiers from the Jiaolong Camp as backbone, and let Taishi Ci take them to form the Xuanwu Camp Navy, and the location is set in Qing and Xuzhou."

In August of the 15th year of Jian'an, Zhao Yun, the chief general of the Yang family army, received the order, commanded Yan Yan and Wei Yan's two schools, a total of 40,000 soldiers, to fight against the rebellion in southern Yizhou.

On this day, Zhao Yun marched to Jianwei County and Jiangyang.

Yan Yan was the prefect of Ba County for many years and was familiar with the terrain of southern Yizhou. As soon as the army arrived in Jiangyang, Yan Yan suggested that Zhao Yun stop the army and rest.

Zhao Yun was puzzled and asked, "General Yan, our army has only been on the battlefield for half a month, and its momentum is like a rainbow. Why should we stop the army and rest?"

Yan Yan explained: "General Zhao, you don't know that the counties in southern Yizhou have high mountains and dangerous lands, deep and dense forests, and most of the people are Yi people, and they are strong and barbaric. Most of the Yi people are not convinced by the Han rule. It is difficult for the prefects in all dynasties to govern the counties in southern Yizhou. If our army rashly enters, it may cause unnecessary trouble!"

Wei Yan disagreed with Yan Yan's view and immediately opposed: "As the saying goes, 'All the king's land is the king's land! The shores of the earth are the king's ministers!' Our army is an official army in the court. How can we keep our feet from moving because of fear? The last general thought that our army is now in a strong morale, and we should go south to Jianning County with thunder and kill the thief leader Yong Kai, which is the best strategy!"

Yan Yan wanted to speak but stopped, as if he had considered something else. Zhao Yun was careful and asked quickly: "General Yan, are you afraid that you are more than that?"

Yan Yan smiled bitterly: "In the southern part of Yizhou, there are many mountains, forests and dangerous lands, and there are countless snakes, insects, rats and ants, so the miasma is breeding. The local people have their own solutions. However, because the relationship between our two tribes is too bad, we have never discovered what kind of medicinal herbs can break the miasma!"

"Muscity? Snake, insect, rat and ant? So that's it!" Zhao Yun nodded and ordered Wei Yan: "Since that's the case, then our army will rest in Jianwei County for a while. General Wei, you immediately send someone to Jinyang and ask the lord to send medical experts to solve the miascence!"

"Our soldiers are strong and all young men. How could they be afraid of those snakes, insects, rats and ants, and the so-called miasma?" Wei Yan didn't care and said immediately: "It's August now, and the weather is getting colder. Those snakes, insects, rats and ants have long been running away. If we delay the major event of our army's southern expedition for this, we will be unable to escape the blame! However, we must not refuse General Yan's words. General Zhao, it would be better to do this. General Mo led two thousand soldiers to go south first. If we really encountered that miasma, it would not be too late for us to withdraw!"

Yan Yan advised: "General Wei, I know that you young people are radical, but this is a major event that concerns the lives of two thousand soldiers! I absolutely do not agree to go south at this moment. At least, I have to wait until winter. By that season, at least I will be free from the troubles of snakes, insects, rats and ants! "

"This..." Zhao Yun's face was silent and said to himself that if he had waited until winter as Yan Yan said, they would have to stay in Jianwei County for five or six months. At this point, Zhao Yun would never accept it.

Seeing Zhao Yun's hesitation look, Wei Yan simply said: "If it is as what General Yan said, then our army will have to wait for the first half of the year! Why not do this? While our army sends people to Jinyang to report what happened here to the lord, as the last general said just now, send two thousand people as the vanguard and go south to test. What do you think, General Zhao?"

Zhao Yun nodded and said with a serious expression: "What General Wei said is right! Our army cannot wait so for half a year! The lord's army is about to fight south, and our Xidaying cannot lose its chain at this critical moment! Absolutely not!"

"Oh!" Yan Yan also knew that they came to southern Yizhou to fight against the rebel Yong Kai, which determined whether the Yang family army could conquer Jiangdong in the south this year. He sighed and nodded and said, "Since the situation is urgent, we can only do this! However, before going south, General Wei, you should first find some local people, with them here! At least there must be some guarantees!"

"Since General Yan agrees!" Zhao Yun's face turned right and ordered Wei Yan: "General Wei, immediately draw a group of soldiers to go south to be the vanguard of our army! Let them be careful. If there is an emergency, retreat immediately!"

Wei Yan hurriedly took the order and left. Soon after, two thousand soldiers of the Yang family army left Jianwei County and rushed towards Jianning County.

On the way, it was as Yan Yan said, the road was difficult to move. It happened to be summer, and the sun was scorching. Along the way, there were many snakes, insects, rats and ants, and most of them were poisonous. Two thousand soldiers only marched for more than a hundred miles and vomited and diarrhea. Some people even died of poisonous snakes and poisonous insects. After 2000 or 300 people were damaged, the army Sima did not dare to continue to move south, so he could only retreat to Jianwei County as the same way and reported the matter to Zhao Yun.

After Zhao Yun and others learned about the situation, they could only wait for the medical master sent by Yang Fan in Jianwei County. Wei Yan also changed his normal behavior to Yan Yan and often went to Yan Yan for advice.
Chapter completed!