Ma Yin received the edict and convened a civil and military discussion. Ma Yin said: "Everyone, Huainan sent Li Hou to lead a navy of 15,000 people to attack Jingnan, and Gao Jixing came to our rescue through Zhu Wen. How should we deal with it?" Xu Dexun said:

"Your Majesty, I don't think there's any need to save him. It's better to let Gao Jixing suffer a little, so that he won't have trouble with us in the future."

Gao Yu shook his head and said: "That obviously disobeys Zhu Wen's order and is not good for us. Why don't we send a naval force to garrison at the mouth of Dongting Lake, depending on the situation. If the Wu army can reach Jiangling, Gao Jixing will be in danger. We

Just copy Wu Jun's retreat and help him. If Wu Jun captures Jingnan, we will be attacked from two sides, so we cannot let Wu Jun succeed. If Gao Jixing defeats Wu Jun, Wu Jun will definitely retreat, and we will take the opportunity to be behind them.

Chase him down and take revenge on Gao Gao."

Ma Yin thought for a while and said: "What Mr. Gao said is absolutely true. Brother Xu Dexun, I will order you to lead 10,000 naval troops to garrison the mouth of Dongting Lake and act according to the opportunity. In this way, you can deal with Zhu Wen, and secondly, you can

To prevent the Wu army from suddenly marching south to invade Dongting Lake. This Li Hou was also a fierce general under General Sun Ru at that time, and we are considered acquaintances. He is considered a strong general in land battles, but this is not necessarily the case in water battles. Brother Xu Dexun also knows him very well.

, there should be no problem in dealing with him." Xu Dexun said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, the general will return to Yuezhou immediately and lead the troops." Ma Yin said: "I wish the general a victory!" Xu Dexun thanked Ma Yin and got up to go out.

The war turned out as Ma Yin had expected. Li Hou failed to attack Shishou and turned to Jiangling. Gao Jixing fought and defeated Li Hou's navy again at Ma Tou. Li Hou suffered heavy losses and had to withdraw his troops and return to Ezhou along the river. Xu Dexun won

Knowing that, he took the opportunity to pursue him, but Li Hou was unprepared and was defeated by Xu Dexun again at the mouth of Dongting Lake.

When the good news reached Tanzhou, Ma Yin was overjoyed. His wife Hua Lian had just given birth to a son, and Ma Yin named his son Xi Gao. At this time, a large-scale palace had been built, so Ma Yin took advantage of the double happiness.

Moved into the new palace, held a feast to celebrate, and rewarded the three armies.

While we were being happy, bad news suddenly came. First, Zhang Ji, the governor of the Yongshun Army, died of illness. Second, Feishan Barbarians and Meishan Barbarians were uniting with evil intentions. Third, Ao Pian, the commander of Wu Shui Army, took the former Jizhou Governor.

, Peng Yan, the younger brother of Peng Gan, the current governor of Chenzhou, surrounded Chi in Chishi (Chishi Cave in Ji'an), and Peng Gan asked to send troops to rescue him.

Zhang Ji was very kind to Ma Yin. He was generous, had no ambitions, and had the virtue of giving up his throne to Ma Yin. He always had Ma Yin's respect and trust. This was very rare in the troubled times at that time. He was often the one who came after him.

After taking over the throne, he quietly killed his predecessor. Ma Yin and Zhang Ji have always gotten along well. This is entirely because Ma Yin's generosity and Zhang Ji's humility complement each other. Ma Yin was deeply saddened when he learned that Zhang Ji had died of illness, and held a grand ceremony for Zhang Ji.

After the funeral, Zhang Ji was given the posthumous title of Shizhong, and his son Zhang Shaodi was promoted to be the personal commander of the army.

After that, Ma Yin appointed Ma Bin as the military envoy of Yongshun Army, taking over Zhang Ji's position and garrisoning Langzhou. At the same time, he promoted his good brother Yao Yanzhang to be the military envoy of Ningyuan, and went south to replace Lu Shizhou and garrisoned in Zhaozhou. Lu Shizhou returned to Tanzhou and had another important task.

, because Ma Yin wanted Lu Shizhou to deal with those barbarians. At the same time, Ma Yin ordered Li Tang, who was stationed at the border, to lead his army to rescue Peng Yao.

Li Tang was overjoyed when he received the order. He had not fought for several years and his hands were itchy. Li Tang immediately led his troops to charge at Chishi and quickly rushed to the battlefield. Li Tang did not rest and immediately charged towards Ao Pian.

The Wu army killed them. Ao Pian thought that the Chu army, coming from far away, must be exhausted and had no fighting power. Ao Pian did not take Li Tang's army seriously and marched his army to fight.

After the two armies fought for a while, the Wu army was no match. When Ao Pian saw this, he became very anxious and went out with his spear in person to boost morale. As soon as he rushed into the battlefield, he was stopped by a general. It was Li Tang, the chief general of the Chu army.

Li Tang jumped on his horse and brandished his sword, directly attacking Ao Pian. Within three seconds of each other, Li Tang shouted loudly and blocked Ao Pian's spear. He suddenly stretched out his left hand and led Ao Pian off his horse.

The soldiers behind hurriedly stepped forward and tied up Ao Pian. At the same time, Peng Yao and his son Peng Shichou also led their troops to fight out of the red stone cave. Li Tang waved his sword and shouted loudly: "Wu soldiers, listen: your general

I have captured him alive, and those who surrender will avoid death!" Seeing that Ao Pian was captured and attacked from two sides, Wu's soldiers had no choice but to put down their weapons and kneel down to surrender.

Peng Yao led everyone to thank Li Tang and said, "Thank you, General Li, for the rescue. The general came a step late, and I am afraid we will not be able to escape this disaster." Li Tang said, "What did General Peng say? I was waiting in Jizhou back then.

You take care of me. We are a family now, and this is what we should do. Besides, the general is also here under orders. If the general wants to thank you, he must go to thank the prince of Chu." Peng Yao said: "I should go to Tanzhou to thank the prince, but

General Li's great kindness will be remembered by everyone in the Peng family."

Li Tang said: "Your Majesty once sent me an order, saying that after rescuing General Peng, he would send someone to escort you to Tanzhou. Please rest for a few days, and then set off!" Peng Yao said: "We have a day off today, and we will have a day off tomorrow.

Then we can set off for Tanzhou." Li Tang nodded, and then retreated to Hunan with Peng Yao and others. Early the next morning, Peng Yao took his whole family and thousands of remaining subordinates and went straight to Tanzhou.

A few days later, Peng Yao came to Tanzhou. As soon as he entered the city, Peng Yao took Peng Shichou into the palace to meet Ma Yin.

Ma Yin, Peng Yao and Peng Shichou knelt down to pay homage and said, "Peng Yao and his son Peng Shichou thanked the prince for saving his life." Ma Yin hurriedly stepped forward to help him up and said, "Now my son Xifan and your brother are already here."

My daughter is engaged. You and I are the in-laws, so why should we be so polite? Please get up and talk."

Peng Yao and his son thanked Ma Yin and stood up. Ma Yin and Peng Yao stood next to a young and handsome young man, and asked: "Is this your son Peng Shichou? I have heard that he is young and promising. See

Your coming is indeed extraordinary, and your future will be immeasurable." Peng Yao and his son said in unison: "Your Majesty is very complimentary, and I would also like to ask for your support." Ma Yin nodded and said: "I have an important task that I want to entrust to you and my son.

.I wonder if you are willing to help me?"

Peng Yao said: "Your Majesty has an order that father and son will not hesitate to die. Even if they go through fire and water, they will try their best to repay each other." Ma Yin was overjoyed and said: "General Peng, you also know that although places such as Chenzhou and Xuzhou in western Hunan are nominally

Subordinate, but in fact those barbarians are separatist and do not follow orders. I appoint you as the governor of Xizhou, hoping to open up a gap for the barbarians from there and lay the foundation for me to manage Xiangxi in the future." Peng Yao said: "Thank you for your trust, my lord, father and son.

I will do my best to make Xiangxi surrender to the prince sincerely." Ma Yin was overjoyed and held a banquet in the palace to entertain Peng Yao's family. Early the next morning, Peng Yao took his whole family and subordinates and went straight to Xizhou to take office.

Peng Yao quickly arrived in Xizhou and took over as the governor. Soon he found that the situation was just as Ma Yin said, the local area was completely controlled by three native people. These three native people were known as the "Three Chong": Wu Zhuchong and Reba Chong, Chunba Chong.

Wu Zhuochong governs the area around the Mengtong River; while Rebachong governs the Washche River, Laoche River and other places as the center; Chunbachong governs the areas such as Tableliye, Bamian Mountain, Shidi and other places.

The ancestors of Rab Chong were masters of wine making, and the wine they brewed was already famous in his father's generation. At that time, Wu Zhuchong had just debuted, and he liked drinking very much. He often sent people or himself to the house of Rab Chong to sell wine. After drinking together for a long time, they became familiar with each other. In this way, the young Leba Chong got acquainted with Wu Zhuchong. Wu Zhuchong admired Leba Chong's martial arts and person very much, so he designated a territory for him to take charge of, and took the initiative to take in Leba Chong. One's own confidants.

Chun Bachong is a generous and forthright woman. Her father's generation is a master of fishing. Her father is highly respected and the overlord of Liye, Bamian Mountain, Shidi and other places. Chun Bachong is beautiful and capable, with strong martial arts skills. She was also masculine and loved and respected by others. But she only had one brother, who gave birth to a boy and a girl. Her father and brother died successively, and Chun Bachong took over the position of his father and brother and became the chief of Liye, together with Wu Zhu. Chong has a deep relationship.

Wu Zhuchong had a master named Xiang Bolin, who was the younger brother of Chieftain Manshui. Because he had disagreements with his brother and could not work together, he defected to Wu Zhuchong and became Wu Zhuchong's master. He often followed Wu Zhuchong here. Ye checked the waterway traffic, so he got to know Chun Bachong. Xiang Bolin had a good impression of Chun Bachong, and Chun Bachong also admired Xiang Bolin's literary talents and shrewdness. With Wu Zhuochong's help, the two made an agreement. Got engaged.

Since Xiang Bolin and Wu Zhuchong had sworn sworn vows before, Chun Bachong thought that he could not lag behind Xiang Bolin, so he invited Je Bachong to join him in sworn sworn vows. Jeb Chong was very excited. Finally, the three of them held a sworn sworn ceremony. After Chun Bachong married Xiang Bolin, he did not leave his hometown, but continued to manage Liye. Together with Rebachong, he followed Wu Zhuchong loyally.

As a result, Wu Zhuchong became the local king of Xizhou and became powerful. In order to control the Liye Youshui route, Chun Bachong asked his eldest brother's son to help him control the army, and married his eldest brother's daughter to Jebachong, and they got married. Shangqin formed the copper and iron walls of Wu Zhuochong's southern waterway.

After Peng Yao took office, due to his shrewdness and eloquence, he quickly became a fierce rivalry with Tian heroes. Peng Shichou followed his father to Xizhou, and gradually became familiar with the local customs and customs. At the same time, he also became familiar with Wu Chuchong's situation. It is very clear that he was the most talented and learned celebrity in Xizhou at that time. He made friends with many celebrities and righteous people, and soon got acquainted with Xiang Bolin. Xiang Bolin also admired Peng Shichou very much, and admired Wu Zhuchong's ability to occupy the mountain and become the king. He was very dissatisfied with this approach. He believed that this was undesirable and would bring disaster to the native people. Xiang Bolin promised Peng Yao to be their internal agent around the native king. This matter was discovered by Chun Bachong, and Xiang Bolin naturally They refused to admit their fault. From then on, Chun Bachong and Xiang Bolin did not get along with each other and had no contact with each other.

At this time, Wu Zhuchong happened to be recruiting a bride for his beloved daughter. With the help of Xiang Bolin, Peng Shichou also participated in Wu Zhuchong's marriage recruitment meeting. As a result, Peng Shichou was spotted by Wu Zhuchong's daughter Wu Xiuying, and he threw the hydrangea and hit it. Although Wu Zhuchong was not very willing to marry his daughter to Peng Yao's son, under the persuasion of his daughter and Xiang Bolin, he accepted Peng Shichou as his son-in-law. Their wedding was held soon.

Wu Zhuchong's daughter admired Peng Shichou's talent and strategy, and was full of expectations for what he said about building a beautiful Xizhou. She was also enthusiastic about Peng Shichou's plan to establish a school for local people to study. She said she would try her best to persuade her father. Supported the New Deal, summarized the territory, and unified Xizhou. However, Wu Zhuchong was very opposed to Peng Shichou's idea of ​​Naxi Prefecture being unified into one. Because, in Wu Zhuchong's view, the native people of Xizhou under his jurisdiction could not be recovered by the Han people. Yes, this was bullying the native people and disrespectful to the native king of Xizhou, so he rejected the persuasion of his daughter and son-in-law.

Seeing that his persuasion was ineffective, Peng Yao, with the cooperation of Peng Shichou, sent out elite troops.

The army raided Wu Zhuchong's Tuwang Palace. Wu Zhuchong was defeated and fled to Mengdong River. Under Peng Yao's pursuit, he hid in Luota Mountain. After that, he recruited troops and horses in Luota, and in Lebachong and Chunba With the help of Chong and others, the power was restored. After repeated thinking, Wu Zhuchong still decided that he could not give up the land in Xizhou. However, in order to stabilize the local people and stabilize the overall situation, and because he was illiterate, he only agreed temporarily. In order to hire Peng Yao as an "assistant", Peng Yao agreed to a temporary truce due to lack of preparation at this time. Peng Yao also sent someone to report to Ma Yin and request more reinforcements.

After Peng Yao became an "assistant", Peng Shichou and Xiang Bolin had an even closer relationship. For the future development of the native people, Xiang Bolin strongly agreed with Peng Shichou's ideas. It can be said that they coincided with each other. He also believed that, In order for the native people to achieve new development, they must submit to the imperial court and, under the unified leadership of the imperial court, introduce advanced technology from the Han people and open schools so that the native people can learn to read and enrich themselves. In this way, the economy of the native people will continue to grow. Only by developing and growing can we have better hope.

At that time, Wu Zhuochong, who was in Luota, had a wide network of contacts and his army was getting stronger day by day. He built the Tuwang Palace on the royal castle where he lived, which made Peng Yao even more restless. Later he passed by After many discussions, Wu Zhuchong was stubborn and never agreed to the Han people's attempts to abolish his privileges. He must become the king of Xizhou and defend his own Xizhou. He often said: "As long as I am in power, it will be difficult for ten thousand people to rule." There is only one road in Luota's moat. Peng's officers and soldiers can't even dream of climbing up the mountain. What's more, I have strong soldiers and horses on the mountain and a mountain of grain. How can I still be afraid of you?"

After Wu Zhuchong established Tuwang Fort in Luota, the local soldiers were very brave. Peng Yao also tried many times. Wu Zhuchong fought fiercely with Peng Pengyuan for several months with weapons such as stones, bows and arrows, and they couldn't decide the outcome. All of this, As his son-in-law, Peng Shichou had other plans. He didn't want to kill Wu Zhuchong, but just wanted to drive him out of the country, consume his troops, occupy his territory, and make long-term plans in the future. At this time, the reinforcements sent by Ma Yin also Arriving at Xizhou.

Peng Shichou came up with the "Paulownia Sword" plan. He dissected the Paulownia wood and made it into a long sword, one foot long and one foot and five inches wide. He lined up a thousand soldiers, mounted their horses, and flew the Paulownia sword towards them. Wu Zhuchong rushed to Wu Zhuchong's residence. Wu Zhuchong saw it and was surprised. Seeing that Peng Jun had such a magical weapon and was so brave, he felt a little confused and hurriedly commanded to meet the enemy. At this moment, Xiang Bolin led his troops to disperse the guards at Tianqi, opened the gate, blocked Wu Zhuchong and others, and started killing, causing civil strife.

Seeing that he had defected to Bolin, Wu Zhuchong cursed with bulging eyes: "I am really blind!" Wu Zhuchong was immediately furious. He put on his horse and led his guards to the Nello Tower to supervise the battle. At this time, he saw Many of the troops in this department were dead, injured, and surrendered. There were not many left. In desperation, Wu Zhuozheng had no choice but to order the city gate to be opened and personally take the lead in fighting a bloody path. The soldiers from the two groups were mixed together. The killing was so intense that the sky was dark and the earth was dark. Peng's army became more and more courageous as he fought. There were more and more men and horses, and Wu Zhuchong was surrounded.

Wu Zhuchong saw that his defeat was certain and he would definitely die if he continued to fight, so he whipped his horse and fled down the mountain with some of his men. Wu Zhuchong fled to a small hillock. The horse was hungry and thirsty, and he His armor was too heavy. Seeing that his horse power could not support him and his pursuers were approaching, Wu Zhu rushed to take off his heavy armor and placed it on the mound (later named the Armor Removal Platform). Wu Zhu rushed to look back and saw Peng Peng. The army was in hot pursuit and had no choice but to continue running away.

When Wu Zhuchong led his troops to escape, his younger brother Xiao Wu Zhuchong was among them. Relying on their familiarity with the local terrain, they temporarily escaped from Peng Jun's army and spent the night by a river beach. Xiao Wu Zhuchong saw himself and The elder brother looked very embarrassed and regretful in his heart. Usually he resented his elder brother very much. He wanted to be the King of Earth, was disrespectful to his elder brother, and did many things to embarrass his elder brother, but his elder brother always protected him. If Peng Jun caught up with him, , they will undoubtedly die.

At this time, Xiao Wu rushed to grab his brother's hand and said: "Brother, Peng Jun is ruthless and ruthless. You and I will die in battle. My brother was sorry for you in the past, please forgive me. Xizhou cannot live without you. I will lead my troops to fight back." Luota, fight them to the death. You quickly take two guards along the river to Bamian Mountain. With few people, the target is small. Find Chun Bachong. At this time, she will definitely retreat to the Popo Cave in Bamian Mountain. You only need to climb over You can save your life if you cross Bamian Mountain, and the native people of Xizhou will still depend on you from now on!"

Wu Chuchong was very moved, but he could not let his younger brother die. He did not agree to Xiao Wu Chuchong's suggestion. "You must listen to me and keep the green hills. Don't worry about running out of firewood." Xiao Wu Chuchong made up his mind. , he ordered two strong soldiers to serve as escorts for Wu Zhuchong. Without any explanation, he led the troops to fight back to Luota. Wu Zhuchong burst into tears, thought about it seriously, and thought that what Xiao Wu Zhuchong said was reasonable. He just wanted to After finding Chun Bachong, he asked Chun Bachong to take him out of Bamian Mountain. He escaped this disaster and was not afraid of not having the chance to make a comeback. Only in this way could he be worthy of his brother. So Wu Zhuchong led two guards down the river. , went straight to Bamian Mountain.
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