"Then the situation around Dongzhi was far more complicated than in other commanderies and counties!"
"With the Shanyue causing trouble in the north and the Yue people constantly raiding from the southwest, how could this be tolerated!"
After Wei Yue came to deliver the report, Qin Tian had Little Qiao and her sister wait in the rear courtyard while he questioned Zhuge Jin about the situation in Dongzhi.
Zhuge Jin had long wished to quell the chaos in Dongzhi, but he simply lacked the strength.
Now that Qin Tian had come in person, he laid out Dongzhi's situation in detail.
Dongzhi lay at the southernmost tip of Jiangdong and had, in truth, long slipped beyond the court's control.
Not only was the region surrounded by mountains and difficult roads, but there were no few enemies as well.
Because Qin Tian had campaigned against the Shanyue in the north, many Shanyue had migrated south.
Though there were vast stretches of farmland south of Danyang, the area was hemmed in by Wei Yan, Zu Lang, and Taishi Ci.
Thus, a considerable number of Shanyue had come south of the Wuyi Mountains.
This had clearly increased Zhuge Jin's defensive burden. When Liu Bei sent Wei Yue south with him, they had only three thousand troops.
Yet nearby were Hong Ming, Hong Jin, Yuan Yu, Wu Mian, Hua Dang, and others, each commanding ten thousand households.
The people under their command numbered over a hundred thousand, while their troops capable of battle exceeded forty or fifty thousand.
Beyond that, tens of thousands of Nanyue people were entrenched in places such as Anxi and Zhangzhou to the south.
With enemies on both sides, their total numbers were nearly ten times greater. There was simply no way to wipe them out.
Therefore, after Zhuge Jin arrived,