In fact, Liu Yan's worries were not groundless, just when they were marching smoothly to Jiangzhou City, Xu Shu was already in trouble in Jingzhou.

This trouble does not come from large counties like Xiangyang, Nanyang, and Changsha. Instead, it came from Wuxi, Wuling, and the cause was that there was a small mining disaster in Wuxi, and many ethnic minority laborers died. According to the general disposal method of the government at that time, each household gave a small pension to be finished, and the bodies that could be dug up on the surface were cleaned up, but most of the bodies were buried too deep and there was no technology to dig them out.

If this matter is put in normal times, what the government says, the people will admit it, but this time there was an accident, and I don't know who picked the lead, a large number of laborers' families surrounded the mine pit and did not let the soil be buried, this is not the most serious, what is serious is that they actually took advantage of this reason to besiege the location of the local government office. The parents were dragged out by them to parade through the streets. So it had a very bad impact.

By the time Xu Shu got the news, Wuxi had already become a mess. Wuxi was originally the territory of ethnic minorities, and in order to stabilize the local order, Liu Yan transferred some Han people from other counties to replace some ethnic minorities. But this does not fundamentally solve the problem of ethnic conflicts on the ground.

In addition, most of the laborers who worked in the mines were ethnic minorities, and all the victims this time were ethnic minorities. A number of factors contributed to the fact that this ethnic conflict gradually turned into a riot.

Xu Shu looked at the report handed over by Jiang Wan, his brows tightened, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

The absence of an external war does not mean that there is no peace, and this riot is clearly deliberately guided by someone with a heart. The purpose is to make Jingzhou civil strife and disintegrate from within.

Don't think that this is just the chaos of Wuxi, if this matter is not handled well and spreads to several other counties, it will cause great chaos in Jingzhou, and even if Xu Shu has thousands of troops in his hands, he will not be able to stop the impulsive behavior of the people who have been provoked by ethnic hatred, and at that time, Liu Yan's Jingzhou foundation, which is regarded as a treasure, will be buried in the hands of the people of Jingzhou themselves.

Xu Shu is well aware of this, so he is angry, behind this riot, there must be a master pointing out. Was it someone sent by Cao Cao or someone sent by Sun Quan? For a while, I really couldn't analyze the results.

However, this does not affect Xu Shu's decision, I don't know who the people in the shadows are, I will turn this troubled water upside down, I don't believe that you, the black fish, can always hide behind and not appear!

It is useless to reason with facts in dealing with mobs that are smashed, looted, and burned, not to mention that the matter has reached such a point that it is impossible for the government to make any concessions. The most effective means that can be adopted at this time is to counter violence with violence, and to suppress the riots in the most rapid and bloody way! The arrogance of these mobs can be completely extinguished, so that the voices of the real victims can be heard.

In this matter, there is no need for a general to take action, just send a lieutenant or Sima to the scene. The key is that the soldiers brought in must be ruthless enough, move fast enough, and not squint, and will not be tempted by the outside world and deteriorate. The non-commissioned officers of Cen Qi's broken army under Pang Tong are the best candidates. But Xu Shu's subordinates are not without people.

Liu Yan took Kou Feng and Zhang Fei away, but only the two of them, not their soldiers. The two of their soldiers are now directly under the control of Xu Shu himself. This is Liu Yan's reliance on the teacher, and it is also a direct reflection of Xu Shu's power being higher than Kuai Yue.

Liu Yan was always suspicious of Cai Mao and Kuai Yue, who were born in the family, so she discussed with Xu Shu to take Zhang Fei and Kou Feng away, but left their army, which became a mobile force in Jingzhou's defense system. There are not many people, more than 3,000 people. Born in Changsha, they are all from the Huang Zhong family in their early years, and they are very loyal to Liu Yan.

Xu Shu was ingenious and found a few of his own executioners from the Jingzhou Mansion prison, and asked them to lead the team to Wuling, put forward a solemn warning to the local magistrate, and directly went to patrol the streets. If there is resistance, one will kill the other. Secretly, he planted a few eyeliners among the soldiers, and once he found out that someone had instigated him, he immediately marked his whereabouts and made secret arrests.

With such a two-pronged approach, those mobs with ulterior motives were finally found out one by one, although many people were killed and there were many bloody conflicts, but finally a few small local landlords in Wuling were found out.

It's just that this is not the end, Xu Shu ordered someone to escort them to Xiangyang for personal interrogation, but was told that they were also used. It was someone who revealed the matter to them in advance, and then instigated them to take people to smash and loot in retaliation for Liu Yan's previous harsh exploitation of powerful landlords in various counties.

Xu Shu, who got the news, touched the chopsticks and thought about it for a long time, but he didn't know who the person behind the news was. However, the news came so big that it seemed to be there. It's not a small person.

But big people have their own self-esteem and pride, and they will never do such an inferior act. I won't ruin the reputation that I have picked up so hard because of this little thing. The big guys are very face-loving, and if any negative news is found out, it will be more embarrassing than the incident itself.

Therefore, Xu Shu guessed that most of the people behind the troublemakers were spies sent by Cao Thief. is not an ordinary little person, but a strategist-like character, which makes Xu Shu feel tricky. Although it is known that the enemy's origin is nothing more than Jiangdong and Cao Thief, it is unknown which one, or both of them, have a share.

Xu Shu himself was more inclined to be a thief in Jiangdong, he felt that if Cao Cao wanted to avenge the Chibi and destroy Jingzhou, he just sent a large army to sweep it, and it was still very easy for the cavalry to set off from Xudu to Nanyang, even if he couldn't enter the big city, sweeping around for a while could also play a role in harassment. As for the internal disintegration or something, it seems to be more in line with the dark style of the Jiangdong people. No matter who is behind the scenes, let's calm down the riots first!

As a result, Wuling Wuxi suffered a bloodbath again, and the executioner commanded the killing, which would not frown, it was simply pointing to where to fight. Although Shanyue is tall and big, but the people who can't stand it are the regular army who come to quell the chaos, and the soldiers have never had a good impression of the fierce and unreasonable Shanyue, and this time it is even more so, and the murderous mountain is more and more like chopping melons and vegetables. Who made you uneasy, you were all our slaves, and most of you were prisoners sent by Jiangdong to deduct the indemnity, and I originally wanted you to make the best use of your resources and open a mine or something. I didn't expect you to be thieves and want to resist? )