Xiangyang City.

Although the war between Jingzhou and Yizhou has ended, because this city is still in the hands of Yizhou, and the relationship between Yizhou and Jingzhou has also become hostile.

Therefore, the city is still full of people.

It wasn't until the second half of the year that the two sides stopped their troops under the city, and there was a trace of peace in the city.

But at the end of the year, a few days after the old year and the new year, a rebellion suddenly broke out, and a large number of people suddenly appeared in the city to besiege the county government, storm the treasury, arsenal and other important places.

But because Hou Qing had been prepared for this, this rebellion, from the beginning to the end, actually lasted less than three hours, and these rebellious people had been completely wiped out.

The end result was that more than 2,000 corpses were carried out of mass graves from the city to clean up the battlefield.

Nearly 100 people were beheaded at the entrance of the market.

The most important thing is that there are more than ten large families in Xiangyang City who have been exterminated.

After this battle, the wealthy families of Xiangyang suffered heavy casualties.

On the fifth day of the first lunar month, the weather was still cold, and the cold was still biting, in the Xiangyang County Government, Hou Qing was dealing with some follow-up questions about the rebellion in the city, and this rebellion caused many problems in the city to be exposed.

For a long time, the people of Jingzhou have been very wary of them, and now they are even more afraid of tigers and wolves, and in order to appease these people, he has used many means.

But it was all broken by this rebellion.

It was a headache for him.

If it goes on like this, I'm afraid that there will be problems in Xiangyang, Xiangyang is a main city for hundreds of thousands of people, if it is really stirred up by these wealthy families, one person can drown them with a mouthful of spit.

"Report!"

And at this moment, a report suddenly sounded outside the door.

"Enter!"

"Report to your lordship, Jiangzhou secret letter!"

"Pass it on immediately!"

This is a small flag in Nanyang Town, Jingwu Division, and he passed a secret letter from Jiangzhou.

Hou Qing opened the secret letter, looked at it carefully, and after checking the signature and seal on the secret letter, he confirmed that it was written by the lord himself, and then carefully read the content, which made his heartstrings that had been tense finally relaxed.

"Good!"

He couldn't help but let out a low shout, and immediately shouted: "Come on, immediately summon me Chen Ya, Chen Nan, and Tan Su to come and see me!" ”

The group of people who govern Xiangyang are all old people who were too shoufu in Nanyang at the beginning.

"No!"

A guard quickly went to give the order.

In a short time, a group of people had already gathered in the county hall.

"The lord has made up his mind, to completely occupy Xiangyang, he has sent Hu Changshi to surrender, we are ready to surrender to Yizhou, we originally kept Xiangyang in the form of rebellion, and now we are surrendered to Yizhou, then Yizhou and as an explanation to Jingzhou, I'm afraid we have to suffer a little off!"

Hou Qing said frankly to everyone.

This is what he had prepared.

At the beginning, he insisted on keeping Xiangyang, because Xiangyang was defeated by the blood of countless soldiers by their pastoral army, and he was unwilling to give it up, but this inevitably made Jingzhou evil.

Now that the lord has not gained a firm foothold in Yizhou, it is impossible to turn his face with Jingzhou, for the sake of the general trend, he must sacrifice his personal reputation and personal future, and even bear a thief's name.

"It's nothing to suffer a little crime, as long as you can keep Xiangyang!"

Chen Ya smiled bitterly: "The rebellion a few days ago, I almost couldn't suppress it, I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to hold the situation and let Xiangyang be recaptured, but now the lord has made up his mind, but I am relieved!" ”

"Even if we are all beheaded, will Jingzhou be able to swallow this breath?"

Chen Nan asked in a low voice: "I don't think they will give up!" ”

"The lord is not going to behead us all, although we didn't respect the order at the beginning, but it was also for the Minghou Mansion, others don't know, don't the lord know!"

Hou Qing said: "As for Jingzhou, we don't have to worry about it now, they have to accept it, and if they don't accept it, they have to accept it, since the lord has made up his mind, no one can stop it!" ”

"The key is to stabilize the city!"

Tan Su arched his hand to Hou Qing and said: "My lord, I have beaten and killed, I have killed and killed, those who should have copied the family have also copied the family, now we should be both rigid and soft, and appease some of the big families in the city, the wealthy families in the city, the big squires, hundreds, if we don't suppress them, I'm afraid that the lord hasn't been able to do it yet, and we can't hold it anymore!" ”

"That's true!"

Hou Qing nodded: "The lord intends to establish Xiangyang County, and connect Xiangyang Xinye and Fancheng Mountain Capital, all of which are integrated, this Taishou of Xiangyang County should have a bit of weight, you say, can you make some people in the city move!" ”

"There must be those who are tempted, but this position is too guarded, and it cannot be taken lightly!"

"This is a secret letter from the Lord!"

Hou Qing handed the secret letter to everyone, and then said: "The lord said, I am the core of this matter, you must leave Jingzhou, and you must not stay, otherwise you will let the people of Jingzhou seize the handle, but the establishment of Xiangyang County, we have governed Xiangyang for nearly a year, and we must be more familiar, so the lord does not plan to send another person to accept it, let us recommend!" ”

"In this way, we have the capital to negotiate with them!" Chen Ya sneered: "This wealthy family in Xiangyang is not one, I don't believe it, they will be loyal to Liu Biao to death, as long as we decompose them, we will have a chance to break them one by one!" ”

"I have a candidate to recommend, if this person can come out to serve as the Taishou of Xiangyang, then it will not only split the wealthy families in Xiangyang City, but also make the two major families in Xiangyang, the Kuai family and the Cai family, turn against each other!"

Chen Nan said suddenly.

"Who?"

"When this person was in the lord and the first lord of the hidden dragon, he had sheltered the lord and the first lord, successively served as the county commander of Wuyin, and then he was idle at home, and now his life does not seem to be easy!"

"Cai Tu!"

Hou Qing's eyes lit up slightly: "This is a good person, I will immediately write to the lord and recommend talents to the lord!" ”

………………………………

In the sixth year of the first peace, on the twelfth day of the first month, Shi Huzhao, the governor of the Ming Dynasty, came to Xiangyang City, accepted the surrender of the giant Kou Hou Qing who seized the land of Xiangyang Xinye, and then announced to the world that Xiangyang County was established, under Xiangyang County, and governed Xiangyang City, Yicheng, Zhonglu, Caiyang, Xinye, Chaoyang, Shandu, Zhuyang, Fancheng, Yin County, Wudang, a total of eleven cities.

As soon as this news came out, Jingzhou was shocked.

Jiangxia, in Jiangling City, Liu Biao directly split a bookcase in front of him with a sword, and the angry voice echoed in the entire hall: "Unscrupulous, unscrupulous, he is so arrogant, I really don't dare to start a war in Jingzhou, isn't it!" ”

There was a fig leaf before, and now Mu Jing has directly uncovered this layer of fig leaf.

He was left with only two options.

Either admit it or fight.

"Fight!"

Wen Ping stood up and arched his hand and said: "My lord, since Yizhou is too deceitful, we only have one battle!" ”

"Lord, I just received news that the two main forces of the pastoral army, the Jingping First Army and the Jingping Water Army, have been marching towards my Jingzhou, and the Jingping First Division has reached Fuling and is crossing the border to Chenyang, and the Jingping Water Division has crossed the border and pressed into Wuxian!"

Kuai Liang stood up, bowed his hand, and said: "In addition, the Violent Bear Army, one of the main forces of the herdsman's army, has entered Xiangyang from Fancheng and joined the rebels in Xiangyang City, I am afraid that they are ready to fight with us!" ”

When Liu Biao heard this, he gasped, and the anger all over his body seemed to be extinguished by a basin of cold water, and his fists were clenched tightly.

"Could it be that Mu Longtu plans to use Xiangyang as a guide to force us to take the initiative and provoke the battles of Yizhou and Jingzhou?" He whispered to himself.

It's not that he was scared of Yizhou.

It's just that he hasn't made up his mind to fight Yizhou to the end after all, so he has always been a little hesitant to do things.

"Maybe it's possible!"

Kuai Liang continued: "But I think that the more likely is that they want to eat Xiangyang and force us to withdraw on our own initiative, and I think we can fight!" ”

"Fighting?"

This voice together, everyone was a little silent.

The previous battle with the pastoral army left them with too deep an impression, and they were defeated repeatedly, but these Jingzhou Wenchen generals became a little frightened, and they instinctively did not want to start a war with the pastoral army.

"If Mu Jing really intends to plot against our Jingzhou, forcing us to take the initiative to send troops and causing the battles of Jingzhou and Yizhou, can we be fully prepared?" Someone asked in a low voice.

This question made everyone look at each other.

Jingzhou Chengping for too long, the biggest battle, that is, the battle of Jingyi that broke out the year before last, that battle, Jingzhou can be described as a big defeat, lost the city and abandoned the land, even the main city of Xiangyang was captured, and most of today's Wenchen generals escaped from Xiangyang that year.

"No matter what, we must not let Yizhou gain an inch, if we admit this matter, how should Jingzhou treat us!" Wen Ping is the main battle faction, he tried his best to lead the battle, and wanted to shame the humiliation of the defeat of the army: "My lord, for the prestige of the Jingzhou Prefecture Pastoral Mansion, I have to fight!" ”

"Easier said than done!"

There is a main battle faction, naturally there is a main and faction, a master book stood up, arched his hand and said: "Go to Jingzhou, although it will not be a grain without a harvest, but it is basically a harvest halved, and Wuling in Nanjun is even more homeless, and it is difficult to maintain vitality. ”

It's an intuitive question.

If there is no supply of food and grass, how can the soldiers fight, I am afraid that they will not reach the battlefield and will be starved to death.

"Can we just go against the grain and let them be bullied by Yizhou!"

One of the main battle factions said angrily.

"It's not that there is no war, it's just that Jingzhou needs time to recover!"

"It's easy to say, but you can retreat again and again, what face do I have in Jingzhou, facing the people of the world!"

“……”

The main battle faction and the main peace faction quarreled.

"Give me all peace!"

Liu Biao felt his head buzz and suddenly snorted.

In the main hall, there was a sudden silence.

"My lord, the envoy of Yizhou asks to see you!" A soldier's voice came from outside.

This person from Iraq is familiar to everyone here, this is the time when Yizhou sent Jingzhou, and he has been in Jiangxia without returning, because he has the name of the envoy behind his back, Jingzhou and Yizhou have not torn their faces, so no one embarrass him.

But this person haunts the scholars, and with his incorruptible tongue, he lobbied many Jingzhou scholars and made countless friends, which made Liu Biao more and more jealous of him.

"It's this fang again!"

Liu Biao squinted slightly: "This is just a notice to take my Xiangyang, and here you will send a messenger to visit my Jingzhou Prefecture Pastoral Mansion, he is really a good means to herd dragons, is it possible that he just thinks that a certain family does not dare to fight, and no one cares about me Jingzhou!" ”