To the south of Wuling is Lingling, and to the southeast of Lingling is Guiyang.

All three counties are vast and sparsely populated. Although there are many connected roads, there are only a few large roads.

And most of them are in disrepair.

Whether the road is good or not, it depends on whether the government is strong or not. Liu Biao runs Jingzhou, Jiangbei has developed very well, and Jingnan has a free-range attitude, basically ignoring it.

The road is certainly not good.

Although the four counties are barren, they also have commercial activities.

The main export commodities are silver, precious stones, ivory, rhinoceros skins and so on. There are grains, cloths, and so on that need to be imported.

In this respect, the Jingnan region and the Jingbei region are complementary. Nanjun and Yangyang are both plain areas, where large-scale cultivation of grain and mulberry trees.

Now the war is in full swing, but the Jingnan area is relatively calm. Many merchants were still trading similar goods, generally heading north into Wuling, then crossing the river through Zigui to Fangling and then to the Central Plains.

Gemstones, ivory, rhinoceros skins and other things are all specialties of the south, Yizhou, Yangzhou are also produced, and they cannot be sold at a price in the south, only when they go to the Central Plains and sell them to the Central Plains Dashi clan, can they be sold at a good price.

Of course, at present, the Guan family and Sun Quan are facing off in Nanjun, and it is risky to go to the front to trade goods, but I heard that the soldiers of the Guan family are quite regular.

As long as you don't enter the city, you won't embarrass the merchants.

So the trade route is still there.

The seat of Lingling County is Quanling City, and Li Nian, a businessman, is a native of Quanling, who has been dealing in such commodities for generations, going back and forth between the north and the south. Although the world is difficult now, and business is becoming more and more difficult, but to live, you need to eat, you need to make money, there is no way.

Li Nian took his caravan and set off for Wuling in mid-September. Li Nian has walked this road many times and is very familiar.

Although the road is in disrepair, as long as it doesn't rain, it's still so-so. But soon the problem arose. At the boulevard, there are people who set up cards.

The lookout post is simple, and the soldiers stationed there know at a glance that they are barbarians.

Li Nian looked at it, but he remained silent, turned his head and said to his eldest son Li Hai, who followed him for the first time: "This is a person from Wuxi Barbarians, and Barbarians occasionally do this kind of thing. Generally, as long as you pay some tolls, it will not be a problem. ”

"Hmm." Lehi was very young, and he didn't have Li Nian's experience, so he was afraid of it, and swallowed a mouthful of saliva timidly. Li Nian didn't mind, for the first time.

Li Nian explained the attention of Chen Shishi, an old man in the caravan, then turned over and dismounted, stepped forward, came to the front of the sentry post, and talked with the barbarians at the sentry point.

"I don't know if you are a tribe?" Li Nian knew Wuxi Barbarian very well, and knew that there were many names for Barbarian, and Wuxi was just a general term.

Most of the Wuxi barbarians are measured, but some are very vicious and need to be careful.

"You're calm." The person headed by the sentry saw that Li Nian was so calm, so he laughed, and then said, "We are from Xiongtou Village." ”

Li Nian was even more relieved, Xiongtou Village was among the Wuxi barbarians, and he was known for his good temper, and he generally sought wealth rather than life.

"It turned out to be a strong man from Xiongtou Village. It's a small gift, not a tribute. Li Nian took out a small bag from his bosom and handed it to the person who led him.

The leader reached out and took the bag, opened it, and saw that it was silver, but it was not formed, and it was very broken. If it was usual, this man would let Li Nian pass, and then accept the money.

But at this time, the leader still returned the silver to Li Nian. Li Nian took the silver blankly, and was very frightened.

This bear's head village, the behavior is weird, and it doesn't accept cash?

The leader smiled and said, "Don't be nervous. We're not here to kill you. We were ordered by General Zuo, Jingzhou Mu, General Zhennan under Guan Gong, and Sha Wang to cut off the road. Merchants from the north and south, the army, are not allowed to enter or leave. Go back as you come. ”

Li Nian's eyes widened.

The man said this so easily, perhaps he didn't even know what it meant.

But Li Nian traveled south and north, and his experience and knowledge were excellent. Jingzhou Mu Guan Gong? Operation Shamoko?

Isn't the Guanjia power compressed in the north? Why is Shamoko acting like this now? Could it be that Guan Yu crossed the river and went south?

It's not impossible.

After all, Guan Yu is brave and good at fighting, famous all over the world, although Sun Quan is powerful, but in terms of reputation and age, he is shallower than Guan Yu.

I'm afraid Jingnan is going to be in chaos.

Li Nian said secretly in his heart, and then he hurriedly bowed his hand to the person who was the leader, and then went back to join the caravan, and hurriedly said, "Let's go, let's go back." ”

And there are many people like Li Nian.

Jingnan is also a place that extends in all directions, you can cross the river to the north to Nanjun, and to the west, as long as you can endure hardships and overcome thorns, you can also go to the south of Yizhou to connect Nanzhong.

To the east to Jiangdong, to the south is Jiaozhou. And no matter what road you take, as long as it is a place where there are people in Wuxi Barbarians, the big and small roads will be cut off.

The message then didn't work.

There is no news between Lingling and Guiyang, and there is no news between Lingling, Guiyang and Wuling, Changsha, and Sun Quan's forces. The two counties were isolated, and they were isolated.

And the barbarians cut off the road, and Guan Yu was suspected of crossing the river. There were only 10,000 soldiers and horses in each of the two counties, and they didn't dare to move at all, for fear of being ambushed by the barbarians.

As the news kept coming, I could only tremble.

Quanling.

The population of Lingling is smaller than that of Wuling, and it is really vast and sparsely populated. The city of Quanling is smaller and has a smaller population. Although there were 10,000 soldiers in Lingling County, the defenders of Quanling were only 3,000.

The rest of the soldiers and horses were scattered in the counties, which were not only garrisoned by barbarians, but also had difficult roads and difficult to transport grain, and each county raised its own soldiers.

Lingling County Shou Liu Du is a native of Guangling, although his surname is Liu, he is not a member of the Liu royal family.

Liu Du has been in the county for many years, and the county is quite stable, but he has not made much achievements, and he can be a bureaucrat with good rules and regulations, and he will only overturn if he leads the troops to fight.

The news came to Quanling from all directions, and Liu Du was also afraid. What I am most afraid of is not the pressure of the enemy, but the lack of information, and I don't know what lies ahead.

Lingling at this moment is really deaf and blind.

Liu Du was really frightened, so he summoned his subordinates to discuss together. But he didn't discuss a reason. Lingling is really not a brilliant person.

Talents are scarce, and mediocrity is many.

I don't know how to get a Jiang Wan, it's really a rare encounter in a hundred years. And now it is the long history of Jiangxia.

However, although there are few talents in Lingling, there is also a famous general, which is General Xing Daorong.

This person is not afraid of heaven and earth, and when he heard the news, he said yes to Liu Dujin.

I have few soldiers and horses, but they are elite enough. The mountain road is difficult, but the city is strong.

Guan Yu and Sun Quan competed, even if they crossed the river, they couldn't take care of us.

We can watch from the wall and reap the benefits of the fisherman.

If Sun Quan and Guan Yu are both defeated, they can take advantage of the situation to sweep Lingling, Wuling, Changsha, sit on Jingnan, and become the king's business.

God knows, Liu Du is not eloquent, but he was immediately frightened when he heard this, and hurriedly asked Xing Daorong to shut up, but after that, he was also a little happy.

Although I am not interested in separating Jingnan, I am also a little interested in keeping the foundation of Lingling. I hope Guan Yu and Sun Quan will lose both.

So Liu Du began to look forward to watching the decisive battle between the two heroes. At this time, someone came to report, saying that it was Peng Zuolu from Wuling County who came on horseback.

The other party claimed to be General Zuo, the county guard under the command of Jingzhou Muguan Gong, and Peng Zuo under Liu Guang.

This information was revealed.

Liu Guang, the Cheng of Wuling County, actually became a county guard and surrendered to Guan Yu. This Lu Neng's intention could not be more obvious. Liu Du was terrified for a while, and he didn't dare to snub Lu Neng.

He sent people to welcome Lü Neng to the county guard's mansion, and sent people to summon the military Chinese military officials. Subsequently, Liu Du personally greeted Lu Neng at the door and entered the lobby of the county guard's mansion.

The lobby is full of civil and military seats.

After Liu Du and Lu Neng sat down separately, Liu Du said tentatively: "I am far away from Lingling, and I don't have any news. I don't know what the battle is going to be? ”

Lu Neng arched his hand and said confidently: "But it was Guan Yangwu who came out of the country and defeated that Yan Yan." Then he crossed the river to the south, joined forces with Shamoke to attack Wuling, and then marched to the mouth of the oil river. Guan Gong and Zhang Fei went south to attack Jiangling. Zhuge Liang was in Chengyang and attacked Sun Quan's Jiangling Water Village. Jiang Wan, the chief of Anlujiang Xia, led 50,000 or 60,000 Shuibu men and horses to cross the Yangtze River and attack Xiling and Exian. When Jiangdong Shanyue heard the news, they raised troops to rebel against Sun Quan. ”

"In this way, isn't Sun Quan going to lose the country?" Liu Du was shocked and blurted out.

"Ming Mansion Hugh wants to listen to his nonsense, this year's Jiangdong harvest is abundant, how can Shanyue rebel? Sun Quan's army of more than 100,000 troops was stationed in the north and south of the Yangtze River, how could it be so easy to rout? This is a lie. Please also ask the Ming Mansion to sit in Quanling and wait and see the success or failure. Xing Daorong clasped his hands into fists and admonished.

Of course it's a lie, it's just a deception.

"Vulgar young general, Anzhi uses soldiers like a god. It is necessary to know that Le Yi commanded the troops of the five countries and attacked the strong. Seventy cities under it, several Qi kingdoms perished. I am the enemy of ten thousand people, and the world is handsome. led hundreds of thousands of troops to cross the Yangtze River, Sun Quan was a child, and An could stop it? ”

Lu Neng didn't blush, didn't pant, just sneered and said to Xing Daorong. Then Rong Rong said to Liu Du: "Liu Taishou, Guan Gong ordered me to be a lobbyist." If you are obedient at this moment, you will retain your official position and wealth. If the army goes south, it will break the city and kill them. Please also be too guarded not to hesitate and make a quick decision. ”

Xing Daorong wants to fight again.

Liu Du was already flustered, so he didn't wait for this fool to continue to speak. called: "Come on, fork Xing Daorong out." ”

A team of guards outside the door immediately took Xing Daorong out. However, Xing Daorong was not forked out in the end, but was only taken out.

Xing Daorong was very angry, but he didn't resist.

When Liu Du saw that this person had gone down, he straightened his clothes, got up from his seat and bowed to the north, and then said to Lu Neng: "I am willing to surrender to Guan Gong." ”

"Mrs. Liu is true and clear." Lu Neng was overjoyed, then got up and saluted Liu Du and said, "Please also ask Liu Taishou to immediately send someone to collect the grain and send it to Wuling." Guan Gong's hundreds of thousands of troops went south, but they needed food. ”

"No." Liu Du promised.

And this is Lingling County, Guiyang Zhao Fan is inferior to Liu Du, and the envoy will be obedient as soon as he arrives. The two counties collected the hot grain that had just been harvested from the autumn harvest and sent it to Wuling, and the barbarians along the way were also released.