It was not Cao Cao Xun, but Liu Cong who seized the fleeting fighter, and the combat effectiveness of the four thousand cavalry was completely unleashed in the sneak attack.

Therefore, after a lifeless escape during the day, less than half of the people who were able to cross the Baihe River smoothly and gather on the east bank of the Baihe River were less than half of the people who set off from Xinye to cross the river to Fancheng.

As soon as the attack on Fancheng came, more than 10,000 casualties were killed and wounded in the previous month, but Cao Cao lost half of it for two consecutive days.

Although Cao Cao could afford to wear down these troops, he had completely lost his advantage, and diseases were rampant in the army, and morale had fallen to the bottom. What Cao Cao can do now is to return to Xuchang first, and then fight after rectifying the people.

It was only at this time that Cao Cao regretted that he was in a hurry, and he underestimated Liu Cong from beginning to end! This lesson can be said to be very painful, at least so that Cao Cao will not dare to peep into Jingzhou easily in the next few years.

And Liu Cong did not dare to be careless, while stepping up the prevention of diseases, sending personnel to clean up the corpse of Cao Jun on the bank of the Baihe River, and at the same time began to repair the arrow tower of Fancheng and clean up the moat.

At the same time, Liu Cong ordered Huo Jun to lead 5,000 sailors to Jiangxia.

At this time, Cai Zhong had already returned to Fancheng, and when he saw Cai Zhong going and returning, Liu Cong knew Cai Mao's choice, and in the end, this ** fortunately did not explode! Liu Cong sent Huo Jun to Jiangxia at this time to prevent Zhou Yu's sneak attack!

Cao Cao's army marched south, the threat was too great, Sun Quan was also afraid that Cao Cao would occupy the advantage of the Yangtze River, and now that Cao Cao had stopped cooking, there was no guarantee that Sun Quan still had that mind, even if Sun Quan was, Zhou Yu was not necessarily.

Soon, Cao Cao, as Liu Cong expected, a menacing southern expedition ended in this way. The large dark clouds that pressed on Liu Cong's heart finally dispersed. Next, Liu Cong will not give Cao Cao this opportunity to fight in the city, he will take advantage of Cao Cao's years of recuperation to strengthen himself as soon as possible.

In order to strengthen itself, Jingzhou's internal affairs must be handled well.

Just after Huo Jun arrived in Jiangxia, Zhou Yu also withdrew his troops from Xiakou, although he was unwilling.

But it is obvious that Liu Cong's defense of himself has made Zhou Yu unsure of victory. Liu Cong was able to send a naval army from Xiangyang to Jiangxia, which shows that the battle between Liu Cong and Cao Cao has been fruitful.

For Liu Cong to be able to defeat Cao Cao, not only Zhou Yu was surprised, but even Cai Mao couldn't believe it.

In Cai Mao's imagination, even if Cao Cao withdrew his troops in the end, it was because Liu Cong returned to Xiangyang to reorganize the defense after defending Fancheng, Cao Cao's logistics could not keep up, and the source of troops could not keep up, so he had to leave.

When Cai Mao listened to Huo Jun tell about the process of the battle, Cai Mao immediately understood that he had not underestimated Liu Cong in the past, but underestimated him too much. This is still the son-in-law who is slaughtered by others, this is really a natural overlord.

It's ridiculous that just a few days ago, I was still struggling with the choice of that master.

Such a natural overlord is his old master or his son-in-law. Cai Mao really doesn't know how to say that she is good, but now it seems that her Kuai Yue and Liu Bei are not wronged at all.

Liu Cong's refusal to attack himself and the Cai family is completely out of emotional factors! Cai Mao, who understood this, rode back to Xiangyang on the third day of Huo Jun's arrival in Jiangxia and asked Liu Cong for his resignation.

At this time, Liu Cong was actually in a hurry, and there were many things to deal with, Xu Shu, Zhao Yun, Yi and others had not yet reached a conclusion. Although Liu Bei and others were conclusive, they still did not execute.

At this time, Cai Mao came to resign, and she really came to add to the chaos!

However, Liu Cong did not insist, to be a military general, you must have the consciousness of being a military general! Cai Mao, as a meritorious service who followed Liu Biao to pacify Jingzhou, as the head of the Cai family, a senior minister who successively served as the Taishou of Jiangxia, Nanjun, Zhangling and other counties, and the official to the general military division of Zhennan, actually started to have a crooked brain when the young master was fighting with Cao Cao.

If Liu Cong keeps Cai Mao any longer, it will be very inappropriate to be in Jiangxia's position as the Taishou.

Liu Cong will never tolerate betraying himself, no matter who it is!

Losing Cai Mao is just the loss of a naval general, a veteran who can fight habitually, and what he will win will be absolute authority!

Of course, Cai Mao is also retreating, and when he retreats, Cai Zhong and Cai He have more Cai family disciples can be appointed by Liu Cong. The Cai family will not be pursued by Liu Cong.

Under the tacit understanding of the two, the people of Xiangyang soon heard a shocking news.

Cai Mao, the former first minister of Jingzhou, stepped down from Jiangxia Taishou due to health reasons. This made those rumors that were already circulating in Xiangyang City even more popular. However, many people can't take care of these anymore, but it depends on what Liu Cong will do next.

There are many people who have contributed to this huge war! They are all looking forward to it, this is the victory of the first large-scale war of the young master of Jingzhou!

Cai Mao resigned, and who would serve as Jiangxia Taishou made Liu Cong embarrassed.

Originally, Huang Zu was more suitable, but he would still consider an alliance with Sun Quan next, as the sworn enemy of the Sun family, he could not stimulate Sun Quan's nerves when he appeared in Jiangxia.

Liu Cong's first thought was Wenpin, but then he denied it. Wen Ping will be the main general to resist Cao Cao in the next few years or even more than ten years, and the suitable position for him to be drunk is Xinye or Fancheng. Jiangxia was too far away from Cao Cao and too close to Sun Quan. Sun Quan is known for his water army again!

Liu Cong's second thought was Liu Pan, Liu Pan in this war, sneak attack Xiahou Dun, capture Liu Bei, harass Cao Cao, until the end of the pursuit of Cao Cao has made a lot of contributions, and he is Liu Cong's brother, it is said that he served as a county guard, I believe no one will criticize. But Liu Cong hopes that Liu Pan will serve as the Taishou of Changsha in the future, after all, Liu Pan is better at land warfare and is also quite popular in Changsha.

Liu Cong wants to turn Jingzhou into his own Jingzhou and become the Jingzhou he wants, but now none of the Taishou of the four counties of Jingnan are incompetent. Han Xuan's lack of courage was not enough to become the right foot in the defense of Cao Cao and Sun Quan's character system. Jin Xuan and Liu Du are not politically capable enough, they can't do well in Chengdu, Ben Xiaokang is not considered, and Zhao Fan is not loyal enough. Therefore, Liu Cong's next step is to find a way to replace the Taishou of the four counties, so Liu Pan is prepared for Changsha.

The next order is Gan Ning, Wei Yan, and Jiang Wan, these three have followed Liu Cong for a while, and they have also shown their abilities and made a lot of contributions. But in Liu Cong's planning, Jingzhou's naval strength is far from enough, Gan Ning, as the actual supreme commander of the naval army, if he is entangled in the secular affairs of a county, he will not be able to train the naval army, although Jiang Qin can replace Gan Ning, but after all, he is an old general in Jiangdong, and it may be difficult to subdue the generals of the naval army.

And Wei Yan is the vanguard of Liu Cong's plan to attack Shu, and Jingzhou wants to expand the army, Wei Yan is also the most suitable candidate for training, and he gets along with the soldiers day and night, and he naturally prohibits the army from attacking Shu. And Liu Cong also hopes to keep Wei Yan by his side and give more guidance, so that he can grow into a real general as soon as possible.

Jiang Wan is a good candidate, but Liu Cong is still reluctant, now the affairs of Jingzhou are handed over to Zhuge Liang alone, Liu Cong can't bear it, and Liu Cong also expects Zhuge Liang to transform the Zhuge crossbow and invent the wooden ox and flowing horse.

The other generals either did not have enough merit, or Liu Cong was not at ease. Jiangxia's strategic position in Liu Cong's heart was second only to Xiangyang, and Liu Cong also planned to expand Xiakou and build it into the metropolis of Wuchang.

As a last resort, Liu Cong had to invite Wen Ping and Zhuge Liang to discuss.

After listening to Liu Cong's plan, the two were also speechless, according to Liu Cong's idea, I am afraid that only Liu Cong himself is the most suitable!

"Lord, or let Ji Chang try?" Zhuge Liang thought about it, to govern Jiangxia well, and now he has enough political ability to deal with a few people such as Yi, Ma Liang, Jiang Wan, and Zhuge Liang.

Ma Liang had a good relationship with Zhuge Liang before he came out, and Zhuge Liang also admired Ma Liang very much, and Ma Liang's mission to Jiangdong was quite successful during the war. Wen Ping was silent on the side, first he didn't have a suitable candidate to recommend, and he was still worried about his sister's affairs.

Zhuge Liang said that Ma Liang, Liu Cong's heart immediately lit up, according to his own plan, if he successfully formed an alliance with Jiangdong, Ma Liang, who had sent an envoy to Jiangdong, would be appointed as Jiangxia Taishou, and he would also be regarded as a gesture of goodwill to Jiangdong. According to his ability, Liu Cong believes in Ma Liang. Of course, there is a deeper consideration. After he entered Jingzhou, he exterminated the Kuailiang clan.

Now that Cai Mao has also resigned, although Liu Cong has no intention of continuing to suppress the Cai family, it will inevitably make other prominent families have opinions. Ma Liang's Ma clan is also considered a wang family. The rapid promotion of Ma Liang to a county Taishou can also be regarded as a hint to other noble families in Xiangyang. The only deficiency is that Ma Liang's military exploits are too few.

No matter what, Liu Cong made up his mind to reuse Ma Liang. The rest is to equip Ma Liang with a general, and use the choice of Huo Jun and Huang Shot!