Xiajun, as the city closest to the Yangtze River in Changsha County, after many defeated soldiers escaped from Chibi, they rushed to this side, and overnight, dozens of Cao's defeated troops defected to Xiajun, but this was not a good thing for Xiajun County Commander and County Lieutenant.

Before this night, no one thought that the Cao army would be defeated, after all, after the Cao army integrated the Jingxiang soldiers and horses, it was known as an army of 800,000, even if there were not so many, 200,000 or 300,000 were absolutely there, and on both sides of the Yangtze River, there was no force to fight against it, let alone defeat overnight.

But such a seemingly ridiculous thing really happened.

The government office, Zhou Mao, the county commander, and Li Fang, the county magistrate, were relatively speechless, and at the time of the hour, the county lieutenant Wu Ling walked in quickly, his face a little ugly.

"How?" Zhou Mao hurriedly stood up and faced Wu Ling, after the rout came last night, he ordered Wu Ling to inquire about the news to see if Cao's army was really defeated.

"I'm afraid the prime minister has indeed lost." Wu Ling sighed and smiled bitterly at Zhou Mao.

Li Fang frowned and said, "This place is not close to the Chibi camp, how did you get the news so quickly?" ”

Zhou Mao also looked at Wu Ling suspiciously, yes, from here to Chibi, it takes a day to take the waterway, one back and forth, not to mention a day and a night, this is only half of the night, how could Wu Ling get the news so quickly.

"I never arrived at Chibi." Wu Ling took the water handed by the county officials, drank it in one go, looked at Zhou Mao and Li Fang and said: "I wanted to drive the state straight to Chibi to find out the news, but who knew that in Xiangkou, I met a group of men and horses, who were chasing the rout, and I didn't dare to approach, so I turned back." ”

"Where?" Li Fang hurriedly asked, and Zhou Mao on the side also looked at Wu Ling.

"Look at the flag, when you are a person of Xuande Gong, and look at the direction, it is coming towards our county." Wu Ling sighed and said.

"Liu Bei!?" When Li Fang heard this, he frowned.

Liu Bei's reputation in Jingzhou is not low, especially when he was defeated in Xinye, but he did not forget to flee with the people, which also made Liu Bei win the recognition of Jingxiang Shimin.

"How many centaurs? Who leads the troops? Zhou Mao is more concerned about the other party's troops, and there is still a bit of luck in his heart, after all, Liu Bei has not had too many troops under his command, even if the battle of Chibi and Cao's army are defeated, Liu Bei's main force must be chasing Cao Cao, how many people can be sent?

"There are hundreds of odd-shaped warships, and depending on the scale, there are no less than 5,000 people!" Wu Ling's words completely dispersed the last trace of luck in Zhou Mao's heart.

After a moment of silence, Zhou Mao said abruptly: "How much does the county guard in my city have?" ”

Wu Ling smiled bitterly: "Counting the guards of the government office, it is only five hundred." ”

Li Fang was still a little reluctant to say: "We have the solidity of the city, although the enemy army has a hundred warships, but there may not be 5,000 men and horses, why not send someone to Linxiang for help, I will wait for a few days?" ”

Wu Ling shook his head when he heard this, and said: "The city wall of Xia Jun is less than two zhang, and there are not many city defense equipment, and there are not too many bows and arrows in the treasury, not to mention that there are five thousand, that is, there are two thousand men and horses, which is enough to break through the city, not to mention that the fierce generals under the Xuande public account are like clouds, and they are ...... under the Xia."

Wu Ling is relatively self-aware, Liu Bei's subordinates said that they are few soldiers, and that is also compared with Cao Cao and Sun Quan, but if it is put in a city, it is really a lot, and what is the quality of people, how can it be compared with himself? Therefore, Wu Ling is not willing to defend it in his heart.

Li Fang frowned and looked at Wu Ling: "Could it be that the county lieutenant Wu wants to join the enemy?" ”

Wu Ling raised his eyebrows and said: "Although the prime minister is heavy, but does not implement benevolent government, Gongzi Cong dedicated the land of Jingxiang, not only did not have the slightest kindness, but assassinated it, a certain is the general of Jingxiang, forced by the situation, had to vote and vote, now the prime minister has lost power, the name of Xuande Gong benevolence is all over the world, and it is the Han family, when the former lord was alive, he also intended to entrust Jingxiang, but Xuande Gong did not want to take away his brother's inheritance, and refused several times, I waited to vote for Xuande Gong, but repeated the rule of Jingxiang, what is the enemy? ”

Li Fang sneered: "The prime minister is ordered by the Son of Heaven to beg for ministers, the county lieutenant only knows Liu Biao, but he doesn't know that this Jingxiang land also belongs to the imperial court, and now you want to vote for Liu Bei, don't you turn your back on the Han family!" ”

Wu Ling stretched out his hand to press the sword, looked at Li Fang with an unkind gaze and said: "Cao thief coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and no one in the world knows. ”

Li Fang suffocated, snorted coldly, and stopped talking, not that he was short of words, the other side was obviously ready to draw a knife, and at this time, if the other party really did it, his head would have to move.

Zhou Mao hurriedly stepped forward, held down Wu Ling and said, "Don't be angry, since you can't hold it...... As the county lieutenant said, let's surrender the city. ”

Although it is the county order that is in charge on weekdays, there are also thieves and others in charge of the county soldiers in this office, but in wartime, the county lieutenant who holds the county guard has the real right to speak, and now Wu Ling is obviously unwilling to fight, what can he do as a scribe, even if Wu Ling is killed, he can defend the city?

"The county order is wise!" When Wu Ling heard this, he hugged his fists and said to Zhou Mao.

"Let's arrange it." Zhou Mao didn't feel good in his heart, it was only a long time, and he changed hands twice, and it seemed that last time he said that Cao Cao was surrendered, this Wu Ling also took the lead in expressing support.

……

Liu Yi was not in a hurry to go to Xiajun, and even deliberately let people slow down the speed of the boat, which was already the speed of the mother ship, and he could reach Xiajun at dawn, but in fact, Liu Yi encountered a routed army along the way and wanted to take a look, and when he arrived at Xiajun, it was already afternoon.

Liu Feng was quite dissatisfied with this, but Liu Yi didn't pay attention to him at all, and could only be sullen, secretly deciding in his heart that if this battle did not go well, he would definitely sue Liu Bei after he returned.

It was only when the fleet arrived at Xiajun and the officers and soldiers of the three armies had not completely disembarked from the ship that they saw that the Han flag representing Cao's army had been removed from Xiajun City, and the gate of Xiajun City was wide open, and a group of officials in the city were waiting outside the city with soldiers, and sent county officials to ask for surrender.

This result made Liu Feng a little stunned, although he thought that this battle would not be too difficult, but he didn't expect the other party to surrender directly.

Liu Yi didn't care about this, and under the escort of Wei Yan and Liu Sandao, he personally accepted the surrender, and cordially pulled Zhou Mao and Wu Ling into the city.

"I have heard the name of the Mo family of the Tiangong Workshop for a long time, and I don't want Mr. to vote for the emperor's uncle early, and he is really discerning." Li Fang smiled and complimented Liu Yi, not at all able to see that he was a character who tried his best to refuse to surrender before.

"The county is falsely praised, it is the emperor's uncle who is not humble and shallow with his perseverance." Liu Yi nodded humbly, and under the guidance of Wu Ling, he sat directly on the main seat, chatting and laughing with the three of them.

After a while, Liu Feng and Guan Ping came back to restore their lives, the soldiers and horses had been received, and the treasury had been sealed.

"Leave Santun men and horses to assist in defending the city, General Wu!" Liu Yi nodded at Liu Feng and commanded, then turned his head to look at Wu Ling.

"I can't be a county lieutenant in the next place, and I don't dare to call myself a general!" Wu Ling hurriedly said politely.

"I think the general is quite talented, it's a pity just for a county lieutenant, why don't you lead the soldiers under the army into our army, and go with me to fight, he has meritorious deeds in the future, and I can ask the emperor's uncle for the general's merit?" Liu Yi looked at Wu Ling and discussed with a smile.

"This ......" Wu Ling was a little moved.

Liu Yi said with a smile: "This time there are 500 soldiers and horses, known as a colonel to the outside world, and the general is in charge of it, and the general temporarily takes the position of captain, and when the battle in Changsha is over, I will show the emperor uncle for the general, how about officially serving as a captain?" ”

Now the gold content of the position of the captain is not high, when the Eastern Han Dynasty was not chaotic, five departments and one school, in charge of 2,000 soldiers and horses, but with the Yellow Turban Uprising, chaos appeared in the world, and then Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, the princes were divided, the power in the hands of the school captain is far less than the beginning, most of the school captains in their hands are only 800 people at most, Liu Yi recruited two schools of people in Mocheng before, and before the world was in chaos, it was not as good as a school of people.

However, for a county lieutenant, the lieutenant has already been promoted, Wu Ling was naturally overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "Thank you, Mr. for cultivating!" ”

Liu Yi smiled and nodded, and then, Liu Yi did not rush to continue the expedition, but stayed in Xiajun for three days to appease the people, and at the same time reconstructed the rights, promoted several county officials, promised benefits, and held the financial power and employment rights in his hands, as for the county order and the county Cheng, he did not move, and he did not have the right to appoint and dismiss, but in this way, the military power, financial power, and personnel appointment and dismissal power are all in the hands of Liu Bei, even if Zhou Mao and Li Fang have other ideas, with the two of them, they can't turn the tables.

In addition, Liu Yi sent away the defeated troops of the Cao army who had defected to Xiajun, so that they could go wherever they liked, and spread the news of the Battle of Chibi to the whole of Changsha through these routs.

After dealing with these things, Liu Yi sent troops again, and set off for the next city with the newly surrendered Wu Ling.

This time, Liu Feng did not question Liu Yi's decision, because although Liu Yi did not march fast, but everywhere he went, there was basically no war, and the cities he passed along the way almost fell from the wind, but in one month, Liu Yi easily won six cities, and the original plus those who surrendered along the way were only more than 3,000 soldiers and horses, leaving two or three hundred people in each place, but taking away the soldiers and horses in the city, in this way, when Liu Yi took the soldiers and horses to Linxiang, he had gathered 5,000 men and horses. The momentum is even more than twice as great as when it came.

However, this momentum was finally terminated when attacking Linxiang.

Linxiang, is where Changsha is located, not only the city is strong, but also there are 2,000 defenders, too shou Han Xuan obviously does not think that the Cao army will be defeated, or the people of the Cao Cao faction who are desperate, after learning that Liu Yi's army broke through the city one after another, he actively prepared for war, strengthened the city defense, and gathered the people to go to the city to assist in the battle.

When Liu Yi led the army to Linxiang City, he saw that the city head was full of rolling wood and stones, and a large number of soldiers and civilians were standing at the head of the city.

After Liu Yi watched for a while, he did not order the siege of the city, but ordered people to start camping and start preparing for his first siege battle.