When Fu Tong pocketed all the four northern counties of Wuling County, and included all the newly recruited recruits in the county seat, Huang Zudu never knew that Fu Tong had already led reinforcements into Wuling County, but he did not lead troops to the county seat of Linyuan County to support him.

When Fu Tong led his troops to Qianling County and Youyang County, the scouts he sent had already found out that Sun Ce did not care about these two counties that were not in the direction of Linyuan County, and after successively capturing Duliang County of Lingling County, Chenyang County and Yuanling County of Wuling County, Sun Ce's 10,000 soldiers and horses rushed towards Linyuan County in the northeast.

In the absence of grain and grass support from the rear, and the fact that Changsha County was still between Yuzhang County and Wuling County, and Zhang Xian was still very desperate to join forces with Sun Ce to fight against Liu Biao, Sun Ce's move was quite bold.

However, Fu Tong believed that under his careful layout and defense, Sun Ce might not be able to take the entire Wuling County, but he was able to break through Linyuan County and kill Huang Zu according to the plan he had formulated in advance.

Huang Zu concentrated all his forces in Linyuan County, but ignored the defense of the two counties adjacent to the county, Hanshou County and Yuannan County, which is why Sun Ce dared to lead his troops so quickly and directly to Linyuan County, where Huang Zu, the enemy of the common sky, was located. Huang Zu actually very carelessly neglected to transfer all the grain stored in the treasury of the county seat of these two counties to Linyuan County.

Fu Tong wanted to hide the information that he had arrived in Jiangnan with his troops, so he knew about this fatal mistake made by Huang Zu, and he did not send someone to inform Huang Zu.

In fact, attracting Sun Ce directly to Linyuan County was originally one of Fu Tong's southern aid plans.

As long as Linyuan County was not breached by the enemy, Sun Ce's attention would always be nailed to Huang Zu, which gave Fu Tong and the four other four Jingzhou talents who temporarily served as county commanders enough time to deploy defenses and move the people outside the county seat south.

In order to ensure that the three county towns were not breached as much as possible, except for Xiaoling County, Fu Tong hardened his heart and did not let Pang Tong, Li Yan and Huo Jun bring the people outside the county seat into the city, they could only cross the Qingjiang River to the south and first go to Sheshan County, where Xi Zhen was stationed.

In the Western Han Dynasty, Sheshan County originally belonged to Wuling County, south of the Yangtze River and north of the Qingjiang River, a tributary of the Yangtze River. Fu Tong's recommendation of Xi Zhen to temporarily serve as the county magistrate of this county is also due to the fact that his reputation is under Pang Tong and above Ma Bochang. This is what is said about his ability in later history books.

In fact, after Xi Zhen served as the county magistrate of Sheshan County, his ability was indeed far stronger than Fu Tong's fellow villagers Chen Zhen and Liu Yong.

Of course, it is not entirely to blame Liu Yong's personal ability, which also has a lot to do with the geographical location of Zhijiang County. Among the three counties, Zhijiang County is the closest to Gangneung City, and the families and wealthy merchants in the county are not only more powerful, but also very cunning.

As soon as Liu Yong took office, these families and wealthy merchants immediately took the initiative to dedicate their ships to Liu Yong, and no longer carried out trade across the river, pretending to be more obedient than rats. In this case, Liu Yong just wanted to take this opportunity to warn the local forces with the method of killing chickens and monkeys, but he couldn't find any excuse for the time being.

On the other hand, Xi Zhen and Chen Zhen, although Sheshan County is located on a waterway, the Qingjiang River is only a tributary of the Yangtze River, and it is far away from Jiangling City, and the economy is not developed, so although the local forces are strong, they have little to do with the high-level of Jingzhou. The situation in Yidao County, where Chen Zhen is located, is roughly the same as that of Sheshan County, but because it is the node of the Yangtze River, there are more wealthy local businessmen.

As soon as Xi Zhen and Chen Zhen took office, they each sent troops to arrest a large local merchant who dared to continue to cross the river to trade by waterway, especially the two wealthy merchants who had a lot of land and the most grain in their homes. This practice not only greatly deterred the local families and the remaining wealthy merchants, but also prepared sufficient food reserves for the later migrants in advance.

Therefore, as soon as Xi Zhen and Chen Zhen freed their hands, they sent troops to assist Pang Tong in Lingyang County and Pang Shanmin in the relocation of the people in Chong County, where the three of them were located. As for Tang County, fortunately, even if Kuai Jun wanted to deliver Fu Tong's letter to Liu Biao, he was not there, and with the help of Huo Jun from a group of Jingzhou talents in Xiaoling County in the south, he was able to focus all his attention on strengthening the county defense.

According to the new personnel appointment brought by Kuai Jun and Liu Biao, in addition to Xi Zhen, Chen Zhen and Liu Yong, Kuai Jun was directly appointed by Liu Biao to the post of governor of the southern part of Wuling County.

In terms of Chong County, Pang Shanmin served as the county magistrate of Chong County, Li Yan County Lieutenant, and Xiang Lang County Cheng;

As Tang County, Huo Jun served as the county magistrate, and Fu Kuang served as the county magistrate, responsible for assisting Huo Jun.

However, Liu Biao unexpectedly appointed Ma Xuan and Ma Bochang to this official position.

What is more unexpected than Fu Tong is, no, it should be said that it is unexpected by Jin Jue, in another time and space, Feng Xi and Zhang Nan, the generals under Liu Bei of Shu State, also appeared in advance, and the two of them served as the county lieutenants of Tang County and Xiaoling County respectively, Feng Xi is a native of Nanjun, and Zhang Nan, a general who is a popular name in any historical period, is a fellow villager with Fu Tong - Nanyang.

Obviously, for these very critical counties in Nanjun and Wuling County, Liu Biao still followed Fu Tong's advice on recommending these people. As for why he sent military generals, Liu Biao was worried that there were no military generals in Tang County, and there was Kuai Jun, the son of his important minister Kuai Liang, in Xiaoling County.

And Fu Tong gave the task of migrating the people of Qianling County and Youyang County to the north to Yin Guan and Liao Li, who he had been bringing here, Yin Guan was a native of Jiangling, considering his own position, Fu Tong had always taken him with him, and Liao Li was a native of Wuling County, and Fu Tong also needed a person who was familiar with the local situation to do things for him.

In the process of getting along, Fu Tong found that although Yin Guan was not very famous, some of his suggestions were very insightful, on the contrary, I heard Pang Tong say that this Liao Li was very famous in the four counties of Jingnan, but this person was invited to do something, but it was not a little inconsistent with his fame.

However, people are willing to help, Fu Tong can't say anything, his personal ability is like this, it's a big deal, Fu Tong will no longer arrange too important tasks for Liao Li in the future.

Fu Tong himself used this time to transport all the grain in the treasury of the two counties, the families and the wealthy merchants to Lingyang County, and on the other hand, to rectify the county soldiers in these two counties.

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