After lunch, Liu Zhang took a nap, and when he woke up, he immediately ordered someone to bring the captured Kuai brothers and others.

After some persuasion, Ning Zhiyuan immediately expressed his willingness to recruit, these people also knew very well that Jingzhou already belonged to Liu, and the best result of continuing to carry it was to cut off all official positions, become ordinary people, and bury their talents, and the worst result was to be pushed out and beheaded by the knife and axe hand outside the house, so they immediately expressed their willingness to return.

Liu Zhang is overjoyed, the Kuai brothers and others are all outstanding people for a while, and others are also talented people, and these people are all local nobles in Jingzhou, once these people serve him, it means that the Wangzu in Jingzhou recognizes him as the new master, which will obviously be very conducive to him to stabilize the situation in Jingzhou as soon as possible and accept the hearts of the people in Jingzhou, not to mention that the Yizhou army belongs to outsiders, if these Jingzhou locals help govern, they will definitely be able to get twice the result with half the effort! He immediately said that everyone would temporarily take their place in their original positions, and they would be appointed and dismissed after future evaluations, and at the same time he would hold a banquet for everyone in the evening.

At the banquet, Liu Zhang, who was in a good mood, and everyone raised their glasses frequently, and they didn't know if they felt drunk.

The next day, Liu Zhang immediately ordered the whole army to go north.

Everywhere they passed, Chaoyang, Xinye, Yuyang and other counties had surrendered under the threat of the forward Huang Zhong. Liu Zhang comforted them one by one, and did not investigate all kinds of things in the past, so that he could fulfill his duties, report to the emperor's grace, and reassure the people. Everyone was chattering.

Without a war, Liu Zhang successfully entered Wan County, the place of Nanyang Zhisuo, and before he had time to rest, Liu Zhang immediately summoned Hua Xiong, Huang Zhong and others to inquire about the situation.

According to the two of them, all the counties of Nanyang have surrendered, Huang Zhong is planning to send part of the troops into the counties to achieve real control, and Hua Xiong ordered the cavalry to be a team of 1,000 people, galloping in Nanyang County, to shock the night, at the same time, Huang Zhong has sent scouts to Nanyang and Sili, Yuzhou junction to reconnoitre, if Dong Zhuo and others have any changes, there will be news back.

Liu Zhang was very satisfied with the arrangement of the two, but he canceled Huang Zhong's plan to divide the troops, it should be said that he canceled the plan to divide the British army, the British army is the strongest army in his hands, and it must be twisted into a ball to exert maximum combat power, so as to become his killer weapon in a possible battle, if it is arranged in Nanyang counties like tearing pepper noodles, it is simply a waste. At his indication, 10,000 Yizhou soldiers were stationed in various counties of Nanyang, realizing his actual control over Nanyang.

The day after Liu Zhang entered Wancheng, the news of Lu Su's annihilation of the Jingzhou naval army came, and all the civil and military forces, including Liu Zhang himself, cheered, because of geographical reasons, if you want to really become the lord of Jingzhou, it is far from enough to occupy the land, and it can even be said that occupying the land is just a flower in the mirror. With the annihilation of the powerful Jingzhou naval army, there is no longer a hostile naval army in Jingzhou, and the Yizhou naval army has become the absolute hegemon of Jingzhou's water surface...... How can the many benefits not be exciting? However, after seeing the casualties of more than 10,000 people in the battle report, Liu Zhang couldn't help but feel distressed again......

"Zijing is really resourceful, and even more bold and careful, as expected, the lord will add two counties to the land in the near future!" Guo Jia looked at Lu Su's battle report and said with a smile.

Xun You said: "I thought I knew Zijing very well, and I never dared to despise him, I didn't want to be a leopard in the tube, a great talent, it's better to be better!" ”

Xi Zhicai said: "According to Zijing's words, it seems that Yuzhang County is already in the lord's pocket, but Yuzhang belongs to the jurisdiction of Yangzhou, and our army crossed the border to occupy it, I am afraid that it will be slandered by the world!" If anyone slanders in front of the holy car, the lord is afraid that he will be rebuked by the Son of Heaven, and his reputation will be damaged! ”

But I heard Zhang Fei shouting: "That son of a bitch dares to chew his tongue, and I will smash him to pieces with a spear!" The land under this world, whoever has the biggest fist is who's whoever, if he is not convinced, let him come, I will solve it all by dividing five by two! ”

Liu Zhang said with a smile: "Yi Dexiu wants to talk nonsense, this 'under the whole world, is it not the king's land', how can we live in it?" It's just a shepherd for heaven! ”

Xi Zhicai said again: "Yuzhang is too guarded by Huaxin, diligent in government and loves the people, and does not lose a capable minister." However, Yuan Shu is now storming Huainan, there is a big swear not to reach the goal, in the opinion of his subordinates, although Yangzhou Mu Liu Xiang is a noble clan, but he is timid and cowardly, he will be invincible, once Yuan Shu captures Huainan, he will try the whole territory of Yangzhou. Hua Xin's culture is superior, but the martial arts are difficult to look at Yuan Shu's neck, everyone knows that Yuan Shu is extravagant and lascivious, but fortunately under the rule of the tyrannical conquest, if he captures Yuzhang, the people of Yuzhang will live in the water and fire from now on. Fang is beyond the reach of today's whip, and the lord, as a member of the Han clan, should share the worries of the Son of Heaven, how can he sit back and watch the people suffer? Therefore, the purpose of our army entering Yuzhang is not to annex, but to protect the people of Yuzhang from Yuan Shu's inconvenience, the lord does not hesitate to spend money and food for the people of the Han Dynasty, and even the lives of Yizhou soldiers, so compassionate and compassionate, it is not an exaggeration to say that he loves the people like sons, and all the people of insight in the world are in awe! ”

Liu Zhang shook his head secretly, he knew that Xi Zhicai's words were simply strong, it was like two families having a dispute, fighting there, one watching from behind, and said to one of the neighbors of the two, "These two guys are not good people, burning, killing and looting are all evil, you look at it, they will come to your house if they decide the winner, there is no one in your family, I can't stop them, I think everyone is a neighbor, come to your house to help you take care of the home, you quickly open the door and let me in, Delicious food and drink are waiting', but these days, the truth is in the hands of people with big fists, and if you are scolded a few words, you will not die, as long as you achieve hegemony, how you want to write it in the history books or not yourself? Liu Zhang always believed that Cao Cao's reputation in later generations was not good, because he was not bad enough to be a real and unknown emperor, but he was unwilling to move his ass to the dragon chair, and as a result, he was scolded for being a thief for thousands of years when he did not become an emperor, but what about Sun Quan, who was his contemporary? He was originally a Hanchen with Cao Cao, and he was scolded as a thief when he called the emperor the founding of the country? Tang Gaozu Li Yuan, Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin and others, they wiped out the previous dynasty in one fell swoop and established a new empire, but did anyone scold them for being thieves? Therefore, Liu Zhang doesn't care about these, he believes in heroes based on success or failure, his goal is the Ninth Five-Year Honor, only one day when he achieves this goal, then the historian will definitely praise him and praise him......

Xun Yu said: "The subordinates know Hua Xin very well, Hua Xin, the word fish, the plain Gao Tang people, when he was young, he was raised to filial piety and honesty, and after he came out, he was honest and honest, quiet and not annoying, and the people felt and loved, and he valued agriculture and light war, and attached importance to culture and education, and was a rare talent. This man is benevolent in his governance, and does not want the people to suffer from the chaos of war, if the army is strong and strong, and the soldiers are in the scene, and the warm words are comforting, this person will open the city and surrender! ”

Liu Zhang nodded and said: "Zijing is loyal, not a belligerent person, and he should be able to avoid the disaster of war!" ”

Everyone nodded yes.

Xu Huang said: "Lord, if our army obtains Yuzhang, will Yangzhou Liu Miao raise an army to fight under his anger?" ”

Liu Zhang shook his head and said: "It shouldn't be, now that Yuan Highway is aggressive, my clan uncle is struggling to deal with it, and he has no time to take care of himself, why should he fight back against Yuzhang?" However, there are no absolutes, so let's notify Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin to completely reorganize the surrendered troops as soon as possible, and then leave 5,000 soldiers to garrison Jingnan to guard Jingnan, and the rest of the troops will all go to Yuzhang. In addition, the surrendered troops in Zigui, Yiling and other places should have been reorganized and all of them should be transferred to Jiangling, and the defenders of Dangyang can also appropriately reduce their troops, and the vacated troops will also go to Jiangling to strengthen the forces of Jiangling, so that they can support the Yuzhang front line at any time. ”