It wasn't until the whole territory of Changsha was conquered that Liu Zhang got the news that Yu Ban and Zhou Tai sent troops. In the past few days, he has been in a good mood, it turned out that Wang Ti lived up to expectations, opened the way with gold and silver treasures, smashed Lu Bu, the roadblock, and persuaded Wang Yun with the porcelain, glassware and other elegant things that are abundant in Chengdu, and finally met the young emperor. Of course, the gifts for worshipping the Son of Heaven are also indispensable, and the number is also higher than that of Lu Bu and Wang Yun, but Liu Zhang is very suspicious that how many of the things given to the emperor can really become his items in the end? Of course, Liu Zhang didn't care about this, anyway, he did what he should do, and he couldn't care about what others did, and he didn't want to care. He was glad that Wang Ti successfully persuaded Emperor Xian with his three-inch incorruptible tongue, and instructed Liu Zhang, the general of Yizhou Mu and Zhenxi, to arrest the anti-thief Wang Rui and send it to Tingwei for punishment.

Speaking of Wang Rui is also unlucky, when the emperor was in trouble, he ignored it, and later Sun Jian returned from begging for thieves, as his boss, not only did not praise, but also sent troops to ambush, his actions were almost scolded by all the people of insight in the world. Emperor Xian also thinks that the position of Wang Ruizhou's assassin was given by my father, and you are indifferent to me when I am in trouble, so why do I want you to stay in the position of Jingzhou assassin to eat vegetarian food? Speaking of which, Liu Zhang is still my imperial uncle, when I was in trouble, the imperial uncle came thousands of miles to rescue him, and his loyalty was commendable. Since this is the case, then I will drive you Wang Rui down, and replace him with Uncle Huang, who will read my kindness and say that he can't still save me from the sea of fire! It can be seen that although Emperor Xian looks young, his mind is much more mature than ordinary people, perhaps because he has lived in the palace since he was a child and is used to seeing intrigue in the court!

Of course, Emperor Xian is very aware of being a puppet, he first asked for the opinions of Lu Bu and Wang Yun (these two have already been dealt with by Wang Lei, otherwise he would not have been allowed to come to the court to see Emperor Xian, so he naturally agreed), and then counted Wang Rui's sins with righteous words, wrote the holy decree, stamped the treasure seal, and handed it to Wang Lei.

Wang Ti did not dare to stay after receiving the holy decree, and passed through Guanzhong, Yuetailing, and Hanzhong non-stop. When Wei Yan found out, he immediately mobilized ships, sent elite soldiers to protect Wang Lei, and sent the people and the holy decree to Wancheng.

Three days ago, when Liu Zhang got the holy decree, Wang Rui had already been a prisoner in Xiangyang for more than half a month, which would be criticized for a long time after that, but Liu Zhang didn't care too much. He immediately told the world about this fig leaf, and finally brought back some reputation for him. And Wang Rui's family was also escorted to Luoyang by Liu Zhang, whether it was dead or alive Liu Zhang didn't care, there were too many people who died in these years, and if I saw more, I lost the initial guilt.

"It is said that blessings are incomparable, and disasters are not one-way, and I don't think this is all right!" Holding the official document submitted by Yu Ban, Liu Zhang laughed proudly: "I have been thinking about how to break the situation in Jingnan, but I didn't expect good luck to fall from the sky, haha, yes, Wen Ze is doing well, Youping is also very good, I want to be rewarded!" ”

Guo Jiadao: "Lord, Changsha civil strife, Yu Ban and Zhou Tai got a good opportunity to send troops decisively, but they are the talents of generals!" Changsha soldiers are only thousands, plus thousands of strong private soldiers, the strength of our army is slightly waiting, but unfortunately they are fighting endlessly, it will be difficult to resist the edge of our army, and the subordinates are here to congratulate the lord on the next county! ”

"Haha, rejoice, rejoice!" Liu Zhang laughed.

"My lord, once our army captures Changsha, the situation in Jingnan will also be opened, do you take this opportunity to take it in one fell swoop?" Full of pets.

"What's your opinion? Let's talk about it! Liu Zhang looked at the group of civil and military officers and said.

Xi Zhicai said: "My lord, in the opinion of my subordinates, our army has suffered great losses after more than a month of fighting, and the soldiers are physically and mentally exhausted, and they urgently need to rest; Moreover, many Jingzhou soldiers have been added to our army, and it will also take time to integrate the troops and integrate the Jingzhou army into our army. Therefore, the subordinates thought that our army was on the defensive for the time being! ”

Xun You also said: "The subordinates agree with Zhicai's opinion, our army has 100,000 soldiers and horses when it comes out of Shu, and after more than a month of fighting, nearly 20,000 people have been killed and wounded, and the combat effectiveness has been sharply reduced. Moreover, the main force of our army was contained in Wancheng to prevent Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu, Cao Cao, etc., and the other needed to defend the direction of Yangzhou, and there were not many troops that could be mobilized, mainly the troops of public security and Jiangling. Therefore, the subordinates thought that the top priority of our army was to manage the vested land, exterminate the bandits, bandits, stragglers, stabilize the situation, restore production and commerce, and gather the hearts of the people! ”

Fa Zhengdao: "The subordinates think it is inappropriate, Fang Jinwuling, Lingling, and Guiyang are about to recruit strong men and expand their strength, if our army does not take advantage of the fact that the enemy is still weak to attack, once the other party develops and grows stronger, it will send troops to exterminate it, the war will definitely drag on for a long time, and our army will also suffer more casualties." Therefore, his subordinates thought that our army should continue to use troops against the three counties under the threat of consecutive victories, even if it was acceptable to pay a relatively large price. Only by taking the land of the three counties can our army rest calmly. ”

Xu Huang also said: "The subordinates agree with Mr. Xiaozhi's opinion, now the elite soldiers of the three counties are gathered in Wuling, Guiyang and Lingling are empty, and the soldiers are noble and fast, if our army obtains Changsha, we should immediately send troops from Changsha, first easy and then difficult, take advantage of the emptiness of Guiyang and Changsha troops to attack, and then realize the encirclement of Wuling on all sides, and will be able to annihilate the enemy army in one fell swoop!" If our army does not move, it will give the enemy time to deploy troops, and the difficulty of attacking will increase exponentially! ”

Huang Zhong said: "What General Gongming said is reasonable, our army has difficulties now, but it can still be solved by overcoming it, if it is not solved while the enemy is still weak, it may be difficult to fall in the end!" ”

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Most people tend to fight, especially Hua Xiong, this time he went to Nanyang with five thousand elite cavalry in high spirits, but he didn't get a battle, the depression in his heart can be imagined, and he eagerly wanted to prove the value of him and his cavalry with his exploits in the first war. However, he didn't know that even if he wanted to find it, his troops would not be transferred to the front line, first, Nanyang was mostly Pingchuan, and to defend this territory, he couldn't do without his cavalry, and secondly, the terrain of Jingnan was not suitable for his cavalry to fight.

Liu Zhang synthesized everyone's opinions and was more inclined to fight, but he must not be able to make up his mind, because it is indeed difficult to fight now, but if he sits back and watches the other party grow, I am afraid that the difficulties will be even greater in the future......

Guo Jia's words dispelled the intention of starting a war, Guo Jia analyzed the population of the three counties, he believes that the total population of Wuling, Lingling, and Guiyang counties is about 500,000 (soldiers are also counted), and the number of soldiers of appropriate age is about 180,000 (including the existing strength of 40,000), the number seems very large, but it is impossible for Cao Yin and others to recruit all the 180,000 people, and now the ratio of the population of the three counties to soldiers is 12 to 1, that is, every 12 people need to feed a soldier, it seems to be very easy, 12 people to raise oneWhat are the difficulties? But is that really the case? No, among these twelve people, excluding the elderly and children, there are only seven or eight women who can engage in production, even if eight people are good (this does not remove the huge number of landlords, heroes, and officials who are not diligent and do not distinguish between grains), these eight people have to feed another four people who have no labor force while supporting a soldier, do you still think it is that simple? What's more, every soldier's ordnance, armor, and military salary must be pressed on these eight people, especially military salary, most of the ordnance and armor can be used for a long time, but the military salary is different, what are people in this year a soldier for? Isn't it just to support the family? Without a good pay, the illiterate people will not die for you. Therefore, in terms of the current situation in the three counties, it is already a desperate army, Cao Yin and others ignore this point in vain, forcibly recruit soldiers, and the situation of the people under their rule will be difficult.

And Guo Jia believes that as long as Changsha is in hand, Yizhou has actually formed a strategic encirclement of the three counties, and the three counties have become a dish on Liu Zhang's table, and no one can snatch it, so you can eat it whenever you want, why rush for a while? And Changsha has a unique position, just like a three-pointed knife, the blade is pointed directly at the soft lower abdomen of the three counties, as long as the garrison in Changsha is maintained, the three counties will never be at peace. In order to deal with it, Cao Yin and the others, even if they knew the dangers of reckless force, had to increase the number of troops in order to achieve a microsecond balance in the face of the Yizhou army, but they actually drank to quench their thirst!

Guo Jia also suggested secretly sending people to the three counties to vigorously publicize the various benefits of Yizhou, and called on the people to leave the three counties and go to Changsha, Jiangling, and Xiangyang, and live in all the places they wanted, so as to reduce the number of people in the three counties, deal a blow to the economy of the three counties, and further increase the ratio of the people to the soldiers.

After thinking about it, Liu Zhang agreed with Guo Jia's opinion, and he wrote orders to Yu Ban and Zhou Tai, asking them to maintain the status quo and step up military training. He gave Jiang Qin another order, telling him to return to the public security and rearm for war. In order to allow Yu Ban and Zhou Tai to train with peace of mind, Liu Zhang resigned Du Yi, who had performed brilliantly since the attack on Jingzhou, from the Dangyang Order and served as the Taishou of Changsha, focusing on the people's livelihood in Changsha.