The current situation in Jizhou made the family feel deeply uneasy, if they were against Lu Bu, without that strength, what could they do if someone in the family was an official, the military power was only held in the hands of Lu Bu, and the result of the rebellion would only be the destruction of the family, and the people in the family would become a member of the construction team.

Jizhou and Qingzhou gradually stabilized after successive turmoil, but Xiangyang was in dire straits.

Cao army siege for a month, several times on the city wall, if not Guan Yu brave, I am afraid that the city has been lost, Cao army in the siege of the city to pay the price is also heavy, from the siege to the present, the death of the soldiers outside Xiangyang reached 15,000 people.

Guan Yu's mood was a little heavy, he could feel that the strength of the Cao army was gradually improving, in comparison, although the defenders were also improving, they were much worse than the Cao army, and the madness shown by the Cao army during the battle was terrifying, especially the Qingzhou army in the Cao army.

Xiangyang was besieged, but reinforcements from other counties could not arrive, and even the navy suffered heavy losses under the heavy cavalry, and the navy general Su Fei was captured by Cao's army.

This situation, so that Zhuge Liang did not dare to easily mobilize the navy again, want to let reinforcements into the city, the most important thing is to solve the heavy cavalry wandering on the battlefield, even if Zhuge Liang has all kinds of resourcefulness, for the situation on the battlefield can not be understood in time, can only let the enemy rampant on the battlefield, although there are cavalry in the defenders, but the quality of these cavalry compared with the cavalry of the Cao army, the combat effectiveness is too weak, although the Jingzhou army is developing, but the speed of development is much worse than the Cao army.

The Qingzhou Army, Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, Heavy Cavalry, and Heavy Infantry in the Cao Army are all able to cause huge shocks on the battlefield, and the lack of elite soldiers makes the Jingzhou Army only passively defend, so that the war in Xiangyang has reached an urgent point.

The first thing is the high price of rice and grain, the money in the hands of the people has depreciated at a very fast rate, and in order to survive, the fields and houses of the people at home have gradually come into the hands of the family, and many people have even sold their children.

This is only a month after Cao's army attacked the city, and if the family lasts, there will inevitably be greater turmoil in the city.

Zhuge Liang felt the most troublesome is the price of rice and grain in the city, if the price of rice and grain can not be controlled, causing unrest among the people, it is extremely unfavorable for the defenders, the people in ordinary times are mild in the eyes of the ruler, if they are facing the danger of their lives, they will not hesitate to stand up and resist, the Yellow Turban Rebellion is a good proof, Zhuge Liang did not dare to gamble.

In contrast, although the families in the city were worried about the safety of the city, it did not affect the pace of their growth in strength, and in their eyes, they considered the family more often.

After Zhuge Liang walked around the city wall, he returned to the Hussar General's Mansion and fell into deep thought, the most important thing at present is not to block the Cao army, but how to stabilize Xiangyang and let the family help defend the city against the Cao army.

At this time, Zhuge Liang thought of Lu Bu, Lu Bu's treatment of the family is well known, the family's impression of Lu Bu is cruel, but Lu Bu's cruelty in exchange for stability under the rule, how urgent it was when the princes' coalition attacked the state, but there was no large-scale rebellion in the family under his rule, which is enough to prove that Lu Bu's method works.

"Order, all the heads of the family will go to the General's Mansion tonight to discuss matters." Zhuge Liang said.

After the family received Zhuge Liang's order, there was a bad feeling, the last time Zhuge Liang discussed, the private soldiers in the hands of the family were reduced by three percent, and the grain and grass contributed a lot, mainly after Zhuge Liang controlled the Kuai family, so that the family had to comply, as for the Kuai family to defect to Jingzhou and join Cao Cao, more families are skeptical, Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue's contributions to Jingzhou over the years are obvious to all, if the Kuai family betrayed, they would not have supported Liu Qi to become the emperor at the beginning.

However, they can only keep these words in their hearts, and now in Xiangyang City, it is Zhuge Liang who is in charge.

Originally, for Zhuge Liang, the family looked down on him, after all, Zhuge Liang was too young, but Zhuge Liang's means of showing were shocking to the people in the middle, and the same thing was put in their hands, and it was not necessarily Zhuge Liang's old way to deal with it.

Looking at Zhuge Liang in the top position, many families even had a bad premonition.

Zhuge Liang coughed lightly, looked at Guan Yu and said, "General Guan, now that the Cao army is attacking the city fiercely, you can tell me about the situation of the defenders." ”

"There were originally 20,000 defenders in the city, plus 1,000 private soldiers of the family, a total of 21,000 people, Cao's army besieged the city for a month, the defenders lost 3,000 dead, 2,000 seriously wounded, and 16,000 soldiers could fight." Guan Yu said: "The losses of the Cao army are about fifteen thousand. ”

The loss of the defending and besieging sides is about one to three, which makes the head of the family have a feeling of fear, if this situation continues, Xiangyang City will be broken by Cao's army, it will be a matter of time.

The defenders are at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers, as for relying on righteousness to make Cao Cao retreat, it is obviously impossible, since Cao Cao used so many troops to attack Xiangyang, the two sides are in a situation of endless death.

This is also the most troublesome place for Zhuge Liang, if the Cao army's attack on Jingzhou slows down to a year later, Jingzhou has enough confidence to block the Cao army, but at this time it is Liu Bei who has just captured Yizhou, Jingzhou is weak, who would have thought that the Cao army, which was originally supportive of Liu Bei's capture of Yizhou, would turn to attack Jingzhou.

"Now the Cao army is attacking the city fiercely, if the Cao army breaks through Xiangyang, everyone here will not be spared, even at such an urgent moment, there are many families who secretly raise the price of rice and grain in the city, so that the people are panicking, from now on, the price of rice and grain in the city will be restored, if the general's mansion finds out which one raises the price of rice and grain, this official has no reason to be soft, and I hope that you can work together to resist the Cao thief when Jingzhou is in danger." Zhuge Liang said.

The heads of the family have said yes, as for the real thoughts, it is unknown, will the family be willing to give up the benefits in their hands and help the defenders instead, and how the family's temperament will make them choose.

"Xianhe is responsible for investigating the price of rice and grain, but if he finds something, he doesn't need to report it to the general's mansion and directly eradicate it." Zhuge Liang said.

"Whoa." Jian Yong arched his hand.

For Jian Yong's power, the family in the city has already experienced, that is, the disaster star of the family, as long as it is the family that is targeted by Jian Yong, even if it is lucky not to die, it will shed its skin, and secretly many families have sent assassins to prepare to kill Jian Yong, but Jian Yong is extremely cunning, which makes the family a little helpless.

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