After getting the news of Guo Jia, Su Chen sent a letter to Guo Jia, asking the four families to deal with the civil and military officials of Xiangyang, and he would soon lead the army south. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Guo Jia was also afraid of long nights and dreams, urging Cai Mao and others to discuss the matter of surrendering, and soon, the palace of Chu held a court meeting to discuss how to resist the Yan army, in the court meeting, someone proposed that the Yan country was powerful, and Xiangyang could not be defended for a long time, so it was better to return to the Yan country and protect the people of Xiangyang from war.

This argument is very marketable, even if there is no secret instigation of the four major families, many civil and military officials have already made small calculations, not to mention that Liu Biao is dead, Liu Cong can't hold Jingzhou at all, let's just say that after surrendering, these officials just changed their bosses, and the only thing to worry about is Liu Cong.

In the end, after Cai Mao and Kuai Yue both actively agreed with the proposal to surrender, Liu Cong was like a puppet who could only let these people do it.

Since it has been discussed, Cai Mao immediately sent Kuai Yue to envoy the Yan army camp outside Jingzhou City, and the result was naturally very smooth, Su Chen entertained Kuai Yue heavily, and then the two sides agreed that on the fifteenth day of this month, the Yan army entered the city to accept the surrender of Xiangyang civil and military officials.

The fifteenth period is close at hand, and it will be a few days later, in the face of this brilliant general trend, Liu Qi is a little at a loss, he was ready to return to Jiangxia after the funeral, but he never thought that Jiangxia had been occupied by Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai, and Xiling City had already surrendered under the pressure of the army, Liu Qi had nowhere to go for a while, so he could only stay in Xiangyang.

When Xiangyang Wenwu discussed the surrender, Liu Qi was not qualified to be present at all, and when he heard the news, he directly scolded Cai Mao and others for being chaotic ministers and thieves, and losing the foundation that his father had saved for many years.

Liu Qi had no way out, and finally came to Huang Chengyan's house, hoping that Huang Chengyan could unite with other families to oppose Cai Mao's surrender, but he didn't know, not to mention that Huang Chengyan ignored these political affairs, Cai Mao's surrender had Huang Chengyan's acquiescence, at this moment, how could he slap his face, but in the end, Huang Chengyan was not embarrassed for Liu Qi, only let him think about the future.

Liu Qi came out of Huang Chengyan's mansion, all thoughts were discouraged, thinking about it, now the Han clan only left Liu Zhang of Xichuan is still a prince, he is not willing to be like Liu Cong, he will be a golden bird in the future, while no one cares about his whereabouts, he secretly took his family to Xichuan.

In order to leave a good impression on Su Chen, Cai Mao held a grand entrance ceremony outside Xiangyang City, Su Chen was very useful for this, and after entering the palace of Chu Wang, Su Chen immediately asked Xu Rong to assist Cai Mao in charge of Xiangyang's defense.

Immediately, he issued several orders in a row, one of which was to give an order to the Taishou of the four counties of Jingnan, ordering him to come to Xiangyang to report on his work, called a debriefing, in fact, to see if these county guards were obedient.

That night, Su Chen's dove occupied the magpie's nest, held a grand dinner in the palace of the king of Chu, to celebrate the joining of Jingzhou's civil and military, at the banquet, he immediately replaced the Son of Heaven, named Cai Mao as the governor of Jingzhou Navy, Zhang Yun, Huang Zu as the deputy governor, and at the same time named Cai Mao as the Marquis of Xiangyang, five thousand households of Shiyi, Kuai Yue was named by Su Chen as the history of Jingzhou Thorn, Jiangling Marquis, thousands of households of Shiyi, and the rest of Jingzhou Wenwu each had a reward.

The reason why Kuai Yue was appointed as the assassin of Jingzhou was because he had been an official in Jingzhou for more than ten years, and in the current transitional period, he had to rely on Kuai Yue's familiarity with Jingzhou to help the Yan army quickly master the military politics of Jingzhou.

For Su Chen to attach so much importance to him, Kuai Yue did not live up to his expectations, and conscientiously helped Su Chen control Jingzhou.

After Su Chen occupied Xiangyang, the first thing he did was to recover the four counties of Jingnan, but after the order was issued, the Taishou of the four counties delayed coming to Xiangyang, and even led by Liu Pan, the Taishou of the four counties also organized an army of 100,000 people, under the banner of expelling the enemy.

For these stubborn people, Su Chen will not be soft-hearted, he has the idea of weakening Jingzhou's strength, and uses Huang Zu to lead 100,000 troops to assist Su in attacking the four counties of Jingnan.

Huang Zu was originally demoted, idle at home, after Su Chen occupied Xiangyang, he reciprocated the favor, and immediately enabled Huang Zu to be the deputy governor of Jingzhou Water Division, Huang Zu was also grateful to him, of course he knew that Su Jin was Su Chen's heir, for this lying beauty, Huang Zu was very concerned, and summoned the generals Huo Jun, Lu Jie, Cai Zhong, Cai He, and commanded 100,000 troops, and went to Nanjun with great momentum, and after joining forces with Su Jin, he immediately attacked Wuling.

After Huang Zu arrived in Nanjun, Su Jin adopted Zhuge Liang's strategy, using Cai Zhong and Cai He to lead 30,000 troops to attack Wuling, Huo Jun and Lu Jie led 30,000 troops to attack Lingling, Huang Zu personally led 30,000 troops to attack Guiyang, and the rest of the army and horses were led by Su Jin himself, preparing to destroy Liu Pan who was entrenched in Xiangxi in one fell swoop.

Wuling Taishou Jin Xuan learned that Cai Zhong Cai He came to take Wuling, and immediately sent a large army to obstruct it, the four counties of Jingnan nominally belonged to Jingzhou, but in fact they were separate, Liu Biao was there, these county guards were still dormant, after Liu Biao died, these Taishou became the emperor of the soil, how could they hand over the rights so easily.

Jin Xuan couldn't see the general trend clearly, and tried in vain to resist the heavenly soldiers, but there were people who understood things, Gong Zhi was such a person, he clearly knew that in the current situation, Wuling would never be able to resist the Yan army, so Gong Zhi united several generals who were dissatisfied with Jin Xuan, designed to kill Jin Xuan, and surrendered Cai Zhong Cai He with Jin Xuan's head and Wuling County as a name.

Immediately, Su Chen appointed Gong Zhi as the Taishou of Wuling, but by coincidence, the leader of the Wuxi barbarians, Shamoke, learned of the chaos in Wuling County, and immediately led the barbarians to capture several cities of the Han people.

Cai Zhong did not dare to continue the battle with Shamoke, so he had to retreat and defend himself, and quickly reported the situation to Xiangyang, after Su Chen received Cai Zhong's report, he sent Zhao Yun to command five thousand wolf cavalry to go to Wuxi to quell the rebellion, which was the first frontal battle of the wolf cavalry.

After Zhao Yun arrived in Wuling County, he summoned the generals to discuss the military, and after listening to Cai Zhongcai's narration, he had a general understanding of the strength of these barbarians.

There are 30,000 barbarians under Shamoke, and now they have occupied several counties in the south of Wuling County, Zhao Yun has seen the strong physique of these barbarians, and tried to collect these barbarians for his own use, but before that, he has to subdue this Shamoke.

Zhao Yun was in the top position and ordered Cai Zhong: "General Cai, you send a war book to Shamoke tomorrow, and General Ben wants to have a fair duel with him!" ”

Lieutenant General Cai Zhao Yun only brought 5,000 soldiers and horses, so he dared to be so big, and couldn't help but admonish: "General Zhao, the barbarians are fierce and not afraid of death, there are 30,000 barbarians under Shamoke, and the general only brings 5,000 cavalry, plus all our troops, it is only 30,000, if it is a head-on battle, our army is by no means the opponent of the barbarians, the general thinks twice." ”

Hearing his suggestion, Zhao Yun smiled and said, "Who said that General Ben is going to use 30,000 troops to fight Shamoko in a decisive battle?" ”

"What does the general mean?"

"The five thousand wolf horses under the command of General Ben are enough, and as for General Cai's soldiers and horses, just wait to capture the prisoners!"

"What?" Lieutenant General Cai suspiciously handed Zhao Yun's battle book to Shamoke, thinking that if Zhan Yun was defeated, he would rescue Zhao Yun even if the whole army was wiped out, who made Zhao Yun a celebrity around Su Chen, if he had a mistake, it would not be a good thing for his Cai family.

Zhao Yun didn't see Cai Zhong's little abacus, the next day, Shamoke led 30,000 barbarian soldiers to confront Zhao Yun's 5,000 wolf cavalry, seeing that Zhao Yun's little white face only brought 5,000 soldiers and horses, Shamo Ke laughed and said: "Is it your little white face who wants to fight with this leader?" ”

Shamoke has studied Han culture since he was a child, so he can naturally listen and speak Chinese, Zhao Yun said disapprerovingly: "Leader Sha looks down on my five thousand cavalry? ”

"Naturally!" Shamoke was a straight-hearted man, and said: "Although my 30,000 soldiers are foot soldiers, they are all strong in combat, and your only 5,000 cavalry is by no means the opponent of this leader. ”

"Oh? In this case, does the sand leader dare to make a bet with Ben General? ”

"Bet on what?"

"Just bet on the victory or defeat of this battle!" Zhao Yun immediately crossed his spear and said with great momentum: "If this battle is lost, not to mention the few cities occupied by the leader, even the entire Wuling County, the general will also give you barbarians to live in." ’

"Is that true?"

Hearing this, Shamoke was very excited, you must know that they live in the mountains and forests all the year round, although they are not short of food and clothing, but there are several very important things that must be exchanged with the Han people, that is, salt and iron.

The reason why Shamoke took advantage of the Wuling chaos and sent troops to occupy several cities was to grab salt, and of course, taking the opportunity to loot was also the proper meaning of the question.

Salt and iron are an industry that can only be operated by the government, and after Su Chen established a navy in Liaodong, his first order was to boil salt from seawater to serve as the navy's military expenses.

At the beginning, the salt boiled with seawater was bitter and astringent, and later after Su Chen's improvement, the salt became very white, and the taste was also very good, and it was deeply liked by the people.

Of course, it is not that there are no businessmen speculating, but the Wuyuan Chamber of Commerce sells salt with the people's household registration as a certificate, and the salt of each household and each month is based on the population, even if the businessmen want to buy low and sell high, there is nothing to be done, and the salt administration alone makes the Wuyuan Chamber of Commerce make a lot of money, and the navy also benefits very much.

Later, after Su Chen occupied Qingzhou, Xuzhou, and Yangzhou, he let the Wuyuan Chamber of Commerce open a salt farm in Yangzhou, and his sea salt was not only completely supplied to the people under his rule, but even dumped at a low price to Liangzhou, Yizhou, Jingzhou and other places, which greatly hit the financial taxes in these places, which is the legendary "chess is outside", which is why Su Chen was able to quickly disintegrate Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao, and Cao Cao's forces.