Chapter 555: Sending troops to Jingnan
This plague can only be regarded as an unexpected episode at best, Liu Ze used vigorous and resolute means to resolve this seemingly menacing plague that made the people of Jingzhou panic invisibly, because of the decisive and timely treatment, this plague was charged within the scope of several counties such as Wulin, and did not affect Nanjun, Jiangxia, Xiangyang and other major counties, and the danger in Jingzhou has indeed been minimized.
But the plague still killed tens of thousands of people and displaced more than 100,000 people. After the plague, it was not appropriate to be busy resettle the people in the epidemic area and deal with the aftermath, and the plan to send troops to Jingnan in late spring and early summer could only be postponed.
But Liu Ze has not relaxed his preparations for sending troops to Jingnan, and the action of transferring troops to Baqiu has not stopped, and when Liu Ze arrived at Baqiu from Wulin after autumn, the army was already assembled and waiting, just waiting for Liu Ze's military order.
The army assembled in Baqiu included the four cavalry divisions of the First Army Corps, the Twelfth Division of the Second Army Corps, the Seventh Division of the Fourth Army Corps, and the Tenth Division of the Fifth Army Corps, totaling more than 60,000 troops, and Liu Ze's defense of Jingzhou was also heavily adjusted, most of Guan Yu's Second Army Corps was transferred from Exian County to Xiangyang, and the Wenpin Office that originally guarded Xiangyang was assigned to the command of the Second Army Corps. As for the defense of Exian, it was taken over by Zhang Fei's Third Army. Exian is the gateway to Wuchang, and it is the bridgehead for the garrison Jiangdong Army to sneak attack from Chaisang, and the Third Army is placed here, which is completely Zhou Yu's nightmare, as long as Lei Cavalry is here, Zhou Yu will never dare to cross Lei Chi half a step.
The autumn is high and cool, and the geese fly south. Liu Ze's army left Baqiu and marched towards Changsha.
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Changsha Taishou Han Xuan was convening the subordinates to discuss the affairs of the subordinates at this time, and suddenly received the news that Liu Ze had sent troops to Baqiu, and his face was suddenly shocked, and he was anxious to ask the subordinates for advice on how to deal with the enemy.
Han Xuan is not a wine bag and rice bag, when he was in Jingzhou before, he had been engaged in Liu Biao, and he knew Liu Biao very well, and knew that Liu Biao was a vain and far from a hero. So on the occasion of Liu Pan's capture of Changsha. Han Xuan took the initiative to ask Liu Biao to serve as the Taishou of Changsha County. Liu Biao's biggest characteristic is that he does not recognize people, does not distinguish between good and evil, and deeply appreciates Han Xuan, who is respectful on the surface, but he does not know Han Xuan's wolf ambition. Confidently handed over Changsha County to Han Xuan. After Han Xuan's arrival. The order to Liu Biao was to disobey the yang and the yin. Listen to the tune and don't listen to the announcement. When Jingxiang was in danger, Liu Biao sent people to Changsha several times to ask for rescue, but Han Xuan just pretended to be deaf and dumb. Ignored it at all.
Jin Xuan, the Taishou of Wuling County, Liu Du of Lingling County, and Zhao Fan, the Taishou of Guiyang County, had previously conspired to participate in the rebellion of Zhang Xian, the Taishou of the former Changsha. At that time, Liu Ze, the king of Jing, had already reached Jiangxia, and Liu Biao naturally couldn't take care of the affairs of Wuling, Lingling, and Guiyang, so he urgently transferred Liu Pan's army north to deal with the Jingxiang crisis.
After Liu Pan's army returned to the north, Han Xuan could be said to cover the sky with one hand in Changsha and call for wind and rain, and privately allied with Jin Xuan, Liu Du, and Zhao Fan, the three Taishou, to form a united front, and to look forward to Han Xuan's horse. Han Xuan thought he had a plan, and recruited troops and horses in Changsha, as if he was a prince.
Originally, Han Xuan thought that Liu Biao and Liu Ze had fought in Jingbei for at least several years, but what he never expected was that Liu Ze's combat power was so strong, Kejiangxia, Zhanzhangling, Xinye, and Xiangyang swept the entire Jingbei land within a few months.
With the subordination of the four counties of Jingnan, it is naturally under the jurisdiction of Jingzhou, after Liu Ze became the pastor of Jingzhou, the four counties of Jingnan became Liu Ze's subordinate place in legal theory, not to mention that Liu Ze holds the title of King Jing of the Great Han Dynasty, and his status is transcendent, and he has long been above the princes. After taking command of Jingzhou, Liu Ze sent a royal order to the four counties of Jingnan and asked the four counties of Jingnan to submit, which made Han Xuan and others panic. Now that the world is in chaos, what is in his own hands is his own territory, and it is the capital of his own life, Han Xuan doesn't want his hard-earned foundation to be handed away in vain, whether it is the previous Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao or the current Jingwang Liu Ze.
Can the strength of Changsha County and the other three counties have the ability to compete with Liu Ze? Han Xuan couldn't think of a way to fight Liu Ze even if he wanted to break his head, now among the four counties of Jingnan, Changsha is the strongest, but there are only more than 30,000 people, and the other three counties, combined with the combined strength, can not surpass the first county of Changsha, not to mention that the numerical disadvantage is only one aspect, just the battle of Anlu, the glorious record of the Jing army annihilating Liu Pan's 50,000 cavalry is enough to make Han Xuan and others frightened, with the weak strength of the four counties of Jingnan, compared with the Jingwang army that swept the world, it is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg.
Just when Han Xuan wanted to break his head and couldn't think of a way to break the enemy, his subordinate Yang Ling gave him advice, saying that Liu Ze was strong and could not fight with him, and he should be rejected. It is better to dedicate the land of the four counties of Jingnan to Cao Cao at this time, Cao Cao will definitely be overjoyed, and he will naturally entrust Han Xuan and others with the order of the court. Although Liu Ze is the pastor of Jingzhou, the king of Jing, can he be bigger than the court? What's more, the four counties of Jingnan nominally belong to Cao Cao, but in the middle of the land of Jingbei, Cao Cao is simply beyond the reach of the whip, and the four counties of Jingnan are still the territory of Han Xuan and others, and once attacked, they can also get Cao Cao's assistance, Liu Ze is attacked by the enemy, how dare he attack the four counties of Jingnan lightly.
Han Xuan was overjoyed, so he listened to Yang Ling's advice, and discussed with Jin Xuan, Liu Du, and Zhao Fan, and the three of them also agreed that Han Xuan's mention was that the land of Jingnan was lonely, and if Cao Cao helped, he would not be afraid of Liu Zeyi. So Han Xuan presented to Cao Cao of Xudu and dedicated the land of the four counties of Jingnan to Cao Cao.
Cao Cao has just won a big victory in Guandu, it is the spring breeze when the four counties of Jingnan presented the book Shun table, which is naturally the icing on the cake, and after rejoicing, he named Han Xuan in the name of Emperor Han Xian as Changsha Taishou and Anxiang Hou, Jin Xuan, Liu Du, and Zhao Fan were also named Wuling Taishou, Lingling Taishou, and Guiyang Taishou, all of whom were named Guannei Hou. (To be continued......)