Chapter 977: Jiangling fell, and Sun Qian persuaded him to surrender
Contrary to Kuai Yue and Tai Shici's expectations, when Kuai Yue issued an announcement, suggesting that the people leave Xinye and go to Xiangyang or Youzhou to escape the war, more than eighty percent of the residents responded to the call and packed up their things and went south to Xiangyang, Zhang Fei and Wei Yan naturally did not dare to send troops to interfere, if that was the case, it would really anger Fang Zhiwen.
Even Xinye, where Tai Shici was stationed personally, had to send out a message to let the people take refuge, and the people everywhere couldn't stay anyway regardless of whether the government sent a message of refuge or not.
They don't know what will happen to Liu Bei's arrival, and the common people don't like to gamble on Liu Bei's character with their net worth, although Liu Bei's reputation is very good, and he is also a well-known benevolent gentleman in Jingzhou for a few years, but compared to Miyun, which has penetrated deeply in Jingxiang, the propaganda of Miyun is more powerful.
Everyone has land distribution, free cattle and seeds, and fair policies, whether it is a poor family or a wealthy family, Xilin School Palace, Zhengxiang School Palace, and so on.
There were already a lot of landless peasants and poor people who went north to Youzhou to beg for a living, and these people also had a three-five neighborhood, so there would naturally be some connections, so all kinds of Youzhou had already been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in the Jingxiang area, and now the war is about to start, and there are rumors that the land of Jingxiang will also be a place for soldiers to fight for in the future, and the people are not willing to stay in this kind of place, so a large number of people began to gather in Xiangyang, of course, there are people who are really unwilling to go...
In this atmosphere, Cai Zhong and Yi in Gangneung could not hold on. The key is that the soldiers are panicking, watching a large number of people leave with their families in tow every day, coupled with the continuous renovation of various rumors and tricks in the city. Cai was scared, so he wrote to his eldest brother Cai Mao, who quickly agreed to his evacuation.
So Jiangling easily fell into the hands of Fan Chou, Fan Chou was naturally admired, Zhuge Jin said before the war that Jiangling did not need to be attacked, and it would naturally fall into the hands of Fan Chou when the time came. It seems that Zhuge Jin has calculated Cai Zhong's cowardice and incompetence.
When the news of the loss of Gangneung reached Xinye, Tai Shici and Kuai Yue looked at each other and smiled bitterly. These Jingxiang clans are really not angry, you must know that Jiangling is also a big city, and Fan Chou, the person who replaced Guan Yu, himself shows that Liu Bei will not storm Jiangling, but it is really a shame that he took the initiative to escape.
Opposite. Liu Bei, who arrived in Jiangling, was different. Now that Xincheng has arrived in Jiangling, Liu Bei has not only successfully caused heavy psychological pressure on the Jingxiang clan, but more importantly, strategically, Cai Mao's maneuver is even smaller, not to mention anything else, even if Cai Mao is willing to take the initiative to sit down with Liu Bei to talk about the battle and change of banners, there are not many chips left.
Liu Bei, who took the initiative, then ordered Zhang Fei to increase the offensive, wanting to further put pressure on Cai Mao and the Jingxiang clan, on the other hand. Liu Bei also launched a public opinion offensive, saying that Cai Mao did not respect the decree of the imperial court. Disobeying Liu Bei's management of Jingzhou Mu, Liu Bei's purpose now is to bring Jingxiang back under the jurisdiction of Jingzhou Mu, and has no intention of dealing with the Jingxiang clan, so that the people and the people do not have to panic, let alone migrate to avoid the war, Liu Beijun is the teacher of the king, the teacher of benevolence and righteousness, and will definitely not harm the people.
Liu Bei's purpose was to isolate Cai Mao from the rest of the Jingxiang clan and try to divide and disintegrate the internal unity of the Jingxiang clan, but Liu Bei really destroyed and suppressed a group of local clans in order to stabilize his rule in Jingzhou, and the Jingxiang clan did not forget these actions.
The Jingxiang clan was mostly skeptical of Liu Bei's promise, but the ordinary people really believed in Liu Bei, and the number of people fleeing from their homes was much less, which made the Miyun officials who came to pick up the people every day slightly disappointed.
And under Xinye City, Zhang Fei and Wei Yan's offensive is strengthening, after having a strong fortress, Zhang Fei can sleep peacefully at night, and naturally there will be more jīng gods during the day, after stabilizing above the eighth order, Zhang Fei did not go down to the city to fight with Tai Shi Ci, but began a serious siege.
It's just that under the tight defense of Tai Shi Ci and Kuai Yue, it is difficult for Zhang Fei and Wei Yan to take advantage, especially when defending, Tai Shi Ci's long-range shè command power can be more reflected, which makes Zhang Fei suffer a lot, and the taste of being covered by trebuchets is not pleasant.
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The battle of Xinye was stalemate under this tepid battle, and Liu Bei followed Sun Gan's suggestion and asked Sun Qian to send an envoy to Xiangyang, and formally asked Cai Mao to return to Yizhi.
Cai Mao did not see Sun Qian in private, but openly received Sun Qian in the palace, Sun Qian handed over Liu Bei's letters and administrative documents to Cai Mao, which is a practice of taking both public and private balance, on the one hand, Liu Bei persuaded Cai Mao in his private capacity, and on the other hand, he used the relationship between his superiors and subordinates to oppress Cai Mao and make him hand over military power.
Cai Mao read it carefully, and then handed over the official document and letter to Kuai Liang, so that everyone could circulate it, Liu Bei's request was very interesting, almost all of them were aimed at Cai Mao, it seemed that as long as Cai Mao was removed, the world would be peaceful, whether it was in the letter or the official document, there was no change in the status of other clans and officials.
But everyone is not stupid, they have handed over the military power, and when the time comes, it will be meat on the table, and it is not the share of being slaughtered!
"Mr. Sun, Lord Liu is really scheming, hand over the military power? Hum! General Wei Yan was defeated and lost tens of thousands of soldiers, I don't know how many tens of thousands of soldiers there are in Lord Liu, Lord Liu really thinks that my Jingxiang is a soft persimmon? ”
Cai Mao's tone is very light, and it is unknown whether his heart is so calm, but Cai Mao has been the master of Jingxiang these days, and his bearing has slowly developed.
Sun Qian smiled: "The temporary victory or defeat on the battlefield doesn't mean anything, now Xinye City is a lonely city, sooner or later it will be down, presumably Lord Cai will not be ignorant, or pretend not to know?" Moreover, Xincheng and Jiangling changed hands, presumably Mr. Kuai's wisdom would not have been unaware that Xiangyang had lost the danger of the river, and if our army attacked from the south to the north, how would Lord Cai deal with it? ”
Cai Mao frowned: "Without him, the water and the earth will cover the soldiers!" Jingxiang people will fight hard one by one, and at that time, Yuan Shu in the north and Sun Ce and Yiren in the south will not miss the opportunity1
"Haha" Sun Qian raised his head and laughed: "Exactly, it's just that this opportunity is not a good opportunity to attack my lord, but a good opportunity to carve up Jingxiang, Sun Ce has been bitter for a long time, and he must not miss this opportunity, take advantage of the situation to take back Wanxian and Xunyang, and even take Jichun County is a good opportunity, and after taking this place, Sun Ce's territory is connected with Changsha, do you say that Sun Ce will choose to attack the Wuling garrisoned by the generals?" ”
"This" Cai Mao was speechless, Kuai Liang shook his head slightly, and Yi Ji was also secretly anxious.
"Look at Yuan Shu again, now Yuan Shu's great enemy is Cao Cāo, and my lord's main force in Wancheng has not moved, and the troops that went south were originally stationed near Xinye, how could Yuan Shu start the war lightly. As for the Inhumans you mentioned, these Inhumans are now busy running to the sea, where can they still take care of those mountains and wilderness in Wuling, and even they have to worry about whether our lord will take advantage of the situation. ”
"Isn't Liu Bei afraid of the wrath of General Zhengbei!?" Cai Mao finally ran out of skills, in fact, there is no need to say this kind of thing, everyone knows it in their hearts.
Sun Gan came here to force Cai Mao to make a choice, if Fang Zhiwen really supported Jing Xiang, Liu Bei would not dare to attack the Xiangyang army.
"Afraid! Naturally, I am afraid, but my lord is not afraid of anything else, but afraid of treachery, my lord called the general Zhengbei a big brother, naturally should respect the interests of the eldest brother, my lord has gone to the general Zhengbei, to ensure that all the interests of the general Zhengbei and the Miyun merchants in the Jingxiang area will not be damaged, and the rights and interests in the Jingxiang area can be completely maintained. What else is there to fear from my lord? Lord Cai, now the situation is very clear, as Xiangyang Taishou does not respect the state pastoral decree, it is for rebellion, and it is unrighteous to coerce the entire Jingxiang with your own selfishness, please think twice, continue to rebel and unrighteous like this, I am afraid that the world will not tolerate it1
Sun Gan's words were righteous and awe-inspiring, and he stood firm in the name of righteousness, and his accusations against Cai Mao were even more sonorous, making Cai Mao unable to refute.
Looking at Cai Maoqing's white face, Kuai Liang slowly spoke: "Lord Sun talks to himself, but he says that the bullying behavior is righteous and Lingran, Jing Xiang is the Jing Xiang of the Han Dynasty, and it is also the Jing Xiang of Jing Xiang people, if Lord Liu insists on going his own way, the big deal is that the fish will die and the net will be broken." When Lord Liu went south and slaughtered my Jingxiang clan, was it fake? Lord Sun doesn't need to say much, if Lord Liu is determined to do so, then we would rather fight to the last soldier than wait to be killed. ”
"That's right, Lord Kuai said it well1
"Don't underestimate Jingxiang 1
Sun Qian sighed, sure enough, it can't be relied on with one mouth, but these Jingxiang clans dare to be so tough, because they all have a way out, it's a big deal to pat their butts and sail to sea, what can Liu Bei do?
Looking at these impassioned guys, Sun Qian said helplessly: "In this case, I understand it in the next, and I will just tell my lord that I have other intentions." ”
Kuai Liang smiled and said: "If it is uncontrollable, Jingxiang may not be Lord Liu's place, please tell Lord Liu about this, please think twice." ”
Sun Qian was stunned for a moment, and then a wave of anger rose in his heart, what does this mean? Do they dare to give up Jiangxia Xiangyang to Sun Ce!? To be continued...