Chapter 566: The City Breaks and Begs for Peace
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"Lord-Jingzhou Kuai Yue outside the city asks to see!" With the last experience of the past, Jingzhou people no longer dare to call themselves any messengers, today's Jingzhou is no longer the Jingzhou of the past, three days ago Zhou Yu's five trebuchets smashed Xiangyang City like a nightmare without stopping, although Xiangyang City was said to be the place of four battles, but the Han Dynasty has not fought for a long time, and the city wall is almost in disrepair and collapsed by the bombardment of boulders. Another point of siege warfare is to concentrate firepower to break through one place, as long as one is broken and the soldiers defending the city will lose the confidence to partially resist, although there are 200,000 troops in the city, but there is no qualified commander, it is like a plate of scattered sand.
Taking advantage of the gap, Zhou Yu and they launched an attack in advance, and Dian Wei took the secret guard to kill from the gap, so the city gate was broken and it was unstoppable, and Liu Biao and they could only retreat to Fengliuguan, thirty miles east of the city. As allies, Zhang Ren and Ji Ling also saw that the general trend had gone, and there was no point in defending Xiangyang, so they led the army to withdraw to their territories one after another. Only one family of the Jingzhou army was left in the coalition army, and Liu Biao took his advisers and generals to retreat to Xinye County again, and after some discussion, Liu Biao decided to sue for peace.
After Xiangyang City was broken, Zhou Yu had already entered the city and went out to calm the people, and the Yangzhou army was not allowed to plunder the people, and those who disobeyed the military order were killed! Sure enough, the Yangzhou army entered the city and did not commit any offense to the common people, not only that, but Zhou Yu also ordered to open a warehouse and release grain to appease the people. After pacifying the people, Zhou Yu ordered the people to repair the city wall, as long as they were willing to participate in the repair of the city wall was exempted from paying taxes for one year, the rich laborers in the city helped to build the city and clean the moat, and the Yangzhou army had no intention of entering Jingzhou eastward after repairing for more than ten days.
Liu Biao, who stayed in Xinye City, couldn't sit still, if Zhou Yu still wanted to attack him, then he could only fight to the death, and if he couldn't do it, it would be the end of the fish and the net. However, if Zhou Yu didn't move, he didn't have the heart to fight, but fortunately, half of Jingzhou was still in his hands.
Although Liu Biao was still comforting himself in his heart, the wealthy merchants and families in Jingzhou had begun to wait and see, and the actions of Zhou Yu, the assassin of Yangzhou, were too fast. In just half a year, he occupied Jingzhou, and Liu Biao, who was as strong as a tiger, was beaten like a kitten, but Zhou Yu's Yangzhou had new trebuchets and new chariots, and military intelligence had begun to reach the ears of princes from all walks of life. Spies from all sides poured into Yangzhou to steal these military secrets. Cheng Yu's letter said that there have been a lot of suspicious elements outside the armory, and they have arrested a lot, please tell Zhou Yu what to do?
"Fengxiao - this trip Liu Biao finally has a long memory! When I crossed Jiangxia, I had a relationship with Kuai Yue, you go out to greet it! "Zhou Yu and Guo Jia discussed the need to stabilize the battle situation now, and take the first step to hold Xiangyang City, according to the strategic intent, Xiangyang City is close to Xinye and Nanjun, Shangyong County and Weixing County to the north, and Badong County and Yanping County to the west. Yanping County belongs to the junction of Jingzhou and Yizhou, and Badong County belongs to the first pass of Yizhou.
Zhou Yu just sent people to take over the city defense of Yanping County, and requisitioned people to build Anping Village on the road between Xinye and Nanjun, and placed 3,000 men and horses here as the first line of defense, becoming a line of defense in Xiangyang City. The remaining Shangyong County and Weixing County are said to be the only way to enter Chang'an, but at present, they only need to guard Xiangyang City, and once Chang'an changes, they will be able to drive straight into the strategy.
"The Kuai brothers are all wise and resourceful people in Jingzhou, and they are also the leaders of the Jingzhou family, and they are Liu Biao's right-hand men. I personally went out of the city to greet him-" Guo Jia also nodded at Zhou Yu's words, their strategy is the world, everyone in all parts of the world can make friends, as long as there is a mass base, once the time is ripe, it may not be impossible to take Jingzhou without blood.
Kuai Yue on the frame outside the city had already gotten out of the car and was waiting at the door, this time Liu Biao gave him full authority to handle the affairs of Jingzhou, to put it bluntly, he asked Zhou Yu what conditions he needed to stop the attack or withdraw from Jingzhou. As for handing over Huang Zu and Cai Mao, it is absolutely impossible, and the rest can be discussed. It's not that Liu Biao has to insist on any bottom limit, it's just that Huang Zu and Cai Mao's forces in Jingzhou are complicated, and they estimate that their Jingzhou Mu should also come to an end.
"Kuai Bei Drive-I have heard the name of the great name for a long time, my lord will just set up a banquet in the city to entertain Mr., and Guo Mou came to greet Mr." usually looks at Guo Jia uninhibited, but what he does is absolutely unambiguous, and these clichéd polite words come easily.
"Mr. Guo greeted him in person, and Kuai was flattered-" When I saw Zhou Yu send Guo Jia, the first military division under his command, to greet him, it seems that his face is not small, and he thinks that the envoy sent by Jingzhou at the beginning is a famous man in Jingzhou, how do you know that Zhou Yu didn't say a word and rewarded ten military sticks to drive him out of Yangzhou.
"You're welcome—please!" Guo Jia didn't pay attention to Kuai Yue's thoughts, he was really not good at playing with his heart, and he missed Jia Xu, the old fox, a little.
Jia Xu, who was resting in Chang'an, suddenly sneezed, who was cursing himself on a sunny day. However, the current situation in Chang'an is a little complicated, and it is not so easy to control the overall situation as expected, it seems that there are still secret forces in the division of troops to control the Xiliang Army.
Let's say that after Kuai Yue saw Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu just stayed where Liu Biao was sitting some time ago, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart that the world was unpredictable, and when he saw Zhou Yu for the second time, he was Yangzhou Mu and he was driven by Jingzhou, but the change in the identity of the enemy and me caught him off guard.
"Mr. Kuai-I don't know what Brother Jingsheng is doing when he sends Mr. here this time?" There were only three people present: Zhou Yu, Guo Jia, and Kuai Yue, and the three of them raised their wine glasses and politely Zhou Yu opened his mouth to ask Liu Biao's true purpose.
"Lord Zhou - the Yangzhou Army and the Jingzhou Army have no grudges, and you and my lord do not have any grudges, the current Han people are all working on their own, and they were just ignorant and confused before, Lord Zhou has occupied the six counties of Jingzhou and Jingzhou, even if there is any anger in his heart, it should be almost gone. My lord knew that what he had done before was inappropriate, so he sent me today to bring ten carts of gold and silver cloth, and I hope that Lord Zhou will raise his noble hand! Zhou Yu's direct question made Kuai Yuehao speak a lot, but he meant that he wanted Zhou Yu to stop or withdraw his troops.
"Mr. Kuai—this is the difference! Lord Liu's improper use of people is a dereliction of duty, and if the Han Dynasty is in trouble and does not send troops to rescue, it is equivalent to rebellion, taking the opportunity to kill the heroes of the Baohan - any of these are the major crimes of exterminating the Nine Clans! My Yangzhou army has already informed Lord Liu in advance, and after listening to Mr. Kuai's meaning, he said that he wanted our army to withdraw from the Jingzhou territory? Zhou Yu didn't open his mouth, Guo Jia took over the conversation, he has never done loss-making business since he followed Zhou Yu, and he wanted the Yangzhou army to withdraw from a few carts of gold and silver, and he was embarrassed to open this mouth.
For a while, Kuai Yue didn't know how to answer this, so he could only laugh awkwardly and drink a glass of wine.