Jingzhou, Xiangyang

The news that Liu Xiu had defeated Cao's 800,000-strong army spread like a hurricane in Xiangyang. шщш.(vii) (ix) x.S.сом The update is so fast.

Originally, Cao '' an army of 800,000 people, and people were panicked.

Many officials in Jingzhou have begun to prepare to surrender to Cao Cao's 'Cao' in private, in preparation for the future. But the wind direction changed suddenly, and Liu Xiu defeated Cao Cao's 800,000 army with an army of less than 30,000, which is simply incredible.

For a while, Jingzhou, which was originally panicked, immediately changed.

Whether it is an official or an ordinary person, they all respect Liu Xiu like a heavenly man.

Who can defeat Cao's 800,000 army

Only Liu Xiu

Since then, Liu Xiu's status has been completely established.

Liu Xiu's prestige in Jingzhou, after this battle, has completely surpassed Liu Biao.

When Liu Biaogang died of illness and Liu Xiu was in charge of Jingzhou, and even set up three major military camps to control Jingzhou, although he was already in charge of Jingzhou in name, in fact, there were still many people who were not convinced by Liu Xiu.

After all, Liu Xiu was young, and because of Liu Xiu's ability, he didn't dare to squeak.

Now with the victory of defeating Cao's 800,000-strong army, Liu Xiu is a well-deserved hero.

The major families and celebrities in Jingzhou all have no second heart.

In the past few days, the Governor's Mansion has received congratulatory gifts every day, all of which are congratulations to Liu Xiu for defeating Cao Cao'. However, in the face of this situation, Liu Xiu did not have any complacency except for a knowing smile.

The defeat of Cao 'Cao' in this battle did not lay the foundation for Liu Xiu to defeat Cao 'Cao', but only bought more time and time to seize Jiangdong.

If the south is not peaceful and there is no stable rear, Liu Xiu wants to go north to Cao Cao's '', it is also empty talk.

So after Liu Xiu's victory, there was nothing 'excited'.

State Pastoral Mansion, Backyard

Liu Xiu sat in the courtyard, and Deng Ai danced his sword in the courtyard.

Deng Ai has grown a lot taller now, and he is becoming more and more handsome, and at a glance, he seems to be a young man. But in fact, Deng Ai is not yet twelve years old.

The experience of his early years made him mature too early.

After the sword dance, Deng Ai came to Liu Xiu's side and said, "Childe, how is my swordsmanship?"

"So-so"

Liu Xiu opened his mouth to speak, and Deng Ai immediately said: "My swordsmanship, the master said that it was good." ”

Deng Zhan is also in Xiangyang, and Deng Ai asks Deng Zhan for advice from time to time, and his swordsmanship is 'refined' day by day, which is quite good. In Deng Zhan's eyes, Deng Ai can have such calmness and swordsmanship at this age, which is already quite good.

Liu Xiu smiled: "Otherwise, we can have a try." ”

After Deng Ai heard this, he shook his head as if he had encountered something terrifying: "Childe said so-so, it must be so-so, or don't try the sword." ”

Once, Deng Ai felt that his swordsmanship was not bad, and asked Liu Xiu for credit.

Who knows, he was hit hard by Liu Xiu.

Liu Xiu proposed to try the sword, but Deng Ai agreed without thinking about it. As soon as the two 'fought' each other, Deng Ai regretted it. Liu Xiu's swordsmanship was ruthless at all, killing him so much that he lost his armor and didn't even have the slightest chance, it was completely one-sided.

suffered twice in a row, Deng Ai learned to be obedient and no longer competed with Liu Xiu.

Liu Xiu chuckled and said, "Boy, your swordsmanship has to enter the hall, and you have to hone it slowly, so practice your sword well." ”

"No"

Deng Ai agreed, and then took the sword.

"Stampede"

There was a rush of footsteps from outside the courtyard.

At the 'gate' of the courtyard, Deng Zhan's figure appeared.

Deng Ai bowed down and said, "Master"

Deng Zhan nodded, then saluted Liu Xiu with his fists, and said in a deep voice: "My lord, I have received the news from Yizhou. Liu Zhang learned that Deng Xian had been killed and Zhang Ren had surrendered to the lord, and he was furious and wanted to raise an army to fight against the lord. However, in the end, he was suppressed by Zhang Song and Fa Zheng. Liu Zhang has already sent an envoy to Xiangyang to ask the lord for an explanation. ”

Liu Xiu said: "Okay, I welcome just, who is the envoy"

Deng Zhan said: "The envoy who went on this mission is named Ling Bao, who is a famous general in Yizhou, and his fame is second only to Zhang Ren. The person who assists Ling Bud is Fa Zheng. This time, Ling Bao and Fa Zheng came for Zhang Ren's business. ”

Liu Xiu nodded, now that he knew the other party's intentions, things would be easy to handle.

Liu Xiu asked: "Yizhou, do you know the news of Cao's defeat?"

Deng Zhan said: "Now, you should know. However, when this news came to Chengdu, it should have come in after Ling Bao and Fa Zheng left Chengdu. Now that Liu Zhang has the news, he doesn't know if he regrets sending someone to Xiangyang to ask for the guilt. ”

Liu Xiudao: "No matter what Liu Zhang thinks, you try to 'insert' people in Yizhou as much as possible." Especially now that Cao Cao's 800,000 army has been defeated, Jingzhou is in full swing, and it is an opportunity to win over Yizhou's civil officials and military generals. In addition, what progress is there on the Koto side?"

Deng Zhan replied: "At present, Jiangdong and us have 'clashed', and there is no winner yet. The situation is still deadlocked. ”

Liu Xiu instructed: "The spies in Jiangdong should be strengthened. ”

"No"

Deng Zhan nodded, and when he saw Liu Xiu waving his hand, he retreated.

As soon as Deng Zhan left, another 'attendant' came to report, saying that Kuai Liang and Yi asked to meet.

In the study, the guest and the host are seated.

Liu Xiu smiled and said, "Mr. Zirou and Mr. Jibo are here, is there anything important?"

Yi Yuan glanced at Kuai Liang and motioned for Kuai Liang to speak.

Kuai Liang took a deep breath and said solemnly: "My lord, Jingzhou has been at war since last year. Whether it is Jiangxia, Changsha County, or Nanyang County, they are all consuming food. This year, the food consumed is even greater. ”

"Especially after the lord took office, he strengthened the control of the army, and now the strength of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth armies in the whole of Jingzhou has reached nearly 150,000. ”

"These five armies need to consume a lot of food every day. ”

"After continuous wars and daily consumption, the grain stored in Jingzhou began to decrease significantly. ”

"Today's grain stocks are only enough to ensure food at the end of next year. ”

"If there is a large conscription, or if the war continues, Jingzhou's food will be difficult to supply. ”

Kuai Liang said: "The people take food as the sky, food is the foundation, once there is a problem with food, Jingzhou will definitely move." Moreover, the Pang family, the Huang family, the Kuai family, and even other big clans in Jingzhou have tried their best to cooperate, but in terms of food, there are indeed big problems now, and we can't help but consider it later. ”

Kuai Liangzheng said: "The soldiers in the army have multiplied several times at once, and in addition to feeding the soldiers of the army, there are other aspects that also need to consume a lot of food. ”

Yi Zhizheng said: "Lord, I came with Zirou in the next place, I hope that the lord will take advantage of the opportunity of defeating the 800,000 army of Cao's army to temporarily suspend his troops and stop to recuperate. Jingzhou is not as good as Cao's 'Cao', and unlike Cao's 'Cao', it can levy grain from various counties and prefectures, and Jingzhou is just a few counties, and if you want to levy grain, it will increase the burden on the people. ”

The words put forward by the two made Liu Xiu fall into silence for a while.

Originally, Liu Xiugang defeated Cao Cao', which was the time when he was full of ambition and planned to continue to expand the results of the battle. Even Liu Xiu has already thought about it, and next, he will continue to use troops against Jiangdong.

Now that I heard the words of Kuai Liang and Izuku, my heart was half cold.

This is the reason for the thin foundation.

Although Jingzhou has accumulated a lot of grain for many years, the annual consumption is very huge.

Especially when Liu Xiu expanded the army, food was not to be consumed.

It is normal for this to happen now.

Liu Xiu took a deep breath and said, "Mr. Jibo, it has now entered the end of June, and after a while, it will be the harvest season, how is the grain growing this year?"

There was a smile on his face and he replied, "This year's wind and rain are smooth, according to Zai Xia and Zirou's considerations. After this year's grain harvest, the government will use the soldiers of various armies to reclaim the farmland and harvest another season next year. Well, in the next three to five years, there will be no problems with food. After all, more than 100,000 soldiers have been stationed in the fields, and the farmland that has been reclaimed will be an extremely large number. In addition, we can also involve the people and expand the scope of the tuntian. ”

After Liu Xiu listened, he said, "I agree with the consideration of the two of you. I will adjust my strategy in the near future, switch from offense to defense, and temporarily withdraw my troops and no longer go to war. ”

As soon as these words came out, Kuai Liang and Yi Ji's faces 'showed' smiles, and at the same time they breathed a sigh of relief.

Yi said: "The lord is wise"

Kuai Liang arched his hand and said: "The lord can make a decision at the right time and suspend the soldiers, which is the blessing of Jingzhou." ”

Liu Xiu smiled and said, "Don't praise the two of you, Jingzhou's government affairs still depend on the two of you." ”

After Kuai Liang and Yi took their leave, Liu Xiu began to write orders, ordering all armies to suspend the recruitment of soldiers, and then let Deng Zhan pass it on to each army.

After the news was sent, Liu Xiu went to the backyard and took Huang Yueying out of the house to go shopping. Since there was a temporary truce and a halt, Liu Xiu simply relaxed and went out with Huang Yueying for a while.

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