Volume 2 The Rise of Jingzhou Chapter 92 Migrating to Runan Tuntianke
"What do you say, the army has withdrawn!"
When the news came to Wancheng, Cao Anmin's face changed completely, and the whole person stayed in place directly, he never thought that this would be such an ending.
Just when he thought that a tragic battle was about to be ushered in, he was preparing grain and grass, and preparing heavy equipment to defend the city, and even demolished hundreds of houses to hoard rolling stones and wood.
After mobilizing the surrounding soldiers and horses into Wancheng and making all preparations...
The enemy forces have withdrawn!
It was not any enemy army that evacuated, it was Xu Huang, Ma Chao, Liu Ye and a large number of Jianghuai celebrities such as Liu Ji who evacuated together.
With those previous warships, they set off directly from Shuishui, not far from Shuyang City, all the way to the northwest into Danshui, and then from Nanxiang into the Yongliang Land, leaving from the edge of Shangyong.
This road was really dangerous if it had been before, because the waterway was so narrow that boats could not turn around after entering the river.
If there is an ambush along the way, the catapult and rockets are enough to wipe out a fleet.
But now...
"Guan Yu captured Nanxiang, I waited for the turtle to shrink in Wancheng, and Zhang Fei hit Xi'e... Liu Bei encircled and suppressed General Cai Yang in Xinye... Where and where is this! β
At this time, Cao Anmin didn't even know that Cai Yang had been killed by Liu Bei, and he was even thinking about when Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's attack would stop...
Knowing that more than half a month later, the news of this Xinye came to Wancheng again, and Cao Anmin knew that at the same time as the main force of the Han army withdrew, Cai Yang's head had also been directly taken away by Liu Bei.
Not only that, Liu Bei surrendered the thousands of elites brought by Cai Yang, and at the same time surrendered the remnants of the Yellow Turban in Runan, Liu Bi, Gong Du, Huang Shao and others, and the soldiers and horses expanded again.
After that, Liu Bei did not continue to attack Wancheng and other places in Nanyang County, but left Lei Xu, He Chen Ce and others to garrison Xinye, He Shuyang and other places, and at the same time left Gong Du He Huang Shao and others to garrison Huyang to protect Xinye's flank.
Then ordered Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to wait until they escorted the return of the imperial army, and immediately took the opportunity to send troops to defend the west of Xinye.
This is also the plan that Jia Xu set for him before leaving....
After that, Liu Bei directly sent troops to the Ping clan, and then went down to the Ping clan, and then repaired for a long time to continue to attack Biyang County in the east, and rushed the soldiers and horses directly into the Langling Tomb in Runan, taking advantage of the opportunity that Cai Yang was killed and the dragons in Runan were leaderless, they directly attacked Runan, and began to rob the heavy grain and grass, and encouraged the Tuntian guests in Runan to migrate into Jingzhou...
Although Cao Mengde's method of tuntian can quickly accumulate grain and grass, and exempt a large number of miscellaneous taxes and harsh taxes, its fifty to seventy percent tax revenue is enough to make the people's hearts very desolate.
At this level, the people are unable to continue to support, so they can only stay alive, which is why there are endless thieves and disasters in Runan.
His Majesty once said that the tax on Tuntian should not exceed fifty percent, and our soldiers and horses have been compressed, so there is no need to supply too many troops, as long as the three-part field tax like He Chang'an is taken out to exempt all taxes except for conscription.
It can gain a large number of people's trust and hearts, and migrate the people of Runan Tuntian into Jingzhou.
Then arrange it to the line between Xinye and Fancheng, so as to become the backing of the army! β
Now Liu Bei once again thought of the words that Jia Xu left for him before leaving, and couldn't help but sigh, if he could have such a person to advise him in the early years, why did he wander in the Central Plains for so many years...
"Hey..." When the last dejected sigh appeared, Liu Bei hurriedly hid all this untimely thought.
He is now the general of the Han Dynasty, the commander of Nanyang, how can he think about those things!
"Kill the past, break through Langling, and enter Yuzhou!"
Under Liu Bei's roar, the army rushed directly into the territory of Yuzhou, and then began a large-scale persuasion and "help" the people of Runan to escape from here.
On the other side of Yingchuan County, Xun Yu, who was stationed in Xu County and was in charge of military and political affairs in Yuzhou, heard the news, and immediately mobilized troops and horses to rescue.
With Bian Bing as the general, the commander of the Yellow Turban thieves who had previously been on the side of the trouble in Runan, He Yi and He Man, sent troops from Yingchuan to attack Liu Bei.
At the same time, the cavalry general Zhang Xi was mobilized, and the deputy general Liu Zhu directly sent troops to Langling, wanting to cut off Liu Bei's back road.
Cao Mengde, on the other side, also received the news, and began to evacuate without saying a word, on the one hand, he arranged a defensive line to prepare to assist in the defense of Huainan, in case Sun Ce went north.
On the other hand, the people who began to officially move to the Huaisi area and moved them into the land of Luoyang, which was subordinate to Sili, to ensure the stability of their rear and the recovery of Luoyang.
At the same time, he ordered the general Cao Ren to take the first step and lead the troops directly back to Yuzhou to attack Liu Bei, while Xiahoudun was the commander of the army, ready to support at any time...
Well, although Cao Ren and Xiahoudun don't think that if there is nothing in front of him, he Xiahoudun has the ability to turn the tide, but who let it be Xiahoudun...
People are special!
Cao Ren can only be envious, jealous and hateful.
"Send troops to exterminate the big-eared thief!"
With Cao Ren's shout, the army rushed directly towards Yuzhou, but at this time, Xun You and Guo Jia beside Cao Mengde couldn't help but glance at each other.
From each other's eyes, they both saw a little helplessness and bitterness.
In their opinion, Liu Bei's march this time was completely different from his previous fighting style, planning and then acting, what he did could be described as very strange, especially the time was very accurate.
This is a high-ranking person behind his back, if this is the case, I am afraid that they will not be able to catch Liu Bei this time.
Really... Before Cao Ren could enter Runan, the news came from Runan first.
Liu Bei didn't give them a chance to encircle and suppress him, and immediately began to evacuate after breaking through Langling!
A large number of people began to flee from Runan towards Jingzhou, and Gong Du and Huang Shao and others in the rear also sent troops and horses to meet at the same time, while Liu Bei left LΓΌ Dai in Langlang to resist the army that came to raid.
At the same time, let Cheng Lian ambush outside, when Zhang Xi and Liu Zhu came, Lu Dai fought with him in Langling and delayed, Cheng Lian led the elite soldiers and horses to raid directly from the rear, and won another game for a while.
Zhang Xi and Liu Zhu were raided, and they had no power to resist at all, and they began to lead their troops to evacuate after holding on for less than half an hour, although both of them were veterans, and when they retreated, they also tried their best to stabilize their situation.
But this battle still cost them as much as half of their losses, and many soldiers and horses were captured by Lu Dai...
At the same time, Liu Bei was not idle, Jia Xu had already calculated that Cao Mengde would definitely do his best to attack Lu Bu, and then in order to stabilize the defense line of Jianghuai and Huainan, even Xiahoudun, who was stationed in the rear, would be transferred.
At this time, Yuzhou is extremely empty, even though Xun Yu has the ability to reach the sky, but now it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice.
All the soldiers and horses he can use... Very insufficient!
Liu Bei seized this point at this time, and took advantage of the battle in Langling, and sent his troops to directly attack the army that also came to Runan to help.
Bian Bingnai is a person from Langya Kaiyang, and he can be regarded as a local celebrity, although he is not from a good background but is a drama artist, but he can't help but have a good sister.
He is the younger brother of Cao Mengde's most favored woman Bian, but as half a relative, he did not rush up as a sister, he followed Cao Mengde all the year round, and he also experienced danger in the battle.
Although the promotion has been slow for so many years, it is quite strategic.
But... Liu Bei's talent is higher than him, his experience in fighting is more than him, and this time he still has the intention to sneak attack.
Around Ruyang County, Runan County, Liu Bei successfully ambushed the unprepared Bian Bing, defeated him, and killed the two generals under his command, He Yi and He Man, and captured many Yuzhou soldiers and horses.
And after Bian Bing experienced such a thing, he immediately understood what his situation was.
He knew that he was not Liu Bei's opponent, and then he heard the news that Zhang Xi, another line of soldiers and horses, was also defeated, so he didn't dare to act rashly.
Directly sent a letter to Yingchuan, telling Xun Yu that there was a problem here, and then sent the war report to stop in Ruyang City, controlling the people near Ruyang and preventing them from leaving arbitrarily.
At the same time, he will not continue to march into the army, so as not to be seized by Liu Bei again...
And Liu Bei also needed to do this, let Zhang Xi and Bian Bing lead the troops to station, seize the time to move some of the people away, and when Cao Ren rushed to Runan, Yuzhou, Liu Bei and thousands of people had already left directly.
Before leaving, they also took away the farm tools and ploughing cattle that Cao Mengde used for the people to settle the fields.
It's famous... Don't waste it!
On this behavior, Liu Bei can't do it, that is, Liu Xie, who is hiding in the army and watching the battle, is led by himself, not only ploughing cattle but also farm tools, Liu Xie is still relatively rich when he looks at the time.
He even demolished the gate and half of the city wall of Nalang Tomb, saying that he could use it when he went back to build the dock fort...
Good guy, this kind of behavior directly shocked Liu Bei for a whole year, he really couldn't think of how his majesty could make such a move.
Though... But... It seems like... There's not much to say about that either.
But in this way, Lang Ling, who is a barrier in Yuzhou, is embarrassed, because of Liu Xie's operation, he doesn't talk about defense, this is simply a leaky house.
I can't even stop the people from leaving.
By the time Cao Ren came to Langling, he was already so angry that he jumped three feet high, and he couldn't help but scold in the direction of Jingzhou.
"Liu Xuande, you are fucking poor and crazy, what are you going to do with this city gate!"
"Poor ghost, you are a poor ghost reincarnated!"
At this moment, Liu Bei shivered inexplicably....