The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

The 1000-man defender faced Liu Zheng and Guo Shi, a large force of nearly 4 people, and there was no possibility of resistance at all. Smart people naturally knew that surrender was the only way out, and resistance was a dead end.

Gan Ning, Zhou Chao and others just let the soldiers and horses swing outside the city of Changsha, and the defenders were already frightened. The two sides confronted each other. He led the last of the troops and surrendered.

The city gate was knocked down so easily.

Changsha City, during this period of time, can be considered as a war-torn city. It was first beaten down by Guo Shi's men, then recaptured by Sun Jian's men, and now it is once again occupied by Liu Zheng.

Although several battles did little damage to the buildings and residents in the city, they still had a great impact on the prosperity of Changsha. Originally, Jingzhou was the most prosperous place in Changsha except for Xiangyang Jiangxia's second brother.

But now, Changsha's economy has declined a lot, and it has lost its initial prosperity.

In the city, Liu Zheng gathered all his troops, and Guo Shi's people also came together.

"Liu Zhengqu is handsome, you are so powerful. I have finally seen how powerful you are. No wonder there are rumors outside that you can break Hulao Pass and Luoyang City with only a few thousand troops. I thought it was a rumor before. Now I finally believe it."

As soon as Guo Shi saw Liu Zheng, he immediately pretended to be surprised, and complimented Liu Zheng.

"Small point, a mere Sun Jian is nothing more than my defeated general. When I had only 2 soldiers in Runan, I wounded him. Now that I have [-] soldiers, I am still afraid that he will fail. "

"It's just that it's a pity that Sun Jian was not beheaded this time. Letting him run away will cause endless troubles."

Liu Zheng looked at Guo Shi with regret.

Guo Shi waved his hand immediately.

"Hey, Commander Liu Zhengqu, you think too highly of that Sun Jian, this time his strength has been completely wiped out by us, so what if we let him run away, he has no troops, no matter how powerful he is, he can't do anything The big waves are coming. Now that we have occupied Changsha County, can we take advantage of the victory and pursue and kill Cai Mao's tens of thousands of people in one fell swoop?"

At this time, Guo Shi was even more excited because he was fighting back to Changsha. He thought of using Liu Zheng's strength to take down the four Jingnan counties in one fell swoop.

As long as he captured the four counties in Jingnan, he would be able to gain a firm foothold in Jingzhou.

"Seize the four counties in Jingnan and attack Cai Mao? This matter is temporarily postponed. Although we won the battle with Sun Jian, we also lost a lot of soldiers and horses in the forcible siege of Shaoyang, especially my cavalry. Now there are only 1000 left."

Thinking of his own cavalry losing more than half when chasing Sun Jian, Liu Zheng felt a pain in his heart.

His cavalry is the most elite unit under his command. Although Liu Zheng had already thought of the possibility of damage when he sent cavalry to attack Sun Jian, but when the cavalry really lost more than half, he still couldn't help feeling sad.

When he first retreated from Luoyang, Liu Zheng's cavalry once had 4000 men, but after this period of continuous conquests, the number of horses continued to decrease, making his cavalry battalion less and less. .

There are only 1000 people left. If it is less, there may be no need to form a cavalry.

Moreover, Liu Zheng asked Gan Ning and Xu Huang's men to attack at the main city gates as the main force, and both of their troops suffered more or less losses.

At least in this battle, Liu Zheng lost more than 5000 people.

Of the 5000 soldiers and horses brought over from Jiaozhou, there are only [-] left now.

And Guo Shi's 2 people, because he was responsible for attacking the city wall, had no losses, and naturally he still had the ability to fight against Cai Mao.

The main reason is that Liu Zheng needs to rest for a while. At the same time, he and Cai Mao have an agreement, and it is impossible to take the initiative to attack Cai Mao. This is also the reason why Liu Zheng rejected Guo Shi.

2 Chapter [-]: Jizhou is in Danger

Guo Shi originally hoped to persuade Liu Zheng to continue to attack Nanjun, eliminate Cai Mao, and thus capture the entire Jingzhou in one fell swoop.

But seeing that Liu Zheng didn't seem to have much interest in continuing to send troops, and Guo Shi was also smart, he stopped talking about attacking.

After Guo Shi left, Liu Zheng began to arrange his own affairs. First, he sent someone to contact Cai Mao, told Cai Mao what happened here, and at the same time sent someone to contact the merchant ship stronghold established in Changsha City.

Changsha City, this place, has actually been Liu Zheng's own location for a long time. When he first came to Yichun County a year ago, he established a caravan, and the first place to establish a stronghold was Changsha.

Now after a year of management here, and the Mi family's continuous deliveries and purchases over the past year, the stronghold here is developing quite well.

Even Mi Fang, the second son of the Mi family, was stationed here all year round, but recently, because of Sun Jian's arrival, Mi Fang seldom came here for the sake of safety. stronghold.

But now that he heard that Liu Zheng had captured Changsha City, Mi Fang came here to meet Liu Zheng soon.

On the second day after Liu Zheng captured Changsha City, Mi Fang came in a hurry with her cronies.

"The villain, Mi Fang, has met the adults."

"Excuse me, Mi Fang, we are old acquaintances, so we don't need to be so polite, how are you doing these days?"

I haven't seen Mi Fang for more than half a year, but the transaction and cooperation between Mi Fang and Liu Zheng has not fallen at all during this period. Basically, Zu Lang's men are responsible for protection, and Mi Fang has no influence between these two lakes. Dare to hit the Mi family's idea.

Even if there are powerful forces who want to get the Mi family's attention, the first thing they have to face is Zu Lang's anger and Liu Zheng's siege behind him.

"My lord, things are going well these days. Although Jingzhou has been in the flames of war, our trade has not been greatly affected."

The Mi family's trade in Jingzhou is mainly in Changsha, Jiangxia, and Xiangyang. The four counties in Jingnan rarely get involved. It has little impact on the Mi family's business.

It's just that when Guo Shi's people went north to develop, the trade in Changsha temporarily fell back, but after Sun Jian brought Changsha back again, everything became better.

"Well, your Mi family is quite good at this aspect, I don't understand, so I won't ask too much."

"I heard that the general's southern expedition went well recently, and now he has conquered the entire Jiaozhou?"

After Mi Fang reported on the recent business affairs, she suddenly changed the subject and asked Liu Zheng what she had been looking forward to.

"It's true. The news spread quickly. I didn't expect you all to know about it."

It has only been a month since Liu Zheng took down Jiaozhou. In this month, eight hundred miles hastened, and it is estimated that it has spread to Luoyang, but Mi Zhu and others among the people are just businessmen. Got it, then this news, I'm afraid it will soon spread to the entire Han world.

"General Liu Zheng may have forgotten that our Mi family wants to make a living between these two lakes, so we naturally need to arrange some people around here, so if there is any trouble nearby, we merchants are the most informed."

"That's right, I did just conquer Jiaozhou, but this is also good news for your Mi family. In this way, your Mi family can expand their business to Jiaozhou. In my territory, I can even Exempt your taxes and strongly support your cause."

Liu Zheng's words brought a gleam of joy to Mi Fang's face.

However, although Liu Zheng said that he could help them bring their business to Jiaozhou, the mountains in Jiaozhou are steep and the terrain is rough, so it is not easy to transport at all, and business exchanges may be greatly affected.

"My lord, although Jiaozhou is also a place that our Mi family wants to get involved in, it's just that Jiaozhou is too far away, and with the lack of waterways, it may not be so easy to develop business."

Mi Fang's family has always only done lake water transportation, and they have never tried it for places as far away as Jiaozhou.

When Liu Zheng heard Mi Fang's embarrassment, he immediately laughed.

"Who said water transportation is impassable, water transportation is not possible, we can go by sea!"

"Sea freight?"

When Mi Fang heard these two words, she was taken aback.

Seeing Mi Fang's puzzled look, Liu Zheng suddenly realized that it was the Three Kingdoms period, and people like Mi Fang who lived in inland areas naturally did not understand the geographical environment of the ocean, nor did they know the coastal areas of the Han River. It is connected, and you can sail directly from Jiaozhou to Youzhou by sea.

Explain to Mi Fang now, Mi Fang may not know, but in the future, let their fleet go on a trip in person, directly use the Yangtze River from Xuzhou to the coast, and then arrive at Hepu in Jiaozhou, where Hepu seafood, sugar cane, ivory, etc. When the special products are transported to Jiaozhou and other places for sale.

Mi Fang will understand that Jiaozhou's trade wealth is now.

"Yuan Zhou will talk to you about the trade in Jiaozhou in the future. I don't have time to pay attention to those things now. I heard that your Mi family's intelligence work is good. Has anything major happened in the court recently?"

Liu Zheng came to find Mi Fang. In fact, one reason was to discuss trade with Mi Fang. The other reason was that Liu Zheng had been huddled in Jiaozhou for several months. He hadn't heard the information about the big man for a long time.

Although he sent a lot of spies and spies to various places, the effectiveness of those people's intelligence work cannot be reflected in a short while.

That's why Liu Zheng asked Mi Fang at this time. Perhaps Mi Fang could give him some answers in this regard.

"There hasn't been much movement in the imperial court these days. The rebellion in Liangzhou is still getting worse. A large number of the imperial court's troops are in Xiliang. Huangfu Songzhonglang of Jizhou is doing his best to encircle the chaos of governor Wang Fen. Listen It is said that Zhonglang will invite the surrounding prefects to attack Jizhou together."

"What's the situation in Jizhou?"

When Liu Zheng heard Mi Fang mention that Huangfusong joined forces with other prefects to attack Jizhou, he faintly felt something was wrong.

"I heard that the people gathered by Wang Fen's army in Jizhou didn't take advantage of Huangfusong Zhonglang in several battles. The defeated ones retreated steadily, and most of Jizhou's territory was recovered by Huangfusong. Now Only their new capital remains unbroken."

"Looking at the situation, I'm afraid it won't last long before Huangfu Song Zhonglang will appease you."

Chapter 261 Avoid the edge

Mi Fang told Liu Zheng what she knew.

After Liu Zheng listened, his face gradually became gloomy.

What Wang Fen and Xu You did in Jizhou, in fact, from the very beginning, Liu Zheng didn't think they could succeed.

Change the dynasty and support a new master.

This is not something you can play by yourself.

Before the history of the Three Kingdoms, there were only two people who could abolish the emperor.

These two people are Yi Yin and Huo Guang.

Yi Yin is loyal and sincere, and possesses the power of the prime minister, ranking above all officials, so the plan to abolish the emperor will be successful and the abolition will be completed.

When it came to Huo Guang, he was first entrusted with the important task of the first emperor, and he also relied on his status as a royal family member. Moreover, he had the power of the queen mother to rule the country, and the general trend of the officials who were in the same heart. In addition, the King of Changyi had not been on the throne for a long time, so he was not valuable. A favored person, there is also a lack of concentric officials in the court, and his words can only be expressed through his attendants.

Therefore, Huo Guang's strategy was implemented cheaply and quickly, and the completion of the matter was like destroying the dead.However, Wang Fen and others only saw how easy it was for the ancients to succeed, but did not see clearly the difficulties of the present.Wang Fen himself is just a governor of Jizhou who has just taken office not long ago. How is it different from the Seven Kings Rebellion and the Yellow Turban Uprising?

Although Liu Bian, the young emperor of the Han Dynasty, has the status and is well-known as a teacher, he is still far from the court after all. Without the slightest foundation, he went to the court to launch a counterattack, but it was just hitting a stone with an egg.

Wang Fen's ability to persist for nearly a year has already surprised Liu Zheng.

According to Liu Zheng's knowledge, the historical Wang Fen, before raising troops, was terrified by the revelation of the incident and committed suicide by himself.

The current Wang Fen, because of Liu Bian, the young emperor of the Han Dynasty, was able to fight against the imperial court for a year, which was enough.

But after all, the background is not good, and it is impossible to rely on the strength of a state to fight against the imperial court. Sooner or later, it will be eliminated.

This is why, when Xu You invited Liu Zheng to join, Liu Zheng flatly refused.

Because from the very beginning, Liu Zhengda didn't think that Wang Fen could succeed by relying on Xu You and other counselors.

In today's troubled times, counselors are of course important, but the lack of generals who are good at fighting is also not enough.

"Is the situation in Jizhou not good now? It seems that we can't sit still in Changsha County."

After Liu Zheng learned about the situation in Jizhou, he knew that Jizhou would not last long. When the imperial court took care of Wang Fen in Jizhou and freed up his hands, he would probably focus on Liu Zheng.

So Liu Zheng is still under a lot of pressure at this time.

If they continue to occupy Changsha County, they will face the imperial army directly. It is better to retreat to Jiaozhou at this time and place heavy guards on the passages between Jiaozhou and Jingzhou and Yangzhou. Maybe there is still a glimmer of life.

Anyway, the imperial court is still busy with Xiliang affairs, so it is impossible to gather too many people to appear in a short period of time.

In the following time, Liu Zheng didn't stay in Changsha for long at all. Cai Mao secretly came to the vicinity of Changsha County, and Liu Zheng went down to meet Cai Mao in private.

When Cai Mao saw Liu Zheng, he felt commended for Liu Zheng's defeat of Sun Jian in a short period of time, but then he was annoyed that Liu Zheng let Sun Jian go and didn't kill the grass, but he didn't dare to complain too much about Liu Zheng.

After all, Liu Zheng still drove Sun Jian away and let Sun Jian leave Jingzhou's sphere of influence. After leaving this time, it would not be so easy to come back.

And Liu Zheng also gave Cai Mao some new benefits, and agreed with Cai Mao that Cai Mao's soldiers and horses would return to aid and fight a small-scale battle in Changsha, and then Liu Zheng would voluntarily abandon Changsha City.

Let Cai Mao's people take over Changsha County.

Then Liu Zheng retreated all the way to Guiyang County and Lingling County.

Liu Zheng gave up Changsha County and Nanjun County, let Cai Mao's call, and the two sides did not attack each other.

For Cai Mao, he naturally had no objection. Nanjun was originally in Cai Mao's hands, and Lingling County was always in Guo Shi's hands. Only Guiyang was in Sun Jian's hands at first.

Now that Liu Zheng handed over Changsha County, Cai Maobai picked up a bargain, and he returned to Liu Biao's side, and he had something to say, which was more or less his credit.

The reason why Liu Zheng gave up Changsha was that he knew that he would not occupy Changsha for long. Changsha has more waters and more spacious plains. Once the imperial court came, he would be powerless to defend.

It would be better to retreat to Guiyang. Relying on the terrain of Guiyang, Liu Zheng only needs [-] Chen soldiers in Guiyang.

If you can't fight, at least you can defend.

As for the consumption of food and grass for a [-]-strong army, Liu Zheng can still afford it. If there is a [-]-strong army, the food and grass will not be a small amount in the court's light. Naturally, it is impossible to stalemate with him in Guiyang all the time. Most likely, he will only attack once or twice. If you can't beat it, you will definitely retreat in spite of the difficulties.

The reason why Liu Zheng wanted to hand over Changsha County to Cai Mao was precisely because he valued the relationship between him and Cai Mao. Only by cultivating Cai Mao and letting Cai Mao and Chen Bing be near Jingnan can Liu Zheng have no worries.

To deal with others, perhaps Liu Zheng will have to go to a lot of trouble. To deal with Cai Mao, this idiot, Liu Zheng is quite sure, and Cai Mao has a good relationship with him, and Cai Mao will not take the initiative to attack him. Even if someone else attacks, Cai Mao will probably still He will be notified in advance.

The two of them can collude with officials and bandits, cooperate with each other, and cooperate for a win-win situation.

This is why Liu Zheng wanted to get rid of Sun Jian and cultivate Cai Mao. Sun Jian is too powerful. Liu Zheng needs a lot of tricks to deal with Sun Jian, but Cai Mao doesn't need it. He can even get some news from Cai Mao.

A few days later, Cai Mao's [-] troops arrived in Changsha City.

Liu Zheng didn't let his men fight Cai Mao, but let Guo Shi lead his men to fight Cai Mao.

As Liu Zheng expected, although he experienced a big victory with Sun Jian, Guo Shi's troops did not improve much. After a battle with 2 horses and Cai Mao, he lost thousands of people and retreated in embarrassment.

Liu Zheng took this opportunity to directly abandon Changsha City, led people to leave Changsha City directly, and withdrew to Shaoyang.

After retiring to Shaoyang, Guo Shi never understood why Liu Zheng would retreat.

If Liu Zheng's men in Changsha join forces with him to deal with Cai Mao, they may not be invincible.

But Liu Zheng didn't do it, and Guo Shi himself was helpless, so he could only retreat with Liu Zheng.

Guo Shi, who had retreated to Wuling County, felt a sense of resentment in his heart, but he had nowhere to vent it.