cite Han

Chapter 306

When Qin Shihuang ruled the world, the following year, he launched a huge "national road" project construction, and ordered the construction of the national capital Xianyang as the center, leading to all parts of the country, "poor Yanqi in the east, and Wuchu in the south".

Among them, in order to conquer Baiyue in the south, Qin Shihuang ordered people to dig an artificial canal between the Xiang River and the Li River in Lingling County, Ling Canal, to connect the Hunan and Li Rivers. Over the mountains", people in the Central Plains can also sail south of the Five Ridges.The "Qiao Road" in Wuling was also repaired.

The route Zhang Jin chose to take was the "Qiao Road" in Shi'an Mountains, which was the most convenient road between Vietnam and Hunan since the Qin and Han Dynasties.

When Zhang Jin led more than [-] troops from Jiaozhou to the north along the Lishui River in Yulin County, Jiaozhou, and finally arrived at Shi'an County in Lingling County, it immediately aroused panic among the officials and people in Shi'an City.

Zhang Jin led the army straight to the city, and sent people into the city with the emperor's edict to show to the officials and people in Shi'an that he was ordered by the emperor to pay the governor of Lingling and Guiyang counties.

Shi'an City had few soldiers, so it was powerless to resist Jiaozhou's army. Seeing that Zhang Jin had the king's order, the county magistrate had no intention of resisting. He immediately led the city's officials and people to go out of the city to work with cattle and wine.

"What did you say?!" Zhang Jin, who was wearing a crimson handkerchief and a black robe, looked at the county magistrate in a daze, his thin face full of shock.

"Don't dare to lie to Shijun Zhang," Shi'an County Magistrate repeated again: "The [-] Jingzhou army has indeed been wiped out by Lord Liu."

"How is this possible?!" Zhang Jin couldn't help but gasp. It took Liu Biao ten years to save his fortune. The so-called [-] army is definitely an exaggeration, but even if it is discounted in half, it will be [-]. public.

As a Jiaozhou shepherd, he only has more than [-] people under his command. This time he went north to Jingzhou, he did not intend to confront Liu Biao's army head-on. Come here and fight a protracted war with Liu Biao.Liu Biao has never been in Jiang Xiang's heart, the longer the delay, the greater the change.And if things go wrong, Zhang Jin can calmly return to Jiaozhou. Even if Liu Biao wants to retaliate, he will be beyond his reach.

"Liu Jing may not have more troops than himself. It is unimaginable to defeat Liu Biao's army, let alone wipe out his army." Zhang Jin fell into deep doubt for a while.

Whether Zhang Jin was in the Central Plains or Lingnan, he had heard of Liu Jing's name, but he had never met him.

Three years ago, Zhang Jin was appointed by the emperor as the governor of Jiaozhi. He traveled south from Jingzhou to Jiaozhou and passed through Ling County. Unfortunately, Liu Jing was busy with the autumn harvest in Zhongshui and Pingyang, and Zhang Jin was in the time of Emperor Zhang of this dynasty. Sinon Zheng Hong presided over the newly opened Guiyang Qiao Road, and the two missed the opportunity to meet.

The county magistrate of Shi'an did not dare to conceal the truth from Zhang Jin. He told everyone that the Jingzhou army encountered a rare flood and was attacked by Liu Jing's army, which led to the annihilation of the entire army.

Hearing what the county magistrate of Shi'an said, Zhang Jin suddenly realized that he directly ignored the role of Liu Jingjun, and simply attributed the failure of the Jingzhou army to irresistible natural disasters.

Then Zhang Jin was overjoyed. Although he was ordered by the emperor and invited by Cao Cao, he went north to crusade against the traitor Liu Biao.However, it is undeniable that Liu Biao's strength is far superior to him. He really has no chance of winning in his heart. Anti-strong unwise decision.Now Liu Biao's army is defeated, but Liu Jing's strength is limited. He has great righteousness in his hands and a strong army, so he will be able to easily take over the two counties of Lingling and Guiyang.

Zhang Jin thought that he was sure of winning and no one could stop him, so he immediately relaxed and no longer rushed north. He led his army to station in the southern suburbs of Shi'an, on the west bank of Lishui River, and sent people to Lingling County to rule Quanling, and ordered Lingling officials to come forward. Come and meet.

In the past few days, Lingling officials headed by Liu Ba and Jiang Wan have been running around Quanling, busy with emergency rescue and disaster relief, and harvesting rice.

Quanling is located in the upper reaches of Lingxian County, and there are two major river systems, Hunan and Shenyang. The degree of disaster is second only to Lingxian County. It can completely wash away their worries.

With the arrival of Zhang Jin's emissary, Liu Ba, Jiang Wan and others became even more worried.

The Lingling County Mansion sat inside, and the main seat was vacant. Liu Ba sat at the bottom. Great reduction.

In addition to Liu Ba, there were four other people sitting in the room, namely Jiang Wan, the chief secretary, Tao Zhang, the meritorious officer, Li Da, the five-official officer, and Huang Cheng, the governor.

In fact, Li Da and Huang Cheng were just making up the numbers. They only had the right to participate, but not the right to speak. Tao Zhang was stronger than the two, but he was not the real person in charge of the Lingling County Mansion.There are only Liu Ba and Jiang Wan who are really in charge, this was decided by Liu Jing early on.

Tao Zhang said to Liu Ba worriedly: "Liu Ling, is it not appropriate for you to reject Mr. Zhang's envoy in person?" Liu Ba is not only the magistrate of Lingling County, but also the magistrate of Quanling County appointed by Liu Jing. , so it is called this.

Liu Ba raised his eyebrows unconsciously when he heard the words, and said with displeasure: "If you don't refuse, do you really want us to go to Shi'an to meet him? What a joke! We have our own county guard in Lingling, and An can serve others."

Tao Zhang smiled wryly and said, "Although the Lord of the Ming Dynasty wiped out the northern army in the first battle, the counties north of Lingxian County in Changsha are still not settled. Reinforcements from Nanjun and Jiangxia may come across the river at any time, and the soldiers of Wuling are also coveting it." Heart, right now the Lord of the Ming Mansion must have no time to look south. Under the king's order, Lord Zhang sent tens of thousands of soldiers from Jiaozhou to Lingling, if this angered Lord Zhang, the consequences would be disastrous."

Li Da nodded in agreement and said: "Gang Ji's words are reasonable. Quanling is made of wood and cannot be defended. It will certainly be difficult to stop the Jiaozhou army."

"No." Jiang Wan shook his head and said, "The so-called 'weaving wood to make a city, it cannot be defended' is just an excuse. When the state soldiers rebelled and gathered tens of thousands of people, they came straight to Quanling, but Mr. Chen (Qiu) refused. At the request of the county officials to flee, they personally led the officials in Quanling, old and weak, to guard the city together. The bandits attacked fiercely for more than ten days and could not go down.

Jiaozhou is located in a barbaric area, the people are like animals and don't know etiquette. Under Zhang Jiaozhou's command, there must be a large number of barbarian soldiers. These barbarians are not restrained. If they win, they will swarm up, and if they lose, they will scatter.

In the past, the rebels rebelled because the state soldiers were dissatisfied with the rewards from the imperial court. The elite soldiers of the Han people could not capture Quanling, and how could they succeed if they handed over to the barbarians of the state? "

Liu Ba clapped his palms and said with a smile: "Gongyan is right. In short, we must not compromise, otherwise, won't it make Mingfu Jun feel cold?"

(End of this chapter)