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Chapter 336

Just as Liu Zong said, Quanling is as safe as Mount Tai now, and it is completely different from the tense situation before Liu Jing sent troops. Therefore, Liu Jing is no longer in a hurry to go south, but decides to rest in Ling County for two days before setting off.

During the past two days, most of his energy was put on Feng Xi, Gao Xiang, Huo Du, Huo Jun, Wei Yan and other former generals of the Jingzhou Army.

Since the defeat at the end of July, more than [-] Jingzhou troops have surrendered. After [-] or [-] days of cultivation, they have regained their energy and can be driven. This time they will also follow Liu Jing to fight south.

In this regard, the generals of the Jingzhou army were very active, and they asked themselves to be the first to ascend.

As newcomers, they are currently in an embarrassing situation. In order to gain Liu Jing's trust as soon as possible, they can only make contributions to achieve their own results.

Liu Jing had originally intended to use the Jingzhou Army as the main force in this battle, and the generals were so active, he naturally would not let them off their minds.

On the third day, Liu Jing led the 3000 county soldiers in his headquarters to stay behind with seriousness, and all the troops from Ling County went south. Thousands of people, Feng Xi, Gao Xiang, Huo Du, Huo Jun, Wei Yan and other Jingzhou troops of [-] people, together with Liu Jingsuo's water infantry army of nearly [-], the total number reached more than [-].The fleet departed from Lingxian County and headed for Lingling in a mighty manner. The scale was so large that it covered the river road and made it difficult to see the beginning and the end. Everyone who saw it along the way was dumbfounded.

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Although Zhang Jin holds the emperor's edict and occupies the righteous name, he is not allowed to be attached to Lingling scholars and people, but treats him like a bandit.

This is not surprising. Since Liu Jing took control of Lingling, he did not drag the people of Lingling into the flames of war.

Compared with Liu Jing, Zhang Jin is like a looter. When he came, Lingling was plagued by floods, which caused a sharp reduction in autumn harvest, and in some places there was even no harvest.

"Sun Tzu's Art of War" said: "Those who make good use of soldiers...take it for the country, because the food is supplied to the enemy, so the army can have enough food."

Zhang Jin led more than [-] troops, thousands of miles away from home, and almost all the military rations were collected on the spot. The people of Lingling felt very difficult because of the flood. Everyone hates him to the bone.

Zhang Jin was unpopular in Lingling, so the news was naturally very closed. He knew very little about Liu Jing's intelligence, and Zhang Jin didn't realize it until Liu Jing's fleet arrived at the boundary of Quanling.

After listening to the scouts' description of Liu Jing's military grandeur, Zhang Jin was silent for a long time, and then ordered the withdrawal of troops to wait for Liu Jing's army.

Qu Jing, Yi Liao, Qian Bo, Wei Yi and other Jiaozhou army generals received Zhang Jin's order, and immediately led their troops back to the camp and went straight to the Chinese army's tent.

Wei Yi, a native of Cangwu, was stationed next to the district. The two rode together in the camp, and complained to the district: "I waited for the beginning of July to send troops with Zhang Shijun. It has been more than a hundred days, and the result is only the southern part of Lingling. Two or three counties have now besieged Quanling for more than a month, with heavy casualties and nothing to gain. I have advised you before that Quanling is difficult to conquer, so it is better to return to Jiaozhou for the time being and make another plan. However, you will not listen to my advice. , Now it’s all over, it’s hard to get away. I heard that Liu Jing’s army has hundreds of warships and tens of thousands of soldiers here. How can we fight against me, with more than ten thousand people?”

The people of Jiaozhou have always been strong in strength and do not abide by etiquette. After getting along with each other, the generals in Jiaozhou found that although Zhang Jin was a famous Chinese scholar, he did not understand military affairs and was not powerful enough.

Qu Jing had a serious expression on his face and did not respond.Not long ago, he received a secret letter from his brother Ou Xiong, who said that he had joined Liu Jing.Ou Jing was very shocked by this. Even though he was thousands of miles away in Jiaozhou, he had heard about the grievances between his brother Ou Xiong and Liu Jing. He did not expect that after so many years, the two would let go of their old feud, which is unbelievable.

Ou Xiongxin praised Liu Jing very much, saying that Liu Jing is tolerant, considerate like a god, he is civil and military, and has great ambitions. Now he can break Liu Biao, occupy Jingnan, and support a strong army. Lost the power of Dou Rong.Although there is no explicit statement in the letter, how can Ou Jing not know that Ou Xiong is lobbying for Liu Jing, hoping that he will betray Zhang Jin and submit to Liu Jing.

In history, Zhang Jin died at the hands of Qu Jing, but that was because Zhang Jin fought for Jingnan with Liu Biao, resorted to military force, and revived the army every year, which greatly damaged the interests of Jiaozhou generals.After all, Zhang Jin was gambling with their wealth and lives, and it was a losing game. Qu Jing, on behalf of the Jiaozhou generals, killed Zhang Jin and surrendered to Liu Biao and Wu Ju.

At present, Zhang Jin is far from the point where the generals were disgusted and betrayed their relatives.What's more, Ou Jing is now very popular with Zhang Jin, and he was appointed as the governor of the Jiaozhou Army, and Dong supervised the battalions. Therefore, even if his brother Ou Xiong wrote a letter to be a lobbyist himself, he had no intention of betraying Zhang Jin.

Of course, Ou Jing is not a loyal minister and righteous man, his brother Ou Xiong is his way out, if there is really something impossible to do in the future, he will definitely betray Zhang Jin without hesitation.

Qu Jing said in a deep voice: "Now that the enemy is approaching, complaining is useless. If we cannot unite in this battle, I am afraid that this place will be our burial place."

Wei Yi sighed: "Why don't I know this truth, how can I make you..."

"That's enough." Qu Jing interrupted Wei Yi and said, "Your Majesty has a gentle temperament and neglects inspections, but we must not be without a sense of dignity."

Wei Yi looked disapproving, but he had always been convinced by Qu Jing and did not refute it.

The two rode their horses straight into the camp of the Chinese army, and soon Yi Liao, Qian Bo and others also arrived one after another, and all the generals entered the tent of the Chinese army to meet Zhang Jin.

Zhang Jin has been in the army for several months, still wearing a red scarf, incense and chanting scriptures. How can a person like him convince the generals of Jiaozhou?

Zhang Jin sat in the main seat, looked around at the generals in the tent, and raised his voice: "My lords, Liu Jing's son disobeyed the king's order and occupied Ling and Gui. He and Liu Biao are the same raccoon dogs, and they are all great thieves of the country. We have sent troops here today, and we Let's work together to fight against the country's thieves, if you can defeat Liu Jing and capture Ling and Gui, Mu will reward you generously."

All the generals were silent, Liu Jing came in a menacing manner this time, and the warships were very crowded. It would be easier said than done to defeat the opponent?And since the dispatch of troops, Zhang Jin has continued to draw big cakes for them, but today, the price they paid is not insignificant, but the gains are very little.

Seeing the indifferent response from the generals, Zhang Jin couldn't help being very annoyed. These vulgar and ignorant Jiaozhou barbarians are short-sighted and only care about self-interest.They knew that they had to come up with tangible benefits in order to drive them to fight Liu Jing to the death.

Zhang Jin first added officials to the generals, and the former Sima of other tribes were all promoted to the capital and the school lieutenant, while the original capital and the school lieutenant were promoted to the generals of Zhonglang, and made a public promise that if Liu Jing was defeated, he would send Lingling, The two counties of Guiyang were distributed to the generals.

The generals were delighted to accept the order.

(End of this chapter)