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Chapter 348

The next day, Liu Jing sent away Liu Zong's [-] Shuibu army, and then ordered people to transport the dead soldiers of the Jiaozhou Army into the valley, where thousands of skulls were burned and buried at the foot of Dongshan Mountain.

The dead are easy to deal with, but the living are difficult.

In the Battle of Ling County, Liu Jing captured more than 3 Jingzhou soldiers. Although he recruited more than 2 infantry and cavalry soldiers, nearly half of them were still detained. million people.

These captives can neither be killed nor released. Calculated based on the minimum standard of five liters of rice for a solar eclipse, they must eat at least 36 hu rice per month, which is [-] hu rice a year.

Liu Jing doesn't have to worry about food in the short term. Lingxian County was the granary of the Chu State hundreds of years ago. In the past few years, he has traveled to Hengshan in the north, and Zhongshui and Pingyang in the south. , Open up wasteland, resettle refugees, and accumulate hundreds of thousands of dendrobium.Although the counties in the south of Changsha and the two counties of Lingling and Guiyang suffered floods this year, due to the many years of peace, the warehouses have quite a lot of storage.

Liu Jing currently has enough food for more than [-] troops and [-] captives for more than half a year, but the captives cannot be fed for nothing.

The mines and smelting workshops in various places can accommodate some of them, but they can't solve the fundamental problem.After much deliberation, Liu Jing could only think of one solution, and that was farming.

In Changsha, especially in the northern part of Changsha, after years of wars, the people have been scattered, the houses are desolate, and the fields are barren. At present, there are many lands without owners. These are good fields that the people of Changsha have managed for many years. Cultivation has quick results and high returns, which is far better than reclaiming wasteland.

In addition to working, they can be selected from the captives and trained to become Liu Jingjun's reserve team. In this way, the problem of captives is solved, food is increased, and more soldiers are added. It can be said to kill three birds with one stone.The specific details need to be discussed with the ministers.

In the afternoon, Liu Jing returned to the Quanling prefect's house, before entering the door, he saw Lai Gong sitting in the hall chatting with his sister-in-law Lai Ci and nephew Liu Qun. When they saw him, they all stood up to greet him.

When Liu Biao's army went south, Liu Jing sent his sister-in-law Lai Ci and nephew Liu Qun back to Lingling's hometown for shelter. Unexpectedly, they escaped the Jingzhou army, but met the Jiaozhou army again.Fortunately, before the Jiaozhou army came to the city, Liu Ba and Jiang Wan brought their mother and son, together with Lai's relatives, into Quanling City.

"Zhongda..." Lai Ci said in plain clothes with a high bun, Naoyue was gentle and full of smiles.What she was most worried about before was that Uncle Ji Liu Jing and her elder brother Lai Gong would meet in battle. She didn't want to see any of them get hurt.It's all right now, her elder brother Lai Gong has joined Uncle Ji's command, and she doesn't have to worry about it anymore in the future.

Liu Jing stepped into the hall, greeted Lai Gong first, and then greeted his sister-in-law Lai Ci.

Looking at the majestic Liu Jing in military uniform and leather shoes, Lai Ci couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart. Uncle Ji was forced to farm in the field back then, but only five years later, he took advantage of the momentum and broke through the north. Liu Biao, who went south to Zhangjin, became the well-deserved overlord of Jingnan.

Lai Ci knew that Uncle Ji had great ambitions, and she had high hopes for Uncle Ji, but she never thought that he would achieve such an achievement so quickly.

However, while he was happy for Uncle Ji, Lai Ci was also a little worried. In troubled times, it is difficult for the people of Li to survive, but the princes of one side are not safe and secure. They are as powerful as Yuan Shu, but they are also ruined; tyrannical as Sun Ce , will inevitably die.Uncle Ji's future path is bound to be full of dangers and obstacles.

"My lord..." Liu Qun's face was full of uncontrollable excitement. He is already ten years old this year, and he will be eleven years old in just over a month. The Analects, "Poetry" and "Li" can no longer be regarded as ignorant children.

Liu Qun secretly carried his mother on his back yesterday and ran to the top of the city to watch the confrontation between the two armies. Although he couldn't see it clearly because of the distance, the thundering drums and the shouts of killing still made his blood boil.He found that he yearned for the battlefield more than the scriptures.

Liu Jing didn't know what his nephew was thinking, and asked, "Tiger Head, have you ever studied hard recently?"

Liu Qun nodded and replied, "The Jiaozhou army was in a hurry to besiege Quanling, and the rain poured into the city. For the sake of safety, my mother seldom let me go out. I only stayed in the dormitory to study on weekdays. I feel that I have made great progress in my studies recently."

Liu Jing joked with a smile: "You can be regarded as a blessing in disguise."

After Liu Jing was seated, he asked Lai Ci: "Sister-in-law, Jingnan has returned to stability and there is no more disturbance. Do you plan to take the tiger head and stay in Quanling for a while, or do you plan to return to Linxiang?"

Lai Ci replied without hesitation: "Hutou and I have lived in Quanling for more than four months. Now that the road is clear, we should return to Linxiang as soon as possible to serve Auntie."

Liu Jing nodded and said, "Okay, I will send a military ship to escort you back to Linxiang."

Liu Qun asked, "How about you, my lord?"

Liu Jingdao: "The counties of Taoyang, Lingling, and Shi'an in the south of Lingling were once lost to Zhang Jin. The bandits and barbarians also took the opportunity to make waves and plunder the villages. I will lead my troops south in a few days to appease the counties and deter evil , to stabilize the place. If all goes well, we may be able to return to Linxiang before Zhengdan."

Of course, Liu Jing led his troops to the south for more than one reason. His final destination was Shi'an County at the southernmost tip of Lingling County. After leaving Shi'an to the southeast, it was Jiaozhou Cangwu County, and after leaving Shi'an to the southwest, it was Jiaozhou Yulin County. county.

Liu Jing's garrison at Shi'an can not only serve as Liu Zong's backup, so that the latter can confidently and boldly attack Yulin County, but also a great deterrent to Cangwu County, preventing him from rescuing Yulin County.

Liu Qun's complexion darkened when he heard the words, and he was reunited with his uncle, and then they had to be separated for several months.

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Two days later, Liu Jing sent his sister-in-law Lai Ci and nephew Liu Qun to the boat, and asked them to return north with Huanyi's Guiyang warship.

Huan Yi is the prefect of Guiyang, and he can't stay in the county for a long time. Now that Zhang Jin has been defeated, Liu Jing naturally doesn't want to keep him anymore.

Two days later, Liu Jing asked Han Guang and Liu Liang to lead thousands of riders and stay behind at Quanling. Liu Jing himself walked ten thousand people on the water and went south along the Xiangshui River.

Although Liu Jing had been the prefect of Lingling for nearly a year, he had never actually ruled Lingling. He didn't know how Lingling's officials and people treated him, so he took Liu Ba with him when he went south this time.Liu Ba was originally a famous scholar in Lingling, a high official in the county, and later he was entrusted by Liu Jing with county affairs. His power is almost the same as that of the prefect. He has a very high prestige among the Lingling officials. With him, Liu Jing's trip will be easy. Not a lot.

Sure enough, Liu Jingjun went all the way south, passing through Taoyang, Lingling, until Shi'an.The thieves and barbarians were also afraid of Liu Jing's military power, so they hid one after another.

(End of this chapter)