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Chapter 359 August

On July 8000, Liu Jing took Sui Army Zhonglang General Liu Zong as the general, military adviser Zhuge Liang, Zuo Sima Pan Jun, and Ling County Magistrate Liu Cheng as the overseers, and led the cavalry captains Cai Sheng, Liu Liang, and Changsha west captain Shan. Generals such as Ri Chi, Captain Fenwei Xizhen, Captain Yingyang Feng Xi, Captain Li Feng Gao Xiang, Captain Chen Jin, Captain Huang Wu and other generals commanded a water infantry force of [-] men and hundreds of boats. Set off to Wuling.

Liu Jingzi led Jianwu Zhonglang General Han Guang, Dangkou Captain Gan Ning, Qizhen Captain Wei Yan, Pinglu Captain Huo Du, Yangwu Captain Huo Jun and other generals, together with more than a hundred warships and tens of thousands of soldiers, went to Pakistan. Qiu, and Liu Zhu, the school captain of Lingjiang, joined forces to defend the north.Xu Shu, the right Sima, Jiang Wan, the chief bookkeeper, and Deng Zhi, who joined the army, accompanied him.

Liu Xiu, General of the Warlord Zhonglang, stayed in Linxiang, left Chief Shi Liu Ba, right Chief Shi Huanjie, and Zhengyi School Captain Lai Gong presided over the daily government affairs in Jingnan.

Zhe Chong Zhonglang moved Chu Fang to Ling County to supervise Ling and Gui counties.

However, it is said that Liu Jing's army marched mightily to the north, and since Luo County was divided into two, Liu Jing continued to go north, while Liu Zong went west. .

It's no wonder that Liu Rui was unprepared, it was actually "deceived" by Liu Jing's previous performance.

Last year, Liu Jing defeated the Northern Army and regained Changsha. Liu Rui immediately wrote a letter to Liu Jing to mediate between the two sides.

At that time, Changsha was initially settled, and Zhang Jin led Jiaozhou people to invade Lingling. Liu Jing temporarily ignored Liu Rui, so he simply sold him to save face, and even released some Xiangyang gentry children.

Liu Rui was quite proud of this, thinking that Liu Jing respected him very much and would definitely not invade Wuling County in the future...

"Snapped!"

Liu Rui slammed the bamboo slips to the ground, Qing Huang's face was full of anger, and he shouted: "Liu Jing, you are too bullying!"

When all the officials in Wuling heard that the Changsha army had come to kill them, they all turned pale with shock. They all said: "The Ming government should send someone to ask for help from the envoy immediately, if it is too late, it will be too late."

Someone else suggested: "There are not many soldiers in the city today, not enough to defend against the enemy. The Ming government can use the gold and silk in the treasury to lure the Wuxi barbarians to help."

Wuximan is the general name of Jingman living in Xiongxi, Manxi, Youxi, Wuxi, Chenxi, etc. in the west and south of Wuling County.

Liu Rui is a literati and Confucian, and he has no power and strategy, so that the Jingman sometimes harass him, but there are also Jingman who are willing to be driven by his kindness.

At this critical juncture, Liu Rui made a decisive decision and dispatched envoys to Xiangyang and Wuxi.

Hanshou County is located in the east of Linyuan, Wuling County. Liu Jing's army entered Hanshou first. However, before the army approached the city, the Hanshou Shimin wrapped up the county magistrate and greeted them with cattle and wine.

Firstly, the scholars and people of Hanshou were afraid of Liu Jingjun's military power, and if there was a big battle, Hanshou would surely lose his life.Secondly, Pan Jun himself is from Hanshou County, and the Pan family is a large Hanshou family. Since this year, Pan Jun has been exchanging letters with his younger brother Kun. After offering the city.

After Hanshou, the army no longer has any worries. Liu Zong used Xi Zhen to supervise more than a thousand people to guard Hanshou, and then led the army to Linyuan.

Since the founding of this dynasty, Wuling County has been disturbed by Wuxi barbarians all the year round. The county government faces Yuanshui in the south, a large lake in the east, and Pingshan in the west. The city defense is strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

In addition, Liu Rui resisted resolutely and defended the city. Liu Zong knew that Linyuan would be difficult to kill, so he ordered the army to build a camp in the north of Linyuan, log into the mountains, build siege tools, and make preparations for the battle in an orderly manner.

It was late July when Liu Biao received Wuling's request for help, and Liu Jing's actions did not exceed his expectations. He did not believe what Liu Rui said earlier, "Liu Jing respects his elders and will not invade Wuling."

Liu Jing is very ambitious, has different ambitions, and has the heart to annex Jingzhou. There are three out of the four Jingnan counties. How can he be indifferent to Wuling County?The reason why they didn't invade Wuling was because they had more intentions but not enough strength.

Things happened as expected, but last year's defeat was too tragic. Tens of thousands of elites were defeated in the first battle, and their vitality was severely injured. Now they can only deal with it passively and see what happens.

Liu Biao urgently summoned his staff to discuss, and finally decided on the countermeasure of "Cai Mao leaves Jiangling, Huang Zu leaves Jiangxia, and attack Baqiu together".

However, whether it is Liu Biao or the staff, they all feel heavy.

With Cai Mao and Huang Zu's current strength, it is likely that even Baqiu will be difficult to capture, let alone rescue Wuling.

After all, Huang Zu's navy was almost completely destroyed by Sun Ce's army at the end of the year before last, and Cai Mao's navy was still more miserable than Huang Zu's navy.

Ships in the Han Dynasty were easy to build, but their materials were not easy to come by. Huang Zu’s situation was a bit better. Cai Mao’s navy had been rebuilt twice. Nanjun’s ship materials were looted by him, but only [-]% of what it was in its heyday .

Therefore, even if Cai Mao and Huang Zu joined forces, they would be hard pressed to defeat Liu Jingshui's army.

However, Liu Biao knew that this was impossible, so Liu Biao had no choice but to do it, because everyone in Jingzhou was watching him. If he didn't save Wuling, he would lose the hearts of the people. When Liu Jing came with his army, all parts of Jingzhou would surely fall .

Huang Zu is Liu Biao's confidant. After receiving Liu Biao's order, he did not hesitate at all, and immediately allocated half of the warships in his hands, that is, more than [-] soldiers and more than [-] ships. Baciu.

In contrast, Cai Hao seemed much more hesitant. He faced Liu Jing, although he had been defeated several times, but he still did not lose heart, but now that his strength has not recovered, he took the initiative to seek Liu Jing, wouldn't he be humiliating himself?However, the king's order is hard to disobey, even though Cai Mao was unwilling to do so, he had no choice but to gather his troops and go to Baqiu.

The rice in Jingnan matures early, and it takes September in the north to harvest, while in Jingnan it can be harvested in August.

From August [-]st to August, Changsha, Lingling, and Guiyang immediately became lively, and there were busy figures everywhere in the suburbs and fields.

Changsha, Lingling, and Guiyang were hit by floods last year. Although Liu Jing opened warehouses to release grain and provided relief in various ways, he could only ensure that no one died of starvation. The people in the severely affected areas all looked pale.Fortunately, the heavens have eyes, this year is good, the weather is good, and the people finally don't have to worry about being hungry anymore.

As one of the four counties in Jingnan, Wuling County is no exception. However, among the many autumn harvest troops, Liu Jing's soldiers in crimson clothes and red headbands looked particularly abrupt.

On both sides of the Yuanshui River, thousands of soldiers of Liu Jing's army buried their heads in the fields, grabbing rice.Liu Rui and the officials and people in Linyuan could only stand at the top of the city, glaring and gnashing their teeth.

Only a small part of the rice collected by Liu Jing's soldiers was kept in the army, and the rest were transported back to Hanshou County in the rear for storage.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it is already halfway through August. While Liu Jingjun finished harvesting the rice on both sides of the Yuanshui River, he also completed the task of building siege equipment and filling the moat.

However, Liu Zong did not choose to attack the city immediately. He had already learned that Liu Rui asked Jingman for help, so he was waiting for Jingman to enter the urn.

(End of this chapter)