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Chapter 380

In the seventh year of Jian'an (202 AD), on March [-], it was sunny.

Liu Jing was dressed in military uniform, standing in the royal room on the top floor of the building boat, looking at the north bank of the Yangtze River, and what caught his eyes was a wheat field that looked like a green ocean and could not be seen at a glance.

The climate in Jingnan is humid and rainy, and rice is the main crop. Only a few places such as Changsha and Wuling counties grow wheat, and the scale is small.

Jiangling is located in the plain of the Han River, with fertile land, abundant water, and a pleasant climate. It is not only suitable for growing rice, but also suitable for growing wheat.

Compared with rice planted in spring and harvested in autumn, wheat planted in autumn and winter will be ripe until next summer, spanning nearly a year, so Yunsu wheat.

The wheat harvest season is in May and June, but if there is an urgent need for food, it can be harvested in April.

That is to say, from next month at the earliest, Liu Jingjun will be able to "benefit to the enemy for food".

This point is very important. "Sun Tzu's Art of War" says: "The country that is poorer than the teacher will lose far, and the people who lose far will be poor." The reason why the country is impoverished due to combat is that the army has to travel long distances due to expeditions.Long-distance transportation will inevitably lead to poverty of the people.

Although Liu Jing's army has the convenience of water conservancy, they can transport grain from Jingnan, but the loss is still astonishing. Naturally, it is best to be able to supply the enemy with grain.

After Liu Jing's death, besides Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu, Jiang Wan, Deng Zhi and other staff members, Feng Xi, Gao Xiang, Huo Du, Huo Jun and other generals were also impressively listed.

They all have one thing in common, that is, they were born in Nanjun, and they know everything about Nanjun. Liu Jing must reuse them in this Northern Expedition, so as to achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Liu Jing stretched out his finger to the north bank of the Yangtze River, and asked left and right: "Is this the town of Jin where Cen Peng used to crusade against Tian Rong?"

Cen Peng ranked sixth among the 28 generals in Yuntai, and the only ZTE generals are Cen Peng and Feng Yijian.Deng Yuben also had a chance, but it was a pity that he was defeated in Guanzhong in the end, and his success fell short.

And Tian Rong was a separatist who was entrenched in Yiling and Jiangling in Nanjun at that time. If you haven't read "East View of Han Ji", even the locals in Nanjun probably don't know who he is.

Feng Xi and Gao Xiang looked bewildered at this moment, but Huo Jun was familiar with "East View of Han Ji", and replied: "The general has rich knowledge and strong memorization. In the past, Cen Peng defeated Tian Rong here and captured tens of thousands of people. After this War, the country's mighty virtue can be spread in the south of the Yangtze River, from Changsha to Jiaozhi, thousands of miles away, it all depends on the spread."

Liu Jing shook his head and said: "Tian Rong is just a common man, but facing the Han army marching south, he knew he was invincible, but he dared to fight. But Liu Qi and Cai Hao, sitting on a strong army, knew I was coming, but If you hide in Jiangling and don't dare to fight, it is not as good as Tian Rong."

Jinxiang is located in the east of Jiangling County. Liu Qi and Cai Mao must have known about Liu Jing's army arriving in Jinxiang, but there was no movement in Jiangling. Obviously, the two had made up their minds not to defend.

Huo Jun said in a deep voice: "The "Art of War" says: "The first is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the army, and the next is to attack the city; the method of attacking the city is a last resort. "Liu Qi and Cai Mao stick to Jiangling, which is not good for our army."

Liu Jing nodded lightly, Jiangling is a famous city in Jingchu, with high walls and thick walls, easy to defend but difficult to attack.There were two famous wars in Jiangling during the Three Kingdoms period: the first time was after the Battle of Chibi, Zhou Yu took advantage of the power of Chibi's victory and marched into Jiangling. After a full year of attacking, Cao Ren was forced to abandon the city and return to the north. .

The second time was after the Battle of Yiling, Cao Pi feared that Sun Quan would annex the Shu Han, and sent Cao Zhen, Xia Houshang, Zhang He and others to attack Jiangling.This battle lasted for more than half a year, and finally Cao Jun returned without success, and the guard Zhu Ranyou became famous in Wei State.

From this we can see how strong Jiangling is.However, the city is important, but what is more important is the people. People like Mi Fang who don't know how to be faithful, who are greedy for life and fear of death, sit in Jiangling's strong city, but open the door to surrender to the enemy, and their soldiers are ridiculed by the world.

Although Liu Qi and Cai Hao did not have the abilities of Cao Ren and Zhu Ran, they were Liu Biao's eldest son, wife and younger brother, and they would not dedicate their city to surrender with Liu Biao.

Liu Jing can only take a strong attack. Although he has developed secret weapons such as flying stone chariots (catapults), Liannu (bed crossbows), and "Linchong Liujun chariots" (siege towers), he wants to attack Going down to Jiangling is still not an easy task.

Fortunately, Liu Jing can learn from Zhou Yu's methods of attacking Jiangling in history: one is the "Juebei Road", sending troops to the north to harass and block the reinforcements from the north.The second is to "take Yiling", occupy the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, cut off the support of the West, and completely reduce Jiangling to an isolated city, and then disintegrate the will of the defenders, and finally launch a full-scale offensive to capture Jiangling in one fell swoop.

Liu Jing's army has hundreds of warships and more than a thousand cavalry. The Jingzhou navy led by Cai Mao has been defeated by Liu Jing three times in recent years, and the entire army has been wiped out twice. rival fleet.The situation of the cavalry is roughly the same as that of the navy. Liu Biao has accumulated more than a thousand horses over the years, all of which are in vain for Liu Jing.

Liu Jing's army had an absolute advantage over Liu Biao's army in terms of naval forces and cavalry. Whether it was Juebei Road or Yiling, they could advance and retreat freely.I believe that the final effect will never be inferior to Zhou Yu.

Liu Jing ordered: "Since Liu Qi and Cai Mao voluntarily gave up the natural danger of the Yangtze River, retreated to Jiangling, and let us go ashore, then we should not disappoint the other party's good intentions, and pass my order: land in Jinxiang."

"No." Both civil and military officials bowed respectfully.

In addition to the ferry in Jinxiang, Liu Jing also ordered the navy to set up another camp on Jiangzhongzhou.

The Jiangling and Zhijiang sections of the Yangtze River stretch from Jinxiang in the east to Shangming in the west. There are 99 continents on the river that is more than [-] miles long.

Of course, the so-called 99 states are just an approximation, but in fact there are only a lot more.

These islands in the middle of the river vary in size, the largest one is called "Bailizhou". There are residential cities, mulberry fields and sweet fruits on the island. The county seat of Zhijiang County is located on this island.

In history, Sun Quan once asked Sun Shengdu to station ten thousand people in Bailizhou and build a fence as a foreign aid for Jiangling.

The place where Liu Jing asked the navy to set up camp was not in Bailizhou, but in Dazhou to the left of Jiangling.

The cavalry of Liu Jing's army were the first to land at Jinxiang Ferry. As soon as the scout cavalry landed, they galloped in three directions: east, west, and north.

In a regular army, cavalry is an indispensable part. There may be no elite cavalry in the army to rush against powerful enemies and disrupt the masses, but there must be a scout cavalry.

Scout cavalry can play a very, very huge role, such as alerting, patrolling, reconnaissance, reporting, collusion... and so on.

It is no exaggeration to say that cavalry scouts are the eyes of infantry. Without cavalry scouts, infantry is no different from blind.

After the cavalry, the infantry also began to land continuously.

Jin Township has a population of more than [-] and is quite wealthy. The people of Jin Township heard that the Jingnan Army was coming. Although Liu Jing was known as "benevolent and loving the people", the people of Jin Township did not dare to believe it. They took their families with them or hid in Jiangling, the county seat. , or take refuge in Wubao, a wealthy family, not only most of the people in the countryside fled, but also the people living in the villages, ten to six or seven.

Facing the menacing Liu Jingjun, the officials and people of Jinxiang immediately surrendered the city, and Liu Jingjun occupied Jinxiang Township without bloodshed.

Soon, Liu Jing disembarked from the ship under the guard of a group of civil and military personnel, and entered the township of Jinxiang.

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Liu Qi and Cai Mao stood side by side on the east wall of Jiangling, looking at the dozens of unscrupulous Liu Jingshui warships cruising on the river, both of them looked solemn.

At present, there are more than a hundred ships of various sizes in Jiangling, which seem to be quite a number, but in fact, most of them are light boats and walking boats that cannot withstand battle. There are only a few heavy ships such as building boats, fighting ships, and boats, and their strength is not as good as the Liu Jingshui army in front of them. partial teacher.

Therefore, Liu Qi, Cai Mao, and Jiangling's soldiers and civilians could only watch Liu Jingshui's army show off their power outside the city, and there was nothing they could do.

Liu Qi is very similar to Liu Biao, with a tall body, gentle appearance, and handsome eyebrows. He has been in Jiangling for more than a year and has led the military and political power. This makes him less flashy and more majestic, making him more similar to Liu Biao.

Hearing the sound of footsteps behind him, Liu Qi withdrew his gaze and turned to look, but the envoy sent to Dangyang had returned.

The envoy walked quickly to Liu Qi and Cai Mao, took out a letter from his bosom, held it with both hands, and said: "Your Majesty, Military Advisor, this is Zhang Zhonglang's reply."

Zhang Zhonglang is Zhang Yun, the general of Zhonglang. Liu Biao asked him to lead 5000 people south to support Jiangling a few days ago. At present, he has led troops to Dangyang County, more than a hundred miles north of Jiangling.

Speaking of which, the relationship between Liu Qi, Cai Mao, and Zhang Yun is not harmonious, and it can even be called bad.Among the scholars, because he resembles Liu Biao the most, Liu Biao loves him the most.However, after Cai Mao married his niece to his second brother Liu Cong, everything changed. Cai Mao and his stepmother, Cai Shi, both outside and inside, repeatedly slandered Liu Cong in front of him and praised Liu Cong.Liu Biao didn't listen at first, but he couldn't stand the Cai brothers and sisters who slandered him day and night. Liu Biao gradually changed his attitude, favoring Liu Cong more and more, but alienating him more and more.

Although Zhang Yun is his younger brother, Zhang Yun and Liu Cong are about the same age. They grew up together and have a very close relationship. They often help Liu Cong and oppose him.

In the past, Liu Qi hated the two of them a lot, but Liu Jing's sudden rise endangered the foundation of Jingzhou, so he could only temporarily abandon his personal grudges. For more than a year, he and Cai Mao lived in peace.

Liu Qi opened the letterhead, glanced at it hastily, and couldn't help frowning.

Zhang Yun had already explained to him the reason for not coming to Jiangling. He believed that Jiangling had more than 5000 armored soldiers, and Gu Zhi could defend himself for one year.His [-] people stationed in Jiangling will not only be of little use, but will trap themselves in a tight siege.Instead of this, it is better to be stationed in Dangyang, which can serve as foreign aid for Jiangling and a barrier for Xiangyang, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Liu Qi was naturally displeased with this, who would dislike having too many soldiers in his hands?

It's just that Zhang Yun has obtained the consent of his father Liu Biao, so Liu Qi can't say much.

However, he felt that 5000 people stationed in Dangyang was a bit too wasteful. It was not too much to ask Zhang Yun to divide him into 2000 people to guard Jiangling. Unexpectedly, Zhang Yun refused.

(End of this chapter)