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Chapter 407
Jiangling is located in Jingzhou, with Xiangyang in the north, Changsha in the south, Jiangxia in the east, and the Three Gorges in the west. It is the absolute core and strategic hub of Jingzhou.

Once Jiangling was lost, Xiangyang was directly exposed to Liu Jingjun's soldiers, and Liu Biao vomited blood and fell ill. At this time, even the low-level traffickers and pawns could see that Jingzhou was about to change.The Jingzhou civil and military and the northern and southern scholars, who are in the upper class, naturally can't fail to see that they split into three camps due to their different interests.

The first is the die-hard faction, Zhizhong Pang Ji, and the chief book Kuai Liang began to follow Liu Biao when he rode into Jingzhou, and established the righteousness of the monarch and his ministers. Today, they are inseparable and share weal and woe. They are the representatives of the die-hard faction. .

Of the three camps, the die-hards have the largest number of people. Liu Biao has ruled Jingchu for more than ten years and has promoted countless civil servants and military officials. The guest general Liu Bei also belongs to this camp.

The second is the wall-riding faction. Don’t drive Liu Xian is the representative of the wall-riding faction. He is from Lingling, Jingnan, and he is half a fellow villager with Liu Jing. He has always admired Liu Jing very much. Under Liu Jing's command.Liu Xian will not betray Liu Biao, but he does not resist Liu Jing, so he has become very silent recently.

In the end, the three camps had the smallest number of people. They could not be called the surrender faction, but at best they could only be regarded as the secret communication school. They secretly wrote a few letters to express their admiration for Liu Jing.After all, although Liu Jing is in power now, as long as Liu Biao is not dead, things will still change.

Since the beginning of July, Liu Jing has been receiving letters from Xiangyang almost every day. Of course, except for the letters from his teacher Song Zhong and Wang Can, most of the rest of the letters are through Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu, and Li Yuan. Yan et al handed it over to him.

Because of these letters, Xiangyang has no more secrets for Liu Jing. When he learned that Liu Biao was vomiting blood and fell ill, he wished he could go north immediately to take advantage of his illness and kill him.

However, when he attacked Jiangling, the number of soldiers killed and injured was as high as [-], which already exceeded a quarter of the total force. In addition, the plague in Jiangling was raging, so he was temporarily unable to march into Xiangyang.

But he won't procrastinate for too long. He plans to spend one to two months to replenish his troops and control the epidemic, and then go north immediately, so as not to slow down Liu Biao.

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Jiaozhou, Yulin County.

Bushan is the prefecture of Yulin County, more than seven miles away, with rammed earth as the wall and six gates.

A black-robed knight galloped all the way out of the north gate of Bushan, holding a banner in his hand, and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty is going to the county, pedestrians avoid..."

Many passers-by, whether they were Han Chinese with short hair, or barbarians with bare feet in a bun, all retreated to the side of the road and fell to the ground.

Amidst the bells and chimes, the security vehicles with colorful decorations and buckets drove slowly out of the city gate under the guard of the soldiers. There were nine security vehicles in the front and rear of the entire convoy, and more than [-] soldiers.

Among the nine security vehicles, the fourth one is the largest in size and the most luxuriously decorated. It was made in Han Dynasty: "From the minister to the county, there are three hundred stone chiefs to follow, and the five officials under the door, the thief Cao, and the thief Cao Cao are all armed with swords. , the guide of the three carriages." In the fourth carriage, of course it was Wang Qiang, the prefect of Yulin.

On the left and right sides of Wang Qiang's chariot, not only were there many soldiers guarding the car, but there were also cavalry holding sticks and fans, playing flutes, and the ostentation was so grand that even Liu Jing would be ashamed when he saw it.

Wang Qiang was born as a merchant, so he really likes luxury, but the reason why he is so high-profile and flamboyant is also due to his unavoidable difficulties.

At the beginning when Liu Zong captured Yulin County, he only relied on his army to forcefully suppress the dissatisfaction, and did not really control Yulin County.

After Wang Qiang took over Yulin County, Liu Zong led his army back to the north, and the counties of Yulin were in chaos in an instant. Wang Qiang relied on the more than a thousand parts he brought with him to suppress, win over, and alienate. Completely quell the rebellion everywhere.

Yu Lin is located in the frontier, not to mention the unruly barbarians, even the Han people are often fierce in temperament and are not afraid of officials. Wang Qiang's high-profile actions are also to deter evildoers.

Driving out of the north gate, Wang Qiang looked at both sides of the river from the car, and saw green onions in the wilderness, as if densely packed with bamboo, this crop is sugarcane.Sugarcane comes from the common people, and all plants and trees grow upright, only cane grows sideways, so it is named sugarcane, and because of its sweet juice, it is called sugarcane.

At the beginning of last year, when he set off to the south, Liu Jing specially asked him to plant sugar cane in Yulin and teach him the method of sugar production.

Although Wang Qiang had doubts, he immediately started planting sugar cane after he took office. However, the subsequent rebellion in various places took away most of his energy, and it was the first time planting. To be cautious, he only planted a few hundred mu.

Last year, he was harvesting sugarcane and successfully produced extremely luscious cane sugar. Wang Qiang was a merchant. How could he not realize the huge benefits hidden in cane sugar? This year, he did not hesitate to expand the scale of sugarcane planting several times.

Just as Wang Qiang was inspecting the sugarcane forest in the river, he suddenly heard someone shouting loudly: "Fenghuo, Fenghuo..."

Wang Qiang was startled, and hurriedly looked out of the car, and sure enough, he saw black smoke rising into the sky from the west.

He has been in charge of Yulin County for more than a year. During this period, he quelled the rebellion and appeases the barbarians. His prestige has grown, and he is no longer willing to be in the east of Bushan.

In the spring of this year, when he knew that Liu Jing was going to lead the army to attack Liu Biao in the north, Zhang Jin would definitely not let go of this good opportunity, and even if he sent people to the Lingfang and Anguang counties four or five hundred miles west of Bushan, he would set up a beacon fire. Taiwan, in case Zhang Jin.

Now that the war is on fire, Zhang Jin must have killed it.

Wang Qiang has a sinister temperament, the city is very deep, and he always hides his emotions and anger. Seeing the terrified expressions on the left and right, he was at a loss, and reprimanded in a deep voice: "The enemy is still hundreds of miles away, so flustered, how is it appropriate?" Then he explained. Put down the sword on your waist, hand it to a personal guard, and say: "If there is any loud noise, use this sword to kill!"

"No." The bodyguard Jie Jian took the order.

The hearts of the left and right are awe-inspiring, and they all keep silent. Wang Qiang is a ruthless person, not only ruthless to the enemy, but also ruthless to his own people. If anyone dares to violate his will, he will definitely die.

The personal guards held Wang Qiang's saber and galloped their horses between the convoys. Wherever they passed, the wind and waves stopped.

Seeing that the convoy was back to normal, Wang Qiang couldn't help but snorted coldly, and said to another guard: "Go to the beacon tower quickly, and send a message by lighting the fire."

"promise."

In a short while, the beacon fire of Bushan, and soon the beacon fire of Zhongliu, Guilin, and Tanzhong... the beacon fire of Guiyang County... the beacon fire of Changsha County...

The beacon fire is placed on the top of a lonely mountain with a torch, and they all face each other across the green river, maybe fifty miles, or thirty miles.

In history, Sun Quan held a beacon at Yiling in Nanjun at dusk, and played three times, across Jingzhou and Yangzhou, and went straight to Wujun.

Wang Qiang raised his beacon on Yulinbu Mountain, and on the same day, he crossed Jiaozhou and Jingzhou and went straight to Jiangling.

(End of this chapter)