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Chapter 431
The Yiling envoy said again: "Lieutenant Yangwu (Huo Jun) heard that Deng Zhong and Deng Ren had gathered a crowd to rebel, and immediately led his troops to enter the gorge, and blocked the rebels in the gorge. Thousands of people can only stick to the pass, but cannot go out and defeat the enemy."

After listening to the envoy from Yiling's narration, Liu Jing frowned. Although the rebellion in the rear was unexpected, it was reasonable.

Liu Biao has been in charge of Jingzhou for more than ten years. During this period, he was lenient in government, cultivated kindness and virtue, and won the hearts of scholars and people.And he newly established the counties in Nanjun, and the hearts of the people were not attached. Before the army was stationed in Jiangling, it was enough to deter evildoers.However, as soon as the army left, the Xiaoxiao disciples suddenly lost their fear. Deng Zhong and Deng Ren believed that they were far away in Xichui, and there was also the natural danger of the Three Gorges. Liu Jing was out of reach for a while, so they gathered a crowd to rebel.

If it wasn't for the outbreak of a major epidemic in Jiangling and Xu Shu's good governance, there would probably be chaos in all likelihood.

Although Deng Zhong and Deng Ren recruited thousands of people to rebel, Liu Jing still had more confidence in Huo Jun and believed that he had the ability to stop the rebels.

After all, in history, Huo Jun withstood Liu Zhang's army of more than ten thousand with only a few hundred people for a year.

However, just as the Yiling envoy said, Huo Jun has few soldiers, more defenders, and less attackers. Liu Jing can't always hope that Huo Jun will "repeat" history, and first stick to it for a year before defeating the rebels. Therefore, it is imperative to send reinforcements. Row.

But the problem now is that Liu Jing has just experienced a big battle here, and the soldiers have suffered a lot of casualties. He himself urgently needs to replenish his troops, so he has no spare power to divide his troops to support Yiling.

At this moment, Zhuge Liang took the initiative to ask about the details of the Yiling emissary. The west of Jiangling was captured by his army. Now that Zigui has fallen, he is naturally very concerned.

The envoy told what he knew. Zhuge Liang pondered for a moment after hearing this, and then he had an idea in his mind, and said to Liu Jing: "General, now that the rebel army has entered the gorge and is stationed on the north bank of the river, the general can let Uncle Shan Weng of Wuling go. Go north by land to help Huo Zhongmiao. The rebels are all focused on the east, so they must not have thought that we and other reinforcements will come from the south. At that time, whether Uncle Shan Weng will attack the enemy's rear or attack Zigui, the rebels will be defeated."

Liu Jing couldn't help but his eyes lit up when he heard that Zhuge Liang's suggestion was indeed quite feasible.

The road from Wuling County to Yiling is mountainous and treacherous, and it is extremely difficult to walk, but this is not a problem at all for Shan Riyi and his subordinates. Mountains and mountains are difficult for ordinary people to travel, but they are walking on flat ground.

Zhuge Liang's suggestion is certainly feasible, but it is not without hidden worries, such as Wuxi Man.

Liu Jing said to Zhuge Liang: "Uncle Shan Weng led his army northward, which can indeed solve Yiling's emergency, but after Uncle Shan Weng leaves, will the Wuxi Man take advantage of the emptiness of Wuling and raise troops to make trouble?"

Zhuge Liang glanced at Liu Zong first, and then said to Liu Jing: "Last year, Liu Wuling led his army to march westward, smashing the Wuxi Man and beheading tens of thousands of people. After that, I led the troops deep into the remote mountains and poor valleys to punish the rest of the evil, and the Wuxi Man is free. This is a serious injury. It is expected that in the short term, Wuxi Man should not be able to set off a large-scale rebellion again."

Liu Zong also nodded in agreement.

Liu Jingjing nodded, and no longer wondered whether the Wuxi Man would rebel. Now that his strength was stretched, he could only heal his headaches and heal his feet. Let Shan Rifeng solve the Zigui rebellion first.

After talking about the business, Zhuge Liang said to the envoy: "I remember that I used to follow Huo Zhongmiao around, I wonder if he is a disciple of the Huo family?"

The envoy couldn't help being a little surprised when he heard the words, and replied respectfully: "I didn't expect the military master to remember the villain, the villain Huo Bu, who is the younger brother of Nai Pinglu (Huo Du) and Yang Wu (Huo Jun)."

Zhuge Liang and Liu Jing looked at each other and sighed softly: "Today our army fought against the northern army. Although we won a big victory, Huo Bomiao unfortunately died in the battle. Please accept the change with your condolences."

Huo Bu couldn't help but froze on the spot, didn't react for a long time, and finally shed tears on the spot under the eyes of everyone, and bid farewell to Liu Jing with tears, and went to restrain his brother Huo Du's body.

Liu Jing sighed in his heart, and then turned his head to look at Pang Tong. Just now he said that it is not difficult to break Yicheng. Before Liu Jing had time to ask in detail, he was interrupted by the arrival of Yiling envoys, "Shi Yuan, tell me, what is the best way?" Conquer Yicheng?"

Pang Tong's appearance is ordinary, but his temperament is simple and natural, like pines and cypresses. He looked confident and said calmly, "Does the general know the ancient name of Yicheng?"

Liu Jing nodded and said, "Naturally, Yicheng is Yancheng, the former capital of Chu."

Including Liu Jing, everyone in the tent went in without knowing it, but Zhuge Liang immediately understood Pang Tong's intentions, with a look of shock on his face.

Pang Tong said with a smile: "Since the general knows about Yancheng, he must also know about the battle of Yan..."

The Battle of Yan was a part of the Battle of Yan and Ying. Back then, Bai Qi led his army to attack Chu, and drove eastward along the Han River. The momentum was like a broken bamboo. When he attacked Yancheng, the capital of Chu, which is now Yicheng, he encountered the Chu army. Qin's fierce resistance, with Bai Qi's ability to use troops, and the courage of the Qin people, also repeatedly hit the wall and could not attack for a long time.

Bai Qi considered that the Qin army would go deep alone and it would be difficult to fight for a long time, so he took advantage of the convenience that the Yi River flowed from the west mountains and valleys of Chu to the southeast, built an embankment to store water a hundred miles west of Yancheng, and then opened canals to irrigate the city, successfully conquering Yan. city.

Liu Jing finally came to his senses at this moment, raised his eyebrows and said, "What Shi Yuan meant, is he asking me to imitate Bai Qi and irrigate Yicheng with water?"

"Impossible!" Xiang Lang got up in shock, glared fiercely at his friend Pang Tong, and flooded Yancheng in vain. The serious consequences were clearly recorded in the history books:
"Water flows from the west of the city to the east of the city, and pours into the abyss... Hundreds of thousands of people died in the east of the city with the flow of water, and the east of the city stinks..."

Xiang Lang himself is from Yicheng, and he must not let the tragedy that happened in Yicheng in history repeat itself. If he does not try his best to stop it, he is afraid that his back will be broken by the elders in his hometown.

He bowed deeply to Langchong and Liu Jing, and said: "With the flood, tens of thousands of people in Yicheng will surely suffer catastrophe and die. The general has always had the heart to cleanse the world, the ambition to revive the Han Dynasty, and build a teacher of benevolence and righteousness." But to help the world, we really shouldn’t do such things that harm the peace of heaven.”

Li Yan looked disapproving, and said: "If you want to achieve great things, how can you be afraid of the first and the last? Now Liu Bei and Zhang Yun have gathered thousands of troops to guard Yicheng, with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei as generals. If our army attacks by force, how many people will die?"

"You..." Xiang Lang pointed at Li Yan angrily.

Pang Tong didn't change his smile, and said to Xiang Lang: "Why is Juda so impatient? It won't be too late after I finish talking. I mentioned the battle of Yan with the general, but it doesn't mean that I want to offer the general the plan of flooding."

"Oh?" Xiang Lang asked suspiciously, "What does Shiyuan mean?"

(End of this chapter)