Invincible from the beginning of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 455 Conquering Jingzhou, Cao Ang Sun Ce's decision
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Xi Zhicai has been paying attention to the development.

At this time, he also felt that the opportunity had finally come.

Liu Bei then dispatched troops to Shuchuan.

Then Sun Ce and Cao Ang must be allowed to take over some places, otherwise Zhang Ming cannot be stopped.

Xi Zhicai seized the opportunity.

"Yunchang, you lead 3 people to attack according to the predetermined route."

"Zhang He, Yide, you two lead 5 people, set off from Nanyang, and attract the enemy's attention head-on."

"Xu Rong."

"Gao Shun, Gao Lan."

Xi Zhicai began to assign offensive tasks.

They marched in five directions from several directions.

A total of more than 20 troops, in addition, there are more troops assembled here.

Zhang Ming was in New Beiping City, and received the news a few days later.

"It's time for me to go out."

Zhang Ming was finally about to attack.

"Let Zhang Liao and Zang Ba be released. Let them choose for themselves. Whether to leave or stay is up to them. A few Cao generals can't be released yet."

In the battle of Shouchun City, a large number of Cao generals were captured.

Cao Ren and Xia Houyuan were also captured.

However, there is no need for Zhang Liao and Zang Ba to be detained any longer.

These two people, who can they serve at this time?

They have always been Lu Bu's generals, and Lu Bu is dead.

Moreover, Lu Bu died voluntarily to fulfill his reputation.

It has nothing to do with Zhang Ming, and they don't have to hate Zhang Ming, Zhang Ming even arranged most of their old departments.

Except for a small part of the army left by Lu Bu who voluntarily continued to join the army and was recruited by Zhang Ming, the rest were turned back into peasants.

Zhang Ming released the two men, and now these generals are no longer needed.

Zhang Ming didn't go to recruit them. If they were willing to join the army, Zhang Ming would of course welcome them.

But now, he has no shortage of generals.

Because, there is about to be unified, and there will be no war in the world.

Don't need too many troops.

Zhang Ming brought hundreds of people this time.

The road is very safe, and he doesn't need to bring many troops.

Along the way, Zhang Ming and his army ran in the middle of the road, very fast.

There are passers-by on both sides, but they are separated by flower beds. The common people are warned not to enter the middle road.

The two lanes in the middle can run fast without worrying about pedestrians.

After running for three days, Zhang Ming and the others arrived in Yecheng.

At this time, Yecheng was busy.

Zhang Ming saw that the intense construction of Yecheng had already begun.

At the outermost periphery, the foundation of the city wall has been dug and built on the ground.

In the city, several avenues started to be paved at the same time. First, the avenues, straight or curved, were used to fix the layout of the entire city.

Build the roads first, so that the vehicles transporting the goods can travel easily, and the area can be demarcated, so that construction can be carried out separately in the area, so that there will be no confusion.

Zhang Ming is not in a hurry to go to Jingzhou, but to find Jushou first.

"The progress is good, and the order is also very good, there is no mess."

"This is all well planned by the Liao King in the early stage, otherwise it would not be so smooth."

"Well, try to let the craftsmen rush to work day and night as long as they can bear it, or hire more people and let them take turns to rest."

"Yes, King Liao."

It is good for everyone that Yecheng is established earlier and generates value earlier.

"Ye City, if it is completed as soon as possible, it will be able to restore its former prosperity as soon as possible. After a few years, Ye City must become prosperous."

The population of Yecheng is now scattered, and there is no population in Yecheng now.

However, its geographical conditions are good, and several main roads will pass by. At that time, a group of people will be relocated first, and then it will rely on its own development in the future.

After arriving in Yecheng, Zhang Ming continued to go south, this time going to Luoyang.

At this time, Luoyang City has also started construction.

At present, about 10 people are busy on the construction site in Luoyang City.

More than 7 yuan will be directly invested in construction, and about 3 yuan will be auxiliary.

Such as cooking and so on.

10 people are on the construction site, very busy.

At this time, the ruins in Luoyang are still being cleaned up.

But it's basically cleaned up.

The next thing is to start building.

Someone has already started digging the foundation.

Zhang Ming called to Chen Yang.

"Chen Yang, I will hand over this city of Luoyang to you. Build a great city for me."

Chen Yang was very happy. After the construction was completed, he would be famous in history.

This Luoyang city was built under his auspices.

"Yes, my lord, I must build a majestic city."

Looking at Chen Yang's happy expression, Zhang Ming said, "Now, what's the problem?"

"Basically there is no difficulty. As long as the money and food are in place in time, these people are willing to work."

"Well, you can sell some fruits, meat, and wine. These people have money and work all day, and they will be tired. Let them consume it appropriately."

Zhang Ming gave enough money, and had income every day.

They are all distributed on time, and no one dares to deduct them, so they have money in their hands.

Although, on the construction site, there is enough food, but it is normal for them who are rich to want to buy some other food.

Here, working day and night is also very exhausting.

There is no war here, and when they are resting, let them drink some wine to relieve fatigue.

"My lord, there is an army here, and the army prohibits alcohol."

That's right, alcohol is banned in the military.

But Zhang Ming said: "They are exceptions, don't ask why they are exceptions."

"In addition, we can invite some storytellers to tell them stories, or read newspapers or something."

Entertainment is also very important. I work here day and night. Although I have food, drink and money, I will also be tired.

Therefore, if there is a way to entertain at this time, they are also very willing to relax.

Zhang Ming didn't want anyone to have any bad consequences due to long-term fatigue.

Chen Yang wrote down one by one. Although he didn't take it seriously, he would still resolutely carry out Zhang Ming's orders.

Around Luoyang, some people have gradually gathered.

After Dong Zhuo's death, some of them also ran out.

Gather around to form a village.

It's just a village, but as long as the city here is built, they can come back.

The land around Luoyang will also be allocated to them.

Luoyang, although Zhang Ming will not be the capital of the country in the future, he will also be the accompanying capital, and he will come here to live for a while from time to time.

Luoyang's status cannot be replaced in a short time.

Therefore, Zhang Ming needs to transition slowly.

After leaving Luoyang, Zhang Ming continued to travel south.

This section of the road is much slower, because there is no speeding.

At this time, Xi Zhicai had commanded the army to enter.

It was the time when the two armies were handing over, and Liu Bei's army was in a hurry to leave.

Because there has been progress in Shuchuan.

It happens to be able to occupy Shuchuan.

However, his soldiers and horses retreated, and Sun Ce and Cao Ang's soldiers and horses hadn't fully entered yet. It was just at this time that Xi Zhi led the army to kill.

Well, at this time Liu Bei's army had just left.

Are they going or staying?
The leading general suddenly became confused.

Liu Bei was on the front line, and the order he gave them was to evacuate immediately and join him, and here, Zhang Ming's army came to kill them.

At this time, Sun Ce's soldiers and horses had not yet fully reached their positions.

Taking advantage of this gap, Xi Zhicai broke through their lines of defense that had not stopped.

Jingzhou's army never expected this to happen.

Immediately, the five-way army drove straight in.

Until they encountered Sun Ce and Cao Ang's troops.

At this time, Cao Ang was with Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, and Cheng Yu and others were also there.

"The original strategy has changed. I didn't expect Xi Zhicai to choose such a good time to send troops. Now that we have lost a lot of defense, we have to make a new plan."

Cao Ang said.

Cao Ang was very pessimistic, he never thought he could stop Zhang Ming's attack.

There was also a haze in Sun Ce's heart, and no one expected it to be like this.

"With a few mountains, we can still block the attack." Sun Ce said.

Facts have proved that it is useless to defend the city, otherwise they still have Xiangyang City to resist.

However, Shouchun City failed to block the attack, and everyone didn't think Xiangyang could.

Otherwise, if you keep Xiangyang, you can keep most of Jingzhou.

However, it is impossible.

At this time, they could only garrison in front of a few mountains to block Xi Zhicai's peak.

Xi Zhicai attacked all the way, and he was already in front of them.

As for Liu Bei's soldiers and horses, some did not leave, and some left.

At this time, the three of them also have 10,000+ troops.

After Xi Zhicai arrived, he did not rush to attack, but assembled an army.

"Go and let Marquis Wu and Young Master Cao Ang come out to speak."

After Xi Zhicai arrived, he shouted in front of the mountain to ask someone to come out.

Waited for half an hour.

Sun Ce and Cao Ang both appeared.

"You two, I'm Xia Zhicai, under the order of King Liao, to take over Jingzhou."

Sun Ce and Cao Ang exchanged glances.

take over.

Yes, the word takeover is used.

Now, he gave Sun Ce face and did not mention to punish them.

Once they refuse, the next step is to conquer.

"Xi Zhicai, you are not qualified to talk to me like this, let the king of Liao do it himself." Sun Ce can't weaken his aura, otherwise this battle will be even more difficult to fight.

"No, my lord is on the way here, I have to explain the situation to you first."

Xi Zhicai doesn't care whether they agree or not.

He said directly: "My lord, I am very determined to win Jingzhou, Shuchuan and Changsha counties."

"The world must be unified, and my lord has also made great wishes. Only through unification can he be called emperor, so he will spare no effort to unify the country of China."

"As for you, resistance is meaningless, it can only make people miserable."

"In the end, there is still nothing. If we can reconcile now, my lord can give them a good place to go. You have many choices, and it is even possible to become kings outside the territory."

"But if you continue to resist, my lord has never been a good-tempered person."

"Now, my lord is rushing forward. The time limit is before my lord arrives. If my lord arrives, we will attack immediately."

Xi Zhicai is issuing an ultimatum.

After saying that, he left.

Cao Ang and Sun Ce went back with heavy hearts.

After returning, each went to his own army.

Cao Ang called several Cao generals, as well as Cheng Yu, Li Dian, Le Jin and others.

"Now, the only remaining barriers in Jingzhou are these few mountains. After passing these mountains, we can only rely on the city."

"However, with Zhang Ming's strength, no city can stop it."

Cao Ang narrated calmly. After finishing speaking, he looked at the crowd and said, "Everyone, do you have any suggestions?"

Cheng Yu was also not optimistic. He thought that he could rule the river, but Zhang Ming didn't think so at all.

Now, Zhang Ming gathered his army here.

"My lord, I'm afraid we can't stop it, we can only do our best."

Cheng Yu also had no way to recover, the terrain here is not very dangerous.

If Zhang Ming wanted to attack, he could definitely get in, but the casualties were a little higher.

"Father and all the uncles have fulfilled me with their own lives, but my nephew can't keep this inheritance."

But Cheng Yu said: "My lord, the reason my lord didn't pass on the throne to you was because I wanted you to continue living. My lord had already anticipated this day, so I didn't pass on the throne to you to protect you."

Cao Ang nodded.

On Sun Ce's side, he was also quite entangled.

He studied with Zhou Yu.

"Gongjin, is there really no way?"

Zhou Yu studied it carefully.

"We can't stop them. We can hold them for three months at most. We will kill and injure [-] soldiers and horses, and then we must retreat."

Zhou Yu said to Sun Ce after some research.

"How is that good?"

"There are two ways."

Sun Ce sat down without letting Zhou Yu speak out.

There are two ways, one is definitely to surrender.

"Huh, tell me."

"First, of course Zhang Ming is surrendered to protect the Sun family."

And this second.

"The second is to enter Sichuan and resist Zhang Ming with Liu Bei."

"However, once Zhang Ming doesn't attack Shuchuan, Liu Bei will find a way to kill you. At the same time, we will also find a way to kill Liu Bei. Shuchuan can only have one king."

Sun Ce was in a dilemma.

If they surrendered directly, the Sun family would definitely be able to save their lives and live a good life.

Entering Sichuan is dangerous.

At first, Liu Bei must be happy to accept him.

But one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, and soon they will attack each other.

If you lose, you get nothing, and the whole family is slaughtered.

If you win, you can still occupy Shuchuan and continue to develop.

"Shuchuan, can Zhang Ming not attack?"

Zhou Yu shook his head and said: "There is no place that cannot be defeated. Zhang Ming's subordinates are full of talents, and there are many capable people. Shuchuan is difficult to resist."

"However, in the cycle of days, there may be accidents on Zhang Ming's side, such as the explosion of Qin, and we may call back later."

Even so, neither Zhou Yu nor Sun Ce believed it.

Zhang Ming is indeed very happy, he is the best at building roads and cities.

However, during the war, Zhang Ming was repaired, and there was no trouble.

When there is no war, can there be troubles?

Zhang Ming built these things to give money to the common people.

If you have enough money and food, you can do the work yourself.

The two of them also knew some of Zhang Ming's methods.

"Fight, fight first, take one step at a time."

Sun Ce still decided to fight.

It was too hard for him to surrender.

He didn't want to escape either, so he fled to Shuchuan, either to be Liu Bei's subordinate, or to fight him to the death.

It is better to surrender to Zhang Ming than to be Liu Bei's subordinate.

Sun Ce decided to continue fighting.

After all, the proud Sun Ce would not be able to make him surrender.

beat.

Cao Ang also chose to continue fighting.

Let's talk after losing.

Although the chances of winning are not high.

Both of them started to prepare actively.

A few mountains ago, everyone had already finished the arrangement.

10,000+ troops stationed here.

This time is different from Yanzhou.

They didn't go far from base.

The city is not far away, and they can rely on the food and grass in the city.

(End of this chapter)