Xiaoguangong

Chapter 103 Interests Are Of course Important
Do benefits really matter?

It really matters, and it does for the vast majority of people.

Cao Cao's current ambitions are like an elephant hiding behind an ant, but for the great benefit of the Yingchuan family, they all chose to pretend not to know, and they all chose to believe that Cao Cao must be a pure minister of the Han Dynasty who revived the Han Dynasty.

For the sake of this road, they did not discourage Cao Cao from killing, torture and various means. When the status of celebrities gradually became the symbol of status and the cornerstone of promotion, it became much easier to break their will.

It's like who doesn't have a flexible moral bottom line.

Zhao Yan and Ma Liang hit it off, and of course Guan Ping will not continue to sue in front of Le Jin, and also expresses his willingness to make peace with Zhao Yan for the sake of Dahan, and we will work together to build a better future for Dahan.

Guan Ping had already stated that he had received those armors, and the armors collected by Zhao Yan had officially become his private property. Just this "heavy bribe" also greatly weakened Zhao Yan's ability to make trouble in the future.

They agreed to do business together in the future and build Jingzhou into a better place.

Zhao Yan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and could only nod silently, accepting the bribe.

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After the matter of Zhao Yan was settled, all the troops stationed in Jiangbei also began to withdraw to recuperate.

Cao Ren is nominally the commander of Jingzhou's military forces, but now that Cao Ren is guarding Jiangling, Dangyang's Man Chong can't help too much. Le Jin and Xu Huang are given the heavy responsibility of Jingzhou's governor of food and grass and crusade against the rebels.

"Frankly, what is the solution to the Jiangling battle?" Le Jin attached great importance to Guan Ping's opinion. Seeing that Guan Ping's injury had not recovered, he and Xu Huang simply discussed the matter in front of Guan Ping's bed. Reviewed by Cao Cao.

Guan Ping has recovered for the most part recently, but he still pretends to be weak:

"Our army has been defeated, we have no food, grass, armaments, morale and warships, so don't rush to rescue Jiangling.

It is better to take advantage of this time to plant grain in Xiangyang, heal the wounded, and train the navy.

When Sun Liu's attack on Jiangling is in full swing, I will wait for an opportunity to recapture Shiyang and threaten Xiakou. Sun and Liu will send troops to rescue, so as to help General Cao share some of the bandit's troops. "

Xu Huang nodded again and again:

"Frank is very knowledgeable, yes, that's how it should be.

The barbarians in Zhonglu, Linju, Yicheng and other places are in chaos again and again, and there are rebels who are interested in Liu Bei. They will definitely wait for the opportunity to make trouble. "

Le Jin also nodded and said: "That's right, those thieves were really rampant before. Gong Ming and I led the army to conquer, and we will kill them all."

Guan Ping shook his head and said:
"No, the two generals are the pillars of Jingzhou, how can they move lightly?
If the general conscripts himself, firstly, it will increase the morale of the thieves, secondly, it will give Cai Jun a chance, thirdly, he will inevitably encounter the plague god, and fourthly, he is afraid that General Cao will dislike the general and will not pay attention, so please think twice. "

Guan Ping's words "Jingzhou Pillar" made Xu Huang and Le Jin extremely comfortable.

To be honest, it was really difficult for them to obey Cao Ren, but there was no other way, since Cao Ren was Cao Cao's relatives, they had to bite the bullet and listen to his orders.

Now Cai Mao's more than 4 elite soldiers occupy the Caizhou waterway, but the palm-sized place in Caizhou doesn't seem to be able to line up 4 people. Maybe the rebels around were originally created by Cai Mao.

Xu Huang and Le Jin were not afraid of Cai Mao on the flat ground, but if they encountered Cai Mao's surprise attack in the complicated mountainous area, they would die and no one would collect the body.

and so……

"Ji Chang." Ma Liang, Guan Ping turned to one side, said earnestly, "Zhao Yan made things difficult for us before, but now he has left. The two generals never made things difficult for us. Now is the time to unite and defeat the rebels." At this time, we still have to work together to conspire for great things.”

A trace of hesitation appeared on Ma Liang's face, and he sighed:

"Okay. I'm not doing it for glory and wealth, but for the fellowship with Tanzhi—I just want to do things cheaply when I fight with that thief. I don't know what the two generals think?"

Xu Huang said solemnly:
"Of course you can't be hindered by someone asking for a thief. How about Ji Chang's preparations?"

Ma Liang said:
"The group of thieves may be bewitched by Cai Hao, or they may be at odds with the northern army. I ask you to use more gold, pearls, money and food to make good friends with the barbarian chiefs, and ask where the rebels are. The slaves of the Yi chiefs, the Yi chiefs must fight hard, and the rebels do not want to be the slaves of the Yi chiefs, so they can only go out of the mountain and surrender.

It can be as long as a year, or as little as a few months, and the land of Xiangyang and Fancheng will be flat, so our army will have no worries! "

Both Xu Huang and Le Jin were overjoyed.

The area around Xiangyang is mountainous, and the barbarians have always refused to accept Wanghua. The Jingzhou natives have a very bad relationship with the northerners.After Cai Mao's arrival, the barbarians in Xiangyang only recognized Cai Hao and ignored Cao Jun at all. However, Cai Mao also had Cao Jun's signboard, which prevented Le Jin and Xu Huang from attacking him.

Although Ma Liang is greedy, he is very loyal. If he joins Yun Shan, he will be able to fight Cai Mao well.The big deal is to let the Ma family take more advantage. As long as Cai Mao can be disgusted, both Xu Huang and Le Jin agree with it.

"Then it all depends on Ji Chang."

As Le Jin said, he took out the copper seal that Ma Liang dropped from his arms, but Ma Liang still waved his hands and refused to accept the seal.

"I don't want to be known to the princes, so I ask the general to take back this seal."

"Without a seal, how does Ji Chang lead his troops?"

Ma Liang was silent for a while:

"The seal was thrown by Liang himself, if he takes it back again, I'm afraid he will be laughed at.

If the general favors you, I would like to serve as the official under the general's command, how about helping the general to act as an agent in Jingzhou? "

Le Jin was so surprised that he could not close his mouth from ear to ear——Ma Liang led his troops far away from the emperor, and if he really wanted to pay for nothing and sell military supplies, Le Jin couldn't do anything about him, and he could even report to the court alone when he showed his merits .As an official of Ke Lejin, all the credit should be given to Le Jin, and it is inconvenient to do many things that violate the law just under Le Jin's nose.

Le Jin quickly grabbed Ma Liang's palm, and said pleasantly:
"If Ji Chang thinks Le Jin is a warrior, then Jin will hand over all the military affairs here to Ji Chang as his agent."

Guan Ping also got up from the couch and said loudly:

"Ji Chang is willing to fight for the country, and I don't want to linger on the sick bed. In the past few days, I will ask the general to help me, and I will use my troops to take back Jiangxia!"

"Tanzhi's injury?"

"A few minor injuries are not a big problem. I have been favored by the prime minister, and I am the prefect of Jiangxia. If I don't take back this place, how can I be honored by the general? I also ask the general to help the army. This time, I will succeed."

Yunshan had previously reported that the entire army was wiped out, and only less than ten people had escaped back. Moreover, Xu Huang had checked that these people were all bruised, and they had obviously experienced bloody battles, which shows the brutality of the battle that day.

Cao Cao promoted Yunshan to the prefect of Jiangxia, but did not confer any soldiers. After discussing with Le Jin, Xu Huang and Le Jin decided to transfer all the 2000 soldiers and horses he had conscripted from Jingzhou to Yunshan. Too obedient to command, it would be great if he could play some role under Yunshan's subordinates.

Of course, Yunshan is short of boats, armaments and all supplies. In order to support him in the battle, Xu Huang and Le Jin can only save money and save money for him.

At this moment, Le Jin and Xu Huang finally felt how stretched Cao Jun, who used to use crowd tactics, was now stretched.

After another 2000 people were transferred to Yunshan, the standing army of the two had dropped to less than [-]. Ma Liang had to mobilize most of Le Jin's troops to suppress the rebels and deal with Cai Mao. The two had no manpower to support Cao Ren.

"Sun Liu will definitely block it on the river, let Ji Chang get through the land first, and then calmly get through the water, this is the right way of war, and the prime minister will not blame us.

Zixiao is brave and good at fighting, and he uses his troops skillfully. With the addition of Boning's soldiers and horses in Dangyang, it is not difficult to defend Jiangling. "

Well, it shouldn't be difficult...

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Cao Ren didn't know what Le Jin and Xu Huang were doing. In this era of underdeveloped communications, he could only issue warrants continuously. As for how many of them could be sent to Le Jin and Xu Huang, only God knows.Cao's army was defeated too quickly, and Jiangling's supplies are still abundant, which can support it for more than a year, but the problem Cao Ren is facing now cannot be solved by food——

The morale of Cao's army has collapsed, and the Jingzhou army in the city looks down on the defeated Northern Army even more, while the Northern Army thinks that Cao Cao has abandoned them.

There are people robbing every day in the city, as strong as Cao Ren dare not stop it-speaking of robbery is the only way to improve the morale of the army these days, Cao Jun has been full of anger since he hasn't robbed for a long time, if he still forcibly stops them, I'm afraid these soldiers will Coming to rebel.

"Giant Eagle, the country's affairs are difficult, and it's all up to you."

Before Chang Diao led the guards around Cao Ren bravely, although they stumbled along the way, they did not suffer any injuries. The 500 people returned to Jiangling safely, and now they are the pillars of Cao Ren's shoulders.

Chang Diao didn't expect that when he escaped, Cao Jun's military appearance was still in good order. Why was he beaten like this when he returned to Jiangling? However, Cao Hong, who stayed behind in Jiangling, was seriously injured again.

Cao Hong was beaten so badly by Huang Zhong that he couldn't get out of bed, and he finally got better after resting for a while, but just as Cao Jun's army left, his house was attacked by a group of hard-covered warriors, who carried Cao Hong and ordered him to hand over Liu Bei's two A daughter, who beat Cao Hong violently without any martial arts morality—the most speechless thing is that the group of men wanted to perfidiously kill Cao Hong, but the leader actually said that Cao Hong was greedy and rude, and kept him. On the contrary, it was beneficial, so everyone did not kill Cao Hong because of this.

After experiencing this double blow, both physical and mental, Cao Hong felt that his body was hollowed out, and he drank his sorrows every day without saying a word.

Knowing this earlier, Chang Diao might as well just close the gate of Jiangling City, cut off Cao Cao Cao Ren's return route and surrender to Jiangdong, so the prosperity and wealth are really countless.

Now that Cao Ren is back, he naturally has no guts to rebel, so he can only think about how to escape from Jiangling.

Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu's army has already started to rush towards Jiangling, and their soldiers have already started to cut down trees on the edge of Jiangling city to make siege equipment. If Cao Ren's previous temper was followed, he would have gone out of the city to beat him up, but now their morale is low. The army is sluggish, and it can only count as a day.

What should I do, I don't want to die here.

Hey, by the way, it seems that Mr. Yuan Zhi hasn't left either.

The clever trick last time was so effective, so I asked him this time.

(End of this chapter)