Ji Han Da Sima

Chapter 245 Divide Jing Yang
March 209, the 14th year of Jian'an.

Jiangling, the coalition camp.

The night was silent, the soldiers patrolled with their swords in hand, and the camp was illuminated by bright fires.

Suddenly, a burst of rapid footsteps resounded in the night, and Taishi Heng walked into Liu Bei's tent.

"My lord, it's not good!"

Liu Bei, who was lying on the couch asleep, was woken up by Tai Shi Heng. He squinted his eyes and muttered, "Yuan Fu, what's wrong?"

Taishi Heng has served Liu Bei for many years and has long been accustomed to Liu Bei's behavior.He packed up Liu Bei's armor and said: "Cao Ren withdrew his troops at night, and all the tens of thousands of soldiers under his command evacuated Jiangling City."

"what!"

Hearing this, Liu Bei, who was half awake and half asleep, couldn't help but perked up and said, "Have you notified Liu Jingzhou?"

"Already notified!"

Tai Shiheng asked: "My lord, do you want to send troops to pursue Cao Ren?"

Liu Bei was wearing armor and hesitantly said: "Don't worry, wait until I see Liu Jingzhou before we discuss the pursuit."

"promise!"

After Liu Bei separated from Huo Jun, he joined forces with Liu Qi to fight.Although Liu Qi was able to adopt his opinions, Liu Qi would sometimes disapprove of Liu Bei's opinions in order to highlight his own abilities.It can only be said that since Liu Biao's death, Liu Qi increasingly did not want to be controlled by others.

When leaving the camp, Liu Bei met Lu Su who was getting up in a hurry.

Lu Su put on his outer robe and said, "My lord, do you want to pursue Cao Ren?"

Liu Bei hesitated and said: "Cao Rensu is a close confidant of Cao Cao. He is brave in battle, and his subordinate Niu Jin is also a brave general. I am afraid that Cao Ren is prepared and dare not pursue easily."

"In view of solemnity..."

Before Lu Su finished speaking, he heard the sergeant in the camp shout loudly: "Jiangling City is on fire!"

Following the sound, fireworks suddenly erupted from Jiangling City, which was ten miles away. With the dark night as a background, the orange firelight already slightly lit up the sky.

Seeing the fire, Liu Bei jumped in anger and said angrily: "Cao Ren is not a son of man! Now that we are withdrawing from Xiangfan, in order to prevent our army from pursuing, he actually dares to burn down the city and harm the people."

Cao Ren's behavior of burning the city and cutting off the rear made Liu Bei angry.It is unfortunate for innocent people to be attacked by war today.But Cao Ren really followed Jia Xu's advice in order to make his withdrawal smooth.

Not only Liu Bei jumped, but Liu Qi was also very anxious and said loudly: "Order the sergeant to get water to put out the fire. Don't let Jiangling City be burned."

This is Liu Qi's own city. Why is he not anxious now that it is being burned down?

When Liu Bei saw Liu Qi's figure, he stepped forward and said, "Bo Wei, there are many people in Jiangling City. The city is burning with fire, and the people are running around in a hurry. They may trample on each other. Please order the sergeants to clear the people out of the city to prevent more casualties."

"it is good!"

Liu Qi hurriedly called on his left and right generals to take over Jiangling City, and asked a large number of soldiers to fetch water to put out the fire.

Don't worry. Most of the ancient buildings used wood as construction materials. Cao Ren set fire to the city. How could the tightly connected wooden houses not be burned?And it was late at night, and most of the people were asleep. By the time they noticed the fire, it was probably already too late.

"Beasts!"

Lu Su looked at the fire in Jiangling and cursed angrily.

After more than ten years of troubled times, Lu Su saw someone who burned innocent people for the first time.In the troubled times in the world, people's lives are not easy and very difficult.But there are not many people who deliberately attack the people. There must be Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao.

Dong Zhuo moved the people of Luoyang to the west, plundered the people along the way, looted men and women, opened coffins and dug graves, and took money to enrich his army. Cao Cao massacred the people of Xuzhou, and set up Faqiu Zhonglang to open the coffins to take money, and now he also used poison. Shi Jiaxu's suggestion was to burn the city and cut off the rear.

If it weren't for Cao Cao's great martial arts and talent, how could he have a better reputation than Dong Zhuo.Of course, it cannot be denied that the evil deeds Dong Zhuo did were far better than Cao Cao.

The sergeants of the coalition camp moved around. Under Er Liu's order, they began to put out the fire and rescue people, and gave up the idea of ​​pursuing Cao Ren.At the same time, Liu Bei never forgot to be vigilant, and ordered a group of sergeants to prevent Cao Ren from returning, and to raid the sergeants who put out the fire.

At that time, the soldiers put out the fire and the general commanded the school.The two men watched the fire outside Jiangling City and discussed the current situation.

After sniffing his nose, Liu Bei seemed to smell the rouge smell on Liu Qi's body.To take Liu Qi's face into consideration, Liu Bei lowered his voice and asked, "Bo Wei, is there a singer hidden in the camp?"

Liu Qi was a little embarrassed and said: "It's just leisure fun. I asked the singer to hide in the tent. No one must know about it."

Liu Bei warned: "Although women are good, they need to be favored according to the opportunity. Today is war time. If Bowei misses the war because of the singer, he doesn't know what to do?"

"This?" Liu Qi was speechless, but saw that Cao Ren had already retreated, and Jiangling City had basically fallen into his hands.

Liu Qi coughed and explained: "I should know what my uncle said. Now that Jiangling has been conquered, the war will be over, and Jingchu will be at peace!"

Liu Bei frowned slightly and said: "Zhongmiao is still in Xiangfan, and now we are taking Jiangling. Why not take advantage of the victory and pursue it, and cooperate with Zhongmiao's move of Hanshui people to go south. We can also wait and see how the battle goes, and see if we can take all Xiangfan."

Liu Qi looked a little hesitant and said: "Since Zhongmiao built the public security city on the bank of the Han River and guarded Jingchu in Dangyang, Jiangling is already peaceful. We can just send partial troops to support, so why send heavy troops to march into Xiangfan." Moreover, the sergeants have been fighting for nearly a year, and their morale is exhausted. In addition, Jingnan has just arrived, so it is better to be in peace and not to fight again."

Liu Bei tried to say something else, but Lu Su pulled his sleeve and reminded Liu Bei not to say too much.

Being pulled away by Lu Su, Liu Bei vaguely noticed something, changed the topic and said: "As Bo Wei said, the war has been going on for a long time and the military is tired. Yunchang and Zifang are still fighting in Jianghuai, and Bei also needs to return to Jiangdong. .”

Liu Qi seemed to hear the implication of Liu Bei's words and said: "Today's Nanyang, Zhangling, Nanjun and Jiangxia parts, two and a half counties have not yet been conquered. According to the words before the war, among the seven counties in Jiangdong, one can only compete with his uncle, Wujun, Jian'an , the three counties of Kuaiji."

Lu Su was afraid that Liu Bei would be greedy for petty gains, so he pulled Liu Bei's sleeve as a reminder.

Liu Bei had already been mentally prepared. He raised his hand and said, "There are still three counties in Jingzhou that have not yet been conquered. Bo Wei can take over the three counties of Yuzhang, Luling and Poyang. We will help Bo Wei conquer the northern part of Han Dynasty and talk about the three counties of Jiangzuo." thing."

In order to avoid conflicts of interest with Liu Qi, Liu Bei decided to temporarily take over the three counties of Wu, Jian'an, and Kuaiji. In addition to the previous Danyang County, Liu Bei already had four Jiangzuo counties in his hands.From a practical point of view, the three counties of Yuzhang, Luling and Poyang were basically separated from the original Yuzhang County and placed under the leadership of Liu Qi.

Seeing that Liu Bei did not bargain with him, Liu Qi felt a little guilty and said, "If uncle has anything to ask for, you can ask for it."

Lu Su pulled Liu Bei's sleeve for the third time, reminding Liu Bei not to forget that incident.

Liu Bei understood in his heart, raised his hands and said: "Bei wants to borrow Yiling, I wonder if Bo Wei can do it?"

"Yiling?"

Liu Qi was quite surprised. Yiling and Liu Bei's Jiangdong almost spanned the entire Jingzhou, one in the west and the other in the east, completely out of reach.

Liu Qi frowned slightly and asked, "I wonder why uncle borrowed Yiling?"

Liu Bei hesitated a little and said, "It's not other than that Liu Zhang is hateful. He helped Cao Cao with soldiers and food. If he doesn't punish him now, I'm afraid Liu Zhang will continue to help Cao Cao."

Liu Qi remained silent for a while.

Liu Qi smiled and said: "Zhong Miao will take action for a little punishment, so uncle does not need to worry about it. In the direction of Jianghuai, uncle will take care of it if you can."

"it is good!"

Seeing that Liu Qi was already wary of him, Liu Bei did not dare to get too entangled and ended the topic.

After Er Liu ended the topic, the two Liu said goodbye to each other.Liu Qi was responsible for extinguishing the fire in Jiangling, and Liu Bei was responsible for settling the people in the city.

Liu Bei sighed and said, "Zijing, Bo Wei is on guard. It may be difficult to borrow Yiling."

Borrowing from Yiling was written by Lu Su.It was basically impossible for Liu Qi to borrow Nanjun, so Lu Su suggested borrowing Yiling as an outpost to conquer Yizhou.

However, Liu Qi was now wary of Liu Bei. Although he did not know Liu Bei's purpose of borrowing Yiling, he did not dare to deploy Liu Bei's troops in the west of Jingzhou.

Lu Su stroked his beard and sighed: "Liu Jingzhou is not only wary of his lord, he is also wary of Zhongmiao!"

"Beware of Zhongmiao?" Liu Bei asked.

"Exactly!"

Lu Su tried to analyze Liu Qi's psychology and said: "In the battle of Jinkou, Governor Huo defeated Cao Cao and became famous all over the world, attracting the attention of people all over the world. General Wu Chu all admired Governor Huo. Even Liu Jingzhou is not as famous as Governor Huo, Jiajiang Zuo Jiuri's military exploits were enough to make Liu Jingzhou jealous of Governor Huo."

"The current march to Jiangling is the result of Liu Jingzhou. If he sends his army northward, he will let Dudu Huo take charge of the army. If he is lucky enough to capture Xiangfan and restore Jianghan, it will be Dudu Huo's contribution. At that time, Dudu Huo had no reward and no title. Feng. His achievements are so high, how can Liu Jingzhou dare to feel at ease?"

Liu Qi's foundation was too weak. As a ruler who lacked force, the emperor relied more on his father's reputation.Huo Jun and Liu Bei's military exploits were high enough to pose a threat to Liu Qi.This is also the reason why Liu Qi is afraid of Huo Jun and Liu Bei.

Of course, if you are afraid, you will still be afraid. If you use it, you will still use it, and you will cooperate when it is time to cooperate!
Liu Bei fell silent after hearing Lu Su's words.Liu Qi has taken Jingzhou, and Huo Jun has made great achievements in battle. I wonder if Huo Jun will change his mind. He hasn't tried to win over Huo Jun enough!

"We are going to Jiangling today to rest for a few days. Let Yide lead five thousand elite infantry and cavalry to the north to help Zhongmiao." Liu Bei said.

"promise!"

Lu Su asked: "I wonder when we will return to Jiangdong?"

Liu Bei pondered for a while and said: "Let some of the sergeants return to Jiangzuo first. Zijing will follow me to meet with Zhongmiao before returning."

(End of this chapter)