Soldiers come to the world

There is no need to deliberately fight the fire, it will naturally go out after the firewood is burnt out. Half an hour later, tens of thousands of Jiangdong troops marched out of Chaisang City, but what greeted them was an empty city.

Although Sun Quan had received the news in advance that Liu Jing had transferred a large amount of Chaisang's supplies and population, he was mentally prepared, but when he faced the empty city with almost nothing, the uncontrollable dissatisfaction and loss still made him extremely annoyed .

"Search the whole city for me, and arrest all those who have not left to see me!"

Not long after, hundreds of old, weak, sick and disabled Chaisang people were driven by soldiers and came to Sun Quan, kneeling all over the ground. Sun Quan glanced at these timid old and weak people, and asked left and right angrily: "The great Chaisang people Is there no one?"

"Marquis Wu, the old man is here!"

As soon as Sun Quan turned his head, he saw a few soldiers escorting Tao Lie who was staggering. Last year, Tao Lie was Sun Quan's distinguished guest, but today he became a prisoner of the Jiangdong Army. Sun Quan stepped forward and asked coldly: "You Why don't you go?"

Tao Lie knelt down and saluted, "Xiaomin accepts Marquis Wu's kindness. Since Marquis Wu has come, Xiaomin will naturally stay to welcome Marquis Wu."

"Hmph! The Tao family has already fled, so what's the use of you staying?"

"Reporting to Marquis Wu, the Tao family is only avoiding the chaos of war. They are old and old, and death is not a pity. They are willing to be dealt with by Marquis Wu!"

In fact, Sun Quan also knew that the Tao family was in a dilemma between Jingzhou and Jiangdong, so as long as the Tao family could pay taxes and benefit Jiangdong, he would not embarrass the Tao family, but this time, he did not want to make the Tao family waver again. Thinking of this, he asked coldly, "This time the Jiangdong army captured Jiangxia, how will the Tao family choose?"

Tao Lie secretly sighed in his heart. Liu Jing was right. Sun Quan no longer gave the Tao family a chance to sway, so he could only tremblingly say: "Reporting to Marquis Wu, if the Jiangdong army occupies Jiangxia, the Tao family will not do business in Xiangyang." Forget it!"

Sun Quan was very satisfied with this answer, and he smiled slightly: "In that case, I will wait and see. Tonight I will temporarily stay in the Tao Mansion and disturb the old Patriarch for one night."

Sun Quan immediately ordered: "These people are all released, and the soldiers are ordered to find houses to rest and not to destroy the houses."

After the order was issued, teams of soldiers rushed to every corner of Chaisang City. Sun Quan went down to the Tao Mansion with hundreds of soldiers guarding him. He personally led tens of thousands of Jiangdong troops to set off again by boat, and thousands of warships headed for Wuchang mightily.

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A part of Xiazhi County is closely along the Yangtze River, but the county seat is still more than [-] miles away from the Yangtze River. It is located on the bank of a small tributary, Fushui River. If you continue westward along Fushui, you will reach Yangxin County, another large inland county, after walking for more than a hundred miles.

At present, these two counties are under Liu Jing's control. This time, Chaisang's army and civilians will withdraw to the west on a large scale.

After Liu Jing led more than a thousand soldiers to be picked up by the fleet, he returned to Xiazhi County in the early morning of the next day.

One hundred Baishi warships sailed quietly on Fushui, and each ship was full of soldiers. Many soldiers took a nap at night, but in the morning, everyone's face was still tired. Talk, very quietly.

The vicious battle yesterday afternoon seemed to be still echoing in everyone's ears. It took many days to recover from the exhaustion after the war.

Liu Jing was sitting on the first boat. He was leaning against the wall of the boat. Like the other soldiers, he was closing his eyes and resting his mind. At this moment, a soldier gave him a slight push, "Sima, Xiazhi County is here!"

Liu Jing was refreshed. After all, he was not a soldier. After the battle, the soldiers stopped thinking about anything and just rested, but Liu Jing couldn't. There were too many things for him to think about.

He stood up and looked towards the river, his eyes gradually passed over a low hill, and Xiazhi County appeared in front of his eyes.

Compared with Chaisang County, Xiazhi County is much smaller and dilapidated. The city wall is less than two feet high, there is no moat, and the circumference is only more than ten miles. It just stands alone in a low hill.

At this time, Liu Jing laughed. He saw Xu Shu standing on the bank with a dozen officials, welcoming the return of these warriors with smiles on their faces.

But Liu Jing accidentally saw Yi Ji among the officials who were welcoming him, and he was a little surprised, "Why is he here?" '

The boat docked slowly, Liu Jing got off the boat, and hugged Xu Shu tightly. This was not a courtesy, but a kind of excitement after waiting for life and death. There is nothing extra, a tight hug is enough to express their inner feelings .

Liu Jing smiled and hugged every official to celebrate his safe return.

At this moment, Liu Jing walked up to Yi Ji, before Liu Jing could open his arms, Yi Ji hurriedly bowed to salute, "I'll save it, Yi Ji will see Mr. Jing!"

Seeing his embarrassing expression, everyone couldn't help laughing. Liu Jing smiled, and he immediately said to Xu Shu, "Arrange the brothers to rest! There are still injured brothers, and then find a medical craftsman to treat them carefully."

"Obey!" Xu Shu led the officials to make arrangements in a hurry.

Only then did Liu Jing and Yi Ji walk slowly along the small river, and Yi Ji sighed and said, "This time I came to Chaisang under the order of Zhou Mu, and I wanted to talk to you about the payment of the army's money and rations. Last year, the Tao family originally had tens of thousands of shi of grain and 3000 million yuan to hand over to Xiangyang, but the Tao family did not pay. This was the first time in more than ten years, which made the prefect very angry. Last month, the prefect ordered you to severely punish Tao. But you didn’t follow orders, which makes the state herdsmen equally dissatisfied, you must know that there are not many self-cultivating farmers in Jingzhou, and Jingzhou really cannot support so many troops with taxes alone..."

Liu Jing was a little tired after going through a big battle. He didn't want to listen to these circles anymore, so he interrupted him with a wave of his hand, "Mr. Yi, if you have anything to say, just say it!"

Yiji smiled awkwardly and said: "The state shepherd hopes to resolve this matter decently, and he doesn't want to make two choices because the Tao family and you are having trouble. The first is that the Tao family will still pay tribute to Xiangyang. At the same time, the money and rations of the Chaisang garrison are still borne by the Xiangyang Prefecture Government, and the second is that the money and rations of the Tao family are directly used as supplies for the Chaisang garrison, I mean, the prefect will no longer pay Chaisang money and food."

This is the so-called decent solution to the Tao family's problems. Liu Jing sneered in his heart, and used the deduction of the supplies of the Chai Sang army as a reciprocal exchange. As for the military expenses of the garrison, he made a good plan.

After pondering for a moment, Liu Jing asked, "Which one does the state pastor prefer?"

"The state pastor said that it is best to be the first one, so that everyone will look good."

Liu Jing shook his head, "If I really had to choose, I would choose the second option. You must know that the money and food from Xiangyang will be seized by Huang Zu, and I can't actually get it. The second option is more realistic."

Yi Ji sighed softly, the second point is actually that Chaisang is out of the control of Xiangyang, Zhou Mu is very unwilling to see the second point become a reality, but the reality is so, and the state pastor has nothing to do.

At this time, Liu Jing changed the topic and said with a smile: "Tell me about the situation of Liu Qi and Liu Cong brothers! How are they doing?"

Liu Qi and Liu Cong got married successively last autumn. Liu Qi married the daughter of Kuai Liang, and Liu Cong married Cai Shaoyu. It is said that the two people had very grand occasions, but Liu Jing did not attend.

The topic became lighter, and a smile appeared on Yiji's face, "The two of them are fighting openly and secretly for the position of the son, and they are a bit unscrupulous. There are rumors that Mr. Cong married the daughter of the Cai family for a year, but they didn't get married, which angered the Cai family. , Zhou Mu also apologized to Junshi Cai.

Another person complained to Zhou Mu, saying that Mr. Qi was addicted to alcohol and sex in Jiangling. Zhou Mu secretly sent people to Nanjun to investigate. It was true. Mr. Qi had a close relationship with a group of literati, and they often hang out together drinking and prostitutes. Zhou Mu was furious , ordered someone to go to Nanjun to whip Mr. Qi twenty lashes. In this round, everyone thought Mr. Qi had lost. "

Liu Jing smiled slightly, and asked again: "Which son does Mr. Yi support?"

Yi Ji snorted coldly, "To be honest, I don't support these two sons. One is narrow-minded, stupid and incompetent, and talks good things about the Cai family all the time. If he is the master of Jingzhou, it means that the Cai family is the master of Jingzhou. , and the other one is a little better, but they are greedy for wine and sex, don't use talents, and they are cowardly, easy to be controlled by others, and can't achieve great things. No matter who among them becomes the lord of Jingzhou, it will be a disaster for Jingzhou."

"What's Mr. Yi's plan?" Liu Jing asked again with a smile.

"I?"

Yi Ji was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, and said sadly: "To be honest, I don't know either, just let it count as a day!"

The two walked a few more steps, Liu Jing smiled and said, "Why don't I recommend a job to Mr. Yi!"

Yi Ji is a smart person, he already understood what Liu Jing meant, and Liu Jing turned to himself step by step through the topic of the incompetence of the two sons, but in fact he wanted to talk about himself.

Yiji lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then asked, "I don't know what position you want to recommend to me?"

"I recommend Mr. Yi to Jiangxia County Chief History."

Yi Ji was shocked, of course he understood the meaning of Liu Jing's words. Liu Jing's goal was to take down Jiangxia County. In the future, he would be the prefect of Jiangxia County, but he appointed himself as the chief historian, which was second only to the county magistrate. As a senior civilian official, it can be seen that Liu Jing attaches great importance to him, which makes him grateful.

It's just that Jiangxia Commandery is still in Huang Zu's hands, he looked at Liu Jing puzzled, how should this long history be appointed?

Liu Jing understood the incomprehension in his eyes, and said with a faint smile: "Changshi is a matter of the future, and now Mr. Yi must be wronged to be the county magistrate of Xiazhi County."

Only then did Yiji understand Liu Jing's meaning, he thought for a while and smiled and said, "In this case, I will go back and report to the state shepherd, and beg the state shepherd to promise me to be the county magistrate of Xiazhi County. Come to take office, what do you think, my lord?"

Liu Jing shook her head, "It's been too long, I can't wait."

Yiji was a little confused, these are inevitable procedures, how could he be the magistrate of Xiazhi County without the appointment of the state shepherd, he glanced at Liu Jing, and couldn't help asking: "When does the young master want me to take office?" ?”

Liu Jing stopped in his tracks, the smile on his face disappeared, and he became serious. He looked at Yi Ji and said slowly, "I will take office today!"

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