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After Liu Jing took Xiangyang, he ordered Wenpin to lead [-] troops to guard Xiangyang, but he did not return to Jiangxia immediately, but went to Yidu County. Yidu County is located to the west of Nanjun, which is the later Yichang and Nearby is the first open area after the Yangtze River leaves the Three Gorges.

Yidu County was originally Liu Qi's fiefdom, and it has always been under the command of the Nanjun Army. After Cao Cao went south, the [-] garrisons in Yidu County also withdrew southward, and Cao Jun did not deploy troops in Yidu County on a large scale. The rest symbolize the occupation of "sex".

Yidu County has a small population. The population of the entire county is only about 3000 households. It is mainly concentrated in two counties, one is Yidao County and the other is Xiling County. The place with the most concentrated population in Du County has nearly [-] households. It has a very important strategic position and is known as the "Throat of Chu and Shu". It is now occupied by Liu Bei. General Zhou Cang led [-] people to station here.

The area north of the Yangtze River surrendered to Liu Jing, with Xiling County as the center. Xiling County is also Yiling County, guarding the mouth of the Xiling Gorge. break out.

The more than a thousand people Cao Jun deployed in Yidu County were also stationed in Xiling County. From Xiling County to the west, they entered Xiakou. If they walked west for more than a hundred miles, they entered Jianping County, which was Liu Bei's territory. Liu Feng He and deputy military division Pang Tong led 8000 people to garrison Jianping County, laying an excellent foundation for Liu Bei's army to advance westward to Bashu. [

At this time, Liu Jing was still in the early stage of seeking Bashu, and Xiling County was the first seed planted at this stage. Therefore, after Liu Jing took Xiangyang, even though the situation in Jiangxia was critical, he made a special trip to Yi Du County, came to inspect Xiling County.

Xiling County is temporarily under the jurisdiction of Nanjun County. When Liu Jing led his army to Xiling County, he happened to meet Li Yan, the prefect of Nanjun County, who was also inspecting Xiling County. , and have an excellent relationship with Li Yan.

Hearing that Liu Jing was coming, Li Yan and the county magistrate Feng Yi greeted him out of the county seat. In the distance, an army of about [-] people was coming towards the county seat along the winding official road. , the leading general in gold helmet and iron armor, riding on a handsome white horse, is Jingzhou Mu and Chuhou Liu Jing.

Li Yan hastily brought Feng Yi forward and bowed deeply, "See Zhou Mu!"

Liu Jing got off his horse and asked with a smile, "Why is Mr. Li in Xiling County?"

"The subordinates are here to inspect the people's situation."

Liu Jing nodded, and turned his gaze to County Magistrate Feng Yi, "You are County Magistrate Feng. I heard Duke Kuai mentioned you more than once."

Feng Yi's wife is also the daughter of the Kuai family, and he is also a student of Kuai Liang. He is about [-] years old and looks very smart and capable. Slack off a bit."

Seeing that he was quite nervous, Liu Jing was very worried about being implicated by Kuai Yue Jiang Cao, so he smiled to comfort him and ordered the army to station outside the city before entering the county seat. Xiling County is not big, with a circumference of only ten miles. However, the city walls are tall and strong, and they are all made of bluestone. This is also a common feature of the counties in the Three Gorges.

In the county office, Liu Jing took a sip of tea slowly and asked with a smile, "Is there any movement in Jianping County recently?"

Feng Yi hurriedly leaned forward and said, "Reporting to Zhou Mu, after the Battle of Chibi, I heard that Liu Bei's army reinforced Wucheng. They crossed the river from the other side and crossed the river in Zigui. The number of people is said to be around 5000."

Liu Jing also heard about this information. It is said that Pang led the army to support Wucheng. Obviously, he wanted to seek Bashu and also to prevent his own army from advancing westward. But that happened two months ago, and Liu Jing is more concerned about the recent What happened in a few days.

Li Yan knew Liu Jing's thoughts very well, and he smiled from the side: "We have also placed many spies on the south bank, opening hotels or mules and horse shops. Some messengers went to Wucheng, but it is also possible that Liu Bei's envoy went directly from Wucheng to Chengdu. In addition, Sun Gan from Yidao County went to Chengdu a few months ago and never came back. He is probably Liu Bei's special envoy."

It was only then that Feng Yi understood Zhou Mu's meaning. He thought for a while and added: "I also know that Sima joined the army and went to Chengdu. In addition, a few days ago, the county magistrate Xin went to Badong County. There should be news soon. .”

Liu Jing nodded, and he came to the map next to the wall again, staring at the map of the Three Gorges area, from Yidu County, Jianping County to Badong County, mainly the distribution of the terrain on both sides of the Yangtze River, but the map is very rough and looks blurry unclear.

At this time, Feng Yi picked up the wooden pole and pointed to a county town at the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River in the north of Jianping County: "This is Wucheng. Liu Bei built a city here a few years ago. I have been to that city. It is very strong and tall, easy to defend and difficult to attack. , is a fortified city."

Liu Jing couldn't help frowning, "Isn't that Wu County?"

"Reporting to Zhou Mu, Wu City is Wu County. Twenty years ago, the city wall of Wu County collapsed, the population was lost, and it almost became an abandoned county. Liu Bei's army rebuilt the city wall there and renamed it Wu City. The county is only thirty miles away."

'Thirty miles! '[

Liu Jing couldn't help being secretly surprised. If this is the case, then Liu Bei's army can completely rely on Wucheng as a logistics center to march towards Bashu. Bashu can also be captured, which makes Liu Jing feel a little worried.

He said to Li Yan again: "There are two things that need to be resolved urgently. First, I need a sand table map. I will give you two months to complete it. Second, I will send another [-] troops to Nanjun. I hope you can get it. Xiaxinling and Zigui counties, especially Zigui, taking Zigui will also cut off the route for Liu Bei's army to reinforce Wucheng."

Speaking of this, Liu glanced at Feng Yi, the county magistrate, and Feng Yi said hastily: "That's right, Zigui is the last ferry in the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River."

Li Yan understands Liu's strategic intentions. Taking Zigui and preventing Liu Bei's army from increasing troops to Wucheng is an extremely important step. He deeply feels the heavy responsibility on his shoulders, but he still bowed without hesitation: " The subordinates will definitely live up to the expectations of the State Shepherd."

Liu Zanxu patted him on the shoulder and returned to his seat. At this time, a personal guard walked into the lobby quickly and whispered something in Liu's ear. Liu regained his energy and immediately said to the county magistrate Feng Yi: "I want to go back to the barracks first. , I hope County Magistrate Feng will do his best in all matters in Xiling County, and I will have a reward in the future."

"Humble staff will definitely do their best!"

Liu winked at Li Yan, and quickly returned to the barracks outside the city. Li Yan understood and followed him to the barracks.

Back at the barracks, Liu immediately asked, "Where is he?"

The guard pointed to the side tent, "rest in the tent!"

Liu quickly stepped forward, opened the curtain and walked in. There were two people sitting in the big tent, wearing octagonal hats and long gray gowns. They were all dressed as businessmen, and one of them was a little older. The person was Xin Zhi, the county magistrate who was ordered to enter Shu. When he saw Liu coming in, he quickly got up and saluted, "See Zhou Mu!"

The other man was about 30 years old, tall, with sword eyebrows and deep eyes, and his appearance was imposing, but he knelt down and saluted, "Xinye Deng Zhi, meet Liu Zhoumu!"

It turned out that this was Deng Zhi, Liu Lian smiled and helped him up, "I've heard Deng Bo Miao's name for a long time, but seeing him today, I'm sure he's very handsome."

Deng Zhi is a branch of the Zhongxinye branch of the Deng family in Nanyang. He is the brother of Deng Ai. He is now the confidant of Pang Xi, the prefect of Badong. A few days ago, his brother-in-law Xin Zhi came to him and expressed Liu's respect for him. , Deng Zhi used the excuse of going back to his hometown to visit relatives, and returned to Xiangyang with Xin Zhi, but unexpectedly met Liu Junjun in Xiling County.

Deng Zhi took a secret look at Liu, he had heard of Liu Wei's reputation for a long time, and when he saw him today, he couldn't help admiring in his heart, the phoenix appearance and dragon appearance, he is indeed a dragon among men, no wonder he can become Cao Cao's formidable enemy, Liu Zhang is really incomparable to him It's too far away.

Both Fazheng and Deng Zhi were not natives of Bashu. They were rejected by the local gentry of Bashu, and they never had a sense of belonging to Bashu. At the same time, they were not optimistic about Liu Zhang. It was for this reason that Liu's rise became their hope.

At this time, Li Yan and Deng Ai also entered the account separately. After seeing the ceremony, the guests and hosts were seated separately. When Liu asked about the Bashu, Deng Zhi's expression became serious, and he said slowly: "The closure of the Bashu area makes the local gentry sit down. It was very xenophobic. At that time, Sanfu, Nanyang and Jingzhou tens of thousands of households went to Shu to escape the "chaos". Among them, the heroes formed the Dongzhou Scholars. After Zhao Wei was destroyed, the situation of Dongzhou scholars improved slightly, but they were still in a difficult situation. The main leaders were Pang Xi, the prefect of Badong, and Dong He, the prefect of Shu County. The state shepherd wanted to benefit State, will definitely get the support of Dongzhou scholars."

Liu nodded, and asked again: "Bo Miao, let's talk about the Bashu nobles."

Deng Zhi snorted coldly, and his tone was full of dissatisfaction with the Bashu nobles, and continued: "The Bashu nobles are relatively scattered and have not formed factions. Yi is the leader. He and Liu Zhang are in-laws and confidantes of Liu Zhang, followed by Yan Yan of Bajun, Huang Quan of Brazil, etc., all of whom are well-known wealthy families in central Shu. There has always been discord, so the officialdom in Bashu is relatively chaotic, and everyone has their own ideas, far from being as loyal as Jiangdong and Cao Cao, which is largely caused by Liu Zhang's weakness."

After Deng Zhi's detailed introduction, Liu actually had a feeling of seeing the sun behind the clouds, and thought to himself, "I wonder if Sima Yi can go on the road to Bashu?" '

He couldn't help feeling a little worried, and asked, "How is Pang Xi?"

Deng Zhi said with a smile: "Pang Xi is the main leader of the Dongzhou scholars. His daughter is married to Liu Zhang's eldest son Liu Xun. Although they are in-laws, Liu Zhang is extremely suspicious of Pang Xi and almost forced Pang Xi to rebel against her a few years ago. , I took Chongbi to Chengdu to deal with Liu Zhang's confidantes, so that Liu Zhang let Pang Xi go temporarily, and if Zhou Mu enters Bashu, I would like to persuade Pang Xi to help."

Liu Jing bowed his hands to thank Deng Zhi for his enthusiasm, and he smiled again: "Can you please ask Bo Miao to go to Chengdu again to assist Sima I sent to join the army, and use heavy coins to manage Liu Zhang's left and right."

Deng Zhi immediately stood up and said, "I would like to serve the state shepherd!"

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