Under the powerful impact of the five hundred eagle strikers, the 1000 defenders only persisted for a quarter of an hour before they collapsed. They had no choice but to surrender. With the surrender of more than [-] defenders, Liu Bei The bridgehead leading to Bashu, which has been painstakingly built for more than two years, has finally fallen.

There are not many ordinary households in Wucheng, less than [-] households. Since the sneak attack took place in the middle of the night, although many households were awakened, no one dared to go out. arrange.

It was getting brighter, and Wucheng finally calmed down. A middle-aged official in his forties, led by soldiers, hurried up to Liu Zheng, bowed and saluted, "My next official is Xie Zhi, the county magistrate of Wucheng. Wucheng County is willing to serve Jingzhou."

Liu Zheng nodded with a smile and said, "Don't worry, County Magistrate Xie. We won't hurt the people. I just want to discuss with you about the temporary defense. I need a thousand civilians to help us defend the city. In fact, I only need 600 people to transport food. The civilian husband will arrive soon, and I hope you can arrange it."

"Understood, I will organize civilian husbands immediately."

Although it was difficult to mobilize civilian husbands, magistrate Xie dared not refuse, and hurried down to find a way. Liu Zheng then ordered his subordinates: "Scatter the prisoners of war and reorganize them into our army as soon as possible."

At this time, a soldier rushed over and reported: "Qi report to the captain, we found Pang Tong, the deputy army commander of the enemy army, who was imprisoned in the backyard of the military yamen."

This news surprised Liu Zheng. He didn't know that Pang Tong was in Wucheng in advance, but at the same time he was also surprised that the dignified deputy military adviser was actually imprisoned. What happened?Liu Zheng didn't have time to think, he rushed to the military office immediately.

Pang Tong was imprisoned in a dilapidated courtyard behind the military office. The soldiers guarding him had already run away and were replaced by the Jingzhou Army. , silently drinking hot tea. [

He also did not expect that the Jingzhou army would fall from the sky, which was really beyond his expectation, but he knew very well that the fall of Wucheng not only meant that Liu Bei's Bashu dream was completely shattered, but also would be a fatal blow to Zigui County.

Liu Bei had no choice, and it would be a blessing if he could even withdraw to Jiaozhou in the south. At this time, the anger in Pang Tong's heart had disappeared, and there was only an indescribable loss and bewilderment, and even a kind of exhaustion after recovering from a serious illness. , he didn't know what to do?

At this time, Liu Zheng walked in quickly, cupped his hands and said, "My servant, Liu Zheng, has wronged Mr. Pang."

"You are the eagle monkey?" Pang Tong looked at this thin young man, he couldn't believe that this unattractive man was the well-known eagle monkey in the Jingzhou army.

Liu Zheng grinned, "I am, I made Mr. Pang laugh."

Pang Tong nodded, feeling a sense of sadness in his heart. He himself became a prisoner of war. He lowered his head and remained silent. Liu Zheng asked again, "Because I have to report to the State Shepherd, why is Mr. Pang imprisoned?"

"Nothing? It's just a little personal enmity with Fu Shiren." Pang Tong sighed.

Liu Zheng thought for a while and said: "I have the right to decide the fate of my husband. I want to report to my lord, please live in the city for a few days with peace of mind. If you need anything, just ask."

"Is Liu Zhoumu here too?" Pang Tong asked in surprise.

"He is just outside Zigui County, leading an army of tens of thousands to arrive."

Pang Tong was silent. Liu Jing came in person, which made his strategy of capturing Yizhou manifest. Thinking of Liu Jing's step-by-step capture of Bashu, and Liu Bei's failure everywhere, Pang Tong felt an indescribable bitterness in his heart. He sighed softly, " Thank you Captain Liu for your tolerance, I will not do anything to embarrass you."

"Then sir, please stay in peace!"

Liu Zheng immediately said to the left and right: "Send Mr. Pang back to the mansion, so that you can settle down."

Pang Tong stood up and walked out of the yard wearily. Liu Zheng was watching his back. He hurried back to the temporary residence, and he needed to report the battle situation to the lord immediately.

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The confrontation in Zigui County continued. The Jingzhou Army did not attack the county on a large scale, but built a huge wooden platform on the north and south sides of the county. The wooden platform was six feet high. Six thunderbolt stone cannons were installed on each stage, and twelve stone cannons fired boulders at the head of the city day and night, suppressing the defenders in the city.

For ten days in a row, the overwhelming stones fell on the top of the city, which brought great pressure to the defenders. The soldiers in the city had to hold up their shields even when they walked. But for the main general Liu Feng, he was worried about the food problem. Six thousand The food for soldiers and tens of thousands of residents is about to run out, and they can only last for another four or five days at most.

The food that was supposed to be sent by Wucheng has never arrived. Although he sent people to Wucheng to urge the food every day, the person he sent never came back, and no news came. This made Liu Feng more and more suspicious , Wucheng has fallen. As for whether it was captured by the Bashu army or the Jingzhou army, he has no idea.

The pressure and suspicion of lack of food made Liu Feng restless day and night. He really wanted to get instructions from his father, but his father's army was on the other side of the Yangtze River, and they couldn't pass on the news. The river in Zigui County was turbulent, and Liu Feng sent people to swim across the river more than once. Send a letter, but without success.

At noon, thousands of people from Zigui County gathered in front of the county government office to receive their daily rations. Every household was forced to hand in all their food. They could only receive one hemi per person per day, and children even received half a hemi.

This amount of rice is only enough to cook a pot of porridge. Even so, the vast majority of people held back, and no one dared to resist in front of the army's sharp swords.

But today, the time for food delivery was long past, and many people had waited for nearly an hour, but there was still no movement in the county government office. More and more people gathered in front of the county government office, and people panicked.

At this time, an officer walked out of the county office and shouted loudly: "General Liu has an order. From today on, the food distribution will be changed to once every two days, and the quantity will remain the same!"

The crowd suddenly exploded, and several people gathered around and asked loudly: "Then what should we do today?"

"There is no rice today, come back tomorrow, let's go! Let's go!"

The officer impatiently urged the people to leave, and the square was in a mess. No one was willing to leave, and asked one after another, "Shall we distribute two-hemi tomorrow?"

The officer sneered, "It's a dream! It's good to have two hemi, and one hemi. Let's go!"

There was a lot of shouting and cursing in the square, and people were angry. Thousands of people shouted loudly: "Return our food, return our rations!"

Many young people began to throw bricks and stones at the county government office, and the crowd was furious. At this moment, a large group of soldiers rushed out from both sides, and forcibly beat the people with wooden sticks to drive them away.

There was a great "chaos" in the square, people cried for their fathers and mothers, and fled in all directions. Many young men fought bravely, but they were unarmed and were knocked to the ground by the soldiers, with their heads bleeding.

Not far away, the county magistrate's mansion was set on fire by angry people throwing torches, and soon the county government was also set ablaze.

On the top of the city, Liu Feng stared blankly at the Jingzhou army camp two miles away, and the thunderbolt cars above his head were still smashing down, making a suffocating "bang!"boom! 'Sound, but the boulder can't hit the middle section where he is standing, hundreds of soldiers are crowded in this small section of the city.

Just this morning, Liu Feng finally got the definite news that Wucheng had been captured by the Jingzhou army. How the Jingzhou army passed and captured the tall and strong city of Wucheng was beyond Liu Fenglun's imagination.

But he is very aware of the desperate situation he is facing now, there will be no more food to support him, and in two days, his army will run out of food, and then there is no need to fight anymore, and his men will open the city and surrender one after another.

At this time, an officer rushed to report: "General Qi, the unscrupulous people in front of the county government refused to give up. They set fire to the county government and warehouses, and the city was in great chaos."

Liu Fengyan was right, this was within his expectation, after a long time, he sighed, turned his head to join the army and said to Jian Yong: "Mr. Jian, I want to negotiate with Liu Jing, what do you think?"

Jian Yong nodded, "Negotiating is a wise move, I am willing to travel for you."

"Then trouble sir."

Liu Feng waved his hand, "Sir, please! Let's discuss the negotiation strategy."

Although the confrontation between the two armies has been going on for ten days, there is no slack in the Jingzhou army. The barracks maintains a high level of alert every day, patiently waiting for the moment of victory. In the big tent of the Chinese army, Liu Jing is sitting behind the table and concentrating on reviewing the military documents.

Below him, Dong Yun, who joined the army in the recording office, was busy arranging the documents. In fact, including Dong Yun, Liu Jing had five civil servants under his command. For the documents, one person is in charge of the documents and files, and the division of labor is very clear.

In the side account, two clerks are responsible for copying the copies of the documents in advance. They will copy the documents sent by Xiangyang, classify and number the documents, and compile the catalog of the documents.

Then the original copy was handed over to Liu Jing, and the copy was left with Dong Yun. After Liu Jing wrote the instructions on the original copy, another clerk was responsible for transcribing the contents of the instructions on the copy, and the final copy had to be kept for archiving.

Dong Yun is responsible for handling some important documents and arranging Liu Jing's itinerary. At the same time, Liu Jing can also consult him about some important matters.

Of course, it was not enough for Liu Jing to have only five civil servants. Senior officials in Jingzhou suggested more than once that Liu Jing should open a mansion as soon as possible, set up a secretarial supervisor, and create a complete staff team.

It's just that Liu Jing's mind is on seizing Bashu, and he has no time to take care of expanding his directly-administered staff.

At this time, Liu Jing stopped writing, and frowned slightly. In the document in front of him, Xu Shu proposed to greatly increase the money and food subsidies for those who completed the studies of Jingzhou Academy, and set up the qualifications of academic officials.

Liu Jing turned around and asked Dong Yun, "Do you still remember how much the Jiangxia Academy used to subsidize northern bachelors?"

The so-called bachelor refers to those who passed the entrance examination of Jiangxia Academy in the past, they can get full subsidies from the government. He leaned over and said, "Please allow me to check it out."

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