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In the hall of the county yamen, Shi Zhangji, the captured Cao army commander, bowed down to Liu Jing, "My minister Zhang Ji pays homage to His Highness the King of Han!"

Zhang Ji was about fifty years old, and Feng Yi was from Guanzhong. He had been an official in Guanzhong, and he was a long history of Zhong Yao. (Update is the fastest and most stable)

When the Han army conquered Guanzhong, Zhang not only withdrew from Guanzhong with Zhong Yao, but also was appointed by Cao Cao as the commander of Cao Hong's army to assist Cao Hong in managing military affairs.

After Jia Kui was injured in preventing the Cao army from plundering the city, Zhang Ji temporarily acted as prefect. When the Han army broke through Wancheng, Zhang Ji had nowhere to escape and became a prisoner of the Han army.

Liu Jing hurriedly stepped forward to help Zhang Ji, and said sincerely: "Mr. Zhang, you don't need to be polite. I sent people to Taiyuan to find Mr. Zhang's whereabouts. I didn't expect Mr. Zhang to be in Nanyang. Liu Jing didn't know, so I neglected Mr. Zhang."

Zhang Ji was stunned, wondering why Liu Jing valued himself so much, Liu Jing sighed slightly: "Guanzhong can recover from dilapidation and withering, thanks to the merits of Zhong Xiaowei and Zhang Changshi, every time I patrol Guanzhong, I see a lot When dredging the irrigation canals and seeing the fertile fields reclaimed, I will look to the left and right, and never forget the well diggers when I drink water. I will remember the achievements of Zhong Yao and Zhang Ji."

Zhang Ji didn't expect Liu Jing to value him so much, he was very moved in his heart, and bowed down again, "If His Highness doesn't mind, Zhang Ji is willing to do his best for His Highness!"

Liu Jing helped him up and said with a smile: "I know Mr. Zhang is reluctant to part with Guanzhong. Would Mr. Zhang be willing to take up the post of Jingzhao Yin?"

Zhang Ji was overjoyed, he had governed Guanzhong for 30 years, and restored Guanzhong to the prosperous age of the Han Dynasty. How could he not be unwilling to his lifelong dream, Zhang Ji was very excited, "I am willing!"

"Okay! Please pack your luggage, Mr. Zhang, and leave for Guanzhong tomorrow to take up the post of Jing Zhao Yin."

At this time, Zhang Ji remembered something again, and quickly said: "His Royal Highness, Jia Kui was seriously injured when he stopped the rioters from looting the people. I hope His Highness can forgive him."

Liu Jing smiled, "I have ordered a military doctor to heal his injuries. The problem is not serious. He will recover after two months of care. When he goes to stay free, I will never make things difficult for him."

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your kindness!"

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At this time, Deng's father and son had come out of prison, and they were relatively weak. Liu Jing visited them and told them to rest well, and then came to Huang's mansion again. , and because Huang Chengyan, Zhuge Liang's father-in-law, has important use value to Liu Jing.

There was a lot of chatting and laughing in the inner hall, both Liu Jing and Huang Chengyan couldn't help laughing when they recalled what happened back then.

"Back then, His Royal Highness dressed up as Kong Ming to coax me and was willing to marry a little girl. I really believed it. Afterwards, Duke Kuai told me about it, and I knew the truth. It was only at that time that it was already done, and it was too late to regret it. Kong Ming became mine. Son-in-law, my daughter Yueying wrote a letter a few days ago and mentioned the princess."

Huang Yueying had a very good personal relationship with Tao Zhan back then, but because their husbands had different positions, they went their separate ways in the end, Liu Jing also nodded and asked: "Princess also often mentions Yueying, how is she doing now?"

Huang Chengyan smiled wryly: "She only gave birth to one daughter, and she has nothing else to do. Two years ago, she adopted Zhuge Qiao, the son of Kong Ming's elder brother, as her son. Last year, Kong Ming took a concubine and gave birth to a son named Zhan. I am still very happy, I can tell from the letter. (The update is the fastest and most stable)”

At this point, Huang Chengyan sighed and said: "The little girl married Kong Ming. Now that I think about it, it seems like it happened yesterday. Everything is still vivid in my memory, but 15 years have passed."

"It is true. I also found that if I only recall one person, I will feel that time flies, but when I think about what happened in the past ten years, the feeling is different. Too many things have happened, and time passes very slowly. It can be seen that, You feel differently about people than you do about things.”

"I was only in my fifties back then, but now I'm nearly seventy. I don't know how Duke Kuai is?"

Liu Jing knew that Huang Chengyan was referring to Kuai Yue. Kuai Liang died of illness five years ago, and Kuai Yue was still there. Liu Jing smiled slightly and said, "Mr. Kuai is 70 years old. The Kuai family did not decline. Kuai Qi became Guangluqing, and Kuai Ye served as the prefect of Shangyong. I remember that there were several Kuai family children who were county magistrates, county magistrates, etc. The Huang family cannot be the only one! "

Liu Jing was very subtle, implying that Huang Chengyan had to see the situation clearly. How could Huang Chengyan not understand that although he was a noble person, he had to consider his family. Liu Jing was willing to do this, and he was giving himself a chance. If Huang Chengyan didn't know the situation, That would be pedantic.

Huang Chengyan sighed and said: "I heard from the second son that His Highness has only been in charge of Guanzhong for two years. The rivers and canals have been repaired, the land has been reclaimed, and Guanzhong has gradually returned to life. No regrets!"

Liu Jing smiled slightly and said: "It's not enough just to look at it. If Mr. Huang doesn't object, let your son be a secretary in my tent!"

Huang Chengyan was overjoyed and quickly saluted, "Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness!"

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Returning to the barracks from Huang's mansion, Liu Jing ordered people to find Ren Ping and others, rewarded them heavily, and made great contributions to each of them. He also met with several generals of the Cao army who surrendered, and comforted them one by one.

However, Liu Jing was not blindly tolerant towards Cao Jun. He knew that Cao Jun soldiers had looted Wancheng wantonly, murdered people, and committed heinous crimes against Wancheng. This is also an opportunity for him. Cao Jun ruined his reputation, but gave him Liu Jing a good opportunity to buy people's hearts.

Liu Jing immediately ordered the confiscation of the money looted by the soldiers of Cao Jun. Those who could identify the owner of the money would be returned to the sufferer.

At the same time, Liu Jing ordered Cao Jun's soldiers to expose each other, arrested more than [-] murderers, and escorted them to the streets of Wancheng, so that the victims could come and identify them.

All of a sudden, Wancheng was boiling. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets to look for their enemies. Hundreds of soldiers of Cao Jun were beaten to death by angry people. Extremely chaotic.

Liu Jing had no choice but to stop the identification, and beheaded all the three thousand soldiers, and used their heads to commemorate the victims. Liu Jing's move completely won the hearts of the people in Wancheng and even the entire Nanyang County. Almost every household in Wancheng worshiped Hanwang Liu Jing In the portrait, the children of Wancheng enthusiastically signed up to join the army, and the number exceeded [-] in just three days. Liu Jing ordered [-] young men to be incorporated into the Jingzhou Army. So far, Nanyang County has officially become the northernmost county in Jingzhou.

However, the Han army did not completely occupy Nanyang County. Ye County in the northwest was still in the hands of Cao Jun. General Li Dian led [-] troops to defend Ye County. Five days later, Xiahou Dun came to rescue Nanyang with [-] troops. At this time, Nanyang County has been occupied by the Han army, Xiahou Dun dared not act rashly, and stationed troops in Ye County to wait and see what the Han army did.

Although Cao Jun did not give up on Nanyang, for Liu Jing, getting through the Nanxiang pass was only part of his Hefei campaign, and it was impossible for him to focus too much on Nanyang County.

Liu Jing immediately ordered Zhang Yi to lead [-] troops to reinforce Yiyang and strengthen the defense against Yiyang's three passes. At the same time, he ordered Ping to lead [-] troops to garrison Wancheng to confront Cao's army in Ye County.

After arranging the defense on the western front, Liu Jing immediately led an army of [-] to leave Wancheng, head south to Xiangyang, and advance towards Hefei.

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With the breaking of Nanyang on the west line, the Jiangdong side on the east line is also gradually breaking and thawing. The [-] troops led by Soochow general Zhu Heng were defeated in the battle.

Zhu Heng led thousands of remnant troops to retreat towards Piling County, just in time to meet Sun Quan's army going south, so Zhu Heng surrendered to Sun Quan.

In mid-May, the [-] troops led by Sun Quan and the [-] Cao troops met in Wu County, and the [-] Sun-Cao coalition troops surrounded Wu County. At this time, there were less than [-] troops in Wu County, under the command of Grand Sima Sun Yu.

There has been no war in Wu County for a hundred years. As the Sun-Cao coalition troops approached the city, the city suddenly fell into chaos. Every household began to hoard vegetables and grab rice. The cellar became a hiding place. The price of goods skyrocketed. Everyone in the city panicked, and the always active three great families of Lu, Gu, and Zhang fell silent immediately.

At this time, a carriage drove up quickly and stopped in front of the gate of the Gu Mansion. Zhang Wen got out of the carriage, and the concierge of the Gu Mansion rushed into the house to report. , bowed deeply, "I kept Uncle Shi waiting for a long time."

Zhang Wen waved his hand, "There is no need to be too polite at this time, nephew, is your father at home?"

"At home, uncle Shi please come with me."

Zhang Wen didn't say much, and followed Gu Ji to the mansion in a hurry. In the inner hall, Gu Yongzheng and his brother Gu Hui were discussing the situation. Compared with the chaos in the city, the Gu brothers were very calm. In fact, he was not worried about the situation. No matter what happens, no matter Sun Quan, Cao Cao or Liu Jing, if you want to occupy Wu County, you cannot do without the support of the Wu County family.

Wujun is also loyal to Jiangdong. The Wujun family represents the Jiangdong family to a certain extent. Of course, due to the relocation of the capital in recent years, with the rise of the Xie and Bu families in Danyang County in Jiangdong officialdom, the Wujun family He has been gradually marginalized, and it is for this reason that Lu, Gu, and Zhang, the three major Wujun families, support Sun Ce's son Sun Shao without hesitation.

However, the final result disappointed them. Sun Shao they supported was only a puppet, and the real military and political power was monopolized by Sun Yu. This made Gu Yong and others extremely dissatisfied, and they withdrew from the Wu Jun regime one after another, watching the situation change.

"Second brother, don't worry. If Sun Quan wants to restore the former Jiangdong, he must treat Wujun's family with courtesy, otherwise the three Jiangdong counties will no longer be of one mind."

"Yes, there is Cao Jun!"

"With Cao Jun here, there is no need to worry. Is Sun Quan going to let Cao Jun slaughter the city? He will also use Cao Jun's hand to deal with us. If this is the case, the Gu family will really surrender to Liu Jing."

Although Gu Yong was trying to appease his brother, he also knew in his heart that with Sun Quan's nature, he would definitely settle accounts with the Wu Jun family. Even if the family would not be destroyed, if they wanted to return to the officialdom, it would probably be impossible for them .

At this moment, Gu Yong's third son, Gu Ji, hurried down to the hall to salute, "Father, Uncle Zhang Shi is here."

Zhang Wen came, Gu Yong didn't dare to neglect, he got up quickly to greet him, at this moment Zhang Wen stepped forward to salute, and said anxiously: "Brother Yuan Tan, something might happen in the palace."

Gu Yong was very calm, and said lightly: "Huishu don't need to be nervous, please sit down and talk in detail."

At this time, Gu Hui also went up to greet Zhang Wen. The two brothers invited Zhang Wen to sit up and ordered the maid to serve tea. Zhang Wen also calmed down, sat down and drank tea and said: "I just got the news The young master has set up a banquet in the Wu Palace, and invited Sun Yu to the banquet, I am afraid that something big will happen in the palace."

The eldest son refers to Sun Shao. Although Sun Shao is the eldest son of Sun Ce, he is not as decisive as his father. He is also a scholar, indecisive.

Gu Yong was also extremely disappointed with Sun Shao, so he resigned due to illness and went home. At this time, the Sun-Cao coalition forces were besieging the city, and Sun Shao was about to have internal strife. This was obviously just to vent his personal anger. , people commit crimes, they cannot live, and at this time there will be internal strife, I have nothing to say."

Zhang Wen sighed, "But he is the only son of General Bofu after all, if he has three good things and two bad things, how can we explain to the spirit of General Bofu?" Gu Yong also shook his head, "This is a definite number, even if Sun Yu can't kill him, he can't kill him." It's hard to escape from Sun Quan's hand, Brother Hui Shu, don't think about the Sun family's affairs, think about your own family more!"

Zhang Wen's heart sank, "What Yuan Tan means is that Sun Quan is going to attack the Wujun family?"

"It's not possible to attack, but it will definitely do everything possible to weaken us. To tell you the truth, brother Huishu, I have decided to move the academy to Yuzhang, and leave this wrong place first."

Zhang Wen nodded silently. The Lu family had secretly taken refuge with Liu Jing, and the Gu family was also preparing to move westward. It seemed that the Zhang family also had plans.

Thinking of this, Zhang Wen got up and saluted: "Since this is the case, I don't care whether the Sun family lives or dies. I will go back to the mansion first and call the clansmen to consider the future of the Zhang family!"

Zhang Wen bid farewell and left. The Gu brothers kept sending him out of the gate. Gu Hui watched Zhang Wen's carriage go away, and then asked in a low voice, "What choice do you think the Zhang family will have?"

Gu Yong smiled slightly, "He who understands current affairs is a hero!"