Cao Thief

Chapter 689 Jingzhou Transformation (End)
Liu Biao's first seven funerals were doomed not to proceed peacefully.

Not long after the Hanging Festival began, accidents happened one after another in Xiangyang City.First, there were people fighting in the market, and then some houses were flooded.Later, someone discovered that there were many traces of Jingxiang bandits in the city.No one knew where and why these thugs came from. They suddenly appeared in the market and on the streets of Xiangyang, causing many fierce conflicts.

In the past ten years or so, Jingzhou has been basically stable.

Liu Biao's rule of Jingxiang, to a large extent, gave the nine counties of Jingxiang a gentle recovery time.

However, Jingzhou's geographical location is doomed to be a complicated and eventful area.In addition to facing Liu Zhang of Bashu, Sun Quan of Eastern Wu, and Cao Cao, the capital of Xu, Jingzhou itself also has many problems.For example, the rebellion of the mountain people in the Wuxi Man is a problem that Liu Biao has never been able to solve... Besides, there is also the Jiang bandit, which is rampant.The river water made Jingxiang prosperous, but it also brought huge hidden dangers.Relying on the benefits of the river water, those bandits rely on the Jingxiang river to go ashore to become bandits and enter the river to serve the people. This is also a big problem that Jingzhou has never been able to solve.

Although Liu Biao suppressed the bandits many times, the effect was not great...

And the mountain people's rebellion has been repeatedly banned.It's not just that Liu Biao couldn't solve it, but even during the 200 years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he couldn't solve this problem.

Even General Fubo Ma Yuan could only calm down the chaos for a short time.

But the conflict between the mountain people and the Han people has never stopped.Liu Biao had nothing to do about it, and later gradually relaxed his control over the mountain people.

It is said that there are eight bandits in Jingzhou.

Zhang Wu and other land bandits were put down by Liu Bei.

However, the Wuxi Man and some bandits on the river were still unable to be calmed down.

Now, many bandits have appeared in Xiangyang City, bringing great panic to Xiangyang City.

Wang Wei led his troops to encircle and suppress, but they often pressed the gourd and floated the gourd, so they could not be completely eliminated.The gangsters seem to be very familiar with Xiangyang, and they have eyeliner.Often before the officers and soldiers arrived, the bandits would disperse immediately.If he is lucky, Wang Wei can catch some small miscellaneous fish.But most of the time, they can only play the role of cleaning up the mess, but cannot completely wipe out the gangsters.

After all, the main power of Xiangyang City is concentrated near the prefecture and the four city gates.

Wang Wei saw that the situation was not good, and the turmoil in Xiangyang City seemed to be deliberately caused by someone behind the scenes, so he immediately reported it to Cai Mao and others, asking for support.

At this time, it was impossible to figure out who was instigating behind the scenes.

The most urgent task is to stabilize Xiangyang City first.After Liu Biao's funeral was successfully concluded, Liu Cong ascended to the position of Lord of Jingzhou, and it would not be too late to pursue the matter.After Wang Wei asked Cai Mao for help, Cai Mao immediately ordered Zhang Yun to mobilize city gate patrols to assist Wang Wei in suppressing it.

At the same time, the troops and defenses near the prefecture became much more relaxed.

Yi Ji watched Cai Mao's mobilization of troops in embarrassment, and a strange smile appeared on his face.

Taking advantage of people's unpreparedness, he quietly walked out of the side hall and called his eldest son Yiyang outside the door.Seeing no one around, he asked in a low voice, "Dongsheng, are you all ready?"

"Go back to father, it's ready."

Yi Yang seemed a little nervous, with a trembling voice in his voice, he replied softly: "My boy has already transferred the soldiers and horses outside the side gate of the state gate, and replaced them with ours. As long as the city gates are in chaos, our people can kill them with one fell swoop." He rushed into the mansion, went straight to the mourning hall, and took Cai's family down in one fell swoop.

Zilong's side is also ready.

He had led people away in the early morning and assembled at the north gate.

Now, just waiting for his father's order, he will seize the north gate and welcome Duke Xuande into the city...Father, can we do it? "

Yiji's face showed a complex look.

He knows very well that as long as he nods his head now, half a lifetime of fame will be ruined!
Even if he welcomes Liu Qi back to Xiangyang in the future, the infamy of betraying the master cannot be washed away...But, if not, so what?

Could it be that the Cai family supported Liu Cong to succeed him and handed over the nine prefectures of Jingxiang to Cao Cao?

No!
The Nine Counties of Jingxiang are the result of Liu Biao's whole life's painstaking efforts, and they absolutely cannot fall into the hands of others.Yi Ji has no ill feeling toward Liu Cong, and even thinks that Liu Cong has a good character and will be a wise man in the future.But the problem is that Liu Cong is too young. After he ascended the throne, he will inevitably be influenced by his mother, Mrs. Cai. In the end, he can only be a puppet and cannot truly become the lord of Jingzhou.

At the same time, Liu Qi is older and a legitimate son.

In terms of emotion and reason, it is not wrong for him to support Liu Qi...

Thinking of this, Yiji gritted his teeth and nodded vigorously, "Send a signal to make Zilong do something... Duke Xuande must have been waiting outside the city for a long time."

Yi Yang bowed his hands and took the order to leave.

Yi Jifu returned to the side hall again, but he didn't expect two people to walk out from the corner of the corridor just after he left.

"De Cao, your guess is really good."

Pang Shanmin said softly: "It seems that Uncle Yi Ji is indeed in collusion with Uncle Liu Huang."

In Pang Shanmin's words, there was a strong sense of disdain.Speaking of it, his sense of Liu Bei was not bad, not to mention, Pang and Zhuge Liang are related.But the problem is that Pang Degong does not approve of Liu Bei, and seems to be more inclined to Cao Cao... To be precise, Pang Degong does not support Cao Cao, but Cao Peng.In addition, Pang Shanmin's cousin, Pang Tong and Pang Lin brothers, are now playing under Cao Peng's command.

Pang Tongguan worshiped as the prefect of Hexi, and Pang Lin also moved to Longxi County Chief Shi, Hanyang County Chancellor, and Liangzhou because of his outstanding political achievements.This also makes the Pang family have a very deep brand of the Cao family.After Cao Peng came to Nanyang County, he repeatedly claimed to be a Lumen student in Nanyang Truth, and was recognized by Pang Degong.This also made Pang Shanmin feel closer to Cao Peng.Claiming to be a disciple, also makes Lumen Ponzi's prestige even louder.Although Duke Pound didn't admit it, he didn't refuse either.On the contrary, when Nanyang was hit by floods, the consecutive articles were published in Nanyang Truth. To some extent, it was also regarded as tacit consent.

Listening to Pang Shanmin's words, Sima Hui couldn't help laughing.

"Decao, aren't you worried?"

"worry about what?"

Sima Hui laughed and said: "This must be Kong Ming's plan, but it's not surprising.

Since Liu Xuande entered Jingzhou, he had peeped at Jing Xiang for a long time.It can be seen from the fact that Liu Jingsheng tried to recruit several times, but he never surrendered.It is not surprising that they had actively developed in Nanyang before, but suddenly abandoned Wancheng and retreated to Fancheng. "

Pang Shanmin sneered, "I forgot, that Kong Ming came from Shuijing Villa."

"Shanmin, although Kong Ming studied under my family, he is also a relative of your Pang family... But don't worry, this matter is not as simple as you and I imagined. Kong Ming's dangerous tactics are indeed a master. But then How can Kuai Yidu wait for nothing? Didn’t you realize that Kuai Yidu hasn’t appeared yet, so there must be some arrangements. In my opinion, Duke Jing Sheng’s funeral today is going to be a bit lively.”

Before the words fell, suddenly there was a sound of humming from outside the wall of the Zhouyuan courtyard.

Pang Shanmin's expression changed suddenly, and he hurriedly pulled Sima Hui to the side hall... Chaos is about to break out, so it's better to take care of yourself first.

Let's look at the two sides, who will win in the end!

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A series of blares echoed over Xiangyang.

Wang Wei, who was in charge of clearing out the bandits in the city, was immediately moved.

Sure enough, there was a plan... Who was it?In his mind, a very friendly face suddenly appeared, and a chill flashed in his eyes.

"Liu Bei!"

He yelled, and hurriedly greeted his followers: "Give me an order to close the city gate immediately, and ask Degui to dispatch troops and horses to gather at the east gate... Liu Bei wants to seek Jingxiang, and he must not make it happen."

Liu Bei was stationed outside the east gate of Xiangyang City.

Once he wants to seize the gate, he must launch an attack at the east gate.

Following Wang Wei's order, the four soldiers and horses immediately started to act.The Jingzhou soldiers at the north gate of Xiangyang rushed to the east gate immediately after receiving the order.As a result, the troops at the north gate of Xiangyang also became empty.The city gate was slowly closed, causing commotion inside and outside the north gate.

"Why don't you let us out?"

"Why did you close the city gate?"

Pedestrians who were about to enter and exit Xiangyang immediately started making trouble.

The doorman who guarded the city gate quickly ordered to suppress the rioting people.

But their actions aroused the anger of those people.Many people shouted loudly, and there was a fierce conflict with the guards.In the crowd, a tall and burly man suddenly picked up a two-foot silver spear from the carriage beside him, then drew his sword from his ribs, cut off the rope that tied the horse, got on the horse, and rushed into the city. Door roll hole.I saw the zhang [-] silver spear dancing, turning into thousands of pear blossoms, the silver spear spat out, and several guards immediately fell into a pool of blood.The man urged the horse, and let out a loud shout.

"Changshan Zhao Yun is here, anyone who stops me will die!"

In an instant, hundreds of people rushed out of the crowd, some rushed along the city gate to the tower, and some followed Zhao Yun and rushed into the Juandong.

At the same time, a series of beeping sounds came from outside the north gate.

Immediately afterwards, there was a rush of horseshoes from a distance.Jingzhou soldiers standing on the city gate raised their eyes to follow the sound, and saw thick smoke billowing in the distance, as if there were thousands of troops approaching the north gate of Xiangyang.The Jingzhou soldiers were frightened out of their wits, and quickly shouted: "Enemy attack, there is enemy attack!"

There was a commotion inside and outside the city gate.

The people outside the city ran into the city, and the people inside the city scattered and fled.

Zhao Yun guarded the gate of the city, his big gun flew, and picked the Jingzhou guard who came forward to stop him before his horse.While rushing, he shouted loudly.

At this moment, two figures suddenly appeared from the gatehouse next to the volume hole.

The two men were still seven or eight steps away from Zhao Yun. Two steel crossbows, accompanied by the howling sound of tearing the air, flew towards Zhao Yun...

Zhao Yun hurriedly swung his gun and dialed, and the steel crossbow exploded.

But the two soldiers ignored Zhao Yun, instead rushed into the crowd and rushed towards the white soldiers who were fighting.The two soldiers were wearing soft armor, holding sharp knives, and their feet were extremely dexterous.Dodging and dodging in the crowd, with a sharp blade, like two ghosts.

Zhao Yun was startled, turned his horse's head quickly, and wanted to chase and kill him.

However, the space of this volume hole is really too narrow.The white soldiers following Zhao Yun were crowded in the scroll hole, making it difficult for Zhao Yun to deploy.Outside the city, Liu Bei's soldiers and horses were getting closer and closer, and two guards were desperately trying to close the city gate.Zhao Yun was furious in his heart, he simply gave up the two Jingzhou soldiers before, and went up with their spears.At that moment, another person rushed out from the gate room of Juandong.

The visitor held a knife in one hand and a shield in the other, and he arrived in front of Zhao Yun in the blink of an eye.

After dodging Zhao Yun's ghostly shot, he dodged a wrong step, and then turned around. The shield in his hand followed the rotation of his body, and with a powerful force, he slammed out roaringly.Just as Zhao Yun wanted to move the horse to dodge, the shield in the man's hand had already slammed on the horse's neck.

The war horse Xi Yuyu hissed and plopped before falling to the ground.

Before Zhao Yun could stand up, someone stepped forward, twisted his body and rushed up, raised his knife and slashed at Zhao Yun fiercely.

A long laugh came from his mouth: "Zilong, I have been waiting for you for a long time!"

(End of this chapter)