Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 35 Stabilize Yuzhou
"Rush!" Li Yan rushed to the open city gate first, followed closely by 1000 people behind him.When Du Yuan saw someone killing him again, he shouted anxiously to close the door and pull the suspension bridge.But it was too late, before the heavy suspension bridge could be pulled up, Li Yan had already rushed up.Several soldiers tried to step forward to stop him, but he chopped them into two pieces.

Since the east gate is not suitable for attacking, Du Yuan has arranged for more than a thousand people to garrison here these days.After Li Yan rushed in, the soldiers behind him fought fiercely with the defenders.The number of people on both sides was equal, although the East Gate was not captured by Li Yan for a while, it was impossible for Du Yuan to drive Li Yan out.

After a short while of fierce fighting, both sides began to feel the ground under their feet vibrating, and it was obvious that a large group of people was coming here.Cao Jun, who was defending the city, suddenly sank in his heart, while Li Yan and others were greatly boosted in morale. "Brothers, support for a while longer, General Guan and the others are coming soon!" Li Yan faced Du Yuan with ease, encouraging the soldiers while fighting.

Sure enough, not long after Li Yan's words fell, a crowd of people gradually killed the people fighting fiercely at the gate of the city.Du Yuanlun's martial arts were originally far inferior to Li Yan's, and it was extraordinary to be able to last for so long. Now that he saw a large number of reinforcements coming from the other side, Li Yan slashed his neck with a knife in a hurry, and a big head flew into the sky. .

"Du Yuan is dead, and those who surrender will not be killed!" Li Yan shouted loudly, and the rest of Cao's soldiers were all terrified, and they threw down their weapons and surrendered immediately.The few who resisted were quickly surrounded and wiped out.

"Sure enough, Zhengfang is amazing. You have taken the east gate so quickly." Zhao Feng also arrived at this time, but unexpectedly, Li Yan had already taken the east gate. "General Zhao has won the prize, and we need to seize the other three gates as soon as possible!" Li Yan remonstrated.

"That's right!" Zhao Feng also nodded, at this time Guan Yu had also arrived with a large army, and immediately arranged for manpower to wipe out the remaining enemy troops.After a scuffle, the Xuzhou army took control of Qiao County until dawn appeared in the east.Everyone was so excited that they went to the government office to report the results of the battle to Guan Yu, regardless of staying up all night.

"I didn't expect that Qiaojun City was taken so easily." Guan Yu also smiled proudly, stroking his beard, looked at the people in the hall and said: "Bo Tao and Zheng Fang have contributed a lot to this success. I have reported to my elder brother, and it is estimated that there will be a reply soon."

"Thank you, Second General!" Zhao Feng and Li Yan clasped their fists together.Zhao Feng was also slightly proud. Guan Yu, who was known for his arrogance, could value him so much. He really didn't even think about it.In fact, Zhao Feng also forgot that although Guan Yu was arrogant, he still admired people with real abilities.For example, Zhang Liao, Zhuge Liang, and Xu Shu are all like this.

Guan Yu laughed for a while, then suddenly frowned and said, "But the descendants of Cao Cao's clan are all in Qiao County, what should we do? If we kill them, we will have a complete enmity with Cao Cao. Now we in Yuzhou have only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. How can we resist? If we leave them alone , I am afraid that they will make trouble here, and it is really a headache."

All the people in the hall were discussing immediately, some said that they would send soldiers to take custody, and some said that they would use them to negotiate with Cao Cao.Zhao Feng thought for a while and said, "Second General, how about we ransacked their homes and sent them out of the country to go to Xuchang to find Cao Cao. We don't kill them, but we don't want them either."

"This is the best way!" Everyone thought this was the best way, so Guan Yu handed over this important task to Zhao Feng.So in the next few days, Zhao Feng led people to copy the houses of Cao Cao's seven aunts and eight aunts one by one. Almost all the family property was confiscated and returned to the public, leaving only a little travel expenses for them to go to Xuchang to join Cao Cao.After working hard for half a month, the final result surprised Zhao Feng.

"14 shi of food, 2 taels of gold and silver, and more than [-] private guards!" Guan Yu looked at the bill presented by Zhao Feng, but also remained silent for a long time.After a while, Guan Yu came back to his senses and said: "In this way, we can recruit more soldiers."

Not to mention that Guan Yu and Zhao Feng were very busy. In Xuchang a few days later, Cao Cao was really angry when he saw his disgraced relatives and friends who had been kicked out of their hometown!
"You little thief Zhao Feng, how dare you do that!" Knowing that Zhao Feng was responsible for breaking Qiao County and raiding his home, Cao Cao's resentment towards him could not be increased. "Prime Minister, calm down, Zhao Feng is hateful, but now is not the time to send troops to Xuzhou." Guo Jia on the side hastily remonstrated.

"Huh, I have my own sense of proportion. If this guy falls into my hands in the future, I will not kill him, but just ransack his house and make him homeless!" Cao Cao said angrily, and then remembered What asked a tall and thin middle-aged man behind him: "Wen Ruo, is there any movement in Jingzhou now?"

That person was Xun Yu, who saw Cao Cao's question and hurriedly replied: "There is no news yet. It seems that the people of Jingzhou are not willing to fight Guan Yu for a few empty titles. , it has been several days, what should I do now?"

"Huh?" Cao Cao had another headache. Now that there were only three counties in Yuzhou's eight counties and three kingdoms that were not in Guan Yu's hands, he was really powerless to deal with Yuan Shao and then manage Guan Yu's side. "Just agree first!" Cao Cao replied a little tiredly.

A few days later, in Runan City, "Seal Guan Yu as Yuzhou Shepherd, lead the left general, hereby!" The eunuch's characteristic high-pitched voice rang out in the empty eunuch's mansion. "Long live, long live, long live!" A large group of people kneeling in the hall responded in unison.

"Congratulations to the Second General!" Zhao Feng and others cupped their fists to congratulate Guan Yu, and Guan Yu also changed his old cold and arrogant smile in return.Although it's just an empty title, now Guan Yu can justifiably appoint Yuzhou officials to govern one side.Of course, the main decision-making still depends on Liu Bei in Xuzhou.

So in the next few days, newly dispatched officials continued to take up posts in various places in Yuzhou.Sun Guan, Chancellor of Lu, Guan Hai, Chancellor of Pei, and Mi Fang, Chancellor of Liang, have been governing the region for more than a year, so there is no need to change.In the remaining counties, Li Yan served as the prefect of Chen County to guard against Cao Cao, the prefect of Qiao County was Chen Jiao, the former prefect of Chen County, Hou Cheng was the prefect of Xiangcheng, and Liu Pi was the prefect of Ruyin.As for the prefect of Runan, Liu Bei handed over the most important place to Zhao Feng to take care of.As for the remaining county magistrates, meritorious officials and other official positions, they were sent out one by one.And Liao Hua, Hao Meng and others also got a miscellaneous name, General Dangdang.

Zhao Feng privately said to Guan Yu: "Now that Yuzhou is initially established, the foundation is not stable. Cao Cao has no time to care about Yuzhou because he is facing a giant like Yuan Shao; Liu Biao in the west is more than conservative, and he is not aggressive enough, so there is nothing to worry about. What we have to do The purpose is to take advantage of this rare leisure time to improve the people's livelihood and military equipment in Yuzhou, and connect it with Xuzhou to echo each other. Only when the world changes, can we be prepared." Guan Yu deeply agreed, so the following During the day, Guan Yu was in charge of the military, while Jian Yong, Zhao Feng and others were busy with civil affairs, so life was fulfilling and busy.

Because of Zhao Feng's plan to capture Qiaojun, it took Guan Yu less than a month to actually pacify the entire Yuzhou.At this time, it is the spring equinox season, and there are still about three months before the harvest of summer grain.Although new soldiers were recruited and refugees were gathered to open fields to support the people, except for the previously stable Peiguo and other places, only Chen County under Chen Jiao's rule could be self-sufficient this year.As for the soldiers, after Liu Pi and others were recruited, plus the recruits, there were nearly [-] soldiers in Yuzhou.But it takes time to train well.In ancient times, it took about half a year to train soldiers, but now it is only four months before summer, Zhao Feng estimated that at most he would be able to train as a soldier of the county.

Zhao Feng knew that Yuan Shu would become emperor this year without any accidents.The book does not say when he became emperor, but at the time it was said that he gathered 30 soldiers, and it should be that he gathered so many people just after harvesting the grain.In other words, when Yuan Shu proclaims himself emperor, Liu Bei still needs to rely on the current Xuzhou army to attack him. The Yuzhou army can't be counted on for the time being.

What Zhao Feng didn't know was that the Jingzhou city, which he was neglecting at the moment, was also undercurrents.In the lobby of the Jingzhou government office, a middle-aged military general was playing to the old man sitting on the main seat: "My lord, since the imperial court has ordered General Zhongye to serve as the prefect of Runan, this is a god-sent opportunity for me to open Jingzhou. I don't know why my lord is hesitating?" This person is none other than Liu Biao's brother-in-law Cai Mao, the captain of the Jingzhou navy.

"Cai Dudu is kind enough to Wenpin, but Wenpin is just a warrior. To be a general in Jingzhou is already appreciated by the lord. How dare he think about it again." A strong man in his thirties stood up and thanked him.He is Wenpin who is known as the number one military general in Jingzhou. Of course, Zhao Feng scoffs at this title.Although Wenpin is not a fool like Pan Feng, compared to Huang Zhong and Wei Yan, he is indeed inferior.

The reason why Wenpin rejected Cai Mao's seemingly well-intentioned proposal was also due to his intentions.Now the upper and lower powers in Jingzhou are gradually being controlled by Cai Mao's family, the Cai family, and the Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue brothers' Kuai family. One of the two families is in charge of military affairs, the other is in charge of civil affairs, and their party members are spread across almost every department.To make them restrain themselves, besides Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao, only myself, the number one military general in Jingzhou, is the only one.If he went to Runan to take office now, his power would be uprooted in less than half a year.

Everyone in the hall said their own reasons, but one person remained silent.Seeing this person, Liu Biao on the main seat relaxed his expression a little and asked, "Uncle Ji, what do you think?" This person is Yi Ji, the minister of Jingzhou.

"My lord, this is clearly Cao Cao's trick. He is afraid that Liu Bei and Guan Yu will harm him if they occupy Yuzhou, so he wants to use this empty title of Runan prefect to let us fight Guan Yu, so that he can reap the benefits." Yi Ji smiled. road.

"Having said that, wouldn't it be a joke if you dare not even move?" A scribe on the other side asked with ulterior motives. He was the eldest brother of the Kuai brothers, Kuai Liang and Kuai Zirou.Like Cai Mao, he was also eager for Wenpin to leave Jingzhou.

"General Zhongye is the pillar of our Jingzhou, how can we mess around. What's more," Yi Ji paused before continuing: "Right now, Jiangdong Sun Ce is always harassing me in Jingzhou to avenge his father Sun Jian. If General Zhongye Not here, how to resist?" Hearing this, everyone fell silent, including Cai Mao and the Kuai brothers.

"Since that's the case, let's not worry about it for now." Liu Biao saw that everyone had nothing to say for a while, so he breathed a sigh of relief, but he felt a little tired deep in his heart.

At this moment, another person came to report: "My lord, the Shanyang county lieutenant suddenly left his official seal and resigned. However, he also took more than a thousand people with him, and went to Yuzhou to join Guan Yu together!"

"Wow!" There was another uproar in the lobby that had just calmed down.

(End of this chapter)