Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 303
When Zhuge Liang arrived in Jiangxia, he would definitely persuade Cao Ang to unite with Jiangdong Sun Quan to fight against him. Jiangdong Sun Quan would also be afraid that he would cross the river and attack Jiangdong to rule the world.

Lu Su thought that Liu Biao's funeral was an excuse, but he was actually looking for facts and information, and Zhuge Liang took the opportunity to go back to Jiangdong with Lu Su, and staged a world-famous verbal war against Confucians.

Our northern army is all on foot and cavalry, and is good at land warfare, while the southern army is good at water warfare. In addition, the weather is changeable now, and the soldiers from the north are not acclimatized to the environment and are prone to diseases.

In addition, Jingzhou has just been paid, and the people's hearts are still unstable. They are not of one mind with their northern soldiers and horses. Their own soldiers and horses are exhausted, and Jingzhou's people are dissatisfied. It's just an idiot's dream.

It seems that he had to use Gan Ning's Hefei navy to fight against the Jiangdong navy, while he himself appeased the people of Jingzhou and regained the hearts of the people as much as possible.

"Prime Minister! Are we going back to Xiangyang?" Pei Yuanqing stepped forward and asked, somewhat unwilling in his heart, so he let Cao Ang and others run away.

"No, let's turn to Jiangling immediately, grab Jiangling before Liu Bei and the others." Li Song said, since we have a plan, we will naturally go to the facts and try to seize as much land as possible.

"No!" After hearing this, Pei Yuanqing and others clasped their fists in a salute, turned around one after another, and headed all the way to Jiangling. After traveling day and night, they arrived in Jiangling the next day.

Jiangling is the seat of Nanjun, and it is also an important place for Jingxiang. Jiangling is located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, in the west of the Jianghan Plain, bordering the Yangtze River in the south, bordering the Hanshui River in the north, controlling Bashu in the west, and connecting Hunan and Guangdong in the south. It is called "the thoroughfare of seven provinces".

Li Song's army came to the city of Jiangling, Li Song ordered to station there, and at the same time sent people to persuade them to surrender, who came shouting at the city.

"Listen, people in the city. The prime minister is ordered by the emperor to attack the rebels. Jiangling City will fall into the hands of the traitors, causing people to die. The prime minister has decided to take over the defense of Jiangling City. I order you to open the city quickly and submit to the court. If you don't follow , It’s like rebellion! When the army attacks the city, it will surely slaughter the entire city.”

After learning that Li Song's army was approaching the city, Deng Yi and Liu Xian, who were in charge of Jingzhou, hurriedly gathered together to discuss the Jiangling issue.

Deng Yidao: "Now Liu Jingsheng, the shepherd of Jingzhou, has gone to the west of Hehe, and Liu Cong, the young master of Xiangyang City, has surrendered to the imperial court. What should we do?"

Liu Xiandao: "Now our Jiangling City can still supply the army with food and grass for a year, it is better to defend the city and spend it with the enemy."

"No! There are less than [-] defenders in the city, and there is no way to defend the entire Jiangling City. Even if the food and grass can be supplied for a year, it will not help! When Li Song's infantry arrives, Jiangling will definitely be attacked. After the city is broken, the enemy will come It will slaughter the city, and there will be no eggs under the nest." Deng Yi said.

"Then what do you think we should do! Why don't we mobilize the whole city to defend with us?" Liu Xian said.

"No! Defending the city is the job of the soldiers. How can you innocently drag the people down and cause them to suffer from the tea poison of the war."

"What's more, Li Song is marching south in the name of the Son of Heaven. If you and I fight against him, it will be treason!" After hearing this, Deng Yi hurriedly waved his hands to object. As a parent official, it's fine if he failed to protect the people. How can they get stuck in it.

"Brother Deng! You can't do this, you can't do that! You just talk about what to do." Liu Xian said.

"War, we can't win. To save the people from the flames of war, it is better to surrender in Kaesong. In this way, the safety of the people in the city can be guaranteed. What's more, Liu Cong, the lord of Jingzhou, has also surrendered to Li Song. We will wait for the people. There is no shame in surrendering," Deng Yi said.

Liu Xian also felt that he could not defeat Li Song's army. For the sake of the people, he had to lure Jingzhou soldiers and civilians out of Guo to surrender.Welcome Li Song into the city.

The city of Jiangling was slowly opened. Deng Yi and Liu Xian led the people out of the city to surrender. Deng Yi and Liu Xian were led to Li Song's camp of the Chinese army and met Li Song.

"Deng Yi, the governor of Jingzhou, don't drive Liu to pay homage to the Prime Minister!" After the two said it, they knelt down on the ground.

Li Song put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hands, and the guard stepped forward to take the bowls and chopsticks away. Another guard offered a piece of cloth with both hands. Li Song took it, wiped his mouth, and threw it back to the guard. back down.

"Deng Zhizhong and Liu Biejia, you two came here for the surrender of Kaesong." Li Song looked at the two kneeling in front of him and said.

"Prime Minister! I, Jingzhou, was originally the territory of the Han Dynasty, and the two of us are also officials of the Han Dynasty. How can we surrender?" Deng Yi said.

Li Song smiled slightly and said, "It's the real face Meng Lang, so what are you talking about here? But it's okay to say!"

"Report to the Prime Minister! Hearing that the Master Wang has arrived, the lower officials specially cooperated with the people of Jiangling City to welcome the Prime Minister into the city." Liu Xian said.

"Okay!" Li Song laughed. Li Song naturally understood what they were thinking, and he didn't point it out. As long as they surrendered, he didn't dare to say anything officially. The most important thing was that Jiangling was in his hands.

"Zhongkang! Pass down the order! When the army enters the city, don't disturb the people! Anyone who violates it will be beheaded for public display." Li Song turned to Xu Chu and said.

"Promise! The general obeys!" Xu Chu responded with a salute with his fists clasped, and went to deliver Li Song's order. Li Song entered Jiangling City under the leadership of Deng Yi and Liu Xian.

After entering the city, it is natural to appease the people in the city. The peace of the people has been decided, and then it is natural to increase the ranks of the officials, so that they can be used for their own use.

"Why don't you see De Gao? Where is De Gao?" Li Song looked at the civil and military officials in front of him, but he didn't find Han Song, so he hurriedly asked, this Han Song is the best representative of pro-Li.

"Report to the Prime Minister! Since Zhonglang Han went to Xuchang to meet the emperor, he committed some crimes and was imprisoned by the first emperor." Liu Xian said.

Liu Xian didn't need to say it clearly, Li Song also knew what was going on, Han Song was ordered by Liu Biao to go to Xudu to see the reality.In Xuchang, Han Song was worshiped by the emperor Liu Xie as a servant, and moved to the prefect of Lingling. In fact, it was Li Song who chatted with him, so the appointment of Han Song was only through the mouth of the emperor Liu Xie.

After he came back, he kept praising the court and himself, and Liu Biao became suspicious, thinking that Han Song had betrayed Liu Biao and took refuge in him, so Liu Biao became angry and wanted to kill Han Song. Fortunately, he met Kuai Liang who arrived in time.

After Kuai Liang's explanation, Liu Biao pardoned Han Song's death crime and sent Han Song to prison.

"Come on! Release Degao quickly!" Li Song ordered Han Song to be released from the prison and be added as a Dahonglu, and the rest of the officials will each have a reward.

After dealing with these matters, Li Song discussed the next thing with the generals. Li Song said: "Now that Cao Ang and others have gone to Jiangxia, I am worried that he will go to Jiangdong and join forces with Sun Quan in Jiangdong, and it will expand into our army. I don’t know if you have any plans to get rid of this disaster.”

Xu Maogong bowed his hands and said: "Now our army is leading the victorious division, and we are sending envoys to the east of the Yangtze River. Please Sun Quan will hunt in Jiangxia, capture Cao Ang together, divide the land of Jingzhou, and form an alliance forever."

"If Sun Quan can come to surrender with this proclamation, there is no need to worry that Cao Ang and others will become disasters."

The implication is that it is not sure whether Sun Quan will surrender.

(End of this chapter)