Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 667 The Problem of Jizhou
On December 21, the 22st year of Jian'an, Guan Yu, Guan Ping and his son were beheaded by Sun Quan. A general died because of his pride and blind self-righteousness, the betrayal of two small men, and the calculation of two big men.After that, countless pushing hands and unknown secrets were hidden, and Guan Yu became a victim.

Sun Quan ordered Guan Yu to be collected and returned to Zhu Ling and Dong Ligun, who had been rescued by Lu Meng from the prison in Xiangyang, and took Guan Yu's head to Cao Cao.

At the end of November, Cao Cao received the news of Cao Zhang's defeat and the fall of Huguan and Changzhi. Apart from being horrified, he was also relieved that Cao Zhang was able to save his troops and retreat to the Xuan family. Has shown the demeanor of a general.

Although Liu Bao betrayed, Cao Cao could only admit it with his nose.The Huns in the north, center and right were annexed by Liu Bao. In order to win over Liu Bao, Cao Cao deposed Huchuquan as the Hun Shanyu and renamed him King of the Huns. He also made a condition that if Liu Bao could continue to submit to himself and become an enemy of Zhou Cang, he would be willing to release the left Huns in Xihe County.It's just a pity that Cao Cao's envoy was a step late. Liu Bao had already sent troops to attack Danhan Mountain at this time, so the envoy had to go to Danhan Mountain again.

Liu Bao was overjoyed when he received the edict.Zhang Yin couldn't help congratulating, and at the same time advised Liu Bao: "Cao Cao's move is nothing more than to use the Da Shanyu to deal with Zhou Cang. The Da Shanyu might as well agree to come down first, occupy Danhan Mountain and wipe out the Murong tribe, and have a foothold. I will make plans after Xu Shu is released to my tribe." Liu Bao thinks that neither Zhou Cang nor Cao Cao can be trusted, and now the two of them are drawing themselves to deal with each other because they have soldiers under their own hands. Offend, earn enough benefits to strengthen your power, then you can call the wind and rain.

On December [-]th, Pang De led the army back to Chendu, and Cao Cao rewarded Pang De with a daughter.Pang De told Cao Cao about Cao Ren's strategy, Cao Cao was overjoyed, and rewarded Cao Ren with a daughter.As for whether to send troops to Bingzhou or Shouchun, we still need to wait. One is to wait for the news of the envoys of the Huns, and the other is the final battle situation in Jingzhou.

On December [-]th, Qu'a, Duanmuling and others arrived in Liyang.Zhou Cang has been staying here for three days, one is to inspect the city defense, and the other is to inspect the navy.It's a pity that the river was frozen, so we couldn't watch the navy drill.Qu'a briefly reported to Zhou Cang the whole story of the First Battle of Bingzhou, and finally Liu Bao's Northern Expedition.Both Zhang Jai and Zhou Cang frowned, it's a pity they didn't complete all their efforts, Cao Zhang guarded a corner. "Junyi, it seems that you must go to Bingzhou."

Zhang Jah chuckled: "I've been in Liyang for too long, and I'm looking forward to exercising my muscles."

On the 21st, Zhou Cang ordered Qu'a and Lu Qiling to lead the army to Xiapi to wait for Zhou Wen's general order, and then took Zhang Jai, Qu'a and others to Yecheng.Duan Muling proposes marriage for the two younger brothers in front of Zhou Cang, and Zhou Cang agrees without hesitation. Duan Muling just wants to escort Zhou Xin to Liaodong, and propose marriage directly to Bo Cai and Pei Yuanshao.

On the way, Zhang Jaw couldn't avoid asking Duanmu Ling about the reality of the Xiongnu and Xianbei people. Hearing that Duanmu Ling and Tuoba Liwei were brothers, he couldn't help sighing. "I don't know what the situation is between Murong and Yuwenbu, but from Tuobabu's point of view, Liwei is capable of bending and stretching, yet he is an outstanding person, so he should not be taken lightly."

Duan Muling also talked about Zhang Yin and Han Shu following Liu Bao's Northern Expedition, Zhang Jai couldn't help admiring: "Liu Bao's ambition is not small, he can't be trusted, fortunately Zhou Chong had planned it early. I only worry about Zhang Yin and Han Shu If you are not careful, you will be harmed by it."

Zhou Cang was also surprised when he heard this, and sent an urgent letter to Zhou Chong to cut off all contact with Zhang Yin and Han Shu.

On December [-]th, the envoys sent by Cao Cao to the north did not return, Zhu Ling and Dong Ligun returned, and they also brought back Guan Yu's head.

"Little Sun Quan, he is going to blame King Wei for Guan Yu's death." Liu Ye said angrily.

Sima Yi instead smiled and said, "As Zi Yang said, isn't it because of Sun Quan's guilty conscience? Since he has a guilty conscience, he can only rely on King Wei, which is also a good thing for me."

Jiang Ji said: "That's right, maybe he is expressing his sincerity to the king of Wei. Killing Guan Yu is a complete break with Liu Bei."

Hua Xin wondered, "Why did Sun Zhongmou kill Guan Yu?"

Cao Cao caressed the brocade box: "Since you have Jingzhou, why should you cherish Guan Yu? He has to be killed, he must be killed. But he gave me the head, what should I do with it?" After finishing speaking, he wanted to open the brocade box.

Jia Xu hurriedly stopped, and Sima Yi's eyes flashed coldly.Jia Xu said: "What's the use of looking after a person is dead? Either return Liu Bei or give him a proper burial."

Returning Liu Bei is obviously to provoke Liu Bei to fight Sun Quan, which will not only make Cao Cao stingy, but also make Sun Quan dissatisfied.Cao Cao pondered for a while, "It's better to bury it with the rites of the county marquis. I will go to sweep the sacrifice with you in the future."

In the 21st year of Jian'an, there was a sudden change of wind and rain. Zhou Cang raided Shouchun and Bingzhou, Liu Bei sent troops to Hanzhong, Jingzhou fell into the hands of Sun Quan, and wars broke out all over the world. It indicates that 22 years will be another year of panic.In the 21-year war, 15 soldiers died on all sides: less than [-] for Sun Quan, about [-] for Zhou Cang, about [-] for Liu Bei, and nearly [-] for Cao Cao. Countless civilians were killed or injured in the war.

On the second day of the first lunar month in the 22nd year of Jian'an, Cao Cao buried Guan Yu's head with nanmu, and Guan Yunchang's head was in a different place.Cao Cao did not punish Zhu Ling and Dongli Gun, but ordered them to go to Sizhou to assist the governor Wen Hu.

On the sixth day of the lunar new year, Zhou Cang arrived in Yecheng, and Xun Chen, the governor, and Xu Shu, the governor of the Northern Army, went out to meet him.This is Zhou Cang's second visit to Yecheng, the last time was the Tongque Terrace Meeting before the Battle of Guandu.Things changed and people changed. In a few years, Cao Cao’s capital had become Zhou Cang’s state capital, and Wei Wang’s mansion was divided into two, which became the governor’s mansion and the northern army’s governor’s mansion.

According to the usual practice, Zhou Cang asked about the military first, because Qu'a and Duanmu Ling had already reported, so Zhou Cang asked Xu Shu and Zhang Jaw to discuss first, while he and Xun Chen began to study government affairs.

In the nearly two years since Jizhou was seized, production in Jizhou has recovered quickly, but the population is worrying.Yuan Shao had a population of more than 150 million in its heyday. The war between Yuan and Cao dropped to one million. Cao Cao immigrated from Jingzhou and grew to 80 million after he cultivated. However, Zhou Cao's battle for Jizhou reduced Jizhou to one million again. .There are only 50 in Youzhou, and less than [-] in Bingzhou.

The second question is that Jizhou is still dominated by agriculture. Its commerce must be very different from Liaodong and Xuzhou. The backwardness of commerce is not a star and a half. The backwardness of commerce has led to a financial downturn. Banks and money houses have not improved much in the past year.

The third question is that Gan Ning slaughtered the Cui family in Qinghe. The gentry in Jizhou were compliant on the surface, but secretly they were obedient and disobedient, and there were many dissatisfaction. It seemed that they were arguing about the new rituals. privileged.

(End of this chapter)