Chapter 289 Integration of Jingzhou

"So Song Zhongzi's purpose of going to Xudu this time has been achieved." In the study, Liu Qi looked at Jia Xu with some excitement. The purpose of sending Song Zhongzi to Xu Du this time was to find an excuse to attack Hanzhong. Although it is a little troublesome, in order to become famous, there are some advantages when attacking Hanzhong in the future. Even if it is troublesome, it is worth it.

He thought that this trip would be difficult, but he didn't expect it to succeed so easily. You should know that although Jingzhou can threaten Cao Cao, Cao Cao Cao can't threaten Jingzhou. Even if Cao Cao does not agree to this request, Jingzhou will not embarrass Cao Cao at this time.

"Master, it seems that Xu Du's situation is more difficult than we thought. If Cao Mengde hadn't reached the last step, he would never have promised the master so easily. Now it can only show that the situation in Xudu has made Cao Cao feel a crisis. He is unwilling to take any risks. Yuan Shao from Jizhou will certainly not put a lot of pressure on Cao Cao. Jia Xu smiled and said that the smoother Song Zhongzi's trip is, the more beneficial it is to Jingzhou. He has now been connected with Jingzhou, and Liu Qi's survival is also related to his survival.

"Well, the situation in Xudu is very critical, but my Jingzhou is not much worse. Although Jingzhou looks calm, the counties of Jingzhou will be loyal to their father, but they may not necessarily be loyal to me. At present, the imperial edict of Xudu has not been issued, and it can maintain temporary calm, but once the imperial edict spreads to Jingzhou, the counties of Jingzhou will definitely be ready to move. The forces of Cai and Liu Cong in Xiangyang have been eliminated, but there are no supporters of Liu Cong in other counties. Moreover, the counties in Jingzhou are fighting separately, and now they have reached a bottleneck. We can take this opportunity to unify the soldiers and horses of the counties, and then we can go up and down to follow the military order like a mountain.

Liu Qi sighed. The current situation in Jingzhou is also not simple. Although Xiangyang controls the important forces of Jingzhou, the counties in Jingzhou are also self-respecting. There are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in each army, and there are 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers, and 10,000 to 20,000. There may be no drawbacks in a short period of time, but over time, among these people There are no ambitious people, just like Zhang Xian, the governor of Changsha at the beginning. If it hadn't been for Zhang Xian's tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in his hands, he would never dare to rebel.

Most importantly, the scattered soldiers and horses in the counties of Jingzhou are not conducive to external expansion, which is really unfavorable to Liu Qi's next move.

"Does the lord want to take this opportunity to take the whole Jingzhou power?" Jia Xu said in surprise.

"Yes, this time I was appointed as the imperial edict of Jingzhou Mu and Fenghou. I can take this opportunity to let the governors and generals of Jingzhou gather in Xiangyang, and then we can calm down all the internal troubles of Jingzhou in one stroke." Liu Qi nodded.

Hearing Liu Qi's words, Jia Xu suddenly remembered that Liu Qi was transferred back Zhao Yun and Zhuge Liang from Jiangxia a few days ago. Liu Qi did this to prepare for what would happen a few days later. At this time, there will be no more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in Xiangyang. This 10,000 people have been carefully selected. Although it is too far from the Flying Dragon Army and the Flying Tiger Army, they are more elite than ordinary soldiers. Coupled with Wang Yi's 2,000 Flying Tiger Guards, now the Flying Dragon Guard led by Zhao Yun has also rushed back, which is enough to cope with any situation.

"This is the soldiers and horses in the counties of Jingzhou, which are several times more than the soldiers and horses that Xiangyang can control. Just like this time, once the Flying Dragon Army and the Flying Tiger Army lose and do not resist the attack of Jiangdong, this Jingzhou will suddenly fall into a fragmented situation. In those years, Jiangdong Sun The attack into Jingzhou has been won in a row. Xiangyang besieged the whole of Jingzhou without seeing any county's soldiers and horses coming to rescue. If you don't take this opportunity to integrate the forces of Jingzhou, one day when the army loses outside, Jingzhou will immediately panic, and the county governors will definitely become ready to move. Liu Qi handed the bamboo slip in his hand to Jia Xu.

Jia Xu took a look at Zhu Jian urgently and his heart was slightly shocked. The power of the counties in Jingzhou was really too strong. Jingzhou Nine Counties, Nanyang County, Nan County, Jiangxia County, Lingling County, Wuling County, Guiyang County, Changsha County, Zhangling County and Xiangyang County. In the past, only Xiangyang directly controlled Xiangyang County, Nan County and Zhangling County among these nine counties. These three counties are exactly the weakest of the nine counties in Xiangyang. Xiangyang County and Zhangling County were set up separately by Liu Biao from Nanyang County and the Southern Army.

There are at least nearly 300,000 soldiers and horses in Jingzhou, which are old, weak, sick and disabled. Although there are many old and young soldiers and horses among these 300,000 soldiers and horses, their combat effectiveness is not weak.

Among these 300,000 soldiers and horses, Xiangyang controls only nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses, 20,000 Flying Dragon Army, 20,000 Flying Tiger Army, 40,000 Marine Army, and 10,000 soldiers and horses in Zhangling and Xiangyang respectively. The remaining nearly 200,000 soldiers and horses are scattered among the other seven counties.

Now, with the rise of Liu Qi, the situation in Jingzhou has changed again, but it has made Liu Qi invite Zheng and the power of Jingzhou.

Although Jingzhou has recovered Wancheng, most of Nanyang County is still in the hands of Cao Cao. Now Jingzhou only controls Wancheng, the county seat of Nanyang County, and several surrounding small counties.

In addition to Nanyang County, there are also Changsha County and Wuling County controlled by Liu Qi. Since Liu Qi led troops to quell the rebellion last time, the current Taishou Han Xuan has long been led by Liu Qi, and the soldiers and horses in Changsha County have also been controlled by Liu Qi. There are 50,000 soldiers and horses in Changsha County. Last time Liu Qi led The southern expeditionary army did not return to Xiangyang.

Not long ago, Wuling County was captured by an alien, and now it has been defeated by Zhang Xiu. It can be said that Wuling County has also been controlled by Liu Qi.

Wen Ping, the commander of the Flying Dragon Army, and Wang Wei, the commander of the Flying Tiger Army, are both direct line of Liu Biao. After receiving the order of Liu Biao, the two have long been under the command of Liu Qi, and Jiangxia County is also under the control of Liu Qi.

Jia Xu thought about it and suddenly found that Liu Qi unconsciously controlled the seven counties in Jingzhou. Now, except for Lingling County and Guiyang County, the whole Jingzhou is under Liu Qi's control. In this case, Liu Qi takes the opportunity to integrate the power of Jingzhou this time. It can be said that no one can stop it, even if Zhao Fan, the governor of Guiyang, and Liu Du, the governor of Lingling, disagreed and could not resist.

"Lord, now there are seven counties in the nine counties of Jingzhou under the control of the lord. As long as the imperial edict arrives, the lord can justly integrate the power of Jingzhou." Jia Xu was very sure and congratulated him.

"Zhao Fan, the governor of Guiyang, and Liu Du, the governor of Lingling, how do you think they will deal with it when they know this?" Liu Qi lowered his head and pondered. Although he controlled most of Jingzhou, there were nearly 40,000 soldiers and horses in these two counties. If they really planned to rebel, it would take some means to calm down.

"Liu Du, the governor of Lingling, has a good reputation in Lingling, and has never violated Xiangyang's military order. Now that the general trend has been determined, he should have nothing to do. It's hard to say that Zhao Fan, the governor of Guiyang, is cunning and has some villainous behaviors. At that time, he may oppose the lord. Jia Xu thought for a moment.

"Well, it's not easy to worry about being alone. If he knows the current affairs, it's natural to say, but if he really has any strange intentions, just get rid of it. Guiyang has two of the five tigers of Jingnan, Bao Long and Chen Ying. Although they have some prestige in the area of Jingnan, they don't even deserve to carry shoes compared with Zilong. Liu Qi waved his hand.

"Ha ha, the lord is right." Jia Xu smiled and did not object. He has seen Zhao Yun's martial arts. Compared with Zhao Yun, Jingnan Five Tigers are really not worth mentioning.

"This matter is up to you. Pass the order to the counties as soon as possible, and try to catch up with the edict of the emperor before it reaches Jingzhou." Liu Qi said.

"No." Jia Xu bowed and turned around and left.

"Master, Mrs. Wan's frame is ready and ready to leave at any time." Not long after, a young general ran in.

"Well, let Yang Ling be careful. If something happens to Mrs. Wan, ask him." Liu Qi nodded and ordered to the young general. It was Yang Ling who escorted Wan'er out of the city this time. Now the only generals who can handle the whole Xiangyang are Wang Yi and Yang Ling. Wang Yi is obsessed with trivial matters and can't get rid of it. He can only let Yang Ling command.

In history, Yang Ling overwhelmed Huang Zhong and Wei Yan and became the first fierce general under Han Xuan's command. Whenever he fought, he must be the vanguard. He was led by the most elite soldiers and horses in Changsha. Although it was a little exaggerated, his ability was not small. There should be nothing to protect Wan'er out of the city.

"No." The young general bowed and walked away quickly.

After thinking about it, Liu Qi added another 20 brocade guards to secretly protect Wan'er's safety. The outside of Xiangyang City is not as good as in Xiangyang City. Although there is no danger in Xiangyang City, there are many mountain thieves outside the city. Liu Qi has just taken over Jingzhou and has not had time to clean up the mountain thieves from all over the country. These mountain thieves are due to a series of disturbances in Jingzhou. It became more and more rampant.

This time, Liu Qi asked Gan Ning to lead the water army to kill the water in Jingzhou. The thief is to break the back of these mountain thieves. The waters around Jingxiang are all over, and there is basically water. These mountain thieves go up to the mountain are mountain thieves, and they are water thieves. If they do not cut off the back road of these mountain thieves, it is really difficult to eliminate these mountain thieves.

After receiving Liu Qi's order, the motorcade outside the house slowly left and headed out of the city under the escort of Yang Ling. This time, in order to protect Mrs. Wan's safety, Yang Ling led nearly 300 soldiers. Xiangyang City has always been peaceful. Even if it is a little chaotic in the past few months, she will lead dozens of bodyguards at most when she goes out. If Mrs. Wan hadn't gone out of the city, Yang Ling would never have led so many soldiers.

At the same time, the young general sent by Cai Xun also received the news that Mrs. Wan had left Liu Qi's mansion. The young general ordered nearly 200 soldiers dressed as beggars to disperse and left Xiangyang in batches and rushed to ambush outside the city.

The dozens of beggars left behind were beggars pretending to beggars at various intersections, monitoring the situation of Mrs. Wan's motorcade at any time.