Chapter 683 Xiangyang Breaks
Many generals immediately thought of the persuasion letter in the city that day. There are many soldiers who are loyal to Liu Bei, and they are still struggling to support, but there are also many soldiers who are watching.
The pressure suddenly lighted down, and Zhou Tai led the soldiers to kill Liu Bei's army with an arrogant attitude.
With the entry of heavy infantry into the city and more and more Xiliang troops breaking into the city, Liu Bei's face became more and more ugly. At this time, the city was in a state of chaos. The rebellion of the family was cleared on the surface. In fact, there were few private soldiers who entered the rebellion. They were waiting for the Xiliang army to enter the city, thus giving Liu Bei a fatal blow.
Zhang Fei shouted, "Brother, retreat quickly and don't stay for a long time."
At this moment, Liu Bei's heart is like dead ashes. He has been running around for many years. It seems that the whole world has no place to rely on Cao Cao. He can't pull down that face. It can be said that in the future, the whole world will lose his qualification to compete for hegemony, and the restoration of the Han Dynasty will become an empty word.
The heavy cavalry entered the city. Their mission was to quickly control all the six gates of Xiangyang and prevent an enemy from getting rid of it. Huang Zhong's purpose was very simple, which was to catch Liu Bei and Xiangyang's officials and completely wipe out Liu Bei's power in Xiangyang.
After a night of fighting, the early people saw shocking blood and corpses, and broken arms and limbs could be seen everywhere. Many people saw this scene and immediately hid home.
"General, I didn't find Liu Bei."
Hearing such news, Huang Zhong did not look so good-looking and raided Xiangyang. At this time, all six gates were strictly guarded, while Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei and Zhang Fei disappeared.
"Continue to search and be sure to find the three people." Huang Zhongdao.
"General, soldiers are not very familiar with Xiangyang, and they don't want to mobilize the people." Guo Jia suggested.
After the Xiliang army entered the city, it did not disturb the people, but began to restore normal order in the city. At the same time, a fast horse galloped along the street while shouting, "Catch Liu Bei Zhuge Liang and Zhang Fei, reward thousands of money, and reward those who provide information."
The poor people have never seen a hundred gold and thousands of gold in their lives, but Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang don't know who they are.
"Zhang Fei?" A commoner muttered, "Is it General Zhang San?"
Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei rarely appear among the people, but Zhang Fei knows the people. The figure who is big and thick, and his voice is like a gong, which is very impressive.
After learning that it was the Xiliang Army that entered the city, many people were relieved. They had already known some policies of the Xiliang Army that even if Liu Bei was benevolent and righteous in Xiangyang and even Jingzhou, it was difficult to change the fact that their hearts were inclined to the Xiliang Army.
Under the vigorous search of the people and soldiers, a commoner provided Zhang Fei's behavior. After the sacrifice of more than a dozen soldiers, the peerless general in Liu Bei's hands also became a prisoner.
Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, who were with Zhang Fei, were also not spared.
After hearing the news that the three people were arrested, Huang Zhongchang breathed a sigh of relief. There were three people in his hands. Jingzhou was at his fingertips. With just one order, he could easily get the cities.
Because the gate of Xiangyang is closed, the city is still the flag of Gaoshu Liu Bei. In the eyes of outsiders, Xiangyang still belongs to Liu Bei.
The news that the three people were captured still reached the ears of other generals. Unexpectedly, the generals in other places learned that it was the Xiliang Army, but they did not have resistance. After the Xiliang Army said the conditions, they opened the gate very calmly.
Except for Nan County, all of Jingzhou fell into the hands of the Xiliang Army, and even a generation of Xiaoxiong Liu Bei became a prisoner.
Under the persuasion of Cai Mao, Liu Kang chose to surrender. Like Liu Zhang's treatment, he went to Luyang to live in peace. It was more like surveillance. Compared with Liu Zhang, Liu Chong's harm was less.
Not to mention the relationship between Cai Mao, Jia Rong is not afraid that Liu Cang will cause trouble.
Seeing the palace in Xiangyang City, Huang Zhong curled his lips dissatisfiedly and said, "It can be called a palace in this way."
Compared with Luoyang, the palace in Xiangyang is very simple. Even outside the palace, there is no moat. This is also the reason why the Xiliang army can quickly pacate the whole city. If it is on the same scale as Luoyang's palace, it will take at least tens of thousands of soldiers to complete it.
Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang and Zhang Fei were temporarily detained in the city, and soldiers were strictly guarded.
After losing Xiangyang and becoming a prisoner, Liu Bei became much older overnight. His great ambition in the past will also be accompanied by this capture to become Yunyan. He knows Jia Rong's means and will certainly not give him any chance to turn over.
Guan Yu was completely furious. Despite Zhou Cang's dissuasion, he led the remaining 20,000 soldiers in the city to come in the direction of Xiangyang. No matter how much he paid, he had to bring Zhang Fei and Liu Bei out. For so many years, the three of them have lived and died together. How many ups and downs have gone through? Even if they die, they will die together. Since following Liu Bei until now, Guan Yu has never regretted it. He does not think that Liu Bei is not worthy to be a big brother or anything like that. It can be said that he is conscientious. No matter how Liu Bei chooses, he will never give up.
As soon as Guan Yu left the city, he was targeted by Jiang Yu again. Now Jingzhou almost belongs to Liangguo, and Guan Yu is a stubborn person. It is a great trouble to guard Nanjun. When he goes out of the city, he avoids a lot of means.
Guan Yu, who was furious, led the soldiers desperately and killed the cavalry until he was bathed in blood. There were few soldiers left. He looked up to the sky and roared, and hundreds of soldiers lowered their heads. Only then did they fight. Many soldiers chose to escape and followed Guan Yu's side, which had made them unable to see any hope.
With the defeat of Guan Yu and the capture of Liu Bei, Zhang Fei and Zhuge Liang, Jingzhou was completely calmed down.
In the palace of Liangguo, the civil and military officials sang praises and were full of joy.
Jia Rong was in a good mood. He rewarded the soldiers who attacked Jingzhou with a lot of money, and the officials who ruled the local government were also quickly in place.
The Cai family moved to Luoyang. In the city, Jia Rong prepared a luxury house for them. Cai Mao's current identity is a relative of the emperor's country, so naturally he can't be shabby. Moreover, Cai Mao is also the representative of Jingzhou. The original investment of the Kuai family and the counterattack of many families at a critical moment are the factors that exacerbate Liu Bei's defeat.
Seeing Zhuge Liang locked in the small dark room, Jia Rong was extremely happy and resisted the impulse to laugh.
"Mr. Kong Ming, I've heard about your name for a long time." Jia Rongdao.
"Ha ha, Jia Rong, you are just a rebellion of the Han Dynasty. In the face of the world, you don't feel ashamed." Zhuge Liang counterattacked without hesitation.
"Face the shame of the world? The rebellion of the Han Dynasty? Jia Rong smiled and said, "Since ancient times, the successful one is the king and the loser is the bandit. The State of Qin has no virtue, and the heroes of the world have risen up. Why didn't Liu Bang get the world of the State of Qin? Wasn't he a minister of the State of Qin before?"
"As long as the people can live a stable life, what a bullshit royal family is just an empty word. The stability of the world is the general trend. With Mr. Kong Ming's talent, can't you even understand this? Since I started the army, I have treated the people well, and I have elite soldiers. The attack is invincible, and the hearts of the people. If you get the world, the king is the boat and the people are the water, and the water can carry the boat and overturn the boat.
"A person is bound to die, either heavier than Mount Tai or lighter than a feather. He dies for the righteousness in his mouth. He doesn't know. Mr. Kong Ming is only high. He should think about doing something for the people. When he figure it out, let the soldiers at the door send a message." Jia Rong left this sentence and went out.
After Zhuge Liang heard Jia Rong's words, he felt extremely ridiculous. After thinking about it carefully, he found that the reason why the Han Dynasty destroyed the four-hundred-year foundation so quickly was because of the people, which was similar to the Qin Dynasty.
"Water can carry a boat and overturn it..." For the first time, Zhuge Liang felt that this sentence was so philosophical.
Liu Bei and Zhang Fei, Jia Rong is going to persuade them at all. These two are all stubborn people. Letting them go is to add trouble to themselves.
In the third year of Kaiyuan, God did not seem to cooperate so much. There was a rare drought. There was no harvest in many places. The affected places opened warehouses for disaster relief. Even merchants also donated a lot of money and grain, and then experienced a snow disaster. Many people in Liangzhou and Bingzhou had no place to live because their houses collapsed, which were also solved in time.
Relatively speaking, under the rule of Cao Cao's army, it is not so stable. Cao Cao did not have enough strength to rescue the people. At this time, he had the land of Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, but he had to support nearly 300,000 troops. The army was so huge that he had to increase taxes, and the disaster year was not spared, even with the support of the Tuntian army. The situation cannot be saved. Fortunately, the disaster situation in Liangguo was more serious, giving Cao's army a little chance to breathe.
Many people under Cao's army heard that Liang Guo's policy was good, so they went one after another. Cao Cao stayed by a strong means. Without the support of the people, it was impossible to feed the huge army, and the soldiers lost on the battlefield could not be replenished in time.
The helpless people rose up and fell into the grass. There were countless. Cao Cao was busy with his trouble. Even if there were many counselors in his hand to help him, it was difficult for a skillful woman to cook without rice, so she could only send soldiers to suppress it.
Cao Cao also learned from Liang Guo's policy and proposed to let businessmen raise money. Looking at the poor rice and grain raised, Cao Cao was very angry. Could it be so difficult for Liang Guo to do what he could do?
In the year of the disaster, the Liang Kingdom was conscripted. In just one year, the number of troops has expanded to 400,000. This growth rate is very amazing. Previously, all the soldiers in the State of Liang were added together, but there were only more than 200,000, and there were more than 100,000 soldiers in a year. There is no precedent among the princes.
Unlike the soldiers of the princes, there are 400,000 soldiers and horses, and 300,000 are standing troops. As long as there is a war, they can go to the battlefield at any time. Among them, 100,000 people are stationed in Luyang to defend the safety of the capital.
Zhuge Liang surrendered. After reading the military system of the Xiliang Army and the official system and policies of Liangguo sent by Jia Rong, Zhuge Liang considered it for three days and finally chose to surrender, starting with a small county magistrate.