The moment the messenger said those words, the entire situation changed. Originally, Liu Pan had accused the Wu Clan of being traitors and wished they could wipe out the traitors. That was why the situation had turned out this way. Even Huang She wished that the Huang Family had nothing to do with the Jiangling Wu Family. Otherwise, the Huang Family would not be able to bear the consequences.
However, it was different now. What did the messenger mean?
Yes! The Wu Family had indeed betrayed them. The eldest daughter of the Wu Family had indeed given the map of Huarong Path to the Yangzhou Navy, allowing the Yangzhou Navy to use Huarong Path to take over Jiangling. However, she was forced to do so.
To put it bluntly, the eldest daughter of the Wu Family was forced to do this. She didn't want to do this at first, but you killed her entire family. Naturally, she wanted to take revenge. Now that she had taken her revenge, it was great! Jiangling was lost.
"Good. So it turns out that some people forced the traitors for their own benefits. In the end, the traitors had no choice but to rely on the enemy!" Huang She immediately stood up. Just a moment ago, Huang She said that he was a traitor, but now he said that he was loyal. "If this continues, my lord, will there be any traitors left in our army?"
Huang She began to fire at Liu Pan.
"What about Jiangling Prefecture Chief Dong Zhi?" Liu Pan questioned the messenger. He even had the urge to kill the messenger. Originally, he was just about to solidify the title of Jiangling's Wu Clan's traitor. This way, not only would he be able to deal a blow to the Jiangling nobles who were related to the Wu Clan, he would also be able to control Jiangling better. But now, Liu Pan was covered in sh * t. Liu Pan knew that Jiangling Prefecture Chief Dong Zhi had 20,000 troops. Even if they used Huarong Path's map, there would not be too many troops passing through. Once there were too many people, the losses would outweigh the gains.
Dong Zhi's 20,000 troops should be able to hold on for a while.
"Jiangling Prefecture Chief Dong Zhi, Prefecture Chief Dong, he, he has also surrendered!" The messenger released another piece of news, directly blowing Liu Pan's head off.
"Dong Zhi? Dong Zhi has surrendered? " Liu Biao was completely stunned. Dong Zhi was a chess piece that he had just captured. In order to pull Dong Zhi in, Liu Biao destroyed the Wu Family and even spoke ill of Dong Zhi in front of Liu Biao. He had been waiting for this right-hand man. Who would have thought that Dong Zhi would actually surrender?
"How could this be?" Liu Biao originally wanted to use Dong Zhi to make a fuss. After all, this was only the messenger's side of the story. As long as Jiangling Governor Dong Zhi insisted, the Wu Clan was a traitor and had been colluding with the Yangzhou Navy from the start. This way, Huang She would not be able to bite him. After all, Liu Biao could not send people to the Yangzhou Navy to verify.
But now, the messenger said that Jiangling Governor Dong Zhi had surrendered? Liu Pan was really helpless. Everyone in the Jiangling City could surrender, but Dong Zhi could not because he had a part to play in the destruction of the Wu Family. "You are lying!" Liu Pan's eyes widened as he looked at the messenger. It was said that the eldest daughter of the Wu Family surrendered to the Yangzhou Navy for the sake of the hundreds of people in the Wu Family. She hoped that the Yangzhou Navy would avenge them. If that was the case, why would Dong Zhi surrender? He was not afraid that the Yangzhou Navy would kill him after taking over Jiangling City.
"This lowly one is speaking the truth. I do not dare to deceive Milord and the various generals. In the city, other than the East Gate Commandant Han Weishou's army, the rest of the soldiers did not resist and surrendered to the Yangzhou Navy. " The messenger carefully said. He also added that all of this was done with the help of Jiangling Governor Dong Zhi.
This time, Liu Biao wanted to vomit blood. Not only did he want to be called a traitor, but he also wanted Dong Zhi to surrender. This messenger's words were very good. Not only did Dong Zhi not resist, he even allowed his 20,000 soldiers to surrender. Liu Pan gritted his teeth.
If Dong Zhi had died in battle, Liu Pan would not be able to testify. He could even give Dong Zhi the title of Valiant Martyr. But now, Liu Pan was unable to back down. Not only did he force the Wu Family's Wu Mi to take over Jiangling City, even Dong Zhi had surrendered.
"Milord. Now, loyalty and treason can be determined. I think that Jiangling Governor Dong Zhi is a traitor. He had already colluded with the Yangzhou Navy. That is why he schemed against the Wu Family. Poor old man Wu Fan. He was an upright person and did his best for Jingzhou. He did not expect that he would be schemed against by a vile person and die in the hands of a vile person. This allowed the Wu Family's orphan, Wu Mi, to take the Wu Family's map to the Yangzhou Navy and take over Jiangling City. I hope Milord can punish this vile person and give justice to Jingzhou's loyal subjects! "Huang She immediately knelt down and shouted at Liu Biao.
"I hope Milord can punish this vile person and give justice to Jingzhou's loyal subjects!" The Huang Family's people immediately knelt down. Since their master knelt down, they naturally had to do the same. They had long been enemies with Liu Pan.
Liu Pan didn't find it strange that the Huang family's officials were kneeling down. After all, Huang She had long wanted to use Liu Pan's weakness as an excuse to offend him. However, the other group of people made Liu Pan feel ashamed and angry. They were the officials of Cai family and Lao family's branches. Cai Mao and Kuai Yue also wanted to go against Liu Pan.
"I hope Milord can punish this vile person and give justice to Jingzhou's loyal subjects!" These officials knelt down without Kuai Yue and Cai Mao behind them. This was because Liu Pan had made a move against the nobles. Jiangling City's Wu Family was exterminated without any warning. The Jiangling City's Wu Family was an old noble family in Jingzhou. Which noble family had not dealt with the Jiangling City's Wu Family before?
Now that the Jiangling City's Wu Family had been exterminated without any warning, they all felt sad. If Liu Pan made a move against them in the future, would they also feel the same way? Thus, they had to practice. Although they could not bring Liu Pan down, they had to at least make Liu Pan feel disgusted and apprehensive.
"I hope Milord can punish this vile person and give justice to Jingzhou's loyal subjects!" The Kuai Family and Cai Family's officials had made a move. Good, another person had come to add insult to injury. It was the Lumen Academy's officials. They had knelt down because Liu Pan had forced them to be loyal. This was something that these academy officials could not tolerate.
"You all!" Right now, Liu Pan could be said to be deserted by everyone. All of the officials in Jingzhou wanted to punish Liu Pan.
Liu Biao couldn't help but cough loudly when he saw the commotion and thought about the loss of Jiangling City.
"Milord, Milord, what's wrong?" A close official quickly asked with concern. Liu Biao removed the white handkerchief in his hand. It was already stained red.
"Quick, get a doctor!" The official panicked and coughed up blood. Fortunately, because of the incident of Liu Biao coughing up blood, the Provincial Overseer Mansion was equipped with a physician for a long time.
"Father!" Liu Biao wanted to go up and comfort him like a filial son. However, when he walked up to Huang She, Huang She handed him something.
"Hm?" Liu Pan doubtfully took it and opened it. His eyes couldn't help but widen because what was written on it was military power. He understood that this Huang She also took a fancy to the newly formed 50,000 Jing Province New Army, so he opened his mouth to ask for it. Now Huang She was threatening him. If he does not give him military power, then we will fight to the death. We are kneeling in front of Milord Liu Biao. This is equivalent to forcing him to abdicate. You have to give us an explanation. Although this may anger Milord Liu Biao, but at the same time, Liu Pan will not be able to bear the consequences. But if you give me military power, then let my Huang family have a part of the new army, then this big matter can be turned into a small matter.
Liu Pan clenched his fists. Didn't he, Liu Pan, want military power too? How could he give it to Huang She? Even if he did, Liu Pan wouldn't give it to Huang She.
"Second Young Master, General Wen Pin!" Kuai Yue also walked up. After saying that, Kuai Yue left.
"Leave, all of you leave. I'm fine, I'm fine!" Liu Biao calmed down and waved his hand at his subordinates. How could Liu Biao not know his own body?
Since Liu Biao had spoken, the civil and military officials could only retreat.
"Pan 'er, what do you have to say about my family?" Liu Biao had to give them an explanation. After all, Liu Pan was in the wrong.
"Father, I was bewitched by the traitor Dong Zhi and wronged the loyal Jiangling Wu Family!" Liu Pan immediately put himself in the position of the victim. Yes, I was wrong. I wrongly killed hundreds of people from the Jiangling Wu Family. However, it was all because of the traitor Dong Zhi who bewitched me.
"I thought that this Jiangling Governor, Dong Zhi, was promoted by my father and was able to take on the great responsibility of Jingzhou. That's why I was so attentive to his words. I heard from him that the Jiangling Wu Family had the intention of rebelling. In addition, Shiyang County's Magistrate, Wu Lin, had defected to the enemy. That's why I wrongly killed a loyal person!" Previously, he had blamed Jiangling Governor Dong Zhi. Now, his father, Liu Biao was involved as well. It was true that Liu Biao had asked Dong Zhi to be the Jiangling Governor.
As Dong Zhi was an outsider, he didn't have any connections with the three aristocratic families. That was why Liu Biao was at ease to use him.
You can't say that Liu Biao didn't know how to judge people, right?
"Do you think you can just say that he was wrongly killed?! If everyone in the world is like this, is there still any law?! " Huang She said anxiously when he saw that Liu Biao didn't mention anything about military power. Instead, he kept trying to absolve himself. He was afraid that Liu Biao would really cover up for Liu Pan. If this continued, Huang She would lose more than he gained.
"Of course!" Liu Pan glanced at Huang She. His eyes were full of resentment. If it wasn't for Huang She, even if Liu Pan killed hundreds of people from the Jiangling Wu Family, no one would dare to find trouble with him. However, Huang She was like a sh * t stirrer. It was disgusting.
Liu Pan also knew that if he didn't give this group of Jingzhou's civil and military officials a proper explanation, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to get off the stage. The explanation he gave them was nothing more than making concessions in the face of benefits.
"Father, I was blinded by a villain for a moment and made such a mistake. Although I can't make up for the Wu Family's loyalty, I can only shut myself in and reflect on my mistakes so that I won't make such a mistake again. Father, I'm afraid I can't bear the responsibility of training the new army alone!" Liu Pan made a concession and that was to give up the military power. However, it wasn't all of the military power, only a part of it.
Huang She was already smiling when he heard Liu Pan's words. He almost went up and asked him to help Liu Pan command the troops. Liu Pan wanted the military power, but Huang She also wanted it. With the military power, it could be said that he would have the right to speak. It could even be said that he would have the qualifications to do whatever he wanted in Jingzhou. Even though Cai Mao was removed from his position as the commander of the Jingzhou Army, Liu Biao couldn't do anything to Cai Mao. If it was any other civil or military official, he would have been dragged out and killed by Liu Biao. The reason why Liu Biao didn't dare to kill Cai Mao was that Cai Mao had 30,000 soldiers of the Cai Family.
If he killed Cai Mao and angered the Cai Family, then he could only wait for the 30,000 Jingzhou Navy to attack Xiangyang.
In the past, Huang She couldn't control the military power because the Jingzhou Navy in Jiangxia was led by Wen Pin. Wen Pin was Liu Biao's confidant. It was impossible for Liu Biao to remove Wen Pin and let Huang She be the sole commander.
However, it was different now. Wen Pin was defeated and the 70,000 Jingzhou Navy was gone. Liu Biao wanted to form a new army. This military power was something that Huang She coveted.
Now that Wen Pin was imprisoned and Liu Pan had something on him, Huang She wanted the military power of the new army even more.
"Knowing one's mistakes is the greatest thing! If Second Young Master can reflect on his mistakes, I believe that Old Master Wu Fan will be able to rest in peace! " Just a moment ago, he was still calling Wu Fan 'Uncle Wu Fan' and wanted to seek justice for Wu Fan. Now, Wu Fan died a worthy death.
"My son wants to reflect on his mistakes behind closed doors?" Liu Biao frowned. Liu Pan wanted to punish him, but there was no need for him to give up his military power. If he reflected on his mistakes behind closed doors, what about the new army?
"Father, I would like to recommend someone to you. This person can help you form the new army while I reflect on my mistakes behind closed doors!" Didn't Liu Pan give up all his military power? Did they think that Liu Pan would spit out the meat paste that was already in his mouth? If it wasn't for the fact that he had no choice this time and everyone had turned against him, Liu Pan would probably want to have more troops instead of giving away his power to others.
"It's me, it's me!" Huang She's heart was itching. As long as Liu Pan recommended a commander for the Huang Family, then Huang She would be able to control the new army. However, Huang She could only think about it in his heart and didn't dare to say it out loud.
"Oh?" Liu Biao was a little puzzled. "May I know who can replace my son as the commander of the new army?" Liu Biao asked doubtfully.
"This person is a great talent. He is brave and good at fighting. Moreover, he is the descendant of a loyal person and the son of a general!"
Huang She laughed in his heart. Wasn't this referring to him, Huang She? Brave and good at fighting. Although Huang She had fought several battles without losing, but in his heart, he was still an ever-victorious general. It was just that his luck wasn't good. Those treacherous villains always used tricks or his teammates were pig heads. Otherwise, how could he, Huang She, be defeated? The descendant of a loyal person and the son of a general, didn't that mean that he was Huang She? The Huang Family was a loyal family. For Liu Biao, the Huang Family had been in the military circle of Jingzhou for so many years. The Jingzhou army had always belonged to three people. The first was Liu Biao himself, the second was Cai Mao, and the third was the Huang Family. If they weren't the descendants of a general, then what were they?
"This person is Wen Pin, General Wen!"
"You flatter me, you flatter me!" Huang She was about to step forward and speak modestly when he suddenly realized that something was wrong. "Wen Pin?" "Isn't it Huang She? How did it become Wen Pin? " Huang She's heart was about to spew out flames of anger. Aren't you playing with me? It's like a girl teasing a man. Just as they were about to enter the main event, this girl ignored you and went to look for someone else. You're not only making Huang She's body burn with lust, but also making him unable to do anything. You're making Huang She unable to move.
"Wen Pin?" Liu Biao also didn't understand. Even Liu Biao's face was full of anger. Because Wen Pin had just thrown away Jiang Xia and the troops under Liu Biao's command, he even came over to take credit and was imprisoned by Liu Biao. Now you're talking about Wen Pin?
"My lord, Wen Pin is a defeated general and even dared to deceive my lord. How can such a person be a commander-in-chief? Could it be that Second Young Master is biased towards Wen Pin? "
"Father, I don't have the slightest intention of being biased towards General Wen Pin!" Liu Pan was now speaking righteously. He had forgotten that he was the one who kicked Wen Pin when he was down. At that time, Huang She was still interceding for Wen Pin. But now, the two of them had turned against each other.
"Father, although General Wen Pin was defeated in Jiang Xia, in Jingzhou, who is better than General Wen Pin in terms of knowledge, experience, and even the ability to lead an army?" Liu Biao said to Liu Biao. Indeed, in Jingzhou, there was no one in Jiangling who was better than Wen Pin. Wen Pin was not only good at martial arts, he was also good at leading an army. However, this time, Wen Pin had been attacking. Moreover, the enemy was too strong. It was not that the army was weak, but the enemy was too strong.
Wen Pin's first opponents were Jiangdong's Sun Ce and Zhou Yu. These two people were very difficult to deal with. After that, he had to fight the Yangzhou Navy with the new warships and ballistae. Naturally, Wen Pin was at a disadvantage.
If it was a defensive battle, Wen Pin would definitely be able to take care of his territory. This was why in the original timeline, Wen Pin was appointed as the governor of Jiang Xia by Cao Cao. This made it difficult for the Jiangdong Army to advance.
"No matter how strong he is, he is still a defeated general! What courage! "Huang She retorted.
"Victory and defeat are common in war! One battle is nothing! "Liu Pan waved his hand and said.
"But Wen Pin dared to deceive Milord and take credit for himself!" Huang She had another excuse.
"That is because Old General Wen did not see through Zhuge Kongming's scheme!"
"Hmph, I think he is in cahoots with Zhuge Kongming."
"Father! Can't you see that General Wen Pin is loyal to you? If General Wen Pin wanted to rebel, he would have been in Yangzhou a long time ago. Why would he come back? Even if Father does not care about General Wen Pin's contributions, you should care about General Wen Pin's many years of hard work. If General Wen Pin comes back, Liu Pan is willing to abdicate and let General Wen Pin preside over the establishment of the new army. If it is anyone else, Liu Pan will not accept it! " Liu Pan's words were clear. He had killed the Wu Clan, so he had to give up some benefits to the officials of Jingzhou. However, Liu Pan could give up these benefits, but he would not give them to the Huang Clan. This was because if he gave them to the Huang Clan, it would only fuel the arrogance of his enemies. This Huang She was not on good terms with Liu Pan.
Therefore, Liu Pan was willing to summon Wen Pin back rather than give up power to Huang She.
"Wen Pin!" Liu Biao was really moved by Wen Pin's words. Liu Biao was someone who valued friendship. The Huang, Cai, and Lao clans had helped Liu Biao at a price. The price was that the three clans had grown from small nobles to large aristocratic clans. Their tails were too big to escape.
Wen Pin was different. Even if he had military power and authority, he was still loyal to Liu Biao. He was not like Cai Mao. Cai Mao used to be a division commander in the Jingzhou Army. He was in charge of all the provisions and armaments in Jingzhou. Almost 30% of the provisions and armaments went to Cai Mao's Cai Clan.
How could Liu Biao not know? He knew! Wen Pin was different. He had been in charge of the army until now. Wen Pin's status was not lower than Huang Zu, Cai Mao, and the others. However, the Wen Clan was still a small aristocratic clan.
The Huang Clan occupied Changsha and the Cai Clan occupied half of Xiangyang. Even the Zhang Clan behind the Cai Clan was the most powerful clan in Fancheng.
It was because of Wen Pin's contributions to Jingzhou over the years. It was also because Wen Pin was Liu Biao's old subordinate. Wen Pin was also a very capable person.
Therefore, Liu Biao was moved.
"Men, bring Wen Pin here from the prison!" Liu Biao finally relented. He wanted to summon Wen Pin back.
This was basically a done deal. Huang She was furious. Huang She immediately knelt down. "My lord, Wu Fan's family died unjustly. It's too much of a joke to just shut themselves in and reflect on their mistakes." Huang She said to Liu Biao. He could see that he could not get military power from Liu Biao. He might as well play with Liu Biao until the end.
"Then what do you want?" Although Liu Biao is a bit muddle-headed, he is definitely not a fool. Before this, Huang She had said that it was rare for the Second Young Master to reflect on his mistakes and that Wu Fan's spirit in heaven would rest in peace. But now, Huang She had changed his tune and said that it was a child's play.
"My lord, Huang She thinks that not only Second Young Master needs to shut himself in and reflect on his mistakes, Deputy General Xie, who killed the Wu Clan, should also be immediately arrested to appease Wu Fan's soul in heaven." Huang She knew that it was impossible to rely on the death of the Wu Clan to do anything to Liu Pan. Liu Pan was already retreating in order to advance. Therefore, Huang She wanted to target Liu Pan and make him feel distressed.
Who was the person who killed hundreds of people in the Wu Clan? Although it was Liu Pan's order, it was still Liu Pan's subordinates who did it.
"Father, this Xie Yun was just following my orders!" Liu Pan immediately wanted to capture Xie Yun.
Liu Pan wanted to protect Xie Yun, but Huang She wanted to kill him even more.
"My lord, this Xie Yun is Second Young Master's Deputy General. Instead of trying to persuade and assist Second Young Master, he caused Second Young Master to fall into unrighteousness. Such a Deputy General is a scourge! This time, it was only the Wu Clan. If one day, Xie Yun instigated Second Young Master to do something even more outrageous, wouldn't it be a disaster for our Jing Province? "Huang She said to Liu Biao.
"En!" Liu Biao nodded. He did not know this Xie Yun and disdained to know him. However, with such an executioner by his son's side, his son would be influenced by him. This was what parents thought. They wanted their son to associate with good people and not bad people.
"Therefore, if this person is not eliminated, Second Young Master will probably commit more crimes!" Huang She continued to add oil to the fire.
"That's reasonable. Men, come and arrest Xie Yun. Lock him up and find a day to execute him! Give Jiangling's Wu Clan justice! " Liu Biao also knew that if he did not kill some people, this matter would not end. Even if Liu Pan did not take the initiative to give up the benefits, Liu Biao was prepared to find two scapegoats to take the blame for Liu Pan.
This Xie Yun happened to be at the tip of the spear. Liu Biao did not kill Xie Yun unjustly. This Xie Yun was the executioner who killed hundreds of Wu Clan members.
"Father!" Liu Biao still wanted to say something, but was stopped by Liu Biao. "I have made up my mind. My son, there is no need to say anything more!" Liu Biao was grooming Liu Pan. Therefore, Liu Pan could not have any stains on him. The crime of killing hundreds of Jiangling's Wu Clan members would be borne by this Xie Yun.
"Huang She!" Liu Biao saw that his father could no longer persuade him. He immediately turned his head and glared fiercely at Huang She. If not for Huang She, this Xie Yun would not have done this.
"Second Young Master, Second Young Master, save me! Save me! I'm innocent!" Standing outside the mansion, Xie Yun waited for Liu Biao to leave. But what he waited for was Liu Biao's personal guards. Xie Yun did not dare to resist and could only shout loudly, hoping that Liu Pan could hear him.
"Damn it!" Liu Pan's heart bled when he heard Xie Yun's shouts. Who was Xie Yun? This was Liu Pan's right-hand man. It could be said that Xie Yun had been by Liu Pan's side for a long time. Basically, Xie Yun would help Liu Pan do whatever Liu Pan wanted.
It was hard to find such a trusted aide, but he was dragged out and executed by his own father. Liu Pan did not dare to resent Liu Biao. Towards this Huang She, he naturally would not be polite.
"Haha!" Huang She's mood became better. You, Liu Pan, wanted to kill the chicken to warn the monkey. You, Liu Pan, wanted to kill hundreds of people from Jiangling's Wu family and cut off Huang family's left and right arm. Then Huang She will give you a taste of your own medicine. Huang She will also cut off your left arm and kill Xie Yun, so that you, Liu Pan, will feel distressed for a while.
Kuai Yue stood at the side and watched silently as the conflict between Huang She and Liu Pan escalated. In the past, it was just the two of them pointing fingers at each other. Now, it had turned into swords. Liu Pan had killed hundreds of people from the Wu Family, causing the Huang Family to lose a powerful foreign aid. Now, the Huang Family had used a borrowed knife to kill Xie Yun, causing Liu Pan to lose his right-hand man.
Kuai Yue did not know if this was good or bad, but it had nothing to do with him. He only knew that he had achieved his goal.
"Reporting to the Lord, General Wen Pin is here!" Soon, Wen Pin was escorted out by a few guards.
Wen Pin had not had a good time being locked up in Xiangyang's prison. He was ridiculed by the jailers and had to eat leftovers. Most importantly, Wen Pin did not feel good. He had been played like a fiddle and had lost tens of thousands of soldiers. This defeat had caused Wen Pin's heart to sink.
"General Wen Pin greets the Lord!" Wen Pin saw Liu Biao sitting in front of him and bowed. Wen Pin's face was ashen. He thought that this was the last time that Liu Biao would see him. After this, he would be executed.
"Wen Pin, do you know your mistake?" Liu Biao looked at Wen Pin's defeated expression. Liu Biao did not feel good either. After all, it was his brother's fault.
"Wen Pin knows his mistake. I hope that the Lord can spare Wen Pin's family on account of Wen Pin's many years of service. Wen Pin is willing to die as an apology!" Wen Pin kowtowed to Liu Biao.
"Die?" Liu Biao shook his head. "I don't want you to die! Since you want to apologize, I will give you a chance! " “
"En?" Wen Pin was stunned. He did not know what Liu Biao meant.
"My son took pity on you. Although Wen Pin was defeated, he did not think that you deserved to die. That was why he begged for mercy!" Liu Biao said to Wen Pin.
"Second Young Master Liu Pan?" Wen Pin had 17 to 18 doubts in his heart. He, Wen Pin, was only a general. He did not know much about politics. Naturally, he did not understand that there were no eternal enemies, only eternal benefits. Before this, Wen Pin was still adding insult to injury.
"Wen Pin thanks the Second Young Master!" However, Wen Pin was still very polite. He cupped his fist and said to Liu Pan.
"Don't thank me too early!" Liu Biao snorted coldly to express his dissatisfaction. "Wen Pin, listen to my orders!"
"En?" Wen Pin looked at Liu Biao. He did not know what this lord was selling.
"How come after staying in prison for a few days, you don't even know how to listen to orders!"
"This, this general, no, this guilty subject is here!" Wen Pin changed his words a few times. They were no longer Jingzhou's Jiangling. They were just prisoners.
"Wen Pin, although you were defeated in Jiangxia and lost my Jiangxia's elite troops, you should have been executed immediately. However, considering that you have worked hard for Jingzhou for so long and have been bewitched by Zhuge, it is pardonable. However, you cannot escape punishment. I will let you serve as my son's assistant in commanding the new Jingzhou army. In a year, I want to see the new Jingzhou army established. If you slack off, you will be executed immediately! Wen Pin, are you confident? "Liu Biao finished his orders and looked at Wen Pin.
"I, I!" Wen Pin was completely stunned by this news. Originally, Wen Pin thought that it was good enough that he did not implicate his family. Dying alone was already Wen Pin's greatest wish. He did not expect that happiness would come so suddenly. In an instant, Wen Pin's fate changed. From waiting for death, his days were counted by seconds. Now, he could actually command troops again and redeem himself?
"Why are you not accepting the order?"
"This general obeys!" Wen Pin finally reacted. Although he did not know what happened during this period, he, Wen Pin, had at least escaped a disaster.
Huang She looked at Wen Pin angrily. This position was originally his, Huang She's, seat.
"Alright, you are dismissed!!" Liu Biao waved his hand at Wen Pin. "Is there anything else?" Liu Biao's head hurt a little, so he wanted to rest early.
"Father, although Jiangling has already been breached by the enemy, since the enemy is on Huarong Path, they naturally don't have many soldiers and horses. We should immediately send out our troops to prevent the enemy from gaining a foothold in Jiangling. We should catch the enemy off guard and recapture Jiangling!" Liu Pan said with concern.
"Recapture Jiangling? Where do we have troops? "Liu Biao smiled bitterly and shook his head. How could they have extra troops in Jingzhou? If they had troops, would Liu Biao still need to establish a new army?
"My lord, Xiangyang does not have troops, but Changsha does!" Liu Pan's purpose was revealed. Yes, in Xiangyang, only Liu Biao's personal guards truly belonged to Liu Biao. There was also the 30,000 Jingzhou Navy. Although they had the name of the Jingzhou Navy, they did not listen to orders. As long as Liu Biao did not release Cai Mao's 30,000 troops, it would show that he wanted to help Jingzhou.
Liu Biao was cuckolded, and all of this was because of Lady Cai. Liu Biao was defeated by Liu Mang, so he could not be defeated by the Cai Family. Therefore, even if it was for his reputation, Liu Biao could not admit defeat. Therefore, the 30,000 troops could not be mobilized.
"Changsha Army?"
"My lord, the Changsha Army needs to guard against the southern barbarians at the border. How could they have extra troops to attack Jiangling? Jiangling is easy to defend and hard to attack! "Huang She naturally knew what Liu Pan was planning. Whose territory was Changsha? He did not know before, but now he knew. Changsha was the Huang Family's territory. Wouldn't it harm the Huang Family's interests?
If they won, it would be good. At least they would be rewarded by Liu Biao. If they lost, not only would they lose face, but they would also be punished by Liu Biao. Huang She did not want this plan. Even if they won, the Yangzhou Navy was not that easy to defeat. Even if they won, it would be a pyrrhic victory. In the end, both sides would suffer.
"General Huang, what is the purpose of our army guarding against the southern barbarians in Changsha? Isn't it to protect the cities in Jingzhou from the flames of war and to let the people live in peace? Now that the enemy has already breached Jiangling, if we do not send troops to Jiangling, when are we going to wait? Are we going to wait until the enemy takes away all of our granaries in Jiangling? "Liu Pan said to Huang She.
"Me!" Huang She coldly snorted. "If our Changsha Army goes back to Jiangling to destroy the Yangzhou Navy, then the southern barbarians will invade. Who is going to take responsibility for this? It will be your second young master! " Huang She retorted. "Furthermore, the most leisurely troops should be your second young master's Jingzhou Cavalry and Wuyang Cavalry. Why not let them attack Jiangling?" Huang She retorted.
"Enough!" Seeing Huang She and Liu Biao teasing each other, Liu Biao finally got angry. "Both of you, stop talking! Now pass down my order, let Huang Zu send 30,000 troops from Changsha to attack Jiangling. Pan 'er, you also bring 10,000 troops to help. You must take down Jiangling City! " Liu Biao could be considered generous when he sent out 40,000 troops. These 40,000 troops were all good at fighting. Not to mention the 10,000 Wuyang Elite Soldiers, these troops were born in a powerful place, so their fighting power was naturally not weak. On the other hand, Huang Zu's troops had been fighting with the southern barbarians for many years, so their strength was not to be questioned. However, even if they had 40,000 troops, it was still a siege, so it was easy to exhaust them. This kind of punishment made both of them suffer.
"Understood!" Liu Pan had no choice but to send out troops.
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"Wow, wow, wow!" In Jiangling City, Lu Xun took down Dong Zhi. After the entire city belonged to Lu Xun, Lu Xun finally had the chance to investigate the granaries and depots of Jiangling City with the help of Governor Dong Zhi. If he didn't look, he wouldn't know. But when he looked, he was shocked.
There were a total of eight granaries in Jiangling City. These eight granaries were located in the four directions of Jiangling City. Each granary could store 50000 to 100000 shi of grain. In other words, there were at least 40000 shi of grain stored in these eight granaries.
There were also weapons and armors. Lu Xun also looked at them. Although Lu Xun did not like the armors of Jing Province, because of Yangzhou's iron refining technology, Yangzhou's armors were basically the strongest armors in the world. However, these were still considered ordinary armors. They were made of pig iron, so there were 30,000 sets of armors.
Don't think that this was a small number. This was a very large number. In the Three Kingdoms, not every soldier was equipped with armor. Those who were equipped with armor were either captains, captains, or heavy armored troops. Basically, the light infantry soldiers were wearing cotton-padded clothes. They were cut into pieces by some rattan or pillars and sewn together with a needle and thread. Therefore, these thirty thousand sets of iron armor could be used to form an army of two hundred thousand. There were also countless swords and sabers.
With these military supplies, Jiangling City could be said to be a strong fortress.
Lu Xun rejoiced a little. Fortunately, he had taken Jiangling City by surprise attack. Otherwise, the deadlock in Jiangling City would have turned into another Nan Dun. Moreover, this Nan Dun was much more masculine than the one in Yu Province.
"Does Liu Biao send supplies to Jiangling City every year?" Lu Xun looked at the mountain of food and looked at the unopened swords and sabers wrapped in tung oil. These were all good things. If they were to be sold outside, they could be sold for hundreds of thousands of gold. This showed how much Liu Biao was willing to spend.
"Yes!" Dong Zhi nodded. He had now joined the Yangzhou Navy. Therefore, Dong Zhi naturally revealed all of Jiangling's secrets. To tell the truth, there were also a lot of provisions. This was because Liu Biao wanted to use Jiangling City as his escape route. Naturally, the less people knew about his escape route, the better.
Originally, Dong Zhi thought that Jiangling City would have enough provisions for 100,000 soldiers to rest. Who would have thought that it would be enough for 200,000 soldiers? This caused Dong Zhi to be dumbfounded. If he was greedy, he would have just asked for 10%. That would have been enough for Dong Zhi's Dong Clan to make a fortune.
Dong Zhi was now a hoodlum. Tumble had joined the Yangzhou Navy. As for the Jingzhou Army, Dong Zhi had already forgotten about it. Dong Zhi was now wholeheartedly trying to please Lu Xun. He hoped that if possible, he could become the Jiangling Governor under the command of the Yangzhou Army.
"No wonder Military Advisor said that Jiangling City is half of Jingzhou!" Lu Xun muttered to himself. This Dong Zhi was still very useful. Fortunately, he did not kill him and did not let Wu Mi kill him. Because of this, Wu Mi did not talk to her cousin for a few days.
"Dong Daren, do well. If there is a chance, I will call you Governor Dong!" Lu Xun naturally knew that if he wanted Dong Zhi to work for him, he would have to give him some benefits.
"Haha, of course, of course. I hope that General Lu will take care of me. If you can say a few good words for me in front of the King Of Shu, I will be very grateful!"
Flatterer! Han Wei, who was at the side, was very disdainful of Dong Zhi. This person was good at flattering. No matter how many times he tried to flatter someone, he would never succeed. Han Wei and Dong Zhi were not on good terms. If not for the fact that Dong Zhi was still useful, he would have already killed him.
Dong Zhi also saw Han Wei's disdain for him. Han Wei did not like him, but Dong Zhi did not like Han Wei. The two of them were not friends from the beginning. Now, they had no choice but to listen to Lu Xun.
"General Lu, we should now think about how to deal with the Jingzhou Navy!" Han Wei said to Lu Xun. Now that Jiangling City was lost, the Jingzhou Navy would definitely retaliate. Even if they lost 70,000 elite soldiers in the Yangtze River, a dead camel was still bigger than a horse. Once the Jingzhou Navy was mobilized, it would be very scary. Not to mention the distant ones, the nearest one was Huang Zu of Changsha. He had 40,000 soldiers and horses under his command.
"Have the soldiers and horses in the city been counted?" Lu Xun asked Han Wei and Dong Zhi. Lu Xun was the one who captured Jiangling City. Initially, Lu Xun only brought two thousand soldiers into Huarong Road. But in Huarong Road, Lu Xun lost several hundred soldiers. After he came out, he fought with Han Wei and only had one thousand four hundred soldiers left. Although Jiangling City was very strong, easy to defend and hard to attack, but it was impossible to use less than one thousand five hundred soldiers to defend such a big city. Therefore, Lu Xun needed to focus on the original defenders of Jiangling City.
"Reporting to General, we now have less than 8,000 soldiers and horses!" Han Wei said to Lu Xun.
"Eight thousand soldiers and horses?" Lu Xun frowned. He looked at Han Wei and Dong Zhi in confusion. One must know that Han Wei had told him that Jiangling city had 20,000 soldiers. Even if some of them were killed by the Yangzhou navy, there should be around 17,000 to 18,000 soldiers. Now, there were only 8,000 soldiers left. That was a huge loss of 10,000 soldiers.
"Reporting to General, there are less than 10,000 soldiers and horses that have all dispersed!" Han Wei honestly replied to Lu Xun.
After Dong Zhi gave the heads to his subordinates, not everyone listened to Dong Zhi. This was because these soldiers had their own misgivings. Dong Zhi and some of the soldiers who were in Jiangling City could directly surrender because they didn't have anything to worry about. However, some of the soldiers couldn't do the same. Their homes weren't in Jiangling City, they were only stationed in Jiangling City because of a change of guard. These soldiers and horses were very dangerous. Once they were bewitched, they would change sides. After all, their families were still in the hands of Jing Province.
Therefore, in order to eliminate this potential danger, Lu Xun did not take in all the defenders of River Tomb. Instead, he chose to take in some of them. First, he let the soldiers join him willingly. Then, he removed those who did not live near River Tomb so that he could use them without any problems. This led to the reduction of the original 18,000 soldiers to only 8,000.
"General, do you want me to go and gather them?" Dong Zhi asked Lu Xun. Although the 10,000 soldiers had bad intentions, they were still human. It was good to be able to embolden them.
"No need!" Lu Xun waved his hand.
"It's good that they are gone. It's good that they are gone." Lu Xun nodded. It was better not to keep those dangerous bombs. Lu Xun noticed that Dong Zhi and Han Wei's eyes were not very comfortable. How could Lu Xun not know what they were thinking? They were worried that the Yangzhou Navy would not be able to withstand the upcoming defense battle. Once the Yangzhou Navy lost, these rebels would not have a good ending. In order to make these two feel at ease and not let them have any accidents, Lu Xun turned his head and asked the Deputy General beside him.
"Jiang Hua, have you sent the people you sent to Huarong Path?" Lu Xun asked Jiang Hua beside him.
"Yes, General. I have sent them out. I believe that our Yangzhou Navy reinforcements will arrive soon!" Jiang Hua also knew Lu Xun's meaning and cooperated with Lu Xun very tacitly.
Lu Xun once again sent people to Huarong Path. This time, it was much easier to travel because of the previous trip. Some misunderstood places on the map were also marked. He believed that this time, they would be able to bring reinforcements. Although there were not many people this time, it was better than nothing.
"General Han Wei, Lord Dong, rest assured. Jiangling City is easy to defend and hard to attack. Although we have less than 10,000 people, we have the city walls to rely on. Even if the enemy is ten times more than us, we will not be afraid of death!" Lu Xun encouraged Dong Zhi and Han Wei.
"Of course, of course!" Dong Zhi nodded with an uneasy look on his face.
"Alright, Lord Dong, you can go back first. General Han, come and discuss the defense of the city with us!" Lu Xun said to the two people beside him.
"Then, Dong Zhi will take his leave." Dong Zhi nodded his head and left.
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