Overlord!

In Jiangling City, Liu Biao was already confused and didn't know what to do.

It was not that he had no plans. A few days ago, he planned to break out of the siege, go north to Xiangyang, and then return to Luoyang to return to the court, ascend to the throne of the emperor, and continue to serve as the three princes.

Before the world was uncertain, he was unwilling to enter the court.Now that the sea is gradually leveling off, the situation in the world has become clear, and it is the general trend that all the land outside the river will return to the east of the river.

He didn't want to stay in Jingzhou for another day.Now he seemed to suddenly realize that his status as Sikong should be above that of Luoyang Court.How can there be a Sikong who is not in charge of government affairs in the court, but goes out of the town to serve as a vassal?

So breaking out of the encirclement and entering Luoyang became his obsession.

After all, it has become common practice in today's world for princes who failed in the struggle for supremacy to defect to the emperor.

Whether it is Wang Yi, the governor of Hedong, Liu Yao, the general of Yangwu, or Liu Bei, the pastor of Xuzhou!

These people all held the position of public minister in the emperor's court, especially Liu Bei, the general of the left who had just arrived in Luoyang recently, and was highly regarded by the emperor.

The imperial court regarded him as a famous general, so he was appointed as the right chariot general.

Right Cavalry General This is the post held by the famous general Zhu Jun, the pillar of the Han Dynasty.

The imperial court was also similar to Zhu Jun in appointing Liu Bei.

Due to the failure of the crusade against the generals in Guanzhong, the imperial court quickly recognized the reality and changed the position of Zhong Yao, the minister in charge, to supervise Guanzhong and appease the generals in Guanzhong.He also sent Liangzhou Mu Wei Duan to personally confer official positions on various generals.

Ma Teng, Han Sui and others were successively named Generals to Conquer the West and Generals to Zhenxi, and were allowed to open mansions, appoint officials and recruit government officials.

Even generals such as Liang Xing, Yang Qiu, and Ma Wan were named General Andi and General Anqiang respectively.

All the generals in Guanzhong came forward one after another to show their surrender, and even released thousands of imperial soldiers who had been captured before, and donated hundreds of war horses to the emperor.

After Guanzhong became somewhat peaceful, the imperial court began to seriously sort out the situation in Kinki.

He sent the right cavalry general Liu Bei to lead thousands of troops to conquer the Three Rivers area, and completely pacified the Baibo Army and the Black Mountain Army that invaded Hedong and Hanoi.

After Zhu Jun suppressed the Yellow Turban Rebellion and added [-] households to the city, he was transferred to the post of governor of Hanoi. He only led his troops to repel Zhang Yan's invasion.

The imperial court had high hopes for Liu Bei, and Liu Bei indeed achieved a record that shocked Heshuo.

Together with Guan Yu and other generals, they attacked Zhang Yan's camp with [-] infantry and cavalry. They started from the northeast of Mengjin to Wenxian and Yewang counties, and then to the foot of Taihang Mountain. They counterattacked for hundreds of miles, burned more than [-] villages in Baoju, and beheaded them. There were thousands of people each, and more than [-] generals including Guo Xian and Li Mu were surrendered.

For a time, Liu Bei's military ability even attracted the attention of all the princes in the world.

This is obviously not a tactic Liu Bei would use.Although Liu Bei commanded an army of less than [-] people, he was brave and invincible. Similar to Lu Bu, both of them were fierce frontier generals.

But he would never be able to achieve such a record of coming and going like lightning, fighting hundreds of miles away, covering up the enemy's defeat, and invincible in everything.

Even if Sun Ce, Cao Cao, and Yuan Shao were to fight this battle, they might not have such amazing talents.

Therefore, all the princes in the world are speculating, does Liu Bei have a mastermind?Someone was teaching him step by step how to fight.

News about him reached Jingxiang, and Sun Ce wondered whether Fazheng had returned to Guanzhong, or whether Xun You was helping him plan strategies in the court?

Both of these men are strategists, good at battlefield command and strategic planning.

If Liu Bei gets help from them, the shortcoming of not being able to fight large-scale wars will be made up for.

In just a few months, Liu Bei conquered Hedong and Hanoi.

As a result, the land of Sanhe was completely under the control of the imperial court, and Sanhe and Five Colleges were being rebuilt.

Especially the salt ponds in the east of Hedong greatly increased the tax revenue and treasury of the imperial court.

Although the Knights of Three Rivers are difficult to reproduce because these three counties are broken.But the refugees in the Sanhe area provided the emperor with a large number of soldiers.

The emperor took advantage of the salt pond to recruit and appease the refugees, and recruited more than [-] soldiers from Sanhe, plus more than [-] soldiers from the five schools of the Northern Army.

Now the emperor once again has tens of thousands of troops in his hands, controlled by Liu Bei, Dong Cheng, Zhijin Wu Fuwan and others.

Situ Zhao Wen and Taiwei Yang Biao served as military governors respectively.

Now the central government of the imperial court sent him, one of the three princes, Sikong, to take charge of water conservancy construction and civil engineering matters, and then he became the great meritorious deeds of Meiyao.

So seeing Liu Bei prospering in the court, Liu Biao was eager to return home and didn't want to stay in Jingzhou any longer.

He often told his confidants that the only person the court lacked now was Sikong.I should return to the court to make the court beautiful.Jingzhou is a place of strife, so don’t stay there.

But the problem is that when he asked the generals about his plan to break out of the siege, none of the generals in the city responded!

The silence of the generals at that time was simply deafening!
So Liu Biao knew instantly that he had been disappointed.

The silence of the soldiers was natural.At this point of desperation, no one is willing to die for the militaristic Liu Biao.

In the city, they can still have a good night's sleep.But if they were to escort Liu Biao to break out, let alone whether they could break through the many ravines. Even if they broke through Jiangling, how could they withstand the pursuit of the powerful Jiangdong cavalry?

Even if you are lucky enough to escape the pursuit, how can you break through the Jiangdong naval blockade on the Han River?

If Liu Biao was not so militaristic or tolerant, the soldiers would still be willing to fight to the death for him.

However, in the past few years, Liu Biao had gone through several large and small wars, and faced the rebellion in Jingnan. In order to stabilize his rule, he exploited Jingxiang and impoverished the people to satisfy his selfish desires.

As a result, every family is injured and every family is miserable.

If it weren't for the fact that Liu Biao was quite generous and kind to Jingzhou in his early years.The soldiers, out of kindness, had already cut off his head and launched a mutiny.

Now Jiangling has become an isolated city. If there is no army outside that must be saved, there is no city inside that must be defended.The soldiers all knew that the city could no longer be defended, and they all expected Liu Biao to offer the city and surrender. How could he be willing to die in vain again?

But surrendering the city as a sacrifice was not easy for Liu Biao.

Once he surrenders, he will definitely die!
After all, he and Sun Ce had a hatred for killing their father, and this hatred was irreconcilable.

If it was revenge for killing his son, Sun Ce might be tolerant and forgive him for the sake of the great cause of the world.

But if he doesn't avenge his father's murder, how will Sun Ce face the world's heroes?

This is why the civil and military officials in the city neither chose to break out of the encirclement nor persuaded him to surrender.

If the people in the city persuade Liu Biao to surrender, they are urging his old master to die!

And it was impossible for the Jiangdong envoy to come to persuade Liu Biao and save him from death.

Fortunately, Xun Chen was the envoy from Hebei, so he had no worries in these two aspects, so it was best for him to persuade them to surrender.

When Liu Biao saw Xun Chen in Jiangling County, his face turned pale and his expression became gloomy.

When he saw the Hebei envoy, just like Liu Zhang saw Ma Chao helping Liu Bei attack the city in Chengdu, he knew that his situation was over.After Xun Chen greeted him, Liu Biao asked with a withered expression: "General Yuan has abandoned my old treaty and formed an alliance with Jiangdong?"

Xun Chen held up his hands and said: "Today heroes are fighting together, and the heroes are at each other's throats. The most important thing in the world is to win people. If a general wants to make a difference, he can take advantage of his disadvantages; if not, he will definitely choose one to follow."

"However, the general has an army of [-], but he cannot conquer Jingzhou internally and cannot rely on heroes externally. As a result, the army is weak and the enemy is strong. Every year he builds an army. The generals are tired of troubles and can go and stay freely. The general is not powerful enough and is humiliated. Then he was killed."

"He also invaded and tortured the people and imposed taxes on them. The people became resentful and rebellious, and bandits came out to attack Tujun in the prefecture. The general wanted to be exiled and perished, but he couldn't do it."

"In my opinion, it's not that we have abandoned the agreement, but that the general has lost the hope of the world."

"As for the general who conquered the south and led the Yangzhou shepherd Wuhou, he was talented in martial arts, established the king's outline, and was powerful for thousands of miles. In the territory of Jiangdong, large and small Chengfeng, Sui border and descendants, there are real people. Jianghuai is the destination of destiny. "

"For the general's plan, it is better to surrender in time, and not to cause trouble for the descendants."

With his last glimmer of hope, Liu Biao asked, "If I beg to surrender, will I be safe?"

Xun Chen was silent, so Liu Biao knew that his fate was inevitable.

But after Xun Chen was silent for a moment, he said: "The Marquis of Wu has already promised, and you can receive the courtesy of the princes."

The courtesy of a prince is certainly not the courtesy of a living prince.

But he could be buried with the courtesy of a prince, and Sun Ce would allow him to keep his body intact, and he would not be disrespectful to him.

Sun Ce still has a clear distinction between grievances and grievances.

Sun Jian died on the battlefield, which was the fate of a general.Now on the battlefield, his son avenges his father, which can be regarded as a great revenge.

But when Liu Biao obtained Sun Jian's body, he did not humiliate him. Instead, he returned it to Huan Jie and asked him to take it back to Jiangdong for resettlement.

At this point, Sun Ce still had to return Liu Biao to him.

Therefore, he was allowed to have his body intact and treated as a prince.

He can choose to be dignified and die by swallowing gold.You can also choose Jiangdong to help him look decent and give him three feet of white silk.

Then Liu Biao asked: "After I surrender, will my wife be safe?"

Xun Chen solemnly assured: "If you have ambitions to overlord, you will definitely clear up your personal grudges and show your virtue to the world. There is no doubt that you will be a general. Your wife will be raised by General Sun. If you don't believe it, you can also be taken to Hebei by me. General Yuan will raise him."

Liu Biao burst into tears and sighed: "My death is my fate!"

So the next day, Liu Biao led his generals out of the city and went to Jiangdongjunmen to ask for surrender.

The tens of thousands of defenders in Jiangling City all disarmed and surrendered.

Sun Ce ordered Jiang Qin and Yan Zhen to enter the city, collect their treasury, and award the officers and men with gifts.

As the state government of Jingzhou for a long time, the treasury in the city is very rich!
In addition to the more than [-] elite soldiers in the city, the valley can still last for a year!
In addition, there are more than [-] kilograms of gold and silver, and more than [-] pieces of silk and silk.

There are tens of thousands of weapons and weapons.

Sun Ce remembered that Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang reflected on the defeat of Guandu and reflected: "My armor is not good, so I was defeated by Cao Cao before."

So Sun Ce took out the thousand pairs of armored basin collars from the treasury and gave them to Xun Chen to thank him for his contribution to Jiangdong in persuading Jiangling to surrender.

After Jiangling surrendered, the Xiangyang garrison also surrendered at Kaicheng under the leadership of generals Xiang Lang, Wang Kai and others.

So the entire Nanjun was pacified by Sun Ce, and Liu Biao hanged himself in Jiangling. Sun Ce ordered that he be buried with the rites of a prince, and then Biao's son Liu Qi was appointed as Zhaoyi Zhonglang General and led as the prefect of Wuling.However, when he was not transferred to the county, He Kui, the city's commander-in-chief, was appointed as the magistrate of Wuling County and acted as the prefect.

He Kui had been in charge of Jiangdong's Municipal Weisi before and was responsible for the collection of commercial taxes in Jiangdong.

After Bu Zhi became the envoy of the Third Division, the City Wei Division was placed under the control of the Third Division.

It would be a waste to let He Kui, a famous official, only serve as a Cao official.

This is a good minister who is capable in both literary and military affairs, and has a noble and unyielding nature.

Historically, he served as an official in the Cao Wei Dynasty. Cao Cao had a cruel personality and relied on his subordinates to handle official duties, so he was often punished with a rod. He Kui often brought poison and was determined to die rather than be insulted, so he did not suffer a rod punishment in the end.Therefore, he was moved to Changguang Prefecture.

This county is near the mountains and seas. At that time, the Yellow Turbans were not in peace, and many heroes rebelled. In addition, Yuan Tan granted him official positions, which led to rebellion, and all the heroes rebelled.

The people of Changguang County were in charge of Cheng, and more than [-] disciples gathered together to cause harm.The county wants to raise troops to attack.He Kui said: "Now the army is pressing hard. They are afraid of being destroyed, so we must fight together. It is not easy to attack, and even if we win, we will hurt the officials and the people. It is better to use Xu Yu's kindness to make Rong regret it, but not to bother the soldiers." Determined." Huang Zhen, the county's prime minister, was sent to Chen Chengfeng. Cheng and others asked for their submission, and then they greeted him in the suburbs and offered them cow wine to visit the county.

There were also Ping thieves who were seeking money, and there were thousands of them. He Kui led the soldiers of the county to discuss the matter with Zhang Liao.There are more than [-] families in Wangying's camp from Dongmou, threatening Changyang County with chaos.He Kui sent officials Wang Qin and others to give them strategies and disperse them.Ten and months are all peaceful.

It is obvious that this is a capable minister who has great insights into quelling local rebellions. He is also capable of civil and military use, and can use his heart to adapt to local conditions and implement good strategies.

A large number of rebellions were put down in ten months, which was perfect for the situation in Wuling.

With the defeat of Liu Biao and the destruction of Liu Pan, Wuling will also be informed.

This was the last county that did not rebel against Liu Biao. Sun Ce deliberately appointed Liu Biao's son Liu Qi as the prefect of Wuling in order to calm the hearts of the local people.

Now that the county magistrates and powerful officials have surrendered, the only thing left is to put down the Wuling barbarians who took advantage of the chaos.

This is where He Kui's abilities come into play.

At its peak, Wuling County's population was only 25, and this 25 still included some of the Wuling barbarians.

The Wuling Man's population and combat power were incomparable to Shan Yue.

Historically, Huang Gai once served as the prefect of Wuling. At that time, the Wuling barbarians rebelled and attacked and defended the city. There were only hundreds of soldiers in the county, so Huang Gai opened the city gate.The Wuling barbarians thought that the county soldiers were outmatched, so they went straight into the city.When the thieves were about to enter, Huang Gai attacked them and beheaded hundreds of them. The rest ran away and returned to the city.Punish the commander-in-chief and pardon those who follow him.From spring to summer, the chaos of the invaders was over.

Huang Gai and his warriors were able to pacify the Wuling Barbarians so easily, so we knew that the threat from the Wuling Barbarians was really not that great.

As long as He Kui goes to the county to hand over the care and use it, he will be in peace in ten months.

Sun Ce originally wanted to use Ma Liang to appease the Wuling barbarians, but after taking Xiangyang, he checked the household registration and found out that Ma Liang is still a teenage boy and is riding a bamboo horse to fight. His famous younger brother Ma Su is only nine years old now.

Zhuge Liang, who admires Ma Di, has been studying in Jiangdong for many years and will be crowned next year.

Lu Xun, another governor whom Sun Ce admired, was now seventeen, only two years younger than Zhuge Liang.

At the age of 17, Lu Meng had already gone into battle to kill people with his sword. At the age of 17, Huo Qubing was already flying across the desert and fighting thousands of miles.

If Lu Xun hadn't come from an aristocratic family, Sun Ce would have wanted to recruit him into the army to gain some experience.

And just by looking at these ancient geniuses, you can see how many talents Sun Ce has gained by conquering all the provinces and cities in Jingxiang! (End of chapter)