The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 305 Changsha Was Destroyed
"First of all, we need General Gan Ning to strengthen patrols in the city, and arrest any suspicious persons immediately; secondly, the lord can open the granary to distribute to the people, preferably by himself, so as to increase the trust of the people; finally, the lord should avoid Collect grain tax from the people of Xiangyang for three years. The granaries in Xiangyang City have a lot of storage, which is enough to supply the army for several years. Therefore, even if the grain tax is not collected for three years, it will not have much impact on us, and it will also make the people grateful. If it can be completed These three points can greatly increase the people's trust in the Lord."

When Xu Shu mentioned the solution, he always started from the common people.

"Okay, just do it like this." Li Yuan ordered.

The next day, Li Yuan personally distributed grain to the people in the state pastoral mansion, and announced that Xiangyang would be exempted from the grain tax for three years. His move was indeed welcomed by the people, and Li Yuan's image of being close to the people quickly won the trust of the people. , Some false rumors were quickly broken.

Everyone thought that Li Yuan was a vicious person, but after seeing Li Yuan himself, they found that not only did Li Yuan not have a fierce face, but he looked very mighty, and his handsome appearance made many girls blush.

As Gan Ning intensified his patrols, dozens of people who deliberately spread rumors in the city were quickly caught. Gan Ning imprisoned them in cells. They were not so panicked, and began to trust Li Yuan gradually.

In addition, Li Yuan also built a farm in Xiangyang, promoted pork, established a branch of Lumen Academy, and recruited learned scholars to teach. No matter the children of the gentry or poor people can enter the Lumen Academy to study. In fact, Li Yuan is Take the set of Xiapi to Xiangyang for implementation. The foundation of Xiangyang is already very good. As long as it goes through a series of reforms, it will surely have greater development.

Li Yuan was reforming in Xiangyang to win the hearts of the people. Liu Biao was very busy at this time, and Sun Ce's sudden dispatch of troops caught him by surprise. He had just returned to Wuling not long ago, and was discussing how to resist Li Yuan's continued southward march, but he hadn't come up with a plan yet. So when he came, he suddenly received the news that Changsha had been captured by Sun Ce, and even Han Xuan, the prefect of Changsha, died in battle. This time Sun Ce really caught him by surprise.

"What the hell is going on? Why did Sun Ce act at this time?" Liu Biao was angry and scared. He had just fought Li Yuan, and now it was Sun Ce's turn. Did he really think he was so easy to bully?

Everyone below shook their heads and sighed. Now Liu Biao is really dying. First, he lost Xiangyang and other places, and now Changsha has fallen into Sun Ce's hands. It seems that Sun Ce will not be satisfied with Changsha, and will definitely continue to march. After all, Sun Ce's father Sun Jian died under Liu Biao, and Sun Ce's hatred for Liu Biao will definitely not stop.

"Zirou, tell me what's going on now." Liu Biao said angrily.

"My lord, if my predictions are correct, Li Yuan should have joined forces with Sun Ce long ago. That's why Sun Ce's timing of sending troops was so well-timed. They sent troops immediately after Li Yuan just captured Xiangyang. Sun Ce must have received Li Yuan's orders. Only then will the troops be dispatched."

Kuai Liang speculated that they were in a very difficult situation now. Their fight with Li Yuan had already caused them to lose more than [-] troops. How could there be so many soldiers fighting Sun Ce now.

Cai Mao jumped out and said, "Let me just say, no wonder Li Yuan didn't make a move. It turned out that he had joined forces with Sun Ce long ago. Even if he didn't attack us, Sun Ce would send troops. It's really deceiving!"

"Zirou, will our army be able to withstand Sun Ce's army?" Liu Biao was absolutely confident in the past, but now they have lost confidence after losing Jingbei.

"My lord, this time Sun Ce dispatched 6 troops. Although the strength of the troops is far inferior to that of Li Yuan, the combat power should not be underestimated. It took only a few years for Sun Ce to pacify Jiangdong and monopolize the five counties in Jiangdong. This shows his bravery in combat. , now our army has 1 troops in Wuling, 1 in Lingling, and 1 in Guiyang, which are far less than Sun Ce in terms of strength, so we can only stick to it at this time." Kuai Liang is also powerless, with their current strength Forces have no choice but to defend.

"Why does Kuai Zirou want others to destroy his prestige? No matter how powerful Sun Ce is, can he be as powerful as Li Yuan? Because Li Yuan has many soldiers and generals, we will lose to him, but Sun Ce and Li Yuan are at least several chips behind. Even if we win Even without Li Yuan, it is more than enough to defeat Sun Ce. Back then, Sun Jian was known as the Jiangdong Tiger, but in the end he was defeated by our army, let alone Sun Jian's son."

Cai Hao thinks that dealing with Sun Ce is not a problem at all, even Li Yuan and the others have fought against each other. Could it be that Sun Ce is still stronger than Li Yuan?

Many people nodded in agreement, how could it be possible that Sun Ce could match Li Yuan, it was reasonable that they could not beat Li Yuan, but it was impossible that they could not beat Sun Ce, after all they had beaten Sun Jian before.

The ministers were divided into two factions. Cai Mao, the main combatant, was willing to lead his troops to meet Sun Ce for a while, while Kuai Liang, the stubborn faction, advocated relying on the city for defense. All of a sudden, everyone was arguing. In fact, this was the battle between the Kuai family and the Cai family. Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei stared at the crowd coldly, as if the matter had nothing to do with them.

Looking at the noisy crowd, Liu Biao felt a little headache, just like in the past, no matter what decision he wanted to make, Cai Mao would have to compete with the Kuai brothers, which made him very tired.

"Okay, shut up!" Liu Biao said angrily.

When everyone saw Liu Biao getting angry, they stopped talking. Cai Mao and Kuai Liang glared at each other, neither convinced the other.

"It's all gone." Liu Biao waved his sleeve robe and returned to the back hall.

Kuai Liang looked at Liu Biao's leaving figure and opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he didn't speak.Seeing this, Liu Bei showed a sneer on his face, and thought to himself that the enemy is still fighting in Jingzhou. No wonder Liu Biao’s power will fade away. It seems that sooner or later he will be annexed by Sun Ce. A strong and lasting power will never be separated from unity. .

"Yun Chang, Yi De, let's go too." Liu Bei took Guan Yu and Zhang Fei away together, and when he was walking to the door, the herald behind him suddenly stopped him.

"Uncle Liu Huang, please stay still," the messenger walked to Liu Bei's side and said in a low voice, "My lord, please come to the study to talk."

Liu Bei heard a hint of insidiousness in his eyes that others couldn't detect, and said with a smile: "If you have, please lead the way. Second and third brothers, you go back first. I will go to Master Zhou."

"It's Big Brother!" Guan Yu and Zhang Fei left the meeting room, and Liu Bei went to the study in the back hall.

Liu Bei came to the study, and when he opened the door, he saw Liu sitting at the table in a daze with no expression on his face. No one knew what he was thinking. Liu Biao's hair was already grey, and there were many wrinkles on his face. He is not at all like the princes who have dominated Jingzhou for decades, but more like an old man over half a century old.

(End of this chapter)