Three Kingdoms Swept the World II

Chapter 964 Zhang Xiu refused to surrender
Ever since he got Jingzhou, Liu Bei had full confidence in Zhuge Liang, and felt that all the hardships in the past were due to the encounter between the two of them.

Zhuge Liang lightly shook his feather fan and said, "Jingzhou soldiers are physically strong and lack training, but Liu Biao is incompetent. I have 24 articles on the Art of War here. Train them strictly, and they will not lose to the soldiers in the North."

"My lord can use Cai Mao and Zhang Yun to promote people from various families and win the hearts of Jingzhou gentry. Let the second and third generals be in charge of training the troops, so that they can win the hearts of the soldiers and crusade against bandits to win the hearts of the people."

"After the crusade against the bandits and bandits is finished and the soldiers have been trained, we will raise troops and enter Jingnan. Anyone who refuses to accept it can be destroyed."

Liu Bei thought about it carefully, and Zhuge Liang's words were very methodical, step by step.But Liu Bei was still worried: "I'm afraid that Qin Zi will enter the army to overwhelm the country, and we don't have much time."

Zhuge Liang's feather fan nodded and said: "It's okay, Qin Feng has newly acquired the Central Plains, and it seems that he has great power, but the Central Plains are all newly acquired lands, and he needs to be resettled one by one, especially the Central Plains gentry, he is uneasy inside, how to fight outside? He wants to continue to march south, and he needs a lot of money and food, which can be raised in a short time. I predict that Qin Zijin will not send troops south before next summer's harvest. This period of time is enough for the lord to rectify the place."

Liu Bei was still worried and said: "NATO was so powerful back then, and it was also destroyed by Qin Feng. Although I have Jingzhou, there is no danger to defend, I am afraid that I will not be Qin Feng's opponent."

How can Zhuge Liang not know that Qin Feng is so powerful that he occupies half of the country.He had already made a plan and said: "We can unite with Wu and Shu to resist Qin."

Liu Bei was startled and said, "Military Master, Shuzhong may be successful, but Jiangdong Sun Ce is Qin Feng's great apprentice, he respects Qin Feng like a father, how could he join me to deal with his master."

Zhuge Liang said inscrutablely: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I have my own way. If I can settle down for a while, I will go to Jiangdong to lobby."

Liu Bei was puzzled, but he still followed Zhuge Liang's instructions and called a civil and military meeting in Jingzhou.

At that time, there was a meeting, and all the officials from Jingzhou came.

Writers include Zhuge Liang, Kuai Yue, Yi Ji, Sun Qian, Jian Yong, Xiang Lang, Wang Can, Pan Rui, and Han Song.

Wu Guanyu, Zhang Fei, Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, Wenpin, Li Yan, Su Fei, Huo Jun, Wang Wei, Cai Zhong, Cai He and others.

No one from the four counties in Jingnan came.

As far as Liu Bei's subordinates are concerned, there are also people available.With another 20 Jingzhou soldiers in hand, the strength is also there.

Ever since, Zhuge Liang formulated a strategic plan for Liu Bei to win over the Jingzhou gentry, train Jingzhou soldiers and horses, crusade against thieves and bandits to win the hearts of the people, and further collect Jingnan's dissatisfied places.

Liu Bei ordered everyone to perform their duties, and began to implement them.

At this point, Liu Bei began to manage Jingzhou, recruiting soldiers and training soldiers, and his momentum grew.He also sent Yiji to Shuzhong to form an alliance with Liu Zhang.As a result, the clan of the Han Dynasty formed a large force in the south.

After everything was arranged, Liu Bei was very comfortable fishing in the pond in the back garden that afternoon.

"Report..., my lord, there is an envoy from Wancheng Zhangxiu to see you!"

Liu Bei slapped his big ears.

on the other hand.

Xuchang.

Qin Feng's rectification of the Central Plains is also proceeding step by step.

In the chamber.

The team of five military divisions reported their work.

Xu Shu said: "There is a land reform working group composed of Cui Yuanping, Shi Guangyuan, Meng Gongwei, etc., and the work is going smoothly. The gentry from all over the country have signed contracts, and they all sold the land to the imperial court at a normal price."

The most fundamental reason why the gentry could become the tyrants that influenced the rise and fall of dynasties was that they controlled a large amount of land.Moving is tens of thousands of land, so it has mastered tens of thousands of people on the land.Each family soldier ranges from hundreds to tens of thousands, and their forces are tyrannical.

By the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the imperial court was weak and strong and strong merged, and the land and population in its control were more local than the imperial court.Although there is no title king in name, each of them is like a local emperor.

Now that Qin Feng is rising strongly, he will naturally not give power to the greedy gentry.And he will never allow the decadent gentry to destroy his great cause of revitalizing China.The people are rich and the country is strong. Only when the people are rich can the country be truly strong.The gentry wanted to exploit the people, and they didn't allow the people to get rich, so Qin Feng wanted to engage these gentry.

However, the gentry is also a part of China, and killing them with a stick will also hurt the vitality of China.Therefore, on the one hand, Qin Feng formally acquired the land of the gentry, and on the other hand, he gave the gentry preferential policies to allow them to use the ability of "high-achieving students" in the right way to develop cultural and economic construction.

In this way, the people will be rich if they have land.As long as the gentry develop culture and economy with heart, they will not decline.

Land reform, assistance to industry and commerce, the military advisers admired Qin Feng's policies.For thousands of years, only Qin Feng's policy can best reconcile internal class conflicts without bloodshed.Everyone saw the future of China's prosperity and was overjoyed.

Qin Feng's power frightened the gentry, so that the gentry did not dare to act recklessly. Although they were unwilling, they could only hand over the land and follow the path Qin Feng gave them.And Qin Feng's prestige among the people allowed the Central Plains to quickly recover from the chaos.

Therefore, Qin Feng pacified the Central Plains and resumed production and construction extremely quickly.

At this moment, Qin Feng has decided to go south, and the Central Plains will recover quickly, which allows him to speed up the progress of the south.

But Qin Feng still decided to wait until the summer harvest next year before starting the southern expedition.

"Report..."

At this time, there was a message from the intelligence guard, "My lord, Jingzhou has changed hands... Liu Bei brought the new military advisers Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others, and entered Jingzhou..."

Qin Feng looked at Pang Tong.

Pang Tong hurried out of the shift and said: "My lord, when my subordinates went to Longzhong, Cui Yuanping and others had an argument with Zhuge Liang. It's so, so, so, so..., Zhuge Liang made a plan, unite Wu, Shu and Jing, and fight against the north with the south." , can prevent the lord from going south. I thought it was a battle of spirits, but I didn't expect..."

Old Jia Xu stroked his beard and said: "I heard that Zhuge Kongming compared himself to Guan Zhong and Le Yi. Guan Zhong helped the weak Qi, and Le Yi led the coalition to attack the strong. This metaphor has a lot of meaning. You can know this person by looking at this comparison. Extremely conceited. It is not surprising that I have abandoned my lord and called me to vote for Liu Bei."

The military advisers looked at each other, and they all knew Zhuge Liang's mind, first to surpass Guan Zhong, and then to surpass Le Yi, what a conceit.

Ju Shou said: "My lord, those who are virtuous, are destined by the destiny, and the common people look up to virtue. Judging from Zhuge Liang's choice, even if he is a talent from heaven, he will fall into the inferior vehicle."

Qin Feng had seen so many things in his life as a soldier. After a little regret, he didn't take it seriously. He said: "Although there have been changes in Jingzhou, it is still going on step by step. Spring will start in one month. At that time, troops will be mobilized to prepare for the southern expedition."

"Here." Everyone responded.

"Report..."

At this time, a scout officer in the army came to report, "Report that the lord learned that Zhang Xiu in Wancheng refused to surrender, so as to expel our envoy."

After Qin Feng pacified the Central Plains, he decided to go south to see Jingzhou. In the north, Zhang Xiu occupied Wancheng, which was not under the jurisdiction of Jingzhou.He planned to get Wancheng as an outpost of Jingzhou.He sent envoys to persuade him to surrender, but Zhang Xiu refused to surrender.

"It seems that it will be another year." Qin Feng sighed in his heart. He originally planned to go back to Yedu for the New Year, but now it seems that he can't go back.

In fact, Qin Feng could send a general or even several generals to attack Zhang Xiu, but after learning of Zhuge Liang's strategy of the alliance between Wu, Shu and Jing, he could not move lightly.Although Zhang Xiu has only a few lands and only [-] soldiers, it is very likely that Liu Bei in Jingzhou, and even Shuzhong and Jiangdong will be involved.

Therefore, Qin Feng, like Cao Cao in later generations, made the decision to personally conquer Zhang Xiu.

Although it was the middle of winter, the Qin army had sufficient logistics, so three days later, Qin Feng dispatched [-] troops and went straight to Wancheng.

　Thanks Zeng, Devil Emperor and other brothers for their rewards.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)