The Jagged Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 633 Situation Fermentation
After the troops of Zhang Bao and Deng Ai successfully captured Liuyang City, Liu Chan was very happy.But he was more cautious after all, and did not let them lead the army into the boundary of Yangzhou, and continued to pursue Lu Xun's men.

As for Pu Qi, Han Dang and Lu Kai's men were also very brave.Although they are far inferior to Zhang Fei in terms of military strength.But they have the advantage of the city wall, so they have been guarding the city relatively firmly, and Zhang Fei's men have nothing to do for a while.

Even so, Zhang Fei's troops in the direction of Puqi are already very sufficient.Therefore, Liu Chan had no intention of letting Zhang Bao or Deng Ai separate their troops and go north to support Zhang Fei's army.

Liu Chan quite unexpectedly asked Zhang Baojun and Deng Aijun to rest in place, and must block the passage from Yichun to Liuyang City.Of course, Liu Chan does have scruples about Lu Xun now. Lu Xun is like a xiaoqiang who can't be trampled to death. After defeating him once, he turned around and started to plan to fight back unrelentingly.

Of course Zhang Bao was very happy to accept the order to let his army repair in situ.After so many days of high-intensity siege battles, his soldiers were already exhausted.

But Deng Ai was very upset, because at the last moment of his victory, Lu Xun gave him a trick like that, which caused a big flaw in what was originally an almost perfect victory.

What's more, Deng Ai has always been proud, and of course he is unwilling to lose to Lu Xun's hands.

Therefore, Deng Ai once again showed his freewheeling side, and he immediately made a defense to Liu Chan, emphasizing that the enemy's strength in Yichun is not particularly large, and he will definitely be able to lead the army to defeat it.

Of course, Liu Chan's side is much clearer than Deng Ai's about the situation in Yichun.What is meant by "the enemy's strength is not particularly large"?Bu Zhi's branch of Jiaozhou righteous men only lost part of it in Liuyang City, and the main force is still intact. Including Lu Xun's more than 2000 horsemen, there are at least 9000 to [-] people in total.

With such a force, it is enough to defend a city of Yichun.Liu Chan couldn't help cursing inwardly, this Deng Ai is really getting more and more boring, he is just messing around.

Therefore, Liu Chan absolutely did not give Deng Ai any face this time. He immediately reprimanded him and warned him that if he dared to disobey the order and attack Yichun privately, he would immediately take back his military power.

Military power is definitely Deng Ai's lifeblood, and it is impossible for him to give up.So, Deng Ai immediately became obedient, and stayed in Liu Yang honestly to recuperate.

Of course, it is impossible for Liu Chan to ignore Zhang Fei's army.He suggested to Zhang Baojun to ship the siege equipment to Puqi.In fact, Liu Yang is still relatively far away from Puqi, so I don't know if he can use it.Because it is possible that before the siege equipment arrived, Zhang Fei's army had already captured Puqi.

And within a few days, Guan Xing's army launched a retreat in Nanyang County.So, that is to say, the time when the two brothers Guan Xing and Guan Suo led their troops across the Xiangshui River to rob Lejin’s Captain Tuntian of food almost coincided with the time when Zhang Bao and Deng Ai led their troops to capture Liuyang City of.This book only talks about these two things separately, so if we sort out the time here, it will probably become clearer.

Of course Le Jin refused to let go with the Guan Brothers.He saw the Guan brothers running away from the Funiu Mountains, and it was too late for him to pursue them.

But the monks can't run away from the temple, and Xiangyang City, the headquarters of the Guan brothers, can't be moved no matter what.No matter how good their two brothers are at escaping, they will eventually return to Xiangyang City.

Therefore, of course, Le Jin directly drove the army to the north bank of Xiangshui.However, Shi Guangyuan had already deployed an army on the south bank of Xiangshui at this time, and was waiting for Le Jin to come over.

Le Jin's actions were actually very hasty. When they got to the edge of Xiangshui, they suddenly found that they had no boats to cross the river.In fact, Shi Guangyuan had confiscated all the ships on the north bank in advance.Where is their share now?

Moreover, Shi Guangyuan's troops are already ready for water battles.On the Xiangshui River, there are figures of their warships cruising everywhere.

Of course Le Jin could only be furious about this, but he could only stare blankly at the countless enemy ships on the river.

Therefore, after Le Jin "stalemate" with Shi Guangyuan's army for about ten days, he could only choose to retreat resentfully.This is actually tantamount to saying that Le Jin admits that he is deflated.

Shi Guangyuan was very happy to see Le Jin withdrawing his troops on his own initiative.However, he is not the kind of person who is easy to get carried away, and he is more cautious and continues to stick to the defense of the Xiangshui line, not daring to relax at all.It wasn't until ten days later, when all Le Jin's reinforcements had assembled in Wancheng, that Shi Guangyuan dared to believe that Le Jin really didn't plan to cross Xiangshui to fight.

Therefore, Shi Guangyuan handed over Xiangshui's defense line to the troops of the Guan Brothers who had already returned to take over.

At this time, inside and outside Xiangyang City, there was a busy scene everywhere.The residents were all organized by Wang Fu to dry the grain looted from Nanyang County.Then, before they finished their work, it was time to harvest their own food.

Everyone is really busy at this time, but they are also happy.In many cases, rewarding labor is really the happiest.

Xiangyang City, at this moment, is filled with a more joyful atmosphere than festivals.

And with the news of the Guan brothers returning victoriously, it also had an unexpected effect in Nanjun.The price of food, which had been rising slowly by a small margin, suddenly reversed to a price drop.

And this news, in fact, fundamentally shattered the expectations of those grain merchants who were still hoarding and trying to use the news of the autumn grain production reduction to hype.Nanjun's grain production has been severely reduced this year by iron nails, but the grain looted from Nanyang County is enough to offset the reduced production.

As a result, some grain merchants began to sell grain in the market.

In short, when the sell-off began, the grain merchants who originally wanted to continue to fight, already felt that they could hardly make any disaster money this year.Therefore, no matter whether it is a large grain merchant or a small grain merchant, they all started to clear the grain in their granaries.

In the Nanjun grain market, for the first time, grain prices continued to fall.

In fact, such a situation is nothing short of a miracle, and even Mr. Ma Liang, who is well-versed in internal affairs, was astonished.Because no matter how you say it, it is a disaster year in Nanjun, and your food prices don't go up in a disaster year. Is it plausible?
This is of course plausible, and it is a very good thing. It is very beneficial to the lives of ordinary residents, isn't it?

Moreover, because the methods currently adopted by the Nanjun government are almost all avoiding direct interference of power, and giving great freedom and respect to commercial activities, but it can be regarded as the most important time in history to attach importance to business.

Therefore, many businessmen rushed to Nanjun to do business, or set up various warehouses and warehouses here.Of course, these businessmen obviously didn't smell the money here. Nanjun is a disaster area, and it is impossible to make more money than other places.

The merchants actually took a fancy to the relaxed business atmosphere here in Nanjun.In fact, businessmen are the group of people who yearn for freedom the most, because with freedom, the smoothest flow of goods will be formed, and commercial activities will not be subject to too much brutal government interference.

So, to the surprise of Mr. Ma Liang and the others again, business began to prosper in South County.

In fact, the geographical location of Nanjun: it is located at the junction of the south and the north. Going north through Xiangyang is Nanyang County, and going north is the Central Plains.Then, to the south of Nanjun is the rolling Yangtze River. When the Yangtze River crosses the Three Gorges, it is Jiangzhou, which is the land in the middle of Sichuan.To the south of Nanjun is a large plain in the south of Jingzhou. Through the Yangtze River, it can also directly communicate with the Jiangdong area.

A place like Nanjun, as long as there are suitable conditions, there is no reason why it can't become a commercial center that communicates the east, west, north and south of the Celestial Dynasty!
Moreover, the trick workshop in Jiangling City was almost completed.However, Mr. Ma Liang is actually not willing to take care of this matter, so we have to wait for the elder son Liu Chan to come back to talk about it.

As for the sanitary conditions of Jiangling City, after the rectification, a great improvement has indeed taken place.The two big Jing merchants and Han Long, the three have already begun to invest in the construction of some public bathhouses.

In order to prevent the occurrence of disasters, medicinal materials from all over the country continued to arrive in various parts of Nanjun.In fact, no matter how to prevent it, disasters still happen from time to time, but the scale is very small, and they are quickly brought under control, with almost no deaths.

At this time, the celebrations that have been held in Nanjun should be said to have ended long ago.After the business is activated, it is time for this event to come to an end.

However, it should be said that this activity has achieved great results, and it has also led to the implementation of the work-for-relief policy.Therefore, this event later became a festival celebration organized by non-governmental organizations.

(End of this chapter)