Jingnan before Liu Biao's arrival was not a power vacuum.

On the contrary, the pattern here is more unprecedented than other places, and the strong are invincible and do not follow the rules of the officialdom.

The reason is very simple. In the fourth or fifth years of Zhongping, the Quxing Rebellion broke out in Changsha County, which affected the four counties in Jingnan. Although the court appointed Sun Jian as the prefect of Changsha to suppress the rebellion, Sun Jian also crossed the border to kill the rebels from the other three counties, the local officials originally sent to these counties were also killed by the rebels.

In the first year of Zhongping when the Yellow Turban broke out, Emperor Ling listened to He Jinzhi's advice and issued an edict to "order the local government to prepare for the imperial edict". Anyone who knows a little about the interpretation of this edict knows that this means that the court must acquiesce to all the interests of local self-defense armed forces that have grown stronger by striking the rebels.

This is the origin of the "Zheng Thief" power in Jingnan.

The nine counties of Jingxiang, the four counties in the south and the five counties in the north had already entered two sets of logic at the moment when the Quxing was destroyed. The strongest families in the north were the nobles in the south, and the strongest countries in the south were the local tyrants.

Therefore, except for the other three counties in Jingnan, the local officials in the past three years have almost always performed the responsibility of Jingzhou locals, and the court could only follow the flow and recognize the local self-representation.

Zhang Xian is the number one thief of Jingnan Sect. He served as the prefect of Lingling. Although he is now only concerned about Lingling in name, Guiyang County actually listens to his orders.

When Guan Yu left the gorge and arrived in Xiling (Yichang), he was facing the coalition forces of Zhang Xian and Jin Xuan. The two seemed to have a sense of being cold and cold, and knew that Guan Yu was not good at coming and could not resist it alone.

In addition to these two county-level resisters, there are more thieves in the county-level thief. The main ones represented are the Huarong thief Bei Yu and the Baqiu thief Su Dai in Nanjun. They all knew that Guan Yu could not rush out of the Three Gorges, and they advanced west from their respective base counties. They first came to resist the danger of defending the city to block the city and wait for reinforcements from Zhang Xian and Jin Xuan.

It can be said that except for Changsha, the landlords and self-defense armed forces in the other three counties in Jingnan were mobilized.

However, Guan Yu seemed to think this was not bad. If these two were "loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty", Guan Yu, as a partial general and the prefect of Hanzhong, was not very embarrassed to take action. It is still the end of 190, and it would be a big deal to fight against the princes Dong and the relatives of the Han Dynasty. It would easily infringe on the public anger of other princes.

After all, it is not just a matter of random melee within the Dong Alliance to grab territory, and the turbulent times are invaded by Wuming. Liu Bei, who is the notorious "taken the lead in launching a civil war" must not bear it.

It would rather expand slowly than throw this notorious name to Liu Dai Qiaomao, Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan, Yuan Shu and Liu Biao first. After these people "advocate civil war", Liu Bei went to "we were forced to pick up our weapons and the palace was defending itself."

Since Jin Xuan and Zhang Xian are two brothers, one of them is a "protective member of the Dong" and the other is a "sect thief who coerces the court to admit the separatist facts", there will be no psychological barriers to black people.

He killed it on the order of Liu Biao and returned half of the territory to Liu Biao, which is already worthy of Liu Biao.

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On the second day of November, under Xiling City, Guan Yu's army camp.

Guan Yu, with the remaining power of surrendering to Wu County, Zigui, Xinling and other counties, raised a large banner here to recruit surrender and rebel, Guanglai heroes and righteous men, preparing for the subsequent siege.

Of course, his camp not only had to set up his own flag, but also had to set up the banner of "Ba County Prefect Cai Yong" to challenge Dong. Although Cai Yong was a scholar and could not fight, and no soldiers were sent in this battle, the food and grass of Guan Yu's army were taken from the official warehouse of Ba County. Cai Yong had a good reputation for making grain, so of course he had to set up the flag.

The banner of Cai’s name is also conducive to recruiting talents. This is a great scholar in the world who has been in charge of Taixue and Dongguan for many years. When scholars encounter this chaotic world, who would not want to join Cai Yong?

Therefore, Guan Yu was not in a hurry to attack the city. Before sending troops, his elder brother Liu Bei and military advisor Li Su both took care of him: In this battle, in addition to seizing a stable bridgehead stronghold at the exit of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, it is more important to spread the benevolence, righteousness, reputation and image of the general in the expedition to the West, so that the wise wise men of Jingchu who longed for a wise lord discovered the existence of Liu Bei.

Liu Bei also knew that the Shu Road was too difficult. Even if the Central Plains were in chaos, the northern battles, and the Central Plains scholars fled south, most of them would only be absorbed by Jingzhou, so Jingzhou could not be able to hold it. Or there was a unique hidden feeling that the talents would travel thousands of miles to cross the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River to join the princes of Shu.

Therefore, to set up a bridgehead outside the Three Gorges, the strategic significance of military transportation is certainly one aspect, but more importantly, to create a "repayment and shelter station that is convenient for talents to surrender."

Let those scholars who have no money and no determination to enter Shu thousands of miles, or those who are worried about the unsafe journey, receive funding, official escorts, and fleet capacity support around Nanjun.

With so many convenient conditions, are you still afraid of not attracting talents?

Guan Yu was originally quite "proud of the superiors but not tolerate the superiors" and was very unfavorable to famous scholars. But this time, for the sake of the elder brother and military advisor's earnest instructions, he still pinched his nose and acted as a respectful and insulting wise men.

Fortunately, in the first few days of the troops stationed, some small fish and shrimp from several nearby counties have come to join us. What makes Guan Yu happy is that there are no "super V" celebrities here, they are all pretty simple and practical talents.

For example, Dong He, the magistrate of Zhijiang County, and Li Yan, the magistrate of Qishan County, took the initiative to lead the military and civilians to surrender a few days ago and accepted the rule of Liu Bei. (Note: Zhijiang is east of Xiling, Qishan is south of Xiling, and the north bank of Yishui, both of which are adjacent counties)

Since Dong He is here, his son Dong Yun will certainly follow him. But now Dong Yun is only a five-year-old child, and probably will not have the chance to contribute to Liu Bei's great cause of supporting the Han Dynasty in this life.

Guan Yu all comforted these people, saying that Liu Bei had just pacified Bashu, and many pseudo-officials appointed by Liu Yan would be replaced, and a large number of official positions would be vacant. Dong He and Li Yanyou took the lead in the submission to the Shouyi Mei name, and in the future, they could serve as county magistrates in a large county in Yong'an County, which was newly split in the eastern part of Bas County.

Li Yan was only in his early twenties, and Dong He was less than 30 years old. Now he is a county magistrate and a county magistrate. If he can change a big county to become a county magistrate, he is of course very affordable promotion, so even if he is a little hired in another place, he is still very willing to accept it. Moreover, Ba County is not far away, and the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, which is hundreds of miles away from Yidu.

Dong He and Li Yan were naturally convinced and soon entered the state, raising military supplies for Guan Yu on the spot and counseling military affairs.

In addition, Yicheng County in Xiangyang County is not far away. It is also considered a neighboring county in the northwest of Xiling. Today, there are two scholars who have served as county officials and have a little talent in their work, abandoned their official positions and came to Guan Yu to seek flee.

Guan Yu also treated them politely and learned that one of them was Ma Liang, who was just over the age of Guan; the other was Xianglang, who was twenty-four years old.

These people are familiar with the local situation in Jingzhou and the geographical and human feelings nearby. Guan Yu came from afar and was not easy to advance rashly. He just needed to ask these local people for advice and learn about the local situation.

Guan Yu asked Dong He to collect food and grass on the spot, Xiang Lang was responsible for settling down the new military and civilians, while Li Yan and Ma Liang followed the army as combat staff.

After the initial allocation was completed, Guan Yu asked the newly affiliated Ma Liang: "Ji Chang, you have been in Xiangyang and Nanjun for a long time. Do you have any understanding of Xiling, Yiling and other garrisons? Why did they temporarily use the banner of resisting Dong's army to obstruct us? Could it be that they think they can resist my army?"

Ma Liang sincerely introduced: "As far as I know, when the general forced his surrender to Zigui, the local thieves from Nanjun sent troops to seize Xiling and Yiling, they were not from these two counties.

The one who occupied Xiling was the Huarong thief Bei Yu, and the one who occupied Yiling was the Baqiu thief Su Dai, who were both ordered by Zhang Xian and sponsored by Jin Xuan. These two were considered front pawns of the clan thief and pro-Dong forces, and now they each have raised thousands of troops.

The general once defeated Zhang Ju, Zhang Chun, Bai Bo, and was powerful. We were in Jingzhou and many people heard of the reputation of the general. I think that as long as the Bei Yu and Su Dai were not deaf, they should not be so arrogant that they thought they could block the general.

However, they have a strong city to rely on. As soon as they left the mouth of the Yangtze River Gorge, the military situation was not easy to expand and it was difficult to raise grain on the spot. Perhaps they were fighting for the general's transportation capacity, and they wanted to raise grain from the source of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River thousands of miles away, and wanted to keep the stake in the morale of the general. When the food and grass were short, they could count on Zhang Xian and Jin Xuan led the main force of the bandit army to attack and defeat the general with the help of the few."

After listening to Ma Liang's analysis, Guan Yu smiled with a smug smile: "I thought these two thieves had some clever plans, but they were just such a pedantic view - Ji Chang, do you think their blind thoughts are possible?"

Ma Liang also gave a compliment: "Of course it is impossible. The general led only 5,000 elite troops out of the gorge, and they were all infantry and navy troops, and they consumed food slowly. Even though they thought that Ba County had just set a new order a few months ago, there were not many ships in stock, and they were all right to provide only 5,000 people. In less than ten days, they would find out the general's military situation and would no longer think that stalemate could waste the general's retreat."

Li Yan also echoed: "Also, Su, Bei and other thieves have fewer conditions. They thought that all counties around Xiling would follow them to strengthen the walls and clear the fields to resist the general. However, I and the Chief of Dong County came to join us with the two counties to fight for the two counties. The people of the county were working a little harder to provide the general with a lot of subsidies. It only depends on whether the Chief of Dong County was able to raise grain."

Guan Yu couldn't help but nodded when he heard this: "A thousand miles away from the gorge is indeed the top priority. If you can gain a firm foothold in this battle, the young slaughter should be the first to be successful."

(Note: Youzai is Dong He's name)

Ma Liang also followed Guan Yu's words and suggested: "General Guan, since our army has few soldiers and is not afraid of consuming food, it is better to do the opposite and deliberately reveal the reality of our army to Zhang Xian and Jin Xuan.

In this way, it is also easy to lure the enemy into a quick battle and no longer play the protracted tactic of "drinking the enemy under the strong city". However, it is a bit dangerous to do so. If you really lure tens of thousands of enemy troops, with General Guan’s five thousand soldiers, I wonder if you can defeat the main force of the enemy who is united in front..."

Guan Yu laughed: "Ji Chang is afraid that he doesn't know Guan's ability, so he can just wait and see! Although there are tens of thousands of thieves, it's not enough to worry about it! However, there is no need to rush to tell them that our army is small - this is still near the mouth of the gorge. If Zhang Xian comes in a fierce manner, wouldn't he be afraid that after I defeated me, I will immediately retract back to the gorge and not be able to come out?

Since we want to lure the enemy, it is more thorough. In the past few days, we have tried to attack Xiling. After breaking Xiling, we will advance to Yiling. Yiling is a little far from the mouth of the gorge. If Zhang Xian has ambitions and wants to wipe out all of us, at least I will have to attack Yiling, so he will spend a lot of money to try to surround our army, right?"

In Xiling, behind the Three Gorges is the Three Gorges. The enemy wants to surround the back and there is no space for surround the back.

I went forward to Yiling and deliberately gave the enemy space to surround me!

This is like playing a moba game. How can you seduce the enemy to cross the tower when you crouch under the high ground tower? You have to go forward and wave near a tower before seducing the enemy to cross the tower.

This is the reason why Han Xin formed a formation in the battle of Jingxing, and Lu Xun put Liu Bei in Yiling and then surrounded Liu Bei.

Guan Yu had a little understanding of the surrounding situation, and after geography, he would naturally make similar decisions.

The decision itself cannot be divided into right or wrong. The key is to rely on combat effectiveness and execution. There are three guarantees and one guarantee for crossing the tower. If the operation is not good, the distribution of the tower is uneven, and the conquered party may be killed by the trapped party.

What's more, Lu Xun's cross-tower of Liu Bei in history was actually not a complete victory, but it could only be considered a big profit for three to one. Because Fu Tong sold himself and broke the rear, he ran away in exchange for Liu Bei. Huang Quan could only be considered as having no way out, so he went to the side to find NPCs to send the tower. Unless Fu Tong didn't sell him and bought Liu Bei, he would be considered a zero-for-five ACE group.
Chapter completed!