Before Guan Yu sent troops, he only knew that the war in Guanzhong was fierce, and the King of Hanzhong's troops failed to stop Cao's army from moving closer to Chang'an. That's why he resolutely raised an army and tried to threaten Cao's army in Wan and Luo areas, forcing the main force of Cao's army in Guanzhong to ease the pressure on Guanzhong.

When Lei Yuan was in Shu, Huang Zhong and Gan Ning's reserve team had already set out for Guanzhong to reinforce. Only then did Lei Yuan receive the order and return to Jiaozhou urgently, intending to send troops to assist Guan Yu and stabilize the eastern front.

Who knew that in less than half a month, the situation had changed so drastically.

Military advisor General Pang Tong was below, dozens of people were killed in battle, and 30,000 soldiers were defeated... In Guan Yu's view, this is likely to be the result of the Yizhou army being pursued by the enemy when they retreated from Guanzhong. You can imagine the tragic situation during this period.

This means that the military command system of the King of Hanzhong was severely damaged, and the Yizhou army that took over from Liu Zhang was severely damaged. The benefits brought by fast acquisition of Yizhou were almost exhausted in this battle. Such huge losses were difficult to bear even if the Yizhou household registration was one million yuan; it would have to be restored after several years of maintenance. As for the losses of the generals, it is even more difficult to make up for.

At the same time, since the King of Hanzhong had retreated, the main force of Cao's army, who was in Guanzhong, would immediately return to the Central Plains.

Although they did not know the loss of Cao's army, since they had the upper hand, it was obvious that their huge power was still there. Whether in Luoyang or Xuchang, Jingzhou was the first to be affected by these tens of thousands of troops.

Jingzhou, even with Jiaozhou, can it capture Jiangdong while competing with the main force of the Cao army?

No matter how arrogant Guan Yu is, he has to admit that this is absolutely impossible.

Since this is the case, the Jiangdong Rats can only allow them to survive for a while. The next thing will probably be to rely on diplomatic means of sending out edicts and verbal criticisms.

Guan Yu got up and walked back and forth in the hall.

"Weapons are the devil. Therefore, we can show it if we can't, and we can't show it if we use it. Although we cannot attack Jiangdong, the more we do this, the more we must show Jiangdong our determination to take advantage of the victory."

Guan Yu paused and continued, "Li Zhengfang is so motivated, so let him bluff and fight down the river. With Xi Zhen's troops and Xu Zhi's Jiaozhou Army as a supporter, we can't suffer any losses."

Lei Yuan bowed: "What the Lord said is very true. Our troops can guard Baqiu, support Li and Xi's two prefects."

"good."

"In addition, I can also urgently order Jiaozhou to send more troops to use the southern part of Guiyang to threaten Luling County and cover Li Zhengfang's flanks."

Guan Yu clapped his hands: "That's it!"

The two of them issued military orders on the spot, sealed them with inks, and called their own entourages and asked them to send orders immediately.

Seeing his entourages leaving quickly, Zhou Cang asked at the foot of the steps: "June, should these prisoners in Jiangdong continue to be tried?"

Guan Yu was silent for a moment and waved his hand: "Take it out, and you can go and ask, and you will deal with it as if I had just done it!"

Zhou Cang received the order and led people to drag the noisy prisoners out.

The front of the hall became quiet.

Guan Yu brought troops north this time, but he was only a slight short time before he was taken to the Wu people. He didn't say it, but he was still scared. Therefore, although Li Yanli and Chen were not allowed to miss him, he could not make up his mind. But now he knew that after Guanzhong was defeated, he really did not have the chance to attack Jiangdong, and he could not help but feel a little regretful.

In this battle, he returned to the rescue, killed He Qi in one battle, captured Dong Xi, expelled Zhang Liao, defeated the elite soldiers of the five schools in Jiangdong, and forced Sun Quan to abandon his people and fled, which seemed to be majestic; but that was far from enough to make up for the great losses he had suffered before. After all, Jiangling City was almost lost!

Guan Yu's annoyance about this is beyond words. No matter how you look at it, you feel that his reputation for decades has been damaged. No matter how you look at it, you feel that his capital was burned and killed, and he suffered a great loss.

Thinking of this, Guan Yu drank three bowls of cold soup in a row, but the anger in his chest not only failed, but became more and more fierce.

He got up and looked at the situation outside, and suddenly asked, "Does Xuzhi have free time? Can you accompany me to walk around?"

Lei Yuan bowed a little and said, "I should accompany you."

The two immediately brought a small number of entourages out.

The inside of Jiangling New City seemed very quiet. The Wu army broke into the city for a short time, so the losses of buildings inside the city were not too great. At this moment, a small number of strong men were cleaning the roads to prepare for moving wood and stones into the city in the future. Most of the strong men were outside, supervising the prisoners, or taking action from their own hands to rectify the old city.

Guan Yu and Lei Yuan passed through the east gate of Jiangling New City and patrolled west along the old city. During this period, they crossed several small rivers, surveyed the roads and surrounding environment along the way, and reached several fortresses in the west of the city.

From the east to the west of the city, many buildings in the old city were still filled with black smoke, and many houses were left with only a piece of ruins. There were vague sounds of crying and wailing from somewhere. The soldiers and the men carried all kinds of supplies, and they were traveling around the road. Almost everyone had a solemn and murderous aura on their faces.

"The construction of Jiangling New City was actually a helpless move due to the military pressure of the Cao army. Because of insufficient financial resources, we could only build the most basic military fortress first and ensure safety first. Therefore, the new city is high and deep, but the scale is not large."

Guan Yu said in a deep voice: "Later, Jingzhou gradually stabilized... Especially after repelling Cao Ren's troops, the people who had fled returned one after another, and merchants from all over the country gathered. New houses, residences, and markets were built in the area of ​​the abandoned old city. In addition, I opened military camps outside Jiangling City, which also allowed the families of the soldiers of my subordinates to settle down."

Speaking of this, he lifted the whip and waved it, and the tips of the whip crackled in the air.

"Now, this is so dilapidated that it's not very good! I don't know how long it will take to start operating from scratch!"

Lei Yuan knew that Guan Yu was in a bad mood, so he comforted him: "Your Majesty, don't worry too much. Although the military and civilians in Jiangling City were damaged, the counties in Jingnan were generally intact and the vitality of the entire Jingzhou was not weak. I think it would be not difficult to restore the old view for two or three years at most."

Guan Yu glanced at Lei Yuan and sighed: "Suanzhi, what I don't want to hear the least now is to restore the four words of old view."

"This... I'm sorry for being stupid, I don't know what the king means?"

"Since Duke Xuande lived in Xinye, he has always paid attention to building up the scholars of Jingchu. After he was in charge of Jingzhou, he treated the aristocratic clans more and promoted the benefits of Jingzhou to share them. It is not unreasonable. As for the ministers of the Hanzhong Palace and the Grand Sima Palace, most of them were from Jingchu. In Jingzhou, I respected the commands of the king, valued the people of Jingchu, and entrusted political affairs to entrust them. In terms of the commercial interests of Jingzhou, I would rather share with local strong sects..."

Speaking of this, he waved his whip again and said: "Xuzhi, from here to there, the entire land was originally all Chinese houses, gardens, residences, markets, and the property of Pan Chengming and his co-conspirators. Xuzhi, you have financial talents, in your opinion, what about this land?"

Lei Yuan glanced a little. This large piece of land must have been re-leveled within the old city of Jiangling. Although many houses were demolished due to the Wu army's invasion at this moment and the trees were cut down. But just looking at the remaining buildings, you can tell that this is definitely a very high-level continuous mansion, with pavilions and towers and large warehouses.

Lei Yuandao: "Not to mention those houses, there is such a large residence within the Jingzhou Prefecture. Whether it is owned by one's own clan or handed over to vendors, you can make money every day."

"This kind of wealth is not a small amount, right?"

"How can you say that it is so rich?"

"Then, Pan Jun was the governor of Jingzhou, Li Su was the governor of the prefecture, Xiahou Cheng was the general of the Central Army, Shi Gan, Zhou He, Zhou Tiao and others, and they were also the chief officials of the prefectures and counties. Their status cannot be considered low, right?"

"The ruler of King Hanzhong was only Jingyi and the three states were joined by the king. These people listed Jingzhou and controlled real power in one-third of the king's territory. They could not be considered low."

"But they still colluded with Jiangdong and tried to rebel!"

Guan Yu raised his voice: "Continue, according to your words, I only need to operate for a few years to restore my old views. But relying on this business, are the scholars of Jingzhou surrounding Jiangling loyal? Will they be as greedy as Pan Jun and others and finally betray them?"

"This..." Lei Yuan pondered: "Like Pan Jun and others, they are the minority after all. I think there will be no next time."

Guan Yu breathed heavily: "Shuozhi, if such a ridiculous thing happens, it will be hard for me to trust them anymore!"

At this time, Lei Yuan wanted to ask: "Who are they mentioned by the Lord?"

But he said nothing.
Chapter completed!