When Qin Shihuang unified the world, the following year, he launched a huge "national highway" project and ordered the construction of a road with the capital Xianyang as the center, leading to all parts of the country, "in the east, in the east, in the south, in the south."

Among them, in order to conquer Baiyue in the south, Qin Shihuang ordered people to dig an artificial canal spiritual canal between the Xiang River in Lingling County and the Li River to connect Xiang and Li Rivers. From then on, "the north water merges south, and the north boat crosses the ridge", and the people of the Central Plains could also sail on the south of the ridge. The "Jiao Road" of the five ridges was also repaired.

The route Zhang Jin chose to take was the "Jiaodao" of Shi'anling, which was the most convenient road between Yue and Hunan since the Qin and Han Dynasties.

When Zhang Jin led more than 10,000 Jiaozhou troops to the north along the Li River in Yulin County, Jiaozhou, and finally arrived at Shi'an County in Lingling County, which immediately caused panic among the officials and people in Shi'an City.

Zhang Jin led his army to the city and sent people to enter the city with the emperor's edict, telling the officials and people of Shi'an that he was on the order of the emperor and was appointed as the governor of Lingling and Guiyang counties by Jiaozhou.

There were few soldiers in Shi'an City and were unable to resist the Jiaozhou army. When he saw Zhang Jin's orders were there, the county magistrate had no idea of ​​resisting. He immediately led the officials and civilians in the city to carry cattle and wine and leave the city to work hard.

"What did you say?!" Zhang Jin, wearing a crimson scarf and a black robe, looked at County Magistrate Shi'an in a daze, his thin face was full of shock.

"I dare not hide it from the envoy Zhang," County Magistrate Shi'an repeated again: "The 100,000 Jingzhou troops have indeed been destroyed by Liu Fujun."

"How is this possible?" Zhang Jin couldn't help but take a breath. This was the family fortune that Liu Biao had spent ten years to accumulate. The so-called 100,000 army must be an exaggeration, but in half, there were 50,000 people.

He, the governor of Jiaozhou, had only more than 10,000 people under his command. When he went north to Jingzhou, he did not have the idea of ​​confronting Liu Biao's army head-on. Instead, he was preparing to use the emperor's righteousness to instigate officials and people from the two counties of Lingling and Guiyang to his side and fight a protracted battle with Liu Biao. Liu Biao has never been able to win the will of Jiang Xiang, and the longer it delays, the greater the variables. And if things are not good, Zhang Xian can completely retreat back to Jiaozhou calmly. Even if Liu Biao wants to take revenge, it will be out of reach.

"Liu Jing may not have more troops than himself. It is unimaginable to defeat Liu Biao's army, let alone wipe out his army." Zhang Jin fell into deep doubt for a moment.

Whether in the Central Plains or Lingnan, Zhang Jin had heard of Liu Jing's name, but he had never seen him.

Three years ago, Zhang Jin was appointed as the governor of Jiaozhi by the emperor and went south from Jingzhou to Jiaozhou. He once passed by Qing County. Unfortunately, Liu Jing was busy with autumn harvest in Zhongshui and Pingyang Townships. Zhang Jin left the Guiyang Jiao Road, which was added during the reign of Emperor Zhang of this dynasty, and the two missed the opportunity to meet.

County Magistrate Shi'an did not dare to conceal the truth from Zhang Jin and told him as much as possible that the Jingzhou army encountered a rare flood and was then attacked by Liu Jing's army, which led to the annihilation of the entire army.

After hearing what County Mayor Shi'an said, Zhang Jin suddenly realized that he directly ignored the role of Liu Jingjun and simply attributed the failure of the Jingzhou army to the irresistible natural disaster factors.

Then Zhang Jin was happy. Although he was ordered by the emperor and Cao Cao's request to go north to attack the rebel Liu Biao. However, it is undeniable that Liu Biao's strength is far above him, and he really has no chance of winning. He just wanted Lingling. Guiyang was vast and had a large population. It was far better than Jiaozhou counties, so he made such an unwise decision to fight against the strong with the weak. Now that Liu Biao's army is defeated, Liu Jing has limited strength. He has great power and strong troops in his hand. He will be able to easily take over the two counties of Lingling and Guiyang.

Zhang Jin thought he was sure to win and no one could stop him, so he immediately relaxed and no longer rushed north. He led his army to the southern suburbs of Shi'an and the west bank of Lishui, and sent people to Quanling County, the capital of Lingling County, and ordered the officials of Lingling to come to greet him.

At this moment, the Lingling officials led by Liu Ba and Jiang Wan were running around Quanling, busy with rescue and disaster relief and harvesting rice.

Quanling is located in the upper reaches of Qing County, with two major water systems in Hunan and Shenzhen. The disaster is second only to Qing County. Liu Ba, Jiang Wan and others received the good news that Liu Jing's annihilation of the Jingzhou army. Although they were overjoyed and excited, they failed to completely dispel their worries.

With the arrival of Zhang Jin's envoy, Liu Ba, Jiang Wan and others were even more worried.

Lingling County Government sat inside, the main seat was empty, and Liu Ba sat at the lower head. He had a clear and elegant appearance and a different temperament. However, since the flood floods, he worked day and night and had little rest, which made him dark and pale in his eyes, and his face was greatly reduced.

In addition to Liu Ba, there were four people sitting in the room, namely the main reporter Jiang Wan, Gong Cao Tao Zhang, Li Da, and Supervisor Huang Cheng.

In fact, Li Da and Huang Cheng were just making up the numbers, with only the right to participate and no say. Tao Zhang was better than the two, but he was not the real person in charge of Lingling County. Only Liu Ba and Jiang Wan were the real person in charge, which was decided by Liu Jing in the morning.

Tao Zhang said to Liu Ba with a worried look: "Liu Ling, is it wrong for you to reject the envoy Zhang's envoy in person?" Liu Ba is not only the clerk of Lingling County, but also the magistrate of Quanling County appointed by Liu Jing, so he is called this.

Liu Ba raised his eyebrows unconsciously and said unhappy: "Don't refuse, do you really want us to go to Shi'an to greet him? What a joke! We, Lingling, have a county magistrate, how can we serve others?"

Tao Zhang smiled bitterly and said, "Although the Mingfu Jun destroyed the northern army in one battle, the counties north of Huang County have not yet been pacified. Nanjun and Jiangxia reinforcements may cross the river at any time. The soldiers of Wuling also have a covetous heart. At present, the Mingfu Jun must have no time to look south. Zhang envoyed tens of thousands of troops to the Lingling. If Zhang was ordered by the king, the consequences would be unimaginable."

Li Da nodded and agreed, "The rules and regulations are reasonable. Quanling is built into a city and cannot be defended. It will inevitably be difficult to stop the Jiaozhou army."

"Otherwise." Jiang Wan shook his head and said, "The so-called 'built wood into a city, and cannot be defended' are all words of deduction. When the state soldiers rebelled, they gathered tens of thousands of people and came straight to Quanling. The king of Chen (Qiu) refused the request for the county officials to escape, and personally led the officials of Quanling to defend the city together. The bandits attacked for more than ten days and could not go down.

Jiaozhou is located in a wilderness, with people like beasts and ignorant rituals. Under Zhang Jiaozhou, there must be many barbarians. These barbarians are not restricted. If they win, they will rush forward. If they lose, they will scatter birds and beasts. They will grow better than valleys and shorter than attacking.

In the past, the rebels were the state soldiers who were dissatisfied with the rewards of the court, so they raised troops to rebel. The elite Han soldiers could not capture Quanling and the barbarians in Jiaozhou could succeed?”

Liu Ba sucked his palm and smiled, "Gong Yan said it well. In short, we must not compromise, otherwise wouldn't it disappoint the Mingfu Jun?"

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Chapter completed!