Liu Jing and Lai Gong were discussing Kuai Yue in the royal chamber, when they suddenly received the news that the latter had committed suicide. Lai Gong was stunned and lost his grip, causing the wine glass to fall to the ground.
"Chang Shi..." Lai Gong sighed deeply, with a look of sadness on his face.
Liu Jing also put down his wine glass and felt very sorry in his heart. Kuai Yue can be said to be one of the most outstanding talents in Jingzhou. Liu Biao was weak at that time, and it was with his assistance that he became strong. In history, after Cao Cao captured Jingzhou, he reluctantly
Bu Zhu wrote to Xun Yu and said: "I am not happy to have Jingzhou, but I am happy to have Kuai Yidu'er." From this we can know his reputation and talent.
Unfortunately, Kuai Yue and Liu Biao were deeply involved, and Liu Jing's position as Lingling prefect was recommended by Zhang Xian, which was no different from a private office. In fact, his identity was only the county magistrate of 400 Shilin, the emperor's uncle, and the governor of the state.
Liu Biao held the emperor hostage and ordered the feudal lords to compete with Cao Cao, as if they were separated by clouds and mud.
Even Liu Jing was not as good as Kuai Yue himself. He was the chief of the Zhennan General Palace, the governor of Zhangling, and the Marquis of Fan Ting. Therefore, it was impossible for Kuai Yue to submit to Liu Jing.
However, even if Kuai Yue cannot be used for himself, Liu Jing still does not want him to die, because the dead Kuai Yue is of no value to him, and only the living Kuai Yue is valuable to him.
Kuai Yue was Liu Biao's most important minister. If Liu Jing captured him and treated him well, he would have dealt a huge blow to Liu Biao, but it was a pity that Kuai Yue failed to satisfy him.
Then Liu Jing heard that six of Kuai Yue's disciples and close confidants had committed suicide and died, leaving no one alive. He couldn't help but feel deeply in his heart. The ancients always valued loyalty, filial piety and justice, and they did not hesitate to sacrifice their lives for this.
Once upon a time, Tian Heng committed suicide to uphold his righteousness, and five hundred of his subordinates were floating on the sea. When they heard the news that Tian Heng was dead, they all committed suicide.
In later generations, Zhuge Dan raised an army to resist Sima Zhao, but was defeated and killed. Hundreds of his men were faced with the choice of "those who surrender will live, those who do not surrender will be killed." No one was willing to surrender, and they all died calmly.
Although Kuai Yue was not as good as Tian Heng, Zhuge Dan was able to be proud enough to have served him so well.
Liu Jing couldn't help but wonder, if he was defeated and died, would anyone follow him and die? But this thought was driven out of his mind in an instant. He would never end up in this situation, so this problem did not exist at all.
Liu Jing couldn't help but sigh with Lai Gong: "Kuai Yidu is the hope of the Chu country and the crown of the scholars. He has a deep strategy, both civil and military talents, and his talent is even greater than that of his ancestor Kuai Tong. Today's Han Dynasty is unfortunate.
The country was in ruins and Kyushu was in turmoil. Kuai Yidu had the talent to help the world. He should have assisted the Ming Dynasty, revived the Han Dynasty, and made his name in history. Unfortunately, Liu Jingzhou raised unjust troops for his own selfish interests and died in vain in Jingnan."
When Lai Gong heard what he said, he felt quite unhappy. At this time, Liu Jing did not forget to throw dirty water on Liu Biao and retorted: "General is the lord of Jingzhou. Zhang Changsha is stubborn and disobedient. He raised three counties to rebel.
The general ordered the soldiers from the state to cross the river to attack, and then went up and down to fight, and then went to do violence and obedience. How can he be said to be an unjust soldier?"
Liu Jing said calmly: "Lai Jun has been with the Northern Army for a long time. I believe no one understands the suffering that the people of Jingnan have suffered in the past two years better than Lai Jun. In the eyes of us and other people in Jingnan, the Northern Army is an unjust soldier."
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Lai Gong said: "The reason why Jingnan has been at war for many years is because Zhang Changsha refused to surrender."
Liu Jing shook his head and said: "So, Cao Mengde was ordered by the emperor to conquer all directions. When his army entered Nanyang, Liu Jingzhou should have just surrendered and captured him. Why resist the king's army?"
Lai Gong was speechless. Of course he could say that Cao Cao was a treacherous minister and a traitor. The Emperor's Clothes Order incident that broke out in the first month of this year was proof of this.
But if we really continue to argue like this, it will definitely turn into a verbal dispute of "the benevolent sees the benevolent, the wise see the wisdom". Lai Gong is really in no mood to argue with Liu Jing about this right now.
Seeing Lai Gong's silence, Liu Jing stopped talking and promptly shifted the topic to his sister-in-law Lai Ci and nephew Hutou.
Kuai Yue was the commander-in-chief of the Jingzhou Army. As soon as the news of his suicide came out, it immediately shattered the remaining resistance of the Jingzhou Army officers and soldiers, and all the "isolated islands" surrendered.
At this point, Liu Jingshui's army quickly swept away the "islands" with the force of the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, and captured more than 10,000 enemies. At present, only thousands of Jingzhou troops who are guarding the new camp are still refusing to surrender.
Liu Jing gave an order, and hundreds of naval warships immediately surrounded the Jingzhou Army's new camp. In order to complete his victory in one battle, Liu Jing only left more than a thousand people to guard the prisoners, and the rest of the soldiers were all transferred to the front line, including Liu Xiu and Liu Xiu.
There are more than 3,000 people in the Liang and Serenity Department.
Looking at the rows of warships on the water and the densely packed soldiers on the decks, the officers and men of the Jingzhou Army all looked worried and uneasy.
If it weren't for Liu Pan's lustful power, perhaps all the soldiers would have surrendered to Liu Jingjun long ago. After all, even the coach Kuai Yue had committed suicide, so what reason would they have to keep fighting?
As Liu's cousin and nephew, Liu Pan was a fierce man who would rather die than surrender. There was once a Sima, and the captain persuaded him to surrender. Liu Pan took him into custody without saying a word, and then personally killed a few generals in front of thousands of soldiers as a demonstration.
Determination. From then on, no one dared to say "surrender".
However, Liu Pan's move seemed to stabilize the morale of the military, but in fact, there was an undercurrent surging privately.
Liu Pan knew this very well, but if he didn't do this, he would only die faster. Anyone can surrender, but not him.
Last year, Sun Ce attacked Jiangxia, and his brother Liu Hu was ordered to lead troops to rescue Huang Zu. In the end, he was defeated by Sun Ce and died in the rebellion. Brother Liu Hu was never good at martial arts, but he was able to die in battle without losing his reputation.
, he has always been known for his bravery. If he surrenders to the enemy in fear of death, how will he stand in the world in the future?
Liu Pan was determined to die, and his only thought was to kill as many of Liu Jing's soldiers as possible. Every time he killed one more person here, his uncle's pressure would be relieved. This was the only thing he could do for his uncle.
There are currently more than 7,000 soldiers in the camp, but there are only more than 2,000 soldiers who can be called elites. The rest are either destitute soldiers or surrendered soldiers. They were sent to build a new camp before and suffered a lot.
Unexpectedly, due to a combination of circumstances, we were able to escape this flood.
Liu Pan knew very well that with more than 2,000 men alone, he could not resist Liu Jing's army. The weak soldiers were unable to fight, so they could only attack. Although the surrendered soldiers had fighting strength, they could not be trusted. In the current situation, if they were allowed to resist
In the front, they might immediately turn against each other.
In desperation, Liu Pan had no choice but to let Ou Xiong, who had a deep hatred for Liu Jing, command the troops to surrender in Changsha. He felt that among the generals in the army, among the generals who would not surrender to Liu Jing, besides himself, Ou Xiong should be ranked second.
"Dong...dong...dong..."
As the thunderous sound of war drums resounded throughout the world, the heavy rain seemed to have eased.