Chapter eight hundred and eighty first appease Jingzhou
It was almost daytime, and the sun slowly rose from the eastern horizon. The sunlight shone on Zhang Ren and other ships heading for Sichuan and Sichuan, reflecting all the ships hidden in the dark night.
Zhang Ren stood at the bow of the boat, looking very tired. He turned his head to look at the calm river behind him and let out a long sigh of relief.
At this moment, Liu Bei was seen walking to Zhang Ren's side.
He bowed to Zhang Ren and said, "Liu Bei thanks General Zhang for saving his life."
Zhang Ren waved his hand and said: "You don't have to be like this, Mr. Xuande. Zhang is just following orders. Besides, you and I had old friends back then, both in public and in private. Zhang saved Mr. Xuande from this catastrophe, and we all share in it."
Internal matters."
Despite his words, Liu Bei still expressed his gratitude to Zhang Ren repeatedly.
Zhang Ren looked at Liu Bei's tired face and asked curiously: "Mr. Xuande, why do you look so bad? Is there something on your mind?"
Liu Bei's complexion was indeed very bad. He had black eye circles, a sallow complexion, and a thin face. Compared with Zhang Ren the last time he saw him, he looked completely different.
Liu Bei smiled bitterly and said: "Isn't General Zhang also looking sad? You were so high-spirited back then, why are you so haggard now?"
Zhang Renchang sighed and said: "It seems that Mr. Xuande and I have different worries. But since I asked first, could you please tell me what's on your mind first?"
Liu Bei walked to Zhang Ren and looked at the surging river water under the boat, with a bitter and helpless look on his face.
"General Zhang, Jingzhou has been completely lost, the emperor has fallen, and my third brother and Pang Situ have also fallen into the hands of the enemy. At this moment, Bei's mind is in a state of confusion. For Bei, anything can affect his mind. If he wants to
I can’t even finish the detailed list of each item, even if I talk about it for three days.”
After saying that, Liu Bei paused and said to Zhang Ren: "General Zhang, what are you worried about?"
Zhang Renchang sighed and said: "To be honest, Sichuan and Shu are not very peaceful right now."
Liu Bei was surprised and said: "The land of Sichuan and Sichuan is far away from the Central Plains. It is difficult for pottery merchants to come and harass us. What's wrong with it?"
Zhang Ren walked to Liu Bei's side and whispered: "Xuan De Gong, let me tell you the truth. Now Cao Cao has captured Hanzhong and secured the throat of Sichuan and Shu. Although I, Xichuan, are vast and have no shortage of soldiers, horses, money and food, but with
Compared with Cao Cao's army, there are too few who are capable of fighting. If Cao Cao really intends to annex Xichuan, I'm afraid..."
Liu Bei was silent for a while and said: "Cao Cao is indeed powerful, but the danger of Xichuan is famous all over the world. Even though Cao Cao has elite soldiers and generals, as long as the Sichuan army guards the pass, nothing will happen."
Zhang Ren lamented: "Although this is true, Xuande Gong has now seen that the land of Jingzhou has been taken by the pottery merchants. Now the pottery merchants are sweeping the world. If nothing happens, the land of Sichuan and Shu will also be his sooner or later.
Attack the target, if the pottery merchants come straight up the river from Jingzhou and rush to the middle of the river, how can we resist?"
Having said this, Zhang Ren paused: "There is Cao Cao in the north, and there are pottery merchants in the east."
Liu Bei pondered for a while after hearing this, and then said: "This matter may not be unsolvable."
"Oh?" Zhang Ren asked hurriedly: "What do you mean?"
Liu Bei said calmly: "General, please don't forget. Back then, Cao Cao and we were allies... Now the world has returned to the pottery merchants, and we are all the pottery merchants' next targets. If we continue to fight with each other, I'm afraid it will be a disaster."
No one lasts long."
Zhang Ren smiled bitterly and said, "That being said, what should we do now?"
Liu Bei said: "With the help of Liu Jiyu and General Zhang, Bei can take refuge in Western Shu. Bei will then be willing to ask Ji Yu for orders and go to Hanzhong to persuade Cao Cao to fight against the pottery merchants, so that everyone can be saved."
Zhang Ren heard this and said hurriedly: "How sure is Mr. Xuande of this matter?"
Liu Bei thought for a while and said: "Cao Cao is a great leader in the world, and he has several far-sighted planners under his command, so we are very sure to convince him."
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Gangneung City.
The moment he entered Jiangling City, it meant that this world-famous city had completely become his territory, and the entire Jingzhou had also fallen into Tao's possession.
The scale and vastness of Gangneung Castle surprised the pottery merchants. Although Gangneung Castle was not the largest among the cities under their control, its sturdiness was indeed among the best.
However, no matter how strong Jiangling City is, it is also the site of four battles. If there is no strong strength as a backing, this place will be lost sooner or later.
After entering Jiangling City, the pottery merchant first had the household registration, field registers, tax forms, including the overall reports for arsenals and granaries brought to him.
He opened it one by one, and roughly grasped the situation in Jiangling City, and then led his men to inspect various mansions.
Regardless of whether Liu Qiong is a false emperor or not, Liu Bei, Liu Biao and others have ruled Jingzhou for seven years in the name of this little emperor. Now that Jingzhou has changed hands, for ordinary people, it is not a simple change.
It's just a master, but a change of days.
Therefore, the treatment of the people in Jingzhou, especially the work of appeasement, must be more meticulous and delicate than in other places.
After a general inspection of the situation in Jingzhou, I returned to the government office in Jiangling City. It was already dark.
The pottery merchant told his subordinates how to pacify the people in the city and the next policy for Jingzhou, and then ordered two prisoners to be brought over.
These two prisoners were personally ordered by the potter to see them.
They were all people who were stationed in the city, and none of them escaped with Liu Qiong, Fu Wan and others.
It's Xu Shu and Shi Tao.
These two people were once famous people known to Sima Hui, and they had a close relationship. They later became Liu Bei's successors, but they were not together for a long time. Before they could establish their achievements, Liu Bei lost all his foundations.
After the two men were brought to the pottery, they both bowed their hands to the pottery and asked questions.
The potter fiddled with a tea bowl in his hand and asked: "Both gentlemen are great talents, why should they be attributed to Liu Bei?"
Xu Shu said to Tao Shang: "Both Pang Degong and Pang Tong personally wrote letters to invite them, so they had to go."
The pottery merchant looked up at them: "Mr. Shui Jing must have written letters for me. Isn't he as good as Mr. Pang De?"
Xu Shu said: "Mr. Shui Jing is also an expert. Since he came here in person to write the book, he must have a very high opinion of the Prime Minister. I am waiting to return to Jingzhou and have lived there for many years. I can't bear to betray...
Prime Minister, please forgive me."
The pottery merchant looked at Xu Shu seriously for a while, but found that he also raised his head and looked at him seriously.
He turned to look at Shi Tao again, and found that Shi Tao was not as firm as Xu Shu's gaze. On the contrary, he was evasive when facing his direct gaze.
The potter probably had a clear idea in his mind.
He said to Xu Shu: "You can't bear betrayal, but have you ever thought about today... Aren't you both afraid that I will capture you and kill you?"