Chapter nine hundred and ninety eight prisoners of war
Seeing Xu Shanxin coming as if he was dead, Li Xingchen did not embarrass him.
This guy can be considered a loyal minister, and Li Xingchen still hopes to reuse him after surrendering Nan Chen. After all, the territory will expand outwards, but it is indispensable to have some loyal and lonely envoys.
After serving Xu Shanxin with good wine and meat, Li Xingchen did not intend to let this guy go again, but changed someone to reply to Chen Shujian.
The next day, the Shu Han army that besieged the city gave way to the south gate road. Chen Shujian and Chen Shushen led the army to withdraw from Xiangzhou City and retreated to Pingxiang. Li Xingchen also acted quickly. The navy that had been prepared moved down the river to Hengyang and eastern Hunan.
The defenders in other places had either been transferred to Xiangzhou before, or had dispersed, while the local officials were indifferent.
The police and Songzi have already set good examples, so what should they have to hesitate? After all, Chen Shujian's departure has obviously abandoned these places.
Seeing the large areas of rivers and mountains on the map replaced with the symbols of the Shu Han Dynasty, Li Xingchen was filled with emotion. The line between the Xiang River and the Hunan River was the Hunan of later generations. The folk customs were strong and loyal, and Hengyang and other places were notoriously difficult to defend.
However, the Nanchen court had no intention of rescuing Chen Shujian and supporting the war in Jingnan, so it could only give Li Xingchen an advantage in vain.
If the Nanchen court could mobilize 20,000 soldiers and horses, Chen Shujian could rely on Hengyang to retreat step by step, but now that his thousands of remaining soldiers have been defeated, it has become unrealistic to defend the huge Jingnan.
After Xiangzhou...it's Ganzhou.
Li Xingchen's eyes moved along the map, and by the way, he almost forgot that there were two annoying guys in Yingzhou and Jiangling.
Xiao Shilian was naturally restless. As a general, he couldn't be the vanguard and striker for Li Xinchen every day, so the task of leading the troops south was naturally left to him. Of course, Li Xinchen didn't just want Xiao Shilian to win these state capitals.
, and asked him to fight all the way south to the edge of the river.
At the same time, Li Xingchen also sent a group of Ba soldiers, but these people were not to follow the siege of the city, but were responsible for contacting the Wuling barbarians and Yue people who had fled into the mountains, and seeking to open a road to Nanzhong.
Because after Li Xingchen came to Jingnan, he was surprised to find that Nanchen's actual control was actually far less broad than he imagined. The area from Jingnan to ** was mostly mountainous and forested, and Nanchen's decree was actually only
If you can wander on the plains, once you enter the mountains, it will be the world of barbarians. Of course, they will not care what the officials say.
Therefore, Li Xingchen had to go through the Ba people, who were barely of the same status as them, and tell them about the new policies of the Shu Han government. After all, if they were not forced by the war and the oppression of the government, of course these barbarians would also want vast cultivated land, and
This is not the time to hang out with tigers and leopards in the mountains and forests.
After stabilizing Jingnan, you can conquer the city to the south and protect Nanzhong, and turn it into a huge granary to the north. Huguang will be a first-class wealthy place in later generations, but now because of China's focus
It's still in the Central Plains and Jiangnan, so the area here is vast and sparsely populated, so it's naturally deserted.
With Bashu as a model, Li Xingchen did not find it difficult to develop Jingnan.
But he couldn't stop now.
As the Shu Han army arrived in Suizhou along the Mian River, Chen Huiji, the governor of Jingzhou who was stationed in Yingzhou, could not sit still and hurriedly retreated to Jiangzhou with the remaining troops and ships.
The navy in Jingzhou has already switched sides. Chen Huiji does not expect that his few broken ships can withstand Li Xingchen. In addition, the enemy is forcing them from Suizhou and Baling. Yingzhou has no other side except facing Jiangling.
If the friendly forces don't leave now, they may really be trapped in the isolated city like Xiao Mohe.
It's just that Jiangzhou... Li Xingchen looked at the map and felt helpless.
Huang Wan, the governor of Jiangzhou, had already expressed his loyalty to Li Xunchen through Pei Yi, the governor of Xunyang County and Pei Zilie's father. Chen Huiji might have fallen into a trap by leaving.
As for the remaining Jiangling, Li Xingchen is not worried.
Just because Xiao Mohe wants to fight, it doesn’t mean that all his soldiers want to fight...
While thinking about it, Li Xingchen strode out of the government office that once belonged to the King of Changsha, Chen Shujian. The King of Changsha was a man who knew the military, and the importance he attached to the army was evident from the layout of the government office. Opposite the government office was Xiang.
It is the school ground of the state garrison, and a large number of prisoners are gathering on this school ground for screening work.
Li Xingchen looked at these dejected soldiers. Before he could speak, Tang Xiao quickly came up to him: "Your Highness!"
This kid suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Yiling. Although he finally captured the camp, he still felt like he was holding his breath. This time in the Battle of Xiangzhou, he once again took the lead. The first army to rush into the warehouse was his command.
, he finally saved face under Li Xingchen’s gaze, which naturally made him very excited.
But he was so excited that Li Xingchen came in person. He still didn't dare to be careless. After all, there were a lot of prisoners around, and many of them were captured outside the city last night and were unwilling to surrender. So Tang Xiaosheng was afraid that something would really happen.
Accident.
Seeing the guards looking at the prisoners of war nervously, and the prisoners of war looking here with more worry and fear, Li Xingchen smiled, stretched out his hand to push away Li Ping, who was facing a formidable enemy, and faced Tang
Xiao nodded and walked straight to the prisoners of war.
Of course, the prisoners of war also knew who the young man in front of them was from Tang Xiao's title, and they were all confused for a while.
Li Xingchen is a well-known victorious general and the king of the Shu Han Dynasty. Judging from the devastating results of his attack on Xiangzhou today, he must be the future emperor of Jiangnan!
Such a person suddenly appeared in front of them, making them a little overwhelmed.
And Li Xingchen pulled over a wooden barrel, sat there minding his own business, and said with a smile: "Whether you want to go home, join the army, or sign a contract and go to the workshop behind the Shu Han, all of these are fine.
Say, have these people given you any trouble?"
As he spoke, Li Xingchen glanced at Tang Xiao and others. The prisoners of war looked at each other and hesitated to say more. Li Xingchen also roughly understood that since leaving Kuimen, there have been several battles along the way.
, the losses of the army are still not small, so these generals must be counting on being able to replenish their troops nearby, so I am afraid that there will inevitably be forced purchases.
Li Xingchen's eyes made Tang Xiao and the other generals who came over look embarrassed.
"Don't be afraid, since I have given you these choices, I will fulfill my promise," Li Xingchen said with a smile, "then I will be here to watch today. If anyone disagrees with your choice, I will give them a good look."