Cao's army was defeated, but it was still very badly...
More than 100,000 elite soldiers were directly swallowed by the flames, and the remaining soldiers were frightened and turned around and followed Lao Cao all the way.
Fortunately, Lao Cao's method of running away was quite good. At least he escaped from Jingzhou and fled to Nanyang before he stopped to gather the defeated troops.
A fire on the Yangtze River directly burned Lao Cao's power to severe damage.
If I hadn't had a few years of breathing, I would probably be difficult to recover.
On this side, the Sun-Liu alliance won a great victory, and the Jiangdong Navy played an extremely critical role, so we naturally had to get a good share of the pie.
Although Liu Bei had some strength and had the courage to compete with the Jiangdong Army in land warfare, he was far from the strength of the navy.
Even if he had any thoughts in his mind, Zhou Yu, the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Wu, who burned more than 100,000 elite troops in Cao's army, was in a fire and was extremely energetic.
However, Jingzhou is the foundation of Liu Bei's eyes, and it is impossible to give up too much benefits just by saying that it is given up.
In particular, the city of Jingzhou along the Yangtze River waterline is the essence of Jingzhou.
If too many were taken down by Eastern Wu, Liu Bei would like to rely on Jingzhou to achieve hegemony, and his confidence and foundation would be much worse.
How did this work...
Not to mention the great victory of the Red Cliff Battle, the defeat of Cao's army left a vacuum of power. The Sun-Liu alliance, which was originally quite close, became dirty in a blink of an eye.
Jiangxia was as quiet as ever, as if the victory of the Battle of Red Cliff had little impact on Jiangxia.
How is that possible?
The victory of the Battle of Chibi affected the changes in Jingzhou's pattern, and the struggle for the middle and upper classes of Jingzhou. It has little to do with ordinary people, and it cannot feel the changes and thoughts of the middle and upper classes.
Liu Qi had a deep feeling, and suddenly there were many representatives of aristocratic families from Jingzhou around him.
They are actually outstanding children trained by the Jingzhou family!
As soon as the result of the Battle of Chibi came out, what measures did the Sun-Liu Alliance take? These outstanding children of the Jingzhou family took the initiative to surrender to the Jiangxia Prefect's Mansion.
If it were the original owner, he might have hesitated? He doubted the true intentions of these aristocratic families.
After all? The original owner was forced out of Jingzhou City by the Jingzhou family? There was a shadow in his heart.
Liu Qi didn't care about accepting everything, and he was short of the coolies to work.
He doesn't care what kind of background these guys are? They all use front-line processing practices? If you want to stand out, it depends on your performance.
What Liu Qi is waiting for now is that the literacy of the county barracks has ended, which will enable great development in Jiangxia County.
Drawing on the experience of developing talisman civilization in the Water Margin world and combining with the specific situation of this world? To develop a certain model that conforms to the characteristics of this world? The number of officials required is absolutely indispensable.
The problem is, in the current era, knowledge is monopolized by aristocratic families!
The talents cultivated by the aristocratic families are the mainstream of society at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty!
It’s not that poor families cannot produce talents? There are no heroes among the people in Guizhou, but the proportion of talents is too small.
Open academies? Set up schools, etc., but not to say that there will be no results in a short period of time? In the end, they are likely to be controlled by the aristocratic families and take the money from the government to cultivate talents from the family and vassals and confidants.
Such a thing? Based on Liu Qi's understanding of the Jingzhou family, that is definitely possible.
Therefore, Liu Qi placed his own talent base in the army and slowly cultivated and trained on the grounds of literacy.
This is also impossible, so I can only take it slowly.
Not long after, Liu Pan and Huang Zhong, who organized county soldiers and township soldiers in the lower county and townships, hurried to the prefect's mansion after receiving the news of the Battle of Chibi.
"Young Master, now that Cao's army has withdrawn from Jingzhou, should we dispatch troops immediately and directly seize Jingzhou City?"
"What are you doing to seize Jingzhou City?"
"Young Master, you are the first heir to the governor of Jingzhou. If we seize Jingzhou, we will naturally declare our dominance over Jingzhou!"
"Then do you think Uncle Liu and Sun Quan of Jiangdong will recognize him?"
"With Duke Xuande's style of conduct, it is likely that he will help the eldest son become the governor of Jingzhou. At that time, he will be more sure of the joint targeting Sun Quan from Jiangdong!"
"I mean, with our current military strength and size, can we actually control most of Jingzhou?"
"This, as long as you occupy the righteousness, you will be able to take it slowly in the future!"
"Do you think Sun Quan of Jiangdong will give this opportunity?"
"What are you afraid of? Zhou Yu's water battle is indeed powerful, but his combat effectiveness on land is not certain. We, Jiangxia Army, are not without the strength to fight?"
"Then let's fight for both sides and let others get a bargain?"
"The eldest son means Liu Xuande..."
"Haha, Uncle Liu has 100,000 troops. If he uses the name of the governor of Jingzhou, he can quickly expand his military power and his own power!"
When Liu Qi said this, Youran said: "Tell me, Uncle Liu has helped me so much. Should I express my feelings and let him recruit talents in Jingzhou?"
"Before, Uncle Liu was just a strong military force and had few advisers on his hand. But once he could recruit talents with the name of the governor of Jingzhou, do you think the poor talents in the territory of Jingzhou would take the initiative to surrender?"
There are two people in Jingzhou who educated everyone, one is Pang Tong’s uncle Pang Degong, and the other is the famous Mr. Shui Jing.
The academies opened by these two are naturally the top academies in Jingzhou!
The other four major families in Jingzhou have their own family academies, which are considered as the second-tier talent training place.
The number of academies and private schools opened by other powerful families is also quite large.
This is the main reason why Jingzhou was able to take over Yingchuan and become the second talent training base in official history. The writing style here is quite popular.
Jingzhou is large and small, relying on academies and private schools opened by powerful families, there is no need to mention the tendencies of the talents trained.
Liu Qi is willing to accept it, but unfortunately he may not be able to like him.
On the contrary, Liu Bei had a great reputation among poor scholars. Before, Xu Shu, who knew how many talents from Jingzhou could attract later?
Liu Bei has the ability to attract talents, so Liu Qi naturally doesn't care too much about it.
But if the so-called Jingzhou Mausoleum was borrowed from the name of Jingzhou Mausoleum, and the so-called Jingzhou Mausoleum was Liu Qi, it would be difficult to accept.
Seeing that Liu Pan and Huang Zhong were still a little unwilling to give up, Liu Qi said with a hilarious voice: "When I really arrived in Jingzhou, the two generals will tell you, will the Jingzhou governor speak the weight, or will the four major families in Jingzhou speak the weight?"
this……
Liu Pan and Huang Zhong looked at each other for a moment, unable to speak for a long time.
"Two generals, Jingzhou is a city that is strictly controlled by the aristocratic families. If our current power is in, we may have to become a bare pole in just a few years!"
Without Liu Qi's reminder, Liu Pan and Huang Zhong's faces changed. They thought of the frustrating life they had in You County.
When Liu Jingsheng was in good health, he was able to rank among the top three generals of Jingzhou. He was forced to work in You County. It was uncomfortable to think about that kind of feeling.
"What does the eldest son mean?"
"Our strength and the thickness of our talent reserves are not enough to shock the entire Jingzhou. So, it is more practical and develop slowly based on Jiangxia!"
"What about Jingzhou City?"
"Whoever likes to take possession, I don't want to mess around anyway!"
"Where is the eldest son, the place is where the Jingzhou Patriarch is located. It's useless to think so much!"
"General Han Sheng said it well. Our power can really control how many territories we can truly master. These territories are what we can really master. I have no interest in that kind of false reputation. Whoever wants will do whatever he wants!"
After all the words were said, Liu Pan and Huang Zhong knew it clearly, so naturally they had no intention of continuing to persuade.
If they were asked to lead troops to fight, perhaps any enemy would dare to fight.
But if they want to deal with the cunning and cunning family, let's forget it.
How embarrassed the eldest son was at the beginning? Although they didn't see it with their own eyes, they could only think of it and know the dangers.
He is a tempered being and will not really reconcile with the Jingzhou family at this time.
Since the eldest son Liu Qi has not left Jiangxia, let’s develop Jiangxia well, and the development potential here is not bad.
Some things that the eldest son made before were very popular in the hinterland of Jingzhou or in Jiangdong.
With the continuous increase in shipments, Jiangxia County's economy has become more and more active.
Although the interests are large, they are still occupied by powerful families of different strengths, the remaining small part is enough to raise the living standards of many people to a great extent.
Originally, according to the rules set by the aristocratic families, things that are beneficial are definitely not the turn of ordinary people.
But the powerful family in Jiangxia County was greatly damaged by Liu Qi's efforts and has not recovered completely until now.
With the deterrence of the county soldiers, at least the prefect's government orders can be conveyed to the grassroots level relatively smoothly, so naturally they dare not eat too ugly, and they are treated as a typical example by the prefect's government.
However, the tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop. Liu Qi wants to develop Jiangxia with peace of mind. The internal problems have basically been handled properly, but the external problems have begun to become prominent again.
Looking across the core territory of Jiangxia and Jiangdong across the river, they have always been thorns in Jiangdong's eyes.
The former prefect of Jiangxia, Huang Zu, not only had a grudge against Sun Quan to kill his father, but also had fierce conflicts.
Once Jiangxia has strong people to guard it, or if Jiangxia develops well, it will not be a good situation for Jiangdong.
Before, Cao's army was powerful, and Jiangdong was all focused on responding to the threat of Cao's army, and he did not care about Jiangxia's situation for the time being.
But now Cao's army has retreated, and it is unlikely that it will make a comeback in a short period of time.
Under such circumstances, Jiangdong naturally has the energy and mind to check Jiangxia's situation.
But this check didn't matter, but it scared the king and ministers of Jiangdong.
Before we knew it, Jiangxia County's development was very smooth. The army that had been destroyed by the Jiangdong Army was rebuilt, and its combat power was not weak.
This is not a situation that the monarch and ministers in Jiangdong are willing to see.
So, Lu Su came to Jiangxia again as an envoy to discuss the matter of borrowing Jiangxia with Liu Qi...