Chapter 451: The Four County of Jingnan

After Lu Bu and Yuan Shu died, Zhou Yu focused on the southern part of Jingzhou. In order to strengthen the military force in Jingzhou, Zhou Yu sent Zhao Yun to lead generals such as Xu Yi, Xue Lan, and Li Feng to lead three thousand cavalrymen in the Hurricane Camp to Chen County day and night to guard Guiyang.

More than 10,000 people from Taishici's Xinyi Camp, led by him and Han Dang, marched northeastward, with the goal of Wuling.

Wuling County was established during the reign of Emperor Gaozu of Han. It was named "Zhige is Wu and Gaoping is Ling". It changed Qianzhong County to Wuling County. After Wang Mang usurped the throne, it was called Jianping. It was led by Linyuan, Yuannan, Hanshou, and was founded in Tang, Chanling, Lingyang, Chongxian, Youyang, Qianling, Yuanling, Chenyang, and Liangcheng, and the county was located in Linyuan.

Wuling County is also known as "Yiling County". Its origin is: "Xiang Yu killed Emperor Yi in Chen, and the people of Wuling cried in Zhaoquting in mourning. Emperor Gao heard about it and was righteous, so it was called Yiling."

The river plains in Wuling County are vast and the climate is suitable for living. After all the wars, a large number of people from the north moved south. Therefore, the local population is increasing and the economy is becoming increasingly rich. Bamboo, wood, oil tea, bramble, raw lacquer, cinnabar, copper stone and other products are rich, which are all important material resources.

Linyuan County is named after the Linyuan River in the south of the county. At this time, there was a busy scene and a depressing atmosphere in Linyuan City, which was a sign before the war.

Wuling Prefect Jin Xuan sat upright in the conference hall to dispatch troops and prepare to go out of the city to fight. Jin Xuan, whose courtesy name is Yuanji, is from Jingzhao, has always been the Huangmen Lang, the Hanyang Prefect, and was appointed as the Yilang. Later, he was promoted to the General of the Central Army and was appointed as the Chief of the Wuling Prefect.

Gong Zhi advised him: "My lord, I have long heard that Zhou Gongjin is kind and generous, broad-minded, and deeply loved the people. Even Guiyang County has flourished under his governance. In addition, Taishi Ci is brave and strategic, and it is difficult to resist with the power of Wuling County. Now that Jingzhou is in chaos, it is not easy for the people to be stable for several years. It is better to think about the people and avoid this disaster of war."

Jin Xuan was furious when he heard this, and pointed at Gong Zhi and cursed: "It's nonsense! Taishi Ci violated our borders and was a thief from the Han Dynasty. Do you want to connect with the thief to become an internal change?" After that, Jin Xuan ordered the warrior to withdraw Gong Zhi and behead him.

Everyone around hurriedly persuaded: "Sir, the strong enemy is in front of you. Behead your own family before the battle. If the war is not good, please keep someone under the knife!"

Seeing that everyone said this, Jin Xuan couldn't be tough to the end, so he said to Gong Zhi loudly: "Today, for everyone's sake, I'll spare your life and give me a stick!"

After saying that, Jin Xuan led everyone out of the city gate and led the army to fight Taishi Ci.

Ten miles away from the city, Jin Xuan saw the smoke and dust on the official road in the distance covering the sky and the sun. Countless flags waving in the smoke and dust. The shiny weapons reflected the light of the sun from time to time. The people around Jin Xuan breathed out and said, "Sir, the enemy... are really a lot."

Although Jin Xuan felt a little upset, he could not show his timidity at this time, so he snorted coldly: "The soldiers come and the generals come and block the water and the soil. Our army occupies the right time, place and people. How could we be afraid of him?"

After the two armies fought, Jin Xuanmi's subordinate general saw that Taishi Ci's army was solemn, bright in armor, well-equipped, and more people than his army. He first stepped back. Taishi Ci and Han Dang's two generals sat on the horse with their guns and stood out in front of the formation. Taishi Ci asked majesticly: "Who is willing to come and die?"

Jin Xuan asked the left and right, "Who is willing to fight?" Both left and right were afraid and did not dare to move forward. Jin Xuan had no choice but to slap his horse and dance his sword and rushed out.

Taishici sneered: "Before fighting, we will win this battle today!"

Han Dang replied on the side, "General Ziyi, let me deal with this person!" After that, Han Dang slapped out and waved his spear to take Jin Xuan straight. Jin Xuan hurriedly danced his sword to meet him. The two of them fought for more than ten rounds, but Jin Xuan was no longer able to support him and quickly drove the horse to escape back to the formation.

Seeing this, Taishici pulled the spear in his hand forward and shouted loudly: "Run!" Taishici took the lead, and behind him was a torrent of more than 10,000 shouting Yangzhou soldiers.

At this time, the sound of the Yangzhou army's war drums suddenly sounded on the battlefield. The dense sound of the drums inspired the soldiers of the Yangzhou army to strive for the first place, and soon dispersed Jin Xuan's men and women, divided and surrounded them, and annihilated them.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Jin Xuan hurriedly led his confidants to flee. When he returned to Linyuan City, he saw that the city gate was closed, and his confidants quickly shouted to the city: "Open the door quickly! Open the door quickly! Lord Prefect is back!"

To their surprise, they shouted for a long time, but the city gate did not open. Jin Xuan was so anxious that he saw that the smoke and dust in the distance were getting bigger and bigger, and it was clearly the Yangzhou army chasing him, so he took a few steps forward. He wanted to speak, but saw a head poking out from the battlements.

Jin Xuan saw it clearly. The man was Gong Zhi. He hurriedly shouted: "Gong is engaged, open the door quickly, the enemy is coming!"

Gong Zhi sneered a few times and replied, "You are not following the heavens, and you will be defeated. I and the people will surrender~~" Before Gong Zhi finished speaking, dozens of feather arrows shot down from the city wall. One of the feather arrows was quick and fast, and headed straight for Jin Xuan's face.

Jin Xuan could not dodge and fell off his horse. The feather arrow hit his face and immediately took his life. When Yu Zhong saw that Jin Xuan was dead, he scattered. Gong Zhi sent someone to open the city gate and sent a soldier to chop off Jin Xuan's head and presented it to Taishi Ci who was chasing him.

When Taishi Ci saw that the gate of Linyuan was wide open, the soldiers and civilians in the city were willing to surrender. Jin Xuan was dead, he was overjoyed. He immediately announced that Gong Zhi would temporarily take over the position of Wuling Prefect, and then sent someone to report the war report to Zhou Yu quickly. Then Taishi Ci stationed the army outside the city and ordered that the people should not disturb the people. Then he followed Gong Zhi into the city to appease the people in the city.

Zhou Yu was very happy after receiving the report. After Wuling, the borders west of Guiyang were free of worries since then, and Changsha and Lingling were the four counties in Jingnan. Zhou Yu immediately appointed Gong Zhi as the prefect of Wuling and ordered Zhao Yun's Hurricane Camp to move to Wuling to clear out Liu Biao's remnants of power.

Afterwards, Zhou Yu ordered Taishi Ci to move troops to the northeast and attack Lingling. Zhou Yu's goal was to bring all the four counties in Jingnan into control before the winter came. To achieve this goal, Taishi Ci's troops alone were definitely insufficient. For this reason, Zhou Yu transferred Zhao Yun's general Xu Yi to Xu Sheng's Niuzhu Camp, led 10,000 troops to garrison Yinling, and led 15,000 main forces of the Niuzhu Camp to move to Chaisang, replace Gao Shun, and guard Yuzhang.

Gao Shun led a group of 15,000 troops to march southwest, with the goal of Changsha.

Gao Shun's 5,000 men were all elite soldiers and the main force of the camp. After resting in Chaisang for several years, although there were some sporadic wars, I always felt that I was not satisfied with it and had never fought a big battle. Now I received the order from Zhou Yu, and they all fought for the first place. Under Gao Shun's leadership, they headed straight to Changsha.

I know what happens next, and listen to the next chapter to explain it.
Chapter completed!