Is interests really important?

It's really important, it's the case for most people.

Cao Cao's current ambition is like an elephant hiding behind an ant, but for the great interests of the Yingchuan clan, they all chose to pretend not to know, and they all chose to believe that Cao Cao must be a pure minister of the Han Dynasty who restored the Han Dynasty.

For this road, they did not dissuade Cao Cao from killing, torture and various means. When the identity of famous scholars gradually became a symbol of identity and the cornerstone of promotion, it became much easier to destroy their will.

Like anyone who doesn’t have a flexible moral bottom line.

Zhao Yan and Ma Liang hit it off, and of course Guan Ping would not continue to complain in front of Le Jin. He also expressed that he was willing to make peace with Zhao Yan for the sake of the Han Dynasty and everyone would build a bright future for the Han Dynasty.

Guan Ping had already said that the armor was received, and the armor collected by Zhao Yan naturally became his private property. This "heavy bribe" also greatly weakened Zhao Yan's ability to cause trouble in the future.

They made an appointment to do business together in the future, making Jingzhou more beautiful.

Zhao Yan was amused and crying, so he could only nod and accept the bribe.

·

After the matter of Zhao Yan was settled, the troops stationed in Jiangbei began to evacuate and recuperate.

The military commanders of Jingzhou were nominally commanded by Cao Ren, but now Cao Ren is guarding Jiangling, and Man Chong from Dangyang cannot help much. The governor of Jingzhou's food and grass, and the heavy responsibility of attacking the rebels was left to Le Jin and Xu Huang.

"I think it's okay, how can I solve the battle in Jiangling?" Le Jin attached great importance to Guan Ping's opinion. Seeing that Guan Ping's injuries had not healed, he and Xu Huang simply discussed matters in front of Guan Ping's bed, and General Ma Liang's situation was summarized one by one and then handed over to Cao Cao for review.

Guan Ping has been mostly well recently, but he still pretends to be weak:

"Our army was defeated, and there was no food, grass, weapons, weapons, morale and warships. We should not rescue Jiangling rashly.

It is better to take advantage of this time to farm and grow grain in Xiangyang, treat the wounded, and train the navy.

When Sun and Liu attack Jiangling, we are waiting for an opportunity to retake Shiyang and threaten Xiakou. Sun and Liu must divide their troops to rescue him, so as to help General Cao share some of the thieves' forces."

Xu Huang nodded repeatedly:

"Tanzhi has a good understanding, it's good, that's what it should be.

The barbarians in Zhonglu, Linju, Yicheng and other places are in chaos, and the rebels are in a state of mind towards Liu Bei, so they will definitely be silent. I want to lead the army to fight in person and make plans for the thieves."

Le Jin nodded and said, "Yes, those thieves were really rampant before. I and Gongming led the army to fight and will kill them without leaving any armor."

Guan Ping shook his head and said:

"No, both generals are pillars of Jingzhou, how can they move lightly?

If the general personally attacks, one will increase the aura of the thief, the other will give Cai a chance, the third will inevitably encounter the plague god, and the fourth will be afraid that General Cao will dislike the general and refuse to take care of it. Please think twice."

Guan Ping's word "Jingzhou pillar stone" made Xu Huang and Le Jin feel extremely comfortable.

To be honest, it was a bit difficult to convince them, but there was no way. Whoever made Cao Ren be Cao Cao's relatives had to bite the bullet and obey his command.

Now Cai Mao is under his command of more than 40,000 elite troops occupying the waterways of Caizhou, but the size of a palm-sized place in Caizhou is not as if it can be placed in 40,000 people. Maybe the rebels around him were originally created by Cai Mao.

Xu Huang and Le Jin were not afraid of Cai Mao on the flat ground, but if they walked into the complex mountain, they were attacked by Cai Mao, they would be dead and no one would collect the body.

so……

"Ji Chang." Guan Ping turned to Ma Liang on the side and said bitterly, "Zhao Yan and us were embarrassed before, but now he has left. The two generals have never made things difficult for us. Now it is time to unite and defeat the rebels. We must work together to plan major issues together."

A hint of hesitation appeared on Ma Liang's face and sighed:

"Okay. I'm not for glory and wealth, but for the love of being a comrade with Tanzhi - I just need to do things cheaply with the thief. I wonder what the two generals mean?"

Xu Huang said solemnly:

"Of course, no one can restrain people from hindering the thief. How is Ji Chang preparing?"

Ma Liangdao:

"The bandits may be deceived by Cai Mao, or have dissatisfied with the Northern Army. I would like to use gold, pearls, money and grain to make good fortunes. I asked the Qing Dynasty where the rebels were. General Yun led his elite troops to conquer the enemy first, and the rest of them were punished as slaves of the barbarians. The barbarians would definitely fight hard. The rebels did not want to be slaves of the barbarians, so they could only go out to surrender.

As many as one year, as few as several months, the lands in Xiangyang and Fancheng are all flat, so our army can be worry-free!"

Xu Huang and Le Jin were both overjoyed.

The area of ​​Xiangyang is mountainous, and the barbarians have never been able to accept the royal transformation. The natives of Jingzhou have very poor relations with the northerners. Their power is not wide, and they collect grain and money, and it is difficult to carry out labor service. After Cai Mao arrived, the barbarians in Xiangyang only recognized Cai Mao and ignored Cao's army at all. However, Cai Mao also hung the sign of Cao's army, which made Le Jin and Xu Huang unable to attack him.

Although Ma Liang is greedy, he values ​​loyalty. With him joining Yunshan, he can fight with Cai Mao. At worst, the Ma family can gain more benefits. As long as he can disgust Cai Mao, Xu Huang and Le Jin both agreed.

"Then it depends entirely on Ji Chang."

Le Jin said, taking out the copper seal that Ma Liang had thrown away from his arms, but Ma Liang still waved his hand and refused to take it.

"I don't ask for help from the princes, please take this seal back."

"Without Yin, how can Ji Chang lead his troops?"

Ma Liang was silent for a while:

"I was thrown away by Liang himself. If I take it back, I'm afraid I'll be laughed at.

If the general is promoted, I would like to be a clerk under the general and help the general handle all the affairs of Jingzhou?"

Le Jin was so surprised that he couldn't stop talking about his head - Ma Liang led his troops to the sky and the emperor was far away. If he really wanted to get an empty salary, Le Jin could not do anything to sell military funds. When he was performing his merits, he could even report to the court alone. Cole Jin's subordinates would have to give Le Jin all their merits, and it was under Le Jin's nose that it was not convenient to do many things that violated the law.

Le Jin quickly grabbed Ma Liang's palm and said in surprise:

"If Ji Chang respects Le Jin and his martial arts, Jin will hand over all the military and political affairs to Ji Chang for his role."

Guan Ping also got up from the couch and whispered:

"Ji Chang is willing to fight for the country, and he is not willing to stay in the sick bed. I will ask the general to help these days, and I will use troops to retake Jiangxia!"

"Tanzhi's injury?"

"There is no major injury. I have received great grace from the Prime Minister and I am in charge of the position of Jiangxia Prefect. If I do not take back this place, how can I be treated with great grace from the general? I also ask the general to help the troops, and I will definitely succeed this time."

Yunshan had reported that the entire army was wiped out, and less than ten people fled back. Xu Huang had checked that these people were covered in scars, obviously they had experienced bloody battles, which shows how tragic the war was that day.

Cao Cao promoted Yunshan to the prefect of Jiangxia, but did not grant troops. Xu Huang and Le Jin discussed it and decided to transfer all the 2,000 troops recruited from Jingzhou to Yunshan. Anyway, these people were not very obedient, so it would be better if they could play some role under Yunshan.

Of course, Yunshan is short of ships and weapons and all supplies. In order to support his battle, Xu Huang and Le Jin can only save money and try their best to get it for him.

At this moment, Le Jin and Xu Huang finally felt how tight the Cao army, who used to use the sea of ​​people, is now.

After transferring another 2,000 people to Yunshan, the two of their standing troops had dropped to less than 20,000. Ma Liang wiped out the rebels and responded to Cai Mao and had to mobilize most of the troops under Le Jin. The two of them could not withdraw their manpower and then support Cao Ren.

"Sun and Liu will definitely block the river. Let Ji Chang open the land first, and Tanzhi open the water. This is also the right way to military strategy, and the Prime Minister will not blame us.

Zixiao is brave and good at fighting, and is good at using troops. With Boning's troops in Dangyang, it is not difficult to defend Jiangling."

Well, it shouldn't be difficult...

·

Cao Ren didn't know what Le Jin and Xu Huang were doing. In this era of underdeveloped communication, he could only issue warrants. As for how many it could be delivered to Le Jin and Xu Huang, only God knew. Cao's army was defeated too quickly, and Jiangling's supplies were still abundant and could support it for more than a year, but the problem Cao Ren had to face now could not be solved by food.

The morale of the Cao army had collapsed, and the Jingzhou army in the city looked down on the defeated Northern Army, and the Northern Army believed that Cao Cao would abandon them.

There are people robbing in the city every day, and Cao Ren dare not stop it. Speaking of which, robbery is the only way to improve the morale of the army these days. Cao's army has been full of anger after not robbing for a long time. If they forcefully stop it, they are afraid that these soldiers will rebel.

"Giant Eagle, the national affairs are difficult, it depends entirely on you."

Before, Chang Diao led the guards around Cao Ren to take the lead. Although they were stumbling along the way, they were not injured. Five hundred people returned to Jiangling safely, and now they are the pillars around Cao Ren.

Chang Diao didn't expect that Cao's army was quite stern when he escaped. Why did he return to Jiangling be beaten like this? Xu Chu died and Xun You disappeared. What Chang Diao didn't expect was that when he first returned to Jiangling, he was shocked to find that Cao Hong, who was staying in Jiangling, was seriously injured again.

Cao Hong was beaten by Huang Zhong before and couldn't get off the bed. After resting for a while, he finally got better. However, as soon as the Cao army left, his mansion was captured by a group of strongly decorated warriors. The group carried Cao Hong and ordered him to hand over Liu Bei's two daughters, and beat Cao Hong without being virtuous. The most speechless thing is that the group of men wanted to treacherously and kill Cao Hong, but the leader said without any concealment that Cao Hong was greedy and rude, and it would be beneficial to keep him. So everyone did not kill Cao Hong because of this.

After experiencing this double physical and mental blow, Cao Hong felt his body hollowed out, and he drank his sorrows every day without saying a word.

If I had known this, Chang Diao would rather pass the Jiangling City Gate directly and cut off the way Cao Cao and Cao Ren returned to surrender to Jiangdong. There are countless such glory and wealth.

Now that Cao Ren is back, he naturally has no courage to rebel again, so he can only think about how to escape from Jiangling.

Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu's army had already begun to rush towards Jiangling. The soldiers under their command had already begun to cut wood and make siege equipment on the edge of Jiangling City. If Cao Ren had been out of the city to beat him, they would have been depressed now and the whole army was in a slump, so they could only make a day of siege.

What to do? I don’t want to die here.

Alas, by the way, Mr. Yuanzhi didn't seem to leave either.
Chapter completed!