"Let Liu Bei escape?" Liu Mang has already arrived in Fancheng at this moment.
He frowned and looked at the reports of the generals and schools of the Yangzhou Army below.
"How could this make Liu Bei run away?" Although Liu Mang had already had a premonition, he might not be able to keep Liu Bei this time. After all, Liu Bei's escaping skills are really good. Dong Zhuo failed to keep Liu Bei, and Yuan Shao failed to keep Liu Bei. Under Liu Bei, even Cao Cao and Lu Bu could not keep Liu Bei.
But this time he, Liu Mang, can be said to have laid a net of heaven and earth,
Not only had soldiers and horses been garrisoned in Fancheng, but Sun Qian had also entered Liu Bei's navy camp early.
"I miscalculated in this matter, and I couldn't stop Liu Bei!" A solemn golden armored general beside Liu Mang said.
This person is none other than Liu Mang's cheap father-in-law, Lu Bu Lu Fengxian.
He brought five thousand Bingzhou wolf riders and rushed over from Lujiang. Originally, Liu Mang planned to give him this chance of revenge, but he never expected to be intercepted by Guan Yu.
Thinking of Lu Bu, he was full of anger, because when he was duel with Guan Yu, Guan Yu asked Lu Bu to give him time to use the strongest moves.
Lu Bu agreed, thinking that Guan Yu had also made a breakthrough, so he gave Guan Yu a chance.
But he never thought that Guan Yu would turn around and run away when Liu Bei's army went away. Lu Bu was stunned when he saw it, and it would be too late if he wanted to pursue it.
Liu Mang looked at his cheap father-in-law, and blamed Lu Bu? Even if Liu Mang had ten guts, he wouldn't dare.
"My lord, blame me if you want to blame!" Another person began to confess, and Lu Xun over there half-kneeled in front of Liu Mang, "It was the last general who didn't think about everything, which gave Liu Bei a chance to escape!"
Lu Xun regretted himself if he didn't use the bed crossbow on the Galen ship. Instead, choose to fight on board. I'm afraid Liu Bei won't leave so easily in troubled waters.
"Your Highness, the King of Han. This matter has nothing to do with Governor Lu. It's because I didn't know that Liu Bei is also good at water!" A scribe next to Lu Xun came out and knelt down to Liu Mang.
"En?" Liu Reck looked at the person on the ground. Liu Reck was not familiar with this person, otherwise he would not have called Liu Reck His Highness the King of Han. Naturally, someone beside him introduced him to him.
"Dove?" Liu Mang said subconsciously when he first heard the name, isn't this chocolate.
It's still his brand name.
"Who is Chocolate?" Dove also became confused.
"Oh, this king knows a person who is similar to Mr. His surname is Qiao, his first name is Kerry, and his name is Dove!" Liu Mang could only explain it in this way.
Dove nodded without saying a word.
"Are you Sun Shilang's younger brother?" Liu Mang looked at Dove.
"I used to attend classes under Teacher Zheng Xuan with my senior brother!" Dove lowered his head and said.
"Okay, okay!" Liu Mang nodded, the disciple of the great Confucian Zheng Xuan, even though his ability is not very good, but his character is still reliable, the reason why Sun Gan betrayed Liu Bei is because Liu Bei completely forced Sun Gan to go to Liangshan. .
"Bo Fu, Gong Jin. What do you two think of this Liu Bei!" Liu Mang looked at Sun Ce and Zhou Yu over there.
Sun Ce and Zhou Yu looked at each other, and they were now one. Zhou Yu nodded and stood up, meaning that he came out to explain.
"Liu Bei is also a villain, judging by his appearance, he must be subservient to others, able to tolerate fickleness, and treat it as a career, what a pity!" Zhou Yu stopped talking halfway.
"What's the matter, Gongjin!? Continue!" Liu Mang stretched out his hand to indicate Zhou Yu to continue.
"It's a pity that I met you, my lord!" Zhou Yu said to Liu Mang.
The ancients were good at reading faces, and the most famous one was probably Xu Shao and Xu Zijiang, who could tell Cao Cao's future weakness at a glance.
Although Zhou Yu couldn't reach that level, based on what Liu Bei has done these years, he can also infer Liu Bei's character.
The little brother who has sat with many people has also been ridiculed by many people. Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao didn't look down on this horse archer at all, but now, those two have been buried in the ground, but Liu Bei is still alive and kicking. It is enough to see that Liu Bei's lifeblood is coming.
Listening to Zhou Yu's words, Liu Mang's eyes sparkled. Wasn't that the case on the original trajectory? If Liu Mang hadn't been there, Liu Bei should be preparing for the Battle of Chibi with Sun Ce, Zhou Yu and others. After that, he became famous in the first battle, Liu Bei borrowed Jingzhou, and then he became a third of the world, and it was indeed a career.
But today's Liu Bei is really a bit miserable. He failed to kill Lu Bu, but his son-in-law Lu Bu repeatedly destroyed his foundation, and now he almost became a prisoner.
"If Liu Bei returns to Jingzhou, it will be a troublesome matter!" Liu Mang frowned.
The reason why he wanted to win Runan first was to get rid of Liu Bei's big trouble in Nanyang County. After all, this shit-stirring stick makes people uncomfortable.
What Liu Mang of Jingzhou wants is a complete Jingzhou, a Jingzhou that has not suffered much war, but not a disabled Jingzhou.
According to Liu Bei's temperament in Yuzhou, what Liu Bei couldn't get, and he didn't want others to get it, he could destroy him.
"My lord, why bother! Liu Bei may not be able to reach Xiangyang smoothly, even if he can reach Xiangyang, I am afraid that Liu Bei does not own Xiangyang now!" Zhou Yu over there continued to say with a smile.
"What do you mean?" Liu Mang froze for a moment.
Zhou Yu smiled and did not answer, but instead gave Liu Mang an answer that was not what he asked, "Have you ever seen who is wrong here, my lord?"
"Who?" Liu Mang glanced over, the generals and civil servants he brought out were basically here, even Zhang Yun was standing aside.
"Dofu, where's your senior brother?" Liu Wei finally saw who was missing, one was Xu Sheng and the other was Sun Gan.
And Xu Sheng followed behind Sun Gan.
"Go back to His Royal Highness, I don't know where the senior brother is?!" Dove shook his head. He had already separated from Sun Qian when he accompanied Guan Yu to rescue Liu Bei.
"My lord, if it's not bad, the current servant Sun is probably in Xiangyang City!" Zhou Yu said to Liu Mang with a smile
"Sun Qian is in Xiangyang?"
Zhou Yu sent Sun Qian after learning that Liu Bei was going to rescue him. Did not follow Zhou Yu and others to encircle and suppress Liu Bei's army. Instead, they changed the direction and headed directly towards Xiangyang. It seems that he is still very confident that his old lord can escape from Liu Mang's grasp.
"What if Sun Qian is in Xiangyang at this time?!" Liu Mang's eyes lit up, because Sun Qian did not go alone, he was accompanied by Xu Sheng's Five Thousand Black Banner Army.
If Sun Qian had brought 5,000 Black Banner troops to embed Jingzhou alone, he might be surrounded and wiped out by Liu Bei's army.
But now Liu Bei's two main forces, one in Nanyang County has been almost wiped out by Liu Mang's army, and the other is in Yizhou as a center guard against Cai Mao and Kuai Yue's army.
It can be said that Xiangyang is now empty.
If there is a soldier and horse inserted horizontally at this moment, it is possible to occupy Xiangyang City in all likelihood.
There are not many decent generals guarding Xiangyang City.
According to Sun Qian's hatred for Liu Bei now. In all likelihood, he would not let Liu Bei go. Liu Mang really couldn't wait to see the expression on Liu Bei's exhausted journey to the city of Xiangyang, only to find that the city had changed hands.
"Haha, haha!" Liu Mang couldn't help laughing out loud, but when he was happy, it was a big reward.
It can be said that such an army has won a complete victory. Not only has Runan been taken down, it can be said that all of Yuzhou has fallen into the arms of the Yangzhou Army, and now Nanyang County has been added.
Although Nanyang County belongs to a county in Jingzhou, the place is larger than half of Jingzhou. He used to be called the accompanying capital, and he had the Zhang family of the Cai family and the Kuai family. With the background of these Jingzhou gentry, Nanyang County will soon develop into a huge city.
These Jingzhou gentry will definitely support Liu Mang. It can be regarded as binding them to this chariot of the Yangzhou Army.
As the representatives of the gentry in Nanyang County, the Kuai family and the Cai family are rewarded a lot.
In addition to being rewarded with a thousand pieces of gold, Kuaijia Kuailiang was recruited by Liu Mang to the court of Shouchun, and presiding over Dali Temple was the penalty for being in charge of Shouchun's generation. With the privilege of investigating and handling cases, Liu Mang even gave Kuai Liang authority. As long as you, Kuai Liang, feel that there is a problem in Yangzhou, you have the right to investigate and deal with it. Liu Mang will be responsible for anyone who offends.
This is really a big face, if Kuai Liang has a little bit of evil intentions, he can catch anyone except Liu Mang.
Fortunately, Kuai Liang was originally an upright person. Liu Mang made him the Zongzheng of Dali Temple precisely because of this. The former Kuai Liang was once the Xiangyang order of Xiangyang, and Liu Biao saw Kuai Liang in Xiangyang. headache.
Kuai Ran naturally needless to say, Liu Mang married a younger sister she knew, princess Yanran, to him, so she could be regarded as a brother-in-law.
Kuairan was given the position of township lord, because Kuairan did not have the heart to be an official, otherwise Liu Mang would have prepared Kuairan to be recruited into the six ministries.
Cai Mao and Kuai Yue are gone for the time being, and they will keep the rewards, and there is one Zhang Yun that must not be forgotten.
Although Zhang Yun's Zhang family is not as good as the Cai family and the Kuai family, it is also a rare gentry family.
Liu Mang was not stingy with the prefect of Runan County in Yuzhou, and also gave a title of township marquis.
Let Zhang Yun go to Runan to take office, this is Liu Mang's emperor's art.
The Zhang family, the Kuai family, and the Cai family are local snakes that have lived in Jingzhou for more than a hundred years.
Liu Mang will not keep these three families in Jingzhou anymore. Even if Liu Mang agrees, those counselors around him will not agree. Similarly, Xu Shu's cabinet has already arranged the whereabouts of these three families.
The Zhang family went to Runan, the Kuai family stayed in Jingzhou, and the Cai family followed Liu Mang to Yangzhou.
The three families must be divided.
The rest is Sun Gan's younger brother, Dove.
Originally, this Dove was no longer within the scope of Liu Mang's consideration, but this person was recommended by Sun Qian, and he was also a disciple of Zheng Xuan. In addition, if it wasn't for this person, Sun Qian would not have such a good chance of getting Guan Yu's camp. The right to rule, and then almost hand over Liu Bei to the surface of the Yangtze River. This person is a talent both emotionally and rationally.
"Dove, do you know anything about Nanyang County?" Liu Mang asked Dove over there.
"Although there are not many, it's still a general idea!" Dove said modestly.
"Oh? Tell me!" Liu Mang said with a little interest.
"Although Nanyang County belongs to Jingzhou, it half-divides the two banks of the Yangtze River with Jingzhou. Yuanbenzhi is Wancheng, and it was the companion capital of my great man more than a hundred years ago!" Dove said a lot.
Liu Mang nodded as he listened. The most important point is that Dove suggested that Liu Mang divide Nanyang County into two divisions. With the boundary at the end of the Yangtze River, Nanyang County is close to the south of the Yangtze River in Jingzhou, and the north bank of the Yangtze River is Nanyang County. Wancheng County. In this way, it can not only facilitate management, but also facilitate transportation.
Needless to say, the city in Jiangbei wanted to get a reply from the sheriff and had to send someone across the river to deliver the news.
"Very good!" Liu Mang looked very satisfied with this Dove, and couldn't help but start talking, "Mr. Dove, what if the king asks you to be the sheriff of Wancheng County?" Liu Mang opened his mouth His condition is the sheriff of the newly established Wancheng County.
"This, this, this!" Dove didn't have time to react for a while, but he had been helping people before, not in the army, but in the book.
That's all done for people.
When he, Dove, was able to be alone, the subconscious Erdofu became a little timid.
"What? Zheng Xuan's apprentice can't even manage a county well?"
Gritting his teeth, he could do it for Dove, but he couldn't embarrass his teacher Zheng Xuan.
"My minister pays homage to the lord!" Dove knelt down to Liu Mang, and recognized Liu Mang as his master.
"Thank you, my lord!" Everyone was rewarded by Liu Mang, so they were naturally happy.
In this campaign, Liu Mang wiped out more than 23,000 enemies and captured more than 5,000 people. The rest were civilian husbands and the like, and Liu Mang dismissed them.
It can be said that Liu Bei's main force was completely disabled.
The only combat power that Liu Bei can rely on now is probably the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in Zhang Fei's hands, which are no longer a threat to Yangzhou.
"Pass my military order! Rest for one day, and send troops across the river tomorrow morning!" What Liu Mang wanted was not only to destroy Liu Bei's army, but also to get the entire Jingzhou.
"Hey!"
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Liu Bei entered the land of Xiangyang, because he wanted to guard against the attack of the Yangzhou army, so the originally prosperous commercial circle of Xiangyang City had been cast into solid city defenses by Pang Shiyuan.
The population has decreased a lot. After entering Xiangyang, Liu Bei and others dare not go by water. In addition, there are few war horses in the south. Liu Bei has a very difficult journey along the way.
"My lord, hold on for a while, as long as you hold on for a while, we will reach the outskirts of Xiangyang!" Pang Shiyuan is very familiar with Xiangyang, after all, he has lived here for a long time.
Listening to Pang Shiyuan's words, Liu Bei could only grit his teeth and persevere. He was exhausted in the water, and after traveling all night, there were only some wild fruits and weeds on the road in his stomach, and he was already starving.
"Who is it!" Just as Liu Bei was about to sit down and rest for a while, there was a sudden movement from over there. (To be continued..)