85. It's going to change
Xiahouda realized that Liu Qi didn't seem to have the intention of leaving in the short term, but now he had nothing to do, Liu Qi would take over the city defense as soon as he entered the city, and now the four gates were closed unless he inserted his wings, he would definitely not be able to go out of the city to report the news.
In desperation, Xiahouda had no choice but to ask to see Liu Qi, entered the county office that originally belonged to him, and secretly glanced at the two tiger-backed and bear-bearing guards behind him with extremely unfriendly faces and the iron halberd in their hands faintly shining with blood-colored cold light, Xiahouda felt his legs swing uncontrollably.
Don't be afraid! After all, this Liu Qi is an official, and he is not an anti-thief, and he is afraid that he will openly kill officials and seize people in broad daylight?
Xiahouda kept comforting himself, and barely suppressed his panic and walked into the main hall.
"Oh? Is the Manifest Gong coming? Oh, yes, the public is the master, far away as a guest, it should be to go to the house to pay a visit, it is really rude, I hope to show the public mind in the military affairs of the body, don't be surprised! Come on, watch the tea! ”
Liu Qi got up from the couch as if he just knew, and enthusiastically invited Xiahouda into the hall to sit down, seeing Liu Qi's grandiose occupation of his own place and pretending, Xiahou Da's beard trembled, but people had to bow their heads under the eaves, Xiahouda smiled bitterly and didn't dare to say.
Without waiting for Xiahouda to speak, Liu Qi leaned closer and said solemnly: "Actually, I was about to go to the mansion to discuss major matters, and it happened that the public counselor was visiting. There are two reasons for the army to come to Yuzhang under the wave, the pursuit of anti-thieves to the law of the country for one, the second, the assassin history Liu Xuan is incompetent and incompetent to govern the lack of party to cause bandits in Yangzhou to run rampant and the people's grievances are boiling, as a Han Miao descendant but do not know how to serve the court, my lord Han Hou general, Yangcheng Marquis Yizhou Mu Liu Jiyu can not bear to be tired in his hometown, so he has been on the table of the Son of Heaven to ask for the resignation of Liu Xuan's assassin history, Jingzhou Assassin Liu Jing was promoted to the position of talent, the people returned to the heart, the world's talents are also, and my lord is the same Han clan relatives, my lord has been promoted to Liu Jingzhou pastor and lead Yangzhou Assassin History, And ordered to lead the troops to Yuzhang first, and soon the army of Erzhou will go east to take over Yangzhou, and re-correct @ Fadu Xingye and the people. ”
When there was a loud sound, Xiahouda was stunned when he heard Liu Qi's words, and he didn't even realize that the teacup in his hand fell to the ground. Everyone knows that Liu Zhang is a native of Jingling, Jiangxia (Tianmen City, Hubei Province), and Jingling is hundreds of miles away from Chaisang, one belongs to Jingzhou and the other belongs to Yangzhou, this reason is also reasonable? !
When did Liu Zhang and Liu Biao turn enemies into friends? What kind of world is this, it's changing too fast!
"Xiahou is the founding father of my Han Dynasty, he has guarded Yuzhang for generations, and he has a good reputation for his loyalty to the imperial court.
Before Xiahou Da digested what he had just said, Liu Qi ordered his subordinates to bring pen, ink, paper and inkstone to Xiahou Da: "I know that the imperial court is subject to Dong Zhuo's immaculate southern appearance, Liu Xuan's self-respecting self-esteem is a blessing, and the Xiahou clan is weak and unable to compete with it and has to stoop to do something. ”
Such a major and complicated situation had completely exceeded the processing power of Xiahouda's brain, and he stared at Liu Qi and muttered, "I, what should I write?" ”
Liu Qi smiled slightly, turned his head to the screen and said, "Mr. Ji Xiu!" ”
Liu Hong smiled and walked to Xiahou Da in front of the square to give a salute, took out a good Caihou paper from his arms and handed it to Liu Qi, although as early as the seventeenth year of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Yongyuan (105 AD) Cai Lun invented and improved paper, but because the production process and cost are still complex and expensive, it has been difficult to promote to the people, and in the Yangtze River basin, the papermaking raw materials are sufficient, and the manufacturing is convenient, so the application of paper is more popular than the Central Plains.
Liu Qi picked up the paper and gently put it on Xiahouda's left hand: "This is Liu Hong and Liu Jixiu, for the long history, please take a look at the public, if Mr. Ji Xiu's writing is in line with the intention of promoting the public, the public can copy it!" ”
Xiahou Damu nodded and said a few good, and wrote according to the content prepared by Liu Hong, although he was completely at a loss, but one thing he was clear, although Liu Qi only had more than 1,000 soldiers and horses, it was difficult to eat a county in Yuzhang without playing conspiracy, but Liu Zhang and Liu Biao behind him were not something that Xiahou could contend with, even if he occupied Wu County and Danyang, Liu Xuan, who had more than 20,000 troops, would never dare to be an enemy with either of them.
Regardless of whether the people of all ethnic groups want to or not, the sky of this Yuzhang County is about to change!
Ten days later, on a dark and windy night, Liu used the same means to block Lu Yan, the Taishou who was "begging for thieves" inside and outside Nanchang City, and more than 1,500 of his subordinates in the county seat of Yuzhang County on the bank of a large river, but Lu Yan was riding a BMW, and Lu Yan relied on the advantage of his mount to escape from the encirclement and went to Danyang County alone.
Looking at the torches all over the mountains, I don't know how many people and horses there are on the other side, and the commander has fled, the remaining soldiers have no fighting spirit to surrender one after another, and Liu Qi easily took Nanchang City, incorporated more than 2,000 people and horses in Nanchang, and the military strength increased sharply to more than 5,000.
Liu Xuan, who was in Danyang, saw the embarrassed Yuzhang Taishou Lu Yan, and learned that Nanchang was occupied by Liu Zhang's subordinate Liu Qi and an article calling on the princes to crusade against him together.
In fact, except for Wu County and Danyang County, all the counties in Yangzhou are not in the hands of Liu Xuan, the counties are basically self-care, and the appointment and dismissal of officials are completely in the hands of the wealthy families in the county.
Looking at Lu Yan, who was hoarse and complaining about Liu Qi, Liu Miao was even a little gloating, but this matter must be managed, after all, Liu Miao is the nominal Yangzhou assassin, Liu Zhang's and Liu Biao's actions undoubtedly directly affected his limited prestige and authority, if he was indifferent, his subordinates would inevitably be shaken, so Liu Xuan's reaction was very intense, claiming that he should be Yuzhang Taishou for help, and sent his henchmen Zhang Ying and Lu Yan to lead an army of 5,000 and claim to be 50,000, They went to Shicheng (present-day Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province) and entered Pengze County, which was adjacent to the Yangtze River in the northeast of Yuzhang.
Only two days after reaching Dongliu (now Dongzhi County, Anhui Province) on the edge of the Yangtze River, Zhang Ying found that hundreds of warships were sweeping on the river, and hurriedly mobilized troops and horses to deploy along the river.
Naturally, all this is the result of Liu Qi's provocation, Huang Zu's very important general Su Fei admired Gan Ning very much, under Liu Qi's instruction, Gan Ning persuaded Su Fei to secretly support, Liu Qi's envoy was a Confucian official, came to Jiangxia to see Huang Zu after righteous words reprimanded Liu Biao's behavior, and scolded Huang Zu by the way, the result was naturally to anger Huang Zu, who was like a fire, not only did not complete the mission but lost his life, but also gave Su the plane will add fuel to the fire to persuade Huang Zu to attack.
Liu Miao didn't know the reason, thinking that Liu Biao really wanted to annex his own territory, so he hurriedly mobilized most of his troops to deploy defenses along the river, while contacting Huainan Yuan Shu and Xuzhou Tao Qian and other princes to send troops to help.
Huang Zu's water army is not superior in numbers, seeing that Liu Miao has a defense, he will show off his might and then go home, and on the way back, he clashed with the Lujiang defenders at night, and then fought hard, Lujiang Taishou Lu Kang was defeated to ask Liu Miao for help, Liu Miao and Yuan Shu mobilized 50,000 troops called 200,000 to crusade against Huang Zu.
Seeing the drastic changes in the situation, Liu Biao couldn't sit still, so the counties of Jingzhou also recruited elite soldiers and strong generals to fight against Liu Yuan's coalition army.
This war was protracted, but Liu Qi, the initiator, was happy to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.
Even Liu Zhang, who was far away in Yizhou, did not get rid of the haunting Liu Qi, holding Liu Qi's self-expression Yuzhang Taishou and a long list of rewards for his subordinates, Liu Zhang's anger trembled, and he slammed the silk book to the ground, and Liu Qi set up his own door, anyway, this son can't be used for himself after all, and it is best for him to run to Yuzhang thousands of miles away.
But what Liu Zhang couldn't stand was that Liu Qi dared to dig into his corner, and the list was impressively listed with the names of Liu Hong, Gao Hong, and even Liang Feng, who was deeply trusted by him!
Although he hated to peel Liu Qi and peel off his bones, but in the end Liu Zhang still ordered someone to stamp the big seal, he had to accept the facts, Liu Qi was playing his banner, how could he slap his own face, this matter was too wide to involve and must not be rash, in fact, Liu Zhang had no way to find Liu Qi's trouble across Jingzhou, he had to swallow this bitter fruit, thinking about how to sprinkle his anger on Zhao Zhen's head.
Zhao Di has re-entered the honeymoon period with Li Mao, Liu Qi's unexpected success made Li Mao have to redo his plan, in Li Mao's view, Zhao Zhen can be regarded as a heavy bet on Liu Qi, and the bet is right, the shrewd Li Mao is glad that he left his back hand, although he missed the first step but it is still very good to make up for it, Zhao Zhen regained Li Mao's full support, and Li Mao also began to send the children of the clan to Yuzhang as officials, transporting goods and materials and soldiers to support Liu Qi.
The two joined forces, Jiangzhou immediately became a monolith again, Liu Zhang could only watch Zhao Zhen and Li Maoguang recruit Xiangyong to train on a large scale, considering that Liu Qi and Liu Biao had a closer relationship outside, the idea of attacking Zhao Di under the persuasion of the new driver Zhang Song became weaker and weaker.
In this way, the princes of all the surrounding parties have no time to take care of the barren and young people of Yuzhang County, the Lujiang River on the north bank is dark, but the south bank across the river is peaceful.
The rear finally settled down, and due to the great deterrent power of the county being seized, the Xiahou clan in the northwest counties of Yuzhang saw that Liu Qi had the support of Liu Biao and Liu Zhang, two powerful princes, and even Liu Qi was powerless to fight at all, so they expressed their willingness to submit, and Liu Qi easily controlled Pengze, Chaisang, Aixian, Jianchang to Yichun, the five counties in the northwest of Yuzhang.
Taking advantage of Wu Tao's return to Shu County, Zhao Zhen requisitioned ninety percent of the civilian ships in Jiangzhou at one time, as well as a total of thousands of camouflaged warships, loaded with various materials, and concealed soldiers and ordnance, large and small ships passed out of Yizhou in batches, and set off for Yuzhang after gathering in Jiangling.