"The nine counties of Jingzhou have jurisdiction over 117 counties, with more than 376,000 households, 2,129,000 men and women, 280,000 soldiers, more than 2,000 large and small warships, and 1,300,000 rice grains...... It is worthy of being the largest state in the south, and it really has a deep heritage! ”

In Xiangyang City-Prefecture Pastoral Mansion, Xiao Yiduan was sitting in the lobby, flipping through the household registration register of Jingzhou, and let out a few exclamations from time to time, obviously very satisfied with these numbers!

Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Kyushu has been torn apart, conquests have continued, and floods, droughts, locust plagues, and plagues have been added...... As a result, the population of the Han family continues to decline, and even ten rooms and nine emptiness, for example, when Xuzhou was pacified, the population was only more than 600,000, and the situation in Liangzhou was even worse, with a population of less than 200,000!

After Cao Cao unified the north, he did a population count, Xu, Henan, Yan, Si, Liang, Qing, And, Hebei, Youyou nine prefectures, a total of more than 1.3 million households, more than 8 million men and women, a Jingzhou has a population of more than 2 million, the real Venerable Master Ding is prosperous!

In addition, the official household registration has always been false, not over-reported, but under-reported, because many gate lords and powerful privately keep slaves, in order to avoid paying the 'poll tax', they do not report the household registration to the slaves, so the real population of Jingzhou should be more than three million!

Dragons and snakes rise to land, and princes compete for hegemony, fighting for land, cities, and wealth...... The key is to compete for population, whoever controls a large number of people can collect taxes, expand the army, and constantly strengthen their strength, and then win the world!

At the beginning, Yuan Shu only had three counties of Lujiang, Jiujiang and Ruyang, but he was able to feed hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, and then set up his own 'puppet emperor', relying on dense population, prosperity and wealth, and the population of the three counties was equivalent to three states elsewhere!

Cao Cao, as the Duke of Wei and the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, has a status of being under one person and above 10,000 people, and he still has to lead Jizhou as a pastor, and what he likes is that Jizhou has fertile land, rich in grain, and a population of more than 3 million!

Similarly, if Xiao Yi wants to achieve great things, he also needs a fundamental land, and the nine counties of Jingzhou are the first choice, it is more prosperous than Xu, Bing, and Youzhou combined, and it is definitely a big piece of fat!

Before the war, Cao Cao personally promised, 'The one with high achievements in the southern expedition is the lord of Jingzhou', Xiao Yi waved his army south, skillfully attacked Xiangyang City, and severely damaged Liu Bei's army, the military achievements are unparalleled, and he should be appointed as the pastor of Jingzhou!

As a 'quasi-Jingzhou pastor', it is natural to know the situation under the rule: the number of population, the amount of products, and the customs and folklore, and must be well aware in order to better govern Jingzhou and firmly control the foundation of this king!

Of course, if you want to control the nine counties of Jingzhou, there are still a lot of troubles, Wen Ping is in Yuzhang County, Liu Qi is in Jiangxia County, they are desperately resisting the attack of the Cao army, and Guiyang, Changsha, Wuling, and Lingling in the south have not been subdued, especially the big-eared thief who escaped, this person will not be eliminated for a day, and he will not want to sit firmly in Jingzhou!

After the fog dissipated, Xiao Yi sent a lot of rangers to reconnoiter the situation everywhere, and finally learned that Liu Bei and Xu Shu led the troops to flee west, and crossed the Han River from the mouth of the old river, all the way into the territory of Nanjun, and divided the men and horses into more than a dozen teams, along the way to collect the garrison, coerce the people, and go straight to Jiangling City!

This is not surprising, Jiangxia County is closer, but the area is too narrow, and there is no room for maneuver; Jiangling City is different, connecting Wuhui in the east and Bashu in the west, there is enough strategic space, as well as sufficient grain, grass, and ordnance, so it is naturally the first choice for escaping, settling down, and making a fortune!

Knowing Liu Bei's whereabouts, he had to think of eliminating the harm as soon as possible, in case he rose again, it was not possible to follow and pursue, because the other party was too numerous, and it was divided into more than a dozen teams to go south, Xiao Yi only had 30,000 horses, and he could not form a large encirclement network!

The best way is to choose a necessary way to ambush near Jiangling City, and wait for Liu Bei's team to throw themselves into the net and fight a beautiful ambush battle!

Thinking of this, Xiao Yi took a map of Jingzhou, stared at Jiangling City, searched and compared it in the vicinity, and finally found a wonderful ambush location - Changban Slope!

Changban slope is located in the northwest of Jiangling City, about more than 200 miles, here northwest of Phoenix Mountain, southeast of Xiongjia Mountain, in the middle is a piece of width of four or five miles, more than 40 miles long highland, the appearance is ordinary, the internal terrain is dangerous, it is a good place to ambush!

More importantly, from the northwest to Jiangling City, Changban Slope is the only way, you can't bypass it, Xiao Yi only needs to send troops to ambush, and then wait for work, you will definitely be able to defeat Liu Bei's army!

After the enemy reconnaissance is completed and the strategic deployment is complete, is the next step...... It is not to send troops immediately and have a happy battle, but to let the soldiers stay in place and have a good rest!

Fighting a war is not a game, a few strokes on the map, set up a self-righteous strategy, you can really defeat the enemy, there has been such a commander in history - Zhao Kuo, the result is 400,000 soldiers, and the infamy of 'talking on paper'!

In order to turn the plan into reality, in addition to a precise battle plan, many factors must be considered, such as weather, environment, roads, grain and grass...... and the physical condition of the soldiers, whether they can withstand a vicious battle!

In order to seize Xiangyang City, the Xuanjia army ran a long distance and was difficult to attack, advancing three hundred miles in one day and night, eating, drinking, and sleeping on horseback, marching for several days and nights in a row, and even the atmosphere was not evenly breathed, and Liu Beijun began a bloody battle, although the enemy was victorious, he also had a lot of casualties!

In addition, the members and mounts of the Xuanjia Army are all from the north, and they are not adapted to the warm environment in the south, and many people suffer from water and soil adaptation, vomiting day and night, and even vomiting to death, and the war horses are also a large number of sick people, all of whom have lost the strength of the dragon spirit and tiger!

Fortunately, Xiao Yi was prepared, distributed medicine to the soldiers, and brought a lot of soldiers with him, otherwise, if the people didn't arrive in Xiangyang City, I am afraid they would be dragged down!

Long-distance march, fierce fighting, coupled with water and soil adaptation, the combat strength of the Xuanjia army is not three, if you forcibly march to Changban Slope and continue to fight with Liu Bei's army, not only can you not win, I am afraid you will suffer a big loss!

The top priority at the moment is to let the soldiers eat, drink medicine, and sleep...... Trim it well and restore combat effectiveness as soon as possible, this is the decision of a wise commander, even if you have great ambitions, you need to do what you can!

After reading the household register, Xiao Yi prepared to take a trip to visit the celebrities and elders in Xiangyang City, learn more about the customs and customs, and prepare for taking over Jingzhou.

A heavy fog not only helped Liu Bei get out, but also delayed the advance of Cao Jun, more than a day later than expected, and the original plan of encircling the north and south and attacking inside and outside was completely bankrupt!

"The last generals congratulated the great Sima - the defeat of the stubborn enemy and the conquest of Xiangyang, after the soldiers in the army heard about it, they all admired the five-body surrender, and the prime minister also passed down the order to reward the meritorious soldiers - 100,000 taels of gold, 300,000 horses of silk!"

The pioneer generals Zhang He and Xu Huang are all strong martial arts and battle-hardened generals, it seems that after a few defeats, Cao Cao can only reuse generals with different surnames, but what is a little surprising is that there is another person with him - Jiang Ji!

Jiang Ji, Zitong, Yangzhou Ping'a Renshi, well-read, good at internal affairs, has done a place not to drive, too guarded, because of the merit of appeasing the people, promoted to the prime minister's mansion, West Cao Peng, became one of Cao Cao's confidants!

Now that Liu Bei is fleeing south, the battle in Jingzhou is undecided, and it is the time to pursue the victory, Cao Cao does not send more elite soldiers and strong generals, but sends an internal political talent, what does this mean?

In addition, after handing over Cao Cao's order, the three of them took a few steps back, their expressions were a little unnatural, a little nervous, and a little afraid, and cold sweat broke out!

"Brush! …… Well? ”

Xiao Yi had a premonition that something was wrong, and hurriedly opened Jun Ling to watch, on the originally plain face, a few dark clouds suddenly condensed, and the surrounding soldiers immediately held the hilt of the sword, staring at Zhang He, Xu Huang, and Jiang Ji murderously, as long as Da Sima gave an order, they would draw their swords and behead people!

Cao Cao's Jun order is very lengthy, and most of them praise Xiao Yi, saying that he uses his soldiers like a god, skillfully defeats the enemy, and has made great contributions to the country, and the generals in the army think it is a model...... Although the rhetoric is gorgeous, it is useless nonsense, and the focus is only two sentences:

First, let Xiao Yi immediately lead the troops to pursue, don't give the enemy a chance to breathe, you must kill Liu Bei and capture Xu Shu alive!

Second, transfer all the household registration registers in Xiangyang City to Jiang Ji, and let him temporarily take over the affairs of Jingzhou!

Cao Cao is also a battle-hardened person, understands the end of the crossbow, and vows not to wear the Lu manuscript, and now forces the tired Xuanjia Iron Cavalry to continue to pursue the enemy south, what does this mean?

Cao Cao also promised that the person with high achievements in the southern expedition, who was the lord of Jingzhou, Xiao Yi made the first meritorious service, and did not get the order to be entitled, but let Jiang Ji act as the agent of Jingzhou government affairs, what does this mean?

One borrowed a knife to kill someone, and the other crossed the river and demolished the bridge, is this what it means to be a traitor...... Just 100,000 taels of gold and 300,000 horses of silk, you want to exchange for the nine counties of Jingzhou?

Xiao Yi's face sank like water, he held the hilt of the sword several times, and suppressed his anger with great perseverance...... If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, now is not the time to turn your face!

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