With Liu Bei's overnight absconding, the war in Jingzhou basically came to an end. In this great battle, which lasted for several months www.biquge.info the Northern Xinjiang Army won a great victory, destroying more than 600,000 enemy troops in total, including killing more than 200,000 enemies and capturing more than 400,000 people.

The total casualties were about 120,000, of which more than 80,000 were killed and more than 30,000 were seriously wounded. The reason why there were so many deaths was mainly because at the beginning of the defeat due to the lack of adaptation to the water and soil, the losses of the Northern Frontier Army were too great, and in that battle alone, more than 50,000 Northern Frontier troops were killed in the battle. In addition, in the process of conquering Gangneung City and fighting a bloody battle with the Yizhou army in Xiangyang, nearly 10,000 people were killed. Finally, in the second battle of Yiling, nearly 10,000 people were killed.

In this battle, Liu Biao's forces disappeared, and the 300,000 troops, some of which belonged to Liu Bei, and some of them were killed, but more of them surrendered to the Northern Xinjiang Army.

And Liu Bei, who was ambitious and wanted to seize Jingzhou and lay down the situation in the world, also lost more than 300,000 troops in this battle, and it can be said that the army that went to Jingzhou was wiped out.

This battle dealt a heavy blow to the arrogance of Liu Bei, the overlord of Shu, and completely shattered his ambition to rejuvenate the Han dynasty in a war.

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On the first day of the ninth month of the ninth year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty (202 AD), Li Yi held a meeting in Jiangling to discuss the follow-up march.

The five major military divisions of the Northern Xinjiang Army that followed Li Yi south, Xu Maogong, Liu Bowen, Jia Xu, Guo Jia, and Xun You, the generals Guan Yu, Lu Bu, Gao Changgong, Tai Shici, Zhang He, Chang Yuchun, Xu Huang, Wei Yan, Xie Xuan, Gao Changgong, Lu Bu, Xue Rengui, Yuwen Chengdu, and Lu Wenlong, as well as the Tang Duchesses Mu Guiying, Li E, and Zhai Ya, who led the reinforcements to the south, as well as the former Liu Biao's subordinates Cai Mao, Wen Ping, Gan Ning, Zhang Yun and other generals, Kuai Liang, Han Song, Yi and other strategists, as well as Yizhou generals Zhang Ren, Li Yan, Wu Lan and Zhang Yi, etc., all participated in the military meeting.

Zhang Ren, Li Yan, Wu Lan and Zhang Yi and other Yizhou generals were basically abandoned by Liu Bei, especially the three generals Li Yan, Wu Lan and Zhang Yi, who were completely used as bait by Liu Bei, staying to drag the Northern Frontier Army and create opportunities for him to escape. At the Guandu Pass, after learning the news that Liu Bei had abandoned them and fled, the three of them did not put up much resistance and accepted the persuasion of the Northern Xinjiang Army to surrender.

Li Yi sat on the top, headed by his wife Li E, and headed by Mu Guiying, divided into left and right, with top military advisors and many strategists and generals gathered together, and no one in the world was better than anyone in the world.

Li Yi looked around and said loudly: "Everyone, now Liu Bei is not afraid, or to the west, or to the south, what suggestions do you have?" ”

Xu Maogong, as the chief military advisor, first got up and said: "Lord, the terrain of Xishu is difficult and dangerous, but it is rich. Although Liu Bei failed, there were still 100,000 elites. If he recruits new troops in Shudi, it may be difficult to take Chengdu directly. It is better to take the counties of Jingzhou first, stabilize the rear, and then map Xichuan. ”

Jia Xu echoed: "What Mao Gong said is very true. ”

Actually, Li Yi also thinks so. Now the occupation of Jingzhou is the first priority. So he said: "Liu Bei is no longer afraid, it is time to seize Jingzhou." Now the northern part of Jingzhou is under my control, and only the four southern counties have not yet been annexed. The four southern counties have the largest population in Changsha and Lingling, and their troops are also relatively strong. The other two counties of Wuling and Guiyang have a small population and few troops, so there is nothing to worry about. Therefore, I intend to divide my troops into two routes, march together to seize the four counties of Jingnan. ”

According to the information obtained by Li Yi, Changsha County, one of the four counties in Jingnan, now has a population of more than 1.2 million, and there are 30,000 troops under the command of Han Xuan, the Taishou of it. However, it is slightly different from another time and space that there are no fierce generals like Huang Zhong and Wei Yan under his command, because these two are now generals under Li Yi. But Han Xuan took his brother Han Hao as the county lieutenant, and worked hard to make the country prosperous, and the strength of Changsha County should not be underestimated.

At the beginning, Zhang Ren was ordered by Liu Bei to send troops to the four counties of Jingnan, and the Taishou of the four counties of Jingnan did not resist much because Liu Bei and their lord Liu Biao were allies, but only sent some troops to Zhang Ren, and reached a consensus with Liu Bei's forces. Among them, Changsha County gave Zhang Ren 20,000 soldiers.

In addition, the population of Lingling County is no less than that of Changsha County, which also exceeds 1.2 million. His Taishou Liu Du can also be regarded as having some ability, plus his son Liu Xian and the general Xing Daorong, Lingling County is also considered to be strong.

Relatively speaking, the other Guiyang County and Wuling County are much weaker. The total population of Gyeyang County is less than 700,000, while Wuling County is even less, and the population will be 300,000. And the troops in these two counties are even less, and after Zhang Ren's raids, there are now only about 10,000 horses.

However, even Changsha County and Lingling County, the most powerful of the four counties, are vulnerable to today's Northern Xinjiang Army, and it is simply a waste of credit to attack these four counties, so the generals have asked for help.

Li Yi is very pleased, he has more generals than any prince in later generations, which is a good thing, but in the current situation, Li Yi is difficult to do, after all, the palms and backs of his hands are meat.

After thinking about it carefully, Li Yi said; "Everyone, please fight, this prince is very relieved. However, the soldiers are very fast, and this time to attack the four counties, I intend to send cavalry to fight. Lu Wenlong led the 10th Cavalry Corps to take Wuling, Zhang He and Yuwen Chengdu led the 2nd Cavalry Corps and the 9th Cavalry Corps to take Lingling, and Gao Changgong led the 3rd Cavalry Corps to take Guiyang. ”

He also said: "This guild, together with Lu Bu and Xue Rengui, led the cavalry corps of the personal guard legion and the fourth and eighth legions of the cavalry to conquer Changsha in person. If the various divisions are victorious, they can come together, and if they are not victorious, they can come to ask for help. ”

"The lord will wait for us, and the battle will be won!" The generals replied together.

So, according to Li Yi's arrangement, the generals led their own troops to attack the counties. Li Yi personally led an army of more than 40,000 cavalry and rushed to Changsha.

Han Xuan heard that Li Yi led a large army to kill, and he had no idea of fighting with Li Yi at all, and when Li Yi's soldiers came to the city, he immediately went out of the city and surrendered.

The situation of the other three counties is similar to that of Changsha County, and several Taishou surrendered very much after learning the news that the northern Xinjiang army was approaching the city.

In this way, the entire Jingzhou completely fell into the hands of Li Yi.

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On the third day of Li Yi's army stationed in Changsha City, he received the news that the three counties had returned to Shun. These three pieces of news were all sent through the Flying Pigeon Messenger, and at the same time as these three messages, there was also the news that the three county guards came to Changsha to meet Li Yi.

In the following days, the three counties were too shou Jin Xuan, Liu Du, and Zhao Fan to rush to Changsha one after another.

If Li Yi wants to achieve hegemony, he naturally can't snub those who submit to him, otherwise no one will be willing to surrender if it spreads. So he gave them a warm welcome, and it was not until late at night that everyone had the urge to drink, and then they dispersed.

In the middle of the night, Li Yi was planning to clean up and rest. At this time, Dian Wei, who was on duty, walked in and reported: "Lord, Guiyang is too guarded by Zhao Fan, saying that he has something important to see." ”

As soon as he heard that there was something important, Li Yi immediately asked Zhao Fan to come to see him.

After Zhao Fan walked in, he first expressed his loyalty to Li Yi, and then found an opportunity and said to Li Yi: "Lord, I have a sister-in-law at home, who has been widowed for many years, and I don't marry if I am not a hero. Now that my lord is here, I told my sister-in-law about it, and my sister-in-law readily agreed. ”

Li Yi was taken aback, he naturally knew that Zhao Fan had a sister-in-law, that is, Mrs. Fan, who was quite famous in the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty. It is said that Mrs. Fan has the posture of captivating the country, and in the three kingdoms of the late Han Dynasty, she is definitely a first-class beauty.

In the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms, the social atmosphere was relatively enlightened. In fact, the so-called feudal etiquette and religion only became a shackle that shackled people's words and deeds after Cheng Zhu Lixue became popular in the Song Dynasty.

Although this kind of remarriage is very common in the Shi clan, nothing else, just take Cao Cao's guy as an example, this thing's favorite is the young woman, otherwise, he would not have left behind the nickname of "Cao's wife", but for Li Yi, it was indeed the first time he had encountered such a thing, and hurriedly said: "No, no, no, this thing is not good, not good." ”

Zhao Fan is a minister, since ancient times, ministers have always not recruited masters to see, but Zhao Fan obviously does not want to sink into his career, he remembered that this Han god of war has a reputation for being the most popular, and then he remembered his sister-in-law Mrs. Fan, who has been widowed at home for many years.

Mrs. Fan has national qualities, and if she can climb to the general of the dynasty, he Zhao Fan will also be able to rise to the top. So, he was bold and privately asked Li Yi to propose marriage.

But now Li Yi is unusually uncharacteristically rejected his proposal, which makes Zhao Fan a little apprehensive in his heart, which is also a common problem of his subordinates, that is, he is very sensitive psychologically.

Zhao Fan only thought that Li Yi disliked Mrs. Fan's past, so he hurriedly explained to Li Yi: "The lord doesn't know, my brother has no luck, and when he married Mrs. Fan, he was already seriously ill. I was going to marry Chongxi, but I didn't expect Fu Bo to faint at the wedding, and I was bedridden for half a month, and I died. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Fan actually wiped a handful of tears.

Li Yi was a little speechless, and said in his heart what you mean, do you mean that your sister-in-law is still complete?

Zhao Fan seemed to feel something, and continued: "My sister-in-law is Zhenlie, she is as guarded as jade, and she does not marry ordinary people. When Liu Biao arrived in Jingzhou, he came to ask for marriage, but was refused. As soon as I mentioned my father-in-law today, my sister-in-law agreed. My sister-in-law has been innocent in this life, and it is really pitiful to be widowed for many years. The Lord is benevolent and righteous, just accept it! ”

"This ......" Li Yi hesitated, and said in his heart that this world is really full of wonders, some give gold and silver, some send pearls and jade, and some send sister-in-law to people.

In fact, for the current Zhao Fan, if he can tie up with Li Yi, he will be able to rise to prosper, and the family will prosper for generations. Because Li Yi is now the co-ruler of the thirteen states, this Han Dynasty will have to be surnamed Li sooner or later.

Moreover, the benefits of marrying the lord are great, don't you see, Cai Mao's guy just gave a niece to the lord, and he kept his glory and wealth?

In such a situation, let alone a widowed sister-in-law, even if she has a daughter-in-law, she has to give it away.

In fact, Zhao Fan now regrets why he didn't take a few more daughters-in-law at the beginning, and if he gave birth to a daughter-in-law, he would not become a national ruler in the future?