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Chapter 32: Shangyong¡¯s great development

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    "You mean the second young master Liu Cong is still alive!"

    "Of course he is alive. If Cao Cao said he was alive, he would be dead."

    "This" Liu Bei was a little confused.

    "My lord, Cao Cao is a traitor. He has 100,000 soldiers in Jingzhou, and dozens of generals have surrendered to Cao Cao. If Liu Cong is still alive, how can Cao Cao dare to use them with peace of mind? Therefore, Cao Cao asked Liu Cong to leave Xiangyang, intending to secretly  He killed him, but he didn't expect something went wrong and Liu Cong escaped, that's what happened." Zhuge Liang seemed very confident.

    "That's it!" Liu Bei suddenly realized, "Then we should"

    "Cao Cao wanted to calm the hearts of the generals in Jingzhou, so we would not let his scheme succeed. We said that the second young master had been rescued by us, and exposed Cao Cao's plot to kill the second young master. Let all the people with lofty ideals in Jingzhou come to Jiangxia and support him.  Let¡¯s establish two young masters to fight against Cao¡¯s thieves together!¡±

    "Kong Ming's strategy is wonderful!"

    Liu Bei and Cao Cao launched a war without gunpowder in response to Liu Cong's incident. Although Liu Bei achieved his goal, Cao Cao did not dare to use Jingzhou's generals and soldiers with confidence, delaying his dispatch of troops. However,  This did not change the strength of both sides.

    After Cao Cao¡¯s letter was delivered to Jiangdong, Sun Quan¡¯s heart suddenly went cold.

    Sun Quan pinched the general's letter in public, and all the civil servants in Jiangdong were frightened, and many generals also suddenly lost their confidence.

    Eight hundred thousand troops, what is that concept?  Like locusts crossing the border, they can sweep across Jiangdong!  Because Jiangdong only has 50,000 troops at best!  Even with the advantage of the navy, the strength of the two sides is so far apart that this battle is impossible to fight!

    "My lord, Cao Cao, is a jackal and a tiger. He holds the emperor in arms to conquer all directions, and he is willing to attack crimes. He has a clear identity of righteousness. If I, Jiangdong, start a war with him, it will be unfair and unfavorable! And I, Jiangdong, can reject Cao Cao.  , only the Yangtze River; now under the command of Liu Biao in Jingzhou, there are more than 100,000 naval troops, thousands of Mengchong battleships, Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, Wenpin, etc. are all good generals in naval warfare, and they also have hundreds of thousands of infantry. If this battle is  If we fight, our Jiangdong will be overturned in an instant, so why not welcome it!" Zhang Zhao, the chief official of the civil service, was the first to express his opinion.

    "What Zhang Changshi said makes sense!"

    "Yes! If a war breaks out, it will be like throwing an egg against a stone, and the foundation of Jiangdong will not be preserved!"

    Zhang Hong, Qin Song, Gu Yong and others also agreed.

    "That's nonsense!" Huang Gai said angrily, "It took Jiangdong three generations to build this foundation. How can we surrender without a fight?"

    "There is nothing to be afraid of Cao Cao's 800,000-strong army. If he dares to come, I, Han, will be the first to fight with him!"

    "And I, Zhou Tai!"

    The civil and military opinions were completely contradictory, and the entire hall was in chaos.

    Lu Su was always there, with a gloomy face and didn't say a word.

    Sun Quan felt very bored, so he simply got up and left, entering the inner room, and Lu Su followed him in.

    "Zijing, you haven't spoken just now. You must have a way to teach me?"

    When Sun Quan saw Lu Su following him, he seemed to see hope and hurriedly grabbed Lu Su's hand.

    "My lord, if I surrender to Cao Cao, Cao Cao will definitely give me a high official and a generous salary. But if my lord surrenders to Cao Cao, what will happen to Cao Cao? Will he also give me a high official and a generous salary?"

    "This" After Lu Su's prompting, Sun Quan suddenly figured it out. Liu Cong of Jingzhou is now alive and dead, and his body is not seen. What good end can he have?  "Zijing's words make me enlightened. Zibu, Yuanbiao and others are just for their own glory and wealth, but Cao's army is powerful, what can they do?"

    "My lord, have you forgotten that General Bo Fu said that day, if you are not sure about internal affairs, ask Zhang Zhao, and if you are not sure about foreign affairs, ask Zhou Yu!"

    "Oh? I understand!" Sun Quan let out a sigh of relief.

    Liu Bei, Cao Cao and Sun Quan are making intense preparations for war, and the eyes of the whole world are also staring there.

    At the same time, the mediocre Liu Cong ushered in a great period of development and growth.

    Due to the propaganda of past merchants, the people who fled have changed from the original target of the north to the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. Liu Cong also set up reception points outside the three cities. As long as they are people who come to flee, they will be given winter food according to their population.  grain, and also allocate seeds, land and agricultural tools for sowing in spring.

    For a time, the population of Shangyong began to increase significantly. The villages that had been abandoned due to the war are now rising again with smoke, and many newly built houses have appeared on the flat land in the mountains.

    The number of military camps outside Shangyong, Fangling and Xicheng is also slowly increasing. According to Liu Cong¡¯s training methods, every dayThe soldiers are training intensively.

    The blacksmith workshop is constantly making weapons day and night, and traders also sell cloth, leather armor, food, etc. here from all directions.

    Now Xicheng and Fangling have three thousand soldiers and horses each, while Shangyong has five thousand soldiers and horses, and the army finally reaches tens of thousands.

    In addition, in the army, Liu Cong set up a military medical camp and recruited some doctors from nearby, so as to ensure that wounded soldiers could be treated in time during the war.

    It is not easy to train a soldier. In this era, many soldiers become seriously injured or even lose their lives due to the lack of timely treatment from minor injuries.

    Yuelai Inn is the largest inn in Shangyong City. It integrates accommodation, tavern and teahouse.

    In the past, because the Shen family and the One-Eyed Dragon often came to collect high taxes and protection fees, the boss could hardly continue to operate, but suddenly overnight, these people were all eliminated by the new prefect Liu Cong.

    Although there is a lack of big customers, the inn¡¯s profits are actually higher, because no one will not pay, and the taxes are also very low, which makes the boss very happy.

    As Shangyong becomes more and more prosperous, more and more merchants pass by, and the business of Yuelai Inn becomes quite prosperous.

    In a private room on the second floor, two young men were drinking and looking out the window.

    "Zhongmiao, what do you think of Shangyong?"

    "Ji Chang, from my perspective, today's Shangyong and prosperity can be compared with Xiangyang back then, and there seems to be some differences, but I can't tell what they are?"

    ¡°It¡¯s a kind of vigorous vitality that Xiangyang City doesn¡¯t have, and the smiles on the faces of the people in the city come from the bottom of their hearts!¡±

    It turns out that these two people are Ma Liang and Huo Jun. Why did they come here?

    After they lent Liu Cong a thousand soldiers and horses that day, although they did not believe that Liu Cong could win Shangyong with this, the words Liu Cong said and the grand idea in his heart still shocked Ma Liang and Huo Junjun.

    They suddenly had a feeling that not only they had misjudged Liu Cong, but everyone in Jingzhou had misjudged him. Maybe Liu Cong could really do it.

    ¡°If Liu Cong really captured Shangyong and accumulated strength there to wait for the world to change, wouldn¡¯t it be possible to recapture Jingzhou again and strive for hegemony in the world?

    If that¡¯s the case, why would you want to look for other enlightened masters again?  Isn¡¯t Liu Cong a real hero in troubled times?  And since I was originally a minister of Jingzhou, I would not bear the name of the Lord.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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