Xiajun, as the city closest to the Yangtze River in Changsha County, many defeated soldiers fled from the Red Cliff and rushed here. Overnight, dozens of Cao's defeated troops defected to Xiajun, but this was not a good thing for Xiajun County Magistrate and County Magistrate.

Before that night, no one thought that Cao's army would be defeated. After all, after Cao's army integrated the Jingxiang army, it was known as an army of 800,000. Even if there were not so many, 200,000 to 300,000 were definitely available. There was no force on both sides of the Yangtze River to fight against it, let alone defeating overnight.

But such a seemingly ridiculous thing really happened.

The yamen office, Xiajun County Magistrate Zhou Mao, and County Magistrate Li Fang were relatively speechless. At the time of Chen, the county magistrate Wu Ya walked in quickly, his face a little ugly.

"How?" Zhou Mao quickly stood up and greeted Wu Qi. After the defeated troops came last night, he ordered Wu Qi to inquire about the news and see if Cao's army was really defeated.

"The Prime Minister is probably really defeated." Wu Qi sighed and said with a wry smile at Zhou Mao.

Li Fang frowned and said, "This place is not close to Chibi Camp, why did you get the news so quickly?"

Zhou Mao also looked at Wu Ya in confusion. Yes, it takes one day to walk from here to Chibi, and one round trip, at least one day and one night. It is only half the night, so how could Wu Ya get the news so quickly?

"I have not arrived at Chibi." Wu Qi took the water handed over by the county officials, drank it dry in one breath, and looked at Zhou Mao and Li Fang and said, "I originally wanted to go straight to Chibi to find out the news, but I was at Xiangkou, but I met a group of people who were chasing the defeated soldiers and did not dare to approach, so I turned back."

"Who is the man?" Li Fang asked hurriedly, and Zhou Mao, who was standing beside him, also looked at Wu Ya.

"From the flag, I think I am a man from Xuande Gong, and when I look at the direction, I am coming towards our county." Wu Qi sighed.

"Liu Bei!?" Li Fang frowned when he heard this.

Liu Bei's reputation in Jingzhou was quite high, especially when he was defeated and fled to Xinye, but he did not forget to take the people to escape, which also made Liu Bei win the recognition of the scholars and people in Jingxiang.

"How many troops are there? Who leads the troops?" Zhou Mao was more concerned about the opponent's troops and still had some luck in his heart. After all, Liu Bei's troops have not had too many troops. Even if Cao's army was defeated in the Battle of Red Cliff, Liu Bei's main troops must be chasing Cao Cao. How many people can he send?

"There are hundreds of strange-shaped warships, depending on the scale, no less than 5,000 people!" Wu Qi's words completely dispersed Zhou Mao's last trace of luck in his heart.

After a moment of silence, Zhou Mao said in a low voice: "How many are there in the county guards in my city?"

Wu Qi smiled bitterly and said, "It's only five hundred soldiers including the yamen office."

Li Fang said unwillingly: "We have a strong city. Although the enemy has hundreds of warships, there may not be five thousand men. Why not send people to Linxiang for help? How many days will we stay?"

Wu Qi shook his head and said, "Xiajun's city wall is less than two feet long, and there are not many equipment to defend the city, and there are not many bows and arrows in the treasury. Not to mention that there are five thousand, even if there are two thousand men, it is enough to break through the city, let alone the powerful generals under the tent of Xuande Gong, who are here..."

Wu Ya is quite self-aware. Liu Bei's command said that he had few soldiers and few generals, so he was also compared with Cao Cao and Sun Quan. But if he was placed in a city, it would be quite a lot. Besides, what quality is the same? How can he compare with him? So Wu Ya was not willing to defend himself in his heart.

Li Fang frowned and looked at Wu Qi: "Is the Wu County Magistrate wants to surrender to the enemy?"

Wu Qi raised his eyebrows and said, "Although the Prime Minister is heavy, he does not do benevolent. Prince Cong offered Jingxiang land. Not only did he not have any kindness, he also underestimated him. He was a general of Jingxiang. He was forced to surrender because of the situation. Now that the Prime Minister has lost power, Xuande Gong's name is benevolent and deed everywhere, and he is also a relative of the Han family. When his lord was alive, he also intended to entrust Jingxiang. However, Xuande Gong was unwilling to seize the foundation of his brothers and refused it several times. We have been to surrender to Xuande Gong, but we have repeated the governance of Jingxiang. What is the meaning of surrendering to the enemy?"

Li Fang sneered: "The Prime Minister was ordered by the Emperor to fight against the unjust ministers. The county magistrate only knew Liu Biao, but he did not know that the Jingxiang land was also belonging to the court. Now that you want to surrender to Liu Bei, wouldn't you betray the Han Dynasty!"

Wu Qi reached out and pressed the sword, looked at Li Fang with a bad look and said, "The thief Cao took the emperor to command the princes, and no one in the world knows."

Li Fang snorted coldly, stop talking, not saying anything, but because he was too exhausted, the other side was obviously ready to draw his knife. At this time, if the other party really takes action, his head would be moving.

Zhou Mao hurried forward, pressed Wu Qi and said, "Don't be angry, since you can't defend... As the county magistrate said, open the city and offer surrender."

Although the county magistrate is the ruler on weekdays, there are also thief and others in charge of the county soldiers in this yamen, but in the wartime, the county magistrate who holds the county guards has the real say. Now Wu Ji is obviously unwilling to fight. What can he do if he serves as a literati? Even if he kills Wu Ji, can he defend the city?

"The county magistrate is wise!" Wu Qi said with fists and said to Zhou Mao.

"Let's go and arrange it." Zhou Mao felt bad. It took only a long time before he changed hands twice. Moreover, it seemed that Wu Qi also took the lead in expressing support when he said that he surrendered to Cao Cao last time.

...

Liu Yi did not rush to Xiajun, and even deliberately asked someone to slow down the speed of the boat. The speed of the mother and child ship was originally able to reach Xiajun at dawn, but in fact, Liu Yi encountered a defeated army along the way and wanted to take a look. When he arrived at Xiajun, it was already afternoon.

Liu Feng was quite dissatisfied with this, but Liu Yi ignored him at all and could only be depressed. He secretly decided in his heart that if the battle was not going well, he would definitely file a lawsuit in front of Liu Bei after returning.

But when the fleet arrived in Xiajun and before the soldiers of the three armies had completely come down from the ship, they saw that the Han flag representing Cao's army in Xiajun City had been removed, and the gate of Xiajun City was wide open. A group of officials in the city were outside the city with soldiers and sent county officials to surrender.

This result made Liu Feng a little stunned. Although he thought that this battle would not be too difficult to fight, he did not expect that the other party would surrender directly.

Liu Yi ignored these things. Under the escort of Wei Yan and Liu Sandao, he personally accepted the surrender and kindly pulled Zhou Mao and Wu Ya into the city.

"I heard about the name of the successor of the Mo family in Tiangongfang for a long time. I didn't expect that the gentleman had already voted for the emperor's uncle. It was indeed a unique vision." Li Fang smiled and complimented at Liu Yi, not seeing at all that he had been a person who had refused to surrender before.

"The county magistrate praised it because the emperor is not humble and shallow." Liu Yi nodded humbly, and under the guidance of Wu Ya, he sat directly in the main seat and chatted and laughed with the three of them.

After a while, Liu Feng and Guan Ping came back to report, Xia Jun's troops had been received and the treasury had been sealed.

"Leave Santun troops to help defend the city, General Wu!" Liu Yi nodded to Liu Feng and ordered, then turned his head to look at Wu Ya.

"I am not a mere county lieutenant, so I dare not call him a general!" Wu Qi said politely.

"I think the general is quite talented, and it's a pity for a county lieutenant. Why would I lead the soldiers of the Junzhi into our army and go to war with me. If I make achievements in the future, how can I ask the emperor for the general?" Liu Yi looked at Wu Qi and discussed with a smile.

"This..." Wu Ya was a little moved.

Liu Yi smiled and said, "Now the five hundred soldiers and horses are called a school to the outside world, so the general will be in charge. The general will temporarily take up the post of the lieutenant. When the battle in Changsha is over, I will make contributions to the emperor's uncle and officially become the lieutenant?"

Now the position of the lieutenant is not very valuable. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, five departments and one school held two thousand soldiers and horses. However, after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, chaos in the world appeared. When Dong Zhuo entered the capital, the princes were in power. The power in the hands of the lieutenants was far inferior to the past. Most lieutenants had only 800 people. Liu Yi had recruited two schools in Mocheng before the world was in chaos. It was not as good as that in the other school.

However, for a county lieutenant, the lieutenant was already promoted. When Wu Ya heard this, he was naturally overjoyed and hurriedly bowed and said, "Thank you, Mr. for your cultivation!"

Liu Yi smiled and nodded. Then, Liu Yi did not rush to continue the battle. Instead, he stayed in Xiajun for three days to appease the people, and at the same time rebuild the rights, promoted several county officials, promised benefits, and held the right to financial power and employment in his hands. As for the county magistrate and county magistrate, he did not move, and he did not have the right to appoint or remove him. However, in this way, military power, financial power, and personnel appointment and removal power were all in Liu Bei. Even if Zhou Mao and Li Fang had any other thoughts, they could not turn the market with them.

In addition, Liu Yi sent away the defeated soldiers of the Cao army who defected to Xiajun, so that they could go wherever they liked to go, and spread the news of the Battle of Chibi to the entire Changsha through these defeated soldiers.

After dealing with these matters, Liu Yi sent troops again and led the newly surrendered Wu Ya to the next city.

This time, Liu Feng did not question Liu Yi's decision anymore, because although Liu Yi's march was not fast, there was basically no war every time he went. The cities he passed along the way almost surrendered. In just one month, Liu Yi easily captured six cities. In addition, the defeated troops who had surrendered along the way had only more than 3,000 soldiers and horses left two or three hundred people every time he passed, but took away the troops in the city. In this way, when Liu Yi brought his troops and horses to Linxiang, five thousand troops had already gathered in his hands, and the momentum was more than twice as great as when he came.

However, this unstoppable momentum was finally terminated when attacking Linxiang.

Linxiang is the capital of Changsha. Not only is the city strong, but there are also two thousand defenders. The prefect Han Xuan obviously did not think that the Cao army would be defeated, or the Cao Cao faction was devoted to the wholehearted Cao Cao faction. After learning that Liu Yi's army successively captured the city, he actively prepared for war, strengthened the city defense, and gathered the people to go to the city to assist in the battle.

When Liu Yi led his army to the city of Linxiang, he saw that the city was filled with wood and stones, and a large number of soldiers and civilians stood at the city. Obviously, they did not mean that they would open the city and surrender like other cities.
Chapter completed!