194. Chapter 194 Wuchang seizes power
Five days later, a naval warship from Chaisang slowly approached the wharf of Wuchang County. The Jiangdong Army had evacuated Wuchang County three days ago. Wuchang County was then taken over by Su Fei. Before Liu Jing asked Gan Ning to contact him, Su Fei took the initiative to send a secret letter to express his willingness to support Liu Jing as the new leader of Jiangxia.
On the dock, Su Fei looked at the Chaisang fleet from afar and watched the arrival of the Chaisang fleet. After evacuating from Xiakou, he rectified the defeated soldiers of Jiangxia and obtained more than 5,000 soldiers. These days, he led his troops to station in Fankou until the Jiangdong army was defeated in Chaisang and the entire army evacuated Jiangxia, and he re-occupied Wuchang County.
Su Fei's eyes were a little complicated. I wonder what status Liu Jing would give him?
On the side, Su Fei's deputy general Zhang Shuo whispered: "Why didn't the lieutenant send someone to present Jiangxia to the prefect of the prefect of the prefect of the prefect of Jiangxia?"
Su Fei sighed, "Young Master Jing defeated the main force of the Jiangdong Army. The general situation has been achieved. Do you think he will allow others to get involved in Jiangxia? I am afraid that Lianzhou Mu has no choice but to be hostile to him. It is better to take the initiative to offer the city, at least in Jiangxia, where you and I will stay."
Zhang Shuo was silent. He was about to speak again, but a small boat sailed to the dock first. The leader was the one on the boat, with a tall and burly figure. It was Gan Ning. He saw Su Fei at a glance and shouted: "Brother Yicai, you are indeed here."
Yicai is Su Fei's name. Su Fei recognized Gan Ning, and he was overjoyed. Before Zhang Shuo could continue to talk, he immediately met him, "Brother Gan, why are you here first?"
Seeing that Su Fei did not listen to his words, Zhang Shuo looked angry in his eyes. He wanted to tell Su Fei that he would offer Jiangxia to Liu Biao, even if he was not named Jiangxia's prefect, he would be reused elsewhere. Isn't this much better than following Liu Jing, but Su Fei was determined to surrender to Liu Jing and did not listen to his advice. Zhang Shuo was very annoyed, which would affect his future.
Gan Ning jumped off the boat, smiled and hugged Su Fei tightly, "I heard that Huang Zu is dead, so I was worried about your safety. It is so delightful to know that Brother Yicai is safe and sound!"
Su Fei also sighed: "Same feeling, I am also worried about your safety. The defeat of the Jiangdong Army is good news for all of us."
Gan Ning nodded, "For me, you donated Wuchang to Mr. Jing, but not to the governor of the state. This is the best news. Brother Yicai, at a critical moment, you made this move right."
Su Fei quickly asked in a low voice: "Brother Gan can tell me how Mr. Jing is going to use me?"
Gan Ning smiled. He just came to appease Su Fei first and calm Su Fei down so that he would not turn to loyalty to Liu Biao. Gan Ning asked back: "Do you think you can do anything?"
Su Fei smiled bitterly, "I never thought that the military advisor has Xu Shu, the main generals are you, Mr. Hu, Wei Yan, Liao Hua, Li Jun, what can I, Su Fei do?"
In fact, what Su Fei was most worried about was that Liu Jing still asked him to be the chief lieutenant, but this chief lieutenant was really a false position and had no real power. He didn't want to be the chief lieutenant anymore.
Gan Ning patted him on the shoulder, "I will tell you about this first. There are three positions for you to choose from. One is to continue to serve as the commander and become the nominal second-person in Jiangxia. The second is to Ren Ganjun and assist Xu Shu in charge of military affairs, and the other is to transfer to civilian positions and become the governor of Jiangxia County."
Su Fei lowered his head and said nothing. He would not serve as a lieutenant again. Although he was a high-ranking official of two thousand stones and the same level as the prefect, he was not interested. He was very moved by joining the army. However, the county magistrate was also an extremely attractive position. Although it was only six hundred stones, Liu Jing must focus on military affairs. Then the government power of Jiangxia County was actually in the hands of the county magistrate.
The original county magistrate was Zhou Bing. When Wuchang City was broken, he surrendered to Jiangdong. He was taken away by Jiangdong Army, and his position as the county magistrate was vacancied. Su Fei was a native of Jiangxia. Of course, he understood the importance of the county magistrate. He pondered for a long time and said with a smile: "Then I will change careers! Master Jing does not mind Su Fei's wiseness and stupidity. I am willing to accept the position as the county magistrate."
In fact, this is also Liu Jing's hope. He wanted to take Su Fei's army, but he did not want Su Fei to take up military positions again, so he specially gave him the position of county magistrate. He not only seized Su Fei's military power, but also did not treat him unfairly, and everyone was happy.
Gan Ning was overjoyed. Su Fei was so sensible that he saved many troubles and struggles in the future and his dilemma.
At this time, a loud shout came from the dock: "It's docked!"
More than 200 warships led by Liu Jing began to slowly dock, and the first to dock was the Thousand Stone ship. A team of soldiers walked off the big ship. Liu Jing immediately got off the big ship. Behind him, he followed the veteran Huang Zhong and the Ya General Wei Yan. Su Fei hurriedly came forward and knelt down on one knee and said, "Su Fei was waiting for the young master for many days, and is willing to serve the young master!"
Gan Ning whispered in Liu Jing's ear. Liu Jing nodded, hurriedly helped Su Fei up with a smile, and said with a slight smile: "Mr. Su refused to surrender to Jiangdong. It can be seen that he is a loyal and righteous person. In the future, Jiangxia's government affairs will have to work harder."
This sentence is equivalent to admitting that Su Fei is the governor of Jiangxia County. Su Fei was overjoyed and bowed and said, "Su Fei is willing to do his best to govern Jiangxia, so he will not disappoint Mr. Jing."
Su Fei greeted Huang Zhong again. At this time, more than a dozen civil and military officials came up behind and met Liu Jing together. Su Fei pulled Zhang Shuo forward and smiled and said, "This is General Zhang Guangyuan. Half of the troops preserved this time are General Zhang's subordinates. Please take care of Mr. Jing in the future."
Zhang Shuo was in a complicated mood and knelt down on one knee to salute, "I will meet Mr. Jing."
Liu Jing quickly helped him up and said with a smile: "I heard that General Zhang is the leader of the Eighteen Tooth Generals. Liu Jing has admired him for a long time. I will meet him today and have a blessing in my life."
"Young Master Jing is too famous. Zhang Shuo is a rude person. In the future, please ask Young Master Jing to take care of him."
"Sure! Sure!"
Liu Jing patted his shoulder affectionately and smiled heartily: "I hope we can unite and build Jiangxia into a solid wall, so that the Jiangdong Army will not dare to go further west."
At this time, Huang Zhong walked up and said, "Zhang Shuo, we haven't seen each other for a long time."
Zhang Shuo saw Huang Zhong and was startled. Ten years ago, when he first joined the army in Xiangyang, Huang Zhong was already the chief general of his army. If Zhang Shuo was a little dissatisfied with Liu Jing, then Huang Zhong was the one he would never dare to offend. He hurriedly knelt on the ground again, clasped his fists and said, "It turns out that the old general is here too. Zhang Shuo is rude. Please don't blame the old general."
Liu Jing next to him smiled faintly. This is the effect he wanted. He came today to seize military power. In order to be foolproof, Huang Zhong must come with him.
Huang Zhong comforted Zhang Shuo a few words, and at this time Su Fei introduced the other officials to Liu Jing one by one. Then everyone surrounded Liu Jing and headed towards Wuchang County.
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Wuchang County is the largest county in Jiangxia and the seat of the county seat. The city is nearly 30 miles in circumference, with a population of more than 100,000 people. The nearby farmland is vast and the commerce is developed. It is a heavy grain production area in Jiangxia. Liu Jing came to Wuchang County the year before yesterday. In Wuchang County, he killed Huang Zu's nephew and formed a feud with Huang Zu.
Logically, Liu Jing should have inspected the county town and then went to the county government to talk to the officials, but the fact was not the case. After entering Wuchang County, Liu Jing went straight to the military camp. To him, the county town was not important. What was important was the 5,000 troops in Su Fei's hands. He had to firmly control the army in his hands as fast as possible.
The military camp is also in the county town, located in the west of the city. It is a large military camp covering an area of nearly 1,000 acres. It was originally the garrison of Huang Zuya Army, and the conditions in all aspects are very good. Now Su Fei's 5,000 troops are stationed here.
Since Su Fei has already recognized Liu Jing as the lord of Jiangxia and accepted the position of county magistrate, the army he has naturally had to be handed over to Liu Jing. In the central army's tent, nearly a hundred famous generals, military marquis and garrison commanders gathered together. Everyone already knows that Liu Jing will take over the army today. Everyone is uneasy. In this Jiangxia storm, where is their fate?
Several people stood above the tent, including the original general Su Fei, the new general Liu Jing, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan and Gan Ning, and there were twenty elite soldiers on both sides.
The atmosphere in the big tent was a bit abnormal. This was not a formal power transfer. They lacked the most important thing, that is, Liu Biao's military talisman. Without Liu Biao's appointment and military power grant, their power transfer seemed a bit injustice and dissatisfied.
"Dear generals!"
Su Fei raised his voice and said slowly to everyone: "I believe everyone knows that Prince Jing led the Chaisang army to defeat Sun Quan and drove the Jiangdong army out of Jiangxia, so that we could avoid the tragic end of becoming prisoners of war. However, the war did not end. The Jiangdong army did not return to Jiangdong, but stayed in Pengze Water Village and would return to Jiangxia at any time. Therefore, all the defenders of Jiangxia must be united and must be commanded in a unified manner. For this reason, I decided to obey the command of Prince Yu Jing. From now on, the five thousand troops in Wuchang County will be officially handed over to Prince Jing."
After saying that, he raised his sword high and presented it to Liu Jing. At this moment, someone suddenly said to the lower head: "General Su, we have always been commanded by Prefect Huang. Although Prefect Huang is no longer here now, perhaps as Prince Jing, you can replace Prefect Huang, but you should not wait until the provincial governor is officially appointed, and we will obey Prince Jing's command."
Everyone in the tent looked at the speaker together. This was a tall and thin officer named Jiang Zhi, who was also a member of the fangs and had a very good relationship with Zhang Shuo.
The two had already agreed to surrender to Liu Biao instead of Liu Jing. At this time, Zhang Shuo did not object, and Jiang Zhi could no longer help but stand up.
They were confident that Jiang Zhi and Zhang Shuo's troops combined had 3,000 people, accounting for most of them. They knew very well that once Liu Jing seized military power, they would be unable to protect them.
Since Jiang Zhi objected, Zhang Shuo was no longer silent. He also said loudly: "I agree with General Jiang's opinion. Prince Jing has a noble status and we dare not offend him. However, the military power of Jingzhou belongs to the provincial governor. Now that Prince Jing wants to take over the army of Huang Taishou, I think it is better to wait for the appointment of the provincial governor. That is so legitimate and can make the three armies respect it."
There was a whisper in the big tent, and Liu Jing walked to Jiang Zhi step by step and stared at his eyes, "You don't accept our military orders, are you?"
"The humble official has no intention of this, just saying that he will wait for the state governor...."
Before Jiang Zhi finished speaking, Liu Jing suddenly pulled out the battle knife and stabbed him in the chest with one knife. Jiang Zhi never dreamed that Liu Jing would kill someone. He couldn't dodge and was stabbed through the chest with a knife. He screamed and fell to the ground and died.
Zhang Shuo was shocked and was about to run outside the tent when several soldiers rushed up, pressing him to the ground and tied him up.
Liu Jing then cut off Jiang Zhi's head with a knife. He raised the head high and shouted loudly: "Are there any generals in the tent who don't accept my Liu Jing's military order?"
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Chapter completed!