Xiahoulan's army quickly pursued Wuling City after defeating the Wuling defenders.
When they arrived outside the city wall, Gong Zhi had already ordered everyone on the city tower to plant white flags, then opened the city gate and declared his surrender to Xiahoulan.
After the city gate slowly opened,
Gong Zhi personally held the Grand Administrator's seal in his hand and led all the remaining soldiers and civilians of Wuling out of Wuling City.
Finally, he respectfully came to Xia Houlan and knelt down on one knee and said: "Wuling is engaged in Gongzhi, leading the officials in Wuling City, and the people will return to the Han court. I hope the general will give you permission!"
As the vanguard general, Xia Houlan saw Gong Zhi leaving the city and surrendering. He immediately jumped off his horse and strode to Gong Zhi. He helped him up and said: "Gong is engaged in profound righteousness. I believe that whether he is the emperor or the prime minister,
We will all be happy with your choice today!”
Gong Zhi was very grateful and nodded repeatedly: "So, thank you Your Majesty, thank you Prime Minister, and thank you General!"
After Xia Houlan helped Gong Zhi up, they entered the city hand in hand.
At this point, Xiahou Lan took Wuling City in just one hour.
The infantry led by Zhao Yun and Zhou Yan arrived at Wuling City in the middle of the evening.
When they rushed outside the city, they saw that the big flag on the city had been replaced with the word "dragon" and the word "cao".
Zhou Yan pointed at the city head, opened his mouth slightly, and exclaimed in disbelief: "Senior brother, look, Zi Heng actually captured Wuling City so quickly?!"
Zhao Yun had actually seen it a long time ago. He was also surprised and said, "How did Ziheng capture Wuling City so quickly with a group of cavalry?"
The two of them walked towards the foot of Wuling City with doubts.
Although the corpses outside the city have been cleaned up, there are still large areas of blood stains on the ground.
The blood seeping into the soil revealed to Zhao Yun and others that there had been a tragic massacre here.
On the way to Wuling City, Zhao Yun, Zhou Yan and a group of soldiers all saw these blood stains.
Zhao Yun frowned and asked in confusion: "Why does it look like a fight in the wild?"
"I think so...otherwise, how could there be so much blood on this flat land...Hey~~~There's also an arm here!" Zhou Yan maneuvered his horse around the severed arm on the ground, and made the mount trot to catch up.
Zhao Yun.
Zhao Yun said to Zhou Yan who came to him: "Jin Xuan should have taken the initiative to go out of the city to fight... No wonder Zi Heng was able to capture Wuling City so quickly."
Arriving outside the city, Xiahoulan had been waiting at the top of the city for a long time.
"Hey! Zilong, Yanzi, are you here?" Seeing the arrival of Zhao Yun and Zhou Yan, Xia Houlan said coquettishly: "You guys are so slow to come. I almost caught a cold when I was blowing in the wind at the top of the city!"
"..."
Ignoring this arrogant guy, Zhao Yun and Zhou Yan led the army into Wuling City.
After Wuling City was captured, Zhao Yun ordered Gong Zhi to temporarily act as the prefect of Wuling. As for Jin Xuan, he escorted him directly to Xiangyang to wait for Cao Cao's decision.
Gong Zhi asked for orders for the people and won the support of all the people in Wuling. Letting him act as the temporary governor would not only quickly appease the people, but also set an example for the other three counties, letting the people of the other three counties know that Cao Jun would not treat him badly.
The wise men who took refuge in them.
In the governor's house, Zhao Yun, Xia Houlan, Zhou Yan and Gong Zhi gathered together.
As a former general, Zhao Yun has the highest position and sits on the chief throne.
Gong Zhi was introducing the situation of the other three counties to Zhao Yun and others.
"South of Wuling is Lingling County. Among the four counties in Jingnan, Lingling County is the poorest and has the fewest defenders. It is also the closest to us.
Therefore, if the former general wants to capture the remaining three counties, it is best to start with Lingling County first.
After capturing Lingling County, we can then capture Guiyang, and finally capture Changsha County. In this way, we can fully control Jingzhou and look east of the Yangtze River."
After hearing this, Zhao Yun felt that what Gong Zhi said was quite logical and roughly the same as the route Lu Yan had planned for them before.
Therefore, Zhao Yun agreed to Gong Zhi's suggestion. After resting for a day, he led 30,000 elite troops and marched towards Lingling County.
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Lingling County City.
At this moment, the prefect Liu Du was tasting the wine and enjoying the singing and dancing. From time to time, he would pick up the white and tender jade hands of the concubine next to him and taste them...
In this melancholy sound, suddenly a young man wearing armor walked in.
This young man's face is very similar to Liu Du's. He is Liu Du's only son, Liu Xian.
After Liu Xian entered the hall, he waved his hand to drive the singer away. Then, with Liu Xian's unhappy eyes, he said: "Father, it's not good! According to reports from spies, former general Zhao Yun is leading an army of 30,000 people towards our Lingling County.
Come!"
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Liu Du was shocked when he heard this, and even knocked over the wine on the table, causing the concubine beside him to exclaim.
Liu Du stood up, stared at Liu Xian and asked, "Zhao Yun? Where did they come from?"
"From Wuling County!"
"Wuling? Jin Xuan of Wuling, let them come over so easily?"
Liu Xian couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this: "To be honest with my father... Jin Xuan was captured alive by Cao Jun, and Wuling County has been occupied by Cao Jun."
"What?! Wuling County was occupied by Cao Jun so quickly?" Liu Du suddenly panicked, "Cao Jun is about to attack, what should I do?"
Due to his old age and frailty, coupled with his long-term addiction to drinking and sex, both Liu Du's body and his brain had long been hollowed out.
When encountering an emergency situation at this moment, Liu Du not only went blank in his mind, but also broke out in cold sweats, completely unlike what a leader should be like.
Compared with Liu Du's Liushenwuzhu, his son Liu Xian is young and vigorous, full of vigor, has the vigor of a young man, and his brain is more flexible.
Seeing that his father seemed to have no idea, Liu Xian thought for a while and took the initiative to say: "Father, don't panic, although Cao Jun is powerful, we in Lingling County are not vegetarians.
Father, have you forgotten that we have a most powerful general under our command?"
When Liu Du heard this, his eyes lit up. He naturally knew who the general his son was talking about was, "Xing Daorong!"
Liu Xian smiled and nodded proudly and said, "That's right! Xing Daorong, the general under the boy's command, is brave enough to be worthy of any man! If Cao Jun comes, just send him to fight, and he will be able to kill Zhao Yun without leaving a single piece of armor behind!"
It can be seen that Liu Xian has full confidence in his powerful general who is "an enemy of ten thousand people".
Xing Daorong, known as the most powerful general in Jingnan, has pretty good military strength, but to say that he is an enemy of ten thousand people is probably too much.
Liu Du also seemed to have great trust in this powerful general. He nodded and said: "In that case, Xian'er, take Xing Daorong and 20,000 troops to intercept Cao's army.
But you have to remember that if Cao's army is too strong, you cannot fight head-on with him.
As long as you live, my father can give up all things."
"My child understands!" Liu Xian was very moved after hearing this.
Liu Xian knew that he was the only son in the family and that he was also Liu Du's hope and effort.
After responding, Liu Xian left the prefect's mansion and came to the military camp.
in the military camp,
Xing Daorong, the "enemy of ten thousand men," was fighting with more than a dozen soldiers at the moment.
In just a few back and forth, the dozen or so soldiers who were besieging Xing Daorong collapsed, and then came Xing Daorong's maniacal laughter, "Hahaha! You people are still too weak, ten more