Liu Cong stretched out his hand to wipe away her tears, "Not entirely. To be honest, you are not the only one who can be alone, but I feel sorry for you and Mrs. Gan. Every time Liu Bei was defeated, he abandoned his wife and children. Lu Bu, Cao Cao, who didn't?
Have you been captured?"
"I slept with you last night, and I have feelings for you. So this morning, I told you that I wanted to give you a child. I feel pity and love for you."
As he spoke, Liu Cong hugged Mrs. Mi, "Unlike Liu Bei, I can't lie to others. What I said today may not make you happy, but I think I am honest enough."
"As for the future, our days are still long, Gu will be good to you, and you will gradually understand what kind of person Gu is."
Seeing Liu Cong's arms, Mrs. Mi had a different feeling that she had never had with Liu Bei.
Mrs. Mi suddenly raised her head and looked at Liu Cong, "If you are defeated one day, how will you arrange your family?"
Liu Cong smiled and said, "I will kill you and then commit suicide!"
When Mrs. Mi heard this, she was not surprised or scared, but instead smiled happily.
Liu Cong kissed her forehead and said, "But Gu believes that Gu will never be defeated one day!"
In the past, Liu Cong felt that his biggest crisis was Cao Cao going south. Now that Cao Cao has been defeated by him, what else can threaten him?
Mrs. Mi smiled and nodded, "I also believe in my husband."
"The Lord has an order, and the civil and military council will discuss the matter!"
In the prefect's mansion, Liu Cong gathered all the civil and military officials.
"Everyone, Liu Bei was defeated and fled. I am going back north, but before I return, I have one more thing to arrange." Liu Cong looked around at everyone and spoke slowly.
"Jingzhou, one state is comparable to several states in the Central Plains. Gu decided to divide Jingzhou into two, and separate the four counties in Jingnan into one state, named Guizhou!"
After hearing this, the civil and military officials began to discuss. Liu Cong gave Duan Kun a look, and Duan Kun immediately said, "Silence!"
When everyone was quiet, Liu Cong continued, "The administrative seat of Guizhou is located in Yiyang City, Changsha. Zhao Fan, the prefect of Guiyang, has returned to Gubei, and Gu has another important role."
"No." Zhao Fan was a little happy when he heard Liu Cong's words. He thought it was Fan who gave Liu Cong the wind. Little did he know that in Liu Cong's eyes, he was the most powerful among the four governors of Jingnan.
It's mediocre.
"The Grand Administrator Han Xuan was renamed the Grand Administrator of Guiyang."
"promise!"
"Square."
Li Yan, who heard Liu Cong's call, immediately came out.
Liu Cong picked up the seal on the table and handed it to Duan Kun, telling him to pass it to Li Yan, "Zhengfang, today I will appoint you as the governor of Guizhou and the governor of Changsha County. From now on, you will govern Guizhou for Gu Haosheng!"
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"I will serve my Lord with my life!" Li Yan looked excited, took the seal and knelt down.
He wasted nearly ten years in Zigui! Today, Liu Cong worshiped him as the governor of a state! The four counties of Guizhou have a combined population of more than 600,000, and the territory is vast.
"Where are Liu Pan, Wang Wei, Huang She, and Su Fei?" After Li Yan retreated, Liu Cong continued to call.
"The end is here!" The four people who heard the call came out.
"Leave 20,000 soldiers and horses alone in Guizhou. Each of you will defend four counties, and then recruit 5,000 troops on your own. Each county has a strength of 10,000. Liu Pan will be the Zhonglang General, and Wang Wei, Huang She, and Su Fei will be the commanders.
Lieutenant."
"General, I obey/Thank you, my lord!" Liu Pan said, "I obeyed". He had been in Changsha with Huang Zhong before, and he was considered a veteran, so he was naturally calmer.
Lord Xie is the other three. When Wang Wei was in Xiangyang, he only had five thousand soldiers. Huang She was just a dandy before, not to mention Su Fei. Now, they are all captains who lead the army alone and guard a county.
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Liu Cong stood up and walked to Liu Pan, "Cousin, you have led the army for many years, you are mature and prudent, and you will protect Guizhou for me."
To the south of Guizhou is Jiaozhou, where Baiyue is spread, and there are Wuxi barbarians and bandits in the territory. To the southeast is Cangwu, where Liu Bei has just fled.
Liu Pan said solemnly, "Lord, don't worry."
After arranging things in Guizhou, Liu Cong returned to Xiangyang with his army.
In the 13th year of Jian'an, on August 26, Liu Cong led the army back to Xiangyang.
As soon as he returned to Xiangyang, Fei Yi told him that Cao Cao's envoy Man Chong had been waiting in Xiangyang for many days.
Liu Cong understood that he probably came here for Xu Huang. After Xu Huang was captured, Liu Cong was too busy and did not see him. Now, he wanted to use Xu Huang to make a deal with Cao Cao.
"The Prime Minister sent Man Chong to pay homage to the Marquis of Chu." Man Chong had a square face, remained unsmiling, and was neither angry nor powerful. This is the best way to describe him.
When Liu Cong was sizing up Man Chong, Man Chong was also sizing up Liu Cong. The first impression of this man who defeated his lord Cao Cao was that he was young, too young!
Liu Cong is only 17 this year!
"Bo Ning, please excuse me. Prime Minister, please come here." Liu Cong waved his hand to support him.
Man Chong came back to his senses and said, "The Prime Minister cannot be better. He is leading the army in Guanzhong and will be able to repel the Xiliang princes in a short time!"
Liu Cong laughed. Ma Teng, Han Sui and other Xiliang princes raised troops to attack Guanzhong. It was he who sent Yi Ji to instigate them, "Then I wish the prime minister an early morning victory."
Man Chong said: "Thank you so much, Marquis of Chu. The Prime Minister wants to exchange for the bodies of Xu Huang and General Yu Jin!"
"I have sent people to bury General Yu Jin's body in Xiangyang. If you don't mind, you can return it. As for Xu Huang, I want the family members of the more than 30,000 captives."
When Cao Jun was defeated last time, Cao Jun's officers and soldiers were not familiar with water, and most of them were captured by Liu Jun. However, Cao Jun's elite Liu Cong had seen this before, so he wanted to exchange for their families and take these people as his own.
"This is impossible!" Man Chong refused immediately. The family members of these people numbered more than 100,000. Man Chong, let alone Cao Cao, would not agree to such an act of siding with the enemy.
"Bo Ning, don't worry. Only half of the 30,000 surrendered soldiers are willing to stay in Jingxiang. Most of them have no relatives or children in the north. I only need the family members of half of them, and the other half, together with Xu Huang, will let them return north."
,how?"
After hearing what Liu Cong said, Man Chong thought about it. If he could bring these people back to the north, it would also be able to somewhat heal the pain of Cao Cao's defeat in the south.
"I wonder how many family members there are in total?" Man Chong was still a little hesitant.
"Nearly 30,000 people." Liu Cong had already sent someone to count them.
"Yes, I will also take General Yu Jin's body back to the north. This is what the Prime Minister requested." Man Chong agreed.
After meeting Man Chong, Liu Cong walked to the backyard.
Liu Biao was holding little Liu Yuan and walking with Mrs. Cai in the yard.
"Father, mother." Liu Cong stepped forward and said.
"Wow, wow, wow..." Little Liu Yuan, who was more than one month old, seemed to be a little overwhelmed and cried directly.
Mrs. Cai rolled her eyes at Liu Cong and said, "Look, you scared the child as soon as you came back."
After saying that, he took Liu Yuan from Liu Biao's arms, held the child and walked away.
"Your mother really likes children, but it's a pity that she couldn't have an heir with her father." Liu Biao said as he looked at Mrs. Cai who was walking away.
Liu Cong couldn't answer this. Liu Biao sat on the stone bench and said, "Your eldest brother, I have already buried him. Alas, you will not live for your own sin."
Liu Cong got him a cup of tea and said, "Father, please don't be sad."
Liu Biao took a sip of tea and said, "Things have happened, so there is no point in being sad. Now I see that you are managing Jingzhou well and having fun with your mother, Yi and Sun, every day. Such family happiness makes me happy."
"By the way, I heard that you took in another woman in the south?"
Liu Cong looked embarrassed, "Uh, yes."
Liu Biao became stern, "You are not young anymore, and your wedding to Wu Hou's sister has come a long time ago. Just forget it was delayed by Cao's army going south. Why don't you send an envoy to pick up the bride now? What are you waiting for? After marrying the official wife, you also need to marry the Cai family.
Where is your wife?"
Liu Cong, who had been educated by Liu Biao, finally dragged his tired body back to the backyard. After teasing little Liu Yuan for a while, he fell asleep under Fan's care.