The palace in Chu Jing was not as grand as the Dajing Palace, nor as tall as the Wei Palace. Adhering to the concept of benefiting the people, Liu Bei only built the palace in the style of the palace, built some unavoidable palaces, and eliminated the rest. From this point of view, Liu Bei was relatively close to the people.
As for some people in later generations who judged Liu Bei as a hypocrite, but even if he is a hypocrite, if he can be so hypocritical, he can be regarded as a true gentleman. Apart from other things, Liu Bei's governance of the country in the past few years has made the economy of Jingzhou, a small place nestled in the hills and old forests, booming, almost catching up with the Wei State in the Central Plains. This is why Liu Bei dared to raise an army. The reason for attacking Wu State.
It's a pity that none of the kings and ministers of the Chu State expected that Zhang Xiu had such courage. He dared to personally lead an elite army to raid the Chu State when the Wei State had just decided and the troops were still there, putting Liu Bei in a dilemma. Of course, now the Chu capital Nanzheng had just been conquered, and Liu Bei was still unable to learn the news. Zhang Xiu's army had already reached the palace.
At this time, Mi Fang had gathered the defeated soldiers and entered the palace, preparing to fight to the death with the incoming Jing army. At this moment, he still didn't know where the Jing army came from, but he could judge it from the battle outside. It turns out that the fighting power of this Jing army is extremely powerful and the fighting will is tenacious, because it is a full three miles from the outside of the city to the imperial city. There are elite Chu troops blocking the road, but the Jing army advances very fast, and it is not even close to the imperial city. In half a stick of incense, they reached the bottom of the imperial city.
When Mi Fang saw clearly Jingjun's sophisticated equipment, she also took a breath of cold air.
I saw the Jing army under the city with shiny armor, fully armed, and holding steel knives. They cooperated closely with each other and advanced and retreated freely. They killed the Chu army and retreated steadily. They were unable to parry. It was a completely one-sided massacre.
The level of this army is simply stronger than that of Liu Bei's personal guards, the elite Baijie soldiers. Mi Fang estimated that even if the Baijie soldiers encountered this army, they would not be able to take the lead. At the same time, he also had a bad feeling about being able to lead an army like this. Who should be the leader of the elite soldiers and horses? Could it be...
Thinking of this, Mi Fang couldn't help but widen her eyes.
With full of doubts, Mi Fang frowned, held the handle of the knife at her waist with one hand, and looked solemnly at the murderous Jingjun who was gradually surrounding the imperial city. Until now, he still couldn't figure out who this Jingjun was. Where it came from, but it is not important now. What is important is how to defend the imperial city in the face of such a powerful enemy and defend the Jing army's attack.
Currently there are only 3,000 defenders and 2,000 imperial guards in the imperial city.
However, these soldiers and horses could not withstand the elite Jing army for long. They could only hope that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's soldiers and horses could arrive in time.
In half an hour, the Jing army annihilated all the Chu troops outside the imperial city. The entire Chu capital, except the imperial city, was controlled by the Jing army, but the Jing army did not besiege the imperial city as Mi Fang expected.
E Huan asked, "Your Majesty, we have already attacked the Chu Palace. Why don't you attack the Chu Palace in one go? As long as the Chu Palace is breached, the Chu Kingdom will exist in name only."
Zhang Xiu smiled calmly: "Don't worry, Chu Jing has been conquered, and the palace is just something in our pocket-" He turned to look at Tuli Chen, "-Have the Chu army's messengers gone out?"
Tu Lichen: "Back to the emperor, Mi Fang sent three groups of messengers. The messengers going to Soochow have been intercepted, and the messengers going to Xiangyang and Yiling let them go."
Zhang Liao frowned: "The emperor wants to gather around for reinforcements?"
Zhang Xiu nodded.
Zhang Liao looked worried: "Your Majesty, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are famous generals in the world. They are both wise and brave. If they know that Chu Jing is in danger, they will definitely come to the rescue with all their strength. We are deep in the enemy's hinterland. If we are attacked by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, ,I am afraid……"
Zhang Xiu raised a smile at the corner of his mouth and looked at Zhang Liao: "Wen Yuan's concerns are very true, but he is afraid that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei will not be able to do enough! Do you know who is commanding the battle in Nanyang now?"
Zhang Liao, Ma Chao and others looked at each other.
Zhang Xiu laughed loudly: "You don't know, Guan Yu even less knows. Until now, Guan Yu still doesn't know who his opponent is. Let me tell you, I have ordered Jia Xu to go to Nanyang to command the war."
Jia Xu?
Everyone looked at each other in surprise, and saw extreme surprise in each other's eyes.
You must know that since the founding of the Dajing Kingdom, Jia Xu has served as prime minister in a high position to assist Zhang Xiu in governing the country. He has rarely left the capital. But everyone knows that Jia Xu is the founding counselor of the Dajing Kingdom. In today's world, it is almost unbeatable.
Although Guan Yu's resourcefulness is not weak, it is not enough when facing Jia Xu.
Ma Chao was surprised and said with a smile: "If this is the case, then Guan Yu will be unlucky. Ask him to raid our Dajing territory. The result of this battle will be the retribution he caused."
Zhang Ren nodded: "If Guan Yu doesn't lead his troops northward, our army will have no chance of going south to capture Jingzhou."
"I'm afraid Mi Fang now doesn't know who led the army south to attack Nanjun!" Zhang Xiu waved his hand: "Tu Lichen, go show my flag and let the people of Chu know that the emperor of Dajing is Here we go, Chu State...is dead!"
Tu Lichen was overjoyed and shouted: "Here!"
When Zhang Xiu's emperor's banner was hung high over the city of Nanjun City, a nationwide earthquake broke out throughout Chu State. Everyone's first reaction was incredulity. How could Jing's army suddenly appear in Nanjun City?
But Fu Shiren, the guard of the Public Security City not far away, was indeed convinced.
Because Gan Ning had led a large army to surround Gong'an City, and after learning that Nanjun had been captured by Jing's army, Fu Shiren decided to surrender in Kaicheng after careful consideration, because he knew that Nanjun was defeated, the main force of Chu State was in Wu State, and Liu Bei had already There is no way to save the day, Jingzhou will definitely fall to Jingguo, it is better to surrender early.
The police surrendered, and other counties and cities also surrendered.
Zhang Xiu had anticipated Fu Shiren's surrender, and ordered Gan Ning to take Fu Shiren to Nanjun to prepare him to persuade Mi Fang to surrender, because in later records, Mi Fang was persuaded to surrender by Fu Shiren.
If Mi Fang surrenders, the capture of Jingzhou will be smoother.
Gan Ning led his troops to continue to expand the results of the battle, trying to capture most of the territory of the nine counties of Jingzhou before Guan Yu and Zhang Fei could react. Only in this way could Emperor Jing Zhang Xiu be safer in Jingzhou.
At this time, Jia Xu had already rushed to Fancheng from Chang'an, stabilized the situation, and cleverly used two ingenious strategies to defeat Guan Yu's army, forcing the Chu army to regroup and prepare for another battle.
After Jia Xu learned that the emperor had captured Chujing, he immediately ordered General Li Yi to lead his troops out of the city to Lincheng to fight Guanping. He personally led 500 Jingqian troops and fled to Mianshui to attack Lincheng.
