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Under the powerful impact of the Five Eagle Strike Army, the 1,500 defenders had only lasted for a quarter of an hour and collapsed all over the line. They had no choice but to surrender. With the surrender of more than a thousand defenders, Liu Bei had worked hard to build a bridgehead to Bashu for more than two years and finally fell.

There are not many ordinary households in Wucheng, less than 2,000 households. Since the sneak attack occurred in the middle of the night, although many families were awakened, no one dared to go out. They closed the doors, blocked the windows, and waited for the arrangement of fate in fear.

As the sky gradually became brighter, Wucheng finally calmed down. A middle-aged official in his forties hurried to Liu Zheng, led by soldiers, bowed and bowed and said, "The lower official is Xie Zhi, the magistrate of Wucheng County. Wucheng County is willing to serve Jingzhou."

Liu Zheng nodded and smiled, "Mr. Xie, don't worry, we will not hurt the people. I just want to discuss temporary defense issues with you. I need a thousand civil servants to help us defend the city. In fact, I only need six people. The civil servants who transported the food will arrive soon. I hope you can arrange it."

"The official understands, I will organize the civilians immediately."

Although it is difficult to mobilize civilians, County Magistrate Xie dared not refuse to obey and hurriedly went down to find a solution. Liu Zheng ordered his subordinates to say, "Disass the prisoners of war and re-form, and reorganize our army as soon as possible."

At this time, a soldier rushed over and reported: "Report to the lieutenant, we found the detained enemy deputy military advisor Pang Tong in the backyard of the military yamen."

This news surprised Liu Zheng. He didn't know that Pang Tong was in Wucheng at all, but at the same time he was also surprised that the dignified deputy military advisor was actually detained. What happened to Liu Zheng was unable to think about it, so he immediately rushed to the military yamen.

Pang Tong was imprisoned in a dilapidated courtyard behind the military yamen. The soldiers who were guarding him had run away and replaced it with the Jingzhou army. At this time, Pang Tong had already released from the small room equipped with an iron fence, sat in a living room, and drank hot tea silently.

He did not expect that the Jingzhou army would fall from the sky, which was indeed beyond his expectations, but he knew very well that the fall of Wucheng not only meant that Liu Bei's dream of Bashu was completely destroyed, but also a fatal blow to Zigui County.

Liu Bei had no choice anymore. It would be a blessing if he could even withdraw from Jiaozhou south. At this time, the anger in Pang Tong's heart had disappeared, there was only an indescribable loss and confusion, and even a kind of fatigue after recovering from the serious illness. He didn't know where to go.

At this time, Liu Zheng walked in quickly and bowed, "I'm sorry for Mr. Pang."

"You are the eagle monkey." Pang Tong looked at this thin young man. He couldn't believe that this unpretentious man was the famous eagle monkey in the Jingzhou army.

Liu Zheng grinned, "I am, I am, making Mr. Pang laugh."

Pang Tong nodded, and a sense of depression surged in his heart. He also became a prisoner of war. He lowered his head and said nothing. Liu Zheng asked again: "Because I want to report to the provincial governor, why is Mr. Pang detained?"

"Nothing has any personal grudges with Fu Shiren." Pang Tong sighed.

Liu Zheng thought for a while and said, "I have no right to decide the fate of my husband. I want to report to my lord. Please stay in the city for a few days. Please speak if you need anything."

"Has Liuzhou Mu arrived too?" Pang Tong asked in surprise.

"He was outside Zigui County and led tens of thousands of troops to arrive."

Pang Tong was silent. Liu Jing arrived in person, showing his strategy of seizing Yizhou. Thinking of Liu Jing's step-by-step capture of Bashu, and Liu Bei's failures everywhere, Pang Tong felt an indescribable bitterness in his heart. He sighed softly, "Thank you, Captain Liu for your tolerance, I will not do anything that will make you embarrassed."

"Sir, please stay."

Liu Zheng immediately said to his left and right orders: "Send Mr. Pang back to his mansion and settle down very well."

Pang Tong stood up and walked out of the yard tiredly. Liu Zheng looked at his back and rushed back to his temporary residence. He needed to report the battle situation to the lord immediately.

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The confrontation between Zigui County continued. The Jingzhou army did not attack the county town on a large scale, but built a huge wooden platform on the north and south sides of the county town. The wooden platform was as high as six meters high. From above, you can look down at the top of Zigui City. Jingzhou army installed six thunder stone cannons on each wooden table. Twelve stone cannons fired big stones at the city head day and night, suppressing the defenders in the city.

For ten days, the overwhelming stones hit the city, which put great pressure on the defenders. The soldiers in the city even had to hold their shields high when they left. However, for the main general Liu Feng, he was worried about the food problem. The food for the 6,000 soldiers and tens of thousands of residents was about to be exhausted, and they could only last for another four or five days at most.

The food that should have been sent from Wucheng has never arrived. Although he would send people to Wucheng to urge grain every day, the people sent never came back and no news came. This made Liu Feng increasingly suspicious that Wucheng had fallen, and as for whether it was captured by the Bashu army or occupied by the Jingzhou army, he had no idea.

This pressure and suspicion of the food cuts made Liu Feng uneasy day and night. He wanted to get his father's instructions, but his father's army was on the other side of the Yangtze River, but they could not convey the message. The river in Zigui County was turbulent, and Liu Feng sent people to swim across the river to deliver letters more than once, but none of them succeeded.

At noon, thousands of Zigui County people gathered in front of the county government to collect the food for one day. All the food in every household was forced to hand over, and they could only receive one rice per head every day, and children even only had half a rice per rice.

This little rice is only enough to make a pot of porridge. Despite this, most people held back. No one dared to resist in front of the army's sharp sword.

But today, the time for food was over, and many people waited for nearly an hour, but there was still no movement in the county yamen. The number of people gathered in front of the county yamen, and people were a little panicked.

At this time, an officer walked out of the county yamen and shouted loudly: "General Liu has an order. Starting today, the food is released to be changed once every two days, and the quantity remains unchanged."

The crowd suddenly exploded, and countless people gathered around and asked loudly: "What should I do today?"

"There is no rice today, come again tomorrow, let's go."

The officers impatiently urged the people to leave. The square was already in chaos and no one was willing to leave. They asked one after another: "Will you send two rice together tomorrow?"

The officer sneered, "I dreamed that I would have two rice meters. It would be nice to have one rice. Let's go quickly."

The shouting and scolding sounded in the square, and people were angry, and thousands of people shouted loudly: "Give us food, return our food."

Many young people began to throw bricks and stones at the county government office, and the crowd was angry. At this moment, a large group of soldiers suddenly rushed out of both sides and forcibly beat and drive away the people with wooden sticks.

There was a chaos in the square, people cried and called their parents, and fled in scattered places. Many young men rose up to fight, but were unarmed and knocked to the ground by the soldiers, with their heads bleeding.

Not far away, the county magistrate's house was thrown torches by angry people and lit them. Soon the county government was also lit by a fire. Thick smoke rolled, and the fire rushed straight into the sky, and the county town became a mess.

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On the top of the city, Liu Feng stared at the Jingzhou Army camp two miles away. The thunder chariots above his head were still hitting, making suffocating bangs. However, the huge rocks could not attack the middle section of the city where he was standing, and several soldiers were crowding in this small section of the city.

Just this morning, Liu Feng finally got the exact news that Wucheng had been captured by the Jingzhou army. Liu Feng could not imagine how the Jingzhou army had passed and how the tall and sturdy Wucheng was captured by Liu Feng.

But he knew very well that he was facing now and would no longer have food to support him. In two days, his army would be out of food. Then there would be no need to fight anymore, and his subordinates would open the city to surrender.

At this time, an officer rushed to report: "Report to the general, the unlucky people in front of the county government refused to give up, and set fire to the county government government and warehouses, and the city was very chaotic."

Liu Feng was speechless, which was as expected by him. After a long time, he sighed and turned to Jian Yong, who joined the army, said: "Mr. Jian, I want to negotiate with Liu Jing, what do you think?"

Jian Yong nodded, "Negotiation is a wise move, I am willing to serve the public."

"Then I'll bother Mr. Lai."

Liu Feng waved his hand, "Sir, please discuss the negotiation plan."

Although the two armies had been confronting each other for ten days, there was no slack in the Jingzhou army. The barracks remained high alert every day and waited patiently for the arrival of a moment of victory. In the central army's tent, Liu Jing sat behind the table and was concentrating on reviewing the military and political books sent from Xiangyang.

Under him, Dong Yun, the military officer of the Records Office, was busy sorting out books. In fact, Liu Jing had five officials, including Dong Yun, and Dong Yun was the chief officer of the military. The other four were responsible for copying books, and one person was in charge of the book archives, and the division of labor was very clear.

In the side account, two book lovers were responsible for copying copies of the honorary books in advance. When Xiangyang sent the books, they first copied the copies, classified the books, and compiled the books.

Then the original copy is handed over to Liu Jing, and the copy is left with Dong Yun. After Liu Jing issued an instruction on the original copy, another Shulang was responsible for copying the content of the instruction on the copy, and the final copy must be kept for archive.

Dong Yun is responsible for handling some important books and arranging Liu Jing's itinerary. At the same time, Liu Jing can also consult him about some important matters.

Of course, Liu Jing has only five officials under him, and the senior officials in Jingzhou have proposed more than once that Liu Jing should open the office as soon as possible, establish a secretary supervisor, and create a complete set of staff.

However, Liu Jing was thinking about seizing Bashu, and he had no time to consider expanding his direct aides.

At this time, Liu Jing stopped writing and frowned slightly. In the book in front of him, Xu Shu suggested that the money and grain subsidies for the completed Jingzhou Academy Industry be greatly improved and the qualifications of officials were established.

Liu Jing turned around and asked Dong Yun: "Do you still remember the subsidy standard for Jiangxia Academy to Northerners in the past?"
Chapter completed!