Chapter 307: Take advantage of the victory

If, as Zhou Yu had expected, the Xiakou Water Army had a fire blocked the road after seeing it, the Jinfan Army warships guarded it in front, and the powerful catapult cart in the middle shocked it. After all the generals of the water camp were running smoothly, they cut off all hope. The Jiangxia Water Army had no choice but to sail out of the village and surrender.

In one day, except for thousands of people who were unfortunately burned to death by oil bombs, the other 30,000 people became prisoners of Jinfan Army. Nearly a thousand warships stayed in the water camp and became the spoils of Zhenxi Army.

In this battle, the Zhenxi Army took advantage of the equipment and won a great victory at a very small price.

After the Xiakou Shui Army surrendered, Gan Ning immediately organized them to participate in the firefighting.

Xiakou Water Village is of great use to the West Army in Zhenxi. He didn't want the raging fire to burn the entire water village to pieces. With the efforts of tens of thousands of troops and after several hours of fighting, the fire in the Water Village was finally under control.

April in Jiangnan is a season of rain and water. When night falls, the wind and clouds suddenly change, and heavy rain falls in the sky. Finally, the remaining Mars is also destroyed in the heavy rain. The sky filled with thick smoke has become cleaner under the erosion of rain, but there is a faint smell of burnt smoke in the air.

The rain is heavy, the wind is strong, and the waves in the river are even bigger! After cleaning up the water village, which was not much damaged, it became a safe haven for warships.

All the seized warships entered Xiakou Shui Village one after another to avoid the wind and waves in the river.

Xiakou Water Village is built in a valley of Huanghu Mountain. The water is deep and quiet, and it is an excellent water village base. The water village is very large. After several years of expansion by Huang Zu, it has reached a considerable scale. Nearly half of the Jiangxia Navy warships were burned by the Jinfan Army. Therefore, all the Jinfan Army warships brought by Gan Ning were driven into the water village, and the village did not seem crowded.

The sky gradually became dark and the rain was still falling. Huangfu Jian's "Noah's Ark 2" and eight frigates did not enter Xiakou Water Village, but were docked across the river. Huangfu Jian liked the feeling of the river flowing eastward and the wind and rain drifting.

The news of Sun Jian's death was passed to Huangfu Jian after nightfall, and the good news of Xiakou City Po came with him.

"Time is also! Life is also equal!" Huangfu Jian sighed after receiving the news of Sun Jian's death, and then said lightly.

Huangfu Jian had already surrendered to him for Sun Jian, but he had already escaped the fate of being shot to death by arrows. But in the end, he was still desperate, and Sun Jian died while shooting. The only difference was that Sun Jian was killed by an arrow this time.

The destruction of Xiakou City is undoubtedly good news for the Zhenxi Army. From then on, the four counties in Jingnan will have nothing to do with Liu Biao.

On the brightly lit ship tower, Huangfu Jian slowly put down the letter sent by Tieying and said to Long Yi: "Invite Guo Jia!" This time he went south, he did not bring any strategists. Guo Jia was the only one who could be considered a strategist. Huangfu Jian felt that it was time for him to show his face after hiding Guo Jiaxue for so many years.

It didn't take long before Guo Jia walked in.

"Sit up for the filial piety!" Huangfu Jian nodded to Guo Jiawei and said. Then he handed over the letter in his hand.

After reading the letter, Guo Jia didn't say anything for a long time. A few days ago, Huangfu Jian protected Sun Ce's media and everyone had drunk alcohol together. Unexpectedly, Sun Jian died in just a few days. Sun Jian was afraid that he would be the second general to die in the Zhenxi Army after Zhang Yan, and there seemed to be some strange things among them.

"Wenxiao, I will draft a document for me. I will order the generals of all military commanders to pay attention to safety. Every time I travel, three hundred guards must follow me to prevent secret attacks. This is a military order!" Huangfu Jian said lightly with expressionless face.

"No!" Guo Jia replied.

Not long after, Guo Jia wrote the document as required by Huangfu Jian. After Huangfu Jian looked at it, he said to Tie Ying standing beside him: "Send it to the Military Affairs Office immediately and ask the Military Affairs Office to send an edict to the army."

"Fengxiao, now Xiakou is in the hands of our army. Look at the next step, how should our army take action?" After Tieying left, Huangfu Jian looked at Guo Jia again and asked.

"After Xiakou was lost, the connection between Liu Biao and Jingnan was greatly weakened. Our army could take advantage of the victory to march into Guiyang and Lingling County, and seize Guiyang. After Lingling, we would then lead our troops to attack Wuling County westward. At this time, Liu Biao probably knew the movements of our army. He had two choices. One was to sit back and watch our army ignore Wuling, and the other was to increase troops to Wuling and fight a decisive battle with our army in Wuling."

Guo Jia said this and watched Huangfu Jianjian stop and stopped talking.

"Speak!" Huangfu Jian said to Guo Jia with a calm look.

"If Liu Biao sat on the verge of our army to seize Wuling, our army would be in a position to take Wuling. In this way, eight counties of the nine counties of Jingxiang and Xiang fell into the hands of our army. Liu Biao, the governor of Jingzhou, was already in name only. If Liu Biao took the initiative to send troops, the lord could order the Qianxiong Camp stationed in Xiangyang, and the Huxiao Camp in Nanyang advanced south together and attacked the Nanjun, the capital of Jingzhou. With the strong combat power of our army, it would not be difficult to determine Jingzhou in one fell swoop."

Guo Jia spoke calmly, as if Jingzhou was not a big deal in his eyes.

"Okay! It's reasonable to be filial to the words! Just do what you said!" Huangfu Jian said with a slight joy.

"Thank you lord to praise you, but there are many gentry in Jingzhou, and various forces are intertwined, which has a great impact. It is probably difficult to manage it." Guo Jia did not forget the truth because of Huangfu Jian's praise, but reminded him again.

Although Guo Jia was born in a noble family, he belonged to the side branch of the Guo family in Yingchuan. He was poor since childhood and bullied, so he had no good feelings for those scholarly families.

"How can I give Xiao Xiao any good advice?" Huangfu Jian frowned slightly, thought for a while, and asked.

"The lord's usual approach is to defeat the big gentry, win over the middle and small gentry, and combine them into use. The subordinates believe that the governance of Jingzhou can be the same. The subordinates suggest that the lord set up a recruitment hall in Jiangxia County to recruit talents and recruit talents and recruit famous scholars. The Zhenxi Army is famous, and the talented and talented in Jingzhou will always come to join us. The lord can ask the Ministry of Personnel to send people to select those talents with real talents and knowledge as officials, and let him participate in the governance of the local area, which will be twice the result with half the effort." Guo Jia said.

"Jing Xiang's talent?" Huangfu Jian did not answer Guo Jia's words, but said lightly.

As the territory of Zhenxi Army continues to expand, the number of talents required is increasing. Jingzhou has many wise men since ancient times, so it is really not to be missed. Unfortunately, "Feng Chu" Pang Tong, "Wolong" Zhuge Liang, Ma Jia Wuliang and others are just little brats.

"I ordered that the prefect of Changsha Gu Yong temporarily took over the government affairs of Jiangxia, set up a recruitment hall, and recruited wise men from all over the world. The commander Zhang Zhaosui sent officials to come over to be responsible for local government affairs and select officials."

After thinking for a while, Huangfu Jian adopted Guo Jia's opinion.

"As for your order!" Guo Jia replied.

I had nothing to say all night, and the next day, the sky was clear and it was another beautiful weather.

Huangfu Jian ordered "Noah's Ark 2" to stop in Xiakou Shui Village, and took his entourages such as the little princess, Lu Bu, Guo Jia, and the Eighteen Dragon Cavalry, and the five hundred personal guards on the boat to the shore and headed towards Xiakou City.

In order to prevent the shock of Liu Biao from Jingzhou, Huangfu Jian had only 500 guards with him, followed by the "Noah's Ark 2" and the frigate. The remaining 4,500 cavalry commanders Huang Xu would cross the river by land to meet Huangfu Jian.

Because there was no real war in Xiakou City, no losses were suffered. Under the suppression of Li Jue, the riots in the city became prisoners and were imprisoned in the military camp, waiting for reorganization. The city's public security also kept the cavalry of the Western Army, and returned to normal under the continuous inspection of Huang Zu's prefect, and Huang Zu's prefect was also neatly packed up as Huangfu Jian's temporary residence.

The two generals of the Jinfan Army, Li Jue, Sun Ce, Zu Mao, Han Dang, and Han Dang, were gathered in the hall. Sun Ce was wearing filial piety clothes and his face was full of grief.

"I am very sorry for General Wentai's death! Sun Ce, please beg for the change! In the past few days, you have to deal with General Sun's funeral with peace of mind. After General Sun's funeral is handled, you will return to the army. I have important matters left for you to do!" Huangfu Jian sat in the hall and said a little sadly.

"Thank you lord!" Sun Ce replied on his knees.

"Xiakou City is already in the hands of our army. At this great opportunity, our army will take the opportunity to take over the three counties of Yuzhang, Guiyang and Lingling." After comforting Sun Ce, Huangfu Jian looked at the generals in the hall and said calmly.

When everyone heard this, there was another big battle to fight. They were all full of fighting spirit and were ready to beat their hands, staring at Huangfu Jian with wide eyes, as if they were afraid that Huangfu Jian would not see him.

"General Su Fei led some Jinfan troops to station in Xiakou Shuizhai to train the surrendered troops. Gan Ning, you took Zhou Yu to take down the entire Yuzhang County to our generals in the shortest time. Did you hear that?" Huangfu Jian glanced at the generals in the hall, and finally looked at Gan Ning, Su Fei, and Zhou Yu, and said in a deep voice.

"As for your order!" The three of them respectfully accepted their orders.

"Zu Mao, you lead 10,000 soldiers from the Silver Fox Camp to station in Xiakou City, train the surrendered army, and be responsible for the funeral of General Sun." Huangfu Jian glanced at Zu Mao again and said.

"No!" Zu Mao stepped forward to take the order.

"Li Jue, I will order you to lead an army of 10,000 to attack Guiyang County!" Huangfu Jian looked at Li Jue and ordered.

"No!" Li Jue took his order.

"Han Dang, I ordered you to lead 10,000 troops to attack Lingling County~!" Huangfu Jian ordered Han Dang.

"No!" Han Dang took his order.

"Soldiers are very fast! Taking advantage of the opportunity when the enemy is still unclear about our army's movements, please speed up and be sure to take down the counties in the shortest time." Huangfu Jian waved his hand and said heavily.

"As for your order!" the generals also replied loudly.

"What our army wants is elite soldiers and generals. Among all the surrendered troops in Jiangxia, elite troops will be selected to stay. If others are willing to join the army to eat food, they will let them open up wasteland and farm on the spot. Jingzhou has a large area and is sparsely populated, and it can be reclaimed in large quantities as our army's grain production base!" Huangfu Jian finally said to Su Fei, Zu Mao and the others.

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