At the camp gate, Li Zheng stood with his sword on his sword. Even though he was calm, he was relieved.

Although he believed in his soldiers and the determination of the people of Jiangling to resist Cao Cao, it was possible that anything would happen on the battlefield.

It is not 10% or not to be able to defend or not.

At this moment, Xiahou Yuan retreated without fighting, and he was the best.

"A general is a real god. If it were me, I would not dare to guard the camp and take the people to escape. If they escape, they would have been intercepted by Xiahou Yuan." The camp Sima wiped the sweat from his forehead and said sincerely.

Li Zheng shook his head and said, "Don't be relieved now. But whether Xiahou Yuan will return is a question. Besides, Zhou Yu in the south is even more of a big problem. First, send a spy to find out the truth of Cao Cao. If Cao Cao really takes Cao's army out of Jingzhou, we will lead our troops to Dangyang City and let the people make their own choices. Either go to Xiangyang or stay in Dangyang and wait to go back to Jiangling."

"No." Sima Yingnuo from the camp immediately went down and sent someone to follow Xiahou Yuan.

Li Zheng guessed that Xiangyang City might have turned into ruins like Jiangling City. For Jiangling people, of course, they were unwilling to go to Xiangyang.

However, there are a large number of scholars who fled from the north in Jiangling City. This group of people should not mind living in Xiangyang or Jiangling.

Jiangling needs to be rebuilt, and Xiangyang also needs to be rebuilt. They all need population. Anyway, they are all people of the Guan family, so there is no need to favor one or the other.

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Let’s talk about Xiahou Yuan’s defeat for a while, and lost a large number of people, supplies, and even the gold that he had plundered from Jiangling City. He led his troops to Xiangyang.

At this moment, Xiangyang City has not been turned into ruins.

Because Cao Cao was still in Xiangyang, there were tens of thousands of soldiers and horses inside and outside Xiangyang, and there were tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Fancheng City. This was to protect Cao Cao and to support Xiahou Yuan.

After Xiahou Yuan brought his troops back to Xiangyang, Cao Cao personally came to the city gate to greet him. Several months have passed since the defeat. Xiahou Yuan was no longer embarrassed, but he was listless and unhappy.

When Xiahou Yuan saw Cao Cao, he felt even more ashamed, turned over and dismounted, and took Li Guang and Xu Lan to apologize.

"Prime Minister. I will be responsible for my responsibilities." Xiahou Yuan knelt on one knee and said ashamed.

"Victory and defeat are common in military affairs, and there is no need to be such a wonderful talent." Cao Cao smiled and helped Xiahou Yuan up, and then said to Li Guang and Xu Lan: "Two generals are also working hard."

After hearing this, Xiahou Yuan and the other two were even more ashamed.

In fact, Cao Cao sighed in his heart. It was the gain of the population by the enemy, which was the consequences of the people. But sometimes, there was nothing he could do.

At this moment, Cao Cao had long known that Zhou Yu had occupied Jiangling City.

Cao Cao didn't care about this.

In this battle, Guan, Cao, and Sun did not lose.

Only Liu Qi lost.

Cao Cao lost not much men, but instead obtained 40,000 to 50,000 soldiers in Jingzhou, a population of 200,000 to 300,000, and countless wealth. Wenpin could lead Jingzhou troops to build warships in the Huaihe River area to train naval forces. Cao Cao would send troops to Jiangdong next time.

At this moment, Cao Cao decided to go back to the north to repair his troops first. When the time is right, he would first deal with Ma Chao, Han Sui and others in Guanxi.

"The mountains and rivers are not as solid as the hearts of the people. But if I can get a naval army that can fight, I can also defeat Jingchu and Wuyue. This matter is only a temporary stop, and I will come again in the future."

With this feeling, Cao Cao ordered Xiahou Yuan to lead the troops first, then calmly cross the river from the Han River floating bridge, gathered Fancheng troops to join Cao Chun's troops, and the 200,000 horse and infantry troops returned to the north.

Although Cao's army left Jingzhou, they did not pass outside Xinye City. Xinye is located in the north of Fancheng, but Cao Cao did not have to pass Xinye when he returned to the north.

Just like Cao Cao attacked Xiangyang, it was not necessary to conquer Xinye.

But even so, Guan Yu still led Yin Guan, Jian Yong, Mi Zhu and others to look north with Zhang Laosan.

During this period, the Guan family also paid a huge price. First of all, last year, the newly produced grain was burned down by fire.

Spring plowing has also been delayed this year, and the losses have been made more than tens of millions. Tens of thousands of people in Suizhou and Zaoyang have gone up the mountain to avoid war, and there has been no spring plowing this year.

Many people outside Nanjun and Xiangyang County are unable to cultivate the fields. This year, the food shortage of Guan family will definitely be very large next year.

The people in Anlu area completed the spring plowing. Fangling area has always been rich, let alone Hanzhong. The Guan family tightened their belts so that the people could survive without causing turmoil.

Of course, if you lose something, you will inevitably gain something.

Wang Wei and Huang Zhong's joining directly increased the Guan family's troops. Although Cao Cao burned down Jiangling City, Xiangyang City, and some cities around Xiangyang, he took away 200,000 to 300,000 people.

But there are also a lot of people left. Before the war, there were also many people who crossed mountains and ridges to hide in Fangling, or were robbed by Zhuge Liang with a naval army.

As for how many people the Guan family has, we can only count them carefully after this. After the population, it is the land.

Xiangyang, Nanjun, Jiangxia at least twenty or thirty cities, the entire vast Jianghan Plain, the Guan family occupied the part north of the Yangtze River.

Of course, Guan Yu also received news that Zhou Yu had entered Jiangling City and planned to compete with him for control of Nanjun. However, Guan Yu was very confident about driving Zhou Yu away.

"I'm finally leaving, this bastard, don't come in the future." Zhang Laosan was still happy. Although he couldn't see it, he still waved to the north, looking glad that he would drive away the villain.

It's really worth celebrating and holding a banquet.

"Second brother, let's hold a celebration banquet. Have a big meal." Zhang Laosan said excitedly.

The second brother Guan Yun raised his face and said, "Are they leaving now? What if Cao's army just pretended to retreat and then killed the generals back?"

"This is a bit impossible." Zhang Laosan muttered.

The actions of the army were by no means easy. Cao Cao was very clear about the retreat of the army. The soldiers of Jingzhou were first, followed by 200,000 to 300,000 people, followed by Xu Huang, Zhang He and his horse, and then a large group of people.

Going back and returning, consuming countless money and food.

It is indeed unlikely that Cao Cao would be able to fight back. But Guan Yu is more cautious about this. However, Guan Yu was not so by nature. After Liu Bei's death, Guan Yu took on the main responsibilities and became much more cautious.

The most important thing is that Guan Ping has always written to Guan Yu, and he must conquer the people and stick to him. We must know that people judge heroes by success or failure. We don’t have to be face-to-face, we just need to be affordable.

In short, Guan Ping means to stick to the Tintoise Ninja Turtles to the end.

Although Guan Yu felt unhappy, he forced himself to do so. After refuting Zhang Laosan's request to hold a celebration banquet, Guan Yu ordered Zhang Laosan to say: "Send someone to see Zilong immediately and explore the horse to find out Cao Cao's movements."

"No." Zhang Laosan couldn't get the celebration banquet, so he was unhappy and responded in a depressed voice, and went down. Guan Yu had no choice but to shake his head.

Really.

This third brother has a headache than my son.

My son.

Thinking of his son, Guan Yu couldn't help but shake his head, and his son was also a freak.

Although Guan Yu was cautious enough about Cao Cao, he also knew that Cao Cao would probably not come back. At this moment, there were a lot of things to deal with in Jingzhou.

Xiangyang, Jiangling City was swept away and the city was rebuilt. Will the people come back from escaping war? How many people escaped and hid?

Zhou Yu owns Jiangling City, how should he fight for it?

One by one, Guan Yu was extremely troubled. He was not a good lord, nor was he good at doing these things. If he had to do these things, it would be better to let him lead his troops to fight with others.

"What should I do now?" Guan Yu turned his head and asked Yin Guan. It is worthy of being a lineage, and Liu Bei was extremely good at doing what he did.

Yin Guan was a great talent and was prepared for this. He said, "After General Zhao monitored Cao's return, he ordered General Zhao to go south to Nanjun. It should be noted that the cavalry led by General Zhao was the only cavalry in the south. Whether it was harassing the grain route or intimidating Zhou Yu, he could not leave him. After that, the lord wanted to move his home to Xiangyang and claim to be the governor of Jingzhou. As the saying goes, if the name is not correct, the words are not smooth. Now Cao Cao has left and Liu Cong has been destroyed. If he is serving Liu Qi as the governor of Jingzhou, the people will not be able to follow it."

"As for the emptiness inside and outside of Xiangyang, it is simple. A large number of people migrated to Xiangyang. One is to enrich the population of Xiangyang, and the other is to Xinye too close to Wancheng. This time, Cao Cao's troops headed south and had to burn rice. It was a pity. Xiangyang was surrounded by mountains on three sides, with the Han River in the north, and the land around it was fertile. Let the people station it and restore prosperity within a few years, just around the corner."

"Okay, I will migrate to Xiangyang." Guan Yu said as if he was good.

Let’s talk about Cao Cao going south and Liu Cong was destroyed. The Guan and Sun families first had a tacit understanding, but then they had a conflict. Now, as soon as the Cao army left, the two families were about to have disputes.

The ownership of Nanjun is still a problem.

But Guan Yu took Xiangyang and was nailed to the iron plate. Guan Yu called himself the left general and the governor of Jingzhou. He had two ruling systems, one was the left general's shogunate, and the other was the Jingzhou prefecture.

But these need to be stabilized before making a quick decision, including how to appoint officials, how to recruit troops, and how to arrange defenses.

Navy, infantry.

What should be done about the relationship between the Guan family and Cao Cao, and the relationship between the Guan family and Sun Quan?

That is, the people who migrated to Xinye went south to make up for the lost population in Xiangyang. What should be done? It's a mess. It's a must-have to discuss with that brat.

Guan Yu didn't know that Ma Liang had sent someone to inform Guan Ping. After he learned that Cao Cao had retreated, he also sent someone to tell Guan Ping.

First, we asked Guan Ping to lead troops to fight for Nanjun, and second, we also discussed with Guan Ping how to govern Jingzhou.

As for the people inside and outside Xinye City, it is also easy. The people's will. There are 200,000 to 300,000 people inside and outside Xinye City. Guan Yu not only migrated away the farmers outside the city, but also migrated away many people in the city.

Guan Yu left a few officials to stay in Xinye, and ordered the generals Gan Ning, Chen Dao, Wei Yan and Zhang Fei to continue to stay. He led the people and thousands of elite troops from Zhou Cang, the headquarters, and rushed towards Xiangyang City in a mighty manner.
Chapter completed!