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The sky gradually became brighter and the Battle of Red Cliff came to an end. The Jiangdong Army and the Jiangxia Army were busy cleaning the battlefield. More than 100,000 Cao troops were captured, tents, supplies, food and weapons and other materials were piled up like mountains. The bodies of the soldiers who died in battle were burned and the ashes were scattered into the Yangtze River.

Liu Jing, accompanied by Zhou Yu, inspected the Cao army camp. The Cao army camp was well preserved and not burned out by a fire like a water village. The tents had been removed, and the tops were neatly stacked. From a distance, they looked like more than a dozen gray-white mounds.

There are several huge tents in the southeast corner that have not been demolished. There is Cao's army's grain and grass warehouse, full of grain and hay, with more than 200,000 stones of grain alone. In addition, there are more than 100,000 cattle and horses and other livestock.

Copper coins are even more difficult to count, with gold alone being as large as thousands of pounds. Zhou Yu's face turned a little pale. He finally realized why Liu Jing had to compete for the right to dispose of the profits. These profits that were rich and powerful made him feel dazzled. It seemed that it was not worth the loss to give up these mountains of strategic materials because of Huang Gai.

But he had no choice but to do anything. After all, he had already proved with Liu Jing. Now his only hope is that Liu Jing should not be too much and could give him some, otherwise he would really not know how to explain to Wu Hou when he went back.

Liu Jing glanced at Zhou Yu quickly. As soon as he entered the camp, he felt that Zhou Yu was feeling a little depressed. Of course, he could understand Zhou Yu's mood.

Liu Jing was not a prophet in some things. He could judge based on some common sense that he would maintain more than 200,000 troops in Jingzhou for several months. How many days does this require? This consumed nearly half of Cao Cao's national strength.

After the Battle of Chibi in history, Cao Cao changed from strategic offense to strategic defense, and for a long time, national strength was difficult to support such a large-scale southern expedition.

In fact, this is only part of the supplies, and some are in Jiangling and Fancheng.

At this time, Zhou Yu took out a sword and said to Liu Jing: "This is one of Cao Cao's swords, called Qingyan. It was obtained by Shi Ci's sword killing Xiahou En. I will give this sword to the Palace Master."

When Liu Jing heard that it was a green sword, he was immediately interested. He took the sword and slowly pulled it out. The sword body was as bright as jade, and the cold air came to his face. "Good Sword" Liu Jing blurted out.

"Why are you embarrassed to accept such a precious sword from Gongjin? Why don't Gongjin offer it to Wuhou?"

Even though he said this, Liu Jing had already put the sword in his hand. He could not return it to Zhou Yu again. Zhou Yu smiled faintly, "If Zhou Mu feels embarrassed, then he might as well give me a knife."

Seeing Zhou Yu's eyes full of hope, Liu Jing thought to himself, what knife makes him look forward to it so much.

After a moment of thought, Liu Jing suddenly realized, "Gongjin wants the ancient ingot knife."

The ancient ingot knife is Sun Jian's sword. Sun Jian was killed in the battle of Jiangxia. The knife fell into Liu Biao's hands, and Liu Biao rewarded it to Huang Zhong, who loved collecting weapons.

Although in the eyes of Jingzhou people, the ancient ingot knife is just a rare sharp blade, in the eyes of Jiangdong people, it is a holy object.

Although the Qingyan Sword is a famous sword in the world, it cannot be compared with the ancient ingot sword for Jiangdong. If you can get the ancient ingot sword, Zhou Yu can also give Wu Hou an explanation. After all, Zhou Yu was a little uneasy without the consent of Wu Hou.

Zhou Yu nodded, "I hope Zhou Mu can understand the significance of the ancient ingot knife to Jiangdong and Wuhou."

Liu Jing suddenly remembered the last time he met Sun Quan and presented the Qingyue Sword to Sun Quan, and the trace of disappointment in Sun Quan's eyes was only now that he understood what Sun Quan wanted.

After pondering for a while, Liu Jing smiled and said, "I understand Gongjin's mood. No matter how precious the treasure is, it is not as good as the friendship between our two coalition forces in resisting Cao. I will find a way to convince Huang Zhong that within a month, an envoy will send the ancient ingot knife to Jiangdong."

Zhou Yu was overjoyed and bowed to him: "Thank you for the success of the provincial governor"

After reaching this agreement, Zhou Yu's anxiety about gains and losses was wiped out. He pointed to the tent in the southeast corner and smiled: "There is the grain warehouse over there."

"Let's take a look." Liu Jing walked towards the grain warehouse with great interest.

Walking into the huge grain tent, this large tent covers an area of ​​two acres, with dry grass mats on the ground, and packs of grain neatly placed, and put them straight on the tent. Liu Jing patted the thick grain tent heavily. He immediately judged that a pack of grain was at least one stone, so how many packs of grain were there in this big tent

At this time, the surrendered Cao army warehouse came forward and carefully introduced: "The governor of Qibingzhou has thousands of stones of grain in this big tent, which is a thousand bags of grain, which is a total of ten layers. The grain is the wheat in the Yingchuan army stationed in the last year. It can be stored in the dry place. There are tents for low positions, so you can introduce it in detail."

"good"

Liu Jing smiled approvingly and said, "You are a qualified warehouseman, keep doing it."

Cang Cao was overjoyed and hurriedly bowed to salute, "Thank you, the governor of the state."

Liu Jing's eyes turned to Zhou Yu again, and Zhou Yu sighed with frustration and said, "Since I have signed a contract with the provincial governor, I will naturally not go back on my word. I will not take any prisoners of war or the persuasion, and the provincial governor will deal with it."

Liu Jing shook his head secretly, so Zhou Yu could only be a younger brother, but could not become a lord. The fundamental reason is that he was not thick-tongued enough and too scholarly. If he was himself, he would transport the materials away first, it would be impossible to make an agreement. Then he would take out a little bit to fulfill the agreement. Who knows how much profit he would have.

When it comes to war interests, there is no benevolence and righteousness. Although thinking so, Liu Jing still smiled and said, "Don't worry, Gongjin, after I finish all the supplies, I will definitely distribute them fairly, at least half of them to the Jiangdong Army. This is a common victory for both of us, how can I enjoy it alone?"

Zhou Yu smiled bitterly in his heart. Although he was trustworthy, he was not stupid. How could Liu Jing share the right to dispose of the war with Ma Yan's head fairly with him? At most, it was due to the fact that he gave Jiang Dongjun a little bit. Although he understood, he had no choice.

"Is the governor of the state ready to advance westward immediately and capture Jiangling and Xiangyang?" Zhou Yu asked with concern again.

Liu Jing smiled and shook his head, "The soldiers are tired and need to rest for a while. I also have to go see my son. It's been a few months since I was born, and I have only met a few times. My father is not qualified."

Zhou Yu didn't say anything else. He knew that Liu Jing was actually worried about the Jiangdong Army, but it was really meaningless to stay in Jiangxia. Zhou Yu pondered for a moment and said, "Mr. Wu and Hou had an agreement. After the Battle of Chibi, I would return immediately to assist Wu Hou in attacking Hefei. The military situation was urgent. I planned to return to Qichun directly at noon. After a short rest, I would go back to Wuhu, Jiangling and Xiangyang. I would no longer assist the provincial governor."

Liu Jing was overjoyed. Zhou Yu seemed to be quite tactful. This was the best. He patted Zhou Yu on the shoulder and smiled, "Don't worry, go back on the captured Cao army warship. As for the seized materials, I will let the Tao family caravan transport it to Jiangdong, and I will never let Jiangdong suffer a loss."

Zhou Yu nodded, with a rare smile on his face, "It is not in vain that Zhou Yu can fight Cao Zhe side by side with the Palace Master in this life. I hope we can meet again as soon as possible."

"Yes, we will definitely meet again soon."

As soon as he came out of the military camp, a soldier came to report: "Qi Bizhou Governor, General Huang sent someone to report urgent matters."

"Bring to see me"

After a moment, a soldier hurried forward and knelt down on one knee to report: "Report to the provincial governor, General Huang captured Xiahou Yuan while investigating prisoners of war across the river."

This news made Liu Jing very happy. He received the news that the chief general of the Cao army leading 50,000 across the river was actually Xiahou Yuan. Liu Jing was looking forward to Huang Zhong's capture of this person, and now there was finally news.

Liu Jing hurriedly asked, "How did you find it?"

"Xiahou Yuan disguised himself as a soldier and mingled in the team, but was recognized by General Huang."

Liu Jing nodded happily, "Go back and tell the old general Huang immediately that Xiahou Yuan must be kept under strict supervision, and also ask the old general to come here in the afternoon, and then say that there is important military intelligence discussion."

At noon, Zhou Yu led the Wanjiangdong Army to leave Chibi on several captured Cao army ships and flowed eastward. Liu Jing kept watching the departure of Jiangdong Army, and finally let go of the matter in Jiangdong, and he returned to the Cao army camp.

As soon as he arrived at the gate of the camp, he met Wei Yan head-on. In this Battle of Red Cliff, Wei Yan led the second batch of 20,000 troops to land. In fact, he was responsible for the task of cleaning up the battlefield, arresting prisoners of war, and confiscating various benefits. He has been busy last night until now, and he also wants to find Liu Jing, but he happened to meet him at the gate of the camp.

"See the governor of the state" Wei Yan bowed the way on the horse.

Liu Jing nodded and urged the horse to go side by side with him. "There are a lot of supplies after the war, and it will take a few more days to work harder."

Wei Yan came to Liu Jing for this matter. His lips moved and his face was helpless. Liu Jing saw it and asked with a smile: "Is there anything to say?"

Wei Yan sighed, "It's nothing, I'm humble in my duties and obey the orders."

"If you have anything, just say it. I have been with me for so many years, but I don't know you yet. You were a thorny back then."

Wei Yan smiled bitterly and said, "Actually, Bei Zhi wants to ask an order to attack Jiangling."

"You are so anxious to attack Jiangling," Liu Jing asked.

"The brothers are all anxious and hope to advance westward immediately and conquer Jiangling."

"But it's winter now, the wind is wrong, and the fleet cannot move westward."

Wei Yan hurriedly said, "You can go directly to Jiangling without having to walk on Huarong Road and chase Cao Cao. The brothers are anxious to wait. Please ask the governor of the state to order as soon as possible."

Liu Jing looked at Gan Ning next to him again and asked again: "Is Xingba so anxious?"

Gan Ning quickly bowed and said, "I hope to advance west as soon as possible. Not only is I hope to be a humble officer, but also the same thing for General Huang and General Huang. Restore Jingzhou as soon as possible and eliminate Cao Cao's forces from Jingzhou. The Jiangdong Army is about to retreat eastward, so we have no worries."

"State Governor, order"

Wei Yan urged anxiously again: "If the governor of the state does not agree, he may not be able to explain to his brothers."

Liu Jing glanced at Wei Yan, felt a little unhappy, and said lightly: "Since everyone is so anxious, I will arrange this matter as soon as possible. Let's wait until the old general Huang comes over in the afternoon and we will discuss it together."

Speaking of this, Liu Jing said to Wei Yan again: "I will find another candidate for the aftermath, so you don't have to worry about it."

Wei Yan was overjoyed and said with a fist: "Thank you, the Palace Master, for your understanding of your humble duties."

At this time, a soldier rushed over and reported loudly: "Qi Bingzhou Governor, Xu Changshi has arrived, and the ship has arrived at the shore."

Liu Jing laughed, Xu Shu came in time and just happened to cure the aftermath for him.

He immediately turned his horse's head and ran towards the shore. Halfway through, he saw Xu Shu leading a large group of officials on horseback, and Jia Xu was also among them.

When the officials saw Liu Jing, they all came forward to see him. Liu Jing replied to Xu Shu one by one and said with a smile: "I was wondering just now whether Housekeeper Xu would come in time to confiscate the profits, but I didn't expect that he would come so timely."

Everyone laughed, and Xu Shu also smiled and said, "You have fought this battle and made our entire Jiangxia poor. Of course, you have to recover the capital and profits, so we will temporarily accept the profits."

"Then go and hand over to General Wei. Now he is in charge of it for the time being. I just promised him to find someone to take over, so you can come in time."

Xu Shu was not polite, so he bowed to Liu Jing and urged the horse to go, but Jia Xu stayed. When everyone walked away, Jia Xu smiled and said, "I think the provincial governor must be embarrassed now, so I have crossed the river."

Liu Jing was a little stunned. Jia Xu was indeed very skilled and saw through his thoughts. He nodded, "Let's go back to the account first."

Liu Jing's temporary camp is located in the southwest corner of Caoying. It is a relatively open highland with tall spruce growing above, and his tent is built in the spruce forest.

After entering the tent, Liu Jing ordered his personal soldiers to serve hot tea. Liu Jing took a sip of hot tea and asked first: "How is Sima Yi now?"

"He is studying in Jiangxia Academy now, but please rest assured. This person is not pedantic and good at observing the situation. He might have been a little hesitant before, but now the governor defeated Cao's army in Chibi, so he knew what to choose. I don't need to persuade him. Just the governor gave him a step, and it will naturally come naturally."

Liu Jing nodded, "The main reason is that I have some troubles. After dealing with it, I will go and see him."

Jia Xu seemed to understand Liu Jing's troubles. He took a sip of tea and then said calmly: "I think the governor of the Zhou Dynasty must be making things difficult for the attack on Jiangling."

Liu Jing sighed, "The soldiers are eager to attack Jiangling, which is really difficult."

"Then I don't understand why the provincial governor is not in a hurry to attack Jiangling?" Jia Xu asked with a smile. In fact, he understood it very well, but he asked on purpose.

"If I was not mistaken, Liu Bei was also eyeing Jiangling's south bank. I was afraid of forcing Cao Cao to frighten. He returned Jiangling to Liu Bei and used Liu Bei to restrain me. We would lose more. So I wanted to wait a little longer to give Cao Cao a breather, so that he could think that he could defend Jiangling and Xiangyang, and then wait until he returned north before taking action."

Jia Xu smiled slightly, "The Palace Master is worried that it will be difficult to seize Jiangling from Liu Bei, right?"

"That's right. I'm justified in seizing Jiangling from Cao's army, but Liu Bei has Liu Qi in his hands. Once he takes Jiangling back, if I go to attack the city, he will give Liu Qi to the city wall. How can I fight me? After all, Liu Qi is the legitimate lord of Jiangling, and he has not surrendered to Cao Cao, and he has moral deficiency."

"Since that's the case, the state governor just needs to explain this to the generals clearly, so why bother with it?"

Liu Jing shook his head, "They don't understand, and ordinary soldiers won't understand. This will affect morale instead. And I don't want the generals to know much about some things."

"Actually, this matter is easy to solve."

Jia Xu smiled sinisterly and whispered: "The governor of the state can find someone to oppose the attack on Jiangling. In this way, the generals will not blame Zhou Mu for it."

Liu Jing understood what Jia Xu meant and asked others to do things that offend others, but thinking about it is true. As a leader, you must have the awareness of the leader and cannot let the leader say everything himself.

"Who do you think is suitable for?"
Chapter completed!