Chapter 273: Development of Jingzhou

The huge Jinglian was close to the city wall, and Liu Beijun's cloud ladder was also starting to build on the city wall. The siege battle began. Arrows were like migratory locusts.
Don't let that well stop close!
Zhang Ren could clearly feel that the morale of the defending army became lower as the giant well closed. Although Zhang Ren could n’t figure out why the opponent ’s well was close so close, but to Zhang Ren In fact, this is an opportunity!
"Fire oil, quickly, shoot at the well stop!" Zhang Ren looked around and ordered people to smash the fire oil on the wall to the well stop, which was originally used to burn the other party's ladder, but now Or, let ’s burn the giant well first, and then say that there is this thing, the pressure on the defenders is too great.
At that moment, a soldier of the Shu army put a jar of kerosene on the stone machine, and bombarded the well stopper continuously. The thick liquid hung on the walls of the stopper. On the giant well.
The flame spread to the entire well in an instant, standing on the city wall, it felt like a fire wall was approaching here, and the soldiers on the well did not care about shooting arrows anymore. Jump down.
Did it fail?
Liu Yi frowned and looked at the giant trap that was engulfed in flames by bamboo slips. With a sigh, the fire attack was indeed a disaster for wooden engineering equipment.
The worst thing is that as the giant trap was burnt, the morale of the Shucheng Shu Army was greatly shocked, but the morale of Liu Beijun was affected a lot.
Blessings and misfortunes depend on each other. While enjoying the advantages brought by this giant trap, once the giant trap is destroyed, the psychological superiority of the siege soldiers will disappear. The psychological gap is directly expressed. The morale is greatly reduced.
This battle cannot be fought!
Liu Yi looked at Liu Bei, and then hit, the casualties will increase, or the casualty ratio will increase greatly, it is not necessary.
Liu Bei apparently saw it, and had no choice but to order Mingjin to resign.
On the wall in the distance, the cheers and laughs of the defenders sounded, and Liu Yi felt nothing. The victory or defeat was a common matter for the soldiers. Moreover, the production of Jingjing was originally a test product.
"Bo Yuan, don't be discouraged." Liu Bei worried that Liu Yi was hit, and patted Liu Yi's shoulder with relief and smiled: "This thing is wonderful, just ..."
It's just that it's too easy to be targeted. The volume is too big, and people have to burn. There is no place to hide.
Shaking his head, Liu Yi smiled and said: "The protagonist need not worry, this thing is just a test article, but after this battle, Yi has a new idea!"
"Oh?" Liu Bei heard the words, his eyes lit up, and looked at Liu Yi: "Not just what to do?"
"Yi doesn't understand the strategy, please ask the protagonist to give Yi a few more days, we will put the city wall on the battlefield!" Liu Yi smiled and said: "Just ten days!"
The previous siege warfare gave him a lot of inspiration, but now he can't wait to go back and put his ideas into practice.
"Not in a hurry." Liu Bei nodded and smiled.
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Thousands of miles away, Jingzhou and Jiangling.
Since Liu Bei led his army into Shudong, Jiangdong has a playful attitude. After instructing Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang moved the institution back to Jiangling from the public security. Liu Bei has been in Shushu for almost three years now. In the past three years, Jingzhou has changed a lot. .
"Military division, this is the demographics of Yueyang County." Ma Dun came to Zhuge Liang with a stack of bamboo slips and bowed. Before Liu Yi left, Yue Yang and Changsha county guardians were handed over. Now Ma Deng is serving as Yue Yang guard. .
"You often talk directly." Zhu Geliang laughed. In the past three years, Jingzhou has changed a lot, especially in Changsha and Yueyang.
"Last year and one year, Yueyang's population increased by 30%, but taxation ..." Ma Deng said that there was some frowning. Liu Yi suggested that Liu Bei give some discounts in order to develop the population. For example, when he learned to be a king, he gave birth to a son. Officially raised.
"These don't need to be considered." Zhuge Liang shook his head and said: "The hero is now fighting in Yizhou, and the grain and grass are all coming from Hanzhong. Jingzhou can develop safely."
Speaking of which, Zhuge Liang couldn't help narrowing his eyes. Although the situation is now unfriendly to Liu Bei, internally, the development of Jingzhou is extremely gratifying. In the past three years, the five counties of Jingnan alone have grown their population by 200,000 Too many, in order to keep these populations, some of the policies that Hui Bei did not accept at the time were released after Zhu Geliang weighed them. Now Jingzhou is not short of money, but short of people.
Although all these children have grown in the past three years, they have continued to develop like this. Twenty years later, after the population balance has been re-established, the land of Jingnan alone can really recruit 100,000 soldiers and horses in wartime. Not to mention that Nanjun is originally a county with a large population. It is just a Jingzhou, with a population of more than 5 million. If Yizhou is added, Liu Bei ’s heritage can definitely compete with Cao Cao after 20 years.
Ma Dang nodded. Liu Bei's expedition came from Liu Zhang in the early stage, and was mobilized from Hanzhong in the later stage. There was no war pressure in Jingzhou and a rare period of stable development was obtained.
"Yueyang County now has a population of nearly 50,000, but it is still a bit of a hardship in terms of people's livelihood." Ma Dao sighed, this is also impossible, even now that the government has borne more than half of the cost of raising children. The birth rate of babies is in a stage of terrifying growth. Half of a couple has at least two children to feed, and there is a lot of pressure to survive. Even if the government provides many discounts, it is still very tight.
It is worth mentioning that in the past three years, with the role of Yueyang to communicate on both sides of the river bank, Yueyang has become a core city in the land of Jingnan, gathering from south to north, making Yueyang's fixed population close to 50,000, and the daily flow The population is even more difficult to measure.
"There are also difficulties in recruiting." Ma Dang said at this point, and he could not help crying.
It ’s a good thing to have more people, but now the men in this land of Jingzhou have become timid. After all, a family needs to be fed, and when the soldiers decide to die on the battlefield at any time, the family ’s livelihood will be lost. Therefore, although the population is increasing rapidly, recruiting troops is more difficult than in the past. Jingzhou's current state is that people are attached, but no one wants to be a soldier.
Zhuge Liang was silent, this is also an important reason why he strives for stability, and even hesitates to lower his posture to Jiangdong. Now Jingzhou is in a state of rapid development. At this time, any war for Jingzhou will slow down the development of Jingzhou. pace.
Zhuge Liang put down his pen, picked up the fan on hand, smiled and looked at Ma Duan said: "This is not anxious, now our army has 100,000 troops, it is enough to guard Jingzhou, the rest, just wait for the protagonist to take Yizhou."
"Report ~" A small school rushed to the door and bowed: "Military division, the protagonist sent a messenger back."
"Please!" Zhuge Liang and Ma Deng quickly stood up to greet him. The battle of Yizhou now does not know how to fight.
Soon, a messy messenger came in to see Zhuge Liang.
"Military division, this is a book written by the principal, and destiny must be handed over to the military division!"
"Oh?" Zhuge Liang looked solemnly and quickly opened the letter to look carefully.
His face sank a little.
"Military division?" Ma Zhun saw Zhuge Liang's complexion, he quickly asked: "What happened?"
"Shi Yuan was injured and the offensive was obstructed. The protagonist ordered Jingzhou to send his general to go and strike with the protagonist north and south." Zhu Geliang groaned.
"But who is it going to send? How to adjust the troops?" Ma Deng asked quickly.
Shaking his head, Zhuge Liang knew that it was Liu Bei who gave himself the right to decide, and the situation in Jingzhou was not good. Sun Quanhu looked at it. If there were too many troops, he might be attracted by Sun Quan. Busy, Liu Bei gave Zhuge Liang the power of decision. This is a great trust.
Ma Yun also understood the truth and looked at Zhuge Liang: "Among the generals of Jingzhou, I am afraid that only the generals Yu and Zhang Fei can be adjusted. Of these two, one of them must stay in Jingzhou."
Although Liu Bei gave the decision-making power, the people who guarded Jingzhou must be Liu Bei's confidant. Except for Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, the others, including Zhao Yun and Chen Dao, were all a little heavier.
"You often think, which general should you send?" Zhu Geliang did not make a decision, but looked at Ma Deng and asked with a smile.
"General Guan has both wisdom and courage, and he can shock the world. Although General Wing-de seems to be reckless, Mr. Zeng Wenboyuan said that General Wing-de is fine-grained and fine, and if he talks about marching in war, he is not inferior "Ma Ma didn't answer directly, but analyzed the situation of the two.
It's not that Zhang Fei is not as good as Guan Yu, but in terms of fame, Guan Yu's record is relatively sturdy. As a general, Guan Yu's reputation alone is obviously more suitable than Zhang Fei.
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As for how to choose, Ma Dang didn't say much. In such a thing, Zhuge Liang asked him to be more of a kind of examination and teaching, just click to the end.
Zhuge Liang nodded with a smile, nodded in his heart, and looked at Ma Raun with a bit more appreciation. Suddenly thinking of Liu Yi's words, he looked at Ma Rao and said: "This time, sending troops, Liang can't follow him. Would you like to help Liang Liang assist this leader and join the party in Shu? "
Liu Yi once said that no matter how powerful a genius is, it also needs experience to enrich it, and to give some more opportunities to experience, in the future, he will definitely become the leader of Liu Beijun's next generation.
For his friend's ability to look at people and similar arguments, Zhuge Liang still trusts, and the more he gets along, the more Zhuge Liang likes Madun. Since he has this opportunity, it is better to let Madun take the opportunity to join the army and practice.
Ma Yun naturally didn't know the deep meaning of it at the moment. He smiled and nodded: "Dare not follow your life!"
"Go and ask Zhu Jiang to come." Zhuge Bright Point nodded and said to the guard.
"Hello!"