Chapter 544

Although Gu Yi was an enemy force of Liu Biao, the reason the two became enemies was because their starting points and angles were different.

Compared to enemies in the opposing camp, betrayal from one's own camp was often more fatal.

Liu Biao did not die at the hands of his enemy Gu Yi, but instead died at the hands of his second wife, Lady Cai, which was truly sigh-worthy.

And nowadays,

Liu Biao was dead.

Northern Jingzhou and Central Jingzhou had both gone to Gu Yi.

Wen Pin naturally did not have a reason to continue to oppose Gu Yi.

Thus, he soon chose to surrender.

But on Gu Yi's side, when granting official positions, it was always based on merit and ability.

Although Wen Pin's official position was far above Wei Yan's when he was in Xiangyang before,

Wei Yan had merit in killing Wang Meng and opening the city gate.

Wen Pin was a surrendered general who chose to surrender only after being defeated.

The treatment naturally could not be the same.

However,

Wen Pin was also a good general talent.

In the original history, Wen Pin was appointed to guard Anlu City.

He had several times used inferior forces to repel the Wu army that came to attack the city under the orders of Sun Shiwan.

Emperor Ming of Wei, Cao Rui, therefore specifically wrote an edict over a thousand characters long to praise Wen Pin's ferocity.

And Anlu City, guarded by Wen Pin, also became the second city, after Hefei, that Sun Shiwan could look at but could not reach.

Therefore, Gu Yi naturally would not abandon Wen Pin.

And after accepting Wei Yan and Wen Pin,

another general talent worth Gu Yi spending time on was Hou Yin.

Perhaps compared to Wei Yan and Wen Pin, Hou Yin was not very famous.

But during the Battle of Xiangfan in the original history, Hou Yin once launched a rebellion in Wancheng to respond to Guan Yu.

His rebellion made Cao Ren, who was guarding Fancheng, fall into a predicament of potentially suffering attacks from front and back at any time.

For this reason, Cao Ren had to send as many as half of the Fancheng defenders to Wancheng to suppress the rebellion.

Finally, Hou Yin, with few troops and generals, died in battle in Wancheng.

But Cao Ren, who was forced to divide his troops, was not in a much better situation.

First, he was surrounded by Guan Yu in Fancheng, and then he witnessed the flooding of the seven armies in the city with his own eyes.

The reinforcements he had been looking forward to were all wiped out.

The commander-in-chief Yu Jin was captured, and the deputy commander Pang De was killed.

From this, one could see how large the shadow area in Cao Ren's heart was when he was trapped in Fancheng.

If not for Xu Huang arriving in time with reinforcements,

I am afraid Cao Ren would have very likely become the second Cao family/Xiahou family clan commander to die on the battlefield after Xia Houyuan.

From this, it could be seen that Hou Yin still had some ability.

It was a pity that the troops in his hands were very limited.

Otherwise, perhaps the results could have been expanded a little more.

Of course, no matter how Xiangfan was fought, ultimately Guan Yu's side would suffer a backstab from Sun Shiwan.

For Sun Shiwan, the main theme was "backstabbing and sneak attacks"!

Frontal attack, leading an army of one hundred thousand and still couldn't take Hefei?

Don't be afraid!

We'll go steal Jingzhou!

Stealing Jingzhou was also expanding territory.

In this way, wouldn't the negative impact brought by not being able to take Hefei be reduced a lot? (Dog-head emoji, funny)

Anyway, I, the "Great Wei King of Wu," am just this powerful!

If you don't submit, you really can't.

……

And nowadays,

Jiangdong had been completely mastered in Gu Yi's hands.

Naturally, there would no longer be those messy things.

After accepting the three generals Wei Yan, Wen Pin, and Hou Yin,

soon, war reports were transmitted from Jingzhou again.

After Northern Jingzhou, with Xiangyang as the core, surrendered, Xu Rong returned to Chang'an first with a portion of the army.

As for the two generals Li Jue and Guo Si, they continued to lead the army south to launch an attack on the four commanderies of Southern Jingzhou.

I thought it would be a fierce battle,

but the governors of the four commanderies of Jingzhou, upon learning the news that Li Jue and Guo Si were leading an army to attack, announced their surrender by sending envoys without a second word.

Regarding this, it also avoided a war.

But according to the rules set by Gu Yi, all those who surrendered needed to go to Chang'an to report on their duties.

After seeing their specific performance, he would decide their future direction.

Therefore,

the four people, Liu Du, Governor of Lingling, Han Xuan, Governor of Changsha, Zhao Fan, Governor of Guiyang, and Jin Xuan, Governor of Wuling, would soon return to Chang'an together with Li Jue and Guo Si.

It is worth mentioning that

under Liu Du, the Governor of Lingling, there was also a fierce general comparable to a "little cow standing upside down"!

This person was named "Xing Daorong"!

Later generations said:

"The Upper General of Lingling, Xing Daorong, relying only on the pear-blossom opening-mountain axe in his hand, will definitely make the likes of Guan Yu and Zhao Zilong bring their heads to see me!"

Although I don't know how much ability this Xing Daorong actually had,

this did not prevent Gu Yi from developing a strong interest in him.

……

And following the submission of the nine commanderies of Jingxiang, many political affairs also needed Gu Yi to rearrange and handle.

First, the original political system of Jingzhou needed to be changed.

In Jingzhou under Liu Biao's rule, the three great Jingzhou aristocratic families were the highest power holders in Jingzhou.

But now, Cai Mao, Kuai Yue, and Huang Zu were all dead.

The so-called three great Jingzhou aristocratic families were also about to become a thing of the past.

Many people looked at this big cake of Jingzhou in their eyes and remembered it in their hearts.

As everyone knows, besides the three great aristocratic families, Jingzhou also had other small and medium-sized aristocratic families.

For example, the Ma family where Ma Liang and Ma Su brothers were.

For example, the Pang family where Strategist Pang Tong and Pang Degong were.

And for example, the Xiang family where Xiang Lang and Xiang Chong were.

These few medium-sized aristocratic families, although their power could not compare with the three great Jingzhou aristocratic families,

their own ambition and desire were also not small.

Therefore,

after Xiangyang City was occupied by Xu Rong, the heads of these medium-sized aristocratic families, such as the Ma family, Pang family, and Xiang family, rushed to fawn over him.

It was a pity that

Gu Yi could not tolerate the cultivation of new three great Jingzhou aristocratic families on this land of the nine commanderies of Jingxiang.

Consequently, the thoughts of these medium-sized aristocratic families could only end in disappointment.

Of course, Gu Yi was not an unreasonable person.

One must say, the young descendants of these Jingzhou medium-sized aristocratic families did have quite a few capable people.

The likes of Strategist Pang Tong, Ma Liang, Xiang Lang, etc., were all packed up and taken away by Gu Yi.

But they, who were deeply influenced by "family interest education," did not meet Gu Yi's employment standards in the short term.