Among the four prefects appointed by Cao Liang this time, two are officials from Wei. They will serve as the prefect of Changsha and Guiyang, and the other two are surrendered ministers of Wu. Cao Liang appointed them as the prefect of Wuling and Lingling.

However, the commanders in charge of military affairs in the four counties all came from the Wei State. Cao Liang could delegate power in administration, but he never relaxed in military affairs. Even the soldiers of counties and states from all over the country would be firmly in the hands of his own people. Even the surrendered generals who appointed Wu State would mostly serve as deputy positions and would not hand over military power to the people of Wu without reservation.

This is Cao Liang's consistent principle, and there are never exceptions in this regard.

Although there are not many garrison soldiers in a county, the county lieutenant has a large territory in a county. Once a mutiny or rebellion occurs, the Wei army will have to send troops to suppress the rebellion. Not to mention the trouble, the consequences and harms will be quite serious.

Therefore, when Cao Liang appoints officials of the Wu State, he had an untouchable bottom line, that is, the command of the troops and horses in various places must firmly grasp the hands of his own people, and other powers can be delegated to the surrendered officials of the Wu State.

After the new prefect of Guiyang and Lingling arrived at their respective county towns, they completed the delivery procedures with Liu Jing. Liu Jing was relieved and led the Jinqi Camp and Zhonglei Camp to the north to return to Jiangling.

Although Liu Jing successfully took over the counties in Jingnan this time, this way of not being bloodless made Liu Jing feel a little regretful, especially that Shi Ji slipped away from his nose, which made Liu Jing very depressed.

Liu Jing wished he could lead his army to Jiaozhou in one breath and bring Shi Ji and Tao Ji from Jiaozhou together, so that he could exude this anger in his heart.

However, Cao Liang's order strictly restricted him, and Liu Jing did not dare to play any tricks that would be unbearable to the orders of the king outside. Cao Liang arranged for him to return to Jiangling at this moment, so there was an important battle arrangement. The battle in Xiling was imminent, so Liu Jing did not dare to lose the big picture because of the small.

When Liu Jing left Guiyang, he looked back at the south and thought to himself that after so many days, Shi Ji must have arrived in Jiaozhou at this moment. He has no chance to deal with him this time. I hope that after the war in Xiling ended, he would have the opportunity to move south again. By then, not only would Shi Ji be dealt with, but Jiaozhou must be taken down.

All under the world is the king's land, the shores of the land, and the king's ministers. Now His Majesty Cao Liang has already included the eleven states of the thirteen states in the world, leaving only Yizhou and Jiaozhou. Needless to say, Yizhou is already the thing in Cao Liang's pocket, and Jiaozhou is not a place outside. In the future, the world will be unified, and of course, Jiaozhou will not be an exception.

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After more than ten days of long journey, Shi Ji and his party finally walked out of the mountains. Yulin County was ahead, and Shi Ji could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Because I couldn't figure out whether there were pursuers from the Wei army behind me, the Wu army almost slept in the open air and walked in the night camp at night, and did not dare to relax for a moment. Even if there were any movements behind me, the Wu army was frightened, making it a veil and a slight shadow.

The road from Lingling to Yulin is not a road that is a road that is very difficult, so it is extremely difficult to walk this road, climbing mountains and ridges, overcoming obstacles, and twists and turns. A road of hundreds of miles has been a thousand miles.

At this moment, Yu Lincheng was right in front of him, and the Wu soldiers could finally breathe for a while. The good news was that the Wei army did not appear behind them. Although they could not figure out the direction of the Wei army, it was highly likely that they had given up the pursuit, which made Shi Ji completely relieved.

This time, the escape from Jiaozhou in the south was originally a matter of Shi Ji's plan. After the division of troops from Baqiu, although Shi Ji did not immediately escape from Jiaozhou, he made sufficient preparations for this plan.

Now it seems that this preparation is still quite necessary. If Shi Ji did not have the plan to secretly cross Chen Cang, Shi Ji would probably even regret it.

After Shi Ji moved south from Baqiu, the Wei army ignored him and instead concentrated all his troops to deal with Lu Kang. This undoubtedly gave Shi Ji an illusion that he could gain a foothold in Jingnan. So Shi Ji was not determined to go to Jiaozhou at that time, but chose to wait and see while preparing.

Now it seems that this hesitant attitude almost killed him. The main reason is that the Wei army launched an attack suddenly without warning.

Logically speaking, the situation in Xiling was already quite tense. Both sides gathered heavy troops and prepared to fight to the death. Shi Ji was in Jingnan, so he could prepare some tea, eat a melon and watch a show, and then take the next step of action based on the results of the Xiling war.

If Lu Kang fails, Shi Ji will give up his fantasy and lead his troops to go south as soon as possible to defect to Jiaozhou. However, if Lu Kang wins, Shi Ji can also launch a counterattack against the Wei army and recover the loss.

This was Shi Ji's plan to play well, but he didn't expect that the Wei army would not play according to common sense at all. The situation in Xiling was in full swing, and they ignored it and sent troops to capture the seven counties in Jingnan.

Fortunately, Shi Ji was decisive. As soon as he heard that the Wei army had already reached Wuling, he immediately threw away all his fantasies and led his army to escape from Changsha and ran southward.

Fortunately, Shi Ji was prepared for a long time. Not only did he arrange to walk the Guiyang road, but he also secretly arranged the Lingling road.

The Wei army pursued the soldiers so urgently that it was too late to leave Guiyang. Shi Ji activated his backup escape route in time and finally successfully got rid of the Wei army pursuers.

Although the path of Lingling was particularly difficult, there were no pursuers from the Wei army behind him, which was more important than anything else. When he walked out of the mountain, Shi Ji could finally spit out the turbid breath that had accumulated in his chest.

Breathing the fresh air after the rain on the land of Jiaozhou, Shi Ji completely relaxed. Looking at the many subordinates in ragged clothes and haggard faces, Shi Ji himself was also hungry. Due to the insufficient time-consuming time on the Lingling Road, Wu Jun still had many gaps in the food and grass reserves, which caused Wu Jun to lose food before walking out of the mountains. He could only eat some wild fruits and dig some wild vegetables in the mountains to satisfy his hunger. It was really miserable.

However, since he has reached the ground in Jiaozhou, all these sufferings will be over. Shi Ji has an extraordinary relationship with Tao Ji, the governor of Jiaozhou. This is also the motivation for Shi Ji to go south. Now that he has arrived on Tao Ji's territory, can Shi Ji still not stutter?
Chapter completed!