Three Kingdoms: Madam, I am a decent person

Chapter 768 Urgent Military Intelligence from Jingzhou!
The air above Changshe was filled with cries.

Zhang Sui listened to the cries, looked at the soldiers prostrate on the ground, and his gaze fell on Cao Cao's remains in the coffin, whose lips seemed to be smiling. He also sighed.

Although Cao Cao killed countless people, the massacres of cities recorded in historical books are extremely terrifying.

However, a tyrant is still a tyrant after all.

Even a butcher has his merits that deserve recognition.

There are still so many people willing to follow him.

Perhaps this is the source of Cao Cao's charm!

It's no wonder that even two thousand years later, despite the many criticisms leveled against Cao Cao, many people still believe that if they could travel through time, joining Cao Cao's ranks would be a good choice.

Nagashino has surrendered!
After Chen Gong transported the remains of Cao Cao and Lady Bian to Changshe, the garrison at Changshe did not choose to put up a desperate resistance.

Led by generals and relatives such as Xiahou Dun and Cao Chun, the garrison of Changshe chose to surrender without a fight.

Neither Emperor Liu Xie nor Empress Fu Shou were harmed.

Zhang Sui did not commit any acts of killing against Changshe.

After Changshe surrendered, Zhang Sui arranged for a group of people to escort Cao Pi, Cao Zhi, Cao Chong, and others to transport the remains of Cao Cao and Lady Bian back to Qiao County, Pei State, for burial, where they settled down.

The army marched directly south to Xuchang.

The prominent families and clans near Xudu flocked to Xudu to welcome Zhang Sui.

Zhang Su, riding a warhorse, escorted the carriage of Emperor Liu Xie and Empress Fu Shou.

Everyone entered Xudu City.

Shi A led the Tiger Legion to quickly take over Xudu.

After arranging the residences for Emperor Liu Xie and Empress Fu Shou, Zhang Sui, under the guidance of Man Chong, the magistrate of Xudu, found a mansion in Xudu to serve as the Grand General's residence.

This General's Mansion was originally the residence of Kong Rong, the Junior Steward.

After Cao Cao executed Kong Rong's entire clan, he seized control of Kong Rong's residence.

Although Chen Deng advised Zhang Sui against living in this place, feeling it was unlucky.

However, Zhang Sui declined Chen Deng's offer, citing his reluctance to engage in a major conflict.

After paying respects to the spirits of Kong Rong's three clans at the General's Mansion, Zhang Sui formally received all the officials, including Cheng Yu, Xiahou Dun, Cao Xiu, the Four Heroes of the Ministry of Works, and Man Chong, the Magistrate of Xudu.

Zhang Sui's current strategy for all officials is: "Keep things as they are."

All officials will retain their original positions for the time being.

In particular, Xu Du Ling Man Chong retained his previous duties as the commander of the Imperial Academy.

However, the Commander of the School Affairs Office was renamed "Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard".

Only the Ministry of Personnel underwent a complete transformation.

The original owner of the Ministry of Personnel was Xun Yu.

After Xun Yu's death, Chen Qun took over as leader, with Xun You as his deputy.

Now, the master of the Imperial Secretariat has become Tian Feng.

Chen Qun was appointed as the deputy.

The Ministry of Personnel was reorganized.

Tian Feng, the former governor of Xuzhou, was appointed Minister of the Imperial Secretariat.

The Secretariat was controlled by the General Staff.

Many more people joined the General Staff, which now includes Ju Shou, Tian Feng, Chen Deng, Chen Gong, Cheng Yu, Xin Pi, Xin Ping, Xi Zhicai, Zhong Yao, Zhang Ji, Xun Chen, Liu Ye, Sima Yi, Chen Qun, Du Ji, Du Xi, Mao Jie, Dong Zhao, Zhuge Liang, Guo Jia, and Li Ru.

Ju Shou, Xin Ping, Zhuge Liang, Guo Jia, and Li Ru were unable to attend for their respective reasons.

The rest of the staff had already arrived at the Ministry of Personnel to discuss the matter of sweeping across the land.

This mainly includes:
First, quickly seize the counties that were originally under Cao Cao's control and had not yet surrendered.

Second, send envoys to Hanzhong and Yizhou to persuade them to surrender in the name of the emperor.

Third, send troops south to Jiangdong.

Fourth, send troops westward to conquer Jingzhou.

Zhang Sui himself took a bath at the General's Mansion.

He'd been busy for so long, constantly on the battlefield, he was covered in stench.

Taking a bath is incredibly relaxing.

Of course, besides the comfort of a bath, he also needed to formally meet Empress Fu Shou.

It had been too long since the two had last met, since they parted ways in Hongnong.

Although they had met along the way, the two had not gotten too close. Just as Zhang Sui was pondering what to say to Empress Fu Shou when they met her, Lu Xun's voice rang out from outside: "My lord, there is an urgent message from Qilin Pavilion. Lord Chen wants you to handle it immediately. It's from Jingzhou."

Upon hearing Lu Xun's voice, Zhang Sui immediately lowered his head.

As his and Ju Shou's subordinate, Lu Xun was mainly responsible for contacting the Qilin Pavilion regarding intelligence matters.

Now, Zhang Sui feels terrified whenever he hears Lu Xun's voice.

It's not that I'm afraid of him.

But once Lu Xun opens his mouth, it's definitely not going to be anything good.

Zhang Sui perked up, looked at the door, and said, "Just push the door open and come in."

The door was then pushed open, Lu Xun entered, and then closed the door again.

He was holding a bamboo tube in his hand.

Lu Xun opened the bamboo tube, pulled out a strip of cloth, shook it open, and after confirming that there was nothing unusual inside, he handed the cloth to Zhang Sui.

Zhang Sui took the strip of cloth, glanced at it, and his expression changed slightly.

The cloth strip was written to him by Li Ru.

There is a lot in it.

In summary, there are four points:
First, Liu Biao was poisoned and eventually died.

Before his death, Liu Biao launched a bloodbath, led by Huo Du, Huo Jun, Wei Yan, Huang Zhong, Liu Pan and others. They held a banquet at the general's mansion and then carried out a bloody massacre.

Many patriarchs of powerful families perished in this upheaval.

As for Liu Biao, he died of illness.

The brothers Huo Du and Huo Jun died in battle.

Liu Pan had his right arm chopped off.

On the side of the powerful clans, Zhang Yun, Cai Mao, and Huang Zu all died in battle!

Currently, the entire Xiangping is occupied by Wei Yan and Huang Zhong.

Wei Yan and Huang Zhong led Liu Bei, who was originally stationed in Xinye, to move in.

Now, Liu Bei's army set out from Xiangyang, taking advantage of the lull in the fighting between Zhang Yun, Cai Mao, and Huang Zu, to sweep across the surrounding area.

Secondly, Zhou Yu's army, which was originally stationed in Xiakou, took advantage of the moment when Cai Mao, the governor of Nan Commandery, was killed, and suddenly launched an attack to seize Nan Commandery!

Currently, Zhou Yu's army is advancing towards Yiling. Judging from their posture, they intend to encircle Xiangyang from Zigui and prepare to completely annex Jingzhou.

Zhou Yu's army swept through the enemy lines with unstoppable force.

Third, Li Ru and Guo Jia have taken over Huang Zu's army and are currently retreating to Xiling City.

Li Ru and Guo Jia reached an agreement to join forces with Zhuge Liang of Lujiang County, abandon Jingzhou, and head south to seize the Jiangdong base.

However, this requires Zhang Sui's cooperation.

This is also the fundamental reason why Li Ru wrote this letter.

Li Ru already knew that Zhang Sui had captured Xingyang.

He hoped that Zhang Sui would send a large army south to sweep away Liu Bei, directly attack Zhou Yu's army in Nan Commandery, and delay Zhou Yu's army from retreating to rescue Jiangdong.

Afterwards, he, Guo Jia, and Zhuge Liang took advantage of Zhou Yu's army being tied down in Nan Commandery to completely conquer Jiangdong. Then he advanced westward from the river, heading straight for Nan Commandery, and together with Zhang Sui's army, they attacked Zhou Yu's army in Nan Commandery from both sides.

After reading the contents of the cloth strip, Zhang Sui tossed it to Lu Xun and said, "Approved."

“Reply to Li Ru and the army will immediately march south.”

Lu Xun was about to leave.

Zhang Sui quickly called out to him.

Lu Xun looked at Zhang Sui with a puzzled expression.

Zhang Sui said, "Notify Cao Chun, Gao Shun, Xu Rong, Chen Dao, and Yan Liang to have their cavalry prepare."

"We'll set off tomorrow morning."

"This should be the last chance for a major battle."

"Tell them to finish this quickly."

Zhang Sui grinned and said, "I've been pretty good to them."

"Tell them that if they miss this opportunity, they shouldn't blame me."

Lu Xun then quickly left.

(End of this chapter)