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Chapter 253 Death in battle

Hearing that Liu Jing intended to let him take up the post of chief bookkeeper, Liu Yu couldn't help frowning. The chief bookkeeper is a close minister of the county monarch and the chief steward of the county temple. The most cumbersome, with his personality, is not suitable for this position at all, he immediately shook his head and refused: "Zhongda's intention is not right. The chief secretary is the most important position in the county temple, he is not smart and quick, and he is cautious in his words It is not my specialty that the older generation is not competent, so let me be the chief reporter."

The chief secretary is mainly responsible for recording documents and other things. Compared with the chief bookkeeper, the work is much easier, which is suitable for him who is impatient with ordinary affairs.

At present, Ling County's political affairs are all based on the seriousness of the county magistrate, supplemented by the meritorious Cao Gumao and the master pottery merchant.Liu Jing's original intention was to let Liu Yu be the chief bookkeeper, and Cao Gumao should do all the ordinary things.

Since Liu Yu offered to be the chief reporter, Liu Jing naturally agreed.

Because Liu Yu was thinking about his mother who fell ill, the matter was settled, and before the tea was boiled, he bid farewell to Liu Jing.

How could Liu Jing turn a blind eye to the news of Liu's mother's illness? He immediately ordered someone to prepare a gift, and followed Liu Yu to his home by car to visit Liu's mother.

As Liu Yu said, Liu's mother was suffering from heart disease. When she heard noises outside the house and knew that Liu Yu had returned from going out, she immediately turned over, turned her back to the door and window, and wept silently.

Liu Jing followed Liu Yu into the dormitory, saw Liu's mother showing her back, and said, "Madam, are you asleep? Madam Jingwen is not feeling well, so I came here to visit."

Mother Liu quietly wiped away her tears, stood up and said, "It's Zhongda who came..."

Liu Jing was shocked when he saw Mother Liu's appearance. In just a few months, Mother Liu's hair had turned half gray, and she was weak and haggard. She looked more than ten years old.No wonder Liu Yu was so anxious and worried, even willing to change her recluse heart which was as firm as a stone.

Liu's mother only talked to Liu Jing, but ignored Liu Yu. Liu Yu sighed in her heart, came to the bed and said, "Master, I have decided to become an official."

Liu's mother glanced at Liu Yu suspiciously. No one knew her son better than her. Liu Yu was different from an early age.Therefore, when he suddenly heard that he had changed his mind and decided to become an official, he couldn't believe it for a while.

Liu Jing said: "Just now Wen Lang came to my house and asked to be an official. I have already agreed to Wen Lang and entrusted him with the post of chief secretary."

Liu Yu went on to say: "So please get well soon, mother. Only in this way can my son go to work with peace of mind."

Mother Liu couldn't help weeping again and said: "You finally know how to make progress, so that even if I die right now, I can rest in peace."

"Mother, please be careful." Liu Yu kowtowed heavily.He also said: "After my son became an official, he usually lives in the official house. He can only go home when he rests. In the future, it will be difficult to serve his mother. I hope that my mother will take care of her health."

Mother Liu waved her hand and said, "Just go, don't miss your old age."

Seeing that the atmosphere in the room had eased, Liu Jing took the opportunity to present a gift to Liu's mother, and stayed until the evening before leaving.

The next day, Liu Yu came to the county temple alone. He spent a whole day reading a lot of documents, and finally got a general understanding of Ling County.However, Liu Jing was not simply the magistrate of Ling County. He also took charge of the nine counties of Changsha, entered Lingling, and had tens of thousands of water infantry troops under his command.Except for Lingling County, everything else must be managed concurrently.

Liu Yu handed over the unimportant and complicated things to the clerks and officials below. He was only in charge of important affairs. That's it.

But in just a few days, Liu Yu managed everything in an orderly manner, which was very different from before. From the seriousness of the county magistrate, the meritorious Cao Gumao, and the chief pottery merchant, all the officials respected him.

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The city wall to the south of Linxiang is now completely devastated, and a section of the wall near the east side even collapsed, and the gap was blocked by Changsha soldiers with wooden fences.

On the city wall, soldiers from both sides fought each other into a group. The dead bodies and wounded were scattered all over the city wall. The wounded were either trampled to death or killed by the enemy's knife. Only a few people would be rescued by their companions.

Facing the Jingzhou army rushing up to the city like the tide, the Changsha soldiers gradually felt overwhelmed and retreated steadily. Under such an unfavorable situation, Chu Fang, who had just returned to the rear for a short rest, had to return to the front line again.

Chu Fang's robe and armor had been completely destroyed in the previous frequent battles. Now he is wearing a pair of jackets, and he has asked the leather blacksmith to sew the cape and skirt. It is definitely not comparable to the fine robe and armor, but it is barely It's full body armor.

"Kill..." Chu Fang's body is not very tall, but his voice is like thunder. He jumped into the enemy group and struck left and right with a long halberd.

Dozens of Chu Fang's followers were brave men selected by Chu Fang from tens of thousands of Changsha soldiers.

As Chu Fang returned to the battlefield, the morale of Changsha soldiers could not help but be boosted, and the originally crumbling defense line became stable again.

Outside Linxiang City, Kuai Yue stood on a cloud cart several feet high, watching the battle situation where the city wall was once again stalemate, and slapped the railing hard.It was Chu Fang again, the east wall was in danger, he went to the east; the south wall was in danger, he came to the south, he was everywhere.Originally, Linxiang should have been broken a long time ago, and it was because of this person's obstruction that the war was still going on.Now every moment of delay, countless people die. Thinking of this, Kuai Yue feels more and more resentful.

"Chang Shi, if Chu Ziping is not eliminated, it will be difficult to get off Linxiang." Liu Pan had a firm face, and once again asked Kuai Yue to fight: "Chu Ziping must be exhausted after a long battle now. If I lead the crowd to the city at this time head, he will be able to kill him in a single battle, and once this person dies, Linxiang will be defeated."

At the end of last year, Sun Ce invaded Jiangxia, defeated Huang Zu, and even beheaded his elder brother Liu Hu.At the beginning of this year, under Liu Biao's order, he went north to help, and led a cavalry counterattack into Yuzhang County, which stretched across the counties of Ai and Xi'an.

Liu Pan led his army to fight Tai Shici several times, and he didn't take advantage of it, but he never suffered a loss.At that time, Sun Ce returned to Jiangdong, and Zhang Xian died of illness, so he was urgently transferred back to Linxiang.

Hearing Liu Pan's request to fight again, Kuai Yue no longer resolutely refused as before, but fell into thinking.

Regardless of his superficial appearance, Liu Biao was actually dissatisfied with him. He led an army of tens of thousands to besiege Linxiang, but failed year after year.When Zhang Xian was alive, Liu Biao could barely bear it. After all, Zhang Xian was very popular, and it was not easy to attack Linxiang. But now that Zhang Xian has died for more than two months, Linxiang still has not been captured, which is somewhat unreasonable. .

If it weren't for the fear that the army's morale would be shaken, which would lead to a shortfall in success, Liu Biao might have changed his general by now.

Kuai Yue weighed it over and over in his mind, knowing that he couldn't procrastinate any longer, finally gritted his teeth and agreed, and said: "Chu Ziping is by no means easy to deal with, Liu Zhonglang should be careful."

"The good news is that Chang Shi is waiting for me." Liu Pan showed a confident look on his face. He was not afraid of famous heroes such as Sun Ce and Tai Shici. What's the point of mere Chu Fang?What's more, he was fighting for labor with ease, if he couldn't win Chu Fang like this, he might as well kill himself.

Liu Pan got off the cloud cart, and a knight with a strong body and a stern look cast him a questioning look.Liu Pan couldn't help laughing heartily, and said: "The long history has agreed, Han Sheng, follow me to the city."

This person is his deputy general, named Huang Zhong Huang Hansheng, from Nanyang County, he is brave and good at fighting, and he is a first-class general in the world.The reason why Liu Pan did not lose in the battle against Tai Shici, apart from his personal bravery, Huang Zhong's bravery is also an extremely important factor.

"Promise." Huang Zhong's heart was shocked, and he responded happily.

Liu Pan looked at the city wall of Linxiang from a distance, and said to Huang Zhong: "Han Sheng, great achievements are in front of us, you and I encourage each other."

Huang Zhong nodded heavily, and said: "After going south for many years, I have not made any achievements so far. If I just return to Xiangyang empty-handed like this, won't I be laughed at to death? Today, I swear that I will do my best."

Liu Panzhuang laughed loudly and said, "Tougong is also my wish, and I can't give it up."

Then, the two each selected a hundred men, all of whom had two armors, abandoned the shackles, but held long knives and spears, and went straight to the city of Linxiang.

At this time, the battle situation of the Jingzhou army became more and more unfavorable. The soldiers were constantly driven off the top of the city by the Changsha army. If they were lucky, they could escape along the ladder. More people were directly squeezed off the city wall several feet high. Folded hands and feet, and ended up seriously injured.

Faced with such a situation, Liu Pan and Huang Zhong had no fear, and they were willing to take the lead, taking the lead and rushing up the city wall along the ladder.

Although Liu Pan was wearing double armor, he was extremely agile. He passed through the broken female wall, and suddenly pulled out a two-edged spear in his hand.

A Changsha soldier had no way to dodge, his throat was pierced by the bright spear point, and then he pierced through a person behind him before he stopped the castration.

After stabbing and killing two people in a row, Liu Pan did not change his face, he pulled out the double-edged spear forcefully, and immediately chopped left and right.The so-called double-edged spear means that both sides of the clip have sharp blades, which can both stab and chop.

Huang Zhong is holding a ring head long knife, the blade is more than four feet long, red as blood, it is not known whether it is born like this, or it is caused by killing too many people and accumulating for many years.

Huang Zhong holds the blood knife in both hands, slashing from left to right, his blade is unstoppable, everywhere it passes, limbs and heads fly around, mourning everywhere, killing people is like mowing grass.

Under the leadership of Liu Pan and Huang Zhong, two hundred soldiers in heavy armor directly pushed back the seemingly unstoppable Changsha Army.

The generals of the Jingzhou army under the city took advantage of this opportunity to reorganize their forces, and then launched a new round of offensive against Linxiang City.

Zhu A, who was wounded several times and drenched in blood, couldn't help panting heavily. He even struggled to stand at this moment, but his hand holding the knife was still stable because he had six fingers.

Zhu A considers himself a hero, but he was born as a thief, and his martial arts may be quite outstanding among street knights. On the battlefield, let alone being wiped out by everyone, he is far from being outstanding. Far away, he still has this bit of self-knowledge.

Therefore, when he saw Liu Pan and Huang Zhong coming to kill him, he couldn't help swallowing secretly. As soon as the two came to the city, they reversed the situation in one fell swoop.

In his eyes, Chu Fang was a rare general in the world, and the bravery shown by these two men was by no means inferior to Chu Fang's. One can imagine how much pressure he was under now.

"Brother, these two are invincible, let's go..." The young man looked flustered, and grabbed Zhu A, trying to drag him away.

"Let's go? Where can we go?" Zhu A smiled wryly and shook his head, "I used to be just a thief in the market, but later I abandoned the theft as a gamble. Abandon me and make me the Sima of another department, for this kindness and virtue, I can only repay it with death."

"But now the lord is dead..." Seeing that the eldest brother seems to have the intention of going to death, the young man said anxiously.

"Although the lord is dead, the kindness has not been repaid. You don't owe the lord any kindness, so you can go, but I can't." Zhu Aping's ordinary face is full of determination. For the past two years, although he has lived a precarious life every day days, but this was the happiest time of his life.He would rather die on the battlefield than return to the city, a place he hated from the bottom of his heart.

The young man was full of bitterness. He was an orphan who was brought up by Zhu A since he was a child. When he left Zhu A, although the world was big, where could he go?

"If you die, die!" The young man tightened the knife in his hand and stood shoulder to shoulder with Zhu A.

Zhu Ah smiled at the young man, and then faced Liu Pan and Huang Zhong who were rushing like iron beasts, he raised his knife and shouted: "I am Sima Zhu from another department..."

Huang Zhong is not interested in knowing who the ant in front of him is. He only has Chu Fang in his eyes, and if anyone dares to stand in the way, he can only die!

A bloody light flashed across, and only heard a "bang", the knife in Zhu'a's hand was cut in two, and a bloodstain appeared on his neck.Before he could fall down, his body was knocked flying by Huang Zhong who was rushing towards him.

The young man's eyes were about to burst, but the next moment, he was pierced into the eye socket by Liu Pan's spear, piercing his brain to death.

Zhu Ahhe, in the eyes of Huang Zhong and Liu Pan, is just a small stone on the side of the road, kicked away casually, and their goal is only one - Chu Fang, and the two sides are not far away.

The expression on Chu Fang's face was extremely dignified. As early as when Huang Zhong and Liu Pan had just climbed the city wall, he had noticed the two of them. After all, they were invincible on the city wall and invincible to those who stood in their way. It was hard not to notice them.And the two of them were obviously coming for him.

"There is such a strong general in the Northern Army, why didn't he show up before?" Chu Fang was very puzzled, but now it doesn't matter anymore.Both of them are brave generals, even in his heyday, he was not sure that he could defeat one of them. Now he is exhausted, facing the siege of the two, his chance of surviving is almost zero.

"Avoid the edge?" Chu Fang looked at the Jingzhou army that continued to climb the city wall again. The Changsha soldiers had reached their limit. If he retreated, the defense line would collapse.

(End of this chapter)