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Chapter 260

Sitting there, Liu Jing leisurely played with the exquisite lacquer box. Cai Mao was a godly assist. Just look at the angry faces of the generals in the room to know. What could be better than this motivational effect?Liu Jing smiled and said to the messenger: "I accept this gift. Whether it is my head or Cai Mao's head, it will be useful one day."

The envoy didn't answer Liu Jing's words, and left with a sense of humor. Although he came here with the intention of dying, who would want to die if he could live?

Liu Zong was still furious, and cursed: "A mere defeated general dares to cause trouble. In the future, I will personally cut off Cai Mao's dog's head, put it in a box, and enjoy it every day."

Liu Jing was a bit dumbfounded when he heard the words, he didn't expect his clan brother to have such perverted preferences, he shook his head and said: "Cai Mao, you are a clown, you don't deserve to be so angry with brother Cong."

Liu Zong said with a gloomy face: "I am not as open-minded as Zhong Da. I have always been like, 'Every virtue must be repaid, and all grievances must be repaid.'"

Liu Zhu and Wang Qiang also opened their mouths and said: "An old saying goes: 'The king worries about the labor of the minister, and the king insults the minister to death." Cai Mao insulted Liu Jun so much, if we can't wash away today's humiliation, what face will we have to stand beside Liu Jun? "

The rest of the generals also rushed to express their views.

Liu Jing raised his hands, and the room instantly became quiet again. Then he stood up slowly, and said with a smile: "For this battle, I had an eight-point chance of winning before, but now, I have a ten-point chance. A crowd of people who want to see the enemy is called a proud soldier, and the proud soldier will be destroyed." Cai Mao is like this, his temperament is arrogant and self-willed, and the Northern Army regards him as a commander. How can he be invincible?"

"What the Ming court said is very true, Cai Mao is nothing to worry about." Chu Fang said.His current official position is the captain of the northern part of Changsha and the magistrate of Luo County. He is no longer directly under Liu Jing, but he still calls Liu Jing "Ming Ting" and regards himself as a minister. "However... Kuai Yidu is an outstanding man of Chu, with the ability to rule and control, the Ming court should not be ignored." Among all the people present, Chu Fang should have the most say. After all, he was in Linxiang and Kuaiyue. fought for over a year.

Liu Jing nodded lightly and said: "I also know that Kuai Yidu is extremely talented, ten times as intelligent as Cai Hao, and I will never underestimate him. But from my point of view, Kuai Yidu is better at intelligence than attacking, and Ling County is a It was built by me after several years of hard work, the city defense is as indestructible as a copper wall and an iron wall, and there are countless good generals and soldiers under my command, no matter how powerful Kuai Yidu is, it is useless."

Cai Sheng, Ma Zhou, and Han Guang all said generously: "As long as I wait for a day, the Northern Army will never even think about stepping into Ling County."

Liu Jing nodded reassuringly, and said: "It is not difficult for us to resist Kuai Yue, but it is not easy to repel the Jingzhou army. Therefore, the navy is the key to this battle. If the navy can win, we will Convenience can be in an invincible position, but the enemy will surely advance and retreat."

Liu Zong said confidently: "Today's navy ships and battleships are all equipped with bat poles and bed crossbows, which can be said to be suitable for both near and far. What's more, we have the advantage of geographical advantage and can get support from the shore. The Jingzhou navy is by no means I wait for the opponent."

Liu Zhu and Wang Qiang also showed confidence.

Liu Jing nodded secretly. Since the east of Ling County is adjacent to the Xiangshui River, he placed hundreds of trebuchets on this side, enough to cover half of the water surface of the Xiangshui River. I believe it will definitely give Cai Mao a huge surprise.

Then Liu Jing looked at Liu Xiu and said, "Brother Cong, the old city will be handed over to you." It is most taboo to guard the city, so he let Liu Xiu, Liu Liang, and solemnly lead more than [-] people to guard the old city of Ling County. It is across the river from Xincheng, forming a corner.In terms of danger, the old city is not much inferior to the new city. The reason why Liu Jing moved away at the beginning was because the terrain here was low-lying and flooded nine times in ten years.

Liu Xiu nodded heavily. His task was to involve the Jingzhou army as much as possible so that the Jingzhou army could not let go to attack Liu Jing.

The location of the old city of Ling County is quite sensitive. If the Jingzhou army does nothing and insists on attacking Liu Jing, Liu Xiu can not only cross the Xiangshui to the west and surprise the Jingzhou army from behind, but also cross the Leishui to the north to cut off the Jingzhou army. back road.Therefore, if the Jingzhou army wants to avoid worries, it needs to deploy defenses in at least two directions.

Liu Liang seemed a little unhappy. Although the old city of Ling County is important, it is not the main battlefield. There is no chance to perform meritorious deeds. He still wants to follow Liu Jing and fight the Jingzhou army. Unfortunately, Liu Jing is ruthless rejected his request.

Liu Jing turned a blind eye to him, explained a few more things, and then announced the adjournment of the meeting.

The generals left in twos and threes until only Liu Jing and Liu Yu were left in the room.

Liu Jing asked: "Wen Lang, are you really not going to leave?" Since Liu Jing's troops are still sufficient, there is no need for the officials of Ling County to participate in the battle, so most of the officials avoided Pingyang and Zhongshui Townships, and those who chose to stay There are very few of them, and Liu Yu is one of them, and this is also the person who surprised Liu Jing the most.

Liu Yu said helplessly: "Didn't you ask before, why do you still ask?"

Liu Jing was puzzled and said: "You have always avoided chaos the most, and the most complicated thing in the world is war. I really don't understand why you choose to stay?"

Liu Yu said: "Of course I can't stand the chaos, but I am your chief secretary, your confidant and close minister. How could the chief secretary abandon the county king and run away at a critical moment? If the matter spreads, I can't be laughed at to death."

Liu Jing thinks about it too. Although Liu Yu is "unique", he has not deviated from the style of scholars in this era, who regards reputation as more important than his own life.

Tao Guan also chose to stay. He has been serving as the military governor for more than a year. During this period, there were many disturbances due to his image problems. Fortunately, he survived without incident. The ups and downs are really hard for outsiders to imagine.

For example, he is now a military governor, but he is the chief steward of Liu Jing's army of 2 people in Shuibu, and he can be regarded as one of the most important figures under Liu Jing's command. However, Liu Jing held a meeting, but he was not eligible to attend.

It's not that Liu Jing did not secretly mention that he wanted Tao Guan to attend the meeting. After all, Tao Guan now holds military supplies in his hands, so he is absolutely qualified to attend.However, this move was unanimously opposed by the clan brothers Liu Zong, Liu Xiu, the county magistrate serious, and the chief secretary Liu Yu. They are now either actively or passively accepting Tao Guan's identity, but this is not the case. It means that they can accept sitting at the same table with Tao Guan, which is really inappropriate.

In fact, these words have already been taken lightly. Don't you see that Confucius' benevolence also punished dwarfs in the past. How could they, wealthy and scholars, sit at the same table with dwarfs? This is no different from intentionally humiliating them.

Liu Jing had no choice but to give up.

　There was a bug in the design of the war, and I almost suffocated in the past two days.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)