Soldiers come to the world

Huang Zu was also nearly fifty years old, and he had experienced many events in his life. He did not know how many storms he had experienced in his life, he did not know how many people he met, and he did not know how many times he encountered dangers.

But there has never been anyone who made him hate like Liu Jing in front of him, and there was no risk that made him sleepless like Chaisang's occupation today.

He just came over from Jiangxia today, and was going to have a good talk with Liu Biao to alleviate the current crisis in Jiangxia. Unexpectedly, the enemy's road was narrow, and he met Liu Jing head-on as soon as he got off the boat.

Huang Zu's face immediately turned gloomy. The last time we met in Chaisang, he exchanged a few hypocritical greetings with Liu Jing, but when we met today, Huang Zu didn't even smile dryly, and his face was full of viciousness.

He stared at Liu Jing ferociously, as if enemies were meeting each other with jealousy, but he didn't know yet that the head of his son Huang Yong was in the horse bag of Liu Jing's entourage, if he knew, it must be a meeting of swords.

A dozen of Huang Zu's attendants drew out their sabers with a bang, the saber light flickered, their eyes were fierce, and they glared at Liu Jing.

But Liu Jing was not in a hurry, smiled and cupped his hands and said: "It turned out to be Governor Huang, what a coincidence, why did Governor Huang come to Xiangyang?"

Huang Zu snorted heavily, "If you can come, can't I?"

Liu Jing narrowed his eyes and smiled more cordially, "I am a Marquis of Fancheng myself, so it is only natural for me to return to Xiangyang, but Governor Huang hasn't come back for several years!"

Huang Zu sneered again with disdain, "Liu Jing, you take your Yangguan Road, and I cross my single-plank bridge. The two of us have nothing to say."

"Very well, Governor Huang, please go ahead!"

Liu Jing got on his horse, urged the horse to go, and after a few steps, Huang Zu suddenly shouted from behind: "Liu Jing, where is my son Huang Yong?"

"Go to Jiangdong and ask Sun Quan!" Liu Jing's voice came from afar, and the sound of horseshoes gradually faded away.

Huang Zu frowned, what does this mean? Could it be that his son was taken away by Jiangdong Army?

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Liu Jing originally planned to go directly to the State Shepherd's Mansion to meet Liu Biao after crossing the river, but unexpectedly met Huang Zu by the river, who also just came from Jiangxia.

Huang Zu's appearance in Xiangyang was obviously seeking political resources, which made Liu Jing doubtful. What changes would Huang Zu's arrival bring to the situation in Xiangyang?

And those two rumors, were they passed on by Huang Zu?Or someone else.

At this time, Liu Jing changed his mind and urged his horse to run towards Kuai's mansion. ． ． ． ． ．

These days, Kuai Yue's mind is not in Jiangxia, but in Nanjun. Liu Biao has officially appointed his eldest son, Liu Qi, as the prefect of Nanjun. Liu Biao's layout has basically been completed.

Liu Du guarded Lingling and was in charge of the four southern counties, Liu Pan entered Changsha, Liu Jing controlled Jiangxia, and now Liu Qi is in charge of Nanjun.

Although Nanjun is the traditional territory of the Kuai family, Kuailiang and Kuaiyue successively served as prefects in Nanjun for more than ten years. Five thousand military power.

This time Liu Qi took over Nanjun, the first thing he did was to take over the [-] troops, which was arranged by Liu Biao.

But Kuai Yue was not as uneasy about Liu Qi's taking control of Nanjun as Huang Zu was. On the contrary, Liu Qi was the son-in-law of the Kuai family, and his taking control of Nanjun would only strengthen the interests of the Kuai family in Nanjun.

However, there was one thing that made Kuai Yue feel quite uncomfortable, that is, Liu Bei recommended Jian Yong, one of his staff members, as Nanjun Lord Bo to assist Liu Qi, and Liu Biao actually agreed, which meant that Liu Bei's power had also extended into Nanjun.

I really don't know how Liu Biao thinks about it, sometimes he is very shrewd, sometimes he is confused, sometimes he guards against Liu Bei like a house thief, and sometimes he is so close that he regards him as a brother.

Even Kuai Yue, an old official who has followed Liu Biao for more than ten years, began to lose sight of Liu Biao's thoughts.

At this time, someone reported outside the study, "Sir, Mr. Jing is asking to see you outside the gate of the mansion!"

'Liu Jing? '

Kuai Yue was startled, why did Liu Jing come back, but he didn't have time to think about it, and said repeatedly: "Invite him to come to my study!"

Kuai Yue is undoubtedly a very politically minded person. On the one hand, he bet the core interests of the family on Liu Qi, and married the Kuai family's daughter-in-law to Liu Qi as his wife. best interests.

But on the other hand, Kuai Yue made friends with Liu Jing in secret, and he was also worried that Liu Biao would be dissatisfied, so he was very careful, and supported Liu Qi with the whole family, while Liu Jing was only his personal friendship and had nothing to do with the family. In this way, Liu Biao won't care too much, and Liu Qi won't be jealous, but will regard Liu Jing as his support.

But in fact, Kuai Yue had other ideas. Liu Qi was too weak. Although he was kind, but under his cowardly character, this kindness appeared to be too affectionate and indecisive. This kind of character inherited Jingzhou in peacetime. Daye is no problem.

But once the war comes, this character will become Liu Qi's fatal flaw. On the contrary, although Liu Jing is only Liu Biao's nephew, ethically, he cannot inherit Liu Biao's foundation, but he has a kind of leadership temperament that Liu Qi does not possess , decisive, tenacious, and daring to do something, they performed vividly in this battle to defend Chaisang.

During the war, anything can happen, so Kuai Yue regarded Liu Jing as the backup choice of the Kuai family, carefully maintained his friendship with Liu Jing, and tried his best to help Liu Jing solve difficulties. A deep personal relationship.

Not long after, Liu Jing was led into the study. Liu Jing knelt down and bowed respectfully, "My junior pays homage to Duke Kuai!"

"Master Jing, you don't have to be polite, please sit down."

Liu Jing sat down, Kuai Yue ordered someone to serve tea again, then he picked up the teacup and said with a smile, "Chai Sang's great victory, I want to congratulate you, young master."

"Mr. Kuai means that I have definitely stayed in Chaisang?" Liu Jing asked, trying to figure out what Kuai Yue said.

"Although it is not clear, besides the son, who else in the Liu family is more suitable to stay in Chaisang? This is beyond doubt."

Kuai Yue took a sip of tea carefully, then chuckled again, "Since the young master came to Jingxiang, in just over half a year, a series of changes have taken place in Jingzhou, and the young master has seized the opportunity after opportunity In just half a year, he has achieved what others have been unable to do in more than ten years, and I told Zhou Mu this afternoon that it is God's will for him to have a nephew like Young Master, and Zhou Mu also deeply agrees."

"Thank you Duke Kuai for your kind words for Liu Jing!"

Liu Jing hurriedly bowed to thank him, Kuai Yue narrowed his eyes with a smile, quite proud in his heart, he had Liu Biao's two most valuable nephews in his hands, which was a big advantage over Cai Mao.

It's ridiculous that Cai Mao was hostile to Liu Jing from the very beginning, just because he didn't want to marry his daughter to Liu Jing. In fact, why bother to marry Cai Shaoyu to Liu Jing, and the Cai family will fully support it. In the end, it is very likely that Liu Jing will inherit the great cause of Jingzhou. I can only say that Cai Mao No vision!

At this time, Liu Jing said again: "When I returned to Xiangyang this morning, I heard some rumors on the pier. I wonder if Duke Kuai heard about it?"

Before Liu Jing finished speaking, Kuai Yue waved his hand and said: "Those rumors are all nonsense, don't take it to heart, and some people say that you are not the nephew of the state shepherd, but a spy sent by Cao Cao, it is absolutely absurd , Also, you actually said that you sent someone to pretend to be Huang Yong, which is obviously exonerated for Huang Zu, and who spread the news, don't even think about it."

Liu Jing pondered for a moment, then said in a low voice: "Mr. Kuai, I met Huang Zu at the pier just now, and he seems to have just arrived in Xiangyang."

"Oh? He actually came too."

Kuai Yue immediately became interested, straightened his waist and smiled, "As far as I can remember, Huang Zu hasn't come to Xiangyang for about three years. It is reasonable that the eunuchs from all over the country should come to Xiangyang to report on their duties every Sunday. And this year, he used the excuse of Jiangdong to prepare for the war. I kind of forgot what the reason was for the day before last, anyway, he refused to come to Xiangyang anyway."

"What kind of ending does Duke Kuai think Huang Zu will have when he comes to Xiangyang?"

This is what Liu Jing is most concerned about. In fact, he also knows why Huang Zu came to Xiangyang. It is nothing more than showing softness to Liu, and making concessions to Liu Biao on the premise of keeping Jiang Xia. Then what will happen in the end? What will Huang Zu do? Liu Jing was very concerned about what gesture Liu Biao would make if he gave in.

Kuai Yue understood Liu Jing's meaning, pondered for a long time, sighed and said: "It's really hard to say, your uncle has more than enough strategy, but not enough courage, he can't stick to anything, and changes from day to day. Not long ago, he changed Cai Mao's position to military adviser and concurrently In charge of government affairs, he is no longer allowed to intervene in military affairs, but your uncle sent another order from Nanjun the day before yesterday, resuming Cai Mao to take charge of military affairs, which makes people confused, but I think it may be related to this year's poor harvest."

"What does this have to do with the bad harvest?" Liu Jing asked puzzled.

"My nephew doesn't know something. There is a saying in Jingzhou that the Cai family has a cold in the grain field, and the Liu family's army has a headache. It is because the Cai family controls a large number of fertile fields in Xiangyang County and Anlu County, and the land tax paid to Jingzhou every year is 20. Above Shi, once the Cai family cuts the land tax massively under the pretext of a bad harvest, the military ration problem will become serious, and the state pastor has obviously made concessions to Cai Mao."

Liu Jing felt a little chilly in his heart. If this is the case, with the joint pressure from the Huang family and the Cai family, and Huang Zu's concession, will Liu Biao abandon the Jiang Xia strategy and order himself to withdraw from Chaisang?He looked at Kuai Yue expectantly.

Kuai Yue understood his worry, and smiled slightly: "Generally speaking, things will not be as good as you think, nor will they be too bad, the key is that you have to get your own best interests out of the chaos in Jiangxia. "

Kuai Yue's last words were very frank, and Liu Jing understood in his heart that he didn't need to consider the interests of his uncle Liu Biao, he just wanted to protect his own interests and not allow Cai Mao and Huang Zu to harm his own vital interests, and that was enough.

"Thank you, Mr. Kuai, what should I do?" Liu Jing asked again.

Kuai Yue stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Don't worry! I'll visit Zhou Mu in a while, and lay a foundation for you first, and then it depends on your own performance."