Soldiers come to the world

There were wailing and screams in the room. Tao Qun saw his son rolling all over the floor and was beaten horribly. He was terrified and knelt down in front of Liu Jing and begged, "Master Jing, please spare the dog!"

Liu Jing gave him a cold look and ignored him. At this moment, Tao Yun let out a scream, and his leg bone was kicked abruptly. letter, held aloft,

"This is a letter from Zhou Xin. I only got it at noon. I didn't do anything. I swear!"

Liu Jing was slightly taken aback, waved his hand, and ordered his subordinates to stop the beating. He took the letter from Tao Qun and read it again. It turned out to be a letter written by Huang Zu to Tao Qun. This was beyond his expectation. I pulled out a weed, but I didn't expect a ginseng to be pulled out from under the weed.

"Is this the Zhou family who contacted you?"

Liu Jing knew that Zhou Xin was an important figure in the Zhou family and Zhou Ling's uncle.

Tao Qun cried: "He gave me this letter at noon today, and said some lures. I don't have any ideas, and I dare not betray the young master."

Liu Jing received the letter, and then said to him: "Tao Sheng is the head of the Tao family, and his authority cannot be challenged by anyone. I hope you understand this."

Tao Qun was stunned, it turned out that it was not about Huang Zu's affairs, but Tao's family, he felt a little regretful in his heart, why did he take out the letter in such a hurry?He lowered his head, not daring to say anything.

Liu Jing understood his thoughts, and said coldly: "This is your luck, if you really dare to cheat on Huang Zu, you will die without a place to die."

Tao Qun trembled in fright, and hurriedly said, "Xiaomin dare not."

Liu Jing nodded and pointed at Tao Bing who was dying on the ground, "This is just a warning for you. He will stay in the barracks to heal his wounds. If you dare to oppose Tao Sheng again, you will receive your son's head."

Tao Qun knelt on the ground and kowtowed twice. In another room of the barracks, another important member of the Tao family, Tao Yi, also cried bitterly and promised that he would never oppose the patriarch Tao Sheng again.

Tao Qun was taken down, Liu Jing took out Tao Qun's letter, read it carefully several times, and paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back. He knew that Zhou Bing, the Chancellor of Jiangxia Commandery, was Zhou Gu's younger brother and Huang Zu's confidant. After killing Zhou Ling, the Zhou family was silent ever since.

But he believed that the Zhou family would not remain silent forever, and would definitely take action. Sure enough, the Zhou family found Tao Qun.

Liu Jing pondered for a long time, this is an opportunity, how should he make full use of this opportunity?

． ． ． ． ． ． ． ．

Soochow Palace, also known as Wuhou Palace, stands at the foot of Huqiu Mountain in the north of Gusu City. It covers an area of ​​nearly a thousand acres and is surrounded by towering walls. Houses, and Zhengcheng is the place where Jiangdong's hundreds of officials work and discuss. This is the political and military center of Jiangdong's regime.

Since Sun Quan's mother died of illness a month ago, the whole Soochow has been in a state of grief. All entertainment activities have been stopped, and the sale of alcohol in taverns is also prohibited. All military activities were stopped up and down, and it was against this background that the Jiangdong Army stopped its attack on Chaisang City.

Lu Su was dressed in a large white Confucian robe and a sage crown on his head. He walked hurriedly with a dignified expression, and walked quickly through the Wu'an Gate between the palace city and the Zhengcheng city, and entered the palace city.

Since Chaisang's return, Lu Su has been under tremendous political pressure. The Jiangdong veterans headed by Cheng Pu have demanded that Lu Su be dismissed and held accountable for his defeat. Lu Su was willing to punish Lu Su, which made Lu Su full of gratitude.

During this period of time, he was also quite low-key, spending most of his time at home, reading and fishing, and enjoying his temperament. Today Lu Su received a summoning order from Sun Quan and rushed to Soochow Palace.

Lu Su came to the Qilin Hall. Although the name is "Tang", the actual scale is a palace. This is also Sun Quan's study for dealing with government affairs. Lu Su waited at the door for a while, and a guard came out with a smile: "Wu Hou, please general go in." !"

Lu Su tidied up his clothes and walked quickly into the Kirin Hall.

In the study room, Sun Quan is sitting in front of the desk and scribbling. He is still wearing white linen filial piety. Although his mother has passed away for a month, he has never removed his filial piety, but he has gradually recovered from the grief of losing his mother. I devote all my energy and mind to government affairs, and use heavy government affairs to forget the sadness in my heart.

"My lord, General Lu is here." A guard's soft report interrupted Sun Quan's train of thought.

"Let him in!"

Sun Quan put down his pen. He came to Lu Su because of Liu Jing's affairs. Liu Jing has become a celebrity in the entire Jiangdong these days, not because he led the army in Chaisang and defeated the Jiangdong army.

Instead, on the old lady's order hall, among the overwhelming plain flags and white flags, suddenly appeared a hanging filial piety banner of "Jingzhou Liu Jing mourns the old lady through the ages", and it was placed first in the VIP seat, attracting the attention of all officials in Jiangdong , This incident quickly spread throughout Soochow City.

Liu Jing's hanging filial piety banner was naturally entrusted to Tao Lie to present, but Sun Quan deliberately put it first, so it aroused heated discussions in Jiangdong.

Sun Quan took out two letters from the desk, both of which were written by Liu Jing, one was a letter to Lu Su during the Battle of Chaisang, and the other was a personal letter that Liu Jing asked Tao Lie to bring to Sun Quan , just got it this morning.

Sun Quan was very interested in these two letters, and he read them more than once. Although he did not agree with Liu Jing's ideas, he was impressed by Liu Jing's grandeur, and he planned to keep these two letters.

At this time, Lu Su hurried into the study, knelt down and bowed, "My next official, Lu Su, pays homage to Marquis Wu!"

"Zijing doesn't need to be too polite, please sit down!"

Sun Quan asked Lu Su to sit down, looked him up again, and said with a smile, "Zijing is recuperating well at home!"

Lu Su said with some trepidation: "I have no slack in mind, and I am willing to serve Wu Hou at any time."

"I'm just joking, Zijing doesn't need to be nervous."

Sun Quan smiled slightly, and said again: "I came to you today because I want to find something for you to do."

Lu Su leaned forward and listened intently. Sun Quan took the letter from Tao Lie and handed it to Lu Su, "This is a letter from Liu Jing to me. Just read it!"

Lu Su was secretly taken aback, Liu Jing actually wrote a letter to Marquis Wu, why?He took the letter and read it hastily. In the letter, Liu Jing expressed his sincere condolences for the old lady's death, but behind the letter was an exchange of prisoners of war.

Lu Su pondered for a while, and asked tentatively, "Wu Hou wants me to go to Chaisang?"

Sun Quan nodded and sighed again: "I heard from Tao Lie today that Liu Jing was a man with a heart. He put all the bones of Jiangdong soldiers who died in battle into urns one by one, marked their names and places of origin, and built a mourning hall.

The wounded and captured soldiers were carefully nursed back to health, and most of them recovered. Since he is so caring, how can I not accept his love? I decided to exchange with him. All the captured Jingzhou soldiers will be given to him. I will entrust you with this matter. do it. "

"The next official is willing to serve Wu Hou and go to Chaisang, but..."

Lu Su hesitated and said, "I'm just worried that the important ministers will oppose me."

Sun Quan knew very well in his heart that Cheng Pu tried his best to punish Lu Su this time, but it was actually selfish. Cheng Pu and Zhou Yu had a bad relationship, and Lu Su was recommended by Zhou Yu. Hit Zhou Yu in the face.

Sun Quan knew it well, so in this matter, he ignored Cheng Pu and kept Lu Su. He had asked Xu Sheng in detail. Catapults severely damaged the Jiangdong Army.

The battle was very fierce. Jiangdong's army went up to the city several times, and was driven down by Chaisang's defenders. Finally, Gan Ning's reinforcements arrived and burned Jiangdong's grain ships, finally forcing Jiangdong's army to withdraw.

It's not that Lu Su is incompetent, it's the same even if Cheng Pu goes, besides, Lu Su used tricks to wipe out Huang She's [-] sailors, which is also a great credit, which can be used to pay off the crime.

Sun Quan smiled and waved his hands, "Zijing, don't worry, I will give you a talisman, and you will go to Chaisang on my behalf. No one dares to say anything about you?"

Lu Su also laughed, "If that's the case, the lower officials will have nothing to fear."

The two were silent for a while, and Sun Quan asked thoughtfully, "Zijing, what do you think of Liu Jing?"

Lu Su thought for a while and said: "Although I was defeated by him, I don't want to slander him. This person is very good at seizing opportunities. He has become famous after only half a year in Jingzhou from Gaoping's hometown. He has seized opportunities time and time again, including This time in the battle of Chaisang, he became famous in one battle and got a share of Jiangxia's pie, which makes people have to admire."

After a pause, Lu Su said again: "This time he came to Jiangxia, it can be seen that Liu Biao wanted to take back the control of Jiangxia from Huang Zu, but he took advantage of our Jiangdong Army's attack on Chaisang to seize Chaisang in one fell swoop and mastered the control of Jiangxia. The Jiangxia sect, his courage and strategy were fully displayed in this war, Marquis Wu, this man is no small matter."

Sun Quan nodded, "Although he is Liu Jingsheng's nephew, he is a different kind of Liu family!"

Sun Quan took the letter from the table, with his dense comments on it, and he sighed: "Sun and Liu united to fight against Cao Cao. Liu Jingsheng's nephew actually has such a mind. This is the one who can do great things. I deeply feel that this person should not be underestimated."

Lu Su hesitated for a moment, "Could it be that Marquis Wu also considers the union between Sun and Liu?"

"how is this possible!"

Sun Quan shook his head and said with a smile: "I just admire him for having such a mind, but it doesn't mean that I agree with him. Cao Cao is busy in Hebei and has no time to go south. I will take this opportunity to annex Jingzhou, march into Bashu, and unify the south. This is the way to contend with Cao Jun, Sun Liu is united, even if I have the heart, Liu Biao may not agree."

"But if Liu Jing becomes the lord of Jingzhou, would Marquis Wu consider it when he proposed Sun Liu alliance?" Lu Su asked cautiously.

In fact, the reason why Lu Su gave Liu Jing's letter to Sun Quan was that, to a certain extent, he was in favor of Sun and Liu's reconciliation and joint resistance against Cao.

It's just that the family feud between Sun and Liu was too deep, and Lu Su was soft-spoken and never dared to mention this matter. This time he handed Liu Jing's letter to Sun Quan, hoping that Sun Quan would consider it.

Sun Quan walked back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back. The reason why he valued Liu Jing was not because he agreed with his ideas, but because he felt that this person's courage and strategy were far superior to those of Liu Qi and Liu Cong.

One day in the future, he is likely to become the lord of Jingzhou. If so, the confrontation between Jiangdong and Jingzhou may change.

After a long time, Sun Quan stared at the roof and sighed softly, "I hope he can become my opponent, but I don't want him to rule Jingzhou, Zijing, what a dilemma!"