Soldiers come to the world

It wasn't until dawn that Huang Zu's fleet rushed to Chaisang City. At this time, the morning light was clear and a layer of faint river mist loomed over the river. Li Qing, his eyes fixed on Cao He.

The fires of several large ships on the Cao River have been extinguished, but green smoke is still curling up. Several ships plunged into the bottom of the water, and half of their bodies stick out of the water. They were burnt beyond recognition, whether they were burned ships or scuttled ships , the wreckage is particularly hideous and eye-catching.

Huang Zu had already received the news from the defeated soldiers that his army was wiped out, his eldest son was trapped in the city, his life and death were unknown, and the lieutenant general Su Fei was also captured by the Jingzhou army. This news made Huang Zu speechless for a while. At this moment, he was still in a state of dazed anger. This was a state of ignorance where he was extremely angry, but he couldn't do anything about it. He couldn't even imagine how serious the consequences would be.

After a long time, Huang Zu suddenly turned around and slammed his fist hard on the mast, gnashing his teeth loudly, "Young Liu Jing bullied me too much!"

None of the dozen or so generals around him dared to come forward to persuade him. At this moment, his chief aide, Jiang Qi, stepped forward to persuade him: "Prefect, the matter has come to an end. It is useless to be angry now. We still have to find a way to redeem the eldest son. Then we will slowly consider our future actions.”

Huang Zu sighed, "I was blinded by hatred. The so-called banditry in Yangxin County was obviously Liu Jing's trick to lure soldiers, and the Zhou family had already been controlled by him. I should have considered all these, but I was blinded by hatred. Xinqiao, this fiasco, the responsibility lies with me!"

Jiang Qi comforted him again: "The prefect doesn't have to blame himself. Everything has advantages and disadvantages. It's hard to tell the truth from the fake. It's impossible for everyone to see it accurately. Frankly speaking, I didn't see that Liu Jing was using tricks this time. , The humble job is also responsible.”

Huang Zu's face was gloomy and he didn't say a word. What's the use of talking about responsibility now?At this time, a soldier shouted: "It seems to be General Su Fei, on the shore!"

Huang Zu was taken aback, he walked quickly to the side of the boat, looked towards the shore, and saw a person on the shore waving his hands and shouting desperately. The distance was less than two hundred steps, and people with good eyesight could vaguely see it. His appearance, Huang Zu saw that his figure and appearance did resemble Su Fei.

He was surprised, wasn't Su Fei arrested?Why was he released again, he didn't have time to think, and immediately ordered: "Quickly send a small boat to pick it up!"

A sampan was put on the big boat, and several soldiers rowed towards the shore with the sampan. After a while, they picked up someone and rowed back. It really was Su Fei.

Seeing that his clothes were neat and he didn't appear to have been tortured at all, for some reason, Huang Zu was not happy, and even a little angry, his son didn't come back, but he came back first.

At this time, Jiang Qi walked up to Huang Zu, and said meaningfully: "If the humble position is correct, it should be Liu Jing who gave Gan Ning face."

Huang Zu narrowed his eyes and snorted coldly, "That's great!"

Su Fei was picked up on the big ship, and knelt down in front of Huang Zu to salute, "The last general is guilty, and failed to dissuade the eldest son in time, resulting in a disastrous defeat for the entire army. I implore the prefect to punish him."

Sitting on a pile of cables, Huang Zu said in a strange tone, "You mean to say that this defeat was caused by my son Huang She's recklessness, is that so?"

Su Fei's whole body trembled, of course he heard something in Huang Zu's words, he didn't admit that it was his son Huang She who caused the defeat, but. ． ． ．If it wasn't for Huang She's eagerness to seize the city, wouldn't it still be his own responsibility?

Su Fei would rather be killed than accept the humiliation of being wronged, his words suddenly became agitated, "Although today's defeat was planned by Liu Jing, if we proceed carefully and plan carefully, the entire army will not be wiped out.

The humble official also persuaded the eldest son to advance by land and water, enter five ships with hundreds of people first, and then the whole army will enter after capturing the water gate, but the eldest son did not listen, and he was the first to enter the water gate. ． ． ． ． "

"enough!"

Huang Zu interrupted Su Fei's statement, his face turned into anger from embarrassment, "I just want to ask you why my son was still imprisoned, but you were released?"

"Liu Jing ordered the humble officer to send a letter to the prefect!" Su Fei took out the letter from his bosom and presented it to Huang Zu.

Next to him, Jiang Qi sneered and said, "Sending a letter is such a small matter that you can leave it to a small soldier. Is it necessary to let a dignified assistant deliver the letter in the future? General Su, is there something hidden in this?"

Su Fei heard that there was provocation in his words, and he couldn't help glaring at Jiang Qi, "What do you mean, do you mean that I, Su Fei, surrendered to Liu Jing? I, Su Fei, am also an upright man. If I surrender, I will not I will come back, and if I come back, there will be no talk of surrender.”

He said to Huang Zuzheng again: "Prefect, I, Su Fei, have followed you for so many years, don't you know who I am?"

Su Fei was very prestigious in the army, and the generals all came forward to intercede for Su Fei. Huang Zu suppressed the anger in his heart, waved his hand and said, "What's the truth? We'll talk about it later, you go down first."

"The humble post wants to tell the prefect about the situation of Chaisang's garrison and the details of the defeat."

"no need!"

Huang Zu impatiently winked at the people next to him, and several generals stepped forward and helped Su Fei down.

Huang Zu snorted coldly, his son was in Liu Jing's hands, would he still attack Chaisang recklessly?

After waiting for Su Fei to leave, Huang Zu opened Liu Jing's letter, but before he read a few lines, he became furious, stood up, tore the letter into pieces, and threw it into the river.

"Son of a bitch!"

Huang Zu cursed, "Even if my son dies, I will never agree. Liu Jing, let's make your dream come true!"

Jiang Qi and the officers looked at each other in blank dismay. It is estimated that Liu Jing proposed conditions that Huang Zu could not accept, otherwise they would not be so furious.

Jiang Qi stepped forward and asked cautiously: "Prefect, what conditions did he propose?"

Huang Zu was so angry that he said bitterly: "He actually offered to exchange my son for Wuchang, it's really shameless!"

Jiang Qi laughed, "This is Liu Jing's wild asking price. He knew that the prefect would definitely not agree, so he offered a condition that the prefect would not accept. He also knew that it was impossible. The humble officer thought that he must have other conditions."

Jiang Qi's persuasion made Huang Zu wake up a little bit, and he also realized that Wuchang is the seat of Jiangxia County, how could Liu Jing ask for Wuchang County, this is of course his asking price.

However, Huang Zu felt a little regretful, he shouldn't have torn up the letter, otherwise he could see Liu Jing's real asking price by looking at the conditions behind.

Although he regretted it in his heart, he didn't say anything, and still insisted: "He's dreaming! I won't agree to any conditions. If he doesn't let my son go, I will crush Chaisang and leave nothing behind!"

Jiang Qi understood Huang Zu's psychology, he waved his hand lightly, all the generals retreated, only him and Huang Zu were left in the cabin, Jiang Qi then whispered: "Why don't you go to Chaisang for a visit Young Master’s situation, we will come back and think about how to deal with it.”

The reason why Jiang Qi gained Huang Zu's trust was because of his confidant and staff, not because of how intelligent he was, but because he understood Huang Zu's heart, hypocrisy, violence, and desperate for face.

Moreover, Jiang Qi is very good at talking. For example, he obviously went to Chai Sang to negotiate with Liu Jing on behalf of Huang Zu, but he didn't say that, but said to visit the eldest son. If you speak so hard, you won't be slapped in the face.

Huang Zu felt very comfortable listening, so he nodded, "If Liu Jing mentioned the conditions for my son's release to you, you might as well listen to it, I don't want to be a hero, after all, I only have one son, but there is one thing, I want money and food. No, and if he mentions Wuchang County again, you will bring my son's head back directly."

"Understood, let's go to Chaisang!"

Jiang Qi got off the big boat, took two entourages, and went to Chaisang City in a flat boat.

. . . . . . . . .

At the head of Chaisang City, Liu Jing was watching hundreds of warships on the river from a distance, with a preliminary estimate of about 1 people. Liu Jing even had an idea in his heart, so he simply asked Huang Zu to attack the city.

He believed that with the strong and tall city walls, the catapults and stone cannons he rebuilt, and 1 soldiers, he could completely resist the attack of [-] people.

But this thought was only fleeting. He knew that even if he occupied the entire territory of Jiangxia, he would not be able to replace Huang Zu's influence in Jiangxia. Only then did he successfully control Jiang Xia.

He still has to work steadily, step by step, establish a solid foundation, establish a reputation, and finally annex Jiangxia. It can't be done in a year or two, so he can't rush for success.

At this moment, Xu Shu came quickly and smiled from a distance: "My lord, Huang Zu sent his staff Jiang Qi to discuss the matter of Huang She."

Liu Jing was startled, and couldn't help laughing dumbly. It turned out that this person was also surnamed Jiang. Could it be Jiang Gan's younger brother? It was really a coincidence. Liu Jing smiled slightly and said, "Just follow the plan we discussed in advance and call that person Come, let me tell him a few more words."

Not long after, a young Jiangxia soldier was brought over. He was wounded by an arrow and his arm was wrapped with thick linen gauze.

His name was Ding Ping, a native of Wuchang County, and a relative of Jiang Qi. He was a soldier of Huang Zu at the earliest, and was later sent by Huang Zu to follow Huang She.

This time he was captured together with Huang She, but at this time he had surrendered to Liu Jing, because his father was rescued by the Chaisang defenders during the last Jiangdong army attack, and he is now a commander of the Chaisang army.

Ding Ping stepped forward and knelt down on one knee, "I pay my respects to Sima!"

Liu Jing quickly helped him up, and asked with concern: "How is the injury?"

"Reporting to Sima, the injury is not a problem, and he is recovering."

Liu Jing nodded, and smiled again: "I'll tell you the matter, you know it well!"

"Keep your humble job in mind!"

"You have done things for me, and I will never treat you badly in the future."

Ding Ping was moved, and knelt down again and said: "Please rest assured, Sima, I will do my best to get things done, and there will be no mistakes."

Liu Jing patted him on the shoulder and said a few words to comfort him, and then someone took him away. Xu Shu stepped forward and said with a smile: "Let the subordinates go down and talk to Jiang Qi, or you should come forward in person."

Liu Jing pondered for a moment, then smiled and said, "To show my sincerity, I'd better talk to him in person, but Yuan Zhi can take him to see Huang She first, and then I'll talk to him in detail."

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