Soldiers come to the world

"Bang!"

An iron door was pulled open, Xu Shu turned to Jiang Qi and said, "It's right here, Mr. Jiang, come with me!"

Jiang Qi felt apprehensive, and followed Xu Shu into this dark, bottomless dungeon. The dungeon was dimly lit, but very quiet, and there were no other prisoners inside. When he walked to a cell, Jiang Qi saw Huang She at a glance. It can be concluded that he had been severely beaten, his whole body was bloody, and he was curled up on a wooden couch with thick chains tied to his hands and feet.

"Eldest son! Eldest son!"

Jiang Qi repeatedly called Huang She a few times, Huang She slowly raised his head, looked at him weakly, and suddenly light came out of his eyes, "Wow! He dragged the iron chain and climbed to the wooden gate, grabbed Jiang Qi's hand, "Is Mr. Jiang here to save me?"

Seeing his miserable appearance, Jiang Qi couldn't help sighing, nodded and said, "I was entrusted by your father to find a way to rescue you."

"Sir must rescue me, I really can't bear it." Huang She couldn't continue, and burst into tears.

Jiang Qi hurriedly comforted him, promising to rescue him, then he looked back out of the corner of his eye and saw the smug smile on Xu Shu's face.

"Please, Mr. Jiang! Sima is still waiting for you."

Jiang Qi nodded, turned around and followed Xu Shu out of the dungeon, and came directly to the county government office. The county government office occupies a small area, less than a hundred acres, and it is also the Sima military government office of another department, where Chaisang's military power is concentrated.

Xu Shu led Jiang Qi to the meeting hall, Liu Jing was already seated in the hall, seeing Jiang Qi coming, Liu Jing stood up with a smile, "Is that Mr. Jiang?"

Jiang Qi hastily stepped forward and gave a deep salute, "Jiang Yongji, a poor scholar in Wuchang, sees Mr. Jing!"

"Mr. Jiang is too polite, please sit down!"

"Thank you, son!"

Jiang Qi sat down, Xu Shu also sat beside him, Liu Jing ordered someone to serve tea, and he asked with a smile, "Is Mr. Jiang a native of Wuchang?"

"Exactly!"

Jiang Qi hesitated and said again: "Actually, the ancestor of the family is from Chenliu County. He brought his family to Wuchang County 40 years ago. I was born in Wuchang County myself."

Liu Jing chuckled: "It turns out that Mr. Jiang also has northern blood, no wonder he is a bold person."

"Let the son laugh."

The servants served them tea, Liu Jing picked up the tea bowl and took a sip slowly, then changed the topic back to business, "Mr. should have seen Mr. Huang just now!"

"I see, I just beg Mr. Jing not to abuse him for the sake of being a subject."

"No! How could I abuse Mr. Huang?"

Liu Jing pretended to be surprised and asked Xu Shu next to him, "Lieutenant Xu, the county prison is under your jurisdiction. You order someone to investigate. Has anyone avenged Mr. Huang without authorization?"

Xu Shu got up quickly, "This subordinate will go and investigate now!"

Liu Jing hurriedly stopped him, "There's no rush now, we'll talk about it later."

Liu Jing apologized to Jiang Qi again: "I'm too busy with things, and I can't take care of many things. You also know that Mr. Huang also has many personal enemies. Maybe someone will avenge his personal revenge and attack Mr. Huang secretly. I will never allow such a situation, and try to avoid it as much as possible.”

Jiang Qi smiled wryly in his heart, making it like that, an understatement of avenging his personal revenge would have been exposed, but think about it, Huang She is a prisoner of war, it is normal to suffer any kind of crime, Liu Jing is just giving himself a little face, if the negotiation Rupture, so what if you kill him.

Thinking of this, Jiang Qi stopped mentioning Huang She's abuse, and continued to deepen the topic, "My son also knows that Huang Taishou has only two sons. The life and death of the second son Huang Yong is still unknown. Now there is only one eldest son Huang She. Since In the hands of Mr. Jing, Huang Taishou naturally wanted to redeem him, so he asked me to talk about the specific method of redeeming him? I don’t know if Mr. Jing has a plan.”

"Program!"

Liu Jing couldn't help laughing, "Didn't I write a letter trusting Su Fei to take it back? Didn't Governor Huang receive it?"

Embarrassment appeared on Jiang Qi's face, and he explained: "The Huang Taishou has a very hot temper. He couldn't accept the request to cede Wuchang County, so he tore up the letter, and he didn't know what was written behind it."

Liu Jing and Xu Shu looked at each other, they both laughed meaningfully, Liu Jing said lightly: "Since Governor Huang can't accept the cession of Wuchang, what's there to talk about, Mr. Jiang, I'm sorry."

After speaking, Liu Jing stood up and was about to leave. Jiang Qi was stunned, but he immediately came to his senses and said repeatedly: "Mr. Jing, please stay!"

Xu Shu also got up quickly, stepped forward to persuade: "Sima, do Mr. Jiang some face! Listen to his explanation."

Liu Jing finally showed anger on his face, and said coldly to Jiang Qi: "I am an enemy of Huang Zu, everyone in the world knows, I will not give him any face, Huang She was injured is my order, I just give you To save face, I won’t embarrass you. If you think the talks can’t go on, then we will fight. If I can defeat 1 Jiang Xia’s army, if I don’t believe it, I’m afraid that you will only have [-] people. You go back and tell Huang Zu that I will fight Huang Zu tonight. Send the head of the shot, he wants to attack the city, and I, Liu Jing, will accompany him at any time!"

Jiang Qi stepped forward and bowed again and again, "Sir, calm down, please calm down!"

Liu Jing snorted heavily, and sat down again, "Mr. Jiang, I'm doing this to save face, otherwise I will never give in at all."

"Thank you son, Jiang Qi is very grateful!"

After such a turmoil, Jiang Qi felt that he was much weaker. He also knew that Huang Zu had made a sneak attack first, and he was at a loss. In addition, Liu Jing was strong and was not afraid of a battle, and Huang Zu absolutely did not dare to fight for his son's life. After a battle, I finally forced myself to come to the door to negotiate.

Jiang Qi wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said with a bitter face: "Wuchang is the seat of Jiangxia County, and also the seat of Huang Taishou's family. Wuchang County cannot be handed over to the young master anyway. Other than that, the rest are easy to discuss."

Xu Shu next to him also persuaded: "Sima should also consider Zhou Mu's feelings. Now that Jiangxia County has a foreign enemy in Jiangdong, Jiangxia should remain stable. If Wuchang is demanded, Zhou Mu's side may not be able to explain it. Please Sima think twice."

Jiang Qi begged, Xu Shu pretended to be a peacemaker, and persuaded Liu Jing for a while, then reluctantly said: "Okay! I will raise three more conditions. If Huang Zu still does not agree, then wait to give it to his son." Collect the corpse!"

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"What! Want me to cede Xiazhi County?"

Huang Zu suddenly turned his head and stared at Jiang Qi viciously. Xiazhi County is located between Yangxin County and Chaisang County, close to the Yangtze River. Although the area is not as large as Yangxin County, it has a large population and a very important strategic position. On the other side of the river, it is more than twenty miles away from the Yangtze River.

Huang Zu knew better than anyone else that once Xiazhi County was taken away by Liu Jing, the entire southern part of Jiangxia County would belong to Liu Jing. How could he, Huang Zu, accept this shame and humiliation.

Now, Jiang Qi has no choice but to persuade Huang Zu, "Prefect, even if Xiazhi County is not given to Chaisang in the next step, they will take it by force. Xiazhi County is located between Yangxin County and Chaisang County. , it’s very difficult to defend against, why don’t you simply give them a favor, exchange the son back first, and then we’ll make a long-term plan, anyway, the county is there, they can’t take it away, we’ll just get it back later.”

Huang Zu supported the bulkhead and lowered his head, and asked in a muffled voice for a while, "What other conditions does he have?"

"His second condition is that Jiang Xia's army is no longer allowed to intercept Tao's merchant ships, and the detained people, merchant ships and goods must be released immediately."

This condition is not too much, and there is no loss to Huang Zu, Huang Zu nodded, "I can agree to this condition, what else?"

Jiang Qi's face showed embarrassment, the third condition was difficult for him to say, but he had to say, he sighed and said: "The third condition they put forward is to ask the prefect to compensate one hundred thousand shi of grain and 3 yuan. Two gold."

Huang Zu's eyeballs were about to pop out, one hundred thousand stones of grain, thirty thousand taels of gold, wouldn't this empty out his Huang family's old bottom?He shook his head slowly, "Mr. Jiang, you are really confused. How could I get so much food and gold? Not to mention that I can't get it out. Even if I could get it out, I wouldn't give it to him. promise."

Knowing that Huang Zu would reply in this way, Jiang Qi persuaded: "I also know that this condition will embarrass the prefect, but even if I go to bargain with them, I can only hold down half of the grain at most, so there are still 3 shi of grain and [-] taels of gold. , Liu Jing made it very clear that the third condition must be an exchange of goods, and he will never give in, so I'd better ask the eunuch to weigh it!"

Huang Zu paced back and forth in the cabin with his hands behind his back, feeling extremely heavy. He didn't understand in his heart that if he attacked again, he might not be able to capture Chaisang, but his son's life would definitely be over. Now his son is in someone else's hands. It is impossible for him not to bleed, but he is also in short supply of food, even if he has 3 shi of food, it is difficult for him to come up with it, let alone [-] taels of gold.

After pondering for a long time, Huang Zu asked: "I just heard you say that the third condition must be the exchange of materials. Is this what Liu Jing said?"

"Yes!"

There was a sneer on Huang Zu's face, "Since it's materials, it doesn't have to be money and food. I can give him other things. You can talk to him again. Apart from money and food, I can agree to other materials. .”

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After three rounds of negotiations, Liu Jing and Huang Zu finally reached an agreement. Liu Jing changed the third condition to that he wanted all the families of the captured Jiangxia soldiers, that is, the population, a total of more than 1 people, as a little concession With sincerity, Liu Jing released more than [-] wounded Jiangxia soldiers and allowed them to return to the big ship with Jiang Qi.

Two big boats sailed out of the water gate, and the boat was full of more than [-] wounded soldiers. Jiang Qi was also on board, and he comforted these wounded soldiers with good words.

At this time, Jiang Qi accidentally found a relative of his own among the prisoners of war, his wife's nephew named Ding Ping. He quickly called Ding Ping forward and asked, "Why are you also captured?"

Ding Ping stepped forward and kowtowed: "Uncle, my nephew was captured together with General Su Fei."

Jiang Qi nodded, seeing that there was no one around, he asked again in a low voice: "Then do you know why Su Fei was released?"

Ding Ping scratched his head, "I don't know the specific nephew, but it should be related to Gan Ning's intercession."

The interest in Jiang Qi's eyes grew stronger, and he quickly asked: "How about a way to intercede, tell me quickly!"

"At that time, General Su was locked in a wooden cage, and his nephew and a dozen prisoners of war were beside the cage. General Su asked someone to find Gan Ning. I heard him say, I have an old relationship with the public. Today I am in trouble. Can the public Save my life?"

"that is all?"

Ding Ping nodded, "It seems that there are so many, Gan Ning didn't say anything, turned around and left, and later heard that General Su was released, and my brothers and I praised Gan Ning for his loyalty."

Jiang Qi stroked his beard and sneered, as expected, if Gan Ning hadn't interceded, how could Liu Jing let him go, hum!How can such a person be a general if he is greedy for life and afraid of death in battle?

He had to let Huang Zu know about this.

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