Soldiers come to the world

There was no suspense in the negotiations between Liu Jing and Lu Su. With the utmost sincerity, the two parties properly resolved the last remaining issues of the Chaisang War.

According to the agreement between the two parties, Liu Jing handed over 530 and two wounded Jiangdong prisoners of war to Lu Su to take away. At the same time, Lu Su also took away the ashes of more than [-] soldiers who died in battle.

In return, Jiangdong will also hand over the [-] Jiangxia prisoners captured during the battle with Huang Sheshui to Liu Jing. So far, the Battle of Chaisang has finally drawn a mark of completion.

On the head of Chaisang City, Liu Jing watched dozens of large ships go to the east. This is the fleet of the Tao family. It transported away the wounded soldiers and ashes of Jiangdong. mulberry.

"Your Master is not afraid of Zhou Mu, do you know?" Xu Shu walked slowly to Liu Jing's side, frowning slightly, and asked with some worry.

In the past two days, he could see clearly that Liu Jing and Lu Su's relationship was too close. It could be seen that Liu Jing was determined to take the road of reconciliation with Jiang Dong, which made Xu Shu very worried about Liu Biao's attitude.

Liu Biao and Jiang Dong are feuds, he will never allow his nephew to communicate with Jiang Dong in secret, especially when Liu Jing hangs a filial piety flag and stirs up Jiang Dong, how can Liu Biao ignore it, how will Liu Jing explain to Liu Biao?

Liu Jing shook his head, "Some things can't be done because the state shepherd doesn't like it, so I won't do it. I will also weigh the pros and cons. At most, I will explain to my uncle and admit my mistakes, but reconciling with Jiang Dong is completely in the interests of Chaisang and Jiang Xia. I think uncle understand me too."

"I'm afraid he doesn't think so."

Liu Jing's face also became serious, and he looked back at Xu Shu. He was half a head taller than Xu Shu, with a stern, condescending gaze, and said slowly: "Whether Zhou Mu is angry or not is just a matter of fact, but reconciliation with Jiang Dong is a matter of fact." It is a great cause, and I will not give up the great cause for the sake of trivial matters, I hope Brother Yuanzhi can understand this."

Xu Shu felt the sternness in Liu Jing's tone, he sighed and nodded, he understood Liu Jing's great cause, Xu Shu's eyes also turned to the river, staring at the fleet turned into a black spot, he suddenly remembered something, After pondering for a while, he asked, "What do you plan to do with the prisoners of war repatriated from Jiangdong?"

Liu Jing also realized that his attitude towards Xu Shu was a little harsher just now. After all, he was doing it for his own good, so he shouldn't have spoken to him so harshly. Liu Jing felt apologetic, and his tone of speech was much softer. He asked with a slight smile, "What if I use it to supplement the source of troops, what does Yuan Zhi think?"

"better not!"

Xu Shu shook his head, this time his attitude was very decisive, "Keeping these prisoners of war will do Sima more harm than good."

Liu Jing was not surprised or stunned. Xu Shu's negative attitude seemed to be within his expectation. He smiled and asked, "Why do you say that using these prisoners of war to supplement my military source will do more harm than good?"

Xu Shu smiled wryly, "Young master should understand better than me. If these people are sent back to their homes, it will have a great impact on your reputation. Not only their family members, but the whole Jiangxia will be grateful to you. This will affect your reputation in Jiangxia. How beneficial it is, on the contrary, if the young master regards them as his source of soldiers, although there is nothing wrong with it, he has lost a great opportunity to gain Jiangxia's reputation and popular support."

Liu Jing walked a few steps at the top of the city with his hands behind his back, and then leaned on the battlements and stared into the distance, thinking for a long time without saying a word. It should be said that Xu Shu's suggestion coincided with his thoughts.

He looked back at Xu Shu, seeing his expectant face, he couldn't help but smiled slightly,

"For this matter, please ask Yuan Zhi to formulate a detailed plan, arrange publicity staff, and simply do it with great fanfare."

Seeing Liu Jing accepting his plan, Xu Shu felt relieved, and said deeply, "The humble job will definitely make arrangements, so that all Jiangxia people will accept the favor of the young master."

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A few more days passed, and the prisoners of the Jiangxia Army had not yet arrived from Jiangdong, but Liu Jing unexpectedly welcomed guests from Changsha County.

At dawn, a team of more than [-] cavalrymen appeared outside Chaisangnan City, and the leading cavalryman shouted: "Please report to Liu Sima quickly, the captain of Changsha County, General Huang, is here."

In the middle of the cavalry team was a 60-year-old veteran with a beard and hair and bright eyes. He was Huang Zhong, a famous Jingzhou general. Huang Zhong was still a Zhonglang general. It was to assist Liu Pan, but Changsha County was close to Chaisang in the north, and Liu Biao's other intention was to let Huang Zhong send troops to assist Liu Jing in defeating Huang Zu at a critical moment.

Therefore, Huang Zhong's garrison is also located in the northern part of Changsha County, Xiajun County and Puqi County, which is close to Jiangxia. Once the battle in Jiangxia is fierce, Huang Zhong can come to help in time.

However, when the Jiangdong army attacked Chaisang last time, Huang Zhong hadn't taken office yet, and the army hadn't been deployed yet, so Liu Jing didn't use Huang Zhong, the biggest reinforcement.

Huang Zhong arrived five days ago, and as soon as the army was arranged, he immediately left for Chaisang. Rather than saying that Huang Zhong came to visit Liu Jing, it would be better to say that he came to check Liu Jing's progress in archery.

Now that Liu Jing has learned archery from him, he is half of his apprentice. Huang Zhong will never allow his disciples to be foolish and mediocre in archery, which will damage his Huang Zhong's reputation.

At this time, the city gate opened, and Liu Jing led Wei Yan, Liu Hu and other generals out of the city quickly. His face looked happy, but it was difficult to hide the tension in his heart. Although Liu Jing insisted on practicing arrows every day, he knew what to do , He is still far from Huang Zhong's request. This time Huang Zhong's request is to hit [-] hits with [-] arrows at a distance of [-] steps, but his best record in the past few days is [-] hits with [-] arrows.

Liu Jing walked a few steps quickly, and knelt down in front of Huang Zhong on one knee, "Liu Jing, the last general, see Old General Huang!"

The entourage behind also knelt down on one knee and saluted, "See General Huang!"

Huang Zhong hurriedly stepped forward to help Liu Jing, "Young Master Jing please stand up, all generals please stand up!"

Huang Zhong has great prestige in the Jingzhou army. His arrival caused a stir in the Chaisang defenders. The guards stepped forward to salute one after another. Even a thorn like Wei Yan admired Huang Zhong sincerely. Huang Zhong and everyone saluted one by one. Sighing to Liu Jing: "Come to Chaisang, it's like going home, this feeling is very good."

Although Huang Zhong did not formally accept Liu Jing as his apprentice because of Zhao Yun, they had a friendship between master and apprentice, and Liu Jing also regarded him as his master in his heart. He smiled slightly and said, "If the old general likes Chaisang, This time, you might as well stay here for a few months, and train soldiers for me by the way.”

Huang Zhong glanced at him. He could see that Liu Jing was complicated. He probably hoped that he would stay for a long time, but he was afraid that he would be too strict. Huang Zhong smiled, "I'm afraid you are not sincere! If I stay for a few months, The first one to be unlucky is you."

Everyone knew that Liu Jing learned archery from Huang Zhong, so they couldn't help but laughed knowingly. Liu Jing scratched his head and said, "It won't be bad luck! The old general's long stay will only improve my archery skills. I'm too happy to be happy."

Huang Zhong sneered, "Then look at your performance today, and I will decide whether to live in Chaisang for a few months."

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The training on the school grounds had already stopped. Thousands of soldiers surrounded the riding and shooting range. Everyone stretched their necks and watched Liu Jing's archery with great interest. , Huang Zhong held the drumstick in person, his beard stretched out, and he swung the drumstick with both arms, making a loud rumbling sound.

A war horse galloped from the northwest corner, stirring up billowing yellow dust. Liu Jing held a eight-dou archery bow in his hand, wore a scale armor, a bright silver helmet with red tassels on his head, and a pot of arrows on his back. Like a god, the horse is like a flying dragon, with a heroic appearance, which aroused applause from the soldiers.

Liu Jing galloped past under the drum platform, controlling the horse with both legs, drawing an arrow with his right hand, stretching the bow, the bow was like a full moon, and with a sound of strings, a mace arrow shot out like lightning, directly hitting the straw man more than [-] steps away. .

'Crack! '

The long arrow accurately hit the straw man's chest, causing the soldiers around to cheer. This was Liu Jing's seventh arrow. The first six arrows hit the target, but Huang Zhong's face sank like water, and he waved again. He beat the big drum with his arm, and he no longer gave Liu Jing time to prepare, but asked to shoot continuously, and the difficulty suddenly increased.

Liu Jing turned around the pier, rushed out a few steps, and without hesitation drew his bow again and shot an arrow. The arrow was powerful, but it passed by the straw man's neck, and the shot was empty, causing a lot of regrets from all around. .

Huang Zhong let out a snort. As soon as he quickened his tempo, a missed arrow appeared. It seemed that his usual training was not enough. His face was frosty, and the drums beat even louder.

The first mistake caused Liu Jing to bite his lip hard. He was not in a hurry to appear, but was recalling the reason for the mistake of the arrow just now. It should be because he shot too hastily and didn’t find the best feel. In fact, this is also Liu Jing and the real The difference between archery masters is that real archery masters don't need to look for any feeling when archery is archery. Archery is an instinct.

But Liu Jing is still far from developing this instinct. It takes tens of thousands of arrows to master it. Now he can only rely on the feel of the hand. When the hand feels good, he can hit the target with one arrow. If the hand feels weak, it is easy to shoot. .

Today he felt good, hit the target with seven consecutive arrows, but was a little hasty on the eighth arrow and missed the target.

Liu Jing took a deep breath, stabilized his mind, leaped and galloped again, drew out an arrow, stretched his bow and set the arrow, his arm was as steady as a mountain, and when the arrow was shot, Liu Jing was relieved, the arrow accurately shot through the grass People's necks, greeted with applause again.

This arrow found an excellent feel, and the next dozen arrows shot like clouds and flowing water, and the arrows hit the target. When Liu Jing drew the last arrow, he had already hit [-] out of [-] arrows, and completed the arrow that Huang Zhong gave him. task.

At this time, when Huang Zhong's drum was beating to its peak, Liu Jing raised his bow and set an arrow, and the last arrow was shot, but as soon as the arrow was released, he screamed in his heart, "This arrow is broken, and the arrow came out of the grass." The target flew five feet above the head.

The surrounding area was completely silent, the arrow failed so badly that the surrounding soldiers were stunned, Liu Jing turned to look at Huang Zhong, but saw him staring at him sternly, Liu Jing couldn't help but smiled wryly, the arrow failed, it can be said that all previous efforts were wasted.

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At the top of the city, Liu Jing and Huang Zhong were walking slowly side by side. Huang Zhong did not punish him for the last arrow that was shot down. In fact, Huang Zhong knew that Liu Jing had encountered major incidents during this period, and life and death were at stake. Under such circumstances, he It is extremely rare to be able to keep training and make progress, and I really don't have to punish him.

"I came to Chaisang today, mainly because I want to talk to you about the future."

Liu Jing walked silently, and most of the time he was listening, rarely interrupting Huang Zhong's words. Huang Zhong glanced at him, and continued: "Before leaving, Zhou Mu and Shen talked about the reason why I stayed here. The commander of the northern part of Sha County is largely to help you, and I want to hear your plan if you can send troops to help you capture Jiangxia at a critical moment."

The two of them had reached the end of the city wall, held on to the battlements and looked east, and the magnificent Yangtze River appeared in front of them, rushing to the east. Liu Jing pondered for a long time, and whispered: "My plan is not to seize the Jiangxia region, this For a while, I have been doing one thing to ease the hatred between Jingzhou and Jiangdong, this is to unite Soochow and fight against Cao in the future, can the old general understand my painstaking efforts?"

Huang Zhong was greatly astonished, he did not expect Liu Jing to say such a thing, but Huang Zhong is a well-informed veteran after all, he suddenly understood what Liu Jing meant.

Liu Jing didn't care about Huang Zu at all. His heart was already focused on the future. After pondering for a moment, Huang Zhong asked, "If Jiangdong attacks Jiangxia aggressively again, will there be a joint fight against Cao?"

"There are no permanent allies, and naturally there are no permanent enemies."

Liu Jing looked at Jiang Mian calmly and said, "As long as it is in the interests of both parties, we will naturally sit down and negotiate."

Huang Zhong was silent, he could understand Liu Jing's meaning, he and Soochow reconciled for the benefit of Jingzhou, after a long time, Huang Zu sighed softly and asked: "You moved east to Jiangdong, got the support of Zhou Mu or Is it allowed?"

Liu Jing shook his head, "He won't agree!"

"Then you still..." Huang Zhong was even more puzzled.

Liu Jing put his hands behind his back and smiled lightly, "I, Liu Jing, do things, and I don't deliberately execute anyone's orders. My starting point is for the future of Jingzhou. As long as I think it's right, I will stick to it. Since it offends the state shepherd, I will not hesitate."

Liu Jing looked back at Huang Zhong, his piercing eyes were full of expectations, "I hope to get the support of the old general."

A sly smile appeared on Huang Zhong's face, and he said, "If you can convince me then, I will definitely support you!"

"What if you can't be persuaded?" Liu Jing asked again with a smile,

"If you can't even convince me, what's the point of what you do?"

Liu Jing nodded. He stared at the majestic river, and he couldn't help but feel great ambition in his chest. He seemed to be talking to Huang Zhong, and he seemed to be talking to himself: "********, when you encounter a storm, Bianhualong, old general, I, Liu Jing, am a golden scale in the Yangtze River, when the wind and cloud meet, that is when I, Liu Jing, lose my scales and soar up."

Huang Zhong was also infected by Liu Jing's ambition. He seemed to have forgotten that he was loyal to Liu Biao, and nodded slowly: "I look forward to that day."

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