Soldiers come to the world

"Last year, Jiangdong's mother died of illness. I went to Jiangdong to pay tribute. From the specifications of the invitation I got, I was just an ordinary guest, no different from the other 800 ordinary guests. But because of the son, I unexpectedly Being promoted as a distinguished guest, the number of seats has jumped from more than 70 to No. [-]. Sitting on the top of the main hall, even Sun Quan offered tea to me in person. It was a sensation and a moment of glory.”

Speaking of this, Tao Lie shook his head and smiled at Liu Jing: "But I am very sober. The reason why I was treated favorably in Jiangdu was mainly because I delivered letters for you, which attracted Sun Quan's attention. On the other hand, Tao Lie The Tao family also happened to pay a generous tax to Jiangdong, so Sun Quan told me that if there were no Tao family, there would be no meat in the bowls of Jiangdong’s army.”

Speaking of this, Tao Lie looked into Liu Jing's eyes, "Does your master understand what I mean?"

After pondering for a while, Liu Jing asked: "Is it because the Tao family is in a dilemma that the old Patriarch decided not to leave?"

Tao Lie nodded, "This is a matter of attitude, the Tao family must give Jiang Dong an explanation, please understand, my lord."

Liu Jing wanted to say, 'The Tao family can't stay in the cracks all the time! 'But he didn't say that in the end, he could understand Tao Lie's difficulties, the Tao family had already given him a lot.

But for more than a year, due to angering Liu Biao, the Tao family's business in Jingzhou has dropped by [-]%, and now it is all supported by Jiangdong. If Sun Quan is angered again, the Tao family's business empire will be completely over, but. ． ． ． ．

Liu Jing sighed, and said softly: "I may not care about the support from both sides of the Tao family, but has the old Patriarch ever thought about it, and Sun Quan doesn't care?"

Tao Lie slowly closed his eyes. Liu Jing's words pierced his heart like a knife. This was also a question he had been avoiding all along, but now that the war was imminent, it seemed difficult for the Tao family to avoid it. After a while , Tao Lie sighed, "Master, let me think again."

Liu Jing patted his hand, "No matter what decision the old man makes, I will respect it!"

Liu Jing got up to say goodbye, Tao Zhan hurriedly sent him out, Liu Jing walked in a hurry, Tao Zhan hurried behind, walked to the atrium, Liu Jing stopped, turned to look at Tao Zhan, he didn't say a word.

But Tao Zhan understood his intentions. She walked forward slowly with her hands behind her back, and said with a sweet smile, "Do you think I should stay with my grandfather? Or follow someone's advice and temporarily evacuate Chaisang?"

Liu Jing watched her quietly, and said for a long time: "If you stay in Chaisang, I will not be able to evacuate safely. In the end, I was captured by Sun Quan and watched you become Sun Quan's concubine. Do you want such a result?"

Tao Zhan trembled all over, quickly held Liu Jing's hand, bit his lips tightly and said, "Jing Lang, why do you have such thoughts?"

Liu Jing also realized that he was talking too much and he was in a bad mood, so he brought this negative emotion in front of Tao Zhan. He laughed and said in a slightly joking tone: "Chai Sang City is broken, There is only one female prisoner in the whole city, Sun Quan saw such a beautiful woman, how could he not be tempted, and she is also the daughter of the Tao family, such a good spoil, how could Sun Quan..."

Before Liu Jing finished speaking, Tao Zhan stretched out his jade hand to cover his mouth, "Don't say any more, I understand what you mean, I won't stay and make you difficult, I will leave immediately."

Speaking of this, she gently snuggled into Liu Jing's arms again, and whispered: "Actually, I said I didn't want to leave because I wanted to be with you, not because of grandfather, do you understand?"

A warm feeling surged in Liu Jing's heart. It turned out that it was because she didn't leave. He sniffed the fragrance on Tao Zhan's head. He suddenly made up his mind, held her soft shoulders, stared at her beautiful eyes like a deep pool, Word by word: "After this war is over, I will marry you as my wife."

Tao Zhan raised his head eagerly and stared at Liu Jing. His beautiful eyes were shining like jewels. She had been looking forward to this day for a long time, but it hadn't been two years yet. Can grandfather agree?Her beautiful eyes were once again covered with a light mist.

Liu Jing hugged her into his arms again, and gently stroked her hair, but there was a hint of determination in his tone, "A man, if you don't even have the courage to fight for the woman you like, what face is there to stand between heaven and earth? Still have the ambition to fight for world domination.”

After finishing speaking, he let go of Tao Zhan, turned around and strode away. He heard his voice from a distance, "Go and pack your things! I will arrange a boat for you, and take the little bun along the way."

Tao Zhan looked at Liu Jing's majestic back, and her beautiful eyes couldn't help being fascinated. He has known Jing Lang for a year and a half. Is the day she was looking forward to finally coming?

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In Wuchang, Huang Zu received the urgent information sent by Liu Jing. At the same time, he also received the news from the spies from Peng Ze. Huang Zu's face turned pale. He already realized that this time the Jiangdong army will attack Jiangxia aggressively, and he may be in danger.

In the room, Huang Zu was anxious like an ant on a hot pot, walking around the room with his hands behind his back, what should we do?His total force is only 2 people. How can he resist the attack of nearly 8 people from Jiangdong?

"Father!"

Huang She rushed into the room like a gust of wind, and said anxiously: "I just got the news that Liu Jing is evacuating Chaisang's army and civilians on a large scale. I'm afraid he will abandon the city."

This news was like adding insult to injury, Huang Zu was stunned for a while, then he suddenly roared like thunder, "Damn bastard, if he doesn't resist, does Chaisang want to throw all Jiangdong Army to me?"

"Father, I'm afraid that's what he meant. What should we do?"

Huang Zu's heart was in a mess, of course he didn't know what to do, if he knew what to do?Will he still be helpless here?At this time, Jiang Qi, the aide, also walked in quickly, Huang Zu seemed to see a savior, grabbed him and said: "Mr. Jiang, Jiang Xia is in danger, what should I do?"

Jiang Qi sighed, "At this point, we can only ask Zhou Mu for help. If Zhou Mu is willing to send reinforcements, there may be a glimmer of hope to keep Jiang Xia."

Huang Zu was stunned, he really didn't want to ask Liu Biao for help, after a long while, he sighed and said, "Is there no other way?"

Jiang Qi shook his head, "Even Liu Jing knew that Chaisang couldn't hold it anymore, so he moved to Xiazhi and Yangxin County, prefect, this Jiangdong army's attack is unusual, I heard that Sun Quan personally led the army, it can be said that it is inevitable, Unless the prefect, like Liu Jing, abandons Jiangxia and evacuates to Nanjun and Xiangyang, there is no other way but to ask for help."

Huang Zu stood still for a moment, and finally sighed, "Forget it! No matter what, I can only ask him for help."

Huang Zu forced himself to calm down. He stared at the map for a moment, then turned to his eldest son Huang She and said, "The money and food are all in Xiakou. I personally lead [-] troops to garrison Xiakou. You lead [-] troops to defend Wuchang. Just keep it, if you can’t keep it, you will give up Wuchang and retreat to Xiakou by land, the lives of our father and son are at stake, if it is impossible, we will withdraw to Nanjun.”

Huang Zu immediately revised a letter and ordered someone to send it to Xiangyang as soon as possible. Now he pinned all his hopes on Liu Biao's reinforcements.

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On the morning of the third day, Liu Jing led a team of soldiers on horseback to patrol the empty Chaisang City. After three days of emergency retreat, all the money, food and materials and more than [-]% of the population were evacuated to Xiazhi County and Yangxin County. There are less than a thousand people in the city, and most of them are old people who are unwilling to leave their homes.

The originally prosperous street became deserted at this time, the shops were closed, the taverns were closed, and there were only a few stray dogs looking for food on the street.

"Sima!"

A soldier rushed over and reported out of breath: "Old Master Tao sent someone to ask you to go and talk about something."

Liu Jing immediately turned his horse's head and ran towards Tao's mansion.

Tao Lie thought about it for a whole day, and finally decided to stay in Chaisang City. Although Sun Quan might force the Tao family to make a final choice, he couldn't just walk away. At least under the current situation, he needed to give Sun Quan In other words, the Tao family will continue to support Jiangdong.

The people in Tao Lie were basically gone, only Tao Lie and a few elderly family members were left. These five or six old family members had followed Tao Lie for nearly 40 years and were loyal. An old family member led Liu Jing to Walking to the inner house, he muttered, "The mansion is too quiet. I have been in Tao Mansion for 52 years, and this is the first time I have encountered such a thing. Hey! I wonder when everyone will come back?"

Liu Jing knew this old family member, named Tao Fu, who had been Tao Lie's schoolboy since he was 14 years old. He is 66 years old this year. His son is the chief housekeeper of Tao's residence, and he also led his family to Yangxin County.

Liu Jing ignored his nagging, and soon came to the small gate of the inner house. Tao Fu turned his head and smiled at Liu Jing: "The master said, only Mr. Jing can go in alone, and the followers can wait outside."

Liu Jing turned around and ordered several followers, "You wait here, I will be back soon."

He followed his old family into the inner house, all the way to Tao Lie's bedroom, Tao Fu knocked on the door, "Master, he is here."

"Come in!" Tao Lie's voice came from inside.

Tao Fu pushed open the door, "My lord, please!"

Liu Jing felt a little weird, he saw Tao Lie in his study several times, but today he came to Tao Lie's bedroom, what's going on?He faintly felt in his heart that Tao Lie came to him, there must be something big.

Tao Fu didn't come in, but closed the door, the room looked a little dark, and Tao Lie's bedroom was very simple and elegant, with only a couch and a box, nothing else, but it was spotless.

Tao Lie was sitting cross-legged on the couch, looking at him with a smile, Liu Jing stepped forward and knelt down, respectfully kowtowed, "Greetings, grandfather!"

He had a marriage contract with Tao Zhan, and Tao Zhan's grandfather was naturally also his grandfather. Although Tao Zhan was not around at this time, Liu Jing still maintained his etiquette.

"Good boy, don't be too polite."

Tao Lie waved his hand with a smile and asked Liu Jing to sit down. He cut to the chase and said, "I've thought about it for three days. Although I still have various concerns, I still decided to betroth Zhan'er to you. If you are willing to marry her if."

Liu Jing immediately said respectfully: "Thank you, grandfather, for making things perfect. Liu Jing is sincerely willing to marry Jiu Niang as his wife."

Tao Lie considered it very realistically. This time, the Jiangdong Army is making a big move westward. If Liu Jing can persist until the end, he must be the Lord of Jiangxia. If he marries his granddaughter to him, the Tao family will be completely tied to him. As for Sun Quan When Tao Lie went to Jiangdong last year, he realized that Sun Quan didn't care about the relationship between the Tao family and Liu Jing, and Liu Jing was willing to reconcile with Sun Quan, so the Tao family might become a bridge between Liu Jing and Sun Quan .

As for Liu Biao, Tao Lie didn't care anymore, the Tao family couldn't cover everything, if he had to offend someone in the end, then he would rather offend Liu Biao.

Tao Lie smiled slightly, "Since we are grandparents, I want to tell you a big secret of the Tao family. Only Zhan'er's father and I know it. I think you will be interested."

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