Soldiers come to the world

Cai He hurriedly looked out of the city, and saw three men on horseback getting off the big boat, the leader was Liu Jing, next to him was Biejia Han Song who had rushed to accompany Liu Jing early in the morning, and there was another person behind him. Wen Ping.

Everyone stepped forward slowly, and Han Song rushed to the city gate and shouted loudly: "General Cai, the time has come, open the city gate!"

Cai He waved his hand, "Open the door!"

Both the inner and outer gates of Xiangyang North City Gate were opened at the same time, the suspension bridge was lowered, and Liu Jing, under the strict protection of five hundred cavalry, walked slowly into the city.

Xiangyang City was under martial law, and soldiers guarded every street and alley. However, as Liu Jing led the cavalry into Xiangyang City, countless people rushed out from the streets and alleys, crowding on both sides of Xiangyang Avenue.

"Master Jing is here!"

Someone pointed at the cavalry coming from a distance and shouted, and the people on both sides immediately cheered, and the thunderous cheers resounded throughout the city.

Xiangyang Avenue is a main road running from north to south, with the main road in the middle and a flat official road with a width of three feet, with big trees planted on both sides, and side roads on both sides, also called civilian roads, which are walking paths for ordinary people, while official roads The Tao can only be walked by the gentry and officials, and even the low-ranking officials cannot walk on the official road, and the hierarchy is strict.

Liu Jing, escorted by five hundred cavalrymen, walked slowly along the official road. With a smile on his face, the people on both sides waved and greeted him from time to time. more.

The people at the end of the Han Dynasty still have a strong and aggressive style, they don't pay much attention to the rules of the government, and the law does not blame the public. If someone rushes out, more people will rush through the martial law soldiers behind, making the martial law issued by Cai Mao fundamentally impossible. Nothing works.

As more and more people ran out of their homes and rushed to Xiangyang Avenue to welcome Liu Jing into the city, even tens of thousands of soldiers under martial law followed the people and ran on the civilian road, cheering together.

When Liu Jing's cavalry had only reached halfway through the official road, the civilian roads on both sides were crowded with people who came to welcome them, densely packed, stretching for ten miles, with a total of more than [-] people.

Everyone had anticipation and excitement on their faces, and their feelings were the most honest. Liu Jing defeated Cao Jun and saved them from ruining their families. They would no longer be slaughtered and looted by Cao Jun like Hekou Town. They were grateful to Liu Jing from the bottom of their hearts.

Gongs and drums were beating everywhere in the city, the drums were loud, and the gongs were loud. Groups of children entered the official road and ran with the cavalry. When Liu Jing passed by the crowds, there was a burst of shouting like a tsunami , "Welcome Mr. Jing home!"

"We support Mr. Jing as the shepherd of Jingzhou, let the eunuch go down!"

"Master Jing, stay in Xiangyang!"

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All kinds of shouts expressed their inner anticipation, excitement and excitement, and tears of gratitude shone in many people's eyes. When Liu Jing's team came to the intersection of two avenues, dozens of white-haired old men knelt on the ground, Dedicate the land of Jingzhou to.

Liu Jing was very excited, he got off his horse, stepped forward to help the old man up, and took the earthen jar from their hands.

He immediately boarded a carriage and shouted to the surrounding people: "Dear folks and elders, no matter when and where, I, Liu Jing, will never abandon the elders in Jingzhou, and I hope to lead the soldiers to keep Jingzhou safe!"

Liu Jing's words attracted a storm of applause, and the excitement of tens of thousands of people around reached the peak.

"Long live the State Shepherd!"

Several big men jumped onto the boulder, leading the surrounding people to raise their arms and shout, "Long live!"

In everyone's mind, their State Shepherd is Young Master Jing, everyone shouted at them, and the roar of tens of thousands of people resounded through Xiangyang City, "Long live the State Shepherd!"

"Long live Mr. Jing!"

At this time, everyone had forgotten that Liu Jing was not the shepherd of Jingzhou now, and they also forgot that it was still Liu Biao's mourning period.

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Liu Biao's mourning shed was set up in front of the main hall of the prefectural government office, where soldiers, civilians and officials from all over the country worshiped.

The coffin was parked in a special tent at the back. It was early summer and the weather was getting hotter. The tent was filled with huge ice cubes taken from the ice cellar.

Although Buddhism had not been widely popularized at the end of the Han Dynasty, there were already many Buddhist believers in the upper class. In Liu Biao's coffin, twenty monks from Baoling Temple performed for him.

Liu Jing and Wenpin were welcomed into the coffin to worship. Liu Jing knelt down in front of Liu Biao's coffin and the coffin and kowtowed, silently saying in his heart: "Although we are not real uncles and nephews, we are destined to be uncles and nephews. May uncle go to heaven Rest in peace, may the spirit of my uncle protect my nephew and keep Jingzhou forever."

Liu Cong looked at Liu Jing with a complicated expression on the side. In the past, he had enmity with Liu Jing because of Cai Shaoyu, but now Cai Shaoyu was just a grain of rice sticking to his lapel. Manipulation is the hatred in his heart.

Deep down in his heart, he even longed for Liu Jing to return to Xiangyang, exterminate the Cai family, and exterminate the roots. He would rather not be the puppet shepherd of the state, but would rather be a pampered son Cong.

At this time, Liu Jing rose up to pay homage three times, and said to Liu Cong, "Uncle passed away, I hope my second brother can inform my elder brother to come to pay respects, so as to honor the relationship between father and son."

Liu Cong smiled wryly, he couldn't help himself, how could he have the right to invite his elder brother to Xiangyang, Liu Cong's lips moved, he hesitated to speak, Liu Jing saw his hesitation, and asked again: "Second brother, what do you want to say?" Want to tell me?"

Liu Cong sighed, "Father did not misunderstand you, indeed only you can keep Jingzhou, I have let father down."

At this time, Wenpin next to him stepped forward and asked, "In front of Zhou Mu Ling, please tell the truth, Mr. Cong, did Zhou Mu let Mr. Jing inherit Jingzhou Mu before his death?"

Liu Cong looked extremely ashamed and lowered his head. He glanced at his father's spiritual tablet and nodded silently. Wen Pin stared at him. Just as he was about to question Liu Cong, Liu Jing patted Wen Pin on the shoulder and said in a low voice: "Don't say anything today, let the state shepherd rest in peace!"

Wenpin's expression was gloomy, and he couldn't help but heaved a long sigh in his heart.

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Outside the coffin, more than a dozen senior officials, including Cai Mao, Kuai Yue, and Deng Yi, were patiently waiting for Liu Jing to come out to worship.

According to their prior arrangements, the next ceremony should be for Liu Jing and Wenpin to pay homage to Xinzhou Mu, but there was no prior agreement on this point, and further consultation with Liu Jing was needed.

At this time, Cai Mao's expression was gloomy. He never expected that hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Xiangcheng would run to meet Liu Jing in disregard of his martial law order. This undoubtedly gave him a resounding slap in the face.

What annoyed him even more was that the sound of "Long live the State Shepherd" almost made him angry. He had already realized the real purpose of Liu Jing's entry into the city. Xiangyang came to win the hearts of the people and increase his reputation.

Thinking of the support of hundreds of thousands of people for Liu Jing, Cai Mao felt an irresistible resentment, and at the same time, a subconscious fear, would Liu Jing really become the Lord of Jingzhou one day?

"Military division, he's out!" Li Gui interrupted Cai Mao's train of thought in a low voice behind him.

I saw Liu Jing coming out of the coffin shed accompanied by Liu Cong, both of them had red eyes, they had obviously cried, and they were dressed in the same way, wearing white coarse linen filial piety clothes, with long ribbon-shaped headbands on their hair buns, There is also a waist tie around the waist, they are not the eldest sons, there is only one knot on the waist tie, if it is the eldest son, they must tie two knots, unfortunately Liu Qi did not come.

Wenpin didn't come out, and his cries were still faintly heard in the coffin.

Cai Mao held back the anger in his heart, with a sad look on his face, he stepped forward to salute Liu Jing, and said to Liu Jing, "You can't come back to life after death. Please, Mr. Jing, mourn."

Liu Jing nodded, sighed, and said to Cai Mao and the others: "You have worked hard, Master Cai, and everyone. I have to deploy troops to prevent Cao Jun from taking advantage of the situation. I will not be able to attend Uncle's funeral, but I will set up a casket in Jiangxia to guard my uncle's spirit, and let Jiangxia's soldiers and civilians worship."

At this time, Kuai Yue came up, looked at Liu Jing with complicated eyes and said, "Young master has a lot of affairs, so you don't need to worry about the affairs of Xiangyang. We will arrange the funeral affairs of the late master. If you have any military affairs, you can go!"

Cai Hao's face changed, he hadn't done what was agreed in advance, how could he let Liu Jing go, this Kuai Yue actually stabbed himself in the back, he quickly glanced at Li Gui, and gave him a wink.

Li Gui understood, stepped forward to salute and said: "A country cannot be left without a master for a day, and it is the same for Jingzhou. Mr. Jing may not know that we have already supported Mr. Cong as the new Jingzhou shepherd. As a minister of Jingzhou, why doesn't Mr. Jing take advantage of this opportunity?" How about a chance to pay homage to Xinzhou Shepherd to determine the status of the lord?"

Liu Jing said indifferently: "A new state shepherd is elected. As a subject, I will naturally pay homage, but it's not the time yet. Brother Cong and I have already agreed that I will definitely come to pay homage when he is officially appointed as the state shepherd."

Cai Mao was stunned, and he couldn't help but said, "What does it mean to be the official state shepherd? I don't quite understand. We have officially supported Mr. Cong as the successor. Is there any problem?"

"No! No! No!"

Liu Jing waved his hands again and again, and said solemnly: "It's not right now. We are all Han officials, and Jingzhou is also Han soil. The successor of the prefectural pastor should naturally be decided by the emperor, and the talisman will be awarded to the emperor on behalf of Muzhou. Now the emperor has no edict. We How can these subordinates have the power to determine the ownership of the state pastor?"

After a pause, Liu Jing said again: "Junshi Cai, Li Taishou, I understand everyone's urgency, but the state has state laws, and the imperial court has its own rules of etiquette. We must not do things that are presumptuous, and let the former master suffer the reputation of being a disobedient minister. I suggest you Immediately write to the imperial court, imploring the emperor to make Mr. Cong the state shepherd!"

Cai Mao and all the officials were tongue-tied and couldn't say a word for a long time. At this time, Wen Pin came out from the coffin and followed behind Liu Jing. Come on, just take a step first, and hope to see you in the near future!"

He turned around and got into the carriage, and walked away under the escort of five hundred cavalry. Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and everyone realized that they had forgotten a very important thing.

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Before reaching an armistice agreement with Cao Jun, Jiangxia's army could not evacuate Fancheng for the time being, but as the lord of Jiangxia, Liu Jing had to return to Jiangxia to handle military and political affairs. Before leaving, he made careful arrangements.

Liu Jing first entrusted Wenpin to lead [-] troops from the headquarters to guard Xinye and defend Cao Jun from the front. He also ordered Gan Ning to lead [-] Jiangxia water troops to guard Fancheng, and Liao Hua led [-] infantry and [-] cavalry to station in Hekou Town. At the same time, Liu Jing kept Xu Shu in Fancheng, and ordered him to be in charge of negotiating the ownership of Jiangbei with the Xiangyang government.

After everything was arranged properly, Liu Jing quietly left Fancheng that night and set off for Jiangxia with [-] soldiers on more than [-] warships.