Soldiers come to the world

In another big tent, Jia Xu sat down and bowed his head in silence. If he was lucky enough to refuse to face the reality before, he had to face the reality now.

His family members have been taken to Jiangxia, and now that Cao Hong can prove that he surrendered to Liu Jing, what escape route does he have?

Unless he escaped into the rivers and lakes and never heard of the world, but with his Jia Xu's name for decades, he has made countless enemies, the world is so big, there is no place for him to hide from the world,

Jia Xu sighed for a long time, he knew that he really had no other way to go except to be loyal to Liu Jing and help Liu Jing defeat Cao Jun to survive.

At this time, Liu Jing walked into the big tent and sat down opposite Jia Xu. He looked at Jia Xu silently for a while, and said with a faint smile, "Let's make a gentleman's appointment with my husband!"

Jia Xu raised his head and looked at Liu Jing puzzled. What is a gentleman's appointment? Liu Jing pondered for a while and continued: "I hired Mr. to be my staff for a year. After one year, Mr. is willing to stay, I welcome, if Mr. If you want to leave, I will never stop you."

There was a bitter smile on Jia Xu's face, maybe there was no other way, it was just a step in face, once on Liu Jing's boat, would he still want to get off the boat?

At this time, Jia Xu could only accept his fate, he thought for a while and then smiled: "How much salary does the young master plan to give me?"

Liu Jing breathed a sigh of relief, but Jia Xu actually asked for a salary. This was his concession. Liu Jing also smiled and said, "Of course I will give my husband a generous salary. I just hope that my husband can solve my problems."

Jia Xu put away his smile, he pondered for a moment and asked: "Young master, can you tell me frankly, whether you want to seek the post of shepherd in Jingzhou?"

Liu Jing nodded, "If the name is not right, then the words will not be right."

"It should be like this. Seeking the post of Jingzhou Shepherd is also beneficial to your cooperation with Jiangdong. You can use Cao Hong to exchange Cao Cao for Jingzhou Shepherd, so that the emperor will recognize you as Jingzhou Shepherd. In this way, both Xiangyang and Nanjun will be at a moral disadvantage. .”

Liu Jing said with a smile: "Actually, I still have more than [-] prisoners of Cao's army, Li Dian was also captured by me, and even Le Jin's head."

Jia Xu's eyes were extremely surprised. Did Cao Ren lose so badly in this battle?Even Le Jin was unfortunately killed.

"If Li Dian is added, there will be no problem. However, more than 1 prisoners of war are of great use. They are the best labor force. They can be used to farm and mine, and they can even be exchanged with Jiangdong for food or supplies. "

Liu Jing shook his head, "I plan to let all these 1 people go home and reunite with their wives, children, and parents. I don't want to treat them as military slaves."

Jia Xu is also a visionary. He immediately understood Liu Jing's deep meaning. If these more than 1 prisoners of war were released home, Liu Jing's reputation for benevolence and righteousness would spread in the Central Plains. Although there is no immediate benefit, in the long run, Liu Jing Seeking the Central Plains will have a positive meaning.

Jia Xu smiled, "In this case, let these prisoners of war understand that Mr. Jing released them out of benevolence and righteousness, and don't let them think that they are being exchanged."

Liu Jing also laughed, "Sir, you are right. If you are a good person, of course you have to keep your name."

He pondered for a while and said: "In addition, there is something about Changsha County. I would like to ask you sir, how should I get Changsha County?"

Jia Xu thought for a while and asked, "Who is Zhang Ji, the current prefect of Changsha County?"

"He should be loyal to the state shepherd, but the county magistrate Liu Pan and Liu Qi have a close relationship, and the captain Huang Zhong is my master, but I am worried that the old general Huang has friendship with Liu Pan, and he will not easily agree to be loyal to me."

Jia Xu took a few steps behind his back and said to Liu Jing, "If I'm not mistaken, both Liu Bei and Liu Cong are plotting for Changsha County, Liu Cong will control Changsha County by changing the prefect, and Liu Bei is going to break through from Liu Pan. , As for the Young Master, I suggest that you should win over Huang Zhong first, the key is the army, if you can control the army, then you can simply march into Changsha County directly, without any trouble."

"Then what should I do specifically?" Liu Jing asked quietly.

Liu Jing already had a plan for collecting Changsha County, but he preferred to let Jia Xu express his opinion. This is a roundabout employment strategy.

Let Jia Xu deal with Cao Cao from the beginning, Jia Xu's feelings are hard to accept, and he will be reluctant, so it is better to let Jia Xu take over things that have nothing to do with Cao Cao, and wait for him to gradually get used to his role, and then talk about Cao Cao. It is not too late, the key is to involve Jia Xu in decision-making.

Everything has a process, and it is obviously unrealistic to let Jia Xu make full use of it as soon as he gets started. It is necessary to give Jia Xu a time to adapt, or use some small things to warm up and solve the problem of belonging to Changsha County. It is the best opportunity.

Jia Xu didn't know much about Changsha County, he just deduced some things based on common sense, but when asked how to do it, he couldn't answer for a while. Why did Wenpin choose the young master instead of Liu Cong?"

Liu Jing applauded secretly, his eyes were venomous, as expected, Wenpin and Huang Zhong were the same person, Jia Xu didn't talk about Huang Zhong, but talked about Wenpin, if he could find out why Wenpin was loyal to him, he would also find the reason to crack Huang Zhong Method.

In fact, this is also Liu Jing’s way of accepting Huang Zhong. Jia Xu thought of going with him. Liu Jing took out a flat box from his bosom, opened it, and handed Jia Xu a blood book written on silk. It was Liu Xian’s last words, saying that Zhou Mu appointed me to succeed Jingzhou Mu before his death, but it was tampered with by Cai Mao and others, and Liu Xian was killed because of this. It was this blood letter that made Wenpin make a choice.”

Jia Xu chuckled, "Since there is this blood book, isn't the matter simple? I suggest that Wenpin write a letter to Huang Zhong, and then the young master asks Liu Min or Zhou Buxu to take the blood book to see him." Huang Zhong, this two-pronged approach, in the face of righteousness, I think no matter how good Huang Zhong and Liu Pan's personal relationship is, he will not abandon his principles because of his personal relationship."

It can be said that the heroes have the same views. The plan proposed by Jia Xu is exactly Liu Jing's idea, but Jia Xu is more clever, Liu Jing is an insider, and Jia Xu relies on inference, but he can deduce from Huang Zhonglian to Wenpin. It's called drawing inferences from one fact, and only a scheming person like Jia Xu would want to get it.

At this time, Jia Xu laughed again: "If you only want the army of Changsha County, then you can transfer Huang Zhong to Jiangxia. If you still want to bring Changsha County into Jiangxia's power, it is best to be the prefect of Changsha County." It’s actually very simple to make an idea on the internet!”

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Changsha County borders South County in the northwest and Jiangxia County in the northeast. Although Changsha County has been separated from Xiangyang and has no territory directly connected, Changsha County is located in the south of Lingling, Guiyang, Xiangdong, and Linhe. The necessary passage for the county, so it also has an extremely important strategic position for Xiangyang.

At present, besides Xiangyang County and Fangling County, the territory controlled by the Cai Mao Group is only a few counties in the south. In order to effectively control the southern counties, it is urgent for the Cai Mao Group to establish a strong military and political force in Changsha County.

After Cai Mao had just stabilized his control over Xiangyang, he immediately started to deploy senior military and political officials in Changsha County. Cai Mao also knew that it was impossible to replace people at the same time. First, replace Zhang Ji, and then find a way to transfer Huang Zhong back to Xiangyang. It is safe, so replacing the prefect Zhang Ji became the first thing to bear the brunt.

But it was not easy for the new prefect to go to Changsha from Xiangyang. He had to take Nanjun Road or Jiangxia Road. After weighing the pros and cons repeatedly, Cai Mao finally decided to take Jiangxia Road. Negotiations in Xiangyang.

The new prefect of Changsha County took the water route, went south along the Han River, turned into Xiashui in Mianyang County, entered Yunmengze, and then entered Dongting Lake via the Yangtze River.

This afternoon, a fleet of three [-]-stone passenger ships sailed into the Yangtze River from Yunmengze, which is already within the territory of Nanjun County, but it is far away from Jiangling City, where the population of Nanjun County is concentrated, surrounded by endless lakes and water swamps , there are few people, and even fishing boats are rarely seen.

"Prefect Han, we have a long way to go on this trip to Changsha!" an officer standing at the bow sighed.

The new prefect of Changsha appointed by Cai Mao was named Han Xuan. He himself was a prominent family in Changsha County and had been an official in Fangling County. He was one of Cai Mao's confidantes.

Han Xuannian is about 40 years old. He is ordinary in terms of knowledge and appearance. He belongs to the kind of ordinary people who are overwhelmed when they walk into the crowd.

But Cai Mao took a fancy to his background. The Han family is a famous family in Changsha County. With the support of the family, it will be much easier for Han Xuan to replace Zhang Ji.

Han Xuan stood at the bow of the boat and looked at the river with his hands behind his back and said with a smile: "The matter is not as difficult as you think. As far as I know, Zhang Ji proposed to the Former Lord three times to resign as the prefect, but the Former Lord refused. Now I He will not refuse to take over his position, and I know that Zhang Ji is a man who aspires to medicine and has no interest in officialdom, so this trip to Changsha will not take much effort."

Seeing Han Xuan's confidence, the followers all praised him one after another. Han Xuan was even more complacent, and he had already begun to imagine the grand occasion when he was appointed as the prefect of Changsha.

At this moment, a group of boats sailed from the east, about a hundred of them, all with their sails up, riding the wind and waves. When this group of boats approached, someone suddenly shouted in horror, "It's the Black Flood Dragon Bandit!"

I saw a black dragon printed on the sail of the leading ship, which was particularly dazzling in the sun. Since the Jinfan Bandit, who dominated the Yangtze River, surrendered to the government six years ago, more than a dozen water dragons, large and small, have sprung up on the Yangtze River. Thieves, the most famous of which is the Black Flood Dragon Thief.

It is said that the leader of the black dragon thief is surnamed Zhang, and there are more than a thousand people. His lair is in Junshan, Dongting Lake. Unexpectedly, they would meet in Nanjun today.

Han Xuan was very nervous, but they had no escape, so he shouted loudly: "Everyone, don't panic, just give money to avoid disaster."

Han Xuan brought a lot of money and goods on this trip, especially 1 taels of gold, which Cai Mao asked him to use to bribe Huang Zhong's officers. Life will do.

In a moment, more than 100 fast boats surrounded Han Xuan's three boats. On the fast boat, hundreds of men in black raised their crossbows. Without hesitation, they shot arrows at Han Xuan's boat together, and there was a scream into one piece.

Dozens of attendants brought by Han Xuan were hit by arrows one after another, and most of them were killed or injured in a short while. The leader of the man in black waved his hand, and the water thief jumped onto the boat and killed all the survivors.

The leader of the man in black rushed onto Han Xuan's boat and walked into the cabin quickly. Several men dragged Han Xuan up from the bottom cabin. With a smile, "Han Xuan, you really shouldn't come to Changsha to stir up this muddy water!"

He stabbed Han Xuan's heart with a sharp knife, and at the moment before he died, Han Xuan realized that this group of people were not black dragon thieves.

Hei Yi loaded the belongings into the boat and set fire to the three passenger boats. The fire got bigger and bigger, and the three boats gradually sank to the bottom of the river, and the black flood thief gradually went away.