Soldiers come to the world

On the north bank of the Han River, Fazheng looked at the boats on the other side of the river with a heavy heart. He had already completed his mission as an envoy to Cao Jun and went all the way south, but at this time he didn't know how to return to Liu Zhang?

Cao Cao's sarcasm and disdain made him feel so humiliated that he didn't even reply to a letter, he just left a sentence, "Let Liu Zhang come and see him", in other words, he asked Liu Zhang to surrender.

In the final analysis, Liu Zhang was entirely to blame for Cao Cao's arrogance and rudeness. Of course, his servility would make people look down on him even more, and even Fazheng was full of contempt in his heart.

At this time, an attendant asked in a low voice: "Lieutenant Fa, are we going to Shangyong, or crossing the river?"

They came out of Hanzhong this time, and came to Fancheng via Shangyong. Fazheng was silent in thought. Since Cao Cao rejected the lord's peace request, can Bashu also form an alliance with Jingzhou to resist Cao's army going south?At least I can give my lord an explanation when I go back.

Thinking of this, Fazheng immediately said to his followers: "Let's go to Xiangyang to have a look! Learn about the situation."

The crowd turned their horses and headed west. It was impossible to cross the south of the river from Fancheng. The Jiangxia navy blocked the river, and there was no ferry in Fancheng. But Fazheng and the others knew that there were boatmen secretly paying high prices in the area around the Dengxian wharf in the west. Jiang, they found such a ferry when they came to Fancheng.

At night, Fazheng and his entourage found two high-priced small boats at Wuhuaipo, about three miles west of Dengxian Wharf, crossed the Han River in batches, and rushed towards Xiangyang City.

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In Xiangyang City, the rumors of cranes were already buzzing. Cao Cao led an army of 50 to go south, and the news that Xiangyang would be conquered had already spread throughout the city, causing panic inside and outside Xiangyang City.

This time, thirteen Xiangyang families including the Cai family, the Kuai family, and the Pang family also began to evacuate. The entire city of Xiangyang was evacuated. Although the Xiangyang pier was crowded with people, the evacuation was not chaotic, and the government and the army had arranged in advance. , Every household has a ship plate with its own ship number on the ship plate.

Therefore, tens of thousands of people lined up dozens of teams on the pier, and each team had a prescribed boat, crowded and noisy yet orderly.

At this time, Liu Jing also appeared on the wharf to inspect the evacuation of Xiangyang people. Huo Jun, the captain of Xiangyang, accompanied Liu Jing to inspect, "This time, not only Xiangyang City, but also people from Zhonglu, Linju and other counties were also evacuated. "

"They got the news too?"

"Yes! Taishou Cai personally went to the counties to mobilize, unlike in the past, this time almost all the counties fled."

Huo Jun pointed to the thousands of people who had just rushed in not far away and said, "Those people came from Zhonglu County."

When Liu Jing saw thousands of people coming, the originally orderly pier suddenly became chaotic. Thousands of people were carrying big bags and small bags, helping the old and the young, crying for their fathers and mothers. A fight broke out, causing chaos on the pier.

Liu Jing frowned and asked, "Didn't they evacuate by land?"

"Only a small part was evacuated by land, and most of the rest rushed to Xiangyang Wharf, asking to follow the ships to evacuate."

Huo Jun smiled wryly and said: "The benefits of evacuating with the boat are obvious. It can save you the pain of traveling long distances, and you can bring more belongings. There is food on the way, so basically they all came here."

Seeing that the pier was getting more and more chaotic, Liu Jing was worried that something might happen, so he said to Huo Jun, "Go and order it! Separate Xiangyang from other counties to avoid conflicts."

Huo Jun was already very anxious, he saluted and left in a hurry. At this time, a big boat of two thousand stones docked, with a huge word '58' written on the body with charcoal, and hundreds of people around him rushed up together. The line that had been lined up was also in disarray. Everyone was scrambling to get on the boat, and there was a lot of crying.

Liu Jing shook his head involuntarily, at this moment a soldier came forward with a man, "Zhou Mu, this man is a son of the Cai family, and he wants to see you for something."

Liu Jing glanced at him, vaguely he was Cai Jin's younger brother, he had met him once before, "What do you want from me?"

"The villain Cai Yuan is Cai Jin's younger brother. My grandfather ordered me to tell Zhou Mu about something."

He stepped forward to whisper a few words, Liu Jing was taken aback, and quickly asked, "Where is she now?"

Cai Yuan pointed to the southwest corner, "I saw her in that corner just now, I don't know if she is still there."

"I see, I'll go and see!"

Liu Jing turned around and led dozens of soldiers to urge their horses towards the southwest corner. In a deserted corner of the southwest corner, stood two lonely young women, carrying a small bundle in their hands, looking at the big ship with bewildered eyes. It was Cai Shaoyu and her maid.

Cai Mao withdrew to the north in a hurry, except for the eldest son Cai Yi, the rest of the family did not take away. Cai Mao had three sons and a daughter, one of whom died young, and the other followed Zhang Yun and surrendered to Cao Cao. The wife was married later.

In fact, he has only one daughter in Xiangyang, that is, Cai Shaoyu. A few months ago, Cai Shaoyu was the wife of Jingzhou Shepherd Liu Cong and the daughter of military advisor Cai Mao. After going to Yecheng for retirement, Cai Shaoyu's status also changed drastically.

Cai Shaoyu lives in the Cai family, but no one in the Cai family pays any attention to her, avoiding her like the plague, for fear of being implicated by her. Although Cai Xun orders the housekeeper to send money and food on time so that she has enough food and clothing, in fact she has been taken care of by the Cai family. isolated.

The drastic change in the attitude of the Cai family caused Cai Shaoyu to suffer from the heat of the world. She became silent and refused to say a word to the Cai family. This time when she was withdrawing from Jiangxia, the Cai family followed suit. Liu Jing ordered to arrange three thousand stone ships for the Cai family , loaded with belongings and hundreds of Cai's clan, directly enter Tanxi from Caili, and then enter Hanshui, avoiding the noise on Xiangyang wharf

But Cai Shaoyu was extremely stubborn and refused to go with the Cai family. She packed a bag by herself and took a maid to Xiangyang for a boat. Where should I go?

She doesn't want to go to Xuchang to join her father, she hates her father from the bottom of her heart, his father ruined her life by marrying her to Liu Cong, and she will not go to Yecheng to join Liu Cong, although that man is her husband in name, But they have long since broken up.

Where does she go?She didn't even know that the reason why she was hesitant on the pier was because she still had a destination in her heart, which was to go to Jiangxia to seek refuge with her cousin Cai Jin, who was the only elder brother in the Cai family who cared for her and loved her so much. Chao Chao's brother was also the only family brother who firmly opposed her marrying Liu Cong.

"Girl, let's go to line up! We will never get on the boat here." The maid next to her whispered.

Cai Shaoyu looked at the chaotic and crowded crowd, she shook her head, "Wait a little longer!" She didn't want to get on the boat with the crowd.

At this moment, dozens of cavalry came rushing up from a distance, reining in their horses in front of Cai Shaoyu, and the leader was Liu Jing.

"Miss Cai, long time no see!" Liu Jing said with a smile on his face.

They haven't seen each other for three or four years. The last time they met was in Liu Biao's study. Cai Shaoyu was hunted down by Liu Cong. Liu Cong grabbed her by the hair and was rescued by Liu Jing. In a blink of an eye, Cai Shaoyu was also a 20-year-old young woman. .

Cai Shaoyu didn't expect to see Liu Jing here, she felt sad, bowed down and bowed, "Minutes see the state shepherd!"

Hearing that she called herself a folk girl, and seeing that she didn't wear any makeup, was wearing simple clothes, and only carried a small cloth bag in her hand, Liu Jing looked very lonely and helpless. She couldn't help feeling a little bit of sympathy in her heart, so she asked with a smile: "Miss Cai is going Are you going to Jiangxia?"

Cai Shaoyu bit her lip and nodded silently. Liu Jing glanced back at the crowded and chaotic flow of people and said with a smile, "Why don't you take my boat!"

Cai Shaoyu hesitated, lowered her head and said, "I can go by myself."

Liu Jing saw the contradiction in her heart, and she wanted to go with her, but the reservedness in the woman's heart made her unable to lose face, Liu Jing said softly again: "There is my concubine, little Baoniang, on board, that little bun from before. You've met her, you can live with her and she'll take good care of you."

Cai Shaoyu's heart suddenly became extremely weak, and she no longer had the courage to refuse, so she nodded and agreed, "Thank you, Mr. Jing!"

Liu Jing immediately ordered two soldiers to take Cai Shaoyu to her own boat. Liu Jing watched her back go away, and couldn't help but sighed secretly. No matter how turbulent the situation is, women are always the last victims.

At this time, one of Huo Jun's generals came galloping on horseback, clasped his fists on the horse and said, "Report to Zhou Mu, our patrol caught a group of suspicious people, who claimed to be envoys from Bashu, passing Xiangyang."

Liu Jing suddenly became interested, it was actually the emissary of Bashu, he immediately asked: "Where are these people?"

"They have been taken to Xiangyang City, in the county government office!"

Liu Jing immediately turned his horse's head and ran towards Xiangyang City. Dozens of cavalry followed him and rushed all the way into Xiangyang City.

At this time, Xiangyang City is completely empty, with empty houses and streets everywhere. The evacuation of Xiangyang City has lasted for three days. Except for a very small number of elderly people who do not want to leave their homes, the last batch of relocated people has also flocked. pier.

There are still [-] troops garrisoned in Xiangyang City, and there are more than a hundred officials in the county government and county government. They will evacuate at the end.

When Liu Jing came to the county government office, he saw more than [-] war horses tied to the horse posts outside the county government office. A group of people were sitting on the steps, guarded by soldiers. Governor, the envoy is in the hall, these are his attendants."

Liu Jing nodded, and quickly walked into the hall. In the inner hall, under the watchful eye of several soldiers, Fa Zheng was pacing back and forth anxiously with his hands behind his back. He just wanted to take a look at the current situation in Xiangyang, but he didn't expect to be far away from Xiangyang City. Ten miles away, they were intercepted by Jiang Xia's army patrols, and they were directly escorted into the city.

Fazheng felt a little regretful in his heart. In this way, he would probably reveal Liu Zhang's secret contact with Cao Cao.

At this moment, a rush of footsteps came from outside the hall, and Liu Jing appeared at the entrance of the hall. He glanced at Fazheng and asked calmly, "May I ask what is the envoy's name?"

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