A large number of Soochow battleships began to turn around. The flag of the warship's retreat on the river began to wave, dozens of messengers ran down, and the order to evacuate was always in Jiangxia City. Although the soldiers were surprised, they still followed the order and abandoned the city to board the ship. Lu Meng, Gan Ning and the others were driven by the Clippers after the break.

"Liu Bei's fleet is rushing over!" someone shouted. Just as he was about to fight, Liu Bei's battleship didn't come close, and arrows rained down, as if he was about to shoot all their arrows. The Wu army suffered heavy damage, but Gan Ning and the others could not retreat at will, because the Eastern Wu soldiers had not yet finished their retreat. Liu Bei went to the front of the battleship and saw Wu Jun's fast ships defending the river, one after another, fighting back with arrows. I couldn't help feeling that Wu Jun was strict in discipline.

When Gan Ning saw Liu Bei standing on the deck, he drew his bow secretly. Are there no generals around Liu Bei? When Zhao Yun saw it, he quickly drew his bow and released the arrow. When Gan Ning saw the arrow, he hurriedly lowered his head, and the arrow hit the red ying on the top of the hat. Gan Ning was terrified, Liu Bei's generals were well-deserved.

That Gan Ning was never afraid of arrows. The last time Huang Zu released his arrows, Gan Ning personally braved the arrows, held a short knife and rushed forward, and cut off the ropes of Huang Zu's battleship. They were defeated and forced to retreat to Jiangxia City. This time Gan Ning called Dagger and was about to step forward. That Zhang Fei couldn't hold it anymore, he jumped onto the boat with his spear, and rushed over first. Gan Ning was agile with a short knife and Zhang Fei had a long spear. He simply abandoned the spear and rushed towards Gan Ning with his bare hands. That Gan Ning was terrified, he hurriedly raised his short knife and stabbed, Zhang Fei flew a kick on his leg, hitting Gan Ning's lower abdomen. Gan Ning was immediately kicked over on the boat, Zhang Fei was about to step forward, but Gan Ning could not see the enemy but he was afraid that he would be captured by this savage Zhang Fei, so he reluctantly jumped into the water. Gan Ning's water was good, and after a few strokes, he sank into the water. Zhang Fei found him and couldn't see him, so he had to scold and go back.

The Eastern Wu army resisted for a long time, and the battleships were deployed. Lü Meng led the remaining Wu army onto the big ship. Gan Ning also emerged from nowhere and climbed on the big ship. The Wu army was lined up neatly and began to shoot arrows. Seeing that the adjustment of the Soochow queue had been completed, and that he would not gain any advantage by fighting, Liu Bei ordered to stop moving forward, and the army entered the city and took over Jiangxia City. The navy retreated and left the battlefield. As soon as the battle was over, Liu Bei immediately ordered a report of the battle to Jingzhou. It is said that Huang Zu is dead, because the younger brother is not able to rescue him, and he asks for the guilt. Jiangxia City has been recaptured, and now Jingzhou soldiers are stationed strictly, and it is recommended to order the son to guard Jiangxia.

As soon as the battle report came, although Huang Zu was dead, the danger of Jiang Xia had been eliminated. Then Cai Mao thought and hurriedly transferred Liu Bei back, so that he wouldn't leave Jiang Xia. Nai said: "Young master is enough to stay in Jiangxia. I heard that Cao Cao's entry into Hebei is like a broken bamboo, and he has basically occupied the whole territory of Hebei. We must quickly transfer the envoy back to Xinye to prevent Cao Cao from attacking Jingzhou in the north." That Zhang Yun , Hagoshi and others also echoed. Liu Biao nodded in agreement. A document was issued to order Liu Bei to return to Xinye quickly.

Na Yiji said: "Although Cao Cao in the north is dangerous, Jiangdong in the south has to be guarded. I'm afraid it will be difficult for the son to be alone. If Sun Quan goes north again, then the son is in danger. Does the lord not see Huang Zu being killed?"

Na Yiji said: "Although Cao Cao in the north is dangerous, Jiangdong in the south has to be guarded. I'm afraid it will be difficult for the son to be alone. If Sun Quan goes north again, then the son is in danger. Does the lord not see Huang Zu being killed?"

"What do you mean? Are you cursing Young Master to be shot to death like Huang Zu?" Cai Mao was furious.

"Then what do you think?" Liu Biao asked.

"It is suggested that Liu Shijun can return to Xinye, but Liu Shijun has three generals under his command, and he has the courage to be inappropriate. You can let Shijun keep one general in Jiangxia to assist the son in defending the city."

"Nonsense!" Cai Mao was furious. "My lord, Liu Bei is an outsider in the end, Jiangxia's important place, how to hand over to outsiders to defend the city? Is this Yi Ji a spy of Liu Bei? Desperately keeping Liu Bei's forces in Jiangxia..."

Cai Mao was about to say something, and then Yi Ji shouted, "Then who will protect the young master, are you Cai Mao?!"

The two were about to quarrel when Liu Biao said, "Okay, okay... I'm getting old, and I can't stand people yelling in front of me, and my head is buzzing." The two hurriedly stopped talking.

"Mr. Yi Ji's analysis is correct, then 587 will ask Liu Bei to leave a general to assist the son in defending the city in Jiangxia. Then Liu Bei is my brother from the same clan, and I trust him quite a bit, so you don't have to worry."

Then Cai Mao was still waiting to persuade, Liu Biao waved his hand: "I have been quite drowsy and tired recently, you go back to rest, I will rest for a while myself." A few people had to leave.

When Mrs. Cai heard the quarrel, she secretly listened at the side door. When she heard this, she was quite worried. Cai Mao was summoned that day. Then Cai Mao said: "This Liu Bei's power is getting bigger and bigger. Not only does he have several generals who can fight, but he is also highly relied on by the ministers of the son Liu Qi and Liu Qi. Now, the power has been immersed in Jiangxia, and Jiangxia will probably be them in the future. base."

Then Mrs. Cai said: "Although Liu Bei is powerful, he still remains in a remote corner. The political situation in Jingzhou must be firmly controlled by Cai's. If you are worried..." Mrs. Cai stopped and said no more. .

"I'm worried, what should I do?" Cai Mao hurriedly came over and asked his sister to speak quickly.

Then Mrs. Cai backed away and said in Cai Mao's ear: "Liu Bei can assassinate him on the way back to Xinye, so the Liu clan's power will inevitably collapse."

Then Cai Mao was stunned for a moment, this plan was really vicious, and then he was overjoyed, saying: "Understood, this plan is really done once and for all.".

Chapter 92 Liu Lin

Liu Lin, the prefect of Jingling, is a famous old thorn and has always been unhappy, although he and Liu Biao are cousins ​​and are very close. But the bad thing is in this place. In recent years, Liu Biao has not been a director, and the Cai family holds the power. Most of the officials in Jingzhou and the prefects of the local counties and counties desperately rely on the Cai Group to show their loyal support. Liu Lin had great ambitions, and Jingling was rich. Liu Lin hoped to hold important positions in the central government while serving as the prefect of Jingling. Naturally, he was not to be left behind. Relying on Jingling's wealth, Liu Lin offered bribes to Cai's many times. Cai Mao traveled on behalf of Liu Biao, but Jingling had a luxurious welcome ceremony and a large-scale banquet, which was beyond the reach of other counties. It's a pity that Liu Lin and Liu Biao's relatives are too close, and Cai's family doesn't trust him very much. Liu Lin has been in a very awkward position with a hot face and a cold butt.

After going back and forth, Liu Lin was quite discouraged, and he no longer wanted to please anyone, and only served as his tyrant in Jingling. Liu Biao arranged for Liu Bei to go to Jingzhou, and Liu Shi and the faction that supported the eldest son were deeply encouraged, and their momentum gradually increased. This time, the eldest son Liu Qi was in command, Liu Bei was assisted, and the army of 100,000 people recaptured Jiangxia. However, Liu Lin has no interest. He used to be so close to the Cai family. Everyone knows that he is quite despised. Now that the Liu family has grown again, although Liu Lin and Liu family are closely related, the eldest son probably looks down on him. Lin did nothing and did not participate in the struggle between the two factions at all.

Time flies, and Liu Lin also grows old. Pretending to be an immortal, detached from me, I practice calligraphy at home every day. It's a pity that the scholar-officials in Jingzhou thought that his calligraphy was no better than dying, but Liu Lin still enjoyed it.

"Report! Prefect, Jingzhou has an emergency order." The sergeant outside the door came in.

"Didn't I tell you, don't bother me while I'm writing calligraphy!" Liu Lin seemed to be interrupted, rather unhappy.

"This order is very urgent..." The sergeant looked bewildered, "so my subordinates took the liberty to send it in ¨'."

"What's the matter?" Liu Lin said impatiently, "Come on."

"Jingzhou Shepherd Liu Biao urgently ordered: Liu Qi and Liu Bei's army passed through Jingling. Due to the large consumption of grain and forage, our county was ordered to supply 300,000 dan of grain for the army."

"Liu Bei...provides so much food and grass..." Liu Lin sneered and repeated: "It's nonsense! Liu Bei's army passed through my county, why should I give him food and grass, what do these Laozi think of as a grain depot? I usually forget about Laozi. Existence, when I use Lao Tzu, I pretend to send a so-called emergency order..." Liu Lin said the more and more angry, originally sneered to show disdain, gradually scolded, and did not hide his anger, "What kind of **** order is this!"

"Prefect... This was ordered by Liu Jingzhou..." the sergeant reminded.

"Bullshit! Even the emperor's order is useless! You hurry up, it's business as usual, don't pay attention! If the above asks, they say that Jingling is being transferred, and let him wait slowly."

"Yes." The sergeant slipped out knowingly when he saw Liu Lin's anger.

After a while he was back. "...Uh, prefect, there is something important to report..." The sergeant stammered.

"Why the **** do you have so many things! I have already interrupted me twice today!" Liu Lin was furious when he saw him coming again.

"The matter is so important that my subordinates have to report it..." The sergeant said in a panic, then before Liu Lin could answer, he reported in a fast voice: "Liu Bei sent a letter, and then returned it. Yes, the Prefect's Office has caught a spy..."

"What? A spy? Liu Bei has a letter?" Liu Lin was obviously attracted, and forgot to get angry with the sergeant. "Where's the letter? Give it to me. Bring the spy, have you searched?"

"Uh, he brought a box with him. We couldn't open it, and we didn't dare to forcibly destroy it. He said it was a gift for the prefect." The sergeant said, handing over Liu Bei's letter, and then ordered the soldiers outside: "Bring the spies up!"

Liu Lin opened the letter and looked at it: "Oh! This Liu Bei is quite interesting." The letter is roughly as follows: Liu Lin, the prefect of Jingling, my brother: Previously, Liu Jingzhou was afraid that our troops would not have enough food and grass, so he ordered his brother and Jingling to allocate food. Liu Bei never dared to use Jingling's food and grass, but he was helpless and could not dissuade Liu Jingzhou. Today, I have been ordered by Liu Jingzhou to send the navy and most of the army back to their original bases. Brother, don't worry about food and grass.

As he was watching, the spy had already arrived in Liu Lin's bookstore. Liu Lin turned his head and saw that the guy was wearing a square scarf, and he looked like a literati doctor. But the figure is thick, but the face is very thin, the beard is sharp, and the face is sly, and it really looks like a spy.

Liu Lin was about to ask: "You spy, you dare to break into my prefect's mansion..." The man sneered, and without waiting for the question to finish, he didn't answer, he just leaned over, fiddled with the box beside him a few times, and lifted it. Open the box. The sergeant next to him was shocked. Who knew if he would pull out a sharp knife to assassinate him, but reflexively pulled out his saber and blocked it in front of Liu Lin. Unexpectedly, the spy opened it and did not move. When everyone looked at it, they were all stunned. It was yellow gold nuggets and some exquisite jewelry.

".'You... who are you?" Liu Lin was stunned for a while before he remembered and asked him. The spy still didn't answer, just sneered and looked at the sergeant and a few soldiers beside him, when had they seen so many valuable treasures! They all stood dumbfounded. "You guys, get out!" Liu Lin shouted. Those few talents woke up like a dream and left reluctantly.

"Now you can talk." Liu Lin stared into the man's eyes.

"Prefect Liu Lin, I'm not a spy..." The man still had a sneering tone, "I'm Zhang Wen, the guest of the Jiangdong Sun Quan and Sun Zhongmou."

"Sun Quan? Sun Quan sent you here? What are you doing?" Liu Lin immediately became vigilant. Jiangdong and Jingzhou were now at war (with good money). This man brought a large box of treasures, what did he want to do?

"Jingling is a little north of Jiangxia, right?" Zhang Wen asked.

"Of course...Jiangxia is the gateway to Jingling. Jingling has a superior geographical location, runs through all places, and has no disasters with soldiers." Liu Lin said proudly.

"General Sun Zhongmou would like to invite you to bring Jingling and raise troops to Jiangdong." Zhang Wen said bluntly.

"Call me?...Join Jiangdong?" Liu Lin was so shocked that his jaw dropped, and then he laughed, "Your master, Sun Quan, is really imaginative, isn't he stupid?"

Zhang Wen sneered: "I will convince you."

Liu Lin still laughed: "Do you know who I am? The prefect of Jingling of Jingzhou, Liu Biao's cousin, you told me to defect to Soochow? I see how you can convince me to rely on this box of money? Said, we Jingling never lacked money.”.

Chapter 93 Zhang Wen

It is said that Liu Lin asked Zhang Wen how to convince him that his Jingling was a famous and rich place, how could he lack this money.

Zhang Wen laughed: "I said I can convince you." He didn't wait for Liu Lin to ask him to sit down, and sat down directly next to Liu Lin's seat. "Your Jingling? Prefect Liu Lin, do you really regard Jingling as your own property? It would be easy for Liu or Cai to take Jingling back from your hands. Do you think Jingling is in your hands? How long can you stay?" Zhang Wen said coldly.

"I am Liu's cousin. I have served as the prefect of Jingling for more than ten years. I have worked hard. Among the officials here, the millions of soldiers and civilians, who is not the only one who is Liu Lin's leader?" Liu Lin argued with a blushing face.

"Liu Bei's headquarters is stationed in Mianyang with about 10,000 troops. Believe it or not, he can easily take over Jingling by sending his troops north? Liu Biao only needs to find an excuse and give an order, and Liu Bei can follow suit." Zhang Wen said. "When you die, you don't know how to die."

"Liu Bei is powerful. I will not deny this. After all, your army of hundreds of thousands of Eastern Wu also fled in a hurry." Liu Lin mocked. "But Liu Bei just sent a letter saying that he doesn't want Jingling to worry about 257 Liu Bei's army." He shook the letter in his hand.