Chapter 296 Good News
Wei Yan came out of the city gate tower and felt both excited and moved. He was a soldier, but now he has become a prisoner. Unexpectedly, Liu Jing was so polite to him, which made him feel as if he was in a dream.
If Liu Jing loved her, it is no wonder that she could defeat Jingzhou's army with a mere county and serve such a person. Wei Yan was willing to do his best, even though he was heartbroken, he would die without hatred.
As he left, Wei Yan subconsciously turned around and happened to see Liu Jing standing at the top of the city tower, smiling and nodding at him.
Wei Yan felt warm in his heart, and bowed to Liu Jing solemnly, before turning around and leaving.
It was not until Wei Yan disappeared that Liu Jing withdrew his gaze. He did not promote Wei Yan. He just acted as "be generous and loving others, respecting the wise and respecting the scholars", which made Wei Yan cry.
The reason why Wei Yan was not promoted was that he was surrendered to the general. Now he is a successful achievement.
The promotion may cause the generals under his command to dissatisfie. Both of them are still very young, just in his early twenties, and have not been in the army for a long time, only one year, so it is not too late to reuse it after one or two years of experience.
Then Liu Jing summoned Huo Du and Huo Jun brothers again.
"In Xianan County Huo Du, Huo Bomiao, Huo Jun, Huo Zhongmiao, pay homage to Liu Jun..."
"Bo Miao, Zhong Miao, don't be polite. The heroes of Nanjun, I think you should be the leader, so I summon you first..." Liu Jing used the same trick again and stepped forward to help the Huo brothers up. Yu Zheng, who was standing beside him, couldn't help but feel worried again, sighing that Liu Jing was too careless. What if the other party was ill-behaved, what should he do? He could only concentrate and stare at the Huo brothers with his halberd.
"I dare not think that Liu Jun praised this..." Huo Du and Huo Jun clasped his fists.
Huo Du was about thirty years old, more than seven feet long, strong body, dignified appearance, and impressive temperament. Huo Jun was about 22 or 3 years old, and his height was similar to his brother, but his appearance was not as good as his demeanor.
Huo Du had a great first impression on Liu Jing, which made him think of his clan brother Liu Zong. On the contrary, Huo Jun, a famous general in Shu Han who was famous in history, looked like he was not visible or leaking.
Liu Jing asked about the past experiences of the two brothers, and only then did he know the reason. Huo Du was a young man and a famous man. In the past few years, Jingzhou was in a state of unrest and thieves were rampant. With his years of prestige, he joined hundreds of troops in the village to protect his hometown from external invasion. Later, Liu Biao entered Jingzhou alone, and Huo Du led his troops to return and was appointed as Sima of another department. Compared with Huo Du, who started from scratch, Huo Jun was still a little immature.
Liu Jing smiled and said, "You are from Zhijiang, Nanjun... I remember Zhijiang was the marquis of the eunuch Li Gang?"
The reason why he knew so clearly was that in Changsha, Xiajun and Zhijiang, were both granted eunuchs by Emperor Shun. At the same time, it was not only these three people, but a total of nineteen people. This was the famous "Nineteen Marquis" during the Shun Emperor.
At that time, Emperor An died, Empress Yan and his brother Yan Xian, eunuchs Jiang Jing and others were in chaos and deposed Emperor Shun during the crown prince. Fortunately, nineteen eunuchs including Sun Cheng and Li Gang secretly formed an alliance and launched a coup to kill Jiang Jing's party. They then supported Emperor Shun ascended the throne and eliminated the relatives of the Yan family. Therefore, all nineteen people were granted the title of Marquis for their merits.
Huo Du nodded and said, "Liu Junfu is well-known and knows it. Zhijiang is indeed the Marquis of Li."
Although eunuchs cannot give birth to offspring, they can adopt their sons to inherit their titles. For example, Cao Cao's father Cao Song inherited Cao Teng's title.
Liu Jing asked, "You brothers have led their troops to follow the Northern Army to march south for two years. Have you ever returned to your hometown during this period?"
Huo Du replied: "Last year, we were on the run and returned home for two months." Because Kuai Yue used the strategy of siege and not attacking Linxiang most of the time, and the frequency of battles was not high, the soldiers were able to return home again and again.
Liu Jing sighed, "I went to Xiangyang for two years, but I only returned home for two months. How miserable the soldiers were. When I went north to Xiangyang, Liu Jingzhou asked me about the situation in Jingnan. I told him, "What heaven helps is to obey; what people helps is to trust." I hope that Liu Jingzhou can be trustworthy and to govern the people with lenient means, and it will take not long to make Jingnan return home, and the people are convinced. Unfortunately, Liu Jingzhou did not listen to my suggestions, and finally decided to send troops to attack Jingnan, which has been unsuccessful for many years, and now the entire army is destroyed."
The Huo Du and Huo Jun looked at each other. It was not appropriate to agree with each other and refute them, so they could only be silent.
Liu Jing said again: "The emperor is extremely intelligent and has the character of King Cheng of Zhou. Liu Jingzhou is the elder of the royal family and could have been the Duke of Zhou of the Han Dynasty. However, when he was in front of him, he watched the emperor trapped in Chang'an and was trapped in the hands of a thief, but he never rescued him. Later, the emperor escaped and returned to Luoyang. Although Liu Jingzhou funded money and food, he refused to welcome him. It can be seen that he only cares about his own interests and does not care about the country! If I were the lord of Jingzhou, I would respect the emperor, whip the world, eliminate disasters and revive the Han Dynasty..."
Huo Du and Huo Jun couldn't help but admire Liu Jingkuang's idea of supporting the world was definitely not suddenly. From this we can see that he was so grand and had a broad ambition. The most important thing is that Liu Jing had the ability to realize his ambitions.
The Huo brothers exchanged glances again, and at the same time left the table and bowed: "Although my brother is not talented, he is willing to follow Mr. Liu, eliminate disasters and revive the Han Dynasty, and never refuse to die."
"Good." Liu Jing smiled with his palm.
After the Huo brothers, Liu Jing met Feng Xi, Gao Xiang and others respectively. In the next two days, Liu Jing had almost no time to relax and met dozens of people without stopping.
Of course, generally, the surrendered generals do not have the treatment of Wei Yan, Huo brothers, Feng Xi, Gao Xiang and others. Liu Jing often couldn't sit still. If he didn't find anything special about the other party, he would send the person away in just a few words.
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Guiyang County, Leiyang County.
Huang County is located between Hunan, Lei and Chengshen River. Especially the Hunan River is the most harmful, because the water depth outside the city is several meters deep. In contrast, the situation in Leiyang is better, but the Lei River also overflows the embankment and floods some crops.
In Jingnan in August, it was the autumn harvest. After a flood broke out in Leiyang, Huan Yi personally led the county officials and civilians to harvest the rice soaked in the water day and night to try his best to recover the losses.
While busy in the fields day and night, Huan Yi couldn't help but feel worried about Liu Jing. As we all know, the rammed earth wall was extremely solid, but he was afraid of being soaked in water in the rain.
After so many days of heavy rain, Leiyang city walls collapsed to varying degrees, not to mention the besieged Qing County.
Once the walls of Huang County are in trouble and collapse, the consequences will be unimaginable when facing the tens of thousands of Jingzhou troops outside the city.
Just when Huan Yi was worried about his friend, good news from Huang County came...
Chapter completed!