Ou Sheng stood by Ou Xiong's side, watching Song Lin's figure gradually disappear into the wind and rain in the back forest, and said, "Brother, Liu Jing..."
Ou Xiong glared at his clan brother with a sinister look, and said in a hateful voice, "If I hear you calling Liu Zhongda by his first name again, I will chop off your head to prevent you from dying in the hands of others because of your lack of respect.
When the time comes, I will be dragged into trouble along with you."
Ou Sheng laughed twice and immediately closed his mouth firmly, acting like a mute.
However, it is said that Song Lin took a close associate through the back forest, and in order to minimize the risk of exposure, he bypassed a mountain range to the west before heading north.
However, even though they were so careful, and it was raining heavily and their visibility was unclear, the two of them still almost ran into the Jingzhou Army scouts.
Fortunately, they escaped into the forest in time and successfully evaded the scouts' detection.
Song Lin and his cronies took a short rest, and then continued to march towards Lingxian County with difficulty.
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Liu Jing, dressed in a bamboo hat and raincoat, accompanied by Chu Fang, climbed up the south city wall to inspect.
The rammed earth city wall is strong and durable. It is not afraid of anything but rain.
Although Liu Jing spent a lot of effort to build Ling County, he could not change the natural law that soil is afraid of water.
Liu Jing was not unprepared for this. Before the war began, he deliberately stocked up a large amount of thatch, that is, straw mats made of rice straw, to cover the city walls on rainy days to block the rain.
What Liu Jing didn't expect was that the weather had been extremely abnormal in the past few days. It had rained heavily for seven or eight days in a row. Even if the city wall was covered with multiple layers of thatch, it would not help.
The north and east city walls faced water, making it difficult for the enemy to launch attacks from these two directions. Therefore, Liu Jing barely made any repairs. Now that the wall sections have partially collapsed, Liu Jing had to ask his soldiers to temporarily seal the gaps with wooden palisades.
Even the wall sections on the west and south sides that Liu Jing carefully repaired have cracks to varying degrees.
Liu Jing has never regretted as much as he does now that he did not use brick-clad technology to build the city wall.
He had this idea as early as three years ago, the first year he came to Ling County. However, with the rapid growth of his subordinates' strength, there are more and more places to spend money on food, armor, weapons, ships...
The more bricks were added to the city wall, the less urgent it was to cover the city wall with bricks, so in the end it was abandoned.
If he had known today, Liu Jing would have gritted his teeth and squeezed out money to lay bricks for the city wall no matter what he said. Unfortunately, there is no regret medicine in the world.
While Liu Jing was frowning at the city wall, Ma Zhou, who was responsible for guarding the west gate, received a report from his soldiers that the scouts met two people in the suburbs. The other party claimed to be from Changsha representing the Jingzhou Army and came to see Liu Jun.
Ma Zhou raised his eyebrows. His first reaction was Ou Xiong, and then he drove this idea out of his mind. This idea was too ridiculous. But besides Ou Xiong, who else could it be?
Unable to figure it out, Ma Zhou stopped thinking about it. He would know it when they met, and he immediately asked the soldiers to bring the people to him.
Soon, Song Lin was led by soldiers into the school where Ma Zhou was. When he took off the bamboo hat on his head, Ma Zhou was stunned.
Song Lin, Ou Xiong's brother-in-law, was an old acquaintance. In the old market battle, he and Cai Sheng teamed up to attack Ou Xiong. Song Lin and four retainers stopped him, and Ma Zhou even cut him with a sword.
Song Lin was also complaining secretly in his heart. He couldn't meet anyone, so why did he meet Ma Zhou? With a strong smile on his face, he said, "Ma Jun, I am here on behalf of my brother-in-law District Yuan Bo. I want to see Liu Jun. I have something important to do."
talk over."
Ma Zhou smiled half-heartedly and said, "Uncle Yuan Yu wants to see Liu Jun? This is really a rare thing. Could it be that the sun is coming out from the west?"
Song Lin bowed his head and said, "I don't dare to joke. I really have something important to discuss with Mr. Liu. Please make it convenient for Mr. Ma to pass it on to you."
As the saying goes, it's not strange to be polite to many people. Song Lin lowered his posture so low that Ma Zhou couldn't force him too much. He snorted coldly and said, "If it hadn't been about Liu Jun, I would have killed you with one sword. How can I allow you to be here?"
There is so much talk in front of me."
Ma Zhou turned around and took off his bamboo hat and coir raincoat from the wall. While putting them on, he said, "Come with me, and I will take you to see Liu Jun."
"I have Mr. Laoma." Song Lin cupped his hands and said.
Liu Jing met Song Lin in the gate tower on the south city wall. After many days of heavy rain, the gate tower built with rammed earth had been severely damaged and was no longer as majestic and majestic as it was at the beginning. Fortunately, the construction was careful and it did not collapse.
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"Song Lin, I would like to pay my respects to Mr. Liu." Song Lin knelt down and bowed respectfully.
Although Liu Jing had already made some guesses in his mind, he still couldn't help but ask, "Why are you here this time?"
Song Lin said slowly, "My brother-in-law, Uncle Yuan, was disrespectful to Mr. Liu many years ago, so he was moved to Baqiu by Zhang Fujun to guard the river. When Uncle Mr. Yuan was in Baqiu, he couldn't help but reflect on his past behavior, which was often domineering.
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Liu Jing burst into laughter, Cai Sheng, and Ma Zhou burst out laughing. Will Ou Xiong reflect on his mistakes? This is simply a fantasy.
Song Lin turned a blind eye to this and said, "The year before last, the Northern Army marched south with a force of 100,000 people. District Yuanbo led us and fought bloody battles with the Northern Army in Baqiu for many days. However, Wu Ju secretly defected to the north, causing the Baqiu defenders to be defeated.
, we were defeated and unfortunately were captured by the Northern Army. Uncle Yuanbo Ou refused to betray his master and was imprisoned in Baqiu for two years. It was not until Mr. Zhang Fu died of illness this year that Uncle Yuanbo Ou led us to surrender to the Northern Army.
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Liu Jing nodded slightly. To be honest, he was quite surprised that Ou Xiong had such character. If it were him, he would never be able to do it.
Song Lin continued, "We did not surrender to the Northern Army out of sincerity. We only made such a choice because we thought that the overall situation in Jingnan was decided. However, we did not expect that Liu Jun would rise in the south, and with only one county, he would repeatedly defeat the Northern Army."
The army's fame moved the Chu State and made us and the people of Changsha very proud.
Although we have a rift with Liu Jun, it is a private grudge, and we have a public enmity with the Northern Army. Therefore, I will represent District Yuan Bo this time. As long as Liu Jun promises to ignore the past grudges, we are willing to lead two thousand soldiers to surrender to Liu Jun.
There are other Changsha soldiers whom we can also contact on your behalf."
Liu Jing couldn't help but smile and said, "Oh? Uncle Ou Yuan is so courageous. As long as I make a promise, will he be willing to risk his own fortune and the lives of two thousand people under his command?"
Song Lin paid his respects, "I was ignorant and angered Mr. Liu, but that is in the past. We all know now that Mr. Liu is a benevolent and righteous gentleman. He will practice what he says, so all it takes is a promise from Mr. Liu."
, we are willing to return soon.”
Liu Jing turned to look at Cai Sheng and Ma Zhou who were looking down. They looked at each other and smiled and said, "Since Uncle Yuan knows the difference between private grudges and public grudges, shouldn't we be inferior to him?"
Liu Jingchong and Liu Jingchong nodded lightly and said to Song Lin, "Okay, I will formally promise today that all the dirty things in the past will be wiped out."