Wei Yan came out of the city gate tower, feeling both excited and emotional. He was originally a knight-errant soldier, but now he was reduced to a prisoner. He didn't expect Liu Jing to be so courteous and virtuous to him, which made him feel as if he was in a dream.
Feel.
If Liu Jing loves someone like this, it is no wonder that he can defeat the overwhelming army of Jingzhou with just one county. To serve such a person, Wei Yan is willing to do his best, even if his heart is ruined, he will die without regret.
When leaving, Wei Yan subconsciously turned around and saw Liu Jing standing at the top of the tower, smiling at him and nodding.
Wei Yan felt warm in his heart and bowed to Liu Jing with great solemnity before turning and leaving.
It wasn't until Wei Yan disappeared that Liu Jing withdrew his gaze. He did not promote Wei Yan, but simply showed his attitude of being "generous and loving, respecting the virtuous and respecting the wise", which made Wei Yan burst into tears of gratitude.
The reason why Wei Yan was not promoted was that he was a demoted general. Now he has made little achievements and acted rashly.
He was promoted, fearing that his generals would be dissatisfied. He was still very young, just in his early twenties, and he had not been in the army for a long time, only one year. It would not be too late to practice for a year or two before re-employing him.
Then Liu Jing summoned brothers Huo Du and Huo Jun.
"In Huo Du, Huo Bomiao, Huo Jun and Huo Zhongmiao of Xianan County, I'm going to pay homage to Liu Jun..."
"Bo Miao, Zhong Miao, you don't have to be polite. Among the heroes of Nanjun, I think your brothers should be the leaders, so I call you here first..." Liu Jing repeated his old trick again, stepped forward to help the Huo brothers up, and asked the attendant to stand aside.
Yu Zheng couldn't help but feel anxious again, sighing that Liu Jing was really too careless. What should he do if the other party had evil intentions? He could only concentrate on keeping an eye on the Huo brothers with his halberd.
"I dare not take Mr. Liu's praise so seriously..." Huo Du and Huo Jun said, cupping their fists.
Huo Du was about thirty years old, more than seven feet tall, with a strong body, dignified appearance, and impressive bearing. Huo Jun was about twenty-two or three years old, and his height was similar to that of his brother, but his appearance and bearing were somewhat inferior.
Huo Du's first impression on Liu Jing was very good, and he couldn't help but think of his brother Liu Zong. On the contrary, Huo Jun, a famous Shu Han general who was famous in history, seemed to be inconspicuous.
Liu Jing asked about the past experiences of the two brothers and found out the reason. Huo Du was a ranger when he was young and was famous for his famous works. In the past few years, Jingzhou was unrest and clan thieves were rampant. He relied on his many years of prestige to gather hundreds of people in the countryside.
Protect his hometown from external aggression. Later Liu Biao went to Jingzhou alone, and Huo Du returned with his troops and was worshiped 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 that Zhijiang is the kingdom of the eunuch Li Gang, right?"
The reason why he knew so clearly was that Xiajun and Zhijiang in southern Hunan in Changsha were all conferred eunuchs by Emperor Shun. Not only these three people were conferred the title of eunuch at the same time, but a total of nineteen people. This was Shun.
The famous "Nineteen Marquises" during the imperial period.
At that time, Emperor An died, and Empress Yan, her brother Yan Xian, and the eunuch Jiang Jing disrupted the government and deposed Emperor Shun during the prince's period. Fortunately, nineteen eunuchs including Sun Cheng, Li Gang, and others secretly formed an alliance and launched a coup to kill Jiang Jing's party.
He established Emperor Shun on the throne and eradicated the Yan family's relatives, so all nineteen people were granted the title of marquis for their merit.
Huo Du nodded and said: "Liu Jun has extensive knowledge and knowledge, and Zhijiang is indeed the Li clan's kingdom."
Although eunuchs could not have offspring, they could adopt children to inherit their titles. For example, Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, inherited Cao Teng's title.
Liu Jing asked: "You brothers have led the troops to follow the Northern Army southward for two years. Have you ever returned to your hometown during this period?"
Huo Du replied: "Last year, we took turns to take turns and went home for two months." Since Kuai Yue adopted the strategy of siege but not attack Linxiang most of the time, the frequency of fighting was not high, so the soldiers were able to take turns to take turns to go home.
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Liu Jing sighed and said: "We have been fighting for two years, but only returned home for two months. How miserable the soldiers are. When I went north to Xiangyang, Liu Jingzhou once asked me about the situation in Jingnan. I told him: 'Heaven will help him, and he will do so.'
He who helps others has faith. I hope Liu Jingzhou can fulfill his trust and be obedient and govern the people with leniency. It will not take long for Jingnan to return to his heart and the people will be sincere. Unfortunately, Liu Jingzhou did not listen to my suggestions and finally decided
He sent troops to attack Jingnan, and has been unable to win for many years, and now the whole army has been destroyed."
Brothers Huo Du and Huo Jun looked at each other. It was inappropriate for them to agree or refute, so they could only remain silent.
Liu Jing added: "The emperor is extremely intelligent and has the qualities of a king of Zhou Dynasty. Liu Jingzhou is the elder of the clan and could have been the Duke of Zhou of the Han Dynasty. However, he just watched the emperor trapped in Chang'an and fell into the hands of thieves. He didn't even try."
Rescue. Later, the emperor escaped from trouble and returned east to Luoyang. Although Liu Jingzhou provided 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, and eliminate troubles.
, revive the Han Dynasty..."
Huo Du and Huo Jun couldn't help but marvel after hearing this. Liu Jingkuang's idea of helping the world did not come up suddenly. From this, we can see that his magnanimity and ambition are broad. The most important thing is that Liu Jing has the ability to realize his ambition.
The Huo brothers exchanged glances again, and at the same time left the table and bowed down: "Although my brother is not talented, he is still willing to follow Liu Jun to eliminate troubles and revive the Han Dynasty, even if he dies."
"Good." Liu Jing said with a smile while stroking his palms.
After the Huo brothers, Liu Jing met with Feng Xi, Gao Xiang and others respectively. In the next two days, Liu Jing barely had a moment to relax and met dozens of people non-stop.
Of course, ordinary generals who were demoted were not treated as well as Wei Yan, the Huo brothers, Feng Xi, Gao Xiang and others. Liu Jing mostly sat still. If he didn't find anything special about the other party, he would send them away with just a few words.
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Guiyang County, Leiyang County.
Lingxian County is located between the Xiang River, Lei River and Chengdu River. The Xiang River is the most harmful because the water in the flat areas outside the city is several feet deep. In comparison, the situation in Leiyang is better, but the Lei River also overflows the dam and floods the city.
part of the crops.
In August in Jingnan, it was the time of autumn harvest. After floods broke out in Leiyang, Huan Yi personally led the county officials and people to work day and night to harvest the rice soaked in water in order to recover the losses as much as possible.
While busy day and night in the fields, Huan Yi couldn't help but worry about Liu Jing. As everyone knows, the rammed earth city walls are extremely strong, but they are only afraid of being soaked by rain and water.
After so many days of heavy rain, Leiyang city walls collapsed to varying degrees, not to mention Lingxian County, which was under siege.
Once the Lingxian city wall was in trouble and collapsed, facing tens of thousands of Jingzhou troops watching eagerly outside the city, the consequences would be disastrous.
Just when Huan Yi was worried about his friend, the good news from Ling County came...