Huan Jie knew that his big tree attracted wind, so he did not dare to hide in his family's residence, so as not to harm his clan members. Now he is temporarily hiding in a friend's house. No more than three people know his whereabouts outside, and Song Lin is the fourth person.
Under the leadership of the Huan clan, Song Lin successfully arrived at Huan Jie's hiding place.
At this moment, Huan Jie was standing in a tall square building in the back courtyard, looking into the distance and observing the situation. He wore a white silk scarf on his head, a mandarin robe with a wide belt, and a beard on his cheeks. He was elegant and magnanimous. When he learned that Song Lin was the representative
When Liu Jing came, he couldn't help but be overjoyed and sat down at the same table with him.
Song Lin looked flattered. Although he was a descendant of the Song family in Linxiang, this status was not worth mentioning to Huan Jie. Only those with outstanding virtues and talents could receive special attention from him. Song Lin knew that he was because of
Liu Jingcai felt extremely honored to be treated like this and told everything he knew.
During this period, Huan Jie spent most of the time listening, and only occasionally asked one or two questions. When Song Lin finished speaking, Huan Jie could not help but fall into silence.
At that time, he was favored by Sun Jian and was entrusted with the post of meritorious officer. Even excluding the fact that he had served as Shangshulang in Luoyang, the capital, and that he had been mourning for his father for three years after his father's death, he still served as the meritorious officer of Changsha for ten years.
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The meritorious officer is "the leader of all officials in the county" and is responsible for "selecting talents" for the county. Over the years, Huanjie has seen countless talents, but no one can compare with Liu Jing. Even he himself has
It's hard to see his back.
Liu Jing left Linxiang before he could reach the weak crown, went south to Lingxian County, and separatized a territory of hundreds of miles. He could not manage it for more than three years. When Zhang Xian died of illness and Linxiang fell, he wiped out the entire army of Jingzhou under the city of Lingxian County, and ordered Liu Biao to do so.
After ten years of gathering together, the wish to unify Jingchu was completely frustrated.
It is undeniable that heaven and timing helped, but Huanjie believed that the more important thing was manpower.
Liu Jing was gifted with divine wisdom, foresight and foresight, and was as calculating as a god. Such a person could control Hunan with only one county. He was invincible. Kuai Yue, Cai Mao and other Jingchu heroes would have either died or fled. If he was allowed to take control
With the four counties of Jingnan, Liu Biao was afraid that he would soon be in panic. What Liu Biao needed to consider in the future was no longer to capture Jingnan, but how to preserve the foundation of Jingbei.
After a long time, Huan Jie spoke up and said: "Since the city of Linxiang was destroyed, we were unwilling to commit ourselves to the north, so we could only hide temporarily. Now Liu Lingling's successor's will is to destroy the rebels in Xianglei, pursue death in the north, and as for Linxiang,
Hunan, we are looking forward to today in our hearts all the time, and we should do our best to help Liu Lingling regain Linxiang."
"Huan Jun is my hope in Changsha. If you climb high and give a shout, the scholars and people of Linxiang will definitely follow you." Song Lin said happily: "With Jun Huan's help, it will be easy for us to recover Linxiang."
Although Song Lin's words were meant as compliments, Huan Jie did have such a huge influence. He had been in charge of Changsha County for ten years and promoted countless people. It is no exaggeration to say that his prestige among the scholars and people of Linxiang was
His height is enough to rival Zhang Xian. This is why Liu Biao and Han Xuan are eager to recruit him.
Huan Jie stroked his beard and smiled and said, "My words are too much of a compliment and I don't dare to take them seriously." He then stood up and said, "Without further delay, I will contact the loyal people in the city."
Song Lin also stood up and said: "All the big names in the city, please just run around."
Huan Jie nodded in agreement, and the two of them designated this place as their contact point, and then left.
Huan Jie returned to Quanli first. This was the first time he returned to his family after nearly half a year. He only wore a bamboo hat as a cover.
Before, he would not have dared to be so blatant, but now that Liu Jingjun is approaching the city, he naturally has no scruples in his heart.
Soon after, he assigned his nephew, a disciple of Zhongkun, to go out and contact all parties.
As time went by, various forces in Linxiang City continued to gather under Huan Jie's command. He relied on his unparalleled prestige to knead many forces in the city into a whole.
When the thief Cao Jiji led more than a hundred officials and retainers to join in, the troops Huan Jie could mobilize finally exceeded the two thousand mark.
When night fell, Huan Jie cooperated with Liu Jingjun outside the city and the coalition of Linxiang powerful families led by Ou Xiong to launch an uprising in the city.
Huan Jie knew that his troops seemed to have a large number, but in fact they were just a ragtag group fighting head-on. They were no match for the Jingzhou army, which was well-equipped with armor and well-armed.
Therefore, Huan Jie surrendered, and Song Lin and others ran around in the city, setting fires, causing turmoil in the city and attracting the attention of the Jingzhou army. He led his men to wait for opportunities to seize several city gates in Linxiang. As long as they succeeded in one of them, Liu Jingjun would be released.
Once you enter the city, there will be no more suspense in this battle.
The plan of Huan Jie and others was far from rigorous, but the Jingzhou army was not popular with the people of Linxiang, and it was now in an irreversible situation. The defeat was certain. Naturally, people's support was against them, so Han Xuan was always kept in the dark.
, it was not until the chaos broke out in the city that we realized it later.
Seeing the city on fire and shouts of killing rising to the sky, Han Xuan was anxious for a moment. If the rebellion could not be put out as soon as possible, Linxiang might not be able to survive even one night, so he urgently dispatched troops and generals to various places to suppress the rebellion.
It's just that the "rebels" didn't fight the Jingzhou Army at all. They took advantage of their familiarity with the terrain, constantly changed their positions, set fire everywhere, and completely led the Jingzhou Army by the nose.
When Han Xuan discovered that he had unknowingly devoted more than half of his troops to suppressing the rebellion, not only was he unable to effectively curb the rebellion, but the situation became even worse.
Then the news came that the county government had fallen into the hands of thieves, which made Han Xuan completely give up. He also lost the last bit of courage left in his heart. He turned to Kuai Qi beside him and said: "Kuai Yu, there is a strong enemy outside Linxiang now.
, there is a rebellion inside, and we can no longer defend it, why don’t we temporarily retreat to Beijin City and meet up with Cai’s military advisor.”
Although Kuai Qi knew that Linxiang was difficult to defend, he did not expect that he would not be able to defend it for even a day. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Just as he was about to reply, a thunderous cheer suddenly came from the north of the city. In an instant, the cheer spread to every corner of the city.
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Han Xuan and Kuai Qi knew that the north city gate had been lost, so they immediately led their soldiers to withdraw to the west city wall, preparing to pass through the west gate and go north to meet Cai Hao.
However, as soon as they arrived at the west city wall, they saw a scene that made them despair: Cai Mao actually abandoned them and ran away alone.
Although Wang Qiang and Liu Zhu valued Linxiang more, they did not ignore Cai Mao, the commander of the Jingzhou navy, who had divided his troops to blockade the Beijin camp in advance. However, when they went north this time, there were not many warships that could be used to block the waterways.
There are even fewer warships. Although they are full of loopholes, they are definitely not rigorous.
Cai Mao took advantage of the chaos in Linxiang and took advantage of the cover of night to lead his ships out of the Beijin camp in a swarm, breaking through the blockade of Liu Jingjun's fleet and disappearing into the night.