Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

Before the war, Yuan Shu transferred Qiao Rui to the north of Huainan to garrison Cao Cao and Liu Bei. Qiao Rui kowtowed gratefully to Yuan Shu, and then quietly withdrew from Yuan Shu's camp.

Zhang Xun made friends with Qiao Rui, and he sent Qiao Rui away from Shouchun.

"Why do you come back? Wouldn't it be good to go to Jiangdong with Qin Song?"

Qiao Rui shook his head, "Duke Ming has Bole's kindness to me, and the monarch and his ministers have treated each other with sincerity all these years. Although I don't want him to be called emperor, I still want to be on the saddle for Duke Ming, otherwise it will be hard to feel at ease."

Zhang Xun didn't know what else to say to Qiao Rui like this.Yuan Shuken transferred Qiao Rui to the northern line, so that Qiao Rui avoided fighting directly with the two sons-in-law.

Alas, how much he envied Qiao Rui for choosing two good sons-in-law at the beginning, but now he is so glad that he did not marry the Sun family.

Qiao Rui knew a little bit about his two sons-in-law, and he couldn't help exhorting him to his old partner for many years.

"Bo Fu is brave, but he is humane and righteous. If you encounter a time when he is unable to resist, just surrender. He will not treat you badly or wrong you. If you encounter someone like Cheng Pu, you have to be careful." Yes. He is a bit stubborn. If you can’t bear it, you will suffer a lot. Most of the others have worked together for several years, so it shouldn’t be difficult for you. It’s Gongjin, "

Qiao Rui patted Zhang Xun on the shoulder, "He and Bo Fu share the same loyalty, even if you mention me when the time comes, he will not make things difficult for you."

Zhang Xun punched Qiao Rui, "Why are you so sure about the result now? Are you so sure that your son-in-law will win?"

Qiao Rui grinned wryly, "Who are we and who, why do we still need to say those foolish words!"

Zhang Xun was silent, Yuan Shu's advantage was getting weaker and weaker.If it was Yuan Shu ten years ago, he still had the spirit of being a son of a big family, but now he is not only a little addicted to pleasure, but also refuses to follow the advice of civil servants and generals when it is obvious that his defeat is obvious.

What Yuan Huan said is the best, self-cultivation, the land in Huainan is fertile, and it should soon return to its former prosperity and prosperity.

But Yuan Shu refused to listen.

Yuan Shu chose to go to war against Sun Ce. Everyone knew in their hearts that it was for the prosperity of Soochow's government and people in the past few years, and the smooth prosperity of all industries. The richest place in the Han Dynasty.

Yuan Shu dispatched troops and generals, as if he wanted to flatten Jiangdong all at once.

Because of Lei Bo and Chen Lan's rebellion, Yuan Shu lost two generals, and he had to send Qiao Rui to the north.Among the remaining generals, he led by Ji Ling and Zhang Xun, with Yuan Yin and Le as their assistants, each leading an army of [-] to cross the river in advance.Yuan Shu led Li Feng, Chen Ji, Liang Gang and other generals and [-] Chinese soldiers and horses, and came from Shouchun to Qu'a.

Those places are the most suitable for a large army to cross the river, and Cheng Pu and others have fought together with Yuan Shu's generals for many years, and they know each other well, so Cheng Pu and others guard one place and wait for Yuan Shu's army at leisure.

The fleet led by Ji Ling approached the shore in front and the middle of the river behind. At this time, countless burning boats rushed down from the upper reaches.These small boats, which were getting bigger and bigger, were unmanned, and rushed straight along the river to the middle of Ji Ling's fleet.The big ship that had anchored on the riverside and was releasing some soldiers to land was immediately attached by the burning boat.

The soldiers yelled to use the river water to put out the fire, but when the water was splashed on the boat, the whole river burned.In the boat, besides firewood, there was also black oil that Sun Ce had managed to get.

Ji Ling lost dozens of large ships, 3 people out of ten, and fled back in embarrassment amidst Cheng Pu's wild laughter.

Zhang Xun, who landed in another place in Liyang, did not encounter fire attack, but after only one-third of the troops went ashore, he was hit by a stronger rain of crossbows and arrows. More than ten thousand people did not break through the arrow rain of Soochow.Except for the fallen ones, many of them carried arrows on their bodies and fled back to the battleship in a panic, not daring to make another landing.

Huang Gai came out with a strange-looking tin tube and shouted at Zhang Xun.

"General, you go back. Thinking that we have worked together for several years, Huang Gai will not chase and kill you. Otherwise, if your tens of thousands of people go ashore together, you will just throw away your corpses in vain, and fill them here."

Both vanguards returned in defeat, and Yuan Shu was so angry that he almost vomited blood, but the news from Jiangxia immediately comforted him——Liu Biao was also burned by Sun Ce to burn most of his ships.

Yuan Shu laughed, Zhang Xun and the others bowed their heads, no matter how many ships Liu Biao was burned or how many troops were lost, on his side he lost more than 3 soldiers.

What are you happy about, Emperor Zhong?

Liu Biao led his army to the expedition, and also encountered fire attack in Jiangxia.But it was different from what Ji Ling encountered.His fleet turned to Jiangxia's river, and before it could touch the shore, it was stuck by burning boats that were hidden behind the boulder and pushed out one after another.These small boats were chained to each other haphazardly, and when the big boats dodged, they created a vortex, causing these small boats to swirl on the river.The small boat in front swirls, and the small boat behind keeps flowing down the river, and the river is full of burning boats.

The big ship could not avoid it, and fled in a panic.However, it was difficult to turn around due to the size of the ship, and some large ships collided with each other in the panic.A bigger vortex was stirred up, and many small boats were capsized.

After some small boats turned over, the black oil inside spilled out, and the black oil floated all over the river, and the fire burned throughout the river.

Liu Biao's ship escaped quickly, and only then did it avoid being stuck by the boat.After the fire on the river gradually subsided, Liu Biao vomited out a mouthful of blood on the spot. His ten years of scheming, hard work, and one night were ruined by Sun Ce.

The Jingzhou navy has existed in name only.

When Liu Biao returned to Xiangyang, the news that Wuling County was taken by Sun Ce also followed.

Zhang Yun, who was stationed in Wuling County, was Liu Biao's nephew, and Liu Pan was his nephew. They were ordered to guard Wuling County together with Huang Zu, who was driven out from Jiangxia County by Sun Ce.Thinking of their tenet of adhering to Liu Biao's admonition to only defend the city and not attack, the leaders of Sun Ce did not attack the city as before.

They watched as Sun Ce led the army to line up in the distance, and then in the continuous loud noise, the city wall of Wuling County was blown down in many places.The two of them and Huang Zu escaped with great difficulty in the explosion. Wuling County was defenseless, and they were chased and killed by Sun Ce all the way.In the middle, Huang Zu sent archers to ambush several times, but they failed to gain any advantage.

Sun Ce pursued them with hunting dogs like hunting, and any ambushes failed.

Huang Zu, Liu Pan, and Zhang Yun were chased in a panic, and in the end only a hundred people escaped to Nanjun, and then transferred from Nanjun to Xiangyang to join Liu Biao.

"Uncle, it's because my nephew is incompetent and failed to defend Wuling County." Zhang Yun knelt in front of Liu Biao ashamed.

Cai Mao's eyes widened in surprise, "Wuling County is lost, why? Sun Ce's army is all in Jiangxia."

Zhang Yun didn't know that Liu Biao's navy suffered heavy losses, and Huang Zu didn't communicate with them when he got the news in Nanjun.

Kneeling, Huang Zu took a step forward and said, "Your Majesty, Sun Ce ordered people to bring down the city walls of Wuling County like Jiangxia County. Most of the soldiers guarding the city died. We really cannot believe such evil methods. There is no way to resist it."

Inexplicably, Huang Zu was defeated by Sun Ce's same move for the second time defending the city, and he was also very upset.He knew that his martial arts skills were not high enough. If a master like Sun Jian dared to pursue him after defeating him, he would have to face the rain of arrows from the archers he trained early.

However, Sun Ce would bring hounds with him, making the soldiers in ambush completely useless.

Huang Zu was frustrated and frustrated that he couldn't be stopped by manpower, Liu Pan, who was kneeling beside him, also kept nodding along with Huang Zu's words.

Hearing what the three of them said, Liu Biao vomited another mouthful of blood.When he heard Huang Zu say that Jiangxia County was lost, because he didn't believe that the city wall would collapse, he asked the soldiers who fled back with Huang Zu one by one and asked them one by one. Although the soldiers gave the same answer, he didn't see it with his own eyes. , In the end, I still kept this matter in my heart half-believingly.

However, because Huang Zu was the leader of the Huang family, a big family with five surnames in Jingzhou, he was not easy to deal with Huang Zu, so he gave Huang Zu a crime.

Now Wuling County is the same as Jiangxia County.

How could the city wall collapse in an instant?

Seeing that nephew Zhang Yun and nephew Liu Pan also said the same thing, Liu Biao's disbelief in Huang Zu's heart, so he couldn't help thinking too much.

After that—wouldn't it be that Nanjun, or even any county, would be unable to defend the city when Sun Ce attacked it?

Thinking of this, Liu Biao felt that the days of Jingzhou in his hands were numbered, and the foundation he planned was about to be handed over to Sun Ce, so he shook it and then collapsed.

Liu Biao's eldest son, Liu Qi, stood beside him, and immediately took a step forward, able to catch Liu Biao's burly and sturdy body that was about to fall.

Cai Mao and others also stepped forward to help, Huang Zu and others stopped pleading guilty on their knees, and hurried out to find a doctor to treat Jingzhou Mu Liubiao.

Liu Biao fell asleep for a day and a night before waking up.After waking up, Liu Biao seemed to be another person in the eyes of his stepwife Cai.It turned out that her husband was more than eight feet tall, with a majestic figure and a gentle and elegant appearance. Although he was more than twenty years older than him, he was as vigorous as his peers.And with the majesty of Jingzhou Shepherd, Cai can hardly find any imperfections in her husband.

But what she saw on the face of Liu Biao who had just woken up was no longer the calm and carefree demeanor of knowing things in his hands and grasping the pearls in his hands. All withered.

"Jing Sheng, are you feeling better?" Mrs. Cai was so frightened that she stuttered.

Liu Biao struggled to grab Cai's hand. If he married Cai in the first place to establish a foothold in Jingzhou, after all these years, Cai was young and beautiful, and behaved very much to his liking, and gave birth to his youngest son Liu Cong, not to mention The Cai brothers are also helping in external affairs, and the Cai family has become No.1 in his heart.

"Call Qi'er." Liu Biao struggled to say these words.

Cai's tears fell drop by drop on Liu Biao's hand that was holding her tightly.

"Jingsheng, you are..."

Liu Biao licked his chapped lips, Cai's sadness in his eyes was like a blunt knife cutting flesh.

"water."

Cai immediately took out the porcelain urn from the bamboo raft on the side, poured a bowl of hot water, and helped Liu Biao to drink slowly.

After drinking the water, Liu Biao seemed to be more energetic, and patiently said to Mrs. Cai: "Jingzhou is in danger now. Cong'er is still young and cannot afford the affairs of Jingzhou. You call Qi'er here, and he has saved Jingzhou. , your mother and son will have a place to stand in the future."

Cai turned around and sent her maid to look for Liu Qi. Liu Biao closed his eyes and rested, ignoring Cai who was waiting by the bed.