The war did not end, and Sun Jian's performance destined to shake Huaxia continued around the river, and his people not only broke the main force of Liu Biao's army in Deng County in mid-June, but also lost their favorite general Jiang Qin, but they were not carried away, let alone rush to cross the water to attack Xiangyang.

There are three reasons for this:

One is that Xiangyang City is surrounded by water on three sides, and there are mountains on one side, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and can be called a majestic Han, this kind of city siege is simple and difficult to break the city, and Liu Biao chose this city close to the border of Nanyang as the core of his rule when he came up to Nanyang and was occupied by Yuan Shu.

The second one is that although Sun Jian won a big victory this time, he really suffered heavy casualties, and the soldiers were tired, so he may not have spare strength;

The last one is that there are other enemies behind him that have not been cleared...... Huang Zu and Yuan Shu combined 15,000 troops on the east bank of the flank, and they always had to be guarded.

So, after leaving his nephew Sun Ben to lead 3,000 troops to garrison Deng County, a key place, in late June, Sun Jian, who had rested for more than ten days in Xinye and Chaoyang, waited for the follow-up grain and grass, military funds and some auxiliary troops to arrive, and only then did he prepare 10,000 elite troops, and crossed the water in a mighty and majestic manner, and went straight to Caiyang!

In Caiyang City, Yuan Shu and Huang Zu had already lost their hearts because of the defeat of Deng County, so they obviously still had 15,000 people in their hands, but they never tried to cross the river to attack Sun Jian's tired soldiers, but sat back and watched the other party rest completely.

But the interesting thing is that at this time, Huang Zu did not turn back to Jiangxia...... On the contrary, Yuan Shu ran away, and the general left Cai Yangcheng and Huang Zu to flee to Jiangxia, leaving only his general Ji Ling to lead the remnants to follow Jiangxia Taishou Huang Zu to meet the enemy.

Needless to say, although the two armies may have an advantage in terms of numbers, the quality of the generals, the experience of the soldiers, and the morale of the whole army are not the same thing at all, not to mention that Yuan Shu, the nominal commander of this battle, abandoned the army and left!

Therefore, under the elimination of the other, the army led by Huang Zu and Ji Ling was almost immediately defeated, and the two generals Huang Zu and Ji Ling were also captured together, and then escorted to the fallen Caiyang City and bound to Sun Jian.

In the second future, he went to a mansion where Sun Jian was based, and when he came up, Zu Mao tried to make the two kneel, but neither of them knelt, Zu Darong tried to use force, but was reprimanded by Sun Jian.

"After the general's territory, he doesn't defend it himself, why should one of your generals and a guest general die for him?" Sun Wentai sat upright, curious for a moment. "And what do you say about today's defeat?"

"There is nothing to say about defeat." Ji Ling was in a mess, his hair was covered with blood, and his hands were tied, but he stood tall. But the previous question was ridiculous...... If you are a vassal of a man, where can you rebel for the sake of your life? I'm not some kind of person, but I am favored by others but devours people! ”

Sun Jian laughed dryly, but he didn't get angry: "I won't forget the kindness of the general, so even if I enter Jiangxia next and capture him, I will send him to Chang'an and let the Son of Heaven and Monk Shutai convict him, and he will not ask for the guilt without authorization...... General Ji, you only talk about these vulgar favors and small righteousness, but in today's world, isn't it General Hou who goes against the great kindness of the Han family and the righteousness of the world? Don't you know what he did in Nanyang? In the future, if the general's subordinates die, aren't you afraid of being ridiculed for a thousand years after death? ”

Ji Ling was silent for a moment, still facing each other: "If the general trend today is based on the Gongsun clan as the positive and the Yuan clan as the opposite, how can I not know?" As for what the general did in Nanyang, it is even more impossible for me to pretend not to know, but Ji Ling, a Shandong horseman, entered the dynasty as a tiger army with a good family, if it weren't for Yuan's kindness, where could he enter the house and be a 2,000-stone general? The talent of the horseman, in this life, there are only some vulgar graces and small righteousness...... And besides, for the general's subordinates will be ridiculed, take refuge in the kind of people who are under the feet, and work hard for the feet, can it be regarded as holding the righteousness and not laughing for the descendants? What qualifications do those who turn their backs on the Lord and stab me, those who cut off the territory of their righteous brothers, and those who kill their sons as fathers teach me righteousness? ”

Ji Ling's words were still loud in the front, but the last sentence suddenly made the atmosphere in the hall solidify...... However, with Sun Jian's complete annexation of the essence of the Central Plains, and the momentum of continuing to devour the land of Jingxiang, now his people are gradually becoming powerful, and the surrounding subordinates are as close as Zu Mao can't be ordered, but they don't dare to act in front of him without permission.

In fact, when they saw that Sun Jian was only slightly moved, but did not react superfluously, Zu Mao and the others could only suppress their anger and ignore it.

"What about Huang Fujun?" It took Sun Jian a long time before he let go of the hand he was clasping under the case, and then looked at the other person. "You're a guest general, so why do you want to do that?"

"It's ridiculous to ask about selling melons." Huang Zu's appearance was cleaner than Ji Ling on his side, so he looked calm when he sneered for a while. "What kind of person is he Yuan Highway doing to me, what kind of guest general is the main general, what does it mean?"

"But you're obviously sacrificing your life to block Yuan Highway today, right?"

"I'm repaying Liu Jingzhou's kindness!" Huang Zu suddenly looked solemn. "What is Yuan Highway, worthy of my life? If it weren't for Ji Ling, this guy told me that if he didn't let his master go first, he wouldn't fight with me, I would have screwed off the head of the general! ”

Sun Jian suddenly said: "Liu Jingsheng has only been in Jingzhou for four years, has he won the hearts of the people like this?" ”

"Although my Huang Zu is vulgar, if you want me to say, there are some things that you can't understand." Huang Zu was complacent. "I don't know to others, I'm from the Anlu Huang clan...... Do you know the Anlu Huang clan? ”

Sun Jian lowered his head and laughed dryly...... As the Taishou of Changsha, how could he not know about the Anlu Huang clan, the top family in Jingzhou?

Anlu Huang's originated from Huang Zu's great-grandfather Huang Xiang, Huang Xiang was known as 'unparalleled in the world, Anlu Huangxiang' when he was a child, and later he did Shang Shuling, becoming an auxiliary minister who actually took charge of the world's affairs, and then Huang Zu's uncle Huang Qiong and clan uncle Huang Wan (Liu Yan's cousin) were all ranked as the third duke...... Such a momentum, just like the Lujiang Zhou clan next door in Yangzhou, and the Guangling Chen clan in Xuzhou, are both recognized as the leaders of the state and the middle world.

"It seems that the melon seller also knows my family background." Seeing this, Huang Zu ignored being bound and continued to speak proudly. "Then do you know about my clan's uncle, Zi Yan Gong (Huang Wan) and Liu Jingzhou?"

"Thinking about it, it's naturally a best friend...... Sun Jian was bored.

"Definitely!" Huang Zu said proudly. "There is nothing to hide, our Huang family has a lot of in-laws with the local Yizhou Mu Liu Yan, and my uncle Yan Gong and him are even more cousins, but the old boy went to Yizhou, went to Yizhou, and tried to repeat Jingzhou from time to time, in recent years, Jingzhou and Yizhou have actually fought in Shangyong and Ba County, Liu Yizhou has kept inciting us and other states to take Liu Jingzhou, and Liu Jingzhou is the court to say that Liu Yizhou wants to rebel......"

Sun Jian shook his head repeatedly, but he remembered such a thing...... Liu Yan and Liu Biao have been making friction, handing claws below, lawsuits above, and finally the imperial court sent Huang Wan, the uncle of the Huang Zu clan, to mediate the matter.

"Doctor Guanglu is inspecting Jingyi with a festival, where is his person?" As soon as he thought of this, Sun Jian couldn't pretend to be confused.

"He rejected Liu Jingzhou's solicitation, and really went down the river to Yizhou to investigate Liu Yizhou's rebellion." Huang Zu replied frankly. "In other words, our An Lu Huang clan first hooked up with Liu Yan, tried to repeat, and then the person in charge left...... At that time, it coincided with the Gongsun clan and the Yuan clan competing in Hebei, and the so-called imperial court authority was completely lost, and there was actually a lot of horror in the clan, for fear that Liu Jingzhou would take the opportunity to dispose of us. ”

"I see." Sun Jian became more and more bored. "He still thinks of giving more preferential treatment in front of the second and third dukes of your Anlu Huang family, and he also violates the Three Mutual Law to promote his subordinates to serve as the county guard ...... this county."

"You know!" Huang Zu was furious. "At that time, although the leader of my clan was not there, he was also a man with a high crown and a high sleeve in the Manchu tribe...... Only I, Huang Zu, although I was born in a famous family, I was heroic and willful when I was young, I only liked fencing and killing, and later I only served in the army as a martial artist, and the whole state said that I defiled my family, and the whole clan was not worth me, that is, Liu Jingzhou had the heart to buy the hearts of the Jingzhou clan, and how could he have thought that it would fall on my head? ! But Liu Jingzhou was the only one who told me that the world was in turmoil, and people like me were needed to stabilize the township! The grace of the family, of course, is grateful, but the grace of knowing the encounter, my Huang Zu can not forget! Now that you have broken Deng County and Xiangyang is in danger, although my Huang Zu is vulgar, how can I let you easily take Nanyang and calmly attack Liu Jingzhou?! Do you think I'm a melon seller like you who doesn't know how to be gracious?! ”

Sun Jian was expressionless and silent for a long time, but then slowly stroked the knife and spoke: "It's me who underestimated Huang Fujun and General Ji, and so far, there is only one word in the next word...... If you descend, you will live, and if you don't descend, you will die. ”

"I'm not afraid of death." Ji Ling was frank and right.

"I'm afraid of death," Huang Zu said simply. "But I'm even more afraid of losing Liu Jingzhou! Have a good time! ”

"Good!" Sun Jian is also simply relative. "I love to kill Jiang Gongyi at the hands of Lu Bu and Huang Zhong, which still makes me depressed, and I am about to borrow two heads to pay tribute to him...... Da Rong, take my ancient ingot knife and do it yourself, so that the two of you can be happy. ”

"Thank you, Sun Poyu." Ji Ling answered half a voice, regardless of being bound, he turned around and walked directly out of the hall, and Huang Zu also left.

However, in front of the hall, Huang Zu turned his head and looked at the plaque hanging in the hall, which is now becoming popular, but he couldn't help but stop and sneer: "For the sake of Sun Poyu, I don't have to be embarrassed, and there is something I want to remind Sun Poyu." ”

"Huang Fujun, please speak." Sun Jian, who was at the top of the hall, had just handed the ancient ingot knife to Zu Mao at his side, but it was rare to hear the words.

"It's a private house!" Huang Zunu sneered. "When I came to Caiyang City, I saw Yuan Shu forcibly occupying the house and was quite disapproving, because when I took office in Jiangxia that day, the Jiangxia County Government was dilapidated, and I was not able to live in the official temple, so I also borrowed it to live in a local merchant's house, but Liu Jingzhou heard about it and sent me a hundred Yi gold, so that I could rebuild the official temple, and I could not use the official body as a private house......"

Sun Jian suddenly came to his senses, and then his face became embarrassed.

"Sun Poyu, let me ask you, have you ever heard that your two righteous brothers don't go to the official temple and live in other people's houses when they go on patrol?" Seeing this, Huang Zu sneered and mocked. "Even Han Fu, a person who is recognized as a coward, used to be in Yecheng, and the Yecheng mansion was crowned by Zhao Zhong's old mansion, and Zhao Zhong had no owner after his death, and everyone left office and entered the other house to live in peace! It's good for you, you dislike Yuan Shu for being immoral, and rebel against him in the name of this, but you take the stolen goods that Yuan Shu snatched for your own use, what kind of person is this to rebel? ! In my opinion, your life is just a pattern of selling melons! Pity that Jiang Qin, so loyal and brave, he actually became a thief like Ji Ling, and he will be laughed at for eternity in the future! ”

After saying that, the person laughed, and turned around under the angry eyes of Ji Ling on his side and Sun Jian behind him, and after a while, Ji Ling finally looked up to the sky and sighed, gritted his teeth and followed, but Sun Jian was angry and inexplicable, his face was red, but he couldn't refute it!

After a while, in order to understand the anger of his own lord, Zu Mao hurriedly beheaded the two of them, and presented the head to show that he was listening, but this matter was not mentioned, but Ji Ling and Huang Zu were like another time and space after all, and they never failed their own fathers, and they all died to repay their own kindness, but it made people feel a little mixed.

"You don't have to think about it!" When Zhu Zhi got the news from Zu Mao and hurriedly came, he found that Sun Jian had left the mansion where he was originally based, and simply stood outside the door, so he hurriedly came to persuade him. "Ji Ling is foolish and loyal, Huang Zu is even more recognized as a greedy and incompetent person, what is worth paying attention to in the words of this kind of person, but he deliberately messed with the mind of the public before he died!"

"I know these two aren't worth mentioning." Sun Jian somewhat recovered his clarity at this time, so he calmly held his knife and said. "But Junli, what I care about is Gongyi (Jiang Qin), and I can't forget Gongyi's death...... These days, I am always thinking about what you said when you advised me before, and I am always thinking about some things before, and you say that if I can't succeed in the future, how will Gongyi be treated by future generations? Will it be as ridiculous as Ji Ling and Huang Zu today? But there are also Huang Zu's words, although most of them are nonsense, but at least this mansion should not be occupied, right? ”

Zhu Zhi wanted to speak and stopped...... To tell the truth, if he wasn't worried that Sun Jian would be like last time in Chen Jun, his blood would surge and affect his body, but instead he would have to advise the other party to think more about how to stabilize the rule like now, but the last time was too scary, even Zhu Junli would not be able to add fuel and vinegar at this time.

As a result, the two monarchs and ministers were silent for a while, but they stood in front of the mansion quite abruptly.

And after a long time, seeing that the sun was about to set, Zu Mao, who was ordered to do things, hurriedly returned, but finally seemed relieved: "Don't worry, you don't have to move...... This mansion is already ownerless! ”

"What does that mean?" After waiting for a long time, Sun Jian frowned and asked.

"The owner of the mansion hurriedly abandoned the mansion when we defeated Yuan Shu in Xinye before, and fled to Xiangyang with his family!"

Sun Jian opened his mouth to speak, but he couldn't say half a word like when Huang Zu mocked him before!

"Zu Darong, you rammer!" Zhu Zhi was angry.

Zu Mao was at a loss for a while, but Sun Jian simply waved his hand, just ordered Zhu Zhi to strictly enforce the military discipline of the whole army, and then went to stay in the official temple in the city.