Without further ado, Huan Jie prepared his bags and accompanied five sergeants to escort Huang Zu to Jingzhou to exchange Sun Jian's corpse.

Soon after Liu Biao and Cai Mao returned to the city that day, they received the news that Huang Zu was captured by Huang Gai on the river.

Liu Biao was taken aback at the time, originally this battle was able to kill Sun Jian, which can be described as a complete victory, but Zhang Yun was killed on his side and Huang Zu was captured, so it didn't seem to take too much advantage.

"Do you have a way to rescue Gongxiao?" Huang Zu asked.

Cai Mao had simply bandaged the wound on his buttocks at this time, stood aside at this time, and said: "Lord, why bother to rescue Huang Zu, who has no plan, it is better to raise an army, go straight to Changsha, wipe out all the remnants of Sun Jianyu's party, and pacify Jingnan is the best policy." ”

Liu Biao frowned, ignored Cai Mao, but looked at Kuai Liang and asked, "Zirou, what is the best plan?" ”

Kuai Liang was silent for a moment, and then said: "This matter is extremely difficult to do, but I agree with De Jue's statement, it is better to take advantage of this to send troops and defeat Sun Jianyu's party in one fell swoop." ”

"This ......" Liu Biao couldn't help but hesitate when he heard Kuailiang's words.

Cai Mao was also taken aback by Kuai Liang's words, the Cai family and the Kuai family, as the two major warrior clans in Jingzhou, are not less open and secretly fighting on weekdays.

Cai Mao really didn't expect that this time Kuai Liang would agree with his statement, and couldn't help but be happy in his heart, and said: "Lord, even Zirou said so, please give an order." ”

Liu Biao was silent, obviously not very willing to send troops to recruit Sun Ce.

Kuai Liang continued: "My lord, at this time, Sun Jian's heart is lost, and his body is in my place, the army's spirit must be weakened. ”

Liu Biao was silent again, and after a while, he finally spoke: "If you send troops to conscript, won't Gongxiao have no chance of survival?" ”

"It's just a scheming Huang Zu, why bother?" Cai Mao said nonchalantly.

Liu Biao glared, and couldn't help but scold: "De Jue, this statement is too hurtful!" Filial piety is my best friend, how can I bear to give it up, if he is a prisoner of the ladder in the future, will he also persuade me to give up? ”

"Forehead ......"

Liu Biao's words, Cai Mao and Kuai Liang were speechless, and they thought about it carefully, but as Liu Biao said, if he was captured by others one day, he naturally hoped that Liu Biao would do his best to rescue him, rather than abandoning himself for the sake of the great cause.

At this moment, a sergeant stepped forward to report: "Lord Qi, there is a Jiangdong envoy entering Jingzhou. ”

"Koto emissary?" Liu Biao was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "Who is coming?" What is it? ”

The sergeant replied: "The person who came claimed to be Sun Jian's secretary of the army, named Huan Jie, and escorted General Huang Zu to come in order to exchange for Sun Jian's body. ”

"How many men did he take?" Cai Mao hurriedly asked.

"There are only five people accompanying him, and there is a lot of fanfare along the way, and the people of Jingzhou already know the purpose of their trip." The sergeant replied.

Cai Mao took a step forward, hugged his fists and said: "Lord, this is a godsend, that Huan Jie only brought five people, so he escorted Gongxiao to come, why not send troops to snatch it, and then kill the Huan Rank sacrifice flag, raise a large army, all the way south, sweep Changsha?" ”

"Deju's words are very true!" Kuai Liang and vocal voice.

Liu Biao let out a sigh of relief, shook his head categorically, and said: "The reason why I stand in Jingzhou is to convince people with virtue, not to bully people with force, so that there are only six people. ”

"Could it be that the lord really wants to exchange Sun Jian's corpse for filial piety?" Cai Mao asked, "As long as Sun Jian's body is not returned, the Jiangdong army will be unstable, and we will have a chance to break it!" ”

Liu Biao shook his head and said: "Now that Jiangdong sent an envoy to exchange the corpse, it is already a well-known thing, if I forcibly take it, it is unjust and not a gentleman's doing." ”

Cai Mao sighed and stopped talking, Liu Biao is sometimes like this, he thinks of himself as a gentleman, and no one can persuade him.

Liu Biao opened his mouth again and said: "Not only can I forcibly take it, but I also have to send someone to escort it, if something happens to Huanjie in my Jingzhou, then I will have a hard time speaking." ”

"You can bring more than 100 sergeants to meet the escort." Kuai Liang said that since he couldn't persuade Liu Biao to send troops, he could only follow him.

Liu Biao nodded, and shouted towards the tent: "Ma Rong, I order you to bring two hundred people to meet the Jiangdong envoy Huan Jie, and there must be no difference!" ”

"Order!"

This Ma Rong is also a son of the Ma family of the Jingzhou Shi clan, who was a lieutenant under Liu Biao's account, and immediately ordered the sergeants to meet Huanjie.

At this time, Huan Jie was not far from Jingzhou, and he was riding a horse, and five sergeants behind him escorted Huang Zu.

Huang Zu was already unkempt, and his body was also covered with blood stains, and he was pushed and shoved by the sergeant, looking listless.

Suddenly, a sergeant shouted, "Sir, there is a group of men and horses in front, about one or two hundred, what should I do?" ”

Huan Jie sat on the horse, looked up, and saw the team, led by a military flag, with the word "horse" written on it.

Although I don't know who this "horse" flag belongs to, but I know that this is the regular army of Jingzhou, and Huanjie is a little relieved.

"Don't worry, this must be sent by Liu Biao to greet us." Huan Jie said indifferently.

However, the other five sergeants were as if they were facing a great enemy, and each of them pressed their hands on their blades, looking like they were ready to fight.

Although they knew that if it was really the enemy, the five of them would not be able to make any waves, but instinctively, they still did not dare to relax their vigilance.

When it got closer, the general of the first lieutenant walked out of the "horse" brand, came to the front of Huan Jie, hugged his fists and said: "I don't know if it is the Jiangdong envoy Huan Jie?" ”

Huan Jie took two steps forward and said, "It's down, I don't know the general?" ”

The man smiled and said, "I am Ma Rong, the commander of the military academy under the Jingzhou pastoral tent, and I am here to escort the Jiangdong envoy on the order of the lord. ”

After hearing this, Huan Jie bowed his hand and said with a smile: "Then General Lao will support you all the way." ”

"Well said, well said." Ma Rong said politely, then turned the horse's head and motioned for Huan to move forward.

Huan Jie was also not polite, lightly pinched the horse's belly, and followed Ma Rong forward, escorted by two hundred sergeants on both sides.

"General Ma, save me!" Huang Zu suddenly spoke.

As soon as Huang Zu spoke, the five sergeants brought by Huan Jie immediately surrounded Huang Zu as if they were facing a great enemy.

Ma Rong turned his head, glanced at Huang Zu, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and said lightly: "I am ordered by the lord to only escort the Jiangdong envoy, and I don't care about the rest." ”

"You!" Huang Zu was half angry, "Good boy, you wait." ”

Ma Rong snorted lightly, he didn't take Huang Zu's threat to heart at all, he was not an ordinary sergeant, he had the Ma family behind him as support, it was not easy for Huang Zu to deal with him.

Huan Jie didn't pay attention to Huang Zu, but talked and laughed with Ma Rong, and walked in the direction of Jingzhou, leaving Huang Zu to follow behind with a look of resentment.