Ma Yun was angry, the consequences were very serious, she immediately ordered the suspension of all the powers of Gan Ning, and Xu Chu acted as the lieutenant of the navy, and wrote this matter in the official letter sent to Chang'an, and handed it over to Liu Xin for decision, and then, Ma Yun ordered the 40,000 soldiers of the First Army who had just been transferred back from Wuguan and were preparing to go to Qike County, and 20,000 were transferred to Changsha, commanded by Xu Chu, and it was necessary to rescue Gan Ning's 20,000 sailors back to Changsha safely.

After Xu Chu received the order, he immediately took the 20,000 infantry troops to Yuzhang, and saw Cheng Pu, only then did he know that Gan Ning had gone to Huiji to pursue Yan Baihu, so he had to hurriedly explain a few words, and then led the army to Huiji, and came to the city of Huiji, but saw that there was a big banner with the word "Han" on the head of the city, which was clearly the banner of the Jingzhou Navy, but it was not like the armor of those soldiers.

Just hesitating, at the opening of the city gate, a team of men and horses had already greeted them, and the first general waved a big sword and shouted: "Huiji City is now under the jurisdiction of Lord Mu Liu of Jingzhou. ”

Xu Chu saw that this person was eight feet long and looked wonderful, but he had never seen it, so he couldn't help but shout: "I am Xu Chu, the commander of the Flying Tiger Guard, who are you, how dare you pretend to be my eldest brother's subordinates." ”

The Flying Tiger Guards are one of the most elite troops under Liu Xin, and their names are very loud, the man was already shocked when he heard it, and saw the outfits of the soldiers behind Xu Chu, which were the same as the army led by Gan Ning, and hurriedly turned over and dismounted, and arched his hand and said: "The last general Dong attacked the general, the last general was originally a person under the command of Wang Lang, and now he has abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, and now he is guarding this city under the order of General Gan, and it is definitely not a pretence, please check the general." ”

Xu Chu didn't dare to be careless, lightly lifted the big knife, and said in a deep voice: "Where is Xingba, why don't you come out to see me." ”

Dong Xi saw that he called out the word Gan Ning, and he was even more convinced, and said with his fists: "General Gan stayed at the end of the general and Yu County to defend the city, he led the army to Wu County, and the general came from afar, but he can enter the city." ”

Although Xu Chu saw that he was earnest, he still didn't dare to rest assured, and at a glance he saw many big cars parked in the city gate, and the big knife pointed to that side, and asked: "You have prepared so many vehicles in the city, where do you want to go?" ”

While speaking, a person in the city rode over, jumped down in front of Xu Chu's horse, and said to Xu Chu: "The subordinate Huiji County Chengyu went to meet the general, these cars are loaded with grain and grass, and the subordinates collected them in the city and transported them to the front line of Wu County. ”

Xu Chu said in a deep voice: "Since you have already served my eldest brother, you know that the crime of privately collecting grain and grass and disturbing the people is unforgivable. ”

Yu Fu and Dong Xi looked at each other, and said for a while: "This matter has been made clear to General Gan, and he promised to repay it when the war is over." ”

When Xu Chu heard this, he believed that they had really surrendered, so he hung down the big knife in his hand, nodded and said: "This is very good, you must record the account books clearly, and there must be no forcible seizure and filling of private pockets, otherwise, I know you, the knife in my hand does not recognize you, two, this Huiji City will be handed over to you, and so on in the future, the lord will remember your merits, Xu Mou will go to Wu County to help Xingba, and please point out the path." ”

Yu Fu hurriedly said: "The general and go slowly, Yu still has something to ask for, although Huiji has been returned to Lord Liu, but the surrounding counties have not yet recovered, Wang Lang is nowhere to be found, Jiangnan has recently had a lot of thieves and water thieves, Yu has collected a lot of grain and grass, and is worried that it cannot be transported to Wu County, since the general intends to go to Wu County, I don't know if I can ask the general to send a team of men and horses to escort the escort." ”

Xu Chu groaned: "This general came, and the army carried a large amount of heavy grain and grass, which is enough to help Xingba, and the grain and grass collected by Mr. will be temporarily hoarded in the city in case of emergency, but how can Xingba act so recklessly, and if he does not clear the bandits, he will directly march into Wu County, and he is not afraid of being cut off from the back road, so let's leave a team of people, and you will choose some guides who are familiar with the path, and you will definitely wipe out the rest of Wang Lang and those bandits." ”

This is Xu Chu does not know much about Gan Ning, will give birth to such an idea, Gan Ning was originally a water on the Yangtze River, living a life of licking blood for many years, and naturally also found out a set of his own way of survival and fighting, otherwise it is impossible to dominate the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River for many years, when he encounters the encirclement and suppression of officers and soldiers or with other thieves, the consistent practice is to capture the thief and capture the king, in the face of the enemy's fleet, only concentrate on attacking the ship of the opponent's main general, every time it can receive miraculous results, and it has been tried and tested, This time, he also repeated his old tricks, first attacking the county town, beheading its head, and then dealing with the rest of the people, but the situation was a little different from the past, and he let Wang Lang and Yan Baihu escape one after another.

Yu heard that Xu Chu wanted to leave some soldiers and horses to clear out the bandits, and hurriedly said: "General Mingjian, the south of the Yangtze River is vast and sparsely populated, these bandits are for the people when they enter, and they are bandits when they come out, and I am afraid that they will be wiped out by force alone, as long as the people in the four towns and neighbors can have enough food and clothing, the thieves will naturally disappear without a trace." ”

Xu Chu lowered his head and pondered for a moment and said: "Xu is just a martial artist, Mr. Yu doesn't understand what Xu said, but my eldest brother and sister-in-law love to listen to these things, why don't I send some people to escort Mr. to Xiangyang, Mr. can tell my sister-in-law in person, how to deal with them is up to my sister-in-law to decide." ”

Seeing Yu turn his face and hesitate, Xu Chu continued: "Mr. Yu, my sister-in-law is not an ordinary weak woman, she knows astronomy and geography, even the world-famous Mr. Cai Bojiao has to respect her for three points, my eldest brother is still in Chang'an, if you rush over, it will take a lot of time to come and go, and you will say these truths to my sister-in-law, it is the same." ”

Cai Yong was exiled to Jiangnan when he was exiled, and he stayed in Huiji and Wu County, even if Yu Fu had never seen him, he had heard of his reputation, since even such a respected old gentleman respected Mrs. Zhou Mu, presumably that lady must have something extraordinary, thinking of this, Yu Fu quickly put away his contempt, and said: "In this way, obey the order." ”

Now Wuguan has been conquered, the land of Guanzhong has gradually returned to calm, all post stations along the way have been set up properly, the communication from Xiangyang to Chang'an has returned to normal, Ma Yun received Liu Xin's letter on the night of a reply, and sent it to Chang'an with the official letter,

Chang'an Taishi's Mansion has now become Liu Xin's temporary official residence, however, Liu Xin has only occupied a small part of it, including the clean room where he often rests, a study, and a small garden, but the furniture in the room has been replaced, under Liu Xin's personal guidance, several carpenters who have just been recruited have also made a few wooden chairs, a desk, and even the table for eating has been replaced with a square table of eight immortals.

Cheng Yu, who was sitting opposite Liu Xin, saw at a glance that the private letter spread out on the desk had four Arabic numerals written on it, but he didn't understand what it meant, it wasn't that Cheng Yu had a penchant for peeking at other people's letters, it was really Liu Xin who casually spread the letter on the desk, and only wrote the four Awei numbers "1314" on the huge piece of paper, which took up more than half of the entire paper, Cheng Yu just couldn't see the content and couldn't avoid it, he had been serving Liu Xin's men for so long, he had already known Arabic numerals, and he also felt that it was very useful, But he couldn't figure out what these four numbers represented on this letter, of course, he didn't gossip enough to inquire about the whispers between husband and wife.

Liu Xin looked at the official letter, his face gradually became solemn, if it weren't for the fact that he had already won Guanzhong and Wuguan and opened up the road between him and Xiangyang, Liu Dan and Meng Huo suddenly made it difficult for Ke, but it was indeed possible for him to fall into a situation where he was attacked by the enemy on his back.

After receiving the official letter handed over by Liu Xin, Cheng Yu hurriedly read it and passed it to Guo Jia, Guo Jia saw that Liu Xinna Zhurong was proposed by Fu Zhu, and then went to Zhongnan to promote the policy of the Han barbarian family, and laughed loudly: "Mr. Gong and Mr. This plan is very clever, his subordinates have traveled everywhere in the past, and they have also been to the central and southern regions, and they know what the god of fire represents in the minds of the barbarians. ”

Liu Xin hasn't seen Zhu Rong for more than three years, according to Ma Yunxin, the little girl back then is now tall and powerful, he can't help but think of the heavyweight judo athletes in the future world, he couldn't help but shiver, waved his hand and said: "How can national affairs be pinned on a marriage, it's too child's play, and this matter will be mentioned later." ”

This is Liu Xin's sincere words, from later generations, he does not believe that a nation can be bought through a marriage, he believes that common interests can make everyone closely linked, seeing that Guo Jia seems to want to say something more, Liu Xin coughed dryly, and continued: "Fengxiao, since you have been to the central and southern areas, I will send you to go to Qike through Hanzhong to assist Zilong and evil to resist Meng Huo, and if there is a chance, they will march into the four counties of central and southern China. ”

Guo Jia arched his hand and said: "The subordinates obey the order of the lord general, and there is one more thing under the subordinates, now the lord is in charge of Jing and Yi Erzhou, and he is in charge of most of the divisions, and in a few days, Liangzhou will also be under the jurisdiction of the lord, but the lord now only lives in Jingzhou Mu, I am afraid that it is difficult to convince the public, and it is difficult to collect the hearts of the people of the state, I heard that Cao Ying has proclaimed himself prime minister, Yuan Shao also accepted Liu Xie's edict, and served as the general, his ambitions are all obvious, since the lord has not recognized Liu Xie, the emperor, then there is no lord in the world, why not ...... the lord"

Liu Xin understood what Guo Jia meant, he wanted to persuade himself to take the position in time, and quickly raised his hand to stop his words, and said: "Fengxiao, Liu has already said in advance, and when the world is decided, another Ming Jun will be established, although there is no owner in the world now, but as long as I am loyal to my duties, why worry about the people of all directions who refuse to return to their hearts, the top priority is to pay attention to the people's livelihood first, so that the people have enough food and clothing, the people of Hanzhong have always been poor, and they have been brutalized by Dong Zhuo in various places, how to make them rich and live a good life is what we should consider." ”

During the discussion, Xu Huang's letter was sent from Luoyang, saying that there was an empty city left in the Tiger Prison Pass, and the land of the division was also in the bag, and Cao Ying's entire army retreated to Puyang, asking for instructions on whether to take advantage of the victory to pursue.