Guan Yu was taken aback, and when he turned his head to look, he saw that Liu Bei's raised hand was slowly lowered, and hundreds of archers poured out of the mountains and forests on both sides, all of whom were soldiers from Pingyuan County.

Liu Bei waved his hand, told the soldiers to retreat, and put his horse forward.

Guan Yu recovered from the shock and asked, "Big brother, Sun Jian has already promised to hand over the jade seal, and I have also promised to let him go, why did you still order him to be shot." ”

When Guan Yu forced Sun Jian to the river, Liu Bei had already led the army to arrive, he saw that the surrounding terrain was conducive to hiding, so he ordered the archers to sneak into the mountains and forests, watching his gestures and acting, Guan Yu and Sun Jian's attention was focused on each other's bodies, and they didn't notice Liu Bei's actions at all, just when Sun Jian was about to hand over the jade seal and relax his vigilance, Liu Bei suddenly ordered the arrows to be released, and in an instant, Sun Jian was hit by dozens of arrows, and he was desperate on the spot.

Liu Bei heard some complaints in Guan Yu's words, but he was not annoyed, and said lightly: "Sun Jian himself said that if he has a jade seal of the country, he will be killed by ten thousand arrows piercing his heart, and I just help him fulfill his oath." ”

As he spoke, he came to Sun Jian's corpse, jumped off the horse, and saw Sun Jian staring at his eyes, never blinking his eyes until death, and his left hand was still tightly grasping a yellow cloth package around his waist, Liu Bei pulled Sun Jian's fingers away, took the package, and opened it gently, inside was a small vermilion box, inside the box was a four-inch jade seal, carved with five dragons, a corner was missing next to it, inlaid with gold, and there were eight seal characters: Ordered by the sky, both longevity and Yongchang,

Seeing these words, Liu Bei's eyes lit up, and the hand holding the jade seal trembled involuntarily.

Guan Yu also dismounted and came closer, he didn't look at the jade seal in Liu Bei's hand, but first made a deep bow to Sun Jian's body, and then turned to Liu Bei and said, "Big brother, should we hand over the jade seal to Yuan Shao first." ”

Liu Bei was still immersed in inexplicable excitement, and it wasn't until Guan Yu asked again that he came back to his senses, and said with a straight face: "No, Yun Chang, can't you see that Yuan Shao and those princes already have different intentions, and the jade seal in their hands is tantamount to a sheep falling into the mouth of a tiger, I want to look for an opportunity to hand it over to the emperor with my own hands." ”

Guan Yu thought about it and felt that what Liu Bei said was reasonable, so he nodded and said, "Then let's go back, don't let Master Kong worry about them." ”

Liu Bei played with the jade seal for a while, and then carefully put it back in the box, wrapped it in a yellow cloth, hid it around his waist, turned over his horse, and said to Guan Yu: "The matter of the jade seal in my hands must not be leaked, so as not to attract the secret hands of the princes." ”

Guan Yu also jumped on his horse and said, "If Master Kong asks about Sun Jian's whereabouts, how will we answer." ”

Liu Bei rode forward and said without thinking: "I just said that I couldn't catch up and was escaped by him." ”

But it was said that Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, and Han Dang were attacked by the Xuzhou Army and the Northern Navy, and broke through by different routes, until more than an hour later, they reunited, and there were only more than ten cavalry left, and all of them were wounded, especially Han Dang was the most seriously injured, and his face was already colorless, and even his mind was a little unclear, as for Sun Jian, he didn't know where to flee.

Cheng Pu and Huang Gai didn't dare to be careless, while helping Han Dang bandage his wounds, while looking for Sun Jian's whereabouts everywhere, along the way, dozens of remnants were collected one after another, and the surviving soldiers pointed to the dense forest in front of them, saying that they seemed to see the lord being chased and fled into the forest, Cheng Pu and Huang Gai couldn't take a break, and immediately took everyone into the forest.

Suddenly, the soldiers in front shouted loudly: "Come on, my lord, my lord, he has ......"

The soldier's words were not finished, and he couldn't cry anymore, Cheng Pu and the others were all nervous, and hurried over, but saw that on the beach by the river, Sun Jian's whole body was full of feather arrows, and with the support of these arrows, his body did not fall, and he still maintained a half-kneeling posture.

Seeing this, Cheng Pu shouted: "Lord." "When his eyes were black, he fainted,

Huang Gai endured his grief, stepped forward, stretched out his hand to wipe Sun Jian's face, and closed his eyes, but he was already in tears.

Xuzhou city is a laughter, Tao Qian in the hall to entertain Kong Rong, Liu Bei and his party, Xuzhou all the civil and military are excited for today's victory, one by one to drink, but also frequently toast Kong Rong, Liu Bei and others, Tao Qian is frowning, sighing, sigh,

Kong Rong asked puzzledly: "Sun Jian has already been defeated, why is Tao Yuanjun still worried. ”

Tao Qian sighed and said: "Although this time it was a big victory, but Sun Jian and others all fled, and the jade seal was not able to be brought back, Sun Jian was brave and fierce, and he would never swallow this evil breath, he said that he recovered his vitality and will definitely come to take revenge, I lack good generals in Xuzhou, how to resist in the future, just because Tao was careless for a while, but he wanted to make the whole city suffer from the military and civilians, how could Tao bear it." ”

When Liu Bei heard this, he suddenly had a plan, and hurriedly got up and saluted and said: "Tao Yuanjun doesn't have to worry, Liu's brother Guan Yu is brave, Sun Jian is definitely not his opponent, if you can trust Liu, Liu is willing to stay and help Lingjun guard Xuzhou." ”

Tao Qian couldn't help but be overjoyed, and even thanked him, and said with a deep salute: "Liu Gongken stepped forward, which is really a blessing for the military and people of Xuzhou, and Tao is here to thank Liu Gong for the military and people of Quanzhou." ”

Liu Bei hurriedly held Tao Qian and said: "Liu is also a relative of the Han family, and it is really a matter of duty to protect the territory and protect the people. ”

Since he said that he was a member of the Han family at the princes' alliance, he always talked about this identity, as if he was not reminding others, but worried that he would forget, but now as soon as the words came out, he remembered Liu Xinlai, his face couldn't help but blush slightly, peeked at Kong Rong, and saw that he didn't react, so he put his mind at ease,

Unexpectedly, Tao Qian was excited, took Liu Bei's hand and said: "Tao is old and sick, overwhelmed, although he has two sons, but he has no talent, Liu Gong is not only the queen of the imperial family, but also famous, Tao is willing to ask for leave to recuperate, and give up the position of the state pastor to Liu Gong, and I hope that Liu Gong will not shirk." ”

Liu Bei offered to help Tao Qian guard Xuzhou, just to find a place to settle first, and then slowly plot, but he didn't expect Tao Qian to take the initiative to give way, but he was taken aback, the corners of Liu Bei's mouth moved slightly, and he almost agreed, but suddenly remembered that this was not Tao Qian's tentative words, and hurriedly said: "Liu Mou came up to help Tao Zhijun for righteousness, how can he take it for himself, wouldn't he be ashamed of the world, this matter must not be." ”

Mi Zhu knew that there would be chaos today, and Tao Qian alone would not be able to hold Xuzhou, Liu Bei was a suitable candidate for Xuzhou Mu, so he got up and persuaded: "Xuande Gong listens to me, Xuzhou has always been rich, with a household registration of one million, Xuande is a clan relative, and he can lead this state to make contributions to the Han family, and he cannot shirk." ”

Guan Yu knew that Liu Bei had great ambitions, and if he could get Xuzhou, it would be a good opportunity, so he also got up and said: "Since Tao Envoy Jun is in favor, why don't the eldest brother temporarily act as an agent for state affairs, so that Tao Envoy Jun can recuperate with peace of mind." ”

Although Liu Bei also has the intention to occupy Xuzhou, his words have already been spoken, and the surname Suo will keep this tall image, so he resolutely refuses to agree.

Tao Qian had no choice, so he had to say: "Then ask Liu Gong to send troops to Xiaopei first, and provide food and grass for the army, and have his own supply from Xuzhou." ”

Liu Bei had no objection to such an arrangement, and readily agreed.

On the way to Xiaopei with the army, Guan Yu asked puzzledly: "Big brother, it's not Xuzhou that we forced him to, such a good opportunity, why didn't the big brother agree." ”

Liu Bei faced Guan Yu's question, just smiled and shook his head silently, and galloped forward.

Just when Tao Qian asked Xuzhou, Liu Xin also led the army to leave Yique Pass and came to Yingchuan City, Yique Pass was defended by Zhang Ren, Liu Xin naturally did not have to worry, before leaving, he just repeatedly told Zhang Ren that if the people of Luoyang fled south, do not stop them, and let them out of the pass.

Although Liu Xin did not spend a single soldier when attacking Yingchuan, but Yingchuan first suffered from the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and then suffered from the scourge of the Xiliang soldiers, and was already dilapidated, just in the past few days when Liu Xin went north, Jingzhou's engineering team has all been transferred, and is hurrying to repair the city and roads, and the peasants have also understood the new tax policy, and their enthusiasm is unprecedentedly high, and they have come to the fields and put themselves into intense labor, and the whole territory of Yingchuan is busy, even if the continuous spring rain has not stopped the development of various work.

Liu Xin rested overnight in Yingchuan County, and the next morning he took Chen Gong, Kuai Yue, Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and others to revisit the Yingchuan Academy in the suburbs.

These people are very welcome to the Jingzhou army, many of them have fled to Xiangyang, and the last group of Yellow Turban soldiers in Yingchuan was also wiped out by the Jingzhou army, these days, there are some Jingzhou troops from Nanyang, Nanxiang and other places to transfer over, to help them repair houses, plant crops, distribute food, but even a sip of water refuses to drink them, which increases the Yingchuan people's good impression of the Jingzhou army, when I learned that most of these Jingzhou troops are newly recruited soldiers this year, Many young and strong people in Yingchuan have begun to inquire if they can join the ranks of the Jingzhou army.

Liu Xin looked at these simple people, turned his head to the civil and military forces around him and said: "Do you see, the common people are the kindest, their requirements are not high, as long as you are good to them, they will support you, although we are all in high positions, but at any time, we must put the people in our hearts." ”

When Chen Gong and the others heard this, they all nodded again and again, silently thinking about what Liu Xin said,

Liu Xin looked up at the sky and continued: "People, you must always be in awe, even if the emperor is the emperor, he should not do whatever he wants, there is a truth, everyone must keep in mind, water can carry a boat, it can also capsize a boat, the court is like a big boat on the river, the people of the world are the surging river, which can not only hold up the big boat, but also make the big boat capsize, so we must always care about the suffering of the people." ”

Speaking of this, Liu Xin couldn't help but think of a poem,