Reached a consensus with Cai Mao, Han Song and others, although Xiangyang lost Liu Biao, the Optimus Prime, but it also ran quickly, Cai Mao personally put on the battle, he was born as a military general, trusted by Liu Biao, and served as a military general for many counties, over the years, it was rare to see him wear that set of armor.

Jiangxia County, it has been four days.

The news that the imperial court planned Liu Qi to be the pastor of Jingzhou had already spread to the counties of Jiangxia, and it was too late to rejoice, Jiangdong attacked again, completely nailing Liu Qi to the same place and unable to get out of Xiangyang.

On the Jiangdong side, Sun Ce personally went out, led Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, Zhu Zhi, Jiang Qin and more than a dozen fierce generals, and left Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao and Lu Fan to guard the territory of Jiangdong, and suddenly attacked Jiangxia with a strong attitude.

Although Liu Qi did not have the ability to start pioneering, but he was able to act quite steadily, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses stationed in Jiangxia, all gathered in Xiakou, under the command of Liu Qi, did not take the initiative to go out of the city to fight, let the Jiangdong soldiers and horses wave the flag and shout, but refused to go out, for two consecutive days, in addition to the loss of less than 3,000 soldiers and horses, but successfully blocked the enemy in Jiangbei.

Xiakou as Jiangxia as a solid throat place, by the mountains and rivers, the terrain is extremely steep, it is precisely because of Xiakou in hand, Liu Biao can repeatedly repel the invading Jiangdong soldiers and horses.

Even a military wizard like Sun Ce, in the face of the almost unbreakable Xia Kou, can only sigh in vain, any conspiracy of the Yang Conspiracy will be shattered into dust in the face of the confrontation of righteousness and light.

Under the command of Sun Ce, tens of thousands of brave and fearless Jiangdong soldiers have killed 10,000 people, but they still failed to take Xiakou in the shortest possible time.

Liu Qi arranged more than a dozen Mengchong ships on both sides of Xiakou. It also swept the boulders on the high mountains on both sides. Above the vantage heights. Each has thousands of soldiers and horses to guard, with crossbows and bows in turn, flying arrows rain, it is hard to kill the brave and good Jiangdong soldiers and horses to the back of the horse, so angry that Sun Ce almost went into battle in person, if it were not for Huang Gai Chengpu and other veterans to fight, I am afraid the casualties will be even more severe.

The sun was still high, and there was a foul smell on the river. There are tens of thousands of corpses floating in the water, although Sun Ce has ordered someone to salvage some of the corpses, but still can't keep up with the speed of the corpses decomposing and stinking, in this hot summer, the corpses are soaked in the water, the smell is naturally extremely unpleasant, even the defenders on Xiakou City have also been affected.

"It's the enemy"

Liu Qi was dressed in a military uniform with a sword hanging from his waist, and walked to the head of the city surrounded by Chen Yi and several generals. Chen Yi, beside him, glanced at the blurred figure and reminded.

Liu Qi nodded slightly. The gray spots gradually enlarged, and there were more than a hundred small boats on the river, on which stood three to ten Jiangdong soldiers.

"Is it going to attack again?" Liu Qi frowned and said, this is already the second day, Jiangdong soldiers and horses have been attacking the city one after another, although the damage to their own side is not large, but this non-stop death attack has put a lot of psychological pressure on ordinary soldiers.

"It's not"

Chen Yi shook his head: "If it's a big attack, it's a small boat, and these hundred or so small boats can only carry thousands of people at best, which is not enough to dry their teeth." ”

"Why is that?" Liu Qi wondered.

"Salvage the body," Wen Ping, who was less than a few steps away from Liu Qi, said indifferently.

After a few years of high spirits, Wen Ping began to precipitate himself, in recent years, but rarely heard of his trivial matters, as the deputy general of the town guarding Jiangxia, concurrently served as the county Sima's civil appointment authority is very large, which is also Liu Biao's fancy to him before his death.

Liu Cong and Liu Qi competed, Wen Ping was impartial, only did what he should do, this time Sun Ce attacked again, he followed Liu Qi for the first time, Liu Qi lacked military experience, yesterday repelled Jiangdong soldiers and horses, it was under his command to win.

"Will there be a conspiracy?" Liu Qi was a little suspicious.

"Probably not"

Wen Ping shook his head and said: "In this kind of hot weather, the corpse will not only have a foul smell if it is soaked in the river for too long, but it will also cause a plague even more terrifyingly, so it is also an essential thing to salvage the corpse in time. ”

When Liu Qi heard this, he completely sank his worries to the bottom of his heart, and looked at the Jiangdong soldiers and horses who were holding the pole on the river to salvage the corpses of his comrades, and still advised: "Watch them carefully, you can't let the enemy take advantage of it." ”

"The End Will Understand"

Wen Ping nodded noncommittally, no matter what, Liu Qi's caution is not unreasonable, Jiangdong Sun Ce is menacing, the offensive is several times more fierce than in previous years, Wen Ping has been stationed in Jiangxia for three years, during which there have been more than ten or twenty attacks by Jiangdong soldiers and horses, but none of them have been as fierce as yesterday.

Distanced from the generals of Wenpin, Liu Qi left Chen Yi alone, if there was no Chen Yi fighting to the death before, Liu Qi would not have been able to successfully escape back to Jiangxia, there is this bit of affection, plus Chen Yi is a good family member of Liu Qi's biological mother, so compared to others, Liu Qi still trusts Chen Yi more.

deliberately distanced himself from Wen Ping and other generals, but heard Liu Qi say softly: "Is there any news from Uncle Liu Huang's side?" ”

Chen Yi frowned, but he still responded truthfully: "Zhuge Kongming just said a word to wait and see. ”

"Wait and see"

Liu Qi pondered carefully for a moment, and said a little dullly: "Zhuge Kongming, this person, everything else is good, he just likes to hide and tuck, and he always speaks without a beginning or an end, which is really incomprehensible." ”

Chen Yi's eyebrows were even thicker, and he hesitated for a moment, but still spoke: "Does the lord trust Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang too much, no matter how they are outsiders, standing in their position, their words and deeds are often more selfish, will such outsiders really help Gongzi without reservation?" ”

"I understand"

Liu Qi sighed heavily: "However, I didn't have a choice, the second brother has the support of Cai Mao, Han Song, Fu Xun, Liu Xian, Deng Xi, Wang Cang, and the resources available are far better than mine, and now I really can't think of any other way than borrowing external forces." ”

"Then why do you have to turn to Liu Bei for help?"

Chen Yi said in a condensed voice: "In my opinion, that Liu Bei is not a good person, looking at benevolence and righteousness, but in fact, he forgets righteousness, these years, Liu Bei's disciples have made heroes everywhere in Jingxiang, which is not a good sign." ”

Liu Qi frowned slightly and said: "I understand all this, my father alienated Uncle Liu Huang because of this, but the current Jingzhou is not the Jingzhou when my father was still there, without Uncle Liu's help, Cao Cao, Sun Jian and Yuan Shu are not something we can resist." ”

"What about the imperial court?"

Chen Yi was silent for a moment and said: "Now that the imperial court intends to be the prince of Jingzhou, looking at it like this, among the two princes, the attitude of the imperial court is still more inclined to yours." ”

"Can the court be trusted?"

Liu Qi shook his head and said: "Maybe now it seems that the imperial court is indeed on my side, but the power of the court is in the hands of the powerful minister Yuan Shang, with his character of not seeing rabbits and not scattering eagles, how can he be kind enough to help me ascend to the throne." ”

Chen Yi wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Liu Qi: "Compared to Yuan Shang, Uncle Liu Huang is at least my Han clan relative, in terms of intimacy and dissociation, what reason do I have to choose to believe in a Yuan Shang who has no connection with the Han family." ”

"Subordinates get it"

Chen nodded, Liu Qi is a relative of the Han family, and Liu Bei is too, in a certain relationship, it can be regarded as a family, compared to Yuan Shang, the powerful minister who dug the foundation of the Han family, Liu Qi's trust in the court is naturally far inferior to his trust in Liu Bei, the so-called Han and Liu family, this is probably the truth.

"That Xiangyang over there..."

Liu Qi whispered: "Since Yuan Shang has helped me unsparingly, naturally I can't waste it, don't pay attention to it for now, and see what my second brother plans to do." ”

When Chen Yi heard this, he nodded slightly, at this time, when the enemy was coming, and he really couldn't fight inwardly, at this point, Liu Qi did a very satisfactory job.

"Is it going to start again?"

At this moment, Chen Yi, who had very good hearing, moved slightly, and following his line of sight, dozens of warships and hundreds of warships were gradually sailing towards Xiakou, Liu Qi's pupils shrank, and the burly figure in the center who was protected by dozens of warships and hundreds of warships stood tall and attracted everyone's attention as soon as he appeared. (To be continued......)