When Huang Zhong got the news, he almost couldn't believe his ears, the long black and white beard floated without wind, and the whole eye exuded a strong flame of revenge, thinking of Han Xuan's heavy disregard for him, the anger burned almost his entire mind, he grabbed the frightened soldier with both hands, and said angrily in a low voice: "What you said is true? ”

The soldier was already frightened, and he trembled dangerously: "If a subordinate has half a lie, he is willing to die at the hands of the general on the spot." ”

Huang Zhong's whole person seemed to be scattered, sitting softly on the chair, and his brain was blank.

The soldier mustered up the last courage and said: "Vice General Huang, General Liu treats us like a mountain, but he died in the hands of Han Xuan in vain, General, you have to avenge Lord Liu Qi." ”

Huang Zhong didn't think about it and said: "I know that I have a proposition on this matter, you go down first." ”

The soldier glanced at Huang Zhong, and finally couldn't help but say, "General, be careful, as soon as Lord Liu goes, Han Taishou will definitely look for you." ”

Huang Zhong's eyelids jumped heavily, and his heart was full of pain, on the one hand, he was his brother who was like a brother and sister, and on the other hand, he was his unswerving belief in loyalty. Do you really want to force yourself to rebel?

The soldier added: "No matter what the general does, his subordinates will naturally live and die. ”

Huang Zhong glanced at the soldier twice, sighed, and waved him to retreat.

Han Xuan didn't know the news of Liu Qi's accident at this time, and Liu Qi's soldiers knew it and didn't tell Han Xuan. Because in their opinion, this is what Han Xuan did at all. A few soldiers who escaped, after hurriedly catching up with Liu Qi's previous troops, told everything about it, and the soldiers who knew it were all furious, saying that they wanted to avenge Liu Qi. And several leading generals, after urgent discussions, decided to go to Huang Zhong and let him call the shots.

That night, all the soldiers returned to Changsha City.

After Han Xuan got the news, he was shocked and personally brought someone to greet him, and Huang Zhong was naturally among them.

Han Xuan looked around the army inside and outside a few times, but he didn't find Liu Qi, and couldn't help but wonder: "What about General Liu Qi?" ”

All the soldiers were silent.

Han Xuan vaguely felt that something was happening, and couldn't help but raise his voice a lot: "What's the matter?" ”

Finally, a soldier spoke: "General Liu is dead. ”

Han Xuan said "ah", he didn't know what to say for a while, and he was half happy and half worried. On the one hand, I am happy that Liu Qi's thorn in the eye has gone, and Huang Zhong is naturally caught; What worries me is that without Liu Qi's help, how can I stick to Changsha again? It took him a long time before he came back to his senses from his contemplation and said strangely: "Why are you all intact, but General Liu will have an accident?" ”

The soldier said coldly: "Then I have to ask Han Taishou." ”

Han Xuan had never met anyone who dared to speak to him like this, except for Huang Zhong, of course, he couldn't help but be shocked and angry: "You are just a little general, dare to talk to this general like this, have you eaten the gall of a bear's heart and a leopard, come on, pull me down and cut it down." ”

"Slow." Huang Zhong shouted loudly, stopping the sword and axe hand hand.

Han Xuan frowned, and said to Huang Zhong in a cold voice: "Huang Zhong, what do you want to do, in the past, there was Liu Qi's kid to support you, but now that he is dead, it is a smart move for you to protect yourself, don't you think your life is too long?" ”

Huang Zhong said lightly: "Han Qunshou, I hope you can make it clear about General Liu Qi." ”

Han Xuan didn't think about it at all, he just smiled and said: "Huang Zhong, Huang Zhong, there is a road in heaven that you don't take, and there is no door in hell, you want to break through, no wonder Ben is too ruthless, the front account and the future are counted together, you are not enough to cut even the nine-life monster cat." Someone's coming. Han Xuan shouted: "Tie up Huang Zhong for me, push it out and behead it." ”

Huang Zhong looked at Han Xuan with a sneer, there was no trace of emotion in his eyes, and his spirit was like a sharp sword, piercing Han Xuan's heart. The latter's hair stood on end all over his body, and his heart was timid. Even the knife and axe hand did not dare to act rashly for a while. Huang Zhong said: "General Liu is dedicated to helping Taishou defend Changsha, why can you bear to kill him?" ”

Han Xuan only felt incomprehensible, and argued: "Satisfy nonsense." The axeman, don't hurry up and pull these two down and cut them down. ”

Huang Zhong was finally angry, but his heart was still breaking free, so he pulled Huang Zhong down with only some effort with a knife and axe.

The soldiers who came back from Liu Qi dared to be angry but did not dare to speak.

The corners of Han Xuan's mouth brought a smile of victory, although in the eyes of others, it was so hateful.

Huang Zhong was pushed to the stage, and the knife and axe hand had already been prepared, just waiting for Han Xuan's order to execute him. At this critical moment, someone finally took the lead and shouted: "Han Xuan is incompetent, he has repeatedly killed Zhongliang, and the city is broken sooner or later, with such a city ruined and the family is ruined, it is better to kill him, surrender Jiangdong, and maybe get some courtesy." Besides, how General Liu usually treats us, brothers with a conscience, think about it carefully, he died unjustly like this, don't you want to avenge the general? Redress General Huang's grievances. When this voice first sounded, few people responded, but Liu Qi's soldiers' mood began to change.

And Han Xuan's face had changed from blue to white, and then from white to black, and he roared a little madly: "Who, who is inciting the army's heart, you are all reversed, you don't want to live anymore, you will all be pulled out and cut for me." ”

The man who spoke said sharply: "I am from the military academy captain Yang Pu is also." I will take your dog's head today. ”

Han Xuan was already angry and shouted: "Come on, pull Yang Pu down for me and cut it down, who else dares to speak for Huang Zhong anymore, and cut it for me too." Liu Qi's dissatisfaction began to confuse everyone, and he didn't know who took the lead, and several people rushed towards Han Xuan.

Han Xuan suddenly became a little frightened, and shouted at the end of the break: "Waiters, waiters, pull down these traitors and kill them all." ”

Han Xuan's words finally angered all the soldiers in Liu Qi. The group couldn't control themselves anymore and rushed forward.

Han Xuan's soul was scattered, and he only knew how to shout desperately: "Guard, guard." However, the angry soldiers rushed up and surrounded Han Xuan's personal guards at once, and those who resisted the slightest were hacked to death with knives. The scene was very chaotic. Han Xuan, who said that he was in a high position and power, would never have thought that there would be such a situation today.

Huang Zhong looked at this scene with pain, the ropes on his body had already been untied by the soldiers, but the struggle in his heart was far from over. I didn't know what I should do for a while.

When the soldiers defending the city of Changsha were about to arrive, in the angry flames of Liu Qi's subordinates, Han Xuan had already been piled into a pile of pulp, and his personal guards could not escape the fate of hacking to death. The steward had already slipped away when he saw that things were not good, and only Yang Ling was there stupidly, holding a knife but not knowing where to cut. Huang Zhong saw that Han Xuan was killed, and Changsha was in chaos again, he let out a long sigh in his chest, and his eyes dimmed a lot. That's it, leave everything to fate.

Fifty miles outside the city of Changsha.

Liu Qi sat in Zhang Lang's tent, without any shackles in his body. Yes, when Han Shan slashed through with a knife, although Liu Qi was severely injured, it did not kill him, and then he was stunned by Han Shan's palm and was captured.

Zhang Lang sat on the side and drank tea slowly, obviously not knowing the changes in Changsha City, Liu Qi was silent there, and there were bandages wrapped in many places; And Huang Xu stood aside, his eyes drifting to Zhang Lang from time to time, his face looking very anxious.

Zhang Lang cocked his legs, shook them up, and said with a smile: "Liu Qi, you are convinced, if it weren't for Huang Xu begging in front of me, I would have already taken your surname, what do you want me to do now?" ”

Liu Qi glanced at Huang Xu affectionately, and then said to Zhang Lang in a cold voice: "Liu someone is defeated, defeated by your conspiracy and tricks, if you fight in a dignified manner, I am afraid that you may not be able to win me, but the way to survive on the battlefield is to choose no hand, at this point, I have nothing to say, since I am defeated, if you want to kill, you need to listen to respect." ”

Zhang Lang laughed and said: "You know that I won't kill you, does this show that you have a lot of backbone?" ”

Liu Qi was stunned, he didn't know what to say for a while, he only felt ashamed in his heart.

Zhang Lang continued: "Now I have two paths for you to take, one is to surrender to me; The other is to send you back to Jiangdong, disarm and return to the field, and live a peaceful and stable life from now on. Don't know which one you're going to choose? ”

Liu Qi smiled bitterly: "Do I still have a choice?" ”

Zhang Lang nodded and said, "If you want to surrender to me, I am very happy." But then again, I have to think about your relationship with Liu Biao. So, even if you really want to surrender, I won't accept it. Only for you to find a paradise and live the life of ordinary people is the best choice. In this way, you have another way to live, and I will also give Huang Zhong and Huang Xu a good explanation. However, if you flee back to Jingzhou and become my enemy again, then don't blame me for not giving face. ”

Liu Qi just looked at Zhang Lang quietly and didn't say a word. And Huang Xu looked at Zhang Lang with a grateful face.

At this time, Guo Jia's hearty laughter sounded from outside the tent: "Congratulations to the lord, congratulations to the lord." ”

Zhang Lang stood up, watched Guo Jia stride forward, and said expectantly: "Where does the joy come from?" ”

Guo Jia smiled and said, "The lord is wise." Han Xuan thought that Liu Qi was killed, and he really wanted to take Huang Zhong's head, but it aroused the dissatisfaction of the soldiers from Youxian County, and he was killed by Yangpu in the chaos. Now Yangpu has surrendered the city, just waiting for the lord to take over. ”

Zhang Lang slapped his palms hard and shouted: "Okay, Changsha has been decided, and Baqiu can also be mapped." ”

When Liu Qi heard the rebellion in Changsha, he suddenly felt dizzy, and he only felt that all thoughts were gray, and he muttered after a long time: "Heaven's will can't be done." Zhang Lang is full of scheming, and it seems that Jingzhou will change hands sooner or later. Hey, I accept your offer. When Liu Qi said this, he seemed to have aged ten years all of a sudden.

Huang Xu only felt that he was extremely sad, and said in a trembling voice: "Uncle Liu......"

Liu Qi stood up tremblingly, walked to Huang Xumian, stroked his cheek tremblingly with calloused hands, and said in a choked voice: "You have grown up, you are more powerful than your uncle back then, and you will do your filial piety in the future." ”

Huang Xu nodded desperately, but his eyes flowed down uncontrollably.

Zhang Lang sighed secretly and walked out of the camp with Guo Jia.

In the sixth year of Jian'an, in the summer of 202 AD, Zhang Lang planned to seize Changsha, and his troops were bloodless, not only had to join Huang Zhong, but also won the important initiative for himself in the Jingchu battle with Liu Biao, and began to mobilize Liu Biao's troops everywhere, so that he was tired of coping, and at the same time greatly reduced the pressure on the defense line from Xiakou to Chibi. In terms of strategic goals, it has fully achieved its original intention. Cai Mao learned that Changsha was lost and Baqiu was in danger, so he had to transfer 30,000 soldiers from Hanyang, personally lead the team, and hurriedly went south to support, because he knew that once Baqiu was in danger again, the Changsha waterway would be completely cut off, and without the power of the navy, how could he take Xiaxiakou. At the same time, he also wrote to Liu Biao, hoping to get the support of the generals again, send troops to the public security, and seize Changsha. Among them, Cai Mao also fantasized that he could fight Zhang Lang to the death in the Baqiu area, eat Zhang Lang's main combat force in one bite, and break Jiangdong.

And after Huang Zu got Cai Mao's order, he didn't dare to attack Xiakou rashly. You must know that in just one month, when attacking Xiakou, at least more than 5,000 soldiers were lost and nearly 10,000 soldiers were wounded, but Xiakou was still as stable as Mount Tai and impregnable. A large part of this is due to Tian Feng and Cheng Yu. In fact, Huang Zu didn't know that although the defense line in Xiakou was well organized, it had already had a fatal defect, that is, after holding on for a month, the military materials were basically in a state of three noes, especially arrows. Think about it, in the Han Wei era, as the most important defender of the arrow was insufficient, what did that mean? Fortunately, Zhang Lang made a breakthrough in Changsha in time, restrained Cai Mao's troops, and gave Cheng Yu a chance to breathe, otherwise Huang Zu and the superior forces would go forward one after another, and Xia Kou would really not be able to withstand it.

The day after Changsha's success, Zhang Lang immediately went north to make peace with Wei Yan and began to seize the time and plot against Baqiu.

Although Cai Mao made a response to Changsha as soon as possible, it was impossible to fly from Chuyang to Baqiu in a short period of time, and the time given to Zhang Lang was there, but it was not very much. How to take Bachu is another big question. Yunmengze is 800 miles wide, there are islands in the lake, and there are lakes in the islands. The waterline extends in all directions, and the defensive area is very wide, so it is very difficult to rely on Wang Wei's 20,000 troops alone, but Wang Wei's goal is to hold the water passage of the Yangtze River, and Nabaling is heavily garrisoned. Wang Wei had the same vision, seeing that Yun Mengze was really difficult to defend, he simply gathered all his troops in the area from Baling to Baqiu, intensively deployed, and Yun Mengze left with Zhang Lang by waterway.

However, no one thought that Zhang Lang played a big joke on them, and it turned out that Zhang Lang's adventurous move was a major step in opening the door to Jingzhou.

(To be continued)