Zhang Ji and Hengjie looked at each other, took the letters, opened them, and read them.
Soon, Hengjie was the first to finish reading and looked at Zhang Xian: "The emperor asked the prince to join forces with Liu Biao to fight against Jiangdong?"
Zhang Xian nodded.
At this time, Zhang Ji also finished reading and said: "Chen Deng, the descendant of that Taiwei Chen Qiu? The famous Chen family in Xiapi? Why is he here with us? What is he doing here? Also, he is not in Xuzhou ?Why are they from Jiangdong?"
Zhang Xian patted his thigh and laughed loudly: "Zhongjing, you are really deaf to what is happening outside the window!"
"Xuzhou has changed hands several times in the past few years. Finally, before you studied medicine behind closed doors, it was transferred from Lu Bu's hands to Jiangdong's."
Zhang Ji said with some disbelief: "Jiangdong took Xuzhou from Lu Bu? How is it possible! Although Lu Bu is reckless, he has counselors like Chen Gong under his command, as well as powerful generals such as Zhang Liao and Gao Shun."
"When fighting in Xuzhou, how could Jiangdong's soldiers, who mainly fought on the water, defeat him?"
Zhang Xian nodded in agreement and said with emotion: "Yes, it's really hard to imagine. When I received the information, I couldn't believe it."
"However, all the information is now clear. Xuzhou Lu Bu was defeated by Jiangdong, and it was the new master of Jiangdong who defeated him personally."
"Not only that, Lu Bu and his men are still alive and well."
"Now, Lu Bu himself seems to be a small mayor of Tancheng in Xuzhou."
"But Zhang Liao is in Hefei."
"Gao Shun came to our Changsha with Chen Deng this time."
"Gao Shun's 700 trapped camp, if we meet Chen Deng, we will have a chance to take a look."
"I heard that these seven hundred trapped troops were one of Lu Bu's three most powerful armies. They repeatedly charged into battle and were invincible."
Zhang Ji was shocked and said: "It's true! That reckless man Sun Ce actually achieved such an achievement! This is really better than his father, Jiangdong Tiger Sun Jian."
Zhang Xian laughed again.
Zhang Ji: "."
Heng Jie on the side also glanced at Zhang Ji with a bit of laughter.
Seeing Zhang Ji's forced smile, Hengjie explained: "Mr. Zhang, you have been studying medicine in seclusion for the past two years, but you have missed a lot of wonderful things."
"Before you went into seclusion, the little overlord Sun Ce was assassinated in Kuaiji by Xu Gong's disciples leading hundreds of people and bandits!"
"After that, Jiangdong will be taken over by Lu Yi, the head of the recently famous Lu family."
"For this reason, just three months ago, the Sun family led the entire clan to rebel in Wu County and was directly killed."
"Fortunately, Jiangdong's new master is not as murderous as the Little Overlord."
"Even if the Sun family rebelled, he still left the little bully and his whole family behind."
Hengjie sighed and said: "From a personal perspective, the little overlord is the eldest son of my old master. My old master has the kindness of Bole to me, and I should support his eldest son to dominate the world. However, from the overall situation, Look, Jiangdong has finally found a wise master, a benevolent and righteous king."
Zhang Xian asked curiously: "Bo Xu, you miss your old master so much. Then when the Little Overlord sent someone to contact you before, why did you stay behind closed doors?"
Heng Jie looked at Zhang Xian and said seriously: "The Lord does not dislike me for having served Sun Jian, but still entrusts me with important responsibilities. How can I not repay him with all my heart?"
"What's more, I am from Changsha, so I naturally hope that my father and fellow villagers will be rewarded with good deeds."
"The little overlord is indeed the eldest son of the old master."
"However, this person is too bloodthirsty. Moreover, although he is brave, he is not wise."
"How many nobles did he kill during his campaign in Jiangdong?"
"Especially the famous scholar Sheng Xian. He is a loyal minister of my great Han Dynasty. He has devoted his whole life to Jiangdong."
"He killed when he said he would."
"This is even worse than his father."
"He didn't learn any of his father's lessons."
"Death young is inevitable."
"He contacted me. If I agreed, wouldn't it be pushing the prince and the fellow citizens of Changsha into the abyss?"
"The old master Sun Jian was indeed kind to me. However, he unfortunately died. I went to Xiangyang alone to recover his bones, which can be regarded as a small reward."
"It is absolutely impossible for me to push Mr. Fu and the fellow citizens of Changsha into the abyss now."
Zhang Xian smiled happily and said: "I knew that although you are young, Boxu, you are a person with a big picture."
Zhang Ji was silent for a moment and said: "According to this, Jiangdong really met the Ming Lord? And he is also the Lord of Benevolence and Righteousness?"
Hengjie said: "I have never been to Jiangdong, and I don't know how the Jiangdong nobles and people view this new master. However, the information I have obtained so far can indeed prove that the new master of Jiangdong is benevolent and righteous."
"Before, the little overlord Sun Ce was assassinated. He took over Jiangdong. Not long after, he immediately led his army north to capture Lujiang County. According to some merchants who had been to Lujiang County for business, after capturing Shu County of Lujiang County, Yuan Shu's general Ji Ling led tens of thousands The army is attacking, and people in Shu County are in panic."
"At this time of danger, instead of closing the city gates and forcing the Shu County nobles and the people to defend the city, the new lord of Jiangdong opened the city gates and let the people leave, while he and the Jiangdong soldiers defended the city alone."
Zhang Ji fell into memories.
In his early years, he and Zhang Xian fled from Nanyang to Changsha. How many officials did they meet on the way?
Because of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the world was in chaos. Officials from all over the country occupied land and became kings, and they were extremely strict with the people within their jurisdiction.
On the one hand, they did not allow the people to leave without permission; on the other hand, they treated the people like cattle and horses, but never cared about the lives of these people.
People were starving to death everywhere.
Their corpses were exposed in the wild, causing the plague to spread.
His tribe and family members were all killed and injured in the plagues one after another.
Thinking of the scene where his little daughter died in his arms and said she wanted to eat rice with her mother, Zhang Ji still couldn't help but shed tears.
Zhang Xian knew that Zhang Ji was moved by the scene, so he quickly stood up, walked over, and comforted him: "Zhong Jing, everything is over."
Zhang Ji hurriedly wiped his eyes and said to Zhang Xian: "Since the new master of Jiangdong is so benevolent and adjacent to us, he has not started a war with us in the past two years. Now, his counselor Chen Deng led the camp to visit, but there was no Arrogant and threatening, why don’t we meet him?”
"As for the Emperor, he is far away. How does he know our situation?"
"Now that the world is in chaos, the emperor has no time to save himself."
"As officials in Changsha, we should consider the life and death of these local nobles and people."
Seeing this, Hengjie also said: "Master Fu, I have a guess."
Zhang Xian said: "Bo Xu, just say it."
Hengjie looked at Zhang Ji and said, "Mr. Zhang said he didn't know that the emperor had moved from Chang'an to Xudu and is now controlled by Cao Cao."
Although Zhang Ji was surprised, he still nodded.
In the past two years, it seemed that too many things had happened, making him feel like he was in another world.
Heng Jie looked at Zhang Xian again and said: "Cao Cao is facing Yuan Shao of Hebei to the north, and Jingzhou and Jiangdong to the south."
"In this letter from the emperor, the emperor is asked to lead the soldiers of the three counties to unite with Liu Biao of Jingzhou to fight against Jiangdong."
"Under normal circumstances, it's impossible."
"In the past few years, Liu Biao from Jingzhou has repeatedly invaded our three counties in Changsha. He has become a life-or-death enemy for a long time."
"If it is the emperor's will, why not mediate it?"
"So, in my opinion, when the emperor moved from Chang'an to Xudu, it was just that someone else took over from the disciples of Li Jue and Guo Si."
"And this person, without a doubt, is Cao Cao."
"Cao Cao was originally a tycoon, so naturally he didn't care about the so-called great empire."
"What he cares about is his own piece of land."
"Of course he doesn't care if it has nothing to do with his one-third of an acre of land."
"So, over the years, Jingzhou has repeatedly invaded our three counties in Changsha, but he has ignored them."
"But now, why does he not only want to interfere, but also allows us to shake hands with Jingzhou and make peace together to fight against Jiangdong?"
"There's only one reason I can think of."
"That means he may have gotten information that we don't know about. For example, Jiangdong wants to use troops against Jingzhou."
"Of course, it's unthinkable."
"Liu Biao of Jingzhou is not a mediocre master."
"Since he obtained Jingzhou, he quickly pacified all the forces in Jingzhou and saved Jingzhou from the pain of war in these years."
"Now, Jiangdong wants to capture Jingzhou. Under normal circumstances, I can't imagine any possibility."
"However, since the new lord of Jiangdong can seize Xuzhou by means that we can't imagine, then, although we think it is impossible, the new lord of Jiangdong may still be able to seize Jingzhou."
"Suppose Jingzhou is captured by the new owner of Jiangdong——"
Hengjie looked at Zhang Xian and Zhang Ji with a sullen face and said, "We are not the most dangerous ones."
"Jiangdong is right next to us, and they haven't used troops in the past few years."
"The new master of Jiangdong will probably not directly attack us if he gets Jingzhou."
"However, there are many dangers with Cao Cao."
"Jiangdong reaches Jingzhou, and from Xiangyang to Hefei and then to Xuzhou, it is a complete defense line."
"If Jiangdong has no ambitions and sends heavy troops to guard Xiangyang, Hefei and Xuzhou, no matter who wins in the north, it will not be easy to endanger Jiangdong again."
"If Jiangdong is ambitious, relying on Jingzhou's geographical location, outstanding people, and rich products, they can recuperate and train their soldiers."
"It won't take long, at most two to three years, Jiangdong will be strong enough to fight Yuan Shao."
"But at that time, Cao Cao was sandwiched between Yuan Shao and Jiang Dong, and he was attacked from both sides."
"Think about Cao Cao's situation at that time."
"There is no other way but to give up the great situation in the Central Plains."
"So, I guess that the emperor's letter this time is Cao Cao's instruction to use our three counties in Changsha to hold back Jiangdong and seize Jingzhou."
"But what if, if our three counties in Changsha and Jiangdong unite."
"Then, after Jiangdong captures Jingzhou, our three counties in Changsha will also be within Jiangdong's defense line. We no longer need to worry about war, and we can end the years of war with Jingzhou as soon as possible."
"Over the past few years, the people in the three counties have become a little tired."
"As officials, even if we talk about loyalty, we must first care about their life and death."
"Not to mention, now that the world is in turmoil and the emperor is suffering, he doesn't care about us at all."
(End of chapter)
