When Li Yuguo and others returned to the imperial court, they received bad news when they arrived in Jingzhou. The news about the kidnapping of Master Liu Qi shocked Li Huguo.
Xun Yu burst into tears and cried: "My lord, it's all my fault. I tried hard to persuade you not to let Mr. Liu Qi go out to deliver food, but Mr. Liu Qi didn't listen... Unexpectedly, he met Lu Bu's most adept at fighting in the trap. Ten thousand Not to mention the large amount of grain and grass troops were wiped out, and even the two hundred thousand stones of grain and grass were looted by Lu Bu. Now we have lost Mr. Liu Qi and another batch of grain and grass. If this continues, I am afraid Jiangxia will not be able to survive. It’s only been half a month.”
"Food and grass are not a problem. This time I came back from Shouchun and brought all Yuan Shu's food and grass back. A total of 800,000 shi of food and grass is enough for our soldiers and horses. But Mr. Liu Qi is the lord of Jingzhou, Liu Jingsheng If your lord's eldest son has something wrong with him, how should I explain it to Jing Shenggong's spirit in heaven?" Li Yuguo said thoughtfully.
Xun Yu had already roughly guessed what Li Yuguo was thinking, but Xun Yu did not reveal it. Instead, he said, "Lord, where are we going now?"
"Where to go? To Jiangxia, of course..." Li Huguo said.
When Gan Ning heard that he was going to Jiangxia, he excitedly said, "Gao Shun, his death has come. Now let's settle all the old and new grudges!"
It has been decided that Xu Shu should be stationed in Jingzhou, and Li Yuguo and Sun Jian's troops planned to start the night. At this time, all the soldiers gathered together in the mansion that Li Yuguo had settled for Sun Jian's family.
Zhou Yu said: "My lord, now that Huainan has been pacified, according to the agreement, General Li should allocate troops and horses to us to conquer Jiangdong, right?"
"No, we have just surrendered to General Li not long ago. If we immediately ask for troops and horses, and the south is under suspicion, we might as well help General Li attack Lu Bu first. As for the future, how about we have a long-term plan?" Sun Jian said.
Zhou Yu stood up: "We agreed at the beginning that we would only temporarily return to Jingzhou, but it is obviously not a long-term solution for us to live under the foreigners. According to me, it is better for us to leave our troops and horses this time and ride on Li Bolong When I went to attack Lu Bu, I captured Jingzhou."
"Bold!" Sun Jian slammed the table and yelled angrily, "If it weren't for General Li, could our family be reunited? If it weren't for General Li, Ce'er and I, and Quan'er, how could our father and son be reunited? Even if we were separated from General Li, we would still have to give up. General Li has to make meritorious deeds to offset his failure, so that we can retreat!"
As soon as these words came out, Sun Ce next to him was very embarrassed: "Dad, does this make us look too unjust?"
"The general trend of the world is like this. There are no permanent friends and no permanent enemies." Sun Jian said.
Suddenly, Sun Ce was speechless.
Although there were still disputes within the Sun family, they still temporarily unified their opinions and went to Jiangxia with Li Hugo.
A group of people led 100,000 people. Some of these 100,000 people were surrendered troops from Huainan, and some were soldiers and horses from all over Jingzhou. Now that Huainan's enemy Yuan Shu has been eradicated, all the troops are concentrated in one place at this time, and they can Use it to deal with Lu Bu.
Li Yuguo did not dare to underestimate Lu Bu. Although Lu Bu was average in intelligence, no one in the world could surpass him in his ability to lead troops in battle.
I think back then, Lu Bu only had 3,000 soldiers and horses, but he defeated tens of thousands of enemies, so his combat power was quite terrifying.
Although the battle to defend the city can be equally divided, once encountering a tough battle, Lu Bu's cavalry will not be able to play its role. When Li Hugo came to Jiangxia, he was really shocked by the scene in front of him. At the gate of Jiangxia City, it turned out that he remembered, The ground was all loess, but now it has turned into red soil.
It was soil soaked with blood, and looking into the distance, Li Hugo could see several mountains of corpses stacked on top of each other. There were eight mountains in total. Each of them probably contained a thousand people. Such a large mountain of corpses was indeed very disturbing. Shock.
Not far from the city gate, there is a huge wooden frame. This wooden frame looks a bit like a cross, but it is much larger than the cross.
And on this wooden frame, there was a person tied directly. This person was none other than Liu Qi.
At this time, Liu Qi could be said to be in a very miserable condition. He was covered with bruises, his clothes were not covered, and his face was bruised and bruised. It was obvious that he had been treated badly.
The faces of everyone on the city wall were solemn and silent.
"Li Bolong, have you seen this? You, the Lord of Jingzhou, are being captured by us, hahaha!" Chen Gong stood on the high platform next to the wooden frame and said, "I advise you to surrender quickly. If not, we will Kill Liu Biao's only heir, leaving Liu Jingzhou without an heir!"
As soon as these words came out, the whole Jiangxia City was panicked, and the soldiers suddenly started to make a fuss.
"Mr. Liu Qi is now my old lord's only son. If he has bad intentions, then wouldn't we be ashamed to face my old lord's spirit in heaven?"
"Yes, we must not let Mr. Liu Qi get into trouble, no matter what!"
The civil servants and generals around him were chattering away one by one, which made Li Huguo speechless for a moment. Pang Tong saw this and Xun Yu said: "Shi Yuan, you have worked hard these days."
"It's just to defend the city. However, our cavalry is not as good as Lu Bu's Xiliang elite cavalry, otherwise I would have been able to attack." Pang Tong said, shaking his head as he spoke.
Xun Yu paused and then said, "Shi Yuan, can you lend me a moment to speak?"
"This..." Pang Tong saw Xun Yu's expression and thought that the meaning of Xun Yu's words was profound. There was something in the words, as if he was hinting at something. He didn't say anything more and immediately said: "Okay!"
After a while, Pang Tong and Xun Yu finished their discussion. Pang Tong came to Li Yuguo and said, "My lord, Wen Ruo and I just made a plan to save Jingzhou!"
"Oh?" Li Huguo looked at Pang Tong.
Pang Tong said: "I can borrow Jingzhou's seal ribbon!"
As soon as he said this, Zhao Yun said: "Is it possible that the military advisor wants to offer the city?"
"We are all Han ministers, and Liu Qi is the queen of the royal family. How can we be wrong? If the lord believes in me, lend me the seal ribbon. If the lord doesn't believe it, then there is no need." Pang Tong said with a smile.
Li Yuguo thought that Pang Tong must have thought of some clever plan, so he generously handed the seal and ribbon to Pang Tong. Unexpectedly, Pang Tong only brought Wei Yan with him at this time, and Wei Yan had the best relationship with Pang Tong among the generals. .
When the two of them went down to the city, Wei Yan said, "Does the military advisor have any clever ideas?"
"You will be like this later, like this..." Pang Tong whispered a few words in Wei Yan's ear, which made Wei Yan's expression very exciting.