There were no stars and moonlight tonight, thick dark clouds covered the sky, and it was even dark outside Yecheng, with no pedestrians. There were green wheat on both sides of the official road. Three carriages ran south along the official road. After walking about two miles, a fork appeared.

Two carriages were quietly parked next to the fork, and seven or eight people were also guarding them. This was Li Fu asked Sesame Eye to notify the brothers outside the city in advance, so that they could prepare.

The two carriages carrying Jia Xu's family slowed down at this time. When Cao Jun's carriage drove through the fork, the two carriages that were parked immediately started and followed the carriage southward.

The two carriages carrying Jia Xu's family turned their heads and drove onto the fork. Liu Min didn't expect this scene to happen. He was very surprised and urged him to catch up with Li Fu and asked, "Second Uncle, what's going on?"

Li Fu smiled faintly, "Don't think Cao Jun will really help us. He is just helping Zhang Xiu's family. If I guess correctly, a large group of cavalry will inevitably chase him tomorrow morning, and Xuchang will also intercept him in front. If we don't use this trick to escape, we still can't escape."

Jia Ji next to him couldn't help asking: "Now we are heading west. Is Mr. Li trying to cross Taihang Mountain to Bingzhou?"

Li Fu smiled mysteriously, "You will know right away."

The carriage walked about five miles westward and entered a hilly area. This place was called Wuxi Township, which was a relatively remote place in Yecheng. The carriage turned the way and walked north for several miles, and finally stopped in front of a village surrounded by woods.

The door opened, and the carriage drove directly into the village. When the door was closed, Li Fu was stunned and said with a little stunned Liu Min, "This is Guotu's villa, which now belongs to Sesame Eye. I have rented it at a high price. We will live here for the first ten days. When the limelight passes, then go to Bingzhou to find a small county for a first half month. Finally, go to Guanzhong, and the Tao family caravan will pick us up there. Then go to Hanzhong and enter Jingzhou. It should be foolproof."

Liu Min and Jia Ji looked at each other, and both of them had to admire Li Fu. Who could have such courage to hide outside the outskirts of Yecheng? I guess Cao Pi would never have dreamed of it.

The next morning, Xiahou Shang led a team of 500 cavalrymen to rush out of the south gate of Yecheng like lightning and chased south quickly. He was scolded by Cao Pi, which made him regret it. The other party had been away for a night, and he didn't know whether he could catch up.

Five hundred cavalrymen were as fierce as wind and fire, and as powerful as thunder, stirring up rolling yellow dust on the official road and running towards the south.

In Meihua Villa in the mountainous area west of Yecheng, the gentle and gentle Liu Minzheng and Jia Ji explained the truth to Jia Xu's mother and wife. Jia Xu was not sick, but was forced to surrender to Jingzhou. The elegant scholars are indeed easy to leave a good impression.

This is Liu Min's task, responsible for appeaseing Jia Xu's family. He spoke intimately, had a handsome appearance, a sincere smile, and was very friendly. He was also knowledgeable, which made Jia Mu and Jia Xu's wife fall in love with him all of a sudden. He also heard that he was Liu Xian's nephew and had not yet married, so Jia Mu secretly considered whether he could give his youngest granddaughter to him.

More importantly, when they heard that Jia Xu was fine, Jia Mu and Jia’s wife were relieved. When they learned that Zhang Xiu was forced to death, they couldn’t help but scold the Cao family for their hypocrisy and cruelty.

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The battle in Jingzhou was always in a semi-confrontation state. Cao Ren finally adopted Jia Xu's second plan, withdrew his troops back to Nanyang, and sent Cao Hong to lead 5,000 troops to Xinye County.

Xinye County was operated by Liu Bei for many years. The city was high and thick. It was easy to defend but difficult to attack. Five thousand Cao troops were stationed in it, which was extremely difficult to conquer. The Jingzhou coalition forces did not attack Xinye in the north for the time being, and the two sides were in a confrontation.

At this time, the Jingzhou coalition also had some subtle changes. Since the Jiangxia army was stationed in Fancheng, Guan Yu led 10,000 troops to relocate to Deng County. The two cities were less than twenty miles apart and were each other.

Liu Bei led the remaining 10,000 Nanjun troops and more than 200 warships to be stationed at Longzhong Wharf. Wen Pin immediately led 10,000 troops to cross the river and head north, stationed in Dengsai City on the west bank of the Bishui River mouth. In this way, the Jingzhou coalition formed a main wing.

The 18,000 Jiangxia Army was the main force, stationed in Fancheng, with Guan Yu in Deng County in the west wing and Deng Severinpin in the east wing. A total of nearly 40,000 coalition forces confronted the Cao army.

A month has passed, and neither side has taken any action, as if it has returned to before the outbreak of the battle. But in fact, the power structure of Jingzhou has been completely changed by this battle.

In Wuchang City, Jiangxia, a team of cavalry was running west quickly. It was early May. Outside Wuchang City was an endless wheat field, with yellow in the green, thick wheat ears were about to mature, and the fields were like a windless sea.

The rapeseed fields planted intermittently are still dark green, and the heavy rapeseed stems bent down the too tall straw, and green waves are rising one after another.

The person headed by the cavalry team was Liu Jing. Fancheng's army was temporarily led by Gan Ning, but he rushed back to Jiangxia for some time.

The road from Jiangxia City to the academy has been rebuilt. The original bend was straightened and several bridges were built, which reduced the distance by half at once. In addition, the road surface is wide and flat, and it can be reached in less than half an hour by riding a horse.

The team quickly rushed to Jiangxia Academy. As a result of the large number of scholars taking over, the surrounding area had become prosperous. Compared with three years ago, the houses rose up and formed two long cross shopping streets. Hundreds of houses spread to all directions with these two shopping streets as the center, forming a large town, named Shuyuan Town.

There are many shops on the shopping street, with a wide range of supplies, as well as library libraries, more than a dozen taverns, four or five hostels, and even a ****, which has become a gathering place for the fugitives of Xiangyang.

Jiangxia Academy has been renamed Lumen Jiangxia Academy. Pang Degong led his disciples to move here from Xiangyang and received full support from the Jiangxia government. Not only did they live without worries and have a place to live, but they also built two schools, so that the children could also have a place to study.

However, Liu Jing did not come here today to meet Pang Degong or Kuai Liang. He came here to meet Jia Xu. Jia Xu is now under house arrest in the academy. Except for not being able to leave the academy, all others are free. Of course, several guards with excellent martial arts skills are also watching him day and night.

Liu Jing walked into the backyard, where there were several quiet yards in the northeast corner of the backyard. Both Kuai Liang and Pang Degong lived here. Last year, Kuai Liang fell seriously ill and almost died of illness. Although he was rescued, he was unfortunately paralyzed. However, he taught and educated people in the academy and his life was fulfilling.

Liu Jing came to a yard, and there were two guards sitting at the door. Seeing Liu Jing coming, the two guards stood up in fear. Liu Jing smiled and asked, "How about Mr. Jia?"

"It seems like you are growing vegetables!"

Liu Jing laughed and was actually growing vegetables. He pushed the door open and walked into the yard. The yard was quite large, covering an area of ​​three acres, seven or eight houses, and each with a yard in front and back. There were several large trees in the backyard, which were lush and green with tall crowns, covering half of the houses.

The front yard is quite large, with acre of three-quarters of land, full of vegetables, and is quite wild. There is also a small piece of rapeseed next to it. If you come here a month earlier, it will be a piece of yellow.

Liu Jing saw Jia Xu at first glance. He was wearing half-old cloth clothes, headband wrapped in a headscarf, cloth shoes, and two dung buckets beside him. With his black and thin face, if he hadn't known that he was Jia Xu, he would be no different from the old farmer outside.

Jia Xu was pouring manure water on the rapeseed roots, and he was particularly focused. Liu Jing coughed gently. Jia Xu turned around and smiled and said, "It turns out that Mr. Jing is here, Jia Xu is negligent."

It has been a month since Jia Xu was taken to Jiangxia. He was not as powerful as other captured scholars and could not lose his integrity. He was at ease with the situation and was in a good mood. He had no idea of ​​trying to escape. He was friends with Pang Degong and Kuai Liang in the academy, and even became interested, and even went on to teach his disciples on behalf of Kuai Liang.

Liu Jing had seen him twice, and both of them had a great time talking, just like a chat between friends. However, when Jia Xu mentioned topics such as loyalty and surrender, he remained silent.

Liu Jing did not make things difficult for him, and ordered his subordinates to give him freedom as much as possible and serve him well, so he would slowly live in the academy.

Liu Jinggong bowed and smiled, "I'm disturbing the good mood of sir!"

"Haha! Two manure buckets on both sides, how can you get Yaxing? Master Jing asked me to sit in the room for a while, and I'll come later."

Liu Jing went into the house and sat down. An old servant serving Jia Xu brought a cup of tea. Liu Jing picked up the tea cup and looked around. The room was cleaned elegantly and concisely, with a breeze blowing, cool and pleasant.

At this time, Jia Xu had already changed his clothes and walked in, and bowed to Liu Jing with a smile, "Let the young master wait for a long time."

Liu Jing stood up and bowed, and sat down opposite each other. Jia Xu asked with a smile: "What's the situation in Fancheng now?"

"Cao Ren led the main force to station in Nanyang, while Cao Hong led 5,000 troops to station in Xinye. The two armies are currently in a confrontation."

Jia Xu nodded, "This is the second plan I suggested to Cao Ren. It is relatively stable. Is the young master planning to confront him all the time?"

"Of course not. If Cao Ren retreated all his troops to Nanyang, he could give up. But he occupied Xinye, obviously, he was just using defense as an offense and was ready to attack at any time. Since he could maintain his deterrence against Jingzhou and protect Nanyang, it would be a killing two birds with one stone for him, but... there is no such good thing in the world."

"Can the young master talk about how to fight back?"

Liu Jing smiled and changed the topic, "Didn't the gentleman say that he wanted to visit the Jiangxia Army's turbulence refining last time? I can agree, and the gentleman can go to Xiazhi County at any time."

Seeing that Liu Jing was unwilling to talk about counterattacks, Jia Xu stopped asking more questions, but he was very interested in tinder oil. Cao's army also found tinder oil in Puyang, but the tinder oil there was very sticky, not like the rumors that it was rumored that it was impossible to ignite it with a rocket. Several people had to use torches to ignite it.

But the last time they got the can of Jiangxia Army's turtle oil, including Jia Xu, the turtle oil was transparent and light yellow. More importantly, it burned at a little fire, and the fire was surging, which made people feel very interested.

Although he is now a prisoner of Liu Jing, it does not prevent his interest from continuing to spread. The last time Liu Jing talked to him, he made this request. Liu Jing declined it on the grounds of the highest secret. Unexpectedly, Liu Jing actually agreed today, which made Jia Xu feel a little strange.

He half-jokingly said, "Young Master, aren't you afraid that I will pass it to Cao's army in the future?"
Chapter completed!