In Jiujiang County, north of Shouchun City, Hou Jing, the general of the universe, induced Yuan Shu's 20,000 cavalry to rebel, burning, killing and looting along the way, and obtained a large amount of loot.

Hou Jing was originally just looting in Pengcheng Kingdom. When Chutian made a move to attack him before leaving Pengcheng Kingdom, Hou Jing quickly led his troops to escape from Pengcheng Kingdom and returned to Jiujiang County.

Even after returning to his lord's territory, Hou Jing still sent troops to plunder villages and towns to appease his cavalry. At the same time, he attracted a large number of people who wanted to participate in burning, killing and looting to strengthen his army.

"General, a stranger wants me to hand over this letter to the general."

One of Yuan Shu's cavalry looked in awe and enthusiasm at the general Hou Jing who had taken refuge.

Because Hou Jing sent troops to plunder, now every cavalryman is very rich, with their arms full of gold and silver, and they are in awe of Hou Jing.

Hou Jing took the letter and read ten lines at a glance.

Hou Jing finished reading in a hurry and said in fear: "The person who wrote the letter actually knew that I wanted to capture Shouchun City. This stranger has some abilities. If he can be used by me, as my military advisor, great things can be accomplished. Is that stranger still there?

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"Back to General, the stranger left the letter and left."

"You let him go, are you taking his benefits?"

"He did give the villain ten...twelve taels of silver. And he was only the one who sent the letter. I'm afraid there is someone else who actually wrote the letter."

"I lack a military advisor. But it doesn't matter even if the stranger doesn't want to work for me. I have a way to get a military advisor."

Hou Jing gathered his cavalry and newly added infantry.

He simply divided the cavalry and infantry into commanders and centurions, and he named himself "General of the Universe." In a sense, General of the Universe is the highest self-proclaimed official position in the Eastern Han Dynasty, even more majestic than the Emperor.

About thirty thousand captains were gathered by Hou Jing. These captains were promoted by Hou Jing and gained a lot of benefits while serving Hou Jing. Now they subconsciously believe that following Hou Jing they can have more gold, silver and women.

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Hou Jing has the ability to "incite" and is fatally attractive to some greedy soldiers.

"Brothers, we have almost robbed the nearby villages and towns. If we betray Yuan Shu and our master, we will soon be in a desperate situation. They will send troops to encircle us. We will all be captured and executed!"

Hou Jing threatened his subordinates.

Sure enough, Hou Jing's intimidation worked. After experiencing the crazy looting, the captains under his command gradually calmed down and thought that what they had done would undoubtedly be hated by the princes. He killed them all.

, will be very exciting.

Hou Jing saw that the captains were afraid and knew that people's hearts could be used: "Huainan is a vast land with crisscrossing rivers and lakes, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack. Shouchun City has a large amount of gold, silver, grain, grass and women. You lead your troops and follow me to attack Shouchun City. We will rule Huainan."

, I will make you all generals! We will own the land by then, and everything on the land will be our spoils of war!"

The captains under Hou Jing were incited by Hou Jing and fell into madness again. One of the captains shouted: "If Shouchun is defeated, there will be glory and wealth!"

"Conquer Shouchun and you will be filled with glory and wealth!"

Incited by Hou Jing, more than 30,000 rebels marched south to attack Shouchun City.

Hou Jing's loyalty was high before he went on the expedition with the governor of Jiujiang County. However, with his own defeat in the Battle of Pengcheng and Chen Qingzhi's failure to suppress him, Hou Jing's loyalty declined rapidly, and he finally launched a rebellion and launched a massive attack on Huainan.

There was a Hu cavalry under Hou Jing's command, which was a special unit recruited by the Jiujiang prefect using Yuan Shu's buildings and influence. At this time, they became the vanguard of the invasion of Huainan.

Although he was somewhat arrogant in claiming to be the general of the universe, Hou Jing was a capable and brutal cavalry general. He led the Hu cavalry and Yuan Shu's rebellious cavalry to march straight into Shouchun.

"Why is there no whereabouts of Chen Qingzhi? Could it be that he died in battle or was captured alive?"

The prefect of Jiujiang fled back to Shouchun after the Battle of Pengcheng, but Chen Qingzhi's whereabouts were never found. There were only two possibilities, either Chen Qingzhi died in the battle, or Chen Qingzhi was captured by Chu Zimou.

No matter which result it is, it is a fatal blow to him.

Guo Jia took the initiative to visit the prefect: "My subordinates heard that Hou Jing was looting villages and towns in Pengcheng State when he withdrew his troops. They believed that Hou Jing would rebel, and asked the lord to immediately strengthen the defense of the city gate to prevent Hou Jing from attacking Shouchun City."

The prefect of Jiujiang was puzzled: "Hou Jing is very loyal, so I asked him to accompany him to attack Xuzhou. Why do the military advisors think that Hou Jing will rebel?"

"There are three reasons. First, Hou Jing is cruel by nature and loyal to his lord, just because the lord was kind to him in the past, which could satisfy his greed, and he was restrained by Chen Qingzhi, so he did not dare to rebel. But after Pengcheng's defeat, Hou Jing saw

My lord has no hope of taking Xuzhou, and Chen Qingzhi has disappeared without a trace, so his ambition will definitely grow. Times have changed, and people's hearts are unpredictable."

"Secondly, if he was loyal to his lord, he should immediately lead his troops to join his lord after the Battle of Pengcheng, protect his safety and return to Shouchun City. Why did he plunder villages and towns in Pengcheng Kingdom, or even in the northern part of Jiujiang County? What he did was to win people's hearts.

, just for my own use.”

"Third, the lord is newly defeated, and people's hearts are floating. If there is any rebellion, now is the best time to take Shouchun City."

Guo Jia's words made the Jiujiang prefect look unhappy.

In his heart, he was actually suspicious of Hou Jing's delay in coming to join them. At this time, Guo Jia's analysis almost confirmed that Hou Jing's loyalty had dropped to the level of rebellion.

"My lord, Hou Jing's cavalry has been attacking for hundreds of miles and has appeared outside Shouchun City!"

Just when the prefect of Jiujiang was preparing to increase the number of garrison guards at the city gate, Hou Jing, who was good at using cavalry tactics, had already arrived at the city, broke through the gate of Shouchun City, and marched straight in!

Shouchun City was in chaos with shouts of killing everywhere.

"The military advisor will follow me out of the city, and we will join Yuan Shu."

Facing the rebellious Hou Jing, the prefect of Jiujiang had no military commander to suppress him, so he had no choice but to flee with Guo Jia.

In name, he is still Yuan Shu's general, and he also has Guo Jia as his military advisor. As long as he uses Yuan Shu again, he may not have no chance of making a comeback.

Guo Jia was quite loyal to the governor of Jiujiang. He followed the governor of Jiujiang and, under the protection of hundreds of soldiers, fought and retreated.

Hou Jing entered the city from the north gate, and the Jiujiang prefect fled toward the west gate.

Just when the prefect of Jiujiang saw the west city gate and thought he could escape the disaster, Hou Jing led the Hu cavalry to attack.

The hooves of war horses galloped on the streets, surrounding shops were destroyed, and the barbarian cavalry used sabers to kill civilians who blocked the road.

Not only the Hu cavalry, but also the rebellious Yuan Shu cavalry were equally ferocious, burning, killing and looting in Shouchun City. Now the entire Shouchun City is their spoils!

Hou Jing sent his troops to kill, and the Jiujiang governor's soldiers fell one after another, leaving only dozens of them.

"Isn't this my lord? Where do you want to escape with your military advisor?"

Hou Jing rode a war horse and circled around the Jiujiang prefect and Guo Jia.

Facing a large number of cavalry, the prefect of Jiujiang knew that he could not break through: "Hou Jing, it seems that you have let me go because of your previous kindness. Don't forget that when you were surrounded by the Yingchuan Yellow Turban Army, I led the troops to rescue you. That's right.

It is because of this kindness that I think you will not betray me, so I use you."

Hou Jing pointed his riding whip at Guo Jia: "If I want to achieve great things, I still lack a military advisor. If you lend me a military advisor, I can let you go because of my previous kindness."

The prefect of Jiujiang was in trouble, so he handed Guo Jia over, which was undoubtedly to make Guo Jia act as a collaborator and put Guo Jia in danger.

Hou Jing also knew that his own resourcefulness was insufficient. If he wanted to become king and emperor, he must have a counselor, so he took Guo Jia's idea.

"If my lord can escape, so what if he sacrifices his life for Hou Jing as a filial piety?"

Guo Jia wanted to protect the governor of Jiujiang, so he said to Hou Jing: "I have to see my lord leave the city with my own eyes before I can serve you."

"I promise you."

Hou Jing waved his hand and the Hu cavalry made way for a passage, allowing the Jiujiang governor and dozens of soldiers to leave the fallen Shouchun City.

"Everything is my own fault, and I have also brought trouble to the military advisor. If there is a chance..."

The governor of Jiujiang was extremely resentful of Hou Jing and planned to endure the humiliation and try to use Yuan Shu's power to kill Hou Jing in the future.

"Please take care, my lord." Guo Jia's voice suddenly turned low, "I will try to escape in the future..."

The prefect of Jiujiang knew that with Guo Jia's ability, the possibility of escaping from Hou Jing was high, so he felt relieved and led dozens of soldiers out of the city.

Just as Guo Jia secretly breathed a sigh of relief, there were sudden shouts of killing outside the city. Hundreds of cavalry wielding sabers appeared and massacred the Jiujiang prefect and his soldiers who had left the city!

The prefect of Jiujiang and dozens of his soldiers were ambushed, their entire army was wiped out, and their bodies were scattered everywhere.

When Guo Jia witnessed the accident, his pupils widened, his hands were clenched, his nails dug into his flesh, and his body was shaking.

Hou Jing's rampant laughter sounded in his ears: "Hahaha, I have ambushed a group of cavalry at the west city gate, and they will kill everyone who escapes from the city gate. Military advisor, you miscalculated this time. What will you do in the future?

I work hard, but I can't make a mistake, otherwise I will kill you."

The surrounding barbarian cavalry also laughed loudly, which was so harsh in Guo Jia's ears.

Guo Jia was still too young and had never thought that people's hearts were so sinister. Hou Jing completely regarded Confucian benevolence, righteousness and faith as nonsense. He did not accept the behavior of scholar-bureaucrats.

"You, this hundred-man team, will protect the military advisor from now on and don't let anything happen to the military advisor."

After Hou Jing killed his lord, not only did he not feel any guilt, but he was satisfied and led his troops to take over Shouchun City and became the lord of Huainan.

Shouchun City and even the entire Huainan will become his territory.

Guo Jia's expression was gloomy. As a young and energetic man, he was taught a good lesson in Shouchun City, but the price was unbearable for him.

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In Langya Kingdom, Xia Liang sighed lightly when he learned that Hou Jing had rebelled, captured Shouchun City, killed the governor of Jiujiang, forced Guo Jia to serve as military advisor, and called himself the "General of the Universe".

Although she expected Hou Jing to attack Shouchun City, when she heard that Shouchun City had fallen and Hou Jing sent troops to loot the city for three days, she couldn't help but be surprised by Hou Jing's brutality.

But she was unable to care about the people of Shouchun City, because Shouchun City was not Chutian's sphere of influence. In troubled times, there must be sacrifices, and city massacres were not uncommon. Since Hou Jing regards Shouchun City as his own territory, he should just be greedy for wealth, not

They will kill them all, otherwise Hou Jing will not be able to gain a foothold without the civilians.

"Inform the lord and Chen Qingzhi of this matter. Chen Qingzhi will surely be willing to serve the lord and quell Hou Jing's rebellion."

Xia Liang sent someone to inform Chu Tian.

After the death of the Jiujiang governor, Chen Qingzhi became an opposition general. Only Xuzhou Mu could avenge him.
To be continued...