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Xiakou was the Wuhan in later generations. When Huang Zu was in charge of Jiangxia, Xiakou had not yet built a city, but it was also a densely populated place. Since Xiakou was the intersection of the Yangtze River and the Han River, Xiakou's strategic position was important.

A few months ago, Huang Zu gradually shifted Jiangxia's military focus to Xiakou, with nearly 10,000 troops and thousands of warships stationed.

On the west pier in Xiakou, several merchant ships were densely moored. Each merchant ship was hung with the Tao family's double carp flags and carried cloth and other goods. These were more than four Tao family merchant ships seized by Huang Sho. More than one of the ship's mates and managers were also arrested and imprisoned.

This is the reality. Although the Tao family is rich enough to rival the country, they do not have power as a backing. They are just fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered and will be slaughtered by the power at any time.

"Father, these forty or twenty tugboats have a rich harvest." Huang She pointed to the dense ships and said to his father Huang Zu with a smile.

Huang Zu looked at several tugboats with his hands and squinted his eyes. The waterlines were very deep, indicating that they were loading heavy cargo. "What else do these ships have besides loading burlap?"

"There are two pieces of silk, very few, and the child has already unloaded the goods."

Huang Zu showed a dissatisfied expression on his face. There were only two pieces of silk, and it was missing. What he wanted to do with these burlap? Although it was heavy, it was not worth it. What he wanted was food and money.

Huang Zu muttered rudely in his throat, and turned to Huang Shooting: "Send someone to tell the Tao family that I can return the ships and goods to them, and people can also release them, but they must exchange 50,000 stones of grain. I know they have warehouses in Jiangdong, and some are grain."

"But, why Tao Zhan, and there are brothers, didn't you explain?"

"Damn it"

Huang Zu cursed angrily, "Liu Jing is in Chaisang, may they give you Tao Zhan? There is still something about your brother, you should have nothing to do with the Tao family. I wish they didn't have the courage."

Huang Zu was already a little desperate about Huang Yong's whereabouts. He sent someone to Jiangdong the day before yesterday to demand a redemption. If Huang Yong was not in Jiangdong, then Liu Jing was telling a lie.

Huang Zu had a bad feeling in his heart. He had died at Liu Jing's hands. Otherwise, why would Liu Biao not mention this? There was only one explanation. He had seen his head.

Huang Zu's face was as gloomy as water. After a while, he said coldly: "Swap food with the Tao family does not mean that they are spared. If there are ships in the Tao family, I will continue to detain them."

At this time, a soldier rushed over from a distance and knelt down on one knee to report, "Report to guard, emergency information in Yangxin County is coming."

The soldier presented a piece of information to Huang Zu. Huang Zu unfolded it and couldn't help laughing, "Liu Jing used idiots to suppress the bandits, but was beaten to the point of being beaten. Liao Hua was defeated in the battle, and only two of the seven defenders were left. Yangxin County could not be saved."

Huang She pondered for a moment and asked her father again: "So has Yangxin County asked Liu Jing for help?"

"Why didn't you ask for help? I sent you a letter of help from time to time. Ruoyang Xinxian lost. How did he explain to Liu Biao?"

Huang Zu was in a very good mood, and he wanted to capture these bandits together, but Huang She was more gloomy. He thought about it again and said hesitantly: "Father, I feel there is a chance here."

Huang Zu suddenly woke up, and he slapped his forehead hard, "Damn, why didn't I think of it?"

He immediately ordered his left and right and said, "Go and find the Minister of County Zhou to see me."

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The Zhou family was quiet for a while. During this period, Liu Jing came to visit the Zhou family, expressing his willingness to reconcile with the Zhou family, and also preparing to arrange for Zhou family to enter the officialdom of Chaisang. However, the head of the family Zhou Gu only said that the Zhou family had no intention of getting involved in the officialdom and expressed gratitude to Liu Jing for his visit. He did a good job, but the relationship between them did not improve substantially.

Then both sides calmed down, Liu Jing never looked for the Zhou family again, and the Zhou family was extremely low-key, forbidding me to engage in all public activities, and the entire Zhou family seemed to have disappeared in Chaisang City.

But this was just the peace of Chaisang City. In fact, Zhou Gu had been secretly interacting with his brother Zhou and sent the situation in Chaisang City to Wuchang in time. Zhou Gu knew that the interests of the Zhou family were in Wuchang, and in Huang Zu, he and Liu Jing could only be enemies.

In the room, Zhou Xin sighed and said, "The head of the family, Tao Qun is now like a waste, and I can't find him all day long, and he refuses to oppose Tao Sheng anymore, which is disappointing."

"This matter is understandable. Tao Sheng colluded with Liu Jing and beat his son to a serious injury. How could he have the courage? I care whether he gave us out." Zhou Gu stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back and said coldly.

"Brother, please rest assured. I have confirmed that he said that the letter had been burned and just pretended that nothing had happened. I believe that although he dared not offend Liu Jing, he also did not dare to offend Huang Zu. Judging from the current situation, Liu Jing did not monitor the Zhou family at all, which means that he has not yet developed suspicion."

Zhou Gu nodded, which was also something he felt a little relieved. After Liu Jing came to visit last time, he thought Liu Jing would send someone to monitor the Zhou family, but they observed carefully for a few days and there were no suspicious people outside the Zhou family.

If Liu Jing suspected the Zhou family, even if he did not take action against the Zhou family, there would be surveillance, which means that Liu Jing was busy controlling Chaisang and did not care about Huang Zu's threat.

Perhaps he believes that the two sides have reached a compromise and there will be no more battle to seize the city. Zhou Gu sneered, and he can only say that Liu Jing does not understand Huang Zu. Who is Huang Zu? In the face of his personal interests, will he be bound by a so-called compromise?

"This morning, I received a quick message from my second brother, asking me to pay close attention to the movements of Liu Jing's army. I will leave this matter to you."

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kill

The shouts of killing on the school ground were shaking the sky, and the heat was steaming. More than 2,000 soldiers were training in the scorching heat, sweating profusely, waving their spears to form a spectacular spear array.

On the side, Wei Yan was sweating profusely, but his attitude was extremely strict. He held a whip in his hand and shouted in his throat, "The momentum is to bring out the momentum for the old man."

"Damn it, your marksmanship is wrong. Lao Bai has taught you. Go and practice it."

Wei Yan pulled a soldier out of the team and ordered him to practice alone. "Once again," he shouted: "One less, see how old you punish you."

The soldiers were all used to Wei Yan's harsh yelling and scolding. Although he was fierce, he was serious. The marksmanship he taught was much more skillful than the mass marksmanship. If he was skilled, his lethality on the battlefield would be significantly improved.

As the coach, Wei Yan trained under the scorching sun with the soldiers, which was harder and more tiring than the soldiers, making the soldiers truly convinced.

Wei Yan wiped the sweat from his forehead, and he also felt a great sense of accomplishment in his heart. He had been depressed for many years, was self-reliant, rebellious, and looked down on those villain bosses, so he was repeatedly worn by his boss and almost lost his life.

Until he met Liu Jing, this was a turning point in Wei Yan's life. He had now been promoted to military marquis. Not only that, he also handed over the training power of the two thousand troops to him. What a trust this is, which made Wei Yan feel like a soldier died for his confidant.

At this time, there was a cheer from the distance. Wei Yan looked into the distance, with a knowing smile in his eyes. On the other side of the school ground, Liu Jing rode his horse and kept pulling his bow and shooting arrows.

In just one stick of incense, he had shot twenty arrows, and the straw man sixty steps away was filled with arrows. "Good" Wei Yan exclaimed in a low voice.

He saw with his own eyes the rapid progress of Liu Jing's archery technique. He trained hard every day. In just half a month, he made progress from shooting ten arrows with one stick of incense to shooting twenty arrows. Of course, Wei Yan knew that this was an extraordinary progress.

Not only archery skills, but his power is also steadily increasing, which is a great improvement compared to the last Battle of Shinno.

At this time, Liu Jing rode his horse and pulled the arrows and bowed eighty steps away. He pulled the bow like the moon and the arrow was like a meteor. He shot at the grass man with a puff and hit the chest with a strong arrow. The arrow was powerful and shot through the grass man. There was another cheer sound around him.

Even Liu Jing was quite proud of this arrow. He found the best feel. He penetrated his chest with an arrow eighty steps away. This was never seen before. At this moment, he suddenly saw Wei Yan looking at this place in the distance, as if shaking his head. Liu Jing felt strange in his heart and pulled his bow and ran towards Wei Yan.

"I always think something is wrong," Liu Jing asked with a smile.

Wei Yan didn't flatter him and said bluntly: "It's just a lucky shot to shoot an arrow. It's a real skill to shoot an arrow ninety-nine. Does Sima think I can praise you?"

Liu Jing also smiled faintly, "It's indeed a lucky person. If I ask me to shoot the second arrow, I won't find this feeling. You said it well, it's not worthy of praise."

"Since that's the case, which soldiers...."

Wei Yan pointed to the more than 20 soldiers surrounding the target and said, "Can they be allowed to receive my training, and don't just flatter and please me indifferently, affecting the training of the soldiers here."

Only then did Liu Jing understand why Wei Yan was disliked by his boss and was repeatedly worn with small shoes. This person's words were indeed easy to offend people. Although it was the truth, the way was wrong.

Even his face was a little uneasy, but Liu Jing knew him, so he would not care about him. He smiled, "Those twenty or so people are coming back to take a break for a while. They have to set off tonight, so there is no need to train."

He turned around and waved his hand, "You all go back to the camp."

More than 20 onlookers left the school ground and returned to the camp. Wei Yan realized that he was talking straightforward and quickly apologized: "I have always been unrestrained and say whatever I think. Why can't I change it? I hope Sima doesn't blame me."

Liu Jing patted his shoulder and smiled and said, "I know your temper. Although your words are unpleasant, it is right. The soldiers here are sweating profusely in training, but they are watching without any trouble. Don't worry, I won't take it to heart."

Wei Yan was grateful, but he couldn't express it. He just nodded silently. Liu Jing looked at the two thousand soldiers again and saw their muscles dark and shiny in the sun, and everyone was full of energy. Kong Wu was powerful and couldn't help but smile, "It's not OK to practice like this, but you have to train your physical strength. I plan to let them march for a long distance tonight."

"Where is Sima going to go?"
Chapter completed!