May 23.

Yuzhang County, Nanchang City.

"Report to the prefect that Yuan Shu's army has retreated after staying between Pengze and Poyang for several days!"

After receiving the reward of probing the horse, the prefect Zhu Hao breathed a long sigh.

Then he climbed up the city tower and looked to the north and slowly bowed:

"It is a great unfilial child to let his father take a stunning arrow with his body of gold!"

His Sima, Pan Gu, a native of the same county, came over:

"Mr. The guard of the West Gate just came to report that Zhuge Xuan knocked on the city by bicycle and asked to see him."

Zhu Hao was stunned for a moment and climbed up from the cold ground:

"He's the only one?"

Pan Gu replied:

"Only a few personal guards were escorting their families, children and nephews, and there were no soldiers within ten miles."

Zhu Hao pondered for a moment and waved his hand:

"After all, the famous Langya clan of Zhuge is just a dispute with me for business and has no obstacles to personal morality. Please ask him to enter the city."

But in a moment, Zhuge Xuan brought his family into the county magistrate's mansion.

A year ago, this place was originally his office, but now I have some emotion when I saw my old residence.

But he immediately calmed down and bowed to Zhu Hao:

"For the past year, Xuan and Zhu Fujun have been close neighbors, so I came to say goodbye today."

Zhu Hao actually guessed his intention a little bit, and asked after returning the gift:

"You are polite, I don't know where you want to go in the future?"

Zhuge Xuan did not hide it:

"I was originally a member of Liu Jingsheng, so I naturally returned to Jingzhou."

Zhu Hao nodded and said:

"The place of peace in Jingzhou is a good place. Are these three... all the young masters?"

Zhuge Xuan looked at the three young men behind him and shook his head with a smile:

"These three are the sons of the deceased brother. The eldest son is Jin. He is already an adult. The second son is Liang. The youngest son is Jun. The deceased brother still has a widow and two daughters. Due to the limitations of the ceremony, it is not convenient to visit the Lord of the House."

Zhu Hao sighed:

"The Central Plains have been in turmoil for many years, and the Zhuge clan in Langya cannot be fully integrated, let alone ordinary people? People come and take two hundred pieces of silk cloth and give it to Mr. Zhuge."

Zhuge Xuan hurriedly refused, but Zhu Hao did not allow him to refuse:

"You are not close to Jingzhou this time, and it is always cost to help the elderly and the young. Since the gentleman said goodbye to me as a neighbor, he must accept the gift of the neighbor's farewell."

Zhuge Xuan refused but could only bow down:

"Children, thank you to Zhu Fujun with me."

Zhuge Liang and Zhuge both bowed to Zhu Hao at the same time, but Zhuge Jin hesitated for a moment:

"Uncle, why should we go to Jingzhou?"

Zhuge Xuan was a little strange:

"The world is chaotic, and only Jingzhou has a dangerous and stable mountain. If you don't go to Liu Jingsheng, where can we have a foothold in the world?"

Zhuge Jin, who was in his early twenties, immediately answered him:

"Since Chen Yunlong has sent troops to cross the Huai River, Yuan Shu will be in danger within a few months, and it will be no difficult to pacify Jiangdong later. How can Jingzhou be spared from the war when he pacified Yangzhou?"

Zhuge Xuan was hesitant:

"What Ziyu said seems to be very reasonable. In your opinion... I might as well go north to the Central Plains and go to Chen Yunlong?"

Zhuge Jin nodded and said:

"If my uncle agrees to go north, why not ask Zhu Fujun to write a letter to Zhu Feiqi. We go straight to Shouchun and return to the Central Plains with the army. Wouldn't it be safer?"

Zhu Hao smiled and said:

"The right general is at the moment of hiring people. With the talent and reputation of the Zhuge clan of Langya, if the clan tribe goes to the crowd, everyone will definitely be valued!"

Zhuge Xuan was still hesitating, and he glanced at the fourteen-year-old Zhuge Liang:

"Aliang, your two sisters married the Cai family of Xiangyang and Pang family respectively, both of which are prominent families in Jingzhou. When we go to Xiangyang, our relatives can still be reunited. If we go north to the Central Plains, there will be more variables..."

The fourteen-year-old Zhuge Liang seemed to be more calm than the forties Zhuge Xuan:

"Why should my uncle hesitate? I heard that although Liu Jingzhou is generous and kind in politics, loves the people and raises the scholars, he has no ambitions in all directions. When my nephew looks at it, he is afraid that the seven counties in Jingzhou will not be protected, so how can he talk about supporting the world?"

Zhu Hao glanced at him, and his eyes showed a look of surprise:

"Although this son is young, he is definitely not an ordinary person. Zhuge Gong, a young man with a young man knows how to distinguish the situation. Are you not as good as a junior?"

Zhuge Xuan sighed, finally made up his mind, bowed to Zhu Hao:

"Since that's the case, please ask the Lord Zhufu to introduce him to the tent of Lingzun. Zhuge is willing to serve the right general."

Zhu Hao was very happy and reached out and grabbed his wrist:

"Why do you have to be so troublesome! I will lead my army to escort you to Shouchun and personally introduce you to my father! Pan Sima, please guard Nanchang, I will go back!"

Zhuge Xuan was even more happy. Although he was held back with both hands, he still bowed to the ground:

"Thank you, Mr. Fu!"

Zhu Hao laughed:

"You and I will be together with the right general in the future, so why should we be so polite! By the way, I have a daughter, who is only two or six years old, with a good appearance, knowledgeable and polite, and love her very much. I wonder if this nephew will be married?"

Zhuge Liang's little face suddenly turned black.

Zhuge Xuan straightened his back:

"Zhu Cavalry has been a general for three dynasties, and the king of Zhu's family is a gentleman. If he can become a relative of Zhu, he will probably be able to smile with his deceased brother."

In fact, he was a little insincere. After all, although Zhuge of Langya is not as good as the first-class wealthy families such as the Yuan, Xun, and Yang, he is also a second-rate famous family. He has been intermittently in the Western Han Dynasty, but Zhu Yi of Kuaiji is an absolute poor family. The family backgrounds of both sides are more than tens of millions?!

However, now in troubled times, the real representatives of Yuan Shu and Yang Biao, are all struggling in the storm. If the Zhuge clan, whose sons are not prosperous, cannot find a reliable monarch, it will be difficult for him to have another revival.

On the other hand, Zhu Jun and Zhu Hao are the old ones, and they are also the big banner that Chen Fei needs to rely on, while the small ones are the best reason for Chen Fei to enter Yangzhou. They must be highly valued. Zhuge and Zhu got married, and their political future will naturally be bright.

Huang Chengyan, who was far away in Jingzhou, suddenly sneezes.

His wife, Cai, covered her slightly raised belly and told him shyly:

"Husband, the child is kicking me!"

-

Five days later, May 28th.

Qiao Rui, who went through a lot of hardships to rush back to Jiangbei and was preparing to rescue Yuan Shu, encountered an ambush at Chengde, one hundred and twenty miles south of Shouchun.

This ambush... was not even beyond Qiao Rui's expectations, but he could not avoid it.

Zhu Ye sent only Li Tong, Xu Chu and Chen Jian to destroy Yuan Shu's second wave of reinforcements in the middle!

After traveling back and forth for more than a thousand miles within a month, Qiao Rui's troops were exhausted even if they were cast steel. What's more, their families were all in the city, and they didn't know how to live or die. As soon as Li Tong, Xu Chu and Chen Jian's banners were raised, the morale on the opposite side collapsed!

The two sides had a round of confrontation, and Qiao Rui died in the chaos, and more than 20,000 Yuan troops were easily dispersed by the enemy with only half of his own strength.

Li Tong personally cut off the banner of Yuan Jun, and together with Qiao Rui's head, he sent a quick horse to Zhu Jun's tent, asking the latter to hang these two things high in front of Shouchun City.

After seeing Qiao Rui dead with his eyes closed, Yuan Shu almost fainted on the spot!

"Where is my army?! That's a total of 40,000 troops!"

Yuan Shu covered his temple and shouted:

"How many people do Zhu Jun have? His main force is here. How could he destroy my 40,000 army?!"

A maid asked timidly:

"Master, the honey water is ready. Do you drink it while it's hot?"

She didn't wait for an answer, but just waited for a sharp sword with a cold light!

With a "swish", Yuan Shu pulled out the sword from the maid's chest and threw it on the ground fiercely:

"Honey Water? Didn't you see me discussing military and national affairs? If you weren't the whole chattering in my ears, I would have repelled Zhu Jun, wiped out Chen Fei, and Cao Cao!"
Chapter completed!