There was no suspense in the negotiations between Liu Jing and Lu Su. Both sides properly resolved the final legacy of the Battle of Chaisang with the greatest sincerity.

According to the agreement between the two sides, Liu Jing handed over all 532 injured Jiangdong prisoners to Lu Su to take away, and the ashes of more than 4,500 dead soldiers were also taken away by Lu Su.

In return, Jiangdong would also hand over the 2,700 Jiangxia prisoners of war captured during the war with Huang Sheshui to Liu Jing. At this point, the Battle of Chaisang finally marked a perfect mark.

On the top of the city of Chaisang, Liu Jing watched dozens of large ships go to the owner. This was the Tao family's fleet. It transported away wounded soldiers and ashes from Jiangdong. When it came back, it would also bring Jiangxia army prisoners of war back to Chaisang.

"Young Master isn't afraid of the provincial governor?" Xu Shu slowly walked to Liu Jing, frowned slightly, and asked with some concern.

He saw clearly in the past two days that Liu Jing and Lu Su's relationship was too close. It can be seen that Liu Jing was determined to reconcile with Jiangdong, which made Xu Shu very worried about Liu Biao's attitude.

Liu Biao and Jiangdong are enemies. He will never allow his nephew to secretly communicate with Jiangdong. Especially Liu Jing's filial piety banner caused a sensation in Jiangdong. How could Liu Biao be indifferent? Then, how could Liu Jing explain to Liu Biao?

Liu Jing shook his head, "I can't do some things because the provincial governor doesn't like it. I will also weigh the pros and cons. At most, I will explain to my uncle to admit his mistakes. However, reconciliation with Jiangdong is completely in line with the interests of Chaisang and Jiangxia. I think my uncle can understand me."

"I'm afraid he doesn't think so."

Liu Jing's face also became severe. He turned around and looked at Xu Shu. He was half a head taller than Xu Shu. It was a cold, condescending stare and slowly said: "Whether the governor is angry or not is just a small matter, but reconciliation with Jiangdong is a great cause. I will not give up the great cause for the small matter. I hope Brother Yuanzhi can understand this."

Xu Shu felt the severity in Liu Jing's tone. He sighed and nodded. He understood Liu Jing's great cause. Xu Shu's eyes turned to the river and stared at the fleet turning into a black spot. He suddenly remembered something again and pondered for a while and asked: "What should the young master do when the prisoners of war sent back from Jiangdong?"

Liu Jing also realized that his attitude towards Xu Shu had just been a little strict. After all, he was doing his best for his own good and should not talk to him so harshly. Liu Jing apologized in his heart, and his tone of speaking was much softer. He smiled and asked, "What if I use it to replenish the source of troops, what do Yuan Zhi think?"

"It's better not!"

Xu Shu shook his head. This time he was very decisive, "Leaving these prisoners of war will do more harm than good for Sima."

Liu Jing was not surprised or surprised. Xu Shu's negative attitude seemed to be as expected. He smiled and asked, "Why is it more harmful than good to use these prisoners of war to supplement my military source?"

Xu Shu smiled bitterly, "Young Master should understand more than me that if you put these people back to your home, it will have a great impact on your reputation. Not only will it be for their family, but the whole of Jiangxia will be grateful to your son. How beneficial this is to the son's reputation in Jiangxia. On the contrary, if your son regards them as his source of troops, although it is understandable, he has lost a great opportunity to gain Jiangxia's reputation and the hearts of the people."

Liu Jing walked a few steps on the city wall with his hands behind his back, and then held the battlements and stared into the distance. He pondered for a long time. It should be said that Xu Shu's suggestions coincided with his ideas.

He looked back at Xu Shu, and when he saw his look of anticipation, he couldn't help but smile.

"For this matter, I'm asking Yuan Zhi to formulate a detailed plan and arrange publicity personnel, so I just do it with great fanfare."

When Xu Shu saw Liu Jing accepting his plan, he felt very comforted and bowed deeply: "The humble position will be arranged so that all the people in Jiangxia will accept the favor of the young master."

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A few more days passed, and the Jiangxia army prisoners of war had not yet been transported from Jiangdong, but Liu Jing unexpectedly welcomed the guests who came from Changsha County.

As soon as dawn, a team of more than 300 cavalrymen appeared outside the southern city of Chaisang and shouted to the cavalry: "Please report to Liu Sima quickly, the commander of Changsha County, Lao General Huang, is here."

In the middle of the cavalry team was a veteran of about 60 years old, with a fifty-bearded hair and a bright look. It was Huang Zhong, a famous general in Jingzhou. Huang Zhong was still the General of the Central Army. He also served as the Chief Commander of Changsha County and was in charge of the 5,000 troops in Changsha. In fact, he was to assist Liu Pan. However, Changsha County was relying on Chaisang. Another intention of Liu Biao was to let Huang Zhong send troops to assist Liu Jing in defeating Huang Zu at a critical moment.

Therefore, Huang Zhong's troops stationed in the north of Changsha County, Xiajun County and Puqi County, which is close to Jiangxia. Once the war in Jiangxia is fierce, Huang Zhong can come to help in time.

However, when the Jiangdong Army launched a large-scale attack on Chaisang last time, Huang Zhong had not taken office and the army had not been deployed, so Liu Jing did not use Huang Zhong, the largest reinforcement.

Huang Zhong took office five days ago. He had just arranged the army and immediately set off to Chaisang. Rather than saying that Huang Zhong was visiting Liu Jing, he was here to check Liu Jing's progress in archery.

Since Liu Jing has learned arrows from him, he is half of his disciple. Huang Zhong will never allow his disciples to be careless. If the arrow skills are mediocre, it will damage his name.

At this time, the city gate opened, and Liu Jing led Wei Yan, Liu Hu and other generals to walk out of the city quickly. His face seemed happy, but it was hard to hide the tension in his heart. Although Liu Jing insisted on practicing arrows every day, he knew that he was still far from Huang Zhong’s request. This time, Huang Zhong’s request was that he had eighteen arrows outside 60 steps, and his best record in the past few days was twenty arrows fifteen arrows.

Liu Jing walked a few steps quickly and knelt down in front of Huang Zhong on one knee, "Last general Liu Jing, see General Huang!"

The followers behind also knelt down on one knee and saluted, "See General Huang!"

Huang Zhong hurriedly stepped forward and helped Liu Jing up, "Prince Jing, please get up, all generals!"

Huang Zhong had a great prestige in the Jingzhou army. His arrival caused a sensation among the Chaisang defenders. The soldiers guarding the city came forward to greet him one by one. Even Wei Yan's thorns were sincerely admired Huang Zhong. Huang Zhong and everyone greeted each other one by one, and then sighed to Liu Jing: "It feels like I'm going home when I come to Chaisang, this feeling is very good."

Although Huang Zhong did not formally accept Liu Jing as his disciple because of Zhao Yun, they have a master-disciple friendship. Liu Jing also regards him as one of his masters in his heart. He smiled and said, "If the old general likes Chaisang, he might as well stay for a few months this time and train soldiers for me."

Huang Zhong glanced at him, and he saw that Liu Jing was in a complicated heart. He was afraid that he would live forever and was afraid that he would be too strict with his control. Huang Zhong smiled, "I'm afraid you are not sincere! If I live for a few months, the first one who is unlucky will be you."

Everyone knew about Liu Jing and Huang Zhong's learning arrows, so they couldn't help but laugh. Liu Jing scratched his head and said, "It's not unlucky! The veteran general's long-term residence will only make my archery skills increase greatly. I'm not happy yet."

Huang Zhong sneered, "Then let's see how you perform today, and I will decide whether to live in Chaisang for a few months."

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Training on the school field has stopped. Thousands of soldiers were surrounded by riding the shooting field. Everyone stretched their necks and watched Liu Jing's archery with great interest. A wooden platform was set up on the riding field. A drum was hung on the wooden platform. Huang Zhong's personal hand held the drumstick, his hair was bulging, and his arms swung the drumsticks, and the drumsticks were rumbling loudly.

A war horse rushed from the northwest corner, stirring up rolling yellow dust. Liu Jing held the eight-dove archery bow in his hand, wearing scale armor, wearing red tassels and bright silver helmets, and a pot of arrows behind him, jumping on the horse. He was like a god, and a horse was like a flying dragon, and his heroic posture aroused the soldiers' applause.

Liu Jing ran past under the drum stage, controlled the horse with both legs, drew an arrow with his right hand, and set the bow with a string. The bow was like a full moon. With a string, a wolf-tooth arrow shot out like lightning, hitting the straw man more than 60 steps away.

‘Click!’

The long arrow accurately shot the grass man in front of the chest, winning the joy of the soldiers around him. This was Liu Jing's seventh arrow. The first six arrows hit the target, but Huang Zhong's face was as deep as water, and he could not see any smile. He waved his arms and beat the drum again. He no longer prepared time for Liu Jing and asked for continuous shooting, which suddenly increased the difficulty.

Liu Jing turned the dock and rushed out several steps. Without thinking, he drew his bow and arrow again and shot it out. The arrow was full of power, but it passed by the neck of the grass man and shot it empty, causing a sound of regret around him.

Huang Zhong snorted, and the arrow leaked as soon as he accelerated the pace. It seemed that his training was not enough. His face was as cold as frost, and the drum beat even louder.

The first mistake made Liu Jing bit his lip hard. He was not in a hurry to appear, but recalling the reason for the mistake just now. It should be that he shot too quickly and did not find the best feel. In fact, this is the difference between Liu Jing and a real archery master. A real archery master does not need to find any feel when shooting archery. Archery is an instinct.

Liu Jing is far from practicing this instinct. This requires tens of millions of arrows to master it. Now he can only rely on his feel. When he feels good, he can hit the target with one arrow. If his feels weak, he will easily shoot away.

Today he felt good, hitting the target for seven consecutive arrows, but he was a little rushed on the eighth arrow and missed the target.

Liu Jing took a deep breath, calmed his mind, jumped on his horse again, pulled out an arrow, put the arrow on the bow, and his arm was as calm as a mountain. When an arrow shot out, Liu Jing felt relieved. The arrow accurately shot through the neck of the grass man, and once again received a cheer.

This arrow found an excellent feel. More than a dozen arrows behind him shot like flowing water, and the arrow hit the target. When Liu Jing pulled out the last arrow, he was already nineteen and eighteen, completing the task assigned to him by Huang Zhong.

At this time, when Huang Zhong's drum sound was at its most urgent moment, Liu Jing took the bow and shot the arrow, and the last arrow was shot. But as soon as the arrow was shot, he secretly screamed in his heart. The arrow was broken, and the arrow flew past five feet above the head of the grass target.

The surroundings were silent, and the arrow was greatly lost, which shocked the soldiers around him. Liu Jing turned around and looked at Huang Zhong, but saw him staring at him with a stern look. Liu Jing couldn't help but smile bitterly, and the arrow failed, which was a waste of all his previous efforts.

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At the top of the city wall, Liu Jing and Huang Zhong took a walk side by side. Huang Zhong did not punish him for shooting the last arrow. In fact, Huang Zhong knew that Liu Jing had encountered major events during this period, and life and death were at stake. In this case, he was able to maintain training and make progress. This was extremely valuable. He really didn't have to punish him.

"I came to Chaisang today, but I actually wanted to talk to you about the future."

Liu Jing walked silently. Most of the time he was listening and rarely interrupted Huang Zhong's words. Huang Zhong looked at him and continued: "Before leaving, the provincial governor and deep-speaking talked, the reason why I was stationed in the northern part of Changsha County was largely to help you. I could send troops to help you seize Jiangxia at critical moments. I want to hear your plans."

The two of them had reached the end of the city wall, held the battlements and looked eastward, and the magnificent Yangtze River appeared in front of them, rushing eastward. Liu Jing pondered for a long time and whispered: "My plan is not to seize the Jiangxia territory. During this period, I have been doing something to ease the hatred between Jingzhou and Jiangdong. This is to unite the Eastern Wu and fight against Cao together in the future. Can the veteran general understand my painstaking efforts?"

Huang Zhong was shocked. He didn't expect Liu Jing to say such a thing, but Huang Zhong was a knowledgeable veteran after all, and he suddenly understood what Liu Jing meant.

Liu Jing did not take Huang Zu to heart at all. His heart was already in the future. After pondering for a moment, Huang Zhong asked: "If Jiangdong attacks Jiangxia in a large scale, will there be a joint fight against Cao?"

"Without eternal alliances, there will naturally be no eternal enemies."

Liu Jing looked at Jiangmeng calmly and said, "As long as it is in the interests of both parties, he will naturally sit down and negotiate."

Huang Zhong was silent. He could understand what Liu Jing meant. He reconciled with the Eastern Wu for the benefit of Jingzhou. After a long time, Huang Zu sighed softly and asked: "Have you received support or permission from the provincial governor?"

Liu Jing shook his head, "He won't agree!"

"Then you still..." Huang Zhong became even more puzzled.

Liu Jing smiled faintly with his hands behind his back, "I, Liu Jing, do things and will not deliberately execute anyone's orders. My starting point is for the future of Jingzhou. As long as I think it is right, I will insist on doing it. Since it angers the governor of the state, it will be spared."

Liu Jing turned around and stared at Huang Zhong, his bright eyes filled with too much expectation, "I hope to get the support of the old general."

Huang Zhong showed a sly smile on his face and said, "If you can convince me then, then I will definitely support you!"
To be continued...