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Lu Su sighed, "Come in."

Xu Sheng quickly walked into the cabin, knelt down on one knee and saluted, "Watch the Governor"

Lu Su sat down, waved his hand, "Sit up, Xiang, too."

Lu Su is only in his early teens this year, but he looks a little old and looks like he is forty years old. He has a good personal relationship with Xu Sheng, both of whom are superiors and subordinates, and also as a friend of the king.

"Yiang, tell the truth, do you think Chaisang City can be defeated?" Lu Su asked as he stared at Xu Sheng.

Xu Sheng smiled bitterly, "We still have more than 15,000 people now, and the Chaisang defenders are less than 1,000. We can definitely capture them, but at least 5,000 more people will be lost. Can the governor bear it?"

Lu Su was stunned. He didn't understand what Xu Sheng meant. Xu Sheng explained: "A thousand of them were the losses of the siege, two thousand were the casualties of Gan Ning. In addition, our food and grass were almost burned out, and we could only last for two days at most, so the governor had to make a decision immediately."

Lu Su was embarrassed in his heart. He hoped that Xu Sheng would speak nonsense, but in fact he also understood that Xu Sheng's estimated losses were not exaggerated. Liu Jing fought against the trapped beasts, and their losses might be even greater.

"If that were the case, our losses would exceed 10,000. The result of Wu Hou could not accept it no matter how much. Even if he took down the Jiangxia army, he would not be able to make up for the heavy casualties." Lu Su's smile was full of bitterness.

"So I come and persuade the governor."

Lu Su looked at Xu Sheng for a while, then he understood what he meant, "So...is Xiang advised me to withdraw his troops?"

Xu Sheng nodded slowly, "If Gan Ning didn't show up, I wouldn't persuade the governor to withdraw his troops, but if Gan Ning appeared, the situation of the war would be variable. In fact, I said that taking down Chaisang would be the best result. I was afraid that Huang Zu would come accidentally and the consequences would be serious."

Lu Su lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then looked at Xu Sheng and said, "It seems that there is something in your words."

Xu Sheng nodded, "In fact, Liu Jing is the biggest beneficiary in this battle between Chaisang. His killing of Zhou Ling means that his breakup with Huang Zu also shows the beginning of the battle between Liu Biao and Huang Zu for Jiangxia. In the days to come, Chaisang City will inevitably be full of open and secret struggles. As long as we closely monitor the changes in the situation, we will still have a chance to take Chaisang City. But this time, we have lost more than 5,000 people. If we continue to fight, even if we take Chaisang, the governor will not be able to explain to the Marquis of Wu."

Lu Su walked to the window with his hands in his arms and stared at the river through the small window. After a long time, he sighed: "But even now, I can't explain to Mr. Wu."

At this time, a rapid footsteps came from outside the cabin, and a soldier reported outside: "Report to the Governor, the Marquis of Wu has an emergency order."

Lu Su was shocked and hurriedly said, "Support it to me."

A soldier entered the cabin and handed Sun Quan's order to Lu Su. Lu Su opened the order and looked at it, and froze a little. After a while, he said bitterly: "The mother of the country died of illness, the lord ordered to stop attacking Chaisang and withdraw his troops back to the Eastern Wu."

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In May of the seventh year of Jian'an, Sun Quan's mother died of illness, and the Eastern Wu mourned her. Sun Quan ordered the stop of the Battle of Chaisang. On the night of the withdrawal order, the Jiangdong army fleet evacuated from Chaisang. A battle for Chaisang eventually ended with heavy casualties between the two sides.

In this battle, the Jiangdong Army suffered more than 5,02 casualties, and various ships were lost. The defenders of Chaisang City also suffered nearly half of the casualties, and Chaisang City was shrouded in the sadness of the tragic wind and rain.

But it was this sudden battle that allowed Liu Jing to firmly control Chaisang, and this strong riverside city became Liu Jing's first foundation.

The city gate of Chaisang opened wide, and Liu Jing led more than 20 officials including Xu Shu, Liao Hua, Wang Tai and more than 20 officials and officials came out. Outside the city, Gan Ning and his more than 1,000 brothers had been waiting for a long time. Gan Ning took a step forward and knelt down on one knee to salute, "The rescue of the humble post was late, which made the Duke frightened, and Gan Ning's crimes were unforgivable."

Liu Jing hurriedly stepped forward to help him up and said with great sincerity: "Brother Gan can come to rescue me when I am most critical. Liu Jing is grateful in his heart. I remember the kindness of Brother Gan in my heart."

When Gan Ning saw him calling him Brother Gan, he was quite moved and sighed, "I'm just a little bit of a deal than your kindness to me in Fancheng. I'm afraid that if I come one step later and the city falls, I'll be dead enough to redeem my sins."

Liu Jing laughed, "We two, don't thank me, I'll thank you, this will never end. I'll introduce some subordinates to Brother Gan."

He pulled Xu Shu over and said with a smile: "This Xu Yuanzhi, a famous scholar in Yingchuan, is now in charge of military affairs for me."

Gan Ning hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "I heard that Xu Fu in Yingchuan is a heroic and righteous person. Gan Ning has always admired him. I met him today and I am lucky to live."

Xu Shu's real name is Xu Fu. He was originally a master of swordsmanship and was good at being a hero. Four years ago, he killed people for justice and fled to Xiangyang, changed his name to Xu Shu, and abandoned Wu Cong. However, many people still know his background, and even Gan Ning has heard of it.

Xu Shu smiled and politely greeted him. He neither denied that he was Xu Fu, but he did not admit that he was, but was just grateful to Gan Ning for coming to help in time.

At this time, Liu Jing pulled Liao Hua up again, "This General Liao is also my right-hand man, and he has made great contributions to defending the city this time."

Gan Ning was stunned for a moment. Of course, he knew the King of Jiangxia. The two of them sat together to negotiate and demarcate the boundaries two years ago. Liao Hua scratched his head and showed an embarrassment on his face. The two looked at each other and suddenly burst into laughter together.

Liu Jing realized that they should have been familiar with each other for a long time, and he couldn't help laughing. This was really interesting. Jiang Xia's double bandits in the water and land were used by him at the same time.

Everyone was in a similar position and got along well soon. The group surrounded Liu Jing and entered Chaisang City.

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Although the fierce and bloody battle of defending Chaisang ended with the withdrawal of the Jiangdong Army, the victorious wine brought to Liu Jing was not sweet, and the Chaisang defenders also suffered heavy casualties, especially assisting the civilians in the city. In the two wars, nearly 2,000 casualties were killed or injured.

After the passion of victory, the sound of sadness shrouded over the city of Chaisang. Almost every household hung white banners to mourn the relatives who died in the war. The money and food for pensions and rewards were carried out in an orderly manner. All the remaining wood was made into coffins and sent to the homes of every fallen soldier in time.

"Mr. Jing, so is this family"

Accompanied by the county magistrate Zhu Xun, Liu Jing was visiting door to door. Zhu Xun was a native of Chaisang and the eldest grandson of the Zhu family, the second wealthy family of Chaisang. His wife was Taoli's eldest daughter.

The Zhu and Tao families are married and support each other, prosper and prosper together, and lose together. There is a saying in Chaisang that the Tao family's ship and the Zhu family's cows, which means that the Zhu family has the most land, which is indeed the same. Nearly the land near Chaisang City belongs to the Zhu family.

Due to the full support of the Tao family for Liu Jing, the Zhu family was not naturally behind. In this battle to defend the city, the Zhu family took out 15,000 stones of grain. Because of this, Liu Jing also looked at the Zhu family differently and asked Zhu Xun to assist Xu Shu in handling the aftermath.

Zhu Xun pointed to a small courtyard with white banners and whispered: "This family's surname is Zhou, and there are ten acres of land outside the city. At the same time, they also rented ten acres of land from the Zhu family. I remember that their family has two children, and I don't know who died."

Liu Jing nodded, "Go in and take a look."

Zhu Xun went up to knock on the door. After a moment, the door opened. He was a middle-aged man in his fifties. The tears in his eyes were not dry. He knew Zhu Xun and was shocked and hurriedly wanted to kneel down. "The little people didn't know that the county magistrate Zhu was coming, please forgive me."

Zhu Xun quickly helped him up, pointed at Liu Jing and said, "Mr. Jing saw that there was a white banner hanging on the front of your door, so I came to visit you."

Hearing that it was Gong Jing who came to visit him, tears came out of his eyes, he stepped forward and knelt down, and cried, "Thank you Gong Jing for your comfort and defend your home. Even if the dog dies, there will be no regrets."

Liu Jing helped him up, his eyes turned red, and he sighed: "The battle is fierce, I have failed to protect your son. I should be apologizing to you."

"The old man has done his best and can still visit him after his death. The old man is only grateful."

The male general Liu Jing was asked to enter the yard. There was a newly made coffin in the yard, an altar with an incense wax paper stick and various sacrifices. Several women and children were kneeling in front of the coffin and crying sadly. Next to it was a young man of twenty-seven or eight years old, whispering in a low voice. It could be seen that the person who died was the time of this family.

Except for the family, almost all the neighbors came to help. There were busy people everywhere in the yard and the room. At this time, a large group of people walked into the yard, scaring everyone to avoid them. The crying woman was also helped aside. Everyone looked at Liu Jing, who was already famous in Chaisang City, and actually became the new master of Chaisang.

At this time, Liu Jing slowly walked forward, stood in front of the coffin, silently staring at the young soldiers who died. Suddenly, Liu Jing knelt down on one knee and saluted the soldier solemnly.

A low scream suddenly sounded in the yard.

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The condolences of each family, it was almost dusk. Zhu Xun, who followed Liu Jingyi to express his sincere respect to the fallen one by one. Whether it was a soldier or a civilian, he did not care about his identity or his superiority, and expressed his sincere respect to the fallen one by one.

At first, Zhu Xun didn't understand, but gradually, he saw with his own eyes that the family members had no resentment, but were moved by Liu Jing's sincerity and endless gratitude to Liu Jing. Zhu Xun finally understood that Liu Jing used his respect and sincerity to the deceased to exchange for the gratitude and loyalty of the Chaisan people to him.

Zhu Xun suddenly had an enlightenment in his heart that this young Duke Jing might be a younger brother of Liu who could achieve great achievements.

As night fell, many families still did not come. At this time, Zhu Xun could no longer withstand his physical fatigue and said to Liu Jing: "My husband, according to the customs of Chaisang, the deceased should stay at home and continue to comfort his family tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

Liu Jing glanced at him and saw that he was tired and could not walk anymore. Then he realized his fatigue and said apologized: "I'm so sorry, let County Magistrate Zhu follow me for a busy day. Let's stop here today, and continue tomorrow."

Zhu Xun's face turned red, "The officials were not in good health, which made the husband disappointed."

"It's nothing, I'm actually exhausted."

Liu Jing smiled, and at this time he remembered something again and said to Zhu Xun: "How to deal with the casualties of the Jiangdong Army?"

Zhu Xun hurriedly said, "I went to ask just now and dealt with it completely according to the instructions of the public. The injured soldiers treated them with their injuries. After the dead, the bones were burned into the pottery jar, and their names and origins were engraved on the bamboo slips and placed them in the pottery jar. The treatment was very dedicated."

Liu Jing nodded, "I'll ask the monks to give them the souls of the dead tomorrow."

"It's the official who will handle it tomorrow."
Chapter completed!