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In the courtyard, Deng Yi sat on the light bamboo couch and bowed to Pin and said with a smile: "Zhongye, I haven't seen him for many years."

Deng Yi was appointed as the governor of Jingzhou and was in charge of the money and grain of Jingzhou. He was one of the real power figures in Jingzhou, second only to Cai Mao and Kuai Yue. As one of the main generals of Jingzhou, he was of course very familiar with him. He quickly saluted, "The army attacked the city, which scared Deng Gong."

"It's okay, Zhongye is busy with military affairs and I'm still disturbing me. I should apologize."

The two apologized to each other, and couldn't help laughing. Deng Yi waved his hand and said, "General, please sit in the house."

The two family members stepped forward, raised the bamboo couch, walked into the room, and followed by Pin and asked with concern: "Is there no way for Mr. Deng's legs?"

"I have been paralyzed for five or six years, and I guess I have no hope of recovery. However, in addition to the inconvenience of legs and feet, my body is still healthy, and the impact is not great."

Pin Momo nodded, "The governor of the state always wanted to invite Mr. Deng to return to Jingzhou, but it was very regretful that Mr. Deng was inconvenient to his legs and feet. This was also a loss to Jingzhou."

The two of them sat down in the room, and Deng Yi ordered his family to serve tea again, and then smiled at Pin and said, "Although I can't serve Jingzhou, being an official in Nanjun can make up for my regret."

Deng Yizhi and Deng Hong were admitted to the public recruitment of scholars in Jingzhou, and were appointed as the chief clerk of Huarong County. Deng Yi was very pleased and said with a smile: "The governor of the state also told me that there are several outstanding scholars in this group, such as Xun Zhi, Cui Si, Zhang Xi, and the son-in-law, who said that they were down-to-earth and willing to work hard, dedicated to the people, and honest and dedicated to the public, and their future was limitless."

Deng Yi nodded, "He is doing a good job in Huarong County now. He wrote to me that he is busy every day and his life is fulfilling. I have warned him more than once that the future of being an official lies in establishing reputation, and reputation comes from the reputation of the people. As long as he is willing to do practical things for the people, he will naturally have reputation. With reputation, he will have the opportunity to move upward. This is my way of being an official back then. Zhongye, wasn't Jingsheng the same?"

Both of them laughed and sighed: "If you talk about grand achievements, Jingsheng is far inferior to the current provincial governor. When Jingsheng was afraid of Cao Cao, he is now the opposite. After all, Jingsheng's mind and ambition are still a little worse than the talent and strategy of the provincial governor. I am lucky to be able to follow such a lord."

"Yes, he was different back then. I also saw that Qi and Gong Cong were both mediocre people and could not take on the revitalization of Jingzhou, so I finally supported Gong Jing. But I didn't expect that Gong Jing could go so far. Now I am paying attention to whether he can take Guanlong. Once Guanlong is taken, the hope of winning the world will increase greatly."

“I’m looking forward to that day too”

The two of them felt a little for a moment, and then turned the topic to Xun Yu. He asked in a deep voice: "Dong Gong thinks, may Xun Lingjun turn to serve us?"

Deng Yi smiled slightly, "Whether Xun Yu or Xun You are both steadfasts of the Han Dynasty. Cao Cao established the Wei Kingdom and received the Jiuxie, which has been effective as Wang Mang's cuteness. All those who support Han in the world are indignant. This is also the reason why Jingzhou's open recruitment of scholars can achieve great success. Xun's uncle and nephew are no exception. It's just Xun You are implicit and Xun Yu is upright. Xun You hopes to persuade Cao Cao to return, while Xun Yu is disappointed with Cao Cao. In fact, it is not only Cao Cao, but Xun Yu is also very disappointed with the emperor. He told me personally that if it were not for Liu Jing, the Han Dynasty would definitely be destroyed in the hands of the emperor."

"Mr. Deng means that he is willing to serve the provincial governor?"

Deng Yi shook his head, "He will serve the Han Dynasty, but will not deal with Cao Cao for Duke Jing. Cao Cao has deep affection for him. No matter how much he resents Cao Cao, he will not be enemies with him. However, Duke Jing can win over Xun Yu, be friends with him, and discuss some strategies for governing the country. I think Xun Lingjun will be willing to work hard on this."

Speaking of winning over, this reminded Pin of Xun Jie's attitude just now. He asked quickly: "I just met Xun Lingjunzhi. He said that his father was in poor health and could not see me, but he also felt that he seemed to have something to say to me, but he didn't know why."

Deng Yi smiled slightly, "Xun Yu is indeed sick and has not been cured. Xun Jie has also found me, hoping to ask Zhang Zhongjing to treat his father, but because Cao Cao invaded the south, Zhang Ji and his family hid in Nanjun. I guess that's what Xun Jie meant."

After Pin suddenly realized, he pondered for a moment and said, "It's not a big problem to ask Zhang Ji to treat his illness. But Mr. Deng thinks Xun Lingjun will go to Nanjun?"

"No, at least for a year, he will not leave Wancheng half a step."

Pin sighed and said, "If this happens, you have to ask Zhongjing to go north, but only the provincial governor has this. I will immediately write a letter to the provincial governor to report to Deng Gongduoduo to take care of Xun Lingjun."

“This is nature”

At this time, Pin stood up and said goodbye. Deng Yi reminded Pin again: "I guess Cao Cao will not let Xun Lingjun go, and I hope Zhongye will send troops to protect him, so that he will not be plotted against by Cao Cao."

This sentence immediately reminded the gui, and he quickly bowed, "I understand, thank you Mr. Deng for the reminder."

When he returned to the city, the sky was already dark. A ray of morning glow shot out from the clouds in the east sky, dyeing the entire Wancheng golden. Looking at the morning glow, his heart was undulating. At this time, Pang De hurriedly found Pin and whispered: "I just received a message from the scout that Cao's cavalry had entered Nanyang, about 5,000 cavalry, and it seemed to be Cao Chun, the general."

Pin nodded, and was indeed what they thought about. He pondered for a while and asked again: "The defeated soldiers in the city can be cleaned up."

For the Han army, the most urgent task is to clean up the Cao army hiding in the city, prevent them from cooperating inside and outside, and to support Cao's cavalry into the city. Pang De nodded, "We checked the whole city and captured more than six hidden Cao army. Even if there are still Cao army that has not been found, it will not exceed the number of people. There is no big problem. Beizhi thinks that we should defend against enemy cavalry going south."

Pin was stunned, "Ling Ming, what do you mean?"

"The enemy is a cavalry and will definitely not be able to capture Wancheng, but they cannot explain it to Cao Cao, so I feel that they will go south to Xinye and Fancheng, especially Fancheng is building a new city, with tens of thousands of people working, and Xinye is also clearing ditches and water conservancy, and there are also a large number of people. Once the Cao army's cavalry continues to kill, the consequences will be unimaginable."

Pin nodded, "You are right, we have to deal with this danger."

Pin also laughed. He understood what Pang De meant and said, "I will give you a thousand people, and I will leave this matter to you."

Pang De was overjoyed and bowed, "The humble position will not disappoint the governor."

A quarter of an hour later, Pang De led a thousand men out of Wancheng and rushed to the south.

Cao Chun's five thousand cavalry arrived at Wancheng at noon. From a distance, the dust was flying, the earth shook like thunder, and the five thousand cavalry came overwhelmingly, causing the heaven and earth to change color. After a moment, the army reached the city. Cao Chun led 5 thousand cavalry to run day and night, and arrived at Wancheng in just two days and one night, but they were still one step late, and Wancheng had fallen last night.

Cao Chun was upset and secretly hated Cao Hong for being incompetent. He knew that the Prime Minister would send reinforcements to come, but he couldn't even defend the last night. However, Cao Hong had already fled to Xuchang at this time. Cao Chun was helpless. He ordered the army to take soil to fill the river. However, when the cavalry had just approached the moat, arrows were fired in a row on the city, and the arrows were like rain. Cao's army was caught and fell off the horse, killing and injured his master.

Cao Chun had no choice but to retreat beyond the range. At this time, Cao Zhen stepped forward and suggested: "Since Wancheng cannot capture, why don't we go south to Jingzhou and enter the rear of the Han army. When the Han army divides its troops to rescue, we will be able to annihilate it in one battle, and at least we can explain to the Prime Minister."

Cao Chun thought for a moment and had no choice but to do so. He immediately ordered, "The army went south to Jingzhou."

Five thousand cavalry turned their horses and swept south like a gust of wind. Soon, they disappeared from afar. Pin Zaizhai looked at the Cao army's cavalry far away. His heart was full of worries. Can Pang De stop it?

As soon as Cao Chun's army headed south, he did not meet a single peasant. Many fortifications were halfway through, and it was obvious that they were evacuating hastily, which means that an enemy army had already advanced southward and notified the villagers to evacuate.

In the afternoon, Cao Chun led 5,000 cavalry to Fancheng. At this time, Fancheng was also empty. Halfway through the rebuilding of the city, the craftsmen and civilians fled. Cao Chun had a gloomy face and pointed at a craftsman's tent not far away with him and said, "Burn for me."

Several cavalrymen lit torches and rushed forward to burn the tent. Many cavalry rushed into the city and poured tin oil on half of the building. Soon, several tents were engulfed by raging fires, and thick smoke was rolling in Fancheng, covering the sky and the sun.

Cao Chun could not find a target to vent, so he had to turn his horse's head and head north. As soon as they went north along Bishui, they burned the house and destroyed the things when they saw things. When it was almost dark, the cavalry arrived at Hekou Town, which was the intersection of Qingshui and Bishui. The town was already deserted and the weeds were taller than people.

At this time, a cavalry rushed to report, "I found a fleet of ships ahead, with about a few ships, which seemed to be loaded with cargo, coming to the south."

Cao Chun was overjoyed and finally got something. He ordered: "Come on"

Thousands of cavalry rushed north and ran for miles. From a distance, they saw a fleet of ships heading south. There were two boatmen on each ship. Cao Chun rushed up and shouted, "Stop the ship."

A boatman trembled at the bow of the boat: "General, this is a cargo ship. I went to Wuchang and there was no ban."

"Fleet docking"

Cao's army shouted fiercely, and the fleet had no choice but to slowly approach the shore. The Cao's cavalry dismounted and went up to meet. Cao Chun also got off the horse and walked quickly to the shore to harvest these merchant ships. For Cao Chun, he not only wanted to give the prime minister an explanation, but also to give his brothers some harvest. This merchant ship was just right.

At this moment, the boatman's face changed and he rang the big bell on the bow of the boat with force.

The bells sounded loudly, and the bells were the signal. The covers on the boat tent were lifted up one after another, and countless crossbow arrows shot arrows to the shore. The stormy crossbow arrows shot at the cavalry dozens of steps away.

The cavalry all got off the horse and were unprepared and were shot down. There was a scream, and even Cao Chun was caught off guard. He was shot in a row. One of the arrows hit Cao Chun's chest. Cao Chun screamed and fell on his back. The sudden attack caused chaos in the Cao army. They turned their horses and ran away. More than a dozen personal soldiers carried their shields to carry Cao Chun away.

At this time, thousands of Han soldiers appeared on the ship, each holding a crossbow. The general was Pang De. He shot the enemy's chief general with one arrow in the chest. When Pang De saw that the Cao army's cavalry had retreated outside the camp, he couldn't help but sneer: "You go back to Chang'an, otherwise the entire army will be wiped out in Nanyang."

The cavalry of Cao's army did not come forward to attack. They were waiting for the command of the commander. Cao Zhen held Cao Chun's hand and shouted: "Uncle, wake up."

Cao Chun was shot through the chest by Pang De and was seriously injured and was no longer able to do so. He opened his eyes slightly and said in a weak voice: "Tell me... order, withdraw troops immediately and return to Chang'an."

After the words finished, Cao Chun couldn't answer in one breath, so he closed his eyes and passed away. The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry Master died unexpectedly in Nanyang.
Chapter completed!