According to Liu Ye's analysis of Liu Qi, the entire clan of the Xun clan in Yingchuan had already moved to the northern border and put the treasure on Yuan Shao, and the brothers Xun Chen, and Liu Qi were no longer able to recruit him.

His best choice now is the descendants of Xun Shuang and his family.

Although Xun Yu is still more famous for Liu Qi, since the other party has gone north, even if he is destined to be out of reach, he can only sigh and let him go.

After talking to Liu Qi for a while, Liu Ye asked Liu Qi to resign.

He responded to Lu Kang's call and went to Shucheng to work.

Liu Qi continued to station troops in Tianzhu Mountain. While recruiting Shanyue family in Danyang County, he began to divide these Shanyue troops into camps in detail in order to integrate them into his own rule in the shortest time.

Thirty-three thousand troops, this is not a small number.

At this critical moment, important news came from Xiangyang.

In the Han capital Chang'an, after Sikong Xunshuang died, the court used the ceremony of a generous burial tomb for him, and ordered his nephew, Xun You to return to Yingchuan first after the mourning, and ordered the sons of the Xun family to be filial. Xun You himself could go to Shu County in Yizhou to take office.

Liu Qi was immediately shocked after receiving this news.

He didn't expect that before leaving, Liu Ye had just explained the matter about the Xun family in Yingchuan, and Chang'an started to act so quickly.

The Han Dynasty attached great importance to filial piety. The greater the official's death, the longer the mortal sacrificial period will be. The ordinary gangster's head will have to stay at least seven days if he dies. If the three lords like Xun Shuang die, they will have to be held for at least seven or forty-nine days if he dies.

The funeral period is so long, one is to show one's identity, the other is to fulfill filial piety, and three is to have a relatively backward means of transportation in ancient times. If someone dies, relatives and friends who live in other places come to mourn after getting news, it is extremely inconvenient. The closer ones are not close, but the farther ones are probably not enough.

If human corpses would not rot, the ancients wished they could put their corpses for a year.

However, Xun Shuang's body has been buried in Chang'an at this moment. The Xun Sect in Yingyin mainly focuses on worshiping heroic spirits, and there is no corpse. I think the time for filial piety and memorial service will definitely not be short, and it will take at least two or three months.

This is a good opportunity for Liu Qi to get along with Xun.

condole!

Although he had never met Xun Shuang... he could use his father's name!

At present, he was worried that there was no way to establish a good relationship with the Xun family in Yingchuan. Now that Xun Shuang is dead, isn’t this a great opportunity to establish connections with the Xun family?

After all, before Liu Biao left Luoyang, Xun Shuang was also in Luoyang. Even if they were not familiar with each other... but who knows?

However, the Liu family in Shanyang and the Xun family in Yingchuan did not have any contact on weekdays. They rashly went to mourn, and they probably lost their identity as the governor of Nanyang County.

There are a few guides that will not seem so embarrassing.

As for the person who recommended Liu Qi to mourn in Yingchuan, it is actually not difficult to find.

Now in Jingzhou, Zhao Yan, Du Xi, Fanqin, the Yingchuan people who were led by Liu's father and son for five industries were all famous gentry in Yingchuan County.

At the beginning of the turmoil in Luoyang and the catastrophe of the Central Plains, the three of them went to Jingzhou to take refuge together. They were attracted by the Liu father and son and invited to the Changsha Academy to be valued.

In history, these three people also entered Jingzhou, but because of the domineering gentry in the Nanjun, they almost monopolized all positions in Jingbei. In addition, Liu Biao in history failed to conquer Jingnan, most of these scholars who moved from the north could not be entrusted with official positions to show their talents.

In the end, the three heroes of Yingchuan finally returned to the north during the Jian'an period and joined Cao Cao's command.

But now the situation is different. The seven counties in Jingzhou have been earned by the Liu family and his son. Liu Qi has eliminated local ills through wars. All the people in the Liu family in Shanyang serve as county magistrates. The entire Jingnan has become the one-man show of the Liu family's father and son. These northern scholars have been able to get the opportunity to become an official in Jingnan.

Therefore, these three people have now integrated into the group under the Liu family’s father and son.

Liu Qi wrote a letter to Liu Pan and sent someone to Changsha, asking Zhao Yan, Fanqin and Du Xi three famous Yingchuan scholars to go north and accompany him to Yingyin County to mourn Xun.

Not long after Liu Qi's letter was sent, a man came from Runan County, who was the officer Li Zheng, whom Liu Qi was currently appointed.

Li Zheng brought Liu Qi a headache for him...

"Huang Chengxian was defeated... He was already expelled by Gongsun Yue, Zhang Xun and others?"

After listening to Li Zheng's report, Liu Qi almost fainted.

He hurriedly asked someone to take Pitu from Runan County and check it carefully.

"Yang'an County...Yang'an County..."

Liu Qi searched carefully on the map for a while and finally found the address of Yang'an County.

After a closer look, Liu Qi wished he could tear Pitu.

"This Yang'an County... is very close to Nanyang County. If you fight, my uncle Huang will have to let Gongsun Yue rush to Jingzhou! The distance he was chasing the other party, but it was really not a little bit. It would be a hundred miles long, right?"

Li Zheng looked helpless: "Baili... seems to be a little bit too much."

"Where is the warship I captured earlier? Is it also lost?"

"That's not, because the Duke hid all the warships in the dock in advance, and the warships have never been seized by the enemy."

Liu Qi frowned and looked at Li Zheng with a stern face: "When I was about to leave Runan, wouldn't I ask Uncle Cheng to join forces with Xu Chu from Qiao County and Li Tong from Langling County? Although Gongsun Yue had a thousand warriors, the number of people was not large. As long as he joined forces with these two sides and fought on the city wall, he would not lose. Why would this result be caused? He expelled from An Zhong?"

After hearing Liu Qi mention Li Tong and Xu Chu, a more bitter expression appeared on Li Zheng's face.

"After the order of the Duke, I went to and from Huangfu, and from Jiuwan, and from Xu Chu... Alas, as the Duke said, Xu Chu wanted to seek revenge from Gongsun Yue, but he was afraid that his own power would not be good, so he did not dare to fight. He intended to unite with us, and Jiuwan was the same clan as me. He lived in Langling, and although he became a domineering Huairu, but Lang moved westward was Jiangxia. My brother also wanted to find a backer. With Jingzhou's current momentum in the southern territory, Jiuwan really wanted to unite with Jingzhou, but... Huangfujun..."

Although Li Zheng's words were not as clear as he said, how could Liu Qi not understand what he meant?

There is no doubt that Huang Zu is not listening to the proclamation anymore.

Before leaving, he asked him to have a good relationship with Li Tong and Xu Chu, but he thought he was self-controlled and put on airs with the two powerful men, which made people bother with annoyed. Therefore, the matter of the alliance was probably too late, and in the end, Gongsun Yue, Zhang Xun and others took advantage of the loopholes.

If Huang Zu hadn't had the same status as himself and Liu Biao's friendship with him controlled the power of Jiangxia County, Liu Qi would have advised Liu Biao to replace him... and then sent someone to kill him.

He had misread this person before, and Huang Zuyuan was not as useful as he imagined.

Like Cai Mao, he has too high status, too heavy authority, and too strong autonomy.

After Liu Qi was silent for a while, he suddenly ordered: "Go and find Captain Huang, Shamo Sima, and Zhang Sima."

"only."

When he was young, Huang Zhong, Zhang Ren and Shamoke came to the tent and greeted Liu Qi.

"There are still a few things that have not been handled in Yuzhou. I need to lead 5,000 troops to Runan County north. Huang Jiaowei will continue to deal with the matters of Shanyue for me. I will take Ziyi and Wenchang to Yuzhou and go back after the work."

Huang Zhong bowed and said, "What is the big deal if you don't know the lord of the palace?"

Liu Qi then told him about all the things in Yuzhou.

After hearing this, Huang Zhong frowned and said, "Wen Chang is by the side of the Duke, and the Jiangxia army is not inferior to that of the other party in the formation. However, Gongsun Yue has a thousand cavalry, so the Duke should bring many bow soldiers to support him."

"Don't worry, Captain Huang, just lead the army here to look forward to Shanyue. After I and Huangfujun return, we can move from Shanyue to Jiangxia County and then go to Nanyang."

...

At that moment, Liu Qi led five thousand soldiers to Runan territory again.

This time he was going to completely defeat Gongsun Yue's cavalry!

It is definitely not possible to fight head-on on the plain against cavalry. Even if the opponent only has one thousand cavalry, facing the enemy head-on will be enough to cause huge damage to oneself.

Liu Qi wants to recruit allies and apply strategies to him.

This time when he entered the Yuzhou territory, Liu Qi asked Liu Yao to go with him because he knew that Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, who was currently representing Yuan Shao, had not left in northern Yuzhou, was Liu Yao's brother.
Chapter completed!