Chapter 426

"It is, it is Lord Liu Liu Xuande! Liu Bei sent his generals to assist, and the defending captain was caught off guard and killed with a single slash."

Zhang Han Xian's body swayed.

"It's actually Liu Bei? Isn't he in Xiangyang taking a concubine!"

Zhang Han Xian felt terrible. Snatched Liu Biao's wife, and now he's helping Liu Biao—what is Liu Bei doing?!

Several captains hurriedly supported him.

"My Lord, Linxiang cannot be held. Let's go to Guiyang; there are still over ten thousand troops there!"

Zhang Han Xian nodded.

"Right, right, Sun Ce has already marched on Jiangxia. We will retreat to Guiyang and then fight our way back!"

Zhang Han Xian took his remnants and fled out the South gate, heading south all the way!

"Liu Biao, I will be back!"

Zhang Han Xian had just finished his threat when a volley of arrows came from both sides!

Ten thousand arrows fired at once!

The captains running at the front were directly turned into hedgehogs, and the soldiers fell into chaos!

Several more volleys of arrows followed, and the defeated army instantly scattered!

Then came a cavalry charge!

Zhang Han Xian was killed on the spot!

Outside Linxiang City,

Liu Biao almost wept with joy, holding Liu Bei's hand.

"Liu Liu Xuande, thanks to you, this time it's all thanks to you."

Liu Bei laughed.

"Brother Brother Brother Jingsheng, our army only has four thousand; it mainly relied on the Jingzhou soldiers fighting for their lives!"

"Report~!"

"My Lord, Lu Xun and Pang Tong intercepted Zhang Han Xian in the south and killed him on the spot!"

Liu Biao was even more delighted. With Zhang Han Xian dead, Southern Jingzhou was back in his embrace; otherwise, there would have been many troublesome matters later.

"Good, good! Liu Liu Xuande, who is this Lu Xun? He actually achieved such a great merit!"

Liu Bei laughed.

"Lu Xun is the grand-nephew of the former Lujiang Administrator Lu Kang, and he is sixteen years old."

"Only sixteen?! And he achieved such a great merit?!"

Lu Xun brought people to transport Zhang Han Xian's corpse and knelt on one knee.

"My Lord, your subordinate has not failed your mission!"

Liu Bei laughed.

"Good, Lu Lu Boyan has achieved this great merit, and I have noted it."

Only then did Liu Biao notice Lu Xun: he was nearly eight feet tall, his face like beautiful jade, his body like congealed fat, and he was quite handsome.

He felt a bit sour in his heart.

"A talent indeed."

Liu Bei wasn't worried about Liu Biao wanting to poach him; Lu Xun was quite loyal, and he was his savior.

That day,

Liu Biao led his troops into Linxiang City; naturally, he didn't slaughter the city, but he did behead Zhang Han Xian's family and main leaders.

Liu Biao raised his cup and laughed heartily.

"Liu Liu Xuande, if it weren't for you this time, I fear I would still be blowing in the cold wind outside the city."

Liu Bei also raised his cup and drank it in one gulp.

"Brother Brother Brother Jingsheng, Guanzhong and Jingzhou prosper together; I naturally must help you with all my might."

Liu Biao nodded.

"Now that Sun Ce occupies Jiangdong and Cao Cao occupies the Central Plains, we descendants of the Liu family should indeed huddle together for warmth."

The two signed an alliance on the spot.

Early the next morning, Huang Zu led his troops back to Jiangxia to defend against Sun Ce.

Liu Biao and Liu Bei sat in command at Linxiang.

Wen Pin and Liu Pan led troops to recover the leaderless commanderies of Guiyang and Lingling.

They hadn't even stayed for ten days when they heard the bad news from Jiangxia.

Sun Ce, with Zhou Yu, Lü Fan, Cheng Pu, Sun Quan, Han Dang, Huang Gai, and others, all took the field, setting fires with the wind and firing crossbows in unison.

Huang Zu's army was defeated, and he escaped alone; his subordinate Han Xi was killed, Huang Zu's family and warships were captured by Sun Ce, and over twenty thousand of his subordinates were killed!

Liu Biao felt dizzy and fell toward the ground!