South of Yuzhou, the junction of Jing and Yangzhou, is Runan.

Although it was later forcibly suppressed by the imperial court, there were still countless small-scale bandits, often harassing all parts of Runan and making the people miserable.

It was not until the new county guards took office in recent years and used more virtuous officials that the Runan area gradually stabilized.

The new Runan County Shou surnamed Zhong, with a single name of the word '繇', is a member of the Yingchuan Changshe, and there are nine out of forty this year.

Legend has it that when he was young, Zhong Yu and his uncle Zhong Yu went to Luoyang, and on the way came a warlock with a shabby robe, and when he saw Zhong Yu, he said to Zhong Yu: "This son has a rich face, and he will have great achievements in the future, but he will have two floods in his life, please stay away from the flood." ”

Soon after the Taoist priest left, Zhong Xuan and his uncle passed on a bridge, and the originally tame mount suddenly launched a mad attack, throwing him into the river, and he was almost drowned in the river, but fortunately he was rescued.

Thinking of the words of the Taoist priest, it was fulfilled, and his uncle Zhong Yu realized that he had met a master in the world, and hurriedly turned back to look for it, but he couldn't find the Taoist priest.

Since then, Zhong Yu has paid special attention to his nephew, and often told Zhong Yu to walk around the water.

Runan County is very large, accounting for almost half of the total area of the six counties in Yuzhou.

The main reason why Zhong Xuan was able to sit firmly in the position of county guard was the huge Zhong family standing behind him.

Zhong Hao's grandfather, Zhong Hao, is known as the "Four Chiefs of Yingchuan" together with Chen Yu, Xun Shu, and Han Shao in the Yingchuan area. He was very knowledgeable, and had thousands of students, and the imperial court invited him to go out of the mountain as an official many times, but he refused. Because of his noble character and profound knowledge, all of them have a high prestige in the whole of Yuzhou.

This place in Runan was originally the territory of the Yuan family.

When it comes to the Runan Yuan family, no one knows it today, it is a huge clan with three princes of the fourth generation and protégés all over the world.

However, more than ten years ago, at the beginning of the outbreak of moth thieves, the local government and scholars in Runan were massacred. At the critical moment, the Yuan clan abandoned the local officials and people in Runan, quietly moved south to Huainan, and escaped this catastrophe.

But because of this, many people have complaints about the Yuan family.

In contrast, the other clans of Chen, Xun, Zhong, and Guo in Yuzhou, despite the fierce onslaught of the moth thieves, still organized troops to resist stubbornly, and finally united with the imperial court to forcibly suppress the rebellion.

Therefore, even if Yuan Shu sent Sun Jian to defeat Yuzhou later, his rule did not last long. After Sun Jian's death, Yuzhou re-became the plate of the Yingchuan family, and it was not until later that Yanzhou Mu Cao Cao vigorously promoted Xun, Chen and other children of the family as officials, and only reluctantly took Yuzhou into the bag.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, and Cao Cao's defeat in Yanzhou led to the later split of Yuzhou into many factions. A small part of them supported the return to Lu Bu, after all, Lu Bu was also quite important to the Yuzhou family, and many talented family members were transferred to Chang'an one after another to serve in front of the Son of Heaven.

Of course, most of the families still choose to watch from the wall, and the two do not help each other.

The only surprising thing is that the Zhong family, which has always been in the neutral camp, rarely stood on Cao Cao's side this time.

Not long ago, Zhong Xuan, the commander of Runan County, rejected Gao Shun's offer to garrison Runan, and shortly thereafter, brought the Jingzhou army that had gone north to fight against Lu into Runan, and confronted Gao Shun in Liqiu.

This move is undoubtedly to inform the world that his Zhong family wants to be the enemy of Lu Bu.

Liu Qi led 100,000 Jingzhou troops into Runan, and the momentum was huge. Coupled with the soldiers and horses of Runan that Luo Ji gathered before Zhong Xuan, as well as some local forces that opposed Lu Bu, the soldiers and horses of the two sides combined were about nearly 200,000 people.

Runan County Government.

Liu Qi, who took off his helmet, revealed a slightly heroic face, and on his left and right stood Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, two generals, and a group of Jingzhou generals followed behind them in turn.

Looking at the Confucian man in the hall wearing the uniform of the county guard, Liu Qi clasped his fists: "My nephew has seen my uncle." ”

Seeing Liu Qi, Zhong Xuan was obviously quite happy, and immediately stood up, bypassed the rectangular long table in front of him, walked over quickly, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a long time, you are so old, remember the last time I came to Jingzhou to live, you are still a little small." By the way, all these years, Brother Jingsheng is okay? ”

"Thanks to my uncle's concern, everything is fine with my father." Liu Qi replied truthfully.

Zhong Xuan nodded and beckoned Liu Qi and the others to sit down.

Some time ago, the imperial court removed Liu Biao from the genealogy and named him a 'traitor'. Now that he heard Liu Qi say that it was okay, he was much more relieved.

After some idleness, the topic naturally turned to the military aspect.

First, Yan Liang, the vanguard general of Yuan Shaojun, was killed, and then Yuan Shujun was defeated by Ma Chao in Shansang.

And the general of Lu Bu's army who arrived in front of Runan is also a well-known figure, it is said that he has never been defeated since he commanded the army, and he is Lu Bu's absolute confidant - Gao Shun!

"Uncle doesn't have to be ambitious, my nephew is leading the troops this time to pull out Lu Bu's tiger teeth!" Liu Qi didn't take Zhong Xuan's worries to heart at all, his voice was sonorous and full of confidence.

As Liu Biao's eldest son, Liu Qi is no longer young this year.

Time flies, and his father Liu Biao cares less and less about him, especially after marrying Cai. Cai's care for Liu Qi on the surface, but secretly he has repeatedly made things difficult, as for the reason, Liu Qi knows it in his heart.

Cai had a son named Liu Cong.

Since ancient times, the young and the old have been orderly. Liu Cong wants to inherit his father's business, and his brother Liu Qi is undoubtedly the biggest stumbling block on this road. Liu Cong is still young now, and he still doesn't understand many things, but Cai, as a mother, will naturally pave the way ahead for him.

Even if Liu Qi doesn't compete with his younger brother Liu Cong, the Cai family will definitely try their best to get rid of this hidden danger.

Just when Liu Qi was worried day by day, Liu Fan came to the door to find him. Under Liu Wei's clever words, Liu Qi also asked his father to lead the army to fight the thief in order to prove himself.

Liu Biao is getting older, and he has long lost his heroic ambition to make contributions, and he just wants to keep the land of Jingzhou, but he is very happy to see that his son is so energetic and has a bit of his youthful demeanor.

On the other hand, Liu Bian offered Cai's plan again, saying how fierce Lu Bu was, Liu Qi led the troops this time, it would only be more auspicious and less auspicious, in case he died outside, wouldn't he save a lot of effort.

Taking 10,000 steps back, even if you are lucky enough to win, you can arrange for a killer to wait for an opportunity to eradicate Liu Qi on the way back.

Cai's mood was very happy when he heard Liu Biao say this, and he blew the pillow wind to Liu Biao that night, saying that Liu Qi was not young and should go out to practice. Otherwise, there will be no meritorious achievements, and it will be difficult to convince the public in the future.

After working hard inside and outside, Liu Biao, who refused to send troops at first, actually agreed.