Shanggu County, Juyong Pass.

In the lobby of Guancheng, Liu Bei sat on it, holding the parchment in his hand, gritting his teeth with hatred, and frowning deeply.

Syllable!

Liu Bei slapped the parchment paper in his hand on the desk and scolded: "Rob while it's hot!" Yelu Abaoji, this dog thing, he clearly knows that he is taking advantage of the fire to rob! ”

What was written on that piece of parchment was the rescue conditions issued by Yelu Abaoji.

It is clearly written in black and white, and it is okay for him to come to the rescue if he Yelu Abaoji comes to the rescue, you must promise to cede Guangning, Macheng, Gaoliu, Qianping, Junmi and other Yanshan Mountains, and the cities of the Han Kingdom along the Great Wall to Xianbei.

Otherwise, his army will be stationed in Pingcheng and watch you Liu Bei be destroyed by the pottery merchants.

Taking advantage of the fire to rob the four words to describe Yelu Abaoji, it couldn't be more appropriate.

"Yelu Abaoji, Chief Hu, if it weren't for the support of His Majesty, how could he be a big Danyu, but now he will take revenge, and in turn take advantage of the fire to rob, it is really hateful!" The veteran Huang Zhong scolded indignantly.

In the lobby, there was a loud scolding from the Han Dynasty.

Only Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi shook their feather fans lightly, kept calm, and were not as excited and angry as the generals.

"Prime Minister, Zhongda, what do you think?" Liu Bei's gaze fell on the two strategists.

Zhuge Liang coughed dryly and said lightly: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that at this point, Your Majesty must follow one principle in his actions, that is, 'if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan'." ”

If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan?

Liu Bei's brows furrowed suddenly, of course he could hear that Zhuge Liang was euphemistically persuading him to accept this humiliating condition.

"Zhongda, do you admit it too?" Liu Bei's eyes shot at Sima Yi, and his expression seemed to want to get a different agreement.

Sima Yi sighed lightly, and said helplessly: "Yelu Abaoji fell into the well, although it is extremely hateful, but the situation of my Han has been in crisis to this point, if there is no Xianbei reinforcements, Jijing will fall sooner or later, we rely on the existing corner of the place, there is no way to reverse the disadvantage, and even the danger of annihilation, I think that we can only accept the facts with the overall situation as the priority." ”

Sima Yi's meaning was naturally to persuade Liu Bei to accept the conditions for land cession.

When the words fell, Huang Zhong said excitedly: "Since ancient times, my Central Plains has resisted the southern invasion of Beidi, relying on the natural danger of the Yanshan Great Wall, if we cede those cities to the Xianbei people, it is equivalent to giving up the defense line of the Great Wall and the natural danger of Yanshan, so that the iron cavalry of the Xianbei people can easily extend to the south of the Great Wall, but I am afraid that there will be endless troubles in the future!" ”

"The old general Hansheng also said that it was just a trouble." Sima Yi immediately retorted: "No matter how ambitious the Xianbei people are, it is just a trouble, the pottery thief and his Wei State are the big trouble in front of us, if we don't find a way to solve the current trouble first, I'm afraid we don't even have the opportunity to face the Xianbei people in the future. ”

Huang Zhong was speechless.

Zhuge Liang followed the feather fan to help, and relieved Liu Bei and explained: "Zhong Da is reasonable, Yelu Abaoji's conditions are indeed very excessive, showing his ambition to get involved in the Central Plains, but the current situation is compelling, we must first overcome the difficulties in front of us as the top priority, as long as we can use the iron horses of the Xianbei people to repel the pottery thieves, recover Jijing, and recover the land occupied by the pottery thieves, and when our country's strength recovers, it is not impossible to find ways to recapture the cities inside and outside the Great Wall from the hands of the Xianbei people." ”

Liu Bei's annoyed and unwilling expression improved a little, and his eyes looked at the other ministers again.

Huang Zhong, Zhang Liao, Yan Liang and other generals had nothing to say, not to mention Lu Bu, with an expressionless face, as if it was the unfavorable situation in front of him, and it had nothing to do with him at all.

"Do any of you have anything else to say?" Liu Bei asked again, as if he still had the last hope, wanting to hear who could convince him that he didn't have to accept this humiliating condition.

Bang!

Liu Bei's fist slammed on the desk again, gritted his teeth and muttered: "I'm unwilling, I'm really unwilling to give in to that dog thief......"

"Newspaper—"

Just as Liu Bei hesitated, a scout's rapid and panicked scream disrupted his thoughts.

A chill ran behind him, and a hint of foreboding immediately surged up in his heart.

The scout rushed in, knelt down in front of the hall, and shouted in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from the east, Jijing has fallen!" ”

Rumble!

A thunderbolt from a sunny day, when the air bombarded in the hall, it instantly hit Liu Bei Junchen and changed color in shock, and everyone's figures shook a few times.

"Jijing...... Jijing is solid, and the grain and grass are enough for several months, how can it fall so quickly, impossible! Liu Bei, who was stunned, roared, unwilling to believe this cruel truth.

Zhuge Liang also pointed at the scout with a feather fan, and asked: "There are 20,000 elite soldiers under the general of the Che Cavalry, and there are also frustrated princes and conspirators, how can they lose the capital so quickly?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, Prime Minister, it was because of a sudden earthquake a few days ago that collapsed the south gate of Jijing, and the Wei army was able to capture the capital."

Earthquake!

These two words, like two thunderbolts, hit Liu Beijunchen's head, instantly hitting them dizzy, and their minds were blank for a while, and they couldn't react to what was going on.

"Earth...... Earthquake? How is this possible, Jijing has never had an earthquake since ancient times, how can it happen suddenly now, and it is so strong that it collapses the city wall, this is simply ...... It's incredible, it's incredible! Zhang Liao couldn't suppress his horror and shouted loudly.

Liu Bei was stunned in his mind, but two words suddenly flashed:

It's really certain!

He suddenly remembered that Hou Jing guarded Zhending City back then, and the city was also indestructible, and the pottery merchants couldn't attack it for a long time, but they were shocked by an inexplicable earthquake, which collapsed the city wall, causing Zhending to fall and Hou Jing was killed.

He also sounded again, when he led a large army to attack Wei for the first time, and launched a decisive battle with the potters in the wilderness, he had already launched a charge, intending to use the powerful iron cavalry impact to crush the hundreds of thousands of potters' troops in one fell swoop, and finish his work in one battle.

Who would have thought that at that most critical time, an earthquake occurred inexplicably, and a big earthquake under his feet created a trench, separating more than 10,000 horsemen, including him, from the main army.

And that war also ended with his inexplicable loss of 10,000 iron horsemen, and his own ass was also shot with an arrow, a humiliating defeat.

He also remembered the rumors that the pottery merchant was in the crucial battle of conquering the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and attacking the enemy's capital Longbian, an earthquake fell from the sky, which collapsed the Longbian city and helped the pottery merchant break the city.

It seems that all the rumors and miracles are proving one thing to him and the world.

The potter is the destiny of heaven, and there is the protection of God!

Otherwise, how can we explain the earthquakes that have occurred again and again?

If it's just one time, and he can explain it by chance, then can this miracle over and over again be explained by chance?

No!

The spirit suffered a heavy blow, Liu Bei sat down with a slump of his buttocks, a look of horror on his pale face, and muttered to himself in distraction: "How can this be...... How so...... Could it be that kid is really destiny? Am I deceiving myself all these years? Why? Why? ”

Liu Bei fell into despair and malaise, as if his self-confidence had been completely shattered and disintegrated by this incredible shocking news.

Liu Bei is still like this, and the generals in the hall, such as Huang Zhong, Yan Liang, and Zhang Liao, are also extremely shocked, and there are many discussions, and the morale of the people has been hit hard.

A panicked mood, like a plague, filled the lobby in the blink of an eye.

"Your Majesty, don't panic, the fall of Jijing is actually expected by us, there is nothing to make a fuss about, for so many years, Your Majesty has come over with many winds and waves, how can you mess up for this little thing." Zhuge Liang was the first to come to his senses and pretended to be calmly relieved.

Liu Bei's body was shocked, and in his gloomy and panicked eyes, a trace of light suddenly swept up, and his mood was a little calmer.

"I didn't ...... That's right, I still have 40,000 troops, I still have you civil and military heroes, and Juyong Guan Tian is in danger, I have been in a situation that is 10,000 times more dangerous than this, not to mention today, I am not panicked, and you are not allowed to panic, all cheer me up. ”

Under Liu Bei's encouragement, the turbulent and panicked mood of the Han monarchs and ministers was finally eased slightly.

At this time, Liu Bei didn't ask Zhang Fei for a word, it seemed that at this point, his hypocritical face had no energy to disguise it anymore.

"Your Majesty, Jijing has fallen, the pottery thief will lead a large army to kill Juyong Pass in a few days, we have no time, we must immediately agree to Yelu Abaoji's conditions, and ask him to lead the army to help in the war." Sima Yi gave a solemn reminder in the lobby.

Liu Bei's body was shocked, he gritted his teeth for a long time, hit the case with his fist, and said hatefully: "Okay, at this point, I can only learn to practice and endure humiliation, and quickly tell Yelu Abaoji's envoy that I promised him all the conditions, and told him to return to Pingcheng immediately, and ask Yelu Abaoji to lead the army to Juyongguan as soon as possible!" ”

"I'll go." Sima Yi arched his hand and hurriedly retreated.

Liu Bei secretly breathed a sigh of relief, slowly straightened his waist again, and deliberately put on a calm appearance, but the words were all written on his face.

Just as he was relieved, another scout rushed in and shouted: "Back to Your Majesty, hundreds of thousands of Wei troops have rushed towards Juyong Pass, and the 50,000 vanguard army led by the Tao thief himself has passed through Changping City, less than sixty miles away from my Guancheng. ”

"The pottery thief came so fast!" Liu Bei was taken aback and blurted out an exclamation.

The ministers of the Han Kingdom in front of the steps were also amazed, obviously they thought that after the pottery merchants captured Jijing, they would celebrate in the city, and take a break to attack Juyong, but they didn't expect the pottery merchants to be so fast.

"Cheng thought, Xianbei's reinforcements haven't arrived yet, and the pottery thieves will come soon, how should I deal with it?" Liu Bei's voice trembled, and it was difficult to hide the panic in his tone.

Zhuge Liang was silent, his long sword swelled deeply, and thoughts rolled in his eyes.

Suddenly, a cold light flashed in his eyes, as if he had thought of some clever plan.

At that moment, Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan lightly and sneered: "The pottery thief is arrogant, he dares to lead an army of 50,000 to kill first, his arrogance just gives us a chance, the minister guarantees to His Majesty that one person can be broken!" ”