When Liu Cong learned that the Wei army had broken through the two defense lines of Nanyang and Xiangyang and went straight to Jiangling, his whole person was devastated.

"Nanyang County guard Zhang Yun and Xiangyang guard Cai Mao surrendered without a fight! And block the news from me! I couldn't even get the news that the Wei army had arrived in Xiangyang and was preparing to go south! King! The minister is guilty! ”

Kuai Yue cried a mess in front of Liu Cong, tears flowed down his face, his face was full of snot, and he didn't wipe it, which was completely inconsistent with his style of loving cleanliness in the past.

So even Han Song, who rushed to meet him after hearing the news, was stunned.

At this point, there is no point in discussing who is right and who is wrong.

No one expected that Zhang Yun and Cai Mao would really shoot an arrow without shooting an arrow.

They were really so simple, so direct, they didn't leave Liu Cong with any face, the 20,000 defenders of Nanyang and the 5,000 defenders of Xiangyang did not fight a single battle, no one died, and the complete Nanyang and Xiangyang fell into the hands of the Wei army.

Together with all the strategic materials of Nanyang and Xiangyang, all the food reserves, everything that could be used for war, as well as all the population and land, all fell into the control of the Wei army intact.

All the efforts made by Liu Biao during his lifetime to resist the southward movement of the Wei army became efforts to add bricks and tiles to the southward movement of the Wei army.

The Wei army did not fight a single person without dying, so they got the intact Nanyang County and Xiangyang City, and by the way, they were full of Jingzhou's rice grain, drank enough Jingzhou's hot water, and on the basis of Jingzhou people's help in logistics, they easily went south to Jiangling and went straight to the heart of Jingzhou.

Liu Biao's hard work in preparation was actually to prepare military supplies for the Wei army to go south to Jiangling!

Liu Cong was stunned, he couldn't believe it at all, he couldn't believe that Cai Mao, who supported him to ascend the throne, would betray him.

Mrs. Cai is still in Gangneung City.

Mrs. Cai, who he regarded as his mother, is still in Jiangling City, and his sister is still in Jiangling City, so he Cai Mao is really not worried at all?

Or does Cai Mao already ignore Mrs. Cai's life and death?

Liu Cong's mind went blank.

Han Song advocated resistance and strongly demanded resistance, saying that Dangyang County north of Jiangling had not been lost, and he could send a general to Dangyang to defend it to buy time.

Liu Cong could then cross the river to the south of the Yangtze River, and then send the naval generals to lead the Jingzhou naval army to resist along the banks of the Yangtze River and block the Wei army from moving south.

"The Wei people's water division is weak, and they fought with the Jiangdong water division before, seven battles and seven defeats, it can be seen that their army is not good at water warfare, and our army is good at water warfare, happy to water warfare, since Nanyang and Xiangyang have been lost, Jingbei must not be able to defend, but the only way to do this is to retreat to Jingnan and defend across the river!"

Han Song actively offered advice to Liu Cong, trying to help Liu Cong build confidence.

He strongly advised Liu Cong to seize the weakness of the Wei army's lack of water warfare, and use the advantage of the Jingzhou naval division to defend along the river, so that the Wei army could not cross the river, in order to buy time.

General Wang Wei also actively made suggestions to Liu Cong, trying to build confidence for Liu Cong, and said that he was willing to go to war and was willing to lead troops to Dangyang to gain time.

General Su Fei also expressed his willingness to lead troops to guard the Yangtze River defense line and protect Liu Cong.

Zhonglang general Huo Jun also went to the table, saying that he was willing to lead troops to fight the Wei army, stick to Dangyang, and protect Liu Cong.

The three generals expressed their willingness to resist, but many more were unwilling to resist and actively persuaded Liu Cong to surrender.

The chief bookkeeper, Liu Xian, persuaded Liu Cong not to fight, but to surrender immediately.

His reasons are also very simple.

"It is unwise to fight against a country with the power of a state, it is unwise in itself, the Han family is in the world, the Wei State is based on four-fifths of it, with millions of soldiers, fierce generals like clouds, strategists like rain, with most of the world as the foundation, the first war failed, and there were two wars and three wars.

At present, the soldiers of Jingzhou are only 50,000, and it is difficult to support them alone, and the people of Jingzhou have just gone through the rebellion of the traitor Zhang Xian, and it is the time when they are poor and weak, and they cannot support this battle. ”

Dong Cao Peng and Fu Xun also very much support Liu Xian's opinion.

"Wei State to unify the world is already the trend of the times, the king to fight with the power of a state, it is too reluctant, Wei has millions of soldiers, Emperor Wei has won the hearts of the people, the world's minds have changed, the people's hearts are no longer in the Han family, forcibly against the sky is just futile, please ask the king to see!"

Not only these two people, except for Han Song, Wang Wei and Su Fei Huo Jun, almost all the civil and military forces showed panicked expressions.

They strongly supported the views of Liu Xian, Fu Xun and others, believing that surrender was the right way to go, and that continuing to resist the Wei army would not be defeated, and would only increase casualties.

They strongly demanded that Liu Cong surrender, resolutely opposed the resistance of Han Song and the other four, and made it clear that they would not support Liu Cong's resistance.

Liu Cong's frightened face turned pale.

Han Song was furious, and his words fought against the ministers, arguing with them alone, and they were on a par with their debate.

But after all, there are very few people who are willing to resist, and in the face of the general trend, there are too few people willing to resist among the Jingzhou ministers who have no will to fight, and too many people are willing to surrender.

For this, Liu Cong saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart, and soon, his heart was cold.

He began to realize that resistance was no longer the best option.

So he looked at Kuai Yue, a hero who supported meritorious service.

Kuai Yue felt Liu Cong's gaze and lowered his head.

"The king, the general trend of the world, not an individual can disobey, the unification of the Wei State is already obvious, if the king insists on resisting, Sun Quan's fate is a lesson from the past, if you surrender, you will definitely get preferential treatment, the minister thinks, the king should not resist, Jingnan is not a place that can be supported for a long time."

Kuai Yue didn't support it, and Liu Cong was really desperate.

"Is it true that my Han family is not saved in the world?"

Liu Cong looked at the civil and military ministers in despair.

No one answered him.

Han Song was also very sad and indignant about this.

"You villains! Do you just watch the Lord be humiliated and do nothing? Eat Junlu, be worried about you! Isn't it shameless that you are bent on surrendering? ”

Although Han Song vigorously shouted and strongly demanded resistance, he could not reverse the will of the majority of the people, but was attacked by a group and slandered as a person with malicious intentions.

Although Wang Wei and Su Fei were willing to resist and lead their troops north to fight the Wei army, they could not get the guarantee of sending troops in the face of the ministers who were unwilling to contribute.

No one was willing to supervise the transportation of grain and grass for them, no one was willing to raise military supplies for them, and no one was willing to help them with logistics, so this battle could not be fought at all.

As a representative who has just ascended to the throne and has no prestige, Liu Cong does not even have a way to implement his will to resist.

He is not a king, and no one wants to listen to his commands, and these people are qualified not to obey his commands and not to do things for him.

This is Liu Cong's sorrow, and it is also the sorrow of the representative, and it is the biggest thunder that Liu Xiu has planted for his children and grandchildren.

In the face of power, the Han clan members who obeyed the rules had no power to resist.

At this point, Liu Cong was completely desperate.

"What should I do? What else can I do? Kuaiqing, you tell me. ”

Liu Cong looked at Kuai Yue with some collapse.

"The only way to do this is to ask the king to order the army to unload the armor and put down the weapons, and the king himself will hand over the seal ribbon, carry the coffin, and wait for the Wei army to come, then he can go and surrender, and the Wei army will definitely not embarrass the king, but will treat the king well and ensure that the stable king of Jingzhou will not be harmed in any way."

Seeing Kuai Yue seriously describing how he should surrender, Liu Cong suddenly understood.

These guys are clearly one heart, one side surrenders at the front, and this side threatens to surrender at the rear.

They simply don't want their interests to be harmed in the slightest!

But the matter has come to this, what can he do in the face of a full camp of two or five boys?

In desperation, Liu Cong could only be forced to make the decision to surrender.