"Lord, the thief Cao retreated, and I will wait to say that it is a good opportunity to pursue. 【Latest chapter reading. Zhuge Liang climbed the Xinye city wall, slowly came to Liu Bei's side, and said to him.

"Chase?" Liu Bei was puzzled.

"The lord should take advantage of the time when Cao Thief returned to the army to rescue Chang'an and Hefei, and led the army to raid Wancheng. If Wancheng can be conquered, then our army can echo with Ma Teng and Sun Jian, and force Xuchang on three fronts, and it is not difficult to destroy Cao Thief. Zhuge Liang said slowly, with a confident expression on his face.

"It would be great if we could really eliminate the Cao thief. But our army has been defending the city for days, with heavy casualties, and now there are less than 20,000 soldiers who can fight, how can we capture Wancheng? While speaking, Liu Bei's face also revealed a trace of gloom. He has been in business for many years, and he finally accumulated some family funds, but in front of Cao Cao's army, he lost more than half of his efforts in just a few days.

After several years of hard work, half of it was easily destroyed, which made Liu Bei feel an indescribable sense of frustration.

"Don't worry, although the lord himself is unable to attack Wancheng, he can borrow troops from Liu Jingsheng." Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan and continued.

"Borrow troops from Brother Jingsheng, will Brother Jingsheng lend them to me?" Liu Bei's confidence in his words was obviously insufficient. Since he entered Jingzhou, Liu Biao has always been wary of himself, although he lent himself troops to help him defend Xinye City, but that was because Cao Cao had already hit the door. If it weren't for Cao Cao's army pressing the border, he would never send an additional soldier to himself, and now that the danger of Jingzhou has been solved, will he agree to lend him troops and let him take the initiative to go out to conquer the city?

"Liu Jingsheng still has some ambitions. A few years ago, because of the repeated battles with Sun Jian, coupled with the great strength of Cao Thief, Liu Jingsheng never dared to set his sights on the north. And now that Sun Jian has raised troops to attack Hefei, there is no threat from Jiangdong for the time being, and Cao Cao is also in danger in the face of Ma Teng and Sun Jian's two-front offensive, which is a good time for the Northern Expedition. When the lord mentioned the Northern Expedition to Liu Jingsheng, he must have been interested. Zhuge Liang's eyes showed a light of confidence and wisdom, and he analyzed Liu Bei, "The only thing Liu Jingsheng may be worried about is that after the main guild captures Wancheng, he will take this opportunity to break away from his control and stand on his own in Wancheng. The boss can make it clear to Liu Jingsheng that he is willing to be a deputy general, and the choice of the coach can be decided by Liu Jingsheng himself, so that his concerns can be eliminated. ”

The meaning of Zhuge Liang's words, Liu Bei naturally understands it, as long as the people are in hand, it doesn't matter whether his identity is the commander or the deputy general. If you can capture Wancheng, then Xuchang is close at hand, once you take the lead in occupying Xuchang, then you can become a major force in the Central Plains. At that time, the troops sent by Liu Biao will all be transferred to their own names, and the main general sent by Liu Biao will be killed or imprisoned, but it is just in his own thoughts.

The next day, Liu Bei made a statement to Liu Biao, asking him to send troops to attack Wancheng, and said that he could only be a deputy general. Liu Biao didn't want to agree, but under Liu Bei's persuasion three times and twice, he finally had an intention, so he ordered Cai Mao to be the main general, Liu Bei to be the deputy general, Kuai Yue to be the strategist, and the son Liu Qi to be the supervisor, raising 70,000 troops to attack Wancheng.

Originally, although Liu Biao made up his mind to send troops, he didn't want to assign Liu Bei as a deputy general, but after thinking about it, Liu Bei had the peerless fierce general Zhang Fei, who was known as the enemy of ten thousand people, and the wise men Chen Gong and Xu Shu (Zhuge Liang was still not famous at this time), if Liu Bei was abandoned, it would be equivalent to giving up such a capable Wenchen general, which would be too much of a pity.

With Cai Mao, Kuai Yue and Liu Qi in the town, presumably Liu Bei can't set off any storms, Liu Biaozuo thought.

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As soon as the news of Liu Biao's declaration of war against Cao Cao spread, it immediately caused an uproar in Jingzhou, and one after another people went to Liu Biao to admonish him, hoping that he would change his mind, and of course, there were many belligerent generals who resolutely supported Liu Biao's decision.

But in the end, Liu Biao still officially issued the order to go to war, and Cai Mao and Liu Bei led an army of 70,000 and attacked Wancheng in a mighty way.

However, when the army marched to the gate of Wancheng, whether it was Cai Mao, Kuai Yue, Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang and others, they all frowned in unison.

The city defense of Wancheng is strong, and the defenders of the city are neat, so it is obvious that they have been prepared for a long time.

Since Cao Cao had been wary of Liu Biao's possible offensive against Wancheng, the number of defenders in Wancheng naturally could not be small. If you want to conquer Wancheng, the difficulty has suddenly become much greater.

"General Cai, you can't do anything, retire." Kuai Yue rode to Cai Mao's side and said to him.

Cai Mao's expression changed and he hesitated.

Besiege? Wancheng looks difficult to overcome, and when the other cities are not defeated, their 70,000 people will all be lost, so they will really die.

Withdrawal? I came with the army in high spirits, and ran back in disgrace without doing anything, where did I put my face in the future?