Soon in the afternoon, a Jinyi guard came to report: "Lord, the Yi nationality has entered Xinye City." ”

"Oh, did you go to Shinno?"

"Yes, our people saw it with their own eyes!"

"Well, is he aware of that?"

"Probably not, he's in a hurry, and he has no time to look around!"

Hearing Jin Yiwei's report, Liu Cong finally breathed a sigh of relief, however, Yi nationality is only the first step of this plan, Liu Bei is not a fool after a long time on the battlefield, there are Xu Shu and Jian Yong and others under his command, whether he can deceive Liu Bei still needs to wait.

Seeing that Yi nationality hurried to Xinye, Liu Bei knew that something was wrong, and while greeting Yi nationality, he asked people to invite Xu Shu, Guan Yu, Jian Yong and others to the county government to discuss.

"Mr. Yi, is this letter really delivered to you by Liu Cong?"

"Xuande Gong, such a big thing, how dare you play with it! This morning, the young master summoned me alone, and if there was nothing else to do, he asked me to set off immediately and send me to Cao Ying. ”

"Strategist, what do you think?" Liu Bei had already read the letter for the first time when he arrived in Iraq, and Liu Cong's decision really made him unacceptable, so he and Liu Biao were at odds in the past, and he also coveted Jingzhou. Cao Cao came to fight, and he didn't plan to resist to the end, but he didn't expect Liu Cong'er to surrender to Cao Cao without telling him!

"Lord, Liu Cong's letter to Cao Cao at this time is very suspicious! Mr. Jibo, what is the situation in Fancheng and Xiangyang these days? For this temporary Yi nationality, Xu Shu and Liu Bei have full trust, after all, Yi nationality and Liu Bei usually look at each other. Cai Mao designed to harm Liu Bei several times, but it was all from Iraq that he helped to break the siege, but understanding the dynamics of Xiangyang is also crucial to how to make decisions.

"Fancheng and Xiangyang City have long been allowed to go out and not enter, and even if they go out of the city, they must go through strict checks, and Ganning's 20,000 sailors patrol the Han River day and night. It looked like he really wanted to resist Cao Cao. ”

"Mr. Ji Bo, my lord, Liu Cong's move is probably not to prevent Cao Cao, but to cooperate with Cao Cao to prevent the lord from crossing the river!"

In the previous discussions between Xu Shu and Liu Bei, crossing the river to occupy Jiangling and then mapping the four counties in the south of the Yangtze River was also a strategy, and now Liu Cong wrote a letter of surrender to Cao Cao while strengthening the defense of the Han River, which was indeed very targeted.

"Well, whether Liu Cong's move is planned or not will be seen at noon tomorrow." Yi took Liu Cong's letter and ran all the way to Xinye, and he didn't think about it carefully along the way, and now Liu Bei asked Xu Shu to analyze the situation, and Yi Ji said his judgment.

"How so?" Liu Bei and Xu Shu were shocked and asked in unison.

"I made an appointment with my family that if I don't return at night today, they will come to Xinye the next day to join Xuande Gong. Now that I am entrusted by the young master to go to Cao Ying to deliver a letter, I think the young master is also aware of it, if the wife who sends someone to detain the nationality tomorrow must know that I have come to Xinye. Uoshi's wife came safely, which means that the matter of surrender has not been made public, so there is some credibility. ”

After listening to Yi's explanation, Liu Bei, Xu Shu and others nodded again and again, Zhang Fei on the side was already unhappy, and he was already angry when he heard that Liu Cong was going to surrender to Cao Cao*. Seeing that Yi Zhi had a young master, he interrupted Yi Zhi's words and interjected: "He is a young master of birds. My eldest brother worked the front line to resist Cao Cao for his father and son, and now Cao Cao has just arrived, but he wants to surrender without notifying his eldest brother, obviously to put his eldest brother to death! ”

"Yide!" Liu Bei felt that allowing Zhang Fei to mess around would definitely not be conducive to solving the problem, so he spoke out to discourage him.

"My lord, what the three generals said is not entirely unreasonable. In the past, the lord was that Liu Cong was not in harmony. Now Jingzhou Cai Mao does not advocate resisting Cao, so although Liu Cong is the lord of Jingzhou, it is difficult to support it alone. However, if the lord attacks Jiangling, he is afraid of Cao Cao and others. Liu Cong's ostensible strengthening of the defense of the Han River was indeed largely against the lord. Otherwise, Liu Cong would definitely not sit in Fancheng.

If he really resists Cao, he must contact the lord to return to defense as soon as possible, and put the main force in Xiangyang. As a manager, it is indeed suspicious that he gave up a rare natural risk. As Mr. Ji Bo said, it will be seen tomorrow at noon.

However, regardless of whether Liu Cong deliberately leaked the surrender plan to the lord. With more than 10,000 people in the lord's father, plus 3,000 old and weak remnants transferred from Xiangyang, they were definitely not Cao Cao's opponents. Please decide where to go! ”

"Yes, Xuande Gong, Cao Cao is known as an army of 800,000, even if there are only eighteen, plus he should cooperate with Liu Cong, then Xuande Gong is in danger!" After Zhang Fei's roar, Yi no longer called Liu Cong the young master, but called him by his name, indicating that he was on the same front as Liu Bei.

Liu Cong's move really puzzled everyone, whether it is true or not, it is an indisputable fact that Liu Cong has completely broken with Liu Bei. Whether it was to really submit directly to Cao Cao, or to provoke Liu Bei by designing, Liu Bei was already an enemy in Liu Cong's plan. This made Liu Bei very anxious, and originally thought that leaving Liu Qi would still play a role at the critical moment in Xinye. Now, according to the intelligence brought by the Iraqi nationality, it is difficult for his 10,000 people to break through the Han River defense line in Ganning.

But Cao Jun is close at hand, and stubborn resistance is by no means the best choice, nor is it Liu Bei's style, but Liu Bei didn't think that Liu Cong was so vicious at a young age, and he sent troops to send food a few days ago, looking like he was resisting Cao Cao with Liu Bei.

"Ordered to pack up the shape at night, tomorrow at noon, if Mr. Jibo's wife returns smoothly, I will abandon Xinye and go to the Han River to explain to the Xiangyang* Navy the fact that Liu Cong has surrendered to Cao, let Xiao'er come out to answer, if not, we can try our best to persuade the defenders of the Han River to let me wait to cross the river, once the crossing is successful, we will go straight to Jiangling, so that Liu Cong is caught off guard.

If Mr. Jibo's wife is detained by that child, we will quickly transfer and go to Jiangxia. Liu Bei hesitated for a moment before making a decision.

For him, no matter whether Liu Cong sincerely surrendered or deceived himself, he was ready to run away, you are unkind and unrighteous Cai Liu Bei's style.

The heavy responsibility of fighting against Cao Cao will be handed over to Liu Cong Xiao'er, his Liu Bei's main task is to take advantage of the chaos to obtain a safer base, at least a larger territory than Xinye is the last word!

In fact, all the soldiers in Liu Bei's army are also ready to run away, and the captains and military marquis among them are also old fritters who have followed Liu Bei for many years. They were more concerned about where Liu Bei would run this time, whether he would bring himself, and how to prevent Cao Jun's pursuit.

In Xiangyang, Huang Quan did not disappoint Liu Cong, every move of his Iraqi wife was under his supervision, and as soon as he came out of the Xiangyang City Gate, Huang Quan reported to Liu Cong. Liu Cong had already instructed not to stop his wife.

Liu Cong's decision to let go of the Yi family was also deliberate.

First, Yi was not loyal to himself, and instead of leaving him in Xiangyang to provide information to Liu Bei at any time, it was better to send his family out before the war.

Second, Liu Cong didn't expect Liu Bei to sincerely resist Cao, rather than letting him get in the way in front of him, worrying about Liu Bei's sneak attack on Xiangyang at any time, it was better to force him to rebel again.

Liu Bei rebelled against the water, and he must abandon Xinye, Cao Cao occupied Xinye effortlessly, and Liu Cong made the appearance of wanting to return to Cao Cao, so as to have credibility. And according to Liu Bei's personality, although he ran away, he had been planning to seize Jingzhou for a long time while taking advantage of the chaos. This gave Liu Cong a great opportunity. On the one hand, he could send a message to Cao Cao and let Cao Cao's tiger and leopard ride to pursue Liu Bei.

And if Liu Bei is successfully lured to Jiangxia, it will definitely be a defeat for all three, and Cai Mao is not a vegetarian. When the time comes, a group of generals will be sent to follow the aftermath, and at the same time, they can eat Cao Jun and execute Liu Bei on charges of rebellion and disloyalty.

The confrontation with Cao Cao was destined to be long-term, and Liu Cong could even give up Fancheng. But Liu Bei, this scourge must be eliminated as soon as possible!

So after learning that his Iraqi wife crossed the river and went straight to Xinye, Liu Cong ordered to prepare for battle, and Pegasus reported to Cai Mao to prevent a sneak attack. Cai Mao surrendered to Cao Cao* He was not ambiguous, if he asked him to give up Jiangxia to Liu Bei, he was afraid that he would not be killed. If Liu Bei dares to lead his troops forward, he will definitely fall into a bitter battle.

Of course, Liu Cong didn't dare to be careless, after all, there were still many fierce generals after Liu Bei. At the same time as Pegasus informed Cai Mao, he also sent people to Jiangling, so that although Li Yan was concerned about the southern section of the Yangtze River, he could not let Liu Bei easily cross the Yangtze River and go south.