After listening to what Xu Huang said, Le Jin smiled, "Gongming's words are good, but I'm a little persistent!" ”

Although he said that, it was not difficult for Xu Huang to hear that there were still more regrets in his mouth. To tell the truth, he can be regarded as seeing that Le Jin really wants to catch and capture Prince Wang Ping alive, but after all, it is the will of heaven that cannot be violated, but he let him escape.

Xu Huang didn't say much about this, but just said, "Okay, let the soldiers clean up the battlefield, let's go see the lord!" ”

Le Jin could only nod at this time, "Come and clean up the battlefield!" ”

"No!"

After giving instructions to the soldiers, Le Jin and Xu Huang rushed to the east gate again to welcome their lord into the city. According to normal speaking, at this time, it was not long after his lord entered the city, so when the two of them arrived at the city gate, their lord should have not been in the city for long-

Sure enough, when Le Jin and Xu Huang came to the city gate again, they saw that Cao Cao had indeed just led troops into the city, and it hadn't been long yet.

The two of them saluted their lord together, "Lord! ”

Le Jin and Xu Huang said in unison, Cao Cao laughed when he heard this, "Ha Luha, the two of you have worked hard, you have worked hard!" ”

Le Jin was a little embarrassed at this time, "Lord, his subordinates are incompetent, but he let the prince escape!" ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he smiled again, "Wen Qian doesn't have to blame himself, it is the will of heaven that the princes will flee tonight." In the future, our army will confront him again. I'm going to take his life!! ”

Le Jin and Xu Huang bowed their hands at the same time and said to Cao Cao, "My lord." I'm going to do my best! ”

Cao Cao smiled and nodded to the two, and then said to everyone, "Everyone, follow me!" ”

"No!"

Cao Cao's Yanzhou army occupied Fangling, which can be said to have opened the door to Hanzhong in the east, and it was indeed of great significance to him to the Yanzhou army-

Lingling County. In Quanling City, after Liu Bei sent Wen Chou and Wen Ping to kill Cai Mao, the two rushed back to Quanling with Cai Mao's body. Give yourself the main bus difference. Of course, Liu Bei didn't even look at it, and after the last day, he directly asked the soldiers to bury Cai Mao and it was over. As for sending Cai Mao's body back to his family, this Liu Bei will not do it.

First, he is not so kind, the so-called "death is great." into the earth for peace". Liu Bei can now bury Cai Mao, which is actually good. People are gone, and the past is all about death, so of course Liu Bei doesn't care about anything, but he is not so kind and sends Cai Mao's body back to his family.

The second is today's Xiangyang. That was not his Liu Bei's territory for a long time, so Liu Bei didn't want to take risks. Let people send Cai Mao's body back to Xiangyang. Although it may be nothing, Liu Bei also thinks it's not worth it.

The third, that is, the most reluctant, that is, after all, he let others kill Cai Mao, so Liu Bei knows in his heart that even if he asks Cai Mao's body to be sent back to his family, his Cai clansmen will definitely not be grateful to themselves, but will still be extremely resentful, so can he do that "thankless" thing?

At the beginning, Liu Bei asked people to send Yuan Shu's corpse back to his hometown Runan, but how can Cai Mao be compared with Yuan Shu at the beginning, so the so-called "this time, that time" is also, different people are treated differently, in Liu Bei's place, Cai Mao and Yuan Shu are obviously two treatments-

After Cai Mao's affairs were resolved, Liu Bei gathered everyone again, and then discussed the next move together.

After all, now Jiangling in Nanjun, as well as Wuling County and Lingling County are in their hands, and Nanyang still has its own territory, so he can be regarded as occupying a lot of places in Jingzhou. But how to go next, this Liu Bei is a little unclear, after all, he understands in his heart that no matter where he sends troops again, it will inevitably be against others.

This opponent may be Cao Cao, or Ma Chao, or Sun Ce, and it may be two of them, or even all three. Therefore, Liu Bei is indeed a little undecided, what he should do next, in order to achieve the greatest benefits in Jingzhou.

To be honest, Liu Bei also has to admit that Jingzhou is in chaos now, and it is too chaotic. Even if he has solved Cai Mao, he still hasn't calmed Jingzhou, after all, Cai Mao is gone, but those big families in Jingzhou are still there. And they didn't do anything before, but now, they don't know what to do—

So at this time, Liu Bei asked everyone, "Everyone, the current situation in Jingzhou and the situation of our army, I think everyone must have understood, Cao Mengde...... So, what do you think, I don't know what our army should do? ”

Then, Liu Bei briefly introduced the specific situation of Cao Cao and them. After all, Liu Bei also sent a scout of horses, so he also knew that Cao Cao's Yanzhou army was in Fangling, Ma Chao's Liangzhou army was in Qichun, and Sun Ce was in Chenxian.

It was Xu Shu who spoke first, only to hear him say at this time, "Lord, everyone, now Cai Mao is dead." Therefore, no matter what the next step of our army is, it will inevitably confront other people, and this is a certainty! ”

Everyone knows the Tao, so even if Xu Shu doesn't say it, they all understand, so Liu Bei asked, "I don't know what Yuan Zhi means?" ”

Xu Shu smiled, "Lord, in fact, the idea of his subordinates is very simple, dare to ask the lord, please say a word to the lord, our army is compared to Cao Mengde Yanzhou Army, Ma Mengqi Liangzhou Army, Sun Bofu Jiangdong Army, how is it?" ”

When Liu Bei and everyone heard this, Xu Shu asked such a question, and everyone looked at their lord to see how their lord would answer-

As for Liu Bei, he smiled at this time, "Everyone, don't hide it, I think that our army is indeed inferior to Cao Mengde's Yanzhou Army and Ma Mengqi's Liangzhou Army." However, when it comes to land combat strength, our army will not be worse than Sun Bofu's Jiangdong Army! It's just that the number of soldiers and horses in my army is not as large as others! ”

After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but nod, isn't that what happened? The combat power of his own soldiers is indeed inferior to the Liangzhou Army and the Yanzhou Army, but it will not be worse than the Jiangdong Army, but in terms of numbers, it is inferior to others, which is not wrong at all. And what his lord said is the truth, it really can't be true, it's more true than pearls.

After Xu Shu heard what his lord said, he asked again, "So what the lord means is that in fact, his subordinates can say this, that is, our army is at a disadvantage in the Quartet!" ”

Although I really don't want to admit it, but to be honest, this fact is the truth, so Liu Bei nodded helplessly and smiled bitterly, "Yes, what Yuan Zhi said is good, in fact, think about it, that's it!" ”

For this, in front of everyone, Liu Bei has nothing that he can't admit, if you don't admit it, it's nothing more than self-deception-

Yes, the same is true in the hearts of the people, isn't it? Among the four parties of Cao Cao, Ma Chao, Sun Ce and himself, he is the one who belongs to the most rear, even if he adds those families in Jingzhou, he is still behind.

"So, my lord, everyone, my subordinates think that the top priority of our army now is to seek allies!"

Xu Shu finally said what he thought, of course, this ally, Xu Shu means that they can advance and retreat together in Jingzhou, unite with the outside world, and then divide the interests of Jingzhou in the end.

Everyone, including Liu Bei, heard Xu Shu's words, and their minds were all activated. It must be admitted that now because of its strength, if it wants to seize more and greater benefits in Jingzhou, it has to find an ally. After all, because of strength, union is the better way, and everyone thought about it a little and understood. Indeed, isn't that what it is, or what else can it be?

Indeed, for oneself, uniting and looking for allies is the best way out for oneself now. So now that there is no war on your side, it's time to find allies-

As soon as Liu Bei heard what Xu Shu said, after thinking about it for a while, he nodded, "Everyone, I don't know what you think, what Yuan Zhi said before?" ”

Although Liu Bei did agree with Xu Shu's meaning, he still had to follow the rules of the rivers and lakes and ask everyone again. And he is indeed not such an arbitrary lord, it should be said that most of the time, in fact, Liu Bei can still listen to what his subordinates say.

Liu Ba said at this time, "My lord, what Yuan Zhi said, his subordinates agree!" ”

Liu Bei nodded when he heard this, and the second person to speak was Deng Yi, who followed Liu Ba, only to hear him also say at this time, "Lord, subordinates second!" (To be continued......)