When Xu Shu and the others were defeated and retreated to Jiangling, Liu Bei had already learned the news, but these were indeed what he expected. Even if Xu Shu was there, Liu Bei didn't think they could support it for too long. Before this, in Wuling, wasn't Xu Shu also by his side, but what about the final result.

As for Huo Jun's ability, it is not false, and he knows it. But even if there is him, plus everyone, he will not be the opponent of the Liangzhou Army, and in the end, even if the Yanzhou Army and the Jiangdong Army are added, it will not work. If I did, I wouldn't have lost last time, would I?

Although in Wuling, he only occupied a part of the territory at that time, which is true. However, the power in Lingling is not necessarily greater than that of Wuling, and the people and horses are similar to Wuling, and in the end, there is not much more, so he can still predict the result.

Xu Shu and the others met their lord in the living room of the state pastoral mansion in Jiangling, who had not been seen for a while.

After Liu Bei asked everyone to sit down, he wrote a novel. {quledu}. are those generals from Lingling led by Xu Shu. And on the other side were Tai Shici and others, including Liu Qi and Deng Yi, who were stationed in Jiangling.

At this time, Liu Bei said to Xu Shu: "Yuan Zhi, you say, the battle situation in Lingling!" ”

Although Liu Bei knew that Lingling was lost, even if Tanma said it, it was impossible to compare it with what Xu Shu said personally. Therefore, of course, it is necessary for him to get from Xu Shu and them. I learned the most real situation.

When Xu Shu heard his lord's question, he hurriedly said, "No! Lord. Here's how the battle in Lingling went......"

Xu Shu first said from the Lingling where Liu Pan was stationed, and kept saying that Chen betrayed. Combined with the Liangzhou army, he finally opened the city gate and let the Liangzhou army enter Quanling.

And Liu Bei and Tai Shici After hearing this, although they were unwilling, this is not bad at all. But speaking of which, this is not to say that it is not acceptable at all. In any case, this has already happened, and it cannot be changed.

As a result, when Xu Shu said that he had finished speaking, Liu Bei and the others had also heard it. At this time, Liu Pan directly asked his lord for the crime and said: "Lord, it is not good for his subordinates to defend the city, please punish the lord!" ”

Liu Bei shook his head slightly at Liu Pan, and at the same time waved his hand, and said: "The Lingling War, the Liangzhou army is strong, what are you guilty of?" It's not your sin, even if I'm in Lingling City myself, it's almost like that! ”

Liu Bei meant. It's not your fault, then the city will be lost, no way. Even if I was in Lingling City at the time, I wouldn't be able to hold it.

Truly. In his opinion, Ma Chao let Liangzhou attack the city at night, so he relied on Liu Pan's two hits. To be honest, it can hold on for several days. It's pretty good. At least Liu Bei definitely wouldn't have any extravagant expectations from him, so Liu Pan met Liu Bei's expectations. Not only is there no crime, but he also thinks that Liu Pan is doing okay, at least he is satisfied, then it is enough. If this were not the case, then Liu Bei would indeed be disappointed, but isn't it actually like that?

After Liu Pan listened to his lord's words, he was happy in his heart, after all, his lord not only did not punish himself, but he seemed to be quite satisfied with himself when he looked at it like this. And this is not only enough for Liu Pan, but it can also be said that there is an unexpected joy, so can he still be in a bad mood?

So he thanked him again and again at this time, but Liu Bei just waved his hand and asked him to go back and sit down. And after Liu Pan went back again to do a good job, Huo Jun also came out, "Lord, it is not good for his subordinates to defend the city, please punish the lord!" ”

After he finished speaking, Wen Chou also came out, and he also knew that if he wanted to talk about it, it was he who was the most disadvantageous to defend the city, which made Quanling lost, but it was not a family!

Sure enough, Liu Bei said to Huo Jun: "Zhong Miao doesn't need to be like this, our army has clear rewards and punishments, and there is nothing wrong with you!" ”

"Thank you, my lord!"

Seeing his lord's gesture, he asked himself to go back and sit down, and Huo Jun didn't say much, so he hurriedly went back and sat down-

And Liu Bei sighed at Wen Chou, and at this time he said: "Wen Chou, do you know your mistake? ”

When Wen Chou heard this, he said: "I know, my subordinates have come to ask for the guilt, please punish the lord!" ”

Liu Bei shook his head slightly, "Wen Chou, do you know what you are doing wrong?" ”

Wen Scandal said: "The subordinates are responsible for guarding, but they are careless, they have fallen into the enemy's moves, and they should not believe Chen!" ”

Liu Bei nodded, indeed, Wen Chou was really careless. He knew in his heart that if it was Huo Jun, even if Chen came in person, he would not be able to let the soldiers open the city gate so lightly. But Wen Chou, people just said a few words, and the city gate was opened.

"Wen Chou, just because of your carelessness, it has caused heavy losses to our army! I don't punish you, but I'm sorry for the casualties of our army! ”

"My subordinates understand!" ――

For Wen Chou, he did come to receive the punishment, and he really accepted his father-in-law's punishment for him, and he had no complaints. After all, Wen Chou knew in his heart that he did make a mistake, and it was indeed because of his own reasons that he finally caused such a strict consequence. So as the main general, and he is not a child, so if he does something wrong, of course he will be punished, which is not much to say.

Liu Bei nodded, and then said, "So." He was fined for one year and demoted to one level. And fifty with a military stick! Wen Chou, can you take it? ”

Wen Chou's punishment for what? He doesn't care about any demotions, those are really not of much use to him. However, this made him beaten with a military stick fifty, although he was not afraid of the pain of this flesh, but he could not afford to lose this person. But his lord said so, and he had no choice.

Therefore, Wen Chou could only say in the end: "Serve!" The subordinates are served! ”

Can Wen Chou still be unconvinced, because he knows. No matter what you say, you can't change your lord's mind.

"Good! Come on, drag Wen Chou out and beat the cane fifty! ”

Two Han soldiers came in and said to Liu Bei: "No! ”

Then the two came to Wen Chou's side, and one of them said; "General Wen, offended!"

Wen Chou knew that it was impossible for him to drag them away, so he followed the two of them. Straight out of the house. For him, the decision that his lord has made cannot be changed. In fact, I also know that I have done something wrong. He should be punished, even if he doesn't want to, but he can't do anything about it. As for the shameful thing. Then I am helpless. I don't want to, but there's something about it. It's not that if you don't want to, it won't happen. Isn't it.

So in this way, Wen Chou followed the two Han soldiers out of the house to the courtyard of the state minister's mansion, and then he was beaten with fifty military sticks by the two. These fifty military sticks have given Wen Chou a skin and flesh, but even if this is the case, Wen Chou is indeed a character, and he has not made a sound, it is indeed not easy-

Because in Wen Chou's view, it is already a lot of shame to be beaten with a military stick. Of course, they really haven't seen this with their own eyes, but they all know this. So in Wen Chou's mind, this is already embarrassing, but if he can't help the pain and shouts again, then it will be even more embarrassing. So even if it's for the sake of face, Wen Chou won't say a word in the end. Who made him a man with a good face?

When the soldiers came in again and reported to Liu Bei, saying that they had finished beating Wen Chou's fifty military sticks, Liu Bei sighed slightly in his heart. Speaking of which, he really didn't want to scold Wen Chou, but he couldn't help it. After all, he did something wrong in the first place, so if it weren't for him, he would not have suffered so many casualties.

Therefore, he had to let the soldiers beat him with a military stick, and it couldn't be light. Speaking of which, this can be regarded as an explanation to everyone, and of course it can be regarded as an explanation to him. After this blame is over, it will naturally be over, and this matter can be said to have been revealed-

"Good! Take General Wenchou down to rest! ”

"No!"

The pacification after this must be indispensable. So before the soldier could walk out of the house, Liu Bei stopped him again, "Wait! ”

"Lord!" The soldiers waited for Liu Bei's orders. I saw Liu Bei say to him: "Take my golden medicine and send it to General Wen!" ”

"No!" Of course, the soldier knew where Liu Bei's medicine was, after all, he had been following Liu Bei for more than a day or two.

And this time, the soldier really went down, but he went to get medicine. And everyone in the room did nod secretly in their hearts about what their lord did. For them, of course, each of them wants to meet a lord who cares about his subordinates. So what their lord did, they did agree.

And for them, this is not about slapping you and giving you a sweet date. is the real reward and punishment, Wen Chou made a mistake before, and he should be punished. But after the punishment, his lord had to care about him-

So, in the eyes of everyone, that's actually it.

After that, Liu Bei and everyone said a few more words, but they were all useless, it was nothing more than that after Ma Chao came with the troops, everyone should make persistent efforts, and they must let the Liangzhou army collapse here!

Honestly, of course. Liu Bei really didn't expect to win the Liangzhou army, but it should be said that Jiangling blocked the Liangzhou army. He doesn't think there's a problem with that. Otherwise, he wouldn't have changed from the previous Lingling in one fell swoop. Ran here.

After all, Jiangling is the first strong city in Jingzhou, and there is also a number one city in the world, so it is definitely not blown out. It can be said that in Jingzhou, there is indeed no place that can be compared with Jiangling, even Xiangyang. If Xiangyang can surpass Jiangling, Liu Biao will not be able to settle the state pastor to Jiangling.

Of course, I have to say that the geographical location of this Xiangyang is not very good, in the northernmost part of Nanjun. Just look at this point, that's not what Liu Biao likes-

Everyone listened to their lord's words, and they all promised again and again, and finally Liu Bei sent everyone back. In his opinion, this is indeed a bad mood today, and Wen Chou's carelessness is to directly lose Quanling, and if Quanling is lost, it is equivalent to losing all the counties of Lingling. And at this moment. It is conceivable that a county in Lingling has fallen into the hands of his Ma Mengqi.

And this is what happened in Gangneung before Ma Chao arrived. Of course, Ma Chao will not know about these. He didn't want to know either. Now, at this moment, he wants to break this Jiangling as soon as possible. Isn't that better than anything else.

But one thing is different from before, now at this time. The Yanzhou Army and the Jiangdong Army didn't know where to go. It stands to reason that they are also coming to Gangneung, but until now. Ma Chao didn't see them either. As for Tanma, he didn't come back to report to himself, and he didn't tell himself about the situation of the Yanzhou Army and the Jiangdong Army.

So this makes Ma Chao a little worried, if Cao Ren and Lu Su really fight to the death, they may not be able to take advantage of anything. And now that there is no news of them, this really worries Ma Chao a lot-

Indeed, where did the Yanzhou Army and the Jiangdong Army go, it is not unusual, although Cao Ren and Lu Su did not discuss, but they were like discussions, and they both took their own men and horses to Changsha. As for the horses sent, some of them were killed by both parties, and some of them haven't come back yet, and they are on their way back, so that's it.

Speaking of Cao Ren and Lu Su, there are indeed the same places, such as going to Changsha. But their purpose is also different.

In Cao Ren's view, this is a hard fight with the Liangzhou army, and it is estimated that it is not an opponent, so if you want to help Liu Bei, you can only find another way. As a result, as soon as he talked to Guo Huai at this time, Guo Huai came up with an idea, that is, to go to Changsha.

Because no matter what, as a county, not to mention how many cities he directly occupied in the past, anyway, as long as he threatened the Liangzhou army, then Ma Chao would definitely be upset. In that case, wouldn't it be good for Liu Bei. So after listening to what Guo Huai said, Cao Ren agreed and went directly to Changsha with his troops.

As for Lu Su, he thinks more than Cao Ren. He thought so, after knowing that the Han army had lost, he knew that Ma Chao must have troops to enter Nanjun and go directly to Jiangling City, which was inevitable. But if they go to Gangneung, do they have to go to Gangneung? This, it seems, is not necessarily.

Regarding the situation in Jiangling, Lu Su knows clearly, there are so many people in one city, more than 30,000, even if he goes, it is estimated that it is the icing on the cake, but it is not a charcoal in the snow. Therefore, instead of doing that, it is better to take the troops to another place by yourself. Lingling is no longer here, so there are actually only two places that can go now.

In the end, Lu Su thought about it, let's go to Changsha, this place is good. And speaking of this place and their own origins are quite deep, the former father-in-law, but also the old lord Sun Jian was still alive, and his person was Changsha Taishou. Therefore, Changsha is the birthplace of its own side, in fact, it is similar.

Therefore, for such a place, Lu Su naturally can't let it go-

And there is a more critical place, or the most critical place, that is, the geographical location of Changsha, it can be said that the place is directly next to Yangzhou, so it is too important for the Jiangdong Army.

Therefore, Lu Su was not just for Liu Bei, he took the Jiangdong Army to Changsha. In fact, it was for himself and for their Jiangdong Army, so he chose to go to Changsha without hesitation. And in this regard, Zhang Liao naturally agreed, although he did not have such an idea before, but after Lu Su said this, he knew that he should go to Changsha, which was the best result.

As for Jiangling, it can only make Liu Xuande have a headache himself. As for his side, he naturally wants to go to Changsha and meet the Liangzhou army stationed there. Although Zhang Liao does not think that his side will be invincible and invincible, but if he is unprepared, it is estimated that he can receive a miraculous effect. (To be continued......)