Chapter 23: The Mountains and Rivers Are Exhausted

"If you want to fight against Cao Cao's 500,000 army, only the soldiers of Xinye Fancheng must be insufficient, Feng has got the news today, Xiangyang Liu Biao has been sick for several months, and he wants to die soon, Liu Qi Gongzi can't bear Cai Mao, Zhang Yun and other harmful hearts, and has already left Jiangxia, if Liu Biao dies of illness, all the nine counties of Jingxiang fall into the hands of Cai Mao and others, then the situation is critical, it is better to start first!"

Liu Feng whispered, then looked at Liu Bei, Liu Feng knew that Liu Bei had already had the heart to seek the nine counties of Jingxiang, and he was reluctant to do it, because he was afraid of falling into the truth, Liu Biao and Liu Bei were both relatives of the Han family, and Liu Bei had the grace of knowing each other, so Liu Bei had not made up his mind to seize Jingzhou in the previous several opportunities.

Liu Feng knew that Zhuge Liang Bacheng was already urging Liu Bei to take this opportunity to enter Jingzhou, as a place to raise troops, and then join Sun Quan in the east and resist Cao Cao in the north, in order to promote the three-legged momentum.

Liu Bei heard Liu Feng's words, sighed, glanced at Zhuge Liang again, and said slowly: "Ziwei, having said that, Liu Jingsheng is in me, I have the grace of knowing and encountering, and I am originally of the same ancestry, and I have been promoted several times, if I take advantage of his illness to take Jingzhou, I am afraid that the people of the world will laugh at it, how can I talk about reviving the Han family?" Your words, and let me think again. ”

Obviously, the two of them who were the most brilliant in their wisdom persuaded Liu Bei to take Jingzhou, and Liu Bei was already a little wavering in his heart, and it was difficult to choose for a while.

Liu Feng listened, he knew that Liu Bei still did not want to take Jingzhou at this time to resist Cao Cao, Liu Bei has always been famous for benevolence and righteousness in the world, if he does this at this time, his reputation will indeed be lost, as for what is going on, Jingzhou will not take it, naturally it all depends on Liu Bei's choice, Liu Feng can't control this matter, Zhuge Liang can't control it.

Looking at the changes in history after 2,000 years, Liu Feng naturally has already realized that the so-called benevolence and righteousness cannot achieve the merit of the king, and only the territory and the army can help people to establish a great cause, and Liu Bei at this time, obviously failed to think of this, therefore, Liu Feng's face was grim, and he fell into deep thought for a while, and when he looked sideways, Zhuge Liang was also helpless, which showed that he was very dissatisfied with Liu Bei's hesitation.

After a long time, Liu Bei finally raised his head, and said with a resolute face: "At this time when Liu Jingsheng is seriously ill, if he takes Jingzhou, it will be an unkind and unjust move, I am afraid that it will provoke the princes of the world to crusade together, and then Jingzhou can not be defended, and if he loses his faith, there will be no place for him. ”

Although he had been prepared for this, Liu Feng still sighed secretly, Liu Bei's many remarks were just to protect his reputation, there was a matter of seizing Xuzhou before, but now he refused to take Jingzhou, just because there was no reasonable reason, Liu Feng received the order of the enemy, and his heart was already beginning to calculate how to resist Cao's army.

"Military division, now Cao's army of 500,000 is definitely not something that my Xinye army can resist, I don't know what good strategy the military division has, can protect our army, in order to plan for the future?"

Liu Bei has made a decision, so he began to ask Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang is not as good as Liu Feng to understand Liu Bei as a person, I heard that Liu Bei did not go to Jingzhou, my heart was already angry, at this time Liu Bei asked the plan, Zhuge Liang exhaled a few turbid breaths in a row, before he straightened out his thinking, and said: "Now that the matter is now, we must abandon Xinye and retreat to Fancheng for temporary refuge, in order to unite Liu Biao's army and resist Cao's army together, otherwise there will be no soldiers and no city, and even if Jiang is still reincarnated, there will be no countermeasures." ”

Liu Bei knew that Zhuge Liang still had a grudge, so he didn't care about these remarks, but just asked: "Our army has been stationed in Xinye for many days, and the families of the generals and soldiers in the army are also mostly in Xinye City. ”

Liu Bei also knew in his heart that the only way to give up Xinye was to give up, but there were many families of the soldiers in Xinye City, and if they all withdrew into Fancheng, it would probably cause panic among the people in the city, and they would be cowardly before the battle, and the momentum in the army would be at all.

"Don't panic, if you want to come to Cao's army of 500,000, the march will not be fast, but immediately General Yun Chang will go to Jingzhou, meet Liu Biao, find out the truth and truth, and then make plans."

Liu Bei saw that Zhuge Liang was confident, so he felt a little at ease, and immediately sent Guan Yu to meet Liu Biao and find out the truth in his army. And Liu Feng and other generals all went back to rectify the grain and grass of the soldiers, horses, and arranged carriages and horses, preparing to abandon Xinye and go to Fancheng for temporary refuge.

After three days like this, Liu Feng had already instructed Meng Yao and Li Chuang to pack up all the equipment in the generals, and all the craftsmen they had obtained before were distributed to the horses, ready to go to Fancheng at any time. The other generals had already settled their families and waited for Liu Bei's order to set off.

However, at this time, Guan Yu has not returned, on this day, Liu Bei convened the generals, and was discussing sending people to lead the troops to meet Guan Yu, but suddenly got the scout in front of the Pegasus to report, Cao Cao's vanguard has approached Bowang, and will be able to reach Xinye directly in the near future.

At this time, Zhuge Liang finally had a solemn look on his face, and he was about to give an order, but at this time, Guan Yu was a servant and broke into the meeting hall.

"Second brother, why are you delaying here?" Liu Bei knew that with Guan Yu's bravery, he would definitely not be detained by Cai Mao and others, and there must be a reason for returning at this time.

"Brother, that Liu Biao has died, Cai Mao and others are not mourning, but they have set up Liu Cong as the lord of Jingzhou, I heard that Cao Cao led a large army to come, and at this time I have already handed a letter of surrender to Cao Cao, just as soon as Cao Cao arrived, he opened the city gate and dedicated all the nine counties of Jingxiang to Cao Cao!"

When Liu Bei heard this, he sat down on the bench when he landed, his face pale, and the words in his mouth: "This is the heavens that want to kill me, and I regret that I can't listen to the words of the military advisor and Ziwei, and take the nine counties of Jingxiang as soon as possible!" ”

When everyone saw Liu Bei like this, they all looked panicked, and they didn't know what to do.

Liu Feng strode forward at this time, helped Liu Bei's arm, and said sharply: "Feng asks my father to give Feng 2,000 men, I am willing to ambush outside Xinye City, just wait for Cao Cao's vanguard to arrive, and then ambush it, so that my father and everyone can retreat into Fancheng safely, and then make plans!" ”

Liu Feng knew that if Liu Bei was allowed to do this again, he would miss the opportunity, and everyone would even lose their families in Xinye City.

However, at this time, Zhuge Liang waved his hand and said: "General Ziwei, don't worry, Cao Cao has already arrived in Bowang, only set up an ambush, I am afraid it will be difficult to hurt its roots, since Jingzhou has no available soldiers, if you don't attack Cao's army here, I am afraid that even if you go to Fancheng, it will be useless." ”

Liu Feng didn't say much at this time, knowing that he should not compete with Zhuge Liang for the benefit of his tongue when he was in danger, so he waited for his plan.