Unexplored places are often fraught with dangers, but often such places often hide great wealth. At this time, Jiaozhou was not a prosperous place with a large population in later generations, but a place of exile for criminals, with a harsh environment and difficult conditions. Although there is a staggering amount of wealth waiting to be exploited, the places where those riches are buried alone require people to risk their lives to explore and find them.

The map in Liu Bei's hand about the location of the mineral deposits in Jiaozhou was very tempting to Liu Xie, although Liu Xie could also send people to find it after the unification was completed, but the casualties of the same people were unavoidable. No matter what era it is, talent is the key to achieving great things. Especially in ancient times, when the literacy rate was generally low, the importance of a talent was even greater than the value of a city and a place.

Liu Xie doesn't want to let those professionals under his command personally take risks, everything has an accident, not afraid of 10,000, just in case, if something really goes wrong, there is no regret in this world to sell medicine, and people cannot be resurrected after death. With the picture in Liu Bei's hand as a reference, at least many avoidable accidents can be avoided when sending someone to verify it.

Dignity is something that everyone has, and people who do not have the slightest self-esteem do not exist in this world at all. It's just that due to various external reasons, some people can only put their dignity aside. Everyone has their own bottom line in their hearts, and this bottom limit is the final bottom limit for everyone to maintain their own dignity. Once this threshold is exceeded, protecting one's dignity becomes the only thing the person has to do.

There is no unified standard for this bottom limit, which has caused many things that are unbearable in the eyes of others to be tolerable to another person.

Liu Bei also has his own dignity, although he has done many dishonorable things in the eyes of others for his ambition, but he never regrets those decisions. Although he has now reached the exhausted field, he did not use the picture in his hand to beg Liu Xie for his life, but put forward a condition that Liu Xie could easily do.

Of course, Liu Xie had no reason to refuse.

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What should be talked about is over, what should be explained has also been explained, and the rest is naturally to see the real chapter. On the second day after Liu Bei and Liu Xie ended their meeting, the Han army representing the imperial court fought a fierce battle with the barbarian soldiers brought by Liu Bei outside the city of Guiyang. Huo Jun, who was in charge of guarding Guiyang City, stood at the head of the city and watched the battle, he was ready to attack at any time, but Liu Bei was slow to give him the order to fight.

Huo Jun is a good general, he has always followed the iron law of ordering and prohibiting in the army, and before he got Liu Bei's order, no matter how much he longed in his heart, he would try to restrain it. What's more, at this time, he also had Jian Yongzai, who Liu Bei specially ordered Fu Tong to escort back to Guiyang to serve as his supervisor. Unlike Jian Yong who served as Huo Jun's supervisor before, Jian Yong, who returned to Guiyang this time, has one more right to cut first and then play, that is to say, if Jian Yong sees Huo Jun unpleasantly and beheads Huo Jun, then Huo Jun will also die in vain.

Huo Jun, who couldn't fight privately, could only stand at the head of the city and watch the fierce fighting outside the city, but he didn't have the opportunity to participate in it. There is no way, there are Bai Yu soldiers by his side, as long as Jian Yong has a look, Huo Jun may fall to the ground. Although Huo Jun believed that Jian Yong would not behead himself for no reason, Huo Jun did not have to test it, in case Jian Yong's brain had a convulsion, then Huo Jun would not die unjustly.

"Mr. Xianhe, the lord's general order has not yet come?" Huo Jun could only ask Jian Yong over and over again, expecting Jian Yong to give him a hopeful answer.

"Zhong Miao, didn't I tell you a long time ago? As long as wolf smoke rises in the lord's camp, then it will be the time for you to go to war. At the moment, the morale of the Han army is high, and you can't turn the tide of the battle by going to war at this time. Jian Yong comforted.

"But with those barbarian soldiers outside the city, how easy is it to consume the spirit of the Han army? Mr. Xianhe, I intend to go out of the city to meet the lord Chen and say that it is very powerful, and I hope that Mr. will not stop it. ”

As soon as the words fell, Jian Yong's eyebrows had already risen, and he glared at Huo Jun and warned: "You dare, in my opinion, the lord specially instructed that you Huo Jun should not be allowed to leave his post without permission, otherwise he will be killed." ”

Huo Jun glanced at Fu Tong who was standing behind Jian Yong, and could only clasp his fists and reply: "Mr. Xianhe, don't worry, the last general will obey the order, but sir, what does the lord want to do?" The last general really couldn't understand it. At the end of the next few days, I will watch the battle at the head of the city, how can I always feel that the lord is deliberately taking the barbarians to death. ”

"Nonsense, how could the lord do such a thing of self-destruction of the Great Wall, the lord must have his own intentions in doing this, you and I, as courtiers, cannot doubt the lord." Jian Yong reprimanded Huo Jun when he heard this, but Huo Jun did not change his mind because of this.

Although the barbarians gathered by Liu Bei this time were not stronger than in the past in terms of weapons and equipment, these barbarians could only be killed against the well-trained Han army, especially the Han army who was proficient in the method of battlefield joint attack. Huo Jun believed that he was not the only one who saw the problem at this time, but he didn't understand why Liu Bei, the always wise lord, didn't realize this problem.

I wanted to remind Liu Bei in person, but I was stopped in the city by Jian Yong and Fu Tong. To tell the truth, if it weren't for Fu Tong, a person who was loyal to Liu Bei, Huo Jun would have suspected that Jian Yong was betraying the enemy, but Jian Yong had Liu Bei's order arrow in his hand, and Huo Jun could only obey Jian Yong's orders.

Smart people are not only among the Han people, no matter which ethnic group, there will always be smart people who continue to appear. Although most of the barbarians are stupid, it is inevitable that there will still be a few "anomalies" who find that something is not right. However, even if these "outliers" find that something is wrong, trying to persuade their people to believe their words has become their biggest problem.

Although Liu Bei was deliberately sending barbarians to death, Liu Bei was generous, for the bereavement of the war dead, it was the amount that could make people die willingly, and he never owed it. Yellow and clear gold, white silver, and crystal clear beads are all visible and tangible, but the words of "alien" are subjective speculations without any real evidence, and there are naturally very few people who believe in them.

Sake red face, wealth and silk are moving, this saying is common in ancient and modern times. Few people are willing to give up the opportunity to make a fortune for the sake of unsubstantiated speculation. Instead of saving their own people, the "aliens" became nuisances who prevented others from getting rich, and because of their words, they also brought death to themselves. Just for the crime of shaking the hearts of the army, it is logical that Liu Bei can kill them.

The war continued, and the barbarians, who had been blinded by Liu Bei's heavy reward, were still rushing towards the Han army in droves to die. But the clear-eyed people are not only those "outliers" among the barbarians, the generals of the Han army who have been fighting with the barbarians for several days have also noticed Liu Bei's abnormality.

Although Liu Bei can't be called a famous general, he is not a reckless man who doesn't know how to advance or retreat. But judging by his reaction, he wants to stick to this fueling tactic to the end. It is naturally a good thing for the Han army, and it is better to eliminate the concealment of Jiaozhou by virtue of its own advantages than to eliminate these hidden dangers in the future and go to the ravine to play hide and seek with others.

But if something goes wrong, it will be a demon! Since Liu Bei is not a reckless man who does not know how to advance or retreat, he must have a plan for insisting on this kind of refueling tactics that are not conducive to himself at this time.

"What does he want, what he is doing at this time is just adult beauty." For Zhao Yun and others who came to remind themselves not to be careless, Liu Xie said indifferently.

"Does the Holy One know what's going on?" Zhao Yun asked in surprise.

"Yes. Oh, by the way, Zilong, although Liu Bei is cooperating with us at this time, he can't relax his vigilance against Guiyang, once Guiyang sends troops, we must ensure that Guiyang's soldiers and horses don't run bad things. Liu Xie said casually, and then told Zhao Yundao.

"Rest assured, the last general has ordered Zhang Wei to lead people to guard Guiyang, and as soon as there is a disturbance, our army scouts will know. It's just that the saint, you just said that Liu Xuande is cooperating with us? What do you mean by that? Zhao Yun looked at Liu Xie puzzled and asked.

"Huh...... Although Liu Bei has the heart to replace him, he is a Han after all, and in the face of major rights and wrongs, he is still a qualified Han person. If he is about to reunite today, as one of the princes who participated in the competition, his destruction is imminent, and before he dies, he still wants to do something for the Han people. ”

"Liu Xuande intends to surrender?" Zhao Yun frowned and asked.

"That's unlikely. The traitor also has the dignity of the traitor, Liu Xuande's tenacity is beyond ordinary people, let him survive under my rule from now on, I am afraid it is not his wish...... Look at this. Liu Xie said as he took down a scroll from the bookshelf on the side and handed it to Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun took it and opened it, and couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Holy Lord, where did this thing come from?" ”

"This was given to me by Liu Bei, but he didn't use it as a bargaining chip to save his life. In other words, he does not intend to live in this world and wants to live and die with his ambitions. ”

"What does the saint mean is that Liu Xuande wants to die on the battlefield?"

"Well, I guess he meant that. In fact, at this point, it is not impossible to spare Liu Bei's life, not only Liu Bei, but also Sun Quan, who is still resisting, and it has nothing to do with the overall situation. Without the assistance of loyal ministers and good generals, Liu Bei and Sun Quan are just two useless people who are useless to the court. Even if they want to continue to resist to the end, they don't have the capital to argue with the court. ”

"In that case, why don't you try to persuade them both?" Zhao Yun asked puzzled.

"Of course, it's to take the initiative into your hands. As early as after the First Battle of Chibi, Sun Quan sent people to sue for peace, but that was not the result I wanted. The Sun family has occupied Jiangdong for many years, and its foundation is very solid in Jiangdong, Sun Quan's sending people to seek peace is just a delaying tactic, as long as it continues to develop in Jiangdong, sooner or later it will still meet with the imperial court, and Liu Bei is the same. He has been operating in Jiaozhou for several years, if he is allowed to entrench in Jiaozhou, although Jiaozhou is nominally the territory of the Han Dynasty, but in fact it is his Liu Bei's own back garden. ”

"Then why does the Holy Lord feel that he can accept Sun Liu's surrender now?"

"Because the foundation of the two of them in the local area has been uprooted, and there is not much left of it, and it will not pose a threat to the future governance of the imperial court. Thanks to Sun Liu's blessing, even the original local forces in Jiangdong and Jiaozhou have been greatly weakened, and the imperial court can already control the actual rule of the two places in the future. ”

"In other words, if Sun Liu asks the court to surrender at this time, the court will not refuse?"

"Liu Bei wants to fight to maintain the last vestiges of dignity as a prince, but Sun Quan ...... The thick-faced and black-hearted guy estimated that he would still beg the court to surrender in the end, as long as the court gave him this opportunity. ”

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"Ah sneeze~" Sun Quan, who was far away in Jianye, seemed to sense that someone was talking about him, and suddenly sneezed, startling Jiang Qin, who was reporting the military situation to him.

"Lord, are you alright?" Jiang Qin asked with concern.

"It's okay, you continue." Sun Quan waved his hand and asked Jiang Qin to continue to finish the bad news.

Since Sun Ce led the army to take down Wu Junbing's Lin Jianye, the news that Sun Quan heard has always been bad news, and after hearing too much bad news, Sun Quan would be angry and depressed at first, but now he is almost used to it, and he has a certain immunity to bad news.

How bad can the news be? At present, sitting in the troubled city, although there is food and grass inside, but there are no reinforcements outside, if you want to turn the danger into a disaster, you can only rely on yourself. But it is a little unlucky, only with the remnants of the city defeated, it is really difficult to compete with the elite of the Han army gathered outside the city, and can only rely on the strong city wall to hold on.

But how can there be a city in this world that will never fall? Today's Sun Quan can be said to be passable, and he doesn't even have the idea of looking forward to a miracle, but he is guarding Jianye and planning to wear it out to the end with the Han army outside the city.

Jianye is a new city, when it was originally built, it was built by Sun Quan as the capital, so the city is high and deep, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Although the Han army outside the city was confident that they would take Jianye, the price they would have to pay for the assault would be huge. Seeing that the world is about to be reunited, whether it is Ma Chao, Pang De, Zhang Liao, or Sun Ce, they don't want their subordinates to lose too much. Fortunately, Liu Xie did not set a time limit for them to take Jianye, since Sun Quan has now become a turtle in the urn, then first surround and consume his spirit, and it is not too late to do it when he is mentally exhausted.

The Han army did not attack, but the Jiangdong army in the city did not dare to relax at all. Lü Meng, Jiang Qin and others, who presided over the defense of the city in the city, not only had to guard against the Han army outside the city, but also had to guard against the families in the city. Seeing the wind and making the rudder, people have to be careful, especially after Wu Jun fell into the hands of the Han army, the family's guarantee is no different from farting in Lu Meng's eyes.

It is better to believe in the guarantee of the family than to believe that the sow can go up the tree. The education of the family is the family before the country, and in order to safeguard the interests of the family, there is nothing in this world that the family cannot do.