was asked by Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei didn't say anything more.

has been entrenched in Xinye for many years, and he has made many friends in Jingzhou in recent years.

Now up and down Jingzhou, there are even many people advocating that if he wins Jingzhou, he will definitely be able to attack the Cao family.

Fortunately, there are gate valves such as the Kuai family and the Cai family in Jingzhou, and these families have curbed Liu Bei's power, so that he has not found an opportunity to replace him until now.

"Mr. Kong Ming is right." Zhang Fei said to Liu Bei on the side: "My brother has issued a strict order not to allow a single citizen to escape from Xinye. In the future, when we leave, as long as we take these people with us, the Cao family will also throw a rat trap and dare not mess around. ”

"Nonsense! Glaring at him fiercely, Liu Bei said: "When people flee their homeland, they must be lost, and they die more outside than at home." I could not bear the suffering of the people, so I forced them not to flee. When our army withdrew, I really wanted to take the people with me, but it was only because I didn't want to give up on them and wanted to do my best to keep them, was it as you thought? ”

was reprimanded by Liu Bei, and Zhang Fei didn't say anything more.

"The Lord is righteous and cares for the people." Zhuge Liang said: "The people of Xinye must also be concerned about the lord and can't bear to separate, and it is reasonable to bring them with them at that time." ”

"Or Kong Ming understands me." Liu Bei sighed and said: "It is the people who suffer in the troubled times, how can I bear to abandon them?" ”

"Pass the order." Liu Bei said: "Tell the people of Xinye that I will never abandon them. If I really want to leave Shinno, I will definitely take them with me. With the protection of a large army, they will have a better chance of survival. ”

Liu Bei's order came into the city, and the people of Xinye, who were already desperate, were even more desperate.

The people wished that Liu Bei would leave them behind and flee for their lives.

If Liu Bei leaves, the Cao family may not attack Xinye, and many people will not have to die in the military disaster.

From the moment he sent out the troops, Cao Shuo knew that when they entered Jingzhou this time, their real enemy was not the Jingzhou army.

The Jingzhou army has been frightened by him, and the Cao family is advancing with hundreds of thousands of troops on all fronts, where is Liu Cong, who took over Jingzhou, to be the enemy of the Cao family?

Cao Shuo led his army to Yingchuan, and Cao Cao's army set off from Yecheng.

News came from the fire dance that hibernated in Xinye, saying that Liu Bei was reluctant to let the people suffer, and ordered the city gate to be closed and not a single citizen was allowed to leave the city without permission.

Inside the government palace of Yingchuan Castle.

Cao Shuo sat at the head of the front hall, and Pang Tong and the others sat on both sides.

"I really convinced Liu Xuande." After listening to Huo Wu's report, Cao Shuo grinned and said to everyone present: "I've seen shameless, but I've never seen such shameless." obviously planned to use the people as a shield, but he said the reason so high-sounding. ”

"Liu Xuande's hypocrisy is not a day or two." Pang Tong said: "Gongzi knows a lot about him, he does this, is it possible that Gongzi still feels strange?" ”

"I don't think it's weird." Cao Shuo said: "I just think Liu Xuande's face is too thick." Many people say I'm cheeky, but compared to him, I feel that I'm still too pure. ”

"How can Childe compare himself with Liu Xuande?" Sima Yi said with a smile: "Liu Xuande was originally a villain who weaved mats and sold shoes, he originally relied on swagger to cheat hygiene, if he was not hypocritical, how could he survive in this world?" ”

"That's what Zhongda said." Cao Shuo said: "It's just that I have a strange problem, when I meet hypocrites, I always want to slap them twice." Liu Xuande's hypocrisy has reached the point where I want to cut off his head. Is there a way for you to take advantage of this battle to tear off his face and take a look? ”

"What's so hard about that?" Sima Yi stood up: "Please give me 5,000 soldiers and horses, and I will definitely make Liu Xuande's hypocrisy obvious." ”

"What are Zhongda's plans?" Cao Shuo asked.

"Hui Gongzi." Sima Yi said: "Liu Xuande also has 20,000 or 30,000 horses, and our army only went to 5,000 to build catapults outside the city. When the time comes, I will lead him, and Childe will allocate another army of soldiers and horses to be stationed in Xinye. ”

Cao Shuo nodded: "That's a good idea. ”

He then said, "But I didn't plan to take Xinye directly. ”

"What are Childe's plans?" Xu Shu asked.

"Since you want to fight, of course you really want to fight." Cao Shuo said: "I have arranged a lot of fire dances in Xinye City in advance. When the army arrived, they built catapults outside the city. Liu Xuande saw that there were many soldiers in our army, and he would not dare to go out of the city to face the battle. When the season is over, Huo Wu will put a fire in the city and roast Liu Xuande well. ”

"Huo Wu set fire to the city, I'm afraid that the people of Xinye will ......," Xu Shu said with a slight frown.

"Xinye is occupied by our army, and the people are our people." Cao Shuo said: "The city is still in the hands of Liu Xuande, and he should be responsible for the people." No matter what method our army uses and how many casualties it causes, it has nothing to do with us, and all the blame should be borne by Liu Xuande. ”

"Childe is right." Sima Yi said: "Liu Xuande just wants to use the people as meat shields, if we cast a mouse taboo, we will fall for his plan." ”

"It's not my people, I fuck those hearts." Cao Shuo smiled coldly, his eyes narrowed slightly: "Of course, people will die if they achieve great things, as long as it is not our people who die, no matter how much I lose, I will not frown." Liu Xuande wants me to cast a rat trap, the best way is to give Xinye to me, then I will be responsible for the people of Xinye, so that no one will have a chance to hurt them. ”

"Childe is wise!" Sima Yi and others responded.

After making the decision to advance to Xinye, Cao Shuo sent a messenger to deliver a letter to Cao Cao, who had not yet arrived at Yingchuan, to report to him the movements of the army, while he himself led the army into the territory of Jingzhou.

Cao Shuo entered Jingzhou, and the cities he passed through did not resist at all, and they opened the cities one after another to surrender.

Advancing to the hinterland of Jingzhou for more than half a month, they didn't even fight a decent battle along the way, and the soldiers felt a little bored.

Following Cao Shuo's side, Lu Bu looked ahead and asked him, "Childe, when will you be able to get to Xinye?" ”

"It shouldn't be that far." Cao Shuo said: "The attack on Jingzhou, the current situation is also expected. ”

"I have long heard that Liu Jingsheng's Danyang soldiers are good at fighting." Lu Bu sighed: "I thought I could fight a few times when I came here, but I didn't expect it to be such a scene." ”

"General Lu, don't worry." Cao Shuo said: "When we arrive in Xinye, we have a battle to fight. ”

Cao Shuo led the army into Jingzhou, and while Liu Bei was actively preparing for war, the other person was in a panic.

(End of chapter)