"It's my choice, too." Liu Bei pulled out his sword and put it on the table, and slowly said: "The sword has fought with me for many years, and your brothers have also been preparing for the war for many years, suffering for many years, running around, with the talents of your brothers, you can make a difference wherever you are, but you will not give up on Beibei, so Bei naturally cannot be the master of the mean, if you don't seek it, you will lose, we have lost Xuzhou, and now I want to seize this Jingzhou, this is an opportunity, I don't want to give up." ”

Tears swirled in Liu Bei's eyes.

Everyone here, Zhang Fei, Guan Yu, these two good brothers who have formed a righteous alliance with Liu Bei Taoyuan, have been like a day for more than ten years, and they will never give up.

Sun Qian, who followed Liu Bei when Liu Bei was in his most difficult time, never complained; Mi Zhu, Mi Fang, a pair of brothers on the rich side, married their sister to Liu Bei, bet all their bets on Liu Bei, and gave up one side of the local tyrant to do nothing, but was willing to follow Liu Bei around.

Zhao Yun, a loyal general, followed Liu Bei around after the defeat of Gongsun Zhan, did his best, and never gave up.

Chen Dao, this admiring young general; Originally from Iraq, after Liu Biao's death, he switched to Liu Bei and became a good minister for Liu Bei to take root in Jingzhou and travel around.

Zhuge Liang, this peerless talent, Ma Hong's junior brother, was called a strange man in Wolong by Mr. Shui Jing, and chose the weak Liu Bei, he did his best for Liu Bei, did his best, and also endured Guan Yu's doubts, and never complained, never complained, and complained.

They are all looking at Liu Bei now, looking at their lord, and their hearts are very uncomfortable.

Sword! The sword in his hand! On the table, he said that he wanted to seize this Jingzhou too much, he said, he didn't want to live up to your expectations of him, he said, he wanted this land too much.

The crowd was silent and thoughtful.

The chamber was silent, without a sound.

"Sword, the sword in my hand, I want to insert him in the land of Jingzhou, can you help revitalize the Han family." Liu Bei's voice trembled, he picked up the sword and stuck it on the food table, holding the blade of the sword tightly with his hand, and the blood flowed down the sword to the food table.

"Big brother, no matter what you choose, brother will follow you." Zhang Fei stepped forward, grabbed the blade of the sword, and with a hard grip, blood flowed out, mixed with Liu Bei's blood.

Guan Yu stepped forward, stretched out his hand and held it on the blade of the sword and said, "Big brother, Guan Yu swears to follow." ”

Zhao Yun stepped forward, held the blade of the sword and said, "Swear with my life, and swear to follow the lord to the death." ”

Mi Zhu and Mi Fang glanced at each other, the two crossed their index fingers, held the sword together, and Sun Qian, Chen Zhi and Yi Yuan all walked up.

Zhuge Liang walked up with the white feather fan, put the white feather fan on the food table, the blood dyed the white feather fan red, he held his hand on the blade of the sword and said slowly: "Liang Ding helps the lord take Jingzhou." ”

Hanzhong, Nanzheng City, Ma Play, Cheng Yi led the army back to Nanzheng, under the order of Yan Pu, Ma led an army of 10,000 from Shangyong to support Xiangyang, but was ambushed by Xiahou Yuan and Lejin in Deng County, the whole army was annihilated, and Ma Play and Cheng Yi fled back to Shangyong City.

Ma Hong led the army to Jingzhou in a hurry, his brows furrowed.

"Teacher, it's better for you to lead an elite army and return to Xiangyang first, and I will lead the army with Huang Zhong and General Li Yan behind."

Fox Du suggested to Ma Hong.

Ma Hong frowned and said: "Even if it is an elite soldier, he has traveled thousands of miles in a hurry, and he has no combat power when he arrives in Xiangyang, the mountain road is rugged, and he can't get to Xiangyang in three months, and now he can only hope for his wife and father, hoping that he can hold Xiangyang." ”

Ma Hong led the army to the territory of Badong County, and the news of the annihilation of the whole army of Ma Play and Chengyi came, and the anger was difficult to sleep and eat, and led the army to the White Emperor City, and the spies came with the news, Xiangyang was broken, Yicheng, and Dangyang counties were broken one after another, and in three days, Cao Cao's army even went down to the counties of Nanjun, and Nanjun was lost. Kuai Yue and others retreated to Hanzhong Shangyong.

Ma Hong's barracks, Ma Hong ordered the soldiers to stop and revise for two days. Sitting alone in the tent drinking cold water, the weather has entered winter, but Ma Hong has drunk seven bowls of cold water in a row, all the time.

"Liu Bei, Liu Bei, you're dead, you're dead!" Ma Hong's white fingers held the water bowl, and his whole face was as white as a piece of paper.

"Senior Brother Zhuge , you calculate against me, calculate against me, next time I will make you lose a mess, I will let Liu Bei fall! Fall down! ”

In the dark night, outside the tent, Huang Zhong, Li Yan, Hu Du, Deng Zhi, Jiang Wan, and Yang Yi sat in front of the fire.

"Lord, I was put on a table by Liu Bei, I am afraid that the Lord Guild will arrive in Jingzhou and immediately start a full-scale war with Liu Bei and Cao Cao, so that we will start a war on three sides, I'm afraid it is, hey......"

Li Yan sighed, picked up the match and filled it into the fire.

"Thousands of miles away, if there is a full-scale war again, it will not be good! Oh no! ”

Huang Zhong looked at the wrinkles on the back of his hand and said.

"You have to trust the teacher, and the teacher will not be rash."

Fox said.

Deng Zhi shook his head and said: "The lord is young after all, he suffered a big loss this time, and he has been staying in the tent and not coming out, I am afraid that he will be dizzy for a while." ”

"Rest assured, the teacher is not such a person."

"General Fox, the lord asks you to enter the account."

The guards came to report, and Hu Du asked the generals to resign, walked to Ma Hong's tent, opened the tent, and walked in front of Ma Hong.

"Teacher, you're looking for me."

"yes, I want you to do something."

"Please ask the teacher."

"Call Huang Zhong, Li Yan, Deng Zhi, Jiang Wan, and Yang Yi all here."

"Teacher, they're just outside the tent, I'll pass them in."

"Okay." Ma Hong took another sip of cold water.

When everyone arrived, Ma Hong knelt and sat upright, and said, "Everyone, I have decided to withdraw my troops back to Hanzhong." ”

"Withdraw troops? Is the lord going to give up Jingzhou? Li Yan exclaimed.

As soon as Ma Hong said this, everyone in the audience was shocked.

Ma Hong nodded and said: "If I lead troops into Jingzhou, if Liu Bei and Cao Cao fight a decisive battle with me, then I will not lose Jingzhou, I am afraid that my tens of thousands of troops will also be lost in Jingzhou, if this battle is defeated, Hanzhong will also be lost, and the Badong County and Pasir County we take will also be lost, and I will lose even more." ”

"Liu Bei and Cao Cao are waiting for us in Jingzhou, our army has not yet reached Wuling, I am afraid that Wuling and Lingling have been lost." Deng Zhi said.

"Yes. I can't fight them now, absolutely not, once I start a full-scale war with Cao Cao and Liu Bei, I will start a war with the three parties. Jiang Wan also spoke.

"Then we won't go to Jingzhou, my lord, please tell me what to do next?" Huang Zhongdao.

"Fox Du, listen to orders. Send fast horses to inform Fei Yi to withdraw his troops, withdraw to Badong County, do not fight with Cao Cao, and preserve his strength. Ma Hong said.

"No!" Fox Du answered.

"Deng Zhi, Jiang Wan listens to the order, the two of you contact Zhang Song, Fa Zheng, and Meng Da, and let the three of them get ready, if you can bring troops to the front line, you can come to the front line, and then you can take the opportunity to join our army, I will treat it well. In a short period of time, I will not take the initiative to attack Yizhou again, and once their plan is revealed, their lives may be threatened. ”

"In this way, it is possible for them to abandon their families and follow their senior brother, will they be willing?" Yang Yi said.

"Let the caravan that infiltrate Yizhou dispatch another thousand ghost soldiers, and it is bound to take out their families." Ma Hong said.

"Deng Zhi takes the order."

"Jiang Wan takes the order." (To be continued.) )