But it was said that Zhuge Liang was in the camp and hoped that Cao Ren would lead the army to rescue, but there was no movement for several days, although he repeatedly comforted Zhong Xuan and others, but whenever he was alone, his heart still couldn't help but feel slightly anxious.

"What the hell is going on with this Cao Ren? Wait like this for ten days and a half months, then you don't need his rescuers to arrive, just the problem of lack of food will completely drag our army down, alas, because the arsenal has been occupied by the enemy when breaking through from Chang'an, our army just brought some rations, according to the number, it can last for seven days at most, although seven days is a long time, but in case Cao Ren does not come, our army really has no hope at all. ”

Zhuge Liang was full of sadness, bowed to Liu Bei's corpse, and whispered: "Lord, if you have a spirit in the sky, please protect Weichen to tide over this difficulty, and let Cao Ren quickly send rescuers." Otherwise, I am afraid that all the ministers will be trapped here, and the plan for revival will no longer be carried out. ”

At this moment, I suddenly heard Liu Bei's personal soldier Liu Chuanyu report outside the tent: "Lord Qiyu, today there is a messenger under Zhou Yu, Lu Fan, who asks to see him." ”

"Huh?" Zhuge Liang couldn't help but stand up straight when he heard this. Then he asked in a deep voice, "I don't know if Lu Fan has anything important to ask to see the lord?" Now that the lord is not feeling well and cannot see the guests, if there is nothing important, it is better to ask him to go back. ”

At this time, I heard Liu Legend: "Shang Shuling, the last general listened to that Lu Fan said, seeing the lord is mainly to persuade the lord to surrender, according to him, Cao Ren's Niu Jin, Chang Diao, Gao Qian's three generals were all killed, the Chu army has occupied Tongguan, General Cao Ren retreated to Fenglingdu, our army was besieged by a lone army for many days, if not surrendered, the Chu army will attack in a big way, and then our army will be all turned into powder." It's too late to regret. ”

"Hmph, Lu Fan came to our army and tried to disturb the hearts of our army, and his heart can be punished. It's just that he wants to use this trick to induce our army to rout, and he is really naïve. Zhuge Liang snorted, as if he didn't care. Then he said to the sergeant, "Tell him that the lord is not well and does not want to see the guest, so ask him to leave." ”

"No." Although Liu Chuan was puzzled, he still nodded in agreement, and then said to Lu Fan, who was waiting outside the gate: "Mr. Lu, I'm sorry, my father-in-law is unwell and doesn't want to see guests. Please sir come back for a while. ”

"Oh? I don't know what kind of illness Qin Gong has? There is a good doctor in our army, who is a disciple of the divine doctor Hua Tuo, who can diagnose and treat the Duke of Qin. Lu Fan looked concerned, if he didn't know, he really thought he was Liu Bei's old friend.

But I heard Liu Chuan shake his head and said: "I don't know, in fact, I haven't seen the lord for a few days, and the person who asked me to pass on the word today is actually Shang Shuling, and he should know the lord's condition best." But he hadn't left the lord's tent since three days ago, so. If you want to know the lord's illness, you can only do it when you see Shang Shuling, of course, Zhong Fushe, Mi Shangshu, Jian Shangshu, and Zhao Shangshu should also know, because only they have entered and exited the lord's big tent in the past few days, and others are forbidden to enter. Even the lord's own soldiers are not successful. ”

Liu Chuan shouldn't have said so much to Lu Fan, but he didn't know why, but he took the initiative to say these words to the other party, and as for the reason, even he didn't know. Or is it because there is a faint dissatisfaction in my heart?

As a personal soldier of the lord, he didn't see the lord for several days, but those important ministers were able to come and go freely, and Shangshu Ling Zhuge Liang even lived there, which made him feel that the lord's illness was not light.

But who can he confide in such feelings? If it was heard by the higher-ups, he would probably lose his head, and even those robes who were like brothers would not dare to talk nonsense to them, because he was afraid that he would attract the whistleblowing of these brothers. Thinking about it this way, it is Lu Fan, an outsider, who is a good person to talk to.

That's why Liu Chuan said so many words to Lu Fan in one breath.

Lu Fan was naturally happy to have someone reveal the news to him, although these news did not seem so accurate, but for Lu Fan he was already overjoyed, because from these words, he had already concluded that Liu Bei was at least seriously ill, and might even have died.

Of course, Lu Fan would not let go of any opportunity, and asked suspiciously: "This brother, do you mean that even you have never seen Duke Qin?" ”

"Yes, not only below, but according to my estimate, none of the other brothers have ever seen the lord, otherwise their faces would not have been that dazed dark."

"You said that Zhuge Liang hasn't left Duke Qin's big tent in the past few days?" Lu Fan seemed casual, but his heart was very solemn, because if this matter was confirmed, it was estimated that Liu Bei's condition would be further confirmed.

"Exactly, since Shang Shuling was summoned into the tent by the lord three days ago, he has never left the lord's tent for a single step, I really don't know what happened here? The brothers are very worried about the lord's ......."

Liu Legend said this, and suddenly thought about what it meant, and stopped talking.

Lu Fan didn't ask anymore, but suddenly asked, "By the way, who is Zhao Shangshu you just said?" Why haven't I heard of such a figure in your army? ”

"Oh, this is the original leader of our army, General Zhao Rong Zhao, who was appreciated by the lord for his courage to rescue the son from Chang'an, and was awarded the General Zhengnan and Shangshu three days ago, and participated in political affairs together with Shangshu Ling, Zhong Fuju, Mi Shangshu, and Jian Shangshu." Liu Chuan felt that this was not a secret, anyway, the generals and soldiers in the army knew about it, so he did not hesitate to sue Lu Fan.

"Oh, I see." Lu Fan listened to Liu Chuan's words, he was very calm on the surface, but in fact, he had already set off a monstrous wave in his heart, but he did not express himself, but calmly said to Liu Chuan: "Today's official came very presumptuous, and there was a lot of disturbance, so I will leave, but these three boxes also asked this brother to help send them to the hands of Qin Gong." ”

Lu Fan took the three boxes one by one and put them in front of Liu Chuan, but when he got the last box, suddenly a "careless" guide zhì box fell to the ground, and then saw that the box was broken, and a head rolled out of it, and this head happened to roll down to several sergeants not far away.

"This, whose head is this?" Those sergeants couldn't help but be terrified when they saw this, a few days ago they saw Chen Zhi's head, the spirit of the guide zhì army was broken, many people went to the Chu military camp to surrender, Shangfeng wasted a lot of strength to make the situation settle down again, this time I don't know which one?

At this time, a sergeant who was watching suddenly turned pale and exclaimed in surprise: "This, isn't this the head of General Niu Jin?" I had seen him in Shangxian and Chang'an. ”

"What do you say? Can you confirm it? After hearing this, the other sergeants' faces also changed greatly, and they asked solemnly.

But the sergeant before said with a wry smile: "How could I admit my mistake? This person is indeed General Niu Jin, I really didn't expect that he, as General Cao Ren's confidant and favorite general, would not be able to escape this scourge. ”

Speaking of this, the sergeant couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly, and sighed again and again.

However, another sergeant sniffed out the crisis from this sentence, and said with a pale face: "In this way, isn't General Cao Ren also defeated?" When we were in the conquest of the state, Niu Jin was besieged by our army, Cao Ren did not care about himself, led the army to rescue him from the siege, it can be seen that he valued Niu Jin, and now Niu Jin is dead, it can only show that Cao Ren was at least defeated very wolf, and he couldn't even control his henchmen. ”

As soon as the sergeant's words fell, all the soldiers around fell silent, because they naturally knew what Cao Ren's defeat meant, because the only hope for them to hold on here now was Cao Ren's reinforcements.

Panic is quietly spreading, this time Hugh said that Liu Bei had died of illness, and even if he came back to life, I am afraid it would be difficult to curb the fluctuation of the army's morale and the defection of the soldiers.

They originally had the hope of persevering, and originally thought that as long as they persevered, they could survive, but now, since foreign aid has been cut off, and there is no hope of breaking through with their strength, is there any other way to go if they don't choose to surrender now?

Therefore, in the first time when they got the news of Niu Jin's killing, many sergeants secretly gathered together to discuss how to surrender to the Chu army.

When Lu Fan was leaving, he had already smashed the Qin army, and there would definitely be another riot within the Qin army, and this time the blow to the Qin army would definitely be fatal, so he secretly smiled and left the Qin army camp, returned to his own camp, and told Zhou Yu all the news he had heard.

Zhou Yu listened to Lu Fan's words, pondered for a moment, and suddenly said solemnly: "If the general's expectation is good, Liu Bei has died of illness three days ago, otherwise, he will never deliberately promote Zhao Rong's official position at such a critical moment, let him take over the power of civil and military, hehe, in the general's opinion, Liu Bei must have entrusted the affairs of the military state to Zhuge Liang, but he was afraid that Zhuge Liang would abuse power, so he supported Zhao Rong and ordered him to contain Zhuge Liang." But this time, no matter whether Liu Bei is dead or alive, I will let him really die, Ziheng, you ordered someone to spread rumors among Liu Bei's army, just say that Liu Bei is dead, Zhuge Liang is not mourning, just to monopolize power, see how those soldiers of the Qin army react? ”

"No." Seeing that Zhou Yu's guess was exactly the same as his own, Lu Fan couldn't help but be excited, because he knew that whether it was the defeat of Cao Ren or the death of Liu Bei, the two news were definitely big news enough to shock the whole world, and now these two news appeared in the Qin army camp at the same time, which was enough to make all the Qin troops disintegrate.

"Hehe, this time there is a good show, the Qin army will definitely force Zhuge Liang to hand over Liu Bei, but even if he can hand it over, there is no way to solve the problem of cutting off foreign aid, this time we must seize this opportunity to induce the enemy army to surrender, let Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang taste the taste of betrayal and separation, and let the Qin army completely perish." Zhou Yu's face was full of joy, and he said in high spirits. (To be continued......)