When Liu Bei shouted again, no one in the city cared about it anymore.

Liu Qi was angry, and said hurriedly: "Uncle, you can see it, Liu Cong is obviously a thief, uncle, order the siege of the city!" ”

Liu Bei's face also had anger written on it, but he glanced at the city wall, but said calmly: "The city is heavily defended, they have long been prepared, with these thousands of men and horses under my command, it will be difficult to break through Xiangyang City." ”

Liu Qi said again: "Then my nephew will go back to Jiangxia, and come to meet my uncle with all the Jiangxia soldiers and horses, and work together to break through Xiangyang and arrest Liu Cong for questioning." ”

Liu Qi was dizzy, but his uncle was a person who had experienced a big scene, and he was only angry for a moment, and his mind was extremely calm at this time.

Liu Bei then persuaded: "The city of Xiangyang is strong, even if you and I work together, it will be difficult to break through for a while." Moreover, it is a foregone conclusion that Liu Cong will take over as the state pastor, and if we send troops and horses from all over the world to come to the rescue, we will be in danger if we are caught between inside and outside. ”

Liu Qi was a little discouraged when he heard Liu Bei's words, and said in disappointment: "Then just don't care about anything, let Liu Qi do whatever he wants?" ”

Liu Bei said: "This matter must be liquidated in the future, but now that the strong enemy is approaching, cannibalism at this time will only make the relatives painful and the enemies happy." Qi'er, listen to your uncle, you go back to Jiangxia first to rectify the land and water soldiers and horses, and after repelling the Cao army, it's not too late for us to make plans. ”

After Liu Qi's anger swelled out, he also recognized the reality, and in desperation, he had to say: "Then the nephew will go back to Jiangxia first, if there is any change in the north, my uncle will contact my nephew at any time." ”

Liu Qi said goodbye and led a few horsemen to pat the horse south.

Looking at the lonely back, Liu Bei couldn't help but shake his head darkly: "Jingsheng, you are also a masterpiece of a generation, did you ever expect that after you died, your sons would be so unhappy, alas——"

Zhuge Liang behind him also sighed, sighing, he didn't expect Liu Cong to do such a desperate thing, and he never planned to let Liu Bei go to the city to mourn, and without this prerequisite, the so-called internal and external raids on Xiangyang are simply empty words.

And when Liu Bei returned to Fancheng with his men and horses, Fang Shao was already in Xiangyang City.

At this moment, the gate of Zhuge Xuanfu is closed, the mansion is in a mess, the servants in it have been dismissed two days ago, and in the remote alley of the back door, several carriages are moving slowly, and the person driving in front is Fang Shao.

Because Zhuge Liang planned to raid Xiangyang today, considering that Zhuge Xuan's family was in Xiangyang City, once the two sides tore their faces, Liu Cong was likely to be unfavorable to Zhuge Xuan's family, so he sent Fang Shao to enter Xiangyang early and take care of Zhuge Xuan's family for a while.

Fang Shao drove into a remote alley and said, "Old lady, you have been wronged here for a while, and I will go to the street to inquire about the situation." ”

Inside, the old lady Zhuge didn't squeak, Zhuge Rong opened the curtain and came out, jumped out of the car, and said, "I'll go with you." ”

"Rong'er, you don't want to run around!" Only then did Mrs. Zhuge speak.

"Yes, miss, we don't know what the situation is outside, so you might as well stay here." It was rare for Fang Shao to agree with his future mother-in-law.

"What is there to be afraid of, besides, I am more familiar with Xiangyang City than you, don't be verbose, let's go." Zhuge Rong didn't say much, and dragged Fang Shao all the way out of the alley.

After turning out of the alley is a not very prosperous street, the two of them went north along the street, all the way to the north gate, near the north gate, suddenly saw a group of soldiers hurrying over, shouting and cursing all the way, the pedestrians on the street were driven everywhere.

Fang Shao's eyes were quick, and when he saw a tea shop on the street, he pulled Zhuge Rong to hide in, and the two turned their backs outward, bowed their heads and pretended to drink tea, and only after the soldiers passed by, they breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing Zhuge Rong's nervous shortness of breath, Fang Shao subconsciously pressed his hand on the back of her hand and comforted: "Miss, don't be afraid, most of these people are not coming for us." ”

I don't know why, the man in front of him, no matter what he says, can always give people a sense of stability, and Zhuge Rong's nervous heart gradually calmed down. Suddenly, he found that his hand was gently touching him, and he couldn't help but feel hot on his face, but he didn't shrink his hand out of shame, but his fingers trembled slightly unconsciously.

The perceptive Fang Shao quickly realized this, and blamed himself for always inadvertently revealing the kind of openness of modern people hidden deep in his heart.

However, in order to avoid embarrassment, he did not take back his hand very eagerly and obviously, but pretended to drink tea, and naturally changed the hand that served the tea, and drank it lightly, as if nothing had happened.

Zhuge Rong's shy mood gradually calmed down, and when the feelings of her daughter's family subsided, wisdom occupied her mind again. So, she frowned slightly, and said in a low voice: "Fang Shao, I always feel that it is not safe here, let's find a way to get out of the city as soon as possible, once the war starts, Liu Cong will send people to search for us in the whole city, and I am afraid that there will be nowhere to hide when the time comes." ”

Fang Shao said very calmly: "Miss, don't worry, in my opinion, General Zuo will not order the siege of the city." ”

Zhuge Rong was stunned for a moment, and said: "Liu Jingsheng is dead, Liu Cong's position is not stable, this is the best time for General Zuo to seize Jingzhou, take the opportunity of the funeral to raid Xiangyang, and take power without much effort, this strategy is very good, I don't believe General Zuo will not use it." ”

Fang Shao smiled faintly and said: "The reason why Liu Xuande is Liu Xuande is because he is not Cao Ying, not Lu Bu, not Yuan Shao, if it were those people, they might do this, but if they were General Zuo, they would definitely not." ”

Zhuge Rong didn't believe it, and said with a smile: "You are too absolute, but I don't believe it." ”

Fang Shao said: "Yuan Shao has the family halo of the fourth and third dukes, Cao Ying is also a proud and strong family, and Lu Bunai is the first military general in the world, and the reason why these people can become princes is that they all have deep capital. As for Liu Xuande, although he is named after the Han family, since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, there are many people who claim to be the queen of the Han family, and the so-called title of the royal family surnamed Liu can actually have a few catties and taels. However, when those high-ranking and powerful princes were wiped out one by one, only Liu Xuande could only survive to this day, and he was also famous all over the world, even Cao Ying called himself 'the only two heroes in the world', what did Liu Xuande rely on? ”

Zhuge Rong suddenly realized and said: "Is it the word 'benevolence and righteousness'? ”

"That's right, those are the words." Fang Shao drank a cup of tea, "Moreover, this is the only capital he can rely on, and he has nothing else." So Miss thinks about it at this time, will he lose the capital he has accumulated all his life savings for the sake of a Xiangyang City? ”

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