It was almost August, and Xiangyang City was quiet, and it was difficult for everyone's heart to be quiet.

It has been ten full days since receiving the news that Cao's army was going south, and there was still no order for the transfer of troops in Xiangyang, although Liu Bei sent people to urge him again and again, asking for more troops to the front line of Xinye, but every time he came, he was politely sent back by Liu Cong for only one reason: the state pastor was seriously ill and could not be a director for the time being.

When the time entered August, Liu Bei received a report from the front, saying that Cao Ying's army of several roads was advancing separately, and the front had entered Nanyang, which was only more than ten days away from Xinye.

Xinye is the northern gateway of Jingzhou, where Liu Bei has thwarted several small-scale attacks by the Cao army, but this time is definitely an exception, the Cao army, which came from all over the country, can easily crush Liu Bei's thousands of men and horses.

So Liu Bei was not stupid enough to lead his troops back to Xinye to garrison, after all, this Jingzhou is not his own family business, and the owner of the family is not in a hurry, and he, the guest, has no reason to bear the brunt of being cannon fodder.

In General Zuo's mansion, Liu Bei stared at the map for a long time, and suddenly said: "As soon as Xinye is lost, Fancheng is the next target of Cao's army." Yuan Zhi, with his back to the water army, stick to Fancheng, how long do you think you can hold out. ”

In fact, in the military aspect, Liu Bei's first staff officer was not Zhuge Liang, so at such a critical moment, he had to ask Xu Shu's opinion as soon as possible.

Xu Shu's face was still a little red, and the smell of alcohol on his body had obviously been drunk before the meeting, but this bit of alcohol did not affect his judgment in the slightest.

He stroked his scattered beards, pondered for a moment, and said, "Judging from our current strength and Fancheng's grain and grass reserves, it will not be a problem to support January. However, the morale of Cao's army is flourishing, and our army has not fought for a long time, and the gap in morale is too large, if we can't get reinforcements from Xiangyang in time, it will be a problem whether we can support it for a month. ”

Guan Yu said: "Brother, these thousands of infantry troops and naval troops are our only family foundation, if we are exhausted with the Cao army, how can we gain a foothold in Jingzhou in the future." ”

All the military generals, such as Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Yi and others, echoed Guan Yu's words.

Liu Bei's face became more and more solemn, pondered for a while, and said, "It seems that I have to go to Xiangyang again in person, and I have to persuade Liu Jingsheng to send troops no matter what." ”

At this time, Zhuge Liang began to speak, and said: "Now that Liu Jingsheng's life and death are unknown, and in the hands of Cai Mao, the power of Jingzhou, the lord is going to be self-defeating." Moreover, Cao Jun is fierce, but Xiangyang has not seen any movement, according to Liang's opinion, this is Cai Mao and others deliberately, in order to borrow Cao Jun's hand to get rid of the thorn in the eye of the lord. ”

Liu Bei's expression changed, and he said: "But if you don't take the risk to move the rescue troops, how can you resist the southern invasion of Cao's army." ”

Zhuge Liang said with confidence: "Actually, it's simple, the lord only needs to use the excuse of visiting Liu Jingsheng to lead the people of Fancheng to surprise him, break through Xiangyang in one fell swoop, and fully take over the power of Jingzhou. ”

Liu Bei was not surrounded by mediocre talents, Zhuge Liang just said what everyone wanted, so there was immediately a voice of praise and discussion in the audience. Zhang Fei even took the case, and said angrily: "I've long been fed up with seeing people's faces like this, brother, you just give the order, let me lead the troops into Xiangyang, and cut off the heads of Cai Mao's group of birdmen to give my brother this evil breath." ”

Liu Bei's eyes were complicated, it could be seen that his heart was struggling, he was silent for a long time, he took a deep breath, and said silently: "Seven years ago, I Liu Bei came to Jingzhou in a down-and-out manner, it was Liu Jingsheng who took me in and treated me as a guest, and he has never treated me badly in the past seven years." Now if I take advantage of his critical illness to seize his inheritance, everyone in the world will laugh at me Liu Bei is unkind and unjust, even if I temporarily get Jingzhou, but the hearts of the people are lost, how can this Jingzhou be kept? ”

Liu Bei moved out his theory of benevolence, righteousness and people's hearts, and no one squeaked anymore now, after all, forcing his lord to do unkind and unjust things is not what his subordinates should do.

Zhuge Liang sighed a lot after hearing this, and sighed: "The lord's benevolence and righteousness are really rare. Since the lord insisted on refusing to attack Xiangyang, he had to prepare for both hands in advance, Liang thought that he should send someone to contact his son Liu Qi as soon as possible, in case it was unfavorable to hold on to Fancheng, he could also go south by water, avoid Jiangxia County, and then make plans. ”

Liu Bei hurriedly said: "What the military advisor said is extremely true, there is a labor division in this regard. ”

Liu Bei once again rejected Zhuge Liang's proposal, which made Zhuge Liang a little sullen, it was night, after returning to the house, as soon as he entered the door, he smelled a strange fragrance, and the whole person's mood was lifted.

Zhuge Liang suddenly guessed something, stepped inside, and shouted with a smile: "Fang Shao, but I guessed that Mr. I was in a bad mood, and I made any good dishes to comfort Mr." ”

In the lobby, Fang Shao was eating something there with great interest, and when he heard Kong Ming's words, he stood up and said with a smile: "Sir, your nose is really better than a dog...... It's really spiritual, and you can smell the fragrance from afar. ”

Zhuge Liang walked in a few steps, stretched out his legs and kicked his buttocks, and scolded with a smile: "I'm getting bolder and bolder, dare to scold Mr. for being a dog." ”

Fang Shao knew that he would come to this move, so he had already prepared, and he dodged on the side of his body, and said, "It was Mr. himself, I didn't say anything, don't wronged me." ”

Zhuge Liang glanced at him and said impatiently: "Okay, don't pretend to be wronged, tell Mr. what you are doing." ”

Zhuge Liang's tone was full of curiosity, because the thing on the table didn't look like a good dish he imagined.

In the pottery bowl, there are pale yellow square flakes, the length and width are not as large as the palm of the hand, and the thickness is less than a piece of bamboo slips, which looks a little similar to dim sum, but it seems to be much harder.

Zhuge Liang picked up a slice and sniffed it carefully, there was both sweet and oily smell, and between the thin slices, there was a hint of green stuff, at least in appearance, it was quite acceptable.

This was very different from the food Zhuge Liang had seen before, and he couldn't help asking, "Fang Shao, what the hell is this?" ”

"I'll tell you when you've tasted it, sir." Fang Shao sold Guanzi.

The fragrance tempted Zhuge Liang to swallow his saliva, he swallowed it in one bite, and when he bit hard, the thin slices were thinly crushed, chewed carefully, with both egg fragrance and oil fragrance, sweet but not greasy, very delicious.

Zhuge Liang swallowed a few slices in a row, and said happily: "This thing is so delicious, what is the name?" ”

Fang Shao said proudly: "This thing is actually called a biscuit." ”

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