Liu Feng and Zhao Yun rushed to Liu Bei's room together.

As soon as they entered the door, Liu Bei's outfit surprised them. At this time, Liu Bei was walking in the lobby, his cyan robe was tightly wrapped in heavy iron armor, his right hand was holding the sword at his waist, his left hand was copying a leopard print iron helmet, his two beards were slightly upturned, and his eyebrows were condensed into a knot, looking anxious.

Xu Shu had already arrived one step ahead of the two of them, and was sitting in the lower seat, sipping the tea in the cup leisurely, and his calm and relaxed appearance was in stark contrast to Liu Bei.

"Father."

"My lord."

The two stepped forward to salute one after another, Liu Feng stared at Liu Bei's armor outfit, and said puzzledly: "Father, you are still wearing armor at such a late hour, could it be that there is an emergency military situation?" ”

Liu Bei saw that the two of them had arrived, returned to the main seat, put the iron helmet on the table, and turned his gaze to Xu Shu: "Yuan Zhi, you can explain." ”

Xu Shu stood up, and said six words concisely and clearly with a mouth overflowing with the fragrance of tea: "The lord is going to Fankou." ”

Liu Feng and Zhao Yun's eyes turned to the left side of the lobby, and on that wall hung a huge map of Jingzhou.

Fankou is the mouth of the Yangtze River where Fanshui enters, which is located north of the Yangtze River and east of Xiakou, and was originally subordinate to Jiangxia County. However, a few years ago, Sun's Wu army attacked Jingzhou on a large scale, broke Shaxian, and killed Huang Zu, and then invaded several counties in eastern Jiangxia. Later, Liu Qi took up the post of Jiangxia Taishou, and he could only protect himself, and did not dare to use troops to the east to recover the lost land, so Fankou at this time had actually been within Sun Quan's sphere of influence.

"Father, Mr. Kong Ming is still on the way to Chaisang, and the matter of joining forces with Jiangdong has not yet been settled, theoretically we are still in a hostile state with the Sun family, and my father will retreat to Fankou at this time, will it be a bit risky." Liu Feng didn't know the true intention of Liu Bei's decision, but this did not affect his timely performance of his concern for his father's safety.

"Being a father is also a last resort." Liu Bei's tone was a little helpless.

Xu Shu continued: "That's right, I just received the scout information, and the puppet Jiangxia Taishou Wenpin appointed by Cao Ying has led 5,000 soldiers and horses to Anlu, and there is a great tendency to attack Xiakou in the south, so the lord temporarily decided to set off in the starry night to lead a part of the soldiers and horses to retreat to Fankou and build a second line of defense in case of emergency." ”

Liu Feng had never seen Wen Ping, but he had also heard of his reputation, this person had lived in Jingzhou for a long time, and was a member of Liu Biao's generals. When Liu Biao was there, he had been using Liu Bei's department to resist the invasion from the north, and this clerk had not been reused for many years. This time, after Cao Ying surrendered to Jingzhou, he decisively used this person, and made him participate in the battle of Changbanpo, and now he was appointed as the Taishou of Jiangxia, and he was also entrusted with heavy troops, making it clear that he wanted to use his understanding and popularity in Jiangxia to attack Liu Bei.

It's just that although Wen Ping is a general, he has no more than 5,000 soldiers and horses, and there is no naval army to support him, so with Xiakou's current troop allocation, there is no need to be afraid. It seems that the reason why Liu Bei retreated to Fankou is by no means as simple as fear.

"My lord, there are 10,000 soldiers in Xiakou, hundreds of warships, and just one civil servant, why be afraid?" Zhao Yun expressed the confusion in his heart for Liu Feng.

Xu Shu sighed: "Previously, the lord and Zide Gongzi discussed several times, although Zide Gongzi promised to join forces with Jiangdong and allow the Wu army to enter Jiangxia, but only allowed the Wu army to operate in Jiangnan, and resolutely did not allow the Wu army to enter Xiakou. If the Wu army is not allowed to enter Xiakou, it is really unknown whether we can reach the enemy soldiers on the northern road who come from the Han River with the existing forces in our hands. ”

As soon as Xu Shu explained this, Liu Feng and the others suddenly realized, but Liu Feng was suspicious again: If it develops according to the trajectory of history, the Sun and Liu coalition forces should fight Cao Ying in Chibi, but listening to Xu Yuanzhi's analysis, it seems that the location of the battle is very likely to change, if this is the case, then the outcome of the war is also possible?

Liu Feng didn't want history to change too much, at least before the Battle of Chibi, only then could he avoid the immediate catastrophe of Cao's southern invasion, otherwise all future ideas and efforts would be empty talk.

"Lord, Yun has a sentence that I don't know if to ask?" Zhao Yun's expression suddenly became heavy.

"Zilong, but it's okay to say."

Zhao Yun walked to the center of the hall, the dim candle flame flickered in his eyes, and his resolute gaze looked at Liu Bei: "The lord has set up a second line of defense in Fankou, does that mean that if the battle of Xiakou is unfortunately defeated, is the lord ready to lead us to take refuge under the Sun family's fence?" ”

In the two eyes that were aimed at a line, revealing a bit of helplessness, Liu Bei stepped down and stood in front of the big map on the wall with his hands in his hands. On the map of Nuoda, the black stars represent the territory occupied by Cao Ying, and when you sweep it away, the whole world has almost been occupied by black.

"As a last resort, I have to go back to the old way."

From the sentence "the old road in the past", Liu Feng vaguely heard a bit of bitterness from the heart. Qingzhou attached to Sun Zhan, Xuzhou attached to Tao Qian, Jizhou attached to Yuan Shao, Jingzhou attached to Liu Biao, this is the old road that his father Liu Bei has walked for more than ten years. Many years have passed, and the heroes of the party he once attached to have died, but he is still alive and tenacious.

The corners of Zhao Yun's mouth twitched slightly, and there was a bit of determination in his blade-like eyes, and he was silent for a moment, and suddenly said sharply: "Don't worry, the lord of Xiakou, Yun will fight to the death to repay the lord." ”

Zhao Yun's sudden statement seemed to be expressing his determination to Liu Bei, but in Liu Feng's view, it was more like a long-suppressed anger erupting. It seems that this time he has repaid his determination to die, and intends to defend his dignity with his life, and would rather die in this war than live in Jiangdong and live under the fence.

As soon as Zhao Yun, an outsider, expressed his attitude, of course Liu Feng couldn't react as a son, he immediately changed his expression to a generous and resolute expression, and said with a straight face: "My son is the same as Uncle Yun, I will go to the soup in this battle to repay my father's kindness." ”

Seeing the generosity and loyalty of the two cronies, Liu Bei's tight brows stretched slightly, the corners of his mouth slanted, revealing a somewhat relieved smile, he stepped forward, caressed the shoulders of the two with both hands, and said happily: "With Zilong and Feng'er sitting in Xiakou, I will rest assured in this battle." ”

Hearing Liu Bei's words, Liu Feng's heart couldn't help but be shocked.

Although he was generous and passionate about dying for his father, he was actually willing to die for Liu Bei. He originally thought that Liu Bei would take his son on the road with him when he retreated to Fankou this time, and even if the battle of Xiakou was lost, it would not be a problem for him to keep his surname.

But now that he heard Liu Bei's words, he planned to retreat to Fankou alone, not to mention Zhao Yun, even his more intimate son did not plan to take it away.