The next time, when the light of day dawned, Liu Bei immediately ordered the whole army to set off, go south along the Han River, and go to Xiakou.

Xiakou is the seat of Jiangxia County in Jingzhou, this place is the place where the Han River and the Yangtze River meet, it is the throat of water and land, and Xiakou City is built according to the north bank of the Yangtze River.

Jiangxia County was originally quite extensive, but not long ago, the Sun clan broke the Huang Zu, and the land south of the Yangtze River was mostly obtained by the Sun family, and the Jiangxia County controlled by Jingzhou has shrunk to the north of the Jiangbei.

Because of the extremely important geographical location of Xiakou City, the Sun family has always had a heart for it, but since Liu Qi took office, he has reorganized the armament and strengthened the defense, so that the military strength of Xiakou can be restored and strengthened, and the Sun family has never dared to act rashly.

When Liu Bei's fleet descended the river and arrived at Xiakou, Liu Qi had already led Xiakou's civil and military generals to stand on the riverside for a long time.

The boat docked, and as soon as Liu Bei boarded the dock, Liu Qi stepped forward with a quick step, and choked up: "The foolish nephew heard that his uncle Nagasaka was defeated, and no one believed in it, and his heart was full of grief. ”

Liu Qi said it in his heart, now Cao Ying in the north is attacking, Sun is eyeing the east side, Liu Cong is surrendering to Cao Ying with the entire Jingzhou, but he only has this Jiangxia corner in his hands, and now looking at the world, only Liu Bei is his last reliance, and he can see Liu Bei return safely, he is naturally at peace in his heart.

Liu Bei was also emotional, and said with his hand: "Let the virtuous nephew worry, although Cao Thief is strong, it is not so easy to kill me Liu Bei, but it is really a pity that your younger brother Liu Cong gave away Jingsheng's foundation like this." ”

As soon as he mentioned Liu Cong, Liu Qi gritted his teeth with hatred and said indignantly: "This disloyal and unfilial rebel son is really a shame on my father!" Uncle should have followed my will earlier, and attacked Xiangyang together, except for this unfilial man, there would be no unfavorable situation now. ”

Liu Qi had the meaning of complaining about Liu Bei, and Liu Bei didn't mind in front of everyone, but said: "The matter has come to this point, and the most important thing now is to work together to control Cao Ying, go, let's go to the city first." ”

Liu Bei only brought Zhuge Liang and a few retinues into Xiakou City, and the rest of the brigade only camped outside the city to rest, while Liu Qi instructed his subordinates to bring wine and meat to comfort him.

In the Taishou Mansion, Liu Qi had already prepared the wine and food, and the two sat down separately, Liu Qi raised his glass and said: "The foolish nephew will first give my uncle a glass to celebrate that my uncle is safe and sound." ”

Liu Bei shook his head and smiled: "I drank this wine, but there is no need to celebrate, Changbanpo was defeated, the infantry army was lost, so embarrassed, what is there to celebrate." ”

Liu Qi also just heard about the defeat of Changbanpo, but he didn't expect Liu Bei to lose so badly, and all the soldiers and horses that he had worked hard for many years were lost, which made Liu Qi can't help but change color when he hears it.

Zhuge Liang saw it clearly from the side, smiled busily, and said: "The lord doesn't have to be too frustrated, although the infantry army is not, but Yun Chang has recruited a lot along the way, the 10,000 naval army, more than 700 warships, between the Jianghan and Han rivers with dense water networks, are much more useful than the infantry army." In this way, it is indeed worth celebrating. ”

Zhuge Liang's words were nothing more than to show Liu Qi their strength, after all, at the moment, they came from afar to send people under the fence, if they didn't have the strength in their hands that Liu Qi thought they could rely on, other people's faces would not be too good.

This is still secondary, the most important thing is that Liu Qi's surname is weak, although he scolds Liu Cong for being unfilial, but if he feels helpless to resist Cao Ying's army, it is not impossible to follow in his brother's footsteps under heavy pressure.

Liu Bei quickly understood what Zhuge Liang meant, his expression immediately perked up, and said with a smile: "What the military advisor said is extremely true, with the naval army of Yun Chang, plus the soldiers and horses of the virtuous nephew Jiangxia, and then the Sun family, Cao Ying is not to be afraid. ”

Liu Qi listened to Zhuge Liang's words and breathed a sigh of relief, but after listening to Liu Bei's words, he couldn't help frowning slightly, and said: "Uncle Fang just called the United Sun family, Qi doesn't know what it means." ”

Liu Bei said: "I have met Lu Zijing from Jiangdong on the road, and I have agreed to fight against Cao Thief, Lu Zijing said that he had passed through Xiakou before, why, didn't he reveal this intention to his nephew." ”

Liu Qi said: "Lu Su did come to Xiakou before, and he also mentioned this matter, but Jiangdong and I Jingzhou are feuds, and Sun Jian even died under Xiakou City, such a grudge, how can the Sun family easily let go, I am afraid that they will say that they are jointly fighting Cao, but secretly they want me to relax my vigilance and rob while the fire is hot." ”

"This ......"

Liu Bei was speechless for a while, because what Liu Qi said did make sense, but the so-called hatred was only aimed at him Liu Biao's family, and as for him, Liu Bei and the Sun family did not have any grudges.

Under the current circumstances, of course, Liu Bei would not cut off the opportunity to take advantage of Wu Yucao for the sake of other people's grudges, but he didn't know how to move Liu Qi for a while, so he turned his eyes to Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang comprehended, and immediately said: "The eldest prince only knows one thing, but he doesn't know the other, although Jiangdong and Jingzhou have enmity, but they have been fighting for many years, and no one can swallow each other. Now the Cao army is going south, but the purpose is to sweep away the two families together, the so-called lips are dead and the teeth are cold, now Jingzhou has fallen to most of the time, Cao thief's next step will be from Jiangling down the east of the river, and then Jiangdong will also face the danger of life and death. ”

Liu Qi had Zhuge Liang's plan to get out of the country the last time, and he already admired him, but now when he heard his words, his mind was moved. It's just that he pondered for a moment, but said silently: "Although what Mr. said is reasonable, but the Sun family is a tiger and wolf, even if they want to unite, they have to guard against it." ”

Liu Qi made his position clear to Liu Bei, it was okay to unite with the Sun clan, and the Sun clan could also enter the upper reaches of the Yangtze River through the Xiakou territory, but its scope of activity was limited to the south bank of the Yangtze River, and as for the northern border of Jiangxia east of the Han River and north of the Yangtze River, the Sun clan had no right to station soldiers and horses.

Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang glanced at each other, and Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "As long as the alliance's plan can be decided, the rest is easy to say, these requirements of the eldest prince, we can slowly discuss with Zijing in the future." ”

This meeting was obviously not as harmonious as imagined, and Liu Bei stayed in Xiakou City in Liu Qi again and again, while Zhuge Liang went back to the camp outside the city to appease the soldiers.

Fang Shao saw that Zhuge Liang's expression was not very excited, and he had already guessed a little, so he said: "Military advisor, is it that the meeting between the lord and the eldest prince this time is not ideal." ”

Zhuge Liang sat down, threw the feather fan on a few occasions, and said: "Liu Qi, this kid can't see the general trend clearly, and he is too conservative in his attitude of cooperating with the Sun family. ”

Zhuge Liang immediately told all the conversations in the Taishou Mansion, but Fang Shao smiled after hearing it: "The eldest prince's worries are not unreasonable, have you forgotten, Mr. Forgot that in the "Longzhong Policy" you set at the beginning, didn't there also the article 'East and Sun Wu, and Yu complement each other', the Sun family is ambitious, and it is true that he can't believe it." ”

Zhuge Liang snorted and said: "Of course I understand this section, but in the current situation, only the word 'harmony' is feasible, and we don't have the capital of 'royal' at all." ”

After listening to Zhuge Liang's words, Fang Shao stared at the topographic map of Jingzhou on the screen for a long time, brainstorming the memories stored in his heart, and suddenly the corners of his mouth raised, and he said confidently: "Sir, I have a best of both worlds, but I don't know if it's feasible." ”

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