In August of the thirteenth year of Jian'an of the Han Dynasty, the Zhennan general who rode into Jingzhou alone and shocked the Quartet, led Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao to die of illness on the couch, and there was not even a person to send filial piety. When Liu Biao was young, he moved with his name at that time, and his number was eight horses. Later, he was appointed as the general Dongguan Peng and served as a candidate in the Northern Army. The descendant Wang Rui is the history of Jingzhou Thorn, supplemented by the Kuai brothers, Cai Mao and others. Li Dao and others entered Chang'an, and Liu Biao sent envoys to pay tribute. He was the general of Zhennan and the pastor of Jingzhou, and he was named the Marquis of Wu, and he was fake. During his stay in Jingzhou, Liu Biao enwei and envy were well seduced, cleared thousands of miles, and the people were satisfied. He also opened a school, loved the people and raised scholars, and calmly protected himself. Yuan Shao was far away, Zhang Xiu was close to him, Liu Bei was Nana, thousands of miles away, with more than 100,000 armor, he was the hero of Jingjiang, first killed Sun Jian, the tiger minister of Jiangdong, and then often resisted Cao Ying, and was one of Cao Ying's strong enemies. can be called the hero of the world, but after his death, his brother-in-law Cai Mao and Kuai Yue, who was relied on by him as the mastermind, instigated his young son Liu Brown to hand over the table of surrender to Cao Ying.

Time flies, and soon it's late August. At this time, Liu Bei, who had moved to Fancheng, received an express report that Cao Hongbu, the forward of Cao Ying, had successively broken the Jingzhou army in Wuyin, Bowang and other places, and had entered Xinye County, with a number of about 10,000, and he would be able to enter Fancheng in a few days.

Hearing this news, Liu Bei became more and more anxious, but his own major general was powerless to resist, so he had to send someone to Xiangyang with his handwritten letter, asking Liu Brown, the little nephew who had become the general of Zhennan, to send troops to resist Cao. This is the sixth letter he has sent in half a month urging the troops, but this time it is still a stone in the sea.

Liu Bei was indeed extremely angry this time, but he lived under others, and in desperation, he could only ask Zhuge Liang, who had not been out of the mountain for advice: "Military advisor, according to your opinion, Liu Cong refused to send troops when he delayed like this, did he want to get rid of me by Cao Ying's hand." ”

This is already a very serious speculation, but Zhuge Liang said with a solemn face: "According to Liang's opinion, I'm afraid it's worse than this." ”

Liu Bei said: "How do you say this? ”

Zhuge Liang analyzed: "Fancheng is the gateway to Xiangyang, if the lord is defeated by Cao Ying, Xiangyang Yan can be defended, Liu Brown is foolish, but his subordinate Zhong Kun of the Kuai clan is but the scheming people can not know." If he just wanted to get rid of the lord by Cao Ying's hand, he would not have taken such a risky strategy, and Yiliang should have already started to sacrifice the land on the Xiangyang side."

Liu Bei was stunned, as if he didn't believe it, and said: "My brother is a hero, and he will never give birth to such an uncompetitive son." ”

Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan and smiled slightly, and said: "In the past, it was said that Yuan Shao of Hebei was so heroic, ten times that of Liu Jingzhou, but after the official crossing, Yuan Shao went, what about the sons under him?" Tiger father and dog son are really commonplace, Yi Liang seems that Liu Qi can still be regarded as a dog and still has the heart to take care of the house, but Liu Brown can only be regarded as "Zhuge Liang really can't say it anymore, Liu Biao is his uncle."

Liu Bei pondered for a moment, and could only say silently: "This matter is not impossible, so it seems that we still need to prepare for the worst." In the past few days, the military advisers have to inform the whole army and gather all the families and children of the civil and military officials in Fancheng. In addition to accidents, in addition to the fear of war. ”

Zhuge Liang said: "The lord is relieved, Liang has made arrangements. ”

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Just when Liu Bei was still worried about Liu Brown's refusal to send reinforcements, an envoy quietly left Xiangyang that night, crossed the Han River in a low-key manner, and then went to Xinye.

The envoy hurried his horse and arrived at Fancheng at dusk, but he did not enter, and secretly ran to the camp of Cao's army thirty miles away.

At this moment, 10,000 Cao troops have been encamped here, just waiting to rest for a few days, and after the rest of the armies are assembled, they will take Fancheng as a breakthrough point and launch a comprehensive attack on Jingzhou.

Five miles from the camp, the envoy met a troop of Cao's cavalry, a squad of well-armed cavalry with armor and good equipment, and when they spotted the approaching suspicious figure, they killed them like the wind.

At present, the tiger general in the red robe bent his bow and arrows on the horse's back, hoping that it would be an arrow to ride, but he heard a neighing horse, and the horse was hit by an arrow, and the messenger immediately rolled off the horse.

The red-robed general stepped forward on his flying horse, and the cold light flashed, and the blade was already on the neck of the messenger who was lying on the ground, and he said coldly: "The dog's guts are all about the world, and I said, but the big-eared thief sent you to inquire about the military situation." ”

The messenger was so frightened that he didn't have time to think about who the big-eared thief was, so he had to shout tremblingly: "The saber people keep people, and the little one is here to surrender on the order of Liu Cong, the pastor of Jingzhou." I want to see Prime Minister Cao, I want to see Prime Minister Cao! ”

"Oh!" The general was Cao Hong's lieutenant Chen Ge, and when he heard that the man in black who was cowering was ordered by Liu Brown to come to surrender, he didn't dare to slack off. As soon as he put the man on the horse, he saw a pile of water stains underground, and immediately despised the so-called Jingzhou army.

As the vanguard of the front, Yang Wu Zhonglang General and Counselor Cao Hong did not dare to slack off, and immediately sent light cavalry to send the envoy who had been despised ten thousand times to Cao Ying, the Chinese army. and ordered the garrison to fight outside Fancheng.

Liu Bei, who was in Fancheng, waited left and right but couldn't wait for the reinforcements sent by Xiangyang, this day was September of the thirteenth year of Jian'an, and the autumn tiger was no longer raging, but Liu Bei's heart was still hot, a kind of anxious heat.

When noon was approaching, a personal soldier came to report that Liu Cong had sent a civil official from Xiangyang to pass on important matters to Liu Bei.

After being hung for more than 20 days, Liu Cong finally reacted, which made Liu Bei feel uplifted, thinking that Liu Brown, who was rated by Zhuge Liang as not even as good as a dog who cares for the house, finally has a tendency to cheer up.

After a short time, the civil official lowered his head and entered the room, bowed in front of Liu Bei, and said tremblingly: "Song Zhong greets the envoy." ”

Liu Bei is famous for being a corporal with courtesy and kindness, and when ordinary scholars see him, they feel like a spring breeze, but this Song Zhong is so trembling and very frightened, which makes Liu Bei wonder.

However, Liu Bei's face still had his characteristic smile on his face, and he said very politely: "Song Zhi, please hurry up." But Liu Jingzhou is ready to send troops to fight Cao, so he ordered you to come and contact me? ”

"This! Actually... General Zhennan "Song Zhong's fear became heavier, and he couldn't even speak clearly.

Liu Bei still maintained a faint smile and said, "Song doesn't have to be nervous. ”

Song Zhong took a deep breath, tried his best to calm his mind, raised his head slightly, and said with an expression that he was about to die: "The lord has decided to submit to Prime Minister Cao, and specially ordered his subordinates to come and pass on the emperor's uncle. ”

"What!"

Liu Bei's original smile disappeared in an instant, and he roared angrily and rose up. And the people present do not change color.

That Song Zhong was also startled, and almost fell down again with weak legs, but it was the last demeanor of the celebrity who supported him, and said in a panic: "Uncle Huang is angry!" Prime Minister Cao Cheng has made it clear that nothing will be investigated in the past. If there is a subordinate amount to use, so the lord specially ordered the loyal to come and ask the emperor if he would return to the prime minister together. In the end, Song Zhong's voice was as big as a mosquito, but he kept complaining in his heart about how he could do such an errand, and Song Zhong and Song Zhong almost died for themselves.

"Dogs are ignorant! Bad for me" Liu Bei was furious, kicked over the case, and rushed to Song Zhong in a few steps, and the long sword was unsheathed angrily.

Everyone present changed color slightly, thinking that the blood splash was in front of them.

However, the sword that hung high was slowly put down. At this time, Liu Bei, who was middle-aged, was no longer the young man with strong blood when he was whipped and supervised the post. And Song Zhong just came to deliver the message on Liu Palm's orders, and he couldn't be embarrassed for him. The long sword was returned to the sheath, Liu Bei seemed to be ten years old, waved his hand and sighed: "That's it, you are just acting on orders, and it will be useless to kill you at the time of parting, so let's go!" Tell my unruly nephew to do it for yourself!. ”

Song Zhongru walked away from the ghost gate, the whole person almost collapsed, heard Liu Bei's words, as if he had been amnestied, he gave a big gift to Liu Bei, and fled in despair.

Watching Song Zhong leave, Liu Bei stood in place, motionless and without saying a word. Everyone knew that the lord was in a depressed mood, so they were very knowledgeable and did not dare to squeak. After a long time, Liu Bei exhaled slightly, flicked his sleeves, and said in a deep voice: "Pass my order, and the whole army will immediately set off to retreat south to Jiangling."

In the big tent of Zhou Yu in Jiangxia County, Zhuge Jin, the general who joined the army as his deputy, and Lu Meng, the deputy governor of General Fenwu, were on the left and right. Zhou Yu took the letter in his hand and said, "Jingzhou urgent!" Liu Biao died of illness, and his son Liu Brown joined Cao Ying. And Liu Bei, the Yuzhou Mu who originally garrisoned Fancheng in Xinye, led the army to Nanjun, apparently wanting to join forces with Liu Qi in Jiangbei. ”

Zhuge Jin, who is familiar with Jingzhou's affairs, said: "Nanjun is an important town in Jingzhou, and Jiangling (Nanjun Administration) has a large amount of grain, grass, weapons, etc. And after Liu Brown surrendered to Cao Ying, the hearts of the people in Jingzhou were full of hearts for Liu Bei. If Liu Bei took advantage of the chaos to capture Nanjun, it would not be without the strength of a battle. ”

In the end, Lu Meng spoke, thanks to Zhou Yu's careful cultivation, today's Lu Meng is no longer Wuxia Ameng. His ability and mind are close to when he was the governor of the capital in later generations, and it is precisely because of Lu Meng's growth and Zhuge Jin's early play that Zhou Yu's burden is no less than three inches lighter than that of later generations. "Dadu Governor, even if Liu Bei takes Nanjun, it is almost impossible to fight against Cao Ying's 200,000 army with one county. And looking at the whole of the universe, Liu Bei can only rely on me Jiangdong, and I think that Liu Bei will send an envoy to discuss the matter of resisting Cao."

Zhou Yu listened carefully to every word of Lu Meng, and only after Lu Meng finished speaking, did he smile happily: "Ziming is really different, and this kind of situation can be grasped easily." Not bad, not bad. As Ziming said, within half a month, Liu Bei will definitely send an envoy to Jianye. This time, Cao Ying's army went south, which was both a crisis and an opportunity. If Cao Ying wins, my Jiangdong will be in danger, and if our army wins, Jingzhou and Huainan will be in the bag. Win or break in this battle"

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