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A few days later, Fancheng, the General's Mansion.

In the hall, Liu Bei's expression was solemn, his eyes flew over the crowd, and then a low and heavy voice sounded.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the spies from the north have come to report, Cao Cao decided to personally raise the army to the south, and the vanguard general Xu Chu has already gone to Wancheng, the Nanyang Governance Office, to station troops and point to Xinye-"

As soon as these words came out, the hall was in an uproar.

"Is it finally coming—"

Liu Xuan's expression moved slightly, how long has it been? There are still a few days left in July, and Cao Cao can't wait to go south.

Suddenly, a guard hurried in from outside, "Lord, Xiangyang Yi secretly sent someone to deliver a message, Liu Zhoumu went three days ago-"

"What?"

Liu Bei's eyes suddenly widened, Huo Ran got up and said silently, and then two lines of tears ran down his cheeks: "Brother Jingsheng, Brother Jingsheng, it's only been a few days, and you're going."

"My lord, as soon as Liu Biao goes, we can lead the army in the name of condolences, and see the opportunity to take Xiangyang in one fell swoop-"

Zhuge Liang lost no time in saying it, but he didn't expect Liu Bei to shout categorically: "No, I told Brother Jingsheng a few days ago, if Brother Jingsheng goes, I will be a good student and assist Zide to succeed to the throne......"

"Father, I'm afraid that Cai Mao's guy won't be willing......"

Liu Xuan sighed slightly, very helpless at Liu Bei's persistence, and sighed: "So, father, let's still prepare to withdraw the army......

Liu Bei nodded silently, then looked at Zhuge Liang, and said softly: "Kong Ming, how many people who are willing to be prepared have not left?" ”

"About 30,000-" Zhuge Liang also felt a slight headache at this time, and a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Lord, the people have brought too many things, and besides, Yun Chang's army is tired from running back and forth, and Yun Chang has already led the army to rest and prepare to capture Jiangling...... So"

Liu Bei sighed slightly when he heard this, and then said softly: "Inform the next day, the army will retreat, and I hope that the people can go by land with the preparations......"

"Whoa." Zhuge Liang hugged his fists and promised, but Liu Xuan on the side suddenly jumped his eyelids...... This scene, it seems familiar-

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The next day, early in the morning.

In Fancheng, Liu Bei and other civil and military forces led an army to escort more than 30,000 people towards Jiangxia......

Not long after leaving, Liu Bei was stunned to see a knight running not far away, and the knight also saw Liu Bei, and shouted loudly: "Uncle, uncle-"

"Zide, why are you here again?"

Liu Bei said in surprise, and then frowned slightly, it was Liu Qi who came, Liu Qi listened to Liu Bei's words, but he hurriedly got off the horse and fell to the ground and cried: "Uncle, uncle-my father died, and my nephew wanted to go to Xiangyang to see my father Zuihou, but I didn't expect the second brother and Cai Mao to refuse to go out-"

"They Cai Mao even asked me to go back under the pretext that I was guarding the important town of Jiangxia......"

"Let's go, virtuous nephew, and go to Xiangyang with my uncle......" Liu Bei frowned slightly, and then went straight to Xiangyang first.

Fancheng and Xiangyang are only separated by a Han River, not long after, Liu Bei and Liu Qi have arrived outside Xiangyang City, Liu Bei looked at the soldiers in Xiangyang City who were waiting for battle, and the soldiers who were lined with Jiage, his eyelids jumped slightly, and his heart was slightly awe-inspiring......

"Open the door, I am Liu Bei, come to condolence Brother Jingsheng-"

Liu Bei was angry and shouted loudly in the dantian, and the soldiers at the head of the city were also slightly commotion after hearing Liu Bei's words, but the next moment Cai Mao's figure went up to the city tower, Cai Mao looked at Liu Bei and sneered: "Liu Bei, you are waiting for Cao Cheng, who is in the north of Fancheng to defend the city, why don't you go back to sit in Fancheng, why is this?" ”

"Cai Mao, Brother Jingsheng died, why did you hide it?" Liu Bei was also angry at this time, and immediately angrily pointed at Cai Mao and shouted: "Also, Brother Jingsheng once talked to Beiyan, and it was rumored that he was in Zide, and he was waiting for today's ......."

"Liu Bei—"

An immature roar came from the city tower, revealing Liu Cong's figure, at this time, Liu Cong's face turned red and glared at Liu Bei, his finger pointed at Liu Bei and trembled, obviously angry: "Liu Bei, Ru'an dares to do this, and besides, my father has been buried, so let's go and see it if you want to——"

With that, he waved his sleeves and ran towards the city.

"What, my father is buried-" Liu Qi suddenly pointed at Cai Mao and roared: "Cai Mao, you traitorous minister......"

Cai Mao also secretly blamed Liu Cong for being open-mouthed at this time, but when she saw Liu Qi roaring, she sneered and responded: "When the lord went, he said that it was okay to keep a low profile, and he did so and did what he was ordered-"

After saying that, he drank lightly to the left and right with a cold face to prevent Liu Bei, and then went down the city tower.

Liu Bei frowned lightly and shouted to the city: "All the soldiers, the people behind the preparation are innocent, and I hope that the soldiers will open the city gate and let them enter - don't let them suffer."

Liu Bei shouted more than a dozen times in a row, the Xiangyang soldiers on the city were unmoved, Liu Bei's face suddenly became gloomy, "Let's go, go and see Brother Jingsheng-" Just when Liu Bei and the others turned around.

The dramatic side suddenly appeared-

The gate of Xiangyang City suddenly opened, and groups of people who dragged their families and carried their belongings came towards Liu Bei, and shouted loudly: "Follow Uncle Liu Huang to Jiangxia-" Liu Bei was stunned, Liu Qi on the side was stunned, and Liu Xuan and Zhuge Liang, who came from behind, both sank their expressions......

"Father, it's already hard for us to protect the people of Fancheng, if we still protect the people of Xiangyang, it's really -" Liu Xuan persuaded hard, and Zhuge Liang on the side also said in a low voice: "Lord, what Yan Hao said is very reasonable......"

"Don't-" Liu Bei heard Liu Xuan and Zhuge Liang's persuasion, but he couldn't help but wave his hand categorically, and shouted softly: "Great things must be people-oriented, and people will return to me today, and Bei'an can abandon them!" ”

When Liu Xuan heard this, his heart was filled with helplessness, and he said secretly, yes, he is a good man again. Liu Xuan shook his head helplessly.

Liu Bei was not stupid, he immediately looked at Liu Qi and commanded in a low voice: "Zide, go back to Jiangxia quickly and arrange a residence and all the uses, so as to ensure that the people can move in after they go - after all, these people have left their hometown with us-"

"Uncle, nephew can be saved-" Liu Qi nodded solemnly, and then said worriedly: "Uncle, you must be careful-"

With that, he suddenly got on his horse and headed for the dust in the distance.

After a while, Liu Bei accepted those people who were willing to go, and then Liu Bei and his party came to Liu Biao's tomb, looking at the desolation on Liu Biao's tomb, Liu Bei sighed from time to time: "Jingsheng, Jingsheng, you were beautiful in life, but you are like this after death-"

"The inheritance in your hands will also be handed over to others, do you expect this?"

Liu Bei immediately took a wine bag from the hand of a guard, looked up to the sky and took a sip, then looked at Liu Biao's tombstone for a long time, and spilled the wine on the ground. After a while, Liu Bei shook his head and sighed, then got on his horse and ran into the distance.

"Let's-"

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At the end of July of the thirteenth year of Jian'an.

Cao Cao raised 200,000 troops from the country, falsely claiming that 800,000 went south to Jingzhou, and the vanguard had arrived in Wancheng, the Nanyang Governance Office.

"Uncle, what did you say?" In the state pastor's mansion, Liu Cong sat on the seat that had always belonged to the state pastor's throne, but at this time, Liu Cong did not have a trace of excitement and the pleasure of being a state pastor.

"Cong'er, give the order to Kaesong to surrender—"

Cai Mao shook her head helplessly, and persuaded bitterly: "Prime Minister Cao Cheng led 800,000 heavenly soldiers to the south, how can we resist it?" ”

"Isn't my Jingzhou Navy known as invincible in the world?" Liu Cong's eyes widened, and he scolded Cai Mao fiercely: "Besides, there are still 120,000 people in armor in Jingzhou, and we will unite to defeat Cao Cao-"

"My lord, it's true that our navy is invincible, but Wei Gong's heavenly army is even better-"

An official who had long been thinking about surrendering Cao immediately came out and shouted.

"Yes, yes, my lord, let's resist the heavenly army with a weak army, this is really a plan-"

“……”

"Lord-" Kuai Yue, who had been watching coldly for a long time and hadn't spoken for a long time, looked at Liu Cong and said coldly: "Lord, don't you still see the current situation clearly?" ”

"Now Liu Qi, Liu Bei is embarrassed, there is Liu Hu in the south to look at Jingzhou, none of the three are we can deal with alone, if there is Duke Wei to help sit in the town, Jingzhou will have no worries-"

"But ......" Liu Cong's face turned red and he stammered, and said weakly: "As the saying goes, it is easy to invite God and it is difficult to send God, if Cao Cao peeps at Jingzhou at that time, it would be good to be like this——"

Liu Cong was not stupid, and immediately saw the trace of viciousness in Kuai Yue's words.

"Hmph" Cai Mao seemed to have lost his patience, looked directly at Liu Cong with cold eyes, and suddenly snorted coldly, "Cong'er, Prime Minister Cao Cheng fought in Rongma all his life, killed Lu Bu in the east, defeated Liu Bei repeatedly in the army, swept Yuan Shao in the north, and killed Wuheng - his heavenly power is widely spread in the United States, Cong'er, uncle asks himself if he has no ability, Cong'er surrenders at this time, and his uncle will definitely guarantee that Cong'er will be rich and noble all your life, and you can enjoy the rest of your life-"

Speaking of which, Liu Cong understood in his heart that the general trend had gone, Cai Mao, Kuai Yue, and those in the hall who swore to themselves a few days ago and promised loyalty comparable to the sun and moon in the sky were determined to sell themselves to Cao Cao to ask for merit and reward, thinking of these Liu Cong's lips couldn't help but show a trace of a miserable smile, and his expression was even more sad: "The order of the orphan is to surrender in Kaecheng-"

After saying this, Liu Cong only felt a huge shame and helplessness welling up in his heart, and a sad tear gushed out...... If I knew that I would end up today, I shouldn't have been-

But there is no regret medicine in the world.