Chapter 447: Li Ru vs. Zhou Yu
After Yuan Shao's death, the world was in turmoil, whether it was in the north or south of the Han Dynasty, the war was unprecedentedly fierce.
All wanted to take advantage of the chaos after Yuan Shao's death to seek benefits, Cao Cao gathered hundreds of millions of troops and went to Qingzhou.
Liu Bei of Yizhou killed Jingzhou, no matter what clan relatives were not clan relatives, claiming to the outside world that Liu Biao was suspected of being the emperor and wanted to kill him.
With an army of 100 million, Liu Bei's three brothers personally attacked Jingzhou and handed over the defense of Yizhou to Xu Shu, which was a crazy gamble.
If Xu Shu has the heart of rebellion, then Liu Bei's foundation Yizhou will be handed over to others, and he will return to the days of wandering around again.
Fortunately, Liu Bei saw people very accurately, and in the days when the three of them were fighting, Yizhou had been safe and sound, even better than when Liu Bei was there, and was well organized by Xu Shu.
At the beginning of September, Liu Bei's army of three people was like a bamboo, in just half a month, from Yizhou to Jingzhou, everywhere they went, no one dared to stop them, and even did not consume too many troops, they took one-third of Jingzhou, and now in front of them is Xiangyang City, as long as Xiangyang is taken, that is, Jingzhou is taken.
On the eve of the battle, Liu Bei and the three of them rode their horses and galloped wildly, came to Xiangyang City, looked at the towering city wall, and were full of emotion.
A year ago, they were still Liu Biao's subordinates, and they acted according to Liu Biao's eyes every day, and if they made a slight mistake, they would fall into a situation from which they could never recover.
Now, Liu Biao wants to see his face, it is really impermanent, who would have thought that I, Liu Bei, would have today.
Suddenly, there was more than a commotion on the city wall, and that was because someone on the city wall recognized Liu Bei and the three of them, and they were talking about it.
"You see, those three are Liu Bei's three brothers, and the black-faced black horse is Zhang Fei, it is said that he can roar down the city wall with one voice, so be careful when the time comes."
"Cut, that red-armored person is powerful, it is said that he is stronger than Zhang Fei, he can break through the city wall with one blow, he is the one who has to be careful."
"No, be careful of what, just kill them. The great credit is ours.
There was a lot of noise on the city wall, and no one could overwhelm each other in speech, but they knew one thing, that is, Liu Biao was really inferior to Liu Bei.
Your brother Liu Zhang died, but he didn't send troops to attack himself, but went to attack Yangzhou, which is not unjust, but Liu Bei killed Zhang Lu with very few troops and took Yizhou, this is a real hero.
And after Liu Bei took Yizhou, Liu Biao also brazenly wanted to go down to Yizhou, but Liu Bei refused, and the two had a big battle, and finally Liu Bei won and successfully occupied Yizhou.
This was what they had just learned, and it was what shocked them the most.
For Liu Bei's story, they admire it very much, only a real hero can lead them out of the predicament and return the world to peace.
"People of Xiangyang City, I am Liu Bei Liu Xuande, I pray that you will lay down your weapons and don't continue to follow Liu Biao, what he brings you is only depravity and darkness, and I will lead you to the light." Liu Bei's voice resounded through the city wall.
All the people who heard the voice looked at Liu Bei in surprise, Liu Bei at this moment is so tall, even if you can't see Liu Bei's figure clearly, you still think he is extremely tall.
Not the tallness of the body, but the tallness of the mind.
"Liu Biao is guilty, and there are five crimes, first, the royal family is in trouble and does not go to the rescue, this is unfilial piety......"
"Second, it is unjust to kill my brother and not to rescue him......"
"Third, it is unkind to cause Jingzhou to fall into war for one's own selfish interests, which is ......"
Liu Bei's roar caused the morale of the Xiangyang army to drop greatly, and it fell to a critical point after a while.
"Click, click......" The sound of countless weapons falling sounded.
The soldiers who threw away their weapons wept bitterly, saying bad things about Liu Biao, and begging Liu Bei to forgive them.
Waiting for Liu Biao to react, it was too late, looking at the open city gate, Liu Biao could only be ruthless and evacuate the army from Xiangyang.
And Liu Bei was stationed in Xiangyang, took the entire Xiangyang without blood, and forced Liu Biao to flee without a fight.
In Xiangyang City, all the remaining armies happily welcomed Liu Bei's arrival, and sent the entire city defense into Liu Bei's hands, and after a while, Liu Bei's army was all stationed in Xiangyang City.
At the same time as entering the house, Liu Bei ordered not to disturb the people's finances, otherwise there would be no forgiveness for killing, and the people should not be bullied, otherwise they would still be killed.
The two killing words kept all the armies in order and did not make a move against the people of Xiangyang.
Among them, the army that has always been mysterious walks in it, they are all dressed in black, only the horses under them are exposed, and even the weapons are wrapped in black cloth, so that people do not see it, which is very strange.
In the City Lord's Mansion, Liu Biao's seat was now being held by Liu Bei, looking at this chair, sighing.
"Big brother, it's your turn to sit in this position, it must be much better than Liu Biao's house, haha." Zhang Fei laughed and roared, causing the nearby soldiers to bleed from their ears and noses, and the injuries were not light.
"Third brother shut up, I have to say it a few times, not too loudly." Guan Yu hurriedly covered Zhang Fei's mouth and stopped the sound.
After hearing the sound, the wounded soldiers hurried down to heal, replaced by other soldiers, and continued to guard.
"Stomp. Suddenly, there was a sound ......of footsteps.
This voice made the soldiers nervous, because there were not many people, only two people, but they were dressed in black, and they could not see their faces clearly, only that one of them was very tall, and one of them was medium, and the others could not be judged at all.
"Stop, who are you? This is the residence of the state pastor, and it is a miscellaneous. Belch. Before the head of the guard could finish speaking, he was knocked unconscious by the tall man, and he didn't know what was behind.
When the other soldiers saw this, they immediately shouted.
"Enemy attack, enemy attack ......" hurriedly roared, let the three brothers in the mansion hear it, and feel the breath of the comer, Liu Bei shook his head and looked at Guan Yu.
"Big brother, I'll come when I go." Nodding, Guan Yu let go of Zhang Fei and went out directly.
After a while, the sound outside calmed down, and Guan Yu walked in with the two of them.
"Haha, the two of you came from afar, and you didn't have good hospitality, please forgive me." Liu Bei stood up and apologized to the two.
"It's okay, it's okay, just let Feng Xian move a little, it's okay, it's okay." Li Ru took off his black clothes and revealed his elegant appearance.
He is Li Ru, the military advisor of Youzhou, and the tall man next to him is Lu Bu and Lu Fengxian.
Lu Bu, who took off his black clothes, his majestic figure was revealed, and the green tendons on his strong muscles were bulging, which made people know that his strength was extraordinary at a glance.
"Hmph, it's really slow to wait, so that's how to take Xiangyang, it's too slow." Some unpleasant tones came out of his mouth, which made Zhang Fei and Guan Yu angry, and they finally relaxed under Liu Bei's persuasion.
After three quarters of an hour, everyone sat down and talked about the battle that followed.
"Wen Xiansheng has a plan to teach me, my brother has escaped, and he will definitely unite with Sun Quan in Yangzhou, at that time, I will have to face the joint efforts of the two, and I will never be an opponent." Liu Bei said respectfully to Li Ru.
Looking at his humble expression, people who are not familiar with him still think it is true, but Li Ru knows from Li Yi that Liu Bei is a smiling tiger, and if you use it well, you will be the one who stabs your blade, and if you use it badly, it is the culprit who stabs you in the heart.
"Ahem, I think we will kill it in one battle, but Brother Xuande must be prepared to fail, even with our help, it is unknown whether he can defeat Sun Quan, anyway, there is also Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin." Li Ru spoke slowly, and then told the movement of Yangzhou.
carefully analyzed the situation of friends and enemies on the battlefield, and gave Liu Bei a few suggestions.
Listening to Li Ru's explanation, Liu Bei was very excited, he could see that Li Ru did not lie to him, what he said was the truth, and he gave a lot of plans, so many that he could choose, as for which one to use, it was up to him.
Put your hands on the handles of the seat, tap the handles, make a "pop" sound, ponder for a long time, and finally decide which one to choose.
"Since Wen Xiansheng is so recommended, then in the decisive battle in three days, even if he loses, he will not win half of Jingzhou, haha......" After speaking, he laughed.
A brief discussion followed, and the details were discussed and the celebration began.
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The border between Jingzhou and Yangzhou, which was originally the place where Liu Biao and Sun Quan's heavy troops gathered, the two sides fought thousands of battles every day, although they could not defeat the opponent, but they were happy to do it, and they all hoped to exhaust the opponent's forces as soon as possible, so as to occupy the other party.
Today, the situation changed suddenly, because Liu Biao actually ordered to unite with Yangzhou to deal with Liu Bei who entered Jingzhou, which has to be said to be an irony, a great irony, Liu Biao and Sun Quan each consumed a large number of soldiers in order to compete for territory.
Combined, at least more than 100 billion, and those people who were injured by mistake are even countless, and today they have formed an alliance.
Liu Biao was dressed in full costume and attended today's alliance ceremony, at which he scolded Liu Bei, saying that he was the sinner of the royal family, the sinner who robbed his brother and his land, and that the land should belong to him.
At the meeting, Zhou Yu, as the representative of Sun Quanfang, spoke at the same time, declaring war with Liu Bei from now on, and the army will set off tomorrow to march towards Xiangyang City, striving to recapture Xiangyang as soon as possible and return it to Liu Biao.
As for whether what the two of them said is true or false, no one is going to pursue it, anyway, the war has already begun, only one side falls, or the two sides reconcile, there is no other way out.
After the ceremony, Liu Biao fell into the behind-the-scenes work, preparing food and grass equipment for the army, and as for his army, part of it was handed over to Zhou Yu, and part of it was used to guard his remaining Jingzhou.
For this reason, many of Liu Biao's staff and strategists collectively vetoed it, asking Liu Biao to withdraw the order, otherwise when the battle is over, those troops will not be his people, and there is no advantage in numbers, how can they be Zhou Yu's opponents, this will give the entire Jingzhou to others.
But Liu Biao insisted on doing so, and replied so.
"A wolf and a tiger have caught me in the middle, if you want to have a way out, only let the wolf and the tiger fight, and when they are both defeated, I am the final winner, even if I fail, it is just fate, and I have to bear all the blame......"