As mentioned last time, Fei Yi comforted Liu Hou and touted that the battle of Jingzhou was brilliant. Liu Hou couldn't be happy:

"Alas, what is there to boast about such a victory, you also know how long we have been preparing for this battle, and how long the entire Ministry of Industry has been preparing for this battle. In the end, it was not by conspiracy and intrigue that Jingzhou was kept from losing.

Forget it, don't mention it. The key is where I close the second uncle. The success or failure of this battle does not depend on whether Jingzhou City can be defended, but whether my second uncle's life can be saved. If the second uncle is gone, even if there is Jingzhou City, my efforts will be in vain. ”

Fei Yi and Guo Youzhi were shocked when they heard this, Fei Yi was better, he usually contacted Liu Hou and Zuo Ciduo, and he was the core figure of Liu Hou's circle, he knew a few years ago that Zuo Ci had calculated that Jingzhou had a catastrophe, and had been preparing for it for many years. And Guo Youzhi was sent by Liu Beixin, and he didn't know the ins and outs of the matter at all, so he was particularly surprised.

"You never understood why the prince thought that General Guan would be in danger. According to the military report, General Guan was fine there, and some time ago he flooded the Seventh Army, captured the ban, beheaded Pang De, and shocked Huaxia, which can be described as a great thing. Although he was wounded by an arrow, but the arrow wound was on the arm, and there was no worry about his life, not to mention that the prince had already sent Hua Tuo to treat General Guan, with the divine doctor Hua Tuo, General Guan's injury would definitely be healed, and the prince really didn't need to worry too much. "Guo Youzhi.

"Alas, in short, my second uncle Guan will definitely encounter danger, this is a heavenly opportunity, and you won't understand it if you say it. If you have to say the reason, it may have something to do with his pride. And if Second Uncle Guan is killed, then my father Wang and Third Uncle Zhang will also be worried about their lives. You say, is it that Second Uncle Guan's life is much more important than this mere Jingzhou City? Liu Hou explained.

Fei Yi and Guo Youzhi couldn't help but feel a pang in their hearts after hearing this. Every time they talk about the heavenly machine, they know that it must be related to Zuo Ci. Even if Guo Youzhi rarely comes into contact with Zuo Ci, he is also familiar with his name, and knows his super crow's mouth very well.

Back then, it was calculated that Pang Tong would be in distress in Luofengpo, and Zhang Fei's death had been fulfilled, although it had not yet been fulfilled, but it was also spread among their high-level leaders.

And the key is that in this battle of Jingzhou, before the war, almost no one believed that Jingzhou City would be in any danger, let alone that the Dongwu people would attack Jingzhou City, but now it has also been fulfilled. Moreover, Guo Youzhi personally experienced this war, and the details of the sneak attack of Soochow that Liu Hou said in advance have also been confirmed. This proves that Zuo Ci is not a god who cheats to eat and drink, but a monk with unfathomable skills.

Now listening to Liu Hou's words, Zuo Ci's predictions are not only these, but also the fate of the three brothers Liu Guan and Zhang, which can't help but make them not nervous. They also know that the three brothers were righteous in Taoyuan back then, and vowed not to be born on the same day, the same month, the same year, but to die on the same day, the same month, the same year, and now listening to Liu Houyi, it seems that the other two brothers will be finished as soon as Guan Yu dies, is it true that in this world, the oath will really come true? Thinking of this, they couldn't help but sweat on their foreheads.

If it was just about Guan Yu's fate, they weren't so nervous, but when it came to their lord Liu Bei, they couldn't help but be nervous.

In ancient times, when dealing with matters related to the emperor, if you encountered a difficult problem that could not be determined, the usual practice was to believe that it was not credible, to strangle in the cradle all the factors that might lead to bad results, and to use all the factors that might lead to good results, and even whether these measures seemed absurd or not.

For example, legend has it that Qin Shi Huang paraded to Jinling (now Nanjing) and saw purple gas in the air, and Zhongshan Tiger was very angry with the dragon plate, and then he listened to the words of Fang Shi that "Jinling has the air of an emperor", and was afraid that there would be an emperor and compete with him, so he ordered the Qinhuai River to be excavated to vent the dragon's qi, and the Purple Mountain was dug to break the dragon vein, and Jinling was renamed Moling.

From the point of view of modern science, this kind of behavior is undoubtedly absurd, but for the emperor, any possibility of his own rule must be erased, and it is better to believe it than to believe it.

Although Liu Bei does not have the name of the emperor, he has the reality of the emperor, so in dealing with the fate of Liu Bei, Fei Yi and Guo Youzhi have adopted the same attitude as the above, and would rather believe it.

"Shizi, why don't we send some reinforcements over to meet General Guan, at present, it seems that Dongwu should have withdrawn from the army, Jingzhou City is no longer in trouble, and it should be possible to draw out a regiment of troops to come out to meet General Guan and General Zilong." Guo Yuzhi built yì road.

"I have this intention, but I don't know what the two gentlemen have to mention without this person with soldiers." Liu Houdao.

"Otherwise, let's just go this way." Guo Youzhi recommended himself.

"However, Jingzhou City is busy with affairs, and it is really inseparable from Mr. Guo." Liu Houdao, in fact, in addition to this reason, there is another reason he did not say, that is, although Guo Youzhi is familiar with military books, his thinking is still in the era of cold weapons, and he is not familiar with the tactics of musket troops.

"Otherwise, let Brother Guan and Second Brother Zhang go." Liu Hou refers to Guan Xing and Zhang Bao, among their generation, Guan Xing is the oldest, Liu Hou calls him the eldest brother, Zhang Bao is the second, and Liu Hou is called the second brother. Liu Bei's righteous son Liu Feng and Guan Gong's eldest son Guan Ping are relatively old, and they have been fighting abroad for a long time, and they don't play with their little children, so naturally they don't belong to this title system.

"This ...... General Guan Xiao is only 16 this year, and General Zhang Xiao is only 15 ......" Fei Yi said, implying that Guan Xing and Zhang Bao were too young, and they were afraid that they would make a mistake.

"Alas......" Liu Hou also sighed, he really didn't have any manpower on hand, and these two boys could be called military generals.

"Why don't you let the acting chief go, and let General Zhang Xiao be the deputy general." Fei Yi took a compromise approach.

"Why don't you let Brother Guan go?" Liu Hou asked.

"General Guan Xiao and General Guan have a deep relationship between father and son, if you see General Guan in distress, I am afraid that it will be chaotic." Fei Yi said.

Now Liu Hou understood that Fei Yi was afraid that Guan Xing would see his father in danger at that time, and he would go crazy and act irrationally and make a mistake.

Now Liu Hou is also relieved, Zhang Bao has been training with Zhao Yun in the past few years, and he is very familiar with the tactics of the musket team, while Guo Yu is steady and not sticking to the form, knows the art of war and can be flexible, and the combination of the two of them could not be better.

Immediately, Liu Hou asked Zhang Bao to call him over, gave him a good order, told him that this trip was important, and told him that he must listen to Mr. Guo's words, think twice before acting, and not act recklessly.

Zhang Bao was naturally very excited when he heard that he had to go out to fight, and he nodded and agreed to whatever Liu Hou said, as for whether he really listened to it, only he knew.

Without further ado, after several people discussed, Guo Youzhi and Zhang Bao went to prepare supplies, and set off to rescue Guan Gong with 1,500 men and horses of the second regiment.

Liu Hou, Fei Yi and Guan Xingke were left in Jingzhou City, and they were busy enough. In particular, Fei Yi, in addition to dealing with the mountains of civil affairs, is also responsible for arguing with the negotiators sent by Soochow. He was so busy all day that he was overwhelmed.

Although Guan Xing was a 16-year-old child, he had to take on heavy responsibilities at this time, and after Guo Youzhi left, the military of Jingzhou City almost pressed on him. Fortunately, he is the son of Guan Gong of Weizhen Huaxia, and in this era of fighting for his father, he really has a lot of light from his father.

Because Guan Gong has a high prestige in the entire Xishu army, Guan Xing, as the son of Guan Gong, of course, is also very prosperous, whether it is the garrison of Jingzhou or the generals brought out from the Ministry of Industry, Guan Xing is very respectful, which also saves him a lot of worry when mobilizing troops and arranging city defenses.

Of course, this is not entirely Guan Xing's credit, Liu Hou also made a lot of efforts, at least to help him calm the scene. Liu Hou is respected as a prince, often inspects the city defense, goes to the military camp to care about the lives of soldiers, and makes private visits to observe the people's conditions, etc., etc., so he is also busy during this time.

On this day, Liu Hou went to inspect the four gates again, although he had horses to ride, and he was tired enough to walk down the four city gates. On the way back, I happened to pass by the restaurant that I passed on the way to the barracks on the day I forced Lu Meng away.

He paused for a while at the place where he had overheard the people's remarks last time, and he saw that there was a lot of people inside, as if they were talking about the Jingzhou War and the water war a few days ago. Liu Hou was very curious and wanted to know what the common people thought of this war, so he raised his leg and wanted to go in and listen carefully.

As soon as he raised his legs, the guards around him followed closely, Liu Hou looked at his uniform, and then looked at the guards in military uniforms, holding muskets, and waist knives in their waists, and frowned. In that case, where else can we hear any news that is happening?

Liu Hou had no choice but to turn around and go back to the mansion. When I returned to the mansion, I changed into civilian clothes, selected 4 of the best guards in martial arts, asked them to also change into civilian clothes, and carried the most advanced handcuffs in their arms, and then took them to prepare for a private visit to the restaurant.

Just as he was about to go out of the door, Pan Jun came over. "Shizi! You're going to call the shots for me...... Hey? Are you going to go out, son? Pan Jun just opened his mouth and was about to shout grievances, but when he saw Liu Hou and his party wearing civilian clothes, obviously wanting to pay for a private visit, he couldn't help but change his tone and ask.

"Well, I'm going to go to the restaurant to sit down and listen to the voices of the people. Do you have something to do with me? Liu Hou was also unambiguous and told the truth.

"Oh, yes, yes, yes, I have something to find the son, the son must be the master of his subordinates, and his subordinates really can't do it." Since the prince is going to sit outside, it is better for his subordinates to be the east. When the prince came to Jingzhou City, his subordinates have not yet treated the prince well, so now give his subordinates the opportunity to do their best to be the landlord. ”

Liu Hou thought about it, too, he was not familiar with the life in Jingzhou City, and it would be much more convenient to have Pan Jun, the head snake, to lead the way.

"It's okay, then let's talk while walking, it's just General Pan, you can also change into civilian clothes, it's not good to go out in armor."

"Yes, yes, yes, please wait." After speaking, Pan Jun went in to change clothes. After only a while, Pan Jun dressed up as an outsider, so Liu Hou and his party of 6 walked out of the mansion.

Out of the mansion, Liu Hou just wanted to walk when Pan Jun pulled his sleeve, "Shizi, I have a carriage here." Pan Jun pointed to a luxury carriageway next to him.

The carriage was luxuriously decorated, but after all, it was an old-fashioned carriage, with no shock absorbers, no rubber tires, and the point is, a two-wheeled caravan. The two wheels are directly attached to the two horses, and if the horses run, the carriage will swing up and down sharply with the horse's running, and the people in the carriage will be bustling and playing with bouncing balls. It's okay to play once in a while. If it is turned upside down like this for a long time, Liu Hou doubts that the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys will be turned upside down.

It was difficult to resist the enthusiasm, and Liu Hou was tired from a day's work, so he didn't mind if he could rest without walking, and according to his observation, as long as the carriage didn't let the horse run, but walked slowly, the wheel should not shake too much. So, Liu Hou got into the carriage.

After getting into the car, Liu Hou couldn't help but sigh again, although the carriage was covered with brocade cushions, it was quite comfortable to sit on, but there was a fatal flaw, that is, there was no stool inside, in other words, it was still according to the traditional practice of the Han Dynasty: kneeling or sitting cross-legged.

Liu Hou found craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry to create a batch of tables, chairs, stools and other furniture, and also sent some to several high-level executives of the Liu Group, but this is a new thing after all, and the speed of information transmission in this era is slow, and Jingzhou, which is thousands of miles away, is naturally not popular with these things.

Moreover, the canopy of the carriage is very low, so it is no problem to sit cross-legged, but if you put a chair in it, you can't sit at all, so if you want to install a chair on the carriage, you first need to spend a lot of work to almost double the height of the canopy.

But since it was Pan Jun's kindness, he didn't care too much, and if he came, he would be safe, Liu Hou obediently sat cross-legged on the carriage, and Pan Jun accompanied him to talk to him.