Chapter Forty-Eight: Powerful Historical Inertia

As mentioned last time, when Fei Yi came back, Liu Hou had no choice but to give up Zhou Xue and meet Fei Yi. And Zhou Xue was left alone in his tent and planned how to assassinate the prince.

After seeing the ceremony, before Liu Hou could ask, Fei Yi said eagerly: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the big thing is not good......

As soon as he heard this, Liu Hou frowned, because in novels, very bad things usually happen after saying this sentence, and sure enough, I only heard Fei Yi say:

"Wei and Soochow have completely colluded, and now both countries have launched an all-out siege to our Han Dynasty. Sima Yi led an army of 200,000 to attack our army from the direction of Hanzhong, and the general of the Che Cavalry (Zhang Fei) and the Pang army division (Pang Tong) led troops to confront it.

Lu Xun dispatched more than 1,000 warships, led 200,000 troops to besiege Jingzhou, Zhang Liao led 50,000 horses to attack the three counties of Shangyong, Meng Da surrendered to the enemy, and the three counties of Shangyong have now been obtained by Wei.

In addition, Cao Ren led 50,000 troops to attack Xiangyang and approach Jingzhou. At present, Guan Gong is alone in Jingzhou, and the situation is precarious. ”

Liu Hou was also shocked when he heard this, he finally understood why there were so few people and horses in Dongwu to rescue Lingnan, and they came so late, it turned out that the main force was concentrated in Jingzhou.

Lingnan is a remote and barren land, and it is not a pity to lose it, relatively speaking, Jingzhou is much richer. Jingzhou's population and economic scale are equivalent to several Lingnans, and Jingzhou is a strategic location, and its importance is several times stronger than that of Lingnan.

Therefore, Sun Quan doesn't care about Lingnan at all, if you attack Lingnan, I will attack Jingzhou. Exchanging Lingnan for Jingzhou is a good deal no matter how you look at it, and Liu Hou once again feels that compared with these old foxes, his little wisdom is really not enough.

After listening to Fei Yi's explanation of the current situation, Liu Hou was very worried, Hanzhong is fine, with Pang Tong and Zhang Fei here, there is no need to worry much, although Sima Yi is scheming, but Pang Tong is not a vegetarian, even if he can't make progress, it shouldn't be a big problem to keep the front line in Guanzhong.

Liu Hou was most worried about the Jingzhou battlefield, where Wei and Wu had a total of 300,000 troops, and Lu Xun, Zhang Liao, and Cao Ren, who commanded the troops, were all famous generals, and Guan Gong was afraid that he would not be able to support it alone.

After the last battle of Jingzhou, Jingzhou has shown its dilapidated appearance, with a sharp decline in population and great damage to agricultural production. It's only been a little over a year since the end of the war, and it's still far from the time to recover.

It is conceivable that in this case, it is impossible for Guan Gong to recruit many soldiers, Liu Hou estimates that Guan Gong's soldiers are less than 100,000, and even 50,000 are very doubtful. Due to the short period of time, it is obvious that the training course of these new recruits is not too high.

Although Guan Gong is also a top general, his personality is arrogant and conceited, and he is not a wise and resourceful person of the level of Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, so he will not be afraid of facing the enemy openly and squarely, even if the enemy is twice as large as him, it is estimated that he is not afraid.

However, it is obviously impossible for him to come up with a strange plan, win more with less, and break several times or even ten times the enemy's forces. On the contrary, Lu Xun is much stronger than him in terms of strategy, and it is not clear that he will follow Lu Xun's way, which is indeed the case in history.

The strength is much worse than the enemy, the training is not as good as the enemy, the strategy is still not as good as others, and even the character has obvious weaknesses. How can we win this battle?

Liu Hou doesn't need to analyze it to know that if Guan Gong loses this time, Jingzhou will still lose. Is this the so-called inertia of history? Even if he tried his best to change history and keep Jingzhou, he still had to lose it in the end. The inertia of history is truly outrageously powerful.

I hope that Guan Gong can save his life this time, Liu Hou does not attach much importance to the gains and losses of one city and one place, Liu Hou is most worried about Guan Gong's life and the workshop he established when he was in Jingzhou.

Guan Gong's life is related to whether Liu Bei will go crazy or not, and the workshop, which has a firearms production branch, once it leaks out, his military superiority will no longer exist, and its importance is self-evident.

"What is the situation in Jingzhou now?" Liu Hou asked.

Fei Yi seemed to know that the prince would care more about Jingzhou, so he prepared his words early in the morning: "The emperor ordered the prime minister to personally lead the army to Jingzhou to rescue, but when Yi received the news, Jingzhou had been besieged for two months, and now I'm afraid, I'm afraid it's ......."

Liu Hou was silent, he knew what Fei Yi was afraid of, although Liu Bei sent Zhuge Liang to lead the troops to rescue, but the troops of Shu were already empty, and now how many people and horses can Zhuge Liang take to rescue Guan Gong?

Even if Zhuge Liang is really full of tricks and can repel 300,000 enemies with a small number of troops, he still needs to be able to catch up. Jingzhou has been besieged for two months, and when Zhuge Liang arrives on the ground, it is estimated that Guan Gong will not even have bones and slag left.

"Alas, I hope that the second uncle will be natural." Liu Hou let out a long sigh.

"The prince is relieved, Guan Gong has been fighting for many years, and he is powerful in Huaxia, and it is not so easy to have trouble." Fei Yi comforted.

It's no wonder, if he hadn't rescued himself in time last time, he would have received a lunch box. Even so, he still got an injury, and if it wasn't for the fact that the medical research institute was testing penicillin, he would have been unable to survive a long time ago.

This time the situation is more dangerous than the last time, and whether he can survive can only rely on the blessing of the gods and Buddhas. Liu Hou thought in his heart, and suddenly remembered that there was something more important, so he asked:

"How about the workshop I set up in Jingzhou? Those musket workshops must not fall into the hands of the enemy. ”

"Prince, rest assured, they all have confidentiality regulations, and if they know that they can't keep the workshop, they will definitely blow up the equipment and destroy the materials. When I knew that the Jingzhou War had broken out again, I had already sent people to Jingzhou to urge them to do a good job of secrecy work. ”

"Well, that's the best, this matter is the top priority, and there is no room for error, and I really regret that I wanted to set up these workshops in Jingzhou at that time."

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't need to blame himself, after all, we thought that we could develop in Jingzhou for a period of time, but who knew that the Nanzhong Rebellion disrupted our plans."

"Yes, people are not as good as heaven. Forget it, it's useless to be anxious now, Mr. Fei, look, what should we do now to help my father and my second uncle. ”

"Yi thinks that it is best to end the war in Lingnan as much as possible, and if possible, to move north, so that a part of the forces of Eastern Wu can be contained, as long as Guan Gong can hold out until Prime Minister Zhuge arrives, Jingzhou should be able to worry-free."

"Well, that's all it had to be." Liu Hou also knew that this was the only thing he could do at the moment. Jingzhou is too far away from here, and he can't be said to be out of his reach, and he can't manage it if he wants to.

The only thing that could be done was to insert a knife in the rear of Eastern Wu, so that Sun Quan could not attack Jingzhou with all his strength, or after Jingzhou fell, he would not dare to continue plotting against Shu without scruples.

Liu Hou didn't even have any hope that Jingzhou could hold it, and he had already seen the situation after Wei and Wu carved up Jingzhou.

Then, Liu Hou and Fei Yi began to discuss the issue of attacking the city tomorrow until late at night......

In the evening of this day, Liu Hou sent 500 cavalry, galloped to the outside of the city gate, shouted to the city in unison, and surrendered before the next day (9 o'clock in the morning), otherwise the city would be forcibly attacked, and then a cadre of Eastern Wu generals would be shown to the public.

After Bu Qi heard the news from outside the city from his subordinates, he was also so anxious that he paced around the lobby of the Assassin's Mansion.

"Master Bu, what's the matter, this Liu Chan's reinforcements have just arrived, and they are in a hurry to attack the city without resting for two days, which is unreasonable. Could it be that Miss Zhou's action failed? Did he know that we had sent Miss Zhou over to assassinate him, and that he was furious and wanted to attack the city for revenge? At this time, it was Lu Mao who asked the question.

Bu Qi stopped, thought for a while, and said: "Probably not, I have discussed with Miss Zhou before that the assassination operation should not be rushed, and Miss Zhou also agreed with this point of view, saying that we should wait for the opportunity slowly, so as to kill with one blow."

Now that I haven't even spent a night, it is estimated that Liu Chan has not had the opportunity to be alone with Miss Zhou, so this matter may not be related to Miss Zhou. ”

"What if Liu Chan is lustful this time and wants to prostitute himself during the day?" Lu Mao said again.

"I don't think so, although this Liu Chan is a little, I believe that he will not be so promiscuous as this, otherwise he would not have done so many big things. Although it is certain that he looks at Miss Zhou's beauty, I don't believe that he can't wait for even one night when he says that he can't wait so much. ”

"Then why is Liu Chan so eager to attack the city?"

"I'm afraid...... It was Jingzhou's affairs that he knew. Bu Qi put his hands behind his back, raised his head to the sky, and said with a sigh, "It's almost time to calculate, although this place is closed, the news should be transmitted in more than two months."

Since he knew about Jingzhou, how could he not desperately attack the city. He must have tried his best to end the affairs of Lingnan so that he could rescue his second uncle.

Hmph, Lingnan and Jingzhou are thousands of miles apart, and the old man doesn't believe that he can fly over to rescue Jingzhou. ”

"If he's determined to attack the city, then we're in danger." Lu Mao said again.

"Humph! The danger must also be guarded, if we hold him here for one more day, he will go to the rescue of Jingzhou one day later, and the lord will have more hope of occupying Jingzhou. As the courtiers of the lord, we should share the worries of the lord. Are you not ready to die for the Lord? ”

Hearing Bu Qi's tone become cold, Lu Mao hurriedly lowered his head and said, "Yes, thank you for Master Bu's teachings, Mao will remember it." ”

In the Shu camp, Zhou Xue was anxiously waiting for Liu Hou's arrival in the tent. Sometimes she got up and paced, sometimes she checked the few things hidden on the bed that could be used as murder weapons, and sometimes she went out of the tent to investigate the situation, and she seemed anxious.

She didn't know why she was so calm today, the master was very strict with her training, including the method of keeping calm in various situations, with those meditation skills, she would have been able to do it without panic and confusion.

She had carried out many dangerous missions before, and the situation was a hundred times more dangerous than the current one, but she had always been calm and calm, and she had never tried to be as troubled as she is today.

Why? She also wanted to ask herself why her heart always felt restless. Are you afraid that you are in danger? It doesn't seem to be, I don't have a premonition of a crisis this time, my sixth sense is usually very smart, and every time there is a crisis, I will have a premonition, and this incredible ability has saved her a few times.

But this time I didn't have that feeling of palpitations, and my sixth sense didn't show that there was a problem with personal safety, so why was I so restless?

By the way, I seem to want to see this damn prince sooner, and at the same time, I vaguely hope that I won't see him so soon. What is this for? I really don't understand.

Zhou Xue waited until dinner, and the soldier brought a sumptuous meal, but she had no appetite at all, and at first she thought that Liu Chan would come to accompany her to eat, but when it was time to hold the lamp, the soldier came to collect the dishes, and she didn't see this prince.

She continued to wait alone in the military tent, and when the lights went out, she was thinking about whether the prince would come, but she still didn't see the prince, she went to ask the soldier waiting outside, and the soldier told him that the prince was discussing with Mr. Fei.

Hum! Procedure? What did you have to discuss for so long? It's clearly an excuse. This prince, isn't he interested in himself? Are you so ugly? He didn't come to look at himself for so long, or didn't he appreciate it?

Zhou Xue, who suffered from gains and losses in her heart, spent a long night in insomnia.

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