Four letters, Liu Biao kept frowning after entering his eyes, and his breath was panting all the time, so that Cai Mao was still in a cold sweat, and he didn't dare to gasp.

This coercion seems to have returned to his youth, but only Liu Biao knows that his body is already very uncomfortable, and the feeling of dizziness can break his will almost at any time.

But at this time, there must not be a sense of weakness, otherwise it will be seen by others, and maybe soon, he will encounter the difficulty of forcing the palace, resulting in the day he least wants to see coming early.

Yes, even though the back of his clothes was soaked with sweat, Liu Biao was still holding on, reading all the letters, and knowing Liu Bei's thoughts.

He sighed, looked at Cai Mao with resentment, held up the letter and asked puzzledly: "You already knew that he was in trouble, why didn't you talk to me?" ”

"Even if you don't send troops to help, you need to be supported with food and grass."

Cai Mao was just about to speak, but Kuai Yue beside him immediately arched his hand and said: "Lord, according to your orders over the years, we have given Liu Beijun 20,000 stone of grain every quarter. ”

"So far, more than 160,000 stones have been given."

"If you give it again in wartime, it is equivalent to him being my soldiers and horses in Jingzhou, but externally, Liu Xuande has always claimed to be a guest secretary, even if he visits celebrities from all over the world, he also claims to live here, and it is reasonable, we should not give food again."

Kuai Yue's face was calm, not flustered at all, as soon as he opened his mouth, Cai Mao was greatly relieved, and finally someone was willing to stand up and help him say a few words.

Otherwise, if a person is scolded, he doesn't know when he is a head, Kuai Yue himself is in Jingzhou's internal affairs, and the money and grain dispatch are under his jurisdiction, so if he says it in his mouth, it will have more weight, maybe the lord can hear it in his heart.

"Yes, my lord......"

Cai Mao hurriedly smiled and agreed.

"Shut up, account, I haven't settled it with you yet! Hum! Liu confessed to him, and Cai Mao hurriedly shrank his neck and retreated behind Kuai Yue.

Liu Biao took a deep breath, slowly calmed down, looked at Kuai Yuehou's eyes softened a lot, and immediately said: "What the other degree said is good, but when I first took office, you followed me and eradicated the thieves with me. ”

"There will be a harvest every year, and you need to rely on generosity and benevolence to get the help of heroes from all over the world, can you wait for this to gather under my command?"

"Although Liu Bei raised soldiers and asked for food, he didn't ask me for hundreds of thousands of stones in one breath, but slowly raised him, in other words, even if I hired him to guard the door for me, I should give some money every year, otherwise why can I work for me?"

"Liu Bei's two righteous brothers, Guan Yunchang was the one who showed his might in front of the Tiger Prison back then, and Zhang Fei was also a fierce man like Hou Dianwei in the north."

"These two were rare fierce generals at that time," Liu Biao coughed a few times when he said this, and then said: "It should be worth befriending, why are you so stingy when you mention Liu Bei?" ”

"Tell me to drive them away, or slow them down, aren't they celebrities?!"

Kuai Yue gave his hand again, with a smile on his face, and his attitude was still neither humble nor arrogant, and said: "During the early peace period, Liu Bei lived in the plains and was attached to Gongsun Zhan, but after a few years, he turned south and took away Gongsun Zhan's 3,000 iron horses, as well as a lot of money and food, and when Gongsun Chan and Yuan Shao were fighting, there was no help; In the third year of the first peace, Liu Bei lived in Xuzhou, and after Tao Qian accepted it, he gave food and horses, and handed over Xiaopei to Liu Bei to garrison, but in the end, Liu Bei surrendered to Cao first, attached to Cao's family, and scolded Tao Qian as an ungrateful thief. ”

As soon as these words came out, all the civil and military officials immediately nodded, this imperial uncle is famous, and there are indeed these things that cannot be explained, not to mention what his heart is, but the result is always chilling and ridiculous.

Yes, after listening to this paragraph, many people began to whisper again, and they did not hide their disgust and worry about Liu Bei at all.

And Liu Biao also said irrefutably, feeling more and more pain in his chest, and his breathing gradually became blocked.

However, Kuai Yue's words were not finished, he heard the whispers of the scribes behind him who supported his remarks, so he spoke more confidently, turned around and glanced at everyone, and then said to Liu Biao: "Then, during the Jian'an period, he was in turmoil in Xudu, abandoned Cao Cao, raised the flag to kill Cao, and put himself under Yuan Shao, at this time, he served as the pastor of Yuzhou during the period under Cao Cao, and recruited more than 20,000 soldiers!" Take away thousands of elite riders! There are also countless baggage, money and food! ”

"In less than three years under Yuan Shao's command, Guandu fought against the Cao family, Liu Bei immediately fled south, saw the opportunity to leave, and at the same time swept away Yuan Shao's tens of thousands of stone soldiers and food, plus thousands of soldiers and horses."

"Now that he has arrived in my Jingzhou land, he has also been properly governed, has made remarkable achievements, won the hearts of the people and the army, recruited as many as 30,000 soldiers, and received grain and grass from the lord, so where should he go next?!"

Kuai Yue smiled, "Lord, I also heard that Liu Bei secretly visited his friends, in order to get Jingzhou scholars to be able to enter the curtain as guests and give advice to them, but he knew that he could not live in many places, who would be willing to be truly loyal?!" If it weren't for the deep friendship with Liu Bei, how could there be a scholar and serve him? ”

"The lord still has to give him soldiers, horses, money and food, once he knows that the general trend has gone, Jingzhou is invincible, where should he go next to settle down? And the money and food given and the recruited people and horses were, of course, were taken away, and with the hearts of the people in Xinye now, even the people could take them away. ”

"Isn't that scary enough?"

"Is it true that the lord is willing to cut his own flesh and feed it to others? What is the current situation in Xinye, just based on Liu Bei's own words, it doesn't count, you have to wait for the report to see, he said that the situation is critical, and the lord will immediately give food and soldiers, which is taking advantage of your benevolence and righteousness. ”

"Well said!"

I don't know who in the hall shouted, "I think that this statement is accessible from top to bottom, and it is clear about its benefits and disadvantages, and the lord should listen to it!" ”

Liu Biao looked at it as his own master book.

Immediately afterwards, countless whispers continued to amplify, all of whom were impressed by this remark, Kuai Yue was thinking about Jingzhou, not Liu's prestige.

If it is according to Liu Bei's deeds in the past, it is impossible for him to defraud these money and food, if he is deceived like this, it is a pity not to mention, many civil and military people still have mustard in their hearts, I am afraid that it will not fade for a long time.

"Xeno, this makes sense, but how do I respond to Liu Xuande, he and I are the same royal family, and we are both relatives of the Han family, how can I see death and not save it!"

"Lord, I feel that Xinye may not be like this, and send cavalry to the border to take a look first, if it is really as he said in his letter, and then make a decision, but if Liu Bei is alarmist, why should we be led by his nose?"

Kuai Yue persuaded bitterly.

These words are naturally much more euphemistic than Cai Mao, and compared to Cai Mao, Kuai Yue's achievements back then were also extremely high, otherwise the current Kuai family would naturally not be so prominent, he himself is not low in learning, and he is good at foreign and internal affairs.

Therefore, Liu Biao had to consider his words, and after listening to them, he did fall into deep thought.

Soon after, Liu Biao felt that he couldn't hold it anymore, the dizziness suddenly came, and the sweat was about to gather into beans and roll down, so he immediately nodded and sighed, "Okay, according to your words, Cai Mao, immediately send the cavalry to Xinye, be sure to investigate the military situation, report it truthfully, and if there is any more concealment, it will be done by military law." ”

Cai Mao's expression was awe-inspiring, and he immediately clenched his fists: "The last general will obey the order!" ”

……

Shinno.

During this time, Cao Ren established a camp outside, which should be only thirty miles apart, and could besiege and attack at any time, but he was still gathering soldiers and horses, hoarding grain and grass in the camp, and storing it close to the water source, so as not to give Liu Bei the opportunity to burn the camp.

And Zhang Xiu of Wancheng has already sent heavy troops to capture the city, and then take the surrounding counties, occupying more than half of the territory of Nanyang.

Liu Bei was watched by Cao Ren from this distance, and he couldn't divide his troops to go out to rescue him, so he could only watch the city being broken little by little.

Fortunately, he listened to Guan Yu's advice at the beginning, and the people, grain and grass have been collected into Xinye, and they can also hoard it to supply money and grain, so as to ensure that the people's hearts and minds are not lost.

At this time, he can only hope that Liu Biao can come to help, otherwise he can only fight to the death and wait for changes.

But this variable, he can't think of any other variables, Jingzhou is watching coldly, Cao Ren is eyeing the tiger, the past and the future are all inside, I don't know when I will be at peace.

"Big brother, Jingzhou has not replied, and there is still no reply! We're not waiting, are we?! ”

Zhang Fei came up to the city tower from below and said with an angry face.

He still endured it, otherwise his voice should be louder, and this sentence at this moment made Liu Bei's heart cold and a little cold.

"Really not to save? Could it be that something has happened to Emperor Jingsheng in Xiangyang? ”

Liu Bei groaned to himself, and Zhang Fei hurriedly said: "Now that all places have been lost, do we really want to guard a new wild city, and everyone is waiting for death?" ”

"Brother, don't be burdened by affection, if he doesn't come, forget it!"

"Don't worry," Liu Bei didn't want to persuade more, pulled Zhang Fei by the hand, and said in a deep voice: "Now Cao Ren hasn't attacked the city yet, we can afford to wait." ”

"Alas, this Cao Ren is stationed outside, but he just doesn't attack, who knows when he will attack the city?! Twenty days have passed, and his grain and grass are still bottomless, which means that they must have prepared food for months! ”

"100,000 soldiers and horses, months of food, what a huge amount, how can you not attack?!"

Zhang Fei's eyes widened, his face was full of puzzlement, so much food consumption was enough to feed their army for a year, if they said that they didn't want to attack the city, how could they compensate for such losses?

There must be gains, could it be that Cao Mengde is already so rich that he is enough to march and fight generously, without fear of attrition?!

He has to raise at least a million troops in his territory and bring so much grain ?!

"Yide, don't be in a hurry, maybe Cao Ren is also waiting for us to withdraw and chase and kill, now I want the attitude of Emperor Jingsheng."

Liu Bei calmed down and said in a good voice: "You think, if we retreat now, but Xiangyang doesn't come to help, Cao Ren can capture Xinye within half a day, and then pursue it immediately after a little rectification, what should we do?" ”

"Then a fire will burn Xinye, so that he can't catch up! Let's just flee to the hinterland of Jingzhou, and if we can't find a place, we will fight a city and defend it! ”

"This, how can it be?!"

Liu Bei was stunned.

I couldn't cry and laugh on my face, I burned the whole city, how terrible, wouldn't this burn the houses of 200,000 people, but it could block the pace of Cao Jun, but I would definitely be scolded as a thief.

Originally, the Cao army did not necessarily slaughter the city and plunder, according to their past traditions, the people did not commit any crimes in the autumn, and they also had to open warehouses to release grain, which was a good habit in the army formed by Xu Bowen for many years.

As a result, as a guard now, you have a reputation for loving the people and benevolence on weekdays, and you set fire to people's ancestral houses before leaving.

In contrast, the reputation was immediately ruined.

If the Cao army is extremely vicious and likes to slaughter the city, they are also a benevolent and righteous army, and it is useless for you to be scolded by local scholars for many years.

As long as he enters the city, the people will immediately understand his benevolence.

When Liu Bei was not sure how to answer, suddenly Sun Gan also ran up from the city, with a slight surprise on his face, and ran to Liu Bei and grabbed his arm, "Lord, good news, good news!" ”

"Xiangyang sent cavalry to arrive, and it is already near Xinye, and the commander is Cai Mao's deputy general Cai Zhong! It's also his brother! ”

"This person doesn't have much power, but he came on behalf of Cai Mao, and it is said that he was personally sent by Liu Biao to inquire about the battle situation!"

"Good!"

Liu Bei's face was suddenly pleasantly surprised! I haven't been able to make a face these days, but now I really laugh with relief, if Cai Mao is also willing to resist Cao, then the entire Jingzhou should be able to mobilize hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, at least to resist Cao Cao for a few years!

It will never be captured by him so quickly, and when the years pass, there will always be variables.

"Let's go, let's go see Cai Zhong immediately!"

"Ugh."

Zhang Fei sighed impatiently, followed closely behind with a straight face, and when he didn't speak, the black-faced copper bell eyes were like a thick black panther, followed fiercely and viciously.

The people around him knew his momentum, and he didn't dare to persuade him, for fear of being beaten and scolded in the future.

Liu Bei glared at him and asked, "Yide, don't say anything reckless later, it's best not to speak." ”

"Got it, big brother."

Zhang Fei nodded angrily.

Not long after, I saw Cai Zhong leading the troops under the city, but there were only a few dozen horses, and when he turned over and dismounted in front of Liu Bei, he immediately hugged his fists and saluted, "In Xia Caizhong, I have seen Uncle Liu Huang." ”

"The general must have come to support me Shinno?!"

"That's nature!"

Cai Zhong is not tall, slightly fat, with a lovely smile on his face, squinting when he laughs, he is very kind, and he seems to have a good bearing, and he seems to be a person who is easy to talk.

When Liu Bei asked this, he hurriedly sneered and said: "Uncle Huang, don't be surprised, some time ago, the lord fell ill and became delirious, which kept the medical officer busy for a long time. ”

"What? Brother Huang is sick?! ”

Liu Bei was shocked, "How about now?!" ”

"Now it has improved, so after reading the letter, immediately let me wait to check the current situation of Xinye, how much grain and grass is needed, how much damage is needed, and how the battle situation is."

"After the last general understands it, he will immediately go back to ask for help and transfer food, and ask Uncle Huang to explain the current battle situation for me!"

Not for help!?

Zhang Fei took a big breath behind him, his anger now seemed to have reached the extreme, his eyes were wide and bloodshot, and he wanted to stab this person to death with a spear.

But I remember Brother Fang's entrustment, so I endured it.

Check, check!!

It's been a long time, you haven't decided anything yet, you have to take your time!

This is a war, do you think it's a military exercise?!

"This, this...... General, now that the situation is critical, how can you look at it again!? ”

Liu Bei's heart was a little anticipating just now, and suddenly it was half cold, is this still not believing me?! Send someone to find out the truth first!

Acting like this, the whole house is full of mediocrity!!

Darn!

Lack of shafts and conspiracy!!

Liu Bei scolded bitterly in his heart, gritted his teeth, and his cheeks bulged.

Full of anger turned into a sentence, "General, please, let me give you a detailed account of the current battle situation." ”

(End of chapter)