Xiangyang, when Liu Biao received Liu Pan's letter, his whole person was numb, it was 30,000 elites in Jingzhou. Before Hou Jun Zhang Yun finished crossing the river, he was killed, and only four or five thousand people returned to Caiyang, and Liu Qi was lost. Although Mrs. Cai favored her second son, Liu Cong, she married her niece to him. But she was just planning to squeeze out Liu Qi, and seeing that Liu Biao was depressed, she reminded Liu Biao to discuss with Cai Mao, Kuai Yue and others immediately.

When Cai Mao and Kuai Yue hurriedly came to the Assassin's Mansion, they were also dumbfounded when they saw the letter sent back by Liu Pan, although they had serious differences with Liu Pan on the issue of whether to send troops, but everyone was from the Jingzhou Liu Biao group. Now that Wei Xuan's army has wiped out 30,000 of its own elites in World War I, and has also lost the eldest prince Liu Qi, this is a fiasco!

This is not the most terrifying, Wei Xuan was able to send so many cavalry raids, which means that the matter of Wancheng is almost solved, so if Wei Xuan is angry and 30,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry cross the river, Xiangyang will resist with Liu Pan's four or five thousand soulless remnants and Zhang Yun's 10,000 people who have just crossed the river?

Cai Mao glanced at it with a serious expression???????????????? Kuai Yue stood up and said to Liu Biao: "Envoy, you should summon Sun Gongyou immediately, just say that it was a misunderstanding, we are willing to immediately withdraw from Nanyang County and compensate for part of the grain and grass, and the two sides will reconcile and then ask them to return the eldest prince and release the surviving captives." ”

The corners of Liu Biao's mouth twitched, and he was unwilling in his heart, but he also knew that Cai Mao's solution was the best way to solve the current crisis, otherwise, when Wei Xuan solved the problem of Nanyang County, it was very likely that he would reach a reconciliation with Yuan Shu and even join Yuan Shu to attack Jingzhou together.

Liu Biao glanced at Cai Mao with a wry smile and said, "I have already asked people to invite Sun Gongyou." ”

Cai Mao nodded, Liu Biao was not confused at the critical moment, so he continued: "General Liu Pan said in the letter that nearly forty percent of the ten thousand people of the eldest prince were captured, and there were more escapes in General Wang Wei's camp, but there were at least three or four thousand prisoners, plus General Liu Pan's headquarters was captured at least more than 10,000 people, so if you can let General Zuo release these people, you can temporarily protect me Xiangyang without worry." If General Zuo is left behind, General Zuo and Yuan Shu will put the next target in Xiangyang. ”

Liu Biao frowned: "Deju, what do you mean?" ”

Cai Mao looked at Liu Biao and said: "When General Zuo was in Yingchuan, he defeated Kong Ling with fewer victories and more victories, and then Hou annexed most of Kong Ling's soldiers. In the Hebei battlefield, General Zuo defeated Yuan Shao, and it seems that there were no prisoners, and Yuan Shao also paid a lot of grain and grass for the truce. ”

Liu Biao understood that Cai Mao was preparing him to open his mouth for Wei Xuan, not only to redeem the captives, but also to the eldest son Liu Qi, which was valuable.

Soon Sun Qian was invited to the Assassin's Mansion, this was the fifth time he had entered the Assassin's Mansion this month, and the previous four times were basically in vain. He didn't understand why his lord had already taken Wancheng and Liu Biao still sent troops. Send troops, send troops, don't summon them before sending troops, and now the second batch of 10,000 people are crossing the river, how do you remember that you are here? Is it for demonstrations?

Sun Qian entered the Assassin's Mansion with a puzzled expression, and Cai Mao and Kuai Yue unexpectedly greeted Sun Qian outside the hall, which made Sun Qian feel even more weird. Kuai Yue is usually polite to himself, but this Cai Mao is above the top, and it is even more difficult to deal with than Liu Biao.

Soon Liu Biao gave him the answer, Cai Mao handed him Liu Pan's letter, Sun Qian took it and looked at it with curiosity, what caught his eye was that the 30,000 army in Jingzhou was defeated by Zhang Fei and his troops! The eldest prince Liu Qi was captured!

Sun Qian is a very self-contained person, he did not get carried away, nor did he see his attitude change aggressively after his big victory. He just read the letter carefully, and then returned it to Cai Mao very calmly, and then returned to his seat and sat down to look at Liu Biao and the others.

Liu Biao and the other three saw his appearance and beat a drum in their hearts, you look at me, I look at you and look at each other.

Cai Mao was the first to speak: "Mr. Gongyou, Liu Yuanjun also listened to Lou Gui's slander for a while, so there will be today's misunderstanding. Please also ask Mr. to come forward and return one or two in front of General Zuo. ”

Sun Gan was ecstatic in his heart, but his face was very calm and said: "Liu Yuanjun, Cai Junshi, Qian thinks that victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, my general Zhang Fei has the courage of ten thousand people, plus the most elite heavy cavalry under General Zuo, and they are fighting in the open Nanyang Basin, and our side wins???????????????? It's nothing. Perhaps General Zhang also received a strict order from General Zuo, otherwise I am afraid that the 30,000 infantry of your army will not be able to come back. You may not know the war on the border of Wei County and Hanoi that day, when Yuan Che rode menacingly, 30,000 people rushed straight to Hanoi, the result was that the pioneer Yan Liang was captured, 5,000 people were completely annihilated, and then Yuan Che rode pretending to negotiate peace but wanted to take the opportunity to seize Neihuang, but was once again plowed by General Zhang Wenyuan led by heavy cavalry under Neihuang City, and lost most of them.

At that time, Chun Yuqiong was only four or five miles away from Neihuang and set up camp, and it was only half an hour for them to push down from Neihuang and enter the camp. Dozens of miles from Xinye to Caiyang, according to Zhang Yide's temperament, he will not stop if he does not bump into Caiyang's city wall. ”

Liu Biao: "......"

Cai Mao: "......"

Seeing this, Kuai Yue coughed dryly and said, "Mr. Gongyou, this matter is indeed a misunderstanding, and Yue and De Jue also persuaded the envoy at that time. It's just that now that the matter has come out, I would like to ask Mr. to wait for me to say a lot of good words, so that you hope that General Zuo can return some of the soldiers captured by your army. ”

Sun Gan's face was embarrassed: "Although General Zuo is in the same family, the time to follow is still short, there are Xun Wenruo and others in government affairs to make decisions for General Zuo, and in military affairs, there are Xi Zhicai, Jia Wenhe and others to serve as General Zuo's staff. Qian's weekdays in Luoyang are actually idlers, and this time he went to Jingzhou to achieve nothing. At this time, I am afraid that I can't say anything in front of General Zuo. ”

Liu Biao's expressions were strange, and he said in his heart that since they are from the same door and represent the envoy, how can they not say, believe you are a ghost.

Cai Mao took over the conversation and said: "Mr. Gongyou, let you know that General Zuo originally had no intention of Nanyang County, and it was Yuan Shu and Lu Bu who took the lead in the war, and removed General Zuo's staunch ally Sun Jian to make General Zuo make up his mind to go south." As the assassin of Jingzhou, my family envoy also has the responsibility of governing Nanyang County, so he will easily fall for the trick of Lou Guina's villain. I hope Mr. Kosuke can understand. As for the losses on General Zuo's side, I, Jingzhou, are willing to compensate with grain and grass. ”

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Sun Gan was still embarrassed and arched his hand to Cai Mao and turned to Liu Biao: "Liu Envoy, the Qianhui will immediately send someone to send a letter to General Zuo, but General Zuo just arrived in Wancheng the day before yesterday, and Wancheng is newly attached, and many affairs need to be ......handled by General Zuo himself."

Liu Biao, Cai Mao and Kuai Yue all looked at Sun Qian at the same time with wide eyes, Sun Gan's words were a bit informative, what is General Zuo has just arrived, and what is called Xinfu? Could it be that Wei Xuan personally commanded and captured Wancheng, or did the defenders of Wancheng surrender immediately when they saw Wei Xuan personally arrive? Wei Xuan arrived, how many troops did he bring, and if Wancheng surrendered directly, then how many soldiers surrendered?

Successfully attracted everyone's attention Sun Gan was proud in his heart, he followed Wei Xuan for a period of time and dealt with the imperial court on behalf of Wei Xuan many times, knowing Wei Xuan's temper, this time Liu Biao was not able to redeem his son without bleeding. As for whether the prisoners will be released, Sun Qian really can't say, because it all depends on Wei Xuan's strategic layout in the future.

After pondering for a while, Sun Qian finally spoke: "General Zuo is bent on marching west to welcome the return of the Son of Heaven to the east, but General Hou is going to Runan, and General Zuo has to mobilize all the soldiers guarding Sanhe and Bingzhou to the border. After receiving the news of Sun Yuzhou's death, General Zuo Cai decided to go south, and the purpose was only ???????????????? Protect the safety of Henan.

The previous appointment with Jun sent troops to attack Hou General also wanted to force him to withdraw his troops from Runan, but Jun Ting trusted the villain's slander, regardless of the righteousness of the court, and also refused regardless of the silk that had been oppressed by the Hou General for many years. If it is a small number of soldiers in Jingzhou, maybe General Zuo can still understand, but our side just took Wancheng Xiangyang's 30,000 troops to cross the river to the north, which inevitably has the taste of taking advantage of the fire to rob and want to reap the profits.

You know the temper of being a general, he is young and vigorous, and several generals under his command are extremely hot, and Zhang Fei, the general who led the troops this time, is even more famous for his violent temper, and it is estimated that he will be in Caiyang tonight at the latest. Please also ask the envoy to make a decision as soon as possible and send someone to Wancheng to avoid a greater misunderstanding. ”

Liu Biao and the three of you, look at me, I look at you, I think Sun Gan's diplomatic rhetoric is really a headache, but the last sentence is what the three of them are most worried about, they are even worried that Wei Xuan will take the opportunity to cross the river to the south and seize Jingzhou, as long as he effectively kills and injures the Jingzhou soldiers, leaving him with a mess that everyone can bully, it is impossible to say that Yuan Shu will turn around and go south to Jingzhou after taking Runan.

When a few people were discussing, a messenger hurriedly walked in outside the door, he handed a letter to Liu Biao and then hurriedly retreated, Liu Biao unfolded it and glanced at it, his face changed greatly, and sure enough, as Sun Qian said, Zhang Fei had already led someone to chase Cai Yang! Not only that, Zhang Fei has already put on a posture of besieging Cai Yang!

Liu Biao deeply doubted whether all this was made by Wei Xuan before Sun Qian's departure.

Seeing that Sun Gan's face was as usual, Liu Biao asked his entourage to hand the letter to Cai Mao, and Cai Mao also glanced at Sun Qian meaningfully after reading it.

Liu Biao did not intend to hide that Sun Gan said that after Kuai Yue read it, Liu expressed his intentions, he handed the letter to Sun Gan, Sun Gan took it, looked at the latest battle report, shook his head and said: "This General Zhang is famous for his fiery temper, from Suixian to Danshui, he led people to fight down, and now someone wants to rob him of the credit, so he naturally refuses." In order not to spoil the friendship between the two sides, the cadres were willing to go to Caiyang to persuade General Zhang. However, the envoy also had to make a decision as soon as possible, and sent a letter to General Zuo to release enough goodwill to let General Zuo stop General Zhang. ”