On 10 February, Cai Mao and Liu Bei launched an attack at the same time.

Cai Mao dragged Liu Zhang's main force on the front line, and Liu Bei went all the way from Wushan to Zigui, which can be described as a spark with lightning all the way, burning all the way.

By 12 February, Wu Yi had already learned the news of the blasting in the rear, and he was so shocked that he wanted to counterattack back.

But Liu Bei held Xinling Township, that is, the area of Zigui County in later generations, both sides of the Yangtze River were controlled by him by sending troops, and Wu Yi's grain road was cut off, and it was difficult to fly.

On February 27, after being trapped for more than ten days, Wu Yi's army ran out of food and was finally forced to surrender to Liu Bei.

For a time, the whole Yizhou shook.

Because Wu Yi had already taken away three-fifths of Yizhou's soldiers and horses, and there were not many people left in Ba County in the rear, Liu Bei used Wu Yi's seal letter to open the city gate, which had already threatened Ba County, which made Liu Zhang extremely uneasy, and hurriedly sent people to sue for peace.

At the beginning of April of the tenth year of Jian'an, Liu Biao was overjoyed when he learned of this, and now Huang Zu occupies Yuzhang in Jiangdong, and Liu Bei has invaded Yizhou Ba County, and his power has skyrocketed again, and he began to drum for the emperor.

In mid-April, a stone tablet was found in the Yangtze River in Jiangxia, with a proverb written on it: "The Han dynasty is declining, and the world is dying." The savior of the country, out of Jingxiang. The grandson of the Red Emperor, virtuous and good. Sanxing Liu, the south is the king! ”

In late April, someone saw the black snake in Wudang Mountain, and it spat out people's words, saying that it was the son of the Black Emperor and wanted to replace the Red Emperor, and Liu Biao, the king of Chu, sent someone to behead him.

In May, after a heavy rain, colorful clouds gathered in Xiangyang City, and many physiognomy masters in Jingzhou said that Xiangyang had the spirit of the Son of Heaven.

In less than two months, all kinds of rumors, nursery rhymes, and proverbs spread throughout Jingzhou, creating momentum for Liu Biao to become emperor.

And Liu Bei, who was in Quren County, also heard about it.

In the palace of Quren County, Liu Bei and Xu Shu and Shen Chen sat separately, Liu Bei's face was very solemn, and his eyebrows condensed into a ball.

He looked at the two of them and said, "There have been a lot of rumors in Xiangyang recently, and the King of Chu is really going to be the emperor." ”

"yes."

Shen Chen sighed, shook his head and said, "The stronger the strength, the more ambitious people will be, especially since the King of Chu is already over sixty years old, he can't wait that long." ”

Liu Bei said: "When I was in Xiangyang, I befriended Liu Qi, the prince of Chu, and he sent someone to send me a letter asking me what to do? ”

"I received it too."

Shen Chen said: "I replied to him and asked him to advise the King of Chu. ”

Liu Bei nodded: "I also think the same, although Mr. Xiao told me that the king of Chu may be the emperor, I will still persuade him to think twice." ”

"Then let's go to the table together."

Shen Chen thought about it, then frowned again and said, "Forget it, I'd better go back to Xiangyang in person." ”

Xu Shu wondered: "Ah Chen, since you have already guessed that the King of Chu is going to be the emperor, and you are already planning to assist General Liu to seize Jingzhou, why do you want to go back and persuade the King of Chu?" ”

Shen Chen said: "I want to assist General Liu because I know that I have the intention of being the emperor, and I don't want to follow him wrong." But before he became emperor, I still had to do my duty, advise what should be admonished, and oppose what should be opposed, this is to do my best and obey the destiny of heaven. ”

Although what Shen Chen said was sometimes very double-standard, what he did was never double-standard. For example, he promised to love the people, even when he attacked Xudu, he did not harm the people along the way, and even distributed a lot of food to them.

The only thing that seems to be a little problematic is that when Yingyin killed Zaoyi, he destroyed 2,000 mu of farmland, which can be calculated according to three stones per mu, which is only 6,000 stone of grain, and Shen Chen later distributed hundreds of thousands of stones of grain to the people around Xudu.

Later, when Kunyang told Liu Bei about the strategy, he didn't say Liu Biao at that time, but just said that if there was a change in Jingzhou in the future, such as Liu Biao died, or Jiangdong Yizhou attacked Jingzhou, he could replace him.

Xinye said that Liu Biao would be the emperor.

But at the end of the day, that's just speculation.

As the saying goes, it doesn't matter what you want.

The real situation of Shen Chen in these years is that it was not until last year that he was promoted by Liu Biao as a Maocai, completed a series of recruitment procedures, and officially became a leader under him.

Xinye was right before this time, and he never gave Liu Bei advice after that, nor did he become Liu Bei's subordinate.

At least so far, Shen Chen has been helping Liu Biao, helping him increase grain production, expand land, strengthen troops, and even attack Liu Zhang, helping Liu Biao repel strong enemies.

Therefore, everything Shen Chen did has never harmed Liu Biao, if someone says that it was with Shen Chen's help that Liu Biao developed the heart of being the emperor, then people have nothing to say.

Because this is Liu Biao's own problem, what is the matter with Shen Chen?

So now that Shen Chen is under Liu Biao, he has to do his duty as a subordinate and persuade Liu Biao not to do this.

This is called doing one's best and obeying the destiny of heaven.

Anyway, I have always done my duty and affection, whether Liu Biao listens or not, that is another matter.

At that moment, after Shen Chen and Liu Bei discussed, Liu Bei personally wrote a letter of admonition and handed it to Shen Chen to take back, and Shen Chen went down the river non-stop to Jiangling.

It took four or five months to open the road from Xiaoling to Wushan, but it was much faster to go south by boat, almost in the morning, and arrived in Jiangling in the afternoon, and then stationed troops in Jiangling County, and immediately went north.

By the early morning of the second day, Shen Chen had already arrived outside Xiangyang City.

At this moment, the city of Xiangyang is still very lively.

Although this war has been fought for two years, it is a good thing after all.

Liu Biaodong broke Sun Quan and attacked Liu Zhang in the west, and his prestige soared.

Families from all over the world went to congratulate them.

When Shen Chen arrived at the mansion of the King of Chu, he saw that there were already countless carriages outside the mansion.

After inquiring at the door, he learned that today was the banquet of the King of Chu, and he knew what he was doing if he wanted to use his ass.

Shen Chen did not go in to attend the banquet, but went back to Deng Hong's mansion, he estimated that the guards would definitely report the news of his return to Liu Biao, and it should not be long before Liu Biao summoned him, so it was better to go and rest.

In the evening, Shen Chen, who had slept all day, was woken up by Deng Pi Shen Qi and told him that Liu Biao had summoned him.

So he got into the carriage and went to the palace of the king of Chu.

At this time, the carriage outside the mansion had already left, entered the mansion, and came all the way to the small building hall in the backyard, where Liu Biao was already waiting for him.

"Ah Chen, are you back?"

Liu Biao was wearing a wide prince's robe at the moment, his face was slightly flushed, he seemed to have drunk some wine, and his expression was beaming.

"King!"

Shen Chen bowed first, then knelt down on one knee and said, "My lord, I heard about something recently, so I rushed back to Xiangyang overnight. ”

"What's the matter?"

Liu Biao asked.

Shen Chen smiled bitterly and said, "I heard that the king wants to be the emperor? ”

Liu Biao looked left and said, "Where did this rumor come from? Ah Chen only needs to concentrate on the war and ignore it. By the way, there is a shortage of food and grass in the army, so do you want to send someone to transport a batch of them over? ”

Shen Chen put Liu Bei's letter together and said, "King, don't try to be the emperor." Yuan Shu's matter is in advance, the king thinks twice, this is General Zuo's letter, and I ask the king to think about it carefully and think twice before acting. ”

"Hmm"

Liu Biao replied noncommittally, took the letter and opened it to look at it, and his brows furrowed.

When he used Liu Bei and Shen Chen, he realized that this was a double-edged sword.

Because Liu Bei and Shen Chen were both loyal to Liu Xie, he had long known this and had tried it, so he tried not to use it as much as he could.

But there is no way to do it today, using them to break Liu Zhang's army, you have to be prepared to be counterattacked.

Now the backlash has come.

Hearing that he planned to become emperor, the two immediately objected and advised him not to do so.

But Liu Biao in history is not so strong, he already has the heart to be the emperor, not to mention that the current strength is more than twice as strong as in history?

So in the face of the persuasion of the two, he just gently put the bamboo slip on the table, gently tapped the desk and said, "Ah Chen, Lone said, this is a rumor, how can the rumor be believed?" ”

"Don't deceive me, the king."

Shen Chen looked at him seriously and said, "If it's just a rumor, how can there be so many miracles in Jingzhou?" Behind this, it must be the king's instructions, and the major families came to the banquet today, presumably the king was also testing them. ”

"Bastard!"

Liu Biao was furious and said: "Isn't Ah Chenmo suspicious that Gu has different intentions for the imperial court? ”

"Me"

Shen Chen was stunned for a moment, and then said dejectedly: "Humility, please resign." ”

"Go ahead!"

Liu Biao waved his hand, obviously still angry.

Shen Chen left gloomily.

Looking at his departing back, Liu Biao's expression was also a little gloomy.

Shen Chen was raised by him, he was taken in at the Xianshan Academy since he was a child, and he ran to the state pastoral mansion no less than ten times a month, and he had already regarded him as a nephew.

But Shen Chen's performance today still made him a little disappointed.

He thought that Shen Chen could understand him, but after all, he was incompatible, and he was still unwilling to support his great cause.

This made Liu Biao feel a little depressed.

But fortunately, Ah Chen and Burry became friends, and Burry fled to Jiangxia, which was also taught by Ah Chen.

Thinking about it, even if he has any accidents in the future, it will always be for the sake of the thin side in the past, and he will take care of Berry and assist Berry.

A trace of sadness crossed Liu Biao's eyes.

This imperial industry.

Who wouldn't?

"The King."

After Shen Chen left, behind the screen, Jia Xu's ghostly figure came out.

Liu Biao sighed and said, "Mr. is right, Ah Chen."

Jia Xu said: "Shen Chen is upright, he will definitely advise the king, but if the king doesn't listen, he can only leave." But don't worry about the king, Shen Chen has a good relationship with Gongzi Qi, and has a mortal enmity with Cao Cao, as long as the king can completely pacify Jiangdong and Yizhou and get the south, he will still come back. ”

"yes, I know."

Liu Biao nodded, he actually felt that his body was getting worse and worse, so to a certain extent, Shen Chen was preparing for Liu Qi in the future.

At least now that he punched Sun Quan and kicked Liu Zhang, he had reached his heyday, and it didn't hurt if he didn't need Shen Chen.

"Now I'm worried about Liu Bei."

Liu Biao frowned and said: "Liu Bei has elite soldiers in his hands, if I take the liberty of becoming emperor, will he immediately rebel against me?" ”

Jia Xu immediately said: "This is very likely, so I ask the king to immediately transfer Liu Bei away from other places, the recent war in Jiaozhou, Jingnan, the king can let Liu Bei go to Jingnan." ”

"What does that mean?"

Liu Biao was puzzled.

Jia Xu said: "Liu Bei is quite benevolent in Wancheng and has won the hearts of the people, so don't let him go back to Nanyang." Jingnan is remote, and Liu Pan is on his side, even if Liu Bei has a change, first, he can't get the support of the local people's family, and second, with Liu Pan's constraints, it won't be a big deal. ”

"Hmm."

Liu Biao stroked his beard and nodded, laughing and said: "This is reasonable, thanks to Mr. for helping me fulfill my long-cherished wish in life, I have Mr., it is really a godsend." ”

"It's all for the king."

Jia Xu said with a smile.

The idea he gave to Liu Biao was actually always right, otherwise he would not have won Liu Biao's trust.

At least on the surface, this strategy did keep Liu Bei away from his base of Wancheng, making it difficult to develop in the remote areas of Jingnan.

It's just that Liu Biao ignored one thing.

That is, the Jingnan region actually doesn't convince him.

Zhang Xian's prestige was much higher than Liu Biao's, Liu Biao killed Zhang Xian, and many people in Jingnan who had received Zhang Xian's favor hated him deeply.

Therefore, at least in the hearts of the people, the people of Jingnan were only taken by Liu Biao's power, and did not really surrender.

If there is a person who ascends to the heights and shouts, I am afraid that there are countless opponents of Liu Biao.

"Next spring, officially as emperor!"

Liu Biao's eyes flickered.

In order to become the emperor, Yuan Shu built momentum for two years.

But he couldn't wait that long.

In the second half of this year, he will build momentum, and next spring, he will sacrifice to heaven and earth and officially become the emperor!

Jia Xu smiled slightly beside him, and arched his hand and said, "Minister, see Your Majesty." ”

"Hahaha."

Liu Biao laughed, his eyes were already full of madness for the throne.

Today I only changed two chapters of 8800 words, I got up too early in the morning, some things were delayed, and now I am very sleepy, I plan to go to bed early, and everyone should rest early. After that, the plot will come and go, and it will be more exciting. In addition, don't say that I broke the defense, it was you who said that I should put the explanation in the words of the writer, but the tone of cerebral congestion is a little heavy, because the words of some readers do make people have high blood pressure, and when I see high blood pressure reviews in the future, I will silently recite ten times the mantra of not being angry. I am not angry when others are angry, and there is no one to replace me when I am angry. If I am angry with anyone, it will hurt my mind and exert myself. It's quite rhyming, and I'm almost going to graduate school.

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