209, the fourteenth year of Jian'an, March.

Gangneung, the camp of the coalition forces.

The night was silent, the soldiers patrolled with their swords, and the fire lit up the tents.

Suddenly, a rush of footsteps resounded in the night, and Tai Shiheng walked into Liu Bei's big tent.

"Lord, it's not good!"

Liu Bei, who was lying on the couch and falling asleep, was woken up by Tai Shiheng, squinted his eyes, and muttered, "Yuan Fu, what's wrong?" ”

Tai Shiheng has served Liu Bei for many years and has long been accustomed to Liu Bei's behavior. He packed up his armor for Liu Bei and said: "Cao Ren withdrew his troops at night, and more than 10,000 soldiers under his tent withdrew from Jiangling City. ”

"What!"

Hearing this, Liu Bei, who was half-awake and half-hazy, couldn't help but perk up and said, "Have you notified Liu Jingzhou?" ”

"It's been notified!"

Tai Shiheng asked, "Lord, do you want to send an army to pursue Cao Ren?" ”

Liu Bei was dressed in armor and said with a slight hesitation: "Don't worry, wait until you see Liu Jingzhou, and then discuss the pursuit." ”

"No!"

After Liu Bei divided his troops with Huo Jun, he joined forces with Liu Qi to fight. Although Liu Qi can adopt his opinions, or in order to highlight his ability, Liu Qi sometimes disagrees with Liu Bei's opinions. It can only be said that since Liu Biao's death, Liu Qi has become more and more unwilling to be controlled by others.

When he came out of the camp, Liu Bei met Lu Su, who was in a hurry to get up at night.

Lu Su put on his robe and said, "Does the lord want to chase Cao Ren?" ”

Liu Bei hesitated and said: "Cao Rensu is Cao Cao's cronies, he is brave in battle, and Niu Jin is also a brave general. I'm afraid that Cao Ren is prepared, and I don't dare to pursue it easily. ”

"Seeing ...... with Su"

Before Lu Su finished speaking, he heard the sergeant in the battalion shouting: "Jiangling City is on fire!" ”

Ten miles away from Gangneung City, fireworks burst out at some point, with the dark night as the background, and its orange firelight has brightened the sky.

Seeing the fire, Liu Bei jumped to his feet in anger and said angrily: "Cao Ren is not a son of man!" At this time, the army withdrew from Xiangfan, in order to prevent our army from pursuing, and dared to burn the city and kill the people. ”

Cao Ren's behavior after the burning of the city made Liu Bei angry. The innocent people of the people are unfortunate to be killed by the soldiers today. But Cao Ren really followed Jia Xu's advice for the smooth withdrawal of his troops.

Not only did Liu Bei jump his feet, but Liu Qi was also in a hurry, and said loudly: "Order the sergeant to fetch water to extinguish the fire, and don't let the Jiangling City be burned." ”

This is Liu Qi's own city, and now it is burned, why is he not in a hurry!

Liu Bei saw Liu Qi's figure, stepped forward and said: "Bo Wei, there are many people in Jiangling City, and now the city is burning in a fierce fire, and the people are rushing in a hurry, I am afraid that they will trample on each other. ”

"Good!"

Liu Qi hurriedly beckoned the left and right generals to take over Jiangling City, and asked a large number of soldiers to fetch water to put out the fire.

Don't be in a hurry, most of the ancient buildings used wood as the building material, Cao Ren set fire to the city, how could the closely connected wooden houses not be burned. It was late at night, and most of the people were asleep, and by the time they noticed the fire, it was too late.

"Livestock!"

Lu Su looked at the fire in Jiangling and scolded angrily.

After more than ten years of turmoil, Lu Su saw the people who burned innocent people for the first time. In the turbulent times of the world, the life of the people is not easy and very difficult. But there are not many people who deliberately attack the people, and there must be Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao.

Dong Zhuo moved the people of Luoyang to the west, plundered the people on the way, plundered men and women, opened coffins and dug graves, and took money and wealth to fill the army; Cao Cao slaughtered the people of Xuzhou, and set up a coffin to open the coffin to get money, and now he took the suggestion of the poisoner Jia Xu to burn the city and break it.

If it weren't for Cao Cao's martial arts and talent, how could he have a better reputation than Dong Zhuo. Of course, it cannot be denied that Dong Zhuo's evil deeds are far better than Cao Cao's.

The sergeants of the coalition battalion were in turmoil, and under the order of Er Liu, they began to extinguish the fire and save people, giving up the idea of pursuing Cao Ren. At the same time, Liu Bei never forgot to be vigilant, and ordered a sergeant to prevent Cao Ren from going and returning, and raided the sergeant who was fighting the fire.

When the sergeant fights the fire, the general commands. Second, Liu looked at the fire outside Gangneung City and discussed the current situation.

Sniffing his nose, Liu Bei seemed to smell the rouge smell on Liu Qi's body. In order to take care of Liu Qi's face, Liu Bei lowered his voice and asked, "Bo Wei, can there be a singer hidden in the camp?" ”

Liu Qi was slightly embarrassed and said: "It's just a pleasure of leisure, and I let the singer hide it in the tent, and no one must know." ”

Liu Bei admonished: "Although the woman is good, she needs to be spoiled by the opportunity." Today is the war, if Bowei missed the war because of the singer, but he didn't know what to do? ”

"This?"

Liu Qi was speechless, but seeing that Cao Ren had been defeated and retreated, Jiangling City basically fell into his hands.

Liu Qi coughed and explained: "I should know what my uncle said. Now that Jiangling has been conquered, the war is about to end, and Jing Chu can be peaceful! ”

Liu Bei frowned slightly and said, "Zhong Miao is still in Xiangfan, and he will take Jiangling today." Why not take advantage of the victory to pursue and cooperate with Zhong Miao to move the people of Hanshui to the south. It is also possible to see how the battle situation is, and see if we can take all of Xiangfan. ”

Liu Qi hesitated slightly, and said: "Zhong Miao has built a public security city on the bank of the Han River, and Jing Chu, the guard of Dangyang, Jiangling is already peaceful. It is enough to send partial troops to support, so why send heavy troops to Xiangfan. Moreover, the sergeant has been fighting for nearly a year, and the army is tired. In addition, Jingnan was attached at the beginning, so it should be safe and not resumptuous. ”

Liu Bei tried to say something, but Lu Su pulled his sleeve and reminded Liu Bei not to say too much.

Being pulled by Lu Su, Liu Bei vaguely noticed something, changed the topic and said: "As Bo Wei said, the war has been going on for a long time, and the army is tired. Yun Chang and Zifang are still fighting in Jianghuai, and Bei also needs to return to Jiangdong. ”

Liu Qi seemed to hear the meaning of Liu Bei's words, and said: "Today's Nanyang, Zhangling, Nanjun and Jiangxia parts, two and a half counties have not been lowered. According to the pre-war language, the seven counties of Jiangdong can only be with his uncle, Wu County, Jian'an, and Huiji County. ”

Lu Su was afraid that Liu Bei would be greedy for a small bargain, so he pulled Liu Bei's sleeve again as a reminder.

Liu Bei had already been mentally prepared, and said: "There are still three counties in Jingzhou today, and Bo Wei can lead the three counties of Yuzhang, Luling, and Poyang." To be prepared to help Bo Weike to restore the north of Han, and then talk about the three counties of Jiangzuo. ”

In order to avoid a conflict of interest with Liu Qi, Liu Bei decided to temporarily take the three counties of Wu County, Jian'an, and Huiji, plus the previous Danyang County, Liu Bei already had four counties of Jiangzuo in his hands. In fact, the three counties of Yuzhang, Luling, and Poyang were basically separated from the original Yuzhang County and belonged to Liu Qi.

Seeing that Liu Bei didn't bargain with him, Liu Qi felt a little guilty in his heart, and said, "If my uncle asks for anything, he can ask for it." ”

Lu Su pulled Liu Bei's sleeve for the third time and reminded Liu Bei not to forget that incident.

Liu Bei comprehended in his heart, and arched his hand and said: "I want to borrow Yiling, I don't know if Bo Wei can?" ”

"Yiling?"

Liu Qi was quite surprised, Yiling and Liu Bei's Jiangdong almost spanned the entire Jingzhou, one in the west and the other in the east, which was completely out of reach.

Liu Qi frowned slightly and asked, "I don't know why my uncle borrowed Yiling?" ”

Liu Bei hesitated a little and said; "It's nothing else, it's that Liu Zhang is hateful, the soldiers and food help Cao, and if I don't punish him slightly, I'm afraid that Liu Zhang will continue to help Cao Cao."

Liu Qi was silent and passed half a sound.

Liu Qi smiled and said, "If you punish a little, Zhong Miao will take action, and your uncle doesn't need to work hard." In the direction of Jianghuai, Uncle Lao has a lot of care. ”

"Good!"

Seeing that Liu Qi already had the idea of guarding against himself, Liu Bei didn't dare to be too entangled and ended this topic.

and Er Liu ended the topic, and Er Liu said goodbye to each other. Liu Qi was responsible for extinguishing the Jiangling fire, and Liu Bei was responsible for settling the people in the city.

Liu Bei sighed and said, "Zijing, Bo Wei has taken precautions, and it may be difficult to borrow the matter of Yiling." ”

Borrowing Yiling is from Lu Su's handwriting. It is basically impossible for Liu Qi to borrow Nanjun, so Lu Su suggested borrowing Yiling to use it as an outpost for Yizhou.

However, Liu Qi was wary of Liu Bei in his heart, although he didn't know Liu Bei's purpose of borrowing Yiling, but he didn't dare to plant Liu Bei's soldiers and horses in the west of Jingzhou.

Lu Su stroked his beard and sighed: "Liu Jingzhou is not only wary of the lord, but also of Zhong Miao!" ”

"Beware of Zhong Miao?" Liu Bei asked rhetorically.

"Exactly!"

Lu Su tried to analyze Liu Qi's psychology and said: "In the Battle of Chrysostom, Huo Dudu defeated Cao Cao, and his fame shocked the world, attracting the attention of people all over the world. Even Liu Jingzhou is not as famous as Huo Dudu, and Jiang Zuo's old war exploits are enough to make Liu Jingzhou jealous of Huo Dudu. ”

"Today's Jiangling is Liu Jingzhou's work. If the army is sent north, let Huo Du Du take charge of the army, and if he is lucky enough to conquer Xiangfan and restore Jiang Han, it is Huo Dudu's work. At that time, Huo Du was rewarded without reward, and there was no seal for him. His merits are so high, how dare Liu Jingzhou feel at ease? ”

Liu Qi's foundation was too thin, and as a ruler who lacked force, his majesty relied on his father's fame. Huo Jun and Liu Bei's military exploits were high enough to threaten Liu Qi. This is also why Liu Qi is jealous of Huo Jun and Liu Bei.

Of course, fear is fear, use will still use, and the cooperation will also cooperate!

Hearing Lu Su's words, Liu Bei fell silent. Liu Qi got Jingzhou, Huo Jun made great achievements again, and I don't know if Huo Jun will change his mind, his wooing of Huo Jun is not enough!

"Today, the soldiers will go to Gangneung and rest for a few days. Let Yide lead the elite infantry to ride 5,000 north to help Zhong Miao. Liu Bei said.

"No!"

Lu Su asked, "Then I don't know when I will return to Jiangdong?" ”

Liu Bei pondered for a while and said, "Let some of the sergeants return to Jiangzuo first, and Zijing will return after meeting with Zhong Miao with me." ”

(End of chapter)