In the morning, Mrs. Mi climbed the tower of the east gate of Xiakou and brought food to Liu Bei.

Yesterday, Liu Bei was distracted, and he couldn't vent his life depression, so he slapped the railing, waved off the guards, and stood there alone, looking at the river, for a whole night.

Unexpectedly, when Mrs. Mi came again, she saw that Liu Bei was still maintaining her posture at night, and she suddenly felt sad.

Liao Hua carried Guan Ping on his back, returned to Xiakou City with a few remnants of soldiers, entered the city through the West Gate, and brought the news of the fall of Shiyang City.

At that time, the people in the city had just woken up, and there were not many people who knew about it, but many people in the defenders of the city saw Liao Hua enter the city, so Mrs. Mi also heard about it.

Three months ago, Liu Bei was stationed in Xinye, and everything was fine, but now, the eldest brother Mi Zhu is dead, and her husband is in exile in Jiangxia, everything has changed.

She also heard that Guan Yu had not yet returned, and her life and death were uncertain, so she couldn't help pursing her lips and came to Liu Bei with a food box.

Seeing that he was coming, Liu Bei waved his hand with a gloomy expression and said, "Lonely is not hungry." ”

Mrs. Mi sighed: "Husband, you have been waiting all night, eat something." ”

Liu Bei still shook his head.

The winter cold is steep, blowing Mrs. Mi's hair, she has a strand of hair, and when she looks up again, Liu Bei actually came up to help her take care of her hair, and she was stunned.

"Madam, Liu Xuande has seen too many failures in his life. Defeated Xuzhou, defeated Pi, defeated Xinye, defeated Dangyang, and lived a life of wandering, traveling thousands of miles, and not building a meritorious career. Now you can't even protect your eldest brother and Lone's second brother, which can be described as extremely embarrassing. Ma'am, do you think I'm particularly useless? ”

Mrs. Mi gritted her teeth and said: "The concubine is a woman, so she shouldn't say anything about military affairs, but even if Shiyang is lost, we still have a mouth and an ...... to guard."

Speaking of the back, I couldn't cry anymore.

In fact, even she knew that Shukou and Anlu were too close to Xiakou, and when they arrived at Xiakou, they could attack Xiakou at any time.

As soon as Shi Yang was lost, they lost the last strategic barrier.

But she didn't know that in fact, there were still 10,000 sailors and 10,000 infantry in Xiakou, but Liu Bei only sent more than 1,000 people to defend Shiyang, because he had long been prepared for the decisive battle in Xiakou and did not want to waste any more troops.

After all, the waterways of Jiangxia County are too developed, and if Zhao Yanbu does not attack Shiyang, but goes directly downstream, Xiakou will have to face Cao Cao's army alone.

Liu Bei knew about the military, he looked at the river and said: "Madam, since the Yellow Turban was born chaotically, the princes in this world have risen together, all of them are famous families, powerful families, and the most unfortunate is also from filial piety. Only lonely! Only born alone in Weimo, with the body of cloth, can be crowned general. In the past 20 years, he has fought the Yellow Turban, fought against Lu Bu, and fought against the Cao thief, and worked hard for the foundation of the Han family. ”

"With today's achievements, what a joy to gain, and what a worry to lose."

"It's just a Shiyang City, I don't care, I don't care about it, what I care about is the life and death of my brothers, the safety of my soldiers, and the survival of the people."

"What I care about alone is that I can't sword the thief, so that the Son of Heaven will be disgraced and the etiquette will be ruined."

"What I care about alone is that I can't prosper the Yan Han three times, cause the lives to be ruined, and fight endlessly!"

A gust of wind rose, Liu Bei's messy hair was all blown up, and in the eyes of Mrs. Mi, the independent figure of this city, like a lonely goose in the rain, and like a lonely hung on the river, can fly away at any time, but it carries too much.

Mrs. Mi cried and said, "Husband, the concubine doesn't understand...... So many, concubines ...... I only know that my husband was defeated in the world, and there was no one of the ministers and brave generals around him...... Abandon you! ”

When this remark came out, Liu Bei was stunned as if he had been hit by something.

He patted the railing, his eyes meditative.

Mrs. Mi quietly put the rice on the ground, and there was a pleading look in her eyes.

Liu Bei gradually said in a low voice: "Yes, they don't abandon loneliness, they believe in the faith of Liu Xuande." However...... Lone also listened to rumors in the market, saying that Lone was a hypocrisy and pretending. ”

"But that's not right! Alone and keep the virtue in his heart, even if he is said to be false benevolence and false righteousness, what does it matter if he says it for a lifetime? ”

"The princes have nine virtues, and Lone thinks that he is not perfect, and he can't do that, but Lone will try his best to do it!"

"People, don't take the good as small and do nothing, and don't take the evil as small. Only virtuous and virtuous, able to obey others. The word benevolence, if you can't do it in one day, you can use it for a month, you can't do it in January, you can use it for a year, you can't do it in a year, you can use it for a lifetime. ”

He said it quietly at first, but then he simply laughed and said: "Lone has indeed been displaced in this life, but Lone still has a group of like-minded brothers!" Loneliness will lose, will not collapse, will escape, will not be taken away! ”

"Husband, don't forget your ambition and overcome obstacles!"

After that, he drew his sword, slashed it on the city wall, and said proudly: "What if I go in all directions, I, Liu Xuande, stand up to the sky and the earth, and I am only defeated, so why be afraid!" ”

As he was talking, there was a sudden applause behind him, and the husband and wife looked back, only to see a strangely ugly man clapping.

Liu Bei was extremely surprised, he threw away his sword, took a few steps over, grabbed the other party's hand and said, "Strategist, you're back!" ”

The person who came was Pang Tong, and Pang Tong laughed a few times and said: "The lord has such ambitions, why worry about the uncertain world!" ”

Liu Bei asked, "Military advisor, how is the matter of the alliance?" ”

"This ......"

Pang Tong hesitated for a moment before he told the news that although the alliance was formed, only 10,000 elite soldiers came to help.

In fact, Zhou Yujun had already arrived opposite Xiakou, but because of the night, he no longer marched and had already set up camp, Pang Tong was afraid that Liu Bei would be worried, so he rushed over to inform him.

Liu Bei was very depressed, it turned out that he had been waiting for the troops all night, and stopped when he was almost in front of him.

Hearing that Sun Quan only sent 10,000 people, he said angrily: "It's okay, it's better to rely on others than on yourself, and it is not good to count on others after all." ”

Pang Tong stretched out three fingers and said, "Exactly, this mission, I have seen a lot of things." Now there are three schemes, said to the lord, please the lord decide. ”

"I want to hear about it."

Liu Bei was very expectant of Pang Tong's plan, but he didn't expect Pang Tong to say a word, and his face turned darker.

"The first plan is to encircle Wei and save Zhao. I heard that Xiliang Ma Teng has entered Xudu with his family, presumably Xiliang will not rebel for the time being. But from Xiliang to the east and to the west, there is still a group of men and horses, which is the worry of Cao thief! ”

"Who is it?"

Liu Bei was curious, after Cao Cao conquered Wuhuan in the east and Jingzhou in the south, the large-scale forces that were still divided in the world were only Ma Teng, Liu Zhang, Zhang Lu, and Sun Quan, and others, such as Shixie, had no ability to compete in the Central Plains.

And the north can really threaten Cao Cao, only Xiliang Ma Teng and Han Sui are the group, if Xiliang does not send troops, then who can send troops.

As a result, Pang Tong said the words "Southern Huns", and Liu Bei's face suddenly turned pale.

"My Han family is in the world, how can I use the soldiers and horses of Huns and outsiders!"

Pang Tong shook his head and said: "I heard that Liu Bao, the Zuoxian King of the Southern Xiongnu, is a descendant of the daughter of the clan sent by Emperor Taizu Gao and the pro-Mao Dunshan, and is an orthodox Han clan, not an outsider. ”

"This ......"

Liu Bei hesitated suddenly, he came from a humble background, and the only thing he could rely on was his bloodline, but King Jing of Zhongshan had many sons, and his bloodline was not precious.

Liu Bang and his relatives Mao Dun Shan Yu's affairs, "Historical Records" and "Han Shu" are recorded, Liu Bei has read it, if King Zuo Xian is really a descendant of Mao Dun Shan Yu, then is it not his relative Uncle Liu Huang?

Four hundred years ago, they were all a family, how can we say that people are outsiders? Maybe people are closer to the royal family than they are.

"If it is not my people, his heart will be different......

Liu Bei tried to refute, but was persuaded by Pang Tong: "The matter is urgent, the national thief and the clan, which is more important?" The lord only needs to agree, I will choose one of the advisers, explain the rhetoric, and have my own way to persuade the Southern Huns to send troops! ”

Liu Bei was silent.

Pang Tong said: "The second plan is that I came up from the river and saw that there were many plagues in the villages along the river. And the Cao thief came from the north, and he was already unaccustomed to the water and soil, so we only need to send someone to spread the epidemic to the Cao army, and we can be an army of 100,000! ”

Liu Bei's face suddenly changed: "No!" ”

Mrs. Mi's face was also pale, but she didn't expect Pang Tong, a scholar-like person, to come up with such a poisonous plan.

It turned out that Sun Quan went west to conquer Huang Zu, at the beginning of the year, he even counted several cities, and later broke through Huang Zu's troops in Qiyue City, because he resented Huang Zu for killing Sun Jian and many Jiangdong generals, and blocked their way to the west for nearly ten years, so he simply slaughtered Qiyue City and some surrounding villages.

However, the city is still deserted, because the slaughter was not handled properly, and the plague caused by it spread to the nearby villages, and it did not stop until winter, but there are still plagues in the villages.

Pang Tong shook his head and said: "The soldier is treacherous, let's retreat to Xiakou, it is already a place of death and life, how can we be a woman's benevolence?" ”

Liu Bei gritted his teeth tightly, if he said the first plan, he was still hesitating, this second plan was too hurtful, and he really couldn't accept it.

Seeing the hesitation on his face, Pang Tong sighed in his heart and said the third plan.

"This third plan is to hand over all the sailors to Zhou Gongjin and listen to his command!"