The clouds are bleak, the morning is like dusk, and Jingzhou is vast.

The fallen leaves fell, Liu Bei and Zhang Fei had retreated into a shrub jungle, and the word "Liu" on the Daxu flag was still faintly visible, but they were trampled in the mud and gradually lost their original appearance.

The battlefield was dark, and the regiments of black flag armor were lined up under the banner of the word "Cao", and the angry Xinye soldiers had held out until now, but it was difficult to face the offensive under the superiority of the tiger and leopard cavalry.

"Drink!" Cao Jun lined up and made the final slaughter of Xinye's soldiers.

In the woods, Liu Bei has long been crying, these years, since the "Taoyuan Three Alliances" started the army, except for a short period of peace in Beihai, the rest of the time is as anxious as a lost dog.

Liu Bei was already tired, tired and a little disheartened.

This time it was defeated, although the world was big, there was no place to stand. The people trust him, but in the end, it is inevitable that Cao Jun's iron cavalry will trample on him, where the future is, just like this weather, people can't guess.

He suddenly missed Zhuge Liang a little, and he didn't know what happened to the military advisor?

At this time, Zhuge Liang was clarifying the pros and cons with Liu Qi: "Eldest son, although Jingzhou was dedicated to Cao Cao by Liu Cong and others, General Duan Dahu and Uncle Liu Huang are still there, and there are still 10,000 soldiers and horses in Xinye. Besides, although Cai Mao and others were greedy for life and afraid of death, they surrendered Cao Cao, but there are so many loyal and righteous people in Jingzhou, how can the nine counties of Jingxiang easily surrender to Cao Cao?"

Liu Qi was wrapped in a blanket and his face was pale. I didn't recover from my injury last time, and I have had a lot of things recently, so I couldn't afford to get sick.

In Liu Biao's mind, this is a cowardly son, as a military general, but he didn't even dare to shoot a deer when hunting, which made Liu Biao very angry. In the eyes of the generals of Jingzhou, Liu Qi is just a son who likes to read, with no ambition and no action. But few people know that under his thin body, there are greater ambitions than their fathers.

Scholars who come out of Confucianism have a dream of governing the country.

Liu Qi is not weak, but "clumsy".

But at this time, he was really hesitant. The war continues, one side is like a tiger, eyeing the tiger, and the other side has always been a lost dog. If Jiangxia's 30,000 troops rashly participated in this war against Cao Cao, it would mean that they could be burned at any time, and if they didn't get it right, they would be defeated.

After Cao Cao unified the north, he was too powerful. Liu Qi couldn't help but complain a little about his father, at that time, during the battle of Guandu, Liu Biao was reluctant to send troops to attack Xuchang, if he had done so at that time, Jingzhou would not have been in such a dangerous situation at this time.

"Ahem," Liu Qi finally spoke, "Master Kong Ming, do you really think Jingzhou can still be saved?"

Zhuge Liang was not in a hurry to answer the question, but shook the folding fan lightly, and was also thinking about it. He was originally a talented man who had passed through the heavens and latitudes, but unexpectedly, he suffered such a major setback: Xinye City was unexpectedly lost, and Jingzhou was easily occupied by Cao Cao, which frustrated the plan to use Jingzhou as a base and seize Shu as a backup.

At this time, the great war came, and the army was defeated. Out of the thatched house, it is better not to go out of the thatched house. Ah Chou always saw it more thoroughly than him, at that time he actually wanted to fight with Duan Dahu for a long time, but Ah Chou stopped him and said: "Although you have the master at the right time, you will die in a foreign country after all." ”

Zhuge Liang didn't believe it. In fact, as early as the first time he saw Duan Dahu, he knew that this young man was the "Dragon Emperor Bloodline" and the co-master of the world. What's more, there are two disciples in each generation of the Zongheng family, and his senior brother Sima Yi has already gone out of the mountain and chose Cao Cao; this world, it is much more difficult for him, but he still decided to give it a go.

Liu Biao of Jingzhou, who was born in a "famous family" and is a branch of Taoism, stresses empty talk and has no mission of dominating the world; Sun Quan of Jiangdong, who has been strong for three generations, has never lacked civil servants and military generals, and even if he goes, it is difficult for Sun Quan to obey his words. Liu Zhang of Yizhou is weak and incompetent, and is not the lord of the Ming......;

At this moment, he saw Duan Dahu.

Duan Dahu was born in the Yellow Turban Army, once the leader of the two million Yellow Turban Army in the world, and later led the Qing, And, Henan and other states, almost standing at the peak of the power of the world's co-masters, although he did not have the heart to fight for hegemony at the beginning, nor was he ready to fight for hegemony, but this experience has made this "Dragon Emperor bloodline" has become calm and domineering, and one day, the bloodline in his body will wake up. He and Cao Cao are righteous Jin Lan, but at this time they are fighting with him for the world, which is a very interesting thing - just like Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang.

Thinking of Sima Yi, a hint of gloom flashed in Zhuge Liang's eyes, he couldn't guess this fellow senior brother, and he didn't know what he wanted to do. However, he knew that this senior brother had no intention of being subservient, so what was the relationship between him and Cao Cao?

Zhuge Liang shook his head, mission determines fate, probably that's it.

All this is circling in Zhuge Liang's mind, it is a long story, but it is only a blink of an eye. Zhuge Liang borrowed the shaking of the feather fan to hide his emotions very well: "Eldest son, whether Jingzhou is saved or not does not lie in me but in you! At this time, your brother Liu Cong is tied, if you ascend to the heights and shout, the righteous people of Jingzhou will flock to vote, and Jingzhou will be worry-free." On the contrary, if the eldest prince has no intention of raising troops to recapture Jingzhou, then he might as well take refuge in Cao Cao, and he can ensure that he has no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life. ”

Liu Qi was furious, slapped the chair, and said, "Sir, Jingzhou is my father's inheritance, and I must not let it fall into the hands of Cao Cao." I will do my best to help you break Cao!"

Zhuge Liang smiled: "Okay, with the words of the son, it will be a big deal!"

Liu Qi was angry, but it touched the wound, and the huge pain made him sweat coldly. He endured the pain and asked, "However, Cao Cao has 500,000 elite soldiers, how can we be opponents?"

Zhuge Liang said: "Childe is worry-free, of course we are not Cao Jun's opponent now, but reinforcements will come soon." ”

"Where did the reinforcements come from?" asked Liu Qi.

As soon as the words fell, a junior colonel suddenly came to report: "Eldest son, Jiangdong Military Division Lu Su heard that the lord died of illness, so he crossed the river to mourn!"

Zhuge Liang said: "This is the reinforcement." Jiangdong borrowed the name of mourning, in fact, to explore the reality of our army and Cao Jun, if Jingzhou is lost, Cao Cao and Sun Quan will share the Yangtze River moat, can he hold Jiangdong?"

Liu Qi was stunned.

Zhuge Liang suddenly bowed and said: "Eldest prince, without further ado, please immediately let Guan Yu lead the troops to take the waterway to meet the defeated troops of Xinye, now they should be on the way to Jiangling, it will be too late!"

Liu Qi did not hesitate, and immediately said in a loud voice: "Guan Yunchang listened to the order, and ordered you to bring 10,000 troops to Xiakou to meet the generals of Xinye, and be sure to bring them back!"

"Order!" Guan Yu's expression was serious, and the green qi on the Qinglong Sword loomed.

"Lord, Uncle Huang, you have to hold on......" Zhuge Liang looked at the sky and muttered.