Chapter 740: Blood Stained in Jingzhou (Part 2)
The hall was brightly lit and whispers sounded from time to time.
"Just, you all saw it..."
"......These three generals' tempers are really as irritable as they hear them. If General Zuo was not his brother, who would have tolerated him?"
"I'm not talking about this, but the matter of Jingzhou. The King of Jin led his army south and advanced three routes together. Western Shu, Jingzhou and Jiangdong were filled with wars. His heart really wanted to capture the thirteen states in the world."
"...This is a bad statement. Although the King of Jin has a strong army, he has gained the Central Plains in a new way. People's hearts are unstable, and Xu is not firm. Such a big fight will not last long. As long as the army is blocked for several months, they will retreat and stop the battle in the cold winter. At this moment, Xu is empty. If someone has great righteousness raises his arms and shouts, the Central Plains will only fall for a moment."
"Xiaozhi has always had strategies, but why did he only say good things and not talk about our situation? The King of Jin has indeed had disadvantages in urging troops to the south, but the officials in Shu were not familiar with the officials of the Left General Xindeyizhou and Shu. Hanzhong was already in the hands of the King of Jin. The war in Jingzhou was defeated again and again. Sun Quan from Jiangdong was also fighting the Yangtze River, and he had no time to take care of him. In other words, General Zuo had no reinforcements outside, and he was close to these 70,000 to 80,000 troops to fight against the King of Jin's 150,000 troops... Who is stronger and who is weak can be seen at a glance."
In the main hall, Huang Quan, Liu Ba, Yong Mao, Fei Shi confronted Li Yan, Fa Zheng, Jiang Wan and others on the left seat, which was quite fierce for a while. After all, Shu was newly surrendered, and some officials in Shu were not willing. At this time, the crisis in Jingzhou and Hanzhong was approaching, and the differences were naturally exposed. However, the one who really made the decision was Liu Bei who retreated from the back hall.
The light extended, and someone looked into the back hall, and there was a faint anger mixed with the quarrel.
"With this big foundation, have you forgotten your brother's friendship?"
"How can the three generals confront each other like this..."
"What are my brother and the military advisor intervening to do? Ask for a beating"
Perhaps Zhang Fei's voice was too loud, afraid of affecting the surrendered ministers in Shu who were hosting the banquet in the main hall, or really afraid that he would hit Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei, who was looking at the night outside the window with his hands on his back, frowned and turned around, suppressing his voice: "How can the third brother talk to the military advisor..." Halfway through, seeing the big eyes of Tongling that were glaring, he sighed and eased his tone: "...How could brother watch Yun Chang fall? It's just that Yide is too impatient and can't tell me what he wants to do."
"When will the eldest brother send troops?!"
Liu Bei looked at the third brother's face and eyes covered with blood. The tiger beard was angrily opened, and he held the other party's hand. "For brother, I wish I could fight the death to the tiger in Jingzhou immediately and rescue Yun Chang, but Yide knew that Shu had just arrived in our hands, and the newly attached people had not calmed down. What's more, the soldiers who followed the army into Shu were not tired. Even Gongsun Zhi knew that he had been recuperating and then moved south. Would you not know?"
"Brother just can't bear to let go! You forget your brother!" Zhang Fei blew his fist and smashed the wall, and the dust fell down. He shouted back and forth, then stopped to look at the other party, gritting his teeth: "... The eldest brother's head is without a crown and no tiles. Have I ever been separated from my second brother?! I want me to tell you that it is not as important as a green scarf on my second brother's head!"
"Yide!"
Liu Bei shouted in a voice, grabbed the other party's arm again, his eyes turned red, "Chang Yun is a brother, how can one compare to Yizhou? But Gongsun Zhi is too forced. Now he has taken Hanzhong and is imminent to advance to Chengdu. If you and I leave, Yizhou will rebel. By then, Chang Yun has not been rescued and was chased by the cavalry in the north. Then he will be in a dilemma and will die without a place to bury him!"
At his level and age, his emotions could easily be restrained, and his eyes were still wet, which made Zhang Fei on the opposite side move and his anger slightly restrained.
"Brother is in a difficult situation... I haven't thought too much, but my second brother needs it too..."
"Yi De listened to me first." Liu Bei took a deep breath, waved his hand, and pulled him in front of him, "... Jingzhou is in danger, and Wei brother is also worried about Yun Chang's safety, but everything is big and small. When he defeated Gongsun Zhi's troops in Hanzhong, Wei brother immediately brought Yi De back to Jingzhou to resolve Yun Chang's trap. What do you think?"
The lights shone on the black man's body and slowly took a step back. Zhang Fei looked at him for a while and shook his head: "You can... divide the troops and go!"
Zhuge Liang approached from the side and said, "Three generals, Gongsun Zhi's army of 150,000, are even more powerful. If there were no generals to suppress the attack, even if Liang had thousands of strategies, it would be difficult to resist."
"My brother speaks, go away!" The leopard head turned around and roared at him with anger. Zhuge Liang pinched the feather fan and looked at his lord Liu Bei awkwardly, and took two steps awkwardly to the side. The latter waved his hand and told Zhuge Liang not to take it in his heart. He looked at Zhang Fei for a moment and whispered: "The military advisor's words are not unreasonable. In this way, Yide stayed, and sent Liu Feng, who had already left Shangyong, and Meng Da and the other two led their troops to rescue the siege first. After all, the two generals were in Jingzhou, and they could arrive in less than half a month. Then Yide and Weide defeated Gongsun Zhi's troops and then returned to Jingzhou after repelling Gongsun Zhi's troops?"
The lights swayed and reflected the silence. Zhang Fei clenched his fists for a while, and finally nodded. "I can only listen to my elder brother in this way." He bowed: "I have no mood to continue drinking and eating meat, so I will go back first."
He walked to the corner of the eaves and turned around: "I'd like to send a letter to Liu Feng and his men to send troops to Jingzhou."
After saying that, he left with great strides. Liu Bei turned around and walked back into the house with his hands on his back, frowned and didn't know what he was thinking. Zhuge Liang followed behind, shaking his feather fan for a moment, leaned over and whispered: "The third general is irritable. He has an old age with Gongsun Zhi. He will inevitably not go out of the city to meet each other quietly. Although he will not do anything that is unfavorable to the lord, it will eventually be unfavorable to the morale of the army."
"Yi De will follow me for more than twenty years, and he will be able to do the right thing." Liu Bei walked slowly under the corridor to the front yard. After a moment of quietness, he suddenly sighed: "... He just ordered the four gates not to let my brother go out of the city. Yi De should be able to understand."
He paused and asked, "...Military advisor, we have surrendered Liu Zhang's soldiers and the soldiers and horses we entered Sichuan. There are still 110,000 yuan, and there is enough food and fodder. How likely is it to win a battle with the 150,000 troops gathered in Hanzhong?"
"By defeating Misty, but Liang has a way to draw."
Seeing Liu Bei's eyes coming and going, Zhuge Liang raised his feather fan and pointed to the south: "Send some gold, silver and silk to the chief kings of the Southern Barbarians to send troops to join forces with the lords. These people are brave and wise, and are suitable to send them to the front line to take the lead to destroy the spirit of the northern army. At that time, the lord will defend the city gate and drag down Gongsun Zhi."
"Now...this is all we can do."
Liu Bei nodded and raised his head. The night sky was covered with stars and the moonlight was shining coldly. Zhang Fei, who had gone to the mansion, rode alone on the night street. The night was silent and there was no one around. He raised his head and roared in depression.
"Brothers don't save me, what are you brothers and sisters?"
A stream of light shone through his gaze as he looked up and disappeared between the stars and the moon.
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To the south of Xiangyang, the Nanzhang River to the north of Dangyang, on the gentle slope between the foothills, there are also people looking up at the dense galaxy in the sky.
The cold wind blew across the hills, and the surrounding forests were stroking. Occasionally, a group of torches lit up below. Thousands of Jingzhou soldiers gathered on the hills stood up tensely and tightly, pinched their weapons. After the torched cavalry left, they sat down a little relaxed and looked at the bonfire lit in front of them and were stunned.
After the war in Xiangyang, they followed the chief generals to break out in the siege of thousands of troops and headed straight to Dangyang. If the doctor of the police, Ren and Mi Fang from Jiangling could come to support him, they could turn to Yiling Mountain Road together and pass Wu County to enter Shu. However, after heading south, before the two reinforcements were waiting for the two, they were caught up by the cavalry in the north. In the chaos, they had to go up the mountain to hide. But in fact, the other party had basically found that they were hiding here, and only sent several small groups of scout cavalry nearby You Ge every day, as if waiting for the infantry to come to attack the mountain.
In this case, I'm afraid no one can continue to move on.
Guan Yu leaned against the rock and looked up at the night sky. His eldest son Guan Ping changed the bandage on his arm. He had broken through the battle power under Xiangyang City before. He fought with Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong for a while, and was injured in three injuries. Some places were still bleeding. Looking at Xingyue's eyes retracted, Guan Yu heard the sound of footsteps approaching and turned his head. He was about forty years old and slender and thin general bowing to him: "June."
"How is your injury?"
The general named Zhao Lei was the garrison of Xiangyang. After Wei Yan and Cai Mao opened the city gate, he protected Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's family in the city first, but the trip was slow. Finally, he mixed with Guan Yu who had rushed out of the encirclement in the Nanzhang River area and hid in the foothills.
"There will be nothing in the end..."
Guan Yu nodded slightly, "Have everyone else escaped?"
"The lord, the lord, the family of the three generals has passed. It is time to reach Jingmen Mountain..."
"That's good, that's good..."
Guan Yu's voice stopped, and the hill fell into silence. After a while, he whispered: "Don't worry, after dawn, I will break through. Brother Wei should be on the road. Mi Fang and Dr. Ren's reinforcements should be coming soon."
“…… we can rush out!”
He looked at the stars in the sky and repeated: "I will rush out."
Chapter completed!