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Chapter 311 Hematemesis

Although Liu Biao is nearly [-] years old, he is tall and tall, with a gentle appearance, wearing a crown on his head, and wearing a robe, with a refined temperament and good manners, but at this moment he has no grace, holding the letter in his right hand Trembling uncontrollably, his face turned red first, then white, then blue, constantly changing like a chameleon.

After a long time, Liu Biao's face gradually showed a ferocious expression, he threw the letter on the desk in front of him, and shouted: "Kuai Yidu mistook me! Cai Degui mistook me!" As soon as the words fell, Liu Biao felt a sweetness in his throat, and couldn't help but gulp. A mouthful of blood came out, instantly staining the front of his chest red.This heartache seemed to have drained all the strength from his body, and he fell backwards in a daze.

"grown ups……"

"General..."

"My lord..."

"Quickly spread the doctors..."

Liu Qi, the eldest son of Liu Biao in the room, Liu Xian, Zhizhong Pang Ji, Chief Bookkeeper Kuai Liang, etc., were all shocked when they saw Liu Biao vomit blood and fell down, and rushed towards Liu Biao.

"My lord... my lord..."

Liu Qi is kind and filial by nature. He hugged Liu Biao and looked at his pale father. Tears burst out of his eyes instantly like a flood bursting a bank.

Kuai Liang couldn't help crying, but although he was worried about Liu Biao, he lamented more about the misfortune of his younger brother Kuai Yue and his son Kuai Qi.

Kuaiyue is the well-deserved crown of the Kuai family in Xiangyang. The reason why the Kuai family in Xiangyang has risen in Jingchu in recent years is inseparable from Kuaiyue.And Kuai Qi is the most outstanding figure among the new generation of children.

Now Kuai Yue died by slaying himself, and Kuai Qi's life and death are uncertain.For a while, Kuai Liang's heart felt like a knife was piercing, and he couldn't hold on to himself.

Liu Qi stroked Liu Biao's chest over and over again, and finally made him calm down a little. Looking at the panic-stricken officials gathered around, he forced Liu Qi to help him up, and said slowly: "It doesn't matter if you are alone, but I just heard about the defeat of the army. You don't have to worry about being short of breath for a while."

"General Wanwang, please take care of yourself..." Liu Xian, Pang Ji, Kuai Liang and others breathed a sigh of relief. Although Liu Biao may have said this to reassure the hearts of everyone, but he was able to sit up again, which means that he did not hurt the general. Heart.

Liu Biao sighed: "On the surface, Zhang Xian is benevolent and righteous, but in fact he hides traitors. He has offered small favors to Jiangxiang and invited them to buy people's hearts. The year before last, he rebelled against the three counties of Changsha, Ling, and Gui. The situation in Jingnan was corrupt for a while, and it was almost not owned by the country. .

At that time, all the councilors in the state were worried, but Kuai Yidu thought that Changsha was not free, and that he dared to make chaos and violated it, which was unpopular.Later, Kuai Yidu led the troops to the south, and sure enough, Zhang Xian and Linxiang were punished, and Jingnan was pacified, and it was just around the corner.

Now Gu has prepared a reward for Kuai Yidu in Xiangyang, and he just waits for him to return from victory. Why was he so careless and defeated by Xiaosheng, causing the entire army to be wiped out? ! "Speaking of this, Liu Biao's chest and abdomen rose and fell violently again, and his panting became urgent.

"My lord's health is important, don't get angry..." Liu Qi begged anxiously.

Liu Xian, Pang Ji and others also advised from the sidelines.

Liu Biao kept shaking his head, with a sad expression on his face, and continued: "In the battle between Changping and Jimo, the reason why Zhao and Yan were defeated was because the kings of the two countries were stupid, listened to slander, and replaced good generals Lian Po and Yan before the battle. Le Yi used mediocre generals Zhao Kuo and Qi Jie to give Bai Qi and Tian Dan an opportunity.

However, Kuai Yidu was given the power to be a soldier and specialize in the state alone, with great trust and no doubts. lose? ! "

Everyone in the room was silent for a moment.

After a while, Kuai Liang saw that Liu's anger had subsided on the surface, so he couldn't help defending his brother, "General Hui, the defeat of our army was due to natural disasters, which cannot be resisted by manpower."

Liu Biao was dissatisfied with Kuai Liang's words, which was obviously to shirk responsibility for Kuai Yue. He said angrily, "From ancient times to the present, there has never been a flood that can overthrow a country's army. Why did it happen to us? The defeat of our army was caused by natural disasters. Could it be that there is no man-made disaster?!"

Liu Qi said: "Our water army has hundreds of buildings, warships, and fighting ships, and its strength is even higher than that of Liu Jing's water army. When the flood came, the infantry camped on the ground and was wiped out by the flood. It makes sense, but the water army Why? Why was it also defeated by Liu Jingshui's army? As a result, they abandoned the infantry trapped by the flood and fled north in a hurry.

Cai Degui is currently stationed in Baqiu, he said that he still has nearly a hundred warships, this must not be the truth, in my opinion, Cai Degui is at most only dozens of warships, less than a tenth of what he used to be. "Liu Qi finally concluded: "Cai Degui's fault in this battle is even worse than that of Kuai Yidu. "

Cai Mao is the second younger brother Liu Cong's party, Liu Qi took the opportunity to trample on him, it is best to trample him to the ground, and he will never stand up again.

Liu Qi's words successfully diverted Liu Biao's attention from Kuai Yue to Cai Mao. He glanced at Liu Xian and sighed, "Shizong misunderstood me!"

Embarrassment inevitably appeared on Liu Xian's face. Cai Mao was defeated by Liu Jing for the first time last year. At that time, Liu Biao revealed that he transferred Cai Mao back to Xiangyang and replaced him with his son Liu Hu.Of course, the reason why Liu Biao said this is more to put on a posture of "punishment for wrongdoing, not avoiding in-laws", and it may not be true to do so.

Liu Xian said, "In the old days when Xun Lin's father was defeated in Yun, the Marquis of Jin still let him take his official position; Meng Mingshi was defeated by Kui, and Uncle Qin did not dismiss him. So Jin Jing merged with Chi Di, and Qin Mu dominated Xi Rong. .” To prevent Liu Biao from changing generals.

Since ancient times, it has been a taboo for military strategists to change the general. Similar lessons abound in history books. Liu Xian's suggestion should be said to be not a problem, and it gave Liu Biao a step down. But now it seems that the problem is bigger.

Liu Xian sighed in his heart, this scapegoat, whether he wanted it or not, he had decided against it, and immediately bowed down and pleaded guilty to Liu Biao, saying: "General, as the leader of all the officials, my advice was wrong, which led to the defeat of the army. , willing to be punished."

Liu Biao shook his head. Although he complained to Liu Xian, he also knew that it was not Liu Xian's responsibility alone.After all, he relied too much on Cai Mao and failed to replace him decisively. It was too late to say anything now.

Pang Ji said: "Now that Cai Degui is alone in Baqiu, I'm afraid he won't last long. Should we send reinforcements?"

Baqiu is their last stronghold in Changsha. Once they lose it, it means that they have completely withdrawn from Changsha, and all the efforts of the past two years will be in vain.

Kuai Liang disapproved of sending more reinforcements to Baqiu. In his view, the military campaign against Jingnan had completely failed, and it was meaningless to continue sending more reinforcements except to increase losses. "Nanjun suffered the heaviest loss in this defeat, unable to support Baqiu, while Jiangxia needs to guard against the Sun family, and Wuling needs to monitor the Wuxi Man. They must not be moved lightly. How can there be reinforcements?"

(End of this chapter)