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Chapter 433 Toughness
The thick layer of sackcloth wrapped around Liu Bei's right shoulder has been completely soaked in blood, which is shocking.This is when he led his cavalry to attack Liu Jingzhong's army today, he was injured by the enemy's spear. The wound was so deep that his entire arm was almost disabled.

But even with such a serious injury, Liu Bei still looked calm, discussing countermeasures with Zhang Yun, as if nothing happened.

Liu Bei has been in the army for more than ten years, and suffered countless injuries. When he joined Qingzhou to attack Zhang Chun, he was severely injured by the bandit army. He saved his life by pretending to be dead.In comparison, what is this little injury?
Zhang Yun sighed: "In today's battle, Liu Yuzhou must have seen how powerful Liu Jingxiaoer is. He should understand our difficulties. Previously, the state army had lost consecutive battles. It was not because of our incompetence. The Jingnan bandits are really brave."

Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei were all speechless for a while.

The ancients said: "The ministers of a subjugated country dare not speak about politics; the generals of a defeated army dare not speak bravely." They had just been beaten to shame by Liu Jing, and they fled in embarrassment, naturally lacking confidence.

Zhang Yun went on to say: "Liu Jing's son had a different ambition when he was young, and he worked hard to gain fame by defrauding him. Many people in Jiang and Hunan admire his name and are willing to die. Therefore, the thieves in Jingnan are loyal, brave and fearless. They are really tigers and wolves. Teacher too."

Seeing that Zhang Yun seemed to be scared out of his wits by Liu Jing, Liu Bei said, "Although the bandit army is brave, I also defeated the left army and killed a lot of people. The bandit army only won a miserable victory. Although our army was defeated, there are still nearly ten thousand soldiers. People, defending Yicheng is enough to protect themselves. "The Art of War" says: "Ten will encircle it, and five will attack it." If Liu Jing drove two or three times as many soldiers and forcibly attacked the city, he would not be able to overcome it."

Zhang Yun boasted: "Liu Yuzhou is a hero in the world. He is too old to use soldiers. I can't do it. For the defense of the city, please leave it to Liu Yuzhou."

Liu Bei nodded slightly, agreeing, and then the two chatted for a long time, until the night fell, and the meeting ended. Liu Bei got up to say goodbye, and hurried away with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

Returning to the station, Liu Bei did not go to the dormitory to rest, but inspected the camp to appease the soldiers.

In today's battle, not only did Liu Biao lose [-]% to [-]% of the [-] soldiers that Liu Biao gave him, but even the [-] old soldiers who followed him in the Southern and Northern Wars for more than ten years also lost more than half.

There were many casualties among the generals, and what made him most distressed was the death of Chen Dao and Chen Shuzhi. He was loyal, resolute, courageous and resourceful, and he was a rare general.When the fleeing infantry soldiers brought back the news of Chen Dao's death in battle, Liu Bei couldn't help crying.

Liu Bei is not a person who loves to cry, because he lost his father since he was a child and depended on his mother for life, which created his tenacious character. He has shed far more blood than tears over the years, which shows the grief in his heart .

Coming out of the camp and returning to the dormitory, Liu Bei suddenly became sluggish like a deflated ball. He slumped on the couch in a daze, staring directly at the ambiguous lights on the desk.

Both Guan Yu and Zhang Fei remained silent and accompanied them silently.

The reason why Liu Bei went south to attack Liu Jing at the request of Liu Biao was that besides "eating people with a short mouth and short hands", there was another important reason, that is, he was eager to change the status quo.

Liu Biao placed him in Xinye to defend against Cao Cao, exactly the same as when Tao Qian had him stationed in Xiaopei to guard against Cao Cao.

But Liu Bei was no longer the Pingyuan Prime Minister whom Gongsun Zan appointed without authorization, but the well-known Zuo General and Yuzhou Mu.

Naturally, Liu Bei was unwilling to be a pawn again. Xinye was sandwiched between Cao Cao and Liu Biao.

For this reason, Liu Bei offered to go south to conquer Liu Jing for Liu Biao, but Liu Biao was very suspicious of him and refused to agree.

Since the beginning of this year, Liu Jing has led the people from Jingnan to cross the river to the north. In just a few months, he captured Jiangling and swept most of South County, and he was on the verge of annexing Jingzhou in one fell swoop.Liu Biao was finally frightened. Regardless of his serious illness, he summoned Liu Bei urgently and asked him to go south to attack Liu Jing.

Liu Bei felt that the opportunity had come, as long as he defeated Liu Jing, he would be able to take the opportunity to extend his hand into Jingnan. If Liu Jing was killed, it would be easier to pacify Jingnan. Liu Biao was seriously ill, and Liu Cong was weak, so he couldn't restrain him at all. he.

When he consolidated the four counties in southern Jing, he thought that Liu Biao was dead, and he might have a chance to take over Jingzhou. After all, the same thing happened once in Xuzhou.

Liu Bei's wishful thinking was sound, but unfortunately Liu Jing missed the key point.

In fact, it can't be entirely his fault, Jingnan has always been regarded as a barren land by China, there have never been any prominent figures in the past, who would have thought that this shallow pond in Jingnan could actually raise such a dragon as Liu Jing.

In today's battle, Liu Bei suffered a crushing defeat. Not only did he lose most of his troops, but his plan to plot Jingnan was also declared bankrupt, so he could only continue to serve as Liu Biao's pawn.

For the future, Liu Bei is full of confusion, unable to see the way forward, and see no hope...

Liu Bei was depressed all night, but on the second day, he cheered up again. This is his character, the more frustrated he becomes, the more courageous he is, and he is indomitable.

For the next two days, Liu Jingjun closed the camp to rest, and did not move until the third day. Instead of rushing to build siege equipment, they ran to the west of Yicheng to set up another camp.

Liu Bei and Zhang Yun couldn't help being confused and couldn't figure out Liu Jing's specific plan, but it didn't take long for them to discover that Liu Jing's army was actually building an embankment to intercept the Yicheng water, and ordered the peasants to dig a long canal to direct the water to Yicheng.

Both Liu Bei and Zhang Yun turned pale with shock.

Although Zhang Yun's talent is mediocre, but after all, he was born in a wealthy family, and he has read military and history thoroughly. Naturally, it is impossible for him not to know about the Battle of Yan, but he hadn't made any associations before. Now, seeing Liu Jing building an embankment to store water, he obviously wanted to learn for nothing, and immediately cursed: " Liu Jing's son, always regarded himself as "benevolent and righteous", but he didn't expect his thoughts to be so vicious. He wanted to imitate Bai Qi and irrigate Yicheng with water! Now it is autumn, and it is still in the high water season. When the flood floods, not only we wait, but also Even the tens of thousands of people in Yicheng will die without a place to bury them."

However, Zhang Yun couldn't help but feel terrified in his heart because he screamed fiercely.

Since Liu Jing decided to flood Yicheng, he would just sit and wait to die if he continued to stick to Yicheng.

But now there are only 8000 soldiers in the city, coupled with new defeats and low morale, taking the initiative to attack Liu Jingjun is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg.

Can't defend and can't defend, can't fight and fight, the only way to survive now is to abandon the city and leave before Liu Jingjun breaks the water to flood the city.

Liu Bei was originally a guest general, and the governor could not do anything, and he also wanted to retire.

It was unavoidable that the night would be long and dreamy, so the two immediately decided to lead their troops back north before the cock crowed tonight.

There is the country of Bi (county) more than ten miles north of Yicheng, but the country of Bi is too close to be safe. The two plan to cross the country of Bi and retreat directly to Zhonglu, a hundred miles away, which will also be the last road in Xiangyang. barrier.

(End of this chapter)