Abnormal Three Kingdoms

Chapter 576
Jingzhou, Xiangyang.

"My lord, today the heroes of the world are competing with each other, and the two heroes are facing each other. The most important thing in the world lies in the lord. If you want to achieve great things, now is the right time; now that you have a hundred thousand people in Jingzhou, if you can do it together The army, respond to Duke Yuan, there are all the princes in the court to respond, and Duke Yuan to restrain you outside, you will surely be able to go down to Xuchang in one battle, and cut off the country's thieves, if you are so stagnant now, you will inevitably lead to disaster in the future!" This is not the first time for Han Song Come to persuade Liu Biao to send troops.

Before Xu You came, Kuai Yue, Liu Xian and others advised Liu Biao to send troops. Liu Bei had already reached Nanyang. Pushed into a desperate situation, but Liu Biao did not answer for a long time.

Now Xu You came to Xiangyang, running up and down, hoping that everyone can help him persuade Liu Biao to send troops and Yuan Shao to attack Chu Nan, but he was very suspicious and refused to agree.

Therefore, Han Song came to persuade again this time.

The rivalry between the two heroes should have supporters, but because of the Chu Nan system, although it is powerful, Chu Nan's attitude towards the gentry has never been half-compromising, which also makes the scholars who are watching are deeply afraid of Chu Nan. Once the world is established, the universe will be determined, so this time, almost everyone in Jingzhou overwhelmingly supported Yuan Shao.

But the more this is the case, the less Liu Biao does not want to send troops easily. Ordinary people say that he went to Jingzhou on horseback and praise him for his heroism, but how many people know that most of the real power in Jingzhou is now controlled by aristocratic families, and Liu Biao is powerless to change the status quo , can only be his Jingzhou shepherd under the rules delineated by the aristocratic family like a puppet.

Liu Biao knew very well that if this state of affairs did not change, even if Chu Nan was eventually defeated and eliminated, it would not be the Han family but the aristocratic family that would be revived. Therefore, despite the turbulent public opinion, Liu Biao did not want to fight.

If he wins, the benefits have nothing to do with him. If he loses, Chu Nan will hold grudges against himself, not the Jingxiang gentry.

Of course, there are other considerations. For example, will Jiang Dong stab a knife in the back while his army is going out?For another example, if Yuan Shao loses this battle, whether Chu Nan will take his anger out on him, I didn't consider this point before, but from the recent situation, Yuan Shao is obviously at a disadvantage, Bingzhou has lost, and Youzhou has lost to Lu Bu again , the situation is obviously not friendly to Yuan Shao.

"What De Gao said is not unreasonable, but this matter is very serious and needs to be discussed in a long-term way. In this way, De Gao will go to Xuchang on my behalf. If the princes of Xuchang are willing to cooperate, I will send troops." Liu Biao looked at Han Song and smiled.

Now that the battle between the two sides on the front line has reached a fever pitch, Xuchang must be empty at the moment, but some clues should be seen from this time and time again. Liu Biao's idea is to procrastinate. He doesn't want to offend Chu Nan. Chu Nan suppressed the scholars. The matter, from Liu Biao's point of view, he actually supported it. The gentry had already emptied the imperial court, and no matter who came in the local area, it was impossible to govern without the support of the gentry.

It's just that no one in the world would dare to be so crazy except Chu Nan.

How could Han Song not know what Liu Biao was thinking, but he was a little annoyed seeing him prevaricating like this, but he couldn't get angry, so he could only say: "Okay, I'll go to Xuchang right now, and I hope you won't forget what you said today. "

"Don't worry about Degao." After Liu Biao comforted Han Song, Han Song left.

He sat down a little tired, he was not afraid of rebellion or foreign enemies, on the contrary, these scholars in Jingzhou caused Liu Biao the most headaches, there was no way, he relied on the aristocratic family to secure Jingzhou pastoral care, now even if he wanted to get rid of them, it would be very difficult, but everyone When I first entered Jingzhou, if I had some power, I wouldn't have been a good old man for ten years.

"Patriarch!" Not long after Han Song left, Liu Biao's housekeeper came to the door.

"Who else is there?" Liu Biao rubbed his temples. Most of the people who came to him during this time wanted to let him send troops to the Central Plains, but Liu Biao really didn't want to.

"It's not someone visiting, Nanyang urgently reports." The housekeeper bowed.

"But Xuande broke through Wancheng?" Liu Biao asked with a shock, looking at the other party.

Zhang Xiu was originally an alliance with Liu Biao, but unfortunately Zhang Xiu finally chose Chu Nan. After Cao Cao's defeat, Liu Biao's influence on Nanyang was gradually cut off.

Nanyang is regarded as the gateway to Jingzhou. If Zhang Xiu is facing him as before, he can rest easy in Jingzhou. It is a pity that Zhang Xiu defected to Chu Nan after Cao Cao's defeat. , It is equivalent to opening the door of Jingzhou, now Liu Biao can only rely on Hanshui to garrison.

If Liu Bei can win Nanyang, even if Liu Bei stands on his own, Liu Biao will support him. He knows very well that it is impossible for Liu Bei to vote for Chu Nan like Zhang Xiu.

The housekeeper shook his head and said, "Mr. Xuande is defeated!"

"Defeated?" Liu Biao looked at the steward in astonishment when he heard the words. He remembered that a few days ago, Liu Bei's side still had a series of victories, all the way from Xinye to Wancheng, and a large number of Nanyang celebrities joined forces. Son.

It's only been a few days, why did he suddenly lose! ?

"How did you lose!?" Liu Biao asked with a frown.

"Mr. Xuande led his army to Wancheng. Who would have thought that the embroidery had secretly intercepted the Fei River more than a month ago, and that embroidery was quite cunning. It didn't cut off the river directly, but just let the water level of the river drop, and Duke Xuande didn't notice it. When the army was besieging the city, Zhang Xiu suddenly opened the sluice gate to release the water, and Wancheng was surrounded by tens of miles of Chengze Kingdom, and the army gathered by Duke Xuande and various noble families in Nanyang almost died in one battle, so it is difficult to pose a threat to Wancheng!" The butler smiled wryly.

"How can you be so careless?" Liu Biao sighed, a little helpless, after this defeat, not only Liu Bei's hope of seizing Nanyang was gone, but also the vitality of all the gentry families would be seriously injured, and it would be difficult to pose a threat to Zhang Xiu.

The butler smiled wryly and did not answer.

As for why he was so careless, it is not difficult to understand from the point of view of hindsight. Liu Bei fought repeatedly and Zhang Xiu was almost powerless to fight back. Wancheng was defeated, and Liu Bei was beaten back to his original shape again.

Liu Biao thought for a while and said, "Go and order Liu Pan to lead a team to Xinye to meet Xuande, and then give Xuande three thousand troops to continue stationing in Xinye."

Although it is regrettable that Nanyang was defeated, it is obviously not that Liu Bei is weak, but that the enemy is too dark. Even when Liu Bei just hit Wancheng, the opponent did not move. The family business that has been accumulated hard for a period of time will be lost in one day.

However, now that this battle has been defeated, the importance of Xinye has been highlighted. In the future, whether it is Zhang Xiu or Chu Nan going south to Jingzhou, Xinye must be defended. It is good for everyone to let Liu Bei guard Xinye and guard the door.

"Here!" The steward bowed and left. Liu Biao also has his own descendants, that is, his old clan in Shanyang and Liu Pan, a clan member of the Han family. To pass on orders to these people, Liu Biao has always directly ordered the generals to pass on orders, not Following the process, Liu Biao is not easy to mobilize other armies.

Gathering in the south, Liu Bei looked at the remnants of the fleeing soldiers all around. The [-] troops he gathered in Nanyang were wiped out after this battle, and only a few hundred people fled back one after another. Nanyang is impossible to break through.

For a moment, Liu Bei thought about giving up, but unfortunately, he quickly dispelled this idea. The third brother's revenge has not been avenged, and the big man has not yet rejuvenated, how can he back down! ?

Just looking at the remnant soldiers and defeated generals in front of him, Liu Bei couldn't help feeling sad, it was fine if he couldn't beat Chu Nan and Lu Bu, but now he was being tricked by Nanyang Zhang Xiu, which made Liu Bei feel deeply frustrated.

"My lord, the Second General is back!" Just as Liu Bei was depressed, he cried out in surprise, but Guan Yu came back with a troop. There are not many people, only about [-]. They are Liu Bei's family property and soldiers trained by Guan Yu himself.

Zhang Xiu came to pursue him, and it was Guan Yu who led this team to repel him.

"Brother, my brother is incompetent, resulting in this defeat, please forgive me!" Guan Yu came to Liu Bei, bowed down loudly, with a strong sense of self-blame in his voice.

Obviously, he was about to take down Wancheng and help his elder brother gain a foothold, but he lost this opportunity.

"Get up quickly, Yunchang, how can I blame you for this matter?" Liu Bei helped Guan Yu up, and sighed, "I didn't even notice this matter. If it is said that I am guilty, we should all be guilty. How can I blame Yunchang alone?"

"Brother, it's just that Wancheng was not captured in this battle, Yu..." Guan Yu's eyes turned red, he had failed his brother's expectations.

"Victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs. In this world...someone has to lose." Liu Bei laughed, and said in relief: "Don't be afraid of losing this time, and win it next time."

The more Liu Bei was like this, the more uncomfortable Guan Yu was. He knew better than anyone else Liu Bei's desire for a place of foundation. This opportunity was right in front of him, but he wasted it.

"Although we are defeated, Zhang Xiu is also exhausted in this battle. I will retreat to Jingxiang for now and borrow some troops from Brother Jing Sheng. Next time we will be able to defeat Nanyang!" Liu Bei laughed.

"Here!" Guan Yu nodded fiercely.

On the other side, in Nanyang City.

"Sir, the enemy army has retreated!" Zhang Xiu found Jia Xu excitedly. He described it as a bit embarrassed. He was chasing Guan Yu before and was almost cut by Guan Yu. Fortunately, he was already familiar with Guan Yu's tactics and retreated in time. Guan Yu took the opportunity to turn the tables, but the army was almost defeated by Guan Yu.

No matter what, he won this battle.

"There is more good news, the general is willing to listen to it?" Jia Xu looked at Zhang Xiu with a smile and asked.

"What other happy event?" Zhang Xiu asked in surprise.

"Just now the imperial court sent the letter paper. Yuan Shao attacked Yecheng again, but Chu Lingjun saw through it. Not only did he fail to take it back, but he also fell into a trick. He lost the army and lost the general. He was defeated and retreated." Jia Xu handed the letter paper sent by the court to Zhang Xiudao.

"What does this have to do with me?" Zhang Xiu asked puzzled.

"After this battle, Yuan Shao has no more soldiers to mobilize, and the defeat is already settled!" Jia Xu shook his head helplessly, sat down again and said.

"That is to say..." Zhang Xiu looked at Jia Xu.

"The war in the north is almost over!"

(End of this chapter)