Abnormal Three Kingdoms

Chapter 671 Agree
"Mr. Zibu, even if you want to invite Duke Xuande, did you just act too urgent?" Lu Su asked with a frown after sending Liu Bei away, returning to the posthouse to see Zhang Zhao again.

In the conversation between Zhang Zhao and Liu Bei just now, there was a sense of impatience, which is a big taboo in negotiations.

"After the beginning of spring, there will be grievances among the people of Xiangfan, and the matter cannot be delayed any longer." Zhang Zhao shook his head and said.

"But in this case, Mr. Xuande must be suspicious, even good things are hard to come by!" Lu Su said with a wry smile. Negotiations are about skills, and they reveal a strong purpose when they come up. It's no wonder that Liu Bei is not suspicious!
"There isn't much time for me to wait." Zhang Zhao sighed and said, "The Chu bandits are getting more and more powerful, so we must make this happen as soon as possible."

"However, doing so will make Duke Xuande hesitate." Lu Su smiled wryly.

"It doesn't really matter whether he agrees to this matter or not!" Zhang Zhao said with a smile.

Lu Su seemed to understand something, and looked at Zhang Zhao helplessly, didn't he offend Liu Bei?

"My lord, why don't you agree to him?" Back at the government office, Cai Mao couldn't help but looked at Liu Bei and said, "The situation in Xiangfan is already in dire straits, since there is such a method, why not give it a try."

"I always think this is weird." Liu Bei shook his head. Although the dispute between heaven and man comes from Chu Nan, but if what is said in the book is true, isn't he a sinner of the adult race?

"My lord!" Cai Mao frowned, and his tone was already a bit harsh: "If the battle of Xiangfan is defeated, Jingzhou will not be protected, not to mention the revival of the Han Dynasty, how will these loyal and righteous men who follow the lord deal with themselves?"

"Let me think twice!" Liu Bei shook his head, this matter does not mention the dispute between man and nature, Zhang Zhao's words alone made Liu Bei feel that something was wrong, and he couldn't tell what was wrong.

"My lord, please make a quick decision. According to the current situation, Xiangfan can't last long!" Cai Mao clasped his fists and saluted.

Liu Bei nodded silently, did not speak again, Cai Mao also took his leave and left.

"Gongwei, what do you think of this?" Liu Bei asked, looking at Meng Jian who was at the side.

Meng Jian shook his head: "My lord, it's hard to say right or wrong, Zhang Zhao's words seem to be quite eager, and there are many falsehoods."

According to normal logic, in the current situation, Sun Quan is unlikely to be unfavorable to Liu Bei, otherwise, even if he gets Jingzhou, it will be difficult to stop Chu Nan, but the matter of the heavenly court is too fantasy, even if it is true, why should the heavenly court help them instead of already occupying it? The overwhelmingly dominant Chu Nan?
There are no free benefits in this world, and if Heaven supported them, what would they get?Or what do they need to pay?Zhang Zhao didn't say anything about it.

However, things are indeed as Zhang Zhao said. Although Liu Bei is suspicious of this matter, the Jingxiang scholars can no longer control it. Jiangxia Chunan has already begun to send officials to promote the New Deal, and even many small gentry have begun Secretly contacted Chu Nan.

The battle of the world has now been decided. It is impossible for all the scholars to hold on to the mentality of the past and want to fight Chu Nan to the end. They choose to endure and give in. When Chu Nan is gone in the future, they will naturally rise again. Why bother with the whole clan? To fight for a while?
If it wasn't for the great fortune of the Cai family, the cutting of flesh and blood by the Chu Nan Xinzheng was too painful, and he didn't know if he would stand up again after falling, Cai Mao didn't want to take the whole family to fight.

In fact, there are not a few gentry under the rule of Chu Nan today, especially after the defeat of Yuan Shao, there are many small and medium gentry and local tyrants who compromised with Chu Nan.

Now that he finally has a chance to turn things around, how can Cai Mao control the price to be paid?As long as the interests of the own family are not damaged, everything else is trivial.

And there are many situations similar to the Cai family. In two days, people from the Kuai family, Huang family, Pang family, and even the Ma family and Kou family who defected to Liu Bei in the early days came to discuss this matter.

Zhang Zhao's place is also full of people, and many celebrities from Jingzhou come to visit.

Jiangling, the residence of Liu Bei.

After seeing off another group of people, Liu Bei felt physically and mentally exhausted, and Meng Jian's face was a little gloomy. During the two days when Zhang Zhao was publicizing the affairs of the Heavenly Court in Jiangling, he somewhat ignored them.

"My lord, why don't I go to Longzhong and ask Kong Ming to come out, maybe there is a solution." Meng Jian looked at Liu Bei, he still had two chances to ask Zhuge Liang to take action, and now it seems that it is time to use it.

Liu Bei nodded, he didn't think Zhuge Liang could solve the current situation, but it's good to have more talents by his side.

"My lord." A personal guard came in and saluted Liu Bei.

"Who is it?" Liu Bei asked with a frown.

"Xiangfan Urgent Report!" The personal guard bowed and held up a scroll of bamboo slips.

Liu Bei hastily reached out to take it, opened the bamboo slips, his eyes flicked over the bamboo slips, his complexion changed slightly.

"My lord, what's the matter?" Meng Jian saw Liu Bei's expression was not right, and asked quickly.

"Fancheng fell, Le Jin led the remaining troops back to Xiangyang!" Liu Bei said in a daze.

Fancheng fell! ?
Meng Jian's complexion also changed when he heard the words, and he said in surprise: "How could this be? When the supplies were delivered five days ago, Fancheng was still green, how could it be possible to suddenly fall!?"

Liu Bei didn't answer, but just handed the bamboo slips to Meng Jian.

Meng Jian quickly took the bamboo slips to check.

The fall of Fancheng was sudden, but not sudden.

With a step-by-step method, Chu Nan established a blockade of Xiangfan step by step. After cutting off the support of the Jiangdong navy, the soldiers and civilians in the second city of Xiangfan could clearly feel that the delivery of materials was getting slower and slower, and the time interval was getting longer and longer.

The common people don't know what's going on outside the city, but the soldiers who stand at the top of the city every day know that Xiangfan has been completely surrounded, and with the approach of spring plowing, the hearts of the people are tired of the war, and people's resentment is growing.

It is only a matter of time before Xiangfan is broken.

However, after Chu Nan attacked Xiangyang for a long time, he focused on Fancheng, leaving only Zhang He to guard, and he led Huang Zhong and other generals to cross the river quietly. There was no change in the strength of the two sides. Gather in Fancheng, and plan to break through Fancheng first, break down the integrated defense of Xiangyang and Fancheng, and completely reduce Xiangyang to an isolated city.

Just after the last batch of supplies was delivered five days ago, Chu Nan launched a fierce attack on Fancheng. At the same time, Zhang He, as long as Guan Yu helped Fancheng, immediately launched a fierce attack on Xiangyang, preventing the soldiers from the two cities from communicating by water.

Guan Yu had no choice but to protect Xiangyang first.

Although Fancheng is an important part of Xiangfan's defense line, it is only an acropolis after all, the population is far less than that of Xiangyang, and the city is not as strong as Xiangyang.

Coupled with the deterrence of the past few months, Fancheng people's grievances have arisen, and the speed of gathering green energy has become shackles. At this moment, Chu Nan suddenly concentrated all his strength to attack Fancheng. In terms of consumption speed, after three consecutive days of attacking, Fancheng's Qingqi was finally broken by Chu Nan.

Losing the vitality of protecting the city and facing the onslaught of the southern Chu army, although Le Jin fought hard to meet the enemy, he only lasted for a day, and Fancheng was unsustainable. Huang Zhong and Xu Huang broke into the city one after another. After it was difficult to hold on, he led the remnant army back to Xiangyang by water before Huang Zhong and Xu Huang encircled him, and Fancheng was finally broken.

When Fancheng was broken, half of Xiangfan's defense line collapsed, and Xiangyang was completely reduced to an isolated city. With Fancheng in hand, Chunan's blockade of the river will go one step further. With the direct onslaught from Fancheng, it will become even more difficult to send food, grass and supplies to Xiangyang again!

Not only that, after the destruction of Fancheng, the hearts of the people in Xiangyang will become more unstable, which will indirectly affect the cohesion of the city's green spirit.

If this continues, even if Xiangyang City is strong, it may be difficult to hold on for another month before it will be broken. At that time, people like Guan Yu, Le Jin, and Shi Tao may not be able to escape from the siege of Chu Nan.

Liu Bei sat on the couch in a daze.

"My lord, I will get up immediately and go to Wollongong, and ask Kong Ming to come out and help me." Meng Jian said in a deep voice.

Now is an extremely critical time, even if both opportunities are used, Zhuge Liang must help keep Xiangyang.

He also knew that Zhuge Liang was not a god, and in this situation, even if he took action, it might not be able to turn the tide.

But now, Meng Jian can't think of any other way.

Liu Bei nodded, and was about to say something when he saw his personal guards come in again, clasped his fists and said, "Master, the Cao family, Cao Pi, Cao Zhen, Cao Zhi, and Cao Zhang are begging to see you outside the door."

"Please." Liu Bei sighed.

Cao Cao died early, and the relationship between Liu Bei and Cao Cao stayed before Cao Cao's death. At that time, it should belong to the honeymoon period between Cao and Liu. Cao Cao regarded Liu Bei very highly, and Liu Bei also had some respect for Cao Cao. After everyone came to vote, Liu Bei not only reused Le Jin, but also treated the members of the Cao family well, especially Cao Zhen and Cao Zhang, who were quite strategic, and Liu Bei loved them a lot.

Cao Pi was also arranged to become an official by Liu Bei, and Cao Zhi became a duck to water among the scholars in Jingzhou because of his literary talents. Now the Cao family has established a foothold in Jingzhou. They should have come here for the Fancheng matter.

After all, Le Jin was a loyal minister of the Cao family. Even if Cao Cao was defeated, Le Jin would always accompany the heirs of the Cao family. Naturally, people cannot sit idly by.

The guards resigned, and after a while, Cao Pi came in with Cao Zhen, Cao Zhi and Cao Zhang, and bowed to Liu Bei: "See Xuande Gong."

"Zihuan doesn't need to be too polite." The smile on Liu Bei's face was already a bit reluctant: "Everyone is here because of Fancheng's affairs?"

"Exactly!" Cao Pi said bitterly, "Even when Uncle Wen Qian was in danger, he never abandoned us. Now that Uncle is in trouble, how can we just sit back and watch?"

Liu Bei nodded silently: "Xiangyang must be saved."

"Mr. Xuande, I heard that Jiangdong has a way to break the situation. I invited Mr. Xuande to go. I don't know..." Cao Zhi looked at Liu Bei and said, "Mr. Xuande has some concerns?"

Liu Bei smiled wryly and said, "I just feel that this matter of heaven is too untrue."

"Duke Xuande!" Cao Zhang took a step forward, bowed and said, "Why don't you give it a try? The general is willing to accompany and protect Duke Xuande, but Jiangdong dares to be unfavorable to Duke Xuande, and the general is willing to die to protect him." !"

"Ziwen's words are serious." Liu Bei nodded and said, "Forget it, tomorrow Bei will go to see Zibu, and go with him to see General Sun!"

"I will accompany you!" The four members of the Cao family bowed.

Liu Bei nodded silently, whether it was a blessing or a curse, he couldn't care less now, he didn't want to lose another brother!
(End of this chapter)