The Conquest of the Three Kingdoms

"Nie Zefeng, Nie Zefeng, are you a human or a demon? How did you do all this? I don't understand, I really don't understand..."

In Liu Bei's heart, he repeated it over and over again.

"Don't worry, General. Although Nie Zefeng was lucky enough to win, he won't be able to go south after a big battle. Since Yun Chang has made a decisive decision to lead his army back, as long as he can withdraw the [-] troops smoothly, our army will not be able to do so." If there isn't much loss, so what can Nie Zefeng do."

Sun Qian was the first to calm down, calmly comforting Liu Bei.

Hearing the chief counselor's analysis, Liu Bei's restless mood began to subside a little, and a little calmness appeared on his old face.

"The difference is reasonable. Even if Nie Zefeng wins Liaodong, his vitality will be seriously injured. How can I be afraid of him?"

Liu Bei stroked his beard lightly, calmness gradually appeared between his brows.

Just at this moment, a pro-army hurried in.

"Report to the general, and the scouts to report urgently. General Guan was attacked by Nie Zefeng's Qingqi, and the whole army was defeated. Nie Zefeng took advantage of the situation and captured Xuzhou. General Guan and the defeated army are retreating to Xuzhou."

Hearing these words, the entire lobby was instantly silent.

Time seemed to freeze, everyone's faces were frozen at the moment of horror, and there was an illusion that they were about to suffocate.

The calmness that Liu Bei had just recovered was instantly wiped out, replaced by ten times the shock and panic.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

Liu Bei suddenly yelled hoarsely, jumped up with Teng, and ran towards the door with big strides.

The rest of Sun Qian and the others woke up from the shock and hurriedly followed them out.

Liu Bei and this group of Xuzhou high-level civil and military officials left Dezhou Mufu and headed all the way to the north gate of Xiapi.

Going up to the city, I raised my eyes to look in the direction of Xuzhou, but I saw a line of fire on the north bank soaring into the sky. It was clear that Xuzhou's water camp was burning.

On Xushui, warships docked chaotically and disorderly, and teams of disgraced soldiers were coming towards Xuzhou supporting each other.

Seeing such a situation, Liu Beifang began to believe the cruel fact.

At this moment, Liu Bei was in pain and confusion. The fact in front of him was beyond his comprehension. He couldn't understand how Nie Zefeng miraculously defeated his five soldiers after defeating the Xiliang army. Wan Dajun.

The subordinates on the left and right were also inexplicably terrified, and everyone fell into an unprecedented panic.

The gates of the city were opened, and the defeated army entered the city sadly

The people in Xiapi City heard the sound and went out to watch, while the defeated soldiers told the terrible things they had experienced.

Soon, the news of Xuzhou's defeat spread throughout the city.The entire city of Xuzhou fell into panic very quickly, and everyone was full of fear for that devilish Nie Zefeng.

Not long after, Guan Yu also arrived in Xuzhou.

On the top of the city, when Liu Bei saw his sworn brother, he was both happy and angry.

The joy is that Guan Yu is safe and sound, but the anger is that Guan Yu not only caused his [-] army to be defeated.And also lost the important town of Xuzhou.

Guan Yu also had a face full of shame, knelt down on the ground, thinking that he was incompetent in commanding.Ask Liu Bei to punish him.

In this big defeat, Liu Bei's loss can be said to be heavy, in terms of responsibility.As the former commander-in-chief of the army, Guan Yu did have an inescapable responsibility.

Liu Bei showed anger, and he also wanted to punish Guan Yu.

At this time, Sun Qian persuaded: "General, victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs. Although General Mi was at fault for his misconduct in command, the defeat in this battle is ultimately due to the rapid change of the situation, which exceeded all of our expectations. "

After Sun Gan pleaded for mercy, Liu Bei's anger disappeared.After pondering for a moment, he sighed: "Forget it, I will cut off your salary for three years as punishment."

Guan Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly thanked Liu Bei for his kindness.

Then Liu Bei led the people back to the State Shepherd's Mansion.After entering the lobby and letting Guan Yu drink a few glasses of shocking wine, he carefully asked about the process of the defeat.

Guan Yu retreated hastily, and told the truth when he was attacked by Nie Zefeng's Qingqi.

Everyone listened, as if feeling the same.Apart from resentment, there was also a hint of admiration secretly flashing across his expression.

Liu Bei also couldn't help sighing: "I never thought that Nie Zefeng's use of cavalry is so magical. If this person is not eliminated, he will really be a serious problem for me in Xuzhou."

All the officials are silent.

When the atmosphere was gloomy, another report came from outside, saying that Chen Gui had fled back alive and wanted to see him.

Liu Bei originally thought that his brother-in-law had died in the rebellious army, but when he heard that he had fled back, he couldn't help being overjoyed and hurriedly called to come in.

Not long after, Chen Gui, covered in blood, staggered into the lobby.

When everyone saw Chen Gui's appearance, they all gasped.

When Liu Bei squinted his eyes and saw Chen Gui's terrible appearance when he lost one ear, his whole body felt as if he had been struck by lightning. He felt dizzy and fainted in fright, and immediately passed out on the ground.

On the second day, when the sun slowly shone through the countless clouds and hit the city, Liu Bei woke up slowly. He was going to see his newly married wife, Mi Xue.

In the attic, Mi Xue sat leaning against a railing, holding a small bronze mirror in her hand, carefully admiring herself in the mirror.

That pair of slender hands caressed the jade hairpin in her hair, her slightly rouged face turned from side to side from time to time, and the eyes gradually became intoxicated.

"lady."

When he was intoxicated, Liu Bei's voice suddenly came from outside.

Mi Xue was startled, quickly put down the bronze mirror, suppressed the intoxication on her face, and walked out to welcome her.

Liu Bei had already crossed the threshold and walked in with a spring breeze on his face.

"My husband is not in charge of military affairs, why come back so early." Mi Xue stepped forward to help Liu Bei sit down.

Liu Bei, who had just suffered a serious illness, naturally had to act extremely confident.

Liu Bei had a proud demeanor and a confident tone, as if everything was under control.

Mi Xue also secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and served Liu Bei with a smile.

Liu Bei suddenly remembered something, took out a gold hairpin from his sleeve, and said with a smile: "Recently, I have been busy with military affairs and neglected my wife. This gold hairpin was made by the best goldsmith in the city specially called by the general. Madam, do you like it?"

Mi Xue glanced at the gold hairpin, she didn't feel too much trouble in her heart, but pretended to be happy, took the gold hairpin and looked at it fondly, and thanked each other in her mouth.

Satisfied, Liu Bei said, "Come on, I'll put it on for Madam."

Mi Xue turned around with a smile on her face, Liu Bei raised her hand, intending to insert this gift for her own wife.

Suddenly, Liu Bei frowned fiercely.He found the jade hairpin on Mi Xue's head.

The smiling face stopped, Liu Bei hurriedly pulled out the jade hairpin, and asked, "Where did you get this thing?"

Mi Xue was bewildered, and when she looked back, she couldn't help but change her face.

She just woke up at this moment, she was so confused that she forgot to take the jade hairpin that Nie Zefeng gave her.But I don't want to show it to my husband.

"This one, this is a gift from my elder brother." Mi Xue was flustered in her heart, but her face was very calm.Laughing and trying to prevaricate.

"Nonsense, this thing is obviously something in the palace, how can Chen Gui have it." Liu Bei shouted sharply.

Mi Xue was startled.But she forgot that her husband used to be the emperor's uncle of a big man. He was a person who had seen the world, and he knew that the things in the palace had their own special marks, so how could he be fooled by her few words.

Mi Xue saw through, she immediately showed panic, she didn't know how to deal with it.

Liu Bei said with a livid face, "I, Xuzhou, have always respected the King of Chu. How can there be such a forbidden thing, but Nie Zefeng took advantage of the chaos to loot Xudu before. Did Nie Zefeng give you this jade hairpin?"

Mi Xue's heart trembled, her face turned pale.Now that I know that I can't hide it, I can only nod and admit it.

"No wonder you kept trying to persuade me to make peace with Nie Ze. It turns out that you took his bribes privately. You bitch, you almost spoiled the general's affairs!"

Liu Bei was furious.She waved her hand and slapped Mi Xue with a slap.

"Snapped!"

With a clear sound, Liu Bei slapped Mi Xue so hard that he fanned Mi Xue to the ground, and a blood-red palm print appeared on his snow-white face.

Since Mi Xue married Liu Bei, she has been doted on in every possible way.Team Liu Bei didn't even say a word harshly, let alone slap her across the face.

This slap only slapped Mi Xue in pain and shock, under all kinds of grievances, tears flowed out like broken beads.

"You dare to hit me, how dare you hit me!"

Annoyed and ashamed, Mi Xue screamed at Liu Bei.

The Mi family is one of Liu Bei's two major supporters in Xuzhou. As the daughter of the Mi family, Mi Xue has always been arrogant and indulgent. Now that Liu Bei has slapped her, she instinctively inspired the Mi family to show off.

Liu Bei didn't expect that his wife would dare to be arrogant towards him, so he couldn't help being furious, and slapped Mi Xue again with a wave of his palm.

"General, big things are not good, big things are not good—"

Before the palm fell, a person broke in from the outside, screaming in panic.

When Liu Bei saw an outsider coming, he immediately clapped his hands and gave Mi Xue a hard look.

Mi Xue also knew what was going on, and quickly got up from the ground, wiping away the tears on her cheeks in a hurry.

The person who broke in was Mi Zhu, Mi Xue's elder brother.

"What's the matter of yelling, what's the matter?" Liu Bei scolded him, staring at him.

Mi Zhu wiped the cold sweat off his face, and said in a trembling voice, "General, Nie Zefeng's army has crossed Xushui, and is now rushing towards Xiapi."

One word, like a thunderbolt from the blue sky, only made Liu Bei's expression change in shock.

"How is it possible? How could Nie Zefeng's troops easily pass Xu Shui? General Chen Gui, why didn't his Chen Gui come out to intercept him?"

Liu Bei thought that Nie Zefeng was using warships to transport troops to force the crossing, thinking that with Chen Gui, how could the enemy easily cross to the south.

Mi Zhu stammered, "That fellow Nie Zefeng built a pontoon bridge upstream, and an army of more than 1 troops crossed Xushui in just a moment. My brother didn't even have time to react."

"pontoon!"

Liu Bei was shocked, as if he had heard the most incredible thing in the world.

Building a pontoon bridge on Xushui River, such an unprecedented event, made Nie Zefeng think how Liu Bei could accept this cruel fact.

For a moment, Liu Bei almost suffocated, staggered and almost fell.

Mi Xue, who was also panicked, hurried forward to support Liu Bei.

"General, Nie Zefeng's army is already on the way, please make an idea quickly, General," Mi Zhu urged in a panic.

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