Soldiers come to the world

On the south bank of the Yangtze River, [-] Jingnan troops have lined up, waiting for the ships from the opposite bank to come. More than an hour has passed, and there is no movement on the dark river. Liu Bei became a little anxious. He kept walking back and forth on the bank with his hands behind his back. step.

Next to him, Zhang Fei couldn't help asking: "Brother, will there be any accidents, or you won't be able to cross the river?"

Liu Bei sighed, "I don't know, but if you can't cross the river, someone will swim back, it seems that you should have crossed the river."

At this moment, there was a slight commotion on the bank, and someone shouted: "There is a boat on the river!"

Liu Bei was refreshed, and walked forward quickly, only to see the shadows of two ships appearing on the dark river, Zhang Fei shouted in surprise: "What's the matter, there are only two ships?"

Liu Bei was very puzzled, how could there be only two ships, "Third brother, you can see clearly, there are indeed only two ships?"

"I can see very clearly that there are only two ships. It seems that there is no one on board. The river sent the boat. What's going on?" Zhang Fei's voice was very nervous, as if he saw a ghost ship.

The two ships ran aground by the water, and dozens of soldiers rushed up. After a while, the soldiers carried the two of them on their backs. A sergeant nervously reported to Liu Bei: "Several brothers on the ship were shot and killed by arrows. Only these two brothers seem to be still alive." Take a breath."

Liu Bei's heart seemed to sink into the abyss. No matter what the reason was, the plan to cross the river tonight would probably not succeed. Pang Tong beside him was also very pale, and he also realized that his plan had failed.

"Wake up!"

The soldiers shouted, and Liu Bei hurried forward, only to see a soldier who had been shot in the lower abdomen slowly wake up, Liu Bei asked quickly: "What happened?"

"Reporting to the emperor, when I came back...I met Cao Jun...the fleet, there are hundreds of ships..."

Before he finished speaking, the soldier fainted again, and Liu Bei quickly ordered: "Hurry up and let the military doctor treat him!"

He sighed, walked slowly to the water's edge with his hands behind his back, stared at the dark river, crossed the river without a boat, it seemed that he really had no chance, this was God's will!

Pang Tong also stepped forward slowly, and said shamelessly, "Uncle Emperor, this is my responsibility."

Liu Bei shook his head, "This matter has nothing to do with you, and you didn't expect Cao Jun's brigade to come. It's God's will, but I'm a little surprised. It should be the empty boat that came back. How could it be the Cao Jun brigade?"

Liu Bei looked back at Pang Tong, "What do you think about this?"

Pang Tong hesitated and said, "Can I let the minister speak his mind?"

"Of course, of course I want to hear your truth?"

"I think there should be a result from Chibi."

Liu Bei was taken aback, "You mean, the Battle of Chibi is over?"

Pang Tong nodded slightly, "It should be over. Only when the war is over will Cao Jun return, but I don't know who wins and who loses. Cao Jun will return no matter whether he wins or loses. I can't judge this."

At this moment, the chief secretary Ma Di rushed to him, and shouted from afar, "I want to report to Uncle Emperor, the military adviser has an urgent report!"

Liu Bei stepped forward to receive the letter. Under the light of the soldier's torches, it turned out to be an urgent reddish-brown envelope. Liu Bei opened the letter and read it again.

"My lord, is it news from Chibi?" Pang Tong asked.

Liu Bei nodded, "Flying pigeons sent a message from Chibi that the war is over, Cao Cao was defeated, and the entire army of more than [-] troops was wiped out."

Pang Tong was also stunned, he didn't know whether he was happy or sad, Jiang Xia's army actually defeated 20 Cao's army, what does this mean?It means that the pattern of power in the world is about to change drastically.

Liu Bei was also flustered, of course he knew what it meant for Jiang Xia's defeat of Cao Jun?First of all, his last bit of power was saved first. This is his luck. Then, what should he do?

Zhang Fei next to him seemed to understand his brother's panic, and reminded him: "Brother, read the letter from the military adviser again, what else was said later?"

One sentence reminded Liu Bei, and he continued to read. At the end of the letter, Zhuge Liang really made a suggestion that he could send 5000 troops to reinforce Jianping County, and another [-] people were deployed at the mouth of the Youjiang River to watch the changes in Jiangling. , Zhuge Liang said that he was about to set off and come to join Liu Bei.

Liu Bei immediately let go of his heart, and said with a smile to everyone: "The military division is coming soon, so you don't need to worry too much."

Pang Tong felt a little uncomfortable. At this critical moment, the lord still listened to Zhuge Liang's arrangements, and didn't even ask himself what he thought, which showed that the lord still didn't take himself seriously.

Pang Tong suddenly felt an indescribable loss in his heart, and thought to himself, "It's better to leave first, so as not to see Kong Ming's face." '

Thinking of this, Pang Tong bowed to Liu Bei and said, "I would like to lead an army of [-] troops to Jianping County to assist the eldest son, please grant your permission."

Liu Bei understood what Pang Tong meant, and he couldn't help feeling a little guilty, so he took out a command arrow and handed it to Pang Tong, saying: "I will hand over the five thousand troops to Shi Yuan, I hope Shi Yuan can help Feng'er well, if he can't do it You can report to me in secret."

"I understand, thank you, Lord, for your kindness!"

That night, Pang Tong led [-] troops to leave the camp and head west along the south bank of the Yangtze River.

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It was not until he returned to Jiangling City that Cao Cao finally let go of his heart. At this time, he thought of the loss of more than [-] troops, and couldn't help feeling sad, beating his chest and crying, "Alas, Chibi's fiasco was my fault! "

In the lobby, everyone was silent, and Cheng Yu was even more ashamed. After all, he was the one who finally led the prime minister to send troops. Although he thought it was only [-]% sure at the time, in that case, even if he was only [-]% sure, he still advocated the implementation .

The point is that he catered too much to the prime minister's idea of ​​sending out troops at that time, and didn't tell all the dangers. At least he had already thought that the Jiangdong army might attack from land.

But it was this mistake of thought that caused his lifelong remorse, and caused him the pain of dying at the end of the day. He stood silently by the side without saying a word.

At this time, Cao Cao returned to normal. He looked at Chen Qun and said apologetically, "Changwen, I am ashamed of you this time. I apologize to you!"

Chen Qun quickly walked out of the queue, bowed and saluted, "The situation is like this, sometimes the prime minister can't help himself."

Cao Cao nodded, "You're right. I exhausted half of the country's strength, and finally withdrew without fighting. Needless to say, my own reputation is just such a huge waste. I can't explain it to the people of the world."

Everyone was silent. Although the prime minister was right, no one was in the mood to respond. At this time, Cao Cao looked at the general and found an empty seat next to Xiahou Dun. He felt sad, even though he knew he would A general has fallen, but he absolutely does not want it to be Xiahouyuan.

It seems that in the future, we can only negotiate with Liu Jing and find a way to exchange Xia Houyuan. At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and a guard reported, "General Zhang is back."

This is Zhang Liao's return. Zhang Liao got off the boat halfway to collect the defeated soldiers from Yunmengze. This is also something Cao Cao is very concerned about. Cao Cao immediately cheered up and said quickly: "Send him in!"

After a while, Zhang Liao hurried in, bowed and said: "See the prime minister!"

"Tell me, how many defeated soldiers have you recruited?" Cao Cao asked impatiently.

"Reporting to the prime minister, the humble position recruited more than 2 people. I heard that Gongming also recruited thousands of people, about [-] people. The prime minister was disappointed."

"I'm not disappointed, it's good, Wenyuan has worked hard this time."

Although comforting Zhang Liao in this way, Cao Cao sighed in his heart. There are only more than 2 soldiers.

At this time, Cao Cao felt lost and felt bored, so he said to everyone: "Everyone has worked hard all the way, go and rest!"

Everyone saluted and retreated, but Cao Cao secretly ordered the guards to leave Cao Ren, Cheng Yu and Chen Jiao behind, and he got up and went back to the back hall.

After changing his clothes, Cao Cao went back to the back hall, where Cao Ren, Cheng Yu and Chen Jiao were already waiting.

"Three please sit down!"

Cao Cao asked the three of them to sit down. He stopped talking about the defeat and said to the three of them: "I want to discuss the future arrangements with the three of you. I plan to go north tomorrow and return to Yedu, so I have to finalize some things tonight. come down."

Cao Ren said with concern: "Prime Minister just arrived tonight and will leave tomorrow, isn't it too urgent?"

Cao Cao sighed, "I also want to rest for a few days, but there is no way, the situation is pressing!"

Cao Cao just got the news that Yan Rou, the lord of Youzhou, surrendered Yuan Mai with an elite army of [-], which greatly increased the strength of the remnants of the Yuan family, which made him even more urgent to go back.

Cao Ren was speechless. He knew that the prime minister wanted to keep him, obviously because he wanted to entrust Jingzhou to him, which made him feel an invisible pressure.

Cao Cao said to Cheng Yu again: "Let's talk about Zhongde! I want to hear your opinion."

Cheng Yu didn't want to say too much, but Cao Cao insisted, so he could only say: "Actually, I'm worried that Jiang Xia's army will capture Xiangyang first, cutting off the retreat of Jiangling's army. I suggest that it's better to give Jiangling to Liu Bei and let Liu Bei restrain Liu Jing. "

As soon as he mentioned this, Cao Ren immediately objected, "It's not right! Nanjun is one of the three main counties in Jingzhou. If Nanjun is lost, Xiangyang will not be guaranteed. In short, if I stay in Jiangling for a day, I will never let it go to Liu Bei."

If it was before, Cheng Yu would definitely argue with Cao Ren, but now he has no desire to fight. Since Cao Ren firmly opposes it, he said calmly: "General Zixiao is right, then defend it!"

Cao Cao felt a little dissatisfied, but he couldn't say anything. He guessed that Cheng Yu's depression was related to Chibi's defeat, so he stopped asking Cheng Yu and asked Chen Jiao, "What's Ji Bi's opinion?"

Chen Jiao is Cao Cao's long history of staying to assist Cao Ren. If Cao Ren is allowed to guard Jingzhou, Chen Jiao will naturally stay, and he knows this well.

Chen Jiao leaned forward and said: "What I mean is to observe first. If Liu Jing aggressively attacks Jiangling, then Jiangling will be handed over to Liu Bei. It doesn't matter if we defend Xiangyang with all our strength. If Liu Jing has no intention of rushing westward, then we can simply take it easy. Deployment, what Weichen means is, don't rush to make a decision, and consider it according to the actual situation."

Chen Jiao's plan touched Cao Cao's heart, he nodded and said: "Ji Bi is very good, we really can't make a hasty decision, after the war is over, Jiangxia, Jiangdong and Jingnan will inevitably have a conflict of interests, we must make full use of this Contradictions among the three families, strive to get the greatest benefit."

Cao Cao said to Cao Ren again: "At least let me kill Liu Bei."

Cao Ren immediately got up and knelt down, "I will never let down the prime minister's trust in a humble position!"

"it is good!"

Cao Cao said happily: "I will make you the general of Zhennan, commanding the [-] troops of Jiangling and Xiangyang, and Chen Jiao as the chief historian, in charge of the government affairs of the two counties. I will hand over Jingzhou to you."