Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 2060 Xiangyang fell, thorns blocked the way

  Ever since he had a serious health problem, Liu Biao hardly ever went up to the city wall to watch the battle. Although it is said that Liu Biao did his best in his own mansion, after all, there is some difference from the leaders who come to the front line to fight in person.

  When Cao Jun and Cai Shi joined hands to sneak into the city and seize the south gate of Xiangyang, Liu Biao was sitting in the front yard of the mansion. When the first shout came faintly, before others could hear clearly what happened, Liu Biao straightened his neck and looked towards the south...

  In an instant, the chaotic voices of shouting and fighting erupted in the south like thunder, and went straight into the sky. The mixed voices of shouts swept across the whole city from south to north in a blink of an eye. Inside and outside the city, the echoes and chaos formed one, with overwhelming murderous aura, shaking the entire Xiangyang City, hitting every person in it. People are shaken and fear is spreading, which means death.

  『Xiangyang has been broken! Xiangyang is broken! Only punish Liu Biao, and those who surrender will not die! 』

  The sound of shouting, killing, screaming and frenzy outside, rang out even louder. Covering the whole city, among the neighbors, and the surrounding deep houses and courtyards, it seems that because of this, commotion has begun.

  Liu Biao's face was thick with pink, so he couldn't see any change in his face, but his body shook a few times, then he stood still, and said in a deep voice, "Everyone, don't panic! It's just a little trouble! Order Pang Zhizhong to temporarily take over the military post and strictly guard the north gate! Let Wen Zhongye quickly lead the troops to quell the chaos in the city! 』

  After Liu Biao yelled, his breath was inevitably short for a moment, he took a few sharp breaths, and continued to order: "Bring a certain weapon!" Close the front and rear gates! Soldiers go up the turret! If there are thieves approaching, they will be killed without mercy! 』

On the Xiangyang Long Street, it was already a mess, crying and shouting together. The streets and alleys were full of people who were at a loss, running around, and there were also some scattered Jingzhou soldiers, holding weapons, but Like a headless chicken, being dragged left and right by the flow of people, I don't know which direction to go.

  In the city of Xiangyang, some fires have already risen. In any troubled times, it is always inevitable that some people will ignore them and only think about themselves.

  Liu Biao stood on the high platform, wielding his sword and shouted: "This is Liu Biao, shepherd of Jingzhou!" Thief Cao is greedy and innocent, encroaching and plundering Jingzhou! I am loyal to my fathers and folks in Jingzhou, and don't be fooled by them! Defend against foreign enemies and defend your homeland! 』

  The guards standing near the Mufu Yamen in Jingzhou also shouted: "Fight against foreign enemies together and defend our homeland!" Defend against foreign enemies and defend your homeland! 』

  In the midst of the panic, hearing Liu Biao's voice made such a sound was naturally somewhat helpful. Many scattered Jingzhou soldiers also found their way and moved closer to Liu Biao.

  Amid the billowing black smoke, Liu Biao held his long sword high and yelled again and again until his voice became hoarse, and beads of sweat rolled down his forehead, flushing the thick powder on his face into gullies.

  At this moment, the fight near the South Gate of Xiangyang has reached its worst moment.

Although it was said that Cai Jiu and the others took advantage of the surprise at the beginning and killed the pawns on duty in Jingzhou by surprise, the rest of the Jingzhou soldiers quickly reacted and pounced desperately, blocking Cai Jiu and the others in the city. the door. After all, Cai Jiu and the others can't wear any armor in order to pretend to be vagrants. In the era of cold weapons, whether there is armor or not is two completely different concepts. If there are too many, the momentum will naturally suffer some loss, and it will no longer be as fierce as before.

During the fierce fight, people on both sides kept falling down, some died on the spot, but some were injured, but they were stepped on by their own family members or opponents and screamed, and the fatal ones could still struggle Climbing to the corner of the road, I was unlucky and went down a few feet, and gradually lost my breath...

  Suddenly, Cai Jiu, who was leading the team to attack the winch of the city gate, heard a loud roar erupting in the city, and a battle flag with the word "Wen" came from the north and rushed straight to this place!

  『Damn it! Damn it! 』

  Cai Jiu yelled loudly, and quickly ordered his subordinates to move faster, and there was some panic in the tone of his voice that could not be concealed. Wenpin's bravery is well-known in Jingzhou. If Wenpin really rushed here, he might lose his own life, not to mention the failure to seize the city!

   Success or failure, now it seems that only who can be faster is left!

  Wen Pin ran south with his men, his spear slanted toward the door.

  Cai Jiu frantically waved his saber, turning his head to urge his subordinates.

   Xiahou Dun in the north of the city stood under the banner of the Chinese army and beat the huge war drum himself.

  The Cai family in the south of the city stood outside the gate of Xiangyang, anxiously waiting for the gate to open.

   Black smoke billowed.

  The flames are fierce.

   Howling and crying everywhere.

  Liu Biao stood on the high platform, showing pale and withered arms, holding a long sword.

  Liu Cong huddled under the corner of the wall, opened his terrified and helpless eyes, and hugged his knees.

  Everything seems to be in turmoil, and everything seems to be a still scene.

  The winch at the south gate of Xiangyang was finally twisted, pulling the iron fence that closed the city gate and slowly rising...

  Suddenly, near the south gate of Xiangyang, no matter whether it was above or below the city, whether it was Cao Jun or Jingzhou soldiers, they couldn't help shouting, either with despair or ecstasy! And Cai's helping hand outside the Nancheng eagerly pawed at the city gate, wishing to rush in the next moment!

   Cai Jiu was ecstatic and shouted: "Xiangyang! Xiangyang City has been taken down! The first work, the first work is ours! 』

  Wen Pin raised his arms and shouted: "Go up!" Hold the gate! 』

  The fire is rolling, and the sky is black and smoky. The remnant clouds in the sky seem to be connected with the black smoke on the ground.

Cai's reinforcements rushed into the city, but they were blocked by Wenpin and others at the gate of the city. Cai's soldiers attacked again and again, but under Wenpin's blessing, Jingzhou soldiers stood tightly in one place, Even though Cai's soldiers fought inside with red eyes, they still didn't make much progress, and even showed some signs of being pushed out of the city gate!

   At this moment, the sound of horseshoes came faintly again. Cao Hong and other cavalry cavalry of Cao Jun who were hiding in the south of Xiangyang, when they saw the agreed signal, rushed out of their hiding places and charged towards Xiangyang City fiercely!

   Before Wenpin could react, he suddenly heard a commotion in the north of the city!

  Wenpin, who was calm and steady on weekdays, finally changed his face. A moment later, more and more noise and uncontrollable chaos spread in Xiangyang City...

  Pang Ji, who presided over the defense at the north of the city gate, was killed by Han Song. Then Han Song ordered to open the city gate and offer the city to surrender.

   Cao Jun rushed into the city like a raging tide!

  Wen Pin roared to the sky, but he was powerless. Liu Biao vomited blood on the balcony and died.

  Xiangyang City has finally fallen...

  The sun sets.

  The chill of the night gradually hit.

  Sometimes, the same news will have different flavors in different places. Liu Biao's death, among the big men, may be the result of a series of complex interactions, but in terms of the incident itself, those who feel happy about Liu Biao's death, or "happy" are basically No.

  In the main hall of the Xuxian Imperial Palace, the lit oil lamps draw a circle that makes people feel a little warmer. Although the eunuchs and maids were standing around, some in the hall and some outside the hall, they still made Liu Xie feel extremely lonely and helpless.

  Even though Liu Biao has problems of one kind or another, or Liu Biao also has acts of arrogance, but Liu Biao is, after all, the last clan member of the Han family who holds real power in the Han Dynasty!

  After Liu Biao, there is no longer a family of vassals in the world that has a banner with "Liu" written on it.

  Emperor Liu Xie sat silently in front of the chessboard, the hall was quiet except for the occasional sound of pieces being dropped, while opposite Liu Xie, there was nothingness. Liu Xie seems to be playing chess with himself, but also with the future.

  『Zhen, is this step... the right one, or...』

   Liu Xie muttered in a low voice, his voice was unreadable. Holding a chess piece in his hand, he never put it down for a long time.

  『Some of the things I do are right, some...wrong...it is unavoidable, I also know this, but no matter whether it is right or wrong, what I do is...』

  Liu Xie gently landed the chess piece on the board.

  『It’s like playing chess, if you don’t make a move, you lose...』 Liu Xie raised his eyebrows slightly, and after a while, he showed a wry smile, 『But after making a move, you can’t change it...』

  The chessboard is full of black and white colors, but under the light of the oil lamp, it seems that some other colors appear, flowing and circling on the chessboard.

  『Dong, Wang, Li, Guo, Yuan...』 Liu Xie slowly picked up the bag, and then picked up the last one, 『Liu...huh...』

  『I never owed the world...why the world...all owe me...』

"why? ! 』

"why…"

  Liu Xie gritted his teeth, and the muscles on his cheeks twitched a little, the pain in his heart was unspeakable.

  Early after Dong Zhuo's death, Liu Xie had great ambitions in his heart. These ambitions originated from his father and were born in his blood. He also wanted to become the overlord of Zhongxing like Guangwu. He chose to leave Bingzhou in Feiqian and come to Yuzhou because this is Longxingzhi of Guangwu. From here, Liu Xie hopes to embark on Guangwu's ZTE road again, but now it seems that although he has stepped on the footprints left by Guangwu before, the road back then has disappeared.

  The rest is full of thorns.

  Liu Xie struggled. He fought against Cao Cao, trying to use some people close to him to build a new pattern of the Great Han Dynasty, and then he could regain control of the universe and make the Great Han normal. But in the end he failed and was discovered by Cao Cao...

   Liu Xie's son died.

  Cao Cao's son also died...

died.

   Then both Liu Xie and Cao Cao realized that if the two of them continued to fight, it would only benefit the other guys who were standing aside and staring at each other, so they stopped fighting each other, with their respective wounds, and temporarily let go of their hatred. Then Cao Cao took Jizhou, and Cao Cao controlled a larger territory, but at the same time, this also meant that Cao Cao's original concentration in Yuzhou would be flattened. Even Cao Cao himself put his main energy in Jizhou and stayed in Yecheng.

  Liu Xie is not very clear about the financial difficulties Cao Cao is facing at the moment. In his mind, he feels that the reason why Cao Cao wants to attack Liu Biao is because of one word, "Liu".

  Cao Cao was worried that when he stayed in Jizhou, next door to Yuzhou, south of Xu County, there was still a royal family member!

   Once upon a time, Liu Xie thought that he and Cao Cao could really forget their pain and work together, but now it seems that the cold and cruel reality makes Liu Xie have to face the black and white and iron blood of this world again.

  There is also Hussar General Fei Qian...

   Liu Xie sighed.

  If Liu Xie was hurt for Cao Cao, then Liu Xie was more disappointed for Fei Qian.

   When Cao Cao launched an offensive against Jingzhou, Liu Xie once imagined how the hussar general Fei Qian would react? But I didn't expect Fei Qian to just send Liu Qi over in the end, and it turned out to be a tacit consent that Liu Biao would be defeated by Cao Cao. What made Liu Xie feel even more painful was that Fei Qian "guessed" correctly.

  Xiangyang fell, and Liu Biao died in the Jingzhou Mufu Yamen.

   Liu Biao...

   Isn't it claimed that there are one hundred thousand soldiers?

  Liu Xie suddenly felt that Liu Biao had been operating in Jingzhou for so long, whether he was working hard or recuperating, his body that looked huge and strong turned out to be an empty shell!

   After weighing and weighing, after thinking and thinking, Liu Xie finally continued to make a move. Since the chessboard has not been completely overturned, the chess game still needs to continue until it is filled to the point where there is no place to stay, then it will be completely erased and the game will be restarted...

   On the other side, Liu Qi, who had arrived in Xu County, received the message from Xiangyang. He could hardly bear the blow and fainted on the spot. Although Liu Qi was once a rebellious teenager, but it was his father who, even though he had made some preparations in his heart, still couldn't bear it after hearing the real news.

   As Liu Qi's guard, Liu Pan was also dumbfounded with a sallow complexion.

  Yi Ji on the side had a complicated expression, which finally turned into a sigh.

  After half a sound, Liu Qi regained consciousness and wept in a low voice, "Father, my lord father..."

  Yi Ji was silent for a moment, and said to Liu Pan: "Lieutenant Liu, please leave the post station and find some white hemp... This clothes, I have to change it..."

  Liu Pan bowed his hand and went without mentioning it.

"Young Master..." Yi Ji turned his head to look at Liu Qi who was crying bitterly, "My dear son, I am sorry... My son, this is not the time to be sad..." In this world, it is impossible to exchange one's own misery for the pity of others, and to cry to beg for the care of others. It doesn't work at all.

  Even the son of heaven, who claims that heaven is the father and earth is the mother, and that the son of heaven is born of heaven and earth and raised by the earth, cannot rely on pity and sympathy to live, let alone Liu Qi who only has a scepter left?

  If you don’t work hard by yourself, don’t strive for it yourself, just give in and show weakness, cry and beg, and eventually become food for others and be swallowed alive by others. Although Yi Ji may not be top-notch in terms of strategy, his understanding of life and morals is obviously a hundred times better than Liu Qi's.

  『Uncle Ji...』Liu Qi holding the scepter,『I, I...what should I do? 』

  『Take this opportunity to show directly before the Dan rank! Yiji said, "Cao's Xinke Jingzhou must have a lot of affairs, and it is difficult to be comprehensive at the moment. Only at this moment, the name will be determined first, and then there will be a turning point!" 』

  Liu Qi nodded hastily, "Yes, yes, Uncle Ji said...but, but this seal..."

  『…』Yi Ji was also aware of Liu Qi’s current state, so he sighed and said, “Well, let someone write it, and after it’s finished, the young master will copy it…”

  Liu Qi naturally has no opinion.

   But this form is not easy to write. Yi Ji wrote halfway, he already felt that the wording was too intense, stopped, and then started again, after writing for a while, stopped again, and wrote again, but he didn't even finish the beginning, so he stopped writing .

Yi Ji knew in his heart that behind Liu Biao's incident, it was not that simple. At the same time, the emperor Liu Xie did not just do whatever he wanted. It can be accepted in all aspects, otherwise, even if I write brilliantly and eloquently, what is the use, I am afraid it will be annoying...

  Yi Ji frowned and thought for a long time before starting to write again. This time I wrote about the impeachment of Xiahou Dun, but the words were not too violent. Yiji knew that the emperor Liu Xie needed a breakthrough, but he couldn't directly put the emperor Liu Xie on the opposite side of Cao Cao, because after all, the power of Liu Xie and Cao Cao not equal.

  I can only grasp the fact that Xiahou Dun killed the royal clan without the king's order. If the words are milder, there is room for discussion. Once they can be discussed, they can strive for more benefits for Liu Qi...

   At that time, I will be the vicious dog that jumps up and bites, and the emperor Liu Xie can detach himself and assume the role of balance, which also meets the needs of the emperor himself.

As for Xiahoudun, it must be nothing more than reprimands, fines and other mild punishments, but Yiji officially wants to use this method to confirm Liu Qi's right to appeal the Jingzhou incident, because if Liu Qi does not defend himself, Who else in this world would appeal for Liu Qi and fight for his rights?

   Hussar General Fei Qian?

It is obvious that Fei Qian sent Liu Qi to Xu County, which shows that his desire for Jingzhou is not so strong. If Fei Qian really cares about Jingzhou very much, Tai Shici will not just stay outside Yangcheng, but Zhu Ling was sent to **** Liu Qi to Xu County.

It's just that Yiji thinks that General Hussar's method is definitely not the one dominated by Liu Qi, and there must be some other actions in Jingzhou, and his own seal, the best is to catch up with General Hussar These actions, and then under the influence of each other, completed Liu Biao's entrustment to Yiji, and opened a path that Liu Qi might be able to walk amidst the thorns. As for where Liu Qi can go in the future, Yiji himself has no choice. without any certainty...

   See one step, take one step.

  The big man is so big that he can't finish walking all over the world, and there are countless mountains and rivers.

  The big man is also very small, two or three surnames are already full, even if he wants to write one more, it seems that there is no place to write...

  (end of this chapter)