Chapter 201 Is face important or inside?

(Four updates, a long sigh of relief, finally keep your word, hehe, I'm looking for some subscriptions.) At this moment, the whole account has been in a mess, with broken cloth and wood chips everywhere, and all the cases and documents have been smashed to pieces.

And Liu Bei, with his hair spread out, supported his body with a sword, lowered his head, and sat there like a statue that could gasp.

He gasped like an ox, his face was pale, and his cheeks were rolling with tears. His whole body was extremely depressed, as if he had experienced a serious illness.

A generation of heroes, how has there ever been such an unbearable time?

Zhuge Liang sighed and whispered, "Your lord, you can't come back to life after death. I hope you can put the great cause first. I'm sorry to do it by the way."

After waving a sword, the grief and indignation in Liu Bei's heart seemed to be vented, and his whole body was not as crazy as before, but how could such a memorable pain be dissipated like this?

"It's my trouble to raise a tiger. It's my fault that I'm sorry for Yun Chang. It's all my fault." Liu Bei blamed himself in a trembling voice, and his tone was a little choked.

He remembered the old story that when he wanted to accept Liu Feng as his adopted son, Guan Yu once opposed it, but he insisted on not listening to it.

If I listen to Guan Yu's advice, will there be a sad situation today?

"The lord doesn't need to blame himself. Everything has its own number. How can everything be expected? Perhaps, this is Yunchang's fate."

Zhuge Liang comforted Liu Bei with his so-called fate. Although he did not believe it, for Liu Bei, it might alleviate the self-reproach in his heart.

Liu Bei is also not a trustworthy person. If he believed in his destiny, he would have gone home and farm at ease after Xuzhou failed.

However, after listening to Zhuge Liang's persuasion, Liu Bei's mood seemed to calm down a little. He put his sword back to the sheath, tidied up his scattered hair slightly, and his expression gradually recovered a little.

After wiping away the tears from the corners of his eyes, Liu Bei said in a low voice, "Military division, Yunchang's revenge must be revenge. I plan to withdraw the siege of Lucheng and personally lead the army back to the east to revenge for Yunchang. What do you think?"

Hearing this, Zhuge Liang frowned slightly. What Liu Bei said was also the reason why he hurried to Lucheng.

"Yun Chang's revenge must be revenged, and Jingzhou cannot be returned without taking it back. However, Liang asked the Lord to put the overall situation first and think twice." Zhuge Liang hugged his fist and reminded him.

Liu Bei snorted coldly and said disdainfully, "Liu Feng's beast is just defrauding Jingzhou. How can he be afraid? Once our army returns to the east, it will be wiped out in one fell swoop."

"Although Liu Feng was a fraud, he could completely defeat Yun Chang's army, and finally killed Yun Chang. It can be seen that his strength can no longer be the same as before, not to mention that he still holds the family members of the whole army, which must not be underestimated."

Zhuge Liang's persuasion plunged Liu Bei into meditation.

Zhuge Liang continued: "What's more, now that the city of Lucheng can go down in the past. Once the army withdraws to the east, it is equivalent to giving Liu Zhang a chance to breathe. At that time, if Liu Zhang joins hands with Liu Feng and attacks our army, the general situation will be in danger. At such a critical moment, the lord must not withdraw the siege of Lucheng."

Liu Bei was determined, but he soon hesitated again. It seemed that he had listened to Zhuge Liang's advice, and it seemed that this was what he thought.

"However, I am the same brother as Yun Chang. Yun Chang died. If I don't avenge him, won't everyone in the world laugh at me as a wrongdoer?" Liu Bei said with a embarrassed face.

"There are priorities. Liang said before that Yun Chang's revenge must be avenged, but Liang asked the lord to focus on the great cause of rejuvenating the Han Dynasty. First, he concentrated his troops to attack Yizhou, and then took it as a backing, and the army marched eastward. At that time, he will attack everything, and he can also kill Liu Feng to avenge."

After

these words, Liu Bei's hesitant expression faded a lot.

"Liang thinks that Yun Chang has always been loyal and righteous, and also takes it as his own responsibility to help the Han Dynasty. If he has a spirit in heaven, I'm afraid he doesn't want the lord to ignore the great cause of reviving the Han Dynasty in order to avenge him."

At this point, Liu Bei could say anything more, so he had to sigh and said, "The military teacher's words are reasonable. I was too emotional for a while, and I almost missed the great cause of rejuvenating the Han Dynasty."

As soon as he said this, Zhuge Liang was immediately relieved.

However, Liu Bei's face added a new worry, "Yun Chang's revenge can be pressed for the time being, but you should know that in our army, from civil servants and generals to soldiers, most of them are Jingzhou. Now that my hometown has fallen and my relatives are lost, they must be very anxious and want to return my hometown. If these people strongly ask me to lead the army back to the east, what should I do?

Perhaps, this is Liu Bei's real concern.

This is not Zhuge Liang's concern, but up to now, even if he is clever, he can't calculate Jingzhou back into Liu Bei's hands.

After thinking for a moment, Zhuge Liang had to say, "At this time, if the lord wants to stabilize the hearts of the soldiers, he can only offset the impact of the fall of Jingzhou by making promises and attracting each other with benefits."

"A promise?" Liu Bei was a little refreshed.

"Exactly, for the civil and military officials, the lord can promise that as long as Yizhou is captured, he will not only be awarded the title of official, but also be taught by Shu Zhongtian. As for the soldiers of the three armies, they will be rewarded by the treasury, and the women in Shu can be plundered as their wives. Under this reward, I believe that I can stabilize my heart.

Zhuge Liang's move is fierce enough, but he also has a deep way of power.

Whether it is a scholar or a soldier, the reason why they follow Liu Bei is basically nothing more than for the sake of interests.

Jingzhou has fallen. What ordinary soldiers are worried about is that their wives and children are gone. That's good, I will let them plunder women in Shu at will as wives and have sons, and take the treasury's money to let you get married and a business.

As for the scholars who have fields and jobs in Jingzhou, I will take away the powerful Tianchanfuyuan of the indigenous people in Yizhou and reward you, so that you can live a good life with a head and face and no worries about food and clothing in Yizhou.

In this way, although they can't completely resist the loss of Jingzhou and the benefits and losses they bring to these people, they are always given a visible and tangible promise, so that they have a reason to follow Liu Bei to fight again.

Most of the princes in the world have used this trick, but it is extremely difficult to put it here in Liu Bei.

Liu Bei's expression immediately became a dilemma again.

The reason is very simple. Liu Bei fought the world under the banner of benevolence and righteousness. Even if he attacked Yizhou with "unkindness and injustice", he also strongly restrained military discipline against his subordinates and strictly prohibited them from invading the people.

But now, if he openly indulges his subordinates to rob property and plunder women's money, is it equivalent to abandoning his name of benevolence and pouting his own mouth.

Of course, Zhuge Liang knew Liu Bei's dilemma, so as soon as he saw Liu Bei's long bitter face, he immediately comforted him: "It's the autumn of life and death. It is also a helpless choice for the lord to make such a thing against his will in order to rejuvenate the great cause of the Han Dynasty. For those who have been harmed by the soldiers and people of Shu, they can compensate them in any way after the Lord judges the world fairly in the future. I believe they can also understand the difficulties of the Lord.

Zhuge Liang is Zhuge Liang. The reason why he can make Liu Bei listen to him is that he not only has a smart mind, but also has a three-inch tongue. Whether it is open and shameless, he can always find a high-sounding reason for Liu Bei.

At this point, the ladder has been set up. How can Liu Bei not go down the ladder?

After a long sigh, Liu Bei said helplessly, "It can only be like this now. In order to rejuvenate the great cause of the Han Dynasty, I can only violate my conscience once. I hope the scholars and people of Shu can forgive me in the future."

After Zhuge Liang's persuasion, Liu Bei seemed to have come out of the grief of Guan Yu's death. At this moment, the lost expression was no longer, and the former hero's posture seemed to be replying quickly.

Seeing this, Zhuge Liang said, "Lord, excuse me, although there is still a chance to recover everything now, we also have to prepare for the worst."

"The worst plan, the military division refers to..." Liu Bei frowned again.

"That's that Yizhou can't be conquered, Jingzhou can't go back, the generals and soldiers are centriated, and the army's heart is scattered." Zhuge Liang answered reluctantly.

Liu Bei took a slight breath of cold air, and a trace of chill surged on his back. He asked silently, "The military division thought, how to prepare for the worst."

Zhuge Liang stepped forward and whispered, "The lord can send someone to Hanzhong to secretly conclude Zhang Lu. Once something goes wrong, the lord can follow the plan of relying on Liu Jingsheng, relying on Zhang Lu to the north, and then find ways to earn Hanzhong, and then go out of Guanzhong in the north and enter the Central Plains. Then there is still hope for the great cause of the Han Dynasty. "."

"Zhang Lu, Hanzhong..."

............Xiangyang.

Niu Jin came to surrender with a spoiled head, which was indeed a little unexpected by Liu Feng.

Because Liu Feng knew that Cao's army in Dangyang was still full of favor, this person had always been loyal to Cao Qian, and he did not have enough troops to block the road to Fangling, so although he used Cao Ren's name to persuade him to surrender, he did not have much hope at the first.

More than 10,000 Cao's army, plus almost all Guan Yu's army, Jingzhou's surprise attack battle has been carried out until now. Liu Feng not only accidentally captured Xiangyang under the condition of losing less than a thousand soldiers and horses, but also sharply increased by nearly 30,000 troops, and his strength increased greatly in a short time.

However, although there are many surrendered troops, Liu Feng naturally can't use them as direct troops when people's hearts are uncertain. The current situation is that Liu Feng's territory has increased sharply in a short period of time, and there are too few credible troops that can be used to occupy these newly occupied areas.

At this time, Pang Tong gave Liu Feng a plan.

The existing 10,000 Changsha troops in Jiangbei, of which 5,000 were used to guard Jiangling and 5,000 were used to guard Xiangyang. Guan Yu's 10,000 troops were transferred to the north to cross the Han River and seize Fancheng, Xinye and other important places in Jingbei. Cao Ren's 10,000 troops were transferred to attack Yidu to the west. Threatening with family, the possible surnames of these surrenders can be reduced to a minimum.

As for the 10,000 barbarian soldiers of Samoco, Liu Feng ordered him to go to Jingbei. He had to seize the new field before one person, and cut off the man's way back from the north.

(to be continued)