He paused for a moment and then said: "And even if they want to attack Jingzhou, it will not be an easy task. The garrison in Jingzhou already has 20,000 people. In two months, there will be almost 40,000."

Got it!"

Hearing this, Liu Bei's heart was suddenly shocked. He couldn't help but think to himself: "Forty thousand? Before I left Jingzhou, Jingzhou's troops were only 30,000. How could it have developed so fast in just over a year?"

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"It seems that I really made the right choice when I asked Kong Ming to stay in Jingzhou."

"If there are 40,000 troops guarding Jingzhou, and there are second and third brothers to lead the army, Jingzhou really doesn't have to worry."

"But since Jingzhou doesn't have to worry, what will Adou and Yuan Zhijia Meng do when they come?"

Thinking of this, he looked at Liu Chan with a puzzled face and asked, "Then what is the purpose of your trip?"

Seeing Liu Bei's anxious look, Liu Chan couldn't help laughing and said, "Father, don't be anxious! Just listen to me and explain slowly."

When Liu Bei heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, thinking: "Adou just said that he would tell the truth, why am I so impatient!"

He is already in his fifties, and he finally won Jingzhou, but now it is in danger again. How can he not be anxious?

But at this time, he had to calm down and listen quietly. He said seriously: "Okay, please tell me in detail."

Liu Chan said with a smile: "Although the forty thousand people are still difficult to match Cao Cao, it is enough for defense. That's why we dare to come to Jiameng to offer a plan for our father."

This time, when Liu Chan paused, Liu Bei did not interrupt. He was going to wait for Liu Chan to finish speaking in one breath.

Liu Chan added: "Now that Cao Cao and Sun Quan are fighting, my father can be a fisherman and benefit from it. And the benefit lies in Yizhou right now."

When Pang Tong heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up and he stepped forward and said, "Young Master, do you want to take advantage of this opportunity to capture Yizhou?"

Liu Chan smiled and said, "Sir, that's exactly what you said."

He didn't know that the person in front of him was Pang Tong, but he also guessed that he was a counselor under Liu Bei's account, and he was absolutely right to call him sir.

Liu Bei said seriously: "Shi Yuan, didn't I say that the time has not come yet?"

When Liu Chan heard this, he was startled. He looked at Pang Tong who had just spoken, looked up and down, and thought to himself: "Huh? He is Pang Tong, Pang Shiyuan?"

"Looking like this, it's not as ugly as the legend says!"

"Although he is not as elegant as Zhuge Liang's Feather Fan Lunjin, he still has good facial features and looks like a gentle scholar."

"It seems that in order to highlight Pang Tong, the descendants deliberately made some fuss about his image."

Pang Tong immediately said: "My lord, do you still think that this is not the time to make progress?"

He was really confused and didn't know what was going on in Liu Bei's mind and why he had to wait for a justifiable opportunity.

However, Liu Chan knew Liu Bei's thoughts very well. He stepped forward and said, "Is my father worried that people in the world will slander him and his brothers are at war with each other?"

Everyone present knew what Liu Chan said, but no one said it directly.

Now Liu Chan pierced the window paper, making everyone look at Liu Bei and Liu Chan in great surprise.

Liu Bei was stunned for a moment and said helplessly: "What Adou said is right. This is exactly what I am worried about."

After saying that, he turned around and looked outside the tent with his hands behind his back.

Although he had to do it, he was still very worried. He wanted to do it but didn't dare to do it.

Liu Chan smiled and said: "Does father know that if he doesn't do something now, the Han Dynasty will probably perish in his hands?"

"Um?"

Liu Bei turned around suddenly and stared at Liu Chan, unable to believe that Liu Chan would say such a thing.

He has been working hard to revive the Han Dynasty all his life. Although he has not achieved his long-cherished wish, he will not become a Han Dynasty and the world will perish in his hands.

Upon seeing this, Liu Chan continued with a serious face: "Father, do you think that the current emperor of Han Dynasty is a real emperor?"

"..."

Liu Bei said nothing.

But it is equivalent to answering Liu Chan's words, because everyone knows that the current Emperor of Han has only an empty title and does not even have any real power.

Liu Chan continued: "Then my father thinks that if Cao Cao wants to usurp power now, will it be really difficult?"

"..."

Liu Bei's expression became very serious, but he still did not speak.

Liu Chan raised his voice and said: "Father, do you know that after Cao Cao pacified Guanzhong this time, the first thing he did when he returned to Yecheng was to prepare to ask the imperial court to make him a duke!"

"What!"

Liu Chan's words were like a thunderbolt hitting Liu Bei's heart.

He suddenly felt a pressure that he had never felt before.

He knew that once Cao Cao became a duke, he would become the first duke with a foreign surname in the history of the Han Dynasty, and Cao Cao would also have the legal power to establish an ancestral temple and a state.

The establishment of ancestral temples and communities is a power that only the emperor and princes have.

Once Cao Cao takes this step, it means that Cao Cao is ready to usurp power and seize the throne.

The more surprised Liu Bei looked, the happier Liu Chan felt because he knew that he was not far away from convincing Liu Bei.

Liu Chan said seriously: "Now the power of the entire Han Dynasty is in the hands of Cao Cao. Except for Liangzhou, Yizhou, Jingzhou, Yangzhou, and Jiaozhou, all the other states and counties in the world are under Cao Cao's control."

Having said this, he paused for a moment and looked at Liu Bei's helpless expression.

Then he went further: "And Yangzhou and Jiaozhou are already occupied by Sun Quan, and Jingzhou's father only occupies five counties, and Sun Quan has always been eyeing Jingzhou. Although Yizhou is in the hands of Liu Zhang, even though he is a clan member of the Han Dynasty,

But when did he ever take any action to revive the Han Dynasty?"

Having said this, he observed again and found that Liu Bei's expression changed again, turning into one of pain.

Finally, he loudly said: "He can't even deal with a little Zhang Lu. Once Cao Cao comes to his senses and attacks Hanzhong in the future, will Yizhou still be in the hands of my clan named Liu?"

"this……"

Liu Bei's heart had been shaken, but he still hesitated.

He was really too contradictory and wanted to reshape the glory of the Han ancestor. He learned from Liu Bang in everything, but he only learned Liu Bang's benevolence and righteousness, not Liu Bang's "rogueness".

In other words, it can be said that Liu Bang did not know how to choose.

Liu Chan said: "Father, do you know that Cao Cao's expedition to Guanzhong this time was under the banner of conquering Zhang Lu? Even Zhong Yao's advance army has reached the border of Hanzhong! If he fails to conquer Sun Quan this time, will he turn around and conquer Zhang Lu?

Where is Zhang Lu?"

"..."

Liu Bei fell into deep thought.
Chapter completed!