Chapter 406 Strike
Yuan Shao, who dominated the north, died in Yecheng on May 28th.
Yuan Shao was born in a famous family, and was in the court with a young age. He was famous for his mother for three years and then mourned his father for three years. Everyone in the country was unrighteous. At that time, the party and corruption were in trouble. The eunuchs were in power, and the government and the country were in chaos. Yuan Shao moved to Luoyang after the imperial court was ordered. He did not respond to the orders of the court. He kept his door to make friends with the world. No noble or humble scholars were fighting with him. All the heroes and famous scholars in the world fought to go to his court.
Yuan Shao took advantage of the Yellow Turban Rebellion to take office, but in just a few years, he had played with the court. He had the opportunity to save the country, and he missed it more than once. In the end, he lost to Cao Cao, whom he supported in Guandu, and the imperial hegemony was completely empty. He had accumulated depression and became ill in two years and died of illness.
It was twenty days later when Liu Biao received the news that Yuan Shao had passed away and Yuan Shang succeeded to the throne.
Since the beginning of this year, Yuan Shao has been unable to get up and vomiting blood, so Liu Biao had long expected that Yuan Shao would not live long, but he still felt very sad when he received the news of the other party's death. The fastest update is computer::/
The two have known each other for decades and have made friends for the last time. Later, they formed an alliance in the chaos of the world, supported each other and resisted Yuan Shu and Cao Cao. The friendship between them was further sublimated through watching and helping each other.
In addition to mourning Yuan Shao's death, Liu Biao was also extremely worried about the future of Yuan's family. Yuan Shang was neither the legitimate son nor the eldest son, but later came to the top and was able to succeed the throne. Will Yuan Tan from Qingzhou and Youzhou be convinced?
Even if the Yuan brothers are united, they may not be Cao Cao's opponents. Once the Yuan brothers fight, the north will be owned by Cao Cao.
However, Liu showed that he had no time to worry about others, and he could not take care of himself.
Since Liu Jing officially launched an army to attack Jiangling last month, Liu Qi and Cai Mao sent a letter of help every two or three days, and after the city wall collapsed by heavy rain a few days ago, it was changed to one letter a day.
Liu Biao was extremely disappointed with the two. Jiangling City had high walls and thick walls, with more than 10,000 armors and a year of Gu Branch. Even if there were no reinforcements outside, he could still be able to hold on for several months. Shortly after the two started the war, they were beaten to ask for help frequently, and they were simply useless.
Despite his disappointment, Liu Biao decided to send troops south to rescue Jiangling. Just as he was dispatching troops, Jiangling had been missing for three days. This abnormal phenomenon caused Liu Biao to have a vague premonition in his heart.
Sure enough, the more worried he was, the more he would happen. Liu Biao's worries unfortunately came true. In the evening, Jiangling soldiers fled back to Xiangyang and brought back the bad news of Jiangling's fall.
"How could Jiangling be lost?! How could Jiangling be lost?!" Liu Biao could no longer maintain his graceful demeanor, and was so angry that he broke his head. Suddenly, Liu Biao felt that the blood and blood in his body surged into his brain like a volcano eruption, and his eyes suddenly turned black and he almost fainted on the spot.
"grown ups……"
"Envoy..."
"General..."
The second son Liu Cong and the civil and military officials in Jingzhou were shocked and rushed over to support Liu Biao.
"I'm fine..." Liu Biao forced the blood foam that surged into his throat, then broke away from everyone's support, and said sadly: "Although Liu Zhongda besieged Jiangling for a hundred days, he officially started to attack the city a month ago. During this period, it rained ten days, and it was full of plans. It took less than twenty days. Bo Wei and Degui, only held on for less than twenty days..."
Liu Biao smiled bitterly and continued, "Bowei has no talent for management, Degui lost several troops and lost territory. Both of them were not the choice to stay in Jiangling. Jiangling's mistakes all depended on my improper employment."
The chief clerk Kuai Liang said softly: "Nanjun is kind and filial, treats people with peace and harmony, and has the spirit of a general. Although the military commander Cai has not been able to fight many times, he is also a famous general in Jingzhou. Looking at the entire Jingzhou, how many people are more suitable than the two? The fall of Jiangling is because the city walls collapsed by heavy rain, and the outbreak of epidemics in the city is not a crime of war."
"Another crime of war..." Liu Biao smiled bitterly: "Before, Kuai Yidu was in the city of Qing County, and was destroyed by the flood. Tens of thousands of elite soldiers were lost in one day. You all said that the crime of war was not war. Now that Jiangling has fallen, you say that the crime of war is not war... Is God's will in Liu Jing?!"
Kuai Liang was speechless for a moment.
Everyone was also speechless, and the atmosphere in the room suddenly became extremely depressed. Pang Ji frowned and said, "Since Liu Zhongda crossed the river, he has seized eight counties in the north of the Yangtze River, but as long as Jiangling has not yet come down, it will be like rootless duckweed. Now that Jiangling has conquered Jiangling, nine counties have become one, Liu Zhongda has no worries anymore. Once Liu Jing fought with water and land, he led his army to attack, and was afraid that Xiangyang would be in danger. Therefore, the general should dispatch troops as soon as possible, deploy defenses outside, and prevent problems before they happen."
Pang Ji then added: "Huang Jiangxia had previously pursued her rashly and was defeated by Sun Quan, but there were still hundreds of warships and thousands of soldiers, which were still worth fighting. After the general was strictly ordered by Huang Jiangxia to send troops to threaten Liu Zhongda, he made Liu Zhongda throw himself into a rat and dare not go north rashly."
Liu Biao first looked at Liu Xian, the other party who was particularly silent today, and then looked at Kuai Liang, who was the Confucian scholar's opinion, and couldn't help but sigh: "When this critical moment, the only one who can make plans for the orphans is Ziwei."
Pang Ji immediately bowed to the ground and said, "I only regret Ji Yonglu, who only has a little shallow view, but cannot get rid of the great enemy for the general."
Liu Biao felt depressed and could not be described. There was only one person in Jingzhou who had the opportunity to get rid of Liu Jing, the great enemy, for him, that is, Kuai Yue and Kuai. Unfortunately, he was not defeated by Liu Jing, but was defeated by natural disasters, time and life. Otherwise, why would he have fallen to this point today?
Liu Biao accepted Pang Ji's words and set up defenses in Yicheng, a hundred miles south of Xiangyang. He also urgently wrote to Huang Zu, asking him to send troops to Baqiu as soon as possible, forcing Liu Jing to lead his troops back to the rescue to avoid threatening Xiangyang.
Three days later, the coffins of Liu Qi and Cai Mao were sent back to Xiangyang, and the whole city was shattered.
Liu Biao stared at the coffin of his eldest son. He had asked the people who escaped from Jiangling, Liu Qi and Cai Mao's life and death, but unfortunately he didn't get the answer, but now he has the answer.
Liu Cong stood beside Liu Biao, with a dull expression. Since his father entered Jingzhou, he and his brother Liu Qi have been in open and secret struggles, almost like enemies. Now, seeing Liu Qi's body, Liu Cong felt no joy in his heart, but was filled with sadness of the death of a rabbit and a fox.
"Liu Jing Shuzi! Xiang treats people with kindness and righteousness, but he didn't expect that his heart would be so cruel and kill me!" Liu Biao's face changed and suddenly roared, vomiting blood and falling down.
The scene was in chaos and cries were everywhere.
Liu Biao is already 66 years old this year. After suffering the heavy blow of his bereaved son, he was in a coma for a day and a night. When he woke up again, his health was already worse than before.
For a moment, rumors were flying in the sky in Xiangyang City, and all the scholars and people were worried.
Liu Bei, who was in Xinye and was guarding against Liu Biao in the north, immediately rushed to Xiangyang with Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Sun Qian and others at night after receiving the news that Liu Biao had fainted from vomiting blood.
Chapter completed!