Although Liu Biao is nearly sixty years old, he is tall, has a gentle appearance, wears a crown on his head, wears a robe, has an elegant temperament, and has a very good demeanor. However, at this moment, he has no grace at all, holding a letter in his right hand Trembling uncontrollably, his face turned red, then white, then green, constantly changing like a chameleon.
For a long time, a ferocious look gradually appeared on Liu Biao's face. He threw the letter on the desk in front of him and shouted: "Kuai Yidu has mistaken me! Cai Degui has mistaken me!" As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Biao felt a sweetness in his throat and couldn't help but spit out. A mouthful of blood came out, instantly staining his chest and clothes. This mouthful of blood seemed to drain all the strength from his body, and he fell backwards.
"grown ups……"
"General..."
"Your Majesty..."
In the room, Liu Biao's eldest son Liu Qi, Liu Xian, Zhizhong Pang Ji, chief secretary Kuai Liang and others saw Liu Biao vomiting blood and collapsed. They all turned pale with fright and rushed towards Liu Biao rolling and crawling.
"My lord...my lord..."
Liu Qi was kind and filial by nature. He picked up Liu Biao and looked at his pale-faced father. Tears instantly poured out of his eyes like a flood.
Kuai Liang couldn't help crying silently, but although he was worried about Liu Biao, he was more lamenting the misfortunes of his younger brother Kuai Yue and his younger brother Kuai Qi.
Kuai Yue is the well-deserved crown of the Xiangyang Kuai clan. The reason why the Xiangyang Kuai clan has risen in the land of Jingchu in recent years is closely related to Kuai Yue. And Kuai Qi is the most outstanding figure among the new generation of disciples.
Now Kuai Yue has committed suicide and died, and Kuai Qi's life and death are uncertain. The Kuai family has just shown signs of prosperity, but is it going to decline before it reaches its peak? Kuai Liang's heart felt like a knife piercing his heart for a while, and he could not control himself.
Liu Qi soothed Liu Biao's chest over and over again, finally making him feel better. Looking at the panic-stricken officials gathered around him, he forced Liu Qi to help him up, and said slowly: "It doesn't matter that I am alone. I just heard about the defeat of the army. You don’t have to worry if your anger attacks your heart for a moment.”
"Please take care of yourself, General Wanwang..." Liu Xian, Pang Ji, Kuai Liang and others breathed a sigh of relief. Although Liu Biao may have said this to reassure everyone, the fact that he could sit up again meant that he was not injured. heart pulse.
Liu Biao sighed: "Zhang Xian appeared to be benevolent, but in reality he was a traitor. He gave small favors to Jiangxi and Hunan to win people's hearts. The year before last, he rebelled against Changsha, Ling, and Guangxi counties. For a time, the situation in Jingnan was so corrupt that he was almost no longer owned by the country. .
At that time, all the councilors in the state were worried. Only Kuai Yidu believed that Changsha was not easy to do anything, dared to rebel, and was unpopular. He raised the troops in the state and went up and down to fight, and it would not be difficult to eliminate them. Later, Kuai Yidu led the troops. Going south, we can really kill Zhang Xian, conquer Linxiang, and pacify Jingnan, which is just around the corner.
I have already prepared a reward for Kuai Yidu in Xiangyang, and I am just waiting for him to return victorious. Why was he so careless and defeated at the hands of Xiaosheng, resulting in the loss of all three armies?!" After saying this, Liu Biao's chest and abdomen rose and fell violently again, and he gasped for breath. urgent.
"Your health is important, please don't get angry..." Liu Qi asked with an anxious look on his face.
Liu Xian, Pang Ji and others also advised him from the sidelines.
Liu Biao kept shaking his head, with a sad look on his face, and continued: "In the Battle of Changping and Jimo, the defeats of Zhao and Yan were all because the kings of the two countries were stupid and ignorant. They listened to slander and replaced the good general Lian Po before the battle. Le Yi used the Yong general Zhao Kuo to rob them, which gave Bai Qi and Tian Dan an opportunity to take advantage of them.
However, Kuai Yidu was given the authority to lead the army in Qingzhou, with the authority to specialize in the task, and he was trusted and never doubted. Kuai Yidu was a man of deep wisdom and skill in using his troops. He had no external constraints and had a large number of troops internally. Why on earth did he do this? Defeated?!"
Everyone in the room was silent for a moment.
After a while, Kuai Liang saw that Liu's anger on the surface had subsided, and he couldn't help but defend his brother: "Returning to the general, our army was defeated by natural disasters, which cannot be resisted by human power."
Liu Biao was dissatisfied with Kuai Liang's words, which was obviously to shirk responsibility for Kuai Yue, and said angrily: "Throughout the ages, we have never heard of floods that can overthrow a country's army. Why did we encounter it? Our army's defeat was caused by natural disasters.
Is there no man-made disaster?"
Liu Qi said: "Our navy has hundreds of buildings, ships, and battleships, and its strength is even greater than that of Liu Jing's navy. When the flood hit, the infantry camped on the ground and was wiped out by the flood. This can be explained, but the navy
Why? Why did they suffer a disastrous defeat at the hands of Liu Jingshui's army, so that they abandoned the infantry trapped by the flood and fled northward in haste?
Cai Degui is currently stationed in Baqiu, and he claims that he still has nearly a hundred warships. This must not be true. In my opinion, Cai Degui only has a few dozen ships at most, less than one-tenth of what he used to have." Liu Qi finally concluded:
"Cai Degui's mistakes in this battle were even worse than Kuai Yidu's."
Cai Mao was a party to his second brother Liu Cong, so Liu Qi took the opportunity to step on him severely. It would be best to trample him into the ground, where he would never be able to stand up again.
Liu Qi's words successfully diverted Liu Biao's attention from Kuai Yue to Cai Mao. He glanced at Liu Xian, the other driver, and sighed: "The First Emperor mistaken me!"
A look of embarrassment inevitably appeared on Liu Xian's face. Cai Mao was defeated by Liu Jing for the first time last year. At that time, Liu Biao revealed that he would transfer Cai Mao back to Xiangyang and replace him with his son Liu Hu. Of course, the reason why Liu Biao said this is more
It is a posture of "you will be punished if you have committed a crime and you will not avoid your in-laws", but you may not really do this.
Liu Xian said, "In the past, Xun Lin's father was defeated by Yun, but the Marquis of Jin still allowed him to occupy his original position; Meng Mingshi was defeated by Wei, but Qin Bo did not remove him from his official position. Therefore, Jin Jing annexed Chidi, and Qin Mu dominated Xirong.
." to prevent Liu Biao from changing generals.
Changing the general has been a taboo for military strategists since ancient times. There are similar lessons in history books. It should be said that there is nothing wrong with Liu Xian's suggestion, and it is a step down for Liu Biao. But now it seems that the problem is bigger.
Liu Xian sighed in his heart. Whether he wanted to or not, he would take the blame. He immediately bowed down and apologized to Liu Biao, saying: "General, as the leader of all officials, my advice was wrong, which led to the defeat of the army."
, willing to be punished.”
Liu Biao shook his head. Although he complained about Liu Xian, he also knew that this was not his responsibility. In the final analysis, Liu Biao relied too much on Cai Mao and failed to replace him immediately. It was too late to say anything now.
Pang Ji said: "Now that Cai Degui is in Baqiu, he is alone. I'm afraid he won't be able to hold on for long. Should we send reinforcements?"
Baqiu is their last stronghold in Changsha. Once it falls, it means they have completely withdrawn from Changsha, and all their efforts in the past two years have been wasted.
Kuai Liang disapproved of sending more reinforcements to Baqiu. In his view, the military campaign against Jingnan had completely failed. Continuing to send reinforcements would be meaningless except for increasing losses. "This southern expedition failed, and Nanjun suffered the most losses.
We are heavy and unable to support Baqiu, while Jiangxia needs to guard against the Sun family, and Wuling needs to monitor the Wuxi barbarians. They cannot move lightly, how can there be reinforcements that can be mobilized?"