When Zhou Yu passed away and Lu Su was tired of running around, Chaisang, a military town that once served as the headquarters of the Soochow Navy, has now been completely reduced to a dispensable stronghold.
Of course, Chaisang's geographical advantage still existed, but for Zhang Zhao, who was focused on dealing with Lu Xun at the time, Chaisang had indeed lost its importance.
After Liu Bei and others took over Chaisang, they started their plans here.
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Five days is a long time but a short time. It has been five days since Zhang Zhao left Chaisang. During these five days, Liu Bei was naturally firmly seated in the army.
After all, both Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong told him not to worry, so he, who was in charge, naturally had nothing to worry about.
To be honest, after having the assistance of Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Chu, although the situation was still embarrassing, Liu Bei clearly felt the experience of the sentence rumored by the world: Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Chu, two people can make peace with each other.
Not to mention that he, the sleeping dragon and the phoenix, are all gathered together.
Liu Bei, who was relieved, except for convening his subordinates for routine meetings every day, spent all the rest of his time taking care of little Adou.
Today is no exception.
Liu Bei, who was fully prepared, was not as nervous as when he came to Jiangdong last time. He said that he would step up his guard, but Liu Bei brought Adou to Jiangdong without even thinking.
After Zhao Yun rode the savior alone in Changbanpo, Adou was getting older.
Unlike ordinary children, Adou actually showed some unique talents at the age of two or three.
For example...for example, at a young age, I learned to choose someone to breastfeed based on the nanny's appearance...
There are many people around me who think that it is a bad sign that Adou is interested in adult matters at such a young age, but Liu Bei doesn't care about that - he was busy in the first half of his life, and finally Adou was born and he finally stabilized.
, had the opportunity to take care of the children with my own hands.
At this moment, he was already fantasizing about the days when he would enjoy family happiness in his later years, and it was nothing to do with Adou's doting.
Of course, most people still quite like Adou.
After all, apart from some minor problems, Adou's intelligence and intelligence that he displays in his daily life is what makes people look forward to it more.
Yes, Adou has been very smart since he was a child.
Although he is not tall, he can easily occupy the role of king of the children when playing with the children in the neighborhood.
Not to mention reading, with Zhuge Liang personally teaching him, Adou was already able to read poems at the age of three.
For such a talented biological son, what parent would not like it?
"Adou, don't run too fast, be careful where you trip and fall!"
In the courtyard, Liu Bei followed Adou with a smile. While watching Adou run like a girl, chasing a flying butterfly, he warned him slightly nervously.
"Caught!"
But soon, Adou exclaimed and rushed back to Liu Bei excitedly, showing off the butterfly in his hand to Liu Bei:
"Dad! Look, I caught it!"
"Adou is so awesome!"
Liu Bei smiled, rubbed Adou's head, and picked up Adou from under him.
Little Adou sat in Liu Bei's arms like this, and the scene was indescribably harmonious.
Liu Bei looked at Adou in his arms and felt a little relieved... In addition to those lofty ideals in this life, wouldn't it be a blessing to have a happy family and be ordinary?
Thinking like this, he suddenly saw some blackness on Adou's face. Liu Bei subconsciously wiped it with his hands, but...
"Ouch! Dad...you...what are you doing? It hurts me!"
Adou looked aggrieved and covered his red face, complaining against Liu Bei.
ah…
Liu Bei finally understood where he felt uncomfortable.
Adou is good at everything...but I don't know why his skin is as dark as his third brother's.
Although Adou's complexion is now more lustrous than Zhang Fei's, looking back on when Adou was first rescued, Liu Bei remembers that Adou wasn't that dark at that time?
Why...why is this child getting darker and darker?
"Dad? What are you thinking about?"
"Ah...no...it's nothing. Let's go play. Dad still has things to deal with."
"oh!"
Liu Bei came back to his senses and patted Adou's butt lovingly. Adou jumped down from Liu Bei's arms lightly - Adou responded and ran outside the yard. I heard that he has been nearby in the past few days.
She made playmates and became Chai Sang's child king as always.
Looking at Adou's back leaving happily, Liu Bei shook his head and forced some distracting thoughts out of his head.
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Peace is of course only temporary.
When Zhuge Liang rushed to the mansion in a hurry, Liu Bei just looked at him and realized the problem.
He has not forgotten why he came to Jiangdong this time.
"Is there any news?"
"Not exactly, but... I'm afraid something went wrong."
Zhuge Liang frowned and whispered.
"Lord, go worry about everyone."
"good!"
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After a while, under the call of Liu Bei, all the soldiers gathered together. Of course, Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong were also present.
"My lord, is this a letter from that guy Zhang Zhao?"
Before Liu Bei could speak, Wei Yan asked from the side.
Since going through the previous hardships, Wei Yan has obviously become extremely honest and loyal, and only Liu Bei follows his lead.
His question naturally raised the question in everyone's mind.
It’s been five days, should there be some news about Zhang Zhao?
It stands to reason that the so-called voting election yesterday was over. They had decided that before then, if there were any problems, Zhang Zhao would definitely send someone to notify them.
But... so far, there has been no news from Zhang Zhao, which makes them a little anxious. Not only that, some people also suspect that Zhang Zhao may have tricked them, and are worried that Jiangling will be attacked by Zhang Zhao.
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When Liu Bei heard these voices, he didn't say anything, he just nodded to Zhuge Liang beside him:
"It's Kong Ming who has something to say, let him say it."
Hearing that the military advisor had something to say, everyone looked at Zhuge Liang.
Zhuge Liang stepped forward and directly denied Wei Yan's guess:
"This is not a letter from Zhang Zhao."
"On the contrary, it is Zhang Zhao who has no faith at all."
"..."
Zhuge Liang's words stunned everyone. Pang Tong on the side raised his neck and narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he had thought of something.
"Military advisor, how do you say this? What does it mean to have no faith at all?"
"Just yesterday, there was someone around Zhang Zhao who was supposed to be in regular contact with Chai Sang. However, not only did we not receive any news from Zhang Zhao, there was no news from even the regular reports."
"I asked General Gan Xingba, but I didn't get any answer. They seemed to be more panicked than us."
"That is to say..."
Zhuge Liang paused, looked at everyone with great seriousness and said:
"There may be some unexpected problems on Zhang Zhao's side."
