Jagged hegemony of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 421 Zhang Xiu goes south
"Has the general made up his mind to join the princes along the way?"

Seeing that Zhang Xiu had no intention of resisting Liu Bei, Hu Che'er asked.

"That's right! After fighting for so many years, I found that I'm really not the material to be a prince. When I was a general under the prime minister and uncle, I didn't have to think about so many things!"

Zhang Xiu broke his position and said helplessly.

"Then now the general has to think about whom to defect to."

Hu Che'er said to Zhang Xiu.

"Ok!"

Zhang Xiu nodded, and then said to Hu Che'er, "Who do you think I should go to?"

"Cao Cao coerced the emperor to command the princes, and he has troops and generals under his command. We might as well go to Cao Cao!"

Hu Che'er opened his mouth to answer.

After hearing Hu Che'er's words, Zhang Xiu shook his head and said, "That's not right! Although Cao Cao is powerful, he is in the north of us. If only one or two people could pass through Liu Bei's territory, but we still have thousands of people. Army horse, how could Liu Bei let us pass through his territory!"

"Ah, then this Cao Cao can't take refuge, and Yuan Shao and Liu Wei further north are also impossible!"

Hu Che'er opened his mouth to answer.

"Ok!"

Zhang Xiu nodded.

"Then we can only go south and west, but westward is about to enter Sichuan. Liu Yan in Xichuan is old and has no ambitions. When we go to Xichuan, we can only eat and wait to die. Moreover, there are many parties in Xichuan. I'm afraid it won't work either! But Sun Ce who went to Jiangdong must go through Liu Biao's territory. Liu Biao and Jiangdong Sun Ce have revenge for killing their father, so it is impossible for us to go there, General, then we can only go to join Liu Biao!"

Hu Che'er said.

"This is the only plan for the present! I hope Liu Biao can accept me!"

Zhang Xiu sighed, and then ordered the troops to pack their bags and prepare to go south into Jingxiang.

That night, all the garrisons in Wancheng withdrew, leaving only an empty city for Liu Bei.

When Liu Bei entered Wancheng at dawn the next day, Zhang Xiu led his army to travel hundreds of miles away from Wancheng after a night of rapid march.

"Hehe, this Zhang Xiu runs fast enough!"

After Liu Bei entered the city, he smiled at the generals around him.

"Hmph! Let him run fast, otherwise I will capture this officer alive and skin him to relieve my hatred!"

Guan Yu said angrily.

Liu Bei smiled noncommittally, and then said to Guan Yu: "Second brother, Zhang Xiu ran away. I will hand over Wancheng to you!"

"Eldest brother, feel free to leave. With me in Wancheng, no matter who it is, don't even think about entering this Wancheng!"

Guan Yu cupped his fists at Liu Bei and said.

"Okay, since that's the case, I'll leave Wancheng to you, my second brother!"

After saying that, Liu Bei left Guan Yu, Liao Hua, Zhou Cang and others here to assist Guan Yu in defending the city.

After leaving [-] soldiers and horses for Guan Yu, Liu Bei took the remaining soldiers and horses back to Runan, still recruiting soldiers and horses, and recruiting talented people.

After talking about Liu Bei, let's talk about Zhang Xiu. After losing Wancheng, Zhang Xiu led the army south, preparing to go to Xiangyang, Liu Biao's base camp.

Liu Biao was very concerned about Zhang Xiu's arrival, so he summoned his civil servants and generals to discuss whether to take Zhang Xiu in.

As Liu Biao's brother-in-law, Cai Hao was a powerful person in Jingzhou, so he quickly stood up and objected: "My lord, I don't think we should take Zhang Xiu in."

"Oh? Why?"

Liu Biao was very satisfied with his brother-in-law, who was proficient in water warfare and led the water army to confront the Jiangdong army.

"My lord, since Zhang Xiu has lost to Liu Bei, we naturally don't need him. His role is only to guard the door for us. To put it bluntly, he is a watchdog. Since he can't watch the door, let's replace him." Just a dog!"

Cai Mao obviously didn't take Zhang Xiu seriously, and even compared Zhang Xiu to a watchdog.If Zhang Xiu was here, he would have to work hard with him.

"Ok!"

Liu Biao was very satisfied with what Cai Mao said. He also thought that Zhang Xiu was just a watchdog he raised for a day. Although the big dog had to look after its owner, he didn't think who Liu Bei was. He thought Liu Bei was the same as Zhang Xiu. It's just a homeless dog.

"My lord, I have a different opinion!"

Yin Ji stopped and said to Liu Biao.

"Oh? What do you think, you might as well tell me!"

Seeing Yin Ji standing up, Liu Biao spoke to Yin Ji.

"My lord, although Zhang Xiu is newly defeated, Zhang Xiu still has troops and horses in his hands. We can send Zhang Xiu to the south to protect us from knives and guard the river bank. Once the troops from the east of the river attack, Zhang Xiu will be the first to be attacked, and Zhang Xiu will be the first to attack." Something to do!"

Yin Ji opened his mouth to answer.

"Ok!"

Liu Biao also nodded noncommittally, and then asked, "Does anyone have a different opinion?"

While talking, Liu Biao cast his eyes on the two brothers of the Kuai family, but the two brothers didn't seem to hear him, they didn't even look at Liu Biao, they kept their heads down and said nothing.

"Two old foxes!"

Liu Biao scolded the two brothers of Kuai's family inwardly, but he turned to them and said, "Hehe, what do you two brothers think?"

"It's all up to the lord, the two of us have no objection!"

The two said in unison.

"Humph!"

Liu Biao snorted coldly, expressing his dissatisfaction.

"My lord, I think we should take Zhang Xiu in. Zhang Xiu is known as the spear king of the Northland, which shows that this person's martial arts are extraordinary, and this person has cavalry from Xiliang under his command. When I was fighting in the north this year, Liaozhou The cavalry in Xiliang and Xiliang left a deep impression on me. The cavalry in these two places are all brave and good at fighting. What we lack most in Jingzhou is cavalry, so I think we should take Zhang Xiu in. Even if Zhang Xiu is not taken in, We should also keep the cavalry in Zhang Xiu's hands!"

Wang Wei behind Liu Biao spoke to Liu Biao.

"Well! Wang Wei, you are right. What we lack most in Jingzhou is a strong cavalry. Therefore, I also think that we should keep Zhang Xiu's Xiliang cavalry, but I don't want to keep Zhang Xiu. Everyone has He Liangce?"

Liu Biao grinned and asked the people in front of him.

"This!"

The civil servants and generals in Xiangyang were very surprised, they didn't expect Liu Biao to have such thoughts.

"My lord, if you think so, then I have a good plan!"

Kuai Liang, who was silent at first, suddenly raised his head and said to Liu Biao.

"What's the trick, come quickly!"

Liu Biao hurriedly asked.

"My lord must be like this!"

Kuai Liang stood up and whispered the strategy softly in Liu Biao's ear.

"Hahahaha! Great plan!"

Liu Biao clapped his hands and smiled after hearing this.

(End of this chapter)