Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 438 A New Journey
In Jingzhou Shepherd's Mansion, Liu Biao's face was ashen, pacing up and down in the hall.

A group of high-level officials from Jingzhou stood on both sides, no one spoke, and the atmosphere was terribly gloomy.Liu Biao did not expect that Liu Bei's army was actually defeated. The 80 army was almost wiped out in Dongting.

These are all the troops he has cultivated so hard!In this way, he was buried in this battle.

Even if Cheng Huang doesn't retaliate, with his current weak strength, all the forces around him will definitely come and add insult to injury.In addition, Cheng Huang controlled the court, which was also extremely unfavorable to him in terms of public opinion.

Outside the city, Xu Huang's army that attacked the city had withdrawn.But they were even more nervous.

"How is it?" A guard walked in, and before he could speak, Liu Biao asked quickly.

"My lord, after the defeat of Liu Bei's army, the remnant army did not return to Xinye, but lived in the west and fled." The guard replied.

"Hmph!" Liu Biao snorted coldly, and gritted his teeth: "I trust him so much, and I'm a member of the Han family with him, yet he didn't care about it and ran away. If I had known today, I shouldn't have taken him in. .”

"My lord, now is not the time to complain, let's figure out how to deal with the coming crisis!" Said Zhang Yun, the leader of the navy.

He led the navy to Dongting, but he failed in the first battle. He was beaten up by the Dongting navy and had to return to Jingzhou.

"Is there any way?" Cai He of the Cai family said: "Or, my lord, you will use your tricks, isn't Cheng Huang going to demote you as a commoner? You just admit it. If this is the case, then Cheng Huang will definitely not kill them all."

"You bastard," Cai He was scolded back by his elder brother Cai Zhong as soon as he finished speaking, "My lord is such a person. If you say that again, be careful and I will kick you back to Cai's house." He scolded Cai He like this, but Liu Biao instead It's not good to be angry.

"My lord!" Yao Yue stepped forward, cupped his hands towards Liu Biao, and said, "Then Liu Bei is a follower of power, and my lord should not be troubled by it. The most important thing for us now is how to get through the current crisis. I don't know if the lord is willing to listen to the plan of the wolf?"

"What way? Tell me!" Liu Biao was overjoyed and asked hastily.

"My lord, Cheng Huang's coercion of the emperor to make the princes look brilliant, but he is actually self-confident. In fact, many forces are already dissatisfied with him. Runan Yuan Shu is one of them. His subordinates took the initiative to invite Ying to go to Runan , to persuade Yuan Shu to send troops to support Jingzhou, as long as we are willing to pay the price, Yuan Shu will surely send troops to help?"

Liu Biao shook his head, "Oddness, Yuan Shu is not easy to deal with. At that time, we may be driving wolves at the front door and tigers at the back door."

"My lord, we are just taking what we need from him. As long as we get through the difficulties, retrain new arms, and have the power to protect ourselves, then Yuan Shu and Cheng Huang have nothing to fear."

Liu Biao thought for a while, nodded and said: "It seems that this is the only way to do it for the time being, Yidu, it's not too late, you set off immediately and live in Runan."

"Yes!" Ji Yue walked away.

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Cheng Huang stayed in Luoyang for one night, and early the next morning, he activated his lord skills and returned to Xingyue City.

After returning to Xingyue City, he immediately summoned a group of high-level officials from Dongting to understand the situation.

"My lord, Dongting's military strength is seriously damaged and needs to be expanded. Skystar City was greatly damaged during the war and needs to be repaired. Adding up all kinds of expenses, our Dongting's financial situation is already stretched!" Ma Liang reported.

"Yeah!" Cheng Huang nodded and asked, "Then, how much money is there?"

"Returning to my lord, not counting other things, just conscription, Dongting's various daily expenses, at least 15 billion gold coins will be needed!"

"So much!" Cheng Huang gasped, saying that wars cost money, and it was true. This is still a small-scale war. If you want to conquer the world in the future, how many gold coins will you need!All along, he never asked about Dongting's financial situation, until now, he didn't know that it's not easy to be in charge!

"Mr. Ji Chang, don't worry, I will find a way to solve the funding problem!" Cheng Huang said relaxedly.

"Brother," Gan Ning reported, "although the siege of Dongting was lifted, Changsha is still in Cai Mao's hands. If Changsha does not take it back, it will be like a tiger lying on its side. Therefore, I suggest that we should take Changsha as soon as possible. In addition, we track down The assassins of Liu Bei's army have returned, and according to them, Liu Bei's remnant army went all the way west, and suddenly disappeared."

"Mr. Yuanzhi, what do you think about this?" Cheng Huang didn't answer, but turned to ask Xu Shu.

"My lord," Xu Shu cupped his hands slightly, "In my opinion, there is no rush to attack Changsha. Let's defeat Liu Bei. Then Liu Biao and Cai Mao are probably already frightened. It is not very difficult to take Changsha. After Xu Huang leads As soon as the ten thousand soldiers arrive, it will not be too late for us to send troops to Changsha."

"In addition, Liu Bei's army lives in the west instead of going north. According to my guess, he must have returned to Jingzhou without a face, but is preparing to enter Sichuan and seek refuge with Yizhou Mu Liuyan. Zhuge Liang is proficient in various formations, and our assassins will It’s not surprising to lose track.”

When Cheng Huang heard this, he couldn't help frowning, Liu Bei entered Sichuan, did he want to occupy Yizhou alone, and then divide the world like a calendar official?
But I heard Xu Shu continue: "This is not the most important thing. I am afraid that Liu Biao is already thinking of ways to deal with the immediate crisis. According to my estimation, there is still one way for Liu Biao to go at this time, which is to go to please Yuan Shu and let Yuan Shu Send troops to reinforce Jingzhou."

"Oh! In this way, wouldn't it be very difficult for us to win Jingzhou!" Cheng Huang nodded.

"So, we want to destroy the alliance between Liu Biao and Yuan Shu. My lord, Yuan Shu has offended a lot of enemies by fighting here and there these days. You can let the Mi family pick Tao Qian and Yuan Shu's relationship, and then let Sun Ce restrain him. Don't dare to send most of the troops into Jingzhou."

"Yeah!" Cheng Huang nodded, "That's great, I'll leave this matter to you, Mr. Yuanzhi!"

"Zijun! How's the situation in the Southern Barbarian Land?" Cheng Huang turned his head and asked Wang Ping.

"Brother, during this period of time, I have trained a lot of Wudang flying troops. In terms of military strength, it is already second to none in the Nanban area. Bringing cave masters to use various methods to develop our Southern League. Now, the Southern League already has several Ten tribal alliances. Except for a few big tribes who are unwilling to join the SAARC, the other tribes are no longer a threat to us. I believe that it won't take long for the SARAC to dominate southern Xinjiang."

Cheng Huang finally heard a happy event, and his mood improved a lot.

"Everyone, then Liu Bei, Liu Biao came to my Dongting and killed us so many brothers. We must show this tone. As soon as Xu Huang arrives, we will send troops to Changsha, and then go south to attack Guiyang and Lingling two counties. After the southern part of Jingzhou is pacified, we will go north and take Xiangyang directly. Xingba, I will leave the military affairs to you!"

"Yes, brother!" Gan Ning clasped his hands together.

(End of this chapter)