Chapter 143

Cai Mao lowered his voice and said: "The general has already led the army into the city, you should go back to Cai's house quickly and don't stay here anymore."

"what?"

Cai Yu was so frightened that her face turned pale, she hurriedly covered her cherry lips and said, "Why, why did this happen? Brother, didn't you lead the army to guard against it?"

"Yuan Xi has an army of one million, how many of my troops are enough for someone's teeth?"

Cai Hao urged impatiently: "Hurry up and go back, don't pack your things, it's not short of those things."

Thinking about it, I felt a little worried, "I'll send someone to send it back."

"Then, that husband...?"

"You don't have to worry about his business."

Asked to send Cai Yu away, Cai Mao looked at the place where Liu Biao was resting, took a deep breath, and said to himself, "Fly each other when disaster strikes, so don't blame me, Liu Biao. It's your inability to blame."

When Yuan Xi arrived at the State Shepherd's Mansion, he happened to see Cai Mao leading someone, waiting outside the gate eagerly.

"General, you are here."

Cai Mao smiled helplessly: "I have already sent people to surround this place, and no one has ever entered."

"Ah."

Although Yuan Xi was disgusted by Cai Mao's behavior, he was actually quite comfortable in his heart.

As long as this kind of traitorous behavior doesn't fall on him, it feels pretty good.

"Where's Liu Biao?" Yuan Xi got off his horse and walked inside.

"I guess I'm still sleeping."

Yuan Xi was surprised: "With such a big commotion, this old thing can still sleep?"

Cai Mao said with a dry smile, "He is not in good health and sleeps soundly at night."

When he came to a hall, Yuan Xi walked up to the head and knelt down, and his subordinate Wen Wu immediately divided into two sides to stand.

Cai Mao struggled, not knowing where to stand.

"General Cai, call Liu Biao out."

"Hey, I'll go right now."

Cai Mao lowered his head and walked towards Liu Biao's residence.

As soon as he left, everyone present cursed.

"What are you scolding?"

Yuan Xi scolded with a smile: "He surrendered with good intentions, you all have to be serious to me, otherwise you will be judged by others, I want you to look good."

The crowd was still arguing, Yuan Xi saw this, put away his smiling face, and said seriously: "Didn't you hear what I said?"

The people who were still joking put away their hippie smiles.

Taking Jingzhou so smoothly this time made many people float.

In their view, Jingzhou was the only relatively powerful place. After taking Jingzhou, Yuan Xi basically unified the whole country.

So somewhat carried away.

Seeing that Yuan Xi was really angry at this moment, he restrained himself a bit.

"Liu Jingsheng, Liu Jingsheng?"

In the room, Cai Mao looked at the old man, and suddenly felt a little unbearable in his heart.

Liu Biao vaguely heard someone calling him, and when he opened his eyes, he saw Cai Mao standing at the head of his bed.

"De Gui?"

Liu Biao was stunned, and said urgently: "You are not on the front line resisting Yuan Jun, why are you here?"

Cai Mao lowered his head and sighed, "If a traitor surrenders, I have lost the battle."

"Failed?"

Liu Biao's eyes widened suddenly, "The tens of thousands of troops are gone?"

"It's gone." Cai Mao didn't dare to look into Liu Biao's eyes.

"Pfft!"

Liu Biao spurted blood and fell on the bed.

Cai Mao was taken aback, and hurriedly supported him, "Are you okay?"

The corner of Liu Biao's mouth was bleeding, and his whole body trembled, "Jingzhou is over!"

Seeing him like this, Cai Mao felt sad for a moment, choked up and nodded, "It's all because of my incompetence."

Liu Biao smiled bitterly and said, "It's not your fault, it's just my overconfidence in the Jingzhou Navy!"

Cai Mao hurriedly said, "If someone hadn't surrendered, we might not have been defeated."

"Who secretly betrayed?"

There was despair in Liu Biao's eyes, he knew the situation was over.

It's all over.

"Cai Degui led people to surrender."

"Cai Degui?"

Liu Biao was stunned, and he slowly raised his head, "Cai Degui?"

"Hahaha!"

Suddenly Cai Mao laughed loudly, approached Liu Biao, and said loudly, "Didn't expect that? I led people to surrender."

Liu Biao's face was livid, he pointed at him and said, "You, you"

After Cai Hao finished laughing, he sighed softly, "Liu Biao, do you think I want to surrender? You say I have tens of thousands of troops, how can I resist a million-dollar army?"

He smiled strangely, "I plan to defend Jingzhou to the death, but who among those under my command is willing to listen to me? They all know that the general situation is over, and they all want to surrender."

After a pause, Cai Mao looked gloomy, "What did I tell you at the beginning? We want to concentrate all the power in you and my two families, but what are you doing? I'm afraid that my Cai family will become bigger!

"Hahaha, look at it now, except for my Cai family who has a bit of conscience, who is willing to help you defend the city? Who is willing to resist? The supporters don't know how to use them, and they have raised a large group of winebags and rice buckets. Today's ending is already doomed! "

Liu Biao pointed at him and gritted his teeth, "I treat you well, do you want to piss me off?"

"Treat me well, but do you treat others badly?"

Cai Mao looked down, and murmured: "Little Jingzhou, the forces are intertwined, you want to take care of everything, but you don't take care of everything, Liu Biao, you are defeated by yourself, and it has nothing to do with me, understand?"

Cai Hao stared fiercely, and said viciously: "I want to resist, but everyone wants to surrender. When I say that I want to surrender, the morale of the army is useless. Failure is the inevitable end. You say that what is the use of my resistance?"

"uh uh"

Liu Biao was short of breath, his eyes turned white, he withdrew his hand pointing at Cai Mao, and strangled his neck tightly.

Cai Mao pulled him over and pinched him.

After a while, Liu Biao collapsed on the bed, breathing heavily.

"The general is just outside, go out and meet him."

Cai Hao said indifferently: "Gongsun Zan was defeated, Cao Cao was defeated, Cao Pi was also defeated, Ma Chao was defeated, and what happened to Liu Zhang, you also know that Liu Bei is not successful, and you have survived to the last one, which is already good."

After waiting for a while, seeing that Liu Biao hadn't come yet, Yuan Xi sent someone to urge him.

Before the person left, he heard footsteps outside, and then Liu Biao walked in tremblingly.

Cai Mao followed silently.

"General."

Liu Biao paused step by step, walked to the center of the hall, and suddenly laughed.

Chunyu Qiong shouted: "Liu Jingsheng, don't kneel down yet!"

Liu Biao propped up his back and didn't look at him, but just stared at Yuan Xi and said, "I am a majestic Jingzhou shepherd, why should I kneel down?"

Chunyuqiong was furious, and just as he was about to step forward to teach Liu Biao a lesson, Yuan Xi waved him back.

Yuan Xi stood up and walked to the case, "Liu Jingsheng, Jingzhou is already in my hands, what do you have to say?"

Liu Biao smiled and gently stroked his beard, "I just want to ask, is the general going to embrace the Han or usurp the throne?"

As soon as this remark came out, the hall suddenly fell silent.

Yuan Xi fell silent for a while, both civil and military.

Some people looked at Yuan Xi, while others lowered their heads.
Yuan Xi put his hands behind his back and said softly: "What do you think I will do?"

"You and your father are both villains, with wolfish ambitions! Could it be possible to return the rights to Emperor Han?"

Liu Biao's tone was disdainful, as if he saw through him.

"court death!"

"Bold!"

Seeing Liu Biao insulting Yuan Xi and Yuan Shao, the civil and military personnel in the hall couldn't help but glared at Liu Biao.

Yuan Xi waved his hand to signal everyone to calm down, looked at Liu Biao and said, "Liu Biao, Liu Biao, you think you're smart enough to see through me, but you actually don't know me at all."

A trace of surprise flashed in Liu Biao's eyes. Regardless of the people's stares, he said in amazement, "I don't believe it. Can you still return the power to the emperor?"

Yuan Xi said naturally: "I, the fourth generation and third son of the Yuan family, have a loyal family. How could I be that usurper? As long as the emperor is still alive, I, Yuan Xi, will always obey the emperor's orders."

Everyone was in an uproar and looked at Yuan Xi together.

For a while, they couldn't even see what Yuan Xi was thinking.

Liu Biao was stunned, then sneered, "When I'm a three-year-old child? How could I believe you?"

Xu Chu cursed: "Old man, don't you believe you are asking such stupid things?"

Everyone laughed.

Although Liu Biao knew that Yuan Xi was likely to lie to him, he still felt a little lucky in his heart. He continued to ignore everyone's ridicule and stared at Yuan Xi closely, "You really know how to assist the emperor?"

"I don't want to say the redundant words a second time."

Yuan Xi looked indifferent, "It's Liu Biao, you, as a member of the Han family, when the emperor was alone and helpless, why didn't you send troops to rescue him?"

"I'm so far away, how can I rescue?" Liu Biao made an excuse for himself.

Yuan Xi sneered and said, "The distance is far away, it's not the reason why you refused to save yourself! If you had risked your life back then, how would the emperor treat you? How would the world treat you?"

"You and Liu Zhang, two relatives of the Han family, only know how to watch the fire from the other side, and ignore the emperor. You are really traitors!"

Liu Biao was so angry that his beard trembled, he didn't expect to reprimand the traitor, but was beaten instead.

"But this time, although the emperor sent me to attack you, a traitor, the emperor has a benevolent heart and said that as long as you have the heart to repent, he will still not care about you."

As soon as Yuan Xi finished speaking, he comforted Liu Biao, "Liu Jingsheng, the current emperor has the virtue of being good at life, don't let him live up to his trust in you."

Liu Biao's face turned blue and white, staring at Yuan Xi, speechless.

After a pause, Yuan Xi's expression became solemn, and he said solemnly: "Liu Jingsheng, I ask you, are you willing to serve the emperor? Like me, to serve the emperor loyally?"

Liu Biao sighed, and seemed to be ten years old in an instant. He knew that Yuan Xi might blow him up, and he didn't really serve the emperor, but for this sake, what else could he say?
"The veteran is willing to serve His Majesty!"

"it is good!"

Yuan Xi cheered loudly and said happily: "Since that's the case, you should lead the Jingzhou people to surrender and return to the great Han."

Liu Biao suddenly understood what Yuan Xi was going to do, and Yuan Xi continued: "You order Huang Zu to surrender now, and let your son Liu Qi also lead the army to surrender to me, otherwise, it will be caused by my soldiers. Keep!"

Liu Biao agreed.

When he woke up and knew that Xiangyang City was broken and tens of thousands of troops surrendered, he knew that everything was over.

Now that he is in Yuan Xi's hands, his wife and children are also there, and it is the best result for people in other places to surrender.

At least the name of rebellion can be washed away, leaving capital for future generations.

Otherwise, if you resist breaking the city, the result will be different.

Thinking of this, Liu Biao thought about it.

Things went smoother than expected. With Liu Biao as the internal support, most of Jingzhou soon fell under the iron heel of Yuan Jun.

But what Yuan Xi didn't expect was that when Liu Qi surrendered, he brought two unexpected people with him.

Xu Shu and Zhao Yun.

The matter is very simple. Liu Bei was shocked when he knew Yuan Jun was coming to attack and Liu Biao surrendered.

He had just occupied Chengdu not long ago, and his foundation was not stable. Jingzhou would be finished so quickly, and Yuan Xi would have to beat him next.

Therefore, Liu Bei hurriedly sent someone to persuade Huang Zu and Liu Qi to support them to fight Yuan.

The matter was so important that Liu Bei finally decided to send a military division there, and then asked Zhao Yun to protect him personally.

It's a pity that it was Xu Shu who had a brilliant tongue, understood it with reason, and moved it with emotion. It's a pity that Liu Biao surrendered, not Liu Zong, so how could Liu Qi listen to him.

Not only that, Liu Qi also overturned Xu Shu and Zhao Yun's medication.

He is going to use the two of them to make meritorious service, and strive to obtain greater credit for his Liu family.

Listening to lying down Liu Qi's words, Yuan Xi didn't listen at all, his eyes were full of the two people who were tied up not far away.

Xu Shu and Zhao Yun.

"Quick, quickly untie!"

Yuan Xi came back to his senses, before he could listen to Liu Qi's words, he asked someone to untie Zhao Yun and Xu Shu.

Liu Qi was stunned for a moment, Zhao Yun and Xu Shu were also stunned.

Untying the two, Yuan Xi ignored everyone's dissuasion and walked quickly to Xu Shu and Zhao Yun.

Holding Xu Shu's arm, he said excitedly, "Yuan Zhi, you are finally here."

Xu Shu frowned slightly, and asked suspiciously, "The general knows someone?"

"I have admired you, Xu Yuanzhi, for a long time! I have heard of your name for a long time. Although I have never met, I have been friends with you for a long time. Don't you know me?"

Xu Shu smiled wryly and said: "The general praised you absurdly, but Shu is a small person, not worth mentioning."

Yuan Xi shook his head and said: "Shi Yuan has praised you in front of me several times for your talents. If you are a small person, how can the world be filled with talents?"

The faces of everyone present changed.

It is rare for Yuan Xi to praise someone so much.

This Xu Shu has an ordinary face, and he has never heard of any famous name. Why does the general attach so much importance to him?
Xu Shu was also quite flattered, for a moment he didn't know how to reply.

Yuan Xi patted his arm, and said softly: "Shi Yuan is a military advisor under my command, one of the five great military advisors. Yuan Zhi has arrived today, and I plan to expand the size of the military division to ten people. Yuan Zhi don't want to refuse."

Xu Shu was moved in his heart, but he already recognized Liu Bei as the master, so he said: "Forgive me, General, I already have a lord, so I'm afraid I won't be able to serve the General."

"It's okay, it's okay."

Yuan Xi smiled and said: "When I defeat Liu Bei, how about you working for me then?"

Xu Shu's face was a little ugly, and he remained silent.

Yuan Xi took two steps back and said with a smile: "Yuan Zhi, I can let you go today! But you have to agree to one condition!"

Yuan Xi's attitude changed so quickly that Xu Shu couldn't react.

When he regained his senses, he said in a daze: "What the general said is true?"

"Just promise me one condition!"

Xu Shu hurriedly asked, "What's the condition?"

Yuan Xi thought for a while, and then said: "Let me ask you, how can you be willing to work for me?"

Xu Shu suddenly understood something, he sighed, and said: "The concubine has a lord, so he should serve his lord to death, but if today he said that he would wait for the lord to have no lord, he would be willing to serve the general. Die because of concubine."

(End of this chapter)

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