[Three Kingdoms] Xinghan

Liu Bei quickly wrote a letter.

He called a confidant and explained seriously: "Send this letter to Lujiang County in Yangzhou and hand it over to the King of Changsha."

Guan Yu stood aside from the beginning to the end, silently watching his brother write and deliver letters, without expressing his concerns.

But the heaviness on the face is obvious.

After Liu Bei delivered the letter, he also sat by the desk and didn't move for a long time.

Zhang Fei looked left and right, and saw that they all looked worried, and couldn't help shouting: "Brother, brother, hasn't the matter been resolved? What's wrong with you?"

Liu Bei didn't answer, and said to him after a while: "Call all the generals here."

Zhang Fei was taken aback for a moment, then his face showed doubts.

Liu Bei said: "If the king of Changsha can agree to pardon Yun Chang, that would be great. But if he refuses to agree, we can't just arrest him."

"Jingzhou's defense still needs to be done seriously."

Zhang Fei said: "Brother is still thoughtful, I will go and call them all over."

He turned and walked out of the mansion.

Guan Yu said again: "Brother..."

Liu Bei stretched out five fingers to stop him, so Guan Yu had no choice but to keep silent.

Looking at the back of the third brother, Liu Bei frowned deeply.

After sending the messenger, he became suspicious of another thing.

If the king of Changsha temporarily complied with his request and let his second brother go.What should I do if I regret it in the future?

No matter how benevolent and righteous a person is, I am afraid that they will not extend their benevolence and righteousness to their former enemies.

The King of Changsha did a lot of things that violated the ancestral system in Yangzhou, and no one stopped him. When he ascended the throne in the future, he would find any excuse to execute someone who had attacked and killed him. Would there be any difficulty?

However, if you don't do this, would you still choose to be an enemy of King Changsha?

Liu Bei shook his head.

He was not sure about defending Jingzhou, nor was he willing to fight against the eldest son of the emperor, who symbolized the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty.

Or, after donating Jingzhou, the three brothers left here and found a place where no one was there to live in seclusion?

But there is nowhere to display his talents, is he really willing?Can the second and third brothers be reconciled?

Liu Bei raised his head and looked outside, as if he wanted to see that noble person in Yangzhou City through thousands of mountains and rivers.

Your Highness, Your Highness, what will you do?

Can you think of a way to make all three of us feel at ease?

Three days later, Lujiang.

Ling Han has already prepared all the food and grass, assembled the soldiers and horses, and made preparations for the expedition.

At this time, he received a letter from Jingzhou.

When the messenger arrived at Lujiang, Ling Han was in the main hall of the mansion, and summoned the advisers and generals related to this battle to discuss the matter of going to Jingzhou.

The other party was brought in front of Ling Han, and said in a respectful tone: "Liu Xuande of Jingzhou, Liu Shijun, intends to bring Jingzhou to submit to His Highness. This is a letter from Liu Shijun to His Highness."

Ling Han frowned slightly when he heard this.

The soldier next to him quickly took the bamboo slip from the opponent's hand, presented it to Ling Han, and then took the messenger down.

Ling Han quickly finished reading the letter.

Liu Bei actually wanted to exchange Jingzhou for Guan Yu's safety.

It seems that Liu Bei is not hypocritical.He does have a benevolent heart.

Except for Changsha County, the eight counties in Jingzhou are nominally dedicated to Liu Qi, but in fact they are all in Liu Bei's hands, which is a lot of wealth.

But Liu Bei did not make any demands in the letter, but only asked himself to pardon Guan Yu's crimes.

If it wasn't for Yang Zhen's death feud between them, maybe...

Ling Han folded the bamboo slips sent by Liu Bei into a roll, making it difficult to make a choice.

Obviously, if you must kill Guan Yu, you must fight Jingzhou.

Although he was sure of breaking through Jingzhou, tens of thousands of soldiers might die in the process.

From the perspective of the overall situation, for the sake of personal revenge, rejecting Jingzhou's surrender and letting tens of thousands of Yangzhou soldiers go to danger for this is really not something a qualified lord would do.

Even, the battle of Yiling in history is a lesson from the past.

However, emotionally, or Ling Han's subjective wishes, he could not agree to Liu Bei.

Yang Zhen was still protecting himself until his death... If Yang Zhen hadn't worked so hard, he would have died under Guan Yu's sword long ago.And talk about He Xingfu Han Dynasty?Ling Han believed that if Yang Zhen had a spirit in the sky, he would definitely hope that he would give up revenge for the big man.

But this is so unfair to Yang Zhen.

At that time, Yang Zhen was newly married, and the child in his wife's womb had not yet been born.

However, at that moment of life and death, Yang Zhen didn't think about anything.

He gave up his new wife, his unborn child, his life.

Just to make myself more likely to survive.

Yes, only slightly possible.

Even if Yang Zhen stepped forward, he could only delay for a while. He was not sure whether Zhao Yun could get rid of Lu Bu.

And if he didn't catch up after falling off the horse, Guan Yu and Lu Bu would ignore him at all.

But even in such a situation, Yang Zhen still didn't even think about it, and rushed forward without hesitation.

At this moment, he clearly has the ability to break through Jingzhou and kill Guan Yu to avenge him.

Yang Zhen gave up everything for himself, but on the other hand, he wants to give up revenge for him because of the overall situation?

Ling Han questioned himself, unable to make such a decision.

Everyone in the hall saw that after Ling Han read the letter, their expressions changed, sometimes sad and indignant, sometimes struggling, sometimes painful, and finally even closed their eyes without speaking, and couldn't help but look at each other.

Seeing this, Zhao Yun, who was closest to Ling Han, couldn't help saying: "Your Highness?"

Ling Han slowly opened his eyes, trying to calm down.

After a while, he handed the bamboo slips to Zhao Yun: "Brother, please read this letter to everyone."

After Zhao Yun finished reading, most people in the hall understood why His Highness was in such a state.

Mi Fang immediately said: "Your Highness, you have repeatedly emphasized the importance of laws and regulations, but if even the crime of chasing and killing you can be forgiven, will there be anyone in this world who respects laws and regulations?"

Mi Fang was obviously present, besides Ling Han, the person who most wanted to kill Guan Yu.

On the one hand, Guan Yu made his sister a widow; on the other hand, if Liu Bei and others surrendered to His Highness, Yang Zhen would have a deep blood feud, and the Mi family and them would definitely be mortal enemies.

Liu Bei and his forces in Jingzhou will not be inferior to the Mi family.Of course Mi Fang didn't want to see such a thing happen.

As the governor of Yangzhou, Zhang Zhao was also present because he had to consider the situation after the army left Yangzhou.

He could see the little Jiujiu in Mi Fang's heart at a glance.

In Zhang Zhao's view, although General Yang Zhen was His Highness's confidant and died to protect His Highness, in the end he was just a bodyguard.

There are thirteen prefectures in the world, and now His Highness only has four of them. If you can save a single soldier, there is really no need to go to war with Jingzhou for the sake of General Yang.

However, Zhang Zhao also saw His Highness's pain, so he only stepped forward and said, "Your Highness should put the overall situation first."

Tai Shici came out and clasped his fists, and said impassionedly: "Your Highness, then Liu Xuande is just a weaver of mats and shoes, so he has no right to bargain with you."

"He kept saying in the letter that Guan Yunchang and him were brothers and sisters, and asked His Highness to forgive Guan Yunchang's crimes."

"But General Yang Zhen was clearly valued by His Highness during his lifetime. Could it be that in his opinion, the important person in His Highness' heart is not as important as Liu Xuande's important person?"

"From the point of view of the general, not only Guan Yunchang must die, but Liu Xuande is also a rebellious person who threatened Jingzhou City, so we must not let him go!"

Although Tai Shici's words were rough and his tone was extreme, when he said these words, he was immediately approved by most of the people present.

They even talked quietly.

"That's right, Liu Xuande's letter is clearly a submission, but it's actually a threat. It's too arrogant!"

"I've heard before that Liu Bei swaggered around under the banner of the clan of the Han Dynasty. If he was really a clan of the Han Dynasty, he should have taken the initiative to hand over Guan Yu, instead of embracing himself like this."

"Liu Bei can't be His Highness's opponent! If you don't want to surrender, you can only die."

"General Taishi is right! Are we in Yangzhou still afraid of Jingzhou? Since Liu Bei dares to threaten him with this, let's fight directly."

……

No matter civil servants or military generals, almost all the people in the field who spoke out were in favor of sending troops.

Ling Han realized a problem: the emotions he had just unintentionally expressed might have given them a certain hint.

As a result, some people who objected to fighting Jingzhou in their hearts might not dare to express it in public.After careful consideration, Ling Han made a decision in his heart.

He stood up from his seat.

The people below fell silent.They knew that His Highness was going to announce the decision.

Ling Han said: "Whether to send troops to Jingzhou, this king decides, and leave this matter to everyone to make a decision together, and vote anonymously."

"The so-called anonymous voting refers to writing your approval or opposition on paper, and finally summing up the results. This king has no way of knowing whether each of you agrees or disagrees, and neither of you can know each other's choice."

"Everyone here, each can cast two votes. In addition, brother——"

Zhao Yun took a step forward.

Ling Han told him: "Go and call all the non-commissioned officers with the rank of major and above in the army here, explain the whole story to them, and everyone can vote."

Zhao Yun clasped his fists and left: "Yes."

Zhang Zhao frowned when he heard the words, and then said, "Your Highness, whether you accept Jingzhou's submission or send troops to attack Jingzhou, it is up to you to decide. How can we ministers participate in it?"

Whether they are inclined to send troops or not to send troops, they all agree with his words.

"Your Highness, what Governor Zhang said is very reasonable."

"What Your Highness says, we do what we do."

……

Ling Han interrupted: "It is precisely because this king has difficulty making a choice that I want to ask you for help."

This is indeed the most important reason.

In addition, it may be possible to use this incident to gradually change their concept of the king's decision in their hearts.

Compared with the feudal monarchy system, the Western parliamentary system or the cabinet system of the Ming Dynasty are obviously much more advanced.

Of course, this requires a long process.

With Ling Han's repeated insistence, everyone finally began to vote.

In addition to affirmative and negative votes, abstentions can also be cast.

In order to prevent their handwriting from being distinguished when the votes were counted, Ling Han demanded: for drawing a circle, against drawing a cross, and for abstaining, leave a blank.

Half an hour later, under the watchful eyes of all the staff, the voting ended.

There were 73 votes in favor, 47 abstentions and [-] votes against.

The matter of sending troops to Jingzhou was passed with a large proportion.

Ling Han then ordered them to leave separately, and prepared according to the previous agreement, and marched towards Jingzhou early tomorrow morning.

However, he was very puzzled.

The number of abstainers is close to one-third, which is quite understandable.

After all, in the eyes of many people, whether or not to fight Jingzhou should be decided by themselves.

They can make suggestions, but they have no power to make decisions, and they dare not influence this matter.

However, the number of people who are in favor not only exceeds the number of people who are against, but the ratio is so disparate, which is really beyond Ling Han's expectation.

He himself wanted to send troops to Jingzhou purely because of Yang Zhen.But Yang Zhen didn't have much friendship with other people in Yangzhou except Mi Fang.

As for Guan Yu chasing and killing himself, this is indeed a serious crime.

But now that the world is uncertain, if Jingzhou can be regained without a single soldier, Zhang Zhao's views should occupy the overwhelming majority.

Ling Han couldn't help asking Zhao Yun: "Brother, do you know why they agree to send troops?"

"Once there is a battle with Jingzhou, those generals will be in danger of their lives at any time."

Zhao Yun thought for a while and guessed, "Maybe it's because of what General Taishi said."

"As for life... There are many things in this world that are more important than life and wealth."

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