Compared with Cao Cao, Liu Bei has indeed had a serious flaw in the overall situation, but Liu Bei has one good one who can use people well.

When Cao Cao was thinking about how to break the encirclement created by Liu Bei and in turn surrounded Liu Bei, Liu Bei was thinking about how to get Changsha back from Sun Ce. It seemed that if Changsha didn't come back, Liu Bei's Jingzhou would be incomplete, and Liu Bei felt extremely uncomfortable because of this.

Guan Yu's letter was placed on Liu Bei's desk. Under the light, Liu Bei read the short letter many times. His hesitant personality made him unable to make the final decision.

From Guan Yu's letter, Liu Bei learned that Sun Ce's army, who had originally confronted Guan Yu in Hengyang, had evacuated. Some of the people in Hengyang retreated to Changsha, while others remained in Hengyang. Hengyang is temporarily an empty city without a garrison. Guan Yu's urgent letter was to ask Liu Bei for instructions on whether to occupy Hengyang and march towards Changsha.

In theory, there was no need to write a letter to ask Liu Bei for instructions on this matter. If Guan Yu took action directly, Liu Bei would be very happy. If Fang Zhiwen was really unhappy at that time, he could also push the matter to Guan Yu. Now that Guan Yu has written such a letter, Liu Bei is in a dilemma.

If he agreed to Guan Yu's actions, it would be like to pry Fang Zhiwen's corner in private. Fang Zhiwen really wanted to pursue it. Liu Bei had no place to give up his face, but if he didn't agree, he would let go of such a good opportunity and watch the fat man in his hand run away, and Liu Bei felt extremely painful again.

For Liu Bei, choosing was really painful. After thinking about it in the middle of the night, the wife had already sent someone to urge her several times. Liu Bei finally gritted his teeth and quickly wrote the words "You can adapt to the situation." Liu Bei actually hoped that Guan Yu would not be too smart and could learn from Zhang Fei and take the initiative to take the blame for him.

After letting the carrier pigeon go away, Liu Bei breathed a sigh of relief at the starry sky. The wrinkles on his face seemed to have become deeper. He shook his head and turned around and walked towards the inner house. There was also an important thing waiting for him to solve. Liu Bei was not young anymore. The problem was, there was no queen! This was a fatal matter. It seemed that he would have to get a few more women, so it would be considered a wide harvest.

The next morning, Sun Qian, Zhuge Jin and Pang Yuan also came to Liu Bei. They also saw the changes in Changsha County from the military newspaper, but these three people seemed to have different opinions.

"Lord, Hengyang is now without a master, and Changsha and Xiangyin are also empty. How can you sit back and see such a good opportunity? As the saying goes, God will suffer the consequences if you don't win it. This is the best time for our army to regain Changsha County!"

Liu Bei likes Sun Qian's opinion, and Liu Bei even thinks in private. Sun Qian is becoming more and more aligned with him. Are you trying to please him? People know that villains are not good. But why villains are always easy to exist? Because villains are around you, you will feel very comfortable. Sun Qian can talk about his heart every time. No matter what is right or wrong, Liu Bei will feel comfortable and think that Sun Qian is reliable.

"Lord, this matter is inappropriate. Zhu Zhi had reached an agreement with Sun Ce long ago. Sun Ce deliberately created this situation when changing defenses, just to lure our army into a conflict with Zhu Zhi. Lord, you must understand that the enemy of our army is Cao Cao now. If Fang Zhiwen is annoyed at this time, what are the recurrences of the matter? The gains and losses in it are clear at a glance. Do not lose the big ones because of the small."

Zhuge Jin was rare to directly oppose Sun Gan's opinion directly, because the consequences of this matter were too serious. It would not be impossible for Fang Zhiwen to turn against this matter and support or suggest that Cao Cao would attack Liu Bei. Liu Bei has made the circle surrounding Cao Cao very loose now, and Liu Bei has an ulterior motive behind him. Liu Bei's identity destined that he must be the enemy of the princes, and he could not be an ally.

"Tiyu looked at Fang Zhiwen too high. Fang Zhiwen's relationship with our army is not maintained by any emotional factors, but a real benefit. The reason why he chose to cooperate with our army rather than with Cao Cao was because he could not cooperate with Cao Cao at all. The Japanese in Yingzhou were the enemy, and the Japanese supported Cao Cao behind their backs. This matter has become known to everyone in the world. Fang Zhiwen can only cooperate with our army. Therefore, at this time, our army took the opportunity to take back Changsha, and Fang Zhiwen could only suffer this loss. In the future, our army will destroy Cao Cao and take charge of the Central Plains. What can Fang Zhiwen do to me? I can't say that we will take back Youzhou at that time!"

Pang Yuan smiled. Sun Gan’s ambition was very good, but the gap between ambition and reality could not be ignored. Moreover, the gap seemed to be a bit scary!

Zhuge Jin was stunned for a moment and shook his head. Sun Gan's idea was a bit naive. Not to mention that Fang Zhiwen would let Liu Bei take charge of the Central Plains and remain indifferent. He just thought that Fang Zhiwen did not dare to cooperate with Cao Cao for the sake of his reputation. Even if he could not cooperate openly, through the merchants in private, Yiren could still give Cao Cao enough support.

However, Zhuge Jin had no intention of arguing with Sun Gan on this matter. After all, nothing happened. It is normal for everyone to have their own opinions. Who can guarantee that their opinions are definitely right!

Zhuge Jin looked at Liu Bei and said, "Lord, my subordinates insisted that they could not seize Changsha. Doing so would definitely damage the reputation of the lord."

Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, and this sentence hit his vitals, reputation! This thing is definitely a good thing, but it is also a shackle. Zhuge Jin's statement made Liu Bei feel a little nervous. In fact, he had already made a decision. If it was really as Zhuge Jin said, reputation would be damaged.

Liu Bei looked at Sun Gan, and Sun Gan frowned and said nothing. Sun Gan had no choice but to have a potential for his reputation to be damaged. It is indeed not easy for him to be a bitch and establish a archway in this world. Moreover, there are aliens like aliens, and nothing seems to be unable to escape their eyes.

Seeing that Sun Gan had no idea, Liu Bei turned his eyes to the smiling Pang Yuan: "Fuqing seems to be confident!"

"The adult's eyes are like a torch, and my subordinates do have something to gain."

"Oh, let's listen to it to help us resolve our confusion!"

"You are polite. I think both of you are right. Since they are both right, you might as well take a compromise from the opinions of the two adults!"

“Eclectic!?”

"this"

Sun Gan and Zhuge Jin were both a little confused. How to compromise? Liu Bei was also confused, but he was very interested in his eyes. The essence of the word compromise is actually to be both a bitch and a archway.

"My subordinates think that it is possible to occupy Hengyang or even to occupy Changsha!"

"What?! What if the Fang Zhiwen rebounds!?"

"Then I'll give it back to him. We can say that in order to maintain local public order, we take the initiative to assist in the defense. In addition, it is best to actively mobilize local aristocratic people. I heard that local aristocratic people seem to have complaints about Zhu Zhi's new policy. If they actively invite us to guard against theft, will they watch the people be poisoned by the thieves with their kindness?"

"Of course not!" Liu Bei said with a loud voice, with a righteous look on his face, his eyes brighter like a light bulb.

"But Fang Zhiwen is that stupid? Will he give up these territories just now?"

Zhuge Jin refuted a little dissatisfiedly, and Pang Yuan slowly shook his fan and said, "Mr. Zhuge doesn't know much about Fang Zhiwen. Fang Zhiwen has never valued territory. Moreover, Changsha County's territory is really not that important from a strategic perspective. Especially for Fang Zhiwen, Jiangxia is north of Changsha County, Jiangxia is in my hands, and Changsha and Cao Cao are not bordered. Fang Zhiwen is only a fight for face with me at most. As long as the adults move with emotion and reason, and give enough face to Fang Zhiwen, maybe the whole Changsha will not be able to get it, but it is good to be divided by the territory occupied in advance now!"

Liu Bei nodded thoughtfully: "Does Fuqing mean advancement, three retreats, two?"

"Or advance three times and retreat one time, it depends on how we talk about this with Fang Zhiwen. No matter what, Changsha County is also the jurisdiction of Jingzhou, and Fang Zhiwen is not superior in terms of principle. As for whether Fang Zhiwen will break up with us, I don't think so. The significance of his going south to Jiangdong is to get Sun Ce out, then to better restrict Cao Cao, and finally eliminate the possibility of Yiren going north to make trouble. When it comes to territory, Fang Zhiwen really has no shortage of territory."

Pang Yuan said something very thoroughly, and even Zhuge Jin could not help but nodded, admitting that he was indeed slightly inferior to Pang Yuan.

"Since that's the case, I will write to my second brother, ordering him to maintain local public security no matter what. If the local people request, we can also enter Changsha, Xiangyin and other places."

"It should be like this, but the action should be fast. If the thieves and bandits take advantage of the situation, things will be troublesome!" Sun Qian added with a smile, and Liu Bei nodded with a smile.

Xu Sheng's fleet sent Huang Zhong to Xiangyin first, and he was heading for Changsha first, but when he arrived in Changsha, he was shocked to find Liu Bei's flag flying on the head of Changsha. Xu Sheng was furious, but he had no way to directly take Changsha with his naval army. Xu Sheng quickly wrote a letter to Huang Zhong and Fang Zhiwen to report, while completely blocking the waterways west of Changsha.

The Guan Yu army on the city was also confined to four gates, and the two armies confronted each other on the water on the city, and no one could do anything to do.

Fang Zhiwen couldn't help but feel a little amused when he received the information. Liu Bei really felt a bit ill-fated. He also wanted to get a little advantage, which made people speechless. Perhaps this is because of his low background, which makes him unable to erase the kind of petty aura in his bones.

Fang Zhiwen ordered Huang Zhong to advance to Changsha, but he did not have to attack the city and could only siege the city. If Guan Yu dared to leave the city, he would attack and kill directly, giving Guan Yu and Liu Bei a lesson so that they could know that they could not take advantage of any advantage.

On the other hand, Fang Zhiwen also wrote to Liu Bei and asked about this matter.

When Fang Zhiwen's letter flew into Luoyang in the sky, Lu Su's team also stepped into the Luoyang city gate. Lu Su looked at the depressed Luoyang City with emotion and couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. (To be continued...)
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