Chapter 249

"Understood!"

"Gao Shun leads the elite Trap Camp, Zhang Fei, Gan Ning, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Taishi Ci, Guo Jia, Fa Zheng, Pang Tong, Sun Tao Qian, Sun Jian Yong, you follow me into Shu!"

"This time I will only take twelve thousand elite soldiers, and the rest of the generals will guard Guanzhong!"

"Understood!"

Zhuge Zhang Liang added,

"My lord, can Mengqi and I pretend to fail in attacking Zhang Lu?"

Liu Bei's eyes lit up, "Kongming's plan is excellent. This way I will have more reason to directly enter Shu to fight."

With the expedition imminent, the girls in the inner courtyard naturally tried every means to let Lord Liu Xuande get relaxation.

Liu Bei saw the resentment in Da Qiao's eyes,

Liu Bei held her jade hand,

"Da Qiao, when I return from Xichuan, I will take you in, how about that?"

Da Qiao's cheeks flushed red, and she bowed gracefully,

"Everything is up to Lord Liu Xuande's arrangement."

Liu Bei touched her jade hand,

"It's good that everything is up to arrangement."

Liu Bei found Huang Yueying again. At this time, her skin was becoming fairer, and her yellow hair was becoming more lustrous.

"Husband, when you return victorious, it will be me... hehe."

Liu Bei also laughed loudly,

"With so much expectation at home, I can't wait to take Xichuan tomorrow and return home."

All the wives and concubines laughed.

In these few days, Liu Bei was indeed tired, not only having to reward the inner courtyard but also having to find Bai Yuekui and Hua Hua Mulan to report work,

but both of them liked to report secretly, letting Liu Bei, the captain, lie down and win.

Ten days later,

Liu Bei waved his hand outside Chang'an City,

"Set off!"

Twelve thousand elite infantry and cavalry marched majestically toward Wuguan,

and Liu Bei waved goodbye to the pretty figure of Hua Hua Mulan on the city wall.

Hua Hua Mulan felt that her heart had already left Chang'an with Liu Bei.

Bai Yuekui walked over from the side,

"Sister Hua Mulan, the captain is saying goodbye to you."

Hua Hua Mulan shook her head,

"No, he is saying goodbye to you; you have a much better relationship."

"You have a better relationship."

The two looked at each other and both smiled.

Liu Bei exited Wuguan, went south along the Dan River, crossed the Han River, and arrived near Xiangyang again.

Liu Biao didn't expect Liu Bei to come to Xiangyang again!

Last year, he had just taken away six hundred thousand people from Nanyang Commandery, and this year only a few tens of thousands of people returned home.

However, his subordinate Zhang Xiu had ambushed Liu Bei, and he was in the wrong first, so he really couldn't argue about this matter.

"Liu Xuande, you are truly benevolent and righteous. If all my Liu family members were like you, why worry that the Great Han wouldn't flourish!"

Liu Bei raised his glass and laughed,

"Brother Brother Jingsheng, you are now a model for the descendants of my Liu family. Seven million people in Jingzhou live and work in peace. In this chaotic world, it is truly rare."

The two complimented each other,

and Liu Biao whispered,

"Liu Xuande, actually Liu Yan and his son are not good people. Liu Yan made a large number of artifacts that only an emperor could use, including thousands of vehicles. His ambition is obvious!"

Liu Bei knew that Liu Biao had also reported Liu Yan.

Liu Bei nodded,

"Brother Brother Jingsheng is right. However, Liu Zhang is different from his father and has a benevolent and virtuous style."

Liu Biao smiled; Liu Zhang was not as good as his father!

Now the local faction of Shu, "Pang Xi of Dongzhou," occupied Baxi Commandery, the Nanzhong warlords, and Zhang Lu's forces were chaotic!

The two couldn't speak clearly. Liu Biao certainly didn't want Liu Bei to occupy Bashu; that was too big a threat to him.

However,

he didn't think Liu Bei could take Bashu with these twelve thousand people; at most, he would be like last time in Jingzhou, helping Bashu quell the chaos and gaining popular support or population.

Liu Bei naturally also caught up with Cai Mao and others.

Returning to the camp at night,

Fa Zheng presented the recent intelligence,

"My lord, Ding Yuan Shao is using troops against Brother Gongsun Zan. This scale is very large, clearly intending to swallow Youzhou in one breath."

"Cao Cao is also assembling a large army, aiming directly at Lu Bu in Taking Xuzhou."

"Sun Ce quelled the rebellion and is now starting to crusade against the Shanyue people, and Zhou Yu is also going up the Gan River to crusade against various places in Yuzhang."

Liu Bei nodded; everyone seemed to have a tacit understanding to start bullying the weak and strengthening themselves.

Guo Jia cupped his hands,

"My lord, we must take Bashu this time, otherwise Ding Yuan Shao and Cao Cao will solve their worries and won't sit idly by while our army takes Bashu!"

Pang Tong also bowed,

"My lord, gaining the land of Bashu will open up our army's situation, and we won't fear Ding Yuan and Cao joining forces."

Liu Bei also knew that this trip to Bashu was very critical; success would double his strength, and failure would make the road ahead difficult.

"Good, this time our soldiers will do their duty, and we must succeed!"

"Understood!"

Xu County,

Cao Cao was discussing matters with everyone,

"This time our army must break Lu Bu and occupy the land of Taking Xuzhou!"

Everyone looked at each other, somewhat puzzled. Lu Bu was brave, and in the last few times they attacked Taking Xuzhou, the Cao army returned without success.

Cao Cao laughed,

"No matter. I already have an inside contact, and I will definitely make Lu Bu unable to escape this disaster!"

Xun Yu cupped his hands,

"My lord, Ding Yuan Shao is crusading against Youzhou, and Liu Bei is leading troops into Shu. This is the best opportunity to seize Taking Xuzhou."

Cao Cao stood up tall,

"Good, this time strive to defeat the enemy in one battle!"

He frowned,

"Liu Bei is entering Shu this time, inevitably plotting Bashu. I will send a letter to Liu Zhang, telling him not to be careless, and it is best to take the opportunity to take Liu Bei down and share Guanzhong with me!"

"My lord is wise!"

Cao Cao put eye drops on Liu Bei,

and Liu Bei also stabbed Cao Cao.

Taking Xuzhou,

Lu Bu held the secret letter sent by Liu Bei,

"Gongtai, Liu Bei says Chen Deng and his son have rebellious intentions. What do you think? I think Chen Deng and his son are quite good."

Chen Gong almost cried,

"My lord, Chen Deng and his son are treacherous, deliberately pleasing you, but they have actually secretly defected to Cao Cao, just waiting for you to send troops to fight so they can offer the city to Cao Cao."