Chapter 251: The Distraught Liu Bei and Zhang Fei Go Down
Liu Bei finally caught up with Zhang Fei and finally brought him back after a lot of effort.
However, the sad atmosphere lingered in General Zuo's Mansion in Mianyang City. Both Liu Bei and Zhang Fei were immersed in this sadness and could not extricate themselves.
At first, just hearing the news of Guan Yu's death made him extremely sad, but now that he saw Guan Yu's body with his own eyes, one can imagine Liu Bei's mood.
"Second brother! Second brother! We agreed to live and die together in the past, but now you can bear to abandon your brother and leave?" Although Guan Yu's body was now rotting, Liu Bei didn't care about it at all and immediately lay on Guan Yu's body.
On the corpse. At this moment, Liu Bei had lost all his demeanor and grace, and was just crying loudly and bitterly.
Zhang Fei also received the news that Guan Yu's body had been brought back. He saw his eyes were red and he ran in hurriedly.
"Second brother!" When he saw Guan Yu lying in the coffin, Zhang Fei was filled with sadness. He knelt down in front of Guan Yu's body with a "pop" and cried bitterly together with Liu Bei.
"Brother, let's send troops to kill Xuchang and avenge our second brother!" After crying for a while, Zhang Fei choked and said to Liu Bei.
The revenge of killing his brother is irreconcilable! The last time he sent troops, he was intercepted by Liu Bei, but this time he saw Guan Yu's body with his own eyes, and the anger in Zhang Fei's heart was once again ignited.
Although Liu Bei stopped Zhang Fei's reckless attempt to commit suicide last time, at this time he was in a state of agony, and even his mind was a little unclear. He vaguely heard Zhang Fei say the word "revenge" and was in a trance.
I wanted to agree for a while.
Chen Gong, who had accompanied Liu Bei because he was worried about his mental state, was shocked when he saw this. He hurriedly said before Liu Bei could speak: "It is hateful that General Guan was harmed by Cao's thieves, but our general in Mianyang City is outnumbered.
, sending troops hastily is tantamount to using a mantis' arm as a chariot and bringing about one's own destruction. Revenge must be considered in the long run."
Liu Bei has been in a state of almost neither eating nor sleeping these days, which makes Chen Gong very worried. Although he knew that Liu Bei and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were brothers, he was an outsider after all, and he never expected that Liu Bei would
He was so depressed because of Guan Yu's death.
Chen Gong also thought of various ways to comfort Liu Bei, but the effect was minimal, and Liu Bei remained as depressed as ever.
But now, seeing Guan Yu's body with his own eyes, the last trace of clarity in Liu Bei's consciousness no longer existed. Liu Bei seemed unaware of Chen Gong's words.
"Think long-term and think long-term. You can't develop in such an inhospitable place. You will always have few generals and outnumbered soldiers. What else do you need to think long-term?" Hearing Chen Gong's objection to his idea of sending troops to avenge Guan Yu, Zhang
Fei suddenly became furious. If it wasn't for the identity of the other party's military advisor, he might have hit him directly.
Seeing Zhang Fei's furious expression, Chen Gong sighed helplessly.
However, although Zhang Fei was being unreasonable, what he just said was not completely unreasonable. Liu Biao was on guard against Liu Bei. Although Liu Bei was placed in Mianyang City, the supply of various materials was in short supply and he had to rely on Liu Bei.
Find a way to solve it yourself. Mianyang is just a small city in Jingzhou. It is too difficult to be self-sufficient. There is insufficient money and food. It is naturally much more difficult to recruit soldiers. Although Liu Bei and his joint efforts have been made over the years
Next, Mianyang City has developed quite well, but unfortunately it still has few troops. So far, the total number of troops in Mianyang City is less than 20,000.
In addition to money and food issues, the reason why there are not many troops in Mianyang City is also the friction between Liu Biao and Sun Jian. Jingzhou and Jiangdong are at war from time to time, and Mianyang City is close to the border between the two forces. Once the two sides If there is any movement, Mianyang will inevitably be involved. Whenever Jingzhou and Jiangdong go to war, Liu Biao will inevitably borrow troops from Liu Bei. On the one hand, it is because he does not want to see Liu Bei's strength expand too fast and suppresses it on the other hand. This is because Liu Biao really needs more troops to deal with the Sun clan in Jiangdong. Therefore, every time Liu Bei finally expands his troops a little, he has to spend them in the war with Jiangdong. Therefore, Liu Bei has always had to To great development.
Faced with such a situation, even a resourceful person like Chen Gong had no good way to change it. After all, Liu Bei's current conditions were really bad.
The military strength is insufficient, and the number of military generals and counselors under Liu Bei's account is also very few. Apart from himself, the only civil servants who follow Liu Bei are Mi Zhu, Jian Yong, Sun Qian and others. These people are good at governance, but their strategic skills are really average. , it’s okay to entrust them with small tasks, but it is really difficult to entrust them with important tasks. After arriving in Jingzhou, Liu Bei has not visited famous scholars and hermits in Jingzhou, but who can see the outstanding scholars in Jingzhou City? The last down-and-out prince who relied on others? Liu Bei visited Jingzhou and treated the virtuous corporal, but in the end he only recruited a scribe named Yi Ji. From Chen Gong's perspective, although Yi Ji's strategic ability is better than Jian Yong and others, It's just a little better than one or two, and it's not really a great talent.
The number of advisers was insufficient, and the generals under Liu Bei were even scarcer. After Guan Yu died, the only ones Liu Bei had around him were Zhang Fei and Chen Dao. Liu Feng, the adopted son Liu Bei recognized in Jingzhou, was somewhat brave, but at best That is to say, he is a second-rate general, and the rest like Mi Fang, in Chen Gong's opinion, are almost like those idle people who raise useless people. If Mi Fang had not been Liu Bei's brother-in-law, and also Mi Zhu's younger brother, just by himself With his abilities, it is impossible to reach his current status.
Generals such as Zhou Cang and Liao Hua, who were supposed to follow Liu Bei, are still working as bandits in the mountains because Guan Yu had a different ending in another time and space. Of course, regarding these, no matter how smart Chen Gong is, he cannot Maybe you know.
In another time and space, Liu Bei was already pitiful in his early days, but due to various factors, in this era, Liu Bei's situation is several times more miserable.
With less than 20,000 soldiers and horses and a few generals, do you still want to attack Xuchang? Even if you come out with all your troops, Cao Cao will only be able to destroy you in the blink of an eye.