Three Kingdoms, I'm really not a general!

Chapter 9 Guiyang is lost!

When Xing Daorong was immersed in his emotions for a while, Liu Xian finally returned to Lingling City.

Liu Du was naturally overjoyed to see his son return.

When we lose something and then find it again, we cherish it even more.

He grabbed Liu Xian and said, "Xian'er, have you suffered?"

Fathers always express their emotions in an implicit way. As the saying goes, "father's love is like a mountain, mother's love is like the sea." A father's reserved and deep emotions will only be revealed at specific times.

At this moment, Liu Xian felt his father's emotion.

His heart was touched, and he hurriedly bowed and said, "Dad, my child is back!"

Liu Du quickly helped him up and said, "It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back."

As he said this, he was about to ask Liu Xian to rest for a while before asking about the situation, but he didn't expect that Liu Xian couldn't wait any longer.

But he pulled Liu Du and said, "Dad, I have something important to tell you. Let's go back home and talk about it."

When Liu Du heard this, he knew it must be something very important.

He quickly stepped aside, pulled Liu Xianxiang to sit down and said, "Xian'er, what's the matter? Just tell me."

Liu Xian, however, told the details of what he had heard in Liu Bei's camp, and finally said, "Father, if Xing Daorong is colluding with Liu Bei, then we will be in danger."

Liu Du frowned and said, "No way! General Xing is a loyal and brave man, how could he collude with Liu Bei?"

Liu Xian said: "I didn't really believe it, but Zhuge Liang was so confident, I'm afraid he had planned it all out long ago."

Zhuge Liang's Battle of Red Cliffs is very famous.

In addition, he had suffered two consecutive losses at the hands of Liu Bei's army, so he was somewhat afraid of this guy.

Liu Du was immediately convinced by his son.

After thinking for a while, he could not think of a solution, so he could only ask, "Xian'er, do you have any ideas?"

Liu Xian said, "Why don't you just ask Xing Daorong directly if there are any correspondences? If he is willing to hand them out, then he will have a clear conscience. If he is not willing, then there will be problems."

When Liu Du heard Liu Xian asking him to ask directly, he couldn't help but feel a little worried, wondering if it was too direct.

But on second thought, although this approach is direct, it can indeed see through what the situation is.

He gritted his teeth and made up his mind: "Okay! I'll summon General Xing here and ask him about it."

When Xing Daorong heard that Liu Xian had returned and that Liu Du had summoned him, he thought that Liu Du was preparing to surrender.

But when he saw Liu Du's livid face, he knew things were not that simple.

Just as he was feeling doubtful, he heard Liu Du's voice asking, "General Xing, have you received any letters in the past few days?"

When Xing Daorong heard this question, he knew that Liu Bei's letter to him must have been known to Liu Du.

Fortunately, there was nothing to hide in the letter, so he bowed and replied, "Replying to the governor, Liu Bei did give me a letter."

Liu Du heaved a sigh of relief when he heard Xing Daorong's admission.

But I didn't know what was in the letter, and I was still uneasy, so I asked again: "Maybe it's for a certain view?"

It would be even worse to hide it now, so Xing Daorong simply took it out and said, "Please have a look, Governor."

Since Liu Du had brought it up, there was no reason to be polite now. Although he knew that it was a bit petty to do so, he continued to watch it.

After looking at it carefully, I found that although the tone was earnest and sincere, it was just a simple letter of persuasion to surrender, and I felt relieved immediately.

He turned around and handed the letter to Liu Xian, asking his son to read it. Then he turned to Xing Daorong and said, "If it is as the letter says, how should we deal with it now?"

From what Xing Daorong heard from Liu Du, he probably knew that he was ready to surrender.

But for him, his previous "desire to die" had dissipated a lot after receiving Zhuge Liang's letter, and he didn't know what to do for the time being.

Liu Xian finished reading the letter and suddenly asked, "General, did you know Zhuge Liang a long time ago?"

Xing Daorong was about to say that he knew Zhuge Liang for a few cents, but just as he was about to speak, he was suddenly shocked. "Oh, right... Zhuge Liang's letter was always written in a friendly tone, like an old friend. If someone else saw it, without knowing the truth, it would be easy for them to be suspicious!"

"If I say I'm not familiar with him... I'm afraid Liu Xian will stare at me intently..."

"Well, why not just say that we have known each other for a long time? Maybe this father and son will be upset and plot to harm me."

"In this way...wouldn't it be possible to die earlier?"

Thinking of this, Xing Daorong changed the subject and said vaguely: "We are old acquaintances."

I thought that this statement would definitely make Liu Xian feel resentful, but I didn't expect that after hearing my admission, he just looked at me and then didn't pursue the matter. He turned around and said to Liu Du seriously: "Dad... Liu Bei's army is strong because Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun are brave and good at fighting. If we want to fight against his army, we can only unite the four counties of Jingnan to match him."

After he finished speaking, Liu Du sighed, "Wuling Jinxuan and Changsha Han Xuan are both unwilling to send troops to help me."

Xing Daorong secretly felt sorry when he heard this. Wuling was fine, but Han Xuan had two generals under him, Huang Zhong and Wei Yan. If he could help, he and Liu Bei could really fight for a while.

As he was speaking, he suddenly saw Zhao Fan walking towards him quickly with a look of fear on his face.

Liu Du knew that something serious had happened, so he hurried forward and asked, "What happened?"

However, Zhao Fan couldn't even walk steadily, his feet went weak and he almost fell to the ground.

Such a loss of composure made Liu Du even more shocked.

I couldn't help but have a bad thought: "What is going on? Could it be that it's from Guiyang?"

"That's right! Liu Bei asked Zhang Fei to divide his troops and launch a surprise attack on Guiyang. Now Guiyang has been captured. Fortunately, my personal soldiers escorted my family out of the city when the city was in chaos. Only then did I know what had happened." Zhao Fan said, feeling that tears were about to fall from his eyes.

This guy was obviously frightened by the news.

Liu Du didn't feel much better after hearing this.

Liu Bei's army was clearly right under his nose, how could they reach Guiyang?

But he exclaimed: "Liu Bei's army is clearly here, how come there are still soldiers and horses?"

Zhao Fan said, "Alas! Liu Bei only left 3,000 soldiers here, and the rest of the army took the opportunity to rush to Guiyang. If we could send troops to attack that camp, we would definitely find out about this! What a pity. What a pity that we called General Xing back at that time."

It turned out so!

Liu Du turned to look at Xing Daorong, only to see that his admiral had a calm expression, as if he had expected it.

Little did he know that Xing Daorong was also frightened, and he thought he had expected it.

I couldn't help but feel a little ashamed.

But now that Guiyang was lost, the situation became even more critical, and Liu Du became even more panicked.

He couldn't help but say anxiously, "What's going on? Even if Liu Bei's army sneaked in, how could they break through the city so easily? Could it be that there was no resistance at all?"

Zhao Fan sighed and said, "I can't explain this matter clearly. Why don't I ask my sister-in-law to talk about it? She ran away from the city, so I think she knows the situation best."

Sister-in-law?

Liu Du frowned when he heard this, obviously feeling that it was not a good idea to let a female family member talk about this matter.

But the matter was urgent and there was no time to worry about these etiquettes.

He nodded and said, "Okay, then let my sister-in-law tell me what's going on."

Zhao Fan's sister-in-law, Fan, was also considered one of the famous beauties in the Three Kingdoms period.

After the Battle of Chibi, Zhao Yun followed Liu Bei to pacify the four counties of Jingzhou. Liu Bei appointed Zhao Yun as a general and replaced the surrendered Zhao Fan, and concurrently served as the prefect of Guiyang.

Zhao Fan surrendered and wanted to marry his widowed sister-in-law Fan, who was "a beauty of imperial beauty", to Zhao Yun, but Zhao Yun refused and the matter ended in nothing.

When we hear the line “Two women wandering on the two bridges, Zhen with her hair loose, Fan drinking wine, and Feng weeping,” we know that Fan was indeed a famous beauty.

Now that it appears, it really catches people's attention.

(End of this chapter)