Chapter 1154: Crouching Dragon Trace

The enemy has hit Xiapi City again! ! !

The poor city of Xiapi has become a disgrace to the county government. In just three years, this is the third time that different troops have come to the city.

As early as when Tao Qian was the shepherd of Xuzhou, Yuan Shu sent troops to crusade. Tao Qian lost to Yuan Shu, so he had to cede Xiapi County to Yuan Shu in exchange for Yuan Shu's retreat.

Later, Ji Ling invaded Xuzhou on a large scale, but was defeated. Liu Bei regained all the lost land occupied by Tao Qian in one breath, and Xiapi changed hands for the second time.

A few days ago, Guan Yu and Mi Fang jointly acted as vanguards and fought against Ji Ling's army. Unfortunately, Mi Fang died in the battle after taking over Mi Fang.

Ji Lingqi was victorious, his morale was like a rainbow, and he broke through Guangling, Huailing, and Xiaping with great force, and pushed the front line to the Xiapi city in one go.

It wasn't until this time that the defeated Liu Beijun regained his footing, blocking Ji Ling's edge in front of him.

Liu Bei's battle situation here is not optimistic, and the situation there is similar to that of Cao Cao.

It was as if Zhang Xun was on the hook. He successively broke through Yan County, Dingling, Wuyang and other places. Most of Yingchuan County fell, and he even seemed to break into Sili and other places in one breath.

However, as the rumors spread, Zhong Jun's offensive suddenly stalled, giving Liu Bei and Cao Cao a chance to breathe.

Rumors have always been more and more exaggerated. The secret method of burning the fortune of the country is a bit appalling, and with the spread of rumors, the final result is even more distorted.

For example, the most widely circulated saying is that what Yuan Shu ignited was not national fortune at all, but the people of Zhongguo as sacrifices. To maintain the combat effectiveness of the current army, 10,000 people must be sacrificed to the demon god every day.

Because it was a time of war, the transfer of manpower was already frequent, and with the help of some forces, the normally transferred young men became sacrifices for sacrifices.

This caused turmoil within Zhongguo, and there were even more than a dozen rebellions among the people. Although the rebellion was suppressed immediately, it also really affected the progress of Zhong Jun.

Zhong Jun has become stronger, but he is still a normal person. He still needs food and other logistics supplies. The rebellion caused the transportation of supplies to be blocked, and the front line had to stop.

Of course, it is not known how many shadows of Cao Cao and Liu Bei there are in these rebellions.

On Xiapi City, Liu Bei boarded the city wall and looked at the Zhongjun camp in the distance, with a bitter smile on his face.

After wandering for so long, he finally found a state to shelter in, but he didn't expect that only half a year later, Yuan Shu would make a comeback, and the momentum was far from comparable to the first time.

"Brother...cough cough cough..."

Next to him, Guan Yu climbed up and watched and followed. Just as he was about to speak, he coughed lightly.

"Yun Chang, why are you here? It's windy up there, you're still injured, don't run around."

Liu Bei suddenly turned around, saw Guan Yu, hurriedly walked a few steps, helped Guan Yu up, and asked worriedly.

In the previous battle, Ji Ling's fighting power far exceeded Guan Yu's expectations, so Guan Yu had to resort to taboo secret methods to escape.

But since it is called the taboo secret method, it naturally has side effects. Once the time for the secret method is over, Guan Yu will suffer from the backlash of his skills and directly suffer heavy injuries. Don't think about going to the battlefield again in a short time.

"Brother, it's all my fault. If I hadn't been too careless, Mi Fang wouldn't have died, and we wouldn't have lost so badly."

Guan Yu looked at Liu Bei, his eyes were red, and he clasped his fists and said.

"Hey, Yun Chang doesn't have to be like this. The enemy army is far stronger than we expected. This battle is not Yun Chang's fault."

Liu Bei quickly helped Guan Yu up, and comforted him softly.

"Preparation doesn't matter, but it's a pity that the people of Xuzhou suffered two military disasters within a year. It's all a fault of preparation!"

As he spoke, Liu Bei's grief welled up in his heart, and he couldn't help sobbing.

"My lord!"

Seeing this, the surrounding subordinates rushed forward immediately, comforting each other with each other.

"My lord, Ni Yuan used evil methods, disregarding the life and death of the people,

People with lofty ideals in the world will not sit idly by. Besides, although our army was defeated, our vitality was not damaged, and we still had the strength to fight Yuan Shu. Why is my lord so discouraged? "

It was Xu Shu who was talking, and he was dressed in strong clothes, with a sword on his waist, and he was imposing, and his body was full of vitality.

Seeing this, Liu Bei stopped crying, wiped away his tears, and said to Xu Shu, "Mr. Yuanzhi's lesson is that Bei lost his composure and made everyone laugh."

The rest of the people naturally shouted the Lord's benevolence, and many people were even more excited to have such a Lord who loves the people like a son.

When everyone dispersed, Xu Shu suddenly took a step forward, grabbed Liu Bei's sleeve and said, "My lord, have you heard the recent rumors, my lord?"

"Rumors? Mr. Yuanzhi is talking about Yuan Ni and the demon Yuji?"

"Master Shengming, that's exactly what happened." After finishing speaking, Xu Shu stared at Liu Bei and said, "My lord, do you think the rumors are credible?"

Liu Bei bowed his head and pondered for a moment, then said: "Although the rumors are a bit bizarre, they are groundless, and there is some basis for comparison."

"My lord's words are very true. I have discovered that Zhongguo's luck is not normal through the skill of contemplating qi."

"Oh? Yuan Zhi actually has the ability to observe Qi? I wonder if Yuan Zhi has a way to break Yuan Ni's evil magic?"

Xu Shu shook his head in embarrassment, cupped his fists and said, "Forgive me, my lord. I'm not good at learning art, but I only have a rough knowledge of the art of observing qi. If it weren't for the rumors to remind me, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to discover Zhongguo's anomaly."

Liu Bei's bright eyes immediately dimmed a lot, but Xu Shu immediately said: "But I know one person, know astronomy at the top, geography at the bottom, understand harmony between people, understand Yin and Yang, understand gossip, understand strange gates, and know Dunjia." No one in the world can match his mastery of luck, if the lord can ask him to come out of the mountain, breaking Yuan Ni will be as easy as turning the palm of his hand!"

Liu Bei's expression was a little weird when he heard this, he stared at Xu Shu for a long time before he said, "Mr. Yuanzhi, do you know if Lingtang is in good health?"

Xu Shu was obviously stunned for a moment, then shook his head with a wry smile and said, "My lord, don't worry, Jiaci is now in Xuzhou City, so Cao Mengde's hand must not be able to reach Xuzhou City."

Liu Bei smiled quickly to hide his embarrassment.

Just now he reacted completely subconsciously. After all, the scene of Xu Shu's resignation from Xuande is too well-known, and Liu Bei is one of the protagonists of the incident, so he has long been tired of hearing it.

But then Liu Bei was overjoyed and quickly asked, "Is Yuan Zhi talking about Zhuge Kongming who is known as Crouching Dragon?"

"However, it is Brother Kong Ming!"

"Yuanzhi knows where Mr. Zhuge lives in seclusion?"

"I didn't know it before, but just now, Shu received a letter. Brother Kong Ming, who hadn't heard from him for a long time, sent a letter to his subordinates, inviting me to have a good drink!"

Liu Bei bowed immediately, and said respectfully, "Mr. Yuan Zhi, please help me!"