There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

For ordinary people, it doesn't matter who the supreme ruler is. No matter who presides over Jiangling City, they will live as usual and pay taxes as usual, as long as it is not the kind of tyrannical ruler that makes them unable to survive.

During this period of time, in response to the various situations in Jiangling City, various forces in the city kept reporting to the imperial court, with different statements, and even a group of gentry jointly signed a letter to the imperial court through their relationship, requesting His Majesty to open the city and surrender.

Today's little emperor Liu Qiong is only seven years old. After hearing the news, he naturally doesn't know why. Faced with the current situation, what can a seven-year-old kid do.

So he hurriedly summoned his important ministers to Jiangling Hall to discuss the solution to this matter.

Liu Qiong is still young, so the Empress Dowager Fu has been cooperating with the government all these years. Of course, the Empress Dowager Fu does not have any real political power. She can support Fu Wan from the perspective of her queen mother.

But in the current situation, these forces supporting the Jingzhou court have no time for internal strife.

Little Liu Qiong sat at the top of the main hall, looked down at the officials below, and said: "My dear friends, the army of pottery merchants is now pressing down on the situation, and Jiangling City is in danger. Faced with this situation, what should we do?" Do?"

All the ministers in the hall bowed their heads in silence. If they knew what to do, wouldn't this matter be resolved early?Do I need to wait until now for you to ask?

Seeing that none of the ministers answered her question, little Liu Qiong began to roll the roll.

"Teacher, tell me."

Fu Wan let out a long sigh, and stood still in the class, saying, "According to my minister's wishes, the enemy army is strong right now. Although Jiangling is strong, it is not strong enough to fight against the power of the whole country. This old man suggests...negotiating peace with Tao."

Liu Qiong frowned and said, "How to negotiate a peace?"

After laying down the beards of those who stroked them, he said: "Draw the river and govern, agree on the boundaries, and never invade each other."

Saying this is pure nonsense, let alone others, I don't believe it after lying down.

Although Liu Qiong is just a child, he is also very sensible.

"Teacher, your suggestion may not be very attractive to potters, right? Right now, all parts of Jingzhou, except Nanjun, have been annexed by potters, leaving only Jiangling City... Could it be possible, Tao Will the merchants return the land they seized to us?"

Fu Wan also knew that he was pure nonsense, so he just smiled and said nothing.

But Dong Cheng stood up and said: "Since it is impossible to negotiate a peace...Your Majesty, then let's surrender."

Empress Dowager Fu next to Liu Qiong was not happy when she heard this.

"General Zuo, how did you say this? How can I, the Son of Heaven, surrender to the traitors of the Great Han?"

Dong Chenggu didn't even look at the Queen Mother, but said to Fu Wan: "Teacher, you have to know that if he surrenders to the pottery merchant at this time, he may still think about the feeling of opening the city, let Your Majesty, and all the ministers be spared." workers, but once the potters conquer the city by themselves, all this will be hard to say!"

Fu Wan's face became extremely ugly, he seemed to be trying to figure out Dong Cheng's words.

Liu Bei whispered from the side: "General Zuo, you seem to have forgotten one thing."

Dong Cheng turned to look at him: "What is it?"

Liu Bei said indifferently: "In this entire hall, the pottery merchant may let anyone go, but he may not let you and the Tai Tuo go alone."

Hearing this, Dong Cheng couldn't help but be tongue-tied, not understanding why Liu Bei would be so unfavorable to him.

But Fu Wan obviously seemed to think of something.

That's right, during the Fandu Rebellion, I single-handedly planned and killed Concubine Tao and Liu Xi. Although they were later rescued by pottery merchants, it is said that Concubine Tao has never been healthy because of what happened back then. Jiangling City was really breached. According to the potter's urinating nature, he must be the first to be killed!

Thinking of this, Fu Wan shook his head vigorously and said, "No, no! Absolutely not! Surrender is absolutely impossible."

Liu Bei cupped his hands to Liu Qiong and said, "Your Majesty, I do have a suggestion, maybe you can give it a try."

Liu Qiong turned to look at him: "What suggestion?"

"Xichuan Liu Jiyu is a clan member of the Han family. He also served His Majesty in the past. If His Majesty is willing, he may go to Xichuan to avoid the sharp edge."

When everyone in the hall heard this, they immediately became excited.

Liu Qiong also had bright eyes: "General Hussars said that instead of sitting here, it is better to command the three armies and go to Xichuan to avoid the enemy."

Dong Cheng said suspiciously: "However, the Jinling army is currently besieging the city with a lot of force. If your Majesty wants to retreat to Xichuan, I'm afraid it will not be easy."

Liu Bei thought for a while, and said: "But it's not true. I have already figured out the law of the Jinling army's marching troops. Our city is surrounded by water on three sides, and Zhao Yun's main force is forming a camp in the north, which is blocking the road to the north. As for The other three sides of the city are surrounded by water, although there are pottery merchants' navy attacking the city from time to time, we can't keep an eye on the city all the time, so we can find the right time, and then go upstream from the waterway to Xichuankou."

When Liu Qiong heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"It's General Hussars who has battled for a long time, has foresight, and has ideas. Going to Sichuan...very good!"

Liu Bei cupped his hands and said, "I am willing to lead my troops as the pioneers to protect His Majesty to Xichuan."

Before Liu Bei agreed, Fu Wan said, "Your Majesty, it is not appropriate to let General Hussars be the pioneer."

Liu Qiong looked at him curiously: "Why can't General Hussars go there?"

Fu Wan cleared his throat: "Once we plan to go to Xichuan, let the potters find out the news, we will definitely pursue and send troops to capture Jiangling City at the same time, just come down and see, Jiangling City is currently the most important to the potters , if he captures the city quickly, he may gather all his troops to pursue it, and he may bring danger to His Majesty at that time. According to my opinion, the most urgent thing to delay is to let people escape while His Majesty escapes. If you can protect the city, your majesty will have enough time to go west.”

Liu Qiong blinked. After all, he is young, and it is not easy to make too direct claims on some things.

So, he naturally looked at the queen mother beside him.

Empress Dowager Fu naturally supported her father's remarks.

"In that case, I ask General Hussars and his generals to guard Jiangling City, and the other generals will open the way for His Majesty to Xichuan."

Liu Bei didn't refute either, he just gave a long bow to the emperor and accepted his order safely.

Chapter 877

After the court was over, Liu Bei quickly found Liu Qi, then pulled him to a corner of the palace, and discussed his ideas with him in detail.

"Nephew, can you trust your uncle?" Liu Bei said to Liu Qi seriously.

Liu Qi collected himself, looked around and saw that there was no one else around, then asked Liu Bei, "Uncle, what do you mean by that?"

Liu Bei put up a finger, covered his lips, and said, "Nephew, don't say anything else. If you trust uncle, you will go to your majesty in a while and ask to guard Jiangling City with me, for your majesty and Fu Wan and others Run away to buy time."

When Liu Qi heard this, he panicked.

To be honest, he didn't want to stay in Jiangling City and fight against the Tao merchant army with Liu Bei. If he could follow the emperor to Yizhou smoothly, wouldn't it be the best choice for him?

Liu Qi swallowed lightly, showing a dilemma.

"Why, my nephew doesn't trust me?" Liu Bei smiled.

Liu Qi sighed and said: "Oh, to be honest, uncle, it's not that I don't want to stay here to help you, it's just that I'm afraid of death."

Liu Bei couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

Liu Bei was very relieved that Liu Qi could speak so frankly to himself. He patted Liu Qi on the shoulder and said to him with a smile, "Nephew, how close am I to your father? Could it be that I'm going to cheat you?"

Liu Bei smiled and said to him: "Qi'er, how could uncle harm you? Let me tell you, if you stay with uncle in Jiangling City to defend the city, you will be able to save your life. If you go to Xichuan with them, only I'm afraid that my life will be lost."