Chapter 77
As a famous member of the Kuai Yue clan, how could he really trust Huang Zhong.
It's just a matter of assessing the situation and making expedient measures.
Because he knew very well that there was no one available for Liu Biao now, and only Huang Zhong could take the lead.
Even if you have doubts about Huang Zhong, you can only take risks.
As for Liu Pan.
If you are brave, you are brave, but it is difficult to hold a big responsibility.
Therefore, Liu Pan kept fanning the flames, while Kuai Yue could only cool down Liu Biao and put out the flames.
Liu Biao was asked and couldn't answer for a while.
"Our army has nearly 20,000 people, only 10,000 less than Liu Bei."
"Moreover, Jiangling is as strong as Xiangyang, and the city has enough food and grass to support it for more than a year."
"Why must we rely on Huang Zhong to defend such a strong city?"
"If uncle trusts his nephew, he is willing to take the lead and promise to defend our Jiangling City for his uncle!"
Liu Pan took advantage of the situation and stood up and recommended himself.
Liu Biao perked up and looked at his nephew who volunteered. He couldn't help but look happy, as if he had seen a way to break the situation.
"Pan'er has always been brave, and he is my Liu family's tiger general."
"It is not necessarily impossible to let Pan'er command the army and defend Jiangling. Liu
Biao weighed it secretly and gradually became interested.
Kuai Yue, however, became anxious and reminded him:
"Lord, although our army has 20,000 soldiers, except for the 5,000 Changsha soldiers, they are all made up of county soldiers, far less elite than Liu Bei's army."
"Don't forget, my lord, that Liu Bei is assisted by Deng Mu. This thief is so cunning and cunning that we must not underestimate him."
"General Liu is indeed brave, but compared to Huang Hansheng..."
Kuai Yue was embarrassed to continue.
The implication was that compared to Huang Zhong, Liu Pan was much inferior in terms of prestige, martial arts, and ability to lead the army.
How could Liu Pan Unable to decipher what he meant, he was immediately stimulated and asked angrily:
"Kuai Yidu, what do you mean?"
"Do you mean that I, a descendant of the Liu family, am not as good as Huang Zhong, an old soldier with a foreign surname?"
Kuai Yue was embarrassed and didn't know how to respond.
Liu Pan snorted coldly and said with pride 06:
"Even if I am really not as good as Huang Zhong, there is one thing I am ten thousand times better than him!"
"I am a descendant of the Liu family and my uncle’s nephew!"
"When it comes to loyalty, who can be better than me?"
This sentence made Kuai Yue speechless and had nothing to say.
This sentence also made Liu Biao suddenly realize, and there was no hesitation in his eyes.
"Pan'er is right. In this situation, we must first use trustworthy people."
"It's better to use your own nephew than to use an outsider..."
Liu Biao weighed it and said:
"Let's do this. Pan'er will replace Huang Hansheng and command the four defenders."
"As for Huang Hansheng, he was too careless, so he first made him a partial general, and then transferred him to the inner city on the grounds that he was staying in Wei City."
"In this way, if Liu Bei is too eager to attack the city, he can be deployed at any time to strengthen the defense of each gate. This can be regarded as not wasting this tiger general!"
A trace of disappointment flashed across Kuai Yue's face.
Between Huang Zhong and Liu Pan, Liu Biao finally chose the latter and his nephew.
Kuai Yue knew that Liu Biao was already suspicious of Huang Zhong, and Liu Pan was fanning the flames. Unexpectedly, Maybe he would change his mind again, so he could only shake his head and sigh helplessly.
But Liu Pan secretly rejoiced, and he handed over his hand with emotion:
"Don't worry, uncle, Pan'er will defend Jiangling as impregnable as stone. If the big-eared bandit dares to attack, he will be defeated!"
Looking at his generous and confident nephew, Liu Biao felt a rare sense of relief on his face.
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North of Jiangcheng, Changsha Military Camp
"Liu Pan, you jealous villain!"
"When you and I were guarding Changsha, every battle you fought was not won by me!"
"I fought the battle, but you took all the credit, so I won’t argue with you."
"Now you actually stabbed me in the back and framed me in front of my lord for secretly communicating with Liu Bei!"
"Hateful, hateful~~"
In the Chinese army tent, Huang Zhong angrily slapped the table and cursed his mother.
Just when he was furious, the curtain was lifted, and a mysterious man in black night clothes broke into the tent without being informed.
Huang Zhong was furious and cursed:"Who are you? Why don't you pass the notice?"——"
"Father!"
The man of darkness took off his cloak and revealed his true appearance.
"Xu... Xu'er?"
Huang Zhong exclaimed, and instantly froze on the spot.
The young master standing in front of him was not his son Huang Xu, who else could he be?
But shouldn't his son be forced to live with Liu Bei? ?
Why did he appear in Jiangling, standing in front of him?
Huang Zhong's mind was buzzing. At this moment, he suddenly thought that he was in a dream, and everything he saw was a dream hallucination.
"Father~~"
Until Huang Xu cried out and fell to his knees.
Huang Zhongcai suddenly woke up and realized that he was not in a dream.
"Xu'er!"
Huang Zhong hugged his son, and he was so excited and surprised that tears came out of his eyes.
The father and son were reunited, hugging each other and crying.
I don't know how long they were excited, but their emotions finally calmed down a little.
Huang Zhong pulled his son to sit down. , looking at his son up and down, his face filled with surprise and joy again
"Son, before my father heard about the fall of Xiangyang, you were already terminally ill. Why do you look so energetic now?"
"Your body seems to be on the mend in just a few months?"
Huang Zhong patted his son on the shoulder, feeling both happy and puzzled.
"This is also thanks to Duke Xuande and his military advisor Deng Ziyu."
"If Duke Xuande hadn't invited Hua Tuo, the miracle doctor, from the Central Plains at the request of Deng Ziyu to treat his son, his son would have been buried in the ground. How could he see his father again?"
"It was Xuande Gong and Deng Ziyu who saved their son's life!"
Huang Xu's eyes were filled with tears, and he told the reason with full of gratitude.
Huang Zhong took a breath of cold air, and his eyes couldn't help but be stunned.
Only now did he know that what his son said in the letter was not a fabricated lie, but a lie. What really happened.
Liu Bei and his military advisers actually took action and pulled his son back from the gate of hell.
Huang Zhong gradually became silent.
Why did Liu Bei treat his son with courtesy and even come all the way to China? Tuo, rescued his son?
The purpose was nothing more than to be kind to him, so as to win over him and induce him to defect and submit.
How could Huang Zhong not see this?
"Liu Bei, although your motives are impure, you have to admit that you did save my son's life, and you are also kind to me, Huang Zhong.……"
Huang Zhong was thoughtful.
Suddenly he thought of something again and asked urgently:
"That's not right, Xu'er, aren't you supposed to be under house arrest for Liu Bei now? As a hostage who threatens his father to surrender, why do you appear in Jiangling?"
Huang Xu sighed with deep respect on his face.
"Father, you really underestimated Mr. Xuande."
"His reputation for benevolence and righteousness is not in vain!"
"When we were saying goodbye, Duke Xuande said that Deng Ziyu praised his father for being brave enough to fight against ten thousand enemies and that he was a great general in the world!"
"Therefore, Duke Xuande admired his father and sincerely invited his father to help him help the Han Dynasty and revive the Han Dynasty!"
"So he sent his son to Jiangling to reunite father and son to show his respect and sincerity for his father!"
After hearing this explanation,
Huang Zhong was shocked, and the confusion between his brows was instantly replaced by surprise. He originally thought that Liu Bei would take his son as a hostage and force him to surrender.
Who would have thought that Liu Bei would be so magnanimous? I don't even bother to use threats to force you Huang Zhong to surrender.
I want to impress you with sincerity, make you convinced, and take the initiative to come back.
"Liu Xuande's magnanimity is really far superior to that of Liu Jingsheng!" (To read exciting novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)
"No wonder, in private I heard many people talking about Liu Xuande's demeanor as a hero."
"Now it seems that it is indeed true..."
Huang Zhong was filled with emotion, and the surprise on his face gradually turned into respect.
"Let’s not talk about it for now, but Duke Xuande was kind enough to save Yuer’s life."
"This Duke of Xuande, from a humble family, captured Wancheng and defeated Xiangyang in just a few months. Today, he is approaching Jiangling. He can be said to be invincible in every battle and invincible in every attack!"
"Why?"
"Because he knows people well and has extraordinary courage, he can actually worship Deng Ziyu, a commoner from a humble family, as his chief adviser!"
"It was Deng Ziyu's scheming that made Duke Xuande invincible, sweeping across Jingzhou, and no one could defeat him."
"Now that his army is approaching Jiangling, does his father really think that Liu Biao can defend Jiangling City?"
"Once Jiangling is defeated, Jingzhou changes hands, and Liu Biao will die and his reputation will be destroyed!"
"Did my father really want to be buried with Liu Biao?"
Huang Xu was impassioned and admired Liu Bei very much.
The meaning of these words could not be more obvious:
Liu Bei is kind to us and my father!
Liu Biao will die. There is no future for continuing to work for Liu Biao!
Surrender to Liu Bei. Optimal solution.
Huang Zhong fell silent.
He neither agreed nor objected to his son's statement.
Not objecting was actually a disguised agreement.
In Huang Zhong's heart, he actually understood that surrendering to Liu Bei was the only choice.[]
But Liu Biao entrusted him with the important task of commanding 20,000 troops in Jiangling. What kind of trust was this!
For him to switch sides and betray Liu Biao's trust, he really couldn't cross this threshold in his heart.…
"My son has just heard that his father was on the tower today and was suspected by Liu Biao and questioned by Liu Pan."
"Then Liu Biao became suspicious of his father based on just one letter from his son. Is such a narrow-minded and suspicious mediocre man worthy of his father's death?"
As soon as these words came out, they immediately touched Huang Zhong's nerves.
Everything that happened on the city wall immediately came to mind, and a wave of anger arose spontaneously.
"Besides, my father has not been reused by Liu Biao for so many years. He has been living in Changsha for so many years."
"Now that Liu Biao had no generals available and was desperate, he thought of reusing his father and asked him to risk his life to defend Jiangling for him."
"If the father can't see his face clearly and still sacrifices his life for him, then he is truly stupid! Huang
Xu was indignant again, exposing Liu Biao's face.
Huang Zhong clenched his fists, and veins surged on his face. The injustice he had suffered over the years, and the resentment suppressed in his heart, erupted like a volcano. At this juncture, the soldiers entered the account and presented a transfer order that Liu Biao had just sent.
"The lord's warrant?"
Huang Zhong suddenly had an ominous premonition.
After hesitating for a moment, he took the warrant.
When he opened it, his color suddenly changed.
The first of the warrant was a reward order.
He was made a partial general and given five hundred gold and brocade. Thousands of horses.
ThenAn order.
He was ordered to hand over the command of the four garrison gates, including the Changsha Army, to Liu Pan.
He transferred to the city, took over five thousand Jiangling soldiers, took charge of guarding the city, and rushed to support the four gates at any time.
How could Huang Zhong not see that Liu Biao first gave him a date and then gave him a sap?
Liu Biao wanted to remove the power of commanding the entire army and replace him with Liu Pan!
He even had to take away the command of the five thousand Changsha soldiers from his hands.
"Liu Jingsheng, Liu Jingsheng, after all, you were incited by your nephew and became suspicious of me!"
"If you don't want to reuse me anymore, just give it 510, and you want to cut down my Changsha Army. If you do this, aren't you afraid that I will be disappointed?……"
Huang Zhong's face was full of grief, anger and disappointment, and he slapped the warrant on the table.
Huang Xu took the warrant and looked at it, and immediately became furious.
"Father, by this time, haven't you seen Liu Biao's true face clearly?"
"In the final analysis, he only believed in the Cai and Kuai clans and his own nephew!"
"Even if you, father, are talented in martial arts, so what?"
"At this point, father, are you still going to be loyal to Liu Biao and fight to the death for him? Huang
Xu was filled with indignation and asked Huang Zhong
"Wow!"
Huang Zhong snatched the warrant and smashed it into pieces.
"Liu Biao is a foolish master. I have no ability, but he has delayed me for so many years!"
"At this point today, he would rather risk the loss of Jiangling than use me, Huang Zhong!"
"Such mediocre masters, if I, Huang Zhong, are still stupid, then I will be the biggest fool in the world! Huang
Zhong cursed angrily, his face determined as iron.
"Xu'er, you immediately sneak out of the city and reply to Duke Xuande."
"I, Huang Zhong, am willing to submit to him and help him capture Jiangling as a gift for my submission to him!"
Huang Xu was relieved.
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Liu Jun camp, Zhongjun tent
"Brother, I just don’t understand."
"You just saved Huang Xu, why did you let him go?"
"When the time comes that Huang Zhong has lost his weakness and will work wholeheartedly for Liu Biao and become his brother's enemy, then won't we suffer a big loss?"
Zhang Fei couldn't help shouting, obviously doubting Liu Bei's decision to let Huang Xu go.
Seeing that Zhang Fei didn't understand his approach, Liu Bei could only shake his head and smile bitterly.
"The lord always treats his subordinates with sincerity and convinces them with trust."
"The lord recruited Huang Zhong sincerely, so naturally he disdained the use of threats and coercion."
"He wanted to exchange his sincerity for Huang Zhong's sincerity, so that the Tiger of Changsha would come back sincerely."
Deng Mu pointed out Liu Bei's deep meaning.
Liu Bei looked pleased, nodded and sighed:"The one who knows me is none other than the military advisor..."
Zhang Fei suddenly understood, but secretly muttered:
"It is natural for a brother to treat others with sincerity, but I am afraid that Huang Zhong may not appreciate it.……"
The words have not yet finished.
The personal guards entered the account to take revenge on the Huang family master, and then returned.
Huang Xu is back!
Liu Bei's eyes lit up and he urgently ordered Huang Xu to be brought in.
A moment.
With the support of his followers, Huang Xu stepped into the tent and bowed in front of Liu Bei.
"My lord, my father has been persuaded by Xu and is determined to abandon the dark side and surrender to the lord!"
"My father promised that in three days at midnight, we will cooperate inside and outside to help the lord enter Jiangling!".