Seeing Huo Jun in such pain, Liu Pan still hesitated and said, "Are you sure the general has been killed? If the general is still alive, do you know the consequences of our attack on the city?"
Wei Yan hesitated: "Well, we escaped all the way, how could we have a chance to confirm whether the general is still alive?"
Huo Jun suddenly stood up and roared with a ferocious face: "Do you need to see this with your own eyes? Cai Hao suddenly sent troops to surround us. This is the naked fact!"
"Let me ask you, will you send troops now? Will you send troops?"
Seeing this, Huang Zhong hurriedly said: "Zhong Miao, don't be anxious -"
Zhongmiao, Huo Jun's name.
Huo Jun suddenly turned his head and roared with tears in his eyes at Huang Zhong: "Don't worry? My brother is dead! He died in front of my eyes! He died to protect me!"
"It's not your family that died. You tell me not to worry?"
Liu Pan sighed and said: "Whether the general is alive or not is the bottom line for us to send troops."
Huo Jun slowly turned his head, looked at Liu Pan, said "good" three times, turned around and rushed out of the handsome tent.
Wei Yan saw this and hurriedly followed him and said, "I'll go and watch him, just in case he can't think about it."
Liu Pan frowned as he watched Wei Yan and Huo Jun leave again.
Huang Zhong also advised: "I know the difficulties you have as a commander-in-chief. However, in this situation, if we don't attack the city, I'm afraid Zhong Miao will have hatred in his heart and will be unable to make up for it."
"The two brothers followed the general all the way to the north and south, and they were very loyal."
"I believe that if the general knew about this situation, he would definitely support us in attacking the city."
"If we wait any longer, if the general is killed, we will give Cai Mao an opportunity."
Liu Pan took a deep breath, waved his hand and said, "Let me think about it again."
Huang Zhong still wanted to persuade him.
But seeing the obviously impatient look on Liu Pan's face, Huang Zhong shook his head, sighed secretly, and knelt down to the side without saying a word.
In Xiangyang City, all the civil and military officials in the city were taken to the General's Mansion by the four powerful tribes.
At the city gate, there was still no news of the garrison attacking the city.
Cai Mao breathed a sigh of relief.
On one side, they sent people to Jiangling and Jiangxia respectively to mobilize reinforcements to prevent the garrison from siege.
On the other side, he urgently mobilized all the troops of the four major families to rush to the city gate to defend the city.
At the same time, the people in the city were also recruited and asked to help defend the city.
After doing all this, seeing that there was no news of the siege coming from the city gate, Cai Mao immediately returned to the general hall and announced the news of Liu Biao's unfortunate death in front of all the civil and military officials.
He also took out the document of Liu Biao's succession to Liu Cong, and showed the seal of Jingzhou Mu and Liu Biao's handprint to the civil and military officials.
After Liu Biao's death was confirmed, all the civil and military officials shed tears.
Everyone knew in their hearts that Liu Biao had been killed.
However, now that everyone is under control and they have no military power, they are just lambs to be slaughtered.
Cai Mao saw that although all the civil and military officials were crying, no one dared to come forward to resist, so he immediately asked his servants to bring Liu Cong over and help him ascend to the position of Jingzhou Shepherd.
After that, he asked Liu Cong to write a letter of persuasion to surrender in his own hand, and rushed to the city gate with it.
At this time, there was movement from the garrison outside the city!
After Liu Pan thought for a long time, he still did not prepare to attack the city.
However, he gathered all the garrison and rushed to the city gate.
He was going to question the city gate guards, force Cai Mao to come out, and put pressure on Cai Mao to let the army enter the city.
If Cai Mao agrees, it means Liu Biao is still there, so naturally he cannot attack the city. He can only lead his army into the city to negotiate with Cai Mao to see if Liu Biao can be released.
If Cai Mao disagrees, it is likely that Liu Biao is dead and will attack the city again when the time comes.
What Liu Pan didn't expect was that just as he led his army to the outside of the city wall, Cai Mao also rushed over.
Cai Hao looked at the army gathered outside the city and smiled.
This is Liu Pan.
Although he was Liu Biao's nephew, he was just a bandit after all.
Brave indeed, but without brains.
If Wenpin had led the army today, the city gate might have been breached.
Overlooking Liu Pan, Cai Mao stood on the city wall, holding high the letter of surrender written by Liu Cong, and loudly said to Liu Pan outside the city: "Jingzhou Pastoral Secretary, Liu Pan obeys the order!"
Liu Pan is riding on a war horse.
Listening to Cai Mao's voice, Liu Pan hesitated for a moment before dismounting.
Huang Zhong and other generals saw this and dismounted one after another.
Everyone knelt down on one knee.
Liu Pan said: "Your Majesty Liu Pan, listen to your orders!"
Cai Hao smiled slightly and continued: "Liu Pan listens to the order and orders you to withdraw your troops immediately, regardless of the past. Otherwise, it will be regarded as rebellion!"
Liu Pan raised his head and asked, "I want to read the document with my own eyes!"
Cai Mao said: "No problem."
After saying that, he asked a soldier to hold the document, put a rope down from the city wall, and send the document over.
Liu Pan took the document, opened it, and his expression suddenly changed.
The handwriting and fingerprints on this document were not those of the Liu Biao he was familiar with!
Liu Pan asked: "This document does not belong to the general!"
Cai Hao pretended to sigh and said: "Liu Jichang, you guessed it right, this is not the handwriting and fingerprint of Xian Jingzhou Mu. Xian Jingzhou Mu has died of illness and left a succession document, passing it to the second son Liu Cong. Now, Liu Cong is ours. The Jingzhou herdsman has also been recognized by all civil and military officials."
"The corpses of the herdsmen in Jingzhou are still cold. Liu Jichang, please withdraw your troops quickly."
"Otherwise, if the pastor of Jingzhou has a spirit in heaven, how can he rest his eyes under the Nine Springs?"
Liu Pan burst into tears.
Sure enough, the general was killed!
Liu Pan got on his horse, looked at Cai Mao on the city wall, and roared: "There is only one Jingzhou shepherd I recognize! Cai Hao, you are so treasonous that you even killed the general. You must die!"
Liu Pan roared, pulled out the sword from his waist, pointed directly at Cai Mao on the city wall and said: "Attack the city! Capture the traitor Cai Mao!"
Behind Liu Pan, the army immediately launched an attack.
Cai Mao couldn't bear to see the garrison attacking outside the city.
However, these people can no longer be used by themselves, and they can only be sent to hell.
Cai Mao also drew his sword and shouted sternly: "Defend the city!"
In the city, the tribes of the four major families rushed to the city wall.
Countless people were either carrying huge stones or boiling golden juice.
The garrison outside the city rushed to the bottom of the city wall, set up a siege ladder, and launched an attack.
However, the attack was quickly frustrated in the face of a steady stream of soldiers appearing on the city wall.
Nearly two thousand corpses were left under the city wall, and Liu Pan had to temporarily withdraw his troops.
However, he did not leave directly. Instead, he surrounded the four city gates and prepared to find a way to forcefully break the city.
But when he rushed to the commander's tent and was about to find someone to discuss how to attack Xiangyang City, Huo Jun and Wei Yan were nowhere to be seen in the commander's tent.
Liu Pan suppressed his anger and summoned others to continue the discussion.
Linxiang County, the seat of Changsha County.
Government office hall.
At this moment, three people were sitting.
The middle-aged scribe in charge is Zhang Xian, the current governor of Changsha.
Although Zhang Xian is the governor of Changsha, he has jurisdiction over the three counties of Changsha, Guiyang and Lingling.
To his left, a thin middle-aged man was sitting on his knees.
This man's name is Zhang Ji, also known as Zhongjing, and he is Zhang Xian's younger brother.
Originally, Zhang Xian was only in charge of Guiyang County and Lingling County, while Changsha County was handed over to Zhang Ji.
In the past two years, Zhang Ji was obsessed with medical skills, so he resigned from his official position.
Zhang Xian tried to persuade him several times, but Zhang Ji persisted.
Zhang Xian didn't dare to persuade him.
He and Zhang Ji both fled here from Nanyang.
On the way to escape, they encountered a plague and their tribesmen were almost wiped out!
Especially Zhang Ji, his wife, son and daughter all died before his eyes.
So much so that now that he is nearly fifty, he is still alone and refuses to start a family again.
Zhang Ji has always said that if good medical workers could solve the plague, his wife, sons and daughters would not have to die early.
Now, he gave up his position as the governor of Changsha and devoted himself to medicine. Although Zhang Xian really couldn't accept it, he could only let it go.
On weekdays, Zhang Xian never looked for him.
But now, he faces a major decision.
He really couldn't make up his mind, so he could only discuss it with the two people he trusted most.
The two most trusted people were Zhang Ji, the clan brother. They lived and died together, and were closer than brothers.
The other one is the young man on his right, named Heng Jie, a native of Changsha, and is his current chief clerk.
Although Hengjie is young, he is brave, resourceful and has great vision.
Hengjie saw Zhang Xian looking at him and asked, "I wonder why the Lord of the House summoned me suddenly——"
Zhang Xian took two letters from the desk, one for each person, handed them to Zhang Ji and Heng Jie respectively: "I have two letters here, one is from Emperor Xu Du, and the other is from Jiangdong Chen Deng of."
"Take a look, and then help me come up with ideas on how I should make a decision."
(End of chapter)
