Liu Bei so firmly put all the responsibility on Zhang Nan, Zhuge Liang suddenly felt extremely relaxed all over his body.
There was nothing wrong with the plan, it was still so flawless, but it was a pity that it was ruined by a villain.
"I didn't expect that Yuan Zhi could not recognize people! Hey..."
Liu Bei's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and Zhuge Liang's words reminded him.
All affairs in Jiangbei were handed over to Xu Shu. Xu Shu was naturally responsible for the wrong use of Zhang Nan!
"Xu Shu really disappoints me..."
Originally, Liu Bei was thinking of promoting Xu Shu heavily after the war.
So that Zhuge Liang is not the only one under his command.
Now I have completely given up on this thought!
If you can't even use people well, what's the point of promoting them?
Zhuge Liang naturally mentioned Xu Shu deliberately so that all the blame could be transferred to others.
But after all, Xu Shu was a close friend and helped Zhuge Liang a lot.
Hearing Liu Bei's disappointed tone, I couldn't bear it.
"My lord, who is not a sage and has no faults?"
"Yuan Zhi's talent is rare in the world, and one mistake is not enough to deny him."
"Liang also made wrong judgment before, which led to the lord falling into the quagmire of Yuzhang..."
Liu Bei waved his hands irritably, saying that it was meaningless.
"Kong Ming, it doesn't matter what Xu Shu's talent is."
"Don't forget, he has fallen into Liu Zhang's hands!"
"Damn Zhang Nan, I will never let him go!"
So what if Xu Shu had a shocking strategy in mind, would he still be a prisoner like Guan Yu?
The atmosphere in the carriage suddenly became depressed, making people feel suffocated.
Seeing this situation, Zhuge Liang quickly spoke to comfort him.
"Now that the matter has come to this, it will be useless to cut Zhang Nan into pieces."
"My lord, please don't be so angry that your body is broken. Right now, the overall situation in Jingzhou still needs your lord to take charge!"
The murderous intent surged out of Liu Bei's eyes, and his palms clenched into fists and made a loud crunching sound.
"Zhang Nan runs away, but his family can't run away!"
"I must execute them all in Ling Chi before I can express the hatred in my heart!"
Zhuge Liang had never seen Liu Bei look so ruthless, and his heart was suddenly filled with fear.
"My lord, the most urgent task is to arrange everything as soon as possible!"
"Liu Zhang will definitely invade again. Keeping Nanjun intact is the most important thing!"
Liu Bei nodded helplessly, and now he could only suppress his overwhelming anger.
"Kong Ming, I have asked Deng Fang to lead five thousand troops to Lingyang to guard the dangerous points of Wuling County."
"As for Nanjun, we should retreat to Jiangling..."
Retreating to Jiangling actually meant giving up half of the land in Nanjun.
Fortunately, the population of Nanjun is mainly concentrated near Xiangyang and on the east side of Nanjun, so Liu Bei will not be too embarrassed.
Zhuge Liang thought about it for a while and felt that there was nothing wrong with this method.
"My lord is wise! With this arrangement, we will definitely be able to stop Liu Zhang!"
At this moment, when Liu Bei heard this sentence, he was not relieved at all, but felt insulted!
He was wise enough, but he was so wise that he misemployed people and lost half of his troops.
It can be stopped!
Blocking back and forth, he blocked himself back to Jiangling!
"Kong Ming, don't praise without conscience!"
"This defeat almost resulted in death, and the morale of the army was completely destroyed..."
Guan Yu was captured, Zhang Fei was seriously injured, and Liu Bei didn't even have a general to take advantage of him!
It turned out that Fu Xu was extremely brave and was valued by Liu Bei.
This time it was good, Huang Zhong was shot to death!
If Liu Zhang led a large army to attack, he would not even have the capital to leave the city to fight.
If Dian Wei went to the city alone, he would be frightened to death by Liu Beijun.
"The Lord is the soul of the army, don't be discouraged!"
"All the officers and soldiers of the three armies are still looking at the Lord!"
"As long as my lord regains his confidence and boosts his morale, he will surely be able to regroup the morale of the army and defeat the powerful enemy!"
Fortunately, Zhuge Liang's tone was impassioned and generous, which greatly encouraged the depressed Liu Bei.
"Don't worry, Kong Ming, I won't be defeated just like that!"
"I have not won many battles in my life, and I have experienced countless annihilations. I have long been used to it!"
Liu Bei knew that as long as he had a thick skin, he could survive any difficulty.
In order to reassure Zhuge Liang, he told his failure shamelessly without shame,
Liu Bei also showed a cheerful smile and put his fists in front of his eyes to show his determination.
Zhuge Liang was embarrassed to hear this, and even more embarrassed to see it.
No wonder Liu Zhang kept scolding Liu Bei as a shameless person who weaves mats and sells shoes. Who can show off such a thing?
But this is good, Liu Bei has enough confidence to inspire morale to resist Liu Zhang.
"My Lord, Jiangling City is tall and easy to defend but difficult to attack! Even if Liu Zhang leads an army of 100,000 to besiege it, it is enough to ensure that you don't have to worry!"
"This time, Liang will definitely defeat Liu Zhang's spirit in Jiangling City!"
Seeing Zhuge Liang looking so confident, Liu Bei felt confident.
But having just experienced a defeat, I was still a little panicked.
"Kong Ming, are you really confident that you can defeat Liu Zhang?"
Zhuge Liang nodded heavily without any hesitation.
"Lord, if there is any mistake this time, Liang is willing to raise his head and come to see you!"
"In fact, when he proposed the fire attack, Liang also thought of another way to resist Liu Zhang."
Liu Bei's eyes lit up and he quickly asked.
"Could it be that we just rely on Jiangling?"
"That's right! Liang didn't want to spread the war to the interior of Nanjun before, and relying on Jiangling, he couldn't capture Liu Zhang!"
"If I had known it would turn out like this, I should have persuaded the lord to lead the army back to Jiangling and ask the lord to punish him!"
As Zhuge Liang was about to kneel down to apologize, Liu Bei quickly stopped him.
"Kong Ming is not guilty!"
"Even if you said this strategy at that time, I would still choose to use the fire strategy!"
"If it weren't for Zhang Nan, the fire plan wouldn't have failed!"
By now, Liu Bei had firmly believed that the root cause of this failure lay in Zhang Nan's leak and had nothing to do with Zhuge Liang's clever plan.
This also proves that Zhuge Liang's resourcefulness is still top-notch!
Liu Bei's inner confidence in Zhuge Liang gradually recovered a lot.
"Kong Ming, what are you going to do?"
"My lord, it is about to enter the depths of winter. The weather is cold and gloomy, and soldiers on expeditions are extremely susceptible to illness."
"After Liu Zhang's victory this time, he definitely wants to take Jingzhou in one go! This just fell into Liang's plan!"
"When Liu Zhang's army continues to suffer from frostbite and freeze to death in the cold winter, and its morale is completely low, our army will fight out together!"
"How can we not win if we so completely occupy the right time, place, and people?"
As he spoke, a proud smile gradually appeared on the corner of Zhuge Liang's mouth, and his right hand began to wave in a self-conscious way.
Upon seeing this, Liu Bei quickly handed over the fan, his face full of flattery.
"As expected of a strategist, he has clever plans for both active attack and defensive counterattack!"
"With the military advisor here, Nanjun will have no worries!"
Zhuge Liang nodded slightly, took the fan from Liu Bei, and started fanning himself.
Although the swaying of the fan brought up the cold wind, which made Zhuge Liang feel very cold, he was still unable to compete with the heat in his heart.
"Liu Zhang, this time I will definitely make you hate Jiangling!"
