Liu Bei touched his bare chin, silent and his eyes were obscure.

Feng Ji looked at him quietly, his heartbeat as if he was beating. He knew that Liu Bei would hesitate, but he had no way out and could only move forward bravely. Both sides had already torn their faces, so they could not hesitate anymore. They had to decide the outcome of life and death. This was true in Jizhou and Guan Yu, without exception.

Liu Bei pondered for a long time. "Major, Rong Gu thinks about it again."

Feng Ji was anxious. "King, the opportunity must not be missed, and the time will never come again."

Liu Bei nodded and waved his hand. Feng Ji could only bow and agree, and got up and left the tent. Liu Bei sat alone for a while, got up and got out of the tent, called a few servants, got on the horse, and headed straight for Zhang Fei's tent.

Zhang Fei was drinking, but when he saw Liu Bei coming, he was very surprised and quickly got up to greet him. He smelled the tent of alcohol and looked at Zhang Fei's red face. Liu Bei frowned. "Yide, why are you drinking in the army again?"

Zhang Fei touched his head and laughed twice. "I have nothing to do, have a drink. Don't worry, I will never miss it. If there is an enemy attack, I can still go to the battlefield to kill the enemy and kill the generals and seize the flag."

Liu Bei snorted, took off his helmet, handed it to the attendant, and sat down at the chairman. Zhang Fei quickly asked someone to take another case and prepare the wine and meat. Liu Bei picked up the wine glass, but did not drink it, and sighed. "It's a pity that Yun Chang is not here, otherwise it would be great if you and I drink together."

"Yes, yes, it would be even better if Yun Chang was there." Zhang Fei echoed repeatedly and raised his glass. "King, I would like to congratulate Yun Chang on killing Gao Lan and making new contributions with this glass."

Liu Bei smiled, gestured to Zhang Fei, and drank it all. Zhang Fei was excited, then filled the wine and raised it again. "King, I wish you all the best to take Jizhou with this cup."

Liu Bei held the wine glass but did not drink it. He looked at Zhang Fei, but he stopped. Seeing this, Zhang Fei knew that Liu Bei had something to say, so he put down the wine glass and lowered his eyelids. "King, what else can you and my monarch and ministers say?"

"Yes, although you and I are kings and ministers, in fact, brothers have nothing to say. But... Yide, you also know that we don't have much time and we must take down the pottery as soon as possible. Tell me, who can get the pottery quickly, how many days will it take?"

Zhang Fei frowned slightly and pondered without saying a word. Tao Chengjian was originally a county soldier, but now Yuan Xi's 5,000 troops were added, with a total force of nearly 10,000. It is almost impossible to quickly take it. At least he was not sure. But Liu Bei was right. If he could not quickly take Tao, it would be even more impossible for Jizhou. Of course, Liu Bei's meaning was actually very clear. He intended Guan Yu, but he was worried that Guan Yu was unruly and did not listen to the order. After all, what happened not long ago made people suspicious, and he would be unhappy if he was not happy. With Guan Yu's temperament, it is unlikely to doubt Liu Bei, and it is perfect for him to suspect that Feng Ji wanted to harm him.

"King, Yun Chang has a good military training, and his troops are indeed very powerful. Killing Yan Liang and Gao Lan, which will shock Hebei. If he can face the battle, it will be helpful to the war. But he lurked in the mountains for several months and had just rushed to the Bai people. Now he has tens of thousands of troops left, but he will let him attack Tao, which is uneven in thickness."

"Yes, I think so too. If there is more time, Zijing, Guorang and you can take on this task. But now time is tight. If he is missing, I don't know when it will be spent. If it is delayed, Taishici will attack and I will be attacked in front and behind Zhongshan, what should I do?"

Zhang Fei raised his wine glass, delivered it to his mouth, and sipped it slowly. Of course he knew Liu Bei's difficulties, but these difficulties could not be borne by Guan Yu alone.

Liu Bei sighed, raised the wine and poured all the wine in the glass into his mouth. He was so anxious that he choked and coughed. He supported the desk with one hand and stroked his chest with the other, his face flushed and panting. Zhang Fei couldn't bear it, so he came over to caress his back. Liu Bei raised his hand and signaled that he was fine and smiled and said, "Yide, it's not that I look up to Yun Chang and underestimate you. It's really amazing that Yun Chang's battle is amazing. You and I are not as good as him, let alone the generals. In terms of military training and military use, Yun Chang can be the best of the three armies. He is so stinky that he has a bad temper. He even scolds me when he gets angry. I have no choice but to come to you."

Zhang Fei felt deeply the same and couldn't help laughing twice. "No one is perfect, this is his weakness."

"Yes, no one is perfect. He is not, neither is I nor you." Liu Bei pointed to the wine glass on the desk, and his expression became stern. "If you don't change your problem, you will suffer sooner or later in the future."

Zhang Fei laughed dryly and quickly changed the topic. "King, Yun Chang is in the battle, which will indeed help improve the morale of our army. But his temper is more arrogant and may say anything unpleasant. He will collide with the king by then, what will the king do?"

"What?" Liu Bei spread his hands and his voice became louder. "After so many years, he has hit me more than once or twice. What can I do? I can't beat you and scold you, and I can't scold you. I can only pinch my nose and endure it. If it really doesn't work, I'll ask you to drink and relieve my boredom."

Seeing Liu Bei's helpless look, Zhang Fei vaguely saw the scene of the three of them drinking and scolding, and his heart softened. He thought for a while and said, "Master, I can come forward to ask Chang Yun to help, but one thing is, please agree to me. If Chang Yun is rude for a while, or someone is slandered, please forgive me. It is easy to get the three armies, but it is hard to find a general. If there is a great chaos today, and the heroes are competing for the end, it is a plan for people to use. Don't lose the big one because of the small."

Liu Bei glanced at Zhang Fei sideways, and his smile bloomed from the corner of his eyes. He clenched his fists and hit Zhang Fei. "You still need to say this? Although I am the king of Zhongshan, how could Zhongshan Kingdom be my only one? You and my brothers were in trouble and depended on each other in life and death, and now they should share wealth and prosperity until death." He sighed. "Yi De, others don't know about me, don't you still know?"

Zhang Fei was so excited that he raised his wine glass. "King, I'll go to Zhongqiu in person and ask Yun Chang for help."

Zhang Fei led two hundred personal guards and galloped for more than 200 miles to Zhongqiu.

Guan Yu was very surprised and excited. When he learned that Liu Bei and Feng Ji thought that he could not get the Tao quickly, he laughed proudly and pointed at Zhang Fei and said, "Yi De, why can I learn from you and I were in the King of Wu's army back then, but you can't? Loving soldiers like your son is the key, and all famous generals in ancient and modern times are like this. Your habit of beating people when you get drunk is not changed, so don't expect to become famous generals in this life. People's hearts are full of flesh, and you can treat them well, so they can treat you well. On the contrary, those scholars think they are superior, reading sages and doing animal things, what are you going to respect? You are better, you have to be a stinky man."

Zhang Fei smiled awkwardly and did not argue with Guan Yu. They have argued about this kind of thing many times and never had any results.

Speaking of war, Guan Yu suggested that Zhang Fei change his defense with him and move to Zhongqiu. Zhang Fei was led by Wuhuan cavalry, who was good at field battles, but was not good at siege. It was meaningless for him to stay in Guantao. Liu Bei also had the central cavalry led by Qianzhao, so he could not use Zhang Fei for anything. It would be better to come to Zhongqiu and block reinforcements that might come from the south.

Zhang Fei agreed with Guan Yu's suggestion, but he felt that he would ask Liu Bei for advice on this matter. Guan Yu did not agree, so he simply went over the sacrificial quotation and wrote a military newspaper, and sent someone to send him to Tao. Soon, Liu Bei issued an order to transfer Zhang Fei's troops to Zhongqiu to change defense. At the same time, he sent an envoy to be appointed as the general of the army, adding 300 households to the town, and adding 800 households to the front, changing his title to the Marquis of Yi, and ordered Guan Yu to rush to Tao immediately and preside over the siege.

Guan Yu was very satisfied and readily obeyed the order, leaving Xiahou Lan to assist Zhang Fei and led his troops to Taocheng in the temple.

Liu Bei received the news and led civil and military officials out of the camp to welcome him for thirty miles, and held a banquet to celebrate Guan Yu's achievements, which was lively and grand.

Guan Yu was calm and without any shame. Not only that, he also questioned Feng Ji in person why he made such mistakes and whether there was any hidden truth. Feng Ji was angry and humble, but on the surface, he apologized repeatedly, saying that his plan was incomplete, which led to Guan Yu going to the danger and taking all the responsibility. He also praised Guan Yu for using troops as a god and turning danger into a bargain. This time, he would definitely conquer the Tao in one fell swoop and make new achievements.

Guan Yu expressed his gratitude and said in public that he would take down the Tao within ten days, otherwise he would resign as the leading general.

Seeing this, the generals were unhappy and they just dared not speak out.

When he returned to the Tao City in Guan Yu, Guan Yu didn't have time to rest and took some personal guards to patrol the city to check the Tao's city defense. He ordered people to pick Gao Lan's helmet on the spear, and loudly persuaded him to surrender, asking Yuan Xi to abandon the city immediately, otherwise Gao Lan would be his fate.

Although Yuan Xi did not surrender, he was also very scared. Although most of the soldiers in the city knew that they had lost, they did not know that Gao Lan was killed. At this moment, they were shocked when they saw Gao Lan's helmet. If someone else said this, they might have doubts. But Guan Yu, who said this, had had the record of killing Yan Liang in the last battle, and was proud and conceited, disdained to lie, which invisibly added three points of persuasion.

For a moment, the nursery rhyme began to sing again, and the people in the city were panic and their morale was depressed.

Guan Yu patrols the city for a week, returns to the camp, and gathers generals to discuss matters. He bluntly said that Liu Bei missed the opportunity to fight. Tao was not prepared for combat, and Yuan Xi came in a hurry. If Liu Bei had attacked fiercely at that time, he would have the chance to go down in one go. Now Yuan Xi has made a lot of preparations, and the attack would be more difficult and the price would have to be paid.

Liu Bei was so embarrassed by Guan Yu's criticism in front of civil and military affairs. Liu Bei was very embarrassed and could hardly hold back. Feng Ji once again took responsibility, claiming that he had missed the opportunity and failed to immediately suggest that Liu Bei launch an attack, and then explained that there was no reason to attack the city at that time. The generals were all Youzhou infantry and cavalry. Although the cavalry was not good at attacking the city, the infantry also needed to have siege equipment to attack the city. These days, they had been preparing siege equipment, just waiting for the Junhou to come.

The generals were both grateful to Feng Ji for helping him, and were even more dissatisfied with Guan Yu. Their hard work these days has become the capital for Guan Yu to make contributions, but Guan Yu is domineering and pointing fingers at them, which is really annoying.

Guan Yu curled his lips. He knew Feng Ji's little thoughts, but he didn't care. Even if he could blow his hair and make a living, what tricks could he do, he would have to wait for me to attack the pottery. As long as he took down the pottery, the right and wrong would be clear.

Guan Yu immediately ordered people to get the city defense map of Guan Tao, explain the situation inside and outside the city, arrange troops and attack Guan Tao forcibly.
Chapter completed!