Bringing back 20,000 soldiers and horses from Xiangyang, Liu Bei lived in the barracks all day, eating and sleeping with the soldiers.

In just over half a month, he has become familiar with 20,000 soldiers.

has been a soldier for many years, and the 20,000 Jingzhou troops have never met a general like Liu Bei, who has been with them all day long, and his good impression of him is also increasing day by day.

On the campus of Shinno.

Together with the 5,000 soldiers and horses originally subordinate to Liu Bei, the 25,000 Jingzhou troops stood upright.

Standing on the high platform of the school field, Liu Bei was next to Zhuge Liang.

Behind them, there were Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

The other generals and staff members were standing behind Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

Looking around at the soldiers, Liu Bei shouted, "Soldiers, do you know what you are about to do?" ”

There was silence on the school ground, and all eyes looked at Liu Bei.

"I know a son of the Cao family, and the deepest impression of him is that every time he goes out on an expedition, he will tell his soldiers that as long as the battle is won, the enemy's women and money soldiers will take and rob it at will." Liu Bei shouted: "Because of this, his army has almost won many battles, and has never tasted defeat. ”

The 25,000 brightly dressed Jingzhou troops straightened their chests, and still no one made a sound that they shouldn't have.

Liu Bei's shouts echoed on the school ground, and other than that, there was only the sound of wind passing by the school ground.

"Do you know who I'm talking about?" Liu Bei raised his voice and shouted to the soldiers.

"Cao Zirong!" Several voices were heard in the array.

"That's right, it's Cao Zirong!" Liu Bei said: "It seems that his reputation is indeed loud, and even the Jingzhou army knows him as a person." ”

The Jingzhou army fought against the Cao family, and some even survived the battle with Cao Shuo and escaped.

They know Cao Shuo, and there is nothing surprising about them.

"Cao Zirong always wants to rob other people's women and money, and this time I will take you to rob him." Liu Bei shouted: "He allowed the soldiers to rob, but he did not allow the soldiers under his command to kill." But I don't give you too much imprisonment like he did, as long as you win, you can do whatever you want. ”

I heard that he was going to fight Cao Shuo, but the Jingzhou army who had not met him didn't feel anything.

Those who had escaped in Cao Shuo's hands were a little panicked one by one.

Cao Shuo's soldiers are strong, and they are well aware of it.

Fighting with such an army, many people did not think that the Jingzhou army would have a chance of winning at all.

I thought that what he shouted would resonate among the soldiers of Jingzhou, but I didn't expect that what was waiting for him was a quiet, and Liu Bei was somewhat disappointed.

Zhuge Liang, who was standing beside him, asked in a low voice, "Envoy, can I say a few words?" ”

Liu Bei nodded and took a step back.

Zhuge Liang took two steps forward, looked around at the soldiers and shouted, "Did you all hear what Liu Yuanjun shouted just now?" ”

Similar to the embarrassment that Liu Bei encountered just now, there was still no response.

Zhuge Liang didn't care, and then shouted to the Jingzhou army: "Some of you may have encountered Cao Zirong on the battlefield, I want to ask you, what do you think of Cao Zirong?" ”

"Cao Zirong's soldiers and horses are all strong." A timid voice came from the array: "If we meet them on the battlefield, I'm afraid we won't be able to get them." ”

"I'm scared before I fight, how can I fight such a battle?" Zhuge Liang smiled slightly, and shouted to the soldiers of the Jingzhou army: "I have also heard that Cao Zirong is powerful, but I feel that he is not invincible. ”

"But so far, he really hasn't lost a single battle." Another voice responded.

"Why isn't that what I've heard?" Zhuge Liang said: "I heard that in the battle of Wancheng, Cao Zirong suffered a big loss at the hands of Jia Xu, and his elite was almost wiped out. ”

Many Jingzhou soldiers had not heard of this.

They looked at each other one by one, and they didn't remember when Cao Shuo had experienced defeat on the battlefield.

"Jia Xu used a trick to lure Cao Zirong out of the barracks, in addition to almost annihilating the predecessor of the Flying Bear Camp under his command, he almost killed Cao Zirong." Zhuge Liang continued: "If Jia Xu can do it, Liu Yuanjun must be able to do it, and he will do it better than him." ”

The voice of refuting Zhuge Liang was gone, but the soldiers of the Jingzhou army still had little confidence in defeating Cao Shuo.

In their minds, Cao Shuo has won every battle and has never been defeated.

To be an enemy of such a person is nothing more than to seek a dead end.

"Liu Yuanjun has already promised you, as long as you can defeat Cao Zirong, we will take any place, the wealth will be taken by you, and the women will be robbed by you, even if you want to kill people, no one will restrain you." Zhuge Liang continued: "Cao Zirong commanded Huainan and other places, and invested countless amounts of money and grain. There is money everywhere, there are beautiful women everywhere, and you will have what you want! ”

Looking around at the soldiers, Zhuge Liang shouted again: "The only thing you have to do is to defeat the enemy army on the battlefield and defeat the seemingly undefeated Cao Zirong." ”

"Soldiers!" What Zhuge Liang said made the Jingzhou soldiers silent, and Liu Bei took advantage of the situation to step forward and shouted: "Are you willing to follow me to fight Cao Zirong?" Will you rob him of his food, of his women, of his soldiers and of his people? ”

Silence, death-like silence.

After a long while, a voice finally shouted: "I am willing to follow Liu Yuanjun!" ”

Someone shouted first, and the soldiers in silence raised their weapons one after another and shouted: "Willing to follow Liu Yuanjun!" ”

"Pack your bags and leave early tomorrow morning." Liu Bei was very satisfied with the reaction of the soldiers, and he waved his hand and gave the order to prepare for the battle.

The officers and men of the Jingzhou army dispersed one after another.

Liu Bei and others got off the high platform.

Walking side by side with Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang said: "Envoy, I can see that the soldiers are very afraid of Cao Zirong. ”

"Jingzhou Jun once faced off against Cao Zirong." Liu Bei said: "But they have never won a game, so that when Cao Zirong is mentioned, the soldiers will feel cold in their hearts." ”

"I've heard of Cao Zirong's name before." Zhuge Liang said: "Now that he has Pang Shiyuan and Xu Yuanzhi and others by his side, they are even more powerful, this person is not easy to deal with, so you will try to avoid facing him as an enemy in the future." ”

"Could it be that Mr. Kong Ming can't deal with him either?" What Zhuge Liang said made Liu Bei suddenly feel not very good, and hurriedly asked.

"I only hope I don't meet Pang Shiyuan on the battlefield." Zhuge Liang smiled slightly and said to Liu Bei: "But even if you meet it, it's nothing to be afraid of, this person is good at everything, but he is a little impetuous." It's not impossible to deal with him. ”

Zhuge Liang replied like this, and Liu Bei breathed a sigh of relief.

He said to Zhuge Liang: "This expedition depends on Kong Ming!" ”

(End of chapter)