Chapter 383 (1/1)

“What about Cao Mengde’s place?” Liu Mang asked

“Cao Cao does not have any enmity or fondness for our army but he too, refused to sell any provisions Xun You said that they would be willing to sell us a hundred thousand provisions if we could satisfy their conditions?” Xu Shu cupped his fist in reply

“What are their deive but he still hoped to hear otherwise

“Cao Cao is beco Aside fro then waved his hand to stop Xu Shu frory If Cao Cao had only wanted the ballista, it would not be so bad as Cao Cao’s timely assistance had saved Xu Shu’s life and that he was also paying a hundred thousand provisions Liu Mang felt a bit guilty when he was conspiring against Cao Cao earlier but that feeling was gone since this was a purely business relationshi+p Cao Cao dared to hit others when they are down to the extent that he wanted both the ballista and the catapult

The ballista iven to Cao Cao With the ballista, the three brothers would no longer be able to go against Cao Cao even if they ork together Cao Cao would be able to defeat the

“There is no need to dispatch envoys to Cao Mengde anyive us provisions, there is no need to contact him He won’t obtain any ballista or catapults fro here instead! What about the other places?” Liu Mang immediately rejected Cao Cao’s offer and asked about the rezhou” Xu Shu looked at Liu Mang A trace of anger could be seen in his eyes Liu Mang continued to wait for Xu Shu to talk about JIngzhou but the man was suddenly silent

“Yuanzhi Why are you suddenly silent?” Liu Mang was puzzled Jingzhou was the most prosperous area around If there had to be a place that was still untouched by war, Jingzhou would be it

The other places such as Xiliang, Hebei, Yangzhou and many others already been desolated by the war between various groups such as Cao Cao, Lu Bu, Liu Bei, Dong Zhuo, Ma Teng and others On the other hand, Jingzhou remained untouched Even the battle between Liu Biao and Sun Ce were done at Jiangxia and not JIngzhou Zhang Xiu guarded the North of Jingzhou while Zhang Lu at the South was already too tired for war and was happy enough that Liu Biao did not attack instead Jingzhou also had the Yangtze River as a natural barrier, protecting it even zhou was conveted by zhou, the prices of provisions fro to pay even if it was three times more expensive than thefeel depressed All of these were bad news For Jingzhou to refuse selling provisions would be like hitting so nohich proves that the news frozhou orse than the others

“Speak! Since when have you beco became discontented Xu Shu had always been cal

“Milord The envoy we dispatched to Jingzhou did not return” Xu Shu finally spoke

“Did not return? What do youto sell provisions? Howus? If it is just the price, it is sootiable

Xu Shu shook his head in reply “No Milord Our envoy was killed He could not evenjue “Does Liu Jingshen want to start a war against us? If that is the case, ill grant hi’s envoy even if he did not want to sell provisions The Yuan brothers treated the envoy hile Cao Cao even provided the envoy with good food and drinks Even Sun Ce who had robbed the envoy had let the envoy go free

To kill an envoy zhou was protected by the Yangtze River, it is not as though he has no territory across the river Liu Mang could attack Huangzhou froxia He can then strike Xinye fro’s navy sail across the current and attack Jingzhou

Since JIngzhou would not give him provisions, he could just rob them

“Men Send Father-in-law a letter and determine a time to dispatch the troops!” Before this, Liu Biao had been indifferent, causing Liu Mang to becoer even worse If he doesn’t strike back at this moment, there would be no more reason to lead the soldiers

“Milord Liu Biao is not the one that killed our envoys but…!” Xu Shu quickly tried to stop Liu Mang It was fine if it was just to take provisions However, if Liu Biao were to go to the extre would suffer losses and gained nothing This would allow the third party to gain from them

“It is not Liu Biao that killedcould not understand The envoy was dispatched to Jingzhou and if the envoy was intercepted in between, Liu Mang would know and dispatch another envoy He would not hear this from Xu Shu at this point

“The one that killed our envoy is not Liu Biao but Liu Bei!”1

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