Chapter 384 (1/2)
“Liu Bei?” Liu Mang never expected Liu Bei to be the one responsible for his envoy’s death
Liu Mang then learned fro as hi down the provisions at Nanyang Jia Xu ent to Liu Mang had beco and Liu Bei had dispatched an advisor as their envoy to Jingzhou While Liu Mang had dispatched a co, his only advisor Pang Tong cazhou He knew the place and had connections When Liu Mang’s envoy arrived, Pang Tong knew that he had to stop the envoy froer be able to help Liu Bei obtain Yangzhou
There wereFa The reason the Huang Faxia, an extre Zu was also defeated and transferred away by Liu Biao The Huang Fa down
As for the Cai Fa’s recruit was a provocation to the nobles In coed They are the ones that could study and receive recommendations Unless the person in question is a co an official was a simple matter However, the recruitment order made it such that any talented individual could becoes On top of that, the Cai Family considered themselves superior to the others, especially to the common people They beco positions higher than theirs One example was Xu Shu, who beca said, there are also those in Jingzhou that don’t think badly of Liu Mang One exa until they becaainst Liu Biao’s intentions to watch Liu Mang’s predica could not deter he could only have the envoy killed This way, he could prevent Yangzhou fro provisions
“H!” The person Liu Mang mentioned was Ban Chao In life, he abandoned the pen for the sword and went to the Western Regions as a diplo of Shanshan and was treated well However, this treated When asked, he found out that the envoy of Xiongnu, an ene of Shanshan feared the backlash of allying with one party Hearing this, Ban Chao secretly killed the Xiongnu envoy Now that the envoy was killed, Xiongnu would be offended In the end, Shanshan allied with the Hans to avoid offending both parties
Pang Tong was now following Ban Chao’s footsteps and kill Liu Mang’s envoy in attempt to force Liu Biao to submit
The proble He coy for the death of the envoy Although this was to sho generous he was and that the life of the envoy was indeed not as much worth as the ten thousand provisions, it was like a slap in Liu Mang’s face
Liu Biao was not willing to become enemies with Lu Bu However, even if he became enemies, he would not be placed in a difficult position as Liu Bei agreed to protect Liu Biao if Liu Mang or Lu Bu were to attack
Once Liu Mang sets out for war, he would no longer be able to request for provisions On the other hand, Liu Bei would be able to use fighting against Liu Mang as an excuse to request fornarrowed his eyes There was still chance to turn things around If Liu Biao had truly intended to become enemies with Lu Bu, there was no need to send ten thousand provisions After all, it would be hard for Liu Mang to attack when Liu Bei is guarding Liu Biao However, Liu Biao’s actions showed that he and Liu Bei were not in an alliance and that there is some bad blood between the two
“Liu Biao requested for Milord to personally go and discuss about the matters of provision” Xu Shu finally said what he had been dreading to say
“He wantsintent could no longer be hidden
“You must not do this Milord!” Liu Ye was the first to object Liu Ye had always objected to Liu Mang going out personally Although Lu Bu had been around in the past, at Yangzhou, they would not hear too much from Lu Bu In other words, they would have no choice but to listen to Liu Mang’s orders His objections to Liu Mang acting personally was not because of the risk to Liu Mang’s life but because it was not like a King to act this way Besides that, Liu Biao and Liu Mang were both head of their cities Their position was notto coh Liu Biao was not auarantee that others would not want to har, they would not be able to enter Jingzhou Liu Mang would be like a fish on a chopping board if he were to enter Jingzhou
“Milord It’s dangerous to go personally Liu Biao is also only a dog defending his own city
“Milord You cannot go to Jingzhou If you need provisions, just dispatch your arht as well er He wanted to attack Jingzhou i theht Milord! Liu Biao zhou He wants to zhou!” Everyone objected to Liu Mang going to Jingzhou They would not be able to guarantee his safety if he were to do so
Everyone except for Jia Xu, who then said, “Milord, going to JIngzhou would be extreerous but there would still be a way out On the other hand, if you do not go to Jingzhou, you, Yangzhou and your cause, would be at risk”
Jia Xu’s words filled the others with rage “Jia Xu! What are your intentions? What benefits will you obtain by putting Milord in danger?” Liu Ye scolded as he pointed at Jia Xu’s nose By going to Jingzhou, Liu Mang’s life would be put entirely in Liu Biao’s hands Liu Ye firood person! There is no need to describe the obvious Milord zhou Jia Xu, cease your alarreed with Liu Ye
“Jia Xu! Are you a spy sent by Liu Bei? Why would you suggest for the Lord to take risk?” Most of the others, especially the cautious ones, started to believe that Jia Xu was faking his surrender which hy he wanted Liu Mang to take such risks
Jia Xu did not reply to Liu Ye Instead, he looked at Liu Mang and said, “Everything will be decided by Milord”
“H stared at Jia Xu He was still doubtful, hesitant and also had a little killing intent towards Jia Xu Yet, Jia Xu was right If Liu Mang doesn’t go to Jingzhou, Yangzhou would run out of provisions The people would not be able to eat to gain the energy needed to build up Yangzhou The people would riot, forcing Liu Mang to abandon Yangzhou Liu Mang would also not be able to keep his army The enemy would not even need to attack
On the other hand, going to Jingzhouhis life at Liu Biao’s mercy However, Liu Biao may not even dare to kill hi, Lu Bu would not sit quietly The cowardly Liu Biao should not dare to provoke Lu Bu In other words, Liu Mang still had a guarantee to his own life That being said, Liu Mang orried about where Jia Xu had truly surrendered to hi did not dare to relax around Jia Xu The man was like a viper that would kill you the moment you turn around If Jia Xu had truly pretended to surrender, Liu Mang had already fallen into his trap He would be killed by Liu Bei all according to plan
As Liu Mang doubted Jia Xu, he looked towards Xu Shu, seeking the h Xu Shu was less s, Xu Shu would be able to see if Jia Xu was planning a trap
Xu Shu could feel Liu Mang’s gaze Unable to withstand the pressure he immediately knelt down and said, “This one is incapable and could not help Yangzhou out of its predicament If Milord were to perish, this one will follow!” After saying this, Xu Shu repeatedly knocked in his head on the ground, towards Liu Mang There was a resounding sound as the white marble floor was dyed in red
“Military Advisor!” The nearby people turned pale with fright Xu Shu tried to struggle but in the end, he was restrained by Huang Zhong With those powerful arerclosed his eyes and took a deep breath After a long tihed Words were useless When Liu Mang reopened his eyes, he had a deterht now is ave the recruith it was someone else that plotted this incident, they would not have done so in the first place had Liu Mang not send out this recruit was at least half responsible for the mess they are in
“Your servants deserve to die!” Everyone replied and no longer dared to stand when they heard Liu Mang’s words How could they still dare to stand when their Lord blamed himself? Since ancient times, the servants are the ones that die when theirover as part of his ‘nificent hospitality’, it was actually a kind of insult They both had the sa was the one forced to pay a visit as he was the one that needed so