At this moment, in Xinye, Jingzhou, Liu Bei finally regained his confidence and continued to fight for the Han Dynasty!
During this period of time, Liu Bei had been personally farming with the people, eating and living together, all to improve his reputation that had been tarnished by Kou Feng!
Hence, after a period of time, the people of Xinye began to be grateful to Uncle Liu again!
However, Liu Bei's reputation only covered a few counties around Xinye. The other places still had mixed opinions about him!
In short, no one would bow down to Liu Bei when they saw him in the future!
Naturally, Liu Bei hated Kou Feng deeply. After all, all of this only happened after Kou Feng left!
However, Liu Bei did not think about it. If he had not insisted on killing Kou Feng, how could Kou Feng have left and damaged his reputation?
On this day, Liu Bei returned from the fields and just as he entered the Left General's Residence, he saw Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Mei Zhu, and the others all wearing bitter expressions. Their faces were filled with hatred!
Upon seeing this, Liu Bei's heart skipped a beat. Back when Chen Dao was captured alive and the White Ears 'elites were wiped out, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had the same expression. Could it be?
Thinking of this, Liu Bei immediately let out a few light coughs!
Upon hearing this voice, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and the others finally noticed Liu Bei. Then, they all bowed to Liu Bei in unison!
Seeing this scene, Liu Bei first dismissed everyone and then said!
"Second brother, third brother, what happened? Why are you so unhappy?”
After hearing Liu Bei's words, Guan Yu and the others 'expressions changed slightly, appearing a little awkward. Then, it was the impatient Zhang Fei who spoke up!
"Big brother, there's news from Jingnan. It's said that Kou Feng sealed off the Yangtze River after taking down Jiangxia and will take all of Jingnan within two months!”
"Now, this kid has already become a powerful duke who has a territory!”
After hearing Zhang Fei's words, everyone's faces sank as they looked at Liu Bei!
His eyes seemed to be saying,"My lord, if you hadn't killed Kou Feng back then, perhaps you would be the one in charge of the entire Jing state now!"”
Thus, after hearing this news, Liu Bei's vision went black and he could not stand steadily!
Seeing Liu Bei like this, everyone became anxious!
After a long time, Liu Bei regained his composure. His face was clearly a little haggard. Then, he waved his hand and said!
"Second brother, third brother, Zizhong, I'm tired. I'll go rest first!”
During this period of time, whenever Liu Bei heard good news about Kou Feng, he would feel dispirited!
Everyone was already used to such a scene!
However, at this point, they couldn't help but have this thought in their hearts!
Would he really be able to achieve great things by following Liu Bei?
Several decades had passed. Back then, Cao Cao had already conquered the entire north, and Sun Quan had occupied six counties of Yangzhou!
Even Liu Bei's adopted son was now a powerful duke in Jingnan, but he was still in Xinye with less than 3,000 soldiers!
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Of course, Liu Bei wasn't the only one who was suffering. The chaos in Yangzhou had just been quelled. With Zhou Yu's help, success was naturally imminent!
As the news gradually spread, Sun Quan naturally learned that Kou Feng had taken over Jingnan!
In fact, Sun Quan had learned of this matter earlier than Liu Bei and the others because Yangzhou and Jingzhou were neighbors!
Changsha was also bordered by Lujiang County in Yangzhou, so after Changsha was taken down by Kou Feng, Jiangdong already knew that there was a big movement in Changsha!
However, because Kou Feng had taken down Changsha too quickly, even if the spies in Jiangdong knew that there was something strange going on in Changsha, they did not know what exactly had happened!
Now, with Kou Feng intentionally spreading his name to attract talented scholars, River East finally knew about the changes in the four counties of Jingnan!
Therefore, when Sun Quan found out about this matter, he couldn't eat or sleep well!
Originally, the four counties of Jingnan and River East were safe and sound because Jiang Xia was in front of them!
But now, with the defeat of tens of thousands of soldiers in the River East in the battle of Kou Feng, they had become mortal enemies!
Now, the four counties of Jingnan had fallen into Kou Feng's hands. This meant that his ambition to conquer Jingzhou had become empty talk!
As long as they couldn't take down Jingzhou, everything would be useless!
Moreover, the four counties of Jingnan were originally no threat to River East. Now that they were under Kou Feng's control, it was obvious that Kou Feng's strength would increase!
At that time, if Kou Feng wanted to take the initiative to attack River East, he would have the capital to do so!
Say, with such a powerful enemy by his side, how could Sun Quan feel at ease?
Hence, after Zhou Yu had settled the unrest in Shan Yue, Sun Quan immediately summoned Zhou Yu back to Jianye to discuss how to deal with Kou Feng and prevent him from expanding!
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Since Sun Quan and Liu Bei knew about this, it was obvious that Cao Cao, who was preparing to head south next year, also knew about this!
Thus, Cao Cao gathered Jia Xu, Xun Yu, Xun You, Cheng Yu, and the others to discuss a major matter!
"Everyone, what do you think of the matter of Jingnan being occupied by Kou Feng in just two months? Will this kid become the biggest obstacle for us to go south next year?”
As Cao Cao spoke, all the Wei strategists below shuddered!
They didn't expect Cao Cao to place so much importance on Kou Feng. Did that mean that Kou Feng was a greater threat to Cao Cao than River East?
Thinking of this, Xun Yu, the mastermind of Cao Cao, spoke first!
"My lord, I think that this is not the right time to go south to Jing and Yang provinces. Compared to the Central Plains and the North, the South is inferior in terms of population and economy!”
"At this time, we should slow down the pace of the attack and vigorously restore the people's livelihood. Only after a few years will it be the best time to go south!”
After Xun Yu spoke, Xun You, who was beside him, nodded and began to agree!
Hearing this, Cao Cao immediately revealed a displeased expression!
In his heart, the opportunity to unify the world was right in front of him. How could he miss it?
Therefore, Cao Cao quickly rejected this suggestion and was determined to send troops south next spring!
However, Cao Cao seemed to have forgotten that when Yuan Shao confronted him at Guandu, Yuan Shao's advisors Tian Feng and Ju Shou had said the same thing!
Coincidentally, at that time, Yuan Shao was also eager to fight and rejected his own advisor's suggestion!
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