My Father in Law is Lu Bu

ago.
How did news spread so quickly?

“Milord! We have fallen into a trap! They have attacked the mind!” 

After the previous battle, Fancheng’s defenders still had about twenty thousand survivors held captive.
Liu Bei only allowed the Xiliang Cavalry to loot the city but did not allow murder and arson.
The Qiang ethnics obeyed.

With not that much harm done, the Fancheng defenders did not have any resentment for Liu Bei and did not cause any trouble.
Liu Bei had intended to receive these defenders and use them to defend Fancheng.
After all, the soldiers were also afraid they would be condemned for losing the city the first time.
If Liu Bei managed to take them in, his army would expand to fifty thousand troops.

With this numbers and lots of provisions, Liu Bei would easily be able to hold out for a year.

Unfortunately for him, there was a sudden problem.
Now, the Fancheng defender’s minds are in disorder.
They were initially receptive of Liu Bei because they feared punishment and for them, who they worked for did not really matter.

Now, Liu Biao promised to acquit them and even tried to redeem them.
The captives felt grateful and believed Liu Biao to be a wise ruler.
The soldiers did not like to fight as they would die.
On top of that, Jingzhou had provisions and was in better condition compared to other territories.
Their lives were steady under Liu Biao while their future would be uncertain under Liu Bei.
They were just common soldiers but even they could tell that Liu Bei was an unscrupulous careerist.

As a result, all the soldiers that had initially been willing to surrender was now unwilling to.

“We can no longer use Fancheng’s defenders!” Liu Bei said with regret.
If he were to use them, it would be likely that one of them opened the gates for the enemy.

“Men! Imprison all those captives and take off their armor! Kill them if you must!” Liu Bei said without sympathy.
He would have already killed them if he knew this was going to happen.

“Understood!” Liao Hua accepted the order and left.
Not only did Liu Bei lose his potential troops.
He even had to allocate some soldiers to monitor the prisoners.

“Xianhe! Where are their armies now?” Liu Bei asked Jian Yong.

“They have crossed the Yangtze River and are now twenty five kilometers away from Fancheng.”

“So they are here.” This distance can be covered in one and a half days.

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