Chapter 28 I'm finally back, let's turn Jingzhou upside down!
While Xu Chu was stunned, Xiao Fang had already started to examine Xu's mother.

He took the pulse and checked the pupils. He looked like he was familiar with medical skills, but his methods were very different from those of ordinary doctors.

"You...who are you?"

Xu Chu came to his senses and wanted to come up to stop them.

Liu Bei hurried forward to stop him and explained:
"Don't worry, Zhongkang. This is Bei's military advisor Xiao Fang. He is proficient in medicine and has saved my wife before."

"With his help, your mother will surely be saved."

Xiao Fang?

Liu Bei’s military advisor?

Are you also proficient in medicine?
Xu Chu looked back at the young scholar in front of him, whose name he had never heard of, with a suspicious look, with both hope and worry in his eyes.

"Your mother must have been frightened just now, and her blood pressure rose, causing her to suffer a cardiac arrest!"

"If we rescue him now, there is still a glimmer of hope for his survival."

"Brother Xu, please move aside."

Xiao Fang drove Xu Chu away, rolled up his sleeves, and began to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation on Xu's mother.

Not only Xu Chu.

Liu Bei and the others present were also confused by what he said.

What happened? Cardiac arrest, high blood pressure, I have no idea why.

"Mr. Xiao... Mr. Xiao, what is cardiac arrest?"

Xu Chu came to his senses and asked stutteringly.

"In short, the heart stopped beating."

"What? Your heart isn't beating?"

Xu Chu was horrified.

If the heart doesn't beat, doesn't that mean he's dead?
"Mother, mother~~"

Xu Chu let out a cry of grief, tears streaming down his face, and was about to rush towards his mother's "body" and cry.

"It's too early to cry now. Your mother discovered it early. If she gives first aid now, there may still be a glimmer of hope."

"But whether he can be saved depends on your mother's luck."

Xiao Fang took a deep breath and was about to take action.

Xu Chu was confused again after hearing this. If the heart stopped beating, didn't that mean the person was dead?

Can the dead be brought back to life?

Even Liu Bei, Jian Yong and others, who had seen Xiao Fang's medical skills, were still surprised and could not believe that Xiao Fang had the ability to "bring the dead back to life."

In full view of everyone, Xiao Fang performed CPR on Xu's mother.

"What are you doing!?"

When Xu Chu saw Xiao Fang offending his mother's "corpse", he wanted to step forward to stop him.

When the words were on the tip of his tongue, he changed his mind and thought that although Liu Xuande, the military advisor, had strange words and deeds, since his mother was already dead, he might as well give it a try.

What if Xiao Fang really has extraordinary medical skills?

So Xu Chu had to temporarily suppress his suspicion and anger, and stood aside, looking at Xiao Fang with clenched fists, using a strange method to save his mother.

"Brother, I know that Military Advisor Xiao saved my sister-in-law and is proficient in medical skills."

"But this old lady Xu's heart has stopped beating. Doesn't this mean she has passed away?"

"If you can bring back the dead, wouldn't that make you a god?"

Zhang Fei's eyes were full of doubt, and he whispered in Liu Bei's ear.

Liu Bei's eyes flickered with suspicion and he shook his head slightly:
"Our military advisor is unfathomable. He cannot be judged by common sense. I still cannot see through him..."

Zhang Fei said "Oh", touched his head, and continued to watch Xiao Fang save people with curiosity.

I do not know how long it has been.

Mother Xu, who had already stopped breathing, suddenly twitched and began to gasp for breath.

"Come alive!"

"Brother, Military Advisor Xiao really brought back the dead!"

Zhang Fei’s eyes widened and he screamed in horror and excitement.

Everyone around was astonished, as if they had witnessed a miracle.

"Military Advisor, he really is..."

Liu Bei's eyes were full of disbelief and he was speechless for a moment.

"Mother, mother~~"

Xu Chu, who was originally anxious, immediately fell into ecstasy and rushed to his mother.

Xiao Fang let out a long breath, jumped out of the car, and rolled up his sleeves again.

"Military Advisor, you are truly amazing!"

"You were able to bring this dead person back to life. You are that Bian...Bian..."

Zhang Fei couldn't remember the name for a moment and was so anxious that he scratched his head.

"It's Bian Que reincarnated!"

Liu Bei smiled and spoke for Zhang Fei.

"Yes, yes, yes, you are the reincarnation of Bian Que!"

"I have never seen a man as smart as you who can bring the dead back to life."

"No! I've never seen it in my previous life!"

Zhang Fei's incoherent speech made everyone unable to hold back their anger.

Xiao Fang smiled and said self-deprecatingly:
"General Zhang, you are joking. I don't have the ability to bring the dead back to life. It's just that the old lady was lucky."

He was not being modest. The way he saved people just now was something that any ordinary person who had learned some first aid knowledge would be able to do. It was just that Xu's mother was lucky. If it was another emergency, he would really be helpless with the current medical conditions.

"Thank you Mr. Chu for saving my life!"

"Please accept my greeting!"

After Xu Chu settled his mother, he immediately bowed deeply to Xiao Fang with gratitude on his face.

Xiao Fang hurriedly helped Xu Chu up, being polite and courteous.

Xu Chu, however, looked solemn, patted his chest and said:
"I, Xu Chu, will repay any favor I have received. If you have any requests, just tell me!"

"As long as I, Xu Chu, can do it, I will die for it!"

Xiao Fang's eyes turned slightly, his gaze turned to Liu Bei, and he said:
"If it weren't for the Lord's help in helping Brother Xu escape the Yellow Turbans, I wouldn't have had the chance to save your mother."

"If there is any favor, it is the Lord who is indebted to Brother Xu."

"My master is a relative of the Han Dynasty and has great ambitions to support the Han Dynasty. He is in need of a warrior like you, Brother Xu."

"If Brother Xu is willing, why don't you submit to my Lord and join hands with me to help him accomplish the great cause of restoring the Han Dynasty?"

Xiao Fang attributed the credit to Lao Liu and took the opportunity to speak on Lao Liu's behalf to recruit Xu Chu.

Xu Chu was startled and turned to look at Liu Bei.

"I have to seek refuge with a lord. Envoy Liu helped me break the Yellow Turban siege and gave me food and grass. He is truly a benevolent and righteous lord."

"Aren't the hundreds of my brothers heading north just to look for food? Liu Xuande has 100,000 hu of food and grass. Wouldn't it be a relief to go to him and have no worries about food and grass?"

"Besides, Mr. Xiao saved my mother. He invited me to join Liu Xuande. If I don't agree, wouldn't I be ungrateful?"

Xu Chu's thoughts turned, and he weighed the pros and cons secretly.

After a while, the hesitation in his eyes disappeared, leaving only determination.

"It is a great fortune for Chu, a commoner, to meet such a benevolent and righteous ruler as Liu Shijun by the Ying River."

"Chu is willing to lead my 800 troops to submit to you, my lord. I will serve you at your service. Please accept me as yours!"

Xu Chu expressed his intention to submit to Liu Bei and immediately bowed deeply to him.

Liu Bei was overjoyed, and hurriedly helped Xu Chu up, laughing and saying:
"Zhongkang, don't belittle yourself. You are a commoner, and I am just a humble man."

"But I, Liu Bei, may be of a lowly position, but I dare not forget my country!"

"Now that I have the help of a warrior like you, Zhongkang, I can help the Han Dynasty and add a few more points to my fortune!"

So Liu Bei successfully subdued Xu Chu.

The roles of master and servant were thus determined.

"There is no loyal and brave man around the military advisor to protect him. I wonder if Zhongkang is willing to take on this important task?"

Liu Bei naturally did not forget his original intention of recruiting Xu Chu.

When Xu Chu heard this, he bowed without hesitation:

"Since Chu has surrendered to the lord, he should obey the lord's orders."

"What's more, Military Advisor Xiao has done a great favor to Chu. It is Chu's honor to be able to protect Military Advisor Xiao!"

Liu Bei breathed a sigh of relief.

Finally, a loyal and brave man was chosen to be the commander of Xiao Fang's guards, and his worry was finally put to rest.

Xiao Fangze patted Xu Chu on the shoulder and said with a smile:
"Zhongkang, from now on, my life will be handed over to you."

Xu Chu didn't realize that Xiao Fang was joking, and immediately said seriously:
"Military Advisor Xiao, rest assured. I, Xu Chu, will protect you even if I risk my life."

"Even if Lu Bu comes, he won't hurt a hair on your head!"

After hearing Xu Chu's statement, Xiao Fang felt relieved.

Back then, Xu Chu saved Cao Cao from battle many times.

What's more, as a military strategist, he doesn't have to go to the battlefield in person. Xu Chu can protect Cao Cao, so it should be more than enough for him to protect himself.

So Liu Bei experienced this chance encounter and successfully subdued Liu Pi and Xu Chu.

Liu Pi had quite some prestige in the Yellow Turban Army of Runan. When the news of his allegiance to Liu Pi spread, it immediately caused a chain reaction among the Yellow Turbans of Runan.

Thus, within less than a month, many Yellow Turban troops including Gong Du came to submit to Liu Bei.

Following Xiao Fang's suggestion, Liu Bei selected the best men among them and incorporated them into the army. In just one month, he had obtained 7,000 fresh troops.

Together with the more than 3,000 troops brought from Xuzhou, Liu Bei's total military force once again exceeded 10,000.

Although a hundred thousand hu of grain and fodder is a lot, we cannot just sit back and eat it all.

After resting and training for half a month, Liu Bei led his army out of Runan and continued westward.

It was winter that year.

Liu Bei led 10,000 troops and stationed in Biyang City, east of Nanyang County.

Dusk.

Xiao Fang climbed to the top of Biyang City and looked at the familiar land in front of him from afar.

From the time we left Jingzhou to the time we successfully "tricked" Lao Liu into coming to Jingzhou, four months had passed.

"I don't know if my eldest sister, second sister, and third brother are safe now."

Zhuge Liang behind him was also murmuring with emotion, obviously missing his sister and brother whom he had been separated from for several months.

Xiao Fang couldn't help but see the beautiful and dignified face of his wife Zhuge Lan.

"A short absence is better than a new marriage. To be honest, I miss your sister a little bit."

Xiao Fang sighed softly and ordered:
"Aliang, ask Zhongkang to assign you a team of men to go to Longzhong to pick up your sister and the others."

"Next we will become an enemy of Liu Biao and turn Jingzhou upside down. It will not be safe for your sister and the others to stay near Xiangyang."

When Zhuge Liang heard this, he thought it was right and quickly agreed.

Xiao Fang's gaze extended towards the northwest, and a cold light emerged.

"The next step is how to deal with Zhang Ji's uncle and nephew and help Old Liu take over Wancheng..."

(End of this chapter)