"There are quite a few casualties today." In the camp, Chen Mo looked at the casualty accounting sent by various departments, more than 7,000 people were killed in the battle alone, and more than 10,000 were wounded.

"Lord, our army is now stationed here, it is enough to see the Cao army to death, no accident, the defeat of the Cao army this time is decided." Xun You smiled.

"On this battlefield, the most feared thing is accidents." Chen Mo shook his head and said, "Until the last moment, don't talk about victory or defeat lightly." ”

At this time, Cao Cao has been forced into a desperate situation by Chen Mo, as long as Ma Chao's seven cavalry are not cleaned up by Cao Cao, then Cao Cao has no possibility of turning the tables, Chen Mo is so vigorous, and the two battalions are so close, in addition to watching Cao Cao not let him run away, there is also the meaning of preventing Cao Cao from attacking these seven cavalry.

Xun You nodded, indeed, the more this time, the more cautious and careless you must be.

"My lord, Jingzhou has changed a lot in the past few months." Xu Shu, who was looking through the file on the side, suddenly raised his head and smiled.

"Oh?" Chen Mo turned his head when he heard this, and narrowed his eyes slightly: "But that Sun Ce took advantage of Liu Biao's absence to capture Jingzhou?" ”

He remembered the last time he mentioned Jingzhou, Sun Ce had already surrendered Cai Mao and captured Jiangxia, and now Liu Biao, the king of Chu, is seriously ill and cannot be a director, and the eldest son Liu Qi cannot be said to be bad, but in Chen Mo's opinion, he does not have the qualifications to take over the foundation of Jingxiang, those clans in Jingzhou are not something he can play with, the second son Liu Cong is young, but with the backing of the Cai family, if there is no matter of Cai Mao's surrender, he can seize power with the support of the Cai family.

It's a pity that Cai Mao's defeat and surrender in Xiakou also made the Cai family's position in Jingzhou quite embarrassing, even if the Cai family wanted Liu Cong to temporarily take the throne of the king of Chu, I am afraid that the Kuai family, the Pang family and the Huang family would not be willing.

In this case, Jingzhou was obtained by Sun Ce, Chen Mo was already mentally prepared, after the elimination of Cao Cao, the next step, Chen Mo's target was Jingzhou, and he had to cut off the Sun family's scheme.

"That's not true, Liu Biao is dead, and Liu Qi has taken over the throne of the king of Chu." Xu Shu smiled.

"With Liu Qi's ability, I'm afraid I can't control the wealthy families in Jingxiang." Chen Mo sneered when he heard this: "The person who is really in charge is not Liu Qi, right?" ”

"The lord is wise." Xu Shu handed the bamboo slip to Chen Mo.

The time goes back to more than three months ago, when Chen Mo and Cao Cao's main forces had just begun to confront each other, and at the end of the year, Liu Qi temporarily took over the position of king of Chu under the support of Liu Bei, Liu Pan, Liu Hu and Wen Ping.

Cai's prestige was mourned because of Cai Mao's matter, although Liu Qi was not allowed to see the king of Chu, but the order issued by the palace was rejected because Cai Mao was now in Sun Ce's army, fearing that Cai's sacrifice of Jingzhou.

"Sister~" Xiangyang, in the palace of the King of Chu, Cai He and Zhang Yun came in with a disgraced face, looking at Cai's bitter and said.

When Cai saw the two of them, he said unexpectedly: "You don't report on your work in the army, why are you here?" ”

Now the Cai family is rejected by the scholars because of Cai Mao's relationship, and now they must seize the military power to ensure the status of the Cai family, and the Cai family is a little dissatisfied with the arrival of the two.

"Sister, then Liu Pan detained our family members and let Liu Bei's generals Guan Yu and Chen Zhi take away the military power of the two of us." Cai He sighed: "Now that I have no military power in my hands, I have come to ask my sister about countermeasures." ”

"Liu Pan?" Cai's was furious when he heard this: "He dares to bully me Cai's like this!?" ”

Cai He smiled bitterly, there is nothing to dare or not, now everyone has made it, Cai Mao's surrender, especially helping Sun Ce persuade the Jiangxia Navy to surrender, makes the Cai family very passive now, the Kuai family and the Pang family, who had a good relationship in the past, have chosen to remain silent about this, and let Liu Pan and others seize power, I am afraid that they are also dissatisfied with the Cai family, and acquiesce that Liu Pan and other Han clan relatives have seized the military power in the hands of the Cai family.

"Ma'am." Zhang Yun on the side persuaded: "Although there is no edict now, Liu Pan, Liu Bei and others support the eldest prince and have temporarily begun to dispatch the throne of the king of Chu, and the lady should also make preparations early." ”

As for what to prepare? Of course, he is the heir to the throne of the king of Chu, Liu Biao has little time, if Liu Qi inherits the throne, it will not be a good thing for the Cai family, if Liu Biao can make an edict and set Liu Cong as the son, they will still have a chance to regain the right from Liu Qi.

"Hmm." Cai nodded, looked at the two of them and said, "You two quickly go to gather troops and horses, ready to do it at any time." ”

Although they were robbed of their military power, the Cai family and the Zhang family have been in business for so many years, so they naturally have their own private soldiers.

"Whoa!" When the two heard this, they immediately bowed down to receive the order and said goodbye and left.

On the other side, Liu Bei was in Xiangyang's mansion, and Chen Gong smiled and said: "Although we have seized the military power today, the Cai family is deeply rooted here, and we must not want to admit defeat like this." ”

Liu Bei nodded, frowned, and said: "The Jiangdong Army is approaching in an instant, but at this time, there is no more than internal fighting, how to resist the enemy?" ”

"Don't worry, my lord and I have already discussed countermeasures with Kong Ming." Chen Gong said with a smile.

"Oh?" When Liu Bei heard this, his eyes lit up, and he looked at Chen Gong and said, "What is the plan of the public platform?" ”

"At this time, the Cai family has been isolated, although it is deep-rooted, but it is limited to Nanyang, the lord can persuade the eldest prince to transfer the Jiangling guard general Wen Ping Ji subordinate general back to Xiangyang to prepare for the enemy, and at the same time Yun Chang rushed to Jiangling to re-recruit soldiers and horses, so that Jiangling will fall into the control of the lord." Chen Gong said with a smile: "Jiangling is the key point between the north and south of Jingzhou, as long as you control this place, the lord will have a way out, and Xiangyang, there are enough defenders, Wen Ping is a general under the command of the King of Chu, he has always been loyal to the King of Chu, with him and Liu Pan leading the troops to fight Jiangdong, it is very suitable, plus Fancheng, Sun Ce wants to capture Xiangyang, it is difficult." ”

Liu Bei nodded silently when he heard this, and then frowned and said: "In this way, almost all the elites of Jingxiang are gathered in Xiangyang, if Sun Ce takes advantage of the situation to turn around and attack Jiangling, I am afraid it will be ......."

"That's why Yun Chang needs to go to guard Jiangling, you can transfer three thousand soldiers and horses from Fancheng to go south to Jiangling with Yun Chang, after entering Jiangling, you will immediately recruit soldiers and horses to prepare for war, Jiangling City is strong, food and grass are sufficient, as long as you give Yun Chang some time, don't say go out of the city to kill the enemy, but it is possible to stick to Jiangling."

And in this way, the strategic places of Xinye, Fancheng, and Jiangling are all in the hands of Liu Bei, and next, you can also use the battle as an excuse to ask for soldiers and horses.

After thinking for a while, Liu Bei decisively agreed, and immediately went to lobby, on the grounds that Xiangyang is now unstable, to persuade Liu Qi to transfer back the Wenpin Extreme Station stationed in Jiangling, and at the same time let Guan Yu be the Jiangling guard general, replacing Wenpin to guard Jiangling.

Liu Qi has always been close to Liu Bei, and now that Sun Ce's army is about to arrive in Fancheng, he really needs more soldiers and horses to fight against Sun Ce, so he agreed to Liu Bei's request at the moment.

Liu Bei asked Yan Xiang to follow Guan Yu to Jiangling to help Guan Yu manage Jiangling and carry out the conscription.

After another five days, after Wen Ping led the army to Xiangyang, Sun Ce had also led the army to Fancheng, because Guan Yu had been transferred, and now Fancheng was only garrisoned by Zhuge Liang, Xiahou Bo and others, Liu Bei specially asked Liu Hu to lead his troops to help and block the offensive of the Jiangdong army; At this time, an edict suddenly came out of the palace, ordering Liu Cong to temporarily replace the king of Chu and restore Cai He and Zhang Yun's military power.

"What can I do?" After Liu Qi received the edict, his face changed greatly, and he hurriedly invited Liu Bei and Liu Pan to discuss countermeasures.

Liu Biao issued an edict at this time, they had no way to disrespect, and even although Liu Pan and Wenpin temporarily supported Liu Qi, once Liu Biao gave the order, these people would probably still choose to obey the latter's edict between Liu Qi and Liu Biao.

Everyone looked at each other, the atmosphere was a little dull, Liu Pan had the intention of executing the king's edict, and Liu Bei looked at Chen Gong.

"The eldest son." Chen Gong stood up, saluted Liu Qi, and said solemnly: "Generals, I got the news that the King of Chu has actually died of illness a long time ago, and now this edict is actually a fake transmission of the Cai family!" ”

"Sir, don't talk about it!" Liu Pan suddenly turned his head and looked at Chen Gong with a calm gaze.

Chen Gong nodded affirmatively and said, "If the general doesn't believe it, you can ask Wang Wei." ”

"Father~" Liu Qi cried bitterly when he heard this, and looked at everyone: "If my father dies of illness, wouldn't the edict of the poisonous woman want to put me to death!?" ”

If Liu Biao is really dead, then Cai's fake edict at this time, I'm afraid he won't let Liu Qi go.

"If that's the case, I'll be the eldest son!" Liu Pan got up and said: "But if Mr. says nonsense, don't blame the end of the rude!" ”

"I'll go with you." Chen Gong smiled.

Liu Pan nodded, didn't say anything more, at that moment, everyone got up, mobilized a group of people and went to the Chu Palace.

"Gongtai, is this true?" Liu Bei was on the way, waiting for an opportunity to ask Chen Gong.

"It should be." Chen Gong nodded and said: "Cai Mao surrendered, Cai's position has been weakened, it is impossible for the King of Chu to let the second prince temporarily take the position of King Chu at this time, this edict must be Cai's fake royal edict, break in like this, if the King of Chu is not dead, we can naturally see the King of Chu, and ask the King of Chu to come forward to preside over the overall situation, if the King of Chu dies, we can take this opportunity to uproot the Cai family." ”

"What I said before ......" Liu Bei didn't know that Chen Gong was taking a risk.

Chen Gong said with a smile: "Even if the King of Chu is still there, it can be said that the Cai family is blinded, as long as the King of Chu comes forward to preside over the overall situation, he will naturally not be held accountable for this matter." ”

Liu Bei thought for a while and said, "Then since the Cai family has made this move, will they prevent us from coming to the door?" ”

"That's why we can get rid of Cai!" Chen Gong said with a smile: "Then Cai He and Zhang Yun have been secretly gathering the old private army for the past few days, and I have ordered my uncle and nephew to ask General Wenpin to come to help. ”

Liu Bei suddenly realized when he heard this, and now he is doing this to lead these two people to make a move.

The group rushed to the outside of the palace of the king of Chu, Wang Wei hurriedly stopped him, and shouted angrily: "Eldest prince, what does this mean? ”

"I want to see my father!" Liu Qi rarely showed a bit of courage, and said sharply: "Wang Wei, are you loyal to my father or to the Cai family?" Jingzhou is now in danger, why do you keep obstructing us from discussing with my father!? ”