Liu Biao has always felt that if he was not a relative of the Han family, it is estimated that Guo Peng would not save face for himself, but would directly fight and fight with himself.

This big and small is also an excuse for grudges, Liu Biao is weak-hearted, and he is busy looking for someone to discuss countermeasures, in case Guo Peng's next target is Jingzhou, what should he do.

"Ming Gong's worries are not unreasonable, Guo Zifeng has no relationship with us, there is no friendship, if you want to talk about grudges, you can also say it, but I think that Guo Zifeng will not rashly use troops against Jingzhou."

Kuai Yue helped Liu Biao analyze it, and said: "Even if Guo Zifeng can eliminate Yuan Shu, it will take time to rectify Yuzhou and Yangzhou, if Guo Zifeng does not plan to enter Jiangnan, it is better to say, if Guo Zifeng plans to cross the Yangtze River to attack Jiangdong, then it will take longer."

If he doesn't plan to enter Jiangdong and stop at Jiangbei, then the next move must be Xuzhou, or Guanzhong, and definitely not Jingzhou, Guo Zifeng wants to enter Jingzhou, he needs to run Runan, but there are many thieves and yellow scarves everywhere in Runan, Guo Zifeng can sort out the situation in Runan so quickly? ”

Kuai Yue's words were very reasonable, which made Liu Biao a little relieved, but then Cai Mao raised some worries.

"Nanyang is the gateway to the north of Jingzhou, in order to maintain contact with Hongnong, Nanyang is the only way, if Guo Zifeng wants to go south to Jingzhou, he must also master Nanyang, if Ming Gong is worried, he may as well increase his troops to control Nanyang."

Liu Biao felt a little strange that Cai's family, who had always opposed Liu Biao's external expansion of power, suddenly put forward such a point of view, and it was even more strange when he looked at it again.

After thinking about it for a while, Liu Biao knew what the two were thinking now.

It's nothing more than that I tasted the sweetness from the trade with Hongnong and knew the benefits of trade, so I hope that this situation can be maintained and I don't lose this trade route easily.

But don't talk about them, Liu Biao himself also sent people to Hongnong to make money and benefits, and he didn't want to lose Nanyang, a transportation hub.

If Guo Peng has thoughts about Jingzhou, he will definitely take Nanyang, control Nanyang in his hands, and deter Jingzhou from north to south.

Therefore, Cai Mao suggested that Liu Biao increase troops to protect Nanyang.

Prior to this, Liu Biao had not sent enough troops to defend Nanyang, and now that it was proposed, Liu Biao felt that this was a good opportunity.

"In this case, then it is better to increase troops to Nanyang, so the candidate for Nanyang Taishou ......"

As soon as Liu Biao's words came out, Cai Mao knew what Liu Biao meant.

"Ming Gong, Zhang Yun has literary talent and martial arts, and he can be a Taishou duty, and he is willing to do it for Ming Gong."

Cai Mao did not avoid his relatives, and directly recommended Zhang Yun to serve as the Taishou of Nanyang, commanding the soldiers and horses against Guo Peng.

Liu Biao thought about it for a while and felt that this candidate was not impossible.

Zhang Yun is a native of Jingzhou, but Zhang Yun himself is also Liu Biao's nephew.

In order to get along with the people of Jingzhou, Liu Biao localized his regime, so he adopted the method of marriage, married his sisters to the Zhang family, and married the Cai daughter as a stepfamily.

Zhang Yun can be said to be both a local and a relative to Liu Biao, which can be regarded as a buffer between Liu Biao and the wealthy families in Jingzhou, and has always gotten along well with the Cai family and the Kuai family.

This candidate, Liu Biao can accept it, and Jingzhou people can also accept it, which can be regarded as a two-pronged move.

So Liu Biao has no objection.

Then Liu Biao looked at Kuai Yue and Kuai Liang, wanting to ask their opinions.

The two are not opposed.

Kuai Yue also praised Zhang Yun for being talented enough to take on the position of Taishou.

Liu Biao immediately figured out that the two groups of people under his command had already ventilated in advance.

With Liu Biao's position as Jingzhou Mu, he can appoint officials within Jingzhou on his own, so as long as Liu Biao agrees, this matter is reasonable and legal.

Liu Biao thought about it for a while, although he wanted to appoint his subordinate Liu Pan as the head of Nanyang Taishou, but Zhang Yun was not a candidate.

After all, he is a candidate acceptable to Liu Biao himself and the people of Jingzhou, and it is acceptable for everyone to come to guard Nanyang and grasp the transportation hub.

As for talent......

This is not the most important thing, anyway, Liu Biao didn't expect Zhang Yun to be able to do anything big, and it was okay to keep the achievements.

So Liu Biao appointed Zhang Yun as the Taishou of Nanyang, and garrisoned 10,000 troops in Nanyang County to defend Guo Peng, and considering that Zhang Yun was alone, he mobilized his subordinate Zhonglang General and Huang Zhong, a native of Nanyang, to be Zhang Yun's subordinate and lead the army for Zhang Yun.

Huang Zhong was appointed as the Zhonglang general after the first to take refuge in Liu Biao, followed Liu Pan to guard in Changsha, dealt with the barbarians in Changsha, made several meritorious contributions, and had a great reputation, this time he guarded Nanyang, as a local, Huang Zhong was a good candidate.

Then, by the way, Liu Biao appointed Gan Ning, a native of Yizhou who had been left in Nanyang for a long time and had not paid attention to him, as a lieutenant, and listened to it under Zhang Yun, which could be regarded as giving him an explanation.

Liu Biao can only do this.

For the people of Jingzhou, the existence of Nanyang County is very important, it is the gateway to the north, it is the barrier of Liu Biao's Xiangyang base camp, and only by mastering Nanyang can it be said that Jingzhou is safe, once Nanyang is not safe, Jingzhou is not safe.

Zhang Yun was appointed Nanyang Taishou, very happy, full of ambition to take office, before taking office, he was called to him by Cai Mao, and he was taught in person.

"Do you know what you will do when you go to Nanyang Taishou this time?"

"Of course I know, I have to strictly guard Nanyang, I can't give Guo Zifeng a chance to go south, and I will defend the gate of Jingbei to the death."

Zhang Yun took it for granted.

"Not these! Do you think your 10,000 soldiers and horses are Guo Zifeng's opponents? Yuan Highway 100,000 people are not Guo Zifeng's opponents, do you think you are stronger than Yuan Highway? ”

Cai Mao scolded angrily, scolding Zhang Yun a little stunned.

"Huh?"

"I recommend you to be Nanyang Taishou not to let you go against Guo Zifeng, but to let you get in touch with the people on Guo Zifeng's side, socialize, pull relationships, and explore the wind."

Cai Mao shook his head and said, "Guo Zifeng has a large number of troops and is powerful, can Jingzhou be his opponent?" If Guo Zifeng really makes up his mind to go south, not only can we not stop him, but we also have to help him, so that we can keep us safe!" ”

Cai Zhong looked surprised.

"We're not...... Rebelling against Liu Yuanjun? ”

"The world is the world of the Han Dynasty, not the world of him Liu Jingsheng, Jingzhou is the Jingzhou of Jingzhou people, not Liu Jingsheng's Jingzhou!"

Cai Mao frowned: "You have to pay attention, Liu Jingsheng and Guo Zifeng have a grudge, if we stand with Liu Jingsheng, it is purely looking for unhappiness, Guo Zifeng occupies Hebei and the Central Plains all the way, and destroys countless families, how can we ignore the safety of our family?" ”

"So you mean that you want me to secretly contact Guo Zifeng, get in touch, and leave a way back for me?"

Zhang Yun frowned and asked.

"Oh, yes!"

Cai Mao nodded: "You have a long way to go, and you must not be noticed by Liu Jingsheng." ”

"I see."

Zhang Yun nodded, thought about it for a while, and felt that what Cai Mao said made sense, but he felt that it was not good to do so: "After all, the envoy is my mother-in-law's relatives and your sister's husband, isn't it bad for us to do this?" ”

"No, it's better to do that."

Cai Mao shook his head: "Guo Zifeng's power is so strong, no one in the world is his opponent, he is about to occupy the entire Central Plains and Hebei, one person holds half of the world, there are countless elite soldiers, how can a Jingzhou be his opponent?"

Only by cooperating with him and obeying his orders can we keep our families and people, compared to a Liu Jingsheng? What's more, if you go against Guo Zifeng, it is the way to die, and if you cooperate with him, you may be able to save Liu Jingsheng's life, don't you think so? ”