When Liu Biao and the others were preparing to go south and flee to Jiangling, Yuan Shu also met Xiang Lang, the representative of the Jingzhou family who was now staying in Xiangyang City, in Xiangyang City.

The Jingzhou family is entrenched, aside from the bottomless abyss of Nanyang, the most powerful family in Jingzhou is the Cai, Kuai, Pang, and Huang families, especially after Liu Biao rode into Jingzhou, the four major families expressed their support for Liu Biao, under Liu Biao's feedback, their strength in Jingzhou is stronger, and the children of the family hold important positions in Jingzhou. But in addition to these four families, there are many families in Jingzhou, although their strength is not as good as the four major families, but they are not weak, such as the Xiang family where Xiang Lang is located.

Xiang Lang bowed when he saw Yuan Shu: "Xiang Lang has seen General Hou." The thoughtfulness of the etiquette made Yuan Shu unable to find any fault, and Yuan Yao, who followed Yuan Shu to see Xiang Lang, looked at Xiang Lang, who was about twenty-five or sixteen years old, raised his eyebrows, and secretly said in his heart that he was quite young.

When he heard Xiang Lang's name, Yuan Yao suddenly remembered Zhuge Liang's "Teacher Table" that he had recited in his later life, and Yuan Yao vaguely remembered that there was a sentence in it: "The general is favored, the sex is Shujun, and Xiaochang is military, and it is tried to be used in the past. "The Xiang pet in it seems to be from Jingzhou, but I don't know if it has anything to do with this Xiang Lang.

There were too many famous characters in the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty, so many that even if Yuan Yao had specifically understood this period because of his hobby, he couldn't remember everyone's names. And there are too many characters in this era who are buried in the dust of history and are less known.

"Juda doesn't have to be polite, sit!"

Yuan Shu sat down first, and Xiang Lang also sat down after getting Yuan Shu's consent, and as for Yuan Yao, he sat aside. The sitting of this era is not sitting on a chair or sitting cross-legged in later generations, but kneeling, which is very uncomfortable, although Yuan Yao has some refusal, but under the general trend, he is powerless to change these now, so he has to comply. And Yuan Yao had already brought out the chair, and when he was alone, Yuan Yao sat comfortably on the chair instead of kneeling. But now it is different, on such a formal occasion, Yuan Yao's behavior cannot be rude.

Xiang Lang looked at Yuan Shu opposite him, his eyes flickering slightly. Xiang Lang studied under "Mr. Shuijing" Sima Hui, and befriended Jingzhou Yingjie Pang Tong, Han Song and others, this time when Yuan Shubing came to Xiangyang, Xiang Lang also persuaded his brother to abandon Liu Biao and choose Yuan Shu.

For Xiang Lang, although Liu Biao is good, but Liu Biao already has Cai Mao, Kuai Yue, Kuai Liang and others, Liu Biao relies on the most people from these four families, for their Xiang family, although Liu Biao will not ignore it, but he can't pay attention to it, even if Xiang Lang thinks that his ability is no worse than Cai Mao, Kuai Yue and others, but if Xiang Lang is under Liu Biao, it will be difficult to get ahead.

When Yuan Shubing came to Xiangyang, Xiang Lang knew that his opportunity had come, compared to Liu Biao, who already had the support of the four major families in Jingzhou, Yuan Shu had few roots in Jingzhou, even if there were some protégés of the Yuan family in Runan, but compared with the Xiang family, a local family in Jingzhou, there was still a big gap. If Xiang Jia is put under Yuan Shu's command at this time, even if he can't get Yuan Shu's complete trust, it is better than being suppressed by the four major families in Jingzhou under Liu Biao.

If Yuan Shu wants to stabilize Xiangyang, it will lack the support of the local family in Jingzhou, and Xiang Lang also wants to use the Xiang family's support for Yuan Shu to win greater development, therefore, when Yuan Shu's soldiers came to Xiangyang, Xiang Lang was to persuade the head of the Xiang family, that is, Xiang Lang's brother, to communicate with Yuan Shu secretly, although when Yuan Shu attacked the city, Xiang Jia failed to help because of Liu Biao's warning, but after Yuan Shu attacked Xiangyang City, Xiang Jia was the first family to surrender to Yuan Shu on the bright side.

Yuan Shu is also from a family, and he also has his own guesses about Xiang Lang's thoughts, although he is not all in the middle, but he is not far from ten, and today's meeting with Xiang Lang is to determine this matter.

Xiang Lang has a heart, Yuan Shu is intentional, the two can be said to hit it off, this meeting is quite harmonious, and in the end, Xiang Lang in order to be able to take Yuan Shu, show that he is willing to be under Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shu also needs an example to show his attitude towards the major families in Jingzhou, and he will respond to Xiang Lang's request. So, when Xiang Lang left, he was transformed into a professional under Yuan Shu.

When Xiang Lang left, Yuan Yao had some doubts in his eyes, to be honest, he couldn't understand the conversation between Yuan Shu and Xiang Lang today, and the whole process gave Yuan Yao the feeling that Yuan Shu and Xiang Lang had rehearsed in advance, and there was no argument or negotiation at all, which smoothly made Yuan Yao feel a little unreal.

Yuan Shu glanced at Yuan Yao, and knew what Yuan Yao was thinking, after Xiang Lang left, Yuan Shu called Yuan Yao to his side and asked, "Yao'er, but you don't understand?" ”

Yuan Yao nodded and said: "Father, although this Xiang family is not as good as the four major families of Cai, Kuai, Pang and Huang in Jingzhou, it is also second only to these four families, and Liu Biao is not bad to them, but they actually took refuge in their father so easily, will there be fraud among them?" ”

Yuan Shu chuckled lightly and said, "Yao'er, you think too much." ”

Yuan Yao's face was puzzled, and he asked, "Please teach my father." ”

Yuan Shu said: "Although Liu Biao is good to the Xiang family, but he still trusts Cai, Kuai, Pang, and Huang four families, although Liu Biao of the Xiang family also uses it, but it is not as important as Cai, Kuai, Pang, and Huang four families, from this Xiang Lang point of view, he is also an ambitious person, unwilling to let the Xiang family has been under the Cai, Kuai, Pang, and Huang four families, but Liu Biao here he can't find a way out, so he chose us. ”

Yuan Yao understood a little, and then said, "Father, can this Xiang Lang be used?" ”

Yuan Shu said: "Why not, from the moment he saw his father, he was destined to only stand on his father's side, and there was already a crack between him and Liu Biao, even if Xiang Lang and Xiang Jia returned to Liu Biao again, their lives were definitely not as good as before, so he Xiang Lang or Xiang Jia could only stand on our side, we took Jingzhou, naturally the benefits of their Xiang family are indispensable, but if we lose and withdraw from Jingzhou, they can only withdraw with us." For them, it's a gamble, and if they win, they're famous, but if they lose, they're a loser. ”