As soon as Zhang Yu approached Xiangyang, Liu Biao became nervous.

He was afraid that Zhang Yu and Cai Mao would cooperate with each other and subvert him.

At this time, Liu Biao did not have a powerful strategist who could give him ideas.

In the past, there were Kuai brothers who gave him ideas, but now one of the Kuai brothers is dead, and the other is leaving.

Liu Biao looked anxious.

Although Liu Biao was anxious, there was no good way, and he could only watch Zhang Yu's arrival.

Zhang Yu didn't go in when he arrived outside Xiangyang, but stopped a hundred miles away.

Zhang Yu naturally wanted to visit Pang Degong and Sima Hui first.

After staying at the residence of the two for five days, Zhang Yu chatted with Pang Degong and Sima Hui for most of the day, and talked about a lot of things.

Now Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong are both studying in Jiangdong Academy, these two bigwigs are not there, and Zhang Yu doesn't care.

Pang Degong and Sima Hui are both old, and there are not many students accepted, and now the two students with the best qualifications are in Jiangdong, as long as they are left.

But Sima Hui and Pang Degong have great prestige, and Zhang Yu is always right to have a good relationship with them.

Leaving from Sima Hui and Pang Degong, Zhang Yu planned to go to Xiangyang City.

At this time, Xiangyang City was already under martial law, and unlike in the past, this time Zhang Yu brought 100,000 soldiers and horses across the border.

100,000 soldiers and horses, although it is nothing for Jingzhou today, Jingzhou also has nearly a million soldiers and horses.

Nowadays, Jingzhou has a very large population and a developed economy, raising so many soldiers and horses.

But Liu Biao didn't have so many soldiers and horses in his hands, and more than half of the soldiers and horses were in Cai Mao's hands, if Zhang Yu cooperated with him, it was entirely possible to subvert him.

So Liu Biao was very nervous.

And Cai Mao mastered the navy, and also mastered part of the army, and more importantly, he also mastered some places.

Many counties, following Zhang Yu's strategy, have been secretly controlled by Cai Mao.

And Liu Biao didn't know that many of the counties below him had actually been controlled by Cai Mao, and if he knew, he would probably be even more panicked.

Zhang Yu set up camp dozens of miles away, he didn't want to get too close to Xiangyang, lest anything happen.

Soon, Zhang Yu received a letter from Cai Mao, and Cai Mao wanted to come to him in person.

This Zhang Yu didn't have anything to doubt, Cai Mao had a close relationship with him, so he didn't think much about it at all.

The next day, Cai Mao came and brought a large number of condolences.

"Congratulations to Master Zhang, now I am the only king of Bohai with a different surname in my Han Dynasty." Cai Mao said.

Speaking of the King of Bohai, now Zhang Yu has always used himself as the king, and he promotes his king name everywhere.

Zhang Yu did this in order to hit the prestige of the big man.

Liu Bang decided that he could not be crowned king with a different surname, and Zhang Yu is now crowned king, see who dares to trouble him.

No one dares to trouble him, even Liu Bang's words are useless, so what majesty does the current Han Emperor still have.

This king can also improve his compulsion and use his power to suppress others.

"Lord Cai, rejoice and rejoice."

The two were polite to each other, and then entered Zhang Yu's big tent.

"Lord Cai, it should be me who is going to visit you, how can I drive you for dozens of miles." After the two sat down, Zhang Yu said.

Cai Mao looked left and right, there were still many guards and others in the big tent, and he let his men out.

Zhang Yu immediately understood that Cai Mao had something to talk about, and let his subordinates go out, and there were only two of them in the big tent.

"Lord Cai, now it's just the two of us, just talk about something." Zhang Yu said.

Cai Mao was silent for a while before saying: "Now that the Han is in decline and Liu Biao is incompetent, should this Jingzhou change its owner?" ”

The words didn't understand, but Zhang Yu already knew that this Cai Mao was going to take the position.

Cai Mao ascended to the throne and became the lord of Jingzhou, which is not impossible.

Most of the military power is in the hands of Cai Mao, and if Cai Mao wants to take Jingzhou, it is not difficult for Zhang Yu to cooperate.

Zhang Yu pondered, whether it would be good for him for Cai Mao to win Jingzhou.

The benefits are naturally there, Cai Mao won Jingzhou, and the cooperation with Zhang Yu can naturally be expanded.

In addition, Liu Biao, as a relative of the Han family and a prince, if he is taken down, this will be another huge blow to the Han Dynasty.

This is a tangible benefit that Zhang Yu can see.

There are also disadvantages, this Cai Mao will soon lose control, and he will be on an equal footing with Zhang Yu, and he will not be as dependent on Zhang Yu as he is now.

In addition, if Cai Mao can't control Jingzhou well, Jingzhou will be in turmoil, and Zhang Yu will lose a place where financial resources and commodities are dumped.

There are pros and cons, it depends on how to choose.

Cai Mao has ambitions, and it has become a foregone conclusion that he will replace Liu Biao in the end.

"Lord Cai has the strength and ability, and you will manage Jingzhou, which is the blessing of Jingzhou." Zhang Yu expressed his attitude and supported Cai Mao's control of Jingzhou.

Cai Mao seemed to be relieved, if Zhang Yu didn't support it, he might do the same.

But Cai Mao didn't want to have any conflict with Zhang Yu, after all, the cooperation between the two was too pleasant.

The two make a lot of money, and they are thousands of miles apart, so there is no conflict.

Zhang Yu showed his attitude, and Cai Mao breathed a sigh of relief.

However, Zhang Yu continued: "But Lord Cai, this Liu Biao still has great prestige, if you want to take the position, I am afraid it is safer to take a few steps." ”

Cai Mao nodded expressionlessly, without saying anything, he was still not sure what Zhang Yu was thinking.

Zhang Yu continued: "The first step is to further elevate Cai Mao, Lord Cai must first gather a group of talents, enough to replace Liu Biao's people in a short period of time, so that he has no time to react." This second step is to support Liu Biao's son to ascend to the throne, and he must not directly seize Liu Biao's power, there must be a process, and Liu Biao still needs to live, and when Lord Cai actually controls Jingzhou for many years, whether to abolish Liu Biao's father and son depends on Lord Cai's mood. ”

After Zhang Yu finished speaking, Cai Mao became happy, so that Zhang Yu really really wanted to support him to take the position.

Even the steps and plans to solve it helped Cai Mao think of it.

Cai Mao originally wanted Zhang Yu to cooperate with him, and directly use strong means to solve Liu Biao by military means and control Jingzhou.

But Zhang Yu's plan is to slowly seize power.

Now Cai Mao also realizes that there are indeed not many talents in his hands.

The plan of slowly seizing power is acceptable.

Cai Mao only needs to envelop some more people, and then suddenly seize power and suddenly empty Liu Biao.

"Lord Cai, it is good for you to do this, it is convenient for you to control Jingzhou, and it is much better to control Jingzhou in three or five years than to use a knife soldier, after you go back, you will share a part of the benefits to other families, and it will be easy to do it when the time comes."

Cai Mao was persuaded and agreed to Zhang Yu's plan, and he waited for three or five years.

In fact, Zhang Yu supports Cai Mao's seizure of power, and he has a mind, and this process of seizing power is his own opportunity.

Zhang Yu wants to completely infiltrate Cai Mao, and unconsciously, Cai Mao is in the air Liu Biao, and Zhang Yu is in the air Cai Mao.

(End of chapter)