February 26, 5th year of Jian'an, Xiangyang.

Liu Biao sat on the futon in his robe, with his favorite wine utensils in front of him, his eyes squinted as if listening to the report below.

Liu Biao's love for wine is well known to the world, perhaps because of the love of the house and Wu, Liu Biao prefers to collect wine utensils, as far as the collection of wine utensils in the late Eastern Han Dynasty is concerned, I am afraid that Liu Biao is the one who holds the bull's ear.

It has been many years since he rode into Jingzhou alone, and the current Liu Biao is no longer the high-spirited talent he was at the beginning, and his gray sideburns constantly hint at his age.

The world often says that Liu Biao is mediocre, and he is basically controlled by the Jingzhou clan under his rule. In fact, this is also the case, at least Liu Biao now looks like an old man who is in the waning mountains.

Liu Biao can be the lord of Jingzhou by means of marrying the Cai family, and it is precisely because of this that Liu Biao's rule will be influenced by the Cai family, Mrs. Cai and his son have become adults, and Cai Mao is an important general in Jingzhou, so sometimes Liu Biao would rather give up some rights and interests than do some overt and covert struggles with the Cai family.

"My lord, this is Shouchun's information."

Kuai Yue bowed down and explained Shouchun's situation to Liu Biao, but he couldn't wait for Liu Biao's reply for a long time, so he could only look up at the chief Liu Biao, and found that Liu Biao's eyes were still squinting and could only move his gaze to his eldest brother.

Kuai Liang shook his head, and Kuai Yue simply called out again.

"My lord..."

"My lord..."

"Huh...?" Liu Biao seemed to have just woken up from a dream, and after Kuai Yue's continuous calls, he could only be forced to open his eyes, look at the two people in the audience, and ask with sleepiness.

"Is there anything going on with Xenomorph?"

Kuai Yue was a little annoyed, but he didn't dare to express his emotions, so he could only repeat the matter head-on.

"That's right, Shouchun..."

In fact, Kuai Yue has made the Shouchun incident serious to a large extent, the purpose is to awaken Liu Biao's dignity as a relative of the emperor, who knows that Liu Biao listened to it very often, and even yawned one after another.

"Well... I already know Yuan Highway's thoughts... If it's okay, Zirou will go by herself..."

Unexpectedly, Kuai Yue had already set his eyes on Kuai Liang for help, and Kuai Liang also knew that things were at a critical juncture, so he could only stand up.

"Lord, this matter can't be so hasty." Kuai Liang bowed down and said respectfully: "After Yuan Shu executed Yan Xiang, his ambition to be the emperor has been fully revealed, and now that the young emperor is still here, how can the lord sit back and watch Yuan Shu and other thieves stealing the country?" ”

"What else do you think?" Hearing Kuailiang's showdown, Liu Biao seemed to put away his lazy clothes and asked seriously.

"The lord should call on the princes of the world to fight against Yuan Shu in the capacity of the royal family, and when the time comes, it will be a hundred responses, and the prestige of the lord will be unprecedented!"

"One call?" Liu Biao seemed to smile a little self-deprecatingly, "Zirou is thinking too simply, now the one who can have the strength to crusade against Yuan Highway is none other than Cao Mengde and Yuan Benchu, but now the two of them are preparing to fight to the death at the mouth of the Yellow River, and they don't pay attention to the trend of Yuan Shu becoming emperor, and don't tell me that they haven't received the news that Yuan Shu is going to be emperor!" ”

Kuai Yue raised his head, looked at the glimmer of light in Liu Biao's eyes, gritted his teeth and said: "Cao Yuan and the others ignore this matter because they want to concentrate on the war, if the lord calls on the world, I think these two people will definitely be forced by the situation to participate in this operation." ”

In fact, Kuai Liang's analysis is in place, and now the battle of Guandu has not started, and Cao Yuan and the others are only fighting hard. If Liu Biao was the leader, then Cao Cao and Yuan Shao would definitely join the war, not to mention that Cao Cao still had a young emperor in his hands, and he needed to maintain his advantage of holding the Son of Heaven to order the princes.

Liu Biao knows these things, and he understands them very well. As a member of the Han family, he is also obliged to do so, and it is true that as Kuai Liang said, his reputation will definitely rise, but as a leader, benefits and risks coexist.

What's more, he is already in his twilight years, not to mention that even if he wants to send troops, there is still a mountain-like obstacle.

"Okay, there is no need to persuade Xenodu and Zirou anymore, I have my own decision on this matter, step down."

"My lord..."

Kuai Yue was an anxious man and was ready to persuade again, but after looking at Liu Biao's unresistible eyes, he still left with hatred under the persuasion of his eldest brother.

After the two left, Liu Biao slowly supported himself with his right hand to get up, and the hall he walked out of seemed to want to give himself a relatively empty space.

Doesn't he want to send troops?

Doesn't he want to defend the interests of the Han family?

The answer, of course, is yes, but no.

In his opinion, his task is to hold Jingzhou, and now the Cai family will definitely not let him send troops.

The Cai family has been in Jingzhou for too long, and all they want is their rights and interests in Jingzhou.

This kind of right and interest cannot be broken because of one or two people, and this kind of right and interest is also a mountain that cannot be climbed for Liu Biao!

"The ancestors and the ancestors will go up again, and the descendants of Liu Biao will be ashamed of the ancestors!"

...

Liu Biao is troubled, and Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu in Wancheng are also troubled.

At this time, the two of them were sitting opposite each other in the room, and it seemed that they were still discussing how to deal with the question of Yuan Shu being crowned emperor.

"Zisheng, it is impossible for us to send troops." Jia Xu said slowly: "I think that your uncle was also a person of Taishi Dong, and Taishi's chaotic government is already a matter of anger and resentment, coupled with the coercion of the Son of Heaven by Zhiran and Ado, if we announce it to the world in the name of the Han family, I am afraid that we will become the laughing stock of the world." ”

Jia Xu is a person who has followed Dong Zhuo, whether it is Li Dao, Guo Yan or Zhang Xiu's uncle Zhang Ji when he is alive, he has to ask him, so for Zhang Xiu, he is more like an elder.

"Uncle Wen He, I understand all this." Zhang Xiu said: "It's just that this Yuan Shu is the emperor, Cao Mengde and Yuan Ben are trying to separate a northern overlord, and when the time comes, we will be caught in the middle and it will be unpleasant, where should we go in Wancheng?" ”

The two of them have long since transitioned from the question of whether to send troops to how to deal with things in the future, although Zhang Xiu is still martial but also has some foresight, he has not only asked Jia Xu once or twice about the way out in the future.

"It's still that word, wait!"

Jia Xu had already raised his eyebrows, and in the face of the young and vigorous Zhang Xiu, he could only say it bluntly, "Cao Mengde dared to Yuan Shao's decisive battle to rely on the gentleman's agreement with us, who will be the overlord of the north or two words, we have to wait for this result first."

If Yuan Shao can win, then it is easy to say, we only need to take refuge in Yuan Shao, if Cao Mengde wins, he will not be able to tolerate us, and our eyes will be on Shouchun..."

"Shouchun?" Zhang Xiu looked puzzled, "Didn't Uncle Wen He say that Yuan Highway called the emperor to kill himself, wouldn't we seek our own death by taking refuge?" ”

"It's not Yuan Highway, it's Yuan Mingcheng!" Jia Xu sighed and said, "Does Zisheng remember what happened when I went to Shouchun last year?" At that time, I thought it was Yuan Highway to receive it, but I didn't expect Yuan Shu to hand it over to his son Yuan Yao to deal with the matter.

I didn't want to show up, but Yuan Yao strongly invited me to a place! ”

Jia Xu seemed to be trying to recall the situation at that time, "It is simply the wine pond meat forest in Shouchun, and it is also the place where Yuan Yao gathered people's hearts. It can be seen that a large number of Shouchun's officials have already thrown themselves to Yuan Yao's side, and it stands to reason that there is no need for a son or an only son to play these tricks, unless he has some ulterior motives! ”

Zhang Xiu was taken aback, and quickly reacted, "Ulterior purpose? Uncle Wen He said that Yuan Yao wanted to..."

"It shouldn't be wrong, Yuan Yao's purpose is to use mutiny to prevent Yuan Shu from becoming emperor. From this point, it can be seen that Yuan Yao is a person with brains and opinions, if this person can be the master of Shouchun, he will definitely be a hundred times stronger than his father Yuan Shu!

What's more, I also noticed a person at that time, this person is Gao Zisi, who Zisheng often talks about, I don't need to talk about his deeds, with him assisting Yuan Yao, the probability of Yuan Yao's success is simply greatly increased. ”

"Remember Dian Wei? The Cao Cao general, who was stolen by Hu Che'er and stole the halberd, was defeated and won by Zi Sheng, that time he happened to lose his memory and was captured by Zhang Xun and sold to Gao Yun as a personal guard! ”

Speaking of this, Jia Xu had already forked his hand, looked at Zhang Xiu and continued to speak: "I don't think I need to say too much about the rest..."

Zhang Xiu digested Jia Xu's words in his head, so Jia Xu has given two plans, first of all, if Yuan Shao wins, then he will surrender to Yuan Shao, but if Cao Mengde wins, he will switch to Shouchun Yuan Yao, and this plan must be under the premise that Yuan Yao can reverse the situation in Shouchun.

Zhang Xiu rolled her eyelids, no matter what, it was simply a gamble.

"Zisheng, don't forget, haven't we been gambling all the way?"

Jia Xu seemed to see Zhang Xiu's thoughts, and he spit out a line of words without shock...