Liu Biao has governed Jingzhou for three years, with a strong foundation, and Liu Cong's inheritance of the foundation can be said to be a natural thing, Jiang Sheng's veto made everyone feel inexplicable.

The edict of the emperor was quickly sent to Jingzhou, and he never mentioned Liu Biao's matter, but praised Liu Bei's uncle for running the world and saving the people from fire and water.

In the edict, Liu Bei was worshiped as the pastor of Jingzhou, and Jiang Sheng was asked to give up Nanyang County, which originally belonged to Jingzhou.

This incident was not only unexpected by ordinary people in Jingzhou, but also by Liu Bei.

Only Zhuge Liang saw that this was Jiang Sheng's plan to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and the edict ordered Jiang Sheng to let Nanyang just be a pretense, which was just an excuse for Jiang Sheng to clear his suspicion.

Zhuge Liang told Liu Bei about his analysis, and Liu Bei said: "You and I both understand what's going on, but Liu Cong and they don't understand!" ”

Sure enough, Cai Mao soon ordered the Jingzhou army to enter a state of alert, and invited Liu Bei to Liu Biao's mansion again to speak.

This time Liu Bei said that he would not go, and Zhuge Liang decided to go on a trip in person to explain the truth.

Everyone advised Zhuge Liang not to risk his life, Zhuge Liang smiled: "The mountain people have their own clever plans, and the people in Jingzhou can't defeat me!" ”

Everyone saw that Zhuge Liang was confident, so they no longer dissuaded him.

Zhuge Liang took the boy to Xiangyang City, and the city gate guards saw Zhuge Liang, and when they saw him appear, they immediately took Zhuge Liang with a few soldiers and sent him to Cai Mao's mansion.

Mrs. Cai and Liu Cong were studying countermeasures in Cai Mao's mansion, and when they saw Zhuge Liang being tied up, Mrs. Cai scolded: "My husband is kind enough to accept Liu Bei, but I didn't expect it to be such a sweet-bellied person." ”

Zhuge Liang smiled "haha" and stopped reacting.

Cai Mao reprimanded: "Death is on the verge of death, you can still laugh!" ”

"I laugh at the fact that there is no smart person in Jingzhou, a catastrophe is coming, but you don't distinguish between friend and foe!"

Kuai Liang could still have some vision, so he said to Mrs. Cai: "Madam, Kong Ming will come to the city at this time, and he must have an inside story, let's listen to it." ”

The Cai family and the Jingzhou civil and military forces who gathered here all quieted down, and Kuai Liang loosened the tie for Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang talked eloquently, showing that Liu Bei did not covet Jingzhou, but only wanted a place to live, and Liu Bei also signed when he put it on the table, and it was impossible to go back on his word, this must be Jiang Sheng's trick.

He promised Jingzhou that Liu Bei would submit his resignation, and whether the court agreed or not, Liu Bei would serve Liu Cong as the master.

Zhuge Liang swore an oath, but Jingzhou was skeptical.

As the saying goes, three stinkers, one Zhuge Liang, not to mention that Jiang Sheng's team of advisers is also first-class talents.

Zhuge Liang saw that he was about to succeed, but at this time, a big event came out: Zhang Yun was killed, and half of the warships of the Jingzhou Navy were reduced to ashes overnight!

The evidence left at the scene is Jiang Sheng's!

The civil and military forces in Jingzhou were full of anger and condemned Jiang Sheng one after another, determined to fight Jiang Sheng to the death.

But when the intelligence returned, Jiang Sheng did not seem to have the intention of attacking Jingzhou at all, the navy was still in the eastern sea area of Xuzhou, and the army was busy building the "railway" and "highway" that Jiang Sheng said.

Moreover, Jiang Sheng had already ceded Nanyang County in accordance with the requirements of Emperor Xian's edict, and the troops deployed in Nanyang had been withdrawn in a mighty manner.

Looking at it like this, it will take at least two months for Jiang Sheng to complete the strategic deployment of Jingzhou, and at this time, killing Zhang Yun and burning the warship will almost recover in Jingzhou in two months, Jiang Sheng has no reason to do this, but Liu Bei is too suspicious.

At the beginning, Zhang Yun led the navy to pick up Liu Beijun from Lujiang, but Cai Mao asked Zhang Yun to send Liu Bei away, Zhang Yun forced Liu Bei to withdraw by force, although Liu Bei did not leave in the end, but there is a grudge is certain, on the other hand, Zhuge Liang has been saying that Liu Bei does not covet Jingzhou, but this happened the night after Zhuge Liang left, and Jingzhou couldn't help but suspect it.

After inspecting the scene, Kuai Liang found the unique signs and banners in Jiang Sheng's army, and he thought that with Jiang Sheng's caution, he would never leave so much evidence against Jiang Sheng, and it must be Liu Bei and his gang who planted the blame!

Jiang Sheng completely gave up Nanyang, which also made Jingzhou Wenwu no longer suspect Jiang Sheng.

Zhang Yun's henchmen and generals were even more angry, and gathered to the state governor's mansion to ask for war, and Huang Zhong was one of them.

Now Cai Mao has the final say in Jingzhou's military, but Huang Zhong, the city gate guard, is Zhang Yun's person, and at this time, the little festival between Cai Mao and Zhang Yun is not a big deal.

Cai Mao agreed to start a war against Liu Bei, Huang Zhong led 50,000 foot archers to fight, Liu Bei's side had no chance to explain again, so he ordered Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and other generals to lead the army to meet the enemy.

The two armies fought fiercely on the outskirts of Xiangyang, but Jiang Sheng sang and danced in the camp in the war preparation area, and Cao Cao said to Jiang Sheng: "The prince is so talented, Meng De is not unjustly defeated." ”

Jiang Sheng said: "Mengde, you are not defeated in talent, but in opportunity. ”

Cao Cao pondered Jiang Sheng's words, and somewhat understood.

Jiang Sheng said again: "I have already laid out the first step, what will you do if you are allowed to pass through Jingzhou in the next step?" ”

Cao Cao thought for a while and replied, "Of course, it's to help Liu Cong." ”

"Why?"

"Liu Bei is a fierce rival, plus Zhuge Liang, a top strategist, if he takes Jingzhou, the prince wants to unify the world, I'm afraid it will take more effort. And Liu Cong and his ilk are like ants, if he takes charge of Jingzhou, the prince can sit back and relax! ”

"Haha, so I said Meng De, you are not defeated in talent, just do what you think, and go back and bring me the specific plan for review!"

Cao Cao's analysis was no different from what Jiang Sheng thought, and Jiang Sheng simply gave Cao Cao a credit.

Jingzhou was in full swing, Huang Zhong's troops suffered heavy losses, although in the heads-up, Huang Zhong drew Guan Yu, but the defeat was like a mountain, Huang Zhong's army lost its armor and retreated in embarrassment.

Cai Mao personally led the naval army to reinforce, but did not reverse the rout, so he had to withdraw to Xiangyang City.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were in full swing and directly surrounded Xiangyang.

At the critical juncture when Liu Cong was difficult to support, Jiang Sheng published a battle document against Liu Bei, saying that the foundation of Jingzhou was founded by Liu Biao and should be inherited by Liu Cong, and it was Liu Bei who secretly operated and plotted to seize Jingzhou.

The emperor was deceived by Liu Bei, and issued such an edict, which really chilled the subjects of the world, and in order to comply with the will of the people, Jiang Sheng decided to send troops to aid Liu Cong.

A mixed field army of land and water, totaling more than 60,000 people, marched by land and water to copy Liu Bei's back road.

Jiangxia's Huang Zu also raised troops to respond, although he was Liu Qi's man, but Liu Qi died, and he was about to take this opportunity to show loyalty to Liu Cong, so he fought very bravely.

Liao Hua and Mi Fang led the army to resist, but they were defeated one after another, but there was no progress on the Xiangyang side.

Zhuge Liang saw Jiang Sheng's intentions and knew that Jingzhou could not stay for a long time, so he persuaded Liu Bei to quickly retreat west and attack Yizhou.

Liu Bei also saw the current situation, and after leaving Zhang Fei, he led the main army and the families of the soldiers to bypass Xiangyang City and go straight to Shangyong in the west.

The siege of Jingzhou was immediately resolved, Jiang Sheng praised Liu Cong as the pastor of Jingzhou, Liu Cong was very grateful, and sent an envoy to the labor army.