Zhang Xiu withdrew his troops, temporarily stationed at the border of Qiancheng, and ordered his general Hu Che'er to requisition the countryside and accumulate grain and grass.

Since the war in Nanyang County, the people outside the city are still overwhelmed, and many have fled. Many people fled south, to Xiangyang or further south to Gangneung.

Although Jingzhou is considered a rich land, only the three counties of Jingbei are recognized. The four counties of Jingnan are regarded as barbarian lands because of the many barbarian mountains, and people who have lived in the Central Plains for a long time are not very willing to go further south, unless the three counties of Jingbei are not safe.

In this way, it has also contributed to the prosperity of South County. Nanjun governs Jiangling, and it is also an important place for Liu Biao to be endowed with wealth in Jingzhou.

Since being appointed by Dong Zhuo, Liu Biao came to Xiangyang with a gun, and in just a few months, he was recognized by the Jingzhou Shi clan, with the Kuai family, the Cai family, and the Huang family as the leaders of the Shi clan fully supporting Liu Biao, so that Liu Biao sat in the position of Jingzhou Mu.

Liu Biao sat firmly in the position of Jingzhou Mu, and began to not want to forge ahead, and just wanted to stay in his own one-third of an acre.

If in the strong period of the Han Dynasty, it would not be difficult for Liu Biao to become a generation of famous ministers, but now that the Han Dynasty is about to fall, Liu Biao will become a dog guarding the household.

However, none of the people who can leave a name in history is a wine bag and rice bag, Liu Biao knows his ability, so he only thinks about protecting his own territory, and he doesn't want to fight for anything.

So he used Cai Mao to guard Jiangling, Huang Zu to guard Jiangxia, and only Nanyang in the north had no one to help him guard.

Jiangling resisted the possible attack of Zhang Xian, who was at odds with Liu Biao, and Jiangxia blocked the attack of the Sun family in Jiangdong, and they are all safe and sound at present.

Nanyang County in the north was often attacked because it was the land of four wars, the chaotic Luoyang in the north, the even more chaotic Guanzhong in the west, and Xuchang in the east adjacent to Cao Cao's placement of the Han Emperor.

No, Zhang Ji will bring people to attack now. Fortunately, in just a few days, there was good news, Zhang Ji died in battle, and his subordinates were taken over by Zhang Xiu.

After Liu Biao received the military report, his mind began to live. He summoned his henchman Kuai Liang and asked, "Zirou (Kuai Liang's character), this Zhang Ji died in battle, can I get any benefits from it?" ”

Kuai Liang is from the Nanjun Wang family, and now he is the head of the Kuai family. It can be said that in the land of Nanjun, he is more effective than Liu Biao, and Liu Biao can sit firmly in Xiangyang, which is all his credit.

But Kuai Liang did not pamper himself, but worked hard to give advice to Liu Biao. He arched his hand and said: "Zhang Ji and his subordinate (nephew) Zhang Xiu are all Xiliang generals. Now that Zhang Ji is dead, Zhang Xiu has taken over, and he may be able to use it for his own use. ”

Liu Biao's eyes lit up and asked, "What can I do to make Zhang Xiu obedient?" ”

Kuai Liang has a great strategy, he said: "Yongliang land, living with Qianghu for a long time, for people to see more benefits and forget righteousness. Although Zhang Ji had a mind, he was killed by a stray arrow, which was different from Sun Jian. ”

Zhang Ji is not the only famous general who died under the arrows of Jingzhou, there is also a very remarkable figure, that is, Sun Jian.

Sun Jian is the number one thug under Yuan Shu, he is very capable of fighting, just when he attacked Dong, he defeated Dong Zhuo's famous generals Hu Zhen, Lu Bu and others, and killed the general Huaxiong. The reason why Dong Zhuo wanted to move the capital was mostly because of Sun Jian, if there was no Sun Jian, Dong Zhuo would never give up Luoyang, which had the Eight Passes Barrier.

Later, Sun Jian was instructed by Yuan Shu to attack Jingzhou, and Huang Zu was ordered by Liu Biao to resist, and after escaping, he met Sun Jian, who was chasing, and then Sun Jian was shot to death.

Since the Sun family has always hated Liu Biao and Huang Zu, now that the Sun family has a foothold in Jiangdong, they always want to take Huang Zu to the knife, if it weren't for the strong Jingzhou Water Army, they really couldn't resist the attack of the little overlord!

It's okay not to mention this, but I'm really afraid that Zhang Xiu will be like Sun Ce, looking for him desperately. "How can you ensure that Zhang Xiu will not be like Sun Ce?"

Kuai Liang said: "This matter is easy! So that Jun Ke temporarily borrowed Wancheng from Zhang Xiu, and controlled Zhang Xiu's grain and grass, so that it could not be bigger, so that it could resist Cao Cao. ”

When it came to Cao Cao, Liu Biao was also bored. He and Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and others already knew each other, and the relationship was not bad, and they also reached an alliance of interests to deal with Yuan Shu together.

But after driving away Yuan Shu, it is true that Liu Biao took back Nanyang County, but Yuan Shu's entire Yuzhou Prefecture was included in Cao Cao's palm, so Liu Biao's heart was extremely unbalanced. He even sent troops to plunder Yuzhou, capture counties, and plunder the population, thus clashing with Cao Cao's men.

But where are his opponents under Cao Cao, Cao Cao's arrogant soldiers and fierce generals can be regarded as experienced in a hundred battles, Liu Biao's subordinates are either recruits or uncles, he can't even beat Yuan Shu, how can he beat Cao Cao?

Because of the conflict with Cao Cao, Liu Biao was always on guard against Cao Cao. He is not only against Cao Cao, he is against the princes around him, and he is also guarding against Liu Zhang in the west, and in recent years, Yizhou soldiers have attacked Jingzhou.

Therefore, when Liu Biao heard Kuai Liang's words, he immediately thought it was true, "How sure is this matter?" ”

Kuai Liang smiled gently: "It can make a person who can speak well, this matter will be done!" ”

Liu Biao nodded, thought about it, and thought that there was really no one to send out, so he said, "Convene a meeting!" ”

"No!"

The hall meeting was held, Liu Biao looked at the talents below, and couldn't help but smile with satisfaction, after he arrived in Jingzhou, Corporal Lixian finally had some effect.

"Gentlemen, Fang Jinzhang Jixin died, his family was helpless, I want his son to live in Wancheng temporarily." Liu Biao raised his glass and said.

"Envoy, Zhang Ji is an enemy rather than a friend, why not take the opportunity to eliminate him?" Zhizhong Deng Xi stood up and asked at this time.

Liu Biao glanced at Deng Xi, the two had discordant political views, and Deng Xi just routinely stood up against it. However, Liu Biao was secretly happy about this, "Although Zhang Ji attacked the city, after all, it was the hussar general appointed by the imperial court. His unfortunate death, I can't bear to have no support, so I want Zhang Xiu to live in Wancheng temporarily! ”

"Make the king benevolent and righteous!" Pang Ji said: "Ji Yuan is a lobbyist, go to Zhang Xiu's camp, and express goodwill on behalf of the envoy!" ”

Liu Biao looked at Pang Ji with satisfaction, thinking in his heart: It is still the old subordinate who knows his mind. So he nodded and said to Pang Ji: "Then Pang Jun will work hard!" ”

"I am willing to serve the envoy!"

Pang Ji is a member of the Pang family of the scholar clan, and when Liu Biao first arrived in Jingzhou, he came under Liu Biao. When Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng were pacified, it was he and Kuai Yue who entered Xiangyang City and surrendered the two thieves. Therefore, this time Pang Ji came out, and Liu Biao was very relieved.

In this way, Pang Ji left Xiangyang the next day and came to Zhang Xiu's camp alone to identify himself.

Zhang Xiu was consulting with Jia Xu about how to deal with what to do next, when he heard a report from the soldiers: "Report to the general, Xiangyang Pang Ji asks to see!" ”

"Ponji? Who are they? "Zhang Xiu has never heard of the name Pang Ji at all!

"Since it is from Xiangyang, it must be Liu Biao's lobbyist, but it doesn't hurt the general to see it!"