Emotivity is a virtue. But since ancient times, the vast majority of people have not been able to do this. Qi family rules the country and the world, these seven simple words explain which one is the highest priority in people's minds.

Kuai Yue, a pure family interest supreme, any decision he makes revolves around the core of family interests. The pursuit of profit maximization is his criterion, thinking that Liu Biao entered Jingxiang alone, Kuai Yue and his brother Kuai Liang expressed their support for the first time, and ran up and down for Liu Biao to sit firmly in the position of state pastor, so as to win a rich return for the Kuai family. But when Liu Biao was critically ill and could no longer help the Kuai family, the Kuai family immediately began to send people to contact the imperial court, all they did was to ensure that the interests of the Kuai family would not be damaged.

Kuai Yue and Kuai Liang's generation may be the Yu Meng who has exhausted their ancestors, and the next generation of Kuai family disciples led by Kuai Qi have somewhat mediocre qualifications, even if Kuai Qi serves as the county guard of Xicheng, it is only because the imperial court has contributed a lot to the stability of Jingzhou in the Kuai family, and it has nothing to do with Kuai Qi's own talents.

And what's even worse is that the ability is not big, but the heart is not small. Kuaiqi does not have the long-term vision of her father, and only sees the immediate gains and losses. Kuai Yue could willingly hand over a large amount of private farmland in exchange for the trust of the imperial court, thus paving the way for the next generation of disciples of the Kuai family to emerge in advance, but Kuai Qi only saw the fact that his own arable land was less.

paid a huge price but only got a small Xicheng county guard, which made Kuai Qi, who had no self-knowledge, extremely unbalanced in his heart, and quite dissatisfied with the injustice of the imperial court, but the people around him were a little grateful to the imperial court, and Kuai Qi couldn't find a partner even if he wanted to talk to someone. And the accumulation of this dissatisfaction also led to Kuaiqi's final recklessness.

Flies don't bite eggs! In that invisible war, the fine work from Jingnan discovered Kuaiqi as an object that could be used. The ancients were not stupid at all, and they often treated the ancients as fools and were often played to death in the end without knowing how they died. Not to mention far away, just the eight array diagram left by Zhuge Liang, how many people dare to pat their chests and say that they understand?

The eyes and ears of the imperial court are now all over the world, and it is not Liu Xie's credit, he just put forward a concept, just like a naughty boy's joke can sometimes make a kung fu master have an epiphany. What really made the eyes and ears of the imperial court all over the world were Jia Xu, Li Ru, and Fa Yan, who were good at strategy and knew human nature.

But people are always good at learning, no one will always remember what to eat or not, while the eyes and ears of the imperial court continue to infiltrate Jiangdong, Hebei, and Jingnan, the infiltrated forces are also constantly launching counter-infiltration to the imperial court. You have me, I have you, this is the current state of the distribution of the world, although the imperial court is still the majority, but Hebei, Jiangdong, and Jingnan are still resisting.

Due to the weakness, Jing Nan has few counterattacks, but every time he makes a move, he will definitely gain something. This time it's Kuaiqi, and who will be next time will only be known then.

In the face of family interests, especially in front of the supremacy of family interests, family affection can be abandoned. Don't look at Kuai Qi as Kuai Yue's nephew, but when faced with a choice, Kuai Yue did not hesitate to abandon Kuai Qi, thinking about how to get rid of the relationship with Kuai Qi and ensure that the interests of the Kuai family would not be seriously affected.

Kuaiyue's choice was not wrong. Only by ensuring the safety of the Kuai family can we provide shelter for the losing Kuai Qi in the future, once the Kuai family collapses, even if Kuai Qi can survive this time, it will be worse than death in the future. But Kuai Qi is not something that the Kuai family can give up if they want to, and the crux of the problem is that it is difficult for the Kuai family to dissociate itself from Kuai Qi, who has been designated as the next head of the Kuai family. If you want to clear it up, it is not a matter of one sentence, but whether the court agrees with it or not.

"What kind of price does the Kuai family need to pay to make the imperial court let the Kuai family go?" This question began to plague Kuaiyue. But before Kuai Yue could come up with an answer, Xu Shu's letter was delivered to Kuai Yue's hands. Hearing the news that Kuai Qi assisted Jingnan Liu Beijun and wanted to open the city gate by mistake and was captured, the cold sweat on Kuai Yue's forehead suddenly broke out.

Kuai Yue still has illusions that if Kuai Qi can successfully help Liu Bei obtain Jiangling, and then he will announce that he will draw a line with Kuai Qi and stand on the side of the court, then the good reputation of morality will fall on his head, and the court will not find a good excuse to attack the Kuai family even if he wants to use Kuai Qi's matter to make trouble, but he needs to treat the Kuai family well.

But Kuaiqi really can't support the wall with mud, which makes people disappointed. He failed, and in this way he undoubtedly pushed the Kuai family to the edge of the cliff again.

"Come on, go and invite Master Pang to come." Kuai Yue pondered for a moment, and made a decision in his heart.

The Pang master Bo in Kuai Yue's mouth is not Pang Tong, but Pang Tong's younger brother Pang Lin. Pang Tong is now following Zhang Liao and others to clean up the people on the grassland, and in order to fulfill his original promise to the people of Jingzhou, Pang Lin was appointed as the lord of Kuai Yue as a native of Jingzhou.

Regarding Liu Xie's behavior of "mixing sand", Kuai Yue did not complain, but adopted a tacit attitude. And Pang Lin is indeed competent, and after taking office, he wholeheartedly assisted Kuai Yue, which made Kuai Yue feel more than once that there are successors to the Pang family. At this time, Xu Shu sent a handwritten letter, which was far from being as simple as notifying the Kuai Yue family on the surface except for a collaborator Kuai Qi, the experienced Kuai Yue knew that this was Xu Shu testing his attitude, and once he mishandled it, the collapse of the Kuai family would come. In order to show his innocence, Kuai Yue had no choice but to delegate power, and the best person to transfer the power in his hands was Pang Lin, who served as the master next to him.

Pang Lin's brother is Pang Tong, and Pang Tong is the hardcore confidant of Liu Xie, who is today's son, and is deeply trusted. Let Pang Lin temporarily take the post of Xiangyang County, which also shows the attitude of the Kuai family to be loyal to the imperial court. As for Kuaiqi's life and death, let it be fate, the disaster is your own, and of course you have to carry the pot yourself.

Pang Lin didn't understand why Kuai Yue, who had a ruddy face, told him that he was sick and needed to recuperate, and intended to let him temporarily take the post of Xiangyang County Guard, but when he saw Xu Shu's handwritten letter to Kuai Yue, he suddenly understood. But he couldn't say anything else at this time, so he could only say some scenes to persuade Kuai Yue not to worry, and the saint was aware of everything today. However, Pang Lin said that the scene was not ambiguous at all when he accepted the official seal representing the identity of Xiangyang County. The stakes are very high, and he can't be sloppy, and Kuai Yue's knowledge of current affairs also made Pang Lin not embarrassed him, except for sending troops to "protect", there was no other action.

At this time, the Kuai family is in a situation where there are many words and mistakes, and only by remaining silent and accepting the arrangement of the imperial court can they get rid of suspicion to the greatest extent. Kuai Yue, as the head of the Kuai family, knows very well what the Kuai family wants to do at this time and what to taboo, and with him in charge of the Kuai family, no one in the Kuai family dares to make a mistake.

Not long after Kuai Yue took the initiative to give up power to the second line to prove his innocence, Xu Shu, who was far away in Jiangling, received news from Pang Lin. Not only did Xu Shu receive the news, but Pang Lin also informed Lu Xun, Gan Ning, Tai Shici and Zhang Ren of the other important generals of the imperial court who were guarding Jingzhou and Yuzhou.

Since there is a traitor in Jingzhou, it is difficult to guarantee that no one in other places will betray the court because they can't withstand the temptation. And Pang Lin's reminder was actually a little late, not long after Wenpin's Jiangjin Water Village was attacked, the two water villages of Xiakou and Xunyang were also attacked by the Jiangdong Water Army.

The same way of fighting made the imperial navy suffer a big loss, and more than half of the warships in Xunyang and Xiakou were destroyed at once, so anxious that Lu Xun hurriedly dispatched Tai Shici, who was stationed in Wujiang Water Village, to lead his troops to support. Tai Shici was stationed in Wujiang Water Village in order to ensure that Shouchun was not harassed by Jiangdong soldiers and horses. But now that the navy is damaged, Tai Shici and Lu Xun can't care about Shouchun's safety. After all, Shouchun still has Zhang Renzai, a famous general in Sichuan, who is good at guarding, even if Jiangdong really sends troops to go ashore, he can't help Shouchun in a short time.

In order to ensure the superiority of the imperial navy on the water, Lu Xun and Zhang Ren decided to temporarily abandon the Wujiang Water Village after discussing with Zhang Ren.

However, Jiangdong Lu Meng and others obviously expected in advance that Lu Xun might attack Chaisang, not to mention the heavy troops under Chaisangbu, but also lightly took Wujiang Water Village to land, directly took Shouchun, and tried to enter the Central Plains.

At the same time, Jiangling also began to be fiercely attacked by Liu Beijun, and for a time the southern part of the Han Dynasty was full of smoke, but the joint efforts of Liu Bei and Sun Quan did not shake Liu Xie, who was waiting for the results of the battle of the grassland. Regarding the attacks on Jingzhou and Yuzhou, Liu Xie laughed.

Zhuge Liang is a cow, and Lu Meng is no longer Wuxia Ameng, but the opponent left by Liu Xie to them is also not easy to match. Don't look at the offensive of Jiangdong and Jingnan at this time, but until now, there has been no news of urgent help. In other words, Liu Xie's people who stayed in Jingzhou and Yuzhou were not panicked, they could still hold on, and they didn't need Liu Xie to worry about it.

Liu Xie's main target at the moment is still Yuan Xi, and Liu Bei and Sun Quan attacked Jingyu at this time, with a very clear purpose, in order to distract Liu Xie's attention and share the pressure for Yuan Xi. Since you know what the opponent's purpose is, as a hostile person, what you want to do is naturally to do everything the enemy wants to do, so that they can't succeed.

Liu Xie was not worried that there would be an uncontrollable situation in Jingzhou, long before he attacked the grassland people, Liu Xie had already discussed with Guo Jia, Pang Tong and other resourceful people the problems that would arise within the Han Dynasty after sending troops to the grassland. In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, situations like Yuan Xi, Sun Quan, and Liu Bei sending troops at the same time have long been deduced in advance by Liu Xie and others, so the situation at this time is still expected by Liu Xie.

Since you have been prepared, you will naturally not panic in your heart. But Liu Xie is not panicking, but it does not mean that Yuan Xi, as his opponent, is not panicking at this time. Long before Jiangdong and Jingnan made their moves, Yuan Xi received this good news, but what made him feel uneasy was Liu Xie's attitude at this time.

Jing and Yu were attacked by Sun Quan and Liu Bei with all their might, and the movement was so big, but Liu Xie didn't react at all, as if he didn't know about it at all, and only focused on Yuan Xi's body. This made Yuan Xi feel frightened, if something goes wrong, he will be a demon! And what gave Yuan Xi a headache was that in addition to Liu Xie's unclear attitude at this time, there was another thing that also gave Yuan Xi a headache.

There was a fire in his backyard. Yuan Xi even regretted a little that he shouldn't have invited Ban Dun to lead his troops to help in the war. Hundreds of thousands of Karasuma Iron Cavalry are indeed not to be underestimated, but Liu Xie's side is reluctant to respond to the battle, and the pressure of logistics is all piled up on Yuan Xi's body. These grassland barbarians, who don't know the etiquette, righteousness and shame of the Han people at all, have been like rats falling into a honeypot since they entered the Han people's flower world, causing trouble all day long, stealing chickens and touching dogs, destroying the atmosphere in various parts of Hebei, and making the people of Hebei have great dissatisfaction with Yuan Xi, the lord of Hebei.

As soon as Sun Ce and Zhou Yu led their troops to land in Hebei, a crowd immediately responded, and Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were also good at taking advantage of the people's dissatisfaction with the evil neighbor of the Karasuma people, playing the slogan of copying the old nest of the Karasuma people and avenging their relatives and friends, and gathered 50,000 or 60,000 outlaws to kill and go to Liaoxi.

And the Karasuma people didn't know where to know the news, and they were clamoring to withdraw the army for the past few days, but at this time, where could Yuan Xi let the Karasuma people leave. Once the Karasuma people left and returned to Liaoxi, Liu Xie on the opposite side didn't need to wait for the battle report from the grassland, and he could directly clean up Yuan Xi.

In order to keep the Karasuma people, Yuan Xi can only keep increasing his chips, and Bunton is not a good person. The previous respect for the Yuan family was just that the Yuan family was powerful, and Karasuma couldn't afford to provoke him. But now that the Yuan family is weak, he has torn off his usual disguise and began to ask Yuan Xi again and again.

At first, they were only asking for money and food, but now they are asking for land. Today, he opened his mouth to the lion and asked Yuan Xi to wait until the Yuan family passed this difficult time to cede Youzhou to Karasuma.

The idea of paying back the money on the spot under the guise of asking for a sky-high price, first put forward a condition that Yuan Xi would not accept, and then lowered the requirements little by little. Unexpectedly, Yuan Xi refused to ask for land from Badun, and there was no room for negotiation.

The meeting between the two ended in displeasure, and looking at the angry and hateful departure, Yuan Xi couldn't wait to stab the white-eyed wolf to death.

"My lord, don't be angry." Tian Feng comforted Yuan Xidao.

"Sir, I regret not listening to you in the first place." Yuan Xi, who was angry, said to Tian Feng with a look of regret. Tian Feng sighed when he heard this, but he didn't say anything to Yuan Xi at this time, but persuaded Yuan Xi: "My lord, the top priority is to end the confrontation with the imperial court as soon as possible, the longer it drags on, the more unfavorable the situation of our army." ”

"What Mr. said is reasonable, but the court refuses to fight, what can I do? And today I refused Badon's request, and I'm afraid he will find a reason to shirk the army later. ”

“…… My lord, if it is in my opinion, it is better to agree to Badun's request for the time being. ”

"What did you say, sir?" When Yuan Xi heard this, he couldn't help but suspect that he had heard it wrong.

"Lord, you heard it right, I just advised you to agree to the request of Youzhou for the time being." Tian Feng solemnly repeated.

"Why?" Yuan Xi asked puzzled.

"It's one thing to promise, it's another thing to keep it. Lord, don't think that Badun's heart at this time is as calm as he sees on the surface. Since Sun Ce and Zhou Yu said that they wanted to copy the Karasuma people's nest, they must not just talk. With the attitude of today's son towards foreigners, in addition to accepting naturalization, the only thing left is destruction. Think about the Qiang people who used to be in Liangzhou, and the Xianbei who dominated the grassland, what is the fate of going against today's son? There is no need to think much about what the future of the Karasuma people will be. Bunton is worried that there is no suitable excuse to retreat and go back to save his people, but we can't do without the help of the Karasuma people now, block Bunton's retreat with Youzhou, and let him be willing to die for us, this deal is very cost-effective. ”

"Then do you really want to cede Youzhou to Badun afterwards?"

"Huh...... Lord, to put it mildly, whether we can survive the current hurdle is a problem, and what to do in the long run? Even if we are lucky enough to win this time, Badun must be a big loss of strength, and maybe even if we are willing to give him Youzhou, he will not dare to ask for it. ”

Tian Feng's big truth made Yuan Xi's face ugly, but he also knew that Tian Feng had such a temper and loved to tell the truth. And he himself has little confidence in whether he can survive the current difficulty, so he didn't slap his swollen face and become fat.

"Lord, remember that promises can only be made verbally, not on paper." Tian Feng reminded Yuan Xi again. Yuan Xi knew in his heart when he heard this, this was the idea of repaying the debt afterwards.

The situation is pressing! Yuan Xi's personal visit did not surprise Bunton, although he did not get a written guarantee, but Yuan Xi's personal promise also made Bun Dun feel angry. In the past, he was afraid of the power of the Yuan family, so he had to pretend to be a grandson in front of the Yuan family, but now the situation is different, and he finally turned over as a serf and sang, and the sense of accomplishment is joyful.

After pacifying the Karasuma people, Yuan Xi was no longer willing to continue to work with Liu Xie, and even if he agreed with Badun to launch a strong attack on Liu Xie's army, even if Liu Xie's Han army camp hung up a war exemption card, Yuan Xi couldn't care about it at this time.

The attack of hundreds of thousands of Karasuma Iron Cavalry was indeed amazing, but the Han army was also not vegetarian. Long before the arrival of the Karasuma people, Liu Xie had already begun to order people to strengthen the camp and reserve a large amount of grain and grass at the same time. When the Karasuma people attacked, the tricks that had been prepared to entertain the Karasuma people were used.

The best way to deal with the cavalry is, of course, to ride against ride, but at the moment, Liu Xie sent most of the cavalry to the grassland to deal with the Qianren, and the soldiers and horses at hand were mainly foot soldiers. But don't underestimate the defensive ability of the foot soldiers, although the mobility is insufficient, but at the moment the Han army is mainly defensive, as long as they have enough defensive equipment, it is enough to cope with the onslaught of the Karasuma people.

The Karasuma people's usual combat methods lost their former role in the face of the Han army, which was bent on defense, and in order to break through the Han army's several lines of defense, the Karasuma people almost took their lives to make a path. But even at such a great price, the position of Liu Xie, the son of the Han Dynasty, is still far away from the Karasuma people.