Xu You's trip to Jingzhou went smoothly at the beginning, he left Jiangdong smoothly, arrived in Jingzhou smoothly, and met Liu Biao even more smoothly, but after meeting Liu Biao, the next thing was not smooth.

Liu Biao's physical condition was not as good as before, and when Xu You saw it, he could hardly believe that the old man in front of him was actually the lord of Jingzhou. Jingzhou has a special geographical location, if Liu Biaoken sends troops, he can directly send troops from Wancheng to cut off a way back for the Han army, threaten the rear of the Han army, and even attack Huanglong and attack Chang'an. Xu You is more concerned about Jingzhou's co-optation than Jiangdong, and if Xuzhou is exchanged for Jingzhou's troops, Xu You is willing to do it.

But the problem is that Liu Biao is worried about sending troops. Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, and Jingzhou is far from being as harmonious as it is seen on the plane. Liu Bei is already too big to fall! At the beginning, Liu Biao asked Liu Bei to go to Jingnan, thinking that Jingnan was underpopulated and difficult to develop, but he didn't want Liu Bei to lead Wuxi Man down the mountain to enrich the population under his rule after receiving Zhuge Liang's help. Now Liu Bei has 100,000 soldiers, of which forty percent are barbarians. These barbarians are brave and good at fighting, and are more familiar with the terrain of mountains and forests, which is more difficult to deal with than ordinary Han soldiers.

Liu Biao is nominally the lord of Jingzhou, but in fact, Jingnan has become Liu Bei's territory. There is a Liu in Jingnan and Jingbei, but that Liu in Jingnan is not satisfied with being the master of Jingnan, and uses the children of the family who were born in Jingzhou under his command to constantly divide and win over the Jingzhou family, trying to annex Jingbei.

Lure the wolf into the house! It was only at this time that Liu Biao regretted that he had taken in Liu Bei with a soft heart, but now that the mistake has been made, it is useless to regret it. And Liu Biao no longer has the ambition of the past, compared to young princes like Liu Xie and Sun Ce, Liu Biao is too old, and he has no more years to live.

Liu Biao, who understands that his limit is approaching, no longer has any ambitions, and he now has only one wish, which is to seek a way back for his two sons. Don't seek to be rich and expensive, as long as you have three meals. But even with this wish, Liu Biao found it difficult to do it on his own. The youngest son Liu Cong said that after all, his mother's family is the Cai family of the wealthy family in Jingzhou, and as long as he is established as the son of King Jing, the Cai family will not be unfavorable to Liu Cong.

But the eldest son Liu Qi is not easy to do. This kid had a cowardly personality in his early years and was not liked by Liu Biao, but when Liu Qi met Liu Bei, after being bewitched by Liu Bei, the whole person became reckless and stubborn, although Liu Biao had strictly ordered Liu Qi not to associate with Liu Bei, but Liu Qi was still writing to Liu Bei in private.

If Liu Qi is appointed as the prince of the king, I am afraid it will be equivalent to giving up Jingbei to Liu Bei, and Liu Bei's heart is not as pure as Cai Mao, even if Liu Qi will not be moved for the time being, I am afraid that Liu Qi will suddenly die in the future.

It was too bad for Xu Yu to come, and at this time, Liu Biao was thinking about how to arrange a way back for his two unsuccessful sons, of which Chang'an was one. I heard that the original Yizhou Mu, Liu Zhang, the king of Shu, was not troubled by the Son of Heaven after arriving in Chang'an, in addition to taking back the throne and changing the title to An Lehou, Liu Zhang's family lived well in Chang'an, Liu Zhang's eldest son Liu Xun is now also studying in Taixue, and no one deliberately makes things difficult.

Liu Biao is not a stupid person, from what happened to Liu Zhang, he already knew how reluctant he was to crown him King Jing at the beginning, so Liu Biao didn't attach much importance to the throne. However, this is not to say that Liu Biao is willing to take the initiative to abdicate, anyway, he has no days to live, and when he dies, this kind of voluntary abdication will be handed over to one of the two sons to do.

Liu Biao didn't want to offend the current son at this time, but he didn't want to make people think that he was afraid of the court at this time. Fortunately, Cai Mao has Cai Mao's heart to the imperial court in Jingzhou, and if Liu Biao wants to refuse Xu You, he doesn't need to come forward in person, as long as Cai Mao is pushed forward.

Xu You's arrival only strengthened Liu Biao's determination to abolish Chang Liyou, the throne could not be kept, and it was left to the second son Liu Cong, which could also be used as a bargaining chip with the court in the future. Cai Mao has always had a secret connection with the imperial court, not only the Cai family, but also many families in Jingbei, who are more or less in love with the imperial court.

Liu Biao could even think of what would happen to Jingzhou once he died. It is precisely because of this thought that Liu Biao is even more reluctant to let his eldest son Liu Qi succeed to the throne. This kid has already asked Liu Bei to "brainwash", and he is bent on going against the court and keeping the throne of the Liu family, and once he becomes the king of Jing, then Liu Biao's vein will be cut off. Cai Mao will never put all the Cai family on the line for Liu Cong's son-in-law, in order to clear up the relationship with the Liu family, Cai Mao will even put Liu Cong in a beautiful gift box and then give it to the court for disposal.

Now that it has been decided to make the second son Liu Cong the prince of the king, Liu Biao's next thing to do is naturally to eradicate Liu Qi's wings. At present, Liu Qi is in Jiangxia, and the brothers Liu Pan and Liu Hu, who have the best relationship with him, are stationed in Wancheng. At the beginning, Liu Biao "exiled" Liu Bei to Jingnan, and the Liu Pan brothers took over Liu Bei's task and stationed in Wancheng. But now it seems that the Liu Pan brothers are no longer suitable to continue to stay in Wancheng.

Wancheng is adjacent to the imperial court, and once Liu Pan attacks the imperial court first, Liu Biao can't explain it even if he has a long mouth. After all the time, Liu Pan's brothers were separated, Liu Pan went to Jiangling, and Liu Hu went to Jiangxia to assist Liu Qi. As for Wancheng's guards, Liu Biao planned to hand them over to Zhang Yun, who had a close relationship with Cai Mao.

Zhang Yun is Cai Mao's loyal little brother, as long as Cai Mao says it, Zhang Yun will never object. Handing over Wancheng to Zhang Yun is actually equivalent to handing it over to Cai Mao. Liu Biao believes that Cai Mao will understand his intention of such an arrangement, as long as Cai Mao can be stabilized, the safety of his second son can be guaranteed. As for the eldest son, Liu Biao also did what he could, but Liu Qi didn't know if he would listen. Good words are hard to persuade damn ghosts, if Liu Qi refuses to listen, Liu Biao has no choice.

Xu You was in Jingzhou for many days, and during this time, he also visited many Jingzhou families, hoping to help him persuade Liu Biao to send troops together. But those Jingzhou families are all "short-sighted", and they welcomed Xu You's visit, but once Xu You mentioned helping, they found reasons to shirk the prevarication. Seeing that time passed day by day, but nothing was done, Xu You had to start thinking about returning to Jiangdong, after all, although Jiangdong Sun Ce opened his mouth, at least he offered a price, unlike Jingzhou, who didn't even give a chance to bargain.

Just when Xu You was about to leave Jingzhou for the second time to go to Jiangdong, Zhuge Liang came to visit. Xu Yu has inquired a lot about Jingzhou during this period of time, and knows that Zhuge Liang is a leader among the rising stars in Jingzhou. At the same time, he also knew that Zhuge Liang refused Liu Biao's solicitation, but went to Jingnan to vote for Liu Bei.

Xu You is no stranger to Liu Bei, when he was working for Yuan Shao in Hebei, Xu You had heard of Liu Bei. I thought that Liu Bei would disappear after being killed by Cao Cao, Lu Bu and Sun Ce, but I didn't want this Liu Bei's willpower to be so tenacious, and now he has become a prince all the way, relying on the four counties of Jingnan to fight against Liu Biao in Jingbei.

Xu You is also in a hurry to go to the doctor now, but anyone who is likely to oppose the court is the object that Xu You needs to woo. Liu Bei occupied Jingnan, although he could not go north to join forces with the Cao army, but he could go west to plot against the Han army's Bashu, so as to contain part of the main force of the Han army, which was also a benefit to the current Cao army.

Xu You, who didn't want to return empty-handed, agreed to Zhuge Liang's invitation and prepared to go to Jingnan to meet Liu Bei. Zhuge Liang came to Jingbei this time to visit his sister who married into the Kuai family, and now that it is over, he is also preparing to return to Jingnan. Xu You and Zhuge Liang returned to Jingnan together, and the two talked quite well along the way, and Xu You also had a terrifying feeling through the conversation with Zhuge Liang. However, while sighing, Xu You was also a little puzzled, and he didn't understand why a talent like Zhuge Liang was willing to serve Liu Bei. Judging from the current situation in the world, it is clear that Chang'an's son is more likely to complete the unification of the world today.

Xu You couldn't understand it, and he was embarrassed to ask Zhuge Liang himself, so he could only go to Jingnan with this question and meet Liu Bei. Liu Bei was very enthusiastic about Xu You's visit, and while Xu You was flattered, he was also secretly wary of Liu Bei in his heart. Xu You is not a young man, as an old sparrow who has been in the officialdom for decades, Xu You knows very well what it means to be courteous and courteous, either a traitor or a thief.

Through his interactions with Liu Bei, Xu You had an intuitive understanding of Liu Bei, although Liu Bei was full of benevolence and morality, but in fact he was a loyal and traitorous person. It can be seen from the fact that he always misses the first emperor but does not mention today, and he is afraid that he will be dissatisfied with today's son for a long time. Although Xu You didn't know what contradiction existed between Liu Bei and today's son, this was a reason he could use. Liu Bei's identity is a member of the Han family, if even he openly expresses his dissatisfaction with today's son, then the hearts of the people in this world will more or less deviate from the son of heaven.

Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Han has lost its deer, and the world has chased it. Today's Chang'an court, although it has the orthodox righteousness of the Han family, is actually a prince all the way in the crowd of heroes. The hearts of the people in this world have already been divided by the heroes, not everyone is popular, there are always people who hope to get ahead in this troubled world and change their own fate. And this Liu Bei is obviously one of these people

Liu Bei is a very ambitious person! It can be seen from the fact that he was reckless in Jingnan and did not hesitate to recruit barbarians as an army in order to increase his troops. Xu You doesn't look down on Liu Bei who will do anything to achieve his goals, but at the moment Liu Bei is indeed a target who can be wooed, Xu You can only hide his thoughts in his heart and discuss with Liu Bei about sending troops.

Speaking of which, Liu Bei and Cao Cao are still enemies, if it weren't for Cao Cao back then, Liu Bei would not have sent people under the fence and suffered the white eyes of others. But now Liu Bei is willing to join forces with Cao Cao to resist the imperial court regardless of his previous suspicions, this kind of deep understanding of righteousness moved Xu You and at the same time gave birth to deep uneasiness in his heart.

It's a hero! If there is no great enemy of the Chang'an court in this world, this Liu Bei will inevitably become the fierce enemy of his lord Cao Cao. Xu You had already decided to tell Cao Cao about today's events after he returned to the Central Plains, reminding Cao Cao to be careful of Liu Bei. And now, Cao Liu joins forces, no matter who it is beneficial to, Xu You will naturally not be disappointed.

Liu Bei promised to launch an attack on Bashu soon after, pinning down the Han army's Han army so that it could not move north. And Xu Yu promised on behalf of Cao Cao that no matter what happened in the future, he would not help Liu Biao. The two families made a verbal agreement, Xu You left for Jiangdong to bargain with Sun Ce, and Liu Bei began to prepare for the dispatch of troops.

"Big brother, do you really want to send troops to Bashu?" After sending Xu Yu away, Guan Yu couldn't help but ask Liu Bei. Whether it is Guan Yu or Zhang Fei, in their eyes, the only hero in the world is their righteous brother Liu Bei, and no one else is qualified. And for Guan Yu, Liu Bei also has a lot of trust, at least he doesn't need to have reservations when he speaks in front of Guan Zhang.

"Chief Yun, the military advisor made a plan for us a few days ago, didn't you listen to it?" Liu Bei asked after glancing at Guan Yu.

Guan Yu was speechless when asked. Seeing this, Liu Bei could only shake his head helplessly, his two righteous brothers had opposite temperaments. Guan Yu has an arrogant temperament and treats the sergeants and soldiers very kindly, but he does not pretend to the literati, while Zhang Fei is just the opposite, he treats the sergeants and soldiers without pretense, beats and insults them at every turn, but respects the literati very much. The two different attitudes caused Guan Yu to not want to see Zhuge Liang, but Zhang Fei respected Zhuge Liang very much.

Seeing that Guan Yu didn't speak, Liu Bei didn't want to blame Guan Yu, so he opened his mouth to explain to Guan Yu: "Some time ago, the Japanese army division talked to us about the general trend of the world, if you and I want to make a difference, it will be difficult to do it with Jingnan alone. There are not many options left for you and me, and when Jingzhou is unified in the future, we will either go west through Bashu, or occupy Jiaozhou in the south. But the situation in Jiaozhou is not as good as Jingnan, and even if we get Jiaozhou, I'm afraid we won't have much to do. Only by winning Bashu can we have the qualifications to compete for power. ”

"But now that Bashu is occupied by the imperial court, if we send troops, won't we be able to teach the truth." Guan Yu frowned and said.

"Yun Chang, the Son of Heaven has no way to kill his courtiers, should those of us who are courtiers sit back and wait to die? In the past, Yuan Shao of Hebei Province proposed the side of the Qing monarch, which is a good reason. We're not anti-Han, we just don't want to be manipulated. When we take Bashu and have the strength to confront the imperial court, naturally no one will dare to talk nonsense. ”

“…… Brother, the younger brother really can't understand, why did Zhuge Liang vote for his brother? Guan Yu was silent for a moment, but he couldn't help but say to Liu Bei the question that had plagued him for a long time.

"Huh...... In fact, I have been thinking about this question for a long time, it stands to reason that the military division's fellow disciples Pang Tong, Xu Shu, and Sima Yi are all in Chang'an, and he should defect to Chang'an so that he can take care of him in the future. But he didn't go to Chang'an, but persuaded his friends Meng Gongwei and Cui Zhouping to come to me together. ”

"Yes, this is what my little brother thinks is strange."

"It's not surprising at all. Yun Chang, you don't know the military advisor, the military advisor is also a person with a proud personality, but he is good at hiding. You think it's strange, but when I figure it out, I know it's not strange at all. Yun Changke has heard of the saying that he would rather be the head of a chicken than a phoenix tail? ”

"This ...... Isn't this Zhuge Liang worried that he will not be reused by the imperial court if he goes to Chang'an? ”

"Huh...... With the talents of the military division, it is a matter of time before they are reused, but if you think about it, there are Xun Yu and Jia Xu in front of the imperial court, and there are rising stars such as Pang Tong and Sima Yi in the back, when will he wait until the military division shines? ”

"In other words, he is using his brother to achieve his goal of becoming famous in the world?" Guan Yu asked with some dissatisfaction.

"Yun Chang, don't be angry, it's just to use each other. My brother needs a great sage who is proficient in layout to guide me, and a military advisor can help me achieve his own goals, so why don't we do it. ”

"I'm afraid he won't really help his brother succeed." Guan Yu was still a little worried.

Liu Bei patted Guan Yu on the shoulder when he heard this, and said with a smile: "So after my brother leads the army into Bashu in the future, the affairs of Jingzhou will be entrusted to the virtuous brother." ”

"Brother, are you ready to do it?"

Ji Bo ordered someone to send the latest news, saying that Liu Biao transferred Liu Pan and Liu Hu to Wancheng, but transferred Zhang Yun's shaft to Wancheng. You also know that Cai Mao and Zhang Yun are both one of their hearts towards Chang'an, and they transferred Zhang Yun to Wancheng, undoubtedly because they were worried that Liu Pan would not obey the order and rashly attack the imperial court. At this time, the imperial court is too busy to take care of itself, once Jiangdong Sun Ce agrees to join forces with Cao Jun, then the constraints that we need to worry about will disappear temporarily. ”

"Brother rest assured, as long as the elder brother gives an order, the younger brother is willing to take the lead and help the elder brother dominate Jingzhou." Guan Yu immediately said loyally to Liu Bei.

"I trust Yun Chang's ability, but the place where Yun Chang is going this time is not Xiangyang."

"Where is the elder brother going to let the younger brother go?"

"Jiang Xia."

"Jiang Xia?"

"Then Jiangdong Sun Ce must be guarded against, only Yun Chang is in Jiangxia, and he can rest assured that he can go to Xiangyang as a brother." Liu Bei explained to Guan Yu.

Guan Yu nodded when he heard this, and assured Liu Bei: "I have long heard that the Jiangdong Navy is brave and invincible, and this time it is just right for the junior brother to see and understand." The elder brother can rest assured that as long as the younger brother is in Jiangxia for a day, he will not let a warship from Jiangdong enter the waters of Jingzhou. ”

……

A few days later, Liao Li, who was ordered to meet Liu Qi, came to Jiangxia. Liu Qi was very puzzled by Liao Li's arrival, he usually interacted with Liu Bei secretly, why did he make such a fuss this time.

"Mr. Liao doesn't know what is going on here?" Liu Qi asked Liao Lidao puzzled.

This Liao Li is also a proud person, there are few people who can convince him in his life, he seems to be a little disdainful to answer Liu Qi's question, but remembering his intention, Liao Li said to Liu Qi with a serious face: "Eldest son, Liao Li is here not for anything else, but to save your life." ”

“…… Sir, are you laughing? Liu Qi didn't believe it.

"Jokes? Hum! Eldest prince, although you are the eldest son of King Jing, you are not favored by King Jing. To tell you the truth, King Jing has already intended to make the second son the prince. Not long ago, it was ordered to transfer one of the Liu Pan brothers to Jiangling and the other to you, and in the future, the guard of Wancheng will be Cai Mao's confidant Zhang Yun. ”

"What!?" Liu Qi was shocked.