Chapter 40: It's better to be in control of the future than to be blind

"Ladies and gentlemen, Yuan Shao sent a secret letter, asking me to intercept and kill Sun Jian in Sanjindu to seize the jade seal of the country, and after the matter is completed, I will be allowed three cities in Jizhou, five thousand taels of gold, and three thousand war horses. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info but why did Yuan Shao have to let me intercept and kill Sun Jian? Isn't this a loss of the benevolent and righteous wind that my Jingzhou has always had? Do you put me in a dilemma? Liu Biao, who was almost sixty years old, looked bitter at the moment, and he didn't go to ask Dong Zhuo, but he didn't expect to be involved in the struggle between Yuan Shao and Sun Jian in the end. I lamented in my heart, "Can't you let my old man stop for a while?" 】

"My lord, this is a godsend! Now that Yuan Shao's momentum is strong, why don't we form an alliance with Yuan Shao to destroy Sun Jian, and take advantage of Yuan Shao's power to develop in Qingdao and Hebei Prefectures, and the future of the lord will be limitless at that time! Cai Mao stepped forward to persuade.

Although Liu Biao was a little moved, he still pretended to be unmoved, because he still lacked a legitimate reason, a reason that would justify him to attack Sun Jian.

"Yes, my lord! He Sun Jian has repeatedly violated the border of Jingzhou, and now he has privately hidden the jade seal of the country, and the lord is a relative of the Han family, so isn't it justifiable to crusade against the traitors who secretly hide the jade seal? Huang Zu on the side also stood up.

Liu Biao pondered for a moment, got up and said firmly to the generals: "Pass my order, if Sun Jian returns to Jiangdong from my Jingzhou territory, the generals will lead troops to intercept and kill him." ”

The generals retreated, and Liu Bei left Cai Mao and Huang Zu alone to discuss with them how to break the enemy. After all, that Sun Jian is too brave, and his general Cai Mao is okay in water battles, if he fights on land, he is far from being Sun Jian's opponent.

"Lord, there is a plan in the next place, but this plan is too insidious, I am afraid that I will lose the majesty of the lord!" Cai Mao stepped forward.

"What's the plan?" Liu Biao looked impatient.

"Sun Jian is brave, why don't we let him go and lead him to the water, and when he drives here, we will use the terrain here to ambush him." Cai Mao pointed to a road on the map.

Although Liu Biao felt that this plan was unbenevolent, compared to Yuan Shao's investigation and the infamy of falling behind the thief and not asking for it, Liu Biao still chose the former, no matter how he said that he was also surnamed Liu! How can there be a reason not to snatch back the jade seal of your own family.

"Okay, I'll leave this matter to you!" Liu Biao felt a little tired, after all, he had never done such an unkind thing in his life.

"No!" Cai and Huang took the order and left.

After the two left, Liu Biao still felt uneasy in his heart, if he couldn't kill Sun Jian this time, Sun Jian would definitely lead a large army to attack Jingzhou one day, thinking about it, Liu Biao became more and more uneasy, and secretly said in his heart, [No, I will kill Sun Jian if I say anything. 】

"Someone's coming!"

"What's the matter?" A waiter hurried in.

"Go and call Huang Zhong back!" Liu Biao thought for a while and added: "Go quickly, the sooner the better!" Prepare a few more fast horses! ”

"No!"

Seeing that Liu Biao was in such a hurry, where did he dare to delay for a moment, he hurriedly left Xiangyang City at night.

In order to rush back to Jiangdong as soon as possible, Sun Jian ordered the army to hurry during the day and set up camp at night. After a night of rectification, Sun Jian had already adjusted the army to the best state, Liu Biao was in front, and the big battle was just around the corner, and it was about to break out.

The horn of departure sounded, and Liu Mang, who had been sleepless all night, didn't even take off his clothes when he slept, and he had reached the most critical juncture, but he hadn't come up with any good way. Shaking his head helplessly, he called the guards outside the door to make a basin of water and wash his face so that he could sober up. Just as Qiao Xuan also got up, Liu Mang shook the water in his hand and looked at Qiao Xuan and said, "Father-in-law, hurry up and see the two Qiao sisters!" ”

Liu Mang looked carefully left and right again, approached Qiao Xuan's side and whispered, "Father-in-law, don't forget what I said last night." ”

"Don't worry!" Qiao Xuan nodded knowingly, and walked towards Er Qiao's tent.

About half an hour, Sun Jian straightened out the soldiers and horses, dismantled the camp tent, and marched towards the Sanjin ferry with the army, but along the way, Liu Mang did not see Sun Ce and Cheng Pu, and guessed in his heart that these two must have taken the lead to go to Sanjindu to ambush.

Liu Mang looked around at the soldiers who were firmly watching him, and then looked at Xiao Qiao, who had a stinky face on him, and lamented, [It seems that I can only take one step at a time! 】

Although the distance was only thirty miles, there were many old and weak soldiers among the soldiers and horses that Sun Jian was carrying at the moment, and the speed of the march was really slow, and he walked slowly for more than an hour and finally arrived near the ferry.

At this time, Sun Jian led his troops to stop, and as he expected, Liu Biao was blocking the way with a large army at the Sanjin Ferry. Sun Jian smiled at Liu Biao without changing his face and said, "Brother Jingsheng is here to take my Sun Jian's head and present it to Yuan Shao?" ”

Liu Mang looked ahead, only to see an old man in a dark blue robe sitting on a horse, seeing Sun Jian asking, he turned over and got off the horse with a somewhat sluggish body, this should be Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao.

"What did General Sun say, the old man was just forced to stop General Sun from being threatened by Yuan Shao, but please rest assured Brother Wentai, this is just a show. General Sun is brave, and I, Liu Biao, know that I am not an opponent, so I thought about it and came up with a solution. Later, General Sun just pretended to rush over, and the ribbon army casually blocked it, neither blocking the general's way, nor avoiding the responsibility of being held accountable by Yuan Shao in the future, just say that I, Liu Biao, am incompetent, and it would be good if I was not the general's opponent. ”

Liu Biao said that there is no leakage, Sun Jian originally underestimated Liu Biao in his heart, and he has never put him in his eyes, seeing Liu Biao say this, he feels that it is reasonable, not to mention that he will rush to kill himself later, if Liu Biao is slightly wrong, Sun Jian is also confident that he can take Liu Biao on the spot with his own hands.

After a few words of instruction to Huang Gai behind him, Sun Jian ordered: "Kill me!" ”

Sure enough, as Liu Biao said, Sun Jian rushed over with thousands of men and horses very smoothly, and Liu Mang rushed over with Sun Jian's army without even seeing the figure of Jingzhou soldiers in the middle of the army. But Liu Mang knows that now is not the time to relax, and the most fatal thing is Liu Biao's backhand.

Liu Mang had to do this, although he knew that Sun Jian had fallen for Liu Biao, but he couldn't tell Sun Jian, because even if Sun Jian didn't cross from Sanjin and take a detour, I am afraid that he would not have to face Liu Biao one by one, and I don't know how many princes who received the news were waiting for him on the way back! When the time comes, after a chaotic battle, he and Qiao Xuan and others will inevitably be involved, and it is better to have control over the future than to be blind, this is Liu Mang's wise words to himself.