After Liu Biao's death, Liu Cong took over Jingzhou under the recommendation of the Cai family, the Kuai family and other gate lords, as well as many Jingzhou generals and staff.

Although everyone expects him, he is young after all, and many things are still in the hands of Mrs. Cai and Cai Mao and others.

Cao Shuo led the army into Jingzhou, and Mrs. Cai hurriedly summoned Cai Mao and others to the back house.

Liu Cong sat in the first seat, and Mrs. Cai sat next to him.

Cai Mao and other Jingzhou generals and staff sat on both sides.

"You all know about it." Mrs. Cai said to everyone: "Cao Zirong is leading the troops again. ”

"Ma'am." Kuai Yue said to Mrs. Cai: "At the beginning, Cao Zirong asked Jingsheng Gong for Liu Xuande's head, but Jingsheng Gong just agreed, but he never sent it, presumably he was for this matter. ”

"Liu Xuande has been stationed in Xinye for the past few years, and it may not be easy to take down his head." Cai Mao said: "The most urgent thing for us to consider at the moment should be how to get him to retire. ”

"Let Cao Zirong retreat?" One of the people sitting in the room said, "With all due respect, I'm afraid it's impossible. ”

The person who spoke was none other than Kuailiang.

He continued: "Cao Zirong gave Jingzhou a chance last time, but Jingsheng Gong failed to fulfill his promise. Now he is here, firstly, to defeat Liu Xuande, and secondly, to capture Jingzhou. ”

"Cao Zirong really wants to take Jingzhou away?" Mrs. Cai asked in astonishment.

"I'm afraid it's true." Kuai Liang said: "There are only two ways in front of us, one is to pour the strength of the entire Jingzhou to confront Cao Zirong. But Mrs. should not forget that it was not only Cao Zirong who came to Jingzhou this time, but also hundreds of thousands of Cao family troops. Once we are defeated, wait for the ...... of the lady and the son"

Kuai Liang didn't continue, but everyone knew what he wanted to say.

"If you want to fight, what's the big deal?" One of the people sitting stood up and shouted, "Madame and Son, don't worry, as long as I am here, I will definitely protect you." ”

It was Wen Ping who stood up and spoke.

Kuai Liang said: "I know General Wen's bravery, but don't forget the general, how many fierce generals does the Cao family have?" The general can fight one or two, and if they rush up, what will the general do? ”

Wen Ping was asked by him and didn't know how to respond, so he was stunned for a moment, then sighed and didn't speak again.

Mrs. Cai asked Kuai Liang: "There is another way, I don't know what it is?" ”

"The second way is to simply surrender to the Cao family." Kuai Liang said: "Cao Zirong has long wanted to kill Liu Xuande, and his main purpose in coming to Jingzhou should be to kill Liu Bei. As for the son and his wife, as long as they surrender to the Cao family, he will not harm him just by virtue of the Cai family's past friendship with Cao Zirong. ”

"But then, Jingzhou will fall into the hands of the Cao family." Mrs. Cai hesitated and said: "In the future, we orphans and widows, how can we live without Jingzhou......

Speaking of this, Mrs. Cai's eyes turned red.

Cai Mao said on the side: "If my sister is reluctant to Jingzhou, we can fight once." ”

"General Cai is talking about it, how to fight?" Kuai Yue also said on the side: "Cao Zirong's elite is known to everyone in the world. Although he only brought 30,000 horses, how many men and horses did Jingzhou have to mobilize to intercept them? Now in the entire Jingzhou, there are less than 100,000 soldiers and horses that can be mobilized, and most of them are still naval forces that fight against the Sun family in Jiangdong. With these horses, how can we be enemies of the Cao family? ”

"With the two of you, do you have to surrender?" Cai Mao asked.

"According to the current situation, there is only this way." Kuai Liang said: "All we have to do is try our best to get some benefits for our wife and son." ”

Looking at Mrs. Cai, Cai Mao asked, "Sister, ...... you see?"

The young Liu Cong sat there, just trembling all over.

He was very afraid, afraid that once Cao Jun came, his head would be gone along with Jingzhou.

Mrs. Cai's face turned pale, and she said to Cai Mao: "What the two Kuai Gong said is also right, if it is too late to surrender, I am afraid that Cao Cao's father and son will be angry, and then our mother and son's lives will not be saved......"

"If my sister has her mind, I will go to see Cao Zirong." Cai Mao said: "With my friendship with him, and my sister helped him in the past. Offering Jingzhou, he shouldn't be embarrassed. ”

Mrs. Cai is a woman after all.

Although she is also resolute on weekdays, it is still difficult for her to make a decision at a critical moment.

After hesitating for a while, she finally nodded: "You go......"

With Mrs. Cai's permission, Cai Mao bowed down and made a big salute.

Whether it is Cai Mao, Kuai Liang, and Kuai Yue, they don't want Jingzhou to fall into the hands of the Cao family.

Jingzhou is still in Liu Cong's hands, and they will still be able to cover the sky with one hand in the future.

However, if Jingzhou falls into the hands of the Cao family, the interests of these people will be greatly weakened, and even from now on they will only be insignificant in Jingzhou.

But at the moment they have no choice.

They have seen Cao Shuo's toughness, not to mention that there are hundreds of thousands of Cao troops behind Cao Shuo.

forcibly confronted the Cao family, and there was only one result waiting for them, that is, not only would they lose Jingzhou, but they would also lose their lives......

With Mrs. Cai's permission, Cai Mao did not delay, and after the court meeting ended, he immediately rushed to Cao Shuo's army with his guards.

led the army to advance to Xinye, and seeing that it was only more than 100 miles away from Xinye, he rode over on a fast horse.

In front of Cao Shuo, the scout on horseback clenched his fists and said, "Son Qiyu, Cai Mao came to ask for a meeting, and it is only more than ten miles away from here. ”

Hearing that Cai Mao was coming, Cao Shuo grinned at the people around him and said, "Cai Mao is here, we don't have to fight Jingzhou." ”

"Is it possible that Gongzi thinks that Cai Mao is here to surrender?" Lu Bu said in disbelief: "There are a lot of soldiers and horses in Jingzhou, they will not fight or fight ......."

"The Cao family's hundreds of thousands of troops are right behind us." Cao Shuo said: "There are only 100,000 soldiers in Jingzhou, and even if Mrs. Cai is a woman, she knows that this battle will not do them any good." ”

"That's what Childe said." Pang Tong also said on the side: "This time I came to Jingzhou, and the prince once again made great contributions to the Cao family without blood, and Duke Cao should give a richer reward." ”

"My officer has done a great job." Cao Shuo said: "It's useless to be an official, as long as my father allows me to expand the army, I will be satisfied." ”

"In the past few years, Gongzi has laid a lot of territory for the Cao family." Sima Yi said: "Cao Gong can't find a reason to allow Gongzi to expand his troops and horses. ”

"It depends on what my father thinks." Cao Shuo said: "Since Cai Mao is here, we are not in a hurry to hurry, send the order down, the army will be stationed on the spot, and I will wait for him here." ”