What Liu Bei needs is just a formality, and he naturally knows that it is definitely impossible to force Liu Biao to abdicate by letting the Kui family brothers lead the Jingzhou civil and military impeachment. Therefore, Liu Bei only needs someone to bring it up and make a voice that Liu Bei can replace Liu Biao.

Of course, even if Liu Biao could readily agree to Liu Bei, Liu Bei would refuse. Because, in this way, it can almost offset the influence of the previous rumors and re-establish a good and righteous image of Liu Bei.

Didn't he say before that he Liu Bei had the heart to seize Liu Biao's Jingzhou? So now everyone has seen it, right? This is the request of your Jingzhou civil and military forces, and many people think that Liu Biao is no longer suitable to be the lord of Jingzhou, and ask Liu Biao to abdicate and give way to Liu Bei. However, in the face of the status at my fingertips, I, Liu Bei, were not moved at all, and I Liu Bei refused.

In this way, everyone can keep their mouths shut, right? Do you know my Liu Bei's benevolence? I, Liu Bei, came to Xiangyang, just to keep Jingzhou and not let the New Han Dynasty take it away, and I purely came to help my brother Liu Biao like this. If someone says how ungrateful and ambitious I am Liu Bei, it will be impossible to say, it is to deliberately slander my Liu Bei and deliberately ruin my Liu Bei's reputation. That's not authentic, it can be proved that those people, those who hacked me Liu Bei, are all villains.

In this way, Liu Bei restored his reputation.

Then, Liu Biao suddenly fell ill and died, then, under the current situation in Jingzhou, no one can stand up to preside over the overall situation of Jingzhou. He Liu Bei took the opportunity to stand up and officially take over Jingzhou. When the time comes, Liu Bei can say. This is because Jingzhou has no choice, so he temporarily takes over as the lord of Jingzhou. He can also say that I, Liu Bei, don't really want Liu Biao's foundation. It's just that he can't bear to let his brother's foundation fall aside, and temporarily keep it on his behalf, and even, when necessary, he can launch Liu Biao's youngest son to inherit Liu Biao's foundation, which makes Liu Biao's foundation nominally already his Liu Bei's.

As for those Jingzhou civil and military. Now that the Kuai brothers have been tied to their chariots, they can only support themselves when the time comes.

Military power. Liu Bei plans to transfer Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Chen Zhi and others to come back, and with them in charge, are you still afraid of Cai Mao?

Liu Bei discussed the details of his actions with the Kuai brothers again. Only then did they let the Kuai brothers leave.

Of course. Liu Bei is not worried about the Kuai brothers now, and they turned their heads and ran to tell Liu Biao again. Because, whether Liu Biao is seriously ill, Liu Bei knows best in his heart, even if the Kuai brothers go to tell the truth at this moment, no one will be able to save Liu Biao anymore, it's a big deal, Liu Bei will kill Liu Biao immediately. Even if he can't restore his reputation, he can do so after Liu Biao's death. I got Jingzhou by myself. If this is the case, then Liu Bei of the Kuai family will definitely not let it go.

What's more, Liu Bei will also secretly let people stare at the Kuai brothers, so that they will never see Liu Biao again before they make a move. Because without further ado, Liu Bei asked them to impeach Liu Biao the next day, with Jingzhou Wenwu, who had already nominally taken refuge in him.

This is what Liu Biao, Cai Mao and others don't know, they don't know that Liu Bei's reaction will be so fast, and he will launch an action immediately.

At this moment, Cai Mao has already sent the latest situation in Jingzhou to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei on the front line. Then, he received Xiahoudun, Xu Huang and other generals sent by Cao Cao.

Behind closed doors to set up a banquet, Cai Mao and a group of generals sent by Cao Cao pushed the cups and set them up.

"General Xiahou, General Xu!" Cai Mao raised his glass and said: "Coming from afar, this cup should be used to wash the dust for you, and after the prime minister's big event is completed, we will drink it again." ”

"Haha, it's easy to say." Xiahoudun raised his glass and toasted Cai Mao and drank a glass of wine.

"General Cai, if the prime minister's big thing is successful, you will make the first contribution, in the future, it is very likely that you will be the assassin of Jingzhou, sitting in Jingzhou, although it is not a prince, but it is better than a prince, when the time comes, don't forget that we are." Xu Huang also drank a cup at this time.

"Haha, General Xu said with a smile, how can I, Cai, be able to assassinate the history of Jingzhou? In the future, I just want to have the opportunity to follow the prime minister, which is much better than sitting in Jingzhou. After all, following the Prime Minister's side, you can often ask General Xiahou and General Xu for advice. Cai Mao flattered the two generals beside Cao Cao.

"Well, well, I heard the prime minister say that General Cai Mao is a wonderful person who knows how to be a man. When I see it now, it is really better to be famous than to see people, and the name is well deserved. ”

"Generals, come, have another drink, for the great cause we are about to do, cheers!"

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After three rounds of drinking, Xu Huang asked first: "Then General Cai, I don't know how to prepare for this incident?" ”

"Well, General Xu, generals, now, everything is in Cai's hands." Cai Mao said: "Now, Liu Biao and Liu Bei are fighting for the lord of Jingzhou, and I only need to add fuel to it now to intensify their contradictions." As long as Liu Biao forces Liu Bei to make it difficult, then it is time for us to do it. ”

"Oh? What does that require us to do? Xu Huang asked.

"According to our prime minister, the prime minister hopes that Liu Bei will die in the process of fighting for Jingzhou with Liu Biao this time, and then let Guan Yu and Zhang Fei become ownerless generals. Today, there are already generals such as Zhang Liao, Zhang Wenyuan, and Li Dian with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. If Liu Bei dies, General Zhang Liao can persuade Guan Yu to submit to our prime minister by the way. If this is not the case, Cai can kill Liu Biao at any time now, and then take advantage of the situation to launch my nephew as the lord of Jingzhou, and I, Cai, can really control Jingzhou in the name of auxiliary. Then, let Liu Biao's son return to the prime minister, so that Jingzhou will be the prime minister's. However, even if this is the case, the current lord of Jingzhou is Liu Bei, so Liu Bei must be solved first. ”

Cai Mao then said the key to it: "The most important thing is that we are worried about Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, if Guan Yu and Zhang Fei know that we killed Liu Bei, then the prime minister is afraid that it is unlikely that Guan Yu will be able to get Guan Yu's effect again, and it is also possible that because of them, it is difficult for us to really control Jingzhou, and it is difficult for the prime minister to get Jingzhou." ”

"General Cai, what do you need us to do. Please say it directly, you don't need to tell us about the twists and turns. You can rest assured. We will do our best to accommodate your arrangement. This time the plot to seize Jingzhou is only allowed to succeed, not to fail! Xiahou said.

"Okay, Cai's meaning is to make an illusion that caused Liu Bei's death, which was done by Liu Biao. In this way, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are easy to say. However, Liu Bei is not simple. For the time being, I'm worried that my people won't be able to kill Liu Bei, after all, Liu Bei is not as brave as Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. But. can be regarded as a first-class master, Cai may not be Liu Bei's enemy, not to mention, Liu Bei is surrounded by a group of guards, among them, there may be hidden masters. Therefore, when Liu Bei has to die, the only way to do this is to ask General Xiahou and General Xu Huang to take action in person. Cai Mao said.

"General Cai, please rest assured. The Prime Minister ordered us to come to help, and this is with this in mind. Knowing that it is not easy to kill Liu Bei, then so be it, Liu Bei will hand it over to us, and we will take action. Xiahou said.

"Okay, with your help, I, Cai Mao, am also relieved. However, the timing of killing Liu Bei must be mastered well, and others must not be allowed to discover that Liu Bei's death was our doing. Therefore, General Xiahou, after you kill Liu Bei, you must immediately evacuate Jingzhou and go to Jiaxia, Anzhong and other places to join General Zhang Liao, and see if you can take over some of Jingzhou's military horses when the Jingzhou army is in turmoil. ”

"Naturally, if we expose our identities in Xiangyang, then others will guess that Liu Bei may have been killed by us, so wouldn't this be a big deal for the prime minister?" Xiahoudun nodded in response.

"In the army on the front line, Cai has already prepared some military orders issued by Liu Biao, and when the time comes, let you take them to the front line together, with the military orders, you should be able to call on a part of the Jingzhou army to be ruled by you." Cai Mao said again, and took out some military order scrolls in his arms.

"So, when is the time for us to kill Liu Bei?" Xu Huang asked.

"It's coming!" Cai Mao said: "It is estimated that it has been a matter of the past few days, and now, Liu Bei has been made by the rumors in Xiangyang City that he is not a person inside and outside." Liu Biao is also making people force Liu Bei to make trouble, at this moment, we only need to stare at Liu Bei, closely monitor Liu Bei's every move, once he is in trouble, we will do Xu Liu Bei, and now, kill Liu Biao again. ”

"I guess it's been a few days ago?" After hearing this, Xiahoudun sighed slightly: "In this way, it is really possible that Liu Bei will be in trouble at any time." Then, Xu Gongming, we can't be greedy now, we have to explore the way first and figure out Liu Bei's current situation. So as not to make a move when the time comes, and not to be sure of the situation. ”

"Oh? General Xiahou, don't be in a hurry, right? Please rest assured, the official residence where Liu Bei lives now, Cai Mou has already made it clear to people, and Liu Bei's every move can't escape our eyes and ears. Well, the Kuai brothers went to have a secret meeting with Liu Bei for a while, and it is estimated that Liu Biao asked the Kuai brothers to induce Liu Bei to make trouble. Cai Mao said.

"Hehe, General Cai, Xu Gongming and I, and others are actually generals who are guilty now, and they have lost two big battles in a row before, causing the prime minister to lose more than 100,000 or 200,000 elite military horses. This time, the prime minister sent us to assist General Cai in your actions, this is to give us an opportunity to make meritorious contributions, if we can help the prime minister capture Jingzhou this time, then we have lost those troops, but we can also make up for the merits, but if there is any failure in this mission, I will wait to go back and see the prime minister, it may be a crime on top of a crime, I can't say, it may be a capital crime! Xiahoudun smiled, then reversed the glass of wine on the table, and slowly became cautious.

"What Yuan Rang said is not wrong, if you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what happens. In any case, let's go and spy in person, and we will have a more intuitive understanding of Liu Bei's current situation. When the time comes, if Liu Bei is to be assassinated, it will be more certain. Xu Huang saw that Xiahoudun was like this, and he also knew that this mission was not sloppy, and they had to find out Liu Bei's situation as soon as possible to rest assured.

"So?" Seeing them like this, Cai Mao didn't dare to persuade them to continue drinking, and nodded: "Okay, I'll let someone take you there now, and by the way, I will explain Liu Bei's current situation to you clearly." ”

"Okay, then there will be General Lao Cai." Xiahoudun and Xu Huang and others will hold their fists.

Of course, the two generals, as well as the other masters who came together, were all dressed up in disguise. Cai Mao also prepared the clothes and armor of Liu's cousin's guards for them, so that when they wanted to assassinate Liu Bei, they would change them, so that they would not have to reveal their identities and blame Liu Biao.

A day passed, and Cai Mao sent fast horses. rushed to Anzhong County, and the secret letter was delivered to Guan Yu's hands.

Guan Yu has been sent by Cai Mao recently. Regarding Liu Bei's situation in Xiangyang, his eyebrows kept jumping, and he always felt that something would happen.

In the past two days, Zhang Liao came to him for a drink, but he was not in the mood at all, so he excused himself.

At this time, Guan Yu's heart. It is indeed very contradictory.

After reading the information sent by Cai Mao, Guan Yu didn't think much about Cai Mao's intentions, he thought of it immediately. If the information sent by Cai Mao is true, then Liu Bei's situation is really quite bad.

Guan Yu is very aware of Liu Bei's ambitions for Jingzhou, and he knows very well that Liu Bei wants to gain a solid territory to develop his power. So, for Cai Mao to send the newspaper before. Inside the city of Xiangyang. Rumors suddenly spread, all of which were rumors praising Liu Bei's merits. Guan Yu immediately thought that this big brother finally couldn't sit still and was about to do it.

If, if Guan Yu is still following Liu Bei now, then. He definitely has nothing to say now, and he will definitely ignore it. Rush back to Xiangyang. Back in Xiangyang, even if he didn't want to help Liu Bei capture Jingzhou, Guan Yu would save Liu Bei's life.

But now, Guan Yu is hesitating.

He thought, even if he rushed back to see Liu Bei now, what if he kept Liu Bei? Can I continue to follow Liu Bei now? Following Liu Bei, unlike his own concept of supporting the Han family, he will only be depressed, especially, looking at the current Han Dynasty, Liu Bei still wants to be independent, how easy is it to become a prince who can compete in the world?

The Han Dynasty is already bitter enough, now the New Han Dynasty is a thriving scene, under the governance of Liu Yi, the people live and work in peace and contentment, life is getting better day by day, let the New Han Dynasty unify the Han Dynasty, it is possible for the people in the dire situation to live a good life. In Guan Yu's heart, he is actually a little bit like an arrow for returning to the New Han Dynasty.

At this time, if he goes back to save Liu Bei, then how long will he stay before he can return to the New Han Dynasty? Could it be that he just kept fighting, following Liu Bei, and living a muddy life in order to complete Liu Bei's seemingly unattainable ideals? followed Liu Bei, looked at Liu Yi, watched the New Han Army unify the Han Dynasty and revitalize the Han Dynasty, but he didn't contribute at all?

Now, Cai Mao came to report in secret, saying that the rumors in Xiangyang have become more and more intense, Liu Biao can no longer sit still, and he and a group of cronies and close ministers have closely monitored Liu Bei, and there seem to be signs of mobilizing Xiangyang's military horses. It is possible that if Liu Bei forces Liu Biao to make a move, Liu Biao may really make up his mind to send troops to deal with Liu Bei.

In general, Guan Yutong's secret report made him worry about Liu Bei's safety all the time.

Well, it's false to say that you're not worried, after all, brothers over the years, no matter how wrong Liu Bei is, Guan Yu is not the kind of ruthless and unrighteous person. No matter what happened between the brothers, he didn't want to see Liu Bei die.

At this time, Guan Yu actually wanted to go to Wancheng, see Liu Yi again, tell Liu Yi about the situation, and ask Liu Yi what he should do in his current position and position.

However, now that he has returned to the defense line of Anzhong County, which is a hundred miles away from Wancheng, it is inconvenient for him to leave the camp and go to Wancheng to meet Liu Yi.

He talked to Zhang Fei, but Zhang Fei is a bad person, although he is also the same as Guan Yu, it is a little difficult to decide, but he doesn't want to think about it, saying that he only listens to his second brother, and then he runs to drink and gets drunk.

Guan Yu knew that Zhang Fei was escaping, numbing himself by getting drunk, and he didn't want to think about these embarrassing things.

Now, Guan Yu doesn't know when Liu Bei is going to make trouble, and he doesn't know when Liu Biao will deal with Liu Bei. Therefore, Guan Yu is restless now.

Zhang Liao had already seen Guan Yu's uneasy appearance.

On this day, he came to visit Guan Yu again.

At this moment, Guan Yu really has no one to talk to.

When he saw Zhang Liao, he couldn't help but have the idea of talking to Zhang Liao.

Ordered someone to bring wine and food, and Guan Yu and Zhang Liao sat according to the case.

"Yun Chang, I don't look good these days, and you always look full of worries. Although you have always been in a hostile position, it is rare to have the opportunity to sit down and talk calmly. It's better if you have something on your mind, can you tell me about it now? Perhaps, Zhang can solve your worries. Zhang Liao said sincerely.

"Alas......" Guan Yu sighed, raised his glass and drank a glass, put down the wine glass, and said, "It's hard to say......"

"Oh? How is it? Zhang Liao asked.

"Wen Yuan, to tell you the truth, you should have been ordered by Cao Cao to come to persuade Guan to submit to him, right?" Guan Yu didn't talk about his own business, and asked Zhang Liaodao first.

"Uh, this ......" Zhang Liao hesitated for a moment, nodded with a slightly red face, and said, "That's right...... I know that I can't hide it from Yun Chang, but Zhang also thinks that good birds choose trees to perch. No matter how deep the brotherly relationship between you and Liu Bei is, but I, Zhang Liao, also want to say that with your ability to Guan Yunchang, bend down to follow Liu Bei, over the years, there are many places, and there is no fixed place, even if I Zhang Liao, I feel that I have succumbed to Yun Chang's talent. If you have to follow Liu Bei just for the sake of loyalty, then I want to ask you, what is loyalty? ”

"Then Liu Bei, is it really worth following you and Zhang Fei for the rest of your life?"

"What do you want to do in the end with Liu Bei? Or, what do you Guan Yu want? ”

"Also, do you think that with the current big Han form, is it possible for Liu Bei to do it?"

Zhang Liao seemed to open the conversation box at once and asked a few sharp questions in a row. (To be continued......)