The surrender faction in Jingzhou was huge, and many people persuaded Liu Biao to submit to Cao Cao when he was alive, but Liu Biao always refused.

【Han Song's persuasion】

When Cao Cao and Yuan Shao confronted, Liu Biao's engaged in Zhonglang Han Song and Liu Xian, who were not driving, persuaded Liu Biao: "If the heroes compete today, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao will face each other." The heavy task of protecting the Han family and revitalizing the society must be borne by the general to a large extent. If the general wants to achieve a career, he can take advantage of the current situation when these two heroes are competing to find an opportunity to make meritorious achievements; If you are not willing to do so, you should also choose the wise one among the two males and attach yourself to it. With the fact that you have more than 100,000 elite soldiers now, how can you sit and watch in the competition between the two heroes? Besides, seeing that the sage is weak and refuses to save him, and he promises to do other people's things but doesn't do it, won't the resentment of Cao and Yuan be concentrated on you in the future? General Cao Cao is worthy of being a man of great talent and strategy, and many people of insight in the world are attached to him, and it is probably not a problem for him to defeat Yuan Shao. When he defeats Yuan Shao and returns to Jianghan, I'm afraid you will not be able to resist it. Therefore, for the sake of you, the general, you might as well attach the whole Jingzhou to Cao Gong, so that Cao Gong will be grateful for your sincerity and repay you with greater benevolence. You can avoid the disaster of war, enjoy a peaceful and prosperous life for a long time, and your children and grandchildren can inherit your position, we think this is really a foolproof strategy for you, general! ”

Kuai Yue, the general under Liu Biao, also advised him with such words. Liu Biao couldn't make up his mind, so he sent Han Song to Taizu Cao Cao to observe some fiction and reality. In addition to Han Song, Liu Xian also sent an envoy to Xu Du, and he also refuted Cao Cao's criticism of Liu Biao, leaving Cao Cao speechless, and was later appointed as the Taishou of Wuling.

After Han Song returned to Jingzhou, he tried his best to explain how Cao Cao was powerful and virtuous, and was not comparable to others, repeatedly mobilized Liu Biao to make up his mind to surrender, and persuaded Liu Biao to send his son Liu Cong to Xu Capital as a hostage to show his sincerity. Liu Biao instead suspected that Han Song was lobbying for Cao Cao, and was furious and wanted to pull Han Song out and behead him. He also tortured Han Song's entourage until he was beaten to death, and he did not get a confession from Han Song to Cao Cao, so that Han Song finally saved his life.

According to the record of "Fu Zi", Liu Biao said to Han Song at the beginning: "Now that the world is in chaos, I don't know when it will be stable. ”

Han Song said, "The sage is able to perceive the discipline of mastery, and can even transcend its constraints without being inhibited. The sage can only stick to the discipline. I, Han Song, am just a person who can stick to the discipline. If I go to Xudu, the Son of Heaven will appoint me with an official position, and the status of the monarch and minister will be determined, and I will defend myself to the death (and no longer be your subordinate); Now I am still your subordinate, and I will only obey your orders, even if I go to the soup and fire. According to my observation, Cao Cao is very wise and wise, and he will definitely benefit the people of the world. If the general can obey the Son of Heaven and return to the Duke of Cao, he will definitely enjoy the benefits for a long time, and Jingzhou will be protected by it, if so, he can send me to Xudu to complete this task; If you are still hesitant to send me to Xudu and join the Son of Heaven to appoint me with an official position, I will become a courtier of the Son of Heaven, but just your former subordinates, and when you become a courtier of the Son of Heaven, you must think about the Son of Heaven, obey the orders of the Son of Heaven, and never die for you again. Please think twice and don't regret it when the time comes. ”

Liu Biao finally asked Han Song to send an envoy to Beijing, and the result was as Han Song said, the Son of Heaven granted Han Song the post of serving in the middle and Lingling, and after he came back, he continued to praise the court and Cao Cao's virtue. Liu Biao thought that he had two hearts, and summoned hundreds of subordinates to put down the sergeants, and was very angry, took out the scepter, and wanted to behead Han Song. The subordinates were shocked and wanted Han Song to apologize. Han Song was unmoved and said to Liu Biao: "It was the general who broke his original promise, and I didn't betray the general!" ”

Liu Biao was even more angry when he saw Han Song like this, but his wife Cai persuaded him: "Han Song, he is very prestigious in the Jingchu region, and besides, he speaks frankly, there is no reason to kill him." Liu Biao eventually gave up killing him and simply imprisoned him.

[Refusal to surrender Cao]

Although Liu Biao is not a Ming lord in history, he is definitely not a mediocre person, he can protect Jingzhou for almost 20 years in the case of enemies on all sides, it is already very telling that Liu Biao has his own persistence, so he will not take refuge in Cao Cao.

This is the same as Lu Su later persuaded Sun Quan not to surrender, Han Song and Kuai Yue may be reused by Cao Cao after surrendering to Cao Cao, but Liu Biao is a great prince, Cao Cao will only empty him, and the relationship between Liu Biao and Cao Cao is definitely not good.

Liu Biao and Cao Cao could be regarded as allies at the beginning because of Yuan Shao's relationship, but after Cao Cao became bigger, he soon sent troops to seize Liu Biao's Nanyang County, so the two sides fought for many years, and they were hostile for a long time, and later Cao Cao and Yuan Shao confronted, Liu Biao also promised to help Yuan Shao deal with Cao Cao, but because of the rebellion in the south and the invasion of Jiaozhou, Liu Biao himself was hesitant and failed to send troops to help Yuan Shao.

It can be said that Liu Biao has no sense of trust and security for Cao Cao at all, and what kind of attitude Cao Cao has towards Liu Biao, he never thought of sending someone to persuade Liu Biao to surrender, and there is no record of this aspect once, but Cao Cao has prepared to go south to crusade against Jingzhou many times, but he gave up because the time was not ripe.

Therefore, Liu Biao's letter to Cao Cao is a foolproof strategy, and there are ghosts.

Of course, Liu Biao himself had a good relationship with Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao actually had the upper hand in the face of Cao Cao at that time, so Liu Biao probably also hoped that Yuan Shao would defeat Cao Cao, so he was naturally not interested in these exhortations.

However, Han Song and Kuai Yue persuaded Liu Biao to join Cao Cao not completely out of public intentions, they may have seen Jia Xu's success in doing so, when Jia Xu persuaded Zhang Xiu to return to Cao Cao, so he was worshiped as the ruling Jinwu, the marquis of the capital pavilion, and moved to Jizhou Mu, so they all wanted to be the second Jia Xu.

But Liu Biao is not Zhang Xiu, Zhang Xiu's Nanyang County was given to him by Liu Biao, with empty gloves and white wolves, so it is not distressing to lose it, and Liu Biao has been operating in Jingzhou for more than ten years, how can Liu Biao give it to others so easily.

Liu Biao's feelings for Jingzhou are very deep. But Liu Biao was also very helpless, he knew that Han Song and those people were careful in their hearts, but the power of the surrender faction in Jingzhou was too strong, he originally wanted to kill the chickens and monkeys to suppress the opposing voices, but found that everyone interceded for Han Song, even his own wife, so Liu Biao had no choice but to lock up Han Song first.

But Liu Biao will not let anyone take Jingzhou away, as long as he lives.