"Liu Biao and Liu Bei are dead?"

In the meeting hall of the Wancheng official office, Liu Yi also received information.

The first time he received the information, Liu Yi was also a little surprised.

Something might happen in Xiangyang, Jingzhou, but Liu Yi really didn't expect that Liu Biao and Liu Bei would die at about the same time.

According to Liu Yi's estimate, Liu Bei is in Xiangyang, and he fights with Liu Ming, and in the end, it may be the fate of their side. Moreover, Liu Yi estimated that most of the party who lost his life would be Liu Bei.

After all, Liu Bei did not have Guan Yu and Zhang Fei around him to protect him, and he did not have much capital to deal with Liu Biao in Xiangyang, Jingzhou. Once they tear each other's faces, then what will Liu Bei do to fight Liu Biao?

However, the news received now turned out to be that Liu Biao and Liu Bei were both dead. This was really a bit of a surprise to Leo.

During this time, Liu Yi has been paying close attention to the situation in Jingzhou. Defeating Cao Cao's army twice, this is equivalent to putting Jingzhou in an isolated and helpless situation all of a sudden, without Cao Cao's military horse support, what else can Jingzhou use to confront the New Han army? Want to rely on Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, the two tiger generals, to help them hold their defense? That would just be a joke.

To be honest, Liu Yi wished that the Jingzhou army would be like this. If it weren't for Liu Bei's relationship, Liu Yi could have asked Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to turn against the water at any time, and with these two generals in the camp of the Jingzhou army as an internal response, Liu Yi thought that he could break through the defense line of the Jingzhou army without much effort, and then easily occupy the entire territory of Jingzhou.

The reason why Liu Yi did not let Guan Yu and Zhang Fei as internal responses was to take into account the brotherhood between Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Liu Bei. so as not to make it difficult for Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. Therefore, Liu Yi temporarily let the New Han Army stay in Wancheng and stand still.

Of course. For the time being, Liu Yi's troops are not too many, and the troops are not enough to divide his troops to defend all parts of Jingzhou after he captures Jingzhou. Because, Cao Cao was eyeing him from the side, and Liu Yi had to guard against it, even if he had already defeated Cao Cao's army twice in a row. Cao Cao lost more than 100,000 or 200,000 troops, but Jingzhou was adjacent to Yuzhou, and the area was too vast. The line of defense is too long. If Liu Yi was in a hurry to seize Jingzhou, then it was possible to deploy a large army in the area at the junction of Jingzhou and Yuzhou. will change from active to reactive. Especially now, the war in Jizhou has reached a fever pitch, and Liu Yi wants to wait a while. Wait for the war in Jizhou to end. Only then can more horses be mobilized.

But at this moment, the deaths of Liu Biao and Liu Bei made Liu Yi unable to wait any longer.

Although the history of the Three Kingdoms has become unrecognizable, the results of some historical events may not change much. For example, after Liu Biao's death, Jingzhou's power fell into the hands of Cai Mao, who then surrendered to Cao Cao. So that Cao Cao could get Jingzhou without much effort.

Lewy is worried now. That's it.

"My lord, the information has been confirmed. Moreover, our people in Xiangyang City have heard that Liu Biao should have died of poisoning, and Liu Bei died at the hands of the general sent by Cao Cao, according to the news that cannot really be confirmed, when besieging Liu Bei, someone heard Liu Bei's conversation with the people who pursued him, it should be the general Xiahoudun under Cao Cao's account, and a general who used a big axe. ”

The spy who sent the intelligence back reported to Leo.

"A general with a big axe? Xu Huang? Liu Yi answered: "Xiahoudun and Xu Huang." There were two generals who assassinated Liu Bei, no wonder Liu Bei would die. ”

"Lord, if it is really Liu Bei killed by Xiahoudun and Xu Huang, then the situation is unfavorable to us. How could the two of them arrive in Xiangyang without knowing it? can also openly kill Liu Bei, this is afraid, among the people in Jingzhou, some people have already surrendered to Cao Cao, and then as an internal response, it is possible for Xiahoudun and Xu Huang to kill Liu Bei. Qin Jie pondered.

"Don't think about it, now Jingzhou, I'm afraid it has fallen into the hands of Cai Mao, if I guessed correctly, this Cai Mao, I'm afraid he has already taken refuge in Cao Cao. Look, it won't be long before news comes that Jingzhou may publicly submit to Cao Cao. And Cao Cao's army, I am afraid that it will soon make some moves and will march into Jingzhou. Liu Yi said with a calm face.

At this moment, Liu Yi also understood a little why Cai Mao would not respect his sister Cai's will and submit to him, it seems that he has already made a choice.

"What? So in this way, isn't it cheap Cao Cao for nothing? Qin Jie said a little unwillingly.

"Don't worry, let me think about it......" Liu Yi really felt a little bad at the moment.

This is mainly because I didn't expect the development of events to be so fast, and Liu Biao and Liu Bei would both die almost at the same time.

Now, Liu Yi only has less than 200,000 military horses in Wancheng. If you add the naval army of Dongting Lake New Island, there will be more than 400,000 horses. It is possible to defeat Jingzhou. However, if you want to hold on, I'm afraid this is really a bit of a problem.

The main thing is that Jingzhou is now, even if Liu Biao and Liu Bei are dead, but the 600,000 Jingzhou troops are still there. If the Jingzhou army all voted for Cao Cao, it would be equivalent to giving Cao Cao an additional army of hundreds of thousands at once.

The 600,000 men and horses of the Jingzhou army let them fight against the Xinhan army alone, and they did not dare. But if you add Cao Cao's military horses, it becomes a problem.

Liu Yi thought for a while, and then said slowly: "It seems that we want to seize the entire territory of Jingzhou this time, and I'm afraid it will be a little difficult." However, there is no problem in seizing half of Jingzhou, the main areas of Xiangyang and Jiangling. Now, what we have to do is not to let the Jingzhou army defect to Cao Cao, and we must defeat the Jingzhou army before Cao Cao takes over Jingzhou. ”

The Jingzhou area can be divided into four or five areas according to the main rivers of its place.

One is the western area of Jingzhou, that is, the area around Dongting Lake Xinzhou, and the vast area around Gong'an, Yiling, and Wuling in the west. But this area, except for the public security, Yiling and other areas, is equivalent to the control of Liu Yi's hands, and now even if it is the public security, Yiling and other places, they have already been controlled by the New Han Army.

Second, it is a vast area on the south bank of the Yangtze River, south of Jiangxia, east and west of Dongting Lake, including Changsha. This area belongs to the southern county of Jingzhou. At this moment, most of them have been controlled by the New Han Army.

The western and southern regions of Jingzhou above. Because of the Yangtze River, even if Cao Cao was submissive from Jingzhou, he would never have the ability to obtain these areas.

Then, there is the central area of Jingzhou, that is, the area of Jiangling and Xiangyang. There is also the north of Xiangyang, across the Xiangjiang River to the Wancheng area.

At last. It is the eastern region of Jingzhou, which is quite a vast area. The most fertile part of the land is the area.

Liu Yidao: "Now, we can only give up the vast area in the east of Jingzhou first, and seize the northern and central areas of Jingzhou first. In this way, we can rely on the Yushui River and the Yangtze River. Hold it against Cao Cao. ”

in the chamber. After hearing this, all the generals and the civil officials and strategists of Wancheng nodded one after another.

Now, if Liu Yi planned to seize the entire territory of Jingzhou, then he would have to wave his army into the eastern part of Jingzhou. However, the eastern part of Jingzhou, bordering Yuzhou and Yangzhou, has a border defense line of thousands of miles. This, if Liu Yi is not ready to start a full-scale war with Cao Cao. Then it is necessary to send a large army to set up a defensive line in the towns on the border of Jingzhou and Yuzhou and Yangzhou, and a large number of military horses must be stationed. So. But it is equivalent to the northern frontier of the Han Dynasty, and the Great Wall defense line that is held by foreign races is as long as ever.

"My lord, what does the last general think is more appropriate, now that our New Han Army and Cao Cao's Army have torn their faces, as long as there is a chance, they will definitely attack us. If we divide our forces on that vast and long defensive line, Cao Cao will inevitably be able to capture the fighter and attack any point of our defense line at any time. Therefore, the last general also believed that we had a strong naval army, relying on the great river to divide Jingzhou, and the lord gave up the eastern part of Jingzhou, so that Cao Cao would not dare to cross the river to attack us. ”

"That's right, temporarily abandoning the eastern region of Jingzhou is the idea we want to unify now." Seeing that the generals had no objections, Liu Yi continued: "Then, the second problem is to prevent the Jingzhou army from entering the eastern region of Jingzhou, so as not to allow Cao Cao to obtain a large number of soldiers and horses. Back then, Cao Cao obtained hundreds of thousands of Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou, so that he could become the overlord of the Central Plains, if there were no 400,000 Qingzhou Army, Cao Cao was afraid that he would have been destroyed by Yuan Shao. Can't even fight against Yuan Shu. Therefore, what I am most worried about now is that the Jingzhou army will flee to the east of Jingzhou and join Cao Cao. ”

"My lord, the last general thinks that the Jingzhou army should not flee to the eastern part of Jingzhou for the time being, because they are still in the central area of Jingzhou, and now our military horses have not officially launched an attack on them. It is estimated that if Cai Mao had really taken refuge in Cao Cao, then he would definitely temporarily stabilize the situation in Jingzhou, and then lead Cao Cao's military horses into Jingzhou, so as to hand over the Jingzhou regime to Cao Cao smoothly. Qin Jie said: "Cai Mao is a businessman, with the pursuit of interests, he will definitely not return to Cao Cao for no reason, if he wants to lead the army to leave Jingzhou to join Cao Cao, then why should he?" In this case, what other benefits can Cai Mao get? Therefore, the last general believed that Cai Mao could only lead Cao Cao into Jingzhou, and he would definitely not leave Jingzhou. ”

Qin Jie has been guarding Wancheng for more than ten years, and he knows a lot about the generals and strategists of Liu Biao in Jingzhou. In this regard, he really has the most right to speak.

"Then, in this way, all we have to do is to prevent Cao Cao's army from entering Xiangyang and Jiangling in Jingzhou." Liu Yi listened to Qin Jie's analysis and nodded silently.

"Herald!" Liu Yi was silent for a while, and then ordered: "Immediately send an order to the Dongting Lake water army, immediately send troops to blockade the Yangtze River, and send troops to regain control of the Xiangjiang River." The Jingzhou army was completely trapped in the central region of Jingzhou. At the same time, let Huang Zhong, Gan Ning, and Huang Xu beware of Cao Cao's military horses and prevent them from crossing the river into the Xiangyang area. ”

"General Qin Jie!"

"The last general!"

"You immediately led an army of 100,000 and began to attack the Jingzhou defense line in Jiaxia County, not seeking to attack immediately, but only to contain the Jingzhou army."

"Command!"

"Dian Wei, Xu Zhu!"

"The last general!"

Dian Wei and Xu Zhu will be listed.

"You lead the two armies to advance along the bank of the Yushui River, and the soldiers are pointing to Anzhong County, mainly to pick up Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and you must bring them back safely."

"Yes!"

"The remaining 30,000 military horses and generals will stay in Wancheng with a certain first, beware of Cao Cao's army surprise attack."

"Yes!"

……

The new Han army in Wancheng attacked the Cao army twice in a row. Returning to Wancheng, he has been resting during this time, and now the New Han Army. When the mental state is at its best, give an order, and the army can march.

Liu Bei is dead, so Guan Yu and Zhang Fei don't have too many worries, and they can officially return to the New Han Dynasty. Leo Yi has been waiting for this day for too long.

On the other hand, Cao Cao was in Xudu. He received the news that Liu Biao and Liu Bei had both died, and he received it a day later than Liu Yi.

As soon as he received the news, his heart was overjoyed.

If it goes according to the plan, Jingzhou should be in Cai Mao's grasp by now. So. Cao Cao believed that Cai Mao would soon lead the Jingzhou army to surrender to him and submit to him. In this way, he can get Jingzhou without a fight.

Present. He immediately ordered Zhang He. Let the army of Xuzhou, Yangzhou, and Yuzhou, which Zhang He had conscripted earlier, with an army of about 300,000, immediately advance from the border area of Yangzhou and Henan Prefecture, along the upper reaches of the Huai River, all the way to capture the eastern region of Jingzhou, and then pass through Pingchun, Yiyang, Zaoyang and other cities, and lead the army directly to the east bank of the Xiangjiang River, ready to cross the river into Xiangyang at any time.

Other than that. He personally led an army of 100,000 horses to Xiangcheng. It joined Xiahou Yuan, who was guarding in Xiangcheng City, and marched towards Lushan, Xinye and other areas. Prepare to cross the river through the northern area of Jingzhou, and join Zhang Liao, Li Dian and others in the Jingzhou defense line such as Anzhong and Jiaxia. At the same time, it can also contain the new Han army in Wancheng.

Now Cao Cao didn't dare to attack Wancheng lightly, but if he had the opportunity, he would not give up.

Now, Cao Cao and Liu Yi have torn their faces, and if they want to start a war with each other, they don't have to look at their faces, let alone notify each other in the war letter.

Cao Cao knew that if he wanted to obtain Jingzhou by Shun, the first point was to ensure that the Jingzhou defense line of Anzhong and Jiaxia was not lost, and only by defeating the New Han army that might attack southward could he obtain Jingzhou by Shun.

The armies of both sides were moving, but of course it was the New Han Army that moved a little faster. Cao Cao's army does not have three or a few days to spare, and I am afraid that it will not be able to catch up.

At this moment, in Xiangyang City, Cai Mao is theorizing with Huang Zu.

Cai's son, Liu Cong, is now in Cai Mao's hands.

Regarding the establishment of Liu Cong as the new lord of Jingzhou, there is no objection to this.

Cai Mao and Huang Zu summoned all the civil and military personnel in Jingzhou and the fame of Xiangyang to the palace, and no one dared to raise objections, and Liu Cong's identity could be determined soon.

Now, the controversy is whether Liu Biao's death has anything to do with Cai Mao.

Huang Zu was loyal to Liu Biao, he naturally didn't want the power of Jingzhou to fall aside, and wanted the power of Jingzhou to remain in the hands of Liu Biao's son Liu Cong.

He is not stupid, because he sees that now that Liu Cong is young, he is now the new owner of Jingzhou, but he can't really be a director yet. And Cai Mao is Liu Cong's uncle, usually, Liu Cong is also quite close to Cai Mao and obedient to Cai Mao. Therefore, the current Jingzhou, it seems, is really in charge of Cai Mao.

Although the facts have been put in front of them, for the time being, Jingzhou has to let Cai Mao preside over the overall situation on behalf of Liu Cong. However, Huang Zu still felt that there was a problem. I still wonder if Cai Mao is the real murderer who killed Liu Biao.

Because after the death of Liu Biao and Liu Bei, the biggest beneficiary is Cai Mao.

In the face of Huang Zu's questioning, Cai Mao is now also difficult to argue, he really has no way to prove whether he is innocent or not, whether he is the real murderer of Liu Biao.

You must know that without the support of Huang Zu, Cai Mao's plan will be difficult to implement, and if one is not good, Jingzhou will be truly chaotic, and this impact may affect the entire Jingzhou army.

Cai Mao's plan was to raise the question of how Jingzhou could defeat the New Han Army and how to ensure that Jingzhou was not lost. Then the conversation will be directed to seeking support, to Cao Cao. In the end, it will be proposed to submit to Cao Cao, and conditionally submit to Cao Cao's court, so as to ensure that Jingzhou is not lost, and the interests of everyone can be ensured.

However, Huang Zu only held the same opinion as him on the establishment of Liu Cong as the lord of Jingzhou, and after that, he always grasped the murder of Liu Biao, and insisted that Cai Mao give an explanation, and then Cai Mao could really exercise the power of Jingzhou on behalf of Liu Cong.

In front of a group of Jingzhou civil and military officials, Cai Mao really wanted to kneel for Huang Zu.

He said to Huang Zu helplessly: "I said Brother Huang Zu, how do you want me Cai Mao to prove it?" The lord is my Cai Mao's brother-in-law, how could I possibly murder him? Yes, it's good that I'm Cai Mao in charge of the safety of my lord. But who knew those two poison doctors would poison them? And also. Cai and Brother Huang, you have been leading the army some time ago, and I, Cai, returned to Xiangyang with you. As for the fact that the two poison doctors could directly enter the lord at any time without Cai's consent, Cai really didn't know. Cai Mou and Na Susie and Lu Ling have never had any intersection, how could they be instructed by Cai? ”

"Humph! Then why are you sure that Liu Bei asked Susie and Lu Ling to do it? Do you have proof of it? According to what you said, then Liu Bei may have no intersection with Susie and Lu Ling, so do you suspect that Liu Bei did it? ”

"This, how can I, Cai, know? Perhaps, Liu Bei bought them. Maybe they were coerced into doing it. This, you have to ask Liu Bei......" Cai Mao argued angrily.

"Liu Bei has been buried in Xiangjiang, and there is no proof of his death. Say whatever you want. This is not accurate. Anyway, if you can't prove your innocence, whether the death of the lord has nothing to do with you, then. The young master has to be protected by my Huang Zu. You don't have the authority to preside over Jingzhou's affairs on behalf of the young master. All government affairs. It can be agreed upon by our ministers in Jingzhou, or we can invite back to the main mother to take office. Huang Zu said a little stubbornly.

"But Brother Huang Zu, what is the situation now? The army of the New Han Army is ready to attack us at any time. Now that Liu Bei is dead, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei will definitely no longer obey our orders, and they will no longer confront the New Han Dynasty for us, which is even more worrying. There is also a possibility that they will attack us. Ignoring so many major matters, what's the point of arguing about this now? "Cai Mao wants to know righteousness. Persuade Huang Zu.

"I don't worry that the young master is in your hands. Also, what can you do now to ensure that we don't lose Jingzhou? Huang Zu questioned Cai Mao.

"Huang Zu! Don't deceive people too much, don't think that I, Cai Mao, will be afraid of you, Cai is the young master's uncle, and now he is too young to be in charge, and it is natural for me Cai Mao to be in charge. Could it be that Jingzhou is up to you, an outsider, to decide? Cai Mao was a little angry by Huang Zu.

"Then do you think I, Huang Zu, will be afraid of you? Now, Xiangyang City is guarded by my military horses, and your 100,000 sailors are in Xiangjiang, if you can't let me Huang explain his doubts, your orders can be passed on. Huang Zu also glared.

"Uh......"

Cai Mao was silent for a moment.

In the city, there are thousands of Liu Biao's personal soldiers, which are now controlled by Cai Mao, but his headquarters army and horses are stationed outside the city, and the 100,000 naval army is led by Zhang Yun to guard the town in Xiangjiang, beware of the new Han army naval army will directly attack Xiangyang from the waterway. However, the defending army is in the hands of Huang Zu, and without Huang Zu's cooperation, it is really difficult for him to do what he wants.

Cai Mao is still very dissatisfied with Liu Biao in her heart about this. Because if he hadn't let Huang Zu control the city defenders at the beginning, how could he be subject to Huang Zu now?

"Also, Huang has investigated clearly, not all of the people who chased and killed Liu Bei were the lord's personal soldiers, among them, there were some Cao Cao's people, and there were even generals like Xiahoudun and Xu Huang. How do you explain this? I, Huang, have reason to suspect that you Cai Mao coerced Su Xi and Lu Ling to murder the lord, and then you killed them, and then insisted that Liu Bei did it, and then, you sent someone to kill Liu Bei, so there is no proof of death, how can you call me Huang to believe you? This also has to be cherished, whether you Cai Mao have bad intentions. ”

"Injustice!"

Cai Mao jumped to her feet and shouted, "I'm more damn wronged than anyone else!" ”

For those who have Cao Cao mixed in Liu Biao's personal soldiers, this Cai Mao can explain it clearly. He took out some of Liu Biao's orders from his arms and threw them to Huang Zu and said, "Huang Zu! And all the colleagues present, you should have known about it a long time ago, right? When our lord Liu Bei came to Xiangyang, he didn't really want Liu Bei to preside over Jingzhou on behalf of our lord, but to coerce Liu Bei to hold Guan Yu and Zhang Fei hostage. Later, our lord thought that attracting Liu Bei was equivalent to Zhang Wolf entering the room, for this, I believe you are more clear, right? Even the brothers of the Kuai family were actually reversed by Liu Bei. It can be seen that Liu Bei's danger is great. If it weren't for the fact that our lord had been prepared, now, it would not be Cai and you who are standing on top of this hall, but Liu Bei and the Kuai brothers. ”

"As for why there is Cao Cao's general, it is because we are now allies with Cao Cao, and our lord is afraid that it will be difficult to kill Liu Bei with our strength, and it is our lord who secretly sent someone to help." (To be continued......)