Liu Qi listened to Zhou Budo's words, but he smiled, and then asked Zhou Budo rhetorically: "Do you still have a way to go back to the city tonight?" ”

Zhou Budo nodded and said, "Naturally, there is a way, I have to go back to my uncle to get my life." ”

"Hehe, that's good, you go back and bring a word to Liu Beijia, I won't enter the city tonight, and when Cai Mao goes out of the city to attack me tomorrow, Liu Beijia will order someone to open the city gate and let our army enter the city." Liu Qi smiled faintly and said slowly.

"Huh? Tomorrow? Tomorrow, Huang Zuke will arrive. Although Gongzi's strength is strong, he may not be the enemy of Huang Zu and Cai Mao. Childe can't even resist their joint efforts, so where does he have the extra strength to attack Xiangyang? Although Zhou Budo is a supernatural power, he is also a child after all, and he doesn't know that Huang Zu is originally Liu Qi's person, so he couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly said.

saw Liu Qi said calmly: "Since I know that I will face Huang Zu and Cai Mao's left and right attacks tomorrow, how can I not be prepared?" You can rest assured, I have already ambushed tens of thousands of elite soldiers, and I will definitely defeat Cai Mao tomorrow, if Liu Bei is willing to help open the city, it is entirely possible to pacify the traitor Cai Mao and the rebel Liu Cong. What's more, Cai Mao is cunning and cunning, since he knows that Huang Zu will arrive tomorrow, he will definitely strengthen his vigilance tonight, I am afraid that Liu Beijia will not have a chance to open the city gate, but will lose his life in vain. ”

When Zhou Budo heard Liu Qi's words, he couldn't help but be shocked, shed a cold sweat, nodded and said: "What Gongzi said is very true, since this is the case, I will report to my uncle, and open the city gate after Cai Mao leaves the city tomorrow." ”

After finishing speaking, Zhou Budo arched his hand to Liu Qi and turned to leave.

From Liu Qi's victory outside the city to Xiangyang City, it was actually only a few miles away, but Zhou Budo was only a ten-year-old child after all, so he walked for an hour before arriving.

When he came to the outside of the moat, his small body flashed in some hidden corner, and he followed a tunnel to the bottom of the city wall.

This tunnel was accidentally discovered when he was playing here with his friends, and the tunnel he found was actually abandoned and unusable, and he didn't know who built it, after all, there were so many large and small battles in the history of Xiangyang, and it was entirely possible to have an abandoned tunnel.

Later, when Zhou Budo proposed to let Liu Xian take refuge in Liu Qi, when he thought of the way to get out of the city, he suddenly remembered this tunnel, so he told his uncle Liu Xian about this matter, and asked his uncle to send some personal soldiers to repair this tunnel, but in order to avoid alarming Cai Mao and the defenders in the city, this tunnel was only repaired to a place more than ten zhang away from the city wall, although it was not very useful for fighting, but it was convenient for people to go out of the city at a critical moment to get in touch with the outside world.

Zhou Budo walked out of the tunnel and came to the city wall, because in the dark night, he was a thin and thin body, so he would not be noticed by the defenders on the city gate at all.

After coming to the city, Zhou Budo climbed to the inner city through a small hole in the base of the city wall.

Although this qiē seems simple, it is impossible for a ten-year-old child to walk for miles in the dark of night, digging tunnels and climbing holes in walls, without the courage of mortals.

In the inner city, Liu Xian's housekeeper Liu Yu was hidden in the dark to greet him, Liu Yu saw that Zhou Budo had finally returned, and the heart he mentioned was also put down, and then quickly picked up Zhou Budo, who was tired and out of breath, and disappeared into the night.

Although Liu Xian and other civil and military officials were under house arrest in the Zhennan General's Office, they were much more free inside the Bureau, and even if they were visited by relatives, some relatives of officials would often come to bring them some food and clothing.

Zhou Budo was carried by Liu Yu to a short distance in front of the Zhennan General Military Office, then went down to the ground, waited for a while, and took a quilt from a family member who had just arrived, and then went to the mansion with the quilt.

"Stop, where did you come from, kid? Any idea what this place is? The soldier guarding the door saw Zhou Budo go straight inside, and immediately shouted.

Zhou Budo said loudly without hurrying: "I am Liu Xian's nephew, and now it is even colder at night, I am here to send a quilt to my uncle." ”

"It turned out to be him, this kid has been here a few times, and he is indeed Liu Beijia's cousin."

A sergeant took the quilt, examined it carefully, and searched Zhou Budo's body to confirm that he didn't bring anything suspicious, so he let Zhou Budo in.

Zhou Budo came to Liu Xian's room with the quilt, closed the door, and whispered Liu Qi's words to Liu Xian, Liu Xian couldn't help but be stunned when he heard Zhou Budo's words, nodded randomly and said: "The eldest prince expected it to be good, Cai Mao really went to patrol the city overnight, and the city gates were full of cronies, and heavy troops were deployed in the four city gates, just to prevent someone from opening the city gate at night. And tomorrow will be different, after Huang Zu arrives, Cai Mao will definitely do his best to the elite of his cronies, and then fight the eldest prince with Huang Zu, at this time he thinks that he will win, but his vigilance is the smallest, we use this opportunity to open the city gate, it is definitely the best plan. ”

"So, my uncle agreed?" Zhou Budo couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly asked.

"Hehe, I will naturally agree, after you leave the mansion, I will order Liu Yu to take my letter to these people, they are all absolutely reliable people, tomorrow after Cai Mao's army leaves the city, they will definitely open the city gate and enlarge the prince into the city."

Liu Xian then wrote a few short letters, wrote to the generals he had secretly contacted, and asked them to send troops the next day as agreed, and then handed them to Zhou Budo and asked him to take the letters out.

After Zhou Budo left the mansion, he handed over all the letters to Liu Yu, and then asked him to do what Liu Xian instructed, and he returned to Liu Xian's mansion.

Although he was extremely tired, but Zhou Budo, who was extremely excited in his heart, couldn't sleep, he thought about it, so he wrote a few notices overnight, mainly using his own reasoning and analysis, for Liu Qi and the Kuai family to be ordinary, and pointed out that it was actually Liu Cong who murdered Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao, and then called a few loyal and reliable family members, and let them stick to a conspicuous place on the city wall overnight, and then fell asleep.

Early the next morning, Zhou Budo was woken up by the housekeeper Liu Yu, saying that the city was full of people and sergeants, pointing at the notices he wrote, although some people did not believe it, but there were already many people who were suspicious, and people were panicked for a while, and many people didn't know who to believe.

Among them, because they had received the favor of Liu Cong and the Fan family, they resolutely sided with Liu Cong, saying that Liu Qi was a rebel and Kuai was a murderer, and pointed out that the person who posted the notice was a spy sent by Liu Qi. However, some of them disagreed, saying that the analysis of the proclamation was reasonable, perhaps true, and the two sides actually fought for this, leading to chaos at the city gate.

Cai Mao's face was very gloomy after hearing the news, but it was not good to directly kill those who supported Liu Qi, so as not to exacerbate the suspicion of others, so he just grabbed a few of the two sides who took the lead in making trouble and put them in prison.

Zhou Budo couldn't help but smile after hearing the news, he knew that this time his propaganda should have an effect, at least after Liu Qi led the army into the city, he would not be resisted by all the people.

It was only at this time that Zhou Budo, who was completely relieved, fell on the bed and fell into a deep sleep.

Zhou Budo was relieved, but Cai Mao was now on fire in his heart, he didn't expect that there were still people openly opposing Liu Cong in Xiangyang City, which he strictly controlled, and he didn't know which master actually posted a notice on the city gate, using very reasonable inferences to explain that he and Liu Cong were the murderers of Liu Biao, and thus caused the chaos at the south city gate, although the chaos had subsided, but Cai Mao's heart could not be calm for a long time.

The intentions of this notice are very vicious, although it is not written that he is also the murderer of Liu Biao, but everyone knows that he is Liu Cong's party or his future father-in-law, if Liu Cong is convicted of killing Liu Biao, he will definitely be considered his accomplice.

What made Cai Mao even more uneasy was that this notice was still provoking her relationship with Liu Cong, because the notice only said that Liu Cong was the murderer of Liu Qi and did not mention herself. Although for the vast majority of people in the city, mentioning it and not mentioning it are the same, because everyone will automatically associate them together, but for Liu Cong, the meaning is different, because it will make Liu Cong think that this is what he deliberately instructed his subordinates to do in order to frame him, even if the battle against Liu Qi is won, it will inevitably lead to a conflict between himself and Liu Cong.

Cai Mao thought for a long time, but never found a solution, and in the end, a gleam suddenly flashed in her eyes, and she said coldly: "What if there is a conflict?" I, Cai Mao, have 20,000 troops in Xiangyang, plus Huang Zu's 30,000 army, am I still afraid of you? What's more, if I fight today, I can defeat Liu Qi, a waste, so that my Cai Mao's prestige is long, who else in the whole Jingzhou can compare? It's a big deal that when the time comes, I will do you and establish yourself as the lord of Jingzhou, even if I can't resist Liu Qi's waste, I am not afraid, I can completely take refuge in Cao Gong, in order to make Jingxiang's merits, and seek a wealth under his command. ”

At this moment, Cai Yan came in and said: "Big brother, the time has come, according to the agreement with Huang Zu, we should send troops, and it just so happens that Liu Qi is calling for battle under the city, so we can use this as an excuse to set off and attack Liu Qi together." ”

But I heard Cai Mao wave his hand and said: "I won't go this time, hehe, my contribution to Jingxiang is already big enough, and if I make meritorious service again, I will be suspected of being a high meritorious, you can lead the army out of the city, and if you make a great contribution this time, you can also fight for wealth." ”

Cai Yan couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately agreed, and patted his chest and promised: "Big brother, don't worry, this time we and General Huang Lao will attack Liu Qi together, this waste is difficult to fly, and the younger brother will definitely capture Liu Qi alive and sacrifice it to the eldest brother." ”

After finishing speaking, Cai Yan took over the talisman, and then went to reorganize the soldiers and horses in a hurry.

Cai Mao was silent for a moment, and then said to several captains of the personal soldiers around him: "Come with me to the Zhennan General's Mansion, the army has already set out, and the general is afraid of turmoil in the city, so today I must protect the safety of the lord." ”

"No." The captains of the pro-soldiers responded expressionlessly, and then went to the Zhennan General's Mansion with Cai Mao.