It's really a bit surprising that at this time, no one thought that a figure who had little to do with this war, or rather, had little or even no impact on the major aspects of this war, would actually become the center of this storm.

Cao Cao didn't expect it, Liu Biao didn't expect it, Liu Yi didn't expect it, and even Liu Bei himself never thought about it.

It's also a little funny to say, the current Liu Bei, compared to the tripartite forces of Cao Cao, Liu Biao, and Liu Yi, Liu Bei's little strength can really be said to be just a small person. When the three parties restrained each other, it is estimated that they did not consider Liu Bei's problem too much.

However, now, Cao Cao wants to calculate Liu Bei, and wants to get Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, the two generals, and Liu Biao is the same. In fact, at this moment, although Liu Yi does not have to rely on calculations to get Guan Yu and Zhang Fei like Cao Cao and Liu Biao, Liu Yi also considered Guan Yu and Zhang Fei in this war to seize Jingzhou, how can they be able to return to their side openly, which makes the two generals return to their positions.

However, under the attention of Cao Cao, Liu Biao, and Liu Yi, Liu Bei, who seemed to have become the center of the storm, had not yet realized that he was already in someone else's plan.

At this moment, Liu Bei, he had already led 30,000 troops from Xinye City to Lushan County, and settled down in the county seat.

For Liu Bei at this moment, he should be said to be more excited, because two tigers must be injured when they fight, and he is trying to survive in the gap between these three forces, if those forces have been safe and sound, they will never be able to fight. This is also a kind of torment for him, and those forces do not fight. How can he fish in the waters?

Liu Bei also has his prospects.

After experiencing all kinds of setbacks, Liu Bei became more cautious and calm, and his mind seemed to be more cautious. The issues considered are also more long-term.

Liu Bei knew very well in his heart that although he already had a certain amount of strength now, but. It is unlikely that he will be able to easily take a foothold from someone else's hands as he did earlier.

For example, he saw it very clearly. The territory of the New Han Dynasty and the territory of Cao Cao's forces no longer have a foothold for Liu Bei, no matter how these two forces fight. He was afraid that it would be difficult for him to gain much from it. Only, Liu Bei set his eyes on Liu Biao's body.

Seriously, after thinking about it, Liu Bei thought that his current situation was actually a bit similar to the situation when he went to Xuzhou from Pingyuan County, Jizhou. He was a subsidiary of Xuzhou at that time, and now he is a subsidiary of Jingzhou. In addition, Tao Qian, the former lord of Xuzhou, is a lord with a good reputation. But inside is a weak and powerless lord, at least. Compared to the princes of the world, he is not a hero. And Liu Biao, the lord of Jingzhou at this moment, happened to be a bit similar to Tao Qian, the lord of Xuzhou at that time.

In the face of such a master of one side, it seems that he is not capable of sitting on the head of one side, and it is often easy for people to have a mentality of replacing him.

This is like a weak and incompetent man who marries a beautiful and beautiful woman as his wife. Then, this man's wife will definitely be read by many people with bad intentions, and at a certain moment, he may hook up with this man's wife, or even forcibly occupy him.

Liu Biao seems to have married a beautiful wife at this moment, and he has no ability to protect it, so it is natural to attract the prying eyes of others...... Uh, actually, his wife looks like ...... Ha......

Liu Bei now has this mentality, and feels that Liu Biao is afraid that he will not be able to keep this beautiful wife after all, so why not take care of this beautiful woman on his behalf as a capable brother? It's better for him to possess than to be possessed by someone else, right? Fertilizer doesn't flow into other people's fields, right?

Liu Bei fully wielded his imagination. He felt that the best situation was that the New Han Army sent troops to attack Liu Biao, and then Cao Cao sent troops to participate in the war, so that the three forces fought a melee, and in the end Liu Biao suffered heavy losses, and the best thing was that Liu Biao was directly disabled, and the New Han Army and Cao Cao also suffered losses, forming a stalemate between the New Han Army and Cao Cao's army. In this way, Liu Biao is equivalent to existing in name only, and Jingzhou may fall into the hands of Liu Yi or Cao Cao at any time. At this time, he, Liu Bei, could come forward and take over Liu Biao's power territory, and then replace Liu Biao and become the lord of Jingzhou. As long as he becomes the lord of Jingzhou, he can take advantage of the opportunity when the New Han Army and Cao Cao's army are in a stalemate, quickly integrate the Jingzhou army, and quickly develop.

This is the best result that Liu Bei can think of.

To put it bluntly, Liu Bei subconsciously hopes that Jingzhou will be in chaos, if Jingzhou is not chaotic, where will he have a chance?

Therefore, don't look at Liu Bei now led 30,000 troops and horses to Lushan County, but he didn't plan to seriously lead the army to the war.

What's more, Liu Bei is still a little unsure of his thoughts of these two sworn brothers, because, more and more, these two sworn brothers seem to be very inconsistent with what he thinks. At least, for the New Han Army to attack Liu Biao this time, Liu Bei couldn't see the thoughts of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, the two righteous brothers, and couldn't tell whether their hearts were inclined to Liu Biao's side or the New Han Dynasty's side. What Liu Bei was worried about was that the two righteous brothers would not confront the New Han Army because of their friendship with Liu Yi. If this is the case, he Liu Bei will be very passive, worried that in the process of plotting to seize Jingzhou, the two righteous brothers will not help him with all their might.

After all, Liu Bei also saw that Liu Yi seemed to be serious about Liu Biao, judging from the situation of the New Han Army's naval army seizing the southern region of Jingzhou, Liu Yi would not stop if he did not destroy Liu Biao. Under such circumstances, how could Liu Yi watch him Liu Bei take Jingzhou from him? At that time, even if he Liu Bei becomes the lord of Jingzhou, the New Han Army is afraid that it will still use troops against him. If Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, the two righteous brothers, are unwilling to be enemies with Liu Yi, then he Liu Bei will definitely not be able to defend Jingzhou.

Therefore, Liu Bei now, in front of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, did not show any happy expression, but instead put on a reluctant look, in front of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, he was very helpless and had to obey Liu Biao's order to send troops from Xinye to support Liu Biao. In front of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Liu Bei also pretended not to want to participate in the war with Liu Yi.

And when Liu Bei was in Lushan County, waiting for the change of the battle situation, looking forward to the tripartite battle between the New Han Army and Liu Biao and Cao Cao, Liu Biao's envoy and a famous man from Xiangyang came to Lushan County one after another.

First, Liu Biao's envoy read out to Liu Bei that Liu Biao wanted to invite Liu Bei to Jingzhou to preside over the overall situation, and explained to Liu Bei why Liu Biao had such a request so suddenly.

For Liu Bei, this incident really made him feel extremely sudden, so sudden that he couldn't believe it at all. To be honest, Liu Bei really never thought that Liu Biao would actually hand over the power of Jingzhou to him Liu Bei when the army of the New Han Dynasty was pressing.

Liu Bei's heart knew very well that Liu Biao accepted him and gave him Xinye City to settle down, not that Liu Biao really regarded him as his own person, and regarded him as a brother who intended to take care of him. This is really, these things involving the interests of the territory, don't say that he Liu Bei and Liu Biao are just brothers of the Han family, but in essence, they are the so-called brothers of the same clan who have nothing to do with each other.

The reason why Liu Biao let Liu Bei settle in Xinye City was mainly because he valued Liu Bei's ability and the martial arts of his two righteous brothers, and wanted to let him resist the ambitious Cao Cao.

To put it bluntly, Liu Bei knows in his heart, and Liu Biao also knows in his heart that Liu Bei and Liu Biao are just using each other and taking what they need, not as harmonious as they seem.

Now, Liu Biao is so sudden, after he fell ill, he said that he would invite him to Xiangyang to preside over the overall situation, how can Liu Bei believe in Liu Biao's sincerity? This is not a question of sincerity or insincerity, but that the relationship between Liu Bei and Liu Biao is not so close that it can trust the military and political power related to a state capital.

Although, the envoy sent by Liu Biao also said it, and praised Liu Bei greatly, saying that Liu Bei has nothing in the sky and no earth, what benevolence and righteousness, and what talent, in short, Liu Bei is the only one who has the ability to act as the military and political power of Jingzhou, and has the ability to resist the attack of the New Han Army for Liu Biao. However, Liu Bei knows his own business, he knows that there are many celebrities in Jingzhou, and people with real talent and real learning don't know how much higher than his Liu Bei's little knowledge. lined up, but it was not his turn Liu Bei to preside over Jingzhou's military and political affairs on behalf of Liu Biao.

Therefore, when Liu Bei heard the news, his first reaction was whether Liu Biao was plotting against him Liu Bei.

However, after thinking about it, Liu Bei felt that he didn't seem to have anything worth Liu Biao's plot now? Especially when the New Han Army was pressing, what benefits could Liu Biao have if he planned against Liu Bei?

Liu Bei was puzzled, he didn't dare to agree to Liu Biao's request for a while, and went to Xiangyang to see Liu Biao and presided over the overall situation of Jingzhou on behalf of Liu Biao.

At this time, Liu Bei ushered in another person from Xiangyang in confusion.

Seeing the visitor, Liu Bei was overjoyed and hurriedly invited him into the secret room.

The person who came was a native of Yicheng, Xiangyang, and Liu Bei knew him before, and he only met through Sun Gan's introduction.

This person's surname is Ma, his name is Ma Xiao, and his name is Bochang.

He is also one of the famous people in Jingxiang, and his family is in the Xiangyang area, which is also a famous family, but compared with the Kuai family and the Cai family, etc., it is not very prominent.

According to legend, this Ma family does not like Liu Biao very much, and it belongs to the group of Jingxiang clans that were squeezed by the famous family who were close to Liu Biao.

Of course, if you say this, you may not know too much which Ma family is, but if you talk about the names of Ma Liang and Ma Yan, you will know which Ma family it is. (To be continued......)

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