Chapter 178: Xiangyang Storm (8)
Seeing the vicious Liu Bei, the brothers Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue felt chills in their hearts.
At this moment, they no longer had the calm and comfortable conspiratories they had with Liu Bei earlier to coerce Liu Bei and coerce Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. At this moment, they were only frightened, because they never thought that Liu Bei, who was usually approachable and extremely kind to people and things, would suddenly become so hideous.
At this moment, looking at Liu Bei's appearance, there was a big disagreement, so he taught them the appearance of blood splashing five steps, so that the Kuai brothers were sweating and speechless.
The brothers of the Kuai family, it's not that they are not talented, but in the face of the ruthless Liu Bei, even if they are full of wisdom, they are also flustered at this moment.
After a while, Kuai Liangcai said hesitantly: "Liu, Uncle Liuhuang, you, what do you want?" Please also be clear......"
"Then do you choose life or death?" Liu Bei glared at the Kuai brothers unceremoniously.
"This, if you can live, who would want to die?" Kuailiang said without thinking.
"What about you?" Liu Bei looked at Kuai Yue Dao.
"I ...... Naturally, I mean the same thing as my brother...... "Kuai Yue didn't dare to say anything that went against Liu Bei's intentions.
"Well, that's good, since you all want to live, then from now on, you can be regarded as my Liu Bei's people. As long as you can do what I Liu Bei said, I Liu Bei can ensure the safety of your Kuai family, and can ensure the interests of your Kuai family in Jingzhou, so that you can enjoy endless wealth. Liu Yi saw the statement of the Kuai brothers, and nodded with satisfaction.
"Uncle Liu Huang has orders, please say it clearly." Kuailiang knows. Now that his brother has no choice, if Liu Bei is reversed at this moment, they may not be able to get out of Liu Bei's secret room again. Therefore. They could only follow Liu Bei's wishes.
"My Liu Bei's meaning is very simple, that is, to become the real lord of Jingzhou, how can I Liu Bei become the lord of Jingzhou, the main thing is to depend on you. As the leader, you should propose to Liu Biao that I, Liu Bei, officially take over the lord of Jingzhou. Do you understand what I mean Liu Bei? Liu Bei looked at the Kuai brothers coldly and said, "Now, in Jingzhou." In addition to Liu Biao, Cai Mao and a few others, your Kuai brothers are the most famous people in Jingzhou. As long as you take the lead in proposing it to Liu Biao, there will inevitably be many civil and military followers of Jingzhou. And so it goes. must be able to force Liu Biao to give up Jingzhou. β
"Huh? This, this Uncle Liu Huang ......" Kuai Liang wanted to refuse at the first time, because he understood that now Liu Biao had already been wary of Liu Bei enough. People had already expected Liu Bei to do this. Moreover, Liu Biao also asked them to deliberately lead Liu Bei to do this, and now, they will bite back and directly put Liu Bei to death. If at this time, they proposed to lead people to force Liu Biao's palace for Liu Bei, wouldn't this be the birthday star's neck, and he would have a long life?
Kuai Liang knew that the reason why Liu Biao wanted them to lead Liu Bei to launch such an action. That is, there should already be enough means to deal with Liu Bei, at least. Now that the military power of Jingzhou has been held by Liu Biao, if they sincerely serve Liu Bei, they will definitely not end well.
However, at this moment, they were led to this secret room by Liu Bei, seeing Liu Bei's unkind expression, if he spoke out against it, they were really worried about whether they could get out of this secret room again.
The Kuai brothers are also very clear in their hearts now, Liu Bei at this moment is a desperate gambler, and he has already gambled red-eyed, if it goes against his will at this moment, no one is sure whether Liu Bei will come with them to break the net. In this way, even if they want to die, it is their Kuai brothers who die first.
Under Liu Bei's cold eyes, Kuai Liang hurriedly changed his words and said: "This, Uncle Liu Huang, to be honest, it's not that we don't want to do this for you, but Uncle Liu Huang, I'm afraid there is no possibility of success if you do this." β
"Whether it succeeds or not, that's my Liu's business, you just need to do it." Liu Bei said calmly.
"No, no, Uncle Liu Huang, what we mean is that now Jingzhou has been in the hands of Liu Biao, and almost all the military power is in his hands, especially recently, Liu Biao suddenly transferred back Huang Zu and Cai Mao, and now, in the entire Jingzhou City, two or three hundred thousand Jingzhou troops are in the hands of Liu Biao. In such a situation, not to mention more, even if Liu Biao mobilized his thousands of guards, we would all have to die. You can't do that. Kuai Yue said anxiously.
"So, you're afraid of death?" Liu Bei said lightly.
"Oh, Uncle Liu Huang, this, it's not that we're afraid of death, but this thing, it really doesn't seem to have a chance of success. Unless, Liu Biao saw that he was impeached by all the civil and military forces in Jingzhou, and he was willing to give Jingzhou to you, but how could this be? Kuai Yue rushed to say.
"What if I want you to do that?"
Liu Bei said ruthlessly.
"Uh......"
Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue brothers looked at each other speechlessly.
This Liu Bei really gave them a multiple-choice question that was difficult to decide.
If they didn't agree, they might be killed by Liu Bei right now, but what if they agreed? I'm afraid this is also the end of being killed. Liu Biao had already sharpened his knife and raised the butcher's knife, just waiting for them to do that. It is conceivable that if Liu Biao is really pressed, when the time comes, let alone the two brothers of the Kuai family, even the entire Kuai family may be implicated. Even if Liu Biao can let them go of the Kuai family, then Cai Mao and other generals are unlikely to let them go of the Kuai family. Those Jingxiang Wang clans who have always had a competitive relationship with the Kuai family, who don't want to seize the opportunity to destroy their Kuai family so that they can monopolize the interests of Jingxiang? Who doesn't look down on their Kuai family's status, power and wealth in the Jingxiang region?
In the blink of an eye, the Kuai brothers have sorted out the entire stakes.
There is a saying, which also has a little truth, that a soldier can be killed but not humiliated, especially a famous person like the Kuai brothers. They are afraid of death, but they will not be unprovoked, knowing that they can't do anything and will be sent to death. Liu Bei's matter has made it clear that there is no possibility of success. They followed Liu Bei, and it was really a place where there was no place to be buried.
Or rather, the Kuai brothers. is also a wise and scheming celebrity, if there is only a risk, and there is no benefit, why should they really take refuge in Liu Bei and be used by Liu Bei?
They are now very clear that Liu Bei at this moment also has no choice. He had to take a risk. If they had not been the representatives of the impeachment of Liu Biao, then the influence would have been much smaller, and Liu Bei would have no chance of success at all. Without them taking the lead, those Jingzhou civil and military forces who originally seemed to have voted for Liu Bei would not be at the mercy of Liu Bei, and they would not dare to attack Liu Biao rashly. He would never dare to lead the public to impeach Liu Biao. forced Liu Biao to abdicate.
At this moment, the Kuai brothers had already figured out their identity and status in this incident, and understood that Liu Bei would be difficult to achieve without them. In this way, they estimated that Liu Bei was most likely just intimidating them now, and he should not kill them on the spot.
Figure this out. The Kuai brothers glanced at each other, and there was a determination in their eyes. Shaking his head and saying to Liu Bei: "Uncle Liu, it's useless for you to force us, knowing that it is impossible to succeed, we will never dare to agree to you, this is not only a matter of the net worth and life of my brother of the Kuai family, nor is it just a matter of involving the net worth and life of your Uncle Liu Huang." This matter, take the whole body, and when the time comes, I will wait for the entire family, hundreds of thousands of people will be buried with me. There are other people and their families, such a thing that is not sure at all will inevitably make Xiangyang bleed, and I can't agree to this. β
"That's right," Kuai Yue nodded and said, "Even if Uncle Liu Huang kills my two brothers now, it will only be the lives of my two brothers, but if we want our entire family to be buried for Uncle Liu Huang and you, it is impossible." Now, Uncle Liu, what do you want to do to us, please let me go! β
"Are you really not afraid of death?" Liu Bei tightened the handle of his sword and said coldly.
"Afraid of death, we naturally don't want to die, but death is lighter than a feather, heavier than Mount Tai, if it is a worthless death, we will naturally not die. Seeing that Uncle Liu Huang's matter, there is no possibility of success, and he still has to follow Uncle Liu to die, which is not worth it. β
"Hehe, then you say, how do you want to die to be worth it? Just let me kill Liu Bei now, you guys are worth it? Liu Bei suddenly smiled and said.
"It's not worth it, but it's worth it than following Uncle Liu Huang to die." Kuai Yue looked at Liu Bei with a fearless expression.
"Haha, it really deserves to be a famous person in Jingxiang, it seems that it is unlikely that my Liu Bei wants to sincerely serve me Liu Bei by intimidating you?" Liu Bei laughed.
"Please Uncle Liu Huang Mingjian, if Uncle Liu Huang is sure, then I can still serve Uncle Liu Huang and you, but knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, it is not what my Kuai brothers want to do. What's more, when has Uncle Liu Huang seen that relying on might and intimidation can make people sincerely obey? Kuai Liang saw Liu Bei laughing, and his heart felt light, knowing that things should have a turnaround.
"Well, indeed, it is indeed Liu Bei's fault to intimidate you Kuai brothers with might. Hehe, please don't blame the two gentlemen. Actually, it's just that I, Liu Bei, are too anxious and haven't made things clear to them yet. However, before I make it clear to you, I Liu Bei has to confirm whether you Kuai brothers will help me Liu Bei and the people. Now it seems that I want the two gentlemen to work sincerely, but I Liu Bei haven't given enough value and haven't been able to touch your hearts, right? Liu Bei choked, returned the sword, and sat down.
The Kuai brothers were still standing, looking at Liu Bei with cold eyes, waiting for Liu Bei's next words.
"Okay, then I, Liu Bei, will open a price code. Let's see if we can touch your brother's heart. Liu Bei said in a hurry: "Well, as long as you can lead a group of Jingzhou civil and military forces to impeach Liu Biao and force Liu Biao to abdicate and give way to Zaixia." Then, in the future, you will be in Jingzhou, and I will be above 10,000 people under Liu Bei. I, Liu Bei, only need the military and political power of Jingzhou, and as for the economic situation in the Jingxiang area, it will be handled by your Kuai family. Of course, in addition to being available to my Liu Bei's military needs, how much wealth Jingxiang has, you can take it. Jingzhou is not my Liu Bei's ultimate goal, the Han world is what I Liu Bei needs. β
"Uncle Liu Huang, there is no basis for what you say. Now my Kuai family, although I dare not say that I have all the wealth of Jingxiang, but I still have it in 12 out of 10. Under the current circumstances, Uncle Liu, how can you make me willing to risk your life for you? Kuai Liang asked calmly.
"Good question!" Liu Bei sat upright and slapped the table of the desk. Then he looked at the Kuai brothers and said, "Then, you have to know." Originally, I Liu Bei really needed you as the head of Jingzhou's civil and military affairs to impeach Liu Biao, before I said it, I Liu Bei or I didn't really need to kill you, I would just put them under house arrest here, and then release you after the matter was resolved. But. If I, Liu Bei, say it and tell the secrets, then you will never turn back. You can only follow me Liu Bei, one is prosperous, and one is lost, this. You've got to think about it. β
"Hmph. We don't believe that under the current situation in Jingzhou, Uncle Liu Huang will have a clever plan to take Jingzhou from Liu Biao's hands. Kuai Yue didn't believe it.
"Oh? Not convinced? So am I going to say it? Liu Bei squinted at Kuai Yue Dao.
The brothers of the Kuai family are a little strange, and Liu Bei is confident. Of course, if Liu Bei really has a way to win Jingzhou from Liu Biao's hands, then why don't they push the boat down the river and help Liu Bei succeed? Anyway, Liu Bei will be counted after the fact. They are also needed to preside over the affairs of Jingzhou for Liu Bei, many things. They all need to come forward. This will not be a bad thing for the Kuai family.
Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue thought about it for a while, and each nodded and said, "Uncle Liuhuang, please speak clearly!" β
"Well, okay, I want to say to you, Liu Biao is afraid that his life will be short, do you believe it?" Liu Bei's expression at this moment seemed to be a little proud: "Or in other words, Liu Biao's life is now in the hands of my Liu Bei, and I, Liu Bei, want Liu Biao to die, and he will never survive until dawn." So, you believe it, right? Believe me, Liu Bei has the possibility of success, right? β
"What? YouβHow could you have mastered Liu Biao's life? The Kuai brothers said in horror.
"You have a good plan, and I, Liu Bei, have also had a wall ladder. Do you really think that I, Liu Bei, would really believe Liu Biao's words, and run to Xiangyang to let him control my Liu Bei and use the martial arts of my two righteous brothers to serve him? If there is no benefit, how can I, Liu Bei, come and do it? Liu Beiyin laughed and said: "When you invited me Liu Bei to come to Xiangyang, I knew the situation. Therefore, I sent someone else to sneak into Xiangyang, find out Liu Biao's situation, and then ......"
When Liu Bei said this, he paused and said: "Let's tell you the truth, the current Liu Biao is indeed seriously ill, and he is no longer pretending to be sick, this, you should be clear now, right?" However, Liu Biao was not sick, but poisoned. β
Liu Biao is really sick, the brothers of the Kuai family did see it earlier, and when they saw Liu Biao, they had already seen that something was wrong with Liu Biao. It's just that they didn't dare to ask anything, but they thought in their hearts that even if Liu Biaoxi was sick, he shouldn't be too strict. But now, Liu Bei said that Liu Biao was poisoned, and they were all a little shocked and a little unconvinced.
"W-That's unlikely, isn't it? If you want to say that Liu Biao is really sick, we also believe this, after all, Liu Biao's spirit was very poor some time ago, and he once vomited blood, but you said that Liu Biao was poisoned? How is thisβhow is this possible? If Liu Biao was poisoned, how could the doctors who treated Liu Biao not know? β
"If I say that the doctors and doctors who treated Liu Biao are all my Liu Bei's people, you should believe it, right?"
"Huh?"
"Hehe, don't doubt it, I Liu Bei heard that Liu Biao is seriously ill and can't even handle Jingzhou affairs, so he summoned me Liu Bei to Xiangyang for no reason, will I Liu Bei believe it? If you don't believe it, how can you confirm it? In this way, I, Liu Bei, started directly from those doctors. Wouldn't we know everything? Then, use those doctors to poison Liu Biao, this matter should not be nothing, right? β
"I see......"
After listening to Liu Bei, the brothers of the Kuai family couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts.
Sure enough, they were planning to invite Liu Bei to Xiangyang, and then use Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to resist the attack of the New Han Army for them. After thinking about it, they thought of many details, but they didn't expect that Liu Bei would grasp such a link as a doctor, and forcefully let Liu Bei change from an unfavorable passive situation to an active situation.
The matter has come to this point, and the brothers of the Kuai family have no choice.
They could already see if Liu Biao suddenly died. So what kind of situation will Jingzhou have?
That must be the chaos in Jingzhou. Originally, because of Liu Biao, the Jingzhou army, which could barely be twisted into a rope, will soon be torn apart and disagree with each other. When the time comes, the biggest beneficiary will definitely not be the Kuai brothers who do not have military power.
"How? It's time to make a decision, right? Liu Bei said in a deep voice.
"Alas......" Kuai Liang sighed and said: "Okay, we can impeach Liu Biao for Uncle Liu Huang to lead Jingzhou Wenwu, but what happens next, how the situation develops, it is not something that my Kuai family brothers can control." Now, we only ask for one thing, no matter how things succeed or fail, Uncle Liu Huang must protect my Kuai family from being implicated. β
"Good! At this point, I Liu Bei can promise you, I will secretly send people to save the lives of the Kuai family. As long as we succeed, then your Kuai family will inevitably flourish in the Jingxiang area and become the real number one family in the Jingxiang area. β
Liu Bei agreed, he knew that with the help of the brothers of the Kuai family, most of his affairs had been successful. (To be continued......)