Liu Jingsheng and Wang Tongyao's dispute between the state and the pastor escalated into a war in which the dead were silent and the losers were silent, and their main battlefield was placed in Zhonglu in the south of Xiangyang City, because of this, Li Kai easily came to the north of Xiangyang City and entered Xiangyang City;

Xiangyang City is high and strong, there are castles outside, and high-rise buildings inside, it is really difficult to capture this place without hundreds of thousands of strong soldiers, and the prerequisite is that the defenders in Xiangyang City cannot exceed 40,000! The very harsh conditions also show how excellent Xiangyang's geographical advantages are;

On the state pastor's house, Liu Jinggao sat at the head of the hall, and the civil and military forces below sat separately, and everyone either closed their eyes and rested, or was restless, or hung high on their own business... showed a mind for the current struggle;

For the representatives of the scholar family, no matter whether the state pastor is Wang Rui or Liu Biao, as long as it does not harm their interests, they can completely ignore it, and for some people who have already tied themselves to Liu Biao's chariot, they can only tie Liu Biao, otherwise they will be unlucky!

And Cai Mao, the representative of the Cai family, is the one who must help Liu Biao, who asked his sister to marry Liu Jingsheng, an old man! Cai Mao is eight feet tall, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a dignified appearance, and a few brushes under his hands, and is the most capable figure in the Cai clan in the contemporary era;

Seeing that everyone was speechless, wouldn't it be a relief for him to stand up and perform now? "My lord! I thought that Cao Yin, the Taishou of Wuling, had always been at odds with Wang Rui, so it was better to ask him to attack Wang Rui from behind! There is also Sun Jian, who is too guarded by Changsha, this person is fierce and brave, although there are not many soldiers and horses in his hands, but they are good enough..."

Frankly speaking, Cai Mao's suggestion is reasonable and very in line with the current situation, but Liu Vo Ji can't do this, the first thing is about face and prestige! Sun Jian and Cao Yin are all his subordinates, if they are asked to send troops, they can't deal with Wang Rui by themselves, and their prestige will be damaged, how will they be subdued in the future?

Cai Mao is almost thirty years old, and his political experience is still too little, and he can't understand Liu Biao's mind, nor can he understand the mind of others, so his words didn't impress Liu Biao... However, Liu Biao understood the meaning of his loyalty;

"Sit down first! The stakes are high, let me think again! Liu Biao waved his hand and asked Cai Mao to sit down, and then he closed his eyes and quickly calculated the gains and losses in his mind... Suddenly there was a sound of footsteps outside, and the guards bowed their heads: "Lord Yuzhou! There is a person outside who claims to be a subordinate of Nanyang Taishou Yuan Shu, and he has come to pay his respects! ”

Yuan Shu? That's a good candidate! Liu Biao's eyes lit up, he was thinking about how to take back Nanyang County, who would have expected that Wang Rui's sudden attack caught him off guard, and Nanyang County could only give up... If Yuan Shu and Wang Rui are allowed to work hard, then can they sit back and reap the benefits of fishing and kill two birds with one stone?

"Please come in!" With this idea, Liu said with a smile on the surface, and after a while, Li and the bear child Ma Chao came over, and Li Mou, who looked good, politely gave a salute: "Li Kai and Li Xiao, under the command of Nanyang Taishou, visited Liu Zhoumu first!" ”

Liu Biao is forty-seven or eighteen years old, looks well maintained, tall, except for a hint of frost on his sideburns, he is completely an elderly version of a handsome guy, such a man with connotation and depth, no wonder he can fascinate a large number of people;

"Li Xiaoxian... Do you know Kong Ling? Liu Biao was shocked and then asked, a few days ago he also corresponded with Kong Ling, Kong Ling said in the letter that he knew a high-ranking talent, named Li Kai, but unfortunately he was captured by bandits, I am afraid it is more than lucky! Unexpectedly, in a few days, this person stood in front of him intact...

Li Kai smiled and said, "Exactly! Master Kong is a 'good person', I had a good conversation with him, I never thought of being captured by bandits, if it wasn't for Lord Yuan to save him again, I'm afraid it would be more than lucky! I knew Yuan Taishou before, and this time I was rescued, so I decided to work for him! ”

As the saying goes, if a lie is spoken, you have to compile 10,000 lies to justify yourself... After deceiving Kong Ling, he could only lie constantly to clarify that after he went to Yuzhou, the shocking case that happened had nothing to do with him;

"I see! Ladies and gentlemen! Can you recognize Li Kai, Li Xiaoxian? Liu Biao nodded and said with a smile, the poetry plagiarized by Li Mou spread a wide range, and the scholars and Qingliu people praised it, and the speed of transmission was faster than the news of the emperor's death;

"It turned out to be Mr. Li Xiaoxian! I was courteous under it! Many people saluted kindly, and Li also returned the salute one by one with a smile on his face, showing his kind attitude;

"I wonder why Mr. Li is here?" , Liu Biao asked with a smile, like a weasel greeting chickens for the New Year, the dirty thoughts in his heart kept flashing, Li is not a vegetarian, and the purpose he posted it was not very pure;

Li Kaishi saluted and said: "There are more and more displaced people gathered in Nanyang County, there are more than 600,000 at present, and Nanyang County will lose control if it goes on like this, and a large number of displaced people will definitely riot if they are not properly resettled, but...

We don't have enough food, so we can't control them, so I'm here to ask the governor to help Nanyang County get out of the current predicament... Once the homeless people riot, I'm afraid it's not just Nanyang who will suffer! ”

As soon as these words came out, Liu Biao's favor towards Li dropped by three points, first of all, he did not admit that Nanyang County was part of Jingzhou, how could Liu Biao, as a pastor of Jingzhou, be happy in his heart? There is also a thorn in this statement, which has a threatening meaning;

Liu Biao pondered for a moment and said, "Then how much grain do you plan to want?" He plans to test Li Kai's bottom line first, if he opens his mouth, I'm afraid there will be no reason to cooperate;

"Naturally, the more the merrier! One million stone is not too much, and 500,000 stone is not too little! Li Kai said: "Of course, we won't take these grains in vain, we will pay, but there are some difficulties at present, and we need to pay a sum first, and then installments!" ”

Who believes your nonsense? Really! Liu Biaocai will not believe Li Kai's words, installment payment, how can there be any integrity in this environment? I'm afraid that if the food is taken away, it will be taken in vain: "Isn't this okay?" I mean... Mr. Li has also heard about the current situation in Jingzhou, right? Why don't you help me quell Wang Rui's rebellion, and I will provide you with food and grass? ”

Liu Biao can't agree to Li's proposal, and Liu Biao's proposal Li won't agree, Nanyang's current soldiers and horses add up to more than 20,000 people, of course, these are real troops, miscellaneous soldiers are not counted, these are Yuan Shu's capital, he has no right to mobilize these people;

Even if he had this power, Li Kai would never let his army come to Liu Biao's realm, once he was controlled by others, how could he easily escape? Therefore, he refused: "This, I'm afraid I can't agree to it!" First, I can't be the master of Yuan Gong, and secondly, there are not many soldiers and horses in Nanyang, and I still need to guard against hundreds of thousands of displaced people, and the troops can't be drawn! ”

Liu Biao squinted his eyes, feeling that Li was not a good stubble, and his complexion changed: "In this way, I can't help you anymore!" ”

"So, is Lord Governor dead and can't be saved?" , Li is also depressed in his heart, aren't so many homeless people in Nanyang County all the sins created by him and Kong Ling? Kong Ling is bleeding profusely now, and the remaining vacancy is not big, so why is he still pushing back if he is a little less?

"It's not that you can't save you when you die, but you can't do anything!" , Liu Biao replied···