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The news that Ji Ling occupied Yufu not only gave Liu Xiu a headache, but even Liu Biao, who had just received the news, was very scratching his head. Jingzhou is rich, there are people on land, Yuan Shu wants to occupy the whole territory of Jingzhou, he also wants to recapture Nanyang, occupy Jingzhou to stand on his own, the two have been fighting intermittently for more than two years, and the Xiangyang area has not stopped. If it weren't for Yuan Shu's two-sided enemy, and the main forces were pinned down in Yingchuan and Zang Min's battle, he was not under much pressure, and I am afraid that the Hanshui defense line would have been broken through long ago. Now that Yuan Shu has made a surprise move, he has sent people to occupy Yufu, from which he can go down the river and attack Jiangling at any time, he is about to face the dilemma of fighting on two fronts.

Liu Biao was very nervous, Liu Yan occupied Yizhou, he was nervous, Liu Xiu wanted to enter Yizhou, he was even more nervous, and Yuan Shu occupied Yufu, he felt like a knife hanging over his head, this knife could fall down at any time and behead him. He knows Liu Yan, and has worked with Liu Xiu for a long time, and knows better what kind of person Yuan Shu is, no matter who is in Yizhou, he will not be able to live in peace, but the lesser of two evils, among these three people, he would rather Liu Yan be in Yizhou, at least the threat to him is less.

Hurried footsteps sounded outside the door, and Cai Mao and Kuai Liang walked in side by side, and bowed their hands: "Envoy." ”

"Sit down, sit down." Seeing these two people, Liu Biao breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly invited them to a seat, served wine, and then told the news he had just received. "Ji Ling is in Yufu, it is possible to go east to Jiangling at any time, the main force of the army is in Xiangyang, Jiangling is insufficient, I invite the two of you to come, I just want to discuss how to defend."

Cai Mao and Kuai Liang glanced at each other, and they both saw surprise in each other's eyes. Yuan Shu's people suddenly appeared in Yizhou? No wonder Liu Biao wanted to summon the two of them urgently, especially Cai Mao, who led the Jingzhou Navy Division to fight in Xiangyang, shouldering the heavy responsibility of guarding the Han River, and played a non-negligible role in the battle situation.

"What does the envoy mean is that he wants to transfer water to Gangneung?" Kuai Liang asked.

"Exactly, does Zirou think it's feasible?"

Kuai Liang shook his head slowly: "It is not a big problem to transfer the sailor to Jiangling and stop Ji Ling, but has you thought about it, Ji Ling is just a strange soldier, it will take him a while to gain a firm foothold in Yufu, and it is not very likely that he will pose a threat to Jiangling in the short term." ”

Liu Biao blinked: "Zirou means that we don't need to care about it for the time being?" ”

Kuai Liang nodded, and shook his head again: "Yes, there is no need to care about Ji Ling, what we have to consider should be Liu Xiu, the general of the chariot cavalry." ”

"Liu Xiu? He has nothing to worry about. Liu Biao laughed disappreciatively, stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Liu Yan's heavy army is in Hanzhong, he can't move forward at all, even if there are some chaotic army responses, sooner or later he will be pacified by Liu Yan, I think he, an invincible famous general, is going to taste defeat this time." ”

Kuai Liang smiled silently: "If you think so, maybe a catastrophe will come soon." ”

Liu Biao was a little unhappy, and his smile became unnatural. "Zirou thinks he will be able to enter Hanzhong soon?"

Kuai Liang didn't care about Liu Biao's unhappiness, although the Kuai family did not marry Liu Biao like the Cai family, but he and his brother Kuai Yue were both literary and martial arts, and they were very important in Jingzhou, if Liu Biao wanted to gain a foothold in Jingzhou, it was impossible to leave their support, and it was very important to let Liu Biao know their strength, and there was no need to get used to him.

"From Guanzhong to Hanzhong, whether it is Meridian Valley or Luogu, they are all places where Liu Yan will definitely send heavy troops to guard, Liu Xiu can't enter from there for the time being, this is expected, I don't think Liu Xiu will not consider this. But he still sent troops, and as soon as the army moved, the daily cost was not a small amount, and for Guanzhong, which was just starting out, it was a sum of money that could not be calculated. With Liu Xiu's habit of using soldiers, would he do such a futile thing? ”

Liu Biao put away his smile and pondered for a moment: "You mean to say that Liu Xiu is deliberately a suspicious soldier for others to see?" ”

"I think it's very likely." Kuai Liang said, "I know it's useless, but I still have to do it, if it's just a strong momentum, it doesn't seem to be in line with Liu Xiu's habits." In this case, we can only guess that he is still hiding a real killer move under his bluff, and this killer move so far, we can't even guess it. We can't guess, Liu Yan may not be able to guess, the more we can't guess, the more effective it will be, or how to call it a strange soldier. ”

Liu Biao thought for a while, and suddenly said: "Then you say, will the recent chaos in Guanghan have anything to do with him?" ”

"I think it's possible." Kuai Liang thought for a while, "Liu Yan is too impatient, he just entered Yizhou, and he cut off the connection with the imperial court, which is obviously not an old plan." The people of Yizhou are not completely attached to him, between him and Liu Xiu, someone will definitely choose Liu Xiu, those chaotic people, who know if this is not the case? There has never been a Taiping Road in Yizhou, and these yellow scarves probably have nothing to do with the Taiping Road, but they are just using the name of the Yellow Turban to cover people's eyes, maybe it was arranged and instigated by Liu Xiu. ”

"But, what can a little chaos become?" Liu Biao thought for a long time, but still shook his head: "I think even if this is arranged by Liu Xiu, I'm afraid it won't play a big role, as long as his main force can't enter Hanzhong, just these rabble, can't shake Liu Yan at all." He waved his hand: "Let's think about how to guard against Ji Ling." ”

Kuai Liang frowned, and stopped talking. He is the chief bookkeeper of the Assassin's Mansion, and if Liu Biao wants to ask about military affairs, it will be Cai Mao who has to say. Cai Mao's sister is Liu Biao's concubine, and Cai Mao is in charge of the Jingzhou Sailor, which is very important.

Cai Mao had been listening quietly, and when he saw Liu Biao asking him, he owed a debt: "Envoy, I think Zirou is very worried." Guarding against Ji Ling is just a trivial matter, although Yufu is the head of the Three Gorges, most of the Yizhou sailors are in Chengdu, so the biggest threat to Jiangling is not Ji Ling, but the people who occupy Chengdu, whether it is Liu Yan or Liu Xiu. If it was just to deal with Ji Ling, I asked Zhang Yun to bring a few hundred people, and it would be enough to sleep peacefully. But if the Yizhou Naval Division goes east, then even if the entire Jingzhou Shuizhou moves to Jiangling, it will be difficult for us to deal with it. ”

Liu Biao was embarrassed, he was originally worried about Ji Ling, but Kuai Liang and Cai Mao said in unison that Ji Ling was not enough to worry about, and the Yizhou sailor was the most dangerous, which made him extend his eyes from Yufu to Chengdu, thinking more and farther. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Kuai Liang was reasonable, if Liu Yan was in Yizhou, it would be better, after all, Liu Yan had just arrived in Yizhou, and his foundation was limited, but if Liu Xiu entered Yizhou, it would be a big trouble. Liu Xiu has the righteousness of the imperial court in hand, the people of Yizhou will not reject him, he can master Yizhou more easily than Liu Yan, plus his ability to use troops is far better than Liu Yan, if he takes the Yizhou Sailors down the river, even if all the Jingzhou Sailors are transferred to Jiangling, he may not be his opponent.

"So what?"

Kuai Liang closed his mouth tightly, and after a long while, he suddenly said: "Submit to the imperial court and ask to attack Yizhou with the general of the chariot cavalry." ”

"What?" Liu Biao was very surprised, wondering if he had heard it wrong, so he stood up and glared at Kuai Liang angrily. Although he didn't do it as obvious as Liu Yan, he didn't pay grain to the court last year, and he was actually self-reliant.

"Envoy, please listen to me." Kuailiang bowed to the ground and could not stand for a long time. Liu Biao rolled his eyes angrily, but he still held back, and said angrily: "Kuai Jun, if you have any high opinions, just say it, I'll listen to it." ”

Kuai Liang had long expected that Liu Biao would be unhappy, and he was not nervous at this time, so he bowed again, and then said unhurriedly: "Jingzhou is located in the middle of the river, and now Liu Correction is in Yizhou, Yizhou is rich, no less than Jingzhou, and Jingzhou's wealth is forty percent in Nanyang, and now it is based on Yuan Shu, so that Jun, now Jingzhou is also Yizhou, the wealth is insufficient, the army is insufficient, and the terrain is at a disadvantage. When the world was in turmoil, in order to deal with the Yuan family, the imperial court relied on the clan, Liu Yan's entry into Yizhou was a move that the imperial court had high hopes for, if he was not impatient to demolish the Meridian Valley plank road, how could the imperial court order Liu Xiu to attack Yizhou? The envoy made a statement to the court at this time, how could the court refuse to make the monarch thousands of miles away? ”

Liu Biao was silent, although he didn't give food last year, but the reason was still reasonable, the court was employing people, and he would not be held responsible. However, if you report to the court, you will have to bow down to orders in the future, and you will not be free.

"If the envoy is not attached to the imperial court, then it is reasonable for Liu Xiu to go down the river after taking Yizhou. Jingzhou is simply not self-sufficient. If you attach the monarch to the imperial court, then Liu Xiu has no reason to take Jingzhou, on the contrary, he has to help the envoy attack Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu is attacked by me, and he will withdraw from Nanyang, and Nanyang will be owned by Jingzhou. It is to avoid the harm of the enemy on both sides, and to get the benefit of a strong reinforcement, please make you think twice. ”

"That'...... Will Jingzhou also be occupied by Liu Xiu? Liu Biao's tone was much more relaxed.

"I don't think it's likely." Kuai Liang saw Liu Biao's hesitation, and his tone was a little relieved: "Liu Xiu has already occupied Bingzhou and Liangzhou, and will soon occupy Yizhou, one of the third points in the world, and Liang has elite soldiers, Yizhou has grain, his strength is enough to shake the world, it is impossible for the imperial court not to take precautions, and then let it occupy Jingzhou." I think that the imperial court may use Jingzhou to curb the further expansion of his power, and Envoy Jun is the most suitable person. ”

Liu Biao's eyes tightened, thoughtful. After a while, he suddenly laughed: "Zirou, you really have seen people." In this way, I will report to the court and recommend you to go to Luoyang as an official by the way, okay? ”

Kuai Liang sighed secretly, and said in his heart that Liu Biao was really shrewd, and he couldn't hide this little bit of caution from him. He did have that idea. Liu Biao has been in Jingzhou for five or six years, and originally they really wanted to support Liu Biao's self-reliance and get a piece of the pie in the troubled times, but after a long time, they found that although Liu Biao had a great reputation and good learning, he was not a suitable candidate to compete for power in the troubled times. At present, Xiangyang is fighting inextricably, but he opened a school in Jiangling, and it doesn't matter if he opens a school, Liu Xiu has opened a school in Bingzhou and Guanzhong, but Liu Xiu runs a school to seek fame secondly, making money is the most important thing, and Haoqiang in Bingzhou and Haoqiang in Guanzhong have got a lot of benefits from it, what about Liu Biao? He just studied scriptures with some great Confucians, and his reputation was there, but he didn't have any benefits.

Seeking fame is not a problem, but if it is just for fame, it is not worth it, especially in the current troubled times, when a lot of financial and material resources are needed, it is never a wise move to invest limited resources in those places. Kuai Liang regretted it, he wanted to leave Liu Biao and go to Luoyang to be an official when he persuaded Liu Biao to return to the imperial court, but he never thought that Liu Biao would not be able to fight, but his grasp of people's hearts was not weak, and he saw through his mind at a glance.

"Make the king praise falsely, and dare not be good." Kuai Liang said seriously: "My Kuai family is willing to follow the envoy and serve the imperial court. ”

Liu Biao sneered in his heart, but he didn't break it, at this time, it was not something that a smart person should do, the reason why he said this was just that he didn't want Kuai Liang to treat him as a fool.

"It's my honor to be praised by Brother Zirou." Liu Biao waved his hand and motioned for Kuai Liang to get up: "Since you all said that Ji Ling is not enough to worry about, then I will rest assured." As for the matter of the court on the table, anyway, Nanyang was occupied by Yuan Shu, even if I wanted to be on the table, I wouldn't be able to do it for a while, so let me think about it. ”

Kuai Liang nodded yes. Liu Biao said to Cai Mao again: "Deqi, you have come from afar, so stay for a family banquet." I also happen to have some things to discuss with you. ”

When Kuai Liang heard this, he hurriedly got up and said goodbye, Liu Biao sent him to the hall, watched him go out, and then turned to Cai Mao and said, "Do you think he has a point?" ”

Cai Mao smiled slightly: "He has selfishness, but this plan is feasible." ”

Liu Biao bowed his head slightly, pondered for a moment, and said, "By the way, how did you send someone to invite Brother Chengyan last time?" ”

Cai Mao smacked her lips in embarrassment. He has three younger sisters, the eldest sister Cai Lin married Nanyang Zhang Wen, the middle sister Cai Qi married Xiangyang celebrity Huang Chengyan, and the younger sister Cai Huan married Liu Biao as a concubine. After Liu Biao arrived in Jingzhou, he always wanted to invite Huang Chengyan, Pang Degong and others into the mansion, but Huang Chengyan just didn't give face, and he refused to even see Liu Biao, which made Liu Biao very unhappy. Some time ago, Liu Biao wrote to him and asked him to invite Huang Chengyan again, but he took the time to go there, but Huang Chengyan probably thought they were annoyed, so he went out to travel under the pretext of not being at home.

Seeing Cai Mao's expression, Liu Biao stopped talking, and he was very angry. How can I say that he is also one of the eight gentlemen, and he is also a member of the clan, and now he is the lord of Jingzhou, Huang Chengyan is so faceless, is it bearable, which is unbearable, do you really think that you are a master, and you will not be able to do it without you?

"Forget it, he is willing to be a hermit and looks down on laymen like us, so we won't bother him with his cultivation." Liu Biao waved his hand wistfully, "Let's go, let's go to the back hall to talk about family life." Ah Huan is very homesick these days, and he is always clamoring to go back to Caizhou. ”