Liu Zhang said, his hand on his forehead in contemplation, obviously he didn't make up his mind, and his voice was not resolute.

"Why?" Fa Zheng asked.

Now Xiangyang has been captured, although Jingzhou still has a lot of territory unsettled, but only need to leave a general to garrison, the Sichuan army has been fighting for half a year, and has been in a tense state of war, almost no relaxation, half a year down, many soldiers have been a little tired of war.

These soldiers have always thought in their hearts that taking Liu Biao is the end of the battle of Jingzhou, so the moment the army marches into Xiangyang City, the soldiers are happy, because for them, at least they survived the war in Jingzhou, and have a period of rest, and become an official.

If the offensive continues, the morale of the army must be unstable.

"Yes, my lord." Zhang Ren stepped forward and said: "Now Liu Biao is under the control of our army, Xinye, Fancheng can be passed on, as for Jiangxia Huangzu, water thief Zhang Yun, and traitor Chen Sheng, they are not enough to cause trouble, if the lord is worried, the last general is willing to stay in Jingzhou, and the three thieves will be exterminated." ”

Liu Zhang pondered for a while, then slowly waved his hand and said: "Forget it, whether to attack or retreat, don't think about it first, the first priority at present is to stabilize the situation in Jingxiang, and the relief of the two rivers must not be slack.

The Jingzhou Navy is a force that must not be ignored, and Zhang Yun cannot be allowed to vote in the north or Jiangdong, and before Xiangyang is stabilized, our army will be stationed in Xiangyang, right. ”

Liu Zhang suddenly thought of something and said to Zhang Ren: "Liu Biao's wife, Cai, said that he wanted to give up half of the Cai family's land, and you sent a civilized general to receive it, so he said that the Cai family personally said it to the official." ”

"This ...... What if the Cai family resists? Zhang Ren was suspicious, half of the land, Zhang Ren didn't believe that anyone was willing to cut off half of his heart and liver to others.

"Then forget it." Liu Zhang doesn't care about the authenticity, if he is persecuted, not only the Cai family, but other families will feel that they forced the Cai family to say it, which is not conducive to the implementation of the land order, Liu Zhang said with a smile: "When the time comes, you will take the Cai family to confront the Cai family in public, if the Cai family denies it, or the Cai family does not recognize the Cai family, forget it." ”

Liu Zhang gave the Cai family a choice, either to kill Liu Biao and blame Liu Cong, or to destroy the entire Cai family, the reason could not be simpler, that is, to poison his imperial brother Liu Biao, I believe that no one has anything to say.

In the case of such a difficult choice, the Cai family will not deny these lands outright.

And if the Cai family does not recognize the Cai family, it is not to recognize the status of the Cai family, as long as these Cai family members know that the Cai family is indeed willing to say "give up the land", which is a huge blow to the Cai family's prestige in the Cai family.

With Xu Shu's last words and what he saw, Liu Zhang would not despise Cai because he was a woman.

"Yes." Zhang Ren responded.

The Cai family is willing to give up half of the land so generously, if he is willing, Liu Zhang will not believe it when he dies, and there is only one possibility to give it away so generously, this deep woman has a way to take back these lands.

In addition, the people who fled in Xiangyang, except for some eye-catching clans, most of them were ordinary people who were bewitched, and many clans stayed in Xiangyang, which was obviously brewing a conspiracy and had to be vigilant.

To stabilize Xiangyang, you can only start with the Cai family first, and let you collect this half of the land and test the water.

………… In the garden, the sun gently sprinkled on the ground, with many colored circles in the white light, Xiao Furong sat in a rocking chair, holding a letter in her hand, shaking her body comfortably, and now all kinds of chairs produced in Yizhou have swept the country, and carpenters from all over the country have begun to follow the workmanship.

"I hope that the Lord will triumph as soon as possible, the summer night banquet, the army will drink bitterly, Yue is willing to dance and sing, worship the seven wishes, one wish the adult is a thousand years old, the second wish is full of flags, the third wish is that the king is healthy, the people are safe, the fifth wish is that the swallows are flying, the sixth wish is that the king and Rong'er sister are like the first time they met, and the seven wishes are accompanied by the king, drink the wine lightly, the flowers in the idle garden fall, the clouds roll up and the clouds are comfortable, and the years are unlimited."

Xiao Furong read softly, and in front of her was the cherry tree planted by Liu Biao, with green leaves and green branches, shining a little white in the sun.

Liu Zhang walked over and sat down against Xiao Furong, Xiao Furong obediently raised her body and sat on Liu Zhang's lap, Liu Zhang hugged Xiao Furong's slender waist and said softly: "How do you know the content of the letter?" ”

Xiao Furong leaned on Liu Zhang's arms and pouted: "You think I can't read, no one in the world is illiterate, Sister Sang Ye told me." ”

Liu Zhang's chin rested on Xiao Furong's shoulder, feeling the skin under the thin clothes, and his face was in gentle contact with Xiao Furong's pink face.

Liu Zhang sighed softly, and Xiao Furong muttered, "Husband, are we going back?" ”

Liu Zhang chuckled in his heart, and said with a face as usual: "Why are you in such a hurry to go back?" ”

"I want to go back." Xiao Furong turned her head to look at Liu Zhang, the two breathed each other, Liu Zhang looked at Xiao Furong's longing eyes, knowing that she was talking from her heart.

Before the expedition, Xiao Furong experienced a twist and turn, although it was not her fault, but the original wild temperament has converged a lot, this kind of pain that deliberately suppresses her own nature, and it is difficult to bear it for such a long time, especially after Pang Tong's words that night, Liu Zhang obviously felt that Xiao Furong had a lot more sorrow on her face than before.

And these sorrows, for the young lord of Wuxi who dares to act and act unrestrained, should have nothing to do with her.

Liu Zhang knew that Xiao Furong just felt a little tired.

"Sister Yue said so much in the letter, and you refused to tell me, I know that my husband cares about my feelings."

Xiao Furong sighed softly, and wrapped her hands around Liu Zhang's body, "Of course I hope that my husband is only Rong'er alone, and I accompany Rong'er like this every day, but Rong'er knows that this is impossible, my husband is a big official of the Han people, and it is impossible to have only one woman, not to mention that with Rong'er's identity, it is impossible...... In short, the husband needs a wife, which Rong'er can't change.

Rong'er is not afraid that her husband will be bad to Rong'er one day, but she is afraid that her husband will marry a bad wife and make Rong'er angry, so she hopes that her husband will marry Sister Yue, not to mention that Sister Yue has sacrificed so much for her husband.

'Accompany the monarch, drink alcohol, idle flowers, clouds and clouds, and the years are unlimited. ’

Although Rong'er is illiterate, she also knows the meaning, there is no limit to her youth, who can have no limit to her youth, Sister Yue is one year older than Rong'er, and among the Han people, they are all old girls, and they can't wait long, can the husband bear to delay others all the time? ”

Liu Zhang touched Xiao Furong's chin: "You're just an old girl." His eyes looked at the sunlight between the shadows of the trees, and his smile slowly settled.

In fact, Liu Zhang doesn't want to go back in his heart, he is out fighting, entangled in military affairs, and he is very tired every day, in Yizhou Mufu, there is at least a group of familiar people, Yahuan, Jiading, these can make people feel at ease, and Xun'er, this cheap son, is too dependent, I haven't seen him for a long time, and I don't know what it is, Liu Zhang suddenly misses him very much.

There seemed to be a familiar picture in front of him, Liu Xun was lying on the small table and writing seriously, and the half-grown Zhou Budo was pointing disdainfully on the side, so powerful and Xiao Furong competed in the field, sitting on the chair by himself, Huang Yue came over and served a cup of tea.

Liu Zhang can finally understand why Liu Zhang, who was at the beginning, didn't care about political affairs and only stayed in the state pastoral mansion as a rich man, and why Liu Biao no longer had ambitions after planting a cherry tree.

In fact, it is so plain, but it is also so attractive.

But Liu Zhang had no choice, from Jiangzhou to Jingnan, to Jingnan, and then to the five words engraved on Dongting Lake Island, there was no turning back, and what he didn't say to Fazheng today was put in his heart.

The Sichuan army fought for half a year, and it is true that the soldiers have no fighting spirit, but Cao Cao in the Central Plains is more tired than the Sichuan army, as a traverser, Cao Cao must be regarded as the biggest enemy in the Three Kingdoms, so Liu Zhang wants to take advantage of Cao Yuan's confrontation in Guandu to attack Cao Cao's rear, no matter how tired the Sichuan army is, it will inevitably be able to defeat the Cao army in the city, and even meet the Son of Heaven.

However, there are two difficulties in doing so, the current civil and military do not think that Cao Cao's threat must be greater than Yuan Shao's threat, Xun Yu Guo Jia's analysis of ten wins and ten defeats, but a family talk, to analyze Yuan Shao's victory, I am afraid that there are more than a hundred, to analyze Cao Cao's defeat, there are more than a hundred.

Yuan Shao IV and the third duke, prestige added to the world, Wenchen military will be more than ten times Cao Cao, if Yuan Shao defeated Cao's army in Guandu, then Yuan Shao's victory to annex Cao Cao's Central Plains, than Cao Cao's victory to annex Yuan Shao's Hebei is much faster, that is to say, Yuan Shao's victory, will form a northern unification faster.

And this northern unification force is bound to be larger than Cao Cao in history, if Yuan Shao wins, he may be able to organize an army of 800,000 to go south, instead of Cao Cao, who needs to fight for three years and raise for five years, plus Yuan Shao IV and the third duke, and win a great victory in Guandu, the reputation will reach the peak, and the heroes of the world will flock to it, which will be a very terrible force.

And the second difficulty comes from within the Sichuan army, and if his foundation is unstable, he will fight others, and the military generals will definitely not agree. This is also the reason why Liu Zhang can't make up his mind and can only put it on hold.

"Let's put it aside for now, and then we'll talk about it when we're done dealing with Xiangyang."

Liu Zhang shook his head, it was tempting to go home, but many times, the man could only struggle to crawl forward.

It is said that men can bring a sense of security to women, and now that Liu Zhang is holding Xiao Furong in his arms, he inexplicably feels that he can also make himself extremely relieved.

Liu Zhang kissed Xiao Furong lightly under the cheek, and all the worries were temporarily put behind him.

............ "Sister, what's the matter?" A general named Qin Ming of the Sichuan army came to me and said that our Cai family was going to give up half of the land to Liu Zhang, and said that it was you who said it, is it true, sister? ”

Cai's Xiang Pavilion, Cai Mao ran up in a hurry, and began to shout before entering the door.

Cai Shi stood up from the mat, looked left and right outside the door, and after confirming that no one was there, he opened the door to the maximum to let the sunlight in, and turned back to Cai Mao and said, "That's what I said." ”

Cai didn't look at Cai Mao, and turned around and sat down in front of the dresser.

"What?" Cai Mao looked at Cai in disbelief: "Sister, did Liu Zhang force you?" This dog thief, he can enter Xiangyang smoothly, without our Cai family, can he do it? Has our Cai family ever made a little mistake and wants to treat us like this? ”

Cai Shi said lightly while hooking his eyebrows: "I took the initiative to tell Liu Zhang, and I took the initiative to ask for half of the Cai family's land." ”

Cai Mao looked at Cai's with wide eyes, and said in a half-loud voice: "Second sister, are you crazy?" ”

The Cai family didn't want to tell Cai Mao the truth, and told him that Liu Zhang saw through that he had poisoned Liu Biao, and he wanted to use the lives of Liu Biao's father and son to threaten the lives of the entire Cai family.

These told Cai Mao, Cai Mao's head didn't think, but added chaos.

"This move is just to paralyze Liu Zhang, brother, believe in my sister, don't talk about half of the land, even if all the land is taken out, I also have a way to get it back."

Cai Shi said lightly, his face was calm, and the hand that hooked his eyebrows moved carefully, but Cai Mao didn't notice that Cai's hand in front of his abdomen almost pinched the palm of his hand with four fingers.

Cai's has always been able to be calm, whether it is the tone, face, or body movements, she is almost like a moving corpse, but this time, Liu Zhang really made her unable to calm down.

Cai didn't expect Liu Zhang to see through her, and the most unexpected thing was that Liu Zhang could be so ruthless, directly let her poison Liu Biao, and then blame Liu Cong, this is to get rid of Liu Biao.

Liu Zhang didn't expect that Cai's poisoning of Liu Biao was not to keep Liu Biao in Xiangyang, but to keep himself in Xiangyang.

But Liu Zhang, unlike other princes, defeated a prince and moved the prince elsewhere, but wanted to kill him directly, which was beyond Cai's expectations.

In Cai's heart, nothing is more important than the interests of the Cai family, killing Liu Biao's father and son, Cai's family can not blink an eye.

But in this way, the old party of the Liu family in Xiangyang has no leader, and the various families, even if they have to cooperate with Chen Sheng, Zhang Yun, and Huang Zu outside the city, there will be no cohesion.

The Cai family has not yet commanded the prestige of Jing Xianghaoqiang.

Liu Zhang's small decision almost pushed the Cai family into a Jedi, how could this woman who had always controlled the overall situation be calm and calm again.

"Before killing Liu Biao, all forces must be integrated." Cai thought secretly.

Cai's brows furrowed slightly, and he said to Cai Mao: "Brother, you go to help my sister do something, our Cai family's land is settled, you say hello to the elders of the clan, tell them not to be too distressed, what we have lost, we will get it back."

But to give up the land, you must also have the skill of giving up the land, if Liu Zhang sends someone to collect the land, you can't agree, swear to fight to the death, in this way, the Sichuan army will inevitably ask me to pacify, and then agree to give up the land, otherwise Liu Zhang will suspect that our Cai family is premeditated.

You go and contact the other clans and tell them that I was forced by Liu Zhang, if I don't agree, Liu Zhang will kill Liu Cousin's father and son and forcibly occupy me, and I have no choice but to agree to give up the land. ”

(To be continued)