Everyone regarded it as Li Qi, the commander in front of the tent. Cai Mao was furious and said angrily: "Okay, you Li Jue, you dare to talk nonsense to confuse the public, slander my father, come here, take it for me!" ”

Liu Biao is dead, his heavy generals Huang Zu Liu Pan Wenpin and others are either dead or surrendered, Cai Mao is now in Jingzhou can be described as covering the sky with one hand, a small tent in front of the lieutenant dares to openly insult him, how can Cai Mao endure this breath, and immediately ordered Li Qi to be arrested left and right and put into prison. When Li Jue was arrested, he scolded endlessly, and was forcibly dragged down left and right.

Everyone present looked at each other, Jingzhou Mu Liu Cong was still sitting in the hall, Cai Mao was already disposed of without authority, and Liu Cong's opinion was not consulted at all, his arrogance and arrogance can be seen, everyone present is Cai Mao's henchmen, needless to say, even if they are not Cai Mao's cronies, they are also silent, even if they have different opinions, they can only be quietly swallowed back into their stomachs. Because everyone saw Cai Mao whispering a few words in Cai Zhong's ear, Cai Zhen nodded understandingly, and a cruel look flashed in the corner of his eyes, it is estimated that there will definitely be news of someone's violent death in the prison tomorrow morning.

Liu Cong's immature face showed a helpless expression, everything in Jingzhou was decided by his uncle, and Liu Cong couldn't even do the slightest master.

Kuai Yue frowned, he was very disgusted by Cai Mao's arrogance, thinking that when Liu Biao rode into Jingzhou, the biggest support was their Kuai family, and it was with the full support of the Kuai family that Liu Biao was able to sit firmly in the position of Jingzhou Mu. For many years, the Kuai family and the Cai family have been the two forces that maintain the tranquility of Jingzhou, and have always controlled the political situation in Jingzhou. But with Cai Mao's sister marrying Liu Biao, she was deeply favored by Liu Biao. The power of the Cai family is in full swing in Jingzhou, in contrast, the influence of the Kuai family is gradually declining, and it is not as good as before, which makes Kuai Yue feel very uncomfortable, and he has been thinking about how to regain the status of the original Kuai family.

Cai Mao was ready to raise and lower the flag to Liu Ze, in Kuai Yue's opinion, it was completely stupid behavior, and what Liu Ze did in Xuzhou, Kuai Yue did not know. Liu Ze's policy of suppressing the scholars and supporting the poor made Kuai Yue extremely unoptimistic about Liu Ze's prospects after he became the ruler of Xuzhou. Once Liu Ze is in charge of Jingzhou, it will be a catastrophe for the Jingzhou scholars, and Cai Mao doesn't know what is going on at all. Only take into account the immediate interests. Kuai Yue was extremely contemptuous in his heart. Even if Jingzhou can't hold it, it doesn't necessarily have to surrender to Liu Ze, maybe surrendering Cao Cao is a better choice.

So Kuaiyue stepped forward. Said: "Brother Deju's words are wrong, Liu Ze suppressed the scholars in Xuzhou, persecuted the wealthy, committed evil deeds, and had bad deeds, and was the public enemy of the corporal people in the world. ”

Although Cai Mao was dissatisfied, he obviously couldn't treat Kuai Yue as simply and rudely as he treated Li Qi, snorted softly, and said, "According to the words of the different degrees, you want to defend the city to the death?" But I don't know what kind of strategy Xenodu has to break the enemy, how can I hold Jingzhou? ”

Kuai Yue smiled and said: "This world is so big, there are many princes, even if Jingzhou can't hold it, it may not necessarily be cheap Liu Ze's shaft." Xuchang Cao Gong, strong generals, resourceful, recruiting, kind to the surrenderer, such as Zhang Xiu, and Cao Gong have a deep hatred of blood and hatred, but can still ignore the previous suspicions, happy to accept, such a mind-mindedness, non-heroes can not be deserved. If the lord returns to the Duke of Cao with the nine counties of Jingxiang, he will be able to protect the lord and duke. ”

Liu Cong is speechless, the one on the left surrenders and the one on the right, as for who surrenders, is there a difference? Usually, these subordinates hold a generous salary, and they are all arrogant, but at the critical moment, they all become turtles with shrunken heads, open their mouths to surrender and close their mouths to submission, it seems that Jingzhou has no second way to go except surrender.

However, Liu Cong can only think about it in his heart, he, a puppet state pastor, is also a scumbag, and he can't be the master when he has to be the master, Cai Mao and Kuai Yue both strongly advocate surrender, the difference is that the object of surrender is different, the two argue with each other, completely ignoring Liu Cong's existence, Liu Cong has to swallow his anger and choose to be silent on the side, Cai Mao and Kuai Yue, he can't afford to offend any of them.

Cai Mao sneered and said: "Liu Ze's army is pressing, although Cao Cao is good, but it is difficult to quench his thirst from afar, and before Cao Cao's troops arrive, I am afraid that Xiangyang City has been slaughtered." ”

Kuai Yue was not to be outdone, and said: "Cao Gong coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, even Liu Ze may not dare to save his edge, as long as we send an envoy to live in Xudu, Cao Gong will send a group of men and horses to take over Xiangyang City, and as soon as the banner of Cao Gong is erected at the head of the city, Liu Ze will not dare to commit Xiangyang again." ”

Cai Mao snorted coldly: "Joke! Cao Cao is now fighting a decisive battle with Yuan Shao in Guandu, and it is not yet known which will win or lose, and the survival of the entire Jingzhou will be placed on a person who can't even guarantee his own safety, such a big risk, is it possible that millions of people in Jingzhou will have to bear it? ”

Kuai Yue was speechless, at this time Wang Cang got up and said: "Cao Cao is far away from the water and difficult to solve the near fire, Jingzhou's survival is only in the evening, the Xuzhou army has been under the city, and has issued an ultimatum, if Jingzhou does not surrender within three days, the Xuzhou army will attack the city on a large scale, Xiangyang will be difficult to protect, the lives of thousands of Li Shu in Xiangyang, just between the thoughts of the lord, the lord must not destroy the thousand-year-old city of Xiangyang because of his own selfishness." Moreover, Liu Ze, the king of Jing, has already said that after the Xuzhou army entered the city, Qiu did not commit any crimes, and all the officials of Jingzhou and the big and small were all retained, and the status of the lord and the princes could be preserved. ”

Liu Cong said resignedly: "Mr. is very good at teaching, but this matter is very important, and he must tell his mother to know." ”

Mrs. Cai had already stood behind the screen, and the words of everyone in the hall could be heard clearly, and she immediately turned out from behind the screen and said to Liu Cong: "How can I understand the military affairs of a woman, since Gongyi, Yidu, and Deqi see the same, my son should be as good as a stream, and focus on the common people of Jingzhou." ”

Liu Cong was speechless, and responded with a gloomy expression. At this time, Cai Mao took out the agreement that had been negotiated with Liu Ze, and decided that Kaicheng would surrender to Liu Ze in three days.

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The more he returned to the house, his depression could not be eliminated, and the more he thought about it, the more depressed he became, so he picked up a blue and white porcelain ornament from the shelf and wanted to fall down.

His brother Kuai Liang has been sick for a few days and is resting at home, because he did not appear in the state pastor's mansion for today's deliberations, and when he saw Kuai Yue's angry appearance, he smiled and said: "What made the second brother so angry?" ”

Kuai Yue sighed, put the ornament back in its place, and turned back to Kuai Liang and said: "Cai Mao's husband, holding a heavy army, does not want to retreat from the enemy, but wants to offer Jingzhou to Liu Ze, it is really annoying to me!" ”

Kuai Liang was not surprised at all, and said calmly: "Presumably, Cai Mao got enough benefits from Liu Ze before he betrayed Jingzhou to Liu Ze." ”

Kuai Yue hated and said: "A few days ago, Cai Mao sent Wang Cang and Song Zhong to Nizui, it must be to discuss surrender, if Liu Ze did not make a heavy promise to Cai Mao, Cai Mao would never surrender lightly, this time Cai Mao must have received great benefits from Liu Ze, and Jingzhou will be sold completely." ”

Kuai Liang sighed softly and said, "Cai Mao forgot his righteousness when he saw profit, and he gave up his roots to the end, and the Jingzhou Shi family was in danger. Who is Liu Ze, in Xuzhou to the Shi family of the wealthy family of the butcher knife, blood flowed like a river, its high-pressure policy, has been the Xuzhou Shi family suppressed can not turn over, the ban on weapons deprived the Shi family of the qualification to have force, the criminal code banned the Shi family due privileges, the opening of the branch is to sweep away the last bottom line of the Shi family, in Xuzhou, Shi Nong industry and commerce has no high and low division, the family has no difference between high and low, once Liu Ze enters Jingzhou, that is the beginning of our Jingzhou Shi family's nightmare! Cai Mao earned a little profit, thought he had a plan, lured the wolf into the house, and was destined to be ruined and die without a place to bury him in the future. ”

"Isn't it," Kuai Yue said, "Cai Mao is so short-sighted, Jingzhou will always be peaceful." It's just that what kind of plan does the brother have to eliminate the catastrophe? ”

Kuai Liang pondered for a long time, and said: "There is a plan for my brother to 'draw salary from the bottom of the kettle', but this plan is too dangerous, if it can be successful, it will be returned, if it doesn't work, my Kuai family will have the disaster of extermination." ”

"I want to hear about it."

"Since Liu Cong and Cai Mao have decided to surrender to Liu Ze ten miles west of Xiangyang City in three days, and Liu Cong and Cai Mao will go outside the city in person at that time, Liu Ze will not doubt that Jingzhou will ambush soldiers and horses, and will definitely relax his vigilance, as long as we send dead soldiers and lurk in Shili Pavilion early, we will have the opportunity to capture Liu Ze and Cai Mao and others in one fell swoop. At the same time as the Shili Pavilion starts, it can also attack at the same time in Xiangyang City, contact our cronies of the Kuai family in the army, and take Xiangyang City in one fell swoop with the soldiers of the Kuai family, as long as the Shili Pavilion is successful, the Xuzhou dragons have no leader, and they will not be able to invade Xiangyang again, we only need to contact Cao Gong and preside over the overall situation of Jingzhou, Jingzhou can be as stable as a mountain. ”

The Kuai family is one of the best wealthy families in Jingzhou, and the number of private troops in Jingzhou is second only to the Cai family, although Cai Mao covers the sky in Jingzhou, but the Kuai family is not a soft persimmon that can be manipulated by others, and there are still some supportive generals in the army.

Of course, everything that does big things is also risky, and once it fails, the Kuai family will really disappear forever in Jingzhou.

Kuai Yue's eyes flashed with a touch of anger, and he slammed his fist on several cases, gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "Surrender Liu Ze, in the end, you can only boil a frog in warm water, and the end of the Kuai family will not be good there, this time I will fight him, and if you don't succeed, you will become a benevolent!" (To be continued......)