Xiangyang City was strictly forbidden for three consecutive days, and then a shocking news came out in Xiangyang City, Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao's old illness did not heal, yesterday morning, died on the bed, for Liu Biao's death, Jingzhou was very shaken, the metropolitan governor Cai Mao endured his grief and announced that Liu Cong succeeded Jingzhou Mu.

The alternation of rights in Jingzhou is obviously a bit far away for the common people, but for the wealthy families in Xiangyang City, it is obviously a bit surprising, because when Cai Mao announced Liu Cong's decision to succeed Jingzhou Mu, the entire Jingzhou ruling layer was surprisingly unanimous, and there was no opposition.

Even though most of Jingzhou is in the hands of Cai Mao, there are obviously people who oppose Cai Mao, why is it so important that the people who oppose Cai Mao do not speak out, could it be that there is something wrong here, for a while, this problem bothered everyone.

However, the question was quickly answered, and for this answer, the wealthy families in Xiangyang City were obviously a little smacked, all the people who opposed Cai Mao had already been executed by Cai Mao, and the reason for the execution was because these people conspired to rebel and intended not to return.

Ignoring everyone's shock, in the current Jingzhou Pastoral Mansion, Liu Cong is sitting on the main seat with high spirits, Liu Cong's side, Mrs. Cai is also smiling, Liu Biao has only been dead for a few days, but whether it is Liu Cong or Mrs. Cai, the expressions of the two can not see any trace of sadness.

Especially Liu Cong, now sitting on the main seat, Liu Cong is obviously high-spirited, he has waited for so long, isn't it just for the position of Jingzhou pastor, and now that he has finally sat in this position, Liu Cong's heart is naturally full of pride.

The lord sat down, Cai Mao looked at the high-spirited Liu Cong and showed a trace of disdain, this kid obviously didn't recognize the situation clearly, Cao Jun saw that he was about to come to the city, how long could he, the Jingzhou pastor, do. This kid really can't make any climate.

"Lord, now that the Cao army is attacking, how should our army deal with the Cao army?" Cai Mao looked at Liu Cong, then got up and asked, I can't relax at this time. When Cao Jun is welcomed into the city, he can sit back and relax.

Hearing Cai Mao's words, Liu Cong's freshness passed, he glanced at Cai Mao, and then said: "Uncle is the governor of Jingzhou, all the soldiers and horses in Jingzhou are dispatched by uncle, how to resist Cao's army, uncle just look at it, don't ask me"

Hearing Liu Cong's words, Cai Mao's expression suddenly revealed a trace of displeasure. Liu Cong's kid is really useless, now in this situation, he didn't know what his status was, the reason why he became Jingzhou Mu was not by his own support, and now he has only sat on Jingzhou Mu, so he dares to be so bold.

Liu Cong's attitude made Cai Mao very displeased, and Mrs. Cai on the side obviously saw this. She looked at Cai Mao, and then at Liu Cong. With a slight sigh, Mrs. Cai hurriedly said: "Brother, don't be surprised, Cong'er is not more important, and there are many places where you need to mention him more." ”

Seeing her sister Mrs. Cai, Cai Mao's expression eased a lot, seriously. Cai Mao felt that she was still very sorry for Mrs. Cai, who married the elderly Liu Biao at a young age, which made Cai Mao, who was her brother, somewhat unbearable.

Mrs. Cai is peerless, and there are not a few people who pursue her back then, but it is for the sake of the family. Cai Mao could only let Mrs. Cai marry Liu Biao, so he said that he was sorry for this sister, so he spared no effort to help her and Mrs. Cai's son, but Liu Cong really couldn't help this kid.

Cai Mao sighed faintly, and then said: "The Cao army's army is coming, and now our army has only two ways to go, either open the city gate to welcome the Cao army into the city and surrender to the Cao army, or fight to the death with the Cao army, but once this is the case, whether our Jingzhou army officers and soldiers can resist the Cao army is an unknown, after all, Cao Cao's army is extremely elite, far from being comparable to our Jingzhou army soldiers." ”

Cai Mao's words obviously made Liu Cong stunned, at this moment he has obviously recovered from the joy just now, surrendered or struggled to resist, Liu Cong's heart has never thought about anything related to this, in his opinion, his uncle Cai Mao is the governor of the capital, this matter is solved by him, naturally he does not need to worry about it.

And after listening to Cai Mao's words, Mrs. Cai obviously couldn't believe her ears, her brother's meaning was very obvious, he wanted to open the city gate to surrender to Cao Jun, and his son Liu Cong had just sat on the throne of Jingzhou Mu, if he surrendered to Cao Jun, would Cao Jun let his mother and son go.

Although Mrs. Cai is a lady, but she is quite smart, she and her son finally became the lord of Jingzhou, and now she has joined the Cao army, she really has nothing, so Mrs. Cai will definitely not surrender, Jingzhou is rich, she believes that the soldiers of Jingzhou can resist the offensive of the Cao army.

In a moment's thought, Mrs. Cai hurriedly said: "Brother, Cao Jun is ferocious, if I wait for the city gate to open to welcome Cao Jun into the city, after Cao Jun has a foothold in Jingzhou, how can Cao Jun easily let us go, besides, my Jingzhou is rich, and Cao Jun is not to be afraid." ”

"Madame's words are wrong, the land of Jingzhou is really rich, but think about the Yuan clan in Hebei, Yuan Shao occupies the four counties of Hebei, and there are hundreds of thousands of armoured troops under his command, but what is the final result, in the face of the powerful attack of the Cao army, the Yuan clan has been killed and wounded, and I think that the land of Jingzhou will be stronger than the four counties of Hebei."

Hearing this, Mrs. Cai turned her head to look at the person who spoke, this person was none other than Kuai Liang, the Kuai clan was also a high authority in Jingzhou, as soon as he spoke, Mrs. Cai didn't know how to reply, Mrs. Cai was indeed a little smart, but after all, she was just a woman, where did she know anything.

Turning her head to look at Cai Mao, Mrs. Cai's eyes were somewhat anxious, she was single and weak, and she was also a woman, and now she was able to help herself, I am afraid that only her brother is her, but seeing her brother's expression, Mrs. Cai's face became a lot paler.

Cai Mao closed his eyes at the moment, and all the things in the council hall at this moment seemed to have nothing to do with him, in fact, this had already been discussed by Cai Mao and others, and more importantly, the surrender of Cao Jun was decided by Cai Mao, and everyone in the council hall at this moment listened to his own words.

Mrs. Cai obviously knew that the general trend was gone, and she was obviously a little dispossessed at the moment, and Liu Cong obviously didn't know what to say. He was obviously a child who had not yet grown up, and he obviously did not know what the impact of surrendering to the Cao army or resisting the Cao army would be to him.

After being silent for a while, Cai Mao finally opened his eyes again, he glanced at everyone in the council room, and then said in a deep voice: "Cao Jun is powerful. And the combat effectiveness is quite strong, if our army resists the Cao army, there is only a dead end, so I decided to surrender the Cao army and welcome the Cao army into the city. ”

Cai Mao's words did not cause panic without content, after all, this is the consensus that has long been completed, and the only one in the room who is pale is Mrs. Cai, as Cai Mao finished speaking. The matter has basically been settled, even if he has the heart, but he is powerless, he has no way to change the fact that he has reached a consensus.

Then, Cai Mao turned her head to look at Cai, took a deep breath, and Cai Mao immediately said: "Sister, don't worry, Prime Minister Cao Cheng understands righteousness." Since we sincerely surrender to Cao Jun, the prime minister will definitely not be difficult for you and Cong'er. Brother, I vouch for my life, and I am bound to save the lives of both of you. ”

Hearing Cai Mao say this, Mrs. Cai's heart was somewhat relieved, since her brother had already said so, she could only appoint herself, and she was just a woman. Although it is also from the Cai family in Jingzhou, but the so-called girl who married out spilled the water, she is obviously not a member of the Cai family, and she is soft-spoken, looking at the meeting hall. A few people would listen to their own words, and sighed helplessly, and Mrs. Cai could only accept her fate.

And Liu Cong reacted at this time, but in the face of this Jingzhou pastor who had just arrived, and in the face of this Jingzhou pastor who had murdered his biological father and could guess it, Liu Cong showed a strong sense of reluctance, he glanced at everyone in the council room, and then said loudly: "I am Jingzhou pastor, and this matter should be decided by me." ”

Hearing Liu Cong's words so suddenly, Cai Mao almost didn't laugh out loud, this kid didn't know how he sat in the position of Jingzhou pastor, and actually said such a laughable thing, and after everyone in the council hall heard Liu Cong's words, they obviously didn't take him seriously.

Seeing that no one paid attention to him, Liu Cong's face was obviously a lot worse, Liu Cong turned his head to look at Cai Mao, and found that Cai Mao began to close his eyes again at this moment, which made Liu Cong's heart angry and inappropriate, and just about to be angry, Mrs. Cai spoke out to stop Liu Cong.

"Lord, the Cao army hoarded more than 100,000 troops and went straight to our Jingzhou, hundreds of thousands of elite Cao army soldiers are not the enemy of our army, if our army fights hard with Cao Jun, then Hebei Yuan is a lesson for our army." Kuai Yue stood up and said, his words were calm, but there was a hint of threat.

Hebei Yuan's had a good end, the general Yuan Shao died of illness, and then Hebei was torn apart, and then the Cao army invaded, Yuan Xi, Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan were all in different places, it can be said that the Hebei Yuan family was killed by the Cao army, if Liu Cong insisted on resisting, he would definitely be in danger.

Listening to Kuai Yue's words, Liu Cong's heart suddenly became apprehensive, it was obvious that Kuai Yue's intimidation was still very effective, and at this time, Cai Mao finally came back to his senses, he coughed softly, and then said loudly: "Cong'er rest assured, if you lead the army to surrender to Cao Jun, you will naturally become a meritorious minister of Cao Jun, Cao Jun rewards and punishments are clear, if you are meritorious, Prime Minister Cao Cheng will definitely not be stingy with rewards, so you will only be rewarded, not punished." ”

Liu Cong is obviously still a child's heart, hearing Cai Mao say this, his face is obviously a lot better, for Liu Cong, as long as he can sit in this Jingzhou Mu safely, he will not look at everything else, so Liu Cong didn't think about it, and then nodded in agreement.

Since Liu Cong had agreed, Cai Mao hurriedly ordered someone to bring up the surrender letter that had been prepared long ago, and asked Liu Cong to sign the surrender letter, and then stamped the big seal of Jingzhou Mu, and then asked if someone was willing to tens of millions of Cao Jun's camp to present this surrender letter to Prime Minister Cao

This is not a good errand, many people secretly think in their hearts, but there is an exception, I saw Kuai Liang take a few steps forward, came to Cai Mao, and then said in a deep voice: "If no one takes this errand, I, Kuai Liang, am willing to go to Cao Jun, meet Prime Minister Cao in person, and present a letter of surrender." ”

Looking at Kuai Liang in front of him, Cai Mao nodded slightly, Kuai Liang's ability is known by himself, if he goes in person, this matter is bound to be half the effort, Cai Mao nodded, and then said: "Since Zirou has this confidence, how can I be this wicked person and hinder Zirou from making contributions?" He said. Cai Mao handed the surrender letter in his hand to Kuai Liang, and then instructed again: "This trip is dangerous, Zirou must remember to be more careful." ”

Kuai Liang nodded and said, "Thank you for your concern, I will definitely do this beautifully." After speaking, Kuai Liang walked out of the big tent without looking back.

At the same time, Cao Jun was camping, and Cao Jun was camping at the moment. Get ready to rest for a while, for most of the Cao army soldiers, this battle is quite boring, and the Jingzhou soldiers are like turtles, and they don't dare to leak their heads and limbs out at all.

The Cao army was advancing, and the Jingzhou army was constantly withdrawing, which made the Cao army soldiers who were ready to make contributions very angry, if it weren't for the orders from above, he would have commanded the soldiers under his command a long time ago. Launched an attack on the officers and men of the Jingzhou Army.

At this moment, in Cao Jun's camp tent of Cao Cao, Du Chen and other advisers were discussing in the tent, and the hot discussion was nothing else, it was the impact of the death of Jingzhou Mu Liu on Cao Jun.

In Du Chen's opinion, it is too opportune for this Liu Biao to die, and at the current marching speed, I am afraid that in a few days, Cao's army will be in Xiangyang. I thought it would be a tough battle, but now it looks like it. It is estimated that this tough battle will not be able to be fought.

Cai Mao's situation is very ambiguous, as the governor of Jingzhou, he didn't think about how to resist Cao's army, but let the Jingzhou soldiers keep retreating, what does this mean, I'm afraid anyone with a discerning eye knows. This Cai Mao must have the intention to surrender to Cao Jun.

In the camp, Du Chen, Guo Jia and others all had this idea, after all, Cai Mao was so ambiguous, except for surrendering. There should be no other possibility, after all, if the Jingzhou army is all about luring the enemy into the depths, there are many Shefu locations along the way, and the Jingzhou army does not need to wait for Cao Jun's troops to come to the city immediately.

Xiangyang City is an important place in Jingzhou, it occupies a very important position in Jingzhou, if Xiangyang is lost, then the blow to the Jingzhou army is quite large, so the Jingzhou army will never give up Xiangyang, it is bound to defend Xiangyang City, but now, the Jingzhou army has not made a stubborn resistance.

If he wants to defend Xiangyang City, Cai Mao will inevitably take the strategy of strengthening the wall and clearing the wilderness, and then hoard Xiangyang City with large soldiers, waiting for the arrival of Cao's army.

Just when Du Chen and the others were talking happily, a Cao army guard outside the door suddenly ran in, and after he knelt on the ground to salute, he then said to Cao Cao: "Prime Minister, there is a person who claims to be Kuai Liang outside the camp and asks to see him, and he says that he is from Xiangyang. ”

Hearing the words of the guards, whether it was Du Chen, Guo Jia and others, their eyes lit up, Kuai Liang's arrival meant that Cai Mao really planned to surrender to the Cao army, Kuai Liang's status in Jingzhou was outstanding, and the Kuai clan was not weaker than the Cao army in Jingzhou, Kuai Liang came here, presumably for the surrender.

"Hurry up, please." Cao Cao said loudly, he has heard of the name of Kuai Liang, he can be regarded as a well-known strategist in Jingzhou, for talents, Cao Cao's criterion is naturally the more the merrier, now that there are talents to vote, Cao Cao is naturally very happy, and Du Chen saw Cao Cao's expression, and shook his head helplessly.

Under the leadership of the guards, Kuai Liang appeared in Cao Cao's camp tent, before entering the account, Kuai Liang took a deep breath, the reason why this is so is to appease his emotions, the camp tent is full of Cao Jun's important ministers and strategists, in the face of these people, Kuai Liang must be fully prepared.

Entering the big tent, Kuai Liang suddenly felt the solemn momentum rushing to his face, in the tent, Cao Cao sat on the main seat, although Cao Cao was smiling at the moment, but the momentum on his body was obviously not comparable to Liu Biao in Jingzhou, after all, Cao Cao had a killing aura that Liu Biao did not have.

In addition to Cao Cao, the most eye-catching is Du Chen sitting next to Cao Cao, for Du Chen, Kuai Liang's heart faintly has a different feeling, after all, Du Chen's reputation is too great, and the commander of the army is almost victorious in every battle, such a record makes many people afraid of becoming his opponent.

However, as a famous man in Jingzhou, Kuai Liang will naturally not be frightened by Cao Jun because of this, and besides, he came to Cao Jun to surrender, Cao Jun will definitely not be embarrassed for himself, thinking about this, Kuai Liang's mentality is much better, and seeing the energetic Kuai Liang, Cao Cao Du Chen and others nodded slightly.

Kuai Liang is worthy of being a celebrity in Jingzhou, in the face of Cao Jun's dismount, although Kuai Liang was a little surprised when he entered the big tent, but he quickly recovered his look, just on this mentality, Kuai Liang has some ability, but this is obviously not enough, although Cao Cao is very satisfied, but Du Chen feels that these are obviously not enough.

"I've seen the prime minister, Lord Taiwei." Kuai Liang leaned over and saluted and said, Kuai Liang's tone was neither humble nor arrogant, which made Du Chen nod secretly, the Jingzhou Kuai brothers are worthy of being celebrities, they have their own knots and backbones, from this point alone, Du Chen still recognizes it, but for the people of the family, Du Chen doesn't like it somewhat.

Cao Cao looked at Kuai Liang in front of him, he was quite satisfied with Kuai Liang, as the place occupied by Cao Jun became bigger and bigger, Cao Cao naturally needed more and more generals and strategists to assist him, besides, Kuai Liang's arrival was good news for Cao Jun, and Cao Cao should be very happy.

"Zirou doesn't need to be polite, you can come once, is very gratifying." Cao Cao replied loudly, then glanced at Kuai Liang, and Cao Cao asked again: "I don't know why Zirou came here?" After speaking, Cao Cao looked at Kuai Liang with a smile on his face, which made Kuai Liang feel a little empty.

Kuai Liang obviously didn't realize that Cao Cao's question was so straightforward, he only came here to say a few words, Cao Cao was so straightforward, he wanted to be hypocritical with Cao Cao, but Cao Cao obviously didn't have this opportunity for himself, he groaned slightly, and Kuai Liang sighed slightly.

Bowing to Cao Cao again, Kuai Liang said in a deep voice: "There are so many capable people under the command of the prime minister, I must have already guessed what is going on here?" As he spoke, Kuai Liang turned his head to look at Du Chen, obviously the person he was talking about was Du Chen.

Du Chen pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said: "Cai Mao Dudu is really like a god with soldiers, commanding the army to withdraw again and again, and the dust is not clear, what the Jingzhou army is doing, the dust is still really not clear, I want to disappoint Zirou." ”

Du Chen's words made Kuai Liang very helpless, and at the same time, Kuai Liang also realized that Du Chen was really not easy to deal with, and after a deep groan, Kuai Liang said: "I am here to surrender on the orders of my lord, and my lord thinks that Cao's army is powerful and our army is not his opponent, so he specially opened the city to surrender." ”

"But although my lord wants to surrender, he has a request, I hope that the prime minister, Lord Taiwei, can agree." Kuai Liang said loudly, the matter has come to this point, it is useless to say more, since Cao Jun goes straight to the topic, then there is obviously no need for him to go around in circles with Cao Cao, Du Chen's words Kuai Liang does not believe it at all.

After Kuai Liang finished speaking, Du Chen opened his mouth and asked: "I don't know who the lord in Kuai's book is, and what requirements does he want our army to agree?" ”

Glancing at Du Chen expressionlessly, Kuai Liang immediately spoke: "The original Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao died of a serious illness a few days ago, and the second son Cong succeeded to the throne and became the new Jingzhou Mu and took charge of the entire Jingzhou. ”

Du Chen nodded, for now, there is no deviation from history, since this is the case, Kuai Liang's so-called surrender is also true, and for Kuai Liang's request, Du Chen can naturally guess, but although Liu Cong was able to get his wish, he lost his life for it.

If you continue to follow the trend of history, Liu Cong surrendered, and Cao Cao also canonized Liu Cong as the Jingzhou Assassin, but although Liu Cong is the Jingzhou Assassin, he obviously has no rights, and soon after, Cao Cao ordered Liu Cong and his mother Mrs. Cai to be sent to Qingzhou.

Liu Cong's death is really a little unjust, but Du Chen can obviously understand, after all, although Liu Cong is unbearable, but his ambition is not small, this person is not as good as Liu Chan, Liu Chan is happy, but Liu Cong has never forgotten Jingzhou, such a person, how could Cao Cao keep him.

Seeing Xiangyang City not far away, Du Chen nodded with satisfaction, Xiangyang is worthy of being the seat of Jingzhou, but looking at the magnificent city gate and towering city wall, you can see how rich Jingzhou is, without strong economic strength, there will obviously be no such achievements. (To be continued......)