There is a big island twenty miles east of Xiangyang City, which is Yuliang Island.

After the rolling eastward water flows through Xiangyang City, it diverges here and turns to the south, and the huge inertial alluvial river beach forms the first large island above the water, which is a wonder.

After repeatedly refusing Liu Biao's invitation, the world-famous scholar Pang Degong lived in seclusion here, a few miles east of the continent, which is the place where Pang Degong taught, Lumen Mountain Academy.

Even in the land of Jingxiang, where celebrities and scholars gather and there are many high gates, the area around Yuliangzhou is also regarded as a holy place. The fishermen did not dare to approach at will, so as not to collide with the celebrities who came and went here, and even the Wenchen military generals of Jingzhou would deliberately avoid opening the front when passing by here, in order to show respect.

But around the winter solstice of the fifth year of the first peace, the situation was a little different.

At the north and south ends of the island, there are several fast boats shuttling back and forth, although the bow does not play any flag, but people who often walk on the water near Xiangyang, where will not recognize, this is the ship of Xiangyang Wei Cao! It is more accurate to say that this is a patrol ship under the command of Jingling Taishou, General Zhennan, and military advisor Cai Mao!

Fishermen and business travelers are a little puzzled, usually these patrol boats play the role of water checkpoints, to the coming ships to charge clearance fees, although it is fat, but it is not a good deal on the table, bargaining is even more noisy, of course, it is not good to be in the vicinity of Yuliangzhou, such a holy place.

Don't look at the huge power of the Cai family in Jingzhou, but there are hundreds of disciples under Pang Degong, and they are all famous people, and one person scolding one sentence is enough to scold Cai Mao into a sieve. Naturally, he didn't dare to make a mistake.

But today, these minions of Cai Mao blatantly surrounded Yuliangzhou. It's a bit of a madness.

But neither the fishermen nor the business travelers have any intention of doing much. The Cai family is powerful, who can afford to provoke ordinary people? What's more, even Liu Yuanjun of Xiangyang City and the guests and disciples of Lumen Mountain were silent, where did these flat-headed people come from? Looking for death?

There are those who are well-informed, and they faintly heard the rumors, and they knew that Mr. Chengyan in Cannan, and the Zhuge family living in Longzhong are now also in Yuliangzhou. Jingzhou is a place where heroes gather, even if it is a fisherman on the river, he can also say a name about the general trend of the world, and ponder it in combination with various signs. The truth is inseparable.

"Even our Jingzhou can't be left alone, when will this world be chaotic?" An old fisherman with wrinkles on his face like a ravine sighed and sighed with emotion.

"I heard that Liu Yuanjun's order can no longer leave Xiangyang City, in addition to Nanjun, only Wuling and Lingling are still ordered, Jingzhou is indeed about to change. But no matter how the sky changes, it won't even be able to leave Lumen Mountain alone, right? ”

"Don't you know? Pang Degong has a nephew who went to Qingzhou, this is to be connected! ”

"So serious?"

"Who made Qingzhou powerful? In order to win, the one in Luoyang also did everything. You don't know yet, do you? Luoyang and Liu Yizhou have formed an alliance, and I heard that they will also support Liu Yizhou's young son as the Son of Heaven! When today's son only escaped from Chang'an City, and did not really die or abandon the country, he supported the new emperor...... Gee. Compared to these, what is the value of taking a few hostages as a threat? ”

"It's a pity, Pang Degong is different from other celebrities. Although he has a great reputation, he can sell labor to us. People of low status do not look down on them, a few years ago. He also chatted with the old man and me for a few homely things. ”

"Let him go, who rises and who falls, who is the world, we are not fishing on this river, what difference can it be?"

"It's still a pity......"

As the twilight deepened, a gust of river wind swept by, making the dead grass on the sandbar tremble, revealing the white and cold sand, and the old fisherman's sigh drifted in the wind, and a bleak atmosphere enveloped the entire sandbank.

In the Xiangyang City Guard, there is also a bleak and tense atmosphere.

"Lord, when the judgment continues, but suffer from it, please make a decision as soon as possible!"

"There is a general situation for the husband to be obedient, and there is a fixed situation for strength and weakness. Cao Cao went east and west, invincible, with the ferocity of Dong thief, but also controlled by it, now in the name of the imperial court, the lord refused, and his name was not good. And the land of Jingxiang is already attacked on both sides, and the parry is weak. The people of Jingxiang, hearing that Cao's soldiers are coming, are afraid to cold before fighting, can An be the enemy with them? ”

"Cai Deqi and Kuai's words are very good, why not follow them?"

Liu Biao looked at the bottom of the stairs with a calm face, and a group of Jingzhou celebrities led by Cai Mao and Kuai Yue were agitating in unison and admonishing him.

The general trend has gone, Liu Biao sighed gloomily.

If he is given a few more years, even if Sun Ce is eyeing him and Yuan Shu is constantly harassing, he will have the confidence to firmly grasp the power in his hands. Especially after the Battle of Guanzhong, Li Ru refused to succumb to the enemy, as long as he was a little entrapment, he could introduce it into the Jingzhou system, balance with the local powerful forces, and assert great power.

It's a pity that the situation has changed too quickly, Cao Cao has colluded with Sun and Yuan at all, and the end of the battle of Guanzhong has not yet been clear, so he impatiently aimed the spearhead at Jingzhou.

Liu Biao was self-aware and knew that he would definitely not be able to stop the siege from all sides, but he also knew very well that Cao Cao would not have too much time to entangle in Jingzhou. As long as he relies on his geographical advantages to deal with it for a few months, even if all the territory north of the river is occupied, Cao Cao can only give up helplessly, and Qingzhou behind him is the real enemy!

It's a pity that no matter how much he sees, he can't use it to convince others. He can see through it, these places in Jingzhou are a group of wall grass, and whoever can bring benefits to their family will follow their buttocks.

At the beginning, he rode into Nanjun alone, and the reason why he was able to get the help of Cai and Kuai was nothing more than that while he swept away the local wealthy clans, he also helped the two families annex dissidents and expand their power. Now fighting with Cao Cao, Sun Ce and other forces on three sides obviously does not meet the expectations of the two families.

The previous war was still limited to Jiangxia and Changsha, and only the interests of the Huang family were damaged, and the two families could still hold their breath, after all, their core interests were in Nanjun. Once Cao Cao joined the war group, both sides of the river would be involved in the war, and when the time came, the merchants would cut off contact, and the land along the river would be uncultivated, and the Cai and Kuai families would of course suffer great damage.

And Cao Cao and Cai Mao are old friends, and they have the initiative to take refuge, so they will naturally rise in the past, which is far better than being silent with their own broken boat.

Liu Biao had the same mirror in his heart, so he didn't have the heart to argue with these wall grasses, and he just scolded Liu Yan in his heart.

Obviously, he and he are both relatives of the Han family, but they disdain their alliance invitations, and they are dazzled by the name of a son of heaven, and they happily run to hold other people's stinky feet, and they don't want to think about it, what difference can there be if the puppet-like position is not done? That's a pit!

"It's come to this, it's useless to talk about it!" Hearing that everyone's rhetoric had begun to be repeated, Liu Biao said coldly: "All the monarchs have the talent of Wang Zuo, their vision is old, and they are not shocked, how to treat the Huang and Pang families, you have discussed, and you will deal with it yourself, why ask me?" I'm tired of today, and if there's nothing else to do, please take care of yourself. ”

With that, he brushed his sleeves and got up, went to his own devices, and left the group of people in place.

Cai Mao and Kuai Yue looked at each other, waiting for the other party to speak first, but the resourcefulness of the two was half a catty, and they thought about the same in their hearts, so naturally no one would take the lead.

After staring at each other for a long time, and when everyone dispersed, Kuai Yue Fang whispered: "Brother Deqi, you have a very high prestige in the army, and at this time, you always have to take a charter out." ”

"Liu Yuanjun's side, a certain has already done his best......" Cai Mao scolded the kid in his heart for being cunning, and mastering the military power can squeeze Liu Biao and let him retreat in spite of difficulties, but it does not help to complete Cao Cao's requirements, and it still needs to send a large army to catch a few old and weak women and children? Are the private soldiers of the Kuai family good-looking?

The problem now is that Cao Cao wants to arrest people, but he refuses to bear this notoriety, and after Liu Biao realizes that he can't do anything, he also becomes slippery, and the pressure is all on his side.

"Otherwise, why don't you and I do it together?" This is no way, and it is also the worst choice, Cai Mao didn't expect to be able to convince Kuai Yue at all, and the latter vetoed it immediately without accident.

"Then it's better to shoot at home!" Kuai Yue knew that if he didn't pay a price, he would definitely have no way to get out, gritted his teeth, and finally said: "Although Xiling is already in danger, the area west of Anlu is still stable......

Cai Mao's gloomy face showed a hint of a smile: "The different degree is worthy of the Kuai family's Qianli Ju, and he really knows the general situation, he is a person who does big things, this matter is decided, and he will order someone to be taken here!" ”

Jingxiang Si everyone has their own traditional sphere of influence, among which the Kuai and Cai families are deeply rooted in Nanjun, the Xiang family has a part in Nanjun, but the main one is still in Nanyang, and the Huang family has been in Jiangxia from beginning to end.

The Xiang family has been weak for a long time, and Nanyang is also a half-abandoned place, and there is a tendency to be excluded from the four major families and surpassed by the rising star Wang family, which is not to mention.

This time, the three families were divided, and the most concentrated place in the war was Jiangxia, the Huang family was repeatedly hit hard, and even the head of the family, Huang Zu, would die, coupled with the factor of Huang Chengyan marrying the queen Yu, Jingzhou in the future will be the situation where Cai and Kuai are dominant.

Naturally, everyone is vying for the first place in beating the water dogs, but it is very tricky to catch people and kidnap tickets, and it is still Pang Degong and Huang Chengyan who are very famous and famous. Cao Cao took Nanyang and became a foregone conclusion, but he didn't have to worry about being threatened by the substance, but his reputation must be stinky, otherwise Cao Cao would not have taken this as a condition to bargain.

The solution proposed by Kuai Yue is actually the only way. One party gets real profits, the other party protects reputation, although the Cai family is also a poetry and book heirloom, but Cai Mao doesn't attach much importance to false fame, since Kuai Yue is willing to give in to the Huang family to take advantage of the problem of robbery, Cai Mao will also take this notoriety down the river.

"Call Captain Zhang to see me!" Cai Mao shouted.

"Whoa!" Someone immediately obeyed the promise and left. (To be continued......)