Jian Yong is Liu Bei's authentic fellow countryman, born in Zhuo County, Jizhou, followed Liu Bei very early, and has been driven by Liu Bei willingly, even when Liu Bei was at his lowest, he never left him.

Jian Yong is a person who is very good at debating and deliberating, his personality is simple and direct, he often speaks and does things informally, even in front of Liu Bei, he stretches his feet sideways, does not pay attention to the majesty of his manners, and sits comfortably as he comes. Once, when there was a great drought, Liu Bei was worried that there would be not enough food, so he issued a ban on alcohol, and if the people made wine privately, they would be guilty. Later, the officials below searched the people's homes for wine-making utensils, and discussed whether to punish these people who hid wine-making utensils in their homes for violating the ban. Jian Yong objected to this practice, and when he was touring with Liu Bei, he saw a man and a woman walking in front of him, so he said to Liu Bei: "They are about to commit adultery, why don't you arrest them?" Liu Bei felt ridiculous, so he asked, "How do you know that they will commit adultery?" Jian Yong replied with a serious face: "These two people have tools on them that can be used for adultery, just like the wine-making utensils found in a private house." Liu Bei laughed when he heard this, so he ordered the people who had secretly stored the wine-making vessels to be released.

is such a straightforward and humorous person, who came to Xiangyang this time, but with all Liu Bei's hopes and sustenance.

Jian Yongzhi said that Liu Biao had the same problem as Yuan Shao, that is, he liked to judge people by his appearance, so after entering Xiangyang City, he did not rush to Zhennan General's Mansion to deliver the famous post, but found an inn close to the General's Mansion, and then spent money to buy a new dress, washed and dressed up in the inn, and then went to visit Liu Biao's engaged in Liu Xian, and then Liu Xian introduced him, and then met the main Liu Biao.

Although Liu Biao is arrogant in his bones, he has always been gentle and elegant in dealing with people, he welcomed Jian Yong's arrival, and then asked for warmth. Then I got to the point.

Liu Biao said: "I heard that after the Battle of Xuzhou, Xuande led his subordinates to enter Yuzhou alone, clear out bandits in Runan, restore order, and maintain people's livelihood. What happened when Mr. Xianhe came to Xiangyang this time? ”

In the end, he is a cultural person, just to say what are you doing with me, I have to lay down such an old paragraph in front of me, and I still praise Liu Bei. It makes people feel very comfortable and useful when they listen to it.

Although Jian Yong could change into clean clothes, he couldn't change his straightforward personality, so he opened his mouth and said: "Jian is here to report a disaster that is not conducive to Jingzhou to Lord Envoy!" ”

When Liu Biao heard this, he changed color slightly. "Bad luck in Jingzhou? Please also ask Mr. Kenhe to explain. ”

Jian Yong then told Liu Biao that Cao Cao was preparing to attack Yuzhou, and told Liu Biao about the Yellow Turban's calamity to Jingzhou. Of course, Jian Yong would not tell Liu Biao all the truth, such as Cao Cao's intention to take this opportunity to send Liu Bei to Jingzhou.

Then, Liu Bei deliberately asked Jian Yong to go to Xiangyang to make this little report to Liu Biao. What's the idea? Wasn't he afraid that after Liu Biao learned the news in advance, he would deploy his army between Yingchuan and Jiangxia and block his way into Jingzhou?

Of course, Liu Bei was afraid that Liu Biao would block the way, but he was even more afraid of being sold by Cao Cao and helped Cao Cao count the money! Although Liu Ye said it nicely when he came. But none of these words can be put on the table, unlike the covenant announced to the public, there is no binding force, in case Cao Cao sends someone to discuss with Liu Biao. Then took the opportunity to clean up the Runan Yellow Turban and teamed up with Liu Biao and the two families to solve Liu Bei, and then Liu Bei really had no ladder in the sky and no way to enter the ground.

Liu Bei is a weak force. When the bigwigs are fighting with the gods, they are the most vulnerable to annihilation, which is also the law of the jungle for survival in troubled times. Shan Fu saw this keenly, so regardless of whether Cao Cao solved Liu Bei's mind or not, Shan Fu suggested that Liu Bei decisively express his goodwill to Liu and provoke the conflict between Liu Biao and Cao Cao, so that Liu Bei could fish in troubled waters next.

Shan Fu analyzed to Liu Bei that if Liu Biao believed Jian Yong's words and mobilized troops to block the west of Runan and Yingchuan, Liu Bei could ask Cao Cao to mention himself first to solve the obstacles to entering Jingzhou, otherwise Liu Bei would stay in Runan and not move. If Cao Cao really had the heart to help Liu Bei enter Jingzhou, he would have to come up with a way; If Cao Cao just said it, then the responsibility was not Liu Bei, and Cao Cao would not be able to make a move on Liu Bei immediately.

Taking a step back, even if Cao Cao still wants to do something to Liu Bei, but because Liu Bei sold this favor to Liu Biao in advance, he will not have to worry about being attacked by Liu Bei and Liu Biao from both sides, and he can rely on the terrain near Runan to organize the Yellow Turban forces of He Yi and He Man, and deal with Cao Cao together.

Taking a step back, if in the end, Liu Bei and the Yellow Turbans from all over Runan are still unable to resist Cao Cao's army, then Liu Bei, who has nothing, can completely beg Liu Biao to take him in, and the situation will not be much worse than when he left Xuzhou.

The above analysis was obtained by Shan Fu based on Liu Biao's dispatch of troops to block the road from Runan to Jingzhou after Liu Biao learned of Cao Cao's attempt, and it was also the most unfavorable situation for Liu Bei. In addition, Shan Fu also analyzed that if Liu Biao didn't believe Jian Yong's words, or didn't care about the Yellow Turban rebellion flowing into Jingzhou, then he probably wouldn't mobilize a large number of troops and horses, but just let the counties adjacent to Youzhou take precautions in advance.

If faced with this situation, Liu Bei can let Liu Bi and Gong both pretend to be anti-water, and then take their subordinates to break directly into the territory of Nanyang, and then the angry Liu Bei led the soldiers and horses to "chase and kill" Liu Bi and Gong Du into Nanyang, after a "bloody battle" between the two sides, Liu Bi and Gong were finally eliminated, at this time Liu Bei's old nest Runan was occupied by Cao Cao, who took advantage of the situation, Liu Biao saw that Liu Bei helped him, how could he arrange a place for Liu Bei to settle down?

It is precisely because of Shan Fu's meticulous plan that Jian Yong will be full of confidence when he comes to see Liu Biao, and he is not worried about whether Liu Biao believes it or not, and what kind of decision he makes. Because for him, as long as he brings the words to Liu Biao, the main task has been completed, and all that remains is to see if he can add icing on the cake and promote the relationship between Liu Bei and Liu Biao to be closer.

After listening to Jian Yong's words, Liu Biao was not surprised by the expression on his face, and after thinking for a while, he said to himself: "Cao Mengde really doesn't want to wait for a moment, is this going to be in a hurry to attack Yuzhou?" In case there is a change in Chang'an, can he still take care of it? ”

Jian Yong didn't understand the meaning of Liu Biao's last sentence, but he clearly heard from Liu Biao's previous sentence that Liu Biao had actually expected Cao Cao's capture of Yuzhou. Because he couldn't figure out Liu Biao's thoughts, Jian Yong simply kept silent.

"Mr. Kenwa. Xuande's kindness has been understood. The matter of the Runan Yellow Turban, Ben Hou will discuss it with his subordinates. When you go back, tell him that if you have nowhere to go in the future, you might as well come to Jingzhou. Liu and Xuande are both descendants of the surname Liu, so they should be pulled and supported. Liu Biao did not make a decision immediately, and used the usual procrastination trick in officialdom.

"Thank you for Xuande in the next place!" Jian Yong was overjoyed and withdrew from the Zhennan General's Mansion.

After Jian Yong left, Liu Biao asked his henchmen Kuai Yue, Cai Mao and nephew Zhang Yun to call and relay to them what Jian Yong had said.

Cai Mao immediately suggested to Liu Biao: "My lord." This is our great opportunity to enter Runan! Cao Cao can enter Runan under the banner of clearing the Yellow Turban bandits, and we can do the same! Since Liu Xuande sent someone to tell the whistle, it means that he is very jealous of Cao Cao, so it is better to persuade him to switch to Jingzhou, cooperate with us in Runan, and take Runan first! ”

Later records about Cai Mao are mostly negative, portraying Cai Mao as relying on nepotism to ascend to the top and having a proud and arrogant personality. The negative image of meddling in Liu Biao's heir without authorization. In fact, Cai Mao has real skills, and he is the most relied on general of Liu Biao, after Liu Biao rode into Jingzhou. It has made great contributions to Liu Biao's position and status.

Cai Mao was born in Caizhou, Xiangyang, and was the son of Cai Wei, a famous family in Jingzhou in the late Han Dynasty, Cai Mao's aunt was the wife of Taiwei Zhang Wen, and Cai Mao's eldest sister married Huang Chengyan, a famous scholar in Xiangyang. And Huang Chengyan was Zhuge Liang's father-in-law, Huang Yueying's father. Cai Mao's second sister married Liu Biao and became her stepfamily, and it was when Liu Biao came to Jingzhou. After the death of his main wife, Chen. In other words, the claim that later generations smeared Cai Mao because he was Liu Biao's brother-in-law to get the position is pure nonsense, and the real situation is that Liu Biao relied on the status of Cai Mao and Kuai Yue and other families in Jingzhou, which stabilized his foundation in Jingzhou.

There is also an unjust case, which is also the reason why future generations look down on Cai Mao. In a certain Luo's romance, it is written that Cai Mao deliberately embarrassed Liu Biao's eldest son Liu Qi in order to support his sister Cai's biological son Liu Cong to replace Liu Biao, and even when Liu Biao was sick and could not be a director, he actually teamed up with Zhang Yun and others to turn away Liu Qi, who had rushed back from Jiangxia to visit Liu Biao. In fact, Liu Qi and Liu Cong were both born to Liu Biao's original partner Chen, and the son born to Cai Mao's second sister was a concubine, whose name was Liu Xiu, and he did not participate in the incident of fighting for Jingzhou at all!

Cai Mao is Liu Biao's brother-in-law, Zhang Yun is Liu Biao's nephew, these two people, including Kuai Yue and other Liu Biao's henchmen, why do they want to support the young and ignorant Liu Cong, but they are unwilling to support Liu Biao's eldest son Liu Qi? At that time, Liu Qi was obviously too close to the ill-intentioned Liu Bei, and Cai Mao and Zhang Yun and others saw the situation in the world clearly, knowing that as soon as Liu Biao died, Cao Cao would inevitably go south to occupy Jingzhou, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun and others were unwilling to accompany Liu Bei, a careerist, to continue the civil war and wanted to return to Cao Cao, so they tried their best to squeeze out Liu Qi and support Liu Cong.

If you think about it from the perspective of the people of Jingzhou, it is not a bad thing that Cai Mao, Zhang Yun and others are willing to surrender to Cao Cao, but it is the careerist Liu Bei who is the culprit who fanned the flames everywhere under the banner of Kuangfu Han! Could it be said that being a common man under Liu Bei is better than living under Cao Cao? For the sake of a so-called restoration of the Han Dynasty, can the lives of tens of millions of people and soldiers be disregarded? If it weren't for the fact that there were too many careerists in the late Han Dynasty, and they all had their own ideas in their hearts, so that Cao Cao could unify the world earlier, maybe they could still retain some heritage and vitality for the Han people, and it would not be so that the Han people were almost killed when the Five Chaos was in China......

Liu Biao listened to the proposal of the military advisor Cai Mao, and was a little moved in his heart, so he set his eyes on Kuai Yue.

Kuai Yue was the first to Liu Biao to present the "plan of the mortar criminal", and then entered Xiangyang with Pang Ji to persuade the anti-thief leaders Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng's cattle people, and now he is Liu Biao's main bookkeeper, in charge of the documents for Liu Biao. (To be continued......)

PS: Thank you for the monthly pass support of the book friend "Reading Instructor"!