Cai Mao waited in the state pastor's mansion until the sun was setting, and he saw that the sky was dark, and then he left.

Walking out of the state pastor's mansion, Cai Mao stood outside the main gate and looked in the direction of Pang Tong's residence.

Except for some pedestrians passing by on the street, there is no Kuai Yue.

The sun was already setting under the eaves, and it would not be long before it would be completely dark.

Kuaiyue is impossible to come!

Sighing lightly, Cai Mao was full of loneliness when she left.

When the Han army entered Xiangyang, the Jingzhou army had lost all its advantages, and no matter who made the first attack on both sides, they would occupy a temporary advantage, but they would fight for a long time, but they didn't know who won and who lost.

After all, the Jingzhou army was numerous, while the Han army was an elite division.

Leading a group of bodyguards, Cai Mao finally glanced in the direction of Pang Tong's residence before walking along the street.

Cai Mao's mood is complicated, and Cai is more entangled than him.

Liu Cong became the pastor of Jingzhou, relying on the power in Cai Mao's hands.

Now that the Han army has entered Xiangyang, even Cai Mao is helpless against them, and in this competition, she and Cai Mao have lost most of them.

In addition to the Han army, what worries the Cai family is Liu Qi, who is not in Xiangyang at the moment.

She had written a letter to Liu Qi, asking him to return to Xiangyang for Liu Biao's funeral.

Counting the days, even if Liu Qi doesn't have time to return to Xiangyang, it's time to count the days and echo.

The letters that can be sent out are like a stone in the sea, and there is no feedback at all.

Although Liu Qi does not have many soldiers and horses, if he makes trouble, there are still many people in Jingzhou who will follow, especially Cai's dedication to Jingzhou, and those old ministers who have special feelings for Jingzhou may do something out of the ordinary.

To avoid Liu Qi from making trouble and not angering the imperial court, the only thing she can do at the moment is to sacrifice Jingzhou and resolve this crisis by relying on her attachment to the imperial court.

After Cai Mao left, Cai felt uneasy.

Fidgeting, she stood at the window for a long time, the scenery under the sunset did not soothe her inner irritability, but the blood-colored afterglow made her heart more troubled.

If it hadn't been for Cai Mao's special order when she left, she must not send someone to invite Kuai Yue, she must have done so at this time.

Cai was full of distraction and arranged for Kuai Yue to go to Pang Tong the next day to inform her of the decision, but at this time, he was sitting leisurely by the pool in the backyard, looking at the fish swimming in the pool.

Sitting opposite Pang Tong was Cheng Yu.

Lu Buyin was about to return to the barracks, and Kuai Yue left shortly after leaving, leaving only Cheng Yu by Pang Tong's side.

"Zhongde, if we win Jingzhou, how long do you think it will take, but the world can be safe!" Twisting up a small handful of corn in the bowl in front of him and throwing it into the pond, watching the fish in the pond scrambling for corn, Pang Tong seemed to ask Cheng Yu a little casually.

"For example, except for Jingzhou today, only Jiangdong has not yet been pacified!" After a little silence, Cheng Yu said to Pang Tong: "Zhou Yu has already surrendered to the imperial court, General Zilong and Sima Yi are also in Jiangdong, Sun Quan once launched a large army crusade, but he lost his troops and returned in vain......

Speaking of this, Cheng Yu paused for a moment before continuing: "When His Majesty left Luoyang, Dong Zhuo was in chaos, and the world was in chaos. Under the guise of recovering the Han Dynasty, heroes from all walks of life are secretly expanding their own power. By now, His Majesty had broken the many heroes, and Liu Biao of Jingzhou had also died at the hands of his wife. This Jingzhou is currently held by orphans and widows, and the seizure of Jingzhou is just a matter of time for the imperial court. After capturing Jingzhou, the imperial court took advantage of the situation to reorganize Jingzhou's soldiers and horses to go south in one fell swoop, and the Jiangdong Sun clan had no Yangtze River natural danger, and it couldn't be stopped for long! ”

With a slight smile, Pang Tong picked up a small handful of corn and threw it into the water.

Watching the fish compete for corn, Pang Tong said to Cheng Yu: "Although Zhou Yu occupies a corner of Jiangdong, he has insufficient naval troops, and warships are even rarer. If the Jiangdong Sun clan did not storm his military camp, but instead sent a naval army to seal Zhou Yu's ferry, how would we cross the river? ”

Pang Tong's words were slow and logical, as if he didn't take his words to heart at all.

But Cheng Yu, who heard these words, suddenly tightened his heart.

Zhou Yu was entrenched in Jiangdong and occupied a corner of the place, in order to keep the ferry.

If the Jiangdong Sun clan gave up attacking from the land, but only sent a naval army to defeat the naval army under Zhou Yu, the Yangtze River would still return to the Jiangdong Sun clan.

His brows gradually locked, Cheng Yu hesitated for a moment before he said to Pang Tong: "What the prime minister said is very true, but the Jiangdong Sun clan has not sent a naval army at the moment......"

"His Majesty is waiting, and they also sent a naval army." Before Cheng Yu finished speaking, Pang Tong interrupted him and said: "The army has returned to Luoyang and prepared for many days, and now it is ready to go into battle to kill the enemy." His Majesty has not made an order for a long time, it is nothing more than to wait for the situation in Jiangdong to stabilize, and then allocate troops and horses according to Sun's movements! ”

"The Sun clan occupies the Yangtze River, and it is difficult for our army to cross the river!" Still can't understand why Liu Wei waited for the Sun clan to completely occupy the Yangtze River before allocating troops and horses, Cheng Yu frowned, raised his fists and arched towards Pang Tong and said: "The subordinates really don't know about this, and I hope the prime minister will teach me!" ”

Smiling slightly, he turned his gaze to Cheng Yu, and Pang Tong said to him: "The Yangtze River is dangerous, even if our army crosses the river now, it will be difficult to avoid the eyes and ears of the Sun clan in Jiangdong!" Although the Sun clan has not yet captured the Zhou Yu ferry, the area around the ferry is full of Sun's naval army. When our army crosses the river, the warships will surely be intercepted and killed. Leaving Zhou Yu and the others in Jiangdong, what His Majesty wanted was not for them to defend the ferry, but to take advantage of the situation to advance towards Jianye after the army moved south......"

When Pang Tong said these words, Cheng Yu narrowed his eyes slightly, and said thoughtfully: "In this way, the army is facing off against the Jiangdong Navy across the bank in Jingzhou, but south of the Yangtze River, there is only Zhou Yu and others with a soldier and horse, self-protection or enough, to capture Jianye ......"

Sighing softly, Cheng Yu's face showed an entanglement.

He had already seen the arrival of the Han army in Jiangdong as it moved south.

The army that was blocked by the Jiangdong naval army and difficult to cross the river must have been delayed on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and the soldiers and horses of Zhou Yu and others, even if they arrived at Jianye, it would be difficult to kill them across the river with so many troops.

The war in which the imperial court went south to crusade against Jiangdong may not be easy to fight!

"The affairs of Jiangdong can be put on hold!" The slanting sun had already fallen below the horizon, and the sky was darkening, Pang Tong stood up and said to Cheng Yu: "The most urgent thing for me at the moment is to return Jingzhou to the imperial court as soon as possible." With Jingzhou, the army will go south in the future, and there will be a place to stay! ”

"That's what the prime minister said!" As Pang Tong stood up, Cheng Yu said: "Tomorrow, let's see how Kuai Yue responds!" ”

"I'm afraid it won't be peaceful tonight!" Looking up at the sky, Pang Tong first took a deep breath, and after exhaling slowly, he said, "Kuai Yue will be even more anxious tonight!" ”

Looking at Pang Tong with a puzzled expression, although Cheng Yu was a little dazed in his heart, he didn't ask questions.

When Pang Tong and Cheng Yu were saying these words in the back garden, Kuaiyue's mansion really couldn't be regarded as quiet.

Kuai Yue Province, which used to rarely have guests to visit, welcomed more than a dozen guests at the end of the day.

Most of the more than ten people who came to visit him were dressed as scribes, and only two were sturdy generals.

Two military generals, one of them is Wen Ping, who once looked at Lu Bu twice during the discussion.

Wen Ping had already rested in the mansion, but someone came to summon him, and Kuai Liang asked him to go to Kuai Yue Mansion to pay a visit.

Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue are brothers-in-law, and the two have more contacts on weekdays than with others, and they went to visit Kuai Yue, but Kuai Liang invited him to go with him, which really made Wen Ping have some doubts in his heart.

I only knew that 30,000 Han troops had entered Xiangyang, and I didn't know that Kuai Yue had secretly united with Pang Tong and others, forcing the Cai brothers and sisters to sacrifice Jingzhou.

When he arrived at the agreed place, Wen Ping found that Kuai Liang invited not only him, but also many other people.

The people who came one step ahead of him were talking to Kuai Liang about going to see Kuai Yue.

Listening to what they said, Wen Ping realized that these people went to find Kuai Yue in order to ask for an explanation, why they secretly dedicated Jingzhou to the imperial court.

Wen Ping, who was not reused in Jingzhou, listened to everyone and never interjected.

Jingzhou in the eyes of Wen Ping has long been terminally ill.

Even if Liu Biao is not dead, this Jingzhou will be handed over to someone else sooner or later, either the imperial court will take it, or the Jiangdong Sun family will take it.

Rather than being taken away by the Sun clan and bearing the crusade of the imperial court in the future, it is better to directly give the imperial court peace of mind.

But the group of people gathered by Kuai Liang were obviously very dissatisfied with Kuai Yue's move to dedicate Jingzhou.

Two of them, while talking, even forgot that Kuai Liang was Kuai Yue's brother, and scolded loudly.

"General Wen!" Everyone just said that after seeing how Kuai Yue crusaded against him, Kuai Liang came to Wen Ping, arched his fists at him, and said to him with a solemn face: "Please come to the general, there is something to ask for!" ”

Kuai Liang, regardless of his status or the importance he was valued by Liu Biao in the past, is much higher than Wen Ping.

Wen Ping hurriedly gave him a salute back, and said with a very humble expression: "But if you have an order, just speak out, and the general will obey it!" ”

"It's only been a few days since Duke Jingsheng died, and a certain brother colluded with Pang Tong and others to force Mrs. Cai and Cai Mao to dedicate Jingzhou to the imperial court!" Putting down his saluting fists, Kuai Liang's white eyebrows wrinkled into a ball, and said to Wen Ping: "Jingsheng Gong has been in charge of Jingzhou for generations, and the position of state pastor was also sealed by the emperor back then!" If Jingzhou is sacrificed, this Jingzhou will fall into the hands of others in the future, how can we be willing? ”

Kuai Liang's words made Wen Ping feel a lot of slander in his heart.

Although Jingzhou was under the rule of Liu Biao, it was still the territory of the imperial court after all.

Now the imperial court wants to take it back, but Kuai Liang and others are unwilling, although they are loyal to Liu Biao, but in the eyes of the imperial court, they are nothing more than a group of rebellious ministers and thieves who intend to split Jingzhou!

In his heart, Wen Ping just clenched his fists and bowed, and said to Kuai Liang: "What the master book intends to do in the end, just command." For Jingzhou, for Jingshenggong, the end will never give up! ”