After taking the three southern counties of Jingzhou, Liu Bei ordered Guan Yu and others, who were guarding the three counties, to prepare for the news, and once they got the news that Liu Biao was really dead, they immediately raised troops to assist Liu Bei in attacking Xiangyang together.

Perhaps Liu Bei's pious prayer played a role, and three days later, Liu Biao really died and traveled westward with a crane. After getting the news, Liu Bei was very sad on the surface, but he was happy in his heart, pretending to endure his grief, and hid in the tent alone, not allowing others to enter, as for whether Liu Bei was crying or laughing alone in the tent, only Liu Bei himself knew.

After coming out of the tent, Liu Bei immediately gathered the soldiers and horses of the three southern counties, held high the banner of killing Cai Mao's rebels and avenging Liu Biao, Liu Qi and his son, and began to besiege Xiangyang in a grand manner, blatantly carrying out the action of seizing power. After Liu Biao's death, the Kuai family, who had always been at odds with the Cai family, under the leadership of the Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue brothers, collectively rebelled out of Xiangyang and took refuge in Liu Bei. Liu Bei was very pleased with the surrender of the Kuai brothers, and immediately appointed the two as staff officers in the army. With the Kuai brothers as an example, those who felt that the general trend had gone and were good at protecting themselves secretly ran out of the city one after another to be loyal to Liu Bei.

You can't blame the Kuai brothers and others for being spineless, when Liu Biao was still alive, the family they represented was incompatible with the Cai family represented by Cai Mao, but at that time Liu Biao could still suppress the contradictions of all parties very well, and now without Liu Biao's mediation and suppression, Cai Mao won the military and political power of Jingzhou again, and the Kuai brothers and others had to consider their future way out. But if you stay in Xiangyang. I'm afraid it won't be long before their heads will be moved by Cai Mao by all means. Between life and death, of course they have to choose to serve Liu Bei.

There are also some officials in Jingzhou who usually have a good relationship with Liu Bei, such as Iraq. Yi nationality was the first to take refuge in Liu Bei after the Kuai brothers, and Yi nationality did not come alone, he also brought his friend Ma Liang, and the naval academy lieutenant Wenpin. This Wen Yiwu who came from Iraq is a very famous figure in history. Liu Bei also attaches great importance to these two people. For such talents, Liu Bei will not be too much. In Jingzhou, there are still several officials like Yi. They were all depressed people under Liu Biao's rule. It is expected to be under Liu Cong or Cai Mao. Their status will become even more bleak, so they simply stand on Liu Bei's side.

In just a few days, the military generals of Wenchen who came from all over Jingzhou to surrender. There are more than 30 successively, so that Liu Bei's command has withered from talents to become full of talents all of a sudden. Satisfied, Liu Bei began to use troops to Xiangyang, and as soon as the battle began, Cai Yao ordered all the families of the Chinese Wu in the city to be forcibly brought to the prefecture to prevent anyone from going out of the city to surrender to Liu Bei. Unexpectedly, Cai Mao's decision made some swing people who wandered in the middle completely lose hope in Cai Mao, and secretly reached an agreement with Liu Bei, they will secretly open the city gate to welcome Liu Bei into Xiangyang, Liu Bei also promised them that they would not remove their official positions afterwards, and would let them continue to hold their current positions.

As a result, under the cooperation of the inside and the outside, Cai Mao's persistence lasted only one day before it failed. Cai Mao himself was also beheaded by Guan Yu, and more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians in Xiangyang were all owned by Liu Bei. The first thing Liu Bei did after entering Xiangyang was to copy the Cai family, and the Cai family was all copied and beheaded, and no one was left. As for Liu Cong, Liu Bei did not kill him, but sent someone to send him to a remote mountain village in Lingling County, and asked Liu Cong to retire in that place with beautiful mountains and rivers.

After Liu Biao's death, Jingzhou can not be left without an owner for a day, under the planning of Pang Tong and Ma Liang, Liu Bei's old department and the newly joined Jingzhou officials, in unison asked Liu Bei to serve as the new Jingzhou pastor, Liu Bei pretended to shirk again and again, and pretended not to be able to push it off, and reluctantly agreed to temporarily serve as Jingzhou pastor, and then found a truly talented person in the future, he abdicated to make way for Xian. As for whether there will really be a day when he will abdicate and make way for Xian in the future, no one has seriously thought about this issue, some words, the speaker speaks beautifully, and the obedient person also listens to them, and whether the content is examinable or not is not so important.

When Liu Bei was dressed in a brocade robe, holding the big seal of Jingzhou Mu, and slowly walked to the hall of the Jingzhou Mu's Mansion, with a trace of unconcealed ambition on his face, he looked back at Pang Tong and said, "Military Master, Brother Jingsheng's position before his death, can I sit down?" ”

Pang Tong said with a smile: "The lord is already a pastor of Jingzhou, but it doesn't hurt to sit down." ”

Liu Bei smiled slightly, strode to the main seat, turned around and sat down. At the moment when Liu Bei's buttocks hit the seat, a pleasant sound of drums suddenly came to mind outside the hall, it was a group of Jingzhou officials, congratulating Liu Bei, congratulating Liu Bei on ascending the throne of Jingzhou, and at the same time, they also expressed their loyalty to Liu Bei in this way.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, the two brothers, strode into the hall with a happy laugh, and saw Liu Bei'an sitting on the throne of the state pastor, the two of them smiled and said to Liu Bei: "Big brother, we finally have a piece of our own territory." Listening to the words of the two, Liu Bei suddenly felt a burst of displeasure in his heart, what is our territory? That's my Liu Bei's territory alone! Liu Bei is Liu Bei after all, he quickly adjusted his mentality, and praised Guan Yu and Zhang Fei with a smile. Liu Bei knows very well that without the follow-up of these brothers for more than ten years, he would not have the situation he has today, and in the days to come, Liu Bei will have to rely on the two of them to fight for himself, don't forget, Liu Bei, the pastor of Jingzhou, now only controls four of the nine counties of Jingxiang, and in the days to come, there will be a battle.

Turning his head to look at Pang Tong, Liu Bei said with a smile: "This mansion can sit in Jingzhou, and the military division has made great contributions." Rejoice today, what do the military advisors want, but it doesn't hurt to say it! ”

When Pang Tong heard this, the expression on his face suddenly changed, he sighed, and said: "It is fun to destroy the country of people, and it is not a soldier of the benevolent." This means that rejoicing in the inheritance of the clan elder is not what a benevolent person should do. When Liu Bei heard this, the smile on his face disappeared in an instant, he looked at Pang Tong coldly, and said slowly: "In the past, when the Martial King was defeated. He has also sung and danced before, should he who rejoices not be called a benevolent person? Retire! ”

Pang Tong didn't salute either, glanced at Liu Bei deeply, turned around and walked out of the hall. Pang Tong's surrender to Liu Bei was actually to keep his family, and most of the Jingzhou officials who surrendered had the same purpose, but Pang Tong advanced the time of surrender. In essence, Pang Tong and Jingzhou officials. They are all from the noble family. And Liu Bei was born as a commoner, and letting a group of scholars serve civilians is very unreasonable in itself, but the situation is compelling. was gained momentum by Liu Bei. I had no choice but to push the boat down the river and recognize Liu Bei as the master. Although Pang Tong didn't feel wronged. even wholeheartedly made plans for Liu Bei, but Liu Bei's words just now really made Pang Tong unhappy. For Pang Tong, Xiangyang was his hometown, and he didn't want to hear anyone take pleasure in trampling on his homeland, including Liu Bei. Pang Tong was upright, he didn't refute Liu Bei, he just said what was in his heart. But he chose the wrong time, Liu Bei, who was on the rise, couldn't listen to such words.

After Pang Tong left, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei saw that Liu Bei was very unhappy, and hurriedly comforted: "Big brother, the military advisor has worked hard and made great achievements, why should you bother with him about disrespect in words?" ”

When Liu Bei heard this, he also came to his senses, knowing that he was too stingy just now, Pang Tong's role is the same as Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, without Pang Tong, it is impossible to take half of Jingzhou by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei alone, Liu Bei hurriedly stretched out his hand and pointed out, and said hurriedly: "Don't go and chase the military division back!" Guan Yu Zhang Fei gave the order, hurriedly ran out of the hall, and dragged Pang Tong back to the hall.

Liu Bei stood up pretendedly, saluted Pang Tong, and said in a tone of self-reproach: "Military advisor, Bei just made a momentary mistake, and he offended the military advisor verbally, and I ask the military advisor not to be worried." In order to show his sincerity, Liu Bei no longer called himself his own house, but changed back to his previous self-title. Seeing Liu Bei apologize to himself, Pang Tong was not good at being tough, even if he knew that Liu Bei's words might not be sincere.

"The monarch and the ministers have made gaffes, and I hope the lord will not care." Pang Tong returned the salute to Liu Bei and said calmly. Liu Bei laughed, stepped forward to take Pang Tong's hand, and restored his previous respect for Pang Tong.

Today may be destined to be a very sad day for Liu Bei, after a little dissatisfaction with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Pang Tong's words also caused Liu Bei's displeasure for a while, after taking the initiative to apologize and restore a good relationship with Pang Tong, Ma Liang walked into the hall again and continued to block Liu Bei.

Ma Liang has a peculiar appearance, and his two eyebrows are white. Therefore, there is a proverb in the Jingxiang area, called "Ma's five constants, white eyebrows are the best". It means that each of the five brothers of the Ma family has great talents, and the most outstanding one among them is Ma Liang, who has white eyebrows. Because of his excellence, Liu Biao asked Ma Liang to serve as an intelligence officer before his death, and after Liu Bei became the ruler of Xiangyang, he retained Ma Liang's position.

But today, Ma Liang didn't come to report the good news to Liu Bei, but to report the worries: "Lord, I just received the news, Sun Ce is not dead at all, he led Lu Meng and Ding Feng to attack Jiangxia County, Changsha near Jiangxia was originally the place where Sun Jian once ruled, and now it has fallen to Sun Ce's side, Jiangxia and Changsha counties are now Sun Ce's territory." ”

"What did you say?!" Everyone in the hall let out an exclamation in unison! This was an unexpected situation, and even the resourceful Pang Tong could not anticipate it in the slightest. Sun Ce actually cheated to death, and also took the opportunity to capture Jiangxia and Changsha, those two counties, but Jingzhou's grain storage place, especially Jiangxia, half of Jingzhou's money and grain, all have to pass through Jiangxia, a Jiangxia County, is equivalent to one-third of Jingzhou!

More importantly, Jiangdong and Jingzhou have the enmity of killing their father, and now Liu Bei has succeeded as the pastor of Jingzhou, which is naturally equivalent to inheriting this hatred, Sun Ce now occupies Jiangxia and Changsha, which is equivalent to extending his tentacles from Jiangdong into Jingxiang, and he can launch a geographically advantageous war against Jingzhou at any time.

Liu Bei knew that Sun Ce must have come prepared, and this can be seen from the fact that he did not hesitate to cheat his death. With the current situation, Liu Bei has just succeeded Jingzhou as pastor, and the internal has not been straightened out, and it is absolutely impossible to recapture Jiangxia and Changsha. (To be continued......)