Liu Biao and the others were shocked to hear that some people supported Liu Qi's succession, and everyone looked at it with their eyes, and the person who spoke was the staff member Li Qi.

Cai Mao was furious when he heard this: "You dare to disobey the lord's last order even if you are a petty official, and you will not retreat!" ”

Li Jue scolded: "You and the Cai family conspired to falsify their lives, who did you deceive?" Now the abolition of the long and young, Jingxiang nine counties are sent to the hands of the Cai family. The lord has a spirit in the sky, you can't wait to die! ”

Cai Mao was even more furious when she heard Li Jue bluntly talk about her filthy things, and ordered him to be beheaded left and right, and Li Jue scolded endlessly. Cai Mao killed Li Qi, and seeing that no one dared to oppose it anymore, he made Liu Cong the master. The Cai clan led the soldiers of Jingzhou, and ordered Deng Yi to guard Jingzhou in the middle of the rule and Liu Xian to guard Jingzhou in case of Liu Qi and Liu Bei, but did not inform the two of Liu Biao's death.

After the funeral was over, everyone in Jingzhou gathered together to discuss how to deal with Cao Bing. Liu Cong is young, and everything is decided by Mrs. Cai and Cai Mao. The key is that these two people are fighting insiders and outsiders, so it's okay for them to grab power in the class, and it won't work if they go to Cao Cao, so they can only brainstorm.

Dong Cao Peng Fu Xun said: "Now in addition to Cao Cao, there is also the eldest son of Jiangxia, Liu Xuande of Xinye, if these two raise troops to ask for the guilt, do not wait for Cao Cao's soldiers to arrive, Jingxiang is in danger." I have a plan to make the people of Jingxiang as safe as Mount Tai, and to protect the lord and the lord. ”

Cai Mao said happily: "I don't know what to do? ”

Fu Xun said: "It is better to dedicate the nine counties of Jingxiang to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao will treat the lord well." ”

Although Liu Cong is young, he is also smart and sensible, otherwise he would not be liked by Liu Biao. After listening to Fu Xun's words, he couldn't help but interject: "What is this plan? I have only inherited my father's inheritance, and before I have yet to sit firmly, why should you give to others? ”

Of course, the young Liu Cong didn't know Fu Xun's plans, but Cai Mao, Kuai Yue and others understood Fu Xun's thoughts. Even if Liu Biao is alive and Liu Bei join forces, they may not be able to stop Cao Cao's army, and now that Liu Cong has succeeded to the throne, Liu Bei and Liu Qi are eyeing each other, and they have no hope of defeating Cao Cao. Since he knew that he would be defeated, it was better to surrender early, and it didn't matter whether Cao Cao treated Liu Cong well or not, the important thing was that Cao Cao would definitely treat them well to these generals who proposed to surrender.

Kuai Yue said: "Fu Gongyi's words are also! There is a way to go against the odds, and there is a general situation, and there is a fixed trend for strength and weakness. Cao Cao waved his troops south in the name of the imperial court, and the lord's refusal was to resist the imperial court, and his name was not good. And the lord is newly established, external troubles and internal worries, Cao Cao is powerful, and An can win? It is better to surrender the city than to be defeated and captured. ”

Liu Cong is a child, no matter how smart he is, he can't argue with Kuai Yue, so he can only hesitate: "What the princes say is very good!" Just to give up his father's inheritance to others, won't he laugh at the world? ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw a young general stand up and say: "I have a plan to stop Cao Bing!" ”

When everyone heard this, they saw that this young general had red lips and white teeth, clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and although he was handsome as a man, he was not inferior to a woman. Cai Mao knew that this person was Lu Xun, a young general under the command of Liu Biao, who was a new player. His grandfather was Lu Kang, the Taishou of Lujiang, who died because Lujiang was captured by Sun Ce. After Lu Kang's death, the Lu family left Lujiang to live in seclusion, and it was not until last year that Lu Xun became a scholar and became Liu Biao, because Liu Biao had a grudge against Sun Quan. Liu Biao saw that Lu Xun was handsome and talented, and he liked him very much, so he stayed under his command as a general.

Cai Mao heard that Lu Xun had a plan, so he asked, "What do you have a plan?" ”

Lu Xun said: "The ancestor had a grudge against the Jiangdong Sun family, but he was friendly with the Guanghua National Teacher of Jiaozhou. Now that Cao Cao is waving his troops south, why not turn to the national teacher for help? If the national teacher sent troops to help, why should Cao Cao be afraid? ”

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, they just thought that the enemy in front of them was Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Liu Qi, but they forgot that they still had foreign aid.

Fu Xun proposed to surrender Cao, and at this time, he was naturally displeased when he heard Lu Xun's disagreement with him, so he said: "The national teacher may be able to resist Cao Cao, but the national teacher has always disliked to compete with others, how can he send troops to fight Cao for Jingzhou?" ”

Lu Xun smiled when he heard this: "Fu Gong's words are wrong! Who said that national teachers don't like to compete with others? If the national teacher doesn't like to fight, who are Zhang Jiao, Dong Zhuo, Li Dao, Yuan Shao and others? Why was the national teacher named a general? It's just that the national teacher is benevolent and righteous, and never raises an unrighteous teacher. ”

Fu Xun seized the loophole in Lu Xun's words and said: "Cao Cao marched south by the will of the imperial court, and his name is justified. The national teacher has a good relationship with Cao Cao, even if he sends troops, he will only help Cao Cao, how can he help me? ”

Lu Xun said calmly: "Cao Cao's narrow son of heaven ordered the princes, named Han Xiang, but he was actually a Han thief, and the Son of Heaven once begged for him with blood and clothes, how could he be a righteous teacher?" The national teacher once saved Cao Cao's father, but Cao Cao killed the national teacher's father-in-law, General Ma Teng, so how can he talk about revenge? If the lord agrees, I am willing to be a messenger and ask the national teacher to send troops to fight against Cao with his incorruptible tongue. Then he looked at Liu Cong.

Liu Cong psychologically supported Lu Xun's proposal, but he didn't dare to make his own opinion, but looked at his mother next to him, Mrs. Cai. Mrs. Cai looked at Cai Mao. Cai Mao thought about it and felt that Lu Xun was young and unfamous, so I was afraid it would be difficult to invite Nan Ye. So he shook his head and said: "This matter is related to the survival of the people of Jingzhou, how can it be put on your junior?" If the national teacher doesn't come, won't Jingzhou be in danger? I don't think it's as safe as lowering Cao. ”

Lu Xun saw that Cai Mao despised him, and said loudly at that time: "If you want to surrender left and right, it is better to lower the national teacher." If the national teacher is surrendered, the national teacher will come to the rescue, and this is one of them. Second, Cao Cao is an enemy, the national teacher is a friend, and it is better to surrender to the enemy than to surrender to a friend. Third, Xiliang Han was imprisoned in Xuchang after Cao surrendered, and Nanzhong Dong surrendered the national teacher and was still the lord of a county. Cao Cao is cunning, and the national teacher is merciful, why not go to the national teacher? ”

None of the generals expected that there would be such a way out, and there was a lot of discussion, and this time they were much more enthusiastic than the discussion just now. As Lu Xun said, once Jingzhou is dedicated to Nan Ye, it is absolutely certain that Nan Ye will send troops to resist Cao. At this time, what they discussed was no longer the question of surrendering Cao and resisting Cao, but the question of which side to surrender. The generals were divided into two factions, one side supported the surrender of Cao, and the other supported the surrender of the south, and they quarreled happily.

Lu Xun looked at it coldly and smiled secretly in his heart, feeling that all the generals under Liu Biao's command, except for Li Qi, who died just now, were all a group of spineless surrenderers. The resistance to Cao was not active, but the surrender was quite positive.

Cai Mao saw that everyone was arguing so much that her ears hurt, so she said loudly: "Shut up for me!" ”

When everyone saw Cai Mao's anger, their voices gradually stopped, and Cai Mao looked at Kuai Yue and asked, "What does Mr. Xenodegree think?" ”

Kuai Yue glanced at Lu Xun with an approving look, and then said: "Bo Yan's cloud is a clever strategy, and it also makes me wait for one more choice." But in my opinion, it's better to lower Cao. ”

When everyone heard this, they looked at Kuai Yue at the same time, and Lu Xun's eyes flashed with cold light. Cai Mao heard the words and said: "I wish Mr. Wen a high opinion." ”

Kuai Yue said: "As Bo Yan said, there are indeed some benefits to surrendering the national teacher, but the risks are also not small. If we surrender to Cao Cao, the national teacher will not attack. If we wait for the national division to be surrendered, Cao Cao and the national teacher will have a battle. The momentum of this battle is not small, the battlefield is set in my Jingzhou, if the national teacher wins, we will inevitably lose the soldiers, if Cao Cao wins, we will die without a place to be buried, this is also one of them. The second is that Jiaozhou is far away, if we wait for the national teacher to come to the rescue, we must first block Cao Cao, this matter is difficult. In my opinion, whether to descend to Cao or to the south is not whether the two are righteous or treacherous, but who can win. Cao Cao sits on eight states, has a wide range of soldiers, and is obviously superior, so it is better to descend to the south than to surrender to Cao, what does Bo Yan think? ”

Lu Xun saw Kuai Yue looking at him and thought quickly in his mind, and then bowed his hand to Kuai Yue and said: "Mr. Heterodu has a long-term vision, and what he said is extremely true!" The younger generation is not as good as it! ”

Kuai Yue smiled when he heard this: "Bo Yan can think that the national teacher is already superior to everyone in the hall!" ”

Mrs. Cai said at this time: "Since Gongyi, Yidu, and Boyan see the same, then follow the plan." I don't know who is willing to go to Cao Ying to offer books? Who will inform the counties? ”

Song Zhong came out of the tent and said: "I am willing to send books to Cao Ying!" ”

Seeing that Song Zhong was so positive, the generals realized that it was not a shame to send the surrender letter, but a beautiful thing. In addition to being able to get acquainted with the future lord Cao Cao, rewards are also indispensable, but unfortunately Song Zhong took the lead. As for informing the counties, it is a personal effort, and it is indispensable to run all the way, and there is no benefit, so everyone will not fight.

Lu Xun saw that everyone was not going, so he took the first step and said: "The last general is willing to inform the counties!" ”

Cai Mao saw that there were people on both errands, so she nodded and agreed. At this time, another general came out of the class and said: "The nine counties of Jingxiang are far apart, and the last general is willing to go with Boyan to send a letter, so as not to make a mistake." ”

Everyone looked at it and saw that this person was eight feet long, with a face like a heavy jujube, and it was Wei Yan, a native of Yiyang, with long characters. Cai Mao thought that what Wei Yan said was reasonable, so he asked him to go with Lu Xun. Lu Xun and Wei Yan looked at each other and smiled, and then took the order. Song Zhong also took the letter of surrender and went to Cao Ying to make offerings.

Before Cao Cao arrived at the boundary of Jingzhou, he received a letter from Song Zhong and was overjoyed at that time and rewarded Song Zhong. And let Song Zhong reply to Liu Cong, if he can offer the city to welcome, he will be appointed as the lord of Jingzhou forever in the future.

Song Zhong was very happy to receive the reward, and after bidding farewell to Cao Cao, he returned to Jingzhou to preach the news. Halfway through, suddenly a group of men and horses in front of him blocked the way, and it was Guan Yu who led the troops to patrol. Song Zhong couldn't avoid it, and was called by Guan Yu to ask about Jingzhou. At the beginning, Song Zhong still wanted to hide it, but Guan Yu repeatedly asked when he saw him talking, and Song Zhong had no choice but to tell the truth.

Guan Yu heard that Liu Biao was dead, and Liu Cong was shocked when he descended to Cao, and captured Song Zhong to report back to Liu Bei. Liu Bei was still waiting for Liu Biao to pass on Liu Qi's own auxiliary government, but after listening to Song Zhong's words, he cried at that time, as for whether he was crying about Liu Biao's death or crying that Jingzhou was returned to Cao Cao, it is unknown.

Zhang Fei said angrily: "The matter has come to this point, you can first behead Song Zhong, cross the river and seize Xiangyang after raising troops, kill Cai and Liu Cong, and then fight with Cao Cao." ”

Liu Bei also wanted to be happy according to what Zhang Fei said, but unfortunately he couldn't do it, all because of the constraints of benevolence and righteousness. He stopped Zhang Fei and said, "Shut up, I have my own discretion." After that, he said to Song Zhong: "Why don't you come to report me as soon as possible for such a big event?" It won't help to kill you now, you can go quickly. ”

Song Zhong heard the words and ran away. Liu Bei was depressed and was about to ask Zhuge Liang to discuss countermeasures, but someone from below came to report: "The eldest prince Liu Qi sent an envoy from Yi to come and tell him something important. ”