Cao Cao has now defeated Yuan Shao, but Yuan Shao's family has a strong background, and the Yuan brothers are not really like the general waste in history, and Cao Cao is also consolidating the harvest brought by the battle of Guandu, the north has not been unified for the time being, Liu Bei has been very nourishing during this time, Zhuo Ao does not come to trouble him, and Liu Biao and he are still a family, but as time goes by, Liu Biao's attitude towards Liu Bei has gradually become alienated.

The fundamental reason is naturally that since Zhuo Ao appeared, the correspondence between Liu Bei and Zhuo Ao has never been broken, not to mention that Liu Biao is still planting spies around Liu Bei, even if he doesn't, as long as he is not blind, he can know this information, at least on the surface, Zhuo Ao and Liu Bei are hot.

If Zhuo Ao and Liu Bei tear apart, Liu Biao naturally doesn't have to worry, but Liu Bei and Zhuo Ao seem to abandon their previous suspicions, and the fight is hot, Liu Biao naturally can't sit still, although Liu Biao at this time has lost his former ambitions, but has not yet begun to be mediocre, he knows that Liu Bei has great ambitions, and now he is fighting with Zhuo Ao, according to Liu Bei's current position, if he does not start a war with Zhuo Ao, he can only come to fight himself.

Although he did not turn against Liu Bei, he secretly ordered Cai Mao and Zhang Yuntun to fight in Xiakou, and ordered Huang Zu to sit in Jiangxia, and at the same time sent an envoy to order Liu Bei to go to Xiangyang to reminisce about the past.

Yuzhang was too guarded in the mansion, Liu Bei smiled bitterly and handed the letterhead to Guan Yu and Jian Yong, shook his head and sighed: "Brother Wei now understands why Zhuo Ao wants to show favor to Brother Yu. ”

"What does Big Brother mean by that?" Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Sun Qian, and Jian Yong looked at Liu Bei.

"Cai Mao Zhang Yuntun soldiers in Xiakou, Jingsheng urged me to go to Xiangyang one after another, it seems that Jingsheng is already suspicious of me in his heart." Liu Bei sighed.

"So what? We don't have the heart to be embarrassed by him. But he came to make it difficult for us, big brother. This Xiangyang can't go, once it's gone. If Liu Jingsheng really dares to fight, let him know how powerful Grandpa Zhang is, with me and my second brother, Zilong, and Ziyi, just rely on Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, the two rotten tomato stinky bird eggs, and don't come. If he dares to come, let him not come! Zhang Fei said loudly.

"No!" Liu Bei frowned and said: "In this way, you have fallen into Zhuo Ao's plan to sow discord!" ”

"Big brother is saying that all this is that Zhuo Ao's strategy?" Guan Yu frowned.

"Second brother, think about it, when the tiger prison was closed, although Zhuo Ao was dazzling, he almost single-handedly rebelled against Lu Bu. Ling Lu Bu and Dong Zhuo turned against each other, at that time, you and I were three brothers, and they were not even the princes of a town, but they met a few times. How can there be any friendship at all, now that he has taken his state and county, he will not come to attack. Instead, they sent money and food, and made a big splash. Everyone knows that if you are Jingsheng. What do you think when you know these things? Liu Bei smiled bitterly.

"This guy is so ruthless, don't worry, don't worry, wait for me to take 3,000 soldiers and horses, go to Jianye, and kick his head to my brother!" Zhang Fei glared.

"No way!" Liu Bei shook his head again and said: "Since we entered Jiangdong, whether he is a divisive plan or not, but Zhuo Ao treats us well, and now we attack him for no reason, how do the people of the world view us?" ”

"It's not going to work, that's not going to work, so what are we going to do?" Zhang Fei roared angrily.

"Back to Xiangyang!" Liu Bei closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice.

"What!?" Zhang Fei jumped up anxiously, looked at Liu Bei and said, "Big brother, this Jiangdong was fought hard by our brothers, so he gave it to others, and cheapened those bastards for nothing?" I'm not convinced. ”

Guan Yu was also a little reluctant to say: "Big brother, what the third brother said is not unreasonable, since it is Zhuo Ao's strategy, we can write to Liu Jingzhou to explain the stakes, why lose the foundation?" ”

"If anyone doesn't want to, just stay, even if there is only one person, Bei has to go to Xiangyang." Liu Bei said categorically.

"My brother is leaving, what's the use of our brother staying?" Zhang Fei muttered, Liu Bei immediately recalled Zhao Yun, Tai Shici, Guan Ping, and other generals, and after bringing a team of retinues and official seals, he crossed the river.

"Lord, Liu Bei is gone." Lu Lingqi, Guan Hai, Gan Ning and several other generals came in and said to Zhuo Ao.

"Let's go? Where to? Zhuo Ao looked at a few people suspiciously.

"Xiangyang, the lord is really powerful, then Liu Biao really became suspicious of Liu Bei, and recalled Liu Bei back to Xiangyang with an edict." Gan Ning said with a smile.

"I underestimated him." Zhuo Ao shook his head, what he hoped for most was naturally Liu Bei and Liu Biao, now it seems that Liu Bei's decisiveness and keen sense of politics are no wonder that he was able to achieve great things later.

If Liu Bei chooses to stay, covet Yuzhang's place, and fight with Liu Biao, then no matter how good the reason is, he can't run away from the infamy, and the fame accumulated by hard work for half a life will be in vain, even if the two sides don't turn against each other, it seems that Liu Bei has a stable foothold, but in fact, he is locked in Yuzhang, unless one day Liu Biao or Zhuo Ao perishes, otherwise he will never come out.

Liu Bei left, the dead end set by Zhuo Ao for him, but it was resolved by Liu Bei in this way, it is easy to pick up, but it is difficult to put it down, there are definitely not many people in this world who can have Liu Bei's courage.

"Let's go, I'll send him a letter on my behalf." Zhuo Ao said.

"Lord, do you want to attack Yuzhang immediately? Now that our army has gone through a year's cultivation, it has enough soldiers and food, and without the fierce generals under Liu Bei's account, the two counties of Yuzhang and Luling are at their fingertips. Lu Lingqi said in a deep voice.

"Don't worry, although Liu Bei is gone, the problem has not been solved, let's see who Liu Biao will send over, I want to let those families know that in Jiangdong, except for taking refuge in us, it is useless for them to take refuge in whom, let them see clearly who is the real lord of Jiangdong." Zhuo Ao laughed.

Jiangdong is not someone who can come if he wants to, Liu Bei has the reputation of an imperial uncle, plus he does not belong to any party, and Liu Bei does have a set of people in terms of life, and can attract these families to help, so he is here, and he will be recognized by the Jiangdong family, but now that Liu Bei is gone, no matter who Liu Biao sends to Jiangdong, how to treat these Jiangdong families is a problem they have to face.

The Jingzhou family naturally has to take the interests of Jingzhou as the foundation, in this way, it will inevitably infringe on the interests of the Jiangdong family, which is a contradiction that is difficult to grasp, except for Liu Bei, no matter who Liu Biao sends, it is difficult for the families of these two counties to really belong, because Liu Biao itself represents the interests of the Jingzhou group.

"My lord, I wonder when we will send troops?" Lu Lingqi frowned and said, since Zhuo Ao came back, although it can be clearly felt that the status of the Taishou Mansion has been stable in the past year, and the annual income has increased more than three times compared with previous years, and the army is also stronger, but there is only one thing that makes a group of generals dull and yellow, that is, in the past year, there has not been a battle, and anything in the hands of Zhuo Ao can be solved quickly, and there is no need to do it at all, even those wealthy families who used to be above the top of the family, now see these former ' The thieves all became low-eyed and pleasing to the eye, which made them feel quite proud of their eyebrows, but as military generals, if they couldn't fight on the battlefield, what was the use of them.

"Don't worry, if it goes well, within March, we don't need to send troops, then the Yuzhang family will come to us to ask us to send troops, and when the time comes, it will be the best time to send troops."

After Zhuo Ao finished speaking, he saw a group of generals breathe a sigh of relief, what they were most afraid of was that Zhuo Ao had already made arrangements in advance, and he would take down Yuzhang without blood, and with such a lord, it was cool, but the grievances were really aggrieved, and the generals were like decorations.

"Generals, I have to remind you that soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the way of life and death, unless it is a last resort, it is best not to use the things that can be solved without using troops, but the training of troops cannot be slack, now, each of them will return to the camp to prepare, within three months, there will be a battle for you to fight." Zhuo Ao glanced at everyone and said in a deep voice.

"Yes, the last general will retire." When everyone heard this, they hurriedly saluted solemnly, and the momentum exuded by Zhuo Ao at that moment made everyone's hearts chill.

"Husband, how long do you estimate this battle will take?" After everyone left, Xiao Zhao and others surrounded him and looked at Zhuo Aodao.

"Didn't you just say that? It should be clear in three months. Zhuo Ao looked up.

"Not about that." Xiao Zhao shook his head.

"Oh." Zhuo Ao suddenly smiled and said, "If it's fast, ten years, tired?" ”

"It's not that I'm tired, I'm just worried that I'll delay my husband's affairs because of this." Xiao Zhao said apologetically.

"Time tassels are different, one day outside, almost three years, even if it is ten years, it is only four or five days outside, and I have left a clone outside, once there is something important, I will know." Zhuo Ao knocked on the table and looked at the five people: "But from today onwards, you have to learn to gradually disappear behind the scenes. ”

"Why?" Xiao Zhao looked at Zhuo Ao suspiciously: "Didn't the husband say that he wanted us to help the husband?" ”

"That was the beginning, after all, you were the previous owners here, everyone is used to your position, you disappear rashly, but it will make everyone have other ideas, now that the situation has stabilized, it is not suitable for you to stay in front of the stage anymore." Zhuo Ao said.

"Because we're women?" Xiao Zhao was puzzled.

"One reason, but the most important reason is that you are my women." Zhuo Ao looked at Xiao Zhao and smiled: "If you charge into battle, how will the credit be calculated?" How should other generals go out at the same time as you? If you run to the front line to charge into battle, even if you win every battle, you will be criticized, and the credit will be given to you, what will others do? ”

"What about Lu Lingqi, Zou Yulan, Sun Shangxiang, and Zhang Ning? Will it also be gradually hidden? Xiao Zhao was a little embarrassed.

"It depends on their own wishes, our current situation is different from that of other princes, there is no need to stick to the rules in this regard, and Lu Lingqi and Sun Shangxiang also have enough prestige in the army, if they are willing to continue to stay in the army, I will not stop them, but if they want to leave, I will not persuade them."

Xiao Zhao nodded, his heart was a little complicated, they begged Zhuo Ao to stay, just hoping that Zhuo Ao could help them see the ambitions in their hearts, but now the situation is better, but the original wish seems to be a little unimportant.

"Okay, don't think about it, since I promised you something, I will definitely do it, as long as they are willing, I will help them solve the problem one by one."

"Well, thank you, husband." (To be continued.) )