Liu Qi didn't listen to Chen in the end, he decided to come to Exian in person to "compete with Zhou Yu".

When Chen Zhi's letter was delivered to Liu Qi, Liu Qi had already led the rear army and set off from Xiling under the protection of Su Fei.

Chen Zhi persuaded Liu Qi to return to the army to guard Xiling's letter, Liu Qi saw it, and Liu Qi was really worried and wanted to withdraw to Xiling, but. Su Fei dissuaded Liu Qi's idea.

The army had just set off, and it was only three days before it retreated, and the military order was changed so much that it affected morale very much, and there was also a suspicion of fear of Zhou Yu, which was useless to Liu Qi's reputation.

Su Fei has always commanded the army, which is different from Liu Qi, a novice who does not understand military affairs.

Therefore, for the sake of his reputation and morale in the army, Liu Qi could only lead the army to Yi County, originally planning to observe the situation in Yi County.

As a result, not long after Liu Qi arrived in Yi County, he heard that Zhou Yu under the city of Exian had withdrawn from the army, so of course Liu Qi could not wait any longer, so he hurriedly crossed the river to Exian County and personally presided over the "battle" against the Jiangdong Army.

Everyone knows that this Taishou is here to pick peaches, but he is Taishou, the highest magistrate of a county, and everyone is his nominal subordinate, what can he say?!

Just doing this, although he can make Liu Qi "grow a face" in front of Liu Surface, only God knows what the soldiers think in private.

Therefore, in the military report to Xiangyang, Liu Qi "personally visited Echeng", "bravely commanded", and "repulsed" the 30,000 army led by Zhou Yu, the general of the Jiangdong Army, killing thousands of enemies and winning countless military funds.

Fortunately, Liu Qi still had to nod his face, did not exaggerate the number of enemy troops and the number of captures, and did not forget Zhang Xi and Wei Yan, the main contributors to the defense of Echeng, and somewhat mentioned such a sentence in the battle report to Liu Biao.

It's just that if you don't mention it, it won't have any impact on Liu Biao.

Liu Biao didn't care about Zhang Xi and Wei Yan at all, he only cared about whether the Jiangdong Army really retreated.

As for whether his son personally repelled it, Liu Biao didn't want to delve into it.

Of course Liu Biao knows what kind of virtue his son is.

But as long as the Jiangdong Army really retreated, it was his son who repelled it himself, or the civil and military generals under his son who helped repel it, it didn't make a difference to Liu Biao, it was all his son's credit.

Therefore, Liu Biao asked the Nanjun Navy to send a sentry ship to investigate the battle in Echeng.

As a result, Liu Biao soon received his own information.

The Jiangdong Army did not attack Hucheng for a long time and was forced to retreat.

But the Jiangdong Army was not without gains.

First, he defeated the Jiangxia Navy in Echeng, forcing the Jiangxia Navy to sink the ship and intercept the river, and retreat to Shaxian to rest.

Then before retreating, Zhou Yu set up an ambush in Xiapheasant, and in one fell swoop broke the thousands of troops of Jiangxia's main book, Huang Cai, and won a lot, and then calmly retreated and returned to Chaisang.

In other words, although the Jiangdong Army retreated, it did so on its own initiative.

But Liu Biao didn't care about this, his son repelled the Jiangdong army, gave him a long face, and slapped some people in the face.

Especially the Huang Zu who stayed in Xiangyang and didn't settle down very much.

Liu Biao was happy, regardless of his physical condition, he had to drink a little wine that night, and finally got drunk.

As a result, the next day, I couldn't get out of bed because of the cold.

Liu Biao is already old, his foundation is weak, he has just come out of winter recently, the weather is still cold, and his body has not been very good.

As soon as the civil and military soldiers and family representatives of Xiangyang heard about this, they immediately went to visit the state governor's mansion again and again.

Nominally, it is to express condolences to Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao's illness, but in fact, everyone is here to see whether Liu Biao's illness is serious.

After all, Liu Biaodu is already in his fifties, he is not young, and he is considered to be a long life in this era.

It doesn't matter if an old man in his fifties dies, but if Jingzhou Mu dies at this time, Jingzhou will face a power reshuffle.

Not to mention anything else, in February this year, Cao Sikong broke Wuhuan, the class returned to Xudu, and the post of prime minister was re-established.

If there is something unexpected at this juncture. The Jingzhou family is considering whether it is better for Liu Biao to have an accident or not to have an accident.

Therefore, Liu Biao's illness immediately affected the minds of countless people, and everyone was very "concerned" about Liu Biao's condition.

And Liu Biao also understands the thoughts of these people, so he has always made a look that there is nothing serious, but in fact, Liu Biao himself knows his physical condition.

If you get through it this time, if the weather warms up, it is estimated that you will be fine.

But if you can't survive this time. That might not really be going through.

Therefore, Liu Biao began to seize the time and make some arrangements for his posthumous affairs.

The first thing was to send someone to Xinye to invite Liu Bei to discuss the issue of Jingzhou's heir.

At this time, Liu Biao didn't know if he was really old, and he was good at his words, or he had ulterior motives, and he really buried the knife and axe hand under the corridor In short, Liu Biao took Liu Bei's hand and said the following.

"My son is not talented, and the generals are scattered, after I die, Qing will take Jingzhou."

Liu Bei was stunned when he heard this, and immediately hurriedly comforted Liu Biao and said, "All sons are virtuous, why do you say this?!" Brother Jingsheng can recuperate with peace of mind. ”

This was a euphemistic rejection of Liu Biao's suggestion.

Liu Biao looked at Liu Bei in a complicated manner, and finally sighed and said, "Xuande, this is what I say from the bottom of my heart. There are many families in Jingzhou, my son Liu Cong is still young, and the past with the Cai family is very secret, after my death, I am afraid that Jingzhou will fall into the hands of the Cai family. At the time, I also hope that Xuande will look at the foolish brother and take care of my son. ”

Liu Bei immediately bowed his head and bowed.

In the first sentence, although Liu Biao said it more tactfully, he used the word "photography", and he didn't really want to give Jingzhou to Liu Bei. But in this troubled era, the word "photograph" has little significance, it is nothing more than that after Liu Bei became the pastor of Jingzhou, he could treat his two sons of Liu Biao well.

Therefore, Liu Bei really couldn't agree, because although Liu Biao had been guarding against him all these years, he had taken in Liu Bei, who had nowhere to go, and also gave Xinye a place to stay, and he didn't feel sorry for Liu Bei.

With Liu Bei's personality and style of life, agreeing at this time is really ruining.

But the second sentence should be Liu Biao's real heart, this is Liu Biao is entrusting Gu, asking Liu Bei to help take care of the platform as an elder surnamed Liu when Liu Cong can't master Jingzhou.

This Liu Bei must agree.

Regardless of whether Liu Biao really said this, but Liu Biao was indeed kind to Liu Bei, and he said such a thing to support Gu, Liu Bei must repay his kindness and help Liu Cong stabilize the situation in Jingzhou when necessary.

Liu Biao: This is also a way to do this.

Jingzhou is a place where there are many families, and he was able to sit firmly in Jingzhou Mu, all relying on the support of the family.

But Liu Cong is not his Liu Biao, not to mention his youth, his means are far worse than when he was young.

If Liu Biao can live a few more years and cultivate Liu Cong, then Liu Biao really doesn't have to take the risk of finding Liu Bei to be orphaned.

But now Liu Biao himself doesn't know if he can survive this catastrophe, so he has no choice but to tell Liu Bei this.

Liu Biao knows the faces of these families too well.

These families, although they each have their own interests, and there are usually some fights, but when it comes to the ownership of the ground in Jingzhou, these people are more monkey spirits than the other.

Liu Biaocai didn't believe that these Jingzhou families would die to assist Liu Cong, a child, maybe as soon as he died, the whole Jingzhou would be in turmoil, and each family would fight for the best interests for themselves, so they would fight endlessly.

Taking a step back, even if these families are not chaotic, Liu Biao can't believe their discipline, and even the Cai family and the Kuai family, who are closest to him, don't dare to trust them.

Liu Biao has also seen clearly the style of the Kuai family over the years, that is, he only cares about himself, it doesn't matter who is the pastor of Jingzhou, as long as the interests of the Kuai family are guaranteed.

And the relationship between Liu Cong and the Cai family is too close, they are young, and they don't have any scheming and skills, so it is easy to be set aside by the Cai family, and it is really difficult to say whether the surname of the whole Jingzhou will be Liu or Cai.

As for the Pang family and the Huang family, although these two are better in terms of temperament, they are also the eldest brother, not to mention the second brother, Liu Biaozai is not a bird, how can he really recognize a little child Liu Cong as the lord of Jingzhou,

Therefore, Liu Biao wants to leave Liu Cong to the back hand, one that is not usually used, but once he is in a predicament, he can effectively threaten the back hand of the four great families.

And Liu Bei, an outsider who has nothing to do with the Jingxiang family, has military power in his hands, and is still very close to Xiangyang, is simply the most suitable candidate.

Once the four great families dare to override Liu Cong, then Liu Bei can lead troops into Xiangyang to quell the chaos in the way of his own will, and help Liu Cong sit firmly in the position of Jingzhou Mu.

Of course, Liu Biao was not without guard against Liu Bei, although he said such things to Liu Bei, but it was limited to verbal talk, but he didn't plan to leave Liu Bei with anything written or evidential.

This testament is naturally useful when it needs to be used, but once Liu Cong sits firmly in Jingzhou, this testament is useless, so he can also admit it at any time, after all, Liu Bei can't come up with supporting documents at all.

It can be said that Liu Biao has already arranged Liu Cong quite well.

As for his other son, Liu Qi. To tell the truth, Liu Biao has never regarded Liu Qi as his qualified heir, and he can be a Jiangxia Taishou with peace of mind, which is the greatest blessing in his life.

But Liu Qi obviously didn't think so.

At the beginning of June, the news that Liu Biao was seriously ill reached Jiangxia, and Liu Qi was flustered at that time.

On the one hand, it is the relationship between father and son, and Liu Qi is really worried about the physical condition of his father Liu Biao.

On the other hand, Liu Qi is now in Jiangxia, if Liu Biao really has a good job, and no one else is in Xiangyang, what chance is there to snatch the position of Jingzhou Mu?!

Therefore, Liu Qi was quite anxious and found Chen Zhen, Su Fei, and Zhang Xi to discuss going to Xiangyang to visit Liu Biao.

This matter is not a question of whether to do it, but how to do it.

After some discussion, Liu Qi decided to take Chen Zhen to Xiangyang to visit his father.

(End of chapter)