In the following days, Liu Biao's condition not only did not improve, but became a little more serious.

The second son, Liu Cong, served closely, slept restlessly, could not untie his clothes, and did his best to take care of him.

This matter is spread outside, and it is called by the public, thinking that the world is the most filial piety, and there is nothing more than this.

It's just that Liu Biao is a heroic figure who dominates the world in a state, even if Liu Cong takes care of him very well, he has been ill for a long time, and he will inevitably be suspicious.

So he secretly ordered his henchmen to visit a famous doctor in the city, wanting to see his own condition, but it was really as the doctor who diagnosed the patient before, but he only occasionally felt a cold.

Soon after, his henchmen found a person whose surname was Hua Mingtuo, who was a famous doctor in the world.

This time, Hua Tuo happened to be practicing medicine in Jingzhou, and was secretly entered by his subordinates.

In the governor's mansion, Hua Tuo crossed the pulse for Liu Biao, and then raised his hand and twisted his beard, silent.

Seeing that Hua Tuo was silent, Liu Biao had already guessed some truths.

He opened his mouth and asked, "Master Hua, is my illness not a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster?"

Hua Tuo glanced at him, his eyes were complicated, and he just nodded.

He is a famous doctor in the world, and there are many people in the world who have diagnosed diseases for him, and he has seen countless conspiracies and tricks.

It's just that no matter how much he has seen, he always has to sigh a little bit when he encounters such a thing.

The word power, in the hearts of the world, is it really so important?

Liu Biao didn't say much, and sent someone to secretly send Hua Tuo out of the house.

Hua Tuo left the state pastoral mansion and temporarily found a place to settle in Xiangyang.

He originally wanted to cross the river to Jiangdong on this trip, but he was invited by Liu Biao halfway, which delayed the trip.

Just as he had just settled down in the house, someone soon came to the door quietly.

The person who came bluntly said that Hua Tuo had already caused a catastrophe, and if he didn't leave with them immediately, he was afraid that his life would not be saved.

Hua Tuo naturally didn't listen, so he was kidnapped by these people.

In the governor's mansion, Hua Tuo was sent away, Liu Biao stayed awake all night, and finally wrote a letter and sent someone to Jiangxia secretly, wanting to recall the eldest son Liu Qi back.

It's just that as soon as the envoy walked out of Xiangyang City, he was killed by the pursuers sent by Liu Cong, and the secret letter was also sent to Liu Cong.

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In Xiangyang City, in Liu Cong's house, Cai Mao and Kuai Yue are now both here.

Liu Cong flipped through the letter in his hand several times, and said with a smile: "Father really doesn't care about the love of father and son, and he actually wants to find his brother back."

Kuai Yue took the letter and glanced at it a few times, "Childe's words are wrong. The lord is a smart man, if he hadn't been deceived by the love between father and son, I'm afraid he would have seen through the truth a long time ago."

Liu Cong didn't refute it, just smiled and nodded, "This is the so-called darkness under the lamp, you and I have to quit it."

Kuai Yue asked again, "Now that the matter has been defeated, what is the next step for Childe?"

Liu Cong didn't hide it, the eyes of this young man who was usually full of books were full of murderous intent, and he said coldly: "Since the matter has come to this, it is natural that you will not do anything, and you will not stop doing it."

Kuai Yue nodded with a smile, "Childe is right."

Cai Mao, who had never spoken on the side, shuddered unconsciously when he heard this.

Liu Cong turned his head, glanced at him, and said with a smile, "Now, presumably my uncle will definitely stand with me. On the same boat, even if you want to get off the boat now, it's too late."

Cai Mao was silent for a moment, then gritted his teeth fiercely, and said in a deep voice, "Only the son's order is obeyed."

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In the Xiangyang Prefecture Pastoral Mansion, there are now more and more sergeants guarding outside the mansion, and the murderous intentions in the city are awe-inspiring, even the ordinary people in the city are aware of it.

Liu Biao never waited for Liu Qi, who was in Jiangxia, but waited for Liu Cong to come with Kuai Yue and Cai Mao.

He was obviously not surprised by the presence of the two of them, but sat upright in the middle of the room and raised his hand to take a sip of the hot soup.

Liu Cong smiled and said, "Father doesn't seem to be surprised at all?"

Liu Biao smiled, "You two brothers, your brother's appearance is the most similar to mine, this is a thing that can be seen at a glance. It's just that his heart is too honest, since he is the eldest son, it is not necessarily a bad thing to be born in an ordinary family, but unfortunately for my son, it is not enough. It's okay to use it for a small time, but it's embarrassing to be a big one."

He raised his head slightly, looking at this second son who had been deliberately hiding for more than ten years, "I originally thought that your temperament was the same as your brother's, but I didn't want your temperament to be the most similar to mine."

Liu Cong was silent for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Father has any regrets now, he chose me to temporarily manage Jingzhou before?"

Liu Biao smiled, "I chose you as the result now, but if I chose your brother, who knows if it will be the same result?" The word power falls in front of you, and it doesn't matter what kind of human heart you have."

Liu Cong nodded. "What my father said is very true."

Liu Biao turned his head to look at Kuai Cai and the others, the two sides were using each other.

is now betrayed by others, in the final analysis, it is nothing more than his poor ability and he can't complain about others.

He chuckled softly, "Now that you have voted for a new master, I want to wish you all the best in the officialdom."

Kuai Yue smiled and nodded, and Cai Mao's face flushed.

Liu Biao turned his head to look at Liu Cong again, and said with a smile: "Since you have chosen to live, then you will live well. With Liu Bei's temperament, he may not be able to do anything to you."

"I will always remember my father's teachings."

Liu Cong fell to his knees and couldn't stand for a long time.

Finally, the young man stood up and spoke softly.

"Father, please."

A few days later, news came out in the Xiangyang Prefecture Pastoral Mansion that Jingzhou Mu Liu was seriously ill and passed away suddenly.

Soon after, his second son, Liu Cong, succeeded him as the pastor of Jingzhou.

Liu Cong reused the Kuai and Cai clans internally, and externally took Kuai Yue as an envoy and rushed to Qingzhou.

And as this news spreads, the general trend of the world has changed.

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South of the Yangtze River, Huiji.

At the beginning, Sun Ce took himself as a hostage, so that Sun Quan was able to lead his troops across the river.

The Sun family had already gotten up in Jiangdong, and with the help of Zhou Yu and other generals, they defeated the local Liu Miao in a short period of time, and even took most of the city into their pockets.

If it weren't for Cao Cao and others who also crossed the river later, most of the land east of the river has been swallowed by the Sun family now.

In recent years, the two Cao and Sun families have also fought each other many times, and Cao Cao was even more angry that he had a son who should be like Sun Zhongmou.

Naturally, it is not known whether this remark is more ridiculous or more emotional.

Later, Liu Bei's troops entered Liangzhou, Cao Cao sent a letter to crusade against Liu Bei, and the Sun family responded, and the two sides temporarily stopped fighting and became allies.

It's just that both sides know that if they have the opportunity, they don't mind swallowing each other in one gulp.

Now that he has received the news of Liu Biao's death, Sun Quan on the Jiangdong side naturally convened the generals to discuss countermeasures.

Although Sun Quan has held power for several years, he is still extremely young, full of spirit, deep eyes, and extremely long upper body.

He sat upright on the top, and he had a faint majesty.

Zhou Yu and others were divided into left and right, and there was a column of military generals, and only Cheng Pu stood in front of Zhou Yu.

Sun Quan glanced at everyone in the hall and said, "Now that Liu Biao is dead, Liu Cong has ascended the throne. In the struggle for power, Jingzhou is bound to be turbulent. The Liu brothers have always been discordant, Xiakou is the gateway to Jingzhou, if you take the opportunity to attack it now, Liu Cong will not come to the rescue, and it will be easy to capture Xiakou."

Everyone in the hall was silent.

Wenchen was in the column, Zhang Zhao came out of the column, and said loudly: "Now Liu Biao is dead, and Liu Cong is on the throne. Although Jingzhou has a feud with the lord, if the great trouble today is Liu Bei, the lord should take care of the righteousness first and alleviate his personal anger. The minister thought that he should send an envoy to Jingzhou first, and in the name of Liu Biao's condolences, he would listen to the truth and truth."

All the Wenchen nodded one after another, and now the great enemy of Jiangdong is not Liu Cong, who is in power at the beginning, but Liu Bei, the lord of the north who is far away in Qingzhou and will lead the army south at some point.

Sun Quan frowned when he heard this

, but did not say anything.

Zhang Zhao is a famous scholar in the world, and he is now the leader of the Jiangdong scribes. Even if it is him, he has to put up with Zhang Zhao for a few points.

Sun Quan turned his head to look at the column of generals.

Cheng Pu didn't say anything, although he was a meritorious veteran of the Sun family, he knew that he shouldn't speak at this time.

The one who really should speak, and the one who can do something, is actually the person behind him.

Sure enough, Zhou Yu, who was behind him, stepped forward and said in a deep voice: "What Zhang Gong said is a serious statement, and Yu also thinks that he should not start a war lightly at this time, and he should reorganize his troops and horses to wait for the enemy from the north."

Sun Quan was noncommittal and looked at the person at the end of the military generals column.

A general came out of the crowd and laughed loudly: "The last general thinks that what Zhang Gong and Zhou Dudu said is biased."

Zhang Zhao glared at this person angrily, but Zhou Yu's expression remained unchanged, as if he knew that this person would jump out.

This person has a rough face, although he is wearing armor, his face has a seven-point gangsterism.

This person's surname is Lu Mingmeng, and he is a character who came to serve after they returned to Jiangdong, and he is a rough person, but he has a lot of strategies, and he can be said to be a genius in military strategy.

This person is extremely reused by Sun Quan and is Sun Quan's confidant.

What's more important is that this person is really promoted by Sun Quan and is extremely loyal to Sun Quan.

It must be known that the people in Jiangdong now, whether they are ministers or military generals, are mostly the contacts accumulated by Sun Quan's father and brother.

Sun Quan's real henchmen are actually very few.

Zhou Yu smiled: "I don't doubt that Ziming is sure of Jiang Xia, but what if he captures Jiang Xia? Huang Zu is just a villain, even if he kills him, what good will it do in the overall situation? On the contrary, it will let Jingzhou surrender to Liu Bei's side, so that the Qingzhou army will go south early, and the gains outweigh the losses."

"Now the policy is to stabilize the coastal line, deep canals and high barriers, and try to delay the time, even if the Qingzhou army goes south, it can be rejected by the risk of the Yangtze River. After that, no matter how strong his Qingzhou army is, as long as he holds the banks of the Yangtze River, even if his Qingzhou army is really invincible in land battles, he must honestly return to the north."

Others were afraid of him, but Lu Meng was not, and he said loudly: "Isn't it true that if you don't attack Jiangxia, the Qingzhou soldiers won't go south? At this time, I will go down to Jiangxia first, and deter Jingzhou with the might of my troops, so that the Qingzhou army and horses can know the power of our Jiangdong soldiers and horses, and they will not dare to come south easily."

Zhou Yu smiled freely, just standing there, like a Zhilan jade tree, making people drink fine wine, living up to the name of Mei Zhou Lang.

"Although Zi Ming's soldiers are good, they are just lacking in the overall situation, and the gains and losses of one time and one place are actually nothing compared to the general trend of the world. For today's plan, it is to defeat Liu Bei first when Liu Bei goes south. If Liu Bei is defeated, the Central Plains will be chaotic, and if the Central Plains is chaotic, our army will take advantage of the situation to attack Cao Cao, and then send troops to Nanjun to take Hanzhong and Yizhou. The world is divided, and the confrontation is complete. After that, the lord can sit on the land of Yizhou in Jiangdong, watch the Central Plains, and wait for the Central Plains to change, then use the army of Jiangdong to the north to slightly advance the Central Plains, and the other division to go out of Hanzhong, take the land of the three auxiliaries, and the army of the Central Plains, if you can't take care of each other, then the general trend of the world will be determined!"

Zhou Yu spoke calmly and talked about his strategy for determining the country.

The people in the hall nodded their heads.

Naturally, things will not be as simple as Zhou Yu said, but I am afraid that there will be many changes in the future, but the method is always right.

Sun Quan naturally is not the first time to hear Zhou Yu mention this bifurcation of the world, and he agreed with it before, but today it was unusual, and he said coldly, "What Gong Jin said is also reasonable, but when my brother was here, I heard that Gong Jin's strategy was to take advantage of the battle between Liu Bei and Yuan Shao to take Linzi in Qingzhou, and later it was blocked by Yuan Highway so he never made the trip. Why is it that now that I am lonely, I can only bend to the time and watch the changes of time?"

Hearing Sun Quan's words, everyone's expressions changed.

Above the lobby, you can hear a falling pin.

Zhou Yu smiled calmly: "The world is easy, and now that the lord is in power, it is naturally different from when Bo Fu was in power."

Sun Quan's face was pale, he stood up suddenly, looked at Zhou Yu deadly, and then suddenly smiled, "Gong Jin's talent is very good, and Gu has always trusted it. It's just about attacking Jiangxia, and Lone has made up his mind, so he ordered Lu Meng's department to take Jiangxia. Lu Meng, do you dare to take orders?"

Lu Meng took a step forward,

He said in a deep voice, "The last general will take the order."

Zhou Yu stopped talking and bowed back into the queue.

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Coming out of the meeting hall, Cheng Pu called out to Zhou Yu, who was about to leave, and the two did not ride horses, but walked slowly along the palace wall.

Cheng Pu didn't look down on Zhou Yu before, but he felt that this son was too young and didn't say anything, and his literary quality was elegant, not like a martial artist on the battlefield at all.

thought that he could be reused, most likely because he grew up with Sun Ce since he was a child, and the friendship was very good.

It's just that after coming to the south, Zhou Yu had a lot of strange strategies, and the Sun family was able to take the land of Jiangdong so quickly, most of which was due to Zhou Yu's credit, which changed a lot of opinions.

The two walked on the long steps, and Cheng Pu sighed, "What does Gong Jin think about today's events?"

Cheng Pu seemed to be asking Zhou Yu, but why was this the case, he served the Sun family for three generations, and he didn't answer in his heart.

Zhou Yu didn't hide it from this veteran, but just smiled and said, "The lord is young and vigorous, and it's not a big deal, young people always have to suffer some hardships before they can be a little calmer. At this age, it is not bad for the lord to have such a city government method, and it is actually the most secure for the Sun family to have him in charge. At his age, I and Bo Fu had never had such abilities as him."

Raising his foot to crush a piece of broken soil on the ground, Cheng Pu smiled and said, "You and Bo Fu have already gone to the battlefield to fight at Zhongmou's age. It's me and Wentai, when we were your age, we were far inferior to you. At that time, he was just a small official in Xiapi, and he came to Youzhou by chance and met me, and I have followed him ever since."

Cheng Pu's thoughts drifted away, and his face showed some nostalgia, "We also met that person on the golden platform back then."

Zhou Yu naturally knew that Cheng Pu was talking about the overlord of the north today.

Cheng Pu retracted his thoughts and said with a smile: "I just want you to know that it is not easy for the Sun family to start a business, and you don't have to hold a grudge against Zhong Mou for today's events."

Zhou Yu smiled: "Cheng Gong is too worried, I am like brothers with Bo Fu. The brother of Bo Fu, that is, my brother. Where is there any reason for a brother to hate his own brother."

Cheng Pu laughed, "That's fine. With you here in the Sun family, Wentai should also feel at ease."