Chapter 318: The Battle of Jingzhou Rises, and Liu Bei is extremely angry
At this time, among the Kuai family in Nanjun, Kuai Liang was also feasting on the caravan sent by Xi Yu.
It's just that unlike the previous Huang Zu's direct ticket kidnapping or the extremely high specifications of the Cai family, the Kuai family's behavior is a bit decent.
After all, they are also scholars, and their behavior must not be so rude, and they are different from the Cai family.
There is no irresolvable contradiction between the Kuai family and Liu Bei in essence, and it can even be said that compared with the rest, the attitude towards Liu Bei of the Kuai family can be said to be completely different.
Since the capture of Jingzhou, this Kuai family has been the object of Liu Bei's great efforts.
even named Kuai Liang as the Taishou of Nanjun, and every time he saw Kuai Liang Liu Bei, it was also quite polite.
Therefore, compared to Huang Cai's family, they are already desperate, and now they can only work against Liu Bei, and the Kuai family does not have to do such a thing.
Not to mention whether they can succeed at this time, if they fail, his Kuai family will be ruined and annihilated, and their Kuai family will have to bear the name of betrayal.
At this time, the leader of the caravan sent by Guo Jia to the Kuai family can be said to have a dry mouth, but the two people of the Kuai family did not move at all, and even kept hesitating.
Seeing this, the caravan leader took a deep breath and continued:
"I don't want to cooperate with my lord?"
Listening to the words of the caravan leader, Kuai Liang laughed awkwardly and hurriedly waved his hand, and just as he was about to say something, the caravan leader interrupted him and continued:
"Taishou doesn't have to explain anything to me, I just want to ask Taishou, does Taishou know the truth of the cold lips and teeth?"
After questioning, the caravan leader continued:
"At the beginning, the seven families of Jingzhou were all united against outsiders, and the seven families can be said to be in the same spirit, but look at the seven families of Jingzhou today? Is there still the majesty of the past? ”
"Although now, the Kuai family is respected by the big-eared thief in Jingzhou, has the head of the family ever thought that the glory of the Kuai family now is the deliberate behavior of the big-eared thief in order to divide the Jingzhou clan?"
"If the rest of the families in Jingzhou are wiped out by Liu Bei at that time, will he Liu Bei still leave a disobedient Kuai family? Will the Kuai family still have today's glory at that time? ”
After a pause, looking at the expressions of the two, the caravan leader continued:
"Taishou should know, this Liu Bei is a hypocritical and righteous person, with his character, even if he has promised Taishou all kinds of wealth now, but Taishou thinks that he can really get this wealth in his hands?"
"Let me remind you again, although this Jingzhou is now occupied by Liu Bei, but the general trend of the world must be very clear, my lord will sooner or later unify the world, Liu Bei is just resisting."
After saying that, the leader of the caravan didn't say a word, just sat quietly and drank tea.
And after hearing what the caravan leader said, Kuai Liang and the two also glanced at each other, and their eyes were full of deep shock.
They thought that this Liu Bei was already a hero, but after hearing what the caravan leader said, the shock in their hearts was indescribable.
A person who claims to be a soldier under Xi Yu's tent can tell such an insightful story, and you can imagine what a wonderful character Xi Yu is.
What horrible people will work for him.
Besides, they naturally see the general trend of the world clearly, Xi Yu's strength is now known to the world, and everyone can see that he has the ambition to dominate the world.
But after all, this matter is related to their net worth and life, which makes Kuai Liang and the others have to be nervous.
After glancing at each other and respectfully addressing the caravan leader, they hurriedly returned to the inner room to discuss the matter.
But it is obvious that the opinions of the two brothers are not unified at the moment, and after arguing for a long time, the two sides have not come to an accurate answer.
At this time, Huang Zu's secret letter happened to arrive,
After receiving Huang Zu's secret letter, Kuai Liang's eyes were also full of deep solemnity.
It seems that it is similar to what they guessed, this Xi Yu did not only contact their wealthy family, this Jiangxia Huang family is afraid that at this moment, many scholars in Jiangxia have been thrown into the arms of Xi Yu.
Just when they were deep in thought, another servant sent a letter, and when they opened it, they saw that it was a secret letter from the Cai family.
At the same time, the two brothers saw the look of shock in each other's eyes,
They can also see it at the moment, no matter whether their Kuai family falls to Xi Yu or not, this Jingzhou He Xi Yu can be said to be decided.
After looking at the content in the letter, which was no different from Huang Zu, after thinking for a moment, the two of them took a deep breath and made up their minds.
Walking out of the inner room, Kuai Liang, the leader of the caravan who looked at Xi Yu, slowly spoke:
"The tired envoy told the opera prince that my Kuai family must take the drama gong as the leader, and join the Jingzhou scholars to raise a major event to enter Xiangyang to rescue Liu Gongzi. In addition, the two of us have also written several secret letters, which have been sent to all the tribes of Nanjun to ask them to cooperate with us and others. ”
Then he handed over the reply letter to Guo Jia to the caravan leader, but the secret letter did not have the slightest reason, and after the resignation, the caravan leader was Hui Huangpi to return to his life.
Like the Cai and Huang families, after the caravan leader left, the Kuai brothers also wrote a letter and sent it to Xiangyang Pang De Gong after thinking about it for a long time.
"Father, these are the two letters I just delivered."
Xiangyang Pound Office,
handed over the two letters sent to Pang Degong, and after making a salute, Pang Timin left to pour tea for the Cai family guests who had just arrived.
Taking the letter handed over by his son, Pang Degong slowly unfolded it and looked at it.
The first letter was sent by Huang Zu, which roughly told him about his previous participation in the banquet, and his brother Huang Long died because of the Hongmen banquet, and even the head was used by Liu Bei in exchange for the remaining Jiading.
The whole article is denouncing Liu Bei for being hypocritical, cruel and unkind, and saying that this time everything happened to him with his own eyes, and now that the army of benevolence and righteousness is about to arrive, this is a good time for them to overthrow Liu Bei.
and asked Pang Degong to administer justice for his dead brother.
After reading Huang Zu's letter, Pang Degong took a deep breath and opened another letter again.
This other letter, of course, was written by Kuai Liang,
After all, this Kuai Liang is a scholar, and he and Liu Bei don't have much hatred.
The overall situation is relatively peaceful, and it is also from the perspective of the general trend of the world to analyze this matter, and it has been explained that it is a matter of time before Xi Yu unifies the world, and Liu Bei is already a grasshopper after the autumn for a few days.
In order to save the people of Jingzhou from being affected by the war, the people of the Kuai family have decided to invite the opera to live in Jingzhou, and want Pang Degong to call on the people of Jingzhou to oppose Liu Bei.
looked at the Cai family in front of him, and looked at the two secret letters in front of him, how could he not see the current situation clearly?
After all, this is now the last chance for these families, and if they seize it, they will be extremely prosperous in the future.
Therefore, no matter whether he makes this decision or not, the family of Jingzhou will definitely choose to oppose Liu Bei without hesitation.
Taking a deep breath, Pang Degong slowly spoke:
"I originally thought that this Liu Xuande was the queen of King Jing of Zhongshan, and he was a member of the royal family, and he was extremely benevolent and famous, but I didn't know that he would do such a conscientious act, which is really shameless!"
At this moment, the more Pang Degong spoke, the more excited he became, and the more he spoke, the louder his voice became, as if he was already dissatisfied with Liu Bei's behavior.
After a pause, Pang Degong continued:
"I think back then, he Liu Bei fled into Jingzhou like a lost dog, Liu Jingsheng remembered that he was a descendant of the Han Queen, so he took him in and entrusted him with an important task, and he was lonely when he was dying, but he never thought that this person was so ruthless."
"Liu Bei, it is unrighteous to kill the descendants of Liu Jingsheng who are gracious to him, he was appointed as the pastor of Jingzhou, and he did not want to appease the people, but made treacherous schemes to steal Jingzhou, which is disloyalty! As a descendant of the Han Queen, there is no hardship and cunning on the surface, and there is no sincerity in going back on his word, which is unfilial! It is unkind to control Jingzhou but not to treat the people and scholars well, but to arouse the contradictions between the scholars everywhere and kill the people of Jingzhou! ”
"Such unfaithful, unfilial, unkind and unrighteous wicked! It is really the most intolerable person between heaven and earth! ”
Listening to Pang Degong's rebuke of Liu Bei, everyone around him was stunned in place,
But they knew that Pang Degong should also agree with their ideas and decided to support the drama and oppose Liu.
Just when they were still excited, Pang Degong directly grabbed the pen beside him, and picked up the pen to reply to the patriarchs of various families, informing them of their thoughts.
After that, Pang Degong actually wrote a letter directly and handed it to the people present, asking them to spread it all over Jingzhou, calling on the Jingzhou scholars to rise up against Liu Bei.
After doing all this, Pang Degong also wrote a letter, informing Guo Fengxiao that he had received his kindness, but he did not have any desire to become a leader.
Although I don't understand Pang Degong's behavior, since Pang Degong is also on the same front with them, this matter is much easier to handle, and for a while, the hearts of the entire Jingzhou soldiers have a bright scale.
After everyone left, looking at Pang Degong who was looking at the direction of Xiapi alone, Pang Timin originally wanted to say something.
But after thinking about it for a while, I decided not to say anything.
Looking in the direction of Xiapi, Pang Degong seemed to be muttering something alone.
"Alas, old friend, this is the last time I'll help you."
After waiting for a few days, Guo Jia also received all the replies,
"Good, good."
In the renovated conference hall, Guo Jia and Liu Bei were discussing.
After learning that Xi Yu's big net had been laid, the two also began to discuss how to use this net to completely trap Liu Bei inside and arrest him ashore.
"The lord has sent a message from his side, Wen Yuan and Dian Wei have led a large army into Xuchang, and they can go straight to Xiangyang when the time is ripe."
Guo Jia, who received the news of Xi Yu, was also discussing the next thing with Zhou Yu at this moment.
"And our people and horses can be divided into two routes, one is led by Ling Xiao to set off from Suixian and go straight to Xiangyang, and the other is led by Gongjin to set off by water, going straight to Xiangyang against the river."
"From this, I can surround Xiangyang with three people, so that it can't escape, what does Gongjin think."
According to Xi Yu's words, the generals are not subject to foreign military orders, so generally he only determines the general strategic goals, and as for how to fight on the battlefield, that is the matter of the generals on the spot.
The details are considered by themselves, as long as they can accomplish their strategic goals, everything is not a problem.
So, after getting the news of Xi Yu, Guo Jia and Zhou Yu discussed, and after listening to Guo Jia's story, Zhou Yu also nodded lightly.
"But, this plan is very good, we can follow the lord's plan, when Liu Bei and the Jingzhou Hao clan bite together, the three ways to surround Jingzhou, this big-eared thief is tired of dealing with the Jingzhou Hao clan, and he will not pay attention to our behavior, and when I arrive at Xiangyang City, the big-eared thief can't escape even if he wants to run."
After listening to what Zhou Yu said, Guo Jia also nodded lightly,
Then the two discussed some minor matters, and then dispersed.
Liu Bei at this moment can be said to be extremely angry at this moment.
Since he received Xu Shu's letter, there have been rumors all over Jingzhou, and there are some anti-Liu forces gathering everywhere.
Of course, Liu Bei was not stupid enough to think that this anti-Liu force was against Liu Qi and not him, Liu Bei.
The people's will in Jingzhou can be said to be the basis for him Liu Bei to succeed, and the stability of the people in Jingzhou represents the stability of his Liu Bei's rule in Jingzhou.
Although Jingzhou is not very stable now, what makes Liu Bei feel relieved is that these wealthy families in Xiangyang have not made any moves.
Everything he did was the same as before, which also gave him a little comfort in his restless heart.
But when he saw Xu Shu's next news, the flame of anger in Liu Bei's heart rose again,
It turned out that the bloody incident in Jiangxia before was not a rumor, but a real thing.
Looking at this news, the angry Liu Bei directly scolded Xu Shu for being incompetent, but after a while, he calmed down again, and now he and Xu Shu can't tear their faces.
At least it can't provoke him, after all, he still has 20,000 recruits in Xu Shu's hands, and he is already short of troops now, if he forces these 20,000 recruits to rebel, it will be a real gain that outweighs the loss.
After relieving his mood a little, Liu Bei asked Xu Shu to send an order to lead the troops back to Xiangyang as soon as possible, and at the same time ordered Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to prepare for battle, and let the rest of the civil officials go to appease the people.
After all, the people of Xiangyang today are the last straw that Liu Bei can rely on.
Just when Liu Bei noticed these things, the major families in Jingzhou also passed news to each other, and several major families were actively preparing, thinking of starting to act at any time.
It can be said that Jingzhou at this moment is like the silence before the storm, just waiting for an opportunity, Jingzhou will fall into a storm in an instant!
Finally! On the day of the summer solstice,
The richest northern three counties in Jingzhou took the lead in raising the banner of opposition to Liu Bei, and in an instant, the wealthy families from all over the northern three counties rose up and rushed to Xiangyang to rescue Liu Qi.
Huang Zu led 20,000 members of the Jiangxia Hao clan, raised troops from Anlu to call for King Qin, and rushed from Suizhou to Xiangyang from east to west.
Zhang Yun led the wealthy families of Nanyang counties, with a total of more than 30,000 troops from Nanyang County, to attack Xiangyang from north to south along Yushui.
Cai Zhong Cai He secretly gathered his family in Xiangyang City, and only waited until the rebels from all over the country arrived, and they directly opened the gate of Xiangyang City to welcome the rebels into the city.
The Kuai clan also led more than 30,000 people, starting from Nanjun to surround Xiangyang along Jingxiang North Road from south to north.
Although the four counties in the south of Jingzhou have no way to reach Xiangyang because of their weak strength, long distances and obstacles from the Yangtze River.
However, under the determination of Pang Degong, the local families also spontaneously led troops to attack the Taishou Mansion.
Because there are few wealthy families in these four counties, Liu Bei regarded the four counties in the south of the Yangtze River as his important place to transport soldiers, and also regarded them as his last retreat.
However, what Liu Bei never expected was that the wealthy clans of the four counties in the south of the Yangtze River actually launched an attack behind them at this time.
and led his troops to defend the Yangtze River, which was a natural danger, blocking Liu Bei's last retreat.
With the mighty invasion of various armies into Xiangyang, coupled with the continuous propaganda along the way, by the time the army reached the city of Xiangyang, the entire army had gathered more than 100,000 people.
When the soldiers and horses of the Jingzhou Shi clan moved, Xi Yu's troops also began to act.
Before, Zhang Liao and Dian Wei led the army to be stationed in Xinye, and when the time was ripe, he could attack Xiangyang from the north and south in one fell swoop.
Huang Xu also led 3,000 white cavalry to be stationed in Suizhou, mainly to prevent Liu Bei from breaking through the encirclement of Xiangyang and fleeing eastward, and secondly, this army can also be used as a surprise army, at the most critical moment, go directly to Xiangyang and give Liu Bei a fatal blow.
Zhou Yu also led the army upriver from the waterway, 100,000 sailors were mighty, and the flag warships were overwhelming, covering the sky and the sun.
In the end, Zhou Yu asked people to set up a boat formation on the Jiangling River, preparing to break into Xiangyang City.
This time, Zhou Yu entered the boundary of Jingzhou, not only was not hindered by anything, but was also welcomed by the Jingzhou scholars, and even many ordinary people welcomed the arrival of Zhou Yu's army.
Because of the previous family family's constant propaganda of Liu Bei's hypocrisy and hypocrisy, as well as the reasons for the things he did,
This has led to the fact that the people of Jingzhou, who are Liu Bei's basic plates, have greatly reduced their trust in Liu Bei at this moment, and the family has described Xiyu's army as a teacher of benevolence and righteousness.
This made the people of Jingzhou see the arrival of Zhou Yu's army, and they have eaten pot pulp to welcome the king.
At this moment, the entire Jingzhou can be said to be in a good situation, of course, this good situation does not include Liu Bei.
At this moment, Liu Bei was standing on top of Xiangyang City, looking at the boundless army below, extremely angry.
Above the head of Xiangyang City, Liu Bei looked at the 100,000 rebel army under the city wall, like a black cloud, (end of this chapter)