Although Liu Qi is the same year as Liu Ye, their talents are as good as mud.

In addition to being tall and handsome when Liu Biao was young, and his mediocre ability is not as good as Yuan Tan, Liu Qi is not a problem with his father's shadow, but it is almost impossible to be promoted to Maocai.

Liu Bei promoted Liu Qi as Maocai and lifted it to Liu Biao's heart.

The real exchange of interests is better than all friendship and sweet words.

During the family banquet, Liu Bei did not mention a word about himself, and Liu Biao knew that he wanted to repay the favor.

So after sending Liu Bei to the post house, he immediately sent someone to summon Cai Mao and Kuai Yue to discuss.

Cai Mao and Kuai Yue both knew that Liu Bei had seen Liu Biao, and they also knew Liu Biao's intention to call them here today, so after meeting, Cai Mao and the two of them repeated their old tricks and prepared to prevaricate with other important military and political affairs.

Unexpectedly, Liu Biao changed his kind attitude in the past and said that he would only discuss the issue of Liu Bei's placement.

Seeing that there was no way to avoid it, Cai Mao took out a draft to deal with it.

"Liu Bei brought more than 50,000 people, and it may be difficult to settle down in one county alone, so you can only use several counties to divide and settle down, which can also prevent the other party from disagreeing."

Liu Biao shook his head when he heard this: "Don't forget, the people who followed Liu Xuande to Jingzhou were not simply the people of Qianshou, but 10,000 soldiers and their families, how do you plan to divide the counties?" Is it a county town that divides a small number of subordinates and family members, or is it forcibly dismantled with family members? ”

"Ahh

When Cai Mao was speechless, he saw Liu Biao add in a deep voice: "Xuande is really a hero, I took him in Jingzhou out of the friendship of the clan surnamed Liu, but this prevention will also be prevented, if it is really according to your suggestion just now, how many counties do we need to prevent?" Isn't it self-defeating? It's better to concentrate somewhere, for the benefit of both of us. ”

"If you want to concentrate"

Cai Mao paused deliberately, and then offered another plan and said: "The Jingnan rebellion has just been pacified, the people's will is not attached, and Zhangjin in Jiaozhou still invades the border from time to time, it just so happens that Lingling has a small population now, and the allocable land is much more sufficient, why don't you choose one or two counties for Liu Bei to station?" ”

Liu Biao frowned and asked, "You forgot to meet in Dawangzhuang that day?" Xuande threatened to help me support the Han family and fight against Cao Cao, if I put it in Lingling in the south, what is the point of him staying in Jingzhou? ”

"Doesn't Liu Bei have 10,000 parts? He can contain Zhang Jin in Lingling."

The reason why Cai Mao suggested that Liu Bei go to Lingling was because Lingling was close to the remote mountainous areas of Jiaozhou, and had experienced a great plague a few years ago, and the population had plummeted to less than 200,000 in the whole county.

Liu Bei led 50,000 people from the Central Plains to the south, in the process of such a long-distance migration, how many people will freeze to death, exhaustion and death in the middle of the way, and how many people will die due to water and soil adaptation, Cai Mao's ultimate goal is to weaken Liu Bei, and want to trap him to death in Lingling.

Cai Mao thought that the reason was sufficient, but before Liu Biao could refute him, Kuai Yue in the same camp also turned back.

Kuai Yue said with a beard: "What the lord said is very true, De Jue's two suggestions are inappropriate, Zhang Jin's small fight is not to be feared, a hero like Liu Xuande should be used to prevent Cao Cao, I think Wancheng and West Hubei counties are the most suitable, let him replace Zhang Xiu to defend the north." ”

"No, categorically, how can the land we have so hard to recover be given to outsiders? Have you forgotten how Zhang Xiu betrayed Jingzhou? How many of our people did he take? ”

Cai Mao stared at Kuai Yue and said in a stiff tone, as if to say something wrong with you today? Why do you speak for Liu Bei?

Since Liu Biao took over Jingzhou, the northern part of Nanyang has been out of control, and Jian'an has been entrenched in Yuan Shu before and Zhang Xiu after Jian'an.

Until the eve of the Battle of Guandu, Zhang Xiu led his troops to surrender to Cao Cao from Jia Xu's strategy, and the northern part of Nanyang County was controlled by Cao Cao.

Liu Biao seized the opportunity of the two major battles of Guandu and Cangting, and spent nearly two years gradually recovering the lost territory in Jingbei, and just a month before Liu Bei fled to Jingzhou, the Jingzhou army captured Western Hubei in the north of Wancheng.

Kuai Yue smiled at Cai Mao and replied: "Don't be excited, Zhang Xiu defected and took away the people, Liu Bei came with his own people, the most important thing is that his surname is Liu, and he will definitely not betray the lord to vote Cao." ”

"Whatever you say is what you say."

Cai Mao saw that Liu Biao and Kuai Yue had the same opinion, and it was meaningless to persuade him to go on, so he planned to come down and question Kuai Yue again.

Wancheng and Xi'e are located in the core of the Nanyang Basin, the land of the two counties is flat and fertile, especially suitable for tuntian farming, and it is more than enough to feed Liu Bei 50,000 people, but the terrain is too flat to be defended, and it is too close to Cao Cao's basic Panyingchuan.

After Liu Biao dealt with the rebellion of Zhang Xian in Jingnan, he wanted to recuperate and develop for a few years, and he was worried that once Liu Bei stationed troops in Wancheng, he would attract Cao Cao to cause a war.

After all, the war is an economy, and Liu Biao has been consumed intermittently in recent years, and he has never been able to accumulate and become a hegemon.

Liu Biao is a nimble careerist, good at using the council to make profits for himself, he took advantage of the death of Liu Yan in Yizhou a few years ago, Liu Zhang's foothold was unstable at the beginning of the succession, and sent other generals such as Shen Mi, Lou Fa, and Gan Ning to rebel against Shudi, but unfortunately the rebellion failed in the end.

Liu Biao knows how to seize opportunities, but he is unwilling to go all out like Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, and every time he wants to make a profit at a very small price, but the result is like buying a lottery ticket, and he will never be able to grasp the initiative.

After pondering quietly for a moment, Liu Biao looked at Kuai Yue and asked solemnly: "Yidu, I think Wancheng and Xi'e are far away from Xiangyang, if Xuande is stationed there, it is not convenient for us to grasp the situation, and it is not convenient for Cao Cao to attack him and rescue, so we can't choose a closer place?" For example, Shinno? ”

Kuai Yue explained: "Xinye County has little land, it really can't accommodate 50,000 people, Wancheng and Xi'e are the most suitable, in addition, Liu Bei and Yuan Shao are friendly, if Cao Cao attacks Wancheng, Yuan Shao will inevitably lead troops to attack, otherwise we can also attack Yingchuan, please think twice." ”

"Okay. You go and prepare for the handover, let the generals of the two counties do a good job of handover, and I will let Xuande bring people to settle in as soon as possible. ”

Liu Biao also made sense when he heard it, and he agreed that Liu Bei would stay in Jingzhou, and the ultimate goal was to deal with Cao Cao, so he should raise a 'Zhang Xiu' who would not defect.

"Yui."

Cai Mao and Kuai Yue immediately responded with their fists clenched, and then said goodbye to Liu Biao and walked outside the house.

As soon as the two of them walked out of the main hall, Cai Mao was impatient to pull Kuai Yue aside, and asked in a deep voice: "Kuai Yidu, did you accept Liu Bei's benefits?" Why did you speak for him just now? This person definitely made Jingzhou uneasy. ”

Kuai Yue looked at the surroundings and whispered: "Don't be angry, don't you notice that the lord is different today?" Maybe Liu Bei gave him some benefits. ”

"My brother-in-law is the lord of Jingzhou, what else can Liu Bei take out except for a ragged clothes and an edict?"

Cai Mao shook his head disdainfully, and then said bitterly: "If you choose a place for Liu Bei in Lingling, I plan to suppress him with terrain and climate, and if you migrate at such a distance, those 50,000 people can also die a lot, so that his strength can be weakened, I can think of joints, I don't believe you Jingxiang's first think tank can't think of it, but why do you want to refute?" ”

Kuai Yue replied in a deep voice: "The lord knows in his heart, he will not let Liu Bei stay away, Jingnan is too far away to control, as for suppressing and weakening Liu Bei, there is no need to be so troublesome, it is better to put him in Nanyang." ”

"You mean with the help of Cao Cao's power?"

"Cao Cao is just one of them, I have a more ingenious way"

(End of chapter)