Liu Cong's staff immediately went down to make arrangements, and after a while, the men he sent quietly set off to various places and began to spread rumors.

The other side

When Liu Qi received the news from the scout, he was furious.

Especially after he knew that Liu Cong had secretly gone to see Cao Ang, he directly took the case and scolded: "Bastard, just bastard!" ”

"Childe, please calm your anger, don't ruin your body for these little people." The advisor persuaded.

"In Yichen's opinion, Liu Cong and Cao Ang are in cahoots, and they must have bad intentions, so the son might as well directly arrest him and torture him to force him to comply."

"You are still known as a wise man, but there are times when you are reckless." Liu Qi shook his head bitterly: "Look at the current situation, can I arrest him?" ”

Chen Gong's face froze: "But Childe, this is the best opportunity, as long as we control Liu Cong, Cao Ang will definitely not dare to act rashly." ”

"Ugh." Liu Qi sighed and said: "Liu Cong is his half-brother after all, if he is arrested, there is no clear evidence now, how can I explain my father in the future." ”

Chen Gong was silent for a moment and said, "Since this is the case, then we have to find another way. ”

Liu Qi sat back on the chair helplessly, closed his eyes and thought about it, and only after a long time did he open his eyes and say, "You immediately call all the adults, the council hall." ”

"No!" The advisor nodded in agreement.

Half an hour later, the adults rushed to the conference hall.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have called you here today mainly to discuss two things." Liu Qi looked around at everyone and said.

"Childe just asks."

"Please."

Everyone expressed their support, because Liu Qi was the only designated heir of Liu Biao, so Liu Qi's words were very important.

"The first thing is that Liu Cong is already in cahoots with Cao Ang, and we must be careful not to be framed by them.

The second thing is that Cao Ang wants to swallow Jingzhou while we are not paying attention, and even include Jiangling, Guangling and other regions.

Do you have any comments or suggestions on this? Liu Qi asked.

When everyone heard this, their faces changed slightly, since the last large-scale attack by Cao Ang, people here were panicked, worried that something similar would happen next time.

Now Liu Qi is saying such a thing, obviously wanting to stabilize everyone's military morale and avoid causing even greater riots.

"I didn't expect there to be a traitor in Jingzhou!"

"Fortunately, Gongzi is wise and martial, and he noticed these rebellions early, otherwise we would still be in the dark, which is really dangerous."

"Liu Cong, this animal, treated him so well in vain, he actually took refuge in the enemy, he really deserves to be killed."

Everyone cursed Liu Cong in a big tongue, and they wanted to rush to his residence immediately to cut him.

Liu Qi listened to everyone's abuse, his heart was dark, but he pretended to be sad and said: "The most important thing now is that we have to stop Cao Ang, and we must not let him occupy Jingzhou." ”

"But Cao Ang is powerful, I'm afraid we won't be able to stop it!" A civil servant said worriedly.

"Although Cao Ang is strong, we may not be able to deal with it, besides, we have enough grain and grass in the city, as long as we delay time, when the reinforcements arrive, we will definitely be able to defeat Cao Ang and defend Jingzhou." Liu Qi said confidently.

When everyone heard this, they felt that what Liu Qi said was true, and immediately said: "Okay, then we will resist desperately and strive to drag the reinforcements to arrive." ”

"Thank you so much!" Liu Qi clenched his fists and said: "Please also immediately notify the people everywhere to avoid the disaster."

We will try our best to delay the time, and we hope that everyone will work together to get through this difficult time. ”

"Don't worry, Childe, let's go and prepare." Everyone quit one after another.

Liu Qi looked at the strategist on the side and asked, "What should we do now?" ”

"There's only one way now." The strategist said solemnly: "We need an ally, an ally who can help us, and Childe is willing to believe so." ”

"What can you do?" Liu Qi hurriedly asked.

"Now we can only turn to the Yuan brothers for help, so that we can turn the danger into a disaster, save the crisis, and save Jingzhou." The Strategist reminded.

Liu Qi's eyes suddenly lit up, and he nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, yes." ”

Cao Ang's army was approaching the city, and Liu Qi and other diehards had to choose passive defense, but they did not choose to hand over Jingzhou.

Instead, he chose to delay the time and wait for the reinforcements to arrive, anyway, Liu Qi had already sent someone to inform Yuan Shu, and I believe that it won't take long to receive a reply, so there will be no problem for the time being.

The other side.

Liu Cong returned to the city, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became.

"Liu Qi, Liu Qi, aren't you a cow? Don't you want to be in power? Liu Cong's face was hideous and said, "When the time comes, I'll see what qualifications you have to fight with me!" ”

When Liu Cong thought of this, he began to become excited, as if he had foreseen Liu Qi kneeling at his feet and wagging his tail and begging for mercy.

"Liu Qi, you just enjoy your last days." Liu Cong muttered to himself, the corners of his mouth flashing a cruel arc.

Cao Ang's side has also begun a large-scale operation, he found someone to secretly infiltrate the mansions of the major families, spread rumors, and at the same time sent people to hint that the major families support his forces.

Not only that, Cao Ang also quietly spread the incriminating evidence of Liu Biao's collusion with the Yuan brothers that he collected, and also spread all kinds of bad things about Liu Biao.

Cao Ang did this entirely because Liu Biao's reputation had long been stinking, and now he was only doing this to strengthen the hostility of some people towards him.

At the same time, Cao Ang took advantage of these things to encourage Liu Cong and the family to rebel against Liu Biao.

After hearing this, Liu Cong was even more enthusiastic, and he couldn't wait to raise the flag to rebel now and oust his younger brother from power.

Liu Cong even thought that after taking power, he would suggest that his father depose Liu Qi and take a good breath of evil.

However, Liu Cong's idea is very good, but he does not have enough money, food and manpower, so he can only put it on hold for the time being.

Cao Ang's side is secretly developing his own strength, and at the same time constantly wooing the family.

In just two days, Cao Ang gathered many supporters of the family.

And Cao Ang's speed of action is very fast, especially under Liu Cong's internal and external cooperation, Liu Qi is completely unaware of it in many aspects.

Liu Qi was now busy preparing for the counteroffensive, and he was completely unconcerned about the affairs in Jingzhou, not knowing that Cao Ang had begun to win over the manpower of various families.

The east gate of Xiangyang City.

Liu Qi and his men were hurrying to the east gate, and he wanted to inspect the city defense and the situation of the defenders in Xiangyang.

Recently, he has almost brought all the young men in the city to guard Xiangyang, and the city's air defense is weak and the defenders are insufficient.

If someone sneaks up on Xiangyang, Liu Qi is worried that he won't be able to resist it.

So during this time, Liu Qi would patrol the Xiangyang City Wall every three or five days to check the state of the city wall.

(End of chapter)