Jingzhou, Xiangyang.

Liu Biao was already old at this time, and when he came in, he had back gangrene, and when it was cold and hot, he was in pain.

Today, almost all the power in Jingzhou is in the hands of the Cai family.

Cai Mao, the head of the Cai family, is the governor of Jingzhou's naval army and Liu Biao's brother-in-law.

These days, Liu Biao's back disease has been committed again, and it has reached the point where he can't handle Jingzhou's affairs.

Now all matters in Jingzhou are decided by Cai Mao and Zhang Yun.

Military affairs are handled by Cai Mao, and government affairs are handled by Zhang Yun.

Zhang Yun and Liu Biao are also related, Zhang Yun is Liu Biao's nephew, and Cai Mao is Liu Biao's brother-in-law.

It can be seen that Liu Biao's employment is to reuse relatives, not virtuous.

In the palace, it was already a mess at this time.

The news that Cao's army captured Xiling County, captured Huang Zu, and beheaded Huang Shot has reached Jingzhou.

Although Jiangxia is Huang Zu's territory, Huang Zu is nominally subordinate to Liu Biao.

Jingzhou must have an attitude towards this matter.

At this time, the government was arguing over this matter.

Wei Yan, Huang Zhong, Wen Ping and other generals thought that they could not ignore it and should send troops to rescue Jiangxia.

Once Cao Jun takes the entire territory of Jiangxia, Jingzhou will be in danger.

Kuai Yue, Kuai Liang and other ministers of the pragmatic school also expressed support for the opinions of Huang Zhong, Wen Ping and others.

However, it is useless for them to support?

Because, none of them have real power.

Now, the power of Jingzhou is in the hands of Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, and they can only send troops if they agree to support.

However, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun are two rats.

In the eyes of the two of them, Cao Jun attacked Jiangxia, not Jingzhou, and they didn't need to make enemies for Jiangxia, for Huang Zu and Cao Cao.

Now Cao Cao's power is too great, and looking at the princes in the world, only Yuan Shao can match Cao Cao.

They Jingzhou, they must not offend Cao Cao!

"Send troops, how to send troops?"

"How can we send troops to ask for armaments, food and grass, how can we be able to prepare them in a moment and a half?"

"It's so sudden, you can't send troops!" Cai Mao directly rejected the idea of sending troops to support.

Cai Mao and Zhang Yun were wearing a pair of pants, and after Cai Mao became a bird, Zhang Yun immediately stood up and agreed?

"When you go to war, you need money and food!"

"Now the treasury is not sufficient, I'm afraid I can't afford to fight!"

"Wait, when this year's food comes down, it's not too late to send troops!" Zhang Yun smiled and lived in the mud.

Wait for this year's grain to come down and then send troops, isn't this TM nonsense?

When your grain comes down this year, Huang Zu's grave grass will be one foot taller?

Besides, Jingzhou's treasury is insufficient, this is pure foolishness!

Jingzhou is the land of fish and rice, with bumper harvests every year, plus the wars of the princes of the world have not harmed Jingzhou in recent years, and Jingzhou's granaries are full of everything.

Where is there no food, this is clearly Zhang Yun, Cai Mao doesn't want to fight!

After listening to Zhang Yun and Cai Mao's remarks, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Wen Ping, and Li Yan, these pragmatic generals, all of them blew their beards angrily and glared.

However, they took Zhang Yun, and Cai Mao had no way at all.

In Jingzhou, this is the case, people with ability are not reused. The rice buckets that are reused are Cai Mao and Zhang Yun.

The hot-tempered Li Yan was about to get up and argue with Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, but Kuai Yue grabbed him and signaled him not to worry.

Kuai Yue knows, it's useless for you to argue about this matter, Cai Mao, Zhang Yun is determined and unwilling to send troops.

If you want to send troops, you can only speak to Liu Biao.

Thinking of this, Kuai Yue glanced at the eldest prince Liu Qi, which meant that Liu Qi was asked to invite Liu Biao over.

Liu Biao has three sons, the eldest son Liu Qi, the second son Liu Cong, and the third son Liu Xiu.

The third son Liu Xiu has no sense of existence, only the eldest son Liu Qi and the second son Liu Cong have the hope of inheriting Liu Biao's position.

According to common sense, the importance of succession is to establish a long man or not a virtuous person.

Since ancient times, if you don't have an eldest son, that's the way to get rid of chaos.

Because, there is only one long, and there can be countless virtuous.

However, Cai Mao's sister's son is the second son Liu Cong, which also leads to the Cai family's support for Liu Cong.

However, Liu Biao's ears are soft, and Mrs. Cai often blows the pillow wind in Liu Biao's ears, which really makes Liu Biao think of abolishing the long and young.

The eldest son, Liu Qi, had no choice but to huddle with Kuai Yue, Kuai Liang and others to keep warm.

Liu Qi understood Mr. Kuai Yue's eyes, and took advantage of the-for-tat confrontation between the two parties, quietly retreated, and went to find his father Liu Biao to call the shots.

Liu Qi wanted to send troops to take the opportunity to pocket Jiangxia, which could be regarded as a career.

Although the nine counties of Jingxiang included Jiangxia County, Huang Zu only nominally submitted to Liu Biao. This Jiangxia has actually always been Huang Zu's private territory.

Coincidentally, when Liu Qi came to find Liu Biao, Liu Biao just woke up, and his condition was much better.

"Dad, you're awake!"

"It just so happens that something is looking for you. Outside, Mr. Kuai Yue, General Li Yan, Zhang Yun, and Cai Mao were all about to quarrel. Liu Qi said to Liu Biao.

"Oh!" Hearing this, Liu Biao asked with some surprise, "What happened?" ”

Liu Biao has been suffering from back gangrene these days, and he has not dealt with Jingzhou's affairs for many days.

"Dad, here's the thing, Cao Cao sent someone to attack Jiangxia. Now, Xiling County has been taken and Huang Zu has been captured alive. ”

"If we don't care, I'm afraid that it won't take many days for Cao Jun to take the thirteen counties of Jiangxia." Speaking of this, Liu Qi paused and said slowly: "The child thinks so, the lips are dead and the teeth are cold, if we don't care about Jiangxia, I am afraid that Cao Cao will inevitably covet the land of Jingxiang Nine Counties one day." ”

"According to the child's intentions, it is better to take the opportunity to send troops to take Jiangxia, so that Jiangxia can be truly included in my Jingxiang Nine Counties."

As soon as Liu Qi said this, Liu Biao couldn't help but nod again and again, feeling that what Liu Qi said made sense.

Liu Biao knew that Cao Cao had great ambitions.

Therefore, he has also secretly been in contact with Yuan Shao over the years, just to contain Cao Cao's development.

However, Liu Biao is getting older and more timid, he is just afraid that Cao Cao will plot against his Jingxiang Nine Counties, but he doesn't dare to really conflict with Cao Cao.

Therefore, he only secretly communicated with Yuan Shao, and did not dare to really unite with Yuan Shao.

"I'm right!"

"Cao Cao's name is Han Xiang, but he is actually a Han thief, this person's ambition is extremely big, and he can't let him take Jiangxia."

"Otherwise, there is a couch tiger in my Jingxiang land, how can I live in peace." Liu Biao also said very reasonably.

For the eldest son Liu Qi, Liu Biao is actually satisfied.

However, the mother of the eldest son Liu Qi died early, and his mother's family had little power.

Now, the Cai family, the Zhang family, and the Jingzhou families all support the second son Liu Cong, which makes Liu Biao also have a headache.