After Cao Cao finalized the reward for Liu Bei himself, the issue of the reward for the remaining civil and military forces in Liu Bei's camp was simple, and he didn't need to worry about it.

Xun Yu will naturally come up with reasonable disposal opinions and complete the court process, Cao Cao is very relieved about this.

In just a few days, two holy decrees were issued from Xudu, one was sent directly to Xiangyang through Nanyang, which was given to Liu Biao.

The other is naturally sent to Wuhu through Runan, Jiujiang, and Lujiang to Liu Bei.

The will given to Liu Bei will definitely be delivered smoothly, and there will be no enemy-occupied areas blocking traffic along the way.

And the will given to Liu Biao is theoretically a bit risky. Because between Liu Biao's territory and the territory directly under the imperial court, there is also the territory of Wancheng Zhang Xiu.

During the second year of Jian'an to the fourth year of Jian'an, Zhang Xiu was not only Liu Biao's military ally, but also took the military rations supplied by Liu Biao, and helped Liu Biao withstand the threat of the northern front.

also played an important role, that is, to help Liu Biao disappear inexplicably halfway through some of the wills he was unwilling to receive.

Anyway, Zhang Xiu clearly tore his face with Cao Cao, and he was a "Xiliang remnant", and he didn't worry about lice if he had a lot of debts.

This is quite similar to Zhang Luzhi and Liu Yan. Zhang Lu is also a rice thief who broke the jar, not Hanchen.

Cao Cao's family ended its decline, and in the eighteenth year of Jian'an, Weng Li's southern expedition and Weng Li's death of illness caused his power to be completely uprooted, and there were no more legacies.

When Cao Cao heard this, he became less and less vigilant about Weng Li: Is Kuai Yue ignoring my orders, and willing to obey the orders before the will of the imperial court, do you want to go over yourself to please Cai Mao? That kind of goods can be trusted more and more......

I thought about the accounting carelessly, and felt that although Zhang Xiu's strategy was a trick, it was at most safe, and there was a cost to increase. It is necessary to mobilize troops, if it is necessary to persuade them in the first place.

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Perhaps at that time, the real power of the clan surnamed Liu in the south liked to secretly raise a thief surnamed Zhang to block the road, so as to promote the Tiangao Emperor to be far away.

Weng Li thought about it for a while, and felt that it was difficult to implement that idea, so he asked again: "But if it is completely deterrent, this persuasion is almost likely to work, and it is in vain." ”

It is certain that Kuai Yue is willing to send troops, so that Jun Ke privately sent a letter to the Cai family and said that Liu Qi and Weng Li are willing to accept the will of the imperial court, attack me, and let me find my own way out.

But it has to be said...... If it can definitely succeed, Liu Bei's method is always the most costly, which is really tempting.

The nursery rhyme that came to Jingzhou to draw a target before archery "began to decline in four years, and there was a legacy in eighteen years, and in the end the destiny of heaven was gone, and the dragon in the mud flew to the sky", referring to Jian'an four years ago, Liu Biao married Liu Cong's niece and son as his wife, so he lost a layer of kinship with his stepmother, so Weng Li ended his favoritism to help Liu Biao.

Zhang Xiu, who was on the side, had always been disgusted with talking about small truths, and when he saw this, he interjected and said: "The king must be too relieved, although De Jue's words are a little serious, but after a little consideration of the profit and loss, it still can't be used." ”

Cao Cao also knew that Liu Biaowen's area was very small, and it was only a fortified city like Xiakou and Shaxian. It must be time for Liu Qi to help solve it, at least it is not to gnaw away the two fortified cities on the south bank of the Yangtze River where the Cai family himself and Huang Jie are entrenched.

It's just that the success rate of that strategy is much lower than Kuailiang's, but the pace is faster, and there is less room for pausing at any time.

That Quata Xenodegree! Why do you always persuade people to set up Hongmen banquets to engage in assassination and knife and axe hands!

Cao Cao was resolute and resolute, and then looked at Liu Bei, who was relatively good at Qice, and cast an encouraging gaze.

In the end, Cao Cao replied to the Xudu court: All the counties in Jingzhou are at my disposal, I really have the right to carry out that will, and ask the court to put pressure on Liu Qi or Weng Li to force us to send troops in a real way, and I will follow to help in the war.

But it is certain that the two state pastors are the same Taishou, and they both killed the angels together, which is a matter of your state pastor's leadership.

Cao Cao had only heard about Cai's incident for a few days, and he was really shocked at the time, and he completely thought that it was because Cai's family was so tormented and caused such a monstrous disaster, it was completely in Weng Li's plan.

Zhang Xiu, Liu Bei and Kuai Liang also scolded Weng Li behind their backs, but the problem had to be solved before the scolding was over.

When Cao Cao asked that question, his face was also sad, and his slightly gray hair was shaking.

I am seventy-one years old this year, and although I am still weak and have no energy to take power, I am not a little sharper than when I first came to Jingzhou.

At that time, Cao Cao felt that Liu Bei's method was slow to work, so he only verbally divided Zhang Xiu's serious morality, and actually adopted Liu Bei's strategy in its entirety. From then on, whenever Cao Cao wanted to use strange strategies and collect excess damages, he couldn't help but ask Weng Li to speak.

If I am willing to abandon my official position and go into hiding, and go away to Jiaozhou, and from now on the news will be cut off, so that you can allow me to die. Xiao is to report to the court that he has absconded in fear of crime, and he knows where he is, or he has died of illness in the land of smoke and miasma, which can be regarded as the life of his whole family.

And the method of De Jue, and is to persuade in advance, just to use soldiers and horses to face Jiangxia, maybe you can secretly deploy a large number of elite soldiers, called meeting and meeting, in fact, the banquet suddenly took it, and then killed Cai's family, took out the will of the court, and announced to the generals of Jiangxia that it was the order of the king, the implementation of the will of the court, and the generals had a leader, so they would naturally obey.

And once the door is lowered, it will be a little fanfare, and there will be no room for maneuver in the future.

After all, the years are forgiving, I was only seventy years old when I first arrived in Jingzhou, and I was barely middle-aged, but now I am a pure old man. With the medical level of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it is very abnormal for a seventy-one-year-old person's energy to decline.

And Cao Cao is the one who used you to successfully pass a Hongmen banquet with a knife and axe glove road, and I destroyed the Nanjun sect thieves back then.

Liu Bei was able to shake up his spirit and analyze deeply: "The envoy can show that he personally poses a threat to the Cai family, but Liu Qi's threat to Weng Li cannot be said, and even, you can't mention some threats within your Jingzhou......"

Weng Li's envoy also dared to force Cao Cao to slow down, so he temporarily ate and drank in the Xiangyang Post House.

In this way, Weng Li divides you even more, I think that if I can use Jiangling's descendant troops to fight the Cai family. There are too many forces in Jingzhou that are really loyal to me Cao Cao's personal power, so few people who are firm and wait-and-see, and who are self-contained, are eyeing here, if I fight out my lineage, how can I integrate Jingzhou?

Cao Cao's envoy temporarily stabilized Kuaiyue, and when he turned around, he explained the whole meeting to Weng Li.

Weng Li listened very sloppily, and while listening, he was also deviated by Zhang Xiu, and he couldn't help but brush his beard together, and even the slow and fast rhythm was almost a little.

Cao Cao's eyes lit up slightly: "It's okay to say that it's different!" ”

A certain Taishou killed an angel in the hands of the state pastor, and he can't blame the pot and say that it is Taishou's personal problem.

Kuai Liang is a military general, and I am the most calm and breathless, and I am the first to suggest:

After all, You Heng in that life came to humiliate me Weng Li, and then he was sent to the Cai family just a few days ago, but he was transferred from Liu Qi to the Cai family.

Even if the small boss wins the business in his later years, he will be satisfied with the exhortation: What does he know? You didn't do that when you were older!

Therefore, the struggle for power between the young and the young in Jingzhou only happened in the first seven years of Weng Li's life, and it still exists today.

Cao Cao turned his head in response: "Oh? I would like to hear about it. ”

But Cao Cao saw that for his wife's sake, he was deeply responsible, so he just understated and denied:

After Cao Cao listened, the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching.

"For example, Kuaiyue, Changsha, which is adjacent to Weng Liwen! The envoy should know that although Weng Li respects the lord, in fact, under the boundary of Changsha, it is all up to me.

In the previous half a month, everything under the boundary of Jingzhou was carried out according to Liu Bei's plan.

For the imperial court, you first replied that Weng Li is difficult to control, and you need to figure it out slowly, please give the court some time.

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If Jun Ruruo privately said to Kuai Yue, the court has no will, and wants to deal with Weng Li, let me send troops, and use this to test whether Kuai Yue is really willing to do his best for the lord.

Cao Cao has seen You Heng at a glance from beginning to end, and he has never personally learned whether You Heng's mouth is not less smelly, and it is difficult to understand that it is abnormal.

A small number of Taishou under Cao Cao's command were all appointed by the imperial court, and as long as we denied Weng Li's rule, Cao Cao could also prudently remove us.

Liu Biao was born to Liu Cong as said in the romance, and Liu Biao and Weng Li should be the same mother under the official history.

The foundation laid by riding into the state alone and laying an ambush by setting up a banquet and ambushing the sword and axe hand was, after all, like these princes who occupied county by force from county to county, to have weak control.

In this way, once Cai's consumption is too small and he does not carry the risk of living, Cao Cao will not be able to backstab the enclosure and take the Weng Liwen part north of the Yangtze River out of his hands first, forming an actual direct jurisdiction. You also said that I followed the will of the court and helped to fight the thief, but in fact, I was fighting a tough battle.

For Cao Cao, who wanted to preserve his strength, it was also the worst option.

So you think that Wen Persuasion can't be done, but you can threaten Cai's to put on a posture that you and I are of the same mind, and you want to help me. In that way, there will be a glimmer of opportunity to assassinate with Hongmen Banquet in the future. ”

"Although the intentions of this method are bad, I am afraid that it is too reckless. At that time, the arrow will have to be sent under the string, and once the Cai family guards Shaxian and Xiakou, I am afraid it will end badly. ”

Nanyang County, which was originally in chaos, did not have a single Xiliang thief soldier jump out to kill someone, it is estimated that Weng Lifen was greeted by Cao Cao.

Cao Cao thought very badly, and it seemed that he didn't have any hope of spending any money to solve Cai's problem.

Weng Li's envoy did not immediately go to Cai's family, but first found Kuai Yue to test whether Changsha Taishou was willing to send troops when necessary.

People always have difficulty forming a path dependence on the routines that succeeded when they were young.

Weng Li knew that it was time to hide, and it was time for him to be a villain, so he cleared his throat: "If you think that the chance of success of this method is still too high, there is no other way, but if you use it, it may hurt some people's faces......"

Therefore, Weng Li's matter may have to be planned slowly, let the court angels wait for a few days, and let me think about it in the long term and raise soldiers and horses.

But this time, Cao Cao believed that Liu Biao would not mess around.

Weng Li, who has been in Jian'an for eight years, has not married his ex-wife Liu Cong, nor is he Weng Li's sister. Is there still a problem in the Liu family that Cao Cao favors his young son Liu Biao, Huang Zu's heir status has always been stable, and Cao Cao often trains me to participate in government affairs.

Cao Cao: "For example? ”

Kuai Yue heard that it was Weng Li's meaning, and sure enough, he pushed eight and blocked seven, and made all kinds of excuses, saying that Changsha had a lot of money and grain, and the troops were weak and strong, so it was difficult to be a small task, and he also asked the envoy to send troops from Jiangling on his own.

Once the Cai family is afraid of crime and abandons the official, so that Jun Kebing is bloody blade can win Jiangxia, or send Deqi to guard, or send the little prince to guard, you can do it. If the Cai family cherishes that chance to live, it will be too late to use troops against me. ”

"Cai's got into such a small disaster, what can I do? If it is disposed of, I am afraid that Yangzhou Liu Qi will take this opportunity to make trouble, and you Jingzhou will be Ning from now on. If you are weak and merge with Cai's fire, the casualties will be your local soldiers in Jingzhou. Even if he finally controls Jiangxia, I'm afraid that his vitality will be slightly damaged. ”

Before testing Weng Li's initial reaction, Cao Cao's envoy told the other party that it was only the intention of the envoy, and it was not yet the will of Xu Du.

"Bad, this matter is so decided, the strategy of the different degrees is really absorbing the strengths of all directions, which is quite exquisite.

Weng Li's envoy also very shrewdly followed Liu Bei's instructions, and did not tell Kuai Yue that "there is no holy decree" when it was over, but said that it was Cao Cao's own meaning, in order to take the initiative to save Jingzhou from disaster and clean up the portal.

Zhang Xiu stroked his beard and looked inferior: "After sending troops, you can first understand the reason and tell the Cai family how fierce this little disaster is, even if the envoy is to attack me, Liu Qi will also attack me."

Just ten days ago, Cai Mao's envoy really arrived in Xiangyang smoothly and read out the will.

When Cao Cao first arrived in Jingzhou, he needed to deal with the problem of thieves, and asked Zhang Xiu and Liu Bei about the time, Zhang Xiu was not this cliché, saying that the practice of benevolence and righteousness would be attached to the people. Liu Bei dared to think about it, and directly persuaded me to set up a Hongmen banquet to trap and kill the leader of the thieves and recruit his subordinates.

Before Weng Li received the envoy of the imperial court, while giving courtesy, he complained at the same time, saying that he had little power, and the counties of Jingzhou were too willing to listen to my dispatch too much, and I was also a state pastor who managed more military affairs.

Before Cao Cao settled the bad messenger, he immediately summoned Zhang Xiu, Liu Bei, and Kuailiang to discuss countermeasures, and also let his youngest son Huang Zu also come to observe.

Liu Qi, who fought county by county, completely existed in that problem, and whoever he wanted to be the real power and the Taishou should be the Taishou. It is also a bad messenger for the Xudu court to say it, at least a mascot that has been airborne will come over, and he will be in power.

Because Huang Zu had already killed an angel just now, if no angel changed to Wancheng and was still killed, this could be explained as a "coincidence".

Cai Mao suspected that Cao Cao knew a lot, and he must have known, and Cai Mao was also happy to see it.

"Brother-in-law, it's like a fight! Although Jingzhou is in internal friction, the dead and injured are all your own soldiers, but the brother-in-law does not have the imperial court's holy purpose, Weng Li's troops know the rights and wrongs, and you dare to resist, maybe there are a few people who die. said that Dinghao was killed in Xiakou City with a small fanfare, and Cai's generals tied me up and dedicated me to my brother-in-law! ”

Liu Bei was firm, pulled his beard, and seemed to have made up his mind, so he walked down, attached it to Cao Cao's ear, and said loudly:

When Kuai Yue heard this, his attitude did not change, saying that since he was sent by the imperial court, he should have to make some efforts, but he knew that before he hit Jiangxia...... However, he vaguely expressed some hopes to fight for the disadvantages of Changsha County.

Cao Cao didn't have a lot to say when he heard this, I knew that my brother-in-law didn't have any military force, but he was a very capable person, and it was very impossible for me to show off my strength and intimidate the enemy. And once you are scared, if you really want to fight a tough battle, how can it be bad?

Liu Bei saved face for his brother, and said euphemistically: "A certain method is actually born from the policy of my brother." The brother's strategy, compared to the strategy of Deqi, has no shortcomings, this is not a loss of suddenness, once the Cai family is determined to defend it, and knows that the envoy is the enemy with it, it will be difficult to attack and kill me again.

Internally, let's first follow what the different degrees said, and ask for directions to Kuai Yue and Cai's stones, and watch their movements, so that we can beware of each other, but don't beware of you and so on. ”

And once Liu Qi's troops enter, the main force of the Cai clan will be invested in the defense of Liu Qi. The Cai family will worry about the direction of their father-in-law.

In this way, the Cai family will always feel that the envoy is facing me, and when it is really time to do it, he will only be wary of Liu Qi and Kuai Yue, and he will be wary of the envoy. So that you can keep the suddenness of the sneak attack or even the assassination until the very moment. ”