After Liu Bei left, the most depressed person became Cai Mao.

Cai Mao is very sure that Liu Bei's motives are not pure, and he must have some plans to come to Jingzhou, once Liu Bei succeeds, it will damage their interests, and Liu Bei must not be allowed to live.

This time Liu Biao invited Liu Bei to Xiangyang, Cai Mao wanted to kill Liu Bei, but Liu Biao did not allow it, and sent someone to keep an eye on him, and he had no choice but to watch Liu Bei leave for a while.

"Big brother!"

Liu Biao's wife, Cai, saw it and said: "When Liu Bei came to Xiangyang, Liu Qi visited Liu Bei in private, and the husband trusted Liu Bei so much, and if he continued, he was afraid that it would not be good for us. ”

Liu Qi is Liu Biao's eldest son, but he is not liked by Mrs. Cai.

Mrs. Cai prefers Liu Cong, who is also someone that their Cai family can control, and is ready to help Liu Cong seize power and squeeze out Liu Qi in the future, but Liu Qi did this, obviously wanting to get Liu Biao's attention through Liu Bei.

It is precisely because of this that Cai Mao feels threatened, so he wants to kill Liu Bei, and the reason behind it is complicated!

Cai Mao said in a deep voice: "Liu Bei really deserves to die!" I can't kill him this time, we can only continue to look for opportunities, see when, I plan a banquet and invite Liu Bei from Xinye, this time no matter what, I have to go out and do it, don't let him live! ”

After a pause, he said again: "As for Liu Bei's development in Xinye, he must have bad intentions, he wants to support the army in Xinye and stand on his own, so that the king still thinks that Liu Bei is righteous, for the sake of the Han family, and to give food Liu Bei, righteousness?" Righteous fart! It's all for their own selfishness. ”

As he spoke, he was still indignant.

Cai Mao understood what Liu Bei was thinking, and she didn't even believe in the punctuation marks of what Liu Bei said.

"Don't worry, Liu Qi can't do anything."

"He wants to rely on Liu Bei, then I will let him lose this dependence."

"Liu Bei wants to develop in Xinye, I can also find ways to restrict his development, in Jingzhou, we have the final say, not him Liu Bei."

Cai Mao snorted coldly.

absolutely not, let Liu Bei's treacherous plan succeed.

If you want to suppress Liu Bei, with his Cai status in Jingzhou, he can do it completely, and there is no pressure at all.

Hearing this, Mrs. Cai was relieved.

——

Qingzhou, Linzi.

Yuan Tan doesn't know now that Yuan Shao is dead.

After receiving Yuan Shao's order, he first returned to his own territory, recruited troops, prepared grain and grass, and wanted to fight Cao Cao again, this time to divide the victory and defeat, but also to decide life and death.

However, Yuan Shao suffered two defeats and suffered serious losses.

The accumulation of the four northern states is almost exhausted, Yuan Tan wants to recruit troops, and then collect grain, it seems very difficult, he came back for a while, and the number of collections is not much, at this time he finally reluctantly collected enough, and is preparing to set off and return to Yecheng.

However, at this moment, a fine work infiltrated Linzi, found Guo Tu and Xin Ping, and handed over a letter from Cao Cao.

The content of the epistle is related to rebellion and persuasion.

Let them submit to Cao Cao and push the Yuan brothers to fight.

"This ......"

Guo Tu finished reading the letter, opened his mouth and didn't know what to say, the content on it shocked them.

"What's the matter with the lord...... He's dead? ”

Xin Ping exclaimed.

However, thinking that before they left, Yuan Shao still vomited blood, and now that he is dead, it seems to be quite normal.

However, Yuan Shao is dead, Yuan Tan is not around, and Yuan Shang is in Yecheng, which makes them worried, doesn't it mean that Yuan's power has been taken over by Yuan Shang?

Their efforts seem to have been in vain!

Guo Tu shook his head and said in disbelief: "Impossible, it is impossible for the lord to die for no reason, if so, why hasn't there been a letter from Yecheng?" This must be a letter deliberately sent by Cao Cao in order to sow discord, and we must not fall into this trap. ”

Xin Ping couldn't believe it either, and nodded in agreement.

However, they had a special idea of what was written in the letters.

Cao Cao persuaded them to surrender and persuade them to submit.

Judging from the current situation, Cao Cao seems to have more potential, and he is also the strongest prince in the world, and Yuan Shao's strongest has long been a thing of the past, and it seems to be a good choice to return to Cao Cao.

"Two gentlemen!"

Just when they were struggling with the content of the letter, Yuan Tan came out of breath and said hurriedly: "Sir, something is wrong!" ”

Yuan Tan finished recruiting troops and horses, finished collecting grain and grass, and was about to determine the time to return to Yecheng, but before he could decide, he received a letter from Yecheng, which immediately made him panic.

"What's wrong?"

Xin Ping asked.

Instinctively, they put away the letter sent by Cao Cao, of course, they couldn't let Yuan Tan see it.

"Father...... He's dead! ”

Yuan Tan said in a lost voice.

At the same time, I felt helpless.

How could Yuan Shao die like this?

Yuan Shao is dead, so who will support the Yuan family, and who can support the four northern states?

Who can lead them against Cao Cao?

Yuan Shao is their spiritual pillar.

"What?"

Guo Tu and Xin Ping were both shocked.

When they thought of Cao Cao's letter to persuade them to surrender, they were even more surprised, so they began to think about it again.

If Yuan Shao is still there, in fact, there is no problem at all if he continues to stay, but now that Yuan Shao is gone, it is impossible for the Yuan Tan brothers to be Cao Cao's opponent alone.

It was also easy for Cao Cao to set foot in Jizhou.

A strong sense of crisis emerged from the bottom of their hearts.

"Letter from Xianfu, my father is dead!"

"But before my father died, he made Xianfu his heir."

"Xiansi also said that Cao Cao's soldiers are coming to the city, Yecheng is in danger, let us bring the troops back as soon as possible to rescue Yecheng."

"What do you two gentlemen think?"

Yuan Tan had no choice, he wanted to retire Cao Cao, and he also wanted to compete for the position of heir.

That should be your place!

For Yuan Shang's dissatisfaction and shock at his father's death, he broke out at the same time.

"The lord is gone, the trial and Feng Ji, even if there is no last order from the lord, they will definitely make the third prince the master."

Guo Tu first said: "Now that he is asking us to go back, I think it is a trap, but I am afraid that if we go back, we will suffer from it!" ”

Yuan Tan asked, "Sir is saying that we can't go back?" But how am I in power if I don't go back? If you don't go back, won't you give everything to Xianfu? ”

He was not reconciled.

Just rely on Yuan Shang's proximity to the water and get everything from his father!

He guarded Qingzhou and couldn't get anything.

"You can't go back easily, but you can also send troops to approach Yecheng."

Xin Ping glanced at Guo Tu, as if he understood what Guo Tu meant, and thought of the letter sent by Cao Cao, and his heart was shaken.

They really aren't anything, high-spirited people.

Nor is it someone who can be faithful.

Yuan Shao is still there, the Yuan family is still united, they see the benefits and can stay, but Yuan Shao is gone, the Yuan family will definitely not be able to stop Cao Cao, and staying may be sent to death.

"In my opinion, the third son is only afraid that he will wait for the eldest son to go back and die."

Xin Ping said in a deep voice.

Hearing this, Guo Tu also glanced at Xin Ping and understood his meaning.