Chen Qi thought that he had to establish contact with Guo Peng no matter what.

From the bottom of his heart, Chen Qi didn't think that Guo Peng, who had already occupied the land of the Five States, was still willing to live under Yuan Shu.

Having just defeated Yuan Shao, Guo Peng should be ambitious and full of fighting spirit.

Some people think that the number one in the world now is Yuan Shu, it is definitely Yuan Shu, it will not be anyone else, and there is no one else in the world who can compete with Yuan Shu.

But Chen Qi felt that the person who could compete with Yuan Shu was by Yuan Shu's side.

If Yuan Shu really has a bad heart, will Guo Peng follow him all the way to the black?

It is said that Xun Yu, who was born in the Yingchuan Xun clan, was born by Guo Peng's side and was very trusted by Guo Peng.

Perhaps, something interesting will happen in the future.

Tao Qian does have a little trouble and a little problem here, but for Guo Peng, who has been in Xuzhou for many years, Tao Qian is just a small problem, and it is not a big deal at all.

Compared with Tao Qian, the threat of the Southern Xiongnu and Liu Biao is greater.

In March of the first year of Xingping, the envoys sent by Jia Xu arrived in Jingzhou and Taiyuan County in Bingzhou one after another.

In Jingzhou, the imperial court envoy crowned Liu Biao as the general of Zhennan, enhancing Liu Biao's authority and prestige, and giving Liu Biao the righteous name of confronting Yuan Shu and Guo Peng.

Liu Biao was clear about the intentions of the imperial court envoys, and he knew very well what the idea of Li Dao and Jia Xu's gang was fighting, which was nothing more than for Guo Peng and Yuan Shu.

But I have to say that Liu Biao is also very worried.

Guo Peng destroyed Yuan Shao, the Yuan Shu group unified Hebei and the Central Plains, the threat increased greatly, Liu Biao lost his northern allies, and he panicked in his heart, and was very worried that Yuan Shu would make more moves.

For example, after eliminating Liu Xuan, he will definitely join Guo Peng to attack Jingzhou in the south to avenge the killing of Sun Jian that year.

Liu Biao still has a lot of points in his heart, knowing that he can't make peace with Yuan Shu, Guo Peng may not pay attention to himself, so he knows very well that he must get close to the Chang'an Imperial Court, form an alliance with the Chang'an Imperial Court, and use their righteous name to fight against the Yuan Shu Group.

Now the situation in the world has changed, and it has gradually evolved into the Kwantung group led by Yuan Shu against the Chang'an court led by the Liangzhou army.

The Kwantung Group ostensibly followed the orders of the Chang'an Court, but in fact it was very contemptuous of the orders of the Chang'an Court, and the Chang'an Court could not control several bigwigs of the Kwantung Group at all, so the Chang'an Court must choose foreign aid to contain the Kwantung Group, otherwise Yuan Shu would send troops to Guanzhong to destroy them in minutes.

With Guo Peng's ferocity, this is not impossible.

Liu Biao naturally had no opinion on accepting the appointment of the imperial court, and accepted it decisively, but he was hesitant to obey the orders of the Chang'an imperial court and send troops to help Liu Miao fight against Yuan Shu.

So Liu Biao also summoned his subordinates to discuss the matter.

Among Liu Biao's subordinates, there are four people with the most resourcefulness and status.

They are the sons of the Xiangyang Kuai clan of the Jingzhou clan, Kuai Yue and Kuai Liang.

and Cai Mao, the son of the Xiangyang Cai clan of Jingzhou.

The last one is the nightmare of the Sun clan who killed Sun Jian back then, Huang Zu, the son of the Jiangxia Huang clan who is also a member of the Jingzhou clan.

However, Huang Zu guarded Jiangxia all the year round, and did not often counsel military aircraft, and often accompanied Liu Biao by his side were Kuai Yue, Kuai Liang and Cai Mao.

When Liu Biao went south to Jingzhou, he rode to Jingzhou alone, which means that Liu Biao has no basic plate around him, only the reputation of eight chefs.

He himself is also relatively single, and by chance he was appointed by Dong Zhuo as the assassin of Jingzhou, and he was busy taking office, if it weren't for the help of the Kuai family and the Cai family, he wouldn't even be able to come to Jingzhou.

The first pot of gold he came to Jingzhou was also saved with the help of the Kuai clan and the Cai clan, and he eliminated the thieves who occupied many places in Jingxiang at that time, established the first army, and then occupied Xiangyang and Jiangling with the help of these two families, so that he could be regarded as gaining a firm foothold.

For this reason, he also married Cai's daughter, who contributed the most money and effort, as his stepwife.

Liu Biao's Jingzhou group is such a special existence, the people in power are all locals, and most of the people in charge of the troops are locals.

He is not like Cao Cao, who has his own generals, unlike Tao Qian, who has Zang Ba and Cao Bao, who is not like Sun Quan, who has Lu Su, Zhou Yu, Lu Meng and Tai Shici, and who is not like Liu Yan, who has Dongzhou soldiers.

There is no high-level Jingzhou who is not from Jingzhou by his side as his helper, so when he encounters things, Liu Biao needs to rely on the Cai family and the Kuai family.

Now it is the same, Liu Biao is very worried and consults Kuai Liang Kuai Yue and Cai Mao about this matter, asking if he wants to help the Chang'an Imperial Court fight against the Yuan Shu group and really send troops.

For this kind of thing, Cai's and Kuai's also attach great importance to it.

If you are not careful, you will have to confront the strongest group of princes, whether you live or die, this kind of thing is extremely risky no matter how you look at it.

"The Chang'an Imperial Court just wants to borrow a knife to kill people, they are very worried that after the fall of Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu will wave his troops to the west and smash Guanzhong, so they hope that we and Liu Shu will clamp down on Yuan Shu together, we will fight with Yuan Shu, and they will reap the benefits of the fisherman."

Kuai Yue was quite disdainful of this: "How can there be such a good thing in the world? Ming Gong, the position can be taken over, the troops are still exempted, Yuan Shu's momentum is too strong, we still continue to wait and see.

Liu Biao still trusts Kuai Yue very much, and Liu Biao also attaches great importance to his opinions.

At the beginning, Kuai Yue was also an official in the capital, and he was also an official under He Jin, and tried to dissuade He Jin from recruiting Dong Zhuo into Beijing, but He Jin didn't listen, he had a premonition that something bad was coming, so he took the first step to seek to be released as an official, fled back to Jingzhou, and escaped a catastrophe.

And Kuai Liang is also a similar opinion.

"The strategy of borrowing a knife to kill people is okay to use once, but if you use it more often, it is not a strategy."

Kuai Liang was referring to Sun Jian's incident back then, and Liu Biao was silent.

To be honest, it's not that Liu Biao doesn't want to go north to forge ahead, it's not that he doesn't want to expand his power, it's just that there are too many constraints in all aspects, and he has no choice but to do so.

If there is a way to do it, Liu Biao will not refuse.

Cai Mao looked at the silent Liu Biao, and suddenly spoke: "Ming Gong, some time ago, news came from Yizhou, saying that Liu Junlang was critically ill, and the situation was very bad. ”

Liu Yan is critically ill?

Liu Biao's eyes froze.

Two years ago, Liu Yan built the crown of the Son of Heaven and the frame of the Son of Heaven in Yizhou, and Liu Biao once went to the imperial court to participate in Liu Yan.

However, at that time, Liu Yan sent Zhang Lu to kill the original Hanzhong Taishou Sugu, occupy Hanzhong, and cut off the road from Guanzhong to Yizhou.

But the imperial court at that time was already Dong Zhuo's imperial court, and Dong Zhuo's imperial court would not pay attention to this kind of thing, but sent Liu Yan's son Liu Zhang to Shu to inquire about the situation, but Liu Zhang was left by Liu Yan and never went back.

Of course, Dong Zhuo's mind is not in Yizhou, but in Kanto.

It is really the world that is not chaotic and the world is not in chaos, and the world has not been peaceful.

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