"Brother Xian, how did the Cai brothers know that you were in Jingzhou, I never told them about this." Liu Biaodao.

Liu Bei said: "After Zhong Xuan came to see you that day, he went to visit the Kuai brothers, and then secretly contacted the Cai brothers. Then news spread from Xudu, saying that I was already in Jingzhou. ”

Liu Biao said: "It is also possible that Kuai Liang told Zhong Xuan, not Cai Mao." ”

"Where did Kuai Liang Kuai Yue know?" Liu Bei said: "Brother also said last time, I accidentally told my wife the news of my arrival. ”

"What does Brother Xian mean is that Cai told Cai Mao the news that you are in Jingzhou again?"

Mrs. Cai married after Liu Biao arrived in Jingzhou in order to win over the Cai brothers, and he himself did not have much true affection for Mrs. Cai.

"This woman has more than enough success and more failure." Liu Biao scolded and said, "Brother Xian, what should I do now?" ”

The plan was originally proposed by Liu Bei to help him take full control of Jingzhou.

Now the news that Liu Bei is in Jingzhou has spread.

Some plans are not easy to implement.

Liu Biao seems to be really old, and he can't even control a woman, Liu Bei said in his heart.

But he still has to rely on Liu Biao.

Jingzhou is much larger than Xuzhou, and its area is larger than that of both Xuzhou.

Liu Bei is now rooted in Jingzhou, at least when Liu Biao is still there, he can't be too presumptuous and make Liu Biao suspicious.

Although Liu Bei has not yet decided that he wants to seize the foundation of Jingzhou, he really wants to stay in Jingzhou.

As soon as Liu Biao died, he was assisting Liu Qi well.

While Liu Biao is still there, he will press down the family first, and Jingzhou will be his biggest at that time.

Whether it is Jingzhou Mu or not, it is meaningless for Liu Bei.

Liu Qi has already seen him, and he is a person who has no opinions.

When the time comes to Jingzhou, everything will be decided by him Liu Bei.

"Brother, but you want to join forces with Cao Cao?" Liu Bei asked.

"What do you think?"

Liu Biao asked rhetorically, after all, he is the lord of a state, although he is not as good as Liu Bei, but he is not really led by Liu Bei.

Liu Biao is old, and he wants to do a lot of things, but he lacks mental strength.

He really needed Liu Bei's help. He didn't want to leave everything to the Jingzhou family.

He is still alive now, and he can still suppress the Cai family a little, but after he leaves, Liu Biao's two children don't have this ability.

If he wants his children to be able to take over Jingzhou safely in the future, Liu Cheng really has to be prepared to support Liu Bei and fight against the Cai clan of the Kuai family.

In this way, in the future, his children can balance the relationship between the two sides and sit firmly in the position of Jingzhou pastor.

Liu Bei has his ideas, and Liu Biao also has his own considerations.

It's not who is a fool and is being taken advantage of.

It's just that the two sides are using each other.

No matter how old Liu Biao is, his mental strength is not good, and there is still no problem with spending a little time every day to deal with Liu Bei.

Liu Bei said: "You can pretend to agree to an alliance with Cao Cao, but we won't send a single soldier." ”

Liu Biao said: "If Zhao Hui kills Cao Cao, it is very likely that Jingzhou will be chosen next." When the time comes, will the virtuous brother have a way to resist? ”

"Zhao Hui now has an army of 150,000 in his hands, and if he continues to gather troops from Youzhou and Jizhou, he can even recruit an army of 500,000."

Liu Bei said: "Although Jingzhou is under the governance of my brother, the soldiers are strong and strong, and there are 200,000 soldiers with armor, but most of them are naval troops, and it is still difficult to stop Zhao Hui. ”

At this point, Liu Bei is telling the truth. And did not exaggerate their abilities.

Although Liu Biao doesn't know much about military affairs, he is not completely ignorant, but whether he can stop it or not, he has his own judgment in his own heart.

will not believe Liu Bei's words just because Liu Bei said he could.

"Since Brother Xian is not sure, why don't you join forces with Cao Cao?" Liu Biaodao.

He didn't know much about Zhao Hui.

Compared with Zhao Hui, Liu Biao is familiar with Yuan Shao, and he will also stand on Yuan Shao's side.

When Yuan Shao was still the pastor of Jizhou, Liu Biao and Yuan Shao had the meaning of alliance.

It's just that now Yuan Shao has been replaced by Zhao Hui.

Zhao Hui is a person, Liu Biao has not been in contact with. So I still have to listen to it from Liu Bei's mouth.

It's just that Zhao Hui in Liu Bei's mouth is naturally Liu Bei's impression, it is difficult to describe Zhao Hui objectively, and he doesn't want to express it objectively.

Liu Bei said: "Most of my brother's subordinates are sailors, and they are not good at foot combat. Although there are 200,000 people, if they send troops to support Cao Cao and fight Zhao Hui in a decisive battle outside Xudu, they will still win less and lose more, and it is difficult to win. ”

This is also Liu Bei's true words.

After more than a dozen battles with Zhao Hui, Liu Bei now realizes more and more clearly that Zhao Hui's soldiers and horses are powerful.

Even if Liu Biao brought all the 200,000 troops in Jingzhou and went to support Cao Cao.

In the face of Zhao Hui's 150,000 army, they didn't have much chance of winning.

Don't look at the battle of Guandu, the number of casualties of the Cao army and the Zhao army is about the same, but this is still because the Cao army defended the city.

If it was in the field, Cao's army would have been defeated even worse.

Liu Biao now has 200,000 troops in his hands, but if they are allowed to go to Xudu, they may be stopped by Zhao Hui in the middle of the road.

A field battle broke out, and the 200,000 troops in Jingzhou would be wiped out in an instant.

Liu Bei said: "The Jingzhou army going north is tantamount to promoting shortcomings and avoiding strengths. ”

Liu Biao nodded, he temporarily agreed with Liu Bei's statement.

There are 200,000 troops in Jingzhou, but 100,000 of them are sailors, and the other 100,000 infantry, at most, is to exterminate some bandits and bandits, how can they be compared with Zhao Hui's elite soldiers in a hundred battles.

Even if there are many people, they are still not as good as Zhao Hui in terms of strength.

Moreover, Cao Cao only has more than 20,000 people left in his hands, and the help he can give Liu Biao is very low.

Joining forces, the Jingzhou army went north to support, which was tantamount to relying entirely on Liu Biao's own strength to fight against Zhao Hui.

The Jingzhou generals also did not have a geographical advantage.

Even the grain and grass had to be provided by Liu Biao himself, and tens of thousands of people were mobilized to transport the grain and grass from Jingzhou to Yanzhou.

"Under Zhao Hui, Dian Wei and Zhao Yun are all fierce generals of ten thousand enemies, and they can take the head of the enemy generals in the ten thousand armies, and under the command of my brother, although there are countless generals, but no one can beat them."

Liu Biao said: "Isn't it okay for the virtuous brother's sworn brother? ”

Liu Bei glanced at Zhang Fei and said, "Although I don't want to admit it, Yide's strength is indeed inferior to Zhao Hui, not to mention that I only have Yide now." ”

Liu Biao said: "In this case, if Cao Cao is defeated, what should I do? ”

Liu Bei said: "If Cao Cao is defeated, Zhao Hui will definitely consolidate Yanzhou and Yuzhou first, and will not easily use the sword again, at least two years, at most three or five years, my brother still has time to prepare, in addition, I am willing to go to Xinye to guard the northern gate for my brother." ”

"But here in Xiangyang, those families ......," Liu Biao hesitated.

"My identity has been exposed, and if I stay in Xiangyang, they will also be prepared, so it is better to go to Xinye first and lower their vigilance."

"What Brother Xian said is also right, then please ask Brother Xian to temporarily serve as Xinye Taishou, and I will have 5,000 soldiers and horses allocated to Brother Xian." Liu Biaodao.

"Thank you, brother."