When Ma Chao returned to Anping with his troops, he received news from Jingzhou that after Yuan Shao died of illness in Ganling, Liu Biao also died of illness in Jiangling City. Ma Chao did feel a lot of emotion about this, he was going to die together, but Liu Biao was actually many years older than Yuan Shao, and he was not in good health, so he died in Jiangling, Ma Chao actually had no accident.

Liu Biao died of illness, and the news was as important as Yuan Shao's death, so Ma Chao hurriedly gathered everyone to discuss what to do next.

"Everyone, I think some of you have heard of it, but most of you still don't know the way, Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao Liu Jingsheng died of illness in Jiangling, I don't know what you think, what should our army plan at this time?"

After listening to what his lord said, Guo Jia was the first to speak, and he also knew the news of Liu Biao's death, which can be said to be the same news as Yuan Shao's death, which is a major event that has an impact on the general trend of the world. After all, there are only a few princes in the world now, and whether it is Yuan Benchu or Liu Jingsheng, they actually have a common characteristic, that is, there is no successor.

Don't look at Yuan Shao's shortcomings, but to be honest, almost everyone knows the truth, whether it is Yuan Tan Yuan Xiansi, or Yuan Xi and Yuan Xianyi, including Yuan Shang and Yuan Xianfu, none of these three sons can surpass Yuan Shao. No matter what Yuan Shao says, he is the overlord of the four northern states and the most powerful prince in the world. At least his three sons are not as capable as him, and they can't be the number one power and the big overlord.

As for Liu Biao, not to mention, although his name was Jingzhou Mu, his right to speak was only half. Two sons, Liu Qi is weak and incompetent, he does not have the character of a superior person who kills decisively, and his ability is mediocre. At most, it is a middle-class person's qualifications, and compared with his father, it is far behind. As for the youngest son Liu Cong, although his ability is stronger than his eldest brother, he is young, and his mother is Cai's and his uncle is Cai Mao, unless he can kill his relatives with righteousness and control the Cai family by thunderous means, or he will be the same as his father after all-

And now Liu Biao has died of illness. It can be said that Jingzhou has become a more coveted place. If Jizhou was a three-way game before, then today's Jingzhou can definitely form a five-party game. As for how these five parties came about, it is too simple.

First party. Naturally, it is the local power of Jingzhou, because whether it is Liu Qi, Liu Cong or Cai Mao. In fact, they can all be used as first-party forces. It is the local power of Jingzhou.

Liu Qi is weak and incompetent, and he has no great ability, so it is basically impossible to say that he has the heart to fight for the lord of Jingzhou. So even if someone helps him, he definitely can't do it, and he doesn't have that mind.

As for Liu Cong. At most, he has become a puppet, although he is stronger than Liu Qi, but to be honest, he is definitely not Cai Mao's opponent. Not his uncle's opponent. He has no power, so he can only be at the mercy of Cai Mao and them, but he will definitely not do anything.

The second party, of course, is Liu Bei in Xinye before, Liu Bei, no one dares to underestimate him today, even if he only had those cities in Xinye before, but no one dares to underestimate his ability. If you don't have the ability, can you escape from Xu Du unharmed, can you escape from Cao Mengde's nose, so no one can ignore Liu Bei. Especially in the case of Liu Biao's death, it can be said that it is a great opportunity for Liu Bei, and maybe he can do something in Jingzhou.

The third party is Cao Cao's Yanzhou army, because Cao Cao's Yanzhou army has always occupied the eastern part of Nanyang, and has never forgotten to go south to Jingzhou. It's just that there is no chance, and Nanyang has always been a three-way game, so Cao Cao's Yanzhou army didn't dare to act rashly at all. But now that Liu Biao has died of illness, this has to be said, it is definitely an opportunity, as for who can grasp it and who can grasp it well, it is not necessarily, but Cao Cao's Yanzhou army will definitely have a chance.

The fourth party is Ma Chao's Liangzhou Army. Ma Chao's Liangzhou army also had soldiers stationed in Nanyang, and Wancheng and Qixian were both heavily guarded places. Similarly, because Nanyang was a three-way game before, no one acted rashly, but now it is different, it is an opportunity for everyone, as long as you can grasp it, so Ma Chao Liangzhou Army is the fourth party.

The fifth party after the most Lu is Yangzhou, Sun Ce in Jiangdong. Yangzhou and Jingzhou are adjacent to each other, just east of Jingzhou, and before that, Sun Ce personally led troops to capture Jiangxia and killed Huang Zu, but he did not occupy Jiangxia. But now that Liu Biao is dead, Jingzhou is in chaos, it is impossible for him not to take the opportunity to get a piece of the pie, if he doesn't come, he will not be the "little overlord" Sun Ce Sun Bofu.

Therefore, Jingzhou is very likely to be a five-party game, and it must be even more chaotic than Hebei in the end, which is an inevitable thing-

Guo Jia knew this, so he said to his lord: "Lord, our army should immediately return to the military division at this time, and then reorganize the army and send troops to Jingzhou!" ”

Ma Chao listened to what Guo Jia said, and he nodded slightly, because Guo Jia was the same as he thought. Now Jingzhou is actually a borderless land, so everyone wants it. Of course, it's not just yourself, anyway, whoever starts quickly will get more benefits after the most. A Hebei is already so chaotic, and now that Liu Biao has died of illness, a Jingzhou can only be even more chaotic. After all, whether it is Cai Mao and them in Jingzhou, Liu Bei in Xinye, Yanzhou Army in Nanyang Cao Cao, or Sun Ce in Jiangdong, none of them are good at stubble.

"I don't know what you think about this, I also mean to return to Sili first, and then reorganize the troops into Jingzhou!"

Everyone knows that their lord is ready to withdraw his troops, after all, his lord does not want to fight to the death with Cao Cao's Yanzhou army, and occupies such a large territory as Jizhou, Changshan Kingdom, Zhongshan Kingdom, Julu County, Zhao State and Anping Kingdom, and the most Lu plus the northwest of Qinghe Kingdom, it can be said that most of Jizhou is in his own hands, and there is indeed nothing to be dissatisfied with. As for Wei County, Hejian County and Bohai County, most of the remaining Qinghe Kingdom will be given to the Yanzhou Army, anyway, if they eat meat, they will have to eat some vegetables.

Zhao Yun, who had already returned from Changshan, said, "Lord, Yun seconded the proposal!" Agree to return to the military division, and then enter Jingzhou! ”

Ma Chao nodded with a smile, it is estimated that everyone present should be able to see that it is no longer of much use to his side in Jizhou now. The other side is not ready to fight for territory with the Yanzhou army again, and for the time being, there is no covetousness for Youzhou, so if he does not withdraw his troops and return to Sili, what else can he do. What's more, Liu Biao is newly dead, it can be said that this is such a good time, and we must grasp it well, Jingzhou is such an important place, everyone wants it, and now it is "the opportunity cannot be lost, and it will not come again".

"I wonder what you guys think?"

Zhang Yan, who came to the Liangzhou military camp for the first time, said at this time: "My lord, my subordinates also seconded it, it should be so!" ”

"Okay, what do you think?"

Everyone else also agreed, after all, this is the best plan now, Jizhou is not a place for their own side to stay again, so immediately return to the military division, and then go to Jingzhou again, this is better than anything else.

"Okay, since everyone has agreed, then our army will immediately withdraw its troops and return to Sili!"

"No!"

After speaking, Ma Chao passed down the military order, let the army retreat, and returned to the division. As for Jizhou, all counties have already left people, and when the time comes, if they need to fight again, then just find someone to replace a few of them, so it's nothing-

At the same time that Ma Chao had already ordered the withdrawal of troops, in Cao Cao's big tent, he naturally learned the news of Liu Biao's death a long time ago, so he was also ready to discuss it with everyone, and he also wanted to return to Xudu, and then enter Jingzhou. But Cao Cao still thinks the same thing, this matter has to be said by his subordinates, and he can't say it.

So at this time, he said: "The latest news from Jingzhou, Liu Jingsheng died of illness, I don't know why you taught me?" ”

When everyone heard this, to be honest, they were indeed surprised. Because no matter what, Liu Biaoke is a prince, and there has been too much news before. It's almost the same as Yuan Shao, but after all, everyone is in Jizhou, so Yuan Shao's health is too good, and everyone still knows a little bit. But everyone didn't know about the news of Jingzhou, and as a result, Yuan Shao had just died not long ago, and Liu Biao of Jingzhou also died of illness.

Cheng Yu said: "Lord, our army can return to Xudu, and then send troops to Jingzhou!" ”

Cao Cao raised his eyebrows when he heard this, "Zhongde, how can you see it?" ”

"Lord, Liu Jingsheng is alive, even if he has a breath, then the forces of all parties in Jingzhou are still in a balance. Whether it is Liu Biao and Cai Mao, or Liu Xuande and Wancheng in Xinye, Ma Mengqi Liangzhou Army in Suixian County, and our army, including Sun Bofu in Jiangdong, in fact, the forces of several parties are in a delicate balance. Even if Sun Bofu dared to personally lead his troops to conquer Jiangxia, but after killing Huang Zu, he still withdrew his troops and did not occupy Jiangxia, in fact, he just didn't dare to break this balance easily. ”

After Cao Cao listened, he couldn't help nodding, and everyone nodded when they listened.

Cheng Yu paused for a moment, and then continued: "But now that Liu Jingsheng has died of illness in Jiangling, it can be said that the balance of forces on all sides has been broken, so no one will let go of such a good opportunity." Whether it is the local strength of Jingzhou, or Liu Xuande of Xinye, Ma Mengqi of Wancheng and Liangzhou Army of Yuxian, and Sun Bofu of Jiangdong, they will not let go. And our army naturally can't miss such a great opportunity, Jingzhou is the place where all parties play, so how can we be without our army! ”

Cao Cao laughed when he heard this, "What Zhongde said is good, how can such a grand event be without me Cao Mengde and my Yanzhou Army!" What do you think? ”

Xun You said loudly: "Lord, it should be so! ”

Cao Cao nodded, "Everyone is in favor!" ”

"The lord is wise!"

Cao Cao laughed again, "Okay, everyone, follow me back to Xudu and march into Jingzhou!" All parties in the world are in Jingzhou, but I, Cao Mengde, want to see, what does Jingzhou belong to? (To be continued......)