Liu Biao was worried, and said anxiously: "Now Yuan Shao's army is dragged in Henan by Hebei rebellion, and Cao Cao and Liu Bei's army is still on the way back to the Central Plains, and the Hebei rebels are leaking down, who can stop them?" It's better to rush north. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"The lord is too worried." Don't drive Liu Xian and said, "The Central Plains is like life for Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. For Liu Bei, his lips are dead and his teeth are cold, and he can be saved if he is not saved. With the resistance of these three people, even if Li Yi succeeded in the early attack and won Dingtao and Changyi, but in the future, they will gradually lose their advantage in terms of troops because of the elongation of the battle line, and it will become more and more difficult to transport grain and grass. Once the invincible edge of the Hebei rebels disappears, the situation in the Central Plains will be reversed, so ......"

Liu Xian looked at Liu Biao, who was frowning, and whispered: "It's completely too late for the lord to wait for a while to go to the Central Plains, so there is no need to be in such a hurry." ”

Liu Biao smiled bitterly: "Despise Li Yi, let us suffer enough during the Jizhou War the year before last, and almost wiped out the whole army, you haven't learned a lesson yet?" ”

"I know what you think in your hearts, you take care of your own interests, and always think that Jingzhou is thousands of miles away from the Central Plains, no matter how brave Li Yi is, how strong the Northern Xinjiang Army is, it is difficult to threaten the safety of Jingzhou in the near future, but have you ever thought about it, compared with Li Yi, a Hebei Tiger who is in the prime of life and has experienced a hundred battles, Liu Zhang of Yizhou and Sun Ce and Zhou Yu of Jiangdong are three children who have not dried up? The three of them together are not enough, Li Yi is powerful on one finger. Liu Biao pointed to the north and said excitedly, "Once the Hebei rebels gain a foothold in the Central Plains and Cao Cao is defeated, how long can Yuan Shao and Liu Bei hold out?" As long as Li Yi leads the army to conquer Luoyang, the iron cavalry of the northern Xinjiang will roar down, how can Jingzhou support it? At this moment, in order to protect the Dahan Society, everyone must give up their grievances, work together to resist the enemy, otherwise in a few years, the four-hundred-year-old foundation left by the ancestors will become Li Yi's private property. ”

Liu Biao's hoarse cries echoed in the hall, and a group of civil and military officials looked ashamed and sat silently on the seats.

"I'll take 50,000 horses and horses to the north first." Liu Biao looked at Kuai Yue, pointed to the map and said, "After the soldiers and horses of the counties and counties arrive at Xiangyang and assemble, you will immediately rush to the Central Plains with the follow-up 100,000 troops and grain and grass baggage to meet with me." ”

Since the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Jizhou the year before last, feeling that the Northern Frontier Army was too strong and its own strength was seriously damaged, the southern princes have vigorously expanded their forces. Yuan Shao, who owned most of Sili, half of Yuzhou, the wealthy Nanyang, and the Chenliu County of Yanzhou, ruled with a population of more than 3 million, and had expanded his army to 300,000 in the last two years; Cao Cao, who owned almost the entire Yanzhou and Yuzhou, Pengcheng and Xiapi, had a population of about 2 million and expanded his army to 150,000; Even Liu Bei, who was only half of Xuzhou and had a population of less than 500,000, expanded his army to 80,000. Relatively speaking, Liu Biao, who owns the six counties of Jingzhou except Nanyang and has a population of nearly 4 million, has only expanded his army to 200,000, which is already relatively conservative.

Liu Biao's gaze then turned to Cai Mao, Huang Zu and Kuai Liang and said, "The three of you stay in Jingzhou. ”

The three of them bowed down to receive the order.

"Lord, after the Hebei rebels move south, Cao Cao and Liu Bei will definitely withdraw their troops quickly, so Yuan Shu can get a chance to breathe." Huang Zu said, "But at this time, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu are bound to continue to attack Jiujiang in order to completely eradicate Yuan Shu, an opponent, and the Jianghuai war will definitely continue." Once Yuan Shu is defeated and Sun Ce and Zhou Yu occupy Jiujiang County, their strength will increase greatly, and they will immediately take advantage of the opportunity of the main force of the Jingzhou army to go north to the Central Plains to attack Jiangxia again and plot to occupy Jingzhou, so now we need to help Yuan Shu and let Yuan Shu contain Sun Ce and Zhou Yu's army in the Jianghuai area, so that they are unable to attack Jiangxia. ”

Liu Biao looked at the map carefully, nodded and said, "Okay, this method is good." You immediately rushed back to Jiangxia and led the naval army to attack Chaisang and Peng Ze in Yuzhang County, forcing Zhou Yu to withdraw his troops from Jiujiang. Although Yuan Shu is very despicable, these two boys are even more shameless, and they have done one thing after another, and sooner or later they will be retributed. ”

Liu Biao looked up at Huang Zu, waved his hand fiercely, and said through gritted teeth: "Beat me hard, don't show mercy to these despicable and shameless juniors, kill those who should be killed, burn those who should be burned, and beat them until they lose their souls." ”

Huang Zu was very excited, and promised loudly: "Don't worry, as long as I, Huang Zu, am in Jiangxia, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, the two boys, will never want to set foot in Jingzhou." ”

Liu Biao turned his head to look at Kuai Liang, and asked with some concern: "Zirou, you are sitting in Nanjun, do you have a good plan to deal with Liu Zhang in Yizhou?" ”

"After Liu Zhang lost Huya Mountain last year, the loss was not very large, but because Liu Zhang was not in Chengdu for a long time, there were many problems in Yizhou." Kuai Liang calmly replied, "If you want to ensure the safety of Jingzhou, the way is very simple, that is, to start from the inside of Yizhou. ”

At the beginning of the year, news came from Chengdu that Zhang Lu in Hanzhong had become closer and closer to Yuan Shao, and he disobeyed Liu Zhangyang and even paid taxes. After Liu Zhang returned to Chengdu, he invited Zhang Lu to Chengdu several times, but Zhang Lu refused. Liu Zhang was very angry, and at the instigation of Zhao Wei and other Yizhou officials in Zhengdong Zhonglang, he killed Zhang Lu's mother and younger brother. Zhang Lu then raised troops to take revenge. Yizhou general Pang Yi led the army to block the attack, defeating Zhang Lu in a row, and the two sides fought fiercely.

Liu Zhang is a loyal and honest person, and the reason why Zhao Yun and others strongly supported Liu Zhang as the lord of Yizhou after Liu Yan's death has a lot to do with his character. It stands to reason that Liu Zhang, who has a gentle personality, should not take the initiative to provoke a war, why has he been uncharacteristically used against the outside world in the past two years? The reason is that there is an ambitious Zhao Wei by his side.

When Liu Yan came to Yizhou, he was accompanied by two friends from Yizhou, Dong Fu and Zhao Wei, the commander of Taicang. Zhao Wei was originally from Ba County and had a deep relationship with the Yizhou Gaomen family. After Liu Yan's death, it was with the help of Zhao Wei that Liu Zhang took the position of Yizhou pastor.

At that time, the Chang'an Imperial Court sent Yingchuan people to Yizhou to assassinate Shi. The officials of Yizhou Mansion were divided into two factions, one faction was headed by Zhao Wei, who supported Liu Zhang, and refused to recognize the new assassination sent by the imperial court, and the other faction was headed by Liu Qi, who was determined to obey the holy decree. The two factions immediately fought. Liu Wei was defeated and died, and the generals Shen Mi, Lou Fa, Gan Ning and others fled to Jingzhou. After Hu Mao arrived in Hanzhong, he heard that Liu Zhang was going to kill him, and hurriedly returned to Chang'an.

Zhao Wei helped Liu Zhang govern the counties of Yizhou very well, won the hearts of the people in Yizhou, and had a high prestige. Liu Zhang trusted him very much. It was Zhao Wei's idea to send troops to attack Jingzhou last year, and Liu Zhang specially named him as the general of the expedition to the east and made him the commander of the army.

Now in Yizhou, Zhao Wei actually has military and political power, and his power is extremely powerful, and what he is going to do next, in addition to Yizhou Mu Liu Zhang, many officials in Yizhou Mansion know.

"Last year, he sent troops to fight Jingzhou, and this year he sent troops to fight Hanzhong, Zhao Wei's purpose is very simple, that is, to use the opportunity of the expedition to weaken the Dongzhou forces that support Liu Zhang as much as possible (generally referring to the scholars who fled to Bashu from Nanyang, Yingchuan, and Chang'an), and prepare for him to kill Liu Zhang and seize Yizhou." Kuai Liang arched his hand at Liu Biao and said, "If the lord agrees, I want to write a letter to Zhao Wei in the name of the lord and secretly support him in launching a rebellion." ”

Liu Biao, Kuai Yue, Cai Mao, Deng Yi and others looked at each other, their faces suspicious. Cai Mao even questioned directly: "Zhao Wei has been carefully preparing for so many years, does he still need our support?" ”

"Of course." Kuai Liang said, "Zhao Wei's power has seriously threatened Liu Zhang's life. Liu Zhang, for various reasons, although he still has no vigilance against Zhao Wei and obeys his words, what about Liu Zhang's subordinates? Liu Zhen, Pang Yi, and Zhang Ren don't have any precautions? Pang Yi was appointed as the Taishou of Bajun at the beginning of the year, which was the counterattack of the Dongzhou forces against Zhao Wei. If Zhao Wei wants to seize Yizhou, it seems that there is no vicious battle, and it is difficult to get his wish. ”

"Once Yizhou falls into war, with Liu Zhang, us, and Zhang Lu in Hanzhong all turning against each other, Bashu is very likely to be attacked by the north and the south. Therefore, if Zhao Wei is not absolutely sure, he will never rashly launch a rebellion. ”

The lord wrote to Zhao Wei, telling him the news of Li Yi's southward trip to the Central Plains, and explaining the reason why Jingzhou was willing to form an alliance with him. With this, even if Zhao Wei does not believe in the sincerity of the lord's alliance, when Li Yi went south to the Central Plains and Yuan Shao and the lord were already too busy to take care of themselves, he had no worries at all, and he could let go of his hands and feet. ”

Liu Biao hesitated for a moment and asked, "Zhao Wei's ambition is so big, it's not a good thing for us. If he gets Yizhou, his ambitions will swell sharply, and Hanzhong and Jingzhou will be his targets in the future. “

"The lord is reasonable, we would rather let the loyal and honest Liu Zhang continue to be his Yizhou pastor, and we must not let Zhao Wei's rebellion occupy Yizhou and dominate the side." Kuai Liang smiled slightly, and Zhizhu said in his hand, "Didn't the lord find out that this is an important opportunity for us to form an alliance with Liu Zhang?" ”

"You mean...... Liu Biao suddenly realized, and praised again and again, "Good plan, good plan." However, Liu Zhang trusts Zhao Wei very much, will this plan be self-defeating? ”

"Liu Zhang doesn't believe us, but Liu Ji, Pang Yi, and Zhang Ren believe in us." Kuai Liang said, "As long as they are allowed to take precautions, the possibility of Zhao Wei intending to kill Liu Zhang and occupy Chengdu is very small, after all, Pang Yi and Zhang Ren have an army in their hands." As soon as the two sides fought fiercely for a long time, we could go up the river, enter Jiangzhou, and give him a heavy blow from behind. In this way, Liu Zhang is grateful to the lord, and Jing and Yi can maintain long-term stability. ”

"Okay." Liu Biao didn't think about it, waved his hand and said, "This matter will be entrusted to Zirou." ”

Then he slowly stood up, pointed to the generals Wen Ping, Pang Ji, and Liu Hu, and ordered: "Order all departments, early tomorrow morning, to rush north." (To be continued.) )