Chapter 10: Cai Mao's Resurgence
"Let's talk about it! What now? ”
The situation in Xuzhou collapsed, and Liu Bei urgently summoned strategists to discuss. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"King, since Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou, Yanzhou must be empty, and the king just took the opportunity to send troops to Yanzhou, and then completely wiped out Cao Cao."
Jian Yongdao.
"The lord must not!"
Chen Qun admonished: "Don't say whether our military treasury is full, just say how to deal with the young emperor set up by Cao Cao?" Is it killing? Or stand? If you kill, you will lose your loyalty to the heart of the Han courtiers. ”
"My king has one-half of the world, and he can learn from Emperor Guangwu, call the emperor in Chang'an, and then send troops to destroy the puppet emperor set up by Cao Cao."
"Puppet Emperor? How did you know that you were a puppet emperor? Sun Ce and Liu Biao successively sent envoys to pay tribute, and Fu Wan, Dong Cheng, Liu Ying and other relatives supported them, even if they were relatives, they also had a certain prestige and should not be taken lightly. ”
"Offering the emperor early, where did he get the newborn posthumous son, this must be Cao Cao's trick."
"That's why my king should be called the emperor to win the hearts of the people in the world."
"Not bad."
“……”
Regarding Liu Bei's claim to be emperor, whether it is the Yingchuan system, the Hebei system, or the Guanxi Shi clan, or even the Yizhou Shi clan and the Nanyang clan, Liu Bei has already reached half of the world, and it is inevitable to be called the emperor, and they are even thinking about the fixed capital, country name, year name and other matters.
Liu Bei heard that they were talking about the emperor again, and hurriedly stopped: "Okay, the lonely king is asking how to solve the matter of Xuzhou, Lu Bu asks for help, and the lonely king must not sit idly by."
Xun Yu came out and said: "King, there is not much grain and grass left in the treasury, and it can't support the battle to destroy Yanzhou, at least it will not be until after the autumn harvest before the battle to destroy Yanzhou can be launched."
"Lord, I'm afraid that the king of Pengcheng will not be able to hold out at that time, Cao Cao is scheming, Zhou Yu is a wise person, it is the extreme that the king of Pengcheng can last for half a year, if the Cao army and the Wu army are allowed to wreak havoc in Xuzhou, even if they stick to one or two strong cities, it is not of great benefit, it is better to let the king of Pengcheng withdraw from Xuzhou and go to Qingzhou, and the two armies of Cao and Wu will fight for Xuzhou."
"King, please behead this person."
Fa Zheng came out and said: "Don't say that Cao Cao is treacherous, how can Zhou Yu be an easy person?" If the lord does not take Hebei, the two of them will compete for Xuzhou, and now the king will dominate the world is the general trend, and the two of them must have a plan to carve up Xuzhou, so once the king of Pengcheng withdraws from Xuzhou, it will be difficult to kill back! A certain intention must not be retreated, not only can it not be retreated, but it must also send troops to save and force Cao Cao and Zhou Yu to withdraw from Xuzhou? ”
The man was robbed of white just now, and his face suddenly turned red, and he said: "Duke Xun has already said that there is no food and grass in the treasury, how to send troops?"
Fa Zheng said: "Isn't Cao Cao less food than us, why did he attack Xuzhou, it was because he didn't know that if he didn't take Xuzhou, he would die." Now the situation is also average, if you don't send troops, let the Cao and Wu armies capture Xuzhou, and my king wants to take the land of Huainan again, it will be difficult! ”
"Good."
Fa Zheng's words have been approved by many bigwigs.
Liu Bei also nodded and asked Xun Yu: "Can the grain from the treasury support a small battle?"
Xun Yu replied: "Naturally, this will inevitably affect the great cause of the reunification of the lord."
Liu Bei shouted loudly: "The unification of the world must not be stubborn, the determination has been made, and troops will be sent to save Xuzhou."
"Whoa!"
The strategists left one by one, and Liu Bei left Guo Jia and Jia Xu behind, and said, "Why don't you two old foxes, one old and one young, express their opinions, do you think it's not advisable to send troops?"
Guo Jia said: "My lord, the Caosun and Liu alliance seems to be strong, but in fact, their alliance is very fragile, as for the situation in Xuzhou, although it is unexpected, it is not completely out of control. Xuzhou is in danger, our army has no food, but Xuzhou has it? What the king of Pengcheng lacks is a general to lead the army, as long as the lord is willing, he can make Gao Shun, Hao Zhao, and Chen Gong of Qingzhou go south to help in the war, and the king of Pengcheng will inevitably provide grain, grass and armor, which can also help the lord quietly win over the Xuzhou scholars. ”
Liu Bei nodded: "Fengxiao's words are good, but the alliance of the three armies is not a good thing after all."
Guo Jia said with a smile: "If the lord wants to break the alliance, it is not difficult, Liu Biao is cowardly by nature, you can send Huang Zhongtun to the new field, order General Guan to garrison Yuguan, and make a Yizhou state, Liu Biao will inevitably use Cai Mao again, Cai Mao will definitely rely more on my king after this change, Liu Biao's side is not to worry!"
"What about Sun Ce?"
Guo Jia glanced at Jia Xu, Jia Xu was still an old god, smiled coldly, a trace of murder floated in his eyes, and said: "Sun Ce became a martial artist, and he also relied more and more on his own martial bravery.
After Liu Bei heard this, he suddenly thought that after Guo Jia gave Cao Cao this idea, Sun Ce died soon after.
Jia Xu finally spoke: "Sun Ce is critically ill, he will definitely order someone to come to find Sun Quan, his son is young enough to support the overall situation, and Sun Quan cannot determine the situation in Jiangdong."
"At that time, the lord will be able to do the old things of Yizhou again."
Guo Jia smiled with satisfaction.
Liu Bei patted the case and said: "Okay, this matter will be handed over to you, it must be done cleanly and neatly, and it must not have anything to do with this king?"
"Don't worry, my lord, tomorrow I will go south to Jiangdong."
"Go ahead!"
Guo Jia secretly went south to Jiangdong, and Chen Zhen left from Chang'an again, but this time he brought not only Liu Bei's intentions, but also some wills.
For example, Huang Zhong's troops outside Xinye City, such as Chen Zhitun's soldiers Xinxi, Li Yan's comeback to Yizhou, Guan Yu wants to go out of Ba County, it seems that Cao Wu takes Xuzhou, and the Jin army takes Jingzhou, and the two are exchanged?
Liu Biao was busy asking Cao Cao and Sun Ce for help, Sun Ce was in a hurry to attack Lujiang, and Sun Liu had a grudge, he couldn't wait to see Liu Biao defeated, and then gnawed a piece of fat in Jingzhou.
Cao Cao also informed Liu Biao that the Jin army was only posturing and would not go south.
Liu Biao panicked at this time, Cao Cao and Sun Ce sold themselves, so Liu Biao had to use Cai Mao again, but Cai Mao didn't agree.
Liu Biao had no choice but to beg Cai's, and finally, under Cai's coercion, he prepared his eldest son to be hostage to Chang'an and made Liu Cong the son.
Cai's family returned to Cai's house satisfied, Cai Mao got into trouble, Cai Mao came out, immediately seized the military power of Jingzhou, and appointed Wang Can and other pro-Jin factions to hold power, and the Kuai brothers were left out in the cold.
However, in view of the previous failure, Cai Mao also knew how to restrain this time, and no longer flew high, but instead did not remove the officials appointed by Liu Biao, but sent people to invite the scholars who heard about his resignation.
Cai Mao's low posture immediately attracted a cheer, the Jingzhou scholars were already interested in the Jin army, and now they were even more pro-Jin, but Liu Biao was really sick after this toss.
Liu Biao is sick, Cai Mao is becoming more and more low-key, as long as Liu Biao dies and Liu Cong succeeds to the throne, this Jingzhou is Cai's Jingzhou, Cai Mao can sell it for himself at a good price, so in the face of the upcoming Chen Zhen Cai Mao is more and more welcome, and even ran to the Hanshui to pick up Chen Zhen in person.