"Wen Ping, Li Tong, Wei Yan, Huo Jun." Sima Yi said the names of the four people one after another.

After hearing this, Liu Qi asked with some concern: "The four of them are very young, can they take charge on their own?" ”

Sima Yi said: "These four people are indeed very young, but it is precisely because they are young that they have more potential. Now what the eldest prince wants to do is not only to dismiss the officials in the entire Jingzhou, but more importantly, to cultivate his own henchmen and power. In the future, whether it is an official or an army, as long as the eldest prince gives an order, they can immediately obey it and implement it. This is what the eldest prince needs most at the moment. And Wen Ping, Li Tong, Wei Yan, and Huo Jun are all depressed people in the army, and they are all talents who have been buried because they are not attached to the Cai family. If the eldest prince can promote them exceptionally, I believe they will definitely be very grateful for the kindness of the eldest prince, and from now on, they will be willing to do things for the eldest prince, even if it is a sea of swords and fires, they will not give up. ”

Liu Qi said: "Well, what you said is very right, then do what you want, and promote these four people to generals respectively." ”

"The eldest prince, in addition, Liu Bei also had to defend, just when Zhang Xiu surrendered and led the Han army to occupy Nanyang, then Xiangyang was directly exposed to the enemy's attack. The eldest prince can use the pretext of strengthening the border defense to mobilize Liu Bei's army to garrison in Xinye and hold the main road for the enemy army to go south, only in this way will Xiangyang City not be attacked by the enemy at any time. Moreover, Liu Bei has been in Jingnan for a long time, if the people's hearts are attached, it will also be extremely unfavorable to the eldest prince, and the eldest prince should resend a person to serve as the governor of Jingnan, which can make Jingzhou increasingly stable. It can also weaken Liu Bei's power. thus cutting off his connection with Sun Quan. Only in this way can problems be prevented before they occur. Sima Yi suggested.

After Liu Qi heard this, he felt that what Sima Yi said was very reasonable, so he said: "What you said is very reasonable......

In addition, the eldest prince should also give Liu Bei a plan to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle, and on the grounds of lack of talents, recruit Huang Zhong, Yi Yuan, Jiang Wan, Ma Liang and others to come to Xiangyang as officials, Liu Bei naturally did not dare to disobey. In this way, the eldest prince can not only have a few more talents that can be used, but also weaken Liu Bei in essence. If he can, the eldest prince can also appoint Guan Yu and Zhang Fei a post of Taishou and separate the three brothers as much as possible. Sima Yi said.

After listening to Sima Yi's words, Liu Qi felt that his mouth was suddenly opened, and Sima Yi's plan to draw salary from the bottom of the kettle was indeed very powerful. Liu Bei only has the share of dumb people to eat Coptis chinensis.

So, Liu Qi did as Sima Yi said, and on the next day. More than a dozen letters of appointment have been issued in a row.

Huo Jun was appointed as the Taishou of Nanjun, and Wen Ping was appointed as the general of Henghai. Li Tong was appointed as the general of Hengjiang, Wei Yan was appointed as the general of Xiaocai, and Wen Ping and Li Tong were responsible for the reconstruction of the naval army, as well as a part of the naval army, while Wei Yan was responsible for leading the horse infantry army under Liu Qi. And Sima Yi was appointed as a general of the military division, as Liu Qi's deputy candidate, that is, in charge of Jingzhou's government affairs, but also in charge of all the soldiers and horses in Jingzhou. Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue are still the two of Jingzhou's other drivers and governors, and their original official positions remain unchanged.

In addition, Liu Qi gave Liu Bei an order according to Sima Yi's suggestion, appointing Liu Bei as the Taishou of Nanyang, leading the army of his subordinates to Xinye in Nanyang County to garrison, and even appointed Guan Yu as the county commander of Wu County and Zhang Fei as the county commander of Huarong, and mobilized Huang Zhong, Yi Yuan, Jiang Wan, Ma Liang and others to Xiangyang to listen to it.

As for the post of governor of Jingnan, it was abolished, and Liu Qi took Han Song as the Jiangxia Taishou, Deng Xi as the Changsha Taishou, Liu Xian as the Guiyang Taishou, Pang Ji as the Lingling Taishou, and Fu Xun as the Wuling Taishou.

Pang Ji and Fu Xun were all Liu Biao's confidants, but they thought they had offended Cai Mao, so they had been suppressed by Cai's party, and Pang Ji and Fu Xun were forced to resign. After Liu Qi eradicated Cai's party, he sent people to talk about Pang Ji and Fu Xun again, and both of them were very willing to serve Liu Qi, and they also became veterans that Liu Qi relied on.

In this way, Liu Bei's was completely disintegrated, and Liu Biao no longer cared about any political affairs, and handed over everything to Liu Qi to handle, and he retreated into the background.

Liu Qi's letters of appointment were sent out one after another, and at this time, Liu Bei happened to be still in Xiangyang City, and Liu Qi's henchmen took three letters of appointment and headed towards the military camp where Liu Bei was.

At this moment, Liu Bei was drinking with Zhang Fei and Huang Zhong in the barracks, for Liu Bei, this time he saved Liu Biao, and Zhang Xiu surrendered, Cai Mao, Zhang Yun and others died, there are no generals in Jingzhou, Liu Biao will inevitably reuse him, so his mood is very happy. In the past few years, I have been dormant in Jingnan for too long, and it is time to enter Jingzhou.

Chen Zhi walked in from the outside, and said respectfully: "Qiyu Governor, there is a person outside the door, who was sent by the eldest prince, saying that he is here to send a letter of appointment to the governor." ”

"Hahaha...... As expected, I didn't want Liu Qi to move so fast. Liu Bei said happily in his heart.

However, Liu Bei pretended not to know anything on the surface, and said seriously: "Please." ”

After a short time, Chen Zhi walked in with Liu Qi's henchmen, and after a ceremony, Liu Qi's henchmen directly explained their intentions, and saw that Zhang Fei and Huang Zhong were also there, so they simply gave all three letters of appointment to Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, and Huang Zhong.

Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, and Huang Zhong all took the appointment letters, and after opening them one after another, the expressions on their faces were different.

Liu Bei's frowning brows and his face were gloomy, Zhang Fei was surprised, and Huang Zhong was surprised.

Liu Qi's henchmen saw that the three of them had received the appointment letter and were about to leave, but Liu Bei suddenly stopped Liu Qi's henchman and asked, "Will the eldest prince make a mistake in the appointment letter?" ”

Liu Qi's henchman took the appointment letter in Liu Bei's hand and glanced at it hurriedly, and then said to Liu Bei: "That's right, the eldest prince wants to appoint the governor as the governor of Nanyang, and he specially instructed me to tell the governor that it is best to set off tomorrow, if it is late, I am afraid that Xinye will also be occupied." ”

After speaking, Liu Qi's henchmen left, leaving only Liu Bei, who was stunned there.

Zhang Fei took the letter of appointment, walked up to Liu Bei, and said to Liu Bei: "Big brother, the eldest prince actually appointed me as the ...... of Huarong County."

Liu Bei turned his head suddenly, picked up Zhang Fei's ear appointment letter and glanced at it, and sure enough, he was going to appoint Zhang Fei as the commander of Huarong County. He also glanced at the letter of appointment in Huang Zhong's hand and asked, "Brother Han Sheng, where did the eldest prince appoint you to be an official?" ”

"In Xiangyang, the eldest prince appointed me as General Yokono, responsible for commanding the Mabu army stationed in Xiangyang." Huang Zhong replied truthfully.

After Liu Bei heard this, his brows furrowed even tighter than just now, as if he had become a Sichuan character. After thinking for a while, he finally figured out the purpose of Liu Qi's doing, which was to weaken his strength.

At this time, Liu Qi's henchmen suddenly went back and said to Liu Bei: "Oh, by the way, Liu Dudu, no, it should be Liu Taishou, there is also a letter of appointment here, which is for Guan Yu, the general of Liu Dudu's subordinates, I don't know if General Lu Daoguan is not in the army?" ”

Liu Bei reacted immediately, and said to Liu Qi's henchmen: "Oh, my second brother has just left Lu to run errands, and he is not in the army, but I can transfer the appointment letter to my second brother." ”

Liu Qi's henchman nodded and said, "That's fine, then there will be Lao Liu Taishou." ”

With that, Liu Qi's henchman handed Guan Yu's appointment letter to Liu Bei, and then left.

After Liu Qi's henchmen walked away, Zhang Fei came over and asked, "Big brother, the second brother didn't come with us at all, why did the eldest brother say that the second brother went out of Lu just now?" ”

"You know what?" Liu Bei suddenly yelled at Zhang Fei, and then he quickly opened Guan Yu's appointment letter, and after reading it, his face became even more gloomy, because Liu Qi wanted to appoint Guan Yu as the county magistrate of Wuxian County.

If according to the content of the appointment letter, then Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei all went to take office separately, then the three of them would be completely separated. Since then, Liu Bei is in Xinye, Guan Yu is in Wuxian, Zhang Fei is in Huarong, the three brothers are far apart, they are all on their own side, and it will be difficult to meet every day in the future.

Moreover, not only Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, but also his newly acquired subordinate Huang Zhong were also separated from him.

Liu Bei's expression on Huang Zhong's face could be seen that Huang Zhong seemed to be very satisfied with Liu Qi's letter of appointment. Huang Zhong was originally Liu Biao's subordinate, but Liu Bei left him in Jingnan, so Huang Zhong would follow Liu Bei, nominally, Huang Zhong was still Liu Biao's subordinate, so he would naturally be affected by the order. And Huang Zhong is not his sworn brother, if Huang Zhong really wants to be a general in Yokono, Liu Bei can't stop him.

Obviously, Liu Qi is secretly weakening Liu Bei, but I'm afraid he doesn't want a second Cai Mao, right?

In this way, wouldn't Liu Bei once return to the pre-liberation period? So wouldn't his efforts in Jingnan in the past few years be in vain?

At this moment, Liu Bei deeply realized that the taste of sending people under the fence, without a real territory of his own, he had to live a wandering life for the rest of his life.

Jingzhou no longer seems to be the piece of paradise he imagined, and from this appointment letter alone, it is not difficult for Liu Bei to see that Liu Biao is Liu Biao and Liu Qi is Liu Qi, but Liu Qi's decision must have been instructed by Liu Biao.

For a while, Liu Bei fell into deep self-blame, thinking that saving Liu Biao would allow him to go to another peak, but now it seems that he was wrong, and even more wrong.

So, what should he do next, how can he get through the difficulty of splitting his own power?

Liu Bei didn't pay attention for a while, and finally decided to go to Liu Biao, hoping to change Liu Qi's decision through Liu Biao. (To be continued......)