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A group of war horses slowly drove into the city gate, and in the middle of the war horses was a luxurious carriage waiting for the three princes to slowly enter the city, followed by tens of thousands of infantry soldiers.

An army of 100,000 marched into the city, blocked the six-mile long street, and went straight to the county guard's mansion.

"Which town is this where the army of the princes is stationed in the city in a grand manner?"

"That's right! In the past few days, the princes of the five towns have entered the city one after another, but they have very few soldiers and horses with them, no more than 5,000 at most, why is this person so bold? ”

"The brothers must not make a noise, so as not to incur the disaster of death. Brother Tai and look at the banner on the banner, this is the army under the command of Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao, Nanyang County is the county under the rule of Jingzhou, Liu Jingzhou led the army to naturally enter the city directly, why should it be stationed outside the city? ”

"Oh? I see, thank you for the reminder. Luck, luck"

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On both sides of the alley leading to the county guard's mansion, a group of well-dressed scribes who liked to join in the crowd gathered together, pointing at the army in front of them, making comments and whispering. Most of them are local scholars in Nanyang County, and half of them are natives of Wancheng, to be precise, they should be scholars from humble backgrounds in Wancheng.

The so-called scholars are nothing more than the honorific titles given to them by ordinary people. After all, the percentage of people who read books in this era is not large, so they are quite respected. All the polite scholars dressed in Confucian robes, collectively known as "scribes", were like the upper class of the whole society. Since the Spring and Autumn Period, Guan Zi put forward the saying that "the four people of Shinong, industry and commerce are the pillars of the country". Scholars have always been in the middle and upper classes of society, and the Confucian robes were a symbol of the status of the scribes.

It is worth mentioning that Nanyang County is the hometown of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty. It is the emperor's township, and it belongs to the special storage zài among the counties of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, in this chaotic world, when the imperial city of Luoyang was destroyed, most of the scribes from various counties in the Central Plains liked to gather here, hoping to get a little bit of the spirit of the emperor's hometown, in order to have a smooth career in the future. Soar upward, glorify the ancestors.

However, what is surprising is that these scribes in Wancheng did not know the car and banner of Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao. I have to say that this is really a very unusual thing, and it is weird. However, if you look back at the changes in Nanyang County in recent years, it is not difficult to understand why they don't know Liu Jingsheng's soldiers and horses.

Since the birth of the Yellow Turban Riot. Nanyang County is the hardest-hit area. Hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban thieves were entrenched here, and although they were later exterminated by the official army, the remnants of the Yellow Turbans have never been cut off, and many bandits are raging. After the Yellow Turban Rebellion subsided, although Nanyang County was nominally under the jurisdiction of Jingzhou, in fact it was under the dual jurisdiction of Jingzhou Mu and Si Lixiao, and its Taishou was directly appointed by the Luoyang Imperial Court, and Jingzhou Mu only had the right to control. But he has no right to directly intervene in the military affairs of the county.

Therefore, since Liu Biao took office as the pastor of Jingzhou. Nanyang County was not under his rule, it had been occupied by Yuan Shu, and Jingzhou was eyeing it. Until the Sili War, Yuan Shu shifted his focus to Yangzhou, and the governance office was set up in Shouchun, and the battle with Liu Xuan, the assassin of Yangzhou, was in full swing, so that Nanyang County's defense was lax. Liu Biao saw the fighter plane, sent troops at the right time, and re-incorporated Nanyang County into Jingzhou in one go, and finally recovered the entire territory of Jingzhou in his lifetime and occupied the nine counties of Jingzhou (Nanyang is the emperor's township, and the thirty-six counties under its jurisdiction are equivalent to three counties).

So far, Nanyang County has been under the rule of Jingzhou for less than a year, and when Liu Biao recovered Nanyang County, he did not personally lead the troops, but Cai Mao and Zhang Yun led the army.

It is precisely because of Shun Lì's recovery of Nanyang that Cai Mao and Zhang Yun have outstanding achievements, and they were greatly rewarded by Liu Biao, and Cai Mao was promoted to the general of Jingzhou, and Zhang Yun was promoted to the general of the water division.

As a result, the Cai family became the largest family in Jingzhou, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun held real power over the Kuai brothers, and Jiangxia Huangzu was called the general of Jingzhou, controlling half of the power of Jingzhou.

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Liu Biao's car drove slowly, and after the 100,000 army entered the city, it was divided into four, and went to the four gates of the southeast, northwest, and northwest, Huo Ran was trying to take over the city defense of Wancheng.

However, this matter is still to be discussed, after all, the entire Wancheng is currently in the hands of the princes of the four roads, Yuan Shao took over the north gate, Cao Cao took over the east gate, Yuan Shu took over the south gate, Liu Bei and Lu Bu are both princes of the first road, taking over the most important west gate. The reason why Ximen is important is because it is quite close to Wuguan in the southeast of Xiliang, and it is always under the threat of the Xiliang army.

Sitting in the carriage, Liu Biao saw through the window of the car the literati on the side of the road pointing at his car, and most of them had admiration and envy on their faces, their eyes were eager, and their expressions were yearning. Liu Biao smiled slightly when he saw it, so he turned his head slightly to withdraw his gaze, but the moment he turned his head, he inadvertently caught a glimpse of three dignified young men standing on the attic window of the wine shop opposite the door of the county guard's mansion, their expressions calmly looking down at the Jingzhou war cavalry that had arrived in front of the county guard's mansion first, and their expressions and demeanors were completely different from those of the literati on the side of the road. Just as Liu Biao was waiting for further inspection, the car turned around and arrived at the main gate of the county guard's mansion, where Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Yuan Shu, Liu Bei, Lu Bu and Sun Ce and other princes jointly greeted him.

"My lord, the princes of the towns have been waiting in front of the palace for a long time." When Liu Biao was slightly stunned, the sound of Don't Drive Kuai Yue came from outside the car door, and Huo Ran reminded him not to be rude in front of the princes, so as not to cause trouble.

"yes, got it." Liu Biao groaned, leaned over and stepped out of the carriage, and then turned his head to look at the attic of the restaurant, but saw that the lattice window had been closed just now, and the three handsome young men were nowhere to be seen.

"There are such magnificent young talents in Jingzhou, why has the old man never seen them before? What a weird thing! Secretly sighed to himself, Liu Biao immediately threw it behind him, his cheeks moved slightly, and a smile like a spring breeze appeared in an instant, and then strode towards Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others, and saluted in turn.

After a little greeting, the princes of the six towns walked to the lobby together, chatting and laughing while walking, quite an atmosphere of reunion of old friends.

However, after everyone crossed the threshold of the lobby, the laughter suddenly stopped, and the smile quickly retracted, and a subtle and strict atmosphere filled the lobby, causing the air to condense, causing the attendants standing at the corner of the lobby to stand with bated breath and be silent.

This is because there are seven seats in the middle of the lower steps of the lobby, and Yuan Shao sat on the left side before, and below them were Yuan Shu and Sun Ce; Cao Cao was on the right side, followed by Liu Bei and Lu Bu, and the last seat was vacant. But now that Liu Biao is here, the seat order will naturally change, but who among the princes of the six towns is willing to succumb to the last seat, and who is willing to give up their seats between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao?

Who among the princes of the six towns will show their high demeanor, take the initiative to show weakness, and be willing to be the queen?

What does seat seat mean? This is self-evident. If the world is peaceful, there will naturally be no dispute over the seats, and the dignity and humility of the officials and lords between the people will be clear at a glance, and they can sit down separately, and there will be no disputes between them. But in the current troubled times, the seat is extremely important, and each seat represents its own identity and status, and then determines its own right to speak. In this way, it is natural that the higher the seat, the better, and each seat in front means that his status among the princes of the world has risen one step.

According to the level of the official, Yuan Shao was originally a general of the chariot and cavalry, and he was the third duke, slightly better than Liu Biao, so he should be seated; However, after the Great War of Sili, his official title was deposed by Li Li, and the position of general of the Che Cai was re-enshrined to Li Dao, but he was still the pastor of Jizhou. As a result, among the seven princes in the hall, Lu Bu was the highest, and General Fenwei was equal to the three dukes, so he should be on the throne; followed by Liu Biao, but he is the lord of Jingzhou; The rest are Cao Cao, Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao, Sun Ce, and Liu Bei.

There is another problem in this, the Han Dynasty respected the right, which was a rule established after Liu Bang dominated the world, and it has a history of more than 400 years. However, since Li Li took over Chang'an, he broke this rule, and in view of the rules of the Han people in later generations, he re-activated the first emperor ritual system, with the left as the respect. Therefore, Li Li's subordinates all respect the left, and most of them are military generals, deliberately raising the status of military generals, so as to highlight the importance of military generals. In view of the fact that the Xiliang army is getting stronger and stronger, the generals are gathered, and the combat power is strong, the princes from all walks of life have followed suit and raised the status of the military generals one after another, thus subverting the etiquette system inherited by the Han Dynasty for hundreds of years in one fell swoop.

Because of this, the seven princes stopped and stood one after another after entering the hall, their eyes flickering, and the corners of their eyes invariably turned to Liu Biao. Look at how he chooses, whether to follow the old system and choose the right position, or follow the example of Xiliang Li Li to choose the left position? But no matter how he chooses, he will inevitably change the original seat order, thus offending a prince who was taken away from him. If he didn't want to offend any of the princes, he would be at the bottom of the table in the order of first come, first served. Obviously, this is not possible.

From the moment Jingzhou's 100,000 troops marched into Wancheng, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and other six princes knew that Liu Biao was not good, or he was very dissatisfied with the princes' unauthorized transfer of the Son of Heaven and hundreds of officials to Nanyang County. The clay man still has three points of fire, not to mention Liu Jingsheng of Jingzhou, whose strength is second only to Xiliang Li Li?

"Tom tom!" After a brief silence, crisp and loud footsteps sounded in the hall, each striking at the hearts of the six princes, making them affectionate and their faces extremely gloomy.

Liu Biao walked to the left seat and sat down, and beckoned the princes to sit down with a smile: "You are so polite, but the old man is disrespectful and adds a seat." Hehehe! ”

After laughing, Liu Biao said with a smile: "As the lord of Jingzhou, the old man didn't know that you came to Jingzhou before, it was indeed rude, and I ask you to bear with me." This time, all of you live in Wancheng, and the old man should devote himself to the friendship of the landlord and entertain you warmly. It is said that Brother Xuande is a member of my Liu clan, and he is in the same vein as the old man; In this case, the virtuous brother was aggrieved and entertained the distinguished guests who came from afar for his brother. Please sit down opposite the original, Meng De will condescend to the old man, and everyone will sit down. "This is the unscrupulous strong man respected, speaking with strength, 100,000 Jingzhou troops stationed in the city, persimmons pick up soft pinch, what can I do?

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