"Yue thanked the emperor for my behalf!" Kuai Yue bowed again to his elder brother, looked grateful and said earnestly, "But I wonder when the emperor will send a large army? The longer the civil strife in Jingzhou lasts, the greater the death and injury, and the greater the harm.

Now that Cao Cao is about to unify the north, the day he goes south may not be far away. If the rebellion in Jingzhou is difficult to quell, the situation will be unpredictable!"

"Don't worry, Chief Kuai, but if Liu Jingzhou needs it, our army will attack Jingbei at most one month!" The eldest brother nodded and promised Kuai Yue.

"Shi Kuai, how many troops can Liu Jingzhou send to the north to suppress the rebellion?" I am more concerned about Liu Qifang's situation.

"Returning to Zhangpingnan, we are now joining the troops of the Jingnan army in Jiujiang, Yuzhang and Luling, and attacking the Jiangxia rebels. After Jiangxia is pacified, we can dispatch about 30,000 troops to the north!"

"Thirty thousand??" The second brother gently stroked his chin and his long beard, his phoenix eyes opened slightly, and he said in a little confusion, "Liu Jingzhou can only dispatch 30,000 troops with the power of the eight counties in the south of the Yangtze River?"

Although I was not optimistic about Liu Qi's military strength, I didn't expect that they could only use 30,000 people.

"Forgive me, Mr. Guan!" Kuai Yue replied helplessly, "My military and horse configuration in Jingzhou is to focus on the north and down to the south. In addition, Jiangdong has been pacified before, and our lord and the emperor have an alliance agreement, so there is no need to station too many military and horses in Jingnan and other places.

Before the death of the governor of Xianzhou, he mobilized more than 10,000 troops from Jingnan to garrison Xiangyang and Zhangling. The 30,000 that Yue said was actually a boastful number. In this way, the three new counties of Jiujiang, Yuzhang and Luling will not have much force to garrison.

If we want to recruit new recruits, it will definitely not be effective in less than half a year from recruitment to training. By then, the situation in Jingzhou may be in danger!"

"How many soldiers and horses are there in Jingbei?" the eldest brother nodded slightly and asked seriously.

"Cai Ni's army should have been around 80,000, plus Shangyong Ma Chao's nearly 20,000 soldiers, totaling nearly 100,000! However, when attacking Jiangling, the rebels suffered nearly 10,000 losses. In this way, there were actually about 90,000!" Kuai Yue replied respectfully, "In addition, Cai Ni's army is among them.

About 20,000 recruits were recruited for less than March!”

Kuai Yue's introduction is roughly consistent with what Xu Shuxi found. With 30,000 to 90,000, Liu Qi's suppression of rebellion is not an easy task!

"Uncle, in order to quell the rebellion as soon as possible, our Lord still has a reluctance to ask..."

"Shi Shi Kuai, please speak, but Liu Bei's ability will definitely agree!" The eldest brother waved his hand and responded generously.

"Although Jiujiang, Yuzhang and Luling counties are under our jurisdiction, the people's hearts have not been attached to them in the newly established land, and a large number of troops must be dispatched to stabilize public security.

But our lord really cannot draw out so many troops. Now that the rebellion is about to be suppressed, if Jiujiang and other three counties are incited by Cai Ni again, the situation will be dangerous..."

When Kuai Yue said this, most people in the hall still did not understand what their intentions were. Only Xu Shu, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Zhang Yi and others had their eyes instantly, and they seemed to have already understood it.

"What is Liu Jingzhou... mean?" the eldest brother asked in confusion.

"Our Lord intends to transfer all the troops stationed in these three counties to the north to suppress the rebellion! But in this way, the governments of these three counties are difficult to stabilize..." Kuai Yue suddenly made a surprising request.

"Therefore, my lord wants to use the emperor's uncle Hu Ben to enter Jiujiang, Yuzhang, and Luling to stabilize the situation and enable the people to live and work in peace and contentment..."

"What?" A subtle voice of discussion sounded immediately in the hall.

My second brother and I looked at each other and saw the surprise in each other's eyes. Liu Qi's request was not like "using troops to stabilize the situation". It was clearly intended to give Brother Yu the three counties of Jiujiang, Yuzhang and Luling.

How much manpower, material resources and financial resources did Jingzhou spend on capturing these three counties that day... only two large-scale attacks on Jiangdong. The Jingzhou army suffered no less than 100,000 casualties. The land that he had worked hard to seize is now to give up to others?

But if you think deeply, you have to be amazed at this rather large-scale proposal.

As Kuai Yue said before, under the current circumstances, Liu Qi's urgent task is to quell Cai Mao's rebellion as quickly as possible. If he wants to quell the rebellion, he not only needs to concentrate all his own troops, but also needs the full support of his elder brother.

It has just been taken over to the rule. The three counties including Jiujiang, which have not yet been stable, will not only not be able to become the back arm support. Instead, it will be Liu Qi's burden (at least in front of him, it is a drag and burden).

Now Liu Qi generously gave these three counties to his elder brother. First, he got rid of the "brokenness", second, he could also please the elder brother and "inspire" the elder brother to send troops as soon as possible, third, he also wanted the elder brother not to touch Jingzhou's thoughts again.

It’s just one stone and three birds with one stone!

This move was extremely beautiful, but it was definitely not what Liu Qi himself did. It was probably the most important thing that was made by Kuai Yue.

"..." The eldest brother seemed to think of the hidden meaning behind Kuai Yue's request, frowned and pondered, and did not answer immediately.

"This matter is related to the survival of our Jingzhou. I hope that the emperor will think of the brothers with the Patriarch of the State and the suffering of the people, and agree to the request of our Lord!" Kuai Yue bowed and gave a long tribute and said sincerely.

"Chief Kuai asked for help!" The elder brother stepped forward and helped Kuai Yue up, nodded and responded, "Since it was Liu Jingzhou's request, it would be pretentious to refuse again!"

"Thank you, Uncle," Kuai Yue thanked happily.

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After sending Kuai Yue to the inn to rest, the elder brother left dozens of civil and military officials to continue discussing matters.

"...Kuai Yidu's trick was extremely beautiful!" After Xu Shu analyzed in detail Liu Qi's intention to "cede" Jiujiang and other three counties, he sighed.

"This plan is magnificent and grand, not much like it was produced by Kuai Yidu!" Pang Tong shook his head and said with a smile, "In terms of Tong's opinion, it is a bit like Kuai Zirou's work! What do Kong Ming thinks?" Pang Tong was originally very familiar with the situation in Jingzhou. After taking over the intelligence collection and analysis work, he made a very meticulous investigation of the ministers in Jingzhou. It can be said that when it comes to familiarity with Jingzhou affairs, no one can compare with him.

"Liang is also the same as Shi Yuan said!" Zhuge Liang nodded and recognized Pang Tong's guess.

"In this way, this is Kuai Zirou's plan!" The eldest brother sighed with regret, "Kuai Zirou's generation is a master of his generation. It's a pity to die like this!"

After a pause, the eldest brother ordered Sun Qian: "Gongyou, please go to the police again and pay tribute to Kuai Zirou on my behalf!"

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The next day, at the instruction of the elder brother, the second brother, Xu Shu, Zhuge Liang, and Pang Tong carefully discussed a series of issues of how to advance to Jingbei and how the two armies fought together.

However, on the 22nd day of the first lunar month, Xu Shu's subordinates and Pang Tong's subordinates heard a shocking news almost at the same time - after driving Liu Qi across the Yangtze River, Ma Chao suddenly raised an army to fight against Cai Mao.

At present, Ma Chao has seized Xiangyang and controlled most of Cai Mao's troops, but Cai Mao himself has no idea of ​​life and death.

This news was both expected but unexpected. Xu Shu, Pang Tong, Zhuge Liang and others had previously analyzed the possibility of Ma Chao seizing Jingzhou, and I agreed with it myself. But Ma Chao took action so quickly.

And it is amazing to achieve such "success".

Upon hearing the news, Kuai Yue immediately asked to see his elder brother as anxiously, asking him to send someone to confirm the authenticity of the news. In fact, without saying much, Xu Shu and Pang Tong were already doing further information collection.

Kuai Yue’s anxiety is understandable————Jingbei is in the hands of Cai Mao. It will be two completely different results from being in the hands of Ma Chao.

Although Cai Mao was the chief foe of civil strife in Jingzhou, his talent was limited and his military use was even more average. He was in charge of the power of Jingbei, and it would be much more difficult to send troops to suppress the rebellion in the future.

And no matter what, Cai Mao is a local rich man in Jingzhou and will not "spoil" Jingbei too much.

Ma Chao is completely different! After the Yongsi War, Ma Chao's reputation for being brave and good at fighting has long been heard of the world. He and Cao Cao and Han Sui had a deep hatred. The main purpose of seizing Jingzhou must be to avenge his father. Because Ma Chao is an "outsider".

He has no feelings for Jingzhou and will not care about the human and material resources of Jingzhou. Therefore, if he really seizes Jingbei, he will definitely devote all his strength to the north to attack Cao Cao.

At that time, the damage to Jingbei will never be described as "injuring muscles and bones", but may be extinct damage.

Because of this, Kuai Yue seemed particularly anxious!

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Two days later, the news was confirmed--Ma Chao not only seized Xiangyang, controlled almost all the troops under Cai Mao's command, but even Cai Mao himself was killed. The Cai clan was even wiped out several times.

Now Ma Chao takes Liu Cong as a puppet and appointed himself as a former general to supervise the military affairs of Jingzhou as Liu Cong's general. His generals Ma Dai, Pang De, and the adviser Fa Zheng do their best in the military and political power in Jingbei.

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Then, he took advantage of the opportunity that Cai Xunqi had not reported the situation of Jiangling to Cai Mao at the time and sent envoys to Xiangyang, lying that Jiangling had been broken, and Liu Qi, Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue and others were all captured, and Cai Mao came to deal with it.

Cai Mao did not expect such a change, so he set out for Jiangling unsuspectingly, preparing to play with the child Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue to secretly kill him. However, this journey turned out to be Cai Mao's death journey.

As soon as Cai Mao arrived in Jiangling, he was killed by Ma Chao. Then Ma Chao disguised himself as Cai Xun's army and returned to the army, cheating the city and seizing the land until he captured Xiangyang and controlling Liu Cong.

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After understanding the entire process of Ma Chao seizing power, even Xu Shu and others were amazed. Pang Tong even said that such a series of tricks was definitely not something Ma Chao could do.
Chapter completed!