On the 27th day of the first lunar month, Lu Su's words were fulfilled.

After carefully writing the news, Ma Chao announced that the counties and counties in Jingzhou had already killed Cai Mao and his accomplices who caused civil strife in Jingzhou, while the rest of the aristocratic officials associated with Cai Mao would no longer be held accountable.

Ma Chao said that he would assist the "young lord" Liu Cong in the position of "young lord" Liu Cong to inherit the position of governor of Jingzhou. During the period when Liu Cong failed to formally serve as the chief executive, he would temporarily take charge of military and political affairs. Once Liu Cong became an adult, he would return all his authority.

Ma Chao also "sincerely hopes" that the civil strife in Jingzhou can be quelled quickly, so don't give outsiders an opportunity to take advantage of it.

As for Liu Qi's self-appointed governor of Jingzhou, Ma Chao refuted it sternly, saying that there was only one lord of Jingzhou, who was chosen by Liu Biao's successor document and was officially recognized by the emperor.

Ma Chao strictly ordered Liu Qi, Kuai Yue and others to give up their rebellious acts as soon as possible and return to Xiangyang to plead guilty, and they would be left unrestrained by the past.

After hearing the news, Kuai Yue sneered disdainfully.

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On the 28th, Pang Tong's detailed net passed a battle report to Shouchun——The Jiangxia rebels surrendered to Liu Qi two days ago.

After losing the support of Huang Zu's naval army, Jiangxia County, which was isolated in Jiangnan, was completely in a state of isolation and helplessness. At the same time, Wen Pin, Wang Wei from Jiujiang, and Liu Pan led the army from Jingnan to attack Jiangxia.

Jiangxia's guard general Cai Xun was Cai Mao's cousin, so he naturally led his army to fight to the death, but his troops were very limited and he was attacked on both sides. Soon after, he had to retreat to Jiangxia City to defend to the death.

Liu Pan and Wen Pin siege for many days and attacked the city tower several times, but in the end they were all blocked by Cai Xun. Just as they were a little helpless, Xiangyang changed in a panic, and the news of the demise of the Cai clan reached Jiangxia, and the morale of the defenders immediately collapsed.

Huang Zhong took the opportunity to lead his army to the city and successfully opened the city gate. He welcomed Liu Pan's army into the city. Cai Xun was desperate and committed suicide.

After Jiangxia recovered, the land of Jingnan had been completely under Liu Qi's command, and the rebel forces were completely eradicated. At this point, Liu Qi had formed a confrontation with Ma Chao across the river and divided Jingzhou equally.

At this moment, the matter of the two sides' coordinated attack on Jingbei has been basically discussed. Kuai Yue said goodbye to his elder brother and set off to return to Jingnan. He is preparing to plan the war to restore Jingbei.

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On the third day of the second month of the eighth year of Jian'an, Liu Bei's envoy Bu Zhi rushed to Xiangyang and handed over to Ma Chao with a handwritten letter to Liu Bei.

Xiangyang Prefecture Patriarchal Office Conference Hall

"...Do you dare to ask Ma to 'return' Jingbei to Liu Qi?" Ma Chao threw the silk book in his hand to the ground. His handsome face showed a cold and cold look, and said sneered, "What do you think of this Liu Bei?" Since attacking Xiangyang, Ma Chao moved into the provincial palace in a dignified manner.

He completely regarded himself as the governor of Jingzhou, but Liu Cong, who was only nine years old, was "detained" in a small courtyard in the inner palace.

"Ling Ming, go to the inn and slaughter the Bu person's surname, cut off his head and 'returned' to Liu Bei!" Ma Chao ordered Pang De coldly.

Pang De's face stopped and raised his eyes to Fazheng for a few glances.

Fa Zheng understood Pang De's meaning. He went out to recommend and said, "The military commander, now that Jingbei has just settled, the people's hearts and the military's spirit have not yet surrendered, so it is not appropriate to turn against Liu Bei for the time being. And.

Liu Bei and Cao Cao are also mortal enemies. The Japanese army commander to attack Cao's thieves, and perhaps Liu Bei is still the one who uses it!"

"Mr. Fa is right!" Pang De said with the situation, "Cao and Han are the most important enemies of our army. If you have a falling out with Liu Bei, you will only lose our army's combat power in vain!"

"Hmph~~!" Ma Chao snorted coldly and said unhappily. "Do you really want me to hand over Jingbei to Liu Qi's little dog?"

"Jingbei cannot be abandoned, but it does not need to rebel against Liu Bei!" Fa Zheng sighed silently and advised in a harmonious manner, "The military leader and Liu Bei have a common enemy. If you start from this aspect, you may not be able to convince Liu Bei to abide by the situation in Jingbei."

Ma Chao Yingxiarui's eyes flashed from time to time. Although there was no expression on his face, he was listening carefully to Fazheng's words.

"Liu Bei is an ambitious person. Ruodao has no plans for Jingzhou. No one can believe it!" Fa Zheng analyzed in an orderly manner, "But now Jingbei is under the command of the military leader.

With the prestige of the army leader when he swept across the two states of Yongsi, Liu Bei could not be rude. It is necessary to know that if two tigers fight, one will be injured..."

"Liu Bei is also a tiger?" Ma Chao sarcastically said in a cold voice, feeling very dissatisfied with Fa Zheng calling himself "Two Tigers" together with Liu Bei. "One dog is almost the same, a stray dog ​​that was driven by Cao Cao to escape! With this person, is he worthy of being called Two Tigers together with me, Ma Chao?"

Fa Zheng was silent. After Ma Chao was angry, he continued, "...If Liu Bei dared to be an enemy of the army leader, the benefit would be Cao Cao. Once Cao Cao took advantage of the situation and took Shouchun, Liu Bei would have no way to cry.

Therefore, I thought that if we could fight against Cao Cao in the name of a joint battle, Liu Bei might have made him accused the rule of the army commander over Jingbei. Just now General Pang said it was very correct. The biggest enemy of the army commander was Cao Cao and Han Sui.

Now that Cao's bandits are attacking Shangyong, they must retreat to Cao's army first. Compared with these two, Liu Bei is a problem of scabies. The army leader should put the overall situation of revenge first!" In order to convince Ma Chao, Fa Zheng had to say something against his will.

As soon as Cao Cao and Han Sui were mentioned, the blue veins on Ma Chao's forehead immediately burst out, and his hands holding the corners of the table also began to creak.

"Okay..." After thinking for a while, Ma Chao waved his hand and said to Fa Zheng impatiently, "Let's spare his life for the time being, and you will handle the matter with Liu Bei!"

"Yes..." Fa Zheng breathed lightly and said with his command.

"By the way, what's going on with Shangyong?" After Fa Zheng mentioned Shangyong, Ma Chao asked casually. Just a few days after Ma Chao seized Xiangyang, he made a detailed report that the Cao army in Wancheng invaded Shangyong.

After hearing the news, Ma Chao ordered Ma Liao and Ma Xiu to guard Nanxiang to block Cao's army from going south, and on the other hand, he urgently dispatched 5,000 infantry to Shangyong to reinforce.

"Shangyong has no worries for the time being!" Fa Zheng quickly reported the latest situation to Ma Chao, "Cao's army's attack was mainly bluffing. As long as our army is on guard, he may not dare to attack him."

"Yeah!" Ma Chao nodded and said coldly, "Continue to urge Liu Qi and Kuai Yue to surrender, otherwise Ma will kill the river!"

Fa Zheng nodded silently. After killing Cai Mao and seizing Jingbei, Ma Chao became more and more arrogant, and could even be said to be extremely arrogant. Kill the river? Why do you want to kill the river???

In front of the Jinfan Navy in Ganning, if you can't compete with the Earthly Navy, you will have less than 100,000 troops, even if you have a million powerful troops, you will have to end up in a failure.

Of course, Fazheng will not say these things...

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Two days later, Liu Qi's envoy arrived in Xiangyang and also presented a handwritten letter.

What angered Ma Chao was that the content of this letter was almost the same as the meaning of Liu Bei's letter in the previous episode. Liu Qi neither recognized the legitimacy of Liu Cong's position in Jingzhou, nor did he recognize that Ma Chao was qualified to be responsible for the important position of governor.

On the contrary, Liu Qi claimed that he was the eldest son of Liu Biao and that he was the successor to the governor of Jingzhou. It was only because of Cai Mao's rebellion that the situation of two governors in one state was caused.

At the end of the letter, Liu Qi also advised Ma Chao to return Jingbei, and promised that he would reward Ma Chao well in the future.

At this point, no matter how slow Ma Chao was, he knew that Liu Bei and Liu Qi were working together to put pressure on himself.

Just when Ma Chao was extremely frustrated, Pang De suddenly reported that there were rumors that Ma Chao was unfavorable in the counties in Jingbei.

There are rumors that Ma Chao intends to avenge his father and has long been coveting Jingzhou; there is rumors that once Jingzhou falls into Ma Chao's hands, Jingzhou will be trapped in the quagmire of the war with Cao Cao, and will not be able to extricate itself, and it will soon become a ruin; there are rumors that Liu Huangshu contributed to the stability of Jingzhou, and wanted to coordinate the relationship between Liu Qi and Ma Chao so that Liu Qi can return to Xiangyang to be the chief, but was rejected because of Ma Chao's selfishness. There are even rumors that Liu Biao was murdered by Ma Chao...

The rumors were circulating in almost all counties and counties, and there were signs of intensification. Ma Chao was furious and urgently asked Fazheng to discuss.

After carefully analyzing the information sent back from various places, Fa Zheng believed that these rumors were probably not done by one side, but were used by multiple forces at the same time. It was possible that Cao Cao, Liu Qi, and even Liu Bei!

Ma Chao was furious and scolded Cao Cao for being despicable, Liu Qi was brave, and Liu Bei was shameless, and wanted to send someone to catch up with Ye Yi and set off to return to Shouchun.

Fa Zheng tried his best to suppress Ma Chao's anger and said that the other party's intention was to anger Ma Chao. It is best to respond to changes in the future. The most urgent task is to calm down the rumors first.

Ma Chao strictly ordered all counties to thoroughly investigate and spread rumors, and directly threatened that if there were still rumors in any county, the county magistrate was killed and the county magistrate was succeeded. If the county magistrate still had unfavorable affairs, the county magistrate would be killed and the county magistrate would be succeeded by the county magistrate...

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Regarding Liu Qi's request, Fa Zheng suggested that Ma Chao betrayal and pretend to agree to return the power to Liu Qi first, and try to trick him and Kuai Yue and others across the river. As long as he crosses the river, it will not be Ma Chao's decision to rub the round and flat at that time.

Fa Zheng directly pointed out that controlling Liu Qi and Kuai Yue not only can Jingbei stabilize, but Jingnan can even be Ma Chao's possession.

Fa Zheng still adhered to Liu Bei's previous attitude——If you can be stable, you will be stable, and it is best to form an alliance with him to resist Cao.
Chapter completed!