Chapter 309: Raise a "Zhang Xiu" who does not defect

Author: Ximen Yangzhou

Chapter 309: Raise a "Zhang Xiu" who does not defect

Although Liu Qi is the same age as Liu Ye, their talents are completely different.

In addition to being tall and handsome when Liu Biao was young, his mediocre ability was not as good as Yuan Tan, and Liu Qi was not a problem with his father's favor, but it was almost impossible for Maocai to be elected.

Liu Bei praised Liu Qi as Maocai and Liu Biao's heart.

A real exchange of interests is better than all friendships and sweet words.

During the family dinner, Liu Bei did not mention a word about himself. Liu Biao knew that he wanted to repay his kindness.

So after sending Liu Bei to the inn, he immediately sent someone to summon Cai Mao and Kuai Yue to discuss.

Cai Mao and Kuai Yue both knew that Liu Bei had met Liu Biao and that Liu Biao was the intention of calling them today. So after meeting, Cai Mao and the other two re-used the same trick, preparing to use other military and political priorities to make excuses.

Unexpectedly, Liu Biao changed his past kind attitude and expressed that he only discussed the issue of resettlement of Liu Bei.

Seeing that there was no way to avoid it, Cai Mao took out his draft to deal with it.

"Liu Bei brought more than 50,000 people, and it may be difficult to settle a single county alone. He can only use several counties to separate and settle it, which can prevent the other party from having a different intention."

Liu Biao shook his head when he heard this: "Do not forget that the people who followed Liu Xuande to Jingzhou were not just the people of Guizhou, but ten thousand soldiers and their families. How do you plan to divide them into several counties? Is it a county town divided into a small number of divisions and family members, or should you forcefully break them out?"

"Ah this."

When Cai Mao was speechless and couldn't answer, he saw Liu Biao adding in a deep voice: "Xuande is a hero. I took him in Jingzhou because of the friendship of the Liu clan family, but he should be prevented. If you really follow your suggestions just now, how many counties do we need to guard against? Wouldn't it be a waste of time? It's better to concentrate somewhere, which will benefit both of us."

"If you want to concentrate"

Cai Mao deliberately paused, and then offered advice: "The Jingnan rebellion has just been quelled, and the people have not yet attached it. Zhangjin, Jiaozhou, still invaded the country from time to time. It just so happened that Lingling is not very crowded now, and the land is much more distributed. Why not choose one or two counties for Liu Bei to station?"

Liu Biao frowned and asked, "Did you forget the meeting with King Zhuang that day? Xuande threatened to help me support the Han Dynasty and fight against Cao Cao. If he put it in Lingling in the south, what's the point of staying in Jingzhou?"

"Don't Liu Bei have ten thousand divisions? He can restrain Zhang Jin in Lingling."

The reason why Cai Mao suggested that Liu Bei go to Lingling was because Lingling was close to Jiaozhou and experienced a major plague a few years ago, and the population dropped sharply to less than 200,000 in the county. In many places, there were smoke and chaos, and the Baiyue aliens were in chaos.

Liu Bei led 50,000 people from the Central Plains to the south. During such a long distance of migration, how many people would freeze to death, exhausted to death halfway through the road, and how many people would die of disobedience to the local environment. Cai Mao's ultimate goal was to weaken Liu Bei and to end up trapping him in Lingling.

Cai Mao thought the reason was sufficient, but before Liu Biao could refute him, Kuai Yue from the same camp also turned against him.

Kuai Yue stroked his beard and said, "What the lord said is very good. Degui's suggestion is inappropriate. Zhang Jin is not afraid of making small fuss. Heroes like Liu Xuande should be taken to guard against Cao Cao. I think Wancheng and Xiue counties are most suitable, so he will replace Zhang Xiu to defend the north."

"No, absolutely no, how can we give the land we have finally recovered to outsiders? Have you forgotten how Zhang Xiu betrayed Jingzhou? How many people did he take away?"

Cai Mao stared at Kuai Yue and said in a stiff tone, as if he was saying something was wrong with you today? Why are you talking for Liu Bei?

Since Liu Biao took over Jingzhou, the northern part of Nanyang has been out of control. Before Jian'an, Yuan Shu was occupied, and after Jian'an, Zhang Xiu came.

Until the eve of the Battle of Guandu, Zhang Xiu led his troops to surrender to Cao Cao through Jia Xu's plan, and the northern part of Nanyang County was controlled by Cao Cao.

Liu Biao seized the opportunity of the two major battles of Guandu and Cangting, and spent nearly two years to gradually recover the lost territory in Jingbei. Just one month before Liu Bei fled to Jingzhou, the Jingzhou army captured Xiue in the north of Wancheng.

Kuai Yue bowed and smiled at Cai Mao, and replied, "Do not be excited. Zhang Xiu defected and took the people away. Liu Bei brought the people himself. The most important thing is that his surname is Liu, so he will definitely not betray the Lord and referendum Cao."

"Whatever you say is what you say."

When Cai Mao saw Liu Biao, Kuai Yue agreed, and he lost his meaning after he persuaded him. He planned to come down and question Kuai Yue.

Wancheng and Xiue are located in the core of the Nanyang Basin. The land of the two counties is flat and fertile, which is especially suitable for farming and farming. It is more than enough to feed Liu Bei's 50,000 people. However, the terrain is too flat and there is no danger to guard, and it is too close to Cao Cao's basic Yingchuan.

After Liu Biao dealt with the rebellion of Zhang Xian in Jingnan, he wanted to rest and develop well for several years. He was worried that once Liu Bei stationed troops in Wancheng, he would attract Cao Cao to cause war.

After all, war is fighting the economy. Liu Biao has been consumed intermittently in recent years and has never been able to accumulate and become a hegemon.

Liu Biao was a smart ambitious man who was good at using his advice to make profits for himself. A few years ago, he took advantage of Liu Yan's illness in Yizhou. When Liu Zhang succeeded to the throne, he was unstable and sent Liu He to rebel against generals such as Shen Mi, Lou Fa, Gan Ning in Shu. Unfortunately, the rebellion failed and failed.

Liu Biao knew how to seize opportunities, but he was unwilling to do his best like Cao Cao and Yuan Shao. He wanted to make a profit at a very small price every time, but the result was like buying a lottery ticket and he could never take the initiative.

After pondering for a while, Liu Biao stroked his beard and looked at Kuai Yue, and asked solemnly: "Everything, I think Wancheng, Xiue is a little far away from Xiangyang. If Xuande stationed his troops there, it would be inconvenient for us to grasp the situation, and it would be inconvenient for Cao Cao to attack him, so he could not choose a place closer? For example, Xinye?"

Kuai Yue explained: "Xinye County has a small land area and can't accommodate 50,000 people. Wancheng and Xiue are the most suitable. In addition, Liu Bei has a good relationship with Yuan Shao. If Cao Cao attacks Wancheng, Yuan Shao will definitely lead his troops to attack. Otherwise, we can also attack Yingchuan. Please think twice."

"Okay. You guys go and prepare, let the generals and officials of the two counties make a handover, and I will let Xuande take his people in as soon as possible."

When Liu Biao heard this, he made sense and agreed that Liu Bei would stay in Jingzhou. The ultimate goal was to deal with Cao Cao, and he treated him as "Zhang Xiu" who would not defect.

"only."

Cai Mao and Kuai Yue immediately responded with fists, and then said goodbye to Liu Biao and walked out of the mansion.

As soon as the two walked out of the hall, Cai Mao was impatient to pull Kuai Yue aside and asked in a deep voice: "Kuai Yidu, have you taken Liu Bei's benefits? Why did you help him just now? This person definitely made Jingzhou uneasy."

Kuai Yue looked around and whispered: "Don't get angry, don't you find that your lord is different today? Maybe Liu Bei gave him any benefits."

"My brother-in-law is the lord of Jingzhou. What else can Liu Bei take out besides offering a decree of rags?"

Cai Mao shook his head disdainfully, and then said with a heartache: "If I choose a place for Liu Bei in Lingling, I plan to suppress him with the terrain and climate. Moreover, at such a distance, the 50,000 people will die, and this will weaken his strength. I can even think of the joints. If you don't believe that Jingxiang's number one think tank would not have thought of it, but why do you have to refute it?"

Kuai Yue replied in a deep voice: "The lord knows that he will not let Liu Bei stay away. Jingnan is too far away and cannot control it. As for suppressing and weakening Liu Bei, there is no need to be so troublesome. It would be better to put him in Nanyang."

"What do you mean by relying on Cao Cao's power?"

"Cao Cao is just one of them, I have a more clever way."

(End of this chapter)
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