In the past, Zhang Xiu occupied Wancheng and sent troops to attack Ye County and other places many times.

If you have experience in offensive harassment, you have experience in defense.

When Jia Xu saw Cao Cao staring at him, he mistakenly thought that Cao Cao asked him to speak out, so after Guo Jia finished offering advice, he also sorted out his clothes and started his own performance.

"As Fengxiao said, it is difficult for Liu Bei to capture Hanzhong, and he will not be able to accomplish anything in a short period of time. Ming Gong must seize the time to recover Hebei and secretly restrain Jingzhou by using a plan of discrimination."

"Um."

Cao Cao knocked on the table and murmured to himself: "Liu Biao's intention to take Liu Bei in is obvious, but he is always on guard against Liu Bei, and maybe he can use Xu Shu to make a fuss."

Jia Xu offered a suggestion and said, "You can come to Xiangyang to spread rumors, saying that Liu Bei intends to hold Liu Qi hostage and intends to seize Jingzhou's ambitions. Regardless of whether Liu Qi or not, it will at least temporarily hinder Liu Bei's hands and feet, and Xiangyang may stop supporting him."

"The battle is about to go to the forefront, and there is no time to think about countermeasures. Wenhe's plan is simple and practical."

Cao Cao nodded and confirmed, turned around to signal to Xun Yu, "Wenruo, I will leave this matter to you to implement. In addition, Liu Qi's request for all of his requests to agree, and he ordered him to capture the entire Hanzhong area."

"yes."

Xun Yu understood and replied.

Xiahou Dun was confused and hurriedly reminded Cao Cao: "Meng De, aren't we going to clamp down Liu Bei? Why did we let Liu Qi continue to move westward? Isn't that?"

Cao Cao smiled and waved at Xun Yu: "Wenruo, it's up to you."

Xun Yu nodded and then explained: "This is a tactic of trying to get. If Liu Bei wants to completely defeat Zhang Lu, he can only take advantage of the power of Jingzhou. Do you think that Liu Biao will increase troops and increase grain for Liu Bei when he hears these rumors?"

"So that's it." Xiahou Dun nodded.

Cao Cao looked up and glanced outside the hall and found that the originally dark courtyard suddenly became bright. It was a good weather for the marching quickly. So he asked everyone to prepare and set off for Guandu in an hour.

Xun Yu and Xiahou Dun wanted to take charge of Xudu, but he left Sikong Mansion and did not go directly to Shangshutai, but returned to Xun's family to arrange for people to go to Xiangyang.

He was preparing to spread rumors and accused Liu Bei first, and then responded to Liu Qi with the draft edict to add fuel to the fire.

When Xu Duxiu arrived in Xiangyang, Liu Biao had just sent Liu Bei out of the city for a few days.

Liu Bei helped Liu Qi to defeat Handong and become the county magistrate, which almost made his father Liu Biao cry. He knew how much his son was, so he was full of gratitude to Liu Bei.

At the end of the Battle of Handong, Liu Bei left Zhang Fei and Liu Ye to guard the Xicheng. He and Liu Qi, Zhuge Liang and others returned to Xiangyang to report their lives. Guan Yu also brought his troops back to Wancheng.

In order to celebrate Liu Qi's great achievements, Liu Biao held a flowing banquet in Xiangyang for a month, which was to entertain guests from all over the world and return soldiers.

The mobilization of troops was to reward the soldiers on the expedition, the second was to thank Liu Bei for his help, and the third was to show off Liu Qi's contributions.

Liu Biao, who was always smiling at this time, looked like an ordinary father who was admitted to a prestigious university at home, mobilized his relatives and friends to order songs on TV, and then gave him a gift to him.

Anyone with discerning eyes can see that Liu Biao is showing his eyes to Liu Qi, but this simple method has significant effect.

The officials and gentry who were originally despised by Liu Qi also met Liu Qi again through this banquet, which made Liu Qi's reputation improve in a short period of time. Some even praised others for being a hero, who was the father's style.

As Liu Biao grew older, the frequency of taking decoctions also increased.

Few people are worried that once he dies of illness, it will soon cause Jingzhou to fall into turmoil, but Liu Qi's outstanding performance this time has allowed those who are worried to see the hope of Jingzhou.

Some families are happy and some are sad. Jingzhou has officials who are interested in looking for their eldest son Liu Qi, and also important officials who are interested in their youngest son Liu Cong, such as Cai Mao and Kuai Yue who are in charge of the military and political affairs of Xiangyang.

Seeing Liu Qi gaining power, they couldn't come up with a good way to suppress it for the moment.

Shortly after Xun Yu's careful work entered the city, Cai Mao and Kuai Yue immediately met and conspired.

After overnight planning, Cai Kuai divided his troops into two groups to operate.

Kuai Yue was responsible for reporting to Liu Biao "truely", while Cai Mao indirectly slandered his sister Cai.

The two agreed that the more Liu Biao and his son relied on Liu Bei, the greater the impact on the interests of the Jingxiang clan, so the most urgent thing was to eliminate Liu Bei.

Liu Biao was old and weak. He put on thick clothes shortly after autumn, and even drank warm wine.

When Kuai Yue entered the mansion to report the rumors, Liu Biao was cooking wine with osmanthus flowers in the side hall.

"I'm here to try my wine. This is the new osmanthus flowers that are picked in the season. It's really fragrant."

While greeting Kuai Yue, Liu Biao dressed in wine utensils, and his smile seemed to be in a good mood.

Kuai Yue bowed and did not sit down, but walked straight to Liu Biao's table and whispered:

"Lord, the rumor of Xiangyang has been circulating recently. They all say that Liu Xuande is not a thing in the pool. He is so devoted to the eldest son, so he threatens the eldest son to control Jingzhou."

"Um?"

The more Liu Biao heard, his eyebrows became tighter and tighter, and finally he slapped the table with a palm.

"Enough! People talk about Kuai Yidu, the most wise man in Jingxiang, wouldn't he stop at the wise man when he hears rumors? The common people in the market don't have to pay attention to the nonsense. Why do you follow him and make fun of him? I believe in Xuande's character."

"It's wrong."

Seeing Kuai Yue shook his head in pain, Liu Biao rubbed his slapping palms and asked, "What's wrong with that?"

Kuai Yue smiled bitterly and replied, "First of all, I am not the wisest person in Jingxiang. Zhuge Kongming compared himself to Guan Zhong and Leyi, and defeated Zhang Lu for the first battle of his cottage. Liu Bei's other military advisor Xu Shu also defeated Zhang He and Cao Ren and other famous generals not long ago. I feel ashamed of myself compared to them."

"Wait? Another military advisor?"

Liu Biao's attention has been on Liu Ye, and he has no idea that Liu Bei has a military advisor.

Kuai Yue nodded and affirmed: "I heard that it was Kong Ming's friend, and Liu Bei first appointed him as his military advisor, and then went to Wolonggang."

“I’ll just say it”

Liu Biao immediately frowned. He knew that Zhuge Liang had a high opinion of himself and was not favored by famous scholars in Xiangyang. Although the name of Wolong was particularly famous, ordinary people did not know that it was because of other friends who led the way. No wonder Liu Bei found it so accurately.

Kuai Yue used just a few short sentences to arouse Liu Biao's suspicion.

Seeing that the other party was hanging in the air with a wine utensil in his hand and was thinking about the problem, Kuai Yue continued to add.

"My lord doesn't know Xu Shu yet, right? This person is named Yuanzhi, a native of Yingchuan. I heard that he has a good relationship with Mr. Shui Jing. He was in Wancheng a few days ago."

"According to Yidu's words, Xu Yuanzhi is really capable, Xuande has a good vision."

Liu Biao threw down the small bucket of wine and stroked his sparse beard as if he was thinking.

Seeing this, Kuai Yue continued to make suggestions: "A few years ago, the Central Plains was in chaos. The lord set up a school in Jingzhou and recruited scholars from all over the country. Talents like Xu Shu should have devoted themselves to Jingzhou, but now they are taken over by Liu Bei. It is unlikely that he has no ambitions."

"Oh"

Liu Biao smiled bitterly and said to himself that Xu Shu was really in Jingzhou, where would you give him a position?

The military and political affairs are controlled by you and a few of you, and I don’t even have much say in myself, let alone Xu Shu, who came from a poor family?

(End of this chapter)
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