Chapter 92
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Kuai Yue's carriage drove into the gate of the state yamen and slowly stopped in front of Liu Biao's official room. A guard ran forward and opened the car door for them. Kuai Yue glanced at the gate and saw several soldiers standing at the door. He asked, "Does the provincial governor have any guests now?"
"Reported to Mr. Kuai, he is a military advisor. He has just arrived and is talking to his lord, and Li Shou is here."
Liu Jing was secretly surprised afterwards. Cai Mao came so fast that he actually came with him. He felt a little worried. Kuai Yue turned around and patted his hand, "Don't worry, go in with me."
The two walked towards Liu Biao's official room one after another. In fact, after Liu Jing thought about it, he had already thought of the reason to convince Liu Biao.
But he had to take advantage of Kuai Yue's power. If he directly looked for Liu Biao, Liu Biao would only think that he was a child and would not listen to his persuasion. However, with Kuai Yue on the side, the effect would be completely different.
In the official room, Cai Mao had just arrived and was reporting on the new field war to Liu Biao. Originally, Liu Biao was discussing government affairs with Li Gui, the governor of Xiangyang, but the military situation was important, so Liu Biao asked Li Gui to sit aside for a while.
Li Gui is the governor of Xiangyang and has a high status. He also followed Liu Biao for many years. He is a trusted person. He sat aside to drink tea and listened to their conversation without showing any expression.
"Reported to the lord, although Liu Bei succeeded in ambushing Cao's army in Bowangpo, Cao's army was powerful. Xiahou Dun led 20,000 troops to surround Xinye. Xinye City will be broken for at most two days. The battle has been decided, and Liu Bei will definitely lose in this battle."
"If Cao's army captured Xinye, will it continue to rush to the south?" Liu Biao asked with some anxiety.
Although Liu Biao hoped to use the Cao army to eliminate Liu Bei, he was more or less worried about the next move of Cao's army, whether the Cao army would occupy Xinye and look at Xiangfan.
Even worried that Cao's army would continue to rush south to attack Fancheng. Now Yuan Shao is critically ill and his nephew is in conflict with his internal strife and is no longer able to fight against Cao's army. So would Cao Cao take this opportunity to attack Xiangfan
Cai Mao was about to persuade him, but at this time, a guard at the door reported: "Kuai Shenjun and Duke Jing are here, and if you have an urgent matter, please see the governor of the state."
Liu Biao heard that Liu Jing was back and was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "Let them in."
A hint of jealousy flashed in Cai Mao's eyes. As expected, this little little boy really went to invite Kuai Yue.
Liu Jing and Kuai Yue walked into the room quickly, and Kuai Yue bowed, "See the lord"
Liu Jing walked forward quickly, knelt down on his knees to pay homage, "My nephew greets uncle"
Liu Biao was shocked when he saw Liu Jing's head wrapped in fine white linen, "Jing'er, are you injured?"
"Report to my uncle, my nephew was surrounded by heavy troops of Cao's army last night, and most of the one thousand Jingzhou troops were killed and injured. My nephew and brother Hu fought to kill him and broke through the siege. Poor Deng Wu died at the hands of Xiahou Dun in order to protect his nephew."
Liu Jing's words contain a large amount of information, and even Cai Mao didn't know. He couldn't say a word, but Liu Biao frowned, "Tell me in detail what's going on."
As soon as Liu Jing considered, if he wanted to convince his uncle to send troops, he had to understand that Cao's army not only wanted to eliminate Liu Bei, but also invaded Jingzhou in the south. Only when Liu Biao weighed the pros and cons.
"My nephew received a quick message from his uncle last evening, so he brought a cavalry back to the Jingzhou military camp, but unexpectedly he was ambushed by Cao's army."
Liu Jing told Liu Biao in detail about his life last night. Even Zhao Yun arrived in time to save his and Liu Hu's lives, but he did not hide it. He told Liu Biao everything. Finally, he took out the fake letter of Jia Xu's fraud and handed it to Liu Biao.
"Jia Xu has a deep plan and is linked together. His purpose is to surround me and lead the general to come to rescue him. He even did not hesitate to create fake letters. Once the general sends troops, he will definitely be ambushed by Cao's army. Heaven is fortunate to Jingzhou, and my nephew broke through the siege in time and rushed back to the Jingzhou camp, which avoided the danger of the entire Jingzhou army being wiped out."
Liu Jing was very eloquent, detailed and appropriate, and described the thrillingness at that time vividly, which made everyone in the room feel the thrillingness of last night. If Zhao Yun had not rescued him in time, he would have been trapped and the entire army would have been wiped out.
Liu Biao took a breath of air conditioning and couldn't say a word for a long time.
Cai Maosi turned around and found a loophole in Liu Jing's words, "What I wonder is, how could Cao's army know that King Jing is in Xinye, how could they know that King Jing is out of the city? Is this kind of ambush a coincidence?"
"The military advisor didn't know that I was involved in the ambushing Cao's army in Bird Que Valley. I once fought with Yu Jin. Yu Jin knew me, so Cao's army knew that I was in the army of Emperor Liu.
As for setting up an ambush, it was actually just Jia Xu's plan. Even if I didn't leave the city, Cao's army would create the illusion that I was surrounded. Therefore, Jia Xu asked someone to pretend that Liu Bei's messenger delivered a message just to make the general fall into the trap. But I happened to leave the city, so it turned out to be true."
Cai Mao sneered, "This is a bit far-fetched."
"This is true, and the coach almost fell into the trap. If I hadn't been back in time, the coach would have led 5,000 troops to save me and Liu Hu."
Cai Mao wanted to target the recruitment again, but Liu Biao waved his hand, "Degui, don't argue about this matter anymore."
Liu Biao knew very well that he was a person and was open and upright. He would never make up such a thing to deceive himself. Moreover, Liu Jing was his nephew, so he would not deceive himself.
More importantly, such things cannot be deceived, and the truth will be known after checking them later. Therefore, Cai Mao doubts that the matter is true or false, so he can only say that he is a little nitpicking.
Liu Biao frowned and said to himself: "What I wonder is why Cao's army attacked Jing'er? They surrounded Xinye and Jingzhou army went to rescue him. Can we siege the city and fight for assistance?"
Kuai Yue next to him smiled and said, "Lord, this is the key. The reason why the Cao army did not do this is that they wanted to defeat each one, first annihilate the Jingzhou army, and then turn around to attack Xinye. In fact, the Cao army was also very afraid that we and Liu Bei would cooperate with each other and join forces to fight against them, because this is the only way to defeat Cao's army."
Liu Biao understood Kuai Yue’s meaning a little, “The different meaning is that this time the Cao army not only wants to destroy Liu Bei, but also deal with the Jingzhou army.”
"It is precisely this that Cao Cao will never destroy Liu Bei and let it go. After annihilation of Liu Bei, Cao's army will definitely point at Jing Xiang."
"absurd"
Cai Mao was refuted by Liu Biao just now and didn't say anything. At this time, he couldn't bear it and said: "It's a sensational statement. The purpose of Cao's army in this battle was to eliminate Liu Bei, and there was no other profound meaning. The situation is very obvious now. Yuan Shao was critically ill and Hebei was about to be in chaos. It was a good opportunity for Cao Cao to attack Hebei. At this time, how could Cao Cao deal with Jingzhou? With Xiahou Dun's 20,000 troops, he could capture Jingxiangyi and underestimate our Jingzhou army."
"The military advisor has a narrow vision," Liu Jing mocked him.
Liu Biao's face darkened and he shouted unhappily: "Jing'er, why are you talking, why don't you apologize quickly."
Liu Jing bowed slightly and held his fists, "It was not my original intention to be rude when I was young. I apologize to Uncle Shi. I hope Uncle Cai Shi should not take it to heart."
Cai Mao sneered, "Where, I really want to hear Gong Jing's opinion."
Cai Mao was extremely angry. He was the military advisor of Jingzhou and the head of the largest family. Over the years, no one dared to say that he had a narrow vision. Even Liu Biao dared to say that. A young man with a stinky and unscathed man dared to be so rude to him.
Moreover, Liu Jing's apology was insincere, which obviously made Cai Mao even more annoyed. He held back his anger and bowed to Liu Biao and said, "Lord, the sage said, "It's enough to hear the Tao in the morning and die in the evening. If you can hear the noble opinions of Lord Jing, what's this little etiquette? Please allow it."
Of course, Liu Biao could hear the anger in Cai Mao's words, and he was a little unhappy. Jing'er had already apologized to him, and he was still reluctant to let go. What kind of words are you saying? A dignified head of a noble family and a military advisor in Jingzhou, he didn't even have the energy to do anything and was skeptical about a child.
Liu Biao didn't know that if Cai Mao was unhappy in his heart, he would not show it, and he would still pay great attention to his image. However, today Cai Mao was at a disadvantage. Seeing that the plan to eradicate Liu Bei was about to be destroyed, he was anxious and angry, irritable and uneasy, so he naturally lost his usual calmness and rationality.
Kuai Yue next to him smiled and said, "Mr. Jing is very knowledgeable and always makes people admire him. I want to listen to him too."
Liu Biao nodded, "Jing'er, since several uncles want to hear what you said, just say it."
Liu Jing said calmly: "What Cai Shishu said is not completely wrong. Cao Cao was indeed restrained by the north and had no time to take care of it. If he said that he launched a large-scale attack on Jingxiang, no one with a discerning eye would believe it. But if Cao Cao's move was just to eliminate Liu Bei, it would be too underestimated to Cao Cao. Who is Cao Cao? Since he has the power, how can he not deceive others?"
"How can you not deceive others when you have gained power? Gong Jing can see through it thoroughly," Kuai Yue praised without hesitation.
Liu Biao also stroked his beard and nodded. This sentence really makes sense. Cao Cao was such a person. Cai Mao next to him said angrily: "Then do you think he wants to bully others?"
Even Cai Mao had to admit that if Cao Cao conquered Xinye, he would not give up.
Liu Jing smiled, nodded to Li Gui on the side, and continued: "Since Cao's army does not want to attack Jingxiang, why are they determined to annihilate the commander Jingzhou army? The Jingzhou army is ten miles away. If Cao's army only wants to get rid of Liu Bei, they can ignore the Jingzhou army, but why do they do this?"
"Wait a minute"
Cai Mao interrupted Liu Jing's words, "Maybe Xiahou Dun was not so wise, and he didn't think so deeply. He thought that the Jingzhou army was reinforcements, so it was entirely possible to annihilate it first."
Liu Jing sneered faintly, "Military Cai doesn't know yet, Jia Xu is also in Cao's army. This is his strategy."
Everyone in the room was silent. Jia Xu turned out to be Zhang Xiu's military advisor. He had been in Nanyang County and had dealt with him. Jia Xu's strategy was so high that everyone knew about it. Even Liu Biao fell into deep thought. He realized that things were not that simple.
"Jing'er, then what do you think Cao Cao's real purpose is?"
The critical moment finally came. Liu Jing took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and slowly said to Liu Biao: "My nephew believes that Cao Cao's real intention is to provoke the war between Jiangdong and Jingzhou. When he destroys Yuan Shao, Jingzhou and Jiangdong were both defeated by both Jingzhou and Jiangdong. Cao Cao led his army south again to annex Jingzhou and Jiangdong in one fell swoop."
Liu Biao took a breath of air conditioning, and the result was unexpected. He quickly asked: "What does that have to do with the Battle of Shinye?"
"Of course it's related. Destroy Liu Bei, station 50,000 troops in Xinye, look at Xiangfan, and Jingzhou will have to station heavy troops in Xiangyang, which will inevitably affect Jiangxia's garrison. Wouldn't this give Jiangdong an opportunity to take advantage of it? My uncle thinks that Sun Quan will miss this opportunity?"
The room was silent, quiet to a point, and everyone was deeply shocked. Although it was a bit incredible, everything was reasonable.
Chapter completed!