Author: Zimu Feiyang

Jingzhou, Xiangyang.

Liu Biao was already old at this time, and he was suffering from back gangrene. When the weather was cold or hot, he would be in pain.

Today, almost all power in Jingzhou is in the hands of the Cai family.

The head of the Cai family, Cai Mao, was the commander-in-chief of the Jingzhou Navy and Liu Biao's brother-in-law.

These days, Liu Biao's back gangrene broke out again, and he was unable to deal with Jingzhou's affairs.

Nowadays, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun make the final decision on all matters in Jingzhou.

Military affairs were handled by Cai Mao, and government affairs were handled by Zhang Yun.

Zhang Yun and Liu Biao are also related. Zhang Yun is Liu Biao's nephew, while Cai Hao is Liu Biao's brother-in-law.

It can be seen from this that when Liu Biao hired people, he valued relatives rather than virtuous people.

The government office was now in a state of chaos.

The news that Cao Jun captured Xiling County, captured Huang Zu, and killed Huang She has reached Jingzhou.

Although Jiangxia was Huang Zu's territory, Huang Zu was nominally subordinate to Liu Biao.

Jingzhou must have an attitude towards this matter.

At this time, there was a quarrel about this matter in the government office.

Wei Yan, Huang Zhong, Wenpin and other generals believed that they could not ignore it and should send troops to rescue Jiangxia.

The lips are dead and the teeth are cold. Once Cao's army captures the entire territory of Jiangxia, Jingzhou will be in danger.

Kuai Yue, Kuai Liang and other practical ministers also expressed support for the opinions of Huang Zhong, Wenpin and others.

But, is their support useless?

Because none of them have real power.

Now, the power of Jingzhou is in the hands of Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, and they can only send troops if they agree to support.

However, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun are two rats.

In their opinion, Cao Cao's army was attacking Jiangxia, not Jingzhou. There was no need for them to enmity with Cao Cao for Jiangxia or Huang Zu.

Now Cao Cao's power is too great. Looking at the princes in the world, only Yuan Shao can rival Cao Cao.

They in Jingzhou must not offend Cao Cao!

"Send troops, how to send troops?"

"To send out troops, we need ordnance and food and fodder. How can these things be available in a short time?"

"It's so sudden that we can't send troops!" Cai Hao directly rejected the idea of ​​sending troops to support.

Cai Hao and Zhang Yun were wearing the same pair of trousers. After Cai Hao took the lead, Zhang Yun immediately stood up and agreed?

"In war, you need money and food!"

"Now the treasury is not sufficient, I'm afraid we won't be able to fight the war!"

"Wait a minute, wait until this year's food comes down, it won't be too late to send out troops!" Zhang Yun laughed and laughed.

Isn’t it nonsense to wait for this year’s food to come down before sending troops?

By the time your food comes in this year, the grass on Huang Zu's grave will be ten feet high?

Besides, Jingzhou’s treasury is not sufficient, this is just a fool!

Jingzhou is a land of fish and rice, with bumper harvests every year. In addition, the wars between the world's princes in recent years have not harmed Jingzhou. Jingzhou's granaries are full everywhere.

There is no food here, this is clearly Zhang Yun, Cai Hao doesn't want to fight!

After listening to what Zhang Yun and Cai Mao said, the practical generals Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Wenpin, and Li Yan all puffed their beards and glared angrily.

However, they had nothing to do with Zhang Yun and Cai Mao.

In Jingzhou, this is the situation. Talented people are not reused. Those who are reused are losers like Cai Mao and Zhang Yun.

Li Yan, who had a hot temper, was about to get up and argue with Cai Hao and Zhang Yun. Kuai Yue grabbed him and signaled him not to worry.

Kuai Yue knew that it was useless to argue about this matter. Cai Mao and Zhang Yun were determined not to send troops.

If you want to send troops, you can only ask Liu Biao to speak.

Thinking of this, Kuai Yue winked at the eldest son Liu Qi, which meant that Liu Qi should invite Liu Biao to come over.

Liu Biao had three sons, the eldest son Liu Qi, the second son Liu Cong, and the third son Liu Xiu.

The third son Liu Xiu has no sense of existence. Only the eldest son Liu Qi and the second son Liu Cong have the hope to succeed Liu Biao.

According to common sense, when passing the throne, it is important to establish the elders rather than the virtuous.

Since ancient times, failure to establish the eldest son has been a way to create chaos.

Because there is only one leader, but there can be countless virtuous people.

However, Cai Mao's sister's son was the second son Liu Cong, which led to the Cai family supporting Liu Cong.

Unfortunately, Liu Biao had a soft ear, and Mrs. Cai often blew pillow wind into Liu Biao's ears, which really made Liu Biao want to abolish the elders and establish the younger ones.

The eldest son Liu Qi had no choice but to hug Kuai Yue, Kuai Liang and others to keep warm.

Liu Qi understood Mr. Kuai Yue's eyes, and while the two parties were facing each other, he quietly retreated and went to find his father, Liu Biao, to make the decision.

Liu Qi actually wanted to send troops to seize the opportunity to capture Jiangxia, which could be regarded as a great achievement.

Although the nine counties of Jingxiang included Jiangxia County, Huang Zu only submitted to Liu Biao in name. Jiangxia had always been Huang Zu's private territory.

Coincidentally, when Liu Qi came to see Liu Biao, Liu Biao woke up and his symptoms improved a lot.

"Dad, you wake up!"

"Just in time, I have something to ask you. Outside, Mr. Kuai Yue, General Li Yan, Zhang Yun, and Cai Mao are all about to start a quarrel." Liu Qi said to Liu Biao.

"Oh!" After hearing these words, Liu Biao asked in surprise: "What happened?"

Liu Biao has been suffering from back gangrene these days and has not dealt with any affairs in Jingzhou for many days.

"Dad, what happened is this. Cao Cao sent people to attack Jiangxia. Now, he has captured Xiling County and captured Huang Zu alive."

"If we don't care about it, I'm afraid it won't take many days for Cao Jun to take down the thirteen counties in Jiangxia." After saying this, Liu Qi paused and said slowly: "That's what I think. If we don't care about Jiangxia, it will only take a few days."

I'm afraid that Cao Cao will definitely covet the land of Jingxiang Nine Commanderies in the future."

"According to the child's wishes, it is better to take the opportunity to send troops to capture Jiangxia. In this way, Jiangxia can be truly included in our nine counties of Jingxiang."

When Liu Qi said this, Liu Biao couldn't help but nodded repeatedly, thinking that what Liu Qi said made sense.

Liu Biao knew that Cao Cao had great ambitions.

Therefore, he has been secretly connected with Yuan Shao in recent years, just wanting to contain Cao Cao's development.

However, Liu Biao became more and more timid as he got older. He was just afraid that Cao Cao would plot against his Jingxiang County, but he did not dare to have a real conflict with Cao Cao.

Therefore, he only secretly communicated with Yuan Shao, but did not dare to truly join forces with Yuan Shao.

"My son is right!"

"Cao Cao is called the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, but he is actually a traitor to the Han Dynasty. This man is extremely ambitious and cannot be allowed to take over Jiangxia."

"Otherwise, if a tiger comes to our land of Jingxiang, how can we survive peacefully?" Liu Biao's words were quite reasonable.

Liu Biao was actually satisfied with his eldest son Liu Qi.

However, the mother of the eldest son Liu Qi died early, and his family had little influence.

Now, the Cai family and the Zhang family in Jingzhou all support their second son Liu Cong, which gives Liu Biao a headache.
Chapter completed!