Han Xiang

Chapter 422

"What exactly happened?"

Seeing Liu Biao and Cai Mao playing charades, Liu Ye stood up decisively to rescue Liu Bei, and turned his attention to Liu Qi who was opposite Cai Mao.

Liu Ye and Liu Qi have been together for a long time, and he thinks that the simple and honest Liu Qi will not tell lies, let alone frame Liu Bei.

Liu Qide's Liu Biao pointed his eyes and explained with a frown: "It seems that uncle really doesn't know that Wudang County Magistrate has just sent an urgent military report, and Yan Xicheng and Shangyong's tycoons are gathering their parts to prepare to join Zhang Lu's army to take revenge on Jingzhou."

"If Zhang Luxing's troops come to attack, it must be because the imperial court named his nephew the prefect of Hanzhong. What does this have to do with me?"

Liu Bei couldn't help but interrupt Liu Qi halfway.

"It really matters." Liu Qi shook his head bitterly: "At the beginning of the month, an army came out from the upper valley of the Han River to the east, and then went to the northeast of Wudang. The Wudang county captain sent scouts to investigate, and they fought under the banner of Guanzi."

"Nephew Xian said Yun Chang? He has been stationed in Wancheng to resist Cao Cao. How could he come out from the west of Wudang? The Wudang sentry must have misread it, or the rest of the Guan surnamed troops passed by."

Seeing Liu Bei shaking his head, Cai Mao interrupted with a sneer again: "Liu Xuande, you don't need to be clever. Guan Yu's light soldiers attacked and wanted to seize the counties in the eastern part of Hanzhong, but the defenders found out that he was not secretive. Xixian, Xicheng, Shangyong and other big cities were all closed. The gate was firmly guarded, but his raid failed and his food was exhausted, so he slaughtered more than a dozen towns and villages and left, threatening to attack Hanzhong head-on in the coming year."

"Ambush by light soldiers? And slaughter innocent people?"

After hearing this, Liu Bei not only didn't panic, but responded with a sneer: "My second brother is proud and arrogant, but he is a hero with little righteousness. How could he slaughter innocent people for food and grass? It is clearly framed by traitors."

At this time, Kuai Yue clasped his hands and said, "As the saying goes, knowing people, knowing faces, but not knowing one's heart, according to the information Wudang found from those counties, the leader with a red face and long beard, holding a green dragon sword, claimed to be the captain of the northern part of Nanyang. It wasn't your brother Guan Yu who would have who is it?"

"I"

Liu Bei was about to explain, but was interrupted by Liu Biao: "Xuande, I haven't told them about the imperial court's edict to Yun Chang. You have worked hard for Qi'er, but the matter of seeking Hanzhong must be delayed." , Jiangdong suffered a big loss in Yuzhang, and it is difficult to guarantee that Sun Quan will not send troops to retaliate. If he fights with Zhang Lu at this time, Jingzhou will not be able to take care of both ends."

"Jingzhou has enmity with Sun Quan in the east, and Zhangjin in Jiaozhou in the south. Now that you have made an enemy and Zhanglu in the west, plus the strong enemy Cao Cao in the north, wouldn't you be enemies on all sides? If enemies from all directions attack at the same time, Jingzhou will definitely be in danger. "

When Kuai Yue added this sentence, Liu Bei felt that he was full of mouth, and it was difficult to prove his innocence at this time.

At the critical moment, Liu Ye suddenly twisted his beard and laughed, with obvious mockery in his laughter.

Since Liu Ye was a well-known scholar and clan relative in Jianghuai, Cai Mao and Kuai Yue couldn't be as aggressive as Liu Bei, and Liu Qi couldn't question this teacher-like figure, so all the pressure was passed on to Liu Biao.

The atmosphere in the hall was originally very heavy, everyone was asking Liu Beixing for their crimes, but it was broken by Liu Ye's smile.

Liu Biao asked curiously, "Why are you laughing, sir?"

Liu Ye glanced at the crowd, shook his head and explained, "I laugh at you for being fooled around by Cao Cao, but forcing the blame on Shijun and General Guan. Cao Cao may smile brighter than me."

Liu Biao frowned after hearing this: "The imperial court appointed Qi'er as the prefect of Hanzhong, and at the same time ordered me to fight with Yunchang. This is indeed Cao Cao's conspiracy. However, Xiangyang has always been restrained. This time, Yunchang aggressively turned against Zhang Lu. , Zi Yang, don't confuse black and white."

"Hahaha"

Liu Ye shook his head and smiled wryly, then asked back: "Cao Cao's plan for Jingzhou is not limited to these? I don't know why the governor made up his mind to fight Yuzhang? I'm afraid he also heard some good news?"

"Ah this."

Liu Biao sneaked a glance at Cai Mao and Kuai Yue. Although he knew the answer, he deliberately made excuses: "Yuan Yang and Sun Quan have a feud against their father, and it is inevitable to fight with each other. Besides, the timing is really good. It can be regarded as repaying Sun Ce last time." Looting Sha Xian's revenge, of course, also depends on Zi Yang's plan in front of the army."

Liu Ye waved his hands and sighed: "Cao Cao won in Huainan in the first half of the year, drew Jiangdong's attention to the north, and then gave up his vigilance against Jiangxia. If Zhang Liao and Chen Deng also sent troops in the war, Zhou Yu might not dare to send so many troops to help. And Yuzhang may also be occupied by Huang Taishou, but in the end, Cao Jun didn’t mobilize a single soldier, and Jingzhou spent a lot of money, food and warships as the price, and finally only gained tens of thousands of people, don’t you think it’s strange?”

"Zi Yang means"

After hearing this, Liu Biao suddenly realized that Jingzhou was being manipulated by invisible hands. He didn't expect that Cao Cao was playing tricks on him. This guy is indeed a treacherous person.

Liu Ye said solemnly: "Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao twice in Guandu and Cangting. I am afraid that he has plans to annex Hebei, but Jiangdong attacked Shouchun twice and threatened Xudu, so Cao Cao had to go south. Sun Quan lost from Huainan this year. , has been unable to go north in a short time, so Cao Cao turned his attention to Jingzhou, and only by adding more enemies to the Fujun, Cao Cao can go north with peace of mind to fight Yuan Shao."

Seeing that Liu Biao was nodding his head in thought, Cai Mao interjected and asked, "Sir, what you said is reasonable, but it can't hide the fact that Guan Yu turned against Zhang Lu. My brother-in-law didn't fall for Cao Cao's plan, but Guan Yu cooperated with the imperial edict. Don't forget that he was in Cao Ying. stayed."

"Cai"

"Degui speaks carefully!"

Seeing that Liu Bei was about to get angry, Liu Biao interrupted and scolded Cai Mao, and just as he finished speaking, he heard Liu Ye laughing again.

"It is precisely because General Guan has been in Cao Ying that his appearance can be easily imitated by Cao Cao's people. If Cao Cao sends someone to attack Xi County pretending to be, who can tell the truth from the fake?"

"exactly."

Liu Bei repeatedly echoed: "Cao Cao must have sent someone to pretend. My second brother is in Wancheng. Whether he leads troops west to Hanzhong, the local soldiers and civilians can testify."

Seeing the two singing together, Cai Mao disapproved and said: "Guan Yunchang was ordered to hunt down the thieves. He did have a motive to send troops. Even if he didn't go there in person, he could also send his generals to go. So it is meaningless to ask someone to testify."

"you"

Liu Bei wanted to argue, but was stopped by Liu Ye's eyes.

Liu Ye then bowed his hands and saluted, and made a suggestion: "Since the lord and all the lords have doubts, why not invite General Guan to Xiangyang? Now that the end of the year is approaching, and the gentleman wants to go back to Wancheng, Zhang Lu will definitely not send troops in winter. Let’s clarify the situation so that we can resolve this conflict.”

Liu Biao and Cai Hao looked at each other, then nodded affirmatively: "I originally wanted to stay with Xuande's family in Xiangyang for the New Year, but right now the safety of Jingzhou is still the top priority. Xuande has to find a way to go to Wancheng besides finding out what happened. Come up with countermeasures, if Zhang Lu insists on raising troops to invade the country, he may have to rely on you."

"But this."

Liu Bei now understands that no matter whether the matter is true or not, Liu Biao hopes to solve it by himself.

Zhang Luke is different from the sect thieves in Jingzhou, fighting with him will inevitably consume troops, and the result is contrary to Liu Ye and others' strategy of "borrowing chickens to lay eggs and accumulate strength".

Liu Bei wanted to find an excuse to evade, but suddenly saw Liu Ye's affirmative look, so he stopped talking as soon as he spoke.

(End of this chapter)