Soldiers come to the world

Kuai Yue's carriage drove into the gate of the state government and stopped slowly in front of Liu Biao's official house. A guard ran up to open the car door for them. Kuai Yue glanced at the gate and saw a few soldiers standing at the gate, so he asked: "Does Zhou Mu have any guests now?"

"Reporting to Lord Kuai, he is a military adviser. He has just arrived and is talking with the lord. Prefect Li is also here."

Liu Jing was secretly surprised at the back, this Cai Mao came so fast, he was a little worried, Kuai Yue turned around and patted his hand, "Don't worry, come with me."

The two walked towards Liu Biao's official room one after the other. In fact, Liu Jing thought all the way and thought of a reason to persuade Liu Biao.

But he had to take advantage of Kuai Yue's position. If he approached Liu Biao directly, Liu Biao would only treat him as a child and would not listen to his persuasion, but with Kuai Yue at his side, the effect would be completely different.

In the official room, Cai Mao had just arrived and was reporting to Liu Biao about the Xinye war. Originally, Liu Biao was discussing government affairs with Li Gui, the prefect of Xiangyang, but the military situation was important, so Liu Biao asked Li Gui to sit aside for a while.

Li Gui was the prefect of Xiangyang with a high status. He had also followed Liu Biao for many years and was someone Liu Biao trusted very much. He sat drinking tea and listened to their conversation without showing any signs of expression.

"My lord, although Liu Bei succeeded in ambushing Cao's army on Bowangpo, Cao's army is powerful. Xiahou Dun has surrounded Xinye with [-] troops. Xinye City will be broken in at most two days. The battle is set. Liu Bei will definitely lose this battle."

"If Cao's army captures Xinye, will they continue to march south?" Liu Biao asked with some anxiety.

Although Liu Biao hoped to use Cao Jun's hand to eradicate Liu Bei, he was more or less worried about Cao Jun's next move, whether Cao Jun would occupy Xinye, and looked at Xiangfan as a tiger.

He was even worried that Cao Jun would continue to march south and attack Fancheng. Now that Yuan Shao was critically ill and his nephews were fighting among themselves, he was unable to fight Cao Jun. Would Cao Cao use this opportunity to attack Xiangfan?

Just as Cai Mao was about to persuade him, a guard at the door reported, "Kuai Canjun and Mr. Jing are here, and they have something urgent to see Zhou Mu."

Liu Biao was overjoyed when he heard that Liu Jing was back, and hurriedly said, "Let them in quickly!"

A trace of jealousy flashed in Cai Mao's eyes, as expected, this brat really went to invite Kuai Yue.

Liu Jing and Kuai walked into the room quickly, and Kuai made a salute, "See my lord!"

But Liu Jing walked forward quickly, knelt down on both knees and bowed, "Nephew pays respects to uncle!"

Seeing Liu Jing's head wrapped in fine white linen, Liu Biao couldn't help being surprised, "Jing'er, are you injured?"

"Reporting to Uncle, my nephew was surrounded by Cao's army last night. Most of the thousand Jingzhou troops were killed or injured. My nephew and Brother Hu fought to the death to break out of the siege. Poor Deng Wu died at the hands of Xiahou Dun protecting my nephew."

Liu Jing's words contained a huge amount of information, even Cai Mao didn't know, he couldn't say a word, but Liu Biao frowned, "What's going on? Tell me in detail!"

Liu Jing thought about it all the way. If he wanted to persuade his uncle to send troops, he had to understand that Cao Jun not only wanted to eliminate Liu Bei, but also invaded Jingzhou southward.

"My nephew received an express letter from my uncle yesterday evening, so I rushed back to the Jingzhou barracks with a hundred cavalry, but I was caught in an ambush by Cao Jun."

Liu Jing told Liu Biao what happened last night in detail. Even Zhao Yun arrived in time to save his life and Liu Hu's life, but he didn't hide it. The false letter was handed to Liu Biao.

"Jia Xu's schemes are very deep and intertwined. The purpose is to surround me and quote Wenshuai to rescue me. He even made a false letter. Once Wenshuai sends troops, he will definitely be ambushed by Cao Jun halfway. Fortunately, Jingzhou, nephew Break out of the siege in time and rush back to the Jingzhou camp to avoid the danger of the entire Jingzhou army being wiped out."

Liu Jing's eloquence is excellent, and the details are appropriate. He described the thrills at that time vividly, making everyone in the room feel the thrill of last night. overwhelmed.

Liu Biao gasped and couldn't say a word for a while.

Cai Mao's thoughts changed sharply, and he found a loophole in Liu Jing's words, "I wonder how Cao Jun knew that Mr. Jing was in Xinye, and how could he know that Mr. Jing was out of the city. Is this kind of ambush too coincidental?"

"The military commander doesn't know, I participated in the ambush of Cao Jun in Bird Valley, once fought with Yu Jin, and Yu Jin knew me, so Cao Jun knew that I was in Liu Huangshu's army.

As for setting up an ambush, it was actually just Jia Xu’s trick. Even if I didn’t leave the city, Cao Jun would create the illusion that I was surrounded, so Jia Xu sent someone to pretend to be Liu Bei’s messenger to get Wen Shuai into the trap, but I happened to be out of the city. It also became a fake. "

Cai Mao sneered, "This is a bit far-fetched!"

"That's the truth, and Wen Shuai almost fell for it. If I hadn't rushed back in time, Wen Shuai would have led five thousand troops to rescue me and Liu Hu."

Cai Mao still wanted to take aim at Wenpin again, but Liu Biao waved his hand, "Degui, don't argue about this matter."

Liu Biao knew very well that Wenpin was an upright person, and he would never deceive himself by making up such a thing, and Liu Jing was his nephew, so he would not deceive himself either.

More importantly, this kind of thing cannot be deceived, and the truth can be known after checking it afterwards, so Cai Mao doubts whether it is true or not, and can only say that he is a bit picky.

Liu Biao frowned, and said to himself: "I'm curious, why did Cao Jun attack Jing'er? They surrounded Xinye, and the Jingzhou army went to rescue them. Isn't it the same as besieging the city?"

Kuai Yue next to him smiled and said: "My lord, this is actually the key point. The reason why Cao Jun didn't do this is that they wanted to defeat them one by one, annihilate the Jingzhou army first, and then turn around and attack Xinye. In fact, Cao Jun was also very afraid that we and Liu Bei should cooperate with each other to fight against them." , because this is the only way to defeat Cao Jun."

Liu Biao understood what Kuai Yue meant, "What does Yidu mean is that Cao Jun will not only destroy Liu Bei this time, but also deal with the Jingzhou Army?"

"Exactly! Cao Cao will never stop when Liu Bei is wiped out. After Liu Bei is wiped out, Cao Jun will definitely point his sword at Jing Xiang."

"absurd!"

Cai Hao was refuted by Liu Biao just now, so he kept silent. At this time, he couldn't bear it anymore and said: "Yi Du's words are too alarmist. The purpose of Cao Jun's battle is to eliminate Liu Bei, and there is no other deep meaning. The current situation is obvious. Yuan Shao is critically ill. Hebei is about to be in chaos, which is a good opportunity for Cao Cao to attack Hebei. At this time, how can Cao Cao deal with Jingzhou? With Xiahou Dun's [-] troops, he can capture Jingxiang? Yidu also underestimates my Jingzhou army."

"The military adviser's vision is too narrow!" Liu Jing mocked from the side.

Liu Biao's face sank, and he scolded displeasedly: "Jing'er, what are you talking about? Hurry up and apologize."

Liu Jing leaned slightly and clasped his fists, "The boy was rude for a while, it was not his intention, I apologize to Uncle Shi, I hope Uncle Cai will not take it to heart."

Cai Mao sneered, "Where, I really want to hear Mr. Jing's opinion."

Cai Mao was extremely annoyed. He is the military advisor of Jingzhou and the head of the largest family. Over the years, no one has ever dared to say that he is narrow-minded. Even Liu Biao dared not say that. rude.

Moreover, Liu Jing's apology was insincere and obviously perfunctory, which made Cai Mao even more annoyed, held back his anger, and bowed to Liu Biao: "My lord, the sage said, it is enough to die in the morning and evening after hearing the Tao. What are these small etiquettes, my lord please allow me!"

Of course Liu Biao could hear the anger in Cai Mao's words, and he was also a little unhappy. Jing'er had already apologized to him, and he would not let him go. He doesn't have the air at all, he cares about a child.

But Liu Biao didn't know that Cai Mao would not show it even if he was unhappy in normal times, and he still paid attention to his image, but today Cai Mao was at a disadvantage, seeing that his plan to eradicate Liu Bei was about to be shattered, he was anxious and angry, restless , Naturally, he lost his usual calmness and rationality.

Kuai Yue next to him said with a smile: "Mr. Jing is very knowledgeable and always impressive. I want to hear it too."

Liu Biao nodded, "Jing'er, since all the uncles want to hear what you have to say, you can tell me!"

Then Liu Jing calmly said: "What Cai Shishu said is not completely wrong. Cao Cao is indeed restrained by the north and has no time to worry about it. If he said that he attacked Jingxiang on a large scale, no one with a discerning eye would believe it. But if Cao Cao said this It is only for the purpose of destroying Liu Bei, which is too small to underestimate Cao Cao, who is Cao Cao, how can he not deceive others when he is in power!"

"How can you not deceive others when you have power?" Mr. Jing sees it thoroughly!" Kuai Yue praised without hesitation.

Liu Biao also stroked his beard and nodded. This sentence is indeed reasonable. Cao Cao is such a person. Cai Mao next to him said bitterly, "Then how do you think he wants to deceive people?"

Even Cai Hao had to admit that if Cao Cao captured Xinye, he would really not let it go.

Liu Jing smiled, nodded to Li Gui at the side, and continued: "Since Cao Jun doesn't want to attack Jingxiang, why is he trying to annihilate Wen Shuai's Jingzhou Army? The Jingzhou Army is stationed thirty miles away. If you want to get rid of Liu Bei, you can completely ignore the Jingzhou Army, but why would they do this?"

"Wait a minute!"

Cai Mao interrupted Liu Jing, "Perhaps Xiahou Dun was ignorant and didn't think too deeply. He thought that the Jingzhou army was reinforcements, so it is entirely possible to annihilate them first."

Liu Jing sneered lightly, "Mr. 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 adviser. He had been in Nanyang County, and everyone had dealt with him. Of course, everyone knew about Jia Xu's high strategy. Even Liu Biao fell into deep thought. He also realized that, Things are not that simple.

"Jing'er, what do you think is Cao Cao's real purpose?"

The critical moment finally came, Liu Jing took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and slowly said to Liu Biao: "My nephew thinks that Cao Cao's real intention is to provoke Jiangdong and Jingzhou to fight. When he destroys Yuan Shao, Jingzhou and Jingzhou Jiangdong has lost both sides, so Cao Cao led his army to go south again and annexed Jingzhou and Jiangdong in one fell swoop."

Liu Biao gasped. The result was too unexpected. He hurriedly asked, "What does that have to do with the Battle of Xinye?"

"Of course it has something to do with it. If Liu Bei is destroyed, [-] troops will be stationed in Xinye, and the tiger will look at Xiangfan. Jingzhou will have to station a large number of troops in Xiangyang, which will inevitably affect Jiangxia's garrison. Isn't this an opportunity for Jiangdong? Uncle thinks that Sun Quan will let this go Chance?"

The room was silent, extremely quiet, and everyone was deeply shocked. Although it was a bit unbelievable, everything was reasonable.

After a while, Liu Biao sighed, "I made a mistake!"