Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 233 On the eve of civil strife, Jingzhou is stormy (1)

While Cai Mao, Kuai Yue and the others were discussing major issues, in Xiling County, Jiangxia County, in Liu Qi's room at this moment, Huang Zu and Shen Chen were sitting opposite each other.

The smell of medicine in the room was strong, Liu Qi's face turned pale on the bed, his complexion was not very good, and he was still recuperating.

This serious illness also damaged Liu Qi's foundation very much, making him very weak at the moment.

But in order to discuss important matters with Huangzu Chenchen, he still supported his body, and waited for Huangzu Chenchen to come into the room and sat on the mat beside the bed before he said: "Duke Yuanyang, Xiaoqing, how are you? "

Shen Chen said in a deep voice: "The people I sent have returned, and now the whole of Xiangyang has been sealed off. I guess Cai Mao, Kuaiyue and others kept the funeral secret in order to trick the eldest prince back to Xiangyang, and then secretly assassinate him, and then support him. The second prince ascended the throne, maybe at this time, the second prince has already ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor."

Huang Zu gritted his teeth and slapped the table and said: "Damn it, Your Majesty just couldn't bear to cut off Cai Mao Kuaiyue and others. The second prince is cowardly by nature and is held by Cai Mao Kuaiyue and others. Now that he is enthroned as emperor, Jingzhou is not controlled by them." In charge?"

"I'm afraid it's not that His Majesty doesn't want to cut them off, but that it's impossible to cut them off."

Shen Chen sighed and said: "At the end of last year, His Majesty was still able to handle government affairs. He wrote an imperial edict to ask the prince to recruit me to lead the troops and escort the prince to Xiangyang. As a result, he died in less than a month. There are many suspicious points in it. There is something inside."

"Could it be that they murdered His Majesty?"

Huang Zu opened his eyes wide.

Shen Chen said: "The most urgent thing now is not to find the truth, but how to deal with the eldest prince."

The two looked at Liu Qi, who turned pale and said, "What do you mean by that?"

"Should I fight with the second prince or let it go."

"How about fighting, how about letting go?"

"If we fight together, we will naturally find a way to strengthen ourselves, and we will have a good fight with Cai Mao, Kuaiyue and the others."

Shen Chen said: "If we stop at this point, we will stop the flags and drums, and hand over Jingzhou to the Second Prince. But if we do that, His Majesty's foundation will also be acquired by Cai Kuai and the Second Prince, and the Prince may be harmed by it."

"I"

Liu Qi looked around at the two, gritted his teeth and said, "I don't want to be murdered by them, nor do I want my father's inheritance to be taken away by them, can Xiaoqing do anything?"

Shen Chen said: "Now they stand still and block the city in order to trick the eldest prince back to Xiangyang to get rid of it. Now that the prince has fled, it is meaningless to seal the city. I expect they will publicize the second prince's ascension to the throne in two days. , so that all the generals in Jingzhou surrendered, and there will be an edict coming soon."

"Humph."

Huang Zu snorted coldly and said, "This is a false edict, I should not follow it."

Shen Chen said: "Duke Yuanyang should not follow suit, but what about the others in Jingzhou? At that time, Jiaozhou in Jingzhou, except Jiangxia, will be owned by Cai Mao Kuaiyue. Duke Yuanyang and the eldest prince may not be able to support each other."

"Xiaoqing."

Liu Qi quickly asked, "What can you do?"

Shen Chen pondered and said: "Anyone who is famous for his work as a teacher, if my prediction is not bad, Cai Mao Kuaiyue and others will definitely find an excuse to get rid of the eldest prince. I think the prince fled back to Jiangxia that day. It would be best if he didn't go to Xiangyang. Good excuse."

"How about that?"

Liu Qi asked anxiously.

"We should also find reasons to counter it."

Shen Chen said with a smile: "The prince should immediately send someone to contact Liu Pan and Wenpin, because Cai Mao, Kuaiyue, and Yue will not be mourned. His majesty has died of illness a few days ago, and he has to call the eldest prince back to Xiangyang to assassinate him in the name of his majesty's serious illness. On the grounds of Zhao Gao and Li Si's affairs, send troops to wipe out these two thieves."

"it is good."

Liu Qi nodded again and again, he had to stand in the righteousness of the preemption.

Shen Chen said again: "This matter cannot be delayed, it is best for the eldest prince to go to Jingnan to lobby Liu Pan in person."

"That"

Liu Qi gritted his teeth and said, "Then I will set off tomorrow."

Huang Zu said worriedly: "The prince is seriously ill, and he is so tired from running around."

"If the prince goes there in person, he is sure, but it is indeed a big problem if his condition is not cured."

Shen Chen pondered for a moment, and said, "Why don't you write a letter, and then take out the stamped token, and give it to Zhuge Liang, so that Kong Ming can lobby Liu Pan."

Now Liu Bei has not actually entered Sichuan, but is stationed in Zigui, which is the Three Gorges area, with only 3 horses around him.

At this time, he has quietly grown to more than [-] soldiers in Jingnan. In addition to the [-] elite soldiers brought down from Wancheng, there are also [-] Xichuan soldiers who surrendered to Wu Yi.

Finally, there are the recruits he recruited in Jingnan and the trilogy brought by many Jingnan aristocratic families when they defected. The total number of them is more than 3000.

When Liu Bei entered Sichuan, he brought 2 people with him, leaving [-] people in southern Hunan under the control of Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang. If Liu Qi couldn't go in person because of illness, he should write letters and tokens to Zhuge Liang and ask him to persuade Liu Pan.

Liu Qi and Zhuge Liang are also old friends, after all, they are relatives of their own family, so they nodded and said: "Okay, we will follow Xiaoqing's advice."

Immediately Liu Qi wrote the letter, and then took out the stamped letter beside him, and asked his cronies to go to Jingnan to find Zhuge Liang immediately.

And it was at the beginning of February that Jingzhou, which had been dead for nearly a decade, seemed to come alive overnight. A large number of messengers were sent out every day from Xiangyang and Xiling.

Liu Qi has no descendants. Even if he inherited Liu Biao's position, he would pass it on to Liu Cong's descendants in the future, so why did he have to compete with Liu Cong?
the reason is simple.

He didn't want his father's foundation to be taken by Cai Mao, Kuai Yue and others in the end.

Liu Cong's character is cowardly. Basically, Cai Mao Kuai Yue and the others will do whatever they say. If he doesn't come forward to fight, then the power of the entire Jingzhou will belong to Cai Mao Kuai Yue, and the country that Liu Biao conquered will be completely controlled by others.

This is something Liu Qi cannot tolerate.

Another point is that it is already the key to life and death.

Liu Qi was a thorn in Cai Mao Kuaiyue's eyes and they had to get rid of them. Naturally, Liu Qi had to go all out for his own survival.

As for Cai Mao Kuaiyue and the others who control power, of course they don't want Liu Qi to inherit the big position, and they have a new and old hatred with them.

Therefore, both sides will start to win over the middle forces, trying to control the upper and lower military power in Jingzhou.

The rest of the team, Liu Qi, is not easy to compete for, but Liu Pan and Wenpin can compete for it. Without it, Wenpin has always been reasonable, and Liu Pan has a deep friendship with Liu Qi.

So ever.

Both factions took action.

And two days later, a false edict was sent from Xiangyang.

The imperial edict claimed that Liu Biao did not visit Liu Qi before his death because of his unfilial piety, so he passed the throne to Liu Cong, and granted Liu Qi death in the name of unfilial piety.

Huang Zu was furious, beheaded the emissary, and sent people to send letters to the generals and prefects in Jingnan, Nanyang and other places, saying that His Majesty died early in a few days, and Cai Mao, Kuaiyue and others kept the funeral secret and recalled him in the name of the late emperor. Liu Qi wanted to assassinate the eldest prince because His Majesty wanted to pass on to the eldest son.

Both sides quickly began to prepare for the fight for fame and righteousness and the support of all parties before the war.

Liu Cong accused Liu Qi of deliberately delaying time before Liu Biao's death and not returning to Xiangyang. King, want to stand on your own.

Liu Qi's countermeasure was to say that Liu Biao had been assassinated by Cai Mao Kuaiyue and others long ago. Before he was ordered to go to Xiangyang, Liu Biao had passed away for several days. Cai Mao Kuaiyue and others kept secret and wanted to assassinate Liu Qi.

All of a sudden, the whole Jingzhou was in turmoil. Liu Biao's body was still covered with a mat in the Xiangyang Palace.

But the cause of this incident itself was that Cai Mao and Kuai Yue pretended to want to murder Liu Qi, and Liu Qi had no choice but to resist.And Cai Mao Kuaiyue is also worried that after Liu Qi takes over, they will undoubtedly die, so it is better to strike first.

No one is right or wrong in this kind of thing, power and position are in conflict, it's just life and death.

Soon on February [-]th, Jingzhou Shonan.

Zhuge Liang is handling official business in the county office in the county seat.

In the name of General Zuo, Liu Bei established a government in southern Hunan.Liu Biao also acquiesced, and even transferred the original Xiangnan and Xiangxiang county magistrates away, and gave him the two cities.

Therefore, Xiangxiang County in Xiangnan County, that is, Xiangtan City and Xiangxiang City in Hunan Province in later generations, is currently owned by Liu Bei.

"Report!"

At this moment, a guard came in from outside the door and said, "Military division, the eldest prince sent a messenger."

"Oh?"

Zhuge Liang raised his head from the table and said, "Please."

"only."

The guard went out immediately.

A moment later, the messenger hurried in, knelt down on one knee and said, "Mr. Kong Ming."

"Get up, what's the matter with the eldest prince?"

Zhuge Liang asked.

The messenger presented the letters and tokens in his hand to the table and said: "Sir, Your Majesty passed away. Cai Mao Kuaiyue kept secret and wanted to assassinate the eldest prince. Now he has supported the second prince to ascend the throne. The eldest prince wrote a letter and took the token. Please, sir, go and convince General Liu Pan."

"I see."

Zhuge Liangliang nodded and said, "Leave this matter to me."

"Thank you sir."

The messenger was Liu Qi's confidant, and he bowed happily to salute.

After letting the messenger go to rest first, Zhuge Liang fell into thinking.

In fact, he also got the news of Liu Biao's death in these two days.

Although Cai Mao, Kuai Yue and the others sealed off the city, the major families in Jingzhou are not vegetarians.

What's more, this in itself is a cover-up. A smart person can guess with their toes that something big happened in Xiangyang.

And to cause such a big thing to close the city, it can only be Liu Biao's death.

So this kind of news cannot be concealed at all. There are many Jingzhou families behind Zhuge Liang, so it is naturally easy for him to get any news.

The key at this moment is what happened after Liu Biao's death.

Liu Qi is kind and filial, and has a good understanding of the general situation. He even persuaded Liu Biao not to proclaim himself emperor, so as not to be envied and hated by the world.

It can be seen from this that he doesn't really value the position of the emperor very much.

The reason why he was willing to stand up and resist was because he was worried that Liu Cong would be controlled by Cai Mao Kuaiyue and others, his father's foundation would be taken away, and he would be harmed by the other party.

Therefore, Liu Qi's purpose is likely to be to get rid of Cai Mao and Kuai Yue, and to preserve the foundation left by Liu Biao.

of course.

It is also a reason for Liu Biao's descendants to continue to prosper.

After figuring this out, Zhuge Liang suddenly became enlightened.

The civil strife in Jingzhou is also beneficial to them.

So Zhuge Liang immediately went to the barracks to find Guan Yu and explained the situation.

That night, Guan Yu sent Zhou Cang to lead 500 people to protect Zhuge Liang and go to Liling to lobby Liu Pan's barracks.

(End of this chapter)