Three Kingdoms: I, the eldest son of Cao, a loving father of a great man!

On that day, when Zhang Xiu had decided to defect to Liu Biao, he showed off his martial arts.

When Liu Biao went to Nanyang County, he took two hundred personal guards with him.

Although the strength of these personal guards is not as good as those of the generals who charge into battle, they are not much worse than the deputy generals in the army.

Zhang Xiu can win one against five with his bare hands, but with weapons and mounts, even if two hundred people attack together, they can't defeat Zhang Xiu.

Even the guards were pulled continuously by Zhang Xiu, and finally they were knocked off their horses one by one.

After Liu Biao saw this scene, he thought Zhang Xiu could compete with Sun Ce.

Therefore, he had high hopes for Zhang Xiu.

Now when he heard Li Yan's question, he said unceremoniously: "Zhengfang, don't think that if you can't defeat Sun Ce, then this kid will be invincible in the world."

"Let me tell you, there is something outside the world, and there is someone outside the world. When Huang Zhong was here before, he could fight Sun Ce on an equal footing. If he used the precious eagle bow, he might even be able to shoot Sun Ce!"

Having said this, Liu Biao glanced at Cai Mao again.

Cai Mao was a little frightened by Liu Biao's eyes. While he was jealous of Huang Zhong in his heart, he was also jealous of Liu Biao.

Liu Biao looked back and continued: "If I hadn't listened to the slander, Huang Zhong wouldn't have left, and now we wouldn't be in such an embarrassing situation by Sun and his son."

Regarding the defeat on the battlefield, Liu Biao attributed it to the fact that there was no general who could match Sun Ce.

Now that he has Zhang Xiu, he can't wait to compete with Sun and his son again.

After being scolded by Liu Biao, Li Yan fell silent and stopped talking.

As for others, they had no objections to Liu Biao's counterattack on Jiangdong.

After all, since Yuan Shu's death, more than half of Yangzhou has been occupied by Sun and his son.

As for Liu Biao, who had many members of the Sun family, except for some surrendered soldiers, he didn't get any territory or anything.

Then, he began to think of taking action against Yangzhou, but was defeated by Jiangdong's army. Not only that, but under the leadership of Sun Ce, Guiyang was also lost.

Moreover, his general Huang Zu also died in battle.

This brought the relationship between Liu Biao and Sun Jian to a freezing point.

If both of them hadn't known that this was not the right time for a large-scale war, they would have fought to the death.

After confirming the counterattack on Jiangdong, Liu Biao began to mobilize his troops and prepare to take action.

At this time, Cao Ang, who was far away in Luoyang, also received the news that Zhang Xiu had defected to Liu Biao.

"Didn't Zhang Xiu escape to Xiliang? Why did he escape?"

Cao Ang muttered, and then he remembered the intelligence he had received before.

The civil strife in Xiliang has reached a fever pitch, so those who do not want to be consumed by internal fighting have taken their subordinates to flee.

After reviewing the previous information, a strategy emerged in Cao Ang's mind.

He quickly called Guo Jia, Xun You, and Cheng Yu to discuss the feasibility of this strategy.

"Fengxiao, Gongda, and Zhongde, have you thought of the reasons for attacking Jingzhou?"

After Cao Ang finished speaking, Cheng Yu spoke first. "Major General, I think that if you want to take action against Jingzhou, then just charge Liu Biao with anything."

"Anyway, the aristocratic families in the world won't do much investigating on such matters. What they care about is whether the change of governor in Jingzhou will harm the interests of their family."

When Cao Ang heard this, he shook his head helplessly. What he wanted was not only to take back all the land in the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, but he also had a more important thing to do, which was to win over people's hearts!

If he casually arranges a charge and attacks Liu Biao, then those people will definitely be afraid of him in the future.

One day, Cao Ang saw that they didn't like them, so he arranged a random crime for them and attacked them directly. What's the point?

"No, doing this will easily break people's trust." Cao Ang waved his hand and rejected Cheng Yu's view.

Guo Jia on the other side shook his head and said: "I don't have any good strategies."

When Cao Ang saw this, he looked at Xun You on the side.

Cao Ang still valued Xun You very much.

After all, without his intervention, Guo Jia would be terminally ill now.

You know, after Guo Jia's death, Xun You became Cao Cao's most trusted advisor.

It's a pity that Xun You didn't have any good solution for the legitimate attack on Jingzhou.

Xun You shook his head at Cao Ang and said, "Sorry, Major General, I don't have any good plans."

When Cao Ang saw that the three of them had no good ideas, he expressed his thoughts.

"I have an immature idea here. Let me bring it out for everyone to discuss."

Having said this, Cao Ang paused before continuing to speak.

"I heard that the civil strife in Xiliang is serious, and many people have fled Xiliang."

"Among the people who fled to Xiliang, Zhang Xiu's soldiers were the most numerous."

"After Zhang Xiu fled to Xiliang, he took refuge with Liu Biao. You know, Zhang Xiu has the label of a Xiliang rebel."

"I want to borrow the emperor's name and issue an edict to ask all the tribesmen who escaped from Xiliang to come to the imperial court. If they defect to others, they will be treated as rebels!"

"With this edict issued, if Zhang Xiu comes to seek refuge, we can take advantage of this opportunity to weaken Jingzhou's power."

"If Zhang Xiu doesn't come and defect, then we will have a reason to send troops to Zhang Xiu. At that time, we can wait for the opportunity to move south to Jingzhou!"

After hearing Cao Ang's words, Guo Jia and the others' eyes lit up.

"This plan is very clever. As soon as the edict is issued, whether Zhang Xiu comes to vote or not, Liu Biao will create a gap with him."

"Yes, there is also a conflict between Liu Biao and Sun's father and son. If Zhang Xiu comes to vote, we can make a fuss about it and look for opportunities to send troops to Jingzhou."

Guo Jia and Xun You each said something.

Cheng Yu didn't say anything. Although he admitted that Cao Ang's plan was very clever, he still felt it was too troublesome in the end.

It's too hard to go around in circles. If you want the world, just don't care about other people's opinions.

As long as a person is shameless and has no moral bottom line, no matter what he does, it will go smoothly.

Cheng Yu's thoughts boil down to two sentences.

Are you standing on the moral high ground and pointing fingers at me?

Sorry, I have no morals. If you point me out again, I will turn over the table! (End of chapter)