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

After Liu Biao heard Cai Mao's words, he frowned and said, "What you said seems to make some sense."

Kuai Yue on the side heard this and hurriedly said: "My Lord, no, Sun Ce and Gan Ning have been let go. If we attack Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei at this time, no one will be able to check and balance them in the future." Sun Ce and Gan Ning.”

After Liu Biao listened to Kuai Yue's words, he immediately figured it out.

Liu Biao nodded and said to Kuai Yue: "Then I will listen to your suggestion. I will let Liu Bei and the others go for the time being!"

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At this time, in the Jiangdong Army's tent, Sun Ce and Gan Ning stood there awkwardly.

"Father, Xingba and I lost the battle." Sun Ce said to Sun Jian with an embarrassed look on his face.

"Defeated? Liu Biao's men still have such generals?" Sun Jian asked with surprise after hearing Sun Ce's words.

When Sun Ce heard this, he said with an embarrassed face: "It was not Liu Biao's men, but Liu Bei's two sworn brothers, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who defeated me and Xingba respectively."

"Guan Yu and Zhang Fei? And Liu Bei? Why did the three of them appear in Jingzhou?" Sun Jian muttered in surprise when he heard this.

When Zhou Yu on the side heard this, his expression became serious.

"I really didn't expect that the three brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang would go to Jingzhou after leaving Xuzhou?" Zhou Yu muttered, then looked at Sun Jian aside.

"My lord, if the three brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang also enter Jingzhou, then we will have to consider the matter of attacking Jingzhou in a long term!"

Zhou Yu expressed his opinion to Sun Jian.

When Sun Jian heard this, he curiously asked: "Gong Jin, didn't you say before that you would capture Jiangxia? Are you going to change your strategy temporarily because of the brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang?"

After Zhou Yu heard this, he nodded slightly and said to Sun Jian: "My lord, the strategy we set before was to capture Jiangxia directly and defeat it quickly."

"But now that the three brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang are here, we won't be able to capture Jiangxia quickly. If we continue to attack Jiangxia, it will give Cao Ang an opportunity in Nanyang!"

When Sun Jian heard Zhou Yu's words, he asked with surprise: "Gong Jin, do you mean that Cao Ang will take action against us?"

"It's possible!" Zhou Yu nodded, and then said: "I know Cao Ang. Although he is young, he has great ambitions!"

"His ultimate goal is the entire world. If you want to seize this place from him, you must unite with other princes!"

"The best thing is to unite Liu Biao and Liu Zhang and gather the strength of our three states of Yangzhou, Jingzhou, and Yizhou. Only then can we possibly compete with Cao Ang!"

After listening to Zhou Yu's words, Sun Jian asked with a puzzled face: "But Cao Ang, the governor of Yangzhou, begged the court on my behalf. Do you think he will really take action against us?"

Zhou Yu smiled and nodded when he heard this and said: "My lord, have you forgotten that there are six counties in Yangzhou, and only four of them are in our hands now!"

"The two counties in Huainan have always been controlled by Cao Ang. If one day he wants to take action against us, he can go to the two counties in Huainan and directly attack our four counties in Jiangdong."

"Moreover, Xuzhou is now captured by Cao Ang. If Cao Ang takes the opportunity to occupy the prefectures and counties in the north of Jingzhou, then he will form an encirclement on us. At that time, we will be in danger."

"After all, there is still a big gap between our strength and Cao Ang's strength. If he attacks from three sides, then we will definitely lose and there will be no chance of winning!" After listening to Zhou Yu's words, everyone present fell silent. Coming down, I felt a little overwhelmed.

After a while, Sun Jian asked Zhou Yu: "Gong Jin, what should we do about the current situation?"

"Lord, we have only one way to deal with the current situation!" Zhou Yu responded to Sun Jian seriously.

"Oh? What method can we use to deal with the situation at hand?"

Sun Jian asked eagerly.

Seeing this, Zhou Yu spoke softly and spit out four words: "Unite Liu to fight against Cao!"

"Unite Liu to fight Cao?" Sun Jian repeated in surprise, and then asked in confusion: "Gong Jin, are we really going to unite Liu Bei and Liu Biao to deal with Cao Ang?"

"You know, the relationship between us and Liu Biao has not been very good since the time of the crusade against Yuan Shu, and it is even more dire now. On the other hand, the relationship between us and Cao Ang is actually not bad."

After Zhou Yu heard Sun Jian's words, he shook his head helplessly and said: "My lord, there are no permanent enemies and no permanent friends in this world!"

"The relationship between you and Cao Ang was good at that time, that's because he needed you to deal with Yuan Shu!"

"But now, Yuan Shu is already a withered bone in the grave. Many states and counties in the north, except for Liangzhou outside the Pass, have all fallen into the hands of Cao Ang."

"And now Liangzhou is in civil strife, so Cao Ang's strategic target must be our four southern states!"

"Jiaozhou is too far away, let's not talk about it for now. Cao Ang will definitely not cross our three states to attack Jiaozhou."

"Now that Cao Ang is attacking Zhang Xiu in Nanyang County, his purpose is obvious, that is, he wants to attack Jingzhou first!"

"If we continue to have a stalemate with Liu Biao, we will be making wedding clothes for Cao Ang. After all, Nanyang has fallen."

"And our current strategy of attacking Jiangxia has been stopped by Liu Biao and Liu Bei. If we continue to attack, the best result is that both sides will suffer losses."

"But if we and Liu Biao both lose, then we will all be annexed by Cao Ang!"

After listening to Zhou Yu's words, Sun Jian fell silent.

At this time, Sun Ce said to Sun Jian: "Father, we should listen to Gong Jin's advice. Now that we are facing the three brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang, we basically have no chance of winning."

"If you want to defeat them, you need to use a strategy, but if you want to use a strategy, you need to wait for the opportunity."

"But I don't know when such an opportunity will appear."

"So father, having said this, we should choose to cooperate with Liu Biao."

After Sun Jian heard these words, he finally made his decision.

"Okay, since you have said so, let's give it a try and cooperate with Liu Biao." (End of Chapter)