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

Chapter 682 Make arrangements immediately
Liu Cong's staff immediately went down to make arrangements, and soon the men he sent quietly set off to various places and began to spread rumors.

the other side

Liu Qi was furious after receiving the news from the scouts.

Especially after he found out that Liu Cong secretly went to see Cao Ang, he immediately jumped up and yelled: "You bastard, you are such a bastard!"

"Sir, please calm down and don't let your health get ruined by these scoundrels," the counselor advised.

"In my opinion, Liu Cong and Cao Ang are working together, and they must have bad intentions. It would be better for me to capture him and torture him to force him to submit."

"Thank you for being called a wise man, but you can be reckless sometimes." Liu Qi shook his head bitterly: "Look at the current situation, can I arrest him?"

Chen Gong's expression froze: "But Young Master, this is the best opportunity. As long as we control Liu Cong, Cao Ang will definitely not dare to act rashly."

"Alas." Liu Qi sighed and said, "Liu Cong is his half-brother after all. If he is arrested, and there is no clear evidence now, how will I explain it when my father investigates him in the future."

Chen Gong was silent for a moment and said, "In this case, we have to find other ways."

Liu Qi sat back on his chair helplessly, closed his eyes and started thinking. After a long time, he opened his eyes and said, "You should summon all the adults to the meeting hall immediately."

"No!" The counselor nodded and accepted the order.

Half an hour later, all the adults rushed to the meeting hall.

"My lords, I have called you here today mainly to discuss two things." Liu Qi looked around at the crowd and said.

"Young master, just ask."

"please say."

Everyone expressed support. Because Liu Qi was Liu Biao's only designated successor, Liu Qi's words were taken seriously.

"The first thing is that Liu Cong has been colluding with Cao Ang, and we must be careful to avoid being framed by them.

The second thing is that Cao Ang wants to swallow up Jingzhou, including Jiangling, Guangling and other areas while we are not paying attention.

Do you have any opinions or suggestions on this? Liu Qi asked.

Everyone's expressions changed slightly when they heard this. Ever since Cao Ang's last large-scale attack, people here were in panic, worried that something similar would happen next time.

Now that Liu Qi is talking about such things, he obviously wants to stabilize everyone's military morale and avoid causing greater turmoil.

"I didn't expect that there would be a traitor in Jingzhou!"

"Fortunately, the young master is wise and powerful and noticed these rebellions early. Otherwise, we would still be in the dark, which would be really dangerous."

"Liu Cong is a beast. My lord has treated him so well in vain. He actually turned to the enemy. He really deserves to be killed."

Everyone cursed Liu Cong and wanted to rush to his residence and chop him down.

Liu Qi felt happy when he heard the people's curses, but pretended to be sad and said: "The most important thing now is that we have to stop Cao Ang. We must not let him occupy Jingzhou."

"But Cao Ang is so powerful that we may not be able to stop him!" A civil official said sadly.

"Although Cao Ang is strong, we may not be able to deal with him. Besides, we have enough food and grass in the city. As long as we delay for time and wait for reinforcements to arrive, we will be able to defeat Cao Ang and defend Jingzhou." Liu Qi said confidently.

After everyone heard this, they felt that what Liu Qi said was true, and immediately said: "Okay, then we will fight to the death and wait until reinforcements arrive."

"Then thank you all very much!" Liu Qi clasped his fists and said, "Please also inform people everywhere to avoid the disaster immediately.

We will try our best to delay the situation and hope that everyone can work together to overcome this difficulty. "Don't worry, young master, we'll get ready right now." "Everyone left one after another.

Liu Qi looked at the counselor beside him and asked, "What should we do now?"

"There is only one way now." The counselor said solemnly: "We need an ally, an ally that can help us. Master, are you willing to trust me?"

"What can you do?" Liu Qi asked hurriedly.

"Now we can only turn danger to safety by turning to the Yuan brothers, save the crisis, and save Jingzhou," the counselor reminded.

Liu Qi's eyes suddenly lit up, and he nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes."

When Cao Ang's army approached the city, Liu Qi and other diehards had to choose passive defense, but they did not choose to hand over Jingzhou.

Instead, they chose to delay and wait for reinforcements to arrive. Anyway, Liu Qi had already sent someone to notify Yuan Shu. I believe it won't take long for a reply to be received, so there will be no problem for the time being.

the other side.

When Liu Cong returned to the city, he became angrier and angrier as he thought about it.

"Liu Qi, Liu Qi, aren't you awesome? Don't you want to be in power?" Liu Cong said with a ferocious face: "Then I will see what qualifications you have to fight me!"

When Liu Cong thought of this, he began to become excited, as if he had foreseen Liu Qi kneeling at his feet and begging for mercy.

"Liu Qi, just enjoy your last days." Liu Cong murmured to himself, with a cruel arc at the corner of his mouth.

Cao Ang has also started a large-scale operation. He found people to sneak into the mansions of major aristocratic families secretly, spread rumors, and at the same time sent people to hint that the major aristocratic families supported his power.

Not only that, Cao Ang also quietly spread the evidence he collected of Liu Biao's collusion with the Yuan brothers, and at the same time spread all kinds of bad things about Liu Biao.

Cao Ang did this entirely because Liu Biao's reputation had already been ruined, and now he only strengthened some people's hostility towards him.

At the same time, Cao Ang used these things to encourage Liu Cong and the noble families to rebel against Liu Biao.

After hearing this, Liu Cong became even more excited and wanted to raise a flag to rebel now and oust his brother from power.

Liu Cong even thought that after taking power, he would suggest that his father depose Liu Qi and vent his anger.

However, Liu Cong had a good idea, but he did not have enough money, food and manpower, so he could only put it on hold temporarily.

Cao Ang is secretly developing his own strength while constantly wooing famous families.

In just two days, Cao Ang gathered many supporters of the family.

Moreover, Cao Ang acted very quickly, especially with Liu Cong's internal and external cooperation, Liu Qi was completely unaware of many aspects.

Liu Qi is now busy preparing for the counterattack, and completely ignores the affairs in Jingzhou. He has no idea that Cao Ang has begun to recruit people from various families.

The east gate of Xiangyang City.

Liu Qi was heading to the east gate with his men. He wanted to take a good look at Xiangyang's city defense and garrison situation.

Recently, he has drawn almost all the young men in the city to guard Xiangyang. The city defense is empty and the defenders are insufficient.

If someone attacks Xiangyang, Liu Qi is worried that he will not be able to resist it.

Therefore, during this period, Liu Qi would patrol the Xiangyang City Wall every three to five days to check the condition of the city wall.

(End of this chapter)