The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 490 489 Jingzhou Storm (1)

Liu Bei followed the servant and walked a long way before arriving at the back garden of the State Shepherd's Mansion.

In a gazebo in the back garden, Liu Biao was sitting there, tea was placed on the stone table in front of him, and a teacup filled with tea was placed opposite him, and at this moment, Liu Biao was holding his own teacup, Sipping the tea carefully.

"Lieutenant general Liu Xuande, please see Mr. Envoy!" Liu Bei came to the gazebo and clasped his fists respectfully towards Liu Biao.

Liu Biao said, "Xuande is here, sit down!"

Liu Bei sat across from Liu Biao, but he was a little confused, not knowing what Liu Biao was going to do.

"This is the high-quality tea purchased from Xichuan, you should taste it first!" Seeing that Liu Bei was a little cautious, Liu Biao said.

Liu Bei picked up the teacup and drank it down in one gulp, not wanting to taste the tea at all.After drinking, Liu Bei cupped his hands and said to Liu Biao, "Your Majesty, I have offended you in the hall just now, and I hope you will forgive me!"

"Just let him go. How about the tea just now?" Liu Biao asked.

"Xuande drank too quickly and didn't savor carefully, please forgive me!" Liu Bei said with a guilty face.

Liu Biao smiled and said, "It's okay, just have another drink, this time, let's savor it carefully."

As soon as the words fell, a servant standing behind Liu Biao was holding a pot of tea, and filled the teacup in front of Liu Bei again.

Liu Bei picked up the teacup and tasted it carefully. He only felt that the tea was fragrant and refreshing after drinking it, but he couldn't tell what kind of taste it was.During his half life as a soldier, he never had a hobby of drinking tea. Even if he drank tea, he drank it like plain water in one gulp, and he didn't know the taste of tea at all.

"How do you feel this time?" Liu Biao asked again when Liu Bei finished his tea.

Embarrassed, Liu Bei said immediately: "Please forgive me, the general is too dull to taste what kind of tea this is."

Liu Biao said with a smile: "Forget it, it's fine if you don't have tea. Do you know why the government asked you to come here?"

Liu Bei shook his head.

"The suggestion you said in the hall just now, my government has heard it, and I know your thoughts and your kindness. But, this government can't do it, do you know why?" Liu Biao said.

Liu Bei shook his head and said, "The general is all ears."

Liu Biaoyu said earnestly: "On the surface, Jingzhou looks like a calm lake, but in fact, under the calm lake, there is indeed a constant undercurrent. Although our house is Jingzhou Shepherd, in the whole Jingzhou, the most powerful It's not the government, but someone else, do you know who it is?"

Liu Bei frowned, thinking quickly, he knew who Liu Biao was talking about, but he didn't dare to say it, and he didn't know why Liu Biao said this to him, so he could only shake his head.

Liu Biao laughed and said, "Xuande, I feel that you should know who it is, but you dare not say it because you are afraid. But don't worry, the people here today are all confidantes of this mansion, and they are all confidantes of this mansion. You are a loyal person in the government. The government does not call others, but let you come here because the government trusts you. Forget it, since you don’t want to say it, the government does not force others. In Jingzhou, the most powerful person is not the The government, but the Cai family."

When Liu Bei heard the word "Cai Shi", he could basically tell what he was thinking, and continued to prick up his ears to listen.

"When I first came to Jingzhou to serve as the governor of Jingzhou, Jingzhou was in chaos. I had no army and no one available to me. So I used the strength of the local wealthy families in Jingzhou to stabilize the situation in Jingzhou step by step. Among them, The Kuai family and the Cai family helped the government the most, but the Cai family's pursuit of power far surpassed the Kuai family. The Kuai brothers were only by the side of the government as counselors and had no real power in their hands, but the Cai family was different. Not only has the real power, but also the most elite naval force in Jingzhou, and the Cai clan is all over Jingzhou, which has already been deeply rooted and has seriously threatened the interests of the government. Even the son of the government, Liu Qi, has also been threatened. Although the clan He lives in seclusion, but he has many eyes and ears, and knows everything about Jingzhou like the back of his hand. If the Cai family is not eliminated, Jingzhou will never have peace."

Liu Biao paused, and then continued: "However, getting rid of the Cai family will not be accomplished overnight. If there is a little carelessness, once the news gets out, the Cai family will retaliate. At that time, this mansion will become a stepping stone for the Cai family. Therefore, the government must step by step to weaken the power of the Cai family bit by bit. The government took in Zhang Xiu and let Zhang Xiu be the prefect of Nanyang. Let Liu Qi be the prefect of Jiangxia, everything is to weaken the power of the Cai family. Moreover, these three major decisions have indeed achieved certain results, at least preventing the power of the Cai family from spreading in Nanyang, Jiangxia and Jingnan. The spread of the prefectures only allowed Cai's power to be concentrated in Xiangyang and Jiangling. However, Xiangyang and Jiangling are the heartlands of the entire Jingzhou. Cai's power is concentrated here, which is also the most troublesome thing. Therefore, this crusade Zhang Yan, the government will focus on Cai's power, let Cai's power fight on the front line, so as to weaken Cai's power."

When he said this, Liu Bei suddenly realized that Liu Biao had his reasons for doing this, no wonder he was asked to be responsible for escorting the grain and grass.

Liu Biao went on to say: "Xuande, I and you are both descendants of the Han family, and they can be regarded as brothers of our own family. They should be united, don't you think so?"

Liu Bei nodded, expressed his agreement with Liu Biao's words, and clasped his fists and said, "If the envoy does not despise Xuande, Xuande will treat the envoy as a brother."

"My dear brother!" Liu Biao said happily, but he didn't know what was going on, so he coughed violently.

"Brother, are you okay?" Liu Bei hurriedly asked with concern.

Liu Biao said: "I'm fine, I just feel cold occasionally. Xuande, I'm old and have no intention of fighting for world hegemony, but Liu Qi is still very young. If I can't give him a complete Jingzhou before I die, I will He will definitely die. The biggest threat to Jingzhou is not the foreign enemy, but the Cai family, so we must try to get rid of the Cai family. Xuande, are you willing to work with Wei brother to get rid of the Cai family?"

Liu Bei said: "Thanks to my elder brother for thinking highly of Xuande, Xuande will spare no effort to serve my elder brother."

"Very good...very good...you are enough. Xuande, you go back first. Getting rid of Cai needs a long-term plan, and it can't attract Cai's attention, so I will send someone if there are any secret orders in the future." I'm going to tell you, and I hope you can actively cooperate as a brother." Liu Biao said.

Liu Bei clasped his fists and said, "Please rest assured, brother, Xuande will definitely not let you down."

Liu Biao didn't keep Liu Bei anymore, but sent someone to send Liu Bei out of the house. As soon as Liu Bei left, a servant brought Zhang Xiu in.

After Zhang Xiu met Liu Biao, he was very respectful. Liu Biao and Zhang Xiu had a chat, and what they said was similar to what they told Liu Bei, with the intention of buying Zhang Xiu's heart.

Zhang Xiu also thanked Liu Biao for his friendship, and expressed his willingness to obey Liu Biao's arrangement, and would spare no effort to help Liu Biao eliminate the Cai family.

Liu Biao then sent someone to take Zhang Xiu away, and gave Zhang Xiu a box of gold as a gift.

However, Liu Biao trusted the people around him so much that he didn't even know that his confidant was bought by Cai Mao.Every word Liu Biao, Liu Bei, and Zhang Xiu said was told to Cai Mao by this confidant.

In Cai's mansion, after hearing the report from his confidant, Cai Mao was so angry that his teeth were itchy, and he said bitterly: "Liu Biao, an old man, actually set his mind on us. If this is the case, then don't blame me for being disrespectful to him." You're welcome!"

Cai Zhong said from the side: "Brother, the entire prefecture's mansion is our people, as long as the big brother gives an order, killing that old man is simply as easy as pie."

"That's right, big brother, Liu Biao is an old man. I don't like him a long time ago. If I kill him sooner and make Liu Cong the shepherd of Jingzhou, then Jingzhou will belong to our Cai family." Cai He echoed from the side.

"If we do this, can Mrs. Cai agree?" Zhang Yun frowned, sitting opposite Cai Mao, and asked.

Cai Mao said: "Sister, I'll take care of it. What Liu Biao wants to touch is our entire Cai family, so I can't help but my sister disagrees. However, it's not the time to kill Liu Biao. Even if we want to kill Liu Biao, we shouldn't let Liu Biao die in our hands." , In that case, it will definitely cause a lot of unnecessary troubles. I have a trick to kill Liu Biao, which can make Liu Biao die for no apparent reason!"

As soon as the words fell, Cai Zhong, Cai He, and Zhang Yun all gathered around Cai Mao. After hearing Cai Mao's plan to kill with a knife, they all expressed their great power and supported Cai Mao in doing so.

Even Cai Mao himself feels that he is very smart and great, and he can come up with such a strategy.

Since Liu Biao wanted to use the power of Zhang Xiu and Liu Bei to deal with the Cai family, Cai Mao decided to strike first, and he would use a sword to kill Liu Biao, completely killing Liu Biao, and permanently aborting Liu Biao's plan. Together with Liu Biao's eldest son Liu Qi, Kill them together.When Liu Biao and Liu Qi died, he would let Liu Cong inherit Liu Biao's position and order Jingzhou, who would dare not follow.

The next day, after the assembly of the army was completed, Liu Biao also officially issued a call to action against Zhang Yan. First let Zhang Xiu lead the Nanyang soldiers to attack Henan, then let Liu Qi lead the army to attack Lujiang, and finally lead Cai Mao, Zhang Yun and other troops to attack Ru South.

After the proclamation against Zhang Yan was published, Zhang Xiu led the Nanyang soldiers to attack Yingchuan directly from Luyang with lightning speed.

(End of this chapter)