The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 549 548 Jingzhou Changes Owner (20)

In Sima Yi's heart, he always wanted to transfer Jingzhou to Zhang Yan's hands peacefully and smoothly. Originally, he thought it would take several years for his plan to be realized.

However, what happened in the past few months has invisibly accelerated the pace of Sima Yi's plan, as if there is a god in the dark who is protecting him and wants him to do a big business vigorously.

The loss of the four counties in Jingnan will directly threaten the safety of Jingzhou. If Guan Yu and Zhang Fei sincerely turn to Sun Quan, then the sleeping tiger in Jiangdong will start to wake up.

Sima Yi is not worried about the situation in Jingzhou. Instead, he is now worried about the Sun family in Jiangdong. Jiangdong is a potential threat. The late hussar general Chen Deng led an army to attack Jiangdong, but returned in defeat. His life was also lost.

At that time, Jiangdong was at the critical point of internal and external troubles. Chen Deng had more troops than Jiangdong, but he failed to win. Now Jiangdong has recovered after some time and gradually stabilized internally, forming a powerful force with Sun Quan at its core. The cohesion of Jiangdong's old, middle-aged and young soldiers is now very united.As the saying goes, brothers are of one heart, and their strengths cut through gold. Today's Jiangdong has taken in Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, two of the world's fiercest generals, and it seems to be rising.

What Sima Yi was worried about finally happened, but he is helpless now, after all, man is not as good as God, and he never expected this day to come so soon.

For this reason, Sima Yi hurried out of the government office, went to Kuai's mansion in person, and consulted with brothers Kuai Yue and Kuai Liang.

Now Liu Qi was overly sad because of Liu Biao's death, and locked himself in a room that belonged only to him, seeing no one, even Sima Yi was turned away when he went.It is very likely that Liu Qi was hit hard and couldn't recover.

If there is anything going on in Jingzhou now, Sima Yi will always go to the two brothers Kuai Yue and Kuai Liang. The two brothers are evergreen trees in Jingzhou, and they are also representatives of Jingzhou gentry. As for the interests of their own family, as long as what is beneficial to them, they will fall to which side, anyway, they belong to the kind of people who are particularly unprincipled.

When Liu Biao was alive, the Kuai brothers had such a style. After Liu Biao passed away, the Kuai brothers showed their family's fine traditions. After talking with Sima Yi, they began to lean towards Sima Yi again.

Therefore, after that conversation, Sima Yi and the Kuai brothers became temporary allies.The so-called temporary allies are because Sima Yi wants to use the reputation of the Kuai brothers to improve his own reputation, while the Kuai brothers use Sima Yi who holds real power to seek benefits for the family.In short, they are grasshoppers on the same rope now, but once Jingzhou changes hands, the Kuai brothers may fall into the arms of others again, which will break the alliance.To put it simply, the so-called allies between them are just a relationship of interests, because interests can come together or separate because of interests.It is an unstable ally relationship, so it can only be temporary.

When Sima Yi came to Kuai's mansion, the disciples went in to inform brothers Kuaiyue and Kuailiang. The two brothers were a little flattered, and rushed to greet them outside the gate of the mansion. Seeing Sima Yi's arrival, they seemed very enthusiastic. Welcoming Sima Yi into the hall.

After the three guests were seated, Sima Yi said straight to the point: "Master Kuai, I have something important to discuss with you this time. Do you know that the four counties in Jingnan have been captured by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei?" matter?"

How could Sima Yi be well informed about the news about Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue?But when they heard the news from Sima Yi, they were all surprised.

"Didn't Guan Yu and Zhang Fei abscond in fear of crime, and where did the soldiers and horses come from to capture the four counties in southern Jing?" Kuai Yue asked first.

Sima Yi said: "Guan Yu and Zhang Fei took refuge in Sun Quan in Jiangdong, borrowed soldiers and horses from Sun Quan, and used their connections in Jingnan back then to capture the four counties in Jingnan without any effort. Moreover, it is reported that Jiangdong is secretly gathering soldiers and horses, and wants to have a bigger plot against Jingzhou!"

Both Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue frowned and looked at each other. The moment their eyes collided, they seemed to be thinking about what to do in the future.

Sima Yi saw it in his eyes and kept it in his heart. Every move of the Kuai brothers could not escape his keen eyes.He lowered his voice and said with a little frustration: "Then Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are invincible heroes in this world, and the whole Jingzhou may not be able to find a single person to deal with them. Sun Quan got Guan Yu and Zhang Fei After that, it was like adding wings to a tiger, and now it has captured the four counties in Jingnan. If Sun Quan wants to capture Jingzhou, he will inevitably divide his troops into two groups. Lead the army out of Chai Sang and approach Jiangxia. If Zhang Xiu of Nanyang leads his army south again at this time, then Jingzhou will fall into the situation of being attacked by the enemy. Jingzhou has experienced too much in the past few months. Although there are still ten There are thousands of men in armor, but the combat effectiveness of their army is not as good as before. If they face so many enemies at the same time, Jingzhou may not be able to handle it..."

After a pause, Sima Yi went on to say: "Now my lord has been brooding over the old lord's death, and I haven't seen anyone else so far. I locked myself in the room alone, and even I went to see him. It's the same end. At that time, the only people I could think of who shared my worries were the two brothers Kuai. Therefore, I came here now, and I want to ask the two adults to give me some advice, and I hope that the two adults will not hesitate to enlighten me."

Brothers Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue were silent, one lowered his head and pinched the beard on his chin with his hand, while the other dragged his chin, as if they were thinking of countermeasures.

After a long time, Kuai Liang finally said: "Mr. Sima, this matter is of great importance. Please allow us brothers to discuss it. We will give you an answer tomorrow. I don't know what your plan is?"

"I can't wait, why am I waiting for tomorrow? Two adults, one hour later, I will come to visit in person, I hope the two adults can give reasonable suggestions to help me tide over this difficulty , how is it?" Sima Yi expressed his anxiety.

Kuai Liang said: "Then... well... in an hour, we two brothers will go to visit the military adviser in person and bring our solution."

Sima Yi nodded, stood up and cupped his hands and said, "Then I'll take my leave first, and I'll wait for the two adults in the government office."

Brothers Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue sent Sima Yi out of the Kuai Mansion. After seeing Sima Yi go far away, the two of them returned to the hall. After sitting down respectively, Kuai Yue said to Kuai Liang: "Brother, Jingzhou is really Facing a crisis, are you really going to help Sima Yi?"

Kuai Liang said: "Yidu, don't forget that we are also from Jingzhou. Since Liu Biao became the governor of the state, Jingzhou has never seen such a situation. Now Jingzhou is full of dangers outside, and all kinds of soldiers and horses are eyeing Jingzhou. People from Jingzhou, are you just watching Jingzhou fall under the iron hooves of others?"

Kuai Yue said: "The current situation in Jingzhou is simply incomparable to the past. Although the Cai family ruled in the past, Jingzhou has strong strength and strong troops. At least no one dares to bully at will. But now Jingzhou's strength has plummeted, and officials are almost replaced. I repeated it all over again, if it wasn’t for the fact that our Kuai family has great influence in Xiangyang, maybe Sima Yi would have replaced us long ago. That kid Liu Qi seems to have suffered a serious blow now, and he is completely devastated. Brother, you know that everyone outside is How should I put it? Liu Qi is just a puppet, and Sima Yi is the real lord of Jingzhou. And the person who is closest to Liu Qi is Sima Yi. Maybe Liu Qi has nothing to do at all, but was put under house arrest by Sima Yi... ..."

After hearing this, Kuai Liang reprimanded him: "Don't talk nonsense! Sima Yi is definitely not that kind of person!"

"Brother and Sima Yi have only known each other for how long? How do you know if he is that kind of person? People are separated from each other. How do you know that Sima Yi has no intention of stealing Jingzhou?" Kuai Yue said.

Kuai Liang frowned, stopped talking, but murmured in his heart, after all, what Kuai Yue said made sense, why did Liu Qi suddenly give up on himself at such a critical moment?No matter how weak the dignified young master of Jingzhou was, he wouldn't be like this after his father died?

"Brother, are you also suspicious of Sima Yi?" After all, Kuai Yue is Kuai Liang's younger brother. The two of them are not much different in age. They have been playing together since they were young, so what is Kuai Liang thinking about? He knows it better than anyone else.

Kuai Liang said: "Yidu, let's go to the government office now. I want to see Liu Qi with my own eyes. If he is really under house arrest by Sima Yi, Sima Yi will not let us see him. If Sima Yi is willing to let us see him, then It means that Sima Yi has no problem. How about we come back to discuss countermeasures then?"

Kuai Yue said: "Even if Sima Yi is willing to let us meet, Liu Qi in the room will not see us, so we can only force our way in. If we don't see Liu Qi, we will not give up. If we don't see Liu Qi, how will my brother know who is behind the door?" Who is Liu Qi? Or was he put on the neck with a knife?"

Kuai Liang said: "Okay, then we will force our way in once. If we don't see Liu Qi, we will not give up. After all, Liu Biao has always treated us kindly, and we must not let Jingzhou fall into the hands of outsiders. If it is really Sima Yi who is obstructing it, I will try my best to drive him out of Jingzhou, and I am worthy of Liu Biao's spirit in heaven."

After some discussion, the two brothers agreed to do what they said, and immediately left the Kuai mansion to go to the government office, wanting to see Liu Qi.

(End of this chapter)