Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 247

When Li Song returned to Xuchang, a letter from Liu Bowen had just arrived from Jiangdong.

Only then did I know that Jiangdong had already bluffed Sun Quan. After all, Li Song had no intention of giving the three Jiangdong counties he had acquired to Sun Quan. United scared.

In any case, letting things go is always troublesome. The north side has not been settled yet, and the east and south sides have popped up again.

Although relying on your own strength, you are not afraid of fighting on the two fronts, but in this way, more people will die, and the price you need to pay will be higher. It is better to stabilize Sun Quan and Liu Biao first, and then turn back after the situation in the north is resolved. It's not too late to clean them up.

It is the most correct way to exchange for the greatest benefit at the least cost.

After returning to Xuchang, Li Song sent people to Jingzhou to investigate the situation and figure out what happened to Cai Mao's sudden withdrawal of troops.

A few days later, the person sent out finally brought back the information Li Song wanted.

When the spies came back, it was just in time for Li Song to have lunch at Tiance Mansion. Before a table, Li Song was sitting cross-legged, with a plate of boiled beef, a plate of boiled fish and a plate of boiled vegetables on the bank. ,a bowl of rice.

There are only a few kinds of food that can be eaten in this era, which is not comparable to that of later generations. Food is basically boiled, and stir-fried food was only available in the Song Dynasty. It is better not to worry about it now.

Li Song ordered someone to bring a bowl of rice to the spy, and asked him to eat with him. Whoever let this guy catch up, if he watched him eat, he would feel embarrassed, and moreover, he would look stingy.

A majestic prime minister can't afford to give him a meal. Li Song's actions made the spies feel grateful and flattered!As people like them, they are generally not qualified to dine with the prime minister. The leader can only watch when he eats.

"Tell me! What happened in Jingzhou, so that Liu Biao was so anxious to invite Cai Mao back." Li Song put a piece of fish in his mouth and asked while chewing.

The spy hurriedly put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hand, stood up straight, and was about to report the situation, when Li Song saw this and said, "You're welcome, it's the same while eating and talking in Jingzhou."

Although Li Song said you're welcome, the spy couldn't listen. The spy said, "I want to report to the Prime Minister that Zhang Jin from Jiaozhou and Liu Zhang from Yizhou attacked Jingzhou at the same time, and they were both defeated in the end."

The spies explained the ins and outs to Li Song clearly, and then Li Song understood what happened, which made Liu Biao recall Cai Mao back to Jingzhou in such a hurry.

The strength of Zhang Jin and Liu Zhang is not very good. Zhang Jin is the weakest among the two, and the people under him are still so inconsistent. Commander, he didn't lose much strength, so he returned to Yizhou.

It seems that Liu Biao's subordinates are capable people, but it's a pity that with a lord like Liu Biao, his life is stable, but he has less opportunities to make contributions. If there is no accident, he can only die of old age on the ground in Jingzhou.

But after thinking about it, something is wrong here!The two armies of Zhang Jin and Liu Zhang have already been defeated, why are you in such a hurry to ask Cai Mao to go back?
"Then what is Liu Biao calling Cai Mao back to Jingzhou for?" Li Song asked suspiciously.

"Report to the Prime Minister! Liu Biao recruited Cai Mao to return to Jingzhou. He originally planned to fight against Liu Zhang's army. Unexpectedly, Zhang Ren, one of the four Xichuan generals, suddenly withdrew his troops and returned to Quren, and then Liu Biao ordered Cai Mao to lead the navy." Tanzihui reported.

"So that's how it is!" Li Song suddenly said, this makes sense, why did Liu Biao call Cai Mao back, and he didn't even want food and grass? Originally, he wanted Cai Mao to deal with Yizhou's soldiers and horses.

Unexpectedly, when Zhang Yiren saw that the situation was wrong, he immediately withdrew Qu Ren and made Liu Biao waste his energy, but Cai Mao had already been called back to Jingzhou by him.

But at this time, it suddenly came from Jiangdong that Sun Quan and the envoys sent by Li Song reached an agreement. Liu Biao's suspicious character played a role again. , Cai Mao just returned to Xiangyang City.

So Liu Biao arranged Cai Mao to be the commander of the navy, and put him in Jiangxia County, in case Sun Quan really attacked him in Jingzhou.

Although Cai Mao was not the strongest under Liu Biao, he was still in the top five. When Liu Biao first arrived in Jingzhou, Jiangnan thieves were rampant. It was Cai Mao and Kuaiyue brothers who helped Liu Biao pacify Jingzhou.

In commanding the navy, he is even better, even Zhou Yu is not as good as him. In history, Cai Mao commanding the navy, even Soochow may not be an opponent, not to mention that now Gan Ning has been taken under his command. Sun Quan lost a large piece of land again, and his strength was greatly damaged. Even if Sun Quan controlled the entire six counties in Jiangdong, it would not help.

It is undoubtedly the most correct for Liu Biao to place Cai Mao in Jiangxia to guard against possible attacks from Sun Quan.

After Li Song sorted out the connection, he looked up and found that the spy did not eat with him, so he knew that he had some scruples.

Li Song said: "I am very satisfied with your information this time, and I will reward you with these foods! You can take them back and enjoy them!"

"Thank you, Prime Minister, for the reward!" The spy hurriedly knelt down and thanked him.

In the ancient hierarchical system, it was a kind of honor for the superior to reward the subordinate with items, and the subordinate must be grateful for Dade's thanks.

The spy got up and respectfully stretched out his hands to pick up the food on the case table, and with Li Song's consent, he left with these gifts.

In this way, the troubles in Jingzhou and Jiangdong came to an end, and Li Song turned his attention to Yuan Shang in the north again.

At this time, Yuan Shang in Youzhou welcomed an important guest, Karasuma Shanyu Tadun, You Beiping Shanyu Nengchen, and envoys from Liaoxi Shanyu Louban came to meet Yuan Shang.

It turned out that Yuan Shang was defeated by the armies of Zhang Yan, Jiao Chu, and Zhang Nan in several battles. Among them, Jiao Touch and Zhang Nan attacked the most fiercely, and most of Yuan Shang's troops were lost in the hands of these two men.

So they sent people to Karasuma to find Karasuma Shanyu Tadun and seek his help, hoping that Tadun could send troops to help him fight Li Song together.

Ta Dun was overjoyed after hearing this, and promised Yuan Shang to help him in the military, and spared no effort to help him bring in Liaoxi Shanyu Louban and Youbeiping Shanyu Nengchen, and even promised to help him take back Jizhou, but it would take a lot of money. benefit.

Yuan Shang agreed without hesitation to the Tudun lion's big mouth, and first gave them a blank check to stabilize these guys. As long as he can help him defeat the enemy and retake Jizhou, no matter how many benefits he has, he must grit his teeth and agree. down.

(End of this chapter)