Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 462
In August of the 13th year of Jian'an, Cao Cao issued an order to order the counties in Jingzhou to surrender. Liu Ba, a wealthy family from Lingling, went north to Xiangyang to meet Cao Cao, and was sent to the south of Jingnan by Cao Cao to persuade Changsha, Wuling, Lingling and Guiyang to surrender.Wenpin stayed behind closed doors, Cao Cao came to persuade him personally, and added another general. He immediately appointed Wenpin as the prefect of Jiangxia, and led his troops to Jiangxia.

When Liu Cong died, the gentry in Jingzhou panicked, and Cai Mao was even more frightened, fearing that Cao Cao would be harmful to him.Finally one day, a servant came to report that Cao Cao had come to the mansion, and Cai Mao was so frightened that he almost lost his mind.

When Cao Cao came to Cai’s mansion, it was like returning to his own home. He stayed at Cai Mao’s house for dinner, met Cai Mao’s family, and talked about calligraphy. He invited Liang Hu, who is good at eight-point calligraphy, to splash ink on the spot , to be the honored guest.Cai Mao was puzzled by Cao Cao's intentions. Is it just because of nostalgia?Or do you want to use your influence to stabilize Jingzhou?After sending Cao Cao away, he immediately ran to see Kuai Liang.

Among the Kuai brothers, Kuai Yue didn't like to see Cai Mao very much, while Kuai Liang had a lot of contacts with Cai Mao because of his inferior status.Kuai Liang thought for a long time before saying, "Spend money to save your life."

The next day, Cai Mao and Kuai Liang came to see Cao Cao: "The Prime Minister has just arrived in Jingzhou, and the cost of troops and horses is very high. The two of us have surplus money and would like to donate it to the Prime Minister as military funds."

Cao Cao was overjoyed and comforted the two not to worry too much, but he accepted all the money.

More than ten days later, Cao Chun came back from Jiangling and reported that Cao Cao had been escaped by Liu Bei again and took away a large amount of military resources. Cao Cao was furious. "Where did Liu Bei flee to?"

"I heard that he has fled to Jiangxia to join Liu Qi. Liu Qi arranged for a navy to meet him in Jiangling. I can't catch up." Cao Chun took the opportunity to choose himself.

"Could it be that he wants to escape to Jiangdong?" Cao Cao asked in doubt after hearing Cao Chun's words.

Not long after, Cheng Yu came to report that Wenpin sent someone from Jiangxia, saying that Liu Qi had abandoned Jiangxia and fled to Jiangdong by himself, and that all Jiangxia's soldiers and horses had been captured by Liu Bei.

Cao Cao burst into a rage: "The big-eared thief is really hateful. But how did he do such tricks?"

Because Liu Qi was excluded by Cai Mao, Zhang Yun and others, he asked Zhuge Liang for advice in order to protect himself. Zhuge Liang suggested that he invite him to go to Jiangxia to avoid disaster. After hearing that Liu Biao was critically ill, he wanted to go back to Xiangyang to visit him, but Cai Mao stopped him on the grounds that Jiangxia was an important place and he couldn't leave it lightly.Liu Qi once wanted to return to Xiangyang, but was blocked by his adviser Ma Liang. Ma Liang persuaded Liu Qi that returning to Xiangyang at this time would undoubtedly throw him into a trap, so he had to give up.After hearing that Liu Biao died, Liu Cong became the lord of Jingzhou. Liu Qi was furious and wanted cavalry to attack. Ma Liang once again dissuaded him, saying: "Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang fought, which led to chaos in Jizhou, and finally lost Hebei. You must not act on your will. Repeatedly."

Liu Qi said sullenly: "Then Ji Chang wants me to let him go?"

Ma Liang, whose name is Ji Chang, has five brothers who are talented and famous, and Ma Liang is the most outstanding among the five. Because of the white hair in his eyebrows, he is called Ma Liang with white eyebrows.Jingzhou has the praise of "Mashi Wuchang, Baimei is the best". "If you want to be the master of Jingzhou, you need to think long-term. Liu Cong is supported by Cai Mao, Kuai Yue and others, and the young master also needs help. Now Liu Bei is in Xinye, and Liu Pan is in Changsha. If you can contact these two as the young master's arms, Xiangyang Easy to get."

Liu Qi was overjoyed after hearing this, and immediately sent people to Xinye and Changsha respectively to lobby Liu Bei and Liu Pan to support him.However, the messenger sent to Xinye returned within a few days, and Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang returned with him.

"I'm about to send someone to see my uncle. I don't know why General Yun Chang and Mr. Kong Ming came to Jiangxia?" Liu Qi was very puzzled. He knew the importance of the two of them by Liu Bei's side. Don't naively think that Liu Bei wants to take the initiative to form an alliance with him.

"My lord, I don't know. Cao's bandit army went south a few days ago. My lord Liu Bei was about to fight Cao's bandit to the death. But Cai Hao didn't know how to persuade Liu Cong to surrender to Cao Cao. Our army was attacked by the enemy and had to abandon Xinye. It's a pity that only Thousands of soldiers and horses cannot take Xiangyang, so Liu Shijun can only go to Jiangling." Before Guan Yu could speak, Zhuge Liang spoke first, Guan Yu frowned slightly, and said nothing.

Liu Qi, who was already timid, heard that Cao Cao was coming, and his face turned pale with fright. He looked at Zhuge Liang and Ma Liang, and murmured, "What should I do?" It seems that Jiangxia is not safe.

Zhuge Liang smiled slightly: "My lord, don't worry. Although Cao's army is numerous, it is not enough to be afraid of the expedition. I discussed with Liu Shijun and borrowed troops from you to counterattack Xiangyang. I will make you the lord of Jingzhou. At that time, you will give an order and call everyone The county soldiers and horses will surely defeat Cao!"

Liu Qi was overjoyed: "Listen to my master, I have nothing to worry about. I have to worry about Uncle and Mr. Kong Ming about the military affairs. If I were the Lord of Jingzhou, I would like to rule it with Uncle. I have sent people to Changsha to persuade my cousin Liu Pan to come to help. It is enough to regain Xiangyang and resist Cao Cao."

"Then I ask you to give the military talisman and seal ribbon to Yunchang. Yunchang will go to Jiangling by water to meet Liu Shijun. You only need to wait for the good news in Jiangxia."

Ma Liang felt inappropriate no matter what he heard from the side, but he had always had a good relationship with Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, so he didn't say much.

Liu Qi raised his tent immediately and handed over the military talisman and seal to Guan Yu, and at the same time gave up the [-] sailors to Guan Yu, leaving him with only a thousand followers.

Guan Yu never expected to gain military power so easily with just a few words. It's not that Guan Yu has never been in touch with the advisers around Cao Cao, so he couldn't help but look at Zhuge Liang again, Zhuge Liang just nodded to him with a slight smile.

Guan Yu led the navy to Jiangling, in the name of counterattacking Xiangyang, but in fact he was responding to Liu Bei.But Zhuge Liang was left in Jiangxia by Liu Qi, and Liu Qi was still looking forward to taking charge of Xiangyang himself.

When Wenpin's army marched to Jiangxia, Liu Qi realized that something was wrong. Wenpin had gone to Cao Cao, which meant that Xiangyang was lost. In a hurry, Liu Qi asked Zhuge Liang for advice. Zhuge Liang persuaded him to abandon Jiangxia and go to Xiakou Town, but Wenpin did not After killing Liu Qi, he stationed troops after occupying Jiangxia.

When Liu Qi arrived at Xiakou, the messenger to Changsha reported back. After Liu Pan heard that Liu Cong was killed, he led the army and fled into the mountains. Liu Qi felt even more disturbed, and left Ma Liang and Qianyu behind. Jiang Ben Jiangdong took refuge.As Cao Cao said, although Yuan Shao's son was not filial, Liu Biao's son was even worse.

Liu Bei searched for money and food in Jiangling, but he was worried that he could not transport it away. Cao Chun's pursuers were about to approach him again. Guan Yu's navy arrived. Liu Bei boarded the ship smoothly and rushed to Xiakou with a full load. Qi can only look at the Taotao river, and watch Liu Bei hang up his sails and go away.

(End of this chapter)