Jagged hegemony of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 528
In the early morning of the next day, Liu Bei walked out of Mrs. Cai's bedroom with a red face.

Although Liu Bei is over half a hundred years old, he is as brave as before, and last night he fought until dawn before stopping the war.Mrs. Cai, on the other hand, was lying on the bed and sleeping soundly after a long drought.

After Liu Bei finished dressing, he came to the main hall, and the front of the hall was full of civil and military officials from Jingzhou.

Seeing Liu Bei coming, everyone got up and saluted Liu Bei.

"See Emperor Uncle!"

Although they all saluted Liu Bei, some were excited, while others were absent-minded.

"Ok!"

Liu Bei nodded, and then said: "Excuse me, everyone, wait for His Highness the King of Chu to come, and we will discuss business matters!"

"Here!"

All the civil and military officials in Jingzhou saluted Liu Bei, and then sat back to their seats.

After waiting for a long time, Liu Zong still didn't come, so everyone began to discuss, saying that Liu Zong was young and didn't understand etiquette, so he hadn't come yet.

Kuai Liang saw that everyone was discussing there, and the voice was not low, so he turned to his elder brother Kuai Yue and said, "Brother, this Liu Bei is probably not simple. Now the Cai family has declined because of Cai Mao's relationship. Among the four major families, only our Kuai family still serves the king of Chu, shall we submit to Liu Bei?"

The reason why Kuai Liang asked this was because he could see that the reason why Liu Bei stayed in Jingzhou was for the nine counties of Jingxiang.

Kuai Yue shook his head, and then said: "Wait and see what happens, although Liu Bei is ambitious, but in the current situation, it is not enough for our Kuai family to assist him, unless Liu Bei can completely win the nine counties of Jingxiang, In that case, even if we don’t want to assist him, it’s impossible, otherwise, Liu Bei will occupy Xiangyang, and there is a possibility that others will seize his foundation at any time, we can’t learn from Cai Mao and gamble with the family!”

When Kuai Liang heard what Kuai Yue said, he asked doubtfully, "Oh? Could it be that Liu Bei will destroy the Cai family?"

Kuai Yue nodded, lowered his voice, and said in a low voice: "Liu Bei seems to be forgiving and has the demeanor of an elder, but he is actually a villain. I suspect that Liu Qi's death has something to do with him!"

"Probably not! If Liu Bei did this and spread the word, his reputation would be completely regretted!"

Kuai Liang looked at Kuai Yue in surprise and said.

Kuai Yue just shook his head and stopped talking.

At this moment, a guard shouted loudly: "His Royal Highness King Chu is here!"

"See King Chu!"

Everyone saluted Liu Zong one after another, and Liu Bei was no exception.

Although Liu Zong was young and ignorant, he also knew what happened last night. Although Cai Mao looked down on him before, Cai Mao was his uncle. Knowing each other, he timidly said: "My dear friends, please forgive me!"

The civil and military officials of Jingzhou stood up one after another and returned to their original positions.

After everyone stood up, an official from the neutral faction asked Liu Bei, "Uncle Liu Huang, now that Cai Mao has been defeated by you, I wonder what your plan is next!"

As for the official of the pro-Liu (Liu Bei) faction, Yin Ji said: "Uncle Emperor, I think that the people in Xiangyang are in panic after the war last night, and now we should focus on appeasing the people!"

"Ok!"

Liu Bei nodded, and then said: "Bo Yin Ji is right. Xiangyang is newly settled, and His Royal Highness the King of Chu is young. I really shouldn't be self-propelled. Otherwise, there will be changes in the city, and I will have more than I can do!"

The reason why Liu Bei said this was simply because he had not fully controlled the soldiers and horses in Jingzhou. He wanted to wait until he integrated the soldiers and horses in Jingzhou before leading the army to attack the territory occupied by Cai Mao and others.

Now Liu Bei can also be said to have a strong army. He originally had 5 to 20 soldiers and horses. The combined number of soldiers and horses in the hands of Wenpin and Wang Wei is more than [-], plus the Jingzhou Army in Xiangyang City, a total of more than [-] Soldiers and horses, which also inflated Liu Bei's ambitions.

"Uncle Liu Huang, can I leave now?"

When Liu Bei was discussing with the others when to conquer Cai Mao, Liu Zong suddenly said.

"what?"

Liu Bei was stunned by Liu Zong's words, because Liu Bei had lived for so many years, and this was the first time he heard that the prince left first when the ministers were discussing matters.

And Liu Zong saw Liu Bei staying there.Thinking that he had offended Liu Bei, he hurriedly said, "I'm not leaving, I'm not leaving!"

After Liu Bei regained his composure, he hurriedly said, "My lord, you are the master of Jingzhou, you can go wherever you want, don't ask me!"

"Oh!"

Hearing what Liu Bei said, Liu Zong's thought of dispelling came out again, so he jumped off the throne and said to Liu Bei, "Uncle Emperor, I entrust everything here to you. I'll go catch the crickets first!"

After speaking, Liu Zong ran to the backyard of the palace with his servant who was about the same age as him.

"Forehead……!"

Everyone saw that Liu Zong was still as virtuous as before, with black lines all over his head.

Liu Xian took the lead in reacting, and said to Liu Bei: "I made the emperor laugh, little prince, he is still young, I hope the prince will not be offended!"

How could Liu Bei be offended? He wished that Liu Zong would do this, so that he could hold all the military and political power in Jingzhou in his hands.

"Hehe, it's okay. The prince is lively and carefree. You don't have to think about it so much. This is a good thing, this is a good thing!"

Liu Bei laughed.

"Can……!"

Kuai Liang just wanted to say something, but was stopped by Kuai Yue, and then said in Kuai Liang's ear: "You don't need to say much, just wait and see what happens. If Liu Bei is really talented, you and my two brothers will help Liu Bei is fine too, if he is an idiot, why do you care what he does!"

Because Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue stood behind, Liu Bei did not see the conversation between Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue.

"General Wenpin!"

Liu Bei said to Wenpin.

"The end is here!"

Wenpin stood up and bowed to Liu Bei.

"General Wenpin, what's the current situation of the Cai family?"

Liu Bei asked.

"My lord, the Cai family has been surrounded by people sent by the last general, not even a fly can fly out!"

Wenpin answered.

"Okay, let's stop here today, you guys go down first!"

Liu Bei waved his hands to the others, and then signaled Wenpin and Wang Wei to stay.

After everyone left, Liu Bei said to Wenpin and Wang Wei: "The Cai family has lived in Xiangyang for a long time, and their family assets are countless. We only occupy Xiangyang now, which is not enough to support more than 20 troops. Therefore, in my opinion , it’s better to steal the Cai family, use the Cai family’s wealth as military pay, and distribute it to the soldiers to buy people’s hearts!”

Even if Liu Bei didn't say anything, Wenpin and Wang Wei would not let the people of the Cai family go. They all understood the truth that if you beat a snake, you will suffer.

"Here!"

(End of this chapter)