The most powerful general in the Three Kingdoms

Jingzhou, in Xiangyang City.

In the meeting hall, Liu Biao was distressed.

On the one hand, he wanted to use the abilities of Liu Bei and his subordinates Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhuge Liang to defend Jingzhou and resist Sun Ce.

On the other hand, he didn't want Liu Bei to develop his strength and continue to grow bigger, lest it become difficult to control or even be robbed of his foundation.

In distress.

Everyone below has their own ideas.

Liu Qi would rather Liu Bei stay. Now that he is here, he does not have any high-status confidants.

Cai Mao and Mrs. Cai's faction were even more powerful. One was in charge of the military and the other was Liu Biao's official wife. It could be said that they were running sideways in Jingzhou.

On the surface, the remaining Zhang Yun, Kuai Yue, Kuai Liang, Wen Pin, Wang Wei and others are unwilling to take a stand immediately and do not want to intervene in this dispute.

So now in the entire meeting hall, the one who most hopes Liu Bei will stay is Liu Qi. After all, with Zhuge Liang's participation, the probability of success in planning such a thing will be much higher.

Liu Biao saw that no one expressed his opinion, so he slowly expressed his worries and wanted to hear the audience's opinions.

Cai Mao now wished that Liu Bei would leave quickly, so that his eyes would be clear after leaving.

Kuai Yue, Kuai Liang and other counselors also expressed their thoughts. After all, it is easy to win a thousand armies but hard to find one general.

If Liu Bei can be retained, he will be given appropriate territory and troops.

I believe that Liu Bei can provide a lot of help to Liu Biao in addition to resisting Sun Ce and Zhou Cheng.

Liu Qi also began to argue hard, urging Liu Biao to keep Liu Bei.

He hated Cai Mao so much that he wished he could be destroyed now.

Everyone debated, and Liu Biao couldn't make up his mind, so he had to ask his subordinates to reply, asking Liu Bei to be lenient for a while, and they would allocate him more military rations and make other arrangements.

Just as he was planning to find someone to deliver the news to Liu Bei, Liu Qi took the initiative to take over the task.

The discussion here was closed, so Cai Hao went straight to Mrs. Cai's place.

Seeing Mrs. Cai, Cai Mao described in detail what had just been discussed.

Only then did Mrs. Cai learn about these two things, because Liu Biao usually did not allow her to interfere in political affairs.

So a lot of news was learned through Cai Mao.

After learning these circumstances, Mrs. Cai was also a little frightened. She did not expect that the battle between Zhou Cheng and Zhang Yan would end so quickly.

I just heard a few days ago that Zhou Cheng sent his generals to attack Zhang Yan.

As a result, Zhang Yan surrendered within a few days.

He was also appointed as the prefect of Shangdang by Zhou Cheng to take charge of his own affairs.

Mrs. Cai still felt a little incredible, and then she heard Cai Mao start talking about Liu Bei.

Mrs. Cai has always looked down upon Liu Bei, feeling that this man used the name of the emperor's uncle to go around cheating people with food and drinks.

And now that he has been deceived into his own territory, if Liu Biao hadn't taken him in, Mrs. Cai would have let Cai Mao drive Liu Bei away.

Although she had money and land, it all belonged to herself and her son Liu Cong, so naturally she was unwilling to give even a little to Liu Bei.

So they discussed with Cai Mao how to arrange Liu Bei's affairs, which would be more beneficial to them.

Liu Qi got off the meeting hall, got on his horse, and headed straight to Liu Bei's station without stopping.

After arriving at the station, under Liu Bei's slightly shocked eyes, Liu Qi explained his purpose.

Liu Bei took Liu Biao's letter and read it briefly, feeling very uncomfortable.

Originally, he had already made a plan to leave directly, but now Liu Biao blocked him, which made him feel unhappy.

Seeing Liu Bei's bad expression, Liu Qi immediately stepped forward and told him that Zhou Cheng had surrendered to Zhang Yan and the situation in the north was stable.

When Zhou Cheng is ready, he will definitely go south to conquer, and it is the time to hire people.

If Liu Bei is willing to stay, he must make a request to Liu Biao and ask Liu Biao to provide more resources and benefits to show his sincerity.

Liu Bei was silent after hearing this, seeming a little embarrassed.

Zhuge Liang said at this time that Liu Zhang could not refuse his hospitality, so he sent people to invite him again and again, and only invited his lord to go there for a period of time.

After Cao Cao is defeated, he will definitely come back.

When Liu Qi heard that he didn't believe it, he thought it must be because Liu Bei had asked for food and soldiers before, and he couldn't even give him a piece of territory, which hurt Liu Bei's heart.

So at this time, he patted his chest and promised that if Liu Bei stayed, he would definitely win more benefits for Liu Bei.

It was heard that Liu Bei wanted to beat him, but he couldn't show it. _Feilu reminds you: three things about reading-