We agreed that you, a weak strategist, would fight against three heroes by yourself?

At this time, in the Nanjun Kuai family, Kuai Liang was also entertaining the caravan sent by Xi Yu.

It's just that unlike Huang Zu's direct kidnapping or the extremely high-level behavior of the Cai family, the Kuai family's behavior is somewhat satisfactory.

After all, they are also scholars, so their behavior must not be so rude, and they are different from the Cai family,

There is no essential irresolvable conflict between the Kuai family and Liu Bei. It can even be said that compared to the other families, Liu Bei's attitude towards the Kuai family can be said to be completely different.

Since the capture of Jingzhou, the Kuai family has been the target of Liu Bei's efforts to win over.

He even made Kuai Liang the prefect of Nanjun. Liu Bei was very polite every time he saw Kuai Liang.

Therefore, unlike the Huang and Cai families who were already desperate and could only confront Liu Bei, the Kuai family did not need to do such a thing.

Not to mention whether it can succeed at this time, if it fails, the Kuai family will be destroyed, and the Kuai family will also bear the name of betrayal.

At this time, the caravan leader Guo Jia sent to the Kuai family could be said to be thirsty, but the two members of the Kuai family did not make any movement, and even continued to hesitate.

Seeing this, the caravan leader took a deep breath and continued:

"I think the family leader is unwilling to cooperate with my lord?"

After listening to the words of the caravan leader, Kuai Liang laughed awkwardly and waved his hands quickly. When he was about to say something, the caravan leader interrupted him and continued:

"There is no need for the Prefect to explain anything to me. I just want to ask the Prefect, does the Prefect know the meaning of lips dying and teeth cold?"

After asking the question, the caravan leader continued:

"In the beginning, the seven major families in Jingzhou all united to fight against outsiders. It can be said that the seven families are in the same spirit. But look at the seven major families in Jingzhou today? Do they still have the prestige of the past?"

"Although the Kuai family is now respected by the big-eared thief in Jingzhou, has the head of the family ever thought that the current glory of the Kuai family is the deliberate act of the big-eared thief in order to divide the Jingzhou nobles?"

"If by that time, all the other families in Jingzhou are wiped out by Liu Bei, will Liu Bei leave behind a disobedient Kuai family? Will the Kuai family still have the glory it has today?"

After pausing for a moment, the caravan leader looked at the expressions of the two people and then continued:

"The prefect should know that this Liu Bei is a hypocritical person. With his character, even if he has promised all kinds of wealth to the prefect, does the prefect think he can really get this wealth in his hands? "

"I would like to remind the prefect again, although Jingzhou is currently occupied by Liu Bei, the general trend of the world must be very clear to the prefect. Sooner or later, my lord will unify the world, and Liu Bei is just resisting."

After finishing speaking, the caravan leader didn't say a word and just sat quietly drinking tea.

After hearing what the caravan leader said, Kuai Liang and the other two looked at each other with deep shock in their eyes.

They originally thought that Liu Bei could be considered a hero, but after hearing what the caravan leader said, the shock in their hearts was indescribable.

A person who claims to be a soldier under Xi Yu's tent can tell such an insightful story. One can imagine what an extraordinary person Xi Yu is.

There will be such terrifying people working for him under his command.

Besides, they can clearly see the general trend of the world. Xi Yu's strength is now known to the world, and everyone can see that he has the ambition to dominate the world.

But after all, this matter is related to their wealth and lives, which makes Kuai Liang and his two men have to become nervous.

After looking at each other and speaking respectfully to the caravan leader, they quickly returned to the room to discuss the matter.

But it was obvious that the two brothers' opinions were not unified at this moment. After arguing for a long time, neither side got an accurate answer.

At this moment, Huang Zu's secret message arrived.

After receiving Huang Zu's secret letter, the eyes of Kuai Liang and Kuai Liang were also filled with deep solemnity.

It seemed that it was similar to what they had guessed. Xi Yu had not only contacted their wealthy family. The Huang family of Jiangxia had probably united with many noble families in Jiangxia to fall into the arms of Xi Yu.

Just when they were deep in thought, another servant delivered a letter. When they opened it, they found it was a secret letter from the Cai family.

At the same time, both brothers saw the shock in each other's eyes,

They also saw it at this moment. Regardless of whether the Kuai family turned to Xi Yu or not, it could be said that Xi Yu was sure of his fate in Jingzhou.

After reading the content in the letter, which was no different from Huang Zu's, and thinking for a moment, the two took a deep breath and made up their minds.

After walking out of the inner room and looking at the playful caravan leader Kuai Liang, he slowly said:

"I'm sorry to trouble you to tell Mr. Xi that we, the Kuai family, will definitely follow Mr. Xi's lead and join hands with the Jingzhou gentry to carry out a major event and go to Xiangyang to rescue Mr. Liu. In addition, the two of us have also written several secret letters, which have been sent to all the tribes in Nanjun. , make them cooperate with us."

Then he handed the reply letter to Guo Jia to the caravan leader. It turned out that there was no reason for the secret letter. After saying goodbye, the caravan leader returned to Huangpi.

Like the Cai and Huang families, after the caravan leader left, the Kuai brothers wrote a letter and sent it to Pang De's office in Xiangyang after thinking for a long time.

"Father, these are the two letters that were just sent."

Pang De's office in Xiangyang,

After handing the two letters delivered to Pang Degong, Pang Juanmin bowed and left to pour tea for the guests of the Cai family who had just arrived.

After receiving the letter from his son, Pang Degong slowly unfolded it and read it.

The first letter was sent by Huang Zu. In it, he roughly told the story of the banquet he had attended before. His brother Huang Long died unexpectedly because of the Hongmen Banquet, and even his head was to be taken away by Liu Bei afterwards. Use it to exchange for the surrender of the remaining Jiading.

The whole article denounces Liu Bei's hypocrisy and cruelty, and says that he has witnessed everything this happened with his own eyes. Now that Xiyu's benevolent army is about to arrive, this is a good time for them to overthrow Liu Bei.

And asked Duke Pang to seek justice for his dead brother.

After reading Huang Zu's letter, Pang Degong took a deep breath and opened another letter again.

This other letter was of course written by Kuai Liang.

After all, Kuai Liang is a scholar, and he and Liu Bei don't have much hatred.

The overall situation is relatively peaceful, and this matter is analyzed from the perspective of the general trend of the world, and it has been stated that it is only a matter of time for Xi Yu to unify the world, and Liu Bei is already a grasshopper after autumn and cannot jump around for a few days.

In order to protect the people of Jingzhou from being affected by the war, everyone in the Kuai family has decided to invite Xi Gong to live in Jingzhou, and they want Pang Degong to call on everyone in Jingzhou to oppose Liu Bei together.

He looked at the Cai family in front of him and the two secret letters in front of him. How could he, Mr. Pang De, not see clearly the current situation?

After all, this is the last chance for these aristocratic families. If they seize the power of Conglong, their families will surely be extremely prosperous in the future.

Therefore, regardless of whether he makes this decision or not, the wealthy families in Jingzhou will definitely choose to oppose Liu Bei without hesitation.

Taking a deep breath, Pang Degong slowly said:

"I originally thought that Liu Xuande was the queen of King Jing of Zhongshan and a member of the royal family. He was extremely benevolent and had a good reputation. But I didn't know that he would do such an unscrupulous act. It is really shameless. !”

At this moment, Pang Degong became more excited and louder as he spoke, as if he was already dissatisfied with Liu Bei's behavior.

After a moment of pause, Pang Degong continued:

"I think back then, Liu Bei fled into Jingzhou like a lost dog. Liu Jingsheng thought that he was a descendant of the Queen of Han, so he took him in and entrusted him with important tasks. He even entrusted him with an orphan when he was dying. But he never thought that this person So cruel-hearted."

"Liu Bei, it was unjust to harm the descendants of Liu Jingsheng, who was kind to him. When he was appointed as the shepherd of Jingzhou, he did not want to appease the people, but instead used treacherous tactics to steal Jingzhou. This is unfaithful! As a descendant of the empress of the Han Dynasty, there is no difference between appearance and appearance. It is unfilial to be dangerous and cunning, and to go back on one's word without any sincerity. This is unfilial! He controls Jingzhou but does not want to treat the common people and nobles well. Instead, he goes around provoking conflicts among the nobles and harms the soldiers and people of Jingzhou. This is unkind! "

"Such unfaithful, unfilial, unkind and unjust villains! They are truly the most intolerable villains in the world!"

Listening to Pang Degong's scolding of Liu Bei, everyone around them was stunned.

But they knew that Pang Degong should also agree with their ideas and decided to support the drama and rebel against Liu.

While they were still excited, Mr. Pang Degong directly grabbed the pen beside him and wrote back to the heads of each family to tell them his thoughts.

After this, Pang Degong actually wrote a memorandum directly and handed it to the people present, asking them to spread this memorandum throughout Jingzhou, calling on the Jingzhou nobles to rise up together against Liu Bei.

After doing all this, Pang Degong also wrote a letter telling Guo Fengxiao that he accepted his kindness, but he had no intention of becoming an official.

Although I didn't understand Pang Degong's behavior, since Pang Degong was also on the same front with them, this matter was much easier to handle. Suddenly, there was a bright scale in the hearts of the entire Jingzhou soldiers.

After everyone left, Pang Juanmin originally wanted to say something when he saw Pang Degong alone looking in the direction of Xiapi.

But after thinking for a moment, he decided not to say anything.

Looking in the direction of Xiapi, Pang Degong seemed to be muttering something alone.

"Hey, old friend, this may be the last time I help you."

After waiting for several days, Guo Jia also received all the replies.

"Okay, okay."

In the renovated conference hall, Guo Jia and Liu Bei were discussing.

After learning that Xi Yu's large net had been laid, the two also began to discuss how to use this net to completely trap Liu Bei in it and capture him ashore.

"A message has been sent from my lord. Wen Yuan and Dian Wei have led the army to Xuchang. They will attack Xiangyang when the time is right."

Guo Jia, who received Xi Yu's news, was discussing the next thing with Zhou Yu.

"Our troops and horses can be divided into two groups. One group will be led by Ling Xiao and the white cavalry will set off from Sui County and go straight to Xiangyang. The other group will be led by Gong Jin and will set off by water and go up the river and go straight to Xiangyang."

"With this, our three groups of troops can surround Xiangyang tightly and make it impossible for him to escape. What does Gong Jin think?"

According to Xi Yu, generals are not subject to military orders abroad, so he usually only determines the general strategic goals. As for how to fight on the battlefield, that is a matter for the generals on the spot.

He would consider the details himself, as long as he could accomplish his strategic goals, everything would be no problem.

Ever since, after receiving the news about Xi Yu, Guo Jia and Zhou Yu started discussing. After listening to Guo Jia's story, Zhou Yu also nodded lightly.

"But, this plan is very clever. We can follow the master's plan. When Liu Bei and Jingzhou's wealthy people are fighting each other, we will surround Jingzhou in three directions. This big-eared thief is tired of dealing with Jingzhou's wealthy people, so he will definitely not pay attention to me. By the time we arrive at Xiangyang City, the big-eared thief won't be able to escape even if he wants to."

After listening to what Zhou Yu said, Guo Jia also nodded slightly.

After the two discussed some minor matters, they dispersed.

At this moment, Liu Bei can be said to be extremely angry.

When he received the letter from Xu Shu, there were already rumors all over Jingzhou, and some anti-Liu forces were gathering everywhere.

Of course, Liu Bei was not stupid enough to think that this anti-Liu force was against Liu Qi and not Liu Bei.

The popular support of the people in Jingzhou can be said to be the basis for Liu Bei's success. The stability of the popular support in Jingzhou represents the stability of Liu Bei's rule in Jingzhou. If the people of Jingzhou are against him, then he will really fall into wandering again.

Although Jingzhou is not very stable now, what makes Liu Bei feel relieved is that the wealthy families in Xiangyang have not made any moves yet.

Everything he did was the same as before, which gave him a little comfort in his restless heart.

But when he saw Xu Shu's next news, the flames of anger in Liu Bei's heart rose again.

It turns out that the bloodshed in Jiangxia was not a rumor, but a real thing.

Seeing this news, Liu Bei was so angry that he scolded Xu Shu for his incompetence, but after a while he calmed down again. Now he and Xu Shu can't quarrel with each other yet.

At least it can't be to anger him. After all, Xu Shu still has 20,000 new soldiers in his hands. He is already short of troops. If he forces these 20,000 new soldiers to rebel, it will be a real loss outweighing the gain.

After calming down his mood a little, Liu Bei ordered Xu Shu to send an order to lead his troops back to Xiangyang as soon as possible. He also ordered Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to prepare for battle, and asked the remaining civil servants to appease the people.

After all, the people of Xiangyang today are the last straw that Liu Bei can rely on.

Just when Liu Bei noticed these things, the major families in Jingzhou also passed news to each other. Several major families were actively preparing and thinking of taking action at any time.

It can be said that Jingzhou at this moment is like the silence before the storm. Just waiting for an opportunity, Jingzhou will instantly fall into the violent storm!

finally! On the day of the summer solstice,

The richest Beisan County in Jingzhou took the lead in raising the banner against Liu Bei. In an instant, the wealthy families from all over the Beisan County rose up and rushed to Xiangyang to rescue Liu Qi.

Huang Zu led 20,000 Jiangxia noble family members, raised troops from Anlu, called on King Qin, and rushed from Suizhou from east to west to Xiangyang.

Zhang Yun led the servants of the wealthy families in Nanyang counties and raised more than 30,000 troops from Nanyang County to attack Xiangyang along Yushui from north to south.

Cai Zhongcai He secretly gathered his family members in Xiangyang City, and waited until the rebels from various places arrived, then directly opened the gates of Xiangyang City to welcome the rebels into the city.

The Kuai clan also led more than 30,000 people and raised troops from Nanjun along the Jingxiang North Road to surround Xiangyang from south to north.

Although the four counties in the south of Jingzhou are unable to reach Xiangyang due to their weak strength, long distance and the obstacles of the Yangtze River's natural dangers,

But with Pang Degong's confirmation, families from all over the country also spontaneously led troops to attack the prefect's mansion.

Because there were few aristocratic families in these four counties, Liu Bei regarded the four counties in Jiangnan as his important troop transportation places, and also used them as his last escape route.

However, what Liu Bei never expected was that the wealthy families from the four Jiangnan counties would launch an attack from behind at this time.

He also led his troops to defend the natural danger of the Yangtze River, blocking Liu Bei's final retreat.

As the armies from all walks of life marched into Xiangyang in a mighty manner, and with the continuous propaganda along the way, by the time the army reached the gates of Xiangyang City, the entire army had gathered more than 100,000 people.

When the Jingzhou nobles mobilized their troops, Xi Yu's troops also began to take action.

Previously, Zhang Liao and Dian Wei led the army to station in Xinye, waiting for the time to come, to attack Xiangyang from the north and the south.

Huang Xu also led three thousand white cavalry to station in Suizhou, mainly to prevent Liu Bei from breaking through the siege of Xiangyang and escaping eastward. Secondly, this army could also be used as a surprise force, rushing directly to Xiangyang at the most critical moment to give Liu Bei a fatal blow. hit.

Zhou Yu also led an army upstream from the waterway. The 100,000-strong naval force was overwhelming, with banners and warships covering the sky and the sun.

Finally, Zhou Yu ordered a boat array to be deployed on the Jiangling River, preparing to break into Xiangyang City.

This time Zhou Yu entered Jingzhou territory, not only did he not encounter any obstruction, but he was also welcomed by Jingzhou nobles. Many common people even lined the streets to welcome the arrival of Zhou Yu's army.

Because in the past, the aristocratic family constantly promoted Liu Bei’s hypocrisy and righteousness, and the reasons for the things he did,

This has led to the people of Jingzhou, who are Liu Bei's basic base, to have a greatly reduced trust in Liu Bei at this moment. In addition, the aristocratic family described Xi Yu's army as an army of benevolence and righteousness.

This caused the people of Jingzhou to see Zhou Yu's army coming, and they all ate pots of wine to welcome the king's army.

At this moment, the entire Jingzhou can be said to be in a great situation, but of course this great situation does not include Liu Bei.

At this moment, Liu Bei was standing on top of Xiangyang City, looking at the endless army below with great anger.

On the top of Xiangyang City, Liu Bei looked at the 100,000 resistance troops under the city wall like black clouds. (End of this chapter)