Sun Ce's letter was published soon, Zhang Zhao also got Sun Ce's order to start the affairs of Danyang County, and Lu Su was involved in it because of Sun Quan, so Lu Su had to give up his position as the prefect of Wuhu and ran to Jianye. Zhong temporarily took over Zhang Zhao's position. .
Sun Ce's letter arrived the fastest in the hands of Sun Ce's current mortal enemy Jingzhou Liu Biao.
Liu Biao's face in Xiangyang is very strange. He has been fighting with the Jiangdong navy for so many years. This is the first time Sun Ce sent an envoy to deliver this letter. Since Sun Jian died in Liu Biao's hands, except for the time when Huang Zu was exchanged for Sun Jian. Apart from the dead body, the two lords never communicated again, and even if they communicated, it was only on the battlefield. Now Sun Ce actually dispatched troops before the battle to hand over a letter to Wen Pinjun, which is the one in front of him.
"Let's talk about it! What exactly does Sun Ce want in the letter!" Liu Biao circulated the copy to the scribes and generals who were sitting down.
"My lord, I don't think this plan will work!" Kuai Liang was the first to speak. When Kuai Liang saw the letter, he was shocked, why! Because Sun Ce is completely out of the question! He has written letters to his lord Liu Biao, let alone other princes! Once millions of hungry people make trouble on the Shouchun Lujiang River, Lu Bu will really be finished, and Kuai Liang stood up immediately because he has a much better opinion of Lu Bu's army than Jiangdong's army!
Jiangdong Sun Ce, that is a fierce tiger, it may devour Jingzhou at any time, Kuai Liang was almost killed by Zhou Yu before, you think Kuai Liang can have a good impression of Sun Cejun! And at Lu Bu's place! Yang Hong and Kuai Liang are called brothers, although Kuai Liang also knows that Yang Hong is up for sale, but they are princes after all! What's more, because of Lu Bujun, Jingzhou almost took back Jiang Xia!
"Tell me, Zirou!" Liu Biao treated Kuai Liang very well. After all, he was one of the two most resourceful advisors under Liu Mang's command. People in the middle, Liu Biao used the Kuai family to check and balance the Cai family, but why not check and balance the Kuai family! During the Jiangxia battle, Kuai Liang helped the Jingzhou army take Sanjiangkou, otherwise Jiangxia would be lost now, so Liu Biao naturally laughed at Kuai Liang.
"My lord, Jiangdong Sun Ce, and my lord have a hatred for killing my father, and now they want to seize Jiangxia of my Jingzhou, and in the battle with Jiangdong, how many generals and people have died in my Jingzhou! Could it be that the lord wants to seek skin with such a person and a tiger!" Kuai Liang directly picked up the main conflict between Liu Biao in Jingzhou and Sun Ce in Jiangdong. Liu Biao killed Sun Ce's father, Sun Jian, and Jingzhou is a big mountain in front of Jiangdong. Also Liu Biao.
"Mr. Zirou's words are wrong!" Cai Mao on the side continued, "My lord, this is not seeking skins from tigers, but taking what they need!" Based on the gentry! In his eyes, there are only benefits and nothing else, and other things can be sacrificed, otherwise Cai Mao would not have exchanged his nephew's foundation for the prosperity and wealth of the Cai family after the death of Liu Biao in Jingzhou.
Whether it is Jiangdong Sun Ce or Shouchun Liu Mang, it is not a good thing for Cai Mao. The world's gentry have been offended, and among them is Cai Mao. The world's people are only talented? Hmph, what is Liu Mang trying to do! Want to be Wang Mang!
Wang Mang of the Western Han Dynasty was such a person. It is written in history books that Wang Mang always used the throne to seek power, and killing ministers was his label, but who knew that Wang Mang was a person who really supported the big man! What was his former title? It was the Duke of Zhou who was alive! He is humble and frugal, courteous and corporal, and is well-known in the ruling and opposition parties. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, social conflicts intensified unprecedentedly. Wang Mang was regarded by the government and the public as the best candidate to turn the crisis. Wang Mang's reform was really beneficial and harmless to the people. He did not allow large-scale trading of land. The annexation of land, the adjustment of taxes, the reduction of the burden on the common people, and the prohibition of the sale of slaves, and the promotion of talents in terms of talents, let the children of the world's poor families have a bright future!
It is such a person who stood at the forefront of the times, but he ended up not having a good end, and he will bear the infamy of thousands of years in the future history. Why is this! That is because he, Wang Mang, has come into contact with the vital interests of some people. These people are the gentry in the world. over him! Therefore, at the end of the Western Han Dynasty, after Wang Mang's New Deal was launched, those gentry began to rebel. In the end, the entire new dynasty of Wang Mang disappeared into history, and Wang Mang was also labeled as annihilating thieves and usurping the throne.
And what Liu Mang is doing now is not exactly what Wang Mang did in the past. First, he withdrew from the recruitment order, and promoted only talents, so that the poor families in the world have a bright future. For Cai Mao, what are those poor children? It's just a bunch of lowly people. Are such people worthy of sitting on an equal footing with the gentry like them? The arrogance of being born as a nobleman made Cai Mao look down on the poor children of the world, and Cai Mao is not the only one who thinks this way! Tao Qian back then, Liu Biao now, and Yuan Shao from Guandu, they all looked at your background before asking about your talent, and now Liu Mang even came up with such a sign order to reduce land taxes? The sale of land is not allowed, even if it is sold, it must be sold to the government. Isn't this what Wang Mang proposed at the beginning!
For Cai Mao, Sun Ce threatened his current interests, but Liu Mang threatened Cai Mao's fundamental interests.
So Cai Mao is willing to help Sun Ce deal with Liu Mang.
"Everyone takes what they need?!" Kuai Liang smiled disdainfully. Cai Mao's official position is Jingzhou's military adviser, but everyone knows that Cai Mao is a complete idiot when it comes to strategy besides military training. Now Cai Mao is opposed because of him The interests of the family have been threatened. "Dare to ask the military adviser, how can we get what we need from Jiangdong Sun Ce?!"
"Lü Bu's army was originally my enemy in Jingzhou. Before Lu Bu attacked Huangzhou, persuaded my Jingzhou generals to surrender, and captured General Huang Zu's beloved son Huang She, Mr. Kuai Liang, has he forgotten! Sun Ce wants to deal with Lu Bu, Why don't we need it! It's better to have one less eye-catching neighbor than one more!"
"Isn't the military adviser afraid that Lu Bu's army will drag our army down?!" Kuai Liang continued to ask.
"This is Jiangdong Sun Ce's strategy. What does it matter to me in Jingzhou? We just let nature take its course!" Cai Mao said righteously.
"It's a good one to let nature take its course!" Kuai Liang smiled, but this kind of smile was a sneer. This Cai Mao is really a strategic idiot, and he really takes the interests of the gentry as the foundation, let nature take its course, in other words, he should respond According to Sun Ce of Jiangdong, he used a million people to destroy Lu Bu's army and cause civil strife in Lu Bu's army. "Have you ever thought about who will benefit most if Lu Bu's army is wiped out? Is it Sun Ce or Jiangdong Sun Ce?" Kuai Liang asked himself and answered He said, "If there is no Lu Bu army, military advisor! Can you hold Jiang Xia now?! If there is no Lu Bu army? Jiang Xia is still in the hands of our Jingzhou!"
"With me in Jingzhou, Jiang Xia can't keep it!" Cai Mao also treated Kuai Liang coldly. Compared with his brother Kuai Yue, Kuai Liang is more like a counselor, because he no longer thinks that he is a nobleman. The gentry seeks profit regardless of the lord's great cause, just like Tian Fengjushou, these two are also the sons of the gentry, but they are not like Guo Tuxuyou and others who, in order to strengthen their family, embezzled [***] and took kickbacks without telling the lord Yuan Shao Nakongxiang attacked each other for the sake of power and interests by all means.
"If you can hold it, why did you lose Sanjiangkou? If you can hold it, why do you retreat from Xiakou?! If you can hold it, why has Jiangdong always attacked me, Jingzhou, but I, Jingzhou, have been incapable of attacking Jiangdong!" Kuai Liang said loudly. Questioning is completely disrespectful to Cai Mao! Cai Hao is the military adviser of the entire Jingzhou, and he is also the commander of the navy. It can be said that he has to pay more than half of the responsibility for the defeat of the Jingzhou navy. Now Kuai Liang's questioning is to clarify these issues and question Cai Mao's ability, do you think Cai Mao can't be angry! His face was flushed with embarrassment, if it wasn't for Liu Biao's side, he might have gone up and cut Kuai Liang's heart! Don't scold people, don't scold them, and don't hit them in the face.
"Kuai Liang, how much benefit have you received from Lu Bujun? You have to speak for them!" Cai Mao was really angry, and began to talk nonsense. Kuai Liang was on a mission to Lujiang, but it was for negotiation. He also took back the bed crossbow and even captured Sanjiangkou because of this. Cai Mao recommended him for this mission.
When Kuai Liang saw the blushing on Cai Mao's face, he still didn't let Cai Mao go. Since Cai Mao was going to tear up his face with unscrupulous words, Kuai Liang didn't need to save Cai Mao's face any more. Money is like floating clouds to me, and my salary is enough, and I am not like a military officer who has a big family to take care of, is that salary really enough?" Kuai Liang took Cai Mao with him without saying a word, Kuai Liang said that he has a clean sleeve, which means that he is an honest person. Although he did not explicitly say that Cai Mao is a corrupt criminal, but he has a family to support, and if he brings up the issue of salary, even ordinary people can understand that this is beating around the bush. It is said that Cai Mao is corrupt.
"You, you!" Cai Mao pointed at Kuai Liang and was speechless. Cai Mao was a military adviser in Jingzhou and the governor of the navy. There are tens of thousands of soldiers plus each branch, and two thousand stones are not enough to eat! So Cai Mao would only believe it if he was not corrupt. So Cai Mao has no face.
"I would like to ask the military advisor how much benefit he has gained from Jiangdong Sun Ce? If it is true what the military advisor said, we are seeking skins from tigers and defeating Lu Bu in Lujiang together, then we are really helping Jiangdong Sun Ce."
"It's nonsense! Kuai Zirou, you think you can shame me because you are from the Kuai family!" Cai Mao's face was full of shame and anger. Kuai Liang’s elder brother, Kuai Yue, is silent now, and he doesn’t want to favor anyone else. Kuai Liang is his own younger brother, a family member, and Cai Mao is his ally. It can be said that only the cooperation of the two can do business in Jingzhou. Big and strong, he is not good at helping Cai Mao. Liu Biao sits on the throne
He also didn't speak, he wished that the Kuai family and the Cai family had conflicts, as long as it wasn't a life-and-death feud, as long as they didn't fight openly, then let's fight when they fight! The way of balance is the way of princes and the way of emperors.
"Oh, let me ask the military adviser, once Lujiang Lu Bu is defeated, who will get Lujiang?!"
"Of course it's Sun Ce!" Cai Hao is not an idiot, he is strategically stupid, but he still understands the most basic things. Now there are only Liu Biao's army in Jingzhou and Sun Ce's army in Jiangdong in the Yangtze River Basin. If Lu Bu's army is defeated, then Lujiang will be These two can compete. If Jiangxia was completely in Liu Biao's hands before, Liu Biao's army might still be able to fight for it. But now Jiangxia only has Sanjiangkou and Xiakou still in Liu Biao's hands. What can we do to fight for Lujiang
"Then how much Jiangdong Army's benefits have you received, military commander?" Kuai Liang still said the same thing, Cai Mao really couldn't bear it, he wanted to do something, and Liu Biao also felt that it was enough, so he said, "Okay, okay Zirou, please don’t say a few words.”
"My lord! With Lu Bu's army around, we can hold back tens of thousands of soldiers in Jiangdong. If Lu Bu dies, then Sun Ce will really be free to fight to the death with our army!" Kuai Liang listened to Liu Biao and let Cai Mao go. He said to Liu Biao "A Sun Ce who is bound hand and foot, and a Sun Ce who is going all out, let the lord decide which one the lord wants!"
"Yeah!" Liu Biao nodded. Kuai Liang's analysis was very good. Lu Bu's army and Sun Ce's army were not good people for Jingzhou. If Chen Duan hadn't gone too far in Sun Ce's army, I'm afraid the current Lu Bu would have fought in Xinye and left Xinye. . Huangzhou was captured, the general was persuaded to surrender, and Huang She was captured. It can be said that this is a disgrace to Jingzhou. This time, Sun Ce's letter of revenge is not out of the question.
"What do you think of Yidu!" Liu Biao cast his eyes on Kuai Yue, Kuai Yue has always been calm and calm, and this person will definitely be able to find out the key to the matter if he doesn't open his mouth, he is a first-class counselor, otherwise After Lao Cao got Kuaiyue, he said that Jingzhou is not as good as Kuaiyue.
"Me?!" Kuai Yue knew that he couldn't escape. Originally, he didn't want to intervene in the argument between his younger brother and Cai Mao, but now he had to come to a conclusion.
"Brother Zhongde's words are very true!" Kuai Yue spoke directly, and Cai Mao laughed as soon as he opened his mouth. According to Kuai Yue's tone, he wanted to support himself. Cai Mao can't argue with Kuai Liang, but Kuai Yue doesn't necessarily "Regardless of whether it is Jiangdong Sun Ce or Lujiang Lu Bu is a threat to me in Jingzhou, what difference can there be between tigers and wolves! Moreover, this skill can also drive away tigers and wolves. We can release that this is Jiangdong Sun Ce's plan! You What will happen to Lu Bu who is so angry! He must have lost his boat and settled with Sun Ce!" Kuai Yue processed what Cai Mao wanted, and it completely changed. Sun Ce sent a letter, and we can promise to help them, but still Can you disclose this letter and tell Lu Bu that that kid from Jiangdong Sun Ce asked us to do this!
If Lu Bu can bear it, it's fine, but if he can't resist, he really forced Lu Bu to a certain extent. With Lu Bu's character, it would be dead. It happened once before. Lu Bu, because at that time Lu Bu had offended too many people, Cao Cao was behind him, Liu Bei was beside him, and Liu Biao in Jingzhou was beaten by him again, and there was no way to escape. Forget it, Lu Bu dare not come here to offend himself Otherwise, you will be besieged on all sides!
But I didn't expect that Lu Bu actually played the plan of Yusipo and directly broke into Wancheng. If Sun Ce forced him again this time, he would inevitably lose his life. The Jiangdong army made a lot of money, and there was one more thug for nothing. This big player is still at the level of a master.
"What Brother Yidu said is what Mao said!" Cai Mao was already shameless, he looked at Kuai Liang proudly, look, even your elder brother supports me, you still want to fight me? In fact, Cai Mao didn't want so much, but he just wanted Liu Mang to perish!
Liu Biao also nodded. In this case, Jingzhou has benefited a lot. He was not afraid that Sun Ce would not admit it, because he had Sun Ce's letter in his hand.
"Brother?!" Kuai Liang looked at his elder brother and was very puzzled. Why did the elder brother help Cai Mao to speak? Didn't the elder brother know that Lu Bujun could be stabilized in Jingzhou! A tripartite confrontation is the safest strategy.
"But!" Just when everyone was guessing that the lord might use Cai Mao's strategy this time, Kuai Yue suddenly made a 360-degree turn, "What Zirou said is not false!" Kuai Yue smiled at Kuai Liang He smiled, even if he supported Cai Mao, he would not directly hit his brother in the face. There are so many people here, and the Kuai brothers have deep feelings. The eldest brother is like a father, and the father of the Kuai family also died early, and it was Kuai Yue who supported the family. The relationship between the two brothers is like father and son. No matter how much Cai Mao has an alliance with the Kuai family, he is still an outsider.
"If Lu Bu is defeated, then Sun Ce will benefit the most, and once this happens, then Sun Ce will go all out to deal with me in Jingzhou. Now Cao Cao in the Central Plains is confronting Yuan Shao at Guandu, and Liu Bei and Zhang Xiu in Wancheng are also watching the changes. Jiangdong can be regarded as unstoppable, and then it will be a big problem for me in Jingzhou!" Kuai Yue said eloquently.
"No way! Yidu, didn't you just say that Lu Bu would come to kill you? As long as we tell Lu Bu that this is Jiangdong Sun Ce's plan, at that time it will be Jiangdong Sun Ce who steals chickens and loses money! Not me The disaster of Jingzhou!" Cai Mao wanted to repeat what Kuai Yue said just now.
But Kuai Yue couldn't think of the kind of thinking he was talking about and his shortcomings. The score is more than ninety!" Kuai Yue said to Liu Biao, "But everyone, don't forget one thing! The current Lu Bu army has no navy, and Lu Bu's army and Jiangdong Sun Ce are separated by the Yangtze River! Lu Bu can't cross it at all. In the past Jiang, how can you talk about the death of Yu Yu? Before that, it was because Wancheng belonged to Sun Ce! Now Wancheng belongs to Lu Bujun himself!" Yes, Lu Bujun's only warship was sold to Jingzhou Liu Biao. How about crossing the Yangtze River! Lu Bujun's Bingzhou wolf rider is the best in the world, and he has to be called daddy when he is above the water! It is still possible for the Jiangdong navy to block the Yangtze River.
If Lu Bujun might have had the power of the bed crossbow to open up the situation abruptly, but now the bed crossbow Jiangdong Sun Ce also has it. The navy is not Kuaiyue Zhang Jiangdong's morale destroys his prestige. Yes, from the scale, from the degree of training, the level of the soldiers are like this!
"Our Jingzhou navy can help him!" Cai Mao pointed out that it is no problem for Lu Bu not to have a navy, but Jingzhou has one! You can help him.
"Hehe, brother Zhongde, you said he would accept it according to Lu Bu's temper!" Kuai Yue said to Cai Mao.
"This!" Cai Hao also hesitated. To be honest, Lu Bu's stubborn temper, if it is really to that extent, Lu Bu will not accept it.
"Not only is it impossible to accept, but once our army joins in, Lu Bu won't be able to cross the river. Who do you think he will pour his anger on!"
"Our army!" All the people present thought of the consequences. Jingzhou is no better than Jiangdong. Jingzhou has a lot of land on the other side of the river, such as half of Jiangxia. Sanjiangkou is exposed on land, and then Xinye Well, if Lu Bujun's surname is good, he can go to the upper reaches of Jingzhou and raid across the river, then Jingzhou will be really unlucky. There are hungry wolves in front and tigers behind. This is not driving away the tigers and devouring the wolves, but sending them to the door for the tigers to devour.
Cai Mao also thought of the terrible consequences, and couldn't help but fight a cold war.
"Then what do you mean by different degrees?!" Liu Biao also frowned. This plan is not good, nor is the latter plan. What should we do
"Wait and see!" Kuai Yue said with a calm smile.
"Wait and see what happens?!" Everyone was puzzled.
"We will not take the initiative to help Sun Ce send the people of Jingzhou to Shouchun, but I will not stop it, and even help Liu Mang to promote it, so that even if the people go, Liu Mang can't blame us Now, who let His Highness the King of Shu issue the call-up order himself! Even if Lu Bu is defeated, it has nothing to do with us, the next thing is to send Sun Ce's letter there.
Having this letter can not only provoke the relationship between Lu Bu and Sun Ce, but also ease the relationship between us in Jingzhou and Lu Bu. This is a favor! We can even give Lu Bujun some food and grass to support properly." Kuai Yue said to everyone that what Kuai Yue said was not giving too much food and grass, but it meant that it might be a few thousand stones." Whether Lu Bu is defeated or not, it has nothing to do with us, but it is in our interest! If Lu Bu is really defeated as Sun Ce said! We will provide warships, and I believe that Lu Bu will not refuse at that time." Of course, he will not refuse. Liu Biao did not take the initiative to plot against Lu Bu, but came to provide food and grass. Although Lu Bu will not be grateful, he must at least give him face. of.
The unlucky one for Lu Bujun to cross the Yangtze River is Sun Ce!
"If Lu Bu hadn't been defeated? Then Lu Bu is not a big threat to us at this time, and after Lu Bu has been plotted against by others, who do you think Lu Bu hates the most? At that time, it was Sun Ce who had a headache!" Kuai Yue finally finished speaking. own strategy.
One link after another, no matter what, Jingzhou is the most beneficial to him.
Liu Mang plotted against the princes of the world, Sun Ce plotted against Liu Mang, and now Kuaiyue of Jingzhou is plotting against Sun Ce and Lu Bu. (To be continued.)