In fact, before Liu Biao died, he wanted to recruit Liu Qi back and pass the position of Lord of Jingzhou to Liu Qi. However, due to the obstruction of Mrs. Cai, Cai Mao and others, Liu Biao did not see Liu Qi for the last time.

Just when the Cai family thought they were secure in Jingzhou, they suddenly heard that Cao Cao was marching south. At that time, the entire Cai family was in a panic.

I thought your training of navy troops was just a smoke bomb for the two families in the west. If you dare to send Zhang Liao and Xu Huang to Chang'an, that would be a smoke bomb?

Liu Cong, who was only fourteen years old, urgently summoned his subordinates to discuss matters.

Cai Mao, Kuai Yue, Fu Xun, Wang Can and other officials said in unison: "We all have the same opinion: Surrender!"

Liu Cong: "..."

I guess Liu Cong is in a very fucked mood right now. If he had known that he was going to surrender before he could sit down, he might as well have given up the position of Lord of Jingzhou to Liu Qi!

Damn it, I didn't get any benefits at all, and I got the reputation of being a loser and surrendering.

In any case, Liu Cong did not escape the fate of ruining Jingzhou in the end.

The wheels of history are still crushing him mercilessly.

Song Zhong, the envoy Liu Cong sent to Cao Cao to request his surrender, was captured by Guan Yu on his way back. Only then did Liu Bei learn about Liu Cong's surrender to Cao Cao.

I originally expected Liu Cong to be able to resist for a while in Jingzhou so that I could run away to Jiangxia. You kid surrendered now and didn't give your uncle any time at all.

So Liu Bei led Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Liu Feng, Guan Ping, Sun Qian and the Mi brothers to escape from Fancheng, taking a group of people with them.

There was no way, Boss Cao had already massacred several cities, including Pengcheng twice. The people were afraid and had no choice but to follow Liu Bei and flee across the river.

After crossing the river to Xiangyang, Liu Bei expected that he could not run fast with the people, so he wanted to put the people back in Xiangyang. Unexpectedly, Cai Mao not only refused to open the city gate, but also ordered people to shoot arrows to kill Liu Bei and others. Although Wei Yan opened the city gate to welcome him.

Liu Bei was blocked by Wen Pin.

Liu Bei had no choice but to continue running away with his people.

While running away, he also sent people to inquire about Li Qi's activities: We agreed that you would fight in the rear!

At the beginning, when he heard that Zhao Yun was leading his army northward, he thought he was planning to attack Chang'an. Liu Bei was filled with joy: As long as there was a fire in Cao Cao's backyard, he would probably retreat.

Unexpectedly, new news came within a few days: Zhao Yun turned his gun and headed towards Jingzhou.

Liu Bei was stunned: What kind of operation is this?

Sun Qiandao: "What Li Qi told me in the past was that we should join forces with Sun Quan to fight Cao Jun head-on, and he would attack Cao Jun's rear."

Liu Bei wondered: "Shouldn't the rear of Cao's army be in Chang'an? Why did he come to Jingzhou?"

Sun Qian thought for a long time and said: "If we go to Jiangxia to join the young master Liu Qi as planned, then the Nanjun area can be regarded as Cao Cao's rear."

Liu Bei wiped the sweat from his forehead with his hand and said: "Wait a minute, let me figure it out. We joined forces with Sun Quan and fought fiercely with Cao Cao's army near Jiangxia. He came to sneak attack Cao Cao's rear? What if he really succeeded?

If we capture Nanjun, even if we win this war, where will we live? Will we compete with Liu Qi in Jiangxia?"

Sun Qian: "..."

Yes, where will we live if we win?

Mi Zhu urged: "Are you going to run or not? If we win, we can decide where to live after we win, okay?"

Liu Bei said: "A man cannot act so without foresight. My current idea is to take Jiangling as my home first, and then persuade Li Qi and Liu Qi to come to help."

Sun Qiandao: "My lord, if you want to take Jiangling, it's not impossible, but you have to abandon the people and travel lightly. Otherwise, after traveling more than ten miles a day, Cao's army will soon catch up."

Liu Bei said: "The people have been with me for a long time. Are you willing to abandon me? If you want to achieve great things, you must put the people first."

So Liu Bei continued to lead the people to Jiangling.

Cao Cao found out that Liu Bei was going to Jiangling, and also knew that Jiangling had a lot of money and food. He was afraid that Liu Bei would have a foothold, so he sent his cavalry to pursue him non-stop in the direction of Jiangling.

Seeing that Cao Jun was about to catch up, Liu Bei suddenly thought: "I don't want Jiangling anymore, let's go to Jiangxia."

Sun Qian: "..."

Why don’t you just listen to Li Qi’s words earlier!

However, when Zhao Yun's vanguard troops arrived at Yufu County, Badong County, they heard that Liu Bei was defeated and fled to Jiangxia, and Cao Cao took advantage of the situation to occupy Nan County, so he stationed his troops and waited for Li Qi's instructions.

Li Qi then also led an army to Yuwei County, where he joined forces with Zhao Yun, with a total of 100,000 troops, paying attention to the battle situation on the front line.

However, Li Qi is not in a hurry to advance the army now, because the war between Cao Cao and Sun Liu has not started yet. If he rushes to advance the army, he will be confronting Cao Cao.

If it were upright, Sun and Liu would be happy to see the result, but Li Qi is not that stupid.

Li Qi took the time to inspect the industrial and commercial base in Yufu County and greatly appreciated Xu Chen's work in the past few years.

Xu Chen was humble for a while and then said: "Li Yan, the magistrate of Zigui County under the jurisdiction of Jingzhou Nanjun, often has contact with his subordinates. Now that Cao's army is marching south, Liu Cong is looking forward to surrendering. Li Yan intends to join the lord, please make a decision."

Li Qi was overjoyed: "What a good thing, Dongxu (characterized by Xu Chen), you really made the first contribution before I went on the expedition."

In fact, Li Qi had been wondering when he was fighting in Yizhou, why he hadn't seen Li Yan?

Li Yan and Li Zhengfang were all-rounders in both civil and military affairs, and were even listed as one of Liu Bei's most trusted ministers!

Li Qi probably knew that Li Yan was also a member of the Dongzhou faction, but he didn't know when Li Yan defected to Yizhou.

Now I understand that it was when Cao Cao went south that Li Yan went to Yizhou to join Liu Zhang.

Xu Chen said: "It all depends on my lord Hongfu, how dare I take the credit?"

Li Qi said to Xu Chen: "Let Li Yan settle down in Zigui County first, and I will go to see him in person soon."

The implication is, Li Yan, don't rush over to join me. When I see the right opportunity to attack Nanjun, wouldn't it be better for you to directly dedicate Zigui County to me?

Now Li Qi is doing nothing but waiting for a fighter plane.

Although he didn't do anything and seemed very calm, others panicked.

For example, Liu Bei was afraid that Li Qi would do nothing;

Another example is Cao Cao, who was afraid that Li Qi would do something suddenly.

Now there are two ways before Cao Cao. One is to chase the poor bandit with the remaining brave men and continue to pursue Liu Bei to remove this thorn in his side; the other is to turn the gun and attack Yizhou.

But on balance, Li Qi has an army of 100,000 and has dangerous mountains as passes, so it is obviously easier to defeat Liu Bei.

But if he goes to fight Liu Bei, what should he do if Li Qi stabs him in the back?

Cao Cao also thought about appeasing Li Qi first, for example, by naming him General Anguo, leading Yizhou Shepherd, and telling him to go back to Chengdu. But when he thought about the things that made him the magistrate of Gucheng County and the prefect of Xicheng, he got excited.

pain.

In the end, Cao Cao chose to appease Sun Quan.

As long as Sun Quan is willing to cooperate with him to destroy Liu Bei, then he can station the main army in Jiangling, and Li Qi will not dare to move despite him.

After Liu Bei is defeated and Jingzhou is consolidated, it is necessary to kill Li Qi first.

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