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What Liu Biao never expected was that Li Li was extremely cunning and had suffered a great loss in Jizhou, and he destroyed Lu Bu in Xuzhou.

When Lu Bu in Xuzhou was destroyed, Liu Biao naturally had to be very energetic and always beware of Li Li's troops south to attack Jingzhou. For this reason, he missed another opportunity to attack Yizhou by the Western Liang army. When the situation in the Central Plains calmed down and Liu Biao was about to mobilize troops to attack Yizhou, Li Li took the lead and quickly captured Chengdu, which made Liu confess his love work.

Fortunately, opportunities always favor those who are prepared. After learning that the Western Liang army was fighting in Yizhou, Liu Biao decided to give up Yizhou, avoid confronting the Western Liang army head-on, and instead set his target on Jiangdong.

In the end, hard work pays off. Sun Ce from Jiangdong was too fierce and made countless enemies. He was eventually killed by a slut, leaving Liu Biao an opportunity to take advantage of. When the situation in Jiangdong was chaotic, Liu Biao sent a large number of meticulous workers and assassins to fish in troubled waters, completely disrupting the situation in Jiangdong, making profits in the chaos, secretly contacting important officials in Jiangdong, and mobilizing the army to attack Jiangdong with all their might. Finally, he forced the Sun clan of Jiangdong to bow his head, form an alliance with Liu Biao, and become a vassal of Jingzhou.

Last year, the stubborn forces in Jiangdong were unwilling to fail and attempted to avenge the late Sun Ce and Sun Yi brothers, so they brazenly launched crazy revenge, assassinating subordinates from Jingzhou, and attacking the prefecture several times. During the repeated assassinations, Liu Biao was injured in his left arm. Due to poisonous arrows, the arrow injury was not cured for a long time. After finally recovering from injury, the root of the disease was still laid; every time it rained, Liu Biao's left arm was sore and weak, and the whole left arm was painful when it moved. He could not lift it up at all.

For this reason, Liu Biao was completely angry, so he sent a family dead soldier who had been raised for many years to sneak into Jiangdong. He killed Sun Ce's remaining two younger brothers Sun Kuang and Sun Lang together. Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and Han Dang, who assisted the three generations of the Sun family in Jiangdong, were also assassinated one after another. He was injured one after another, and Huang Gai, who was strong and strong, almost died at the hands of the assassin. This unprecedented large-scale assassination lasted for nine months. Jingzhou and Jiangdong suffered casualties, and both sides injured one thousand and suffered 800 damages on their own, but they did not take advantage of it. Until two months ago, the male head of the Sun family in Jiangdong was almost about to break the roots. In desperation, the young master of Jiangdong sent an envoy to discuss peace and bowed to Liu Biao again. Finally, he stopped resisting, and the two sides reached a reconciliation.

A month ago, Liu Biao sent the navy general Cai Zhongcai and the second generals to lead 20,000 naval troops to Jiangdong and supervise the dock in Wujun as a permanent port of Jingzhou naval troops. In exchange, the riverside waterways that had been closed for many years were opened to the entire line, allowing business travelers from both places to travel and trade. Jiangdong veteran Han Dang led 15,000 Jiangdong troops to be stationed in Jiangxia to ensure the safety of Jiangdong's merchants crossing the river. In this regard, Liu Biao and the young master of Jiangdong had no objection.

Before this, although Liu Qi knew these things, he knew it but did not know the reason, and did not know the details at all. He had never figured out that the Jingzhou army could completely capture Jiangdong. However, he used the method of forcing surrender to force Jiangdong to surrender, and did not directly attack. Until now, he found the answer from the words of the Kuai brothers and Cai Mao. The reason why his father Liu Biao tried his best to force Jiangdong to rely on was that the Jingzhou army needed to preserve its strength and could not use all its forces in the fight with the Jiangdong army. Otherwise, once Li Li of Xiliang suddenly sent troops to attack, the Jingzhou army would face the dilemma of being attacked from both sides, and at that time it would leave an opportunity for the Xiliang army to take advantage of.

The brave and warlike Xiliang army is famous all over the world. If the Xiliang army seizes the opportunity or finds flaws, the consequences will be unimaginable. If the Xiliang army captures Fancheng, then Liu Biao's plan to seize Jiangdong will inevitably suffer a heavy blow. At the least, it will be in vain, and even the old nest Jingzhou may be defeated by the Xiliang army. Therefore, Liu Biao did not want to do his best to send troops to Jiangdong. He could only use extraordinary means to seize Jiangdong and achieve the goal of taking it for himself. However, he could not annex Jiangdong in one fell swoop, nor could he force too much, so as not to backfire and be injured by the tiger if he failed to defeat the tiger.

Fortunately, when Sun Ce died in Jiangdong, the once powerful Jiangdong army was no longer as strong as before. The young master was weak, and the civil and military officials in Jiangdong were also dispersed, with their own ulterior motives and many differences, unable to form a joint force. This made it easy for Liu Biao to control the situation. Sitting in Jiangbei, he could control Jiangdong remotely, drive the Jiangdong army as he pleased, and use it for his own use.

In view of this, although what the Kuai brothers and Cai Mao and others said were suspected of exaggerating, they generally conformed to the status quo and did not speak out without any basis.

"As you said, nowadays, I, Liu Biao, are the only relatives in the Han Dynasty who are qualified and capable of inheriting the imperial throne." After walking around for a while, Liu Biao finally spoke.

"However, have you ever thought that once our Jingzhou becomes a country and regards himself as the orthodox Han Dynasty, where will Li Li of the Western Liang be placed? I believe you will not forget that although Li Li is an ambitious person, he has not been arbitrarily promoted to the emperor for a day. Then he is the general who is the emperor who is the general who is in charge of military and political affairs in the world. No one can change this. It should be noted that whether Yuan Shu plans to rebel and proclaim himself emperor or Yuan Shao plots to usurp the throne, they dare not provoke Li Li. As for the imperial edicts they issued, no one pays attention to. The edicts of the rebels are all forbidden edicts and are worthless." Speaking of this, Liu Biao walked to the wide and soft throne of the state governor, slowly sat down, picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip of tea, and stopped talking. He left half of the words to his mouth, and thought that he did it on purpose, leaving the remaining half for everyone in the hall to think about it.

This was a problem that had troubled Liu Biao for a long time, and it was also the main reason why he had been hesitating, and it was the deepest concern that made him deterred the throne.

Before solving this difficult and complicated problem, Liu Biao would rather maintain the status quo than ascend to the throne rashly. Because he was worried that he would dominate the world the moment before and face the millions of troops under Li Li's command in the next moment. Instead of inheriting the orthodox throne, what's the use of inheriting the orthodox throne? It would be easier to maintain the status quo. At least in terms of the current situation, Li Li did not have any excuse to send troops to attack Jingzhou. Who made Li Li still hold the title of general of the world's military and horses? How could he attack the Han clan relatives for no reason?

Just like the battle of Yizhou that just ended, Li Li secretly sent troops to Yizhou to help Liu Zhang quell civil strife, so as to cover up the population and appease the hearts. Until the battle of Yizhou was settled, the news that came to the Central Plains states was: Liu Zhang believed that he was not virtuous and talented, and could not stabilize the country, and could not govern the country for several years. He had no achievements in his leadership of Yizhou, and had no achievements in repaying the emperor's kindness, so he was willing to abdicate and give up the wise. Li Li took Yizhou and served as the governor of Yizhou. It is said that when Li Li led his army to the city, Liu Zhang personally led Yizhou civil and military officials out of the city to welcome him, while Li Li treated Liu Zhang with the courtesy of a prince, and later he was granted the title of Liu Zhang as a marquis, and led the counselors to spend the rest of his life in Chang'an.

Why did Li Li do this? The answer is four words: justified.

No matter how the civil officials and military generals of other vassal forces understood, they must have known that Li Li was intending to capture Yizhou. The so-called Liu Zhang's request to surrender was just to fool ordinary people. But even if the princes knew, what could it be? It was said by the people that Liu Zhang took the initiative to give way, and it was not that General Li Li forcibly robbed him. In this way, not only did it not damage Li Li's reputation, but it added a little more reputation, further demonstrating Li Li's reputation, and then pushed Li Li's reputation to a height that other vassals could not match. It was like a high-ranking existence, which made Liu Biao and Cao Cao envious, jealous and hated, and sighed.

After a brief silence, the Kuai brothers looked at each other and turned their eyes to Cai Mao and signaled him to persuade Liu Biao on behalf of everyone. Seeing the burning gazes on both sides, Cai Mao's face rarely showed a hint of embarrassment, but he had to answer with his neck hard: "What the lord is concerned about is nothing more than that after the lord ascends to the throne, the general used this as an excuse to attack our Jingzhou. The last general believed that the lord did not have to worry. When the lord inherited the throne, he still appointed Li Li as the general. The official positions and titles of the civil and military officials under his command remained unchanged, and he could reward some wealth to appease him. In this way, the general must not have any objections or wars.

In other words, even if the general is still dissatisfied and insists on sending troops to attack our Jingzhou, would he have no worries? How could Cao Cao, Hebei, sit idly by and miss the opportunity? You must know that once our Jingzhou is destroyed by the Xiliang army, it would be in vain that Cao Cao has the ability to control the world. It is impossible to fight against the millions of troops under Li Li alone, and sooner or later enter our footsteps. In this section, how could Cao Cao not know the advantages and disadvantages?

Nowadays, the Li Li family in Xiliang is the only one, while the two families of Jingzhou and Cao Cao in Hebei are equally powerful, and neither can compete with Li Li alone. Only when the two families join forces to fight against Li Li can they coexist in the world. It can be said that both prosper and prosper and lose both. No one can do without one. If one of them is missing, they will be destroyed by Li Li! Therefore, the lord does not have to worry, it is imperative to inherit the imperial rule." It has to be said that Cai Mao's views were extremely incisive, and it was a very thorough analysis of the relationship between Hebei and Jingzhou. It is not an exaggeration to say that he was incisive.

From this we can see that Cai Mao was able to be the general of Jingzhou, not a lucky chance, nor could it be a fool who could not succeed or lose things. In history, if Cao Cao had not killed Cai Mao and Zhang Yun by mistake, would there have been a half-century melee in the Three Kingdoms?

"Well, now the arrow is on the string and I have to fire it. I don't care about so many things." Cai Mao successfully convinced Liu Biao with one sentence, and he finally let go.

After a pause, Liu Biao reminded: "This province inherited the throne to reorganize the Han Dynasty, maintain the blood of our royal family, and defend the Han Dynasty, which is not a matter of selfishness. Therefore, you should not be too hasty, do not be extravagant, consume too much money and food. You should also remember that wood is outstanding and the forest wind will destroy it. I, Liu, decided not to be the first usurper to ascend the throne to the throne."

"Why is this? The first prince to ascend the throne and become emperor undoubtedly took the lead, why did the lord not want to do it?" Kuai Liang asked.

Liu Biao said calmly, "This province and the late emperor were originally from the same lineage. The Han Dynasty was orthodox, so why should we seize the initiative? Only after the princes of different surnames usurped the emperor, will our province ascended the throne and ascended the throne. Otherwise, what is the difference between it and the traitor?" After speaking, Liu Biao slowly stood up, as if he was a little tired. Before leaving, he added: "I will leave this matter to you and six others to handle, so Qi'er doesn't have to participate."

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