After Liu Biao's death, Liu Cong took over Jingzhou under the recommendation of the Cai family, Kuai family and other aristocratic forces, as well as many Jingzhou generals and aides.

Although everyone hopes for it, he is young after all, and many things are still in the hands of Mrs. Cai, Cai Mao and others.

Cao Shu led his army into Jingzhou, and Mrs. Cai hurriedly summoned Cai Mao and others to the back house.

Liu Cong sat in the head seat, while Mrs. Cai sat next to him.

Cai Mao and other Jingzhou generals and staff sat on both sides.

"Everyone should know it." Mrs. Cai said to everyone: "Cao Zirong is here again."

"Madam." Kuai Yue said to Mrs. Cai: "When Cao Zirong asked Duke Jingsheng for Liu Xuande's head, Duke Jingsheng just agreed, but he never could send it. I guess he was doing it for this."

"Liu Xuande has been stationing troops in Xinye in recent years, and it is probably not easy to take down his head." Cai Mao said: "What we need to consider most urgently at the moment is how to make him withdraw."

"Let Cao Zirong withdraw his troops?" said a man sitting there: "I am afraid it is impossible."

The person who spoke was Kuai Liang.

He continued: "Cao Zirong gave Jingzhou a chance the last time, but Duke Jingsheng failed to fulfill his promise. Now he is here, one to defeat Liu Xuande, and the other to seize Jingzhou."

"Is Cao Zirong really going to take Jingzhou away?" Mrs. Cai asked in shock.

"I'm afraid it's true." Kuai Liang said: "There are only two ways in front of us. One is to spread the power of Jingzhou to fight against Cao Zirong. But Mrs. Don't forget that this time, Cao Zirong is not the only one who came to Jingzhou, but also hundreds of thousands of Cao family troops. Once we are defeated, wait for the wife and the young master..."

Kuai Liang didn't continue talking, but everyone knew what he wanted to say.

"If you want to fight, what's the point?" The person sitting there stood up and shouted: "Madam, don't worry, as long as I am here, you will definitely keep your whole body."

Wenpin stood up and spoke.

Kuai Liang said, "I know General Wen is brave, but generals don't forget, how many powerful generals are there in the Cao family? The general can fight one or two. What if they rush over one by one, what will the general do?"

Wen Pin was asked by him and didn't know how to respond. He was stunned for a moment, then sighed and said nothing again.

Mrs. Cai asked Kuai Liang: "There is another way, I wonder what it is?"

"The second method is to surrender to the Cao family." Kuai Liang said: "Cao Zirong has long wanted to kill Liu Xuande. His main purpose of coming to Jingzhou should be to kill Liu Bei. As for the young master and his wife, as long as they surrender to the Cao family, he will not harm him based on the Cai family's previous friendship with Cao Zirong."

"But then, Jingzhou will fall into the hands of the Cao family." Mrs. Cai said hesitantly: "In the future, our orphans and widows will live without Jingzhou..."

Speaking of this, Mrs. Cai's eyes turned red.

Cai Mao said from the side: "If my sister is reluctant to leave Jingzhou, we can do it once."

"General Cai, how to fight?" Kuai Yue also said from the side: "Elite under Cao Zirong's command is known to everyone in the world. Although he only brought 30,000 troops, how many troops should Jingzhou mobilize to intercept? Now, the entire Jingzhou can mobilize less than 100,000 troops, most of which are the navy troops that were established in battle with the Sun family in Jiangdong. With these troops, how can we be enemies with the Cao family?"

"According to the two, I have to surrender?" Cai Mao asked.

"According to the current situation, there is only this method." Kuai Liang said: "What we need to do is to try our best to seek some benefits for the wife and the young master."

Looking at Mrs. Cai Mao asked, "Sister, look..."

The young Liu Cong sat there, but his whole body was shaking.

He was very scared, afraid that once Cao's army arrived, his head would be gone with Jingzhou.

Mrs. Cai's face was pale and said to Cai Mao: "What the two Kuai Gong said is right. If you surrender too late, I am worried that Cao Cao and his son will be angry. Then the lives of our mother and son will not be saved..."

"If my sister has a good intention, I will go to see Cao Zirong." Cai Mao said: "With my friendship with him and the friendship my sister has helped him in the past, he should not make any difficulties in giving Jingzhou."

Mrs. Cai is a woman after all.

Although she is decisive on weekdays, she still finds it difficult to make a decision at the critical moment.

After hesitating for a while, she finally nodded: "You go..."

With Mrs. Cai’s permission, Cai Mao bowed and gave a big gift.

Neither Cai Mao, Kuai Liang or Kuai Yue wanted Jingzhou to fall into the hands of the Cao family.

Jingzhou is still in Liu Cong's hands, and these clans can still cover the sky with only one hand in the future.

However, if Jingzhou falls into the hands of the Cao family, the interests of these people will be greatly weakened, and they will even be insignificant in Jingzhou from then on.

But they have no choice now.

They had seen Cao Shuo's strength, not to mention that behind Cao Shuo there were hundreds of thousands of Cao troops eyeing him.

There is only one result that will be forced to compete with the Cao family and wait for them, that is, not only will they lose Jingzhou, but they will also lose their lives...

After receiving the permission of Mrs. Cai, Cai Mao did not delay. After the court's proposal was over, he immediately rushed to Cao Shu's army with his guards.

He led his army to advance towards Xinye. Seeing that it was only a hundred miles away from Xinye, he rode over quickly.

When he arrived in front of Cao Shu, the scout on the horse clasped his fists and said, "Young Master Qi, Cai Mao came to ask for a meeting, but it was only more than ten miles away."

When he heard that Cai Mao was coming, Cao Shu grinned at everyone beside him and said, "Cai Mao is coming, we don't need to fight Jingzhou."

"Does the young master think that Cai Mao is here to surrender?" Lu Bu said in disbelief: "There are many soldiers in Jingzhou, and they will never fight or fight..."

"The Cao family's hundreds of thousands of troops are behind us." Cao Shuo said: "There are only 100,000 soldiers in Jingzhou. Even Mrs. Cai is a woman, she knows that this war will not be of any benefit to them."

"Young Master is saying." Pang Tong also said from the side: "This time I came to Jingzhou, the young master made great contributions to the Cao family without any bloodshed. Cao Gong should give a richer reward."

"My official has already been very big," Cao Shuo said: "It is useless to be appointed as an official. As long as my father allows me to expand the army, I will be satisfied."

"The young master has established a lot of territory for the Cao family in recent years." Sima Yi said: "No matter how much Cao Gong found, he would not be allowed to expand his troops."

"It depends on what my father thinks." Cao Shu said: "Since Cai Mao is here, we are not in a hurry to rush forward. We will send orders to the army stationed on the spot. I will wait for him here."
Chapter completed!