No one answered Liu Biao's words. When Liu Biao first came to Jingzhou to serve as governor, he relied on the power of the Cai, Pang and Kuai families in Jingzhou, and his position was not stable. That's why Kui Mao dared to go against Liu Biao and did not take advantage of him.

Liu Qi took it seriously.

Cai Hao had no hope. Liu Biao looked at the Kuai brothers, but Kuai Peng and Kuai Yue lowered their heads. At this time, no one came forward, and no one wanted to offend Cai Hao. Liu Biao felt sad.

Liu Biao's last gaze fell on the imposing eldest son Liu Qi, and he sighed. Liu Qi only brought 200 soldiers when he went to Xinye. Trying to resist Sun Jian's 20,000 troops would be like throwing an egg against a stone.

After a brief silence in the governor's meeting hall, the generals and other officials under the tent began to whisper.

Butler Liu Zhong stood beside Liu Qi with a cane, his face gloomy. At this time, Jingzhou was in crisis, and no one under Liu Biao's tent responded. They all remained silent, which was outrageous.

Liu Qi looked up at Liu Zhong and whispered: "Uncle, do you want to send troops?"

Liu Zhong shook his head: "Sir, wait a moment."

Liu Qi understood what Liu Zhong meant. Although Liu Qi had more than 10,000 troops, he only claimed to the outside world that he only had 200 personal soldiers. In terms of qualifications and status, among Liu Biao's many generals, it was not the small Xinye County Magistrate Liu Qi's turn to speak.

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Similarly, Pang Ji, the counselor next to Cai Mao, was also giving advice and whispered: "General, you can ask the lord to send the eldest son to send troops. After taking the opportunity to kill the eldest son, the general will send troops to repel Sun Jian. This is the best strategy."

Cai Mao nodded and said, "This is a very clever plan."

Liu Biao showed his impatience. Seeing that the generals were discussing endlessly, but he had no clue, he glared at the tent and slapped the table: "Ask again, who will lead the troops to resist the enemy? No one answered, so I will order the general.

Yes, anyone who refuses to comply will be dealt with according to military law."

The whole audience suddenly fell silent. Liu Biao was indeed an indecisive person. He could not make the decision as the head coach. In fact, Liu Biao was an outsider and his foundation in Jingzhou was not stable. On the contrary, he was somewhat controlled by others. It depends on the faces of several major families in Jingzhou.

Being a governor is pretty useless.

If a general is appointed, it would be unreasonable not to send troops. Pang Ji muttered: "General, you can give me some advice."

Cai Mao quickly stood up and left his seat, and bowed to Liu Biao: "My lord, it is not terrible for Sun Jian to lead 20,000 troops to attack. When it must pass through the Xinye territory of Nanyang, we can ask the eldest son to resist for a while. I will send troops to Xiangyang to help, and we can retreat."

Enemy soldiers."

Liu Biao immediately turned cold and said: "How can the eldest son, Xinye, have two hundred personal soldiers to defend against twenty thousand enemies? Cai Zhonglang is telling a joke?!"

Cai Hao chuckled: "Have you forgotten, my lord? It's true that two hundred to twenty thousand in Xinye is not enough, but there are still more than ten thousand soldiers and horses of civilian generals stationed in Nanyang."

Liu Biao's tone was still cold: "General Wenpin's troops are stationed in Nanyang to guard against Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan and others in the northwest. If the troops are slightly mobilized, the border will not be solid, so that the invading enemies will drive straight in and Jingzhou will not be protected. The only plan now is to

It will be appropriate to mobilize Xiangyang's troops to stop Sun Jian's attack."

Cai Mao was stunned for a moment, and looked at Liu Biao's intention. The eight and nine Xiangyang soldiers were mobilized to mobilize Cai Mao's troops instead of Kuai's and Pang's troops. Liu Qi's wishful thinking of wanting his troops to be used as cannon fodder must be in vain.

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Seeing that Cai Mao was hesitating, Pang Ji called Cai Mao back to his seat with his eyes, and reminded him in a low voice again: "General, please agree first and let the lord mobilize the troops in Xiangyang, which are not the troops of the general's family. Sun Jian will not be able to send troops after he has killed the young master."

Late."

When Cai Mao heard the truth, he stood up and bowed to Liu Biao and said: "My lord, the matter is urgent and cannot be delayed. You can ask the eldest son to resist in Xinye for a while, and Xiangyang will form an army to rush to help immediately."

When Liu Biao heard this, he lost some of his anger. It seemed that his tough stance had had an effect. He looked around the audience and said, "Cai Zhonglang's words are reasonable, so he ordered the eldest son Xinye to resist Sun Jian's vanguard for a while, and Xiangyang mobilized 30,000 troops from among the generals.

Rushing to the aid of new lands, what objections do the generals have?"

Liu Biao had already spoken, and it was Cai Mao's idea again. Naturally, everyone had no idea. Although everyone vaguely felt that Cai Mao's idea was a bad one, they could feel whether the eldest son Liu Qi could withstand Sun Polu's attack this time and when Xiangyang reinforcements would arrive.

The deployment of troops to new territories is a matter of two things.

Seeing that the generals had no objections, Liu Biao finally looked at Liu Qi and asked with concern: "Liu County Magistrate, what do you think?" Although Liu Qi was Liu Biao's biological son, Liu Biao still addressed Liu Qi by his official title in formal occasions.

Liu Qi understood the current situation and could not help but excuse himself. Cai Mao was using a borrowed knife to kill people, and Liu Biao was helpless. He had to take responsibility at this time, otherwise, if the enemy attacked Jingzhou and the governor's son did not take care of him, he would be criticized.

Liu Qi calmly stood up and left his seat, bowed to Liu Biao politely, and would not call Liu Biao his father in a formal occasion. He respectfully said: "My lord, I thought I came here to report on my duties today. Since I encountered important military information, I will simply say, since

Since Xinye recruited troops to suppress the bandits, there have been no more soldiers and bandits in Xinye. In the past year, the people have been stable and busy with production. They have not had time to recruit troops. Two hundred soldiers are still in charge of Xinye. Now that Sun Jian invades Jingzhou, he must pass through Xinye. As the county magistrate, he should

Lead the Xinye officers and soldiers to bravely take on the responsibilities and fight to the death with Sun Jian."

Liu Biao praised him and said, "Well, your courage is commendable. County Magistrate Liu quickly rushed to Xinye to prepare for the war."

Liu Qi did not leave, but said again: "Lord, I have one more thing to say."

Liu Biao became a little impatient and frowned: "The war is about to begin. Let's make a long story short."

Liu Qi didn't squint his eyes, was unhurried, and said seriously: "It is our duty to serve as soldiers to eat food and to carry beams for the people. It is not a pity for two hundred soldiers in Xinye to die against twenty thousand iron hoofs, but if the city of Xinye is destroyed, all the people will be devastated. We,

It means he died unjustly and was hated. In view of this, in order to be able to withstand Sun Jian for a while and hold the Xinye until Xiangyang comes to rescue, I also ask the lord to immediately dispatch two thousand elite soldiers to accompany me to Xinye to defend the enemy. Otherwise, once the Xinye is broken, Sun Jian will march straight in and Xiangyang will not be protected.

That’s it.”

"This..." Liu Biao hesitated. Liu Qi's words were stern and reasonable. Letting 200 soldiers resist 20,000 troops would obviously lead to death. Once the new field is broken, Jingzhou will be in danger. If the new field Liu Qi

There are 2,000 soldiers and horses to resist for a while. When backup arrives, Sun Jian will be defeated. The reason is very simple. However, although 2,000 soldiers and horses are not many, how can they be mobilized?

Cai Hao was also confused by Liu Qi's words. The eldest son came with bad intentions. He seemed to have returned to the new field without fighting without asking for two thousand troops. Cai Hao habitually looked at Pang Ji with a questioning look.

Pang Ji stroked his beard and whispered: "The eldest son is reasonable, we can't lose face. It doesn't hurt if the general agrees to send a hundred soldiers for the eldest son to dispatch. There are dozens of generals on the field. One family can draw

A hundred soldiers won't hurt anything. In this case, even if the general delays sending troops, and the eldest son asks for 2,000 soldiers, even if he dies in battle, no one will sympathize with him, and it will be justified if he dies in battle."

Cai Mao's face turned from gloomy to bright, he sneered, and immediately declared that he was a good person: "My lord, the eldest son is fighting for the people with two hundred soldiers. He is indeed outnumbered. We cannot sit back and watch. I am willing to sponsor 100 soldiers and horses for the eldest son to mobilize.

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With Cai Mao taking the lead, things will be easier to handle. At this time, two thousand troops and horses can be mobilized in an emergency. Naturally, thirty thousand troops and horses can be mobilized by then. Liu Biao said good, and looked at the Kuai brothers. This

At that time, no one would hold back, and the urgent need could be solved by just one hundred soldiers and horses from one family, and forgetting the matter, everyone expressed their opinions one after another, and immediately dispatched two thousand soldiers and horses for Liu Qi.

Strike while the iron is hot, Liu Qi pretended to be grateful, raised his hands in all directions, clasped his fists and said: "Thank you for your efforts, I, Liu Qi, will work hard to take the lead and live up to everyone's expectations. I will lead my troops to Xinye to defend the enemy today, and I hope that 30,000 reinforcements will be dispatched quickly.

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When Liu Biao saw that the heat had arrived, he stood up and said, "Let's just say that you will rush to the school field with a hundred soldiers. We will send troops to new areas at three quarters of noon. We will discuss the dispatch of 30,000 soldiers and horses later."

After coming out of the meeting hall of the governor's office, Liu Biao dismissed the meeting in a depressed manner and did not summon Liu Qi alone. It seemed that Sun Jian's invasion of Jingzhou had made Liu Biao feel that his position was unstable. As the governor, Liu Biao was unable to mobilize his subordinates.

It would be strange if he wasn't depressed. But what pleased Liu Biao was that his own son was still able to withstand the situation at the critical moment.

Liu Qi and Liu Zhong came out of the governor's mansion, briefed Chen Wen and Chen Wu on the governor's office meeting, and immediately rushed back to the prince's mansion with Chen Chun and several guards.

In the car returning to the Prince's Mansion, Chen Wen congratulated Liu Qi for winning another 2,000 troops. Liu Zhong was also very happy and said that it would be a tough battle to stop Sun Jian's 20,000 elite troops in Xinye and suggested that 500 valley troops be sent as well.

Liu Qi said in surprise: "Cousin, when my nephew went to Xinye last year, there were only one hundred soldiers in the valley. How come there are only five hundred now?"

Liu Zhong smiled and said: "My lord, since General Huang and Cai Zhonglang broke up, they have been hiding in the valley. Following General Huang's advice, they secretly selected 400 soldiers from the people to form 500 valley soldiers to train day and night. If it weren't for the financial resources,

Unfortunately, General Huang said he wanted to train thousands of troops for my lord."

Liu Qi praised: "Oh, good, there is still an hour and a half, let's go to the valley to have a look."

When they arrived at the Gongzi Mansion, they entered the temple and greeted their sister-in-law Liu. After passing through six secret passages, Liu Qi, Liu Zhong, Chen Wen, Chen Wu and others entered the valley base camp and saw Huang Zhong training five hundred valley soldiers.

Under Huang Zhong's training, the valley soldiers were majestic and impressive.

When Huang Zhong saw Liu Qi coming, he greeted him cheerfully. Liu Qi sincerely praised Huang Zhong for his good command of the army. Huang Zhong became excited, so he arranged his troops on the spot and drilled them for Liu Qi to see.

Five hundred valley soldiers wearing armor and holding sharp weapons sometimes looked like thousands of horses galloping under Huang Zhong's changing hand flags, and sometimes looked like dark clouds bearing down on them. They were so powerful that Liu Qi was so excited when he saw them. He was thinking about whether Xinye and Sun Jian should resist.

How about bringing the famous general Huang Zhong into battle?!

Liu Zhong seemed to have read Liu Qi's thoughts and suggested: "My lord, in the battle of Xinye, we must not make any mistakes. We can send General Huang to fight and win in one fell swoop."

Before Liu Qi could answer, Chen Wen interrupted: "Butler, no."

Liu Zhong asked doubtfully: "Chen Wen, why not?"

Chen Wendao: "General Huang's stay in the valley is Zhang's trump card to suppress Cai Mao. I think Cai Mao would have launched an uprising in Xiangyang. The military power of the governor is actually in the hands of Cai Mao. We have to guard against the danger. If Xiangyang is lost, it may be difficult."

Got it back."

Liu Zhong took a breath and said: "Everyone knows Cai Mao's intentions. However, the new country is in danger, and General Huang has a better chance of winning."

He only knew that there was Huang Zhong, but he didn't know that there was Zhao Yun. Liu Qi had already known what he said to Liu Zhong, and he said with confidence: "Second brother's words are reasonable. Master General Huang not only cannot be transferred, but also strengthens his strength. The valley soldiers must also

increased to one thousand.”

Liu Zhong thought that Xinye also had 10,000 elite soldiers, and now he had obtained Liu Biao's 2,000 miscellaneous soldiers. The gap in military strength with Sun Jian was not too big. What's more, the 10,000 soldiers of the young master Liu Qi were all elite soldiers who had undergone special training day and night. They could defeat Xinye.

There is still a good chance of winning in the blocking battle.

"It's all at your lord's disposal." Liu Zhong thought of Liu Qi's strength and his eyebrows spread.
Chapter completed!