Under the gaze of everyone,

A scribe came striding forward,

The scribe was eight feet tall and wore a long robe with wide sleeves. He smiled softly. After entering, he cupped his fists and said, "I, Li Jian, have met Liu Shijun. "

"Li Jian? Why did your master ask you to come to Jingzhou!"

Liu Biao replied, and then asked curiously.

"I am here to save the envoy's life in the name of my lord!" Li Jian clasped his fists and said, neither humble nor arrogant.

"Save me? Haha, may I ask how to save him?" Liu Biao smiled hoarsely, somewhat disdainfully.

"Your Majesty, my lord is garrisoning troops at Chaisang. You should have known about it. Now Zhang Xian in Changsha is rebelling, Lingling and Guiyang are responding, and tens of thousands of Jingjia are stationed in Changsha, right?"

Li Jian smiled warmly and asked.

"There is such a thing, but pacifying this person is like picking something out of a bag, not worth mentioning." Liu Biao waved his hand, as if he had never taken Zhang Xian seriously.

"Haha, have you overspoken your words?"

"To be honest, envoy, before coming here, Zhang Xian had already sent someone to contact my lord and said that he was willing to divide Jingzhou with my lord as long as he sent troops to attack Jing."

"After the matter is completed, Jiangxia, Nanyang and other counties will belong to the east, and the rest will belong to him! And as long as my lord is willing to send troops, he will immediately send people to transport 300,000 shi of grain and grass to support the army."

Li Jian shrugged and said with a chuckle.

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone in the house looked tense.

This is not good news. Knowing that Zhang Xian is already a headache. If Chu Feng is uniting with him to send troops to Jingzhou, I'm afraid...

Liu Biao's expression became more solemn: "I wonder how General Chu will answer?"

"Haha, my lord and the envoy have a long history, and the envoy is even more kind to my lord. It is naturally impossible for him to do such a thing. I have refused for the time being, but his envoy is still in Shouchun."

Li Jianyi gave some advice.

"Still in Shouchun?" Liu Biao looked nervous.

He was afraid that if Zhang Xian and Chu Feng reached a cooperation, Jingzhou would be in danger.

"Of course, Zhang Xian is well prepared and will not give up easily. I'm afraid he will increase military resources and let my lord attack from Jiangxia and reach Junnan County."

Li Jian said with a smile.

"This..." Liu Mian looked worried,

All other civil servants from aristocratic families in the hall were deep in thought.

Naturally, they did not want Chu Feng to enter. Chu Feng had many soldiers and horses, and it would be impractical for them to control them. It would be impractical for several of their big families to become emperors of the land when the time comes.

"I'll tell you the truth, my lord still wants to be an ally with your lord. You conquered Zhang Xian, and my lord went north to pacify Cao Cao. Now that Lu Bu in Xuzhou is besieged, you have heard about it."

"However, Cao Cao besieged Shouchun before and destroyed the wheat fields. Now there is a shortage of food and grass in Shouchun. It cannot support my lord to go north to compete with Cao Cao, eh."

Li Jian sighed softly.

Hearing this, Liu Biao's pupils narrowed slightly,

Why didn't he understand the implication of Li Jian's words? This obviously meant that Chu Feng was out of food. See if you can give him some food. If you give him some food, your boss will go and fight Cao Cao.

Obviously, if you don’t provide food, you will be beaten.

This is not a multiple-choice question, but only one option. The key is that if you choose this option, it may not be available, so you can only take a gamble.

After all, if you don't choose, you will definitely be beaten, but if you choose, you may not be beaten.

You know, Chu Feng has already stationed troops at Chaisang, I'm afraid the purpose is to intimidate him.

"General Chu is short of food?"

"It's easy to say. As an ally, I can still afford the rations. In this case, I will arrange for 300,000 shi of military rations to be sent to Shouchun."

Liu Biao said with a loud smile.

As long as it's just food and grass, it'll be easy to handle.

After all, Jingzhou can save a lot of food every year, so he can still afford a few hundred thousand dendrobium.

"Three hundred thousand? Haha, why don't you go back first so that you can think about it carefully!" Li Jian chuckled and was about to leave.

He had received a request to at least steal millions of military rations from Zhang Xian and Liu Biao. After all, he was a third party and neither side dared to offend.

"Sir, stay, stay!"

Liu Biao was anxious. What does this mean?

Three hundred thousand is still too little? Isn’t it too greedy?

"Sir, I wonder how much food your lord will need to go north to attack Cao Cao?" Liu Biao asked through gritted teeth.

"Your Majesty, that envoy Zhang Xian is still in Shouchun. As long as my lord agrees, he will immediately have countless money and food. Once my lord leads the army to the west, may I ask you generals, how many people dare to fight? How many people can fight against him?"

"When the time comes, we might be able to divide up the territory of several counties, what do you think?" Li Jian looked around at the many generals and said with a chuckle.

"this..."

All the civil and military officials were silent,

Chu Feng's evil reputation is already well-known,

These generals are used to being pampered, let alone fighting Chu Feng, even fighting against Chu Feng's generals is no big deal.

Liu Biao frowned slightly, feeling a little irritated in his heart. Chu Feng had made it clear that he wanted to come and loot, but the key was that the bite was a bit big and caused blood.

"Sir, you are tired. Why don't you go down and rest first? I will give you a satisfactory answer after discussing it with my subordinate Wenwu, okay?"

Liu Biao said with a warm smile.

"This is natural!" Li Jian nodded.

"Come here, sir, please go down and rest!"

After saying that, watching Li Jian leave, Liu Biao's expression instantly darkened. He looked at everyone and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, what do you think we should do?"

"My lord, Chu Feng, Chen Bing and Chai Sang, he clearly wants us to draw some blood."

"That's right, I'm afraid that once my lord refuses, Chu Feng will turn to Zhang Xian. Instead of attacking me, Jingzhou, Jingzhou will be in danger by then."

Kuai Liang said seriously.

"Well, what I'm worried about is not the food and grass. What Jingzhou is most in need of is military rations. What I'm worried about is that Chu Feng is an unfed tiger."

"After harvesting the grain, there will be border invasions, which will not only encourage the tigers, but also destroy countless rations." Liu Biao sighed, a little hesitant.

Everyone fell into silence,

It’s just that Zhang Xian rebelled suddenly.

"My lord, Chu Feng is unstoppable and cannot be an enemy. Now we have to take a gamble, otherwise Chu Feng will definitely join forces with Zhang Xian to commit crimes." Cai Mao said solemnly.

Everyone nodded with some approval,

Liu Biao looked at Liu Bei and said in a deep voice: "Xuande, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty, please be prepared that peace is not negotiated, but fought. Chu Feng is indeed brave, but he is also ambitious."

"Jingzhou has a vast territory, rich resources, and a population of millions. It is an irresistible temptation for Chu Feng. Even if he is relieved this time, his desire to enter Jingzhou will not be eradicated."

"What's more, if he asks for one million military rations this time and you give it to him, what if he asks for another million next time? Will you give it or not? If he does, what about the next time?"

"In Bei's opinion, this move is tantamount to cutting meat to feed the eagle. One day, you will have no meat to feed, and the bird will still devour you."

"Instead of doing this, it is better to cut through the mess with a sharp sword and take the initiative to destroy it while it is weak! If you want to fight, be prepared to ask for a tassel and take the initiative to be the vanguard and fight the Chu army to the death."

When Liu Bei said this, he bowed and bowed his hands.

"this..."
Chapter completed!