People asked Liu Bei to adopt Liu Feng as his adopted son. It was more of a political purpose to win over the entire four counties of Jingnan.
After all, this place is the Kingdom of Changsha, and Liu Fa's lineage has deep-rooted influence on the four counties of Jingnan. As long as they can win over the lineage of the King of Changsha, they can conquer the four counties of Jingnan.
The above is the current situation of the seven counties in Jingzhou. Nanyang County, Jiangxia County and Nan County each have their own prefects, but the most powerful ones are the local powerful ones.
What the four Jingnan counties actually have to deal with is the lineage of King Liu Fa of Changsha. As long as they can be dealt with, it will not be difficult for the governor of the four counties.
However, they are not easy to mess with.
Even if the governors of each county want to conquer them, it is not a simple matter. Each of these seven county governors is not an ordinary person.
Therefore, Liu Bei, the Jingzhou herder, is not that easy to do.
Of course, if Liu Bei wants to be like Liu Biao in history and is willing to rule Jingzhou together with Jingzhou's powerful powers, that would be easy to do.
As long as you work with the powerful to wipe out the clan thieves, you can almost move Nanjun and Jingnan counties southward.
As for Jiangxia and Nanyang, it can only be said that they are under superficial control.
It is probably impossible to actually control it.
Historically, Liu Biao actually controlled only the four counties of Nanjun and Jingnan. Jiangxia was basically under the control of Huang Zu. Nanyang first had Yuan Shu, then Zhang Xiu, and then was taken over by Cao Cao.
Only after Huang Zu died could Liu Biao take Jiangxia.
As for Nanyang, it has always been floating outside.
Otherwise, Liu Biao would not have placed Liu Bei in Xinye after accepting him.
It has three purposes, one is to resist the threat from the north, the other is to check and balance Nanyang, and the third is to prevent Liu Bei from seizing his Jingzhou.
After listening to Jian Yong's introduction, the lobby became a little quiet as everyone was digesting and absorbing the news.
Then think about how to take back the real power from the powerful and these governors.
Liu Bei now has 6,000 troops, but he is not without troops.
For example, Qin Jie, the governor of Nanyang, was a ruthless guy who was successful in suppressing the Yellow Turbans. He had a lot of troops.
And there is another problem, that is, Wancheng was occupied by the Yellow Turbans at this time.
Let’s talk about Nanyang Yellow Turban.
At the beginning, the leader of the Nanyang Yellow Turbans was Zhang Mancheng. This guy called himself the "God's Envoy" and had tens of thousands of them. He killed Chu Gong, the governor of the county, and settled in Wanwan for more than a hundred days.
Therefore, Qin Jie moved from Jiangxia Duwei to Nanyang Prefecture.
Huangfu Song and Zhu Junjin launched the Battle of Changshe in May, while Qin Jie killed Zhang Mancheng in June.
However, the Nanyang Yellow Turban Army did not disperse. Zhao Hong became the new Qu Commander, and the size of his troops became larger and larger. They gathered a total of more than 100,000 people to occupy Wancheng.
This kind of scale is beyond what Qin Jie can handle, so when he learned that Liu Bei was appointed as the shepherd of Jingzhou.
He immediately sent a request for help. He wanted to join forces with Liu Bei to besiege Wancheng.
The distress document was sent to the former Jingzhou governor's office in Jiangling, and was brought over by Jian Yong.
Leaving aside the issue of how to seize power in Jingzhou, the first question for the Liu Bei Group is here.
That is whether to agree to Qin Jie's request for help, and if so, who will lead the troops?
Also, if the Yellow Turbans of Nanyang were pacified, would that mean the power of Nanyang would be taken away?
To seize power in Nanyang, Qin Jie is the one person who cannot be bypassed.
Liu Bei looked at everyone: "Everyone, can you give me any good advice regarding the current situation?"
Chen Yuan had already thought about it at this time. He originally wanted to leave Qin Jie alone, because according to historical records, Qin Jie did not finally pacify Nanyang.
He died in the rebellion of Jiangxia soldier Zhao Ci. In the end, the big boss Yang Xu came and joined forces with Jingzhou governor Wang Min to solve the Nanyang Yellow Turbans.
In fact, the turmoil in Nanyang is good for Liu Bei, because it can weaken Nanyang's power, which will be beneficial to Liu Bei's control of Nanyang in the future.
But when Chen Yuansheng came up with this idea, a clear current suddenly flowed through his mind, causing Chen Yuan to wake up suddenly.
The Nanyang Yellow Turban can weaken the powerful Nanyang, but it will also displace ordinary people and greatly reduce the population of Nanyang. Moreover, if they do not agree to Qin Jie's request for help, they will also lose the trust and favor of Qin Jie, the Nanyang prefect.
No matter how you say it, Qin Jie is a capable minister, the kind of minister who can be both literary and military. If Liu Bei can take Qin Jie under his command, it will definitely be of great help in controlling Nanyang.
Therefore, Qin Jie must be rescued, not only to get such a capable minister, but also for the ordinary people of Nanyang.
However, Chen Yuan had some concerns in his mind, but did not speak out. He wanted to see what other people thought.
As the most important minister under Liu Bei, Chen Yuan's position has been established and he must give others a chance to perform.
After Xi Zhicai thought about it for a while, he said categorically: "Master, in my opinion, Nanyang must be saved. There are three reasons. One is fame, the other is righteousness, and the third is profit."
"What's the explanation?"
"My lord is the shepherd of Jingzhou, Nanyang belongs to Jingzhou, and the Qin governor is also your subordinate in name. It is my lord's duty to suppress the Yellow Turbans, so there is no reason not to help. Moreover, the Yellow Turbans disturb the place and the people are displaced. For the sake of the people,
, for the sake of the country, the Lord should also send troops."
Liu Bei nodded.
What Xi Zhicai said is right, no matter where you say it from, you will be saved.
Gu Yong added: "Now that the lord has not gathered power in Jingzhou, he rescues the Qin governor and displays military power. It will also be a shock to the governors of other counties. It can also express the lord's love for his subordinates."
Liu Bei continued to nod, Gu Yong was right.
Then he looked at Chen Yuan: "Zichu, what's your opinion?"
Chen Yuan was very happy in his heart. Gu Yong and Xi Zhicai were worthy of being great talents who left their names in history. They had already considered everything comprehensively.
But there's another thing they didn't think of.
Chen Yuan first praised: "What Zhicai and Yuan Tan said is true. Sending troops has a lot of benefits and no harm, but there is another point we need to consider. Sending troops will make the court and the emperor feel that the lord understands the righteousness.
Not Jingzhou Mu from Jingzhou, but Jingzhou Mu from the imperial court. You must know that Nanyang is not far from Luoyang."
As soon as Chen Yuan said this, everyone suddenly realized.
Yes, Nanyang is not only not far from Luoyang, it can also be said to be very close. Now the Yellow Turbans are raging in Nanyang. As the shepherd of Jingzhou, what do you, Liu Bei, want to do if you don't want to wipe them out as soon as possible?
Aren’t you afraid that Nanyang Yellow Turban will spread to Luoyang?
Liu Bei made a decision directly: "Nanyang must be saved, but how to save it? Do you have a plan?"
After all, there are hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turbans in Nanyang, and now Liu Bei only has 6,000 troops. Including Qin Jie, there will not be more than 20,000 troops, because the Nanyang governor only has 10,000 troops.