Following Kuai Yue's whisper, Liu Biao's face suddenly turned pale from the livid face before. The blood on his face seemed to have faded away in an instant. The muscles on his cheeks were all intensely tense one by one.
It began to tremble. Liu Biao, who was originally gentle and handsome, now had his eyes widened and his face was ferocious, so terrifying. The last look in his eyes was even more full of rage and grief.
Finally, when Kuai Yue finished speaking, Liu Biao suddenly roared and stood up from his position. Liu Biao, who was more than eight feet tall (approximately 1.86 meters today), suddenly stood up angrily, frightening the people in the hall.
Jump. How could he not be frightening for such a tall man to suddenly stand up like this with such a ferocious face?
Liu Biao's sudden standing up brought with it a gust of wind that blew towards the oil lamp on the side, causing the oil lamp to sway like a twisted slut. Liu Biao's eyelids were also twitching for a while, and a head of silver-gray hair was stretched out as he
He raised his arms to the sky, and after shaking for a while, Liu Biao yelled: "It hurts! It hurts me to death!"
General Zhennan, Mu of Jingzhou, and Marquis of Chengwu Liu Biao was no longer as gentle as usual. He stared angrily, raised his foot and kicked the kneeling general in front of him in the abdomen, kicking the man hard.
He fell to the ground, his voice was trembling so much, and he said in a trembling tone: "You! You guys
Trash! What did I tell you before I sent you off to war! You, you! You guys, you guys, you idiots, Cai Hao and Zhang Yun, why don’t you die like Cai Hao? Why do you still have the nerve to live and see me!
You trash, what use do I have keeping you?"
As Liu Biao spoke, he pulled out a long knife standing on the waist of a guard and slashed it down with a "swish!"
There was a bloody sight, and the head of another kneeling general in front of Liu Biao suddenly rolled out. This man didn't even have time to scream, and was executed by Liu Biao, who always showed elegance to others.
It is not difficult to tell from Liu Biao's words that the generals who ran back to report wrongly conveyed the loss of Cai Hao's front cavalry, but no one paid attention to it at this time. Because of this sudden change, Liu Biao killed someone in anger.
, everyone in the entire hall was immediately stunned. It seemed that everyone was shocked, and no one dared to say a word for a long time.
Liu Biao, who had killed one of his subordinates, was holding a long knife in his hand. There was no sign of relief, let alone the excitement caused by the bloody stimulation. On the contrary, his body began to tremble violently, and finally staggered. Suddenly, his hand loosened and the knife was lost.
When he was on the ground, he also sat down on the ground. There were guards nearby who rushed up to support him on both sides, and then they reluctantly lifted him up and placed him on the main seat covered with a mat.
But at this moment, Kuai Yue discovered that Liu Biao's breath was weak, his eyes were closed, and his teeth were clenched, a sign that his end was imminent.
At this time, everyone panicked. Many generals and officials rushed forward. Some shouted, some called, some ordered to summon guards, some rushed out and called the doctor to come to treat him, and some went to the inner palace to inform Liu Biao's wife Cai.
But just when everyone was in a hurry, they heard Liu Biao groaning quietly as he was lying there. He slowly opened his eyes and looked at the crowd of familiar faces in front of him. Liu Biao's lips squirmed and he just said
He opened his mouth, and with a pop, a mouthful of blood spurted out.
The blood sprinkled on his chest and the beard on his chin suddenly turned bright red, which was even more shocking.
The calls in the hall finally made Liu Biao's distracted eyes gradually regain consciousness. He weakly raised his fingers and moved his lips. Although his voice was soft, many people could hear him clearly.
"Call...Qi'er, Cong'er...come..."
######### Just as Liu Biao was chattering endlessly as if passing the throne on his deathbed, Cao Zhi, who had been waiting outside Fancheng for three days, finally received the desired result.
On the same night as Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, they came to Cao Zhi's camp and expressed their loyalty to the Han court and their willingness to listen to Cao Zhi. Cao Zhi was so pleased that he immediately promoted Cai Mao to Zhonglang General and Zhang Yun to Changshui School.
Lieutenant.
Then regarding the issue of Liu Biao, during the discussion, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun also decided to go back in person to persuade Liu Biao to form an alliance with Cao Zhi. Cao Zhi immediately agreed, and then Cao Zhi generously asked Zhang Yun to lead his troops to garrison Jiangling, and Xu Huang
He led his troops to station in Fancheng and responded to each other from afar.
Jiangling City is just behind Fancheng, about 200 miles away. It has always been an important town where Jingzhou's baggage, navy equipment and other important materials are stored. Once Cao Jun opened the north gate of Fancheng, he could drive straight south to Jiangling and eastward.
Xiangyang. But at this time, Cao Zhi asked Zhang Yun to take his army and garrison there. This was not only a generous move, but also a move to reassure Cai Mao and Zhang Yun.
Cai Mao and Zhang Yun have surrendered to Cao Zhi now, but their relationship with Liu Biao is still there, and they can be cut off without stopping. It is impossible for Cao Zhi to ask them to kill their relatives out of justice, so they can only rely on them to persuade and coerce Liu Biao
.So Cai Hao and Zhang Yun are both Cao Zhi who surrenders on the surface, but they are also Cao Zhi who can't handle it well, and there will be many variables in it.
Therefore, after Cao Zhi entered Fancheng, he followed Jia Xu's suggestion and immediately took measures to settle the officials and people, and ordered that "all the original officials and people of Fancheng should be replaced with them." He vigorously publicized the "obedience achievements" of all counties and states under Cao Zhi's rule.
", to fulfill Cai Mao's previous promise not to kill a Fancheng soldier, civilian, or official.
In addition, after Cao Zhi captured Fancheng, he merged the area north of Fancheng with Nanyang County to form a new county, Zhangling County. He ordered Cao Ren to serve as the prefect of Zhangling and the governor of the army, with Zhang Liao, Yu Jin, Zhu Ling, and Li as the commander-in-chief.
Dian and Feng Kai recruited seven troops and stationed them in Zhangling County. They served as a reserve to support Xiangyang from Fancheng. This was because Cao Zhi had a premonition that his trip to Xiangyang was inevitable.
Cao Zhi also heard the news of Liu Bei's arrival in Xiangyang at this time. When facing Jia Xu, Guo Jia said, "This world is really small!" He was deeply afraid that Liu Bei would persuade Liu Biao to ally with Yuan Shao before him, so he immediately ordered Cai Mao to advance lightly.
, rush back to Xiangyang as soon as possible,
Then he appointed Yue Jin, Dian Wei and others to deploy defenses around Xiangyang to prevent possible changes. After Cai Mao set off, he himself, Cao Chun, Cao Hong, Xu Chu, and Zhao Yun led five thousand tiger and leopard cavalry to chase after Cai Mao.
"Slowly" and rushed to Xiangyang.
Before that, what is interesting is that Yizhou Shepherd Liu Zhang was very well-informed. At the beginning of Cao Zhi's campaign in Jingzhou, he had already sent his subordinate Yin Pu to pay tribute to Cao Zhi, as if to make his position clear.
Cao Zhi discussed with Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Cao Ren and others about the sudden envoy from Liu Zhang, who had not had much contact with him. Everyone agreed that since Liu Zhang came to express his position, there was no need to waste it. At this time, they also needed
Yizhou in the west is stable.
So, in order to appease Liu Zhang, Cao Zhi appointed Liu Zhang as General Zhenwei. After Liu Zhang received the title, he soon sent Zhang Su to dispatch troops to transport military supplies to Cao Ren, who was stationed in Fancheng, and expressed his willingness to accept the conscription to Cao Zhi.
service.
Although Cao Zhi was no longer in Fancheng at this time, he still wrote to Cao Ren to inform Cao Ren that he would promote Zhang Su to the rafters of his general mansion and worship him as the governor of Guanghan.
#######After synthesizing the information from all parties, when Cao Zhi boldly drove straight into Xiangyang, Liu Biao's condition in Xiangyang City did have ups and downs.
After Liu Biao vomited blood and fainted that night, many people thought that Liu Biao's illness would not cure him. Just as all parties were gearing up to support the new leader of Jingzhou to come to power, Liu Biao miraculously survived.
This time, even Liu Biao himself felt that the end was coming. On the hospital bed, he felt that his body was almost falling apart several times. He even called his son to prepare for his funeral arrangements. But the fire in his heart kept burning.
, Liu Biao is not willing to accept it. He thinks that Jingzhou has 117 cities and nearly 1.14 million households. It is a large state with strong strength. Not to mention making a difference, it should not be defeated by Cao Zhi and Sun Ce.
This group of juniors is riddled with holes.
Thinking of these things, Liu Biao was heartbroken when he was dying, but he was unwilling to die, so Liu Biao gritted his teeth and endured. He opened his eyes several times, and when he wanted to say something to his two sons who looked forward to it, he still endured it.
Lived.
Liu Biao had felt the limit of his life several times, and when he was afraid that he would not be able to make it, Liu Biao could bite his tongue hard and let the pain wake him up.
After this method of using pain to stimulate his body and spirit, and the fact that the state has raised several medical masters, there are indeed some methods. Under their careful conditioning, Liu Biao's originally weak body improved in a few days.
Since then, Liu Biao, who had reached his limit several times, miraculously survived!
Liu Biao's unexpected sobriety was a relief for many people who were loyal to him. At the same time, many people were extremely disappointed. Among these disappointed people, his current official wife Cai Shi was probably the most serious.
Mrs. Cai is the second wife of Liu Biao, and Mrs. Cai's family is the Cai family, a wealthy family in Jingzhou and Xiangzhou. When Liu Biao first came to Jingzhou, he mainly relied on the support of the Cai family and the Kuai family. In return, both the Cai family and the Kuai family had people in Jingzhou.
The government is an official, and what he does is
High officials. The four brothers of the Kuai family are now officials of Jingzhou Prefecture, and they are all civil servants. They have controlled the political arena for many years. Among the less talented brothers of the Cai family, except for Cai Mao, who holds a large part of the military power in Jingzhou, none of them can
Outstanding in official circles.
However, the Cai family is still more powerful than the Kuai family in Jingzhou, because their family members not only hold military power, but also have the privilege of being at their side.
To have this privilege is a huge sacrifice made by a woman in the Cai family. She is now Liu Biao's wife, Mrs. Cai. Mrs. Cai's original name was Cai Lihua. She married into the Liu family as a virgin when she was eighteen years old and died after marrying.
My wife has two children, and is married to Liu Biao, a clan member of the Han clan who is twenty-seven years older than me.
In terms of status, Liu Biao did not treat Cai Lihua badly. But for an eighteen-year-old Huanghua eldest daughter to marry a man who could be her father, at an age when Cai was full of beautiful longings for her husband, one can imagine the degree of grievance she felt.