"Lord, this is the list of people who have been in and out of Cai Mansion in the past few days. There are also people Cai Hao has met in private." A guard in Jinyi handed a letter to Liu Qi and bowed.
"Yes, I understand." Liu Qi felt a little heavy after taking the letter and reading it. The list in his mind involved more than ten major clans in Xiangyang City, including the Zhang clan behind Zhang Yun and the Wang clan behind Wang Can.
The list of clans written hastily by Lin Lin on the letter made Liu Qi more and more surprised as to what on earth these ten or so big clans were going to do together.
"Huh?" Liu Qi's eyes flashed, and he couldn't help but squint. In the past few days alone, Cai Hao met in private with the spy Xun Wenruo left in Xiangyang four or five times. Such frequent meetings made him feel uncomfortable
Liu Qi had a vague understanding in his heart.
"It seems that Cai Mao is not only rebellious, but has already put it into action. The more than ten families control a lot of troops together. Once chaos breaks out, Jingzhou will definitely suffer heavy losses." Liu Qi stared at the book with gleaming eyes.
There are more than ten names of people on the letter. These people are all important figures in Xiangyang. They have considerable power behind them, and they have more or less descendants who control some military power.
Among them, the Cai family controlled nearly 40,000 soldiers and horses and nearly 20,000 naval troops. If these people really rebelled, Jingzhou would not have much energy to kill the rebels at this time. Thinking of this, Liu Qi's eyes turned ruthless.
In a flash, if these people dare to cause trouble, Liu Qi would not mind uprooting these people and the forces behind them.
"My lord, there is a young man named Ma Youchang who wants to see you." A flying tiger guard bowed outside the door.
"Ma Youchang? Ma Su?" Liu Qi couldn't help but be stunned when he read the letter. Isn't Ma Su the place of Ma Liang? He actually forgot about this person. Speaking of which, this person can be regarded as a talent, otherwise Zhuge Liang would not discuss it with him from time to time.
Military affairs, but precisely because of this, Ma Su developed the problem of being arrogant and arrogant. He only knew how to read military books but forgot that soldiers are impermanent, power is impermanent, and water is impermanent.
"Let him come in." After thinking about it, Liu Qi still felt that he should meet this person. He wanted to know how this person was and could only know it after meeting him once. If this person is really talented, put him at the bottom to hone for a period of time. He would not be able to say anything later.
Of great use.
Not long after, a young man in his teens came in. When he saw Liu Qi, he bowed and said, "I have met the eldest son."
Liu Qi looked at Ma Su when he came in. At this time, Ma Su looked only fourteen or fifteen years old, but he had a delicate look on his eyebrows and looked like a student in school.
"You are Ma Jichang's younger brother, right? I wonder why you are here?" Liu Qi smiled and gave up the idea of training Ma Su. Ma Su was still novel and might not have started to learn military strategies.
"To report to the eldest son, I am here to deliver a message to the eldest son on my brother's orders." Ma Su said respectfully.
Ma Di's thoughtful etiquette clearly meant that he had a strict family upbringing. Ma's Wuchang family was indeed extraordinary. Liu Qi looked at Ma Di again and said, "Oh, what letter did Ji Chang ask you to send?"
In Liu Qi's opinion, the best Ma Liang could do was to ask Liu Qi to take care of his younger brother. Otherwise, if something happened, he would not let a thirteen- or fourteen-year-old boy come to deliver the message.
"This is a letter sent to the eldest son by Zhuge's military advisor. The military advisor said that the stakes are very important at this time, and the eldest son must act with caution." Ma Di took out a piece of brocade cloth from his arms and gave it to Liu Qi.
"Oh, Kong Ming's letter?" Liu Qi looked at the letter in his hand with confusion and wondered why Zhuge Liang sent the letter at this time. However, when he opened the letter, Liu Qi's face became more and more solemn.
Then Liu Qi took a deep breath and put away the letter, and looked at Ma Su in surprise. How could Zhuge Liang send a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy to deliver such an important letter: "But the military advisor asked you to deliver it?"
"No, it was my brother who said that this matter was of great importance to others and he was worried about it, so he handed it over to me." Ma Di raised his face and smiled.
"Aren't you afraid of losing this letter?" Seeing Ma Di's cute appearance, Liu Qi asked with a smile.
"The situation outside is tense now, and passers-by are all in a hurry. Who cares about a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy? Besides, I also learned swordsmanship from my elder brother. Most people can't get close to me, let alone how many people my elder brother has sent."
Make my followers follow me closely, just like sending me home." Although Ma Su was very young, he spoke clearly and eloquently.
"Oh." Liu Qi looked at Ma Su again.
Historically, Ma Di has been evaluated as "exaggerated and unusable". Such an evaluation is undoubtedly unfair to Ma Di. During the more than ten years that Ma Di followed Zhuge Liang, he came up with numerous tricks and extraordinary resourcefulness. Even Zhuge Liang had nothing to do with it.
He would also discuss things with Ma Su when he knew something. How could such a person be summed up by the saying "exaggerated and useless".
The most outstanding things about Ma Su in history are: first, he offered Zhuge Liang a plan to pacify the Southern Barbarians, which is the origin of the seven captures of Meng Huo. Second, Ma Di provided a plan to drive a wedge between Cao Rui and Sima Yi, allowing Cao Rui to deprive Sima Yi of his military power.
After that, there were successive victories in the Northern Expedition.
The loss of Jieting caused Zhuge Liang to lose hope of a successful Northern Expedition, and even Zhuge Liang himself was almost captured. However, who can live his life without making mistakes?
The loss of Jingzhou almost caused the entire Shu Han to fall into a situation of eternal disaster. Although the crisis was finally overcome, the Shu Han's national power was greatly reduced from then on, and it completely distanced itself from Sun Wu and Cao Wei. It also allowed Zhuge Liang to spend all his efforts in planning in Longzhong.
In terms of fault, Guan Yu's fault was far greater than that of Ma Su.
During the Three Kingdoms period, there were so many generals and counselors, but only a few could make no mistakes throughout their lives.
"Have you ever had a teacher?" Liu Qi looked at Ma Su and asked. Liu Qi planned to find a good teacher for Ma Su and call him the Art of War.
"I have never been a teacher. I have always studied with my elder brother." Ma Di said with some regret. Although the Ma family Wuchang has some reputation, it is nothing to those really big families. The reputation of Ma Liang and others is the contact
If you are not a truly virtuous person, even if you see him, others may not accept him as a disciple.
"In that case, you can stay in the mansion now. I will find a teacher for you in a few days." Liu Qi waved his hand and asked the Flying Tiger Guard at the door to take Ma Su down to rest.
After sending Ma Su away, Liu Qi's face also darkened. He didn't know why Cai Hao and others were so active just now, but now he knows that Cao Cao must be behind Cai Hao and others being so active. Otherwise, even if Cai Hao and others are so active,
He and Zhang Yun agreed to rebel, and more than ten other families did not dare to participate.
"Come here, go and invite Jia Xu." Liu Qi shouted to the door.
"No." The hurried footsteps immediately faded away.
Not long after, he saw Jia Xu coming in a hurry. Liu Qi would not invite Jia Xu to the study unless there was something important, so Jia Xu did not walk slowly along the way, and even his breathing was a little hurried.
"Lord." Jia Xu bowed and said when he saw Liu Qi in the study.
"Well, sit down." Liu Qi pointed to the stool in front of him. Before Jia Xu could sit down, Liu Qi handed the letter in his arms to Jia Xu and said, "This is the situation in Xiangyang City these days. You see.
How to deal with it?"
Jia Xu glanced at Liu Qi in surprise, took the letter handed over by Liu Qi, opened it, and then looked at Liu Qi doubtfully and said: "Cai Mao has already had the intention to rebel. It is only a matter of time before he does this. How could the eldest son be so cautious?"
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"Of course I wouldn't have cared about it before, but Cao Cao is behind Cai Mao, and just a few days ago Sun Ce from Jiangdong has mobilized all the troops from Jiangdong to attack Jingzhou. If the prediction is correct, Cao Cao is also behind this.
These two things are all we know now, and no other news has been reported yet." Liu Qi told Jia Xu what had just happened.
If Zhuge Liang were in Xiangyang, he would definitely discuss it with Zhuge Liang, but now Zhuge Liang is still training outside. Wancheng and Jiangxia are the training places arranged by Liu Qi for Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong. If Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong's talents are allowed to start from the bottom, Liu Qi will have some
He was reluctant to give up, so Liu Qi put the two of them as strategists of the first army for training. What they experienced was commanding tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in battle.
"Lord, although Cao Cao tried his best to suppress or even remove the lord this time, Cao Cao did not know the specific situation in Jingzhou. Therefore, although these strategies were vicious, they were not able to greatly increase the lord's strength. In the hands of Cai Mao and others
The lord has never had an excuse to seize the soldiers and horses, and this time is just an opportunity. As long as the lord eliminates Cai Hao and others, including his cronies in the army, then these tens of thousands of soldiers and horses can become the soldiers and horses of the lord."
"But we still need to see the attitude of General Zhennan at this time. General Zhennan seems to be on guard against the Lord." Jia Xu looked at Liu Qi with some uncertainty. He had only been in Jingzhou for more than ten days and was not familiar with the relationship between Liu Qi and Liu Biao.
Too clear.
Hearing Jia Xu's analysis, Liu Qi's eyes flashed. It was obvious that Liu Qi had been coveting the troops and horses in the hands of Cai Hao and others for a long time: "This matter needs to be considered early. The power of these more than ten families is not weak. If there are any mistakes, there will be
It may lead to internal unrest in Jingzhou."
Even so, Liu Qi had already made up his mind to take advantage of this opportunity to uproot the influence of Cai Mao and others. As for Liu Biao's attitude, Liu Qi didn't know. After all, Liu Biao was the leader of a state. How could he tolerate his son's great achievements?
The lord of a state suppressed him.
"How is Marquis Xuanwei doing in Jingzhou these days?" Liu Qi suddenly thought of Zhang Xiu. Cao Cao sent people to win over Cai Mao, so he would not win over Zhang Xiu who had just surrendered.
"My subordinates and Marquis Xuanwei have not seen each other for more than ten days. I am not too clear about Marquis Xuanwei's situation." Liu Qi had already thought of Zhang Xiu, and Jia Xu, as Zhang Xiu's former subordinate, naturally also thought of this.
However, he had not seen Zhang Xiu for more than ten days to avoid suspicion, so he did not know about this.
"In that case, go and visit Marquis Xuanwei on my behalf," Liu Qi said with a smile.
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