As Liu Zhang spoke, he put his hands on his forehead and thought. It was obvious that he had not made up his mind, and his voice was not firm.
"Why?" Fazheng asked.
Now that Xiangyang has been captured, although there is still a lot of territory in Jingzhou that has not been pacified, only one general is left to garrison it. The Sichuan army has been fighting for half a year and has been in a tense state of war. There is almost no time to relax. After half a year, many
The soldiers were already a little tired of the war.
These soldiers had always thought that taking down Liu Biao would be the end of the battle in Jingzhou, so the moment the army entered Xiangyang City, the soldiers were happy, because for them, at least they had survived the war in Jingzhou.
And there was a period of rest, and he was promoted to a higher position.
If we continue to attack, the morale of the army must be unstable.
"Yes, my lord." Zhang Ren stepped forward and said: "Now Liu Biao is under the control of our army. It depends on whether Xinye and Fancheng can send a message. As for Huang Zu of Jiangxia, the water thief Zhang Yun, and the traitorous general Chen Sheng, they are not enough to cause trouble.
If my lord is worried, the general is willing to stay in Jingzhou and the three thieves will definitely be wiped out."
Liu Zhang pondered for a while, then slowly waved his hands and said: "Forget it, whether to attack or retreat, let's not consider it for now. The first priority now is to stabilize the situation in Jingxiang. We must not slack off in disaster relief on the two rivers. If the disaster situation is stable, let Gan Ning lead the navy northward.
, it’s best to take Wei Wen with you and act according to the situation.
The Jingzhou navy is a force that must not be ignored. Zhang Yun cannot be allowed to defect to the north or Jiangdong. Before Xiangyang is stabilized, our army will stay in Xiangyang, by the way."
Liu Zhang suddenly thought of something and said to Zhang Ren: "Liu Biao's wife, Cai Shi, wants to give up half of the Cai family's land. You can send a civilized general to take over it. Just say that Cai Shi told me personally."
"This... what if the Cai family resists?" Zhang Ren asked doubtfully. With half the land, Zhang Ren didn't believe that someone would be willing to cut off half of his heart and give it to others.
"Then forget it." Liu Zhang said without hesitation. If forced, not only the Cai family, but also other aristocratic families would feel that they had forced the Cai family to speak. This would not be conducive to the implementation of the land order. Liu Zhang smiled and said: "When the time comes, you will take the Cai family with you.
, go and confront the Cai family in public, if the Cai family denies it, or the Cai family does not recognize the Cai family, forget it."
Liu Zhang gave the Cai family a choice. Either kill Liu Biao and frame Liu Cong's blame. Or destroy the entire Cai family. The reason could not be simpler. He wanted to poison his imperial brother Liu Biao. I believe no one has anything to say.
In this difficult choice, Cai will not deny these lands.
And if the Cai family does not recognize the Cai family, it means they do not recognize the Cai family's status. As long as these Cai family members know that the Cai family did willingly say "give up the land", this will have a huge impact on the Cai family's reputation in the Cai family.
blow.
With Xu Shu's last words and his own experience, Liu Zhang would not despise Cai just because she was a woman.
"Yes." Zhang Ren responded.
The Cai family was willing to give up half of the land so generously. If Liu Zhang was willing to do so, Liu Zhang would not believe it until his death. There was only one possibility that this profound woman could take back the land.
In addition, the people who fled Xiangyang, except for some eye-catching aristocratic families, were mostly ordinary people who were bewitched. Many aristocratic families stayed in Xiangyang. This was obviously a conspiracy brewing. We had to be vigilant.
To stabilize Xiangyang, we can only attack the Cai family first, and let us take over half of the land to test the waters.
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In the garden, the sun shines gently on the ground. There are many colorful rings in the white light. Xiao Furong is sitting in a rocking chair, holding a letter in her hand, shaking her body comfortably. Now Yizhou produces all kinds of
This kind of chair has become popular all over the country. Carpenters all over the country have begun to copy it.
"I hope that your lord will return home soon. At the summer night banquet, all the troops will drink. I wish you to dance and sing. I wish you seven wishes. The first wish is that you will live a thousand years. The second wish is that the flags will fill the sky. The third wish is that you will be healthy and the people are peaceful. The fifth wish is that the swallows will fly together. The sixth wish is that you will be safe."
It’s like meeting my sister Ronger for the first time. I wish I could be by your side, drinking light wine, flowers falling in the garden, clouds rolling and relaxing, my years are unlimited.”
Xiao Furong recited softly, and in front of her eyes was the cherry tree planted by Liu Biao, with green leaves and green branches, shining with white brilliance in the sun.
Liu Zhang walked over and sat down next to Xiao Furong. Xiao Furong obediently raised her body and sat on Liu Zhang's lap. Liu Zhang hugged Xiao Furong's slender waist and whispered: "How do you know the content of the letter?"
Xiao Furong leaned in Liu Zhang's arms and curled her lips: "You think I am illiterate, and everyone in the world is illiterate. Sister Sangye told me."
Liu Zhang rested his chin on Xiao Furong's shoulder, feeling the skin under the thin clothes, and his face was gently touching Xiao Furong's pink face.
Liu Zhang sighed softly, and Xiao Furong murmured: "Husband, are we going back?"
Liu Zhang felt a little in his heart and said with a normal expression: "Why are you in such a hurry to go back?"
"I want to go back." Xiao Furong turned to look at Liu Zhang. The two of them breathed each other. Liu Zhang looked into Xiao Furong's longing eyes and knew that what she said was true to her heart.
Before the expedition, Xiao Furong experienced a setback. Although it was not her fault, her wild temperament had restrained a lot. The pain of deliberately suppressing her nature for such a long time was difficult to bear, especially
After Pang Tong's words that night, Liu Zhang clearly felt that Xiao Furong's face was much more sad than before.
And these sorrows, for the young lord of Wuxi who dares to do things without restraint, should not have anything to do with her.
Liu Zhang knew that Xiao Furong just felt a little tired.
"Sister Yue said so much in the letter, but you refused to tell me. I know that my husband cares about my feelings."
Xiao Furong sighed softly and put her hands around Liu Zhang's body, "Of course I hope that my husband will be alone and accompany Ronger like this every day, but Ronger knows that this is impossible. My husband is a high-ranking official of the Han people, and it is impossible for him to be alone.
It is impossible for a woman, let alone Ronger's identity... In short, a husband needs a wife, which Ronger cannot change.
Ronger is not afraid that her husband will treat Ronger badly someday, but she is afraid that her husband will marry a bad wife and make Ronger angry, so she hopes that her husband will marry Sister Yue, not to mention that Sister Yue has sacrificed so much for her husband.
'By your side, drink light wine, relax in the garden, flowers fall, clouds roll and relax, and your years are unlimited.'
Although Rong'er is illiterate, she still understands the meaning. There is no limit to life, and who can have no limit to life? Sister Yue is one year older than Rong'er. Among the Han people, she is an old girl. She can't wait for long, so her husband can't bear it.
Have you been delaying me?"
Liu Zhang touched Xiao Furong's chin and said, "You are just an old girl." Looking at the sunlight between the shadows of the trees, his smile slowly settled.
In fact, Liu Zhang didn't want to go back. He was fighting abroad and was busy with military affairs. He was tired every day. In Yizhou Mufu, at least there was a group of familiar people, maids and servants, which could make people feel at ease. Xun'er was also a bargain.
My son is too dependent on me. I haven’t seen him for a long time and I don’t know what he is like. Liu Zhang suddenly missed him very much.
A familiar scene seemed to appear in front of him. Liu Xun was lying on the small table and writing seriously. The half-grown Zhou Buyi was pointing disdainfully at the side. He was so awesome. He was competing with Xiao Furong in the field. He was sitting on a chair. Huang Yue came over.
With a cup of tea, the flowers are falling in the garden and the clouds are rolling and relaxing.
Liu Zhang could finally understand why Liu Zhang didn't care about political affairs and only stayed as a wealthy man in the state pastoral government. Why Liu Biao had no ambition after planting a cherry tree.
In fact, it's plain and yet so attractive.
But Liu Zhang had no choice. He went from Jiangzhou to make plans, to wander in Jingnan, and then to carve those five words on the island of Dongting Lake. There was no turning back. The words he didn't say to Fazheng today were all in his heart.
The Sichuan army had been fighting for half a year. It is true that the soldiers had no fighting spirit. However, Cao Cao in the Central Plains was more exhausted than the Sichuan army. As a time traveler, he must regard Cao Cao as his biggest enemy in the Three Kingdoms. Therefore, Liu Zhang wanted to take advantage of the confrontation between Cao and Yuan in Guandu and attack Cao Cao's rear.
, no matter how tired the Sichuan army is, they will definitely be able to capture the city and defeat Cao's army, and even meet the emperor.
However, there are two difficulties in doing so. The current civil and military forces do not believe that Cao Cao is a greater threat than Yuan Shao.
, there are more than a hundred points to analyze Cao Cao’s defeat.
Yuan Shao was the fourth and third prince, and his prestige was added to the world. His civil servants and generals were more than ten times that of Cao Cao. If Yuan Shao defeated Cao Cao's army in Guandu, Yuan's army would take advantage of the victory and annex Cao Cao's Central Plains much faster than Cao Cao's victory and annexation of Yuan Shao's Hebei.
This means that Yuan Shaosheng will unify the north more quickly.
Moreover, this unified force in the north must be bigger than Cao Cao in history. If Yuan Shao wins, he may be able to organize an army of 800,000 to go south, instead of Cao Cao, who needs three years to fight and five years to raise, plus Yuan Shao
If the Four Generations and Three Dukes win the great victory over Guandu, their reputation will reach its peak, and heroes from all over the world will flock to join them. This will be a very terrifying power.
The second difficulty came from within the Sichuan Army. If its own foundation was not stable, if it attacked others, the civil servants and generals would definitely not agree. This was also the reason why Liu Zhang could not make up his mind and could only shelve it.
"Let's put it on hold for now until the matter in Xiangyang is settled."
Liu Zhang shook his head. It was tempting to go home, but many times, men could only struggle and crawl forward.
It is said that men can bring a sense of security to women. Now that Liu Zhang was holding Xiao Furong in his arms, he felt that it could also make him feel at ease.
Liu Zhang kissed Xiao Furong gently on the cheek, and all the troubles were temporarily forgotten.
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"Sister, what's going on? A general from the Sichuan Army named Qin Ming came to me and told me that our Cai family would give up half of its land to Liu Zhang. He also said it was you who said that. Is it true, sister?"
Cai Mao ran up to Cai's Fragrant Pavilion in a hurry and started shouting before he even entered the door.
Ms. Cai stood up from the mat, glanced around outside the door, and after confirming that no one was there, she opened the door as wide as possible to let the sunlight in. She turned back to Cai Mao and said, "I said that."
Mrs. Cai didn't look at Cai Mao, but turned around and sat in front of the dressing table.
"What?" Cai Mao looked at Cai in disbelief: "Sister, did Liu Zhang force you? This thief, he can enter Xiangyang smoothly, how can he do it without our Cai family? Have our Cai family ever made any mistakes?
Wrong, do you want to treat us like this?"
Ms. Cai raised her eyebrows and said calmly: "I took the initiative to tell Liu Zhang and asked for half of the Cai family's land."
Cai Hao looked at Mrs. Cai with wide eyes and held back a sentence for a while: "Second sister, are you crazy?"
Cai didn't want to tell Cai Mao the truth, but told him that Liu Zhang saw through it and poisoned Liu Biao, and wanted to use the lives of Liu Biao and his son to threaten the lives of the entire Cai family.
This tells Cai Mao that Cai Mao's brain doesn't know how to think, and instead creates chaos.
"This move is just to paralyze Liu Zhang. Brother, believe me, sister, even if you take away half of the land, let alone half of it, I can still get it all back."
Cai said calmly, her face was calm, and her hand with raised eyebrows moved carefully, but Cai Hao didn't notice that Cai's hand placed in front of her abdomen almost pinched the palm of her hand to bleed with four fingers.
Ms. Cai has always been able to remain calm. No matter her tone, face, or body movements, she was almost like a moving corpse. But this time, Liu Zhang really made her unable to calm down.
Cai did not expect that Liu Zhang could see through her, and the most unexpected thing was that Liu Zhang could be so ruthless that he directly asked her to poison Liu Biao, and then framed the blame on Liu Cong, in order to kill Liu Biao's entire family.
Liu Zhang did not expect that Cai's poisoning of Liu Biao was not to keep Liu Biao in Xiangyang, but to keep himself in Xiangyang. If Liu Biao was moved to another place, he would inevitably follow him. Xiangyang Yangguang relied on Cai Mao, and Cai knew that it would not work.
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But Liu Zhang did not move the prince to another place after defeating him like other princes. Instead, he wanted to kill him directly. This was beyond Cai's expectation.
In Cai's heart, nothing is more important than the interests of the Cai family. Cai could kill Liu Biao and his son without blinking an eye.
However, as a result, the Liu family's old party in Xiangyang was leaderless, and the various aristocratic families would not have cohesion even if they wanted to cooperate with Chen Sheng, Zhang Yun, and Huang Zu outside the city.
The Cai family does not yet have the prestige to command Jingxiang to be powerful.
Liu Zhang's small decision almost pushed Cai into despair. How could this woman, who had always been in control of the overall situation, be able to calm down again?
"We must integrate all our forces before killing Liu Biao." Cai thought secretly.
Ms. Cai frowned slightly and said to Cai Mao: "Brother, go and help my sister with something. The land of our Cai family has been surrendered. You can say hello to the elders of the clan and tell them not to feel too bad. What we have lost will definitely be lost."
Will take it back.
But when giving up land, you must also have the skills to give up land. If Liu Zhang sends people to take over the land, you must not agree and fight to the death. In this case, the Sichuan Army will definitely ask me to appease you. If you agree to give up the land at this time, otherwise Liu Zhang will doubt us Cai.
Premeditated.
You contact other families and tell them that I was forced by Liu Zhang. If I don't agree, Liu Zhang will kill Liu Biao and his son and take it from me. I have no choice but to agree to give up the land. Liu Zhang is afraid of the huge power of the Xiangyang family and calls them