The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 88 Liu Biao Passes Away
What Zhuge Liang didn't know was that besides him, there was another person who was deliberately seeking Jingzhou. This person was Zhang Wu. He was always paying attention to Zhuge Liang's situation. Zhuge Liang couldn't run away from then on.

In fact, in Zhuge Liang's plan, it would be difficult for Liu Bei to win Jingzhou even if Zhang Wu did not plot Jingzhou.Because after the death of Huang Zu, the main combat faction in Jingzhou has declined greatly, and the pro-Cao faction Cai Mao, Kuai Yue and others have gained the upper hand.So when Cao Cao's army came to Jingzhou, several big families in Jingzhou directly persuaded Liu Cong to surrender, not even resisting.

Liu Bei has been fighting against Cao Cao all his life. If Liu Bei is allowed to take over Jingzhou, he will definitely fight Cao Cao with the people of Jingzhou. This is unacceptable to Cai Mao, Kuai Yue and other people who are already in power.Because there is a danger of losing in a war, and judging from Cao Cao's record, the chance of losing is still very high. If he loses, he is in danger of dying. It is better to continue to be reused after surrendering.

And Zhang Wu's method is to support the eldest son Liu Qi to succeed the lord of Jingzhou instead of taking the position himself. Get on your feet.

But Liu Biao has been feeling worse and worse since last winter, knowing that his time is running out, so he wants to make some arrangements while he is still alive, so that after his death, the foundation of Jingzhou will not fall into the hands of Cai Mao and others.But the Cai family and the Kuai family have been in power for a long time, and the relationship in the whole Jingzhou is complicated. The several big families are still married to each other. It is difficult to resolve it urgently, so it can only be arranged slowly.

Liu Biao not only mobilized many low-level generals in the army, but also secretly summoned his confidant General Wenpin and gave him a secret order.

As the saying goes, a dog jumps over a wall in a hurry, and a rabbit bites a person in a hurry. After Cai Mao discovered Liu Biao's intentions, he and his sister Cai finally made up their minds to ensure that Liu Cong can succeed as the Lord of Jingzhou.

In the spring of the eighth year of Jian'an, Liu Biao felt better that day. After walking around the courtyard of the State Shepherd's Mansion, he felt a little tired and went back to the apse to rest for a while.Mrs. Cai sent someone to bring a bowl of medicine, Liu Biao drank it while it was hot, and took Mrs. Cai's hand to let her sit beside him.

Liu Biao looked at Mrs. Cai, who was still beautiful and charming, and felt even more reluctant. Human life is too short, and I haven't enjoyed enough. Moreover, the first half of my life was wandering and wandering, and I went through all kinds of hardships until I came to Jingzhou. Power, this is the real enjoyment of glory and wealth.

It's a pity, people are mortal, so it's useless to be nostalgic for the prosperity of the world and the beauty of life, but it's just a pity for this flowery beauty, I really can't bear it!

Liu Biao's hands couldn't help but began to wander over Mrs. Cai's body. Mrs. Cai blushed and panted, "Husband, don't do this, it's still daytime! Wait until night!"

In fact, Liu Biao already had more than enough energy, so he looked at Mrs. Cai's personal maid who was standing beside her, then took her hand back, and said, "Ma'am, help me to the study, I still have something to take care of." .”

After Mrs. Cai and her maid helped Liu Biao to the study, they were dismissed by Liu Biao. Mrs. Cai became suspicious. After Liu Biao left, she went in to check secretly, but found that there was a written will on the case table, ordering Liu Bei to assist the eldest son Liu Qi as the governor of Jingzhou. host.

Mrs. Cai was furious, tore up the will, and urgently called Cai Mao into the mansion for discussion. Afterwards, Cai Mao sent his confidantes to guard the gate of the state pastoral mansion.

In the evening of the same day, Mrs. Cai ordered someone to boil another bowl of medicine to persuade Liu Biao to drink it. Afterwards, news came out from the State Shepherd's Mansion that Liu Biao died of illness and left a will for the second son Liu Cong to succeed Jingzhou as the lord of Jingzhou, with Cai Mao assisting him.

On the second day, the State Shepherd's Mansion reported the mourning to the prefectures and counties in Jingzhou, and asked the chief officials from all over the country to come to express their condolences.

Zhang Wu's Neiying, who was in ambush in Xiangyang, sent the news overnight, so he knew about it before the envoy sent by Cai Mao arrived.

"The time has come, Jingzhou will be in my hands!" Zhang Wu said excitedly to Xu Shu.

Xu Shu was also a little happy, but he reminded: "Although people have the intention to kill tigers, I'm afraid tigers also have the intention to eat people!"

Zhang Wu understood that Xu Shu was reminding him that Cai Mao might also take the opportunity to assassinate him, so he said: "I have expected what Yuan Zhi said, but Cai Mao can only be regarded as a dog at best, and he can be beaten to death with a stick. "

So Zhang Wu and Xu Shu discussed in detail again, and then began to arrange.

Zhang Wu ordered Chen Sun and Xu Shu to guard Jiangxia. He and Liu Qi went to the state pastoral mansion to pay homage to the funeral. They selected fifty brave men from the Jiangxia Infantry Battalion to serve as guards, and Gan Ning mixed with them in disguise.Ling Ding Feng led the main force of the Jiangxia Navy and then set off for Xiangyang, and Ling Wei Yan led [-] soldiers from the Jiangxia Infantry Battalion to march secretly to the vicinity of Xiangyang City and hide there. After seeing the signal in the city, he quickly entered the city, and went straight to the state pastoral mansion after entering the city Meet Zhang Wu.

Jiang Xia was still relatively far away from Xiangyang. When Zhang Wu and Liu Qi rushed all the way to Xiangyang, Liu Bei had already arrived, and Zhao Yun was still guarding him.Liu Biao's death surprised Zhuge Liang, because in his calculations, although Liu Biao didn't live long, it was impossible for him to die so quickly. He was not ready yet, so he could only let Liu Bei take a look at the situation first. Besides.

The gatekeepers of the State Shepherd's Mansion stopped Zhang Wu and Liu Qi from bringing their guards in. Zhang Wu said angrily, "My family's prefect is the eldest son of the Lord State Shepherd. Entering the State Shepherd's Mansion is like entering one's own home. How many entourages do you bring with you?" Do you need your consent? Don’t dare to talk too much, the big knife in Zhang’s hand doesn’t recognize anyone!”

The small military officer guarding the gate knew that the person in front of him was Zhang Wu, the famous "parachutist" in Jingzhou, and even Sun Quan's [-] troops were defeated by him, so he didn't dare to say anything more, and only sent someone to quickly report to Cai Mao.

Zhang Wu's real purpose was to lure Cai Mao out, because he wasn't sure if there was an ambush in the mansion, so he didn't dare to go in casually. No matter how hard the 50 people around him could fight, they couldn't resist the siege of hundreds or thousands of people.Even if Gan Ning can fight out under the siege of hundreds of people, what if the opponent ambushes hundreds of archers and shoots arrows far away!The safest way to ensure safety is to lure Cai Mao out and go in with Cai Mao. As long as he is next to Cai Mao, he will not dare to act rashly.

Sure enough, Cai Hao came out, and asked dissatisfiedly, "The Lord's mourning hall is here, who is making noise here, and what is the order!"

As soon as Zhang Wu saw Cai Mao coming, he quickly came to his side, grabbed his hand and said: "The military master came just in time, you come to judge the reason. My family's prefect returned to his home to pay homage to his father. He will not let in with a few followers." , Where did this come from, if it wasn't for the care of today's day, my old Zhang would have killed him with a knife!"

Cai Mao twitched his hand, but did not twitch, so he could only say: "Okay, okay! Come in, it's not proper to be noisy, if you disturb the spirit of the lord in heaven, who can afford it! Let go!" Anyway, the mansion is in ambush It doesn't matter if there are 50 soldiers.

Zhang Wu let go of his hand and said embarrassedly: "My old Zhang was in a hurry for a while and offended the military adviser. I also ask the military adviser to forgive me, forgive me, haha!" The guards said: "Hurry up and help the prefect come in!"

Liu Qi had been crying for a long time, but he didn't expect that just after regaining his father's love, his father passed away suddenly, and he didn't even see him for the last time. Then Cai Mao actually supported his younger brother Liu Cong as the lord of Jingzhou, what will he do in the future!

(End of this chapter)