At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

chapter 795 eight hundred and four Jingzhou coup

"His Royal Highness King Chu? Former King? What are you talking about?"

Liu Qi was in a daze, rubbed his eyes, and said, "Where did the former king of our Chu Kingdom come from? What kind of mourning hall, why do I have...all...all..."

Liu Qi was suddenly speechless.

He let go of his hand, and stared wide-eyed at the white cloth scarf tied around the head of this soldier, and then at the white cloth scarf tied around the heads of the other soldiers, his eyes widened.

"You just said...the former king...the mourning hall?"

"That's right, young master, the former king passed away at midnight today, and Young Master Cong has already ascended the throne as the king of Chu before the deceased king's spirit. Now His Royal Highness the king of Chu is taking care of the funeral for the late king. Please hurry up and take a look, don't waste the time. "

"..."

Liu Qi was stunned for a while, then pushed the officer away, and immediately ran out stumbling like crazy.

He ran and ran, and fell several times along the way, but he couldn't stop him from running.

The cry was getting closer, closer, and closer to him.

When he finally ran to the location of the mourning hall, he finally saw the scene he never expected.

He saw a coffin, saw Liu Biao's coffin, saw a large group of Jingzhou officials crying for Liu Biao, and at the front, the back of his brother Liu Cong.

What's happening here?

How could this be?

Why on earth did it become like this?

Liu Qi didn't know anything, let alone what happened during the time he passed out.

"Young master? Why are you standing here instead of going inside to attend to the funeral of the late king?"

Behind Liu Qi suddenly sounded a sullen voice, Liu Qi trembled all over, turned around suddenly, and saw Cai Mao with a warm smile on his face.

"Cai...Cai...Cai...Cai Gong?"

Liu Qi's eyes widened: "Why is Mr. Cai here? Shouldn't Mr. Cai be...in Xiangyang?"

"I was originally in Xiangyang, but when I heard that the late king was seriously ill, I hurried over here. I didn't expect to get such bad news just after I came here. I just didn't expect it, young master, please forgive me."

Cai Mao straightened his appearance and bowed to Liu Qi.

"..."

Liu Qi opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

"Is there any other question, son?"

Cai Mao looked at Liu Qi with a gentle voice.

"I... I... Is this Jiangling? Is it the Chu Palace? Am I Liu Qi?"

"Young Master, why did you say that? This is Jiangling, the Chu Palace, and your Young Master is naturally Liu Qi."

Cai Hao smiled a little strangely: "Okay, son, don't talk about it, let's go to the late king together to take care of the funeral. Although the former king chose son Cong to succeed the king of Chu, the son is still the son of the former king, and he should be filial. .”

Cai Hao pulled Liu Qi forward, Liu Qi was dragged forward in a daze and staggered, and entered the mourning hall, Liu Qi looked around blankly.

As a result, he saw Kuai Yue, Kuai Liang, Fu Xun, Liu Xian, Han Song, Pang Ji, Song Zhong, Su Fei, Huo Jun, and Wang Wei .

He saw all the people he didn't want to see.

What exactly is going on?

Why is everyone here?

why?

In the end what happened?What happened during this time?

In fact, all this is easy to understand. As a Jingzhou native and Liu Biao's subordinates, they are quite dissatisfied with Liu Biao's recent series of actions.

The victory of killing Zhang Xian and maintaining Liu Biao's rule was won by a military group headed by Jingzhou native Huang Zhongwenpin and others from Jiangling. The Jingzhou natives Kuai Liang and Han Song were also responsible for handling the grain and fodder matters. It can be said that Liu Biao It was with the help of people from Jingbei that the battle was won.

But after the war, they did not get the rewards they deserved, but they were suspected and excluded by Liu Biao because of their identities from Jingzhou.

Huang Zhong and Wenpin were deprived of their military power and were handed over to their second grandson and Gan Ning, who had not made any meritorious service. The governor of Nanjun County was even handed over to Yiji, a fellow villager of Liu Biao, who also did not make any meritorious service.

This made Jingzhou officials very dissatisfied.

At that time, Liu Biao's condition worsened, and everyone was suspicious, thinking that Liu Biao was doing this to prepare for the heir's ascension to the throne, and this heir must not be Liu Cong, but Liu Qi.

Liu Biao's mind is not difficult to guess, for them, it is indeed the case.

In fact, not all the people here are with Cai Mao, Kuai Yue, etc., not all of them have contact with someone like Guo, and not all of them are so-and-so.

For example, civil servant Han Song, former Huang Zu's subordinate Su Fei, generals Wang Wei, Huo Jun and other local generals from Jingzhou have nothing to do with Guo.

On the contrary, they were closer to Huang Zu in terms of standpoint, and were not satisfied with Guo Peng who had usurped the Han Dynasty.

There are also some local young people who were handpicked by Liu Biao. As Liu Biao's old officials, they are grateful to Liu Biao and willing to work for him.

After Guo Peng became public, Han Song visited Guo Peng in Yecheng under Liu Biao's order. He was deeply wary of Guo Peng's ostentation and the loyalty of his subordinates. He also warned Liu Biao not to be with Guo Peng. Liu Biao was very angry about this, but Han Song really didn't intend to join Guo Peng.

Generals Su Fei, Huo Jun, and Wang Wei were all promoted by Liu Biao, and they were close to Liu Biao from a standpoint, but Liu Biao's overtly ostracizing Jingzhou people and promoting outsiders seriously hurt the dignity and dignity of Jingzhou's subordinates. loyalty.

As a result, when Kuai Yue and Kuai Liang separately fanned the flames and asked them to support Liu Cong instead of Liu Qi, a group of civil and military officials decisively accepted their conditions.

After they learned that Liu Biao had quietly created conditions for Liu Qi's ascension to the throne, they were heartbroken, so they decided not to support Liu Qi, but to support Liu Cong, who was close to the Cai family, in order to preserve Jingzhou from Jingzhou people.

But all of this has a major premise, that is, the news of the Wei army's invasion of the border was blocked by Cai and Kuai. They didn't know that the Wei army had already conquered the border and was ready to go south to attack Jingzhou at any time.

So when Cai Mao and Kuai Yue who arrived in Jiangling City secretly got the news from Gan Ning, they entered the city at night and completed a series of operations.

Gan Ning kidnapped Yiji and got the seal of the king of Chu and the seal of Jingzhou Mu. Wang Wei, Su Fei, Huo Jun and other generals launched a military mutiny together. More than a thousand soldiers were defeated.

Sun Fu and Sun Hao were defenseless against this.

They themselves didn't have any ability to lead troops, but Guo Peng had a blood feud and brought more than 1000 Sun Wu elites, which was reused by Liu Biao.

But for the Jingzhou soldiers, these outsiders are really not worth following, so under the auspices of Wang Wei, Su Fei and Huo Jun, the Jingzhou soldiers resolutely rioted and wiped out more than 1000 Sun Wu remnants led by Sun Fu and Sun Hao, and eradicated them power.

Sun Fu and Sun Hao died in the chaos.

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Sun Hao and Sun Fu died tragically in the chaos, but compared with them, Yi Ji was luckier.

Yi Ji didn't die, but was caught by Gan Ning and thrown into a prison for guarding, and lost his administrative power.

So Liu Biao's series of operations to protect Liu Qi were easily subverted by Kuai Yue and others.

Then, Cai Mao and Kuai Yue invited Liu Cong together to take care of the funeral of Liu Biao who had died of illness, set up a mourning hall, and supported Liu Cong to inherit the positions of King Chu and Jingzhou Mu before Liu Biao's coffin.

Liu Cong accepted the position in high spirits, let out a bad breath, and felt sincerely grateful for what he had experienced in the past.

The ministers and military commanders were also very grateful that the coup d'état was easy and successful without causing too much chaos, which allowed for a smooth transition of power in Jingzhou.

Soon, Kuai Yue spoke to Liu Cong, saying that Liu Zhang's army was on its way to Jiangling. Once Liu Zhang's army entered Jiangling, it would be a big disaster, so he suggested that Liu Cong immediately send a general to Yiling to resist Liu Zhang's attack. Army, they rush back.

Liu Cong was a little puzzled about this.

"Liu Jiyu's army was invited by my father to help us resist the Wei army in the north. Now that Guo Peng is usurping Han and Jingzhou is in crisis, only our two clans in the Han family are able to resist. Why not join forces with Liu Jiyu to resist Guo's bandits?" ?”

Liu Cong had some ideas of resistance, which was not in line with the ideas of Kuai Yue, Cai Mao and others.

So Kuai Yue started fooling around.

"Liu Jiyu's dissatisfaction with Jingzhou is no longer a matter of a day or two. The previous king had a feud with Liu Jiyu, and the relationship was not good. This time, the late king had no choice but to make such a bad move. I don't agree with it. Please come to Liu Zhang. No one knows whether they are here to resist Guo Peng, or to seek Jingzhou."

Liu Cong thought, yes.

Liu Biao had no good relationship with Liu Yan and Liu Zhang at the beginning. He hated Liu Yan and made small reports to Dong Zhuo repeatedly, saying that Liu Yan was plotting wrongdoing, which indirectly led to the tragic death of Liu Yan's two sons who stayed in the Chang'an court.

Later, Liu Biao tried to plot Liu Zhang when Yizhou was unstable after Liu Yan died, but unfortunately failed in the end, and Gan Ning was the product of that failure.

At this time Liu Zhang sent troops over, who knows whether it was to help the battle, or to lure wolves into the house?

Liu Cong didn't have any scheming, after thinking about it, he felt that what Kuai Yue said was reasonable, and that there was no danger of Wei Jun's invasion at the moment. From this point of view, Liu Zhang, who was close at hand, was more dangerous.

So Liu Cong thought that Kuai Yue's suggestion was acceptable, so he asked Kuai Yue for a suitable candidate.

"Mr. Kuai thinks, who can resist Liu Zhang's army?"

Kuai Yue immediately recommended Gan Ning.

"Linjiang Gan Xingba is a native of Shu. He is well versed in the tactics and weaknesses of the army in the middle of Shu. He can be a general and guard Yiling. He will definitely do his best to drive away Liu Zhang's troops and keep Jingzhou safe."

At that time, everyone's eyes were on Gan Ning, some were disdainful, some were strange, and some were envious.

Gan Ning silently endured all the strange realizations, accepted the new post of General of Zhenxi Zhonglang, and then mobilized ten thousand soldiers and marched towards Yiling.

Not long after Gan Ning left, Liu Biao's funeral officially began.

Liu Qi also finally woke up. His personal safety has long been monitored, and he can't escape at all. In his sleep, his future has already been determined.

So there is Liu Qi's current confusion.

He saw his father's officials appearing one after another, but when none of the people he wanted to see were there, he was confused.

When he saw the seal of the king of Chu and the seal of Jingzhou Mu Yinshou beside Liu Cong, he was even more confused.

"Brother Cong...this...this is..."

"Brother, my father's death is something neither you nor my brothers want to see. Now that my father has chosen me to be the king of Chu, brother should not say anything more. Let's send father one last journey together. What do you think? "

Liu Qi opened his mouth slightly, unable to speak.

Obviously it was Liu Biao who wanted to pass on the position of King Chu to him, why did everything change when he woke up?

What about Gan Ning?What about Sun Hao?What about Sun Fu?What about Iraqis?

What about people?

Liu Qi stood there blankly, sticking there like a log, no one cared, no one paid attention.

After this day, Liu Qi has not appeared in the public eye, but it doesn't matter, no one cares about how Liu Qi is doing and what the future will be like.

All they care about is their own interests.

After all, Liu Cong became the shepherd of Jingzhou and the king of Chu, inherited Liu Biao's career, and continued to be a representative with little power. The king of Chu made some achievements during his tenure.

Of course, the first problem he faced after he took office was not that the army of Wei was suppressing the country, but that Wu Ban was stopped by Gan Ning when he was about to enter Jingzhou with [-] Shu troops. mingle.

Le Jin and Guo Jia originally wanted to give more time to the logistics and prepare enough logistics so that they could push Jingzhou there.

But I didn't expect Guo Peng to send someone to send the news in time, saying that a war broke out within the Iron and Steel Alliance of Jingzhou and Yizhou, and the unbreakable alliance exploded in an instant, so let them slow down and wait for the two dogs to bite the dog before entering the field harvest.

Guo Peng didn't expect Liu Biao to die so early.

According to his calculations, Liu Biao still had a few years to live, but he did not expect that the secret agents of the Linzi camp sent news that Liu Biao had brought the dog ahead of time.

He felt very surprised, so he instructed Yan Rou to use his own channels to dig deeper into this matter. He always felt that the time period of Liu Biao's death was a bit deliberate.

Regardless of this, before Liu Biao died, Cai Hao, together with Zhang Yun and Kuai Yue, blocked the news of the Wei army's invasion of the country from the Jingzhou high-level officials. After Liu Biao died, Liu Qi was dealt with in minutes, and Liu Cong ascended the throne and became the new King of Chu. and Jingzhou Mu.

This did not exceed Guo Peng's expectations.

Although Guo Peng had seen some of Liu Biao's operations before, in his opinion, Liu Biao was dying of illness and fainted.

The enemy is now, and if you don't win over the main fighters in Jingzhou, you will reject all Jingzhou people?

Using Sun Hao, Sun Fu and Gan Ning, the three bereaved dogs, as the generals to lead the troops, and using the helpless Yi Ji as the governor of Nanjun, repelled Huang Zhong and Wenpin, the meritorious generals of Zhang Xian who conquered the South. Compared with Zhao Gou's thirteen gold medals The extreme operation of recalling Yue Fei is not too much.

He didn't have much foundation in Jingzhou. He didn't have the qualifications of someone like Guo, and he didn't have the Yellow Turban Army, Heishan Army, Lu Bu, Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shao. Liu Biao's foundation in Jingzhou was very shallow. Chilled.

In fact, there are not only capitulators like Kuai Yue and Cai Mao in Jingzhou.

Through the investigation of the Linzi Camp, Guo Peng still learned that many generals and civil servants in Jingzhou didn't like him very much, and even felt disgusted, and they were not very happy to cooperate with him.

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