Fuji [Four Beauties]

Liu Biao died, and the news was earth-shattering.Without warning, Liu Biao died just like that.The news was so shocking that even Song Ci and the others never expected that Liu Biao would die so early.In history, Liu Biao died normally.Song Ci and the others have been planning their own development and external strategies according to Liu Biao's survival time.

Jingzhou is a very important place. It governs six counties including Nanyang County and Nanjun County, and there are important towns such as Wancheng, Xiangyang, and Jiangling.Needless to say, the important position of Nanyang County, Xiangyang, Jiangling and other places control important sections of the Yangtze River system.Once you get Jingzhou, you can go north to Yizhou, and go south to Jingzhou.With the help of this section of criss-crossing water system distribution network, it can even extend northward to between the Yellow River Basin and Huaisi.

There was a big reason why Liu Xie and the others wanted to leave Xudu. It was because they could go directly along the Yingshui River from the Yangtze River to the vicinity of Xudu as long as they took water.From this, it can be imagined that Jingzhou's geographical location is important.If the forces in the north can get Jingzhou, they will have the throat to develop to the south.If the forces in the south can take Jingzhou into their pockets, they can at least rely on the natural danger of the Yangtze River to rule and rule the south.

Now that Liu Biao died suddenly, Jingzhou must be in chaos.Of course, Liu Biao's son can't keep Jingzhou. Whoever can seize Jingzhou can break the situation of separatism and confrontation for several years, and then seek the world.

Once the news comes out, who can sit still?

Even Liu Xie couldn't sit still anymore. He issued several edicts in a row, urging Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong who were in Chang'an City to rush to Luoyang.Over the years, he has entrusted Zhuge Liang and others with important tasks.Both Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong were only in their twenties, and they had already become Zhong Yao's deputy, assisting in the management of Guanzhong affairs.

After Zhong Yao was sent by him to deal with the affairs of Yizhou, he was left in Yizhou to assist Liu Zhang to deal with the affairs of Yizhou and Guanzhong as soon as possible.The affairs of Chang'an were entrusted by Liu Xie to Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong.And the top military generals he dug from various places were also sent to various places such as Chang'an to be responsible for guarding the safety of various places.Liu Xie kept by his side mainly Gao Shun, Tai Shici and others.

After receiving Liu Xie's urgent edict, the two of them didn't know what happened, so they had to rush to Luoyang immediately.In order to prevent changes in the customs, the two immediately summoned their deputy and made a series of deployments.After arranging the relevant affairs, he rushed to Luoyang without stopping.It took them only a few days to travel hundreds of miles from Chang'an City to Luoyang.

After arriving in Luoyang, he was summoned into the palace by Liu Xie without even taking a breath.They didn't know the shocking news until they entered the palace.After going back and forth like this, seven or eight days have passed.Because Liu Xie has been in various places for a long time, he has planted his own eyes and ears, so he can get the news so quickly.Now that the news has spread, even Yuan Shao in the north knows about it.

After the two came, Liu Xie briefly talked about the ideas he had discussed with Xun Yu.

Both Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong have stayed in Jingzhou for a long time, and Pang Tong is a native of Jingzhou.The powerful forces in various places in Jingzhou are intertwined and very complicated.At that time, Liu Biao entered Jingzhou single-handedly with only a letter of appointment from the imperial court.He was able to regain Jingzhou very quickly, to a large extent, by uniting with local tycoons, such as the Cai family.He also adopted the strategy of Kuai Yue and others to kill a group of local leaders with independent armed forces by means of thunder, and recruited their subordinates. Only then did he gain a foothold in Jingzhou.

Now that Liu Biao is dead, Liu Biao has the same problem as Yuan Shao.Jingzhou will inevitably split into several forces.Zhuge Liang and Liu Biao are relatives, and Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong can also be regarded as turning relatives.They are inextricably linked with the local aristocratic families in Jingzhou.If you want to win Jingzhou, letting these two go is the fastest and most effective way with the least investment, the lowest risk.

Jingzhou is now a gunpowder keg, and everyone wants to get involved there.If you want to get the idea there, it is tantamount to walking a tightrope, if you don't do it well, you will play yourself to death.A person without courage and resourcefulness is absolutely unable to complete this important task.And now these two are only in their early twenties.Some officials in the court who knew the inside story expressed opposition to this.

Because the two of them are too young, and their qualifications and reputation are too low.Jingzhou has a lot to do with it, and no mistakes can be tolerated.If you send the two of them there, you may lose Jingzhou.In this regard, Liu Xie sent them to conquer Jingzhou just as he had sent them to manage Guanzhong affairs.

Of course, Liu Xie didn't have a whimsical idea to do it in one step.He gave the lowest bottom line, not seeking to regain the entire territory of Jingzhou.At least the Jingzhou territory to the west of the Xiangshui River, that is, the Jingzhou territory that belonged to the Shu Kingdom at that time, must be reclassified under the imperial court.As long as he can get these places, he can control the upper and middle reaches of the Yangtze River, so that Sun Quan can only stay in the Yangzhou area and cannot expand.

The development of the matter is beyond everyone's imagination, and Jingzhou must not be lost.

A few years ago, Liu Xie could watch the princes and beat you to death for Nanyang County.That's because Liu Biao still controls most of Jingzhou, and whoever gets Nanyang can't grow.Now that Liu Biao is dead, Nanyang County and most of Jingzhou can only belong to his subordinates.This is a place that has to be contested and cannot be uncontested.

Accepting this important task at a time of crisis, Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong naturally had nothing to say.They set off immediately and rushed to Xiangyang, the Jingzhou government.On the way, the two had already formulated a strategy for the operation.Once Liu Biao died, his youngest son Liu Cong must succeed him.Liu Cong was young, and all the power was in the hands of his stepmother Cai and the Cai family.

If you want to win most of Jingzhou, you must start with the Cai family.The Cai family is also inextricably linked with these two people.Huang Chengyan, Zhuge Liang's father-in-law, married a woman from the Cai family.This woman is the elder sister of Cai Mao, the current ruler of the Cai family.After Liu Biao's original wife died, he married Cai Mao's other sister as a continuation.

With these relationships, it is naturally not a problem for the two of them to want to meet someone from Cai Mao.Like Liu Biao's win over the Cai family back then, Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong are now adopting the same strategy.The Cai family just wanted to maintain their original status in Jingzhou.Liu Cong, whom they supported, was still nominally a clan member of the Han family and was under the jurisdiction of the imperial court.Now the two of them represent the imperial court and come to canonize Liu Cong as the new Jingzhou Shepherd, which represents the imperial court's initiative to show favor.

Today's imperial court is no better than when no one cares about it more than ten years ago.The so-called poor have distant relatives in the mountains.Everyone knows the development and growth of the imperial court over the years.Now that Liu Biao is dead, Jingzhou has become a gunpowder keg, and the people sitting on the gunpowder keg are of course not feeling well.

The Cai family is a powerful local, but that's all.They knew how much they weighed.Relying on one's own strength alone, it is impossible to defend Jingzhou and resist the capture of princes from all sides.At this moment, one can only choose one side to take refuge in.

Sun Quan's strength is very weak, and now he himself has been devastated by the internal Shanyue rebellion.It is naturally not a wise choice to rely on him again.Although Yuan Shao is powerful, he is too far away, with the imperial court and Cao Cao in between. The so-called far water cannot save the near fire.Cao Cao is a good choice, but compared with the imperial court, he does not have much advantage.

What's more, Yizhou, which is now close to Jingzhou, is already under the jurisdiction of the imperial court.There is no natural barrier between Jingzhou and Yizhou. If you want to use troops against Jingzhou from Yizhou, you only need to go down the Yangtze River, and within a few days, you can reach Jiangling, the hinterland of Jingzhou.And Cao Cao wants to fight over, and there is a natural danger in the Yangtze River to intercept him.

With such a trade-off and comparison, Cai Mao knows who he should smile at.

After Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong arrived, they immediately seized Cai Mao, a key figure.They pinpointed his vital point, and after advocating his interests, they persuaded Cai Mao.With Cai Mao's help, other major local forces in Jingzhou will also be able to handle it easily.Therefore, after a series of re-division of power, Liu Cong officially accepted the appointment of the court and became the new Jingzhou Shepherd.Jingzhou was also nominally relocated to the territory of the imperial court.

Of course, no matter who is the shepherd of Jingzhou, the final say in the Jingzhou area is still those local tyrants who are unchanging.Even Liu Xie, under the current trend that the local tyrants are constantly growing, and the aristocrats are gradually paring shoulders with the imperial power.It is also impossible for him to go his own way and push the tyrants to the enemy's side.Only by uniting all the forces that can be united and regaining the great Han country as much as possible can we talk about other things.As for the issue of the aristocrats becoming big and gradually overpowering the imperial power, that can only be discussed later.

Liu Xie's attack on Jingzhou was very fast, and Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong's hands and feet were also very fast.When the warlords of all walks of life were dispatching troops and preparing to attack Jingzhou, Jingzhou had quietly changed its surname to Liu.

Jingzhou is a big piece of fat, who can watch such a piece of fat slip away from his mouth?

Sun Quan was not reconciled, and Cao Cao was not reconciled either. They launched plans to attack Jingzhou one after another.He thought that he could at least encroach on some of Jingzhou's territory and put it under his own name.As a result, sporadic merger wars are inevitable, and the territory of Jingzhou has also changed repeatedly.After several twists and turns, the boundary of Jingzhou to the west of the Xiangshui River was barely preserved just like the bottom line drawn by Liu Xie.

In the ten years that followed, countless wars, large and small, were fought.In the end, Yuan Shao still had no enemies. Cao Cao, his childhood and lifelong enemy, was defeated by him.Yuan Shao's territory was also split into several pieces, which were occupied by his sons.Liu Xie took the opportunity to regain Yuan Shao's old territory around Sizhou.He also took advantage of the heated fight between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, and took some of Cao Cao's territories under his own hands.

At this point, the world has become a third of the game.The Cao and Sun families still withstood the test of history and became the only remaining two princes.And Liu Xie was also surrounded by powerful enemies, internal and external troubles, and went upstream, barely keeping most of the great man's country.

Just when Liu Xie was about to make persistent efforts and make more efforts to govern, another unexpected thing happened.Xun Yu, the minister who has always supported him from scratch, from weak to strong, became sick due to years of hard work, and finally the medicine was ineffective, and he came to the end of his life.

Xun Yu's death was a major blow to both Liu Xie himself and the Han court.Liu Xie cried bitterly and almost fainted.Song Ci tried to comfort him again and again, but to no avail.

She herself is not much better than Liu Xie.Over the years of helping each other and working together, Xun Yu has become a part of her life, and the friendship between them is extremely deep.Song Ci has tried his best and exhausted all methods, but there is no way to make Xun Yu's condition better, so he finally let him go first.