Zhao Yun has been helping Liu Bei recruit troops on the periphery of the battlefield, and the conditions are extremely strict.

Liu Bei was considered a prince before, and he was related to the royal family and had a good reputation. Relying on these, Zhao Yun had recruited more than a thousand people for Liu Bei in a few months who sincerely followed Liu Bei.

When Liu Bei left Yecheng, the news had reached Zhao Yun's ears. He ordered his troops and headed straight for Runan.

Although three thousand men and horses are not many, they are enough for Liu Bei to protect himself on Liu Biao's territory.

By taking refuge with Yuan Shao this time, Liu Bei understood a truth. He was in a hurry like a bereaved dog and didn't bring any troops with him. People would not take him seriously at all. Only with his own soldiers can he support him.

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When Liu Bei arrived in Runan, he was not in a hurry to defect to Liu Biao. Instead, he stationed himself in Runan and sent a letter to Guo Tu to assure him that he was safe and to stabilize him.

After that, Liu Bei also wrote a letter to Liu Biao, mentioning that he would come to him with nearly 5,000 troops and horses, and wanted him to give him a place to stay. This obviously meant that he would make a decision to let him go.

Which is appropriate.

This is a little different from Liu Bei's previous rhetoric. At the beginning, both Jian Yong and Sun Qian just said that Liu Bei would come back and join forces, and had no intention of asking for the territory.

Liu Biao is already fifty-eight years old. He has no ambition to conquer the Central Plains, which has a lot to do with his age.

He understood that the Central Plains could not be unified in ten or twenty years. Can Liu Biao live to such an old age? Obviously not, so why is he just joining in the fun?

Holding Liu Bei's letter, Liu Biao looked at Cai Mao and Kuai Yue in front of him, and handed the letter over casually.

These two people can now be said to be one of the people Liu Biao relies on most.

As early as ten years ago in the first year of Chuping, Liu Biao, who was still a lieutenant in the Northern Army of the Han Dynasty, received an imperial edict to serve as the governor of Jingzhou.

However, he felt quite hesitant about the situation at that time, so he invited Kuai Yue, his brother Kuai Liang and Tong Cai Mao to a banquet in Yicheng to conspire with them.

Now ten years have passed, Kuai Yue and Cai Mao are still Liu Biao's confidants. If Cai Mao's favor has something to do with him having a good sister, Kuai Yue is really his own force, which is very sincere to Liu Biao.

Kuai Yue and Cai Mao were the two people who strongly opposed Liu Biao's involvement in the dispute between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.

Originally Liu Biao wanted to side with Yuan Shao, but both of them happened to be close to Cao Cao, so he could only persuade Liu Biao to stand still.

The outcome of the struggle between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao has something to do with Liu Biao's standing aside and watching.

When Cao Cao was in a stalemate with Yuan Shao in Guandu, even if he sent 50,000 troops, he could cut off Cao Cao's retreat at any time, but he did not. Now Cao Cao will not give anyone such an opportunity again.

"My lord, this Liu Bei's words are actually different from before. I guess he has other plans."

After reading the letter, Kuai Yue sneered and said, obviously, he did not have a good attitude towards Liu Bei.

"Yes, Liu Bei has surrendered to Yuan Shao, but when Yuan Shao was defeated by Cao Cao and was seriously ill, he proposed to surrender to Jingzhou. How could this be done by a loyal man? If my lord valued Liu Bei, would he treat him like this?

Lord, who can guarantee me, Jingzhou?"

As soon as Cai Mao and Kuai Yue sang together, they turned Liu Bei into a little brother with impure intentions. Of course, his original intentions were also impure, but Liu Biao was used to the high-level treatment of these talents, and he had no intention of doing so. Just thinking of rejecting it.

Liu Biao held his beard and pondered for a while, then waved his hand and said: "Liu Xuande and I are both members of the Han clan. Now that he has taken the initiative to defect with his troops, Jingzhou has no reason not to accept him."

Kuai Yue and Cai Mao looked at each other and understood that Liu Bei's arrival in Jingzhou could not be changed.

The most important thing in Liu Biao's life was trust. Liu Bei sent Jian Yong and the others here first, and Liu Biao had already agreed. Jian Yong and Sun Qian are still staying in Xiangyang, eating and drinking well.

If he regrets it now, his reputation as one of Liu Biao's eight heroes will be in tatters.

"Then... did the lord directly agree to Liu Bei's request? He led five thousand troops and wanted the city. What if he was a spy sent by Yuan Shao? Although he and the lord are both Han clan clan members, this Jingzhou The land will be passed on to the lord's heirs in the future, and we must not let him, Liu Xuande, take it away in the name of a Han clan clan member!"

Cai Mao's words can be said to be emotional and sincere.

When he said he would pass it on to Liu Biao's own son, of course he was referring to the son his sister gave birth to to Liu Biao.

If that were the case, the Lord of Jingzhou would be his nephew, and the relationship would be even closer. If Liu Bei really got it, he would be nothing.

When Cai Mao mentioned that his son might be affected, Liu Bei's expression turned serious.

He thought about it for a long time, and finally shook his head and said: "Let Liu Bei bring his cronies to Xiangyang first. After all, they are all members of the Han clan, and he has the title of imperial uncle, so he still needs to have the proper etiquette." Yes, as for those troops, how about giving him the new field to help us control the situation in the north of Jingzhou?"

After Liu Biao finished speaking, Cai Mao and Kuai Yue's eyes lit up.

Xinye is located in the north of Jingzhou, and it does fall under the jurisdiction of Jingzhou. It can be regarded as a promise to give Liu Bei a place to live, but this place is not close to Xiangyang.

In this way, Liu Bei's identity is equivalent to becoming Liu Biao's northern fan, rather than his direct lineage in Xiangyang, which is much further away from the relationship point of view.

Moreover, Xinye is not a very big place. In other words, it is such a small town and the population is too small for Liu Bei to develop even if he wants to. This is definitely a good idea for Liu Biao to kill two birds with one stone.

"My lord, this is a good note!"

Seeing the two of them nodding, Liu Biao also wrote back a letter to Liu Bei, which showed that he still valued this little brother from the same clan.

And he made it very clear in the letter, asking Liu Bei to come with his cronies, hold a banquet himself, and take the troops directly to Xinye.

Even if this matter was settled like this, no one would think that Liu Bei could become a big deal if he was placed in Xinye. However, shortly after Liu Biao's letter was sent, Cai Mao received a piece of news from Jiangdong.
Chapter completed!