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Chapter 222 Surrounding the beacon fire

"Zirou has already obtained that weapon from Lu Bu's hands?!" Liu Biao seemed a little unbelievable. It was so simple. Originally, Liu Biao was just planning to spend some money to exchange Huang Shoe back to comfort his veteran Huang Zu's heart. If he was too late, he would spend some money to let Lu Bujun not sell the weapon to Sun Ce's son, but he didn't expect that he would buy the crossbow so simply!

Happiness came so suddenly! Liu Biao was suppressed by Sun Ce for many years. Even the Jiangxia rebel general of Gan Ning can lead ordinary elderly, weak, sick and disabled to send 30,000 Jiangdong into the Yangtze River (Liu Biao has never recognized Gan Ning's talent, because that would make him look like Liu Biao look blind!), he has tens of thousands of elite soldiers and many veterans! He doesn't believe that Zhou Yu, who occupied Jiangdong, cannot be beaten home! The rare Liu Biao has the spirit!

"Yes, lord, but Zirou has already obtained a crossbow and is already on the way to Jingzhou!" Kuai Yue was also very happy. If he got this weapon, he would no longer be afraid of Jiangdong in Jingzhou. His younger brother made this contribution. Kuai Yue, who is the elder brother, was also very happy!

"Haha, different degrees, you and Zirou are really good at pretending to be on your left arm and right arm! I will definitely be rewarded when Zirou comes back!" These Kuai brothers are the two most important counselors under Liu Biao. The younger brother Kuai Liang has the ability of Yong Ji, and the older brother Kuai Yue has set many strategies for Jingzhou. It is their contribution to Liu Biao's ability to pacify Jingzhou. At that time, when Liu Biao entered Jingzhou, he was just a single horse!

Don’t underestimate Liu Biao. Although Liu Biao is a sick cat and a well-behaved dog, Liu Biao was one of the eight horses in the past! During his time in Jingzhou, Liu Biao was kind and powerful. He was able to lure him and purify him thousands of miles away. The people were pleased and convinced. He also taught scriptures and education, loved the people and raised his scholars, and protected himself calmly. He was far away from Yuan Shao, and was close to Zhangxiu's base for thousands of miles, with more than 100,000 armors. He dominated Jingjiang, killed Sun Jian first, and then resisted Cao Cao often.

These were done by Liu Biao himself. However, when Liu Biao got old, he naturally didn't care about these things of fighting for hegemony! If this year goes by, Liu Biao will be fifty and eighty. In ancient times, when he was generally called an old man at thirty, he was already a real old man! He was ten years younger than Tao Qian! He was thirteen years older than Cao Cao and thirteen years older than Sun Ce. When Liu Biao was in a row, Sun Ce was still in the womb!

It can only be said that Liu Biao was not at the right time, but the world was not in chaos when he was strong. When he was in his twilight years, he could only be stable and stable!

"Lord! Lu Bu and Lu Fengxian are not just sold to us Jingzhou!" Cai Mao said beside him. He was unhappy. The Kuai family, like their Cai family, are all gentry in Jingzhou. Even these two families can represent the entire Jingzhou gentry. They also have in-laws and marriages. However, Cai Mao was just unaccustomed to Liu Biao's praise of the Kuai brothers, which is more intimate than closeness. Cai Mao is Liu Biao's brother-in-law. In terms of strength, their Cai family is not weaker than the Kuai family, but Liu Biao has always treated the Kuai family more favorably than the Cai family!

Cai Mao also knew that this was Liu Biao's balance, and that Liu Biao would ensure that his Liu family could remain stable in Jingzhou. Liu Biao and Cai Mao's sister Cai had a son, Liu Cong, and this son was also very happy. Maybe Liu Biao would leave Jingzhou to Liu Cong in a hundred years. It is precisely because of this that Liu Biao would treat the Kuai family with more preferential treatment, so that after a hundred years, the Cai Mao family would not be sued by their Liu family. The Kuai family was used by Liu Biao to check and balance the Cai family!

"Lu Bu also sold the drawings of the crossbow to Sun Ce in Jiangdong!" Cai Mao's intelligence system was not weak, so he could also get this information. "You must know that Zirou went before Zhang Zhao in Jiangdong, but she finally got the crossbow!" Cai Mao said and looked at Kuai Yue. The meaning of his words was that Kuai Zirou should have stopped Lu Bu from drawings of the Jiangdong Navy, but in the end, it was not only failed to stop it, but was also obtained first!

"General Cai Mao, why didn't you volunteer to go there before if you say this?" Kuai Yue was also a little angry and snorted coldly. Before, Liu Biao asked who could go to Lujiang to negotiate with Lu Bu. No one was willing to stand up because Lu Bu's reputation was bad. There were more than one or two envoys who died in his hands. The nearest was Chen Rui of Sun Ce's army, and they were not sure that they could really convince Lu Bu's army. Instead of being sent to others in the past, it was better not to say a word. Only his younger brother Kuai Liang stood up and went there volunteered. At that time, Kuai Yue still blamed his younger brother very much, but now he didn't expect that Kuai Liang would succeed. This has to be said to be an unexpected surprise, but Cai Mao stood up and said sarcastic words. How could Kuai Yue not be angry!

"Why do you have to do this? I, Cai Mao, just do the same thing! I, Cai Mao, are good at practicing the navy commander, but I am really not suitable for talking and talking, so Zirou is the real suitable person!" Cai Mao replied to Kuai Yue.

Kuai Yue also smiled coldly, "You Cai Mao is not suitable for talking?" You Cai Mao is better than anyone else. When the lord distributes things, gives military power, and gives privileges, why don't you, Cai Mao, not speak well!"

"Okay, don't argue anymore!" Liu Biao stood up, and he was very happy. All he wanted was the disagreement between the Kuai family and the Cai family. If the two families were very harmonious and advanced and retreated together, Liu Biao would really be frightened. Thinking about it in his heart, but Liu Biao had to show a heartbreaking look on the surface. Who would not have the ability to become a prince? I said before that crying is a kind of knowledge, and acting is also a kind of knowledge.

"Alien Degui, you two are both great talents in Jingzhou. You can only be stable if you are in Jingzhou. Now you are quarreling like this!" As he said that, Liu Biao also showed a cough, as if he was angry by the arguing between the two.

"The more you know your mistake, the more you know your mistake!" Kuai Yue was the first to admit his mistake. "I shouldn't have mocked General Cai Mao!"

"Lord Cai Mao knew his mistake!" Cai Mao also reacted, "It's because I shouldn't question Mr. Zirou!" Cai Mao also lowered his head to admit his mistake.

"Is this right? You two should go hand in hand!" Liu Biao nodded, "Okay, now our army has the powerful tool of the bed crossbow, which is suitable for Sun Ce to pay off his debts!" ​​Although Lu Bujun gave Jiangdong drawings, he gave Liu Biao the entire twenty-three tower ships loaded with bed crossbows! Now that one more day may be a major turning point.

"It's time for Wenpin to start conquering Jiang Xia! Remember! I want the head of the beautiful Zhou Lang in Jiangdong!" A fighting spirit suddenly flashed in Liu Biao's eyes, which made Kuai Yue and Cai Mao below stunned. This is still the old and old Liu Biao and Liu Jingsheng!

Kuai Yue still remembers the way Liu Biao entered Jingzhou alone. At that time, Kuai Yue was still a young boy, but he was deeply impressed by Liu Biao's appearance. At that time, he thought that Liu Biao was his wise ruler, the wise ruler who could dominate the world again. Liu Biao did not disappoint him and swept away Wang Rui as the governor of Jingzhou, supplementing him with the Kuai brothers, Cai Mao and others.

If you have Jingzhou, you should ignore Jiangdong and occupy Yizhou. If Liu Biao really moved at that time, then most of the Han Dynasty's rule is in the hands of Liu Biao, but Liu Biao gave up and gave up when Kuai Yue was about to show his abilities! This has been so many years since he gave up, and Kuai Yue has also changed from a child back then to a calm middle-aged man now.

Now Kuai Yue actually saw the light of the past again in Liu Biao's eyes. Kuai Yidu rubbed his eyes and seemed to not believe his eyes!

"Go to Yidu Degui, I'll leave this to you. I'll go to bed first when I'm tired!" Liu Biao sat down after giving the order.

"Oh!" Kuai Yue sighed in his heart. The lord is really old! If he had been younger for ten years, would this be like this in Jingzhou now? Kuai Yue is a little sad! You say that Liu Biao is powerful. He has always been bullied and attacked. He has never taken the initiative to attack! You say that he is weak! He can kill Sun Jian, a tiger in Jiangdong. This figure who even Dong Zhuo is restless. He can occupy Jingzhou for decades! He has 100,000 armored men under his command!

"Degui" "Good farewell to another time!" The two looked at each other and left the conference hall with their fists.

After leaving the conference hall, the two men who were supposed to be incompatible with each other suddenly chuckled, "Yi Dumao congratulated Yi Du first, Brother Zirou has made new contributions!"

"Where is there, Degui has been awarded. Zirou still needs to learn a lot, and you, your brother, need more help!" The conversation between the two was very friendly, from the tone of their speech, they were sincere without a trace of perfunctory! These two are real friends!

Indeed, Kuai Yue and Cai Mao met since childhood. The two families are connected to relatives. How could the family say two families? The two of them showed their disagreements in Liu Biao, but they were just showing them for Liu Biao! Liu Biao could perform, and they could do it too. You, Liu Biao, want a balance! Then give you a balance! In front of Liu, the two are enemies, and they are undermining each other in politics and insights, but the real two are real alliances. Jingzhou can be replaced by one or two provincial governors, but the Kuai family and the Cai family have only one!

"What do you think of the lord this time?" Kuai Yue still wanted to ask Cai Mao if he had seen the long-lost feeling.

"See!" Cai Mao nodded, and he also saw it. He thought he had read it wrong like Kuai Yue at one moment, but he did not. That feeling was the kind of spirit and courage that Liu Biao had to pacify Jingzhou. "But this can be like this! The lord is old, old!" Cai Mao shook his head. Liu Biao seemed to know that he had not had much time, so Liu Biao was unwilling to take risks. He was only willing to protect his Jingzhou until the end!

"Oh!" Kuai Yue sighed, "What about now! The lord's order!" Although Liu Biao continued to order, it still depends on Cai Mao's execution.

"Of course I'm going!" Cai Mao nodded heavily, "Don't you think that Sun Ce of Jiangdong is too much!" In the past, although the Jiangdong naval army invaded Jingzhou, they were only outside Jiangxia. The two sides had a victory or defeat. This was also a strategy of Cai Mao and Kuai Yue. Only by exaggerating the threat of Jiangdong can Liu Biao invest most of the taxes in the navy. This is why, Liu Biao in Jingzhou had hundreds of thousands of naval troops, but the army had only less than 10,000 or 20,000 yuan. Now Sun Ce has taken half of Jiangxia, which has touched their interests!

Moreover, what Sun Ce wanted to do when he got the crossbow, and this idea was clear at a glance. It was not for Liu Biao, but for their Cai family, but for the Kuai family, Cai Mao also wanted to fight this battle! Now he has obtained the ship loaded with the crossbow, and thousands of Jiangxia navy troops on it! If he doesn't hurt Jiangdong at this time, when will it take!

"In this way, I am waiting for Degui to get the head of Jiangdong Mei Zhou Lang!" Kuai Yue also nodded. The interests of their Kuai family were with the Cai family! Therefore, Cai Mao's actions also had ordinary Kuai Yue's ideas.

"Don't worry!" The two parted ways, Cai Mao went to the navy camp. Kuai Yue returned to his mansion. He still had to fight to conquer Jiangxia. Kuai Yue needed to raise food and grass, prepare military funds, and imitate bed crossbows!

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"The battle in Wancheng is over!" Cao Cao held the document in his hand. He was in Guandu and had been confronting Yuan Shao's army for a while! On this Yellow River, he was across the river with his childhood friend. Both sides were mobilizing the army, waiting for the final decisive battle!

Cao Cao, who had been watching the fun all the time, suddenly got information. The war in Wancheng was over! It shouldn't be! Sun Ce brought a 100,000 army. Lu Bu's army had only 50,000 people. Cao Cao in Wancheng in Lujiang had seen it before. It was surrounded by a tall moat in the city wall. It was really a major city! Both sides would definitely form meat grinders on this Wancheng. Lu Kang had defended Sun Ce and was on the Wancheng. It had been a full two years. Not to mention two years, even if he only fought for half a year, Cao Cao would be happy. What could be more refreshing than seeing his two enemies fighting each other! But how long has it been? One month? One and a half months? The battle in Wancheng was over. Sun Ce's 100,000 army fled back and five thousand other troops were destroyed!

"Lu Bu has become stronger again!" Cao Cao said in a low voice, not afraid of jokes when he said it. Just like Dong Zhuo was afraid of Sun Jian back then! Cao Cao was really afraid of Lu Bu, otherwise he would not have thought of arguing with Lu Bu after besieging Xia Pi. He originally thought that he would be like a betrayal dog when he drove Lu Bu out of Xuzhou. Who knew that Lu Bu occupied another Lujiang so quickly, and now he defeated Sun Ce's 100,000 troops. Even if Sun Ce's army was not as good as him in the land war, Lu Bu was still crippled by himself!

Gongtai! Is it your reason again? Cao Cao is now wondering if Chen Gong envoyed the plan to destroy Sun Ce's army. You should know that sometimes the strategies of the strategists can really make the army die without a place to die. For example, in history, Zhao Kuo talks about war on paper. The reason why he was able to control the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Zhao army was because Fan Ju used the strategy to temporarily change the commander of the State of Zhao, which made King Zhao think that Zhao Kuo was a talented person and only he could let the Qin army retreat. Who knew that the final result was the Battle of Changping, and 200,000 soldiers of the State of Zhao were killed!

Later, Xu You sold Yuan Shao. If it weren't for Xu You, Yuan Shao wouldn't have been defeated so badly. Even if he was consumed like this, Cao Cao was the first to be unable to hold on. Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu's burning of Red Cliff was also a strategy, which directly left Cao Cao's 800,000 troops on the Yangtze River!

This is the terrible thing about these strategists! One sentence can determine the life and death of a army, and one sentence can destroy a country!

"Lord!" Just as Cao Cao was thinking, the big tent was lifted up, and a thin literati walked in. Although this person was weak, his eyes were extremely magical. Other literati usually carried books or feather fans in his hands, while the literati was holding a wine gourd! This person was the prodigal son Guo Jia!

"What's wrong? Is it not enough to drink to the filial piety? I want to ask me for it!" The more unrestrained Guo Jia was, the more relieved Cao Cao was, and the more he appreciated Cao Cao, because talented people were arrogant. Guo Jiakuang had capital, but his volition made Cao Cao feel relieved. As mentioned earlier, the strategist had high IQ and could reach you to death without realizing it. If such a person could not control him, even if he had great talents, he would be killed by the ruler!

For example, Jia Xu, a poisonous man, has always been the main focus of himself, and all strategies are based on the word poison as the key point! His strategy will not be abandoned if it fails to die. For example, Li Jue and Guo Si use Jia Xu's strategy to almost kill Lu Bu!

Such a person should have shone brightly and made more plans when he joined Cao Cao's camp. However, Jia Xu knew that Cao Cao was suspicious. The more Jia Xu used the more tricks, the more Jia Xu was not far from death, because Jia Xu's plans were all vain and Jia Xu could not do as unrestrained as Guo Jia! Lao Cao was really afraid that Jia Xu would be able to give him a vain plan after his death, so the more outstanding Jia Xu was, the greater the possibility that Lao Cao would bring him with him after his death!

So Jia Xu, who joined Cao Cao's army, did not speak much.

The one who was afraid of Cao Cao in history was Zhou Buyi. This man was so smart that he was so smart that Cao Cao was afraid. If Cao Chong was still alive, he could suppress him, but Cao Chong died, there were really few people in this world who could subdue him! So Cao Cao killed such a prodigy directly in his infancy without hesitation.

Another person is Sima Yi! This person looks like a wolf. He is the only person who can make Zhuge Liang work hard. Cao Cao has seen it for a long time, so he also wants to kill this person, but Sima Yi learned from the old fox Jia Xu and began to hide his sharpness. He slowly let Cao Cao relax his vigilance and survived. In the end, the Sima family seized the Cao family's territory.

But Guo Jia made Cao Cao feel very relieved. This prodigal son was unlucky. In this era, many people did not tolerate him. Those gentry respected Guo Jia on the surface but actually did not take Guo Jia seriously at all, because first, Guo Jia was a prodigal son who could not enter the hall. Secondly, the most important thing is that Guo Jia is a poor scholar, not a genius. Even if he had the wolves' heart, it would be difficult to accomplish anything! Those genius could not support a genius, so Cao Cao was a real concern for his friends for his friends! The two of them had no scruples when they joked! Guo Jia once laughed at Cao Cao for being afraid of his wife! You must know that Guo Jia was just a minister. A minister was talking about his lord like this. If he really cares about him, he would have to behead him! But Cao Cao didn't care, but told Guo Jia's wife about Guo Jia going to a brothel. In the end, the unlucky one was of course Guo Jia!

Guo Jia is happy without alcohol, but drinking in the army is a taboo. Only Cao Cao can drink. Every time Guo Jia finishes drinking, he will naturally come to Cao Cao to ask for it. He has been confronting Yuan Shao these days, and there is no substantial progress. Now that Guo Jia is here, Cao Cao thinks he is here to ask for it again.

"There is still half a pot!" Guo Jia shook his head and shook the gourd in his hand and said.

"Then why are you here? You don't go to rest in the middle of the night. Do you want to go back to Xudu's girl again?" Cao Cao quipped with a smile.

"I dare!" Guo Jia shook his head with a wry smile. Although he was named a military advisor by Cao Cao and had a salary of 1,000 stone, the money was all within his wife's side! Since Cao Cao's complaint last time, Guo Jia has not encountered any money for many days!

"Haha!" Cao Cao laughed. The high tension of confronting Yuan Shaojun these days was wiped out. "Okay, let's talk about the serious matter!" Cao Cao also became serious and said, knowing that Guo Jia must have something to discuss when he came so late.

"Yes!" Guo Jia also became serious. "I don't know if the lord has received that information!"

"What is the information about the Wancheng War!" Cao Cao raised the document in his hand and said, "It's time to read! This little overlord in Jiangdong was not clearly beaten by the Bingzhou tiger!" Sun Ce might have really encountered the nemesis. The little tiger was originally very fierce, but when he met an adult tiger, it was really bitter. He was no match for his claws and teeth!

"Then lord, have you seen that part of the navy?" Guo Jia asked, part of this information was in charge of Cao Cao's hands.

"Sailing Army?!" Cao Cao frowned and read to the desk. "Outside the Dazhai of the Wancheng Navy, 30,000 Jiangdong Army were lured out of the Dazhai by 7,000 Lubu Navy and completely wiped out!"

Total annihilation?! Cao Cao's eyes widened, 30,000 were lured out by 7,000, and all annihilated. What is this situation? He took the wrong document, or the information was fake, or he was dazzled. Cao Cao rubbed his eyes hard, and it clearly stated that 30,000 troops were completely annihilated!

"Lord, don't be confused. The 30,000 Jiangdong naval troops were indeed destroyed!" Guo Jia asked Cao Cao to confirm the answer! Guo Jia's intelligence is no more than Cao Cao, but Guo Jia will be more careful. Some of the intelligence he wants will naturally make people focus on detecting!

"It's all destroyed!" Cao Cao continued to look over, and it said that the seven thousand naval army was led by a general named Gan Ning in Lu Bu's army. "Gan Ning? So strong?" Cao Cao was a little confused. What kind of person is this Gan Ning? He could defeat 30,000 with seven thousand naval army and wipe out it all! This is nearly five times the enemy! Even if the cavalry meets infantry, it's just like this! And Cao Cao remembers that Lu Bu's army has no naval army at all! Even when Lu Bu was in Xuzhou, he was not concerned about the naval army. The Xuzhou naval army finally got the advantage of Cao Cao!

"Ganning, Gan Xingba, was a rogue when he was young. He gathered people and horses, held crossbows, and committed evil in the local area. He formed a canal army to grab ships and property, wearing bells, dressed in gorgeous clothes, and was known as a Jinfan thief. When he heard the bell ringing, he knew that Gan Ning had appeared. He seized the cargo for more than 20 years, and then stopped robbing and was familiar with the various sons. He served as the governor of Shu County at the age of 18. Later, he served as the commander of Liu Biao and Huang Zu, and was not valued. During this period, he shot and killed Ling Tong's father Ling Cao, so he had a grudge against Ling Tong to kill his father. When Lu Bu's army attacked Xuzhou, he surrendered Lu Bu together with Su Fei and Huang Zhong!" Guo Jia had detailed information about Gan Ning.

"This Gan Ning is a great talent, a great talent!" Cao Cao really thinks that this man is a great talent in the navy. If he can fight such a war, he is definitely a good person who is good at commanding troops. Cao Cao envies Lu Bu for having such a talent. If it is great if it is in Cao Cao's hands, he can directly teach Gan Ning all the 50,000 naval troops under his command.

"This Gan Ning is indeed a character, but the lord, commanding the 30,000 Jiangdong naval army is not a waste, but Jiang Qin, but all the 30,000 troops were destroyed, while the 7,000 troops in Gan Ning were unparalleled." Guo Jia forgot Lu Su. It was not that Guo Jia had insufficient information, but that Lu Su appeared on this stage in this chaotic world!

"Jiang Qin?!" Cao Cao had Jiang Qin's information in his hand. This man was a general under Sun Ce and was very good at the navy. He was a domineering on the Yangtze River with his brother Zhou Tai. Jiang Qin and his good at water battles, even if they were not Gan Ning's opponent, they could not lose so badly. In the end, they were killed! No matter how strong Gan Ning was, he could not be strong enough to that level!

"Did you get some information for Fengxiao?" Cao Cao didn't want to guess because he felt a sense of crisis!

"Yes!" Guo Jia said without hesitation and said, "This is because Lu Bujun has a sharp weapon in his hand, which can shoot giant arrows hundreds of steps away! It can penetrate the navy's tower ship!"

"A sharp weapon? Can a huge arrow be shot from a hundred steps away? Can it penetrate the navy tower ship? "Cao Cao recalled this thing in his mind. "You are talking about a giant crossbow!" Cao Cao is not an unsavory person. He has seen the crossbow of beds on those border cities. This thing can indeed shoot hundreds of steps, and his penetration is extremely powerful!

"Giant crossbow!" Guo Jia chewed on this message, "It shouldn't be! This sharp weapon can be shot continuously! This is the reason why the 30,000 naval troops were destroyed!"

"Step continuously?" Cao Cao was stunned. He had never seen the giant crossbow before. It took more than a dozen or twenty people to pull the bowstring together, and it took a long time to shoot it once, and it was extremely laborious. But now Guo Jia told him that this thing can shoot continuously, which was a joke! "Impossible, impossible! Fengxiao! I have seen this giant crossbow, and it is absolutely impossible to shoot continuously!" Sometimes the information may not be all correct, and you need to distinguish it yourself.

"Yes!" Guo Jia was also a little uncertain. This kind of thing could even shoot through the building ship. If Lu Bu's army had already had this thing, how could Xuzhou be so easy to throw it away? If there were more than 20 people on the city wall, Cao Cao's army would have to pay a huge price. Could it be that the information was really wrong!

Just as the two were thinking, a personal guard rushed in from outside.

"Didn't I say no one is allowed to disturb me?" Cao Cao was a little angry. He hated disturbing me the most when discussing matters with Guo Jia. He had a red light in his eyes and was about to kill someone.

"Master, 800 miles to hurry up, hurry up!" The guard was a little panicked. Old Cao was so murderous in his dream. Once, a brother kicked off the quilt when he saw Lao Cao sleeping. He wanted to cover him with a quilt but was killed by Lao Cao with a sword. He was so murderous in his dream. When he woke up, he was even more a killing god! This guard didn't want to die just like this, so he hurriedly knelt on the ground and handed over the document in his hand.

"Eight hundred miles of speed up!" Cao Cao didn't care about the guard, so he picked up the desk and started reading it. After reading it, his face was unstable! (To be continued...)
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