"Nanyang?"

The garrison in Nanyang means that the imperial court is ready to march into Jingzhou at any time. Huang Yueying can be regarded as a Jingzhou native all her life. She also spent her childhood in Jingzhou. It is absolutely impossible to say that she does not have feelings. Now she is a little worried about the war.

Let your hometown become devastated.

But after thinking about it, I felt that it wouldn't be that bad because the imperial army's combat power was much higher than that of Jingzhou and Sun Ce. Maybe if they really participated in the war, they could avoid the devastation of Jingzhou and defeat them in the shortest possible time with lightning speed.

Got everything solved.

In fact, if the imperial court really wanted to take action, neither Liu Biao nor Sun Ce could withstand the imperial army's attack. Liu Xuan was still unwilling to take action, which was just to let the two families harm each other first.

According to the information Liu Ye gathered, things were developing in the direction he expected.

At the end of summer, Sun Cejun used a surprise attack that was difficult for outsiders to find out. At the same time, a thousand elite soldiers with astonishing combat power directly wiped out the resistance in Jiangxia City. The prefect Huang Zu

He was caught red-handed by Sun Ce and beheaded on the spot.

Huang Zu's family members didn't escape either. They were basically all killed by Sun Ce. It can be said that the Huang family in Jingzhou was completely cut off from Huang Zu's lineage.

But if we cut it off, let's cut it off. This is exactly what Liu Xuan hopes.

Sun Cejun, who had obtained Jiangxia, began to target Jiangling.

If Jiangling is obtained, then Jingzhou will be separated, and the southern counties of Jingzhou divided by the Yangtze River will be completely out of Liu Biao's control, and Liu Biao will have no way to rescue him after being attacked. Whether he can defend Sun Ce's attack will only

They can rely on themselves - but the defense may be too low, and even Liu Biao himself does not have high expectations.

In other words, Liu Biao has basically given up on the four southern counties of Jingzhou. What he is thinking about now is how to ensure that Xiangyang will not be captured by Sun Ce.

Of course, it would be better if Jiangling can be saved, but now it seems that there is not much hope. What's more terrible is that his civil servants and generals all have their own thoughts: the military generals are okay, but a group headed by the Jing family and the Cai family can

But they have already begun to wonder if they can surrender directly if they can no longer resist, because this will not threaten their family property and status in Jingzhou.

After all, even if Sun Ce occupied Jingzhou, he would still need to rely on local forces like them to appease and rule. In addition, the imperial court in the north was eyeing him. Sun Ce also hoped that Jingzhou would settle down as soon as possible, right?

This group of people were making a lot of calculations, and even Liu Biao's wife, Cai Shi, said intentionally or unintentionally: "Why do you need to fight Sun Ce to the death?"

That night, Liu Biao was furious and scolded her severely. However, Liu Biao's behavior made the Cai family more dissatisfied with Liu Biao, which in turn made the Cai family even more reluctant to resist Sun Cejun's invasion.

With all your strength.

Although these messages were not directly inquired about, various scattered pieces of information were gathered together, and the truth can basically be restored.

After Liu Xuan learned about these things, he just said casually: "Liu Jingsheng is going to die soon!"

Liu Ye kept silent when he heard this and didn't make any comments, while Jia Xu, who had gradually integrated into Liu Xuan's circle, also remained calm and didn't say anything. Guo Jia, who didn't care much about his image, laughed twice.

Liu Bei, on the other hand, let out a long sigh: "It's a pity that Liu Jingsheng, a great hero in his time, was destroyed by Xiao Xiao's hands!"

Speaking of which, Liu Bei and Liu Biao are still the same generation, and Liu Bei has always wanted to get acquainted with Liu Biao. Originally, depending on the emperor's arrangement, although Liu Biao would lose his position as Jingzhou Shepherd, his status in the clan would not be greatly affected.

Unwavering, Liu Xuan also prepared to arrange for Liu Biao to enter the court.

Of course, if Liu Biao didn't want to, he could just be an idle clan member and spend the rest of his life happily.

But now it seems that the Cai family is ready to sacrifice Jingzhou in order to protect themselves, and the Jing family is obviously on the same side as the Cai family. These two families have controlled most of the affairs in Jingzhou, and Liu Biao relies on these two families to govern Jingzhou.

people.

Except for Liu Biao, it was nothing to them. As for sins? After they joined Sun Ce's account, there would be no sins. Even if there were any, Sun Ce would be responsible for them.

"What a good idea!"

It's a pity that these two families would never have thought that even if they ran to the ends of the earth, Liu Xuan would not let them go.

Although he didn't like Liu Biao very much, Liu Biao was a clan member of the Han Dynasty after all, and he was also the uncle of the current emperor and a Jingzhou pastor recognized by the imperial court. In the end, these two families were killed on the spot? But they put the Han Dynasty in their eyes?

Offend the imperial court, offend the royal family, offend Liu Xuan, and still want a good ending? You are overthinking things.

"The Jing family and Cai family must die!"

One sentence decided the future of the two families, and Liu Xuan also issued an edict: "Because this matter concerns the clan, we need to ask the emperor to come and deal with it!"

Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, and then realized the meaning of Liu Xuan's words.

Generally, matters involving clan members would be handled by the Minister of Zongzheng Temple. Liu Bei, as the Central Protector, had nothing to do with this matter. In addition, Liu Xuan had already determined the powers of the Central Protector.

It was not Liu Bei's turn to even lead the army in battle.

But this time the emperor named Liu Bei to go and deal with the matter, and specifically mentioned that the matter concerned the clan, so he was allowed to go. The meaning of the words was very obvious - Liu Bei took over as the Minister of Zongzheng Temple.

The current Zong Zhengqing in the court is Liu Ai. He is also an old minister and has a very high status in the clan. However, over the years, he has grown older and his health has become worse and worse. Seeing that the court is changing day by day, Liu Ai also

Gradually I felt powerless.

More importantly, after the imperial court settled the affairs in the north, it would definitely turn its attention to the south. Both Yizhou and Jingzhou in the south were members of the royal family. Liu Ai didn't want to see that kind of scene, so he asked him to deal with Liu Biao and Liu Zhang.

He had no clue about the problem, so he simply resigned and went home to retire.

The memorial was handed in the day before. Liu Xuan approved Liu Ai's request without much thought, and then took advantage of today's opportunity to decide on Liu Bei's taking over Zongzheng Temple.

In the past few years, Liu Bei has worked diligently in the position of the Central Guards. In addition, he is extremely smooth in dealing with people and is very popular in the court. Lu Zhi, one of the three princes today, is his teacher, so let alone Zong Zhengqing, even if he is

Whether it is a more important position or a ministerial book, it is worthy of it.

Being promoted did not make Liu Bei get carried away. On the contrary, he realized that after his status was improved, his responsibilities also became greater.

What's more, with the current situation of the imperial court, if I can't achieve anything, there are plenty of people who can take my place.

Putting aside people of his own generation, even those of the older generation such as Liu Yu can be ignored, and even those of the younger generation still have suitable candidates to take over Zongzheng Temple.

Apart from this, His Majesty's younger brother Chenliu Wang Liu Xie has shown extraordinary talent and learning in recent years. In addition, he is married to the daughter of Tingwei Fuwan, so he has no influence in the court.

More importantly, I heard that the relationship between the emperor and his two younger brothers was also very good at that time. No one could say that one day the emperor would grant an official position to his younger brother on a whim.

Although it is impossible for the emperor's brother to join the court as an official, it also depends on who is the emperor. As for the one in front of him, Liu Bei also knows that those rules are no different to today's people. He can always do it as long as he wants.

Throw those rules aside and do things your way.

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard Liu Xuan telling him in the next sentence: "By the way, the emperor is going to Nanyang this time, taking King Hongnong and King Chenliu with him, so that they can gain more experience by walking around a lot."

He thought to himself: Sure enough, he is here! On the surface, he looked calm and responded respectfully. He just made a suggestion: "However, your two highnesses have distinguished status, so I am afraid that you need to bring more guards for this trip.

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Liu Xuan also agreed with this: "Nowadays, there are many idle generals in the Forbidden Army. The emperor's uncle is going to the front line this time, so it is appropriate to bring a few more capable people!"

After thinking about it, I didn't know who would be suitable to accompany him, so I simply let Liu Bei make the arrangements himself: "As for who to bring...does the emperor have a suitable person in mind?"

Liu Bei thought for a while and then named a few names: "Zhang Xiu, Zhao Yun, Zhu Ling, Huang Zhong, Gan Ning!"

Among the five people, Zhang Xiu had stayed in Shangyong for a long time and was quite familiar with northern Jingzhou, and Huang Zhong was a native of Jingzhou.

Gan Ning also served Huang Zu of Jiangxia for a considerable period of time. It can be said that with these people, Liu Bei did not have to worry about being unfamiliar with the terrain during this trip.

As for the remaining Zhu Ling, he probably valued this person's ability to command troops.

Liu Xuan didn't know much about Zhu Ling because he was just a sidekick in the novel. However, since he surrendered to the imperial court, both Cao Cao and Liu Bei expressed their appreciation for his abilities, so Liu Xuan also valued this person.

Now that Liu Bei has brought Zhu Ling, he probably wants to appoint and promote him. After all, no matter how hard he goes out this time, he can still get some credit back.

Although Zhao Yun's situation is different from Zhu Ling's, there are some similarities.

Back then, Liu Xuan asked Liu Bei to bring Zhao Yun to the capital, which made Liu Bei unable to think highly of Zhao Yun. After getting along with him for several years, Liu Bei also gained some understanding of Zhao Yun's abilities.

Although Zhao Yun's ability to command troops was average, Liu Bei liked his personal bravery and courage very much. This time he just wanted to give Zhao Yun a chance to accumulate some merits.

In addition, the reason why Zhao Yun was brought along was because of his strong personal strength. If something unexpected happened, the two highnesses would not be in any danger. Although the two highnesses had practiced for many years, they were too spoiled to eat after all.

They had gone through many hardships, and they had never fought with anyone. No one could predict how much fighting power the two of them had.

In this case, just to be on the safe side, it is better to bring an excellent bodyguard.

But Liu Xuan secretly smiled bitterly: "This Zhao Zilong can't escape the life of being a bodyguard after all!"

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