After Liu Bei left, the most depressed person became Cai Mao.
Cai Mao firmly believed that Liu Bei's motives were impure and he must have some agenda when he came to Jingzhou. Once Liu Bei succeeded, it would damage their interests and Liu Bei must not be allowed to live.
This time Liu Biao invited Liu Bei to come to Xiangyang. Cai Mao wanted to kill Liu Bei, but Liu Biao didn't allow it and sent people to watch him. For a while, he had no choice but to watch Liu Bei leave.
"Brother!"
Liu Biao's wife Cai saw her and said: "When Liu Bei came to Xiangyang, Liu Qi visited Liu Bei privately, and my husband has such trust in Liu Bei. If he continues, I'm afraid it will not be good for us."
Liu Qi is Liu Biao's eldest son, but he is not liked by Mrs. Cai.
Mrs. Cai prefers Liu Cong, who is also someone they can control. In the future, she will help Liu Cong seize power and squeeze out Liu Qi. However, Liu Qi clearly wants to gain Liu Biao's attention through Liu Bei.
It was precisely this that made Cai Mao feel threatened and wanted to kill Liu Bei. The reasons behind it were complicated!
Cai Mao said in a deep voice: "Liu Bei really deserves to die! We can't kill him this time. We can only continue to look for opportunities. It depends on when. I will plan a banquet and invite Liu Bei from Xinye. This time no matter what, I will risk my life and take action." , don’t let him live!”
After a pause, he added: "As for Liu Bei's development in Xinye, he must have bad intentions. He wants to support his troops in Xinye and become independent, so that you still think that Liu Bei is righteous. He is for the Han Dynasty and provides Liu Bei with food. What is righteousness? A righteous person. Shit! It’s all for your own selfishness.”
As he said this, he was still aggrieved.
Cai Mao understood what Liu Bei was thinking, and didn't even believe the punctuation marks of what Liu Bei said.
"Don't worry, Liu Qi can't do anything."
"If he wants to rely on Liu Bei, then I will let him lose this support."
"If Liu Bei wants to develop in Xinye, I can also find ways to restrict his development. In Jingzhou, we have the final say, not Liu Bei."
Cai Hao snorted coldly.
Absolutely not, let Liu Bei's evil plan succeed.
If he wanted to suppress Liu Bei, with his Cai family's position in Jingzhou, he could do it without any pressure at all.
Hearing this, Mrs. Cai was relieved.
——
Qingzhou, Linzi.
Yuan Tan still doesn't know that Yuan Shao is dead.
After receiving Yuan Shao's order, he first returned to his own territory, recruited troops and horses, prepared food and fodder, and wanted to fight Cao Cao again. This time, it would be a matter of victory or defeat, and a matter of life and death.
However, Yuan Shao suffered two defeats and suffered serious losses.
The accumulation of the four northern states was almost exhausted. Yuan Tan wanted to recruit troops and food, which seemed very difficult. After returning for a while, the amount collected was not much. At this time, he finally collected enough and was about to set off to return to Yecheng. .
But at this moment, a spy sneaked into Linzi, found Guo Tu and Xin Ping, and handed them a letter from Cao Cao.
The content of the letter is related to instigating rebellion and persuading surrender.
Let them submit to Cao Cao and promote the Yuan brothers to fight.
"this……"
After Guo Tu finished reading the letter, he opened his mouth not knowing what to say. The content in it shocked them beyond measure.
"Why is my lord...dead?"
Xin Ping exclaimed.
But thinking that before they left, Yuan Shao still vomited blood, and now he is dead, it seems quite normal.
However, Yuan Shao is dead, Yuan Tan is not around, and Yuan Shang is in Yecheng, which makes them worried. Doesn't it mean that the power of the Yuan family has been taken over by Yuan Shang?
Their efforts seemed to be in vain!
Guo Tu shook his head and said in disbelief: "Impossible, my lord cannot die for no reason. If so, why hasn't there been a letter sent from Yecheng? This must be a letter sent by Cao Cao deliberately to sow discord. We You must not fall into this trap.”
Xin Ping couldn't believe it either and nodded in agreement.
However, they have a special idea about the content of the letter.
Cao Cao persuaded them to surrender and submit.
Judging from the current situation, Cao Cao seems to have more potential and is also the strongest prince in the world. Yuan Shao's being the strongest has long been a thing of the past, and surrendering to Cao Cao seems to be a good choice.
"Two gentlemen!"
Just when they were struggling with the content of the letter, Yuan Tan came over panting and said urgently: "Sir, something serious has happened!"
Yuan Tan had finished recruiting troops and horses, collected grain and fodder, and was about to determine the time to return to Yecheng. However, before he could decide, he received a letter from Yecheng, which immediately made him panic.
"What's wrong?"
Xin Ping asked.
Instinctively, they put away the letter sent by Cao Cao, and of course they could not let Yuan Tan see it.
"Father...is dead!"
Yuan Tan lost his voice and said.
At the same time I felt helpless.
How could Yuan Shao die like this?
Yuan Shao is dead, then who will support the Yuan family, and who can support the four northern states?
Who can lead them to resist Cao Cao?
Yuan Shao is their spiritual support.
"What?"
Guo Tu and Xin Ping were both shocked.
They thought about the letter sent by Cao Cao to persuade him to surrender, and they were even more surprised, so they started to have various thoughts.
If Yuan Shao was still there, there would be no problem at all if he continued to stay. But now that Yuan Shao is gone, the Yuan Tan brothers alone cannot be Cao Cao's opponent.
It would be easy for Cao Cao to defeat Jizhou.
A strong sense of crisis emerged from their hearts.
"Letter from Xianfu, father is dead!"
"But before my father died, he made Xianfu his heir."
"Xiansi also said that Cao Cao's troops are approaching the city and Yecheng is in danger. Let us lead our troops back as soon as possible to rescue Yecheng."
"What do you two gentlemen think?"
Yuan Tan had no choice but to oust Cao Cao and compete for the position of heir.
That should be your place!
He burst out simultaneously with Yuan Shang's dissatisfaction and shock at his father's death.
"My lord is gone, Shen Pei and Feng Ji, even if there is no lord's will, they will definitely make the third young master the master."
Guo Tu first said: "Now that he is asking us to go back, I think it is a trap. I am afraid that if we go back, we will suffer the consequences!"
Yuan Tan asked: "Sir, are you saying that we can't go back? But if we don't go back, how can I take power? If I don't go back, won't I give up everything to Xianfu?"
He was unwilling to give in.
Just because Yuan Shang was close to the water, he got everything from his father!
He guarded Qingzhou and got nothing.
"We can't go back easily, but we can also send troops to approach Yecheng."
Xin Ping glanced at Guo Tu and seemed to understand what Guo Tu meant. Then he thought of the letter sent by Cao Cao, and his heart was shaken.
They are indeed nothing, noble and upright people.
He is not someone who can be loyal.
Yuan Shao is still there, and the Yuan family is still united. They see the benefits and can stay, but with Yuan Shao gone, the Yuan family will never be able to stop Cao Cao. If they stay, they may die.
"In my opinion, the third young master is just waiting for the eldest young master to go back and die."
Xin Ping said in a deep voice.
Hearing this, Guo Tu also glanced at Xin Ping and understood what he meant.
