Cao Cao doubtfully took the bamboo tube from the clerk, opened it, and took out a piece of cloth.
Jingzhou is in urgent need?
I had already laid out the plan based on Guo Jia's four-step strategy.
What else is urgent now?
However, when he saw the contents of the note, he felt a splitting headache and was unsteady on his feet.
People around said one after another: "Sikong!"
"Ming Gong!"
"Father!"
Mrs. Bian hurriedly supported Cao Cao and said, "Husband, what's wrong?"
Cao Cao forced himself to stand without falling. He tremblingly handed the cloth to Xun Yu behind him and said, "Wen Ruo, please read it to me and see if I'm wrong? Recently, my head has been numb and painful. Maybe it affects your vision.”
Xun Yu took the note suspiciously.
What content is here that makes Sikong so shocked?
Others were too embarrassed to say anything.
Xun Yu opened the note.
The next moment, his face turned pale, with a look of shock.
Beside him, Guo Jia hurriedly put his head over, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he read out in disbelief: "Liu Biao, the shepherd of Jingzhou, died of illness in Xiangyang. The four major families, led by Cai Mao, supported the second son Liu Cong to ascend the throne. Jiangdong united with Changsha, and the two armies came out to conquer Jiangling County and Jiangxia County. Jingzhou is in danger!"
The officials around him were all dumbfounded.
"Why is this so?"
"Why did Liu Jingzhou suddenly die of illness? There were no signs at all!"
"Liu Jingzhou died of illness, Jiangdong united with Changsha to conquer Jiangling County and Jiangxia County? The timing is perfect!"
"Why would Jiangdong unite with Changsha?"
Guo Jia was also a little confused.
Liu Biao died suddenly of illness, completely beyond his expectation!
Also, he ghostwritten Sikong and wrote to Jiaozhou Shixie, asking him to unite Baiyue people and bandits to cause trouble in the rear of Jiangdong.
Wasn't it successful?
Otherwise, why is there no explanation in this urgent matter?
Why was there no success?
Baiyue people and bandits have always been a persistent problem in Jiangdong!
Sun Ce, the old lord of Jiangdong, also died in the hands of Xu Gong's disciples and Baiyue people and bandits!
Why didn't the Baiyue people and bandits take action this time?
As for Changsha, he clearly wrote a letter to Zhang Xian, the governor of Changsha, in the name of the emperor, asking him to unite with Jingzhou to hold back Jiangdong.
Zhang Xian, the governor of Changsha, always regarded himself as a Han official.
In recent years, Liu Biao, the herdsman of Jingzhou, has repeatedly attacked Changsha, hoping to capture Changsha.
However, Zhang Xian, the governor of Changsha, has been resisting tenaciously. He believes that he is a Han official and will not accept any compromise from the princes.
Why did they not listen to the imperial order this time? Instead of uniting with Jingzhou and holding Jiangdong back, they formed a coalition with Jiangdong to attack Jingzhou together?
Guo Jia looked at Cao Cao.
Instead of being filled with doubts, he now felt even more guilty and self-blame.
Sikong trusted himself so much.
And the plan he came up with this time turned out to be such a big mistake!
Guo Jia walked towards Cao Cao with heavy steps, bowed his head and said: "Sikong, Guo Jia is incompetent, let-"
Cao Cao came to his senses, waved his hand and said, "It has nothing to do with Feng Xiao. Even I never thought that Liu Biao would suddenly die of illness."
"If I had predicted this earlier, I would have definitely gone out in person and rushed to Jingzhou to remind Liu Biao."
"It was expected that such a disaster would occur in Jingzhou after Liu Biao's death."
"Although Cai Mao is the head of the Cai family, the head of the four major families in Jingzhou, I was once his classmate and I know his character quite well."
"This person has great ambitions and has no ability to rule alone."
"Liu Biao's death must be related to him."
"After killing Liu Biao, he was unable to take charge of Jingzhou, and even leaked the news of Liu Biao's murder, which led Jiangdong to send troops at the right time, thus causing this catastrophe."
Cao Cao looked up to the sky and sighed: "God is really not helping me!"
"The news came just now, and Xiangyang is probably gone."
"Jiangdong, is this really your destiny?"
Guo Jia also looked a little sad.
Xun Yu also felt heavy in his heart.
I really didn't expect that things would go in the worst direction.
Jiangdong captured Jingzhou, and the possibility of the northern army going south was basically cut off.
With Jiangdong's new master using such drastic measures, it is unlikely that he would give the northern army a chance to move south.
Just send heavy troops to control Xiangyang, Hefei and Guangling.
Even with thousands of troops moving south, it would be difficult to shake this line of defense.
Moreover, we will no longer have the initiative in the future.
Once Jiangdong tears up the alliance agreement and the army moves northward, we can only be passive.
The only hope now is to be able to withstand Yuan Shao's next move south.
There is also Wancheng.
Xun Yu looked at Cao Cao and said, "Sikong, now is not the time to be sad. We have more important things to do."
Cao Cao looked at Xun Yu.
Xun Yu said: "We must attack Wancheng and capture Zhang Xiu before Yuan Shao goes south."
"Jingzhou looks unlikely to be saved."
"Once Jingzhou is captured by Jiangdong, there is no way they will let Wancheng go."
"By occupying Wancheng, they can either go directly to Xudu or go west out of Guanzhong."
"At that time, we will have no choice but to move the capital."
"Otherwise, Jiangdong's army will attack from both Hefei and Wancheng, and Xudu will be defeated!"
Guo Jia also said: "Second."
Cao Cao let out a long sigh.
Are we going to conquer Wancheng again?
The scene of Dian Wei, his eldest son Cao Ang and others dying in battle came to mind. Cao Cao said in a hoarse voice: "Wen Ruo, Feng Xiao, help me arrange it and mobilize the army as soon as possible. Let's go to Wancheng again."
"Send an envoy to Chang'an again to see how the relationship between Zhong Yao and the princes in Guanzhong is."
"The Guanzhong direction is our last way out, we must get through it."
Xun Yu and Guo Jia responded in unison.
Cao Cao covered his forehead with his right hand and said: "My head is still numb and painful, so I won't accompany you to the Chancery. Don't come to me in the past two days unless necessary."
Liu Bei watched Cao Cao leave with a ray of light in his eyes.
Jiangdong wants to take Jingzhou?
Now Yuan Shao is going south again.
This is Cao Cao's most dangerous moment.
Indeed, the ancestors of the Han Dynasty are blessed by heaven!
There is hope for the big man!
After joking with other civil and military officials for a while, Liu Bei walked quickly back to the city.
He wanted to inform his second brother and third brother to get ready.
Maybe this conspiracy will really succeed!
At that time, it was time for him, the imperial uncle, to take action to stabilize Xudu.
At this time, Wancheng.
Government office.
A tall man in his thirties was holding a letter in his hand and walking in the garden with his hands behind his back.
This person is the current leader of Wancheng, Zhang Xiu.
Zhang Xiu was born in the powerful Zhang family of Wuwei and was the nephew of Zhang Ji, the former general under Dong Zhuo.
Later, Dong Zhuo was executed, and Zhang Ji led thousands of people to Nanyang.
Unfortunately, when attacking Nanyang Rangcheng, Zhang Ji was shot by a stray arrow and died. As his nephew, Zhang Xiu took over Zhang Ji's thousands of works and reached an agreement with Liu Biao of Jingzhou: Liu Biao gave up Wancheng and let Zhang Xiu and his tribe stationed troops, while Zhang Xiu served as the horn of Jingzhou, coordinating with Jingzhou to prevent enemy troops from the north and east from invading.
Two years ago, Cao Cao led his army to attack. He originally followed the advice of his counselor Jia Xu and chose to surrender.
Who knew that Cao Cao didn't take him seriously at all.
Not only did they ignore him at the banquet, they even sent someone to take away his aunt Zou, causing him to lose all face.
What was most unacceptable to him was that although he surrendered, he never mentioned handing over military power.
But Cao Cao went beyond him and contacted his most proud subordinate Hu Che'er privately.
Is it tolerable or not?
Under Jia Xu's plan, he surrendered to Cao Cao and rebelled. Cao Cao was killed and Cao Cao abandoned his helmet and armor and fled.
His troops even killed Cao Cao's personal guard captain Dian Wei, his eldest son Cao Ang, nephew Cao Anmin and others in the rebellion.
Although Cao Cao was defeated, Zhang Xiu could not stabilize in the past two years.
Cao Cao is now holding the emperor hostage and is a popular person in the court.
Moreover, Cao Cao was extremely powerful and defeated Yuan Shu, Li Jue and others.
He would definitely not let him go after he killed so many of his important ministers.
Fortunately, Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao repeatedly reassured him that Jingzhou would be his strongest backing.
Liu Biao even asked him to contact Jingbei general Wenpin.
I originally thought that this situation would last at least for a long time.
But he didn't expect that he had just received the battle report from Jingzhou, which made him suddenly confused.
Zhang Xiu felt heavy when he thought that he had been fighting all the way since he was young and had never had a stable life. Now at this age, he was still suffering hardships.
Suddenly, Zhang Xiu stopped at the beam at the entrance to the garden and bumped into it, causing the beam to rustle.
Zhang Xiu said with an annoyed look on his face: "What have I been doing all these years! Aunt, aunt didn't keep it; now, can't I keep even my uncle's thousands of works?"
"I, Zhang Xiu, will die if I die, but I want to bring back Wuwei's songs to my uncle!"
At this moment, a scribe with a stooped body and a loose robe walked in from outside.
The scribe looked to be in his early fifties.
However, his brows were always slightly furrowed, as if he was deeply worried.
Seeing this, Zhang Xiu rushed forward and said, "Jia Gong!"
Jia Xu, whose courtesy name is Wenhe, is Zhang Xiu's mastermind and is also Zhang Xiu's friend.
In the early years, both of them were under Dong Zhuo's account.
At that time, Zhang Xiu was a young hero full of courage.
And Jia Xu also began to emerge under Dong Zhuo's account.
Although the two were more than twenty years apart, they hit it off and became close friends.
Later, Dong Zhuo caused trouble in the court and was killed, and he and Jia Xu parted ways.
It wasn't until two years ago that he took over his uncle Zhang Ji's army and found out that Jia Xu's situation was unsatisfactory, so he urgently sent someone to pick up Jia Xu and his family.
Although the relationship between the two was superior and subordinate, Zhang Xiu always regarded Jia Xu as a friend and a gentleman.
If you have any questions, you will definitely discuss them with him.
Jia Xu was quite satisfied with this lord who was both his lord and his friend.
However, in troubled times, there are some things that cannot be measured by friendship.
In particular, Jia Xu knew that Zhang Xiu was only a general and had no possibility of dominating the world.
He also told Zhang Xiu about this.
At this time, facing Zhang Xiu's anxious look, Jia Xu said: "I already know why your lord has come to me, and I also have a plan to deal with it. It depends on your choice, lord."
(End of chapter)
