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The previous wars have well illustrated how tough Lu Bu is on the battlefield. No matter how powerful the enemy is, Lu Bu can easily resolve it.
Under Lu Bu's command, there is an elite cavalry team. Once a war breaks out between the two sides, if Lu Bu leads the elite to Yanzhou to fight the Jingzhou army, the pressure on Jingzhou will be even greater.
Let there be more conflicts between Yuan Shu and Lu Bu. It is best to intensify the conflicts between the two sides. In this way, it is the safest way to launch a war in Jingzhou, and at least it will not attract more Lu Bu's attention. .
Killing the envoys sent by the vassals did not put the other party in their eyes at all. Ordinary vassals would not do this easily.
The area around Li Su's residence was protected by soldiers from the Jingzhou Army, which showed that Liu Biao was unwilling to provoke Lu Bu more.
There is a big difference between publicly denouncing Lu Bu and provoking Lu Bu's authority.
No matter how dissatisfied Liu Biao is with Lu Bu, he still has to be cautious when doing things.
All of this shows that someone has made a move in the dark.
At present, Li Su is a number of people in Jingzhou. It does not mean that Li Su's ability is so outstanding. The key is that there is a great god Lu Bu behind Li Su. If he offends Li Su, it is a small person. When attracting Lu Bu behind him If it were, things would not be so good.
This was also an important reason why when Li Su was in Xiangyang, although some Jingzhou officials had a lot of dissatisfaction with Li Su, they did not dare to act secretly.
It's a joke, even Yuan Shu's Heiyi Pavilion master died while performing a mission in Pengcheng. They are not small shrimps in front of Lu Bu.
Wang Yue is a well-known existence in the Jianghu. If Wang Yue makes a move, even if his family is strong, but it is nothing in front of a swordsman like Wang Yue. He even lost his life. What is the point of having more abundant financial resources?
That's why the officials in Jingzhou were rational when they treated Li Su. Didn't they see that Liu Biao wanted to give Li Su a bad start in the state pastoral mansion, but in the end he had to let Li Su go.
It just shows that Lu Bu still has a certain weight in Liu Biao's heart. If Lu Bu gets angry because of this incident, the consequences will be serious.
When the monarch has so many fears, let alone the officials under Liu Biao, it is good that these officials want to improve the strength of the family. It also depends on the means used. Now that Li Su is in Xiangyang City, It represents Lu Bu, the notorious Lu Bu.
Liu Biao was furious, this is in Xiangyang City, someone unexpectedly assassinated the envoy from Xuzhou, if such a thing got out, people would think it was him, Liu Biao.
This has a great impact on Liu Biao's reputation. Liu Biao, who has always attached great importance to his reputation, does not want such a thing to happen in the boundary of Jingzhou. Even if Li Su dies, he will have to leave Jingzhou.
Judging from Li Su's response, when Li Su was sent to Jingzhou, Lu Bu had other preparations in secret.
Li Su was injured. As the master of Jingzhou, Liu Biao could not be indifferent, so he sent officials to express his condolences that day.
In the evening of that day, Cai Mao appeared at Li Su's residence after dressing up in disguise.
Cai Mao is a man of the day in Jingzhou, and every move he makes may be under surveillance in the dark. Besides, Cai Mao holds military power, which is feared by many officials in Jingzhou. While the Cai family is developing rapidly, there are many enemies. If these enemies know that he is going to Li Su's residence, there will inevitably be some troubles.
Chapter 747 Cai Mao sees Li Su
Originally, Cai Hao wanted to come to condolences on behalf of Liu Biao after Li Su was injured, but before Cai Mao mentioned this matter, Liu Biao directly sent officials to come. attention.
As the general of the Jingzhou Army, the Cai family that Cai Mao belongs to has gained a lot of benefits. At the same time, Cai Hao also knows how many difficulties the Cai family will face in the process of development.
Cai Mao, who is cautious by nature, wants to prepare more paths for the Cai family to choose from.
It's no secret that aristocratic and powerful families with strong backgrounds all have such actions in secret.
And Cai Mao came to Li Su's residence this time just to have a certain friendship with Lu Bu. Even if he failed, after Li Su returned to Xuzhou, he would say a few words in front of Lu Bu. Afterwards, the merchants of Cai's family went to Xuzhou When doing business, you can also receive more care, right?
Compared with Lu Bu, Cai Mao's ability to lead troops in battle has many gaps, but he still has the vision.
In the past, when Lv Bu had a weak foothold in Xuzhou, Yuan Shu led the army to attack, but he still couldn't win. What's more, even if Lv Bu's situation in Xuzhou is very tense now, it is not easy for Yuan Shu to attack Xuzhou and win.
The most likely situation is that Xuzhou is preserved and Yanzhou is abandoned by Lu Bu.
Even so, Lu Bu is still a powerful existence among the princes. When such princes show more aggressive means, there is also a chance to rise among the princes.
It is quite difficult for the princes to start a war once. Even if Jingzhou is strong and tens of thousands of soldiers go to battle, the daily consumption alone is an astronomical sum.
But Lu Bu is different. In the process of governing Xuzhou and Yanzhou, he must have collected a lot of money and materials. The materials hoarded by Xuzhou may be enough to deal with the war.
Such Lu Bu, how can the princes have no more fear.
Cai Mao faintly felt that it was not a simple matter to push Lv Bu into the abyss in this war. The main reason was that the means used by Lv Bu were too harsh. commendable place.
Li Su's actions after entering Xiangyang City, of course, did not hide the truth from Cai Mao. He secretly wooed some Jingzhou officials and talked about the disadvantages of the war in front of Liu Biao. It was not difficult for the Jingzhou officials.
Besides, many families in Jingzhou are resistant to the war. How many families were forced to relocate to Jingzhou because of the war, and finally achieved stable development in Jingzhou. They don't want Liu Biao's actions, And let the stable situation change.
The relationship between the Cai family and Liu Biao is naturally very close. Otherwise, it would be impossible for Cai Mao to take over more military power in the army. It is precisely because of this that Cai Mao has more plans.
If Yuan Shu's attack on Xuzhou cannot be successful, Lu Bu's position in Xuzhou and Yanzhou will be more stable. After having a certain amount of friendship with Lu Bu, the subsequent things will be much easier.
As for Lu Bu being able to come out of this confrontation intact, it is simply impossible.
Once the war started, the officers and men in the army would definitely suffer losses on the battlefield. Even though the newly established Yanzhou Army had outstanding features, it was not so easy to gain benefits from the Jingzhou Army.
The Jingzhou army has experienced a lot of battles. The experience of war has given the lieutenant soldiers more room to display their strength when facing the enemy, and even caused heavy damage to the Yanzhou army.
It is reasonable for the princes to fight for their own interests. The key is that Cai Mao cannot sit back and watch the family's interests suffer after the war.
After having a certain relationship with Lu Bu, he also found a way for the family to develop. Even Liu Biao would not say much after knowing about such a thing. After all, the relationship between the Cai family and Lu Bu was only about business matters.
Cai Hao also secretly sought to buy Xianlian, Immortal Drunk, and paper making methods from Lu Bu. If he succeeded, it would be very obvious for the strength of the Cai family to improve, but Lu Bu was too strict in this aspect. After the matter of the Black Clothes Pavilion, even if Cai Mao wanted to act secretly, he still had many scruples.
Lu Bu is a powerful prince, even if the Cai family has a prominent position in Jingzhou, it is impossible to gain more advantages when facing Lu Bu.
Besides, Lu Buyu had other fierce methods in the dark.
Li Su was quite surprised by Cai Mao's arrival. Even though his arm was injured, he still went to greet him.
"General Cai is here, and the prickly pear is shining." Li Su said politely.
Seeing that Li Su's complexion was slightly pale, and the injury on his arm looked serious, he couldn't help saying angrily: "The state shepherd has ordered someone to investigate about the assassin. If there is any news, the messenger will be informed."
"In Jingzhou, it is inevitable that there will be Xiaoxiao people in the dark. Compared with this official, Marquis Wen suffered a lot of assassinations in Xuzhou in the past, which is nothing." Li Su waved his hand.
Having said that, Cai Hao still felt a lot of dissatisfaction from Li Su's words. This was an assassination incident that happened on the border of Jingzhou. An official from the State Shepherd's Mansion came to condolences, how much sincerity can there be in it.
In Li Su's view, personal humiliation is nothing. If Lu Bu's face is damaged, that is the most important thing. It is also Li Su's insistence that the reputation of the monarch should not be compromised.
This time as an envoy to Jingzhou, Li Su had the opportunity in front of Lu Bu. If Li Su had a better performance in dealing with this matter, he would get more attention in front of Lu Bu in the future.
At this time, Li Su completely treated himself as one of Lu Bu's people.
Besides, even if Li Su wanted to change his family, there seemed to be no better way out now.
When the princes talked about Lu Bu, they all gritted their teeth, looking like they wanted to kill Lu Bu, let alone Dong Zhuo. As Dong Zhuo's former subordinate, if Li Su went to join other princes, the most likely thing would happen The thing is that he was directly pushed out to be beheaded, and he didn't have the slightest sympathy.
"General Cai, please." Li Su gestured with his hand.
Cai Mao is the most powerful person in Jingzhou. If he can make some friends, it will be of great help to Li Su's mission this time.
Chapter 748
After the two spies, Cai Mao left contentedly.
After sending Cai Mao away, Li Su immediately repaired a letter and ordered people to send it to Xuzhou quickly.
The appearance of Cai Mao is very important, and from Cai Mao's words, Li Su can feel that Cai Mao wants to make friends with Lu Bu, and such a powerful person in Jingzhou wants to make friends with Lu Bu. important.
No matter what kind of purpose Cai Mao is in, the most important thing is to report the matter.
Lu Bu has a lot of influence among the princes, otherwise, Yuan Shu would not be so cautious when dealing with Lu Bu, because Yuan Shu knew that once a war with Lu Bu failed to win the war, the follow-up brought The coming influence is too great, and it will even shake his position among the princes.
Yuan Shu united with Liu Biao precisely to contain Lu Bu's power.
Against the Xuzhou army, Yuan Shu did not have more confidence, but in this case, Yuan Shu had no better choice. If he could not eliminate the influence brought by Lu Bu as soon as possible, he wanted to further improve his strength among the princes. It will be difficult to grow stronger.
When the princes look at things, they pay more attention to their interests, especially under the current situation, when the princes do not have strong strength as a support, it is simply impossible to do more under the prying eyes of other princes. possible things.
It is true that Lu Bu is a traitor of the great Han, but how many princes can mention the desire to attack Lu Bu.
As a prince, they are not three-year-old children. When they think about things, they must be more comprehensive.
On the second day of Cai Mao's visit, Shi Kuailiang, governor of Jingzhou, came.
When facing Kuai Liang, Li Su was not in a good mood. The Kuai family was extremely supportive of Liu Biao's move to attack Yanzhou, and even had many secret plans.
Relatively speaking, Cai Mao, who is in charge of military power, is much more cautious, and such a cautious general is currently Li Su's favorite.
The Kuai family's desire to help Liu Biao achieve certain achievements is nothing more than to give the family a chance to grow stronger in the process. Such things are not a secret among the princes.
After the strength of the family is improved accordingly, the members of the Kuai family can enjoy the benefits brought by the monarch's attention.
The Cai family has an important position in Jingzhou, and the influence of the Kuai family cannot be ignored.
"The envoy was assassinated in Jingzhou. The state shepherd was very angry about it. He sent his official to check. I don't know how the envoy is doing?" Kuai Liang asked, clasping his hands.
Li Su snorted coldly: "The assassination of this official is probably what many officials in Jingzhou want to see?"
Kuai Liang said calmly: "The envoy is still cautious in his words. The state shepherd attaches great importance to the envoy's arrival, and even received the envoy at the state shepherd's mansion."
"The prefectural pastor's reception of this envoy can be said to be serious?" Li Su said slowly: "In Chang Shi's view, after the prefectural pastor and Yuan Shu unite, they must be able to achieve success, right?"
Kuai Liang smiled slightly, but did not answer the question. Everything was unknown before Jingzhou mobilized troops. As an important official in Jingzhou, he paid a lot of attention to his words and deeds. If some remarks caused Liu Biao's dissatisfaction , then the gain outweighs the loss.
Fighting Lu Bu is an extremely important matter. Many officials in Jingzhou are aware of it, but they have more concerns when discussing this matter in public.
Lu Bu is a powerful existence among the princes, and there is a big gap compared with other princes in terms of background, but Lu Bu has elite soldiers as support in his hands.
Under such circumstances, the princes will have a responsible and more cautious attitude when facing Lu Bu.
The same is true for Jingzhou.
Of course, if a war broke out between the two sides, and Li Su went to Jingzhou at such a time, even if he died, the officials in Jingzhou would not have any more worries.
So what if Lu Bu has considerable influence among the princes, the war has already broken out, and that is a situation where there will be no end to death.
"In my opinion, even if the Jingzhou Army and Yuan Shu join forces, it is absolutely impossible to win. Marquis Wen is a world-renowned general. When he entered Xuzhou in the past, he experienced many difficulties. He is as strong as Yuan Shu. Even if the attack on Xuzhou failed, as long as Marquis Wen can break the deadlock, it will depend on how Jingzhou handles itself, and the one who will send envoys will probably be Jingzhou Mu." Li Su said in a low voice.
Kuai Liang's face was not very good-looking, but he was in Jingzhou, so Li Su dared to be so presumptuous, "If the envoy says it, I will tell the state shepherd."
"Please go ahead, Chang Shi. Since the officials in Jingzhou don't welcome me so much, I will leave tomorrow. I will remember what happened to me when I came to Jingzhou." Li Su said: "There must be some kindness in the future." report."
"Maybe the envoy won't have such an opportunity." Kuai Liang said quietly.
Li Su sneered and said: "Jingzhou claims to have [-] elite soldiers. On the battlefield, encountering an army of [-] led by Marquis Wen is enough to defeat them. Don't be so rampant in front of Marquis Wen. Could it be that Marquis Wen Is there really no other way to deal with the war? Or do the people of Jingzhou think that after uniting with Yuan Shu, they will surely win the war?"
Li Su's words moved Kuai Liang's heart. The record of Lv Bu leading the army on the battlefield cannot be ignored by Jingzhou.
When the powerful Lu Bu led the army to confront Jingzhou, it would be difficult for the Jingzhou army to win.
"In that case, I will wait and see." Kuai Liang said lightly.
In front of Li Su, one cannot show the slightest weakness. So what about Lu Bu's toughness in front of the princes? At present, Lu Bu is in a dangerous situation. If this situation cannot be resolved, what will follow will be More danger.
War is a very important thing for the princes. If they can't win in the confrontation, Li Su's arrogance in front of him today will become a laughing stock.
Kuai Liang didn't think that Lu Bu was strong enough to fight against the Jingzhou army and Yuan Shu at the same time.
Even if the soldiers and horses of Yanzhou and Xuzhou are combined, they are only a hundred thousand. Lu Bu has elite cavalry under his command. Does it mean that there are no cavalry in Jingzhou?
Even if there is a certain gap in the elite level of the cavalry compared with Lu Bu's, when the Jingzhou army has an advantage in numbers, it is relatively simple to win the war.
Chapter 749 Li Su Leaves
The number of people can have a great influence in a war.
Besides, when the war broke out, it was hard to predict what kind of turmoil Lu Bu would have under his rule. Yuan Shu had a resounding reputation among the princes, and it also had a deterrent effect on many families.
After Yuan Shu made preparations in secret, it was not a small problem just for the Xuzhou army to fight against Yuan Shu, not to mention that the army under Lu Bu's command would bring some trouble to Liu Biao.
Yuan Shu has other methods in the dark, and Jingzhou is not far behind. This battle is of great importance. It is more important than anything else to defeat and eradicate Lu Bu in one fell swoop.
It's just that it is not a simple matter to achieve complete success in such an action.
"I won't give it away. I hope that when we meet in the future, Chang Shi can still have such confidence." Li Su said.
It is extremely appropriate to describe the two of them at this time as breaking up unhappy.
Kuai Liang walked away with a lot of dissatisfaction with Li Su in his heart, but he was a lackey next to Dong Zhuo in the past, who dared to be so rampant in Jingzhou.
After the two sides really broke their faces, Lu Bu would understand that the combination of the Jingzhou Army and Yuan Shu turned out to be so terrifying.
Li Su's unfriendly attitude reached Liu Biao's ears through Kuai Liang's mouth, which made Liu Biao feel a lot of dissatisfaction. Make a plan out of it.