Liu Biao's newly ignited hope was poured directly on his head by Kuai Yue's basin of cold water.
"It's better to lower it."
"The trend is irreversible, my lord."
Cai Mao and Kuai Liang looked at each other and knelt on the ground.
"Should I say no?"
Liu Zhan feels like he is trembling when he speaks now. You must surrender before Yuan Shu comes to fight. You are really a minister of Honggu.
"I hope my lord will think twice."
"I hope my lord will think twice."
"I hope my lord will think twice."
Liu Biao's response was to think twice.
"Hey, you can do whatever you want."
Seeing this situation, Liu Biao had nothing to say and turned around and left, leaving a crowd of civil and military officials in a mess in the hall.
"Everyone has dispersed. The lord has made a decision and will immediately send people to Hongnong County to surrender to Yuan Shu."
After Liu Biao left, Kuai Yue stood up and directly announced to the civil and military officials his decision to surrender Biao to Yuan Shu.
"promise."
"promise."
"promise."
The civil and military officials in Jingzhou also nodded in agreement, and then Kuai Yue took charge, stamped the seal of Jingzhou Mu, and rushed towards Hongnong County.
After Liu Biao returned to the inner palace, he locked himself in the room and saw no one. No one was allowed to enter. This went on for a day and a night. In the end, Mrs. Cai risked Liu Biao's anger and pushed her away.
The house, stepped inside.
"Get out, get out of here."
Liu Biao huddled on the bed and shouted loudly outside.
"Sir, I am here to serve you for dinner."
However, Mrs. Cai's expression became serious, she called the people around her to come down, and then came to Liu Biao with a bowl of rice porridge.
"Madam, they are about to surrender before Yuan Shu comes to fight. I have nothing, nothing."
Liu Biao looked at Mrs. Cai, his eyes were hot, and he shed two lines of tears.
The last time he surrendered, it was because he had no choice but to surrender. Xiangyang was about to be destroyed. He had to do it to save his life. At least he had resisted when Yuan Shao came. At least the civil and military officials in the city were of the same mind as him.
But this time it was different. It was not that they had no chance to fight. Yuan Shao increased his troops to 200,000 in such a short period of time. He also expanded his troops to 150,000. When paired with Cao Cao's 60,000 troops in the south, their troops
It can reach a terrifying 400,000. Such troops are worthy even against Yuan Shu.
However, the civil and military ministers under his command were alienated from him at this time. No one wanted to resist. They all wanted to surrender on their own, and then use the merits of Jingzhou to go to Yuan Shu in exchange for high officials and generous salaries.
If he really couldn't stop Yuan Shu, then forget it. Liu Biao admitted that, but now he was being oppressed by these people and forcing himself to surrender. He was unwilling to give in. He didn't want to.
"Sir, you are not destitute. You still have your own body and our son Liu Cong. As the saying goes, if we really insist on resisting Yuan Shu, one of us will probably be defeated and die in the end, and the clan will be wiped out.
If we surrender now, even if Yuan Shu gains power now, we may not be sure that our descendants will be born like our ancestors and restore the Han family again. Therefore, we can only keep hope by keeping our bloodline. Are you right?
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Seeing the tears in Liu Biao's eyes, Mrs. Cai was also stunned, but she immediately expressed her opinion, and used Liu Xiu's overthrow of Wang Mang as an example to signal Liu Biao not to despair, everything is possible.
"Is what Madam said true?"
Sure enough, after hearing Mrs. Cai's words, Liu Biao's eyes sparkled again. Yes, he still has a son. As long as his Liu family survives, there is no chance that future generations will have a genius like Liu Xiu and restore the glory of the Han family.
"Natural is true, so sir, you should take care of yourself first and drink this bowl of porridge."
Seeing that Liu Biao was getting excited, Mrs. Cai quickly fed him the porridge in her hand.
"Okay, I'll drink, I'll drink."
At this time, Liu Biao had completely figured it out. If he wanted talents like Guangwu to appear among his descendants, he must first ensure the continuation of his family. He had to maintain his health to pave the way for his descendants.
Liu Biao recovered immediately after a day of rest. As soon as he got better, he immediately sent someone to recruit Liu Bei to come to Xiangyang to meet him.
"Sir, what do you mean Liu Jingsheng is calling me to come over now?"
Liu Bei looked at Cheng Yu in front of him. He really couldn't figure out what Liu Biao was thinking. You must know that there was crazy news in Xiangyang and Liu Biao had agreed to surrender to Yuan Shu. Now he was asked to go to Xiangyang. He was really scared.
"My lord, are you afraid that Liu Biao wants to harm you this time?"
Cheng Yu looked at the sad-looking Liu Bei and frowned slightly.
"Well, after all, there are already rumors in Xiangyang that Liu Jingsheng is going to defect to Yuan Shu. I'm afraid it will be detrimental to me."
Liu Bei nodded to Cheng Yu. He was really worried about Liu Biao's plans to murder him.
"My Lord, don't worry if Liu Jingsheng recruits you. Although there are rumors in Xiangyang City that Liu Jingsheng is going to defect to Yuan Shu, I think that is just the result of the civil and military intimidation from his subordinates.
Now Yuan Shu is just Chen Bing in Hongnong County and has not come to kill him. As the saying goes, Liu Biao will never surrender without a head-on collision, so he will never harm you."
Faced with Liu Bei's doubts, Cheng Yu gave an answer. He also guessed that surrendering to Yuan Shu was definitely not Liu Biao's original intention. It could only be said that it was the will of the Jingzhou nobles, and Liu Biao could no longer bring them anything more.
, so they will step on Liu Biao's head and Jingzhou to join Yuan Shu's camp.
"Then do you think I should go or not?"
Although Cheng Yu said that Liu Biao did not want to harm him, Liu Biao was not the only one in Xiangyang. The power of the aristocratic family was also very important, even stronger than Liu Biao. If he went there, something unexpected would happen to him.
"Lord, I think we should go. Although Liu Biao was wary of my lord, after the battle at Xiangyang, he relaxed his attitude towards me. Not only did he increase your number of troops in Zhonglu to 30,000, but he also gave you a town to suppress him.
The rank of general,
So there are only two reasons why he asked you to go to Xiangyang. One is to use your strength to fight against the civil and military forces of the nobles, and the other is that he may want you to lead your troops to leave and leave this whirlpool."
Cheng Yu looked at Liu Bei and directly expressed his guess.
"I can understand your saying that you want to use my power to fight against Jingzhou's civil and military forces, but what do you mean when you say that you want me to lead my troops and leave?"
After listening to Cheng Yu's words, Cheng Yu only understood the first reason, but he didn't understand the second one.
"My lord, you and Liu Jingsheng are both Han clan clansmen. It can be said that the only truly powerful Han princes in the world today are Liu Biao and Liu Jingsheng. The other one is Liu Yan and Liu Junlang who are far away in Yizhou. My lord, you, the Mu of Yanzhou,
Now the situation in Jingzhou has become a stagnant water. Looking down, it is nothing more than being destroyed by Yuan Shu. For the sake of the survival of the Han Dynasty, Liu Biao will probably want his lord to leave Jingzhou and go to Yizhou to join Liu Yan.
In this way, the lord's army can be preserved, Liu Yan can get the lord's help, and Yizhou's military strength can be strengthened, so that the last strength of the Han family will not be easily destroyed by Yuan Shu, a strategy that has the best of both worlds."
Cheng Yu immediately opened his mouth to explain what he meant to Liu Bei.
