The 50,000 army is enough to make Jingzhou fall.

Therefore, many people will tremble when they think of the 50,000 Cao troops coming to Jingzhou.

Cai Mao is one of them.

For Cai Mao, it is best to maintain the status quo. The Cai family was the first family in Jingzhou, and he was the chief military general of Jingzhou. When Liu Biao died, his nephew Liu Cong inherited the position of the governor of Jingzhou. When Liu Cong was young, the power of Jingzhou would naturally be concentrated in his hands. At that time, his in Jingzhou would be the emperor, just say it.

Cai Mao was extremely vigilant about Liu Bei. He tried to kill Liu Bei several times, because he was afraid that Liu Bei would help Liu Qi seize the position of governor of Jingzhou after Liu Biao's death.

But Cai Mao also resisted Cao Cao, and Cai Mao was more afraid of Cao Cao than Liu Bei. Liu Bei was not strong, and Cao Cao was strong enough to swallow the entire Jingzhou. If Cao Cao came, his status as Cai Mao would be no longer guaranteed.

However, Cai Mao didn't believe Liu Bei's words. When the others were shocked by Liu Bei's words, he jumped out and said angrily: "Nothing nonsense, do you say Cao Cao's army is heading south, what evidence is there?"

"evidence?"

Liu Bei didn't want to answer such a stupid question anymore, and he said, "General, please send someone to inquire to see if I, Liu Xuande, are lying?"

"Xuande, Cao Cao really sent troops south?" Liu Biao asked Liu Bei.

"That's right."

Liu Bei nodded and said to Liu Biao with certainty: "If Brother Jingsheng doesn't believe it, please send someone to inquire."

Liu Biao waved his hand, and he no longer doubted it. As Liu Bei said, he sent someone to inquire and knew that there was no need for Liu Bei to lie on this issue.

Liu Biao frowned and scolded Cao Cao in his heart. Of course, Liu Bei also scolded him. Liu Biao knew why Cao Cao sent troops south because Liu Bei beat Cao Ren too badly, and Cao Cao had to take revenge.

But Liu Bei blocked Cao Ren and did not let Cao Ren go south. On this point, Liu Biao had to thank Liu Bei.

Of course, what Liu Biao didn't know was that Cao Ren came to beat Liu Bei, mainly because Zhuge Liang made Cao Ren unhappy and decided to give Liu Bei some color, but he didn't expect that he would be defeated so badly.

If Liu Biao knew the reason why Cao Ren went south, he would definitely kill Liu Bei first.

"Brother Jingsheng, please rest assured that I will definitely block Cao Cao's army and defeat him."

Liu Bei said to Liu Biao: "Even if I fight for my life, I will defeat Cao Cao's army and prevent Cao Cao from going south."

What a great person. Liu Biao was moved to see Liu Bei's determination on his face, and at the same time he felt ashamed of his greetings to Liu Bei's whole family just now.

"Xuande is my brother." Liu Biao was moved and said this.

Then, he heard Liu Bei say to him: "Brother Jingsheng, there is a shortage of supplies in Fancheng in Xinye, so I hope Brother Jingsheng will be willing to support him."

"If it weren't for Brother Jing Sheng's help, Xinye's current state alone would not have stopped Cao Cao for long and would have been defeated soon." Liu Bei continued.

Hearing Liu Bei's words, Liu Biao nodded slowly. Liu Bei's strength was only a little bit. Without his help, Liu Bei would definitely not be able to defend Xinye.

"Lord, this matter needs to be discussed for a long time."

When Cai Mao saw that Liu Biao seemed to have signs of agreeing, he hurriedly jumped out to persuade him. At the same time, he wanted to yell in Liu Biao's ears and let Liu Biao remember the main purpose of the banquet tonight.

The main purpose is to let Liu Bei hand over Fan Cheng, but now, it has been off topic.

Liu Bei talked about it, first fooling everyone, and finally ran out of Cao's army to go south, which made everyone focus on Cao's army and ignore what they are doing tonight.

"Master."

Zhang Yun also stood up and said, "Cao's army went south, and Uncle Liu was short of troops and it was difficult to defend the two cities. It would be better to let Uncle Liu leave Fancheng to us to defend, and Uncle Liu defended Xinye."

Cai Mao wished he could hold Zhang Yun and kiss him hard. Zhang Yun's words immediately brought back the theme of tonight.

Liu Biao suddenly woke up. He did not speak, but looked at Liu Bei.

Liu Bei had already expected this. It was better to say that it was Zhuge Liang's expectations than that.

Zhuge Liang had already guessed the purpose of Liu Biao asking Liu Bei to come to Xiangyang, so he naturally thought of a solution.

Cao's army went south because of external reasons. If this could not dispel Liu Biao's determination to return to Fancheng, then retreating would be a step forward.

This was what Zhuge Liang told Liu Bei before the banquet. Although Zhuge Liang was the right military advisor under Liu Bei, he was not qualified to participate in the banquet with Liu Biao.

So, Liu Bei smiled slightly and met Liu Biao's gaze. He nodded and said, "General Zhang's words make sense and cannot be asked for anything."

That's so simple?

Liu Bei agreed easily, which made everyone present stunned. Everyone thought that Liu Bei would not be willing to hand over Fancheng, and would definitely be unhappy. But he didn't expect Liu Bei would be so happy.
Chapter completed!