Outside the city of Xiangyang, Jingzhou, a thin man about fifty years old, wearing a brocade robe, stood under a canopy and looked into the distance.

On both sides and behind him, the ceremonial wars were regular and civil and military formations were lined up, which seemed very solemn.

This person is the current lord of Jingxiang, Liu Biao and Liu Jingsheng, who are dominating Jingzhou.

Among the team of military generals behind him, the leader was in his thirties, but his expression was very dissatisfied at this moment.

After waiting for more than half an hour, the man seemed to be unable to help it and took a small step forward and came to Liu Biao.

"Lord, let's go back to the city and wait. Who knows when the envoy of the court will arrive?"

Liu Biao looked firm: "No. Since the court wrote a letter saying that the envoy arrived early this morning, how could we leave without authorization? Wouldn't we break the rules and regulations?"

"But it's not a solution to this end. The general's view is that the emperor is clearly coveting my Jingxiang land. He sends envoys to come over, and most of them want to occupy Jingzhou. He ordered his lord to go to Luoyang before, but the lord did not agree. Now he sent someone to ask for it directly. It's too much to deceive people! Why should you be so polite? It would be better to behead him. I have a huge army in Jingzhou and a huge trench in the Yangtze River, so why should I be afraid of him? "

"Stop talking!" Liu Biao was furious.

"Cai Mao, if you dare to say this without a king or a father again, you will definitely do your best and will not retreat!"

Cai Mao was scolded and retreated with a look of resentment.

However, he didn't see it. As soon as he scolded him and turned his head back, Liu Biao's expression instantly became much more serious.

After a long time, a group of people slowly appeared on the horizon in the distance. Liu Biao's eyes lit up, he covered his hands on his eyebrows and looked over carefully.

As the team of people got closer, Liu Biao saw clearly that it was a team of cavalry, escorting a luxurious carriage on both sides, rushing towards this side.

"Well? Is that not a car that can only be used by the princes in the royal family? Could it be which prince is here? No, now there are only a handful of counties and states in the Han Dynasty. I have never heard of any prince staying in Luoyang."

Just as Liu Biao was puzzled, the carriage had already reached dozens of steps ahead of him. At the reminder of a scholar next to him, Liu Biao woke up from surprise and hurriedly met him.

"My deputy of the Governor of Jingzhou, Liu Biao, welcome the emperor's envoy!"

"Jingsheng, I haven't seen you for many years, you really make me look at you with admiration."

An old voice came from the car. When Liu Biao heard the voice, his face changed.

"This...this is..."

A cavalry guard stepped forward and lifted the curtain of the carriage and helped an old man out of it. When Liu Biao saw the person's appearance, he was shocked and then hurriedly saluted.

"My nephew Liu Biao, I don't know that the emperor's uncle is here in person, and I will miss you. I would like to forgive me!"

The old man got off the carriage with kindness and helped him up.

"Hey, the so-called "those who don't know" will not blame you. Since you don't know it is me, you can go out to the city gate to greet you according to the laws of the court, and you have already seen your loyalty and righteousness. How can you blame me?"

Liu Biao held his hand and asked, "I heard that Your Majesty transferred the emperor's uncle back to Luoyang from Youzhou. I originally wanted the emperor to enjoy his old age and was happy for the emperor. Now I don't know what is important, but I still worked hard to come to Jingzhou in person, but I gave instructions and I would follow."

It turned out that this old man was nothing but Liu Yu. Among the existing royal family members, he and Liu Yan in Yizhou, with the highest generation. Although Liu Biao was only a few years younger than him, he was still one generation lower.

Liu Yu laughed and said, "Your Majesty gave me a great kindness and gave me a carriage. First, it was to be very sympathetic to the blood relatives of the royal family. Second, it was also to think of my old man and my brothers and nephews for many years, so I let me walk around and reminisce about the old relationship. When this man is old, he is so nostalgic. He often remembers what happened when you and I were in Luoyang decades ago. Haha, it is useless after all."

After hearing his seemingly casual words, Liu Biao looked silent and thoughtful.

Liu Yu held his hand: "Let's go, take Lao Jiu to the city for a walk, and Lao Jiu can also see how Jing Sheng has managed Jingzhou for the past few years."

Liu Biao then realized, looking enthusiastic: "It is a great honor for the uncle to come, please be welcome."

At the same time, in Zhangye County, Han Sui was inviting a distinguished guest in the prefect's mansion in the city.

Han Sui seemed very happy and toasted the distinguished guest repeatedly.

"Come on, I wish you another bottle of the chief clerk."

The man opposite, who looked 27 or 28 years old, looked graceful and gentle, had no squinting eyes. When facing Han Sui toasted, he only gave a little greeting. After the two of them had been drunk for thirty years, Han Sui was already a little drunk and began to tilt, but this person had been sitting upright and seemed extremely polite.

The man put down the wine bottle and said seriously: "General Han, I believe the general knows the purpose of Huang's coming here. Now that the dishes have been used and the wine has been drunk, should we talk about some serious matters? Huang will set off to return to Chengdu tomorrow and report to my lord about the situation here, so it is inconvenient to delay more."

"Ah...oh... OK, OK..."

Han Sui was sober that he was a little more awake by his serious words.

"I thank Liu..."

"Well? General Han, please respect yourself. When you mention Your Majesty, you should call yourself a humble minister." The man scolded with a little displeasure.

Han Sui shook his head vigorously: "Oh, yes, it's a family that is confused. I thanked Your Majesty for your kindness. I have long advised Ma Teng to surrender to Your Majesty. Isn't this? As soon as I surrendered, His Majesty was granted the title of General Zhengdong, the governor of Bingzhou, and the Marquis of Mianyunxiang. How many years have Ma Teng been with the Luoyang court? He is still a mere general Pingxi and Marquis of Ting. Tsk, such a fool should have died long ago."

The distinguished guest frowned slightly, as if he was a little displeased with Han Sui's appearance, but he did not accuse him.

"Now the general has openly become enemies with Luoyang. In Liangzhou, the general only occupied the three counties of Majestic Wu, Zhangye and Jiuquan. The northern territory, Anding, Jincheng and other counties are still under the control of the pseudo-Emperor Liu He. Soon after, he will send troops to attack. I wonder what the general has to do?"

When Han Sui heard this, he had raised the wine bottle to his mouth, but suddenly stopped. Then he put the wine bottle down, grinned and smiled "hehe".

"Liu He, Luoyang, has a strong military force. Looking at the world, I am afraid that no one can compete with him. Han has few soldiers but few generals, and the food and grass in Xiliang are not abundant. How can he face such a tiger and wolf army? Now the young minister submits to the wise king and guards the border for His Majesty. I think His Majesty is so wise, he will not sit idly by."

The distinguished guest looked at Han Sui with contempt without any concealment. He said to himself: "I, Huang Quan, are also a master of the Confucian scholars in Shu, and it is really disgusting to join such shameless people."

He held back his disgust and said, "The land of Xiliang is the gateway to Yizhou, so your Majesty naturally attaches importance to it. Your Majesty sent me here this time to find out how many soldiers and horses there are under the general's command, so that he can provide support and fight against Liu He."

When Han Sui heard that he had support, he felt energetic.

"Haha, Your Majesty is really clear. To be honest, Han originally had 30,000 troops and Ma Teng had 40,000 troops. Now that I have his troops, many soldiers under Ma Teng were very loyal to him and would rather die than surrender. Therefore, he only obtained 30,000 surrendered soldiers, which was 60,000, including 15,000 cavalry. However, there were more than 20,000 of these 60,000 soldiers and horses, and there were still more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, without armor. Moreover, the army's food and grass were only enough to support less than two months. If we want to fight against Liu He, my family thought that at least 70,000 to 80,000 people and no less than one million stones of food and grass."
Chapter completed!