If Liu Biao wanted to collect food and fodder among the wealthy family, he had to find Cai Mao and Kuai Liang.

After all, the Cai and Kuai tribes are the leaders of the prominent clans in Nanjun. If they are willing to take the lead in donating grain, this matter will be accomplished.

When Liu Biao informed the patriarchs of the two tribes about the collection of grain, Kuai Liang and Cai Mao's first reaction was that hesitation.

In terms of position, they must be on Liu Biao's side.

After Liu Biao arrived in Jingzhou, he always treated the prominent families in Jingzhou very favorable, so that the interests of the prominent families led by Cai and Kuai in the county were greatly improved, and they had no choice but to assist Liu Biao.

But it depends on what Liu Biao needs.

If it is to develop Jingzhou or resist foreign enemies, even Zhang Xian, Cai, and Kuai, who sent troops to attack Guiyang County, would definitely not have any words and provide full support.

But if they were asked to support Liu Biao to Luo Hujun, the situation would be different.

To put it bluntly, this is the matter of their Han clan's own family, and they have no direct interest relationship with the Jingchu gentry. After victory, they will eventually benefit from Liu Biao and his son. The Kuai family and the Cai family will throw money away completely in vain.

Although Liu Biao also promised some benefits and positions to them, in the eyes of Cai Mao and Kuai Liang, this transaction was thankless, so hesitated just now.

During the hesitation of the two heads of the family, a key figure stood up.

It's Kuai Yue.

Kuai Yue strongly urged his brother Kuai Liang to sponsor the Liu family to send troops to Luo.

However, in exchange, Kuai Yue asked Kuai Liang to give Liu Biao a suggestion, which was to let him go to Luo Hujun with Liu Qi.

Kuai Yue naturally would not let such famous things go away.

Kuai Yue analyzed Kuai Liang in a deeper manner for the powerful relationship and interest prospects.

Isn’t this a good opportunity to let the Kuai family stand out from the prominent family of Jingchu and become a world-famous family?

Liu Biao and his son succeeded, and the Kuai family who supported them was also considered successful!

Although there are risks, why not bet on a bet? Why do you have to focus on a corner of Jingchu?

Kuai Yue's words were so convincing that with his Qin Yi's achievements, he finally convinced Kuai Liang.

According to Kuai Yue's proposal, Kuai Liang agreed to send funds and food to Luo, but asked Liu Biao to allow his younger brother Kuai Yue to go with Liu Qi.

Once Kuai Liang made moves, Cai Mao could not pretend to be stupid.

Now that things have come to this point, even if he opposes, he will definitely not be able to do so. He can only support Liu Biao and try his best to gain more benefits for the clan.

He also agreed to send food and salary from his clan to support the troops of Shangluo, but he also imitated Kuai Liang and asked Liu Biao to let his brother Cai Shi accompany him.

Things finally settled.

...

After Liu Qi pacified the thieves of Nanjun, Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng, he collected 6,000 soldiers for Liu Biao. Later, he hired 1,700 county soldiers from Nanyang. Liu Biao recruited more than 5,000 local soldiers in Nanjun. Liu Pan took two thousand to Changsha. At present, there are more than 10,000 troops under the direct command of the Liu father and son of Nanjun.

Over the past few months, the more than 10,000 troops have been trained by Huang Zhong and Wenpin every day, and the entry has been quite fast.

Liu Qi and Liu Biao planned it and led half of the soldiers to the north, while the remaining ones stayed in Xiangyang.

In order to prevent Cai Mao from seizing power secretly again, Liu Qi left Huang Xu in Xiangyang and told him to keep a close eye on Xiangyang's defense.

Although Huang Xu was reluctant, Liu Qi could choose the one who stayed, only him.

The reason is very simple... because the opponent is very strong.

Most of the soldiers and generals of the northern herds guards were newly recruited soldiers, and of course there were also elite Taishan Army and other elite soldiers, but they were all a minority after all.

What is really worth worrying about is Dong Zhuo’s strong soldiers.

After all, under his command were the Xiliang Army and the Bingzhou Army, known as the tiger and wolf, as well as the north and south Luoyang and the imperial guards left by He Jin.

Among them, the Xiliang soldiers fought against Qiang and Hu on the frontier all year round, and there were a large number of cavalry.

On the other hand, of the 5,000 people in the Jingzhou Army, only 200 were cavalry, with a proportion of one-fifth... the rest were infantry, which was far from comparable to the Xiliang Army.

The quality of soldiers is an insurmountable gap, and the generals are absolutely careless.

There must be a strong general like Huang Zhong and Wen Pin.

In this way, we can only leave Huang Xu behind.

In fact, in Liu Qi's opinion, leaving the young Huang Xu alone to take charge of Xiangyang's defense is also a training for him.

In fact, this trip to Luo was like a big test for everyone, including Liu Qi himself.

...

The entire Xiangyang is preparing troops and military service, recruiting civilians to pack food and fodder, which is quite a sign that the whole people are armed with troops.

And Yi Ji finally rushed back from Shu at this time.

He was exhausted all the way, and the boats were exhausted.

But Yi Ji never stopped for a moment. After arriving in Xiangyang, he immediately went to see Liu Biao.

"Envoy, Liu Yizhou promised to leave the five thousand Sichuan troops from Sichuan, join forces with the envoy's army and horses, go north together and protect the emperor!"

After hearing this news, Liu Biao and Liu Qi both breathed a long sigh of relief.

The big thing is settled!

Liu Qi smiled and praised Yiji: "Thanks to the mediation of Mr. Lu, we have today's situation! If Luo is successful this time, Mr. Lu should be the first to be successful!"

Yiji hurriedly saluted: "If it weren't for the guidance of the young master, Yiji wouldn't have persuaded Liu Yizhou so easily."

Liu Biao was curious when he heard this: "Boyu, what have you been telling Jibo?"

It was naturally inconvenient for Liu Qi to tell Liu Biao that he asked Yiji to go to Liu Yanyan's back door...

"In my spare time, I once communicated with my husband about Qin Yi's skills, but I never helped him. What the husband said just now is just to praise the boy... I am really ashamed!"

Yi Ji smiled and knew Liu Qi's intention in his heart, so he passed by this area.

"Encourt, guess who Liu Yan sent to command troops this time?"

"Who?"

Yiji hurriedly said: "Liu Yan ordered Yizhou to be the governor of Jia Long, and his third son Liu Mao was the commander of Shu County. He led 5,000 troops from Jiangguan to leave Sichuan and met with the envoy's army in Zigui County."

Liu Biao was shocked when he heard this and said, "Yizhou is engaged in the military commander Jia Long?"

"That's right, I heard that this man was quite powerful in using troops. He defeated Ma Xiang in Yizhou in the past 100,000 thieves. This man went out of Sichuan, so he was really a big helper for our army!"

"This is interesting... Haha, what's the point of Liu Junlang thinking? Jia Long? It's actually Jia Long."

Liu Qi also frowned.

If he remembered correctly, Jia Long should have been the representative of Shu who welcomed Liu Yan into Shu at first, but later he was suppressed too much by Liu Yan, and even rebelled and was finally killed.

If the time estimate is good, his relationship with Liu Yan now should be a bit incompatible, right?

When Yi Ji saw that Liu Biao was not happy, he questioned it, and asked for instructions: "Empress, is there anything wrong with this person who leads the army?

Liu Biao said slowly: "When Liu Yan entered Sichuan in the past, I was in the court and knew the checks and balances that Liu Junlang had adopted in Sichuan."

Afterwards, Liu Biao began to explain to Liu Qi and Yi Ji.

When Liu Yan entered Shu, he was already in his sixties, much older than Liu Biao. He believed in prophecies and divinations.

After Liu Yan entered Shu, there was a rumor in Luoyang that Liu Yan had heard the famous master of prophecies and divination in the world. The minister Dong Fu said that Yizhou had the aura of the emperor, and then changed his way from Jiaozhou to Shu. Dong Fu also followed Liu Yan.

No one can say that this is false, after all, it was only after Liu Yan entered Shu that it was spread in Luoyang.

However, it is certain that Liu Yan entered Shu because of Dong Fu's support. Because this was the master of ecstasy and divination in Shu who was over 80 years old, it actually represented the attitude of the local tyrants in Yizhou towards Liu Yan...that is, the local people in Yizhou were willing to support Liu Yan as the main person.

As for why the local tyrants in Yizhou wanted to support Liu Yan as their mu, Liu Biao did not say it clearly, but Liu Qi could guess in his heart.

In fact, it is not much different from Liu Biao's situation in Jingzhou.

Liu Yan was a clan and a famous scholar, and was very famous. However, the local tyrants in Yizhou had soldiers, food and money, but they lacked the signboard to save the scene.

Although Liu Yan was famous, he had no soldiers and horses, and his height, fat and thinness were just right. He was parachuted to Yizhou and complemented the local tyrants.

It happened that the Yellow Turban Horses in Yizhou rebelled and killed the governor, Xie Jian, causing chaos in the prefectures and counties. The powerful people in Yizhou also needed an outsider's famous scholar and people with official background to integrate their strength to stabilize the counties and counties.

To put it bluntly, it is mutual benefit...

After Liu Yan took office, he appointed powerful leaders from Yizhou. The state was engaged in Jia Long and Ren Qi, the prefect of Jianwei, integrated the resources of various wealthy families. Jia Long led his troops to quell the Ma Xiang Rebellion and seized the power of Yizhou for Liu Yan.

But after the quellation, Liu Yan did not have the mutual benefit and mutual benefit of the local prominent families in Jingzhou like Liu Biao.

On the contrary, he began to vigorously suppress the local tyrants in Yizhou, deprive them of their interests, and find excuses to kill more than a dozen Yizhou tyrants, including Wang Xian and Li Quan.

Pure to kill donkeys.

Of course, Liu Yan was not suppressing the local tyrants in Yizhou without any precautions. After all, the powerful people in Yizhou are all local households and have strong power. Liu Yan, the airborne governor, could not compete with him with his own combat power.

So, Liu Yan found three opponents for the Yizhou rich people.

First, start from the religious aspect.

Liu Yan reused the Tianshi Training Department Zhang Lu and Mi Thief Zhang Xiu to make them his right-hand man.

The Tianshi Sect was passed down in Shu for three generations and had countless scholars. Liu Yan brought the two teachers under his command, which was equivalent to grasping the faith of the people in Shu.

The second is to start from the perspective of governance.
To be continued...