The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 239 Mutual Use
"Cai Mao, you did it on purpose, do you really want to fight us to the end?" Kuai Yue reprimanded Cai Hao who had long since disliked Cai Mao.

"I didn't mean to be wrong, I was just telling the truth." Cai Mao sneered.

"You..." Kuai Yue was a little annoyed.

"Yie Du, don't be impulsive. Calm down. I'm the same as serving the lord. It's just a difference of opinion. There's no need to be angry about these trivial matters." Kuai Liang was calmer than Kuai Yue, and signaled Kuai not to be impulsive.

"Hahahaha, Kuai Yue, your brother is right, you should learn from your brother for two more years before talking to me." Cai Mao said proudly.

Kuai Yue glanced at Cai Mao coldly, and stopped talking, Kuai Liang said, "Brother De Gui, guarding against Li Yuan is indeed the top priority, because there are two things that deserve our attention."

"Which two things?" Cai Mao asked curiously. They didn't have any hatred with Li Yuan, so they felt that Li Yuan was unlikely to attack Jingzhou. It will definitely hurt his vitality, and even if he can win Jingzhou, other princes will take the opportunity to attack him. With Li Yuan's cleverness, it is impossible not to think of this.

"First, the spies who inquired about intelligence discovered that Li Yuan was constantly building ships and training sailors in Lujiang. Still inquiring about the information of the surrounding forces, "The second thing is that Li Yuan has been recruiting troops for the past year, which is suspected of expanding the army. Now he has twice the number of troops under his command. Then send troops against our army."

"You are worrying too much. Lujiang's shipbuilding industry has always been developed, and it relies on fishing for a living. Isn't it normal to build a large number of ships? Besides, Lujiang is so close to the Yangtze River, so training the navy is a matter of course. There is nothing to worry about. , It’s really unfounded to worry about.” Cai Mao sneered.

"Then how should Li Yuan expand his army?" Kuai Liang was not convinced.

"I have often heard that Yuzhou and Xuzhou have bumper harvests year after year, with plenty of food and grass. Li Yuan is also a warlike person. Recruiting soldiers and horses is in line with his personality. There is nothing wrong with it. Besides, the princes around Yuzhou and Xuzhou are not the only ones from our family. , there are Cao Cao and Yuan Shao to the north, and Sun Ce, Liu Yao and Yan Baihu to the south, how can you be sure that he will come to attack us?"

"No," Kuai Liang shook his head and said, "Cao Cao and Li Yuan once joined forces to attack Liu Bei and Lu Bu. Although I heard that their relationship is not good now, it is unlikely that they will attack each other. Yuan Shao is further north, and Li Yuan is even more unlikely. Send troops to him; to the south, you can only attack Sun Ce, Liu Yao and Yan Baihu. I heard that Li Yuan once defeated Yuan Shu with Sun Ce, and donated Yuan Shu's surrendered troops to Sun Ce, and provided food and grass for Sun Ce's army several times. It's like helping Sun Ce defeat Liu Yao and Yan Baihu, and helping him take Jiangdong, so I don't think Li Yuan will take action against Sun Ce, and the remaining targets are only us."

Liu Biao listened carefully, and felt that Kuai Liang's analysis was reasonable, but what Cai Mao said was not unreasonable, and said: "In this case, I will take a little precaution against Li Yuan, but don't need to pay too much attention, maybe he really treats us. I have no intention of fighting."

"My lord, we can strengthen the defenses in Jiangxia and Xinye to prevent Li Yuan from suddenly attacking from Lujiang and Runan." Kuai Liang suggested.

"This method is feasible, just do what Zirou said." Liu Biao nodded in agreement.

When Liu Biao was discussing, Liu Bei was also discussing.

"Military Master, Liu Biao has been quite indifferent to me recently. It seems that Li Yuan's edict really worked." Liu Bei looked out of the window expressionlessly. He has been with Liu Biao for more than a year, and he has been working hard to get Liu Biao all these years. However, Li Yuan's edict completely disrupted his plan and made all his efforts for the past year in vain.

"I didn't expect that Li Yuan would take Emperor Xian to Xiapi. It was really unexpected." Li Shan said he was helpless. He asked Liu Bei to join Liu Biao in order to make a comeback with Liu Biao, but now Liu Biao has taken precautions against them and wants to win again Liu Biao's trust was very difficult.

"Military division, what should we do now?" Liu Bei sat down, and he was always at a disadvantage when confronted with Li Yuan, which made him feel a little powerless.

"After this year of getting along, the lord should know which people under Liu Biao are worthy of our attention?"

"The Kuai brothers have a good relationship with us. It is not difficult to get their help, but Cai Mao is quite disgusted with me. It seems that he is not willing to let outsiders like us get involved in Jingzhou affairs." A lot of understanding, knowing who can use it and who needs to be eradicated.

"There are many gentry families in Jingzhou, among which the Kuai family and the Cai family are the strongest. Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue, and Cai Mao are all important ministers around Liu Biao. The more important point is that the Kuai family seems to hate the Cai family, and the Cai family also hates the Kuai family. We can start with that."

"The military division wants to use the power of the Kuai brothers to eradicate Cai Mao?"

"Does my lord think that the Kuai brothers have treated us very well, even better than Liu Biao?" Li Shan asked.

"It's true. The Kuai brothers have been very kind to me. In fact, I don't understand why they did this." Liu Bei was puzzled by this.

"My lord, we are using the Kuai brothers, but in fact they are also using us." Li Shan has already seen the purpose of the Kuai brothers, "Although the Kuai family and the Cai family are evenly matched, most of Liu Biao's troops are in charge of Cai Mao. The Kuai brothers probably controlled only [-]% of the troops, and they had to borrow external force to get rid of Cai Mao, so they wanted to win us over."

"But we only have thousands of soldiers and horses in our hands, and our help to them is very limited." After losing to the coalition forces of Li Yuan and Cao Cao, Liu Bei was left with more than 3000 remnants. Even Guan Yu almost couldn't escape. Fortunately, Guan Yu He barely escaped with high martial arts skills, and joined Liu Bei after arriving in Jingzhou.

"The Kuai brothers are not interested in our troops, but in General Guan and General Zhang. General Guan and General Zhang are both strong generals in the world. They once defeated Cao Cao's general Xiahou Dun, and they were only slightly disadvantaged in the fight against Cao Cao. If It wasn't Li Yuan who intervened, our army and Cao Cao won't necessarily win or lose, and the Kuai brothers are looking at this, so they need my help."

Li Shan sees it very clearly, "Liu Biao has a lot of soldiers and food, but he has never had a general who can fight. If there is no general who can recruit and fight well, even if there are more troops and horses, the combat effectiveness will be greatly weakened. If Kuai's Brother Guan Guan and General Zhang help, and the chances of defeating Cai Mao will be greatly increased."

(End of this chapter)