Chapter 76

And the person who hired him to kill the previous Jingzhou Inspector was Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu’s strength was not weak.

Among the various warlords in Guandong, he could be considered a top-notch leader.

Liu Biao knew deep down that if he were to recruit troops or train soldiers temporarily at this time, he would definitely not be Yuan Shu’s opponent.

Therefore, he did nothing.

The only thing he did was to marry Cai Mao’s sister, Lady Cai.

At that time, when the core civil and military officials of the Dong Zhuo army heard this news, they even mocked Liu Biao for being a senile old man who was blinded by beauty!

The enemy was almost at the city gates, and yet you, the Jingzhou Inspector, were busy getting married?

Yes, Liu Biao’s original wife had already passed away.

Liu Biao himself was already nearly fifty years old when he became the Jingzhou Inspector.

Cai Mao’s sister, Lady Cai, married him as a second wife.

In other words, this move by Liu Biao could be considered a typical case of an old ox eating tender grass.

But a very strange thing happened.

The Jingzhou Inspector, who had done nothing but marry a second wife after taking office, actually defeated the army sent by Yuan Shu easily!

Those who did not favor Liu Biao before could be said to have been "slapped in the face."

In fact.

Liu Biao seemed to have done nothing.

But in fact, he had already finished everything by marrying a second wife.

It would be better to say that Jingzhou was the Jingzhou of the Jingzhou noble clan group rather than Liu Biao’s Jingzhou.

The Cai family, the Kuai family, the Huang family, the Pang family, and the Ma family.

These major noble clans could be said to be able to summon wind and rain and do anything they wanted in this one-third of an acre of land in Jingzhou.

Everyone was not a fool.

Sun Jian did not occupy land.

Why did he kill the Jingzhou Inspector without authorization?

Wasn't it because of Yuan Shu’s employment and instigation behind the scenes!

This kind of rough behavior that ignored the rules made the Jingzhou noble clan group very disgusted with Yuan Shu.

So much so that after Liu Biao, the new Inspector, took office.

Regardless of Liu Biao’s specific abilities, the Jingzhou noble clan group would immediately choose to cooperate with him.

And what Liu Biao needed to do was to bind himself firmly to the Jingzhou noble clan group.

What kind of method could be called the most stable alliance?

Of course, it was marriage!

Although Liu Biao was already a senile old man nearly fifty years old.

Even his eldest son, Liu Qi, was not young anymore.

(Liu Qi was older than Liu Bei and was not the "young master" image in the romance.)

But Liu Biao’s original wife had indeed been dead for many years.

His wife’s position was vacant.

Marrying into the Cai family, which was the strongest among the major noble clans in Jingzhou.

Was what Liu Biao, the new Jingzhou Inspector, needed to do!

After Liu Biao finished this, he would receive the full support of the Jingzhou noble clans.

Defeating the invading Yuan Shu army was naturally not a problem.

By the same token.

Although Liu Biao had a certain say in Jingzhou.

But if the Jingzhou noble clans did not want to do something, even if Liu Biao wanted to do it, it was impossible to do it.

This was the price he had to pay to quickly control Jingzhou.

Compared with the high centralization of other warlord factions.

As a lord, Liu Biao had much less power in his hands.

This was precisely why the Jingzhou noble clan group couldn't wait to take Liu Biao’s young son, Liu Cong, and surrender to Cao Cao as soon as Liu Biao died in history.

Because Jingzhou was not Liu Biao’s asset, but the asset of the Jingzhou noble clan group!

Liu Biao was only the boss in name.

Just like a company in later generations.

Liu Biao was the major shareholder in name, but he did not hold much control.

The ones who really had the final say and could play a decisive role were the Jingzhou noble clan shareholder group behind Liu Biao.

Gu Yi believed that it was not difficult to make Liu Biao send troops.

It was only necessary to make the Jingzhou noble clan group behind Liu Biao tempted, and the matter of sending troops could be facilitated.

Nanyang Commandery was originally Jingzhou’s territory and was the largest commandery in the world.

The people of the Jingzhou noble clan group undoubtedly owned a lot of property in Nanyang Commandery.

But because they didn't know the specific situation of Nanyang Commandery now.

So they didn't dare to rashly incite Liu Biao to send troops.

Just let these guys know.

Sending troops to attack Nanyang Commandery.

Not only would they not pay too much loss.

But they would also gain more benefits.

Then this matter could definitely be facilitated!

Of course, the envoy sent by the Dong Zhuo army to Jingzhou must need someone who was eloquent and good at brainwashing.

This candidate... could only be Jia Xu!

Yes, the envoy this time was Jia Xu again.

Although he had just returned from his mission in Hanzhong, it had not been a full week.

But looking at the whole army.

Besides the old fox Jia, could there be a more suitable candidate?

Thus, Gu Yi unceremoniously recommended Jia Xu as the envoy again in front of Dong Zhuo and Li Ru.

Once bitten, twice shy.

It was not Jia Xu’s first time as an envoy.

Dong Zhuo and Li Ru also gave considerable affirmation to Jia Xu’s professional ability.

Thus, this task of inciting Liu Biao and the Jingzhou noble clan group to send troops to Nanyang Commandery fell into Jia Xu’s hands.

(Jia Xu: Is there really no one to speak for me? Gu Yi, you did this on purpose, right? I really thank you!)

Of course, although the plan was set.

But Kan Ze, the envoy sent by Sun Ce, naturally still needed to be fooled a bit more.

Thus, Dong Zhuo posthumously conferred on Sun Jian the title of General of the East and appointed Sun Ce as the new Yuzhou Inspector.

But when it came to sending troops to support Sun Ce.

Dong Zhuo only said to let Sun Ce wait properly.

Soon there would be troops appearing to help Sun Ce resist Yuan Shu together.

Regarding this, Kan Ze was completely confused.

He was ordered to go to Chang'an, and this was not the ambiguous answer he wanted!

However, Kan Ze had no way to deal with Dong Zhuo.

This was Chang'an, this was Guanxi, this was old Dong’s territory!

As an envoy sent by Sun Ce, how could you be arrogant?

Thus.

Kan Ze had to take the appointment edict of the Yuzhou Inspector and return to Yuzhou.

Kan Ze had no choice but to take the appointment edict for the Governor of Yuzhou and return to Yuzhou.