Yuan Shao and Dong Zhuo both wrote letters to Liu Biao, which is not surprising.

The old forces of Yuan Hejin, represented by the Yuan brothers, have had huge frictions with the Xiliang Martial Arts Group led by Dong Zhuo. The two sides have used Luoyang as the center of the competition. Large-scale military equipment battles occurred in Hanoi, Yang people, and so on. The competition between the two sides is in full swing, and both political and military competitions have reached a peak.

At this critical moment, both sides competed and were constantly looking for allies.

Liu Biao, the governor who had just arrived in Jingchu, is naturally an important goal for the two forces to fight for each other...

Liu Qi picked up two silk books on the long table and opened them to read them separately.

In fact, the contents of these two letters are similar, and it is nothing more than trying to win over Liu Biao. Yuan Shao asked Liu Biao to join the Kanto Mushou Allied Army to fight against Dong, while Dong Zhuo ordered Liu Biao to eliminate the thieves and assist him in killing Yuan Shu and Sun Jian and other rebellions.

After reading it, Liu Qi folded the two letters neatly and placed them on the table.

"Yuan Shao and Dong Zhuo both wanted to win over their father, but what did his father mean?" Liu Qi asked Liu Biao.

"I didn't want to agree to Dong or any of Yuan Zhong's side, but I just wanted to sit in Jingchu and Xu Tu's plan, but I just listened to what you said, and I also understood in my heart that if I only sit in Jingzhou and do not intend to develop our own power, I am afraid that my actions will become more and more hindered in the future, so I thought of Yuan Shao and Dong Zhuo's recruitment."

Liu Qi sighed in his heart.

Although Liu Biao is a man who sticks to the rules and regulations on his daily life, once he becomes aware of it, he is more enterprising than ordinary people.

I just wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to attack Zhang Xian to take over Jingnan and expand my troops and reputation...

But Liu Biao actually wanted to get involved between Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shao to expand his prestige...

But to be honest, Jingnan is poor and has few talents. Even if Liu Qi goes to conquer a large circle, the Liu family's military strength and prestige may not increase much, and it is easy for Jingzhou's prominent families to share these interests evenly.

But if it is external, the situation will be different.

The war in the north is dangerous, but the victory is due to the chaotic situation and you can take advantage of the situation. Moreover, the north is densely populated, with a strong talent, and making profits in chaos, which may achieve unexpected results.

But the question is...Don't Liu Biao know that the reason why he takes too big steps is easy to get rid of the eggs?

"These two forces are not easy to mess with." Liu Qi sighed.

Liu Biao nodded and agreed: "Yes, it's not something we can afford to mess with at present."

Liu Qi looked back and forth at the two books and silks: "Yuan Shao and Dong Zhuo... We openly support either party, and it is easy to cause countless troubles to ourselves."

Liu Qi is right. Yuan Shao's side includes Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Gongsun Zan, Cao Cao, Sun Jian, Wang Kuang, Zhang Yang and many other county magistrates.

Just those who are close to Jingzhou are Yuan Shu and Sun Jian.

Yuan Shu was worried that there was no suitable reason to take Nanjun, so he should not put the handle in his hands.

As for Dong Zhuo's side...

Not to mention that Dong Zhuo is Liu Biao's benefactor, if Dong Zhuo had not appointed Liu Biao as the governor of Jingzhou, there would be no situation where Liu Biao would have been released today.

Of course, Dong Zhuo made Liu Biao the governor of Jingzhou not just because he simply admired Liu Biao, because before he made Liu Biao the governor of Jingzhou, in order to win over the literati group, Dong Zhuo appointed and removed a group of famous scholars as local governors and county magistrates, such as Yuan Shao, Han Fu, Liu Dai, Kong Yichang, Zhang Miao... As a result, these people joined forces to oppose him less than a year after they took office, making Dong Zhuo a licker for free.

Under such circumstances, Dong Zhuo could no longer easily expose the literati and doctor group members, nor could he easily let the military confidants of Liangzhou go to the local area to take office, so he could only choose his clan relatives.

Liu Biao was both a clan relative and had the stain on his body that he had abandoned his official position and ran away. It should be relatively easy to control, so Dong Zhuo finally chose him.

The complexity of the times made Liu Biao a successful person and made Dong Zhuo a benefactor of Liu Biao.

So in this regard, Liu Biao cannot offend him.

"Father, we cannot offend any party, that is to say, we Jingzhou cannot support either Dong Zhuo or Yuan Shao, but if we do not choose one party to support it, how can we benefit the Liu family in Jingzhou in this chaos?"

Seeing that Liu Qi was embarrassed, Liu Biao sighed and said, "Being a father is just a casual talk. It is so dangerous. Being a father naturally knows that he just wants to discuss with you to see if our Jingzhou Liu family can get some benefits in this chaos, but at present, it is too difficult... Forget it! I think that the father's position, Dong Yuan's dispute is indeed not suitable. If you don't do it well, the prestige of the Han clan relatives will be wiped out in one go. Look at the Youzhou governor Liu Yu and Yizhou governor Liu Yan, they all have a wait-and-see attitude..."

"A relative of the Han Dynasty?"

Liu Qi murmured and repeated, and the beacon in his mind seemed to be lit up a little.

"Father, the child suddenly had an idea."

"What's the idea?"

"We neither need to support the Yuan family nor Dong Zhuo. If we act as a third party in Jingzhou mediates for both parties, we can promote the prestige of the Liu family in Shanyang and make a big profit from both parties."

Liu Biao looked at Liu Qi in confusion, his turbid old eyes filled with confusion.

"Third-party forces?"

Liu Qi explained to Liu Biao in detail: "I just read the letter Yuan Shao wrote to his father. His words were quite outrageous. It was faintly said that when the son was very suspicious of his identity, or was not a parent and child of the late emperor. It can be seen that Yuan Shao was not loyal to the emperor, and Dong Zhuo recommended his father as the governor of Jingzhou. Although he was my benefactor of the Liu family, he also acted against the rules and did not keep his ministers. Now these two sides are fighting each other, and Luoyang's military peak is extremely prosperous, and he is always in danger of being buried. Your Majesty is in the midst of water and fire. In such a crisis... he is not a relative of the Han family, but cannot protect the king's completeness!"

Liu Biao is the best political expert in the world. When he heard this, he had already tasted the three flavors.

"My son means that it is the identity of a relative of the Han Dynasty. He sends troops to protect the king... but he does not help Dong or Yuan?"

Liu Qi nodded and said, "Our goal is not to attack anyone, but to go out to Nanyang County, look north to Wuhan, and put the troops on the edge of the border. In the name of the Han clan relatives, he will sit in the border with Sili, and make the name of "Clan relatives protecting the king"... We want to give everyone in the world a warning. The purpose of the Jingzhou army to send troops is to protect the king. If the emperor has nothing to do, our troops will not move. If the emperor is in crisis, our army will fight to the death."

Liu Biao stroked his beard and thought about the feasibility of this matter.

"I understand that although the banner you have raised is to send troops to protect the king, in fact, no matter who wins, they will not hurt the emperor. As long as the emperor is fine, our army will only symbolically keep the army unmoved... And our Jingzhou army has the name of "Clan Protecting the King", which can be said to have taken the great righteousness. Dong and Yuan will not attack us easily, and perhaps they will rush to show goodwill. No matter who wins, our army's name of loyalty to the king can be spread throughout the world."

Liu Qi agreed: "Yes, our army's reputation of loyalty to the emperor and protecting the lord is resounding throughout the states, and we are not afraid that the world's talents will not fall into the ward of their fathers."

Liu Biao shook his head and said, "Oh, it's a pity that you missed a little."

Liu Qi asked in confusion: "Which point?"

"So what if our Jingzhou army takes over the righteousness? Our army has few soldiers and is single and lonely, it is difficult to become a climate and lacks in deterrence. How could Dong Yuan take us seriously?"

Liu Qi laughed when he heard this.

"Father, what the child said just now is not that the Jingzhou army protects the king, but that the 'cross relatives protects the king'. This is not the only clan relatives in the world."

Liu Biao was stunned and suddenly said in surprise: "Do you think..."

Liu Qi nodded and said, "Since we protect the king in the name of the Han clan relatives, we must find the clan relatives as an alliance! Only then can we accomplish this. Today, in addition to the father of the Liu clan governor, Liu Yu, the governor of Yizhou, Liu Yan, the governor of Yizhou, is a clan alliance and aiding the king. It is enough to be deterrent? At that time, Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shao, who dare not take this alliance of protection seriously?"

Liu Biao nodded when he heard this.

If the Liu clan, who took office as a foreign vassal, formed a nominal alliance, its power would be the most eye-catching of the world.

But Liu Yan and Liu Yu...

"Oh, my son, although we are of the same clan as these two, we have no connections. Liu Yu is a loyal man. If you hear that we are protecting the king, you will probably agree. However, he is far away in Youzhou and is close to Guandong Mushou. If he wants to cause trouble, he is afraid that he will be quite constrained... As for Liu Yan... he is a self-interested person, and he will not agree easily."
Chapter completed!