Liu Biao always felt that if he was not a relative of the Han Dynasty, Guo Peng would probably not have given him face, but instead started to argue with him and never ended up with him.

This big and small is also an excuse for hatred. Liu Biao was guilty and hurriedly found someone to discuss countermeasures. If Guo Peng’s next goal is Jingzhou, what should he do?

"Ming Gong's concerns are reasonable. Guo Zifeng has no relationship with us, and there is no friendship. If you want to talk about hatred, you can say it. But I think Guo Zifeng will not rashly use troops to Jingzhou."

Kuai Yue helped Liu Biao analyze it and said, "Even if Guo Zifeng can eliminate Yuan Shu, it will take time to rectify Yuzhou and Yangzhou. It would be fine if Guo Zifeng did not intend to advance to Jiangnan. If Guo Zifeng planned to cross the Yangtze River to attack Jiangdong, it would take longer.

If he does not intend to advance to Jiangdong and stop in Jiangbei, his next move will inevitably be Xuzhou or Guanzhong, and it will definitely not be Jingzhou. If Guo Zifeng wants to advance to Jingzhou, he needs to manage Runan. However, there are many Yellow Turbans in Runan, so can Guo Zifeng clarify the situation in Runan so quickly?"

Kuai Yue's words made a lot of sense, which made Liu Biao feel a little relieved, but Cai Mao raised some worries next.

"Nanyang is the gateway to the north of Jingzhou. In order to maintain contact with Hongnong, Nanyang is the only way to go. If Guo Zifeng wants to go south to Jingzhou, he must also master Nanyang. If Ming Gong is worried, he might as well increase his troops to control Nanyang."

Liu Biao felt a little strange about Cai, who had always opposed Liu Biao's external expansion, suddenly put forward such a point of view. When he saw that Kuai did not object, it was even more strange.

After thinking for a while, Liu Biao knew what the two families were now in the process.

It’s nothing more than having tasted the sweetness from trade with Hongnong and knowing the benefits of trade, so I hope to maintain this situation and not lose this business path easily.

But let alone them, Liu Biao himself sent someone to Hongnong to get money and benefits, and he did not want to lose Nanyang, a transportation hub.

If Guo Peng had ideas about Jingzhou, he would definitely take Nanyang, control Nanyang in his hands, and deter Jingzhou from north to south.

Therefore, Cai Mao suggested that Liu Biao increase his troops to protect Nanyang.

Before this, Liu Biao had not sent enough troops to defend Nanyang. Now that he proposed it, Liu Biao felt that this was a good opportunity.

"Since that's the case, then we'll add troops to Nanyang, so the candidate for the Nanyang Prefect..."

As soon as Liu Biao spoke, Cai Mao knew what Liu Biao meant.

"Ming Gong, Zhang Yun has literary talent and military strategy, and is worthy of being the prefect, and is willing to be promoted by Ming Gong."

Cai Mao, however, did not avoid relatives, directly recommended Zhang Yun as the prefect of Nanyang to rule the troops against Guo Peng.

Liu Biao thought for a while and felt that this candidate was not impossible.

Zhang Yun is a local from Jingzhou, but Zhang Yun himself is Liu Biao's nephew.

In order to get along with the people of Jingzhou, Liu Biao localized his regime, so he adopted a marriage method to marry his sisters to Zhang, and then married Cai's daughter as his second wife. Everyone got a relative relationship, so things were easy to do and people were easy to do.

Zhang Yun can be said to be both a local and a relative of Liu Biao. He is a buffer between Liu Biao and the wealthy families in Jingzhou. He has always gotten along well with the Cai family and the Kuai family.

This candidate is acceptable to Liu Biao and the people of Jingzhou can accept it, which is considered a two-way move.

So Liu Biao did not object.

Then Liu Biao looked at Kuai Yue and Kuai Liang and wanted to ask their opinions.

Both of them did not object.

Kuai Yue also praised Zhang Yun for being talented and enough to serve as the prefect.

Liu Biao immediately figured out that the two groups of people under his command had already been relieved in advance.

With Liu Biao's position as the governor of Jingzhou, he can appoint official positions within Jingzhou by himself. Therefore, as long as Liu Biao agrees, this matter is reasonable and legal.

Liu Biao thought about it. Although he wanted to appoint his subordinate Liu Pan as the prefect of Nanyang, Zhang Yun was not bad either.

After all, he is an acceptable candidate for both Liu Biao himself and Jingzhou people. It is something that everyone can accept when he comes to guard Nanyang and grasp the transportation hub.

As for talent...

This is not the most important thing. Anyway, Liu Biao didn't expect Zhang Yun to accomplish anything big and achieve success.

So Liu Biao appointed Zhang Yun as the prefect of Nanyang and stationed 10,000 troops in Nanyang County to defend against Guo Peng. Considering that Zhang Yun was alone and alone, he mobilized his subordinates to command the Central Army General, Huang Zhong, a native of Nanyang, to be Zhang Yun's subordinate, and Zhang Yun was commanding troops.

After Huang Zhong first surrendered to Liu Biao, he was appointed as the General of the Central Army. He followed Liu Pan to guard Changsha, dealing with the barbarians in Changsha, and made several contributions and had a great reputation. This time he guarded Nanyang. As a local, Huang Zhong is a good candidate.

Then, Liu Biao appointed Gan Ning, a native of Yizhou who had been left in Nanyang for a long time, as the captain, and listened to Zhang Yun's command, as an explanation.

Liu Biao can only do this.

For the people of Jingzhou, the existence of Nanyang County is very important. It is the gateway to the north and the barrier of Liu Biao’s Xiangyang base camp. Only by mastering Nanyang can you say that Jingzhou is safe. Once Nanyang is unsafe, Jingzhou will not be considered safe.

Zhang Yun was appointed as the prefect of Nanyang. He was very happy and was confident to take office. Before taking office, Cai Mao called him to him and gave him a face-to-face advice.

"Do you know what you need to do when you become the prefect of Nanyang this time?"

"Of course I know that I have to strictly guard Nanyang and cannot give Guo Zifeng the opportunity to go south, so I can hold the gateway of Jingbei."

Zhang Yun looked for granted.

"Not these! Do you think your ten thousand soldiers are Guo Zifeng's opponent? Yuan Gaolu's 100,000 people are not Guo Zifeng's opponent. Do you think you are stronger than Yuan Gaolu?"

Cai Mao scolded Zhang Yun in a daze.

"ah?"

"I recommend you to be the prefect of Nanyang not to let you go against Guo Zifeng, but to contact the people from Guo Zifeng, and to have some social relationships, and to vent your temper."

Cai Mao shook his head and said, "Guo Zifeng has a lot of troops and is strong. Can Jingzhou and one state be his opponent? If Guo Zifeng really makes up his mind to go south, we will not only not stop it, but also help him, so that we can keep our peace!"

Cai Zhong looked surprised.

"Aren't we... against Liu Jun?"

"The world is the world of the Han Dynasty, not the world of him, Liu Jingsheng. Jingzhou is the Jingzhou native of Jingzhou, not the Jingzhou of Liu Jingsheng!"

Cai Mao frowned and said, "You must pay attention, Liu Jingsheng and Guo Zifeng have a grudge. If we stand with Liu Jingsheng, we are just not feeling happy. Guo Zifeng occupied Hebei, Central Plains, and destroyed countless families all the way. How can we ignore the safety of our family?"

"So what you mean is to contact Guo Zifeng secretly, establish a relationship, and leave a way out for me?"

Zhang Yun frowned and asked.

"Oh, by the way!"

Cai Mao nodded: "You have a long and heavy responsibility to go here, so you must not be noticed by Liu Jingsheng."

"I see."

Zhang Yun nodded and thought for a while. He felt that what Cai Mao said made sense, but he also felt that it was not good to do so: "After all, the envoy is the relative of my stepmother and your sister's husband. Isn't it bad for us to do this?"

"No, that's the best way to do it."

Cai Mao shook his head: "Guo Zifeng is so powerful that no one in the world is his opponent. He is about to occupy the entire Central Plains and Hebei. One person holds half of the world, and there are countless elite soldiers. How can one Jingzhou be his opponent?
Chapter completed!