Kuai Yue offered Liu Qi a plan to capture the thief and capture the king. His meaning was to deal with the thief. He did not need to make a big move. He just needed to find a way to lure and kill the thief leader who was intent on opposing Liu Biao, and then recruit the soldiers and generals of the thief, win over the talents of the thief under the thief, and gradually stabilize Jingzhou.

To put it bluntly, it is to find a way to set up a Hongmen banquet, which is exactly the same as Liu Qi's idea.

There is nothing that cannot be solved by a meal. If there is... it cannot be two meals. One meal must determine the winner or lose.

Of course, the thief leaders who were to be killed in this Hongmen Banquet need to be carefully identified. At present, those who were determined to be enemies with Liu Biao were the Bei family, Zhang family, and Su family among the five major families in Jingzhou, while the rest of the clans were the Sun family, Li family, Zhu family, Zhao family, Pan family and other powerful families, all of which were to be eliminated.

The Kuai family and the Cai family are undoubtedly allies of Liu Qi. The Xi family, Pang family, Yang family, Ma family, Xiang family, Huang family, etc. are the targets that can be won over with.

After dividing these clans by category, Kuai Yue immediately said goodbye and stated that after returning, he would inform the two heads of Kuai Liang and Cai Mao of the consensus reached today, and promised that he would persuade the two heads of the family to assist Liu Qi.

After Kuai Yue left, Liu Pan began to ask Liu Qi impatiently: "Boyu, are you just telling him the truth? What should we do if something goes wrong?"

"If you make a mistake, you will die." Liu Qi answered affirmatively.

Liu Pan looked at Liu Qi in surprise, as if he had known him for the first time.

He didn't expect that his brother would see life and death so thoroughly.

It seemed that he felt Liu Pan's surprised gaze, and Liu Qi said: "Don't worry, for the Kuai family and the Cai family, the interests of the family are the most important. Supporting Yan Jun can legitimately squeeze out the three major families. This opportunity is once a decade, and they will definitely not let it go."

Liu Qi's words made Liu Pan feel much more at ease, and at the same time enhanced his confidence.

"Cousin, what should I do next?"

Liu Qi thought for a moment: "Kuai Yue went back to convince Cai Mao and Kuai Liang that the two heads of the family would agree, but in order to show our sincerity, my father still needs to submit a letter and promise them official positions, so that is safe."

Liu Pan hesitated and said, "Will your uncle agree?"

"I don't know, I will write a book and ask my father, hoping that he can agree."

...

Liu Qi wrote a letter to Liu Biao, which detailed the various situations he had investigated in Jingzhou, including among the five major families, three families were in opposition to the Liu family, and the two families were willing to surrender... but he did not mention that he would join forces with Cai and Kuai families to set up a Hongmen Banquet.

It’s not that Liu Qi didn’t want to tell Liu Biao, but he was afraid that he would say that Liu Biao would run from Luoyang to Jingzhou and slap himself.

After writing the letter, Liu Qi continued to go to other county towns, pretending to explore the place in detail, but was actually waiting for Liu Biao to reply to him.

After Liu Qi inspected the ten counties under Nanjun, Liu Biao's reply was finally delivered to his hands by the messenger. After a distance of 700 miles, the messenger galloped all the way, and two of the horses he transferred were exhausted.

The messenger brought back two silk books of appointment, all of which were stamped with the seal of the governor's silver seal and green ribbon.

The first silk only appointed three men, Cai Mao and Kuai's heroes.

The second letter was to appoint eight people from the five major clans, including the two heroes of the Kuai family, the Su brothers, the Zhang brothers, and Huarong Changbeiyu.

When Liu Qi saw these two appointments, he was silent for a long time and was speechless for a long time.

Liu Pan looked back and forth in confusion and said strangely: "Why did my uncle give two appointments? These two appointment letters contain people from the Cai and Kuai tribes, wouldn't they be repeated?"

Liu Qi sighed with emotion: "These two appointments represent my father's true intention and are used to be kind to the brothers of Cai Mao and Kuai; and the appointment that rewards all five clans is a strategy to deceive the Su, Bei, and Zhang clans... It seems that my father has guessed what I want to do! He is helping me get things done."

"Ah?" Liu Pan was shocked when he heard this. He didn't hold the Ren Juan in his hand and fell directly to the ground: "In your letter, you just said who is the enemy and who is the friend of the five major clans... Did my uncle guess your intention to eliminate the thief from this?"

Liu Qi smiled.

It seems that he underestimated his cheap father a little.

Liu Biao, a big boss who had been in charge of Jingzhou for 18 years, was the only person in this era who could make Liu Bei die in one go; even Cao Cao could not take over Jingzhou when Liu Biao was alive.

Isn't I a little too fond of taking this dad seriously?

But I don’t know why Liu Biao didn’t persuade him to stop, but instead gave him a move to make a big fuss in Jingzhou?

What does he want to do?

Liu Qi didn't think it through, so he didn't think about it for now. He instructed Liu Pan: "Send these two silk books to Xiangyang and secretly handed them to Kuai Yue, so he naturally understands what to do."

Liu Pan nodded solemnly and put away Liu Biao's two appointments.

"I will arrange it immediately, Bo Yu, what should I do next?"

"Go back to Yicheng, prepare for a banquet invitation, and invite all the clan leaders of Nanjun to go to Yicheng to have a banquet!" Liu Qi replied in a straight voice.

...

As Liu Qi expected, Liu Biao's appointment book really had its expected effect!

These two appointment letters not only allowed the Cai family and Kuai family to see the hope of the family to dominate Jingzhou, but also played a role in appeaseing the three major families of Bei, Su and Zhang.

Kuai Yue soon sent someone to send a token from the Cai and Kuai family, saying that after Cai Mao and Kuai Liang were granted the title, they were willing to help Liu Qi eliminate the thieves. However, the current situation is complicated and it is not convenient to meet for the time being. All contact matters with Liu Qi were secretly handled by Kuai Yue.

Next, the preparations for this Hongmen Banquet.

The reason for the banquet is very simple. All the five major families were rewarded by Liu Biao. Liu Qi invited them on behalf of Liu Biao and thought that they would never refuse. After all, in the eyes of the clan thieves in Xiangyang, Liu Biao rewarded their tribe members before taking office, which was a sign of showing weakness.

If the governor shows weakness like this, he will be a little unreasonable if he doesn't give him face.

The banquet was held in the garden of Yicheng Inn. The people who were invited were the leaders of nearly a hundred clans in Jingzhou. Among the leaders of these hundred clans, there were fifty-five people who were determined to kill. The number would not decrease, but would only increase.

When the leaders of these hundreds of clans came to the banquet, each of them would lead at least ten followers. A rough estimate was that at least one thousand people would accompany them... and among these thousand people, at least more than five hundred people needed to be controlled.

...

In a quiet room in Yicheng Inn, Liu Qi, Liu Pan and Huang Xu, who were planning to deal with more than 1,000 people from the other party during this "Hongmen Banquet", are plotting.

When Liu Qi calculated the number of enemies he needed to deal with Liu Pan and Huang Xu, both of them were silent.
Chapter completed!