The next day after discussing with Li Su, Liu Bei quickly recalled Guan Yu, who was staking land in Linjiang County and recruiting Anmin, and taught him the opportunity and entrusted him with important tasks.

The troops did not need to be recalled, because they would soon continue to go down the east of the river to take Baidi, Zigui, Yiling and other places, which would have been on the way.

Guan Yu rode back to Jiangzhou alone, and when he saw Liu Bei, he naturally had a lot to talk about. After finishing the family routine, Liu Bei patted the back of Guan Yu's hand in front of Li Su and earnestly instructed:

"Yun Chang, the foolish brother originally wanted to fight steadily and steadily, Xu Tu Liu Yan. However, in the Central Plains, the wind and clouds are changing rapidly, and I will not be given this opportunity. Sun Jian and Yuan Shu fought fiercely against Dong, and Yuan Shu was willing to advance grain and grass to ask our army to discuss Dong together, and it was against the general righteousness to directly refuse.

And Dong Zhuo also sent a new Jingzhou assassin Liu Jingsheng to take office, and the foolish brother was afraid that if he didn't take this opportunity to have a good relationship with Liu Jingsheng and draw a clear border, there would be disputes in the future. Brother Jingsheng's combat power is not enough to fear, but this person's name is Bajun, and he occupies the moral benefits of Qingliu celebrities.

If he disregards the friendship of the same clan and falsely accuses us to Dong Zhuo, and then sends someone to meddle in the affairs of Yizhou in the name of the imperial court, even if he is not afraid of them, he will also have some trouble, which will damage his reputation. If Liu Yan hears that there are people from the outside world who support him, he will also regain his morale.

All in all, the foolish brother needs the second brother to guard the eastern boundary of Yizhou and the danger of the Three Gorges until Yiling. First, we will not allow foreign enemies to spy on Shu and interfere in Shu affairs from the waterways of the Yangtze River, and second, we will also block the news that is unfavorable to us, screen and isolate, so as not to inspire Liu Yan.

This is a major task, and it will never be under the decisive battle of leading the army to Liu Yan. The foolish brother also thinks twice, only the second brother can take on this important task alone, and the second brother must not shirk! ”

Liu Bei explained so much, but also because he knew Guan Yu's arrogance: at present, Liu Yan may gather troops to fight back at any time, if Guan Yu is not allowed to lead troops to fight with Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun at this moment, but instead goes to the battlefield on the Eastern Front, and does not explain the importance clearly, Guan Yu will definitely not be happy.

And if it weren't for his own brother, Liu Bei wouldn't have said such a showdown and poured out the inside story.

While talking? Liu Bei's heart is also a little tangled.

He began to understand? Why did Liu Yan release Zhang Lu, an anti-thief, to "isolate the Han envoys" - there is a nervous "court" outside, which is like a time bomb? At any time, there is a potential threat to the legitimacy of the separatist warlords.

And? Don't underestimate Liu Biao's ambitions.

In history, Liu Yan isolated the Han envoys, but he only succeeded in isolating Hanzhong in the north? In the first two years, because Jingzhou was in charge of Yuan Shu and Sun Jian, who were absolutely courting Dong's position, the imperial envoys controlled by Dong Zhuo couldn't come? And that's fine. But after Liu Biao became a pastor in Jingzhou? In the second year, he sent an envoy to Dong Zhuo to complain that Liu Yan was suspected of arrogance, and later used the authorization of the imperial court to fight a little battle with Liu Yan in the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, and pried away Gan Ning and others.

Liu Bei's life can be regarded as a long time, so he knows? Since he has taken Liu Yan's place? Then it will also pull the hatred of Liu Yanla, he never expected Liu Biao to really have a good relationship with him.

At best, it's just superficial brothers and taking advantage of each other.

was so heartfelt by the eldest brother, Guan Yu finally patted his chest generously and agreed: "So this matter is so important? Big brother rest assured, the matter of the East? The younger brother deserves it. ”

Li Su waited for Liu Bei to finish speaking, and also took care of him beside him: "Yun Chang? We must not rush forward, our army only needs to control its danger and hold on? Don't be greedy for the city land in Jingzhou's hinterland? So as not to make too many enemies? It also ruined the reputation of the eldest brother, we just asked Dong to go, we want to have a good relationship with Liu Biao, after the boundary of Yiling, even if our army helps Liu Biao to take it, we have to return Liu Biao first. ”

The diplomatic situation is sometimes more important than occupying one more city and one place, and even the head of the state knows that even if he crosses the Bug River in 39 years, he must first spit it out and return it to Comrade Stellin, otherwise it will not be good if his ambition is exposed too quickly and he will be wary of fighting on two fronts. If the whole world wants to turn into a completely strong mentality, we have to wait for a year or two to completely break down the Dong Alliance, so let Liu Dai and Qiao Mao go to be the villains who broke the rules first and fired the first shot of the betrayal of the alliance.

As long as he takes the line along the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River in his hands, he can follow the rectification of the Hanshui shipping in the Shangyong area, or as he did in the previous rectification of the shipping on the Jialing River, he will set up more market towns along the Three Gorges, transit by land in sections, and build more ships that sail between the Three Gorges.

In a few years, the Yizhou Army will be able to move smoothly in the Three Gorges area. There will definitely be no more before the Battle of Yiling in history, when Huang Quan dissuaded Liu Bei from sending troops, "Our army is upstream, and it is convenient to transport troops and grain downstream, but it is very difficult for ships to return against the current."

For Li Su's care, Guan Yu was obviously a little unwilling. Looking back at Liu Bei, and seeing Liu Bei nodding solemnly, he promised: "Big brother, don't worry, I won't occupy one more city east of Yiling." ”

Liu Bei: "Yide and Zilong still have to divide their troops to take Guanghan and Qianwei, and at least 20,000 horses must be left, and Jiangzhou must also divide their troops to hold on, and Yunchang will take ...... Eight thousand? Is it enough? ”

Guan Yu said proudly: "It's just to take White Emperor, Wuxian, Zigui and other places, five thousand people are enough!" In the future, in the name of Bajun Taishou Cai Gong, I will go north with Sun Jian to fight for Dong, and I will also divide my troops from these 5,000 people! ”

Liu Bei persuaded a few words, Guan Yu insisted that it was enough, and set off to send troops. In addition to taking away 5,000 troops mainly from Danyang and supplemented by Ban Yuman, he also took away two deputy generals, Zhou Tai and Gan Ning.

As for Xu Huang, who has been following Guan Yu, he was left behind, because the follow-up battle on the front line of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River will require a large number of naval battles, and there are not many fortifications, and Xu Huang is not very right to go, so it is better to stay in the battlefield on the Western Front, where there is a shortage of soldiers and major generals.

……

The words are divided into two ends, Guan Yu wants to take the easternmost fortress of Ba County, White Emperor City, it is estimated that it will take at least ten days and half a month.

After all, along the way, there were several counties such as Yangqu, Quren, and Hanfeng to surrender, and it was more than 500 miles just to rush to Baidi City. When he hits Yidu and Wuling, it is estimated that it will be November.

At present, the main battlefield that Liu Bei and Li Su are most concerned about is still the decisive battle with Liu Yan that may break out at any time on the Western Front, as well as the rapid enclosure with the imperial court's holy decree.

The day after Guan Yu left, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun also ended the first phase of the enclosure and rushed back to Jiangzhou to listen to Liu Bei's long-term plan for the next stage.

After all, Guan Yu divided so many troops, and the remaining 20,000 mobile troops could not fully blossom, so they had to choose a few directions to focus on attacking, and they could not go too far alone, so as not to be blocked by Liu Yan's determination to send all the main forces.

"Big brother! Liu Yan's old man's anger is exhausted, even if the second brother is not there, Zilong and I are not ready to capture, the eldest brother will wait for the soldiers to surround Chengdu and reap the full credit! ”

As soon as everyone met, Zhang Fei was encouraged by the recent success, and the chatter started noisy. It's not that he is unscrupulous, Zhang Fei is also a little knowledgeable, thick and fine, but he has picked up too many victories for nothing, and it is inevitable that he will underestimate the enemy.

However, Zhao Yun has always been cautious, picking up three or four counties in vain, and still putting on a cautious posture of "the next county may have to fight a tough battle".

Liu Bei didn't want to spoil the fun, but just said a few words to Zhang Fei, and then ordered: "Don't underestimate Liu Yan, I have calculated with Boya in the past two days, Liu Yan really wants to fight with us, and it is estimated that he can gather 30,000 Dongzhou soldiers and 80,000 Yizhou soldiers."

Therefore, when the time comes, it is still Zilong who will lead 10,000 troops, all with horses, continue to go up the Yangtze River, continue to advance from Fujie, and take Qianwei County to govern Jiangyang and Minjiang Town. Turn into the Minjiang River from the Yandao, take Nan'an and Wuyang, and approach Shu County. ”

(Note: Jiangyang is the Luzhou of Luzhou Laojiao.) Yandao is Yibin, Wuliangye that place)

When Zhao Yun heard this, he took the lead in agreeing: "The last general will obey the order!" ”

Only then did Liu Bei turn to Zhang Fei to explain: "Yide is mainly based on the infantry army, taking the Fujiang River upstream, fighting steadily and steadily, taking Deyang, Guanghan, Fucheng, Jiangyou, and Zitong in Guanghan County, and disintegrating the defense of Yinping Road and Jiange Road from behind. In order to encircle Zhang Ren in front and back, so that Wu Kuang and Gao Shun, who were stationed outside Jianmen Pass to lure the enemy to hold each other, could enter the pass, and also open up the rear road of our army.

In this way, even if Liu Yan approached with a large army, Yide could calmly retreat to Jiangyou and hold on to the Sword Pavilion Road with his back, and if he wanted to fight, he could fight, and if he couldn't, he could avoid fighting. Only be careful, Fucheng, Jiangyou and other places have Liu Yan's henchmen to make friends with Pang Xi to lead the Dongzhou soldiers to defend. If you are not able to fight the enemy, you just want to hold the south entrance of Jiange Road, and Gao Shun can capture Zhang Ren in front and back to open the road, and whether Jiangyou, Fucheng and other county towns will be taken is not in a hurry. ”

There are three counties in the Chengdu Plain, Shu County is in the westernmost part, the southwest of Shu County is Qianwei, and the northwest is Guanghan. Therefore, Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei constituted a left hook and a right hook respectively, hooking along the Yangtze River and Fujiang River to Chengdu and Mianzhu.

Zhao Yun's cavalry is the mainstay, and they move quickly and go farther behind, which can attract more attention from the enemy. Zhang Fei's distance was short, but the march was slow, and after Zhao Yun pulled out the gap, he went straight behind the Sword Pavilion Road.

Zhang Fei roughly understood the idea of this, and also hummed to receive the order.

Li Su has been sitting quietly next to him, and he has not overstepped his behalf, and when Liu Bei finished his orders, he added Zhao Yun two sentences: "Zilong, who made you a cavalryman, the task of mobilizing the enemy army and pulling away the main force of the enemy army can only be handed over to you."

Along the way, you have to show your banner to strengthen the army, 10,000 people to fight 20,000 people, and you must moderately dare to divide the troops to take the counties, put on a very greedy appearance, so that Liu Yan feels that 'if you don't fight with you, the whole Qianwei and even Nanzhong will be quickly persuaded to surrender by you with the imperial court's holy decree', so that he can't help it, send the main force to encircle and suppress you, and create a fighter for Yide to deal with Pang Xi.

The farther you pull and the more Liu Yan's main force you seduce away, the more sure we will be if we open up the Sword Pavilion Road as an alternative back road. Nowadays, although you can take the Yangtze River waterway to detour to Chengdu, after all, it is not safe, and it is always good to retreat on multiple roads, advance and retreat freely.

Once Liu Yan really chases you, you don't want to fight with his main force, just use your speed advantage to run directly. It doesn't matter if you run back to Nan'an, or if you take 10,000 people close to the city to defend the city, Liu Yan will not be able to attack the city. If he withdraws from the siege, you will chase after him and harass him. If he divides his troops and goes back to deal with Yide, he is not afraid of Yide if he has less points; If you have too many points, then you will come out of the road and kill the rest of the siege that is watching you. ”

Zhao Yun listened to the black lines all over his head, but he still agreed. Although this battle has not yet been fought, he listened to the description of the military advisor and thought about Liu Yan for a while, and he felt disgusted.