The reason why Liu Feng is eager to return to Yizhou is because the date agreed with Ma Chao and Zhao Yun has arrived, and he believes that the two will definitely return to Chengdu regardless of success or failure, and although Liangzhou is a little remote, it can also play a pivotal role in the overall strategy in Liu Feng's mind.

As Ma Chao said before, Liangzhou is adjacent to the gathering place of the Qiang people, and the war horses raised by the Qiang people are of better quality than the horse production holy land in the north of the Central Plains, so if you want to really form a large number of cavalry teams as Liu Feng thought, you must work closely with the Qiang people, and it is best to make them submit to Liu Feng like Jiaozhou Shixie, and to achieve such an effect, getting control of Liangzhou is the first step.

This time he returned to Jingzhou, although he did not take Zhou Yu under his command, but Liu Feng is not a dissatisfied person, since Zhou Yu is disheartened, it is meaningless to force again, but it is better to sell Zhou Yu a favor, if Liu Feng really encounters something very difficult to solve, how do you know that Zhou Yu will not help.

Before, Liu Feng was not worried about the affairs of Jingzhou, so he left Pang Tong here alone, and after the battle line was lengthened, although a lot of good ministers and brave generals were added in Yizhou, but the personal adviser was still only Xu Shu, this time if the land of Liangzhou was taken again, and a capable person would be sent to guard it, and Liu Feng would definitely not take it regardless of who was overstretched, so the three people in Jiangdong should be taken into account, which should solve Liu Feng's urgent need.

Before leaving, Liu Feng had already finished discussing with Pang Tong, giving Pang Tong a period of a month, allowing Lu Su and the other three to integrate into the Jingzhou sergeants, and secretly confirming that these three people had not broken off the connection with Jiangdong Lotus, only in this way did Pang Tong be allowed to hand over the affairs of Jingzhou to Lu Su for the time being, and then went to Chengdu to meet Liu Feng to discuss how to plot Zhongyuan County next.

There are two flowers, one on each branch. Sun Quan's letter requesting an alliance was sent to Zhuge Liang's mansion in Runan a few days later, just as Zhuge Liang was about to discuss with Zhang Fei how to withdraw from Cao Pi.

Cao Pi really made up his mind to fight a protracted war this time, and he swore not to give up if he did not recapture Runan, which was something that Zhuge Liang and Zhang Fei did not expect, and Cao Pi had many generals under his command, and grain and grass were continuously transported to the army in the rear.

Although Zhuge Liang has devised several strategies and won some battles, but because Cao Pi is cautious, he has not been able to inflict a wounding blow to Cao Pi so far, so far, Cao Pi still has nearly 50,000 troops to fight, and Zhuge Liang has also lost three or four thousand soldiers during this period of time, he knows that according to this ratio, if he really fights for a year and a half, most of them will not be able to bear the losses, and can only withdraw from Runan gloomily.

At this time, it was Zhuge Liang and Zhang Fei who were discussing a strategy that could be used to complete the battle, if this plan could be successful, not only would Runan be unhindered, but also most of Cao Pi would be annihilated.

But although he made a plan, Zhuge Liang always hesitated in his heart, he always had some doubts in his heart, Cao Pi has not sent troops these days, most of the time is waiting for Zhuge Liang to attack, how Cao Pi doesn't want to return to Yecheng earlier, after all, Cao Cao is old, and his health is not as good as before It is known to everyone, once Cao Pi is not in Yecheng during this period Cao **, the person who inherits Cao Cao's position will almost certainly be Cao Zhi who has always stayed by Cao Cao's side, these, how can Cao Pi not think in his heart?

Just when Zhang Fei was eager to fight, but Zhuge Liang was still making the last hesitation, Jiangdong's letter was delivered to Zhuge Liang's hands.

Zhuge Liang heard that it was a letter from Jiangdong, so he hurriedly opened it and read it carefully, and after a little contemplation, Zhuge Liang changed the hesitation on his face, and finally had a smile that was rare in these days.

Zhang Fei saw that Zhuge Liang's face had changed color, and he also showed some eagerness, and hurriedly asked: "Then what is Sun Quan's intention this time, I wanted to form an alliance with him before, but that guy hesitated, and now he can take the initiative to send me a letter?" ”

Obviously, Zhang Fei had some complaints in his heart about Sun Quan not making up his mind to form an alliance with him to fight against Liu Bei.

After Zhuge Liang handed the letter to Zhang Fei, he waited for Zhang Fei to read the letter, and the look on his face became more and more determined.

"Hmph, this time this guy wants to form an alliance with us again, and put all the responsibility for the hesitation before on the seriously ill Zhou Yu, how is this a hero's doing, in my opinion, after we will repel Cao Pi, then turn the front of the army to Jiangdong, and there is no Zhou Yu in Jiangdong, and we will take it just around the corner!"

Obviously, Zhang Fei is very disdainful of Sun Quan's approach, in Zhang Fei's heart, Sun Quan is no different from a person with a small belly, so Zhang Fei is not very interested in forming an alliance with a person like Sun Quan.

But what Zhang Fei thought in his heart, naturally it was not as far-sighted as Zhuge Liang, after Zhuge Liang heard this, he just shook his head slightly and said: "This matter is not as useless as Yide thought, at this time, this letter of alliance is like an east wind, which can turn our current situation around." ”

"What is the use of forming an alliance with him, Sun Quan is just a person who forgets his righteousness for the sake of profit, and he has been plotting Jingzhou for a long time, if he really forms an alliance with him, it is tantamount to conspiring with the tiger, and the military advisor must not trust him."

"Sun Quan is indeed a little scheming, but Zhou Yu is seriously ill, and Jiangdong has nothing to rely on, he must be very flustered in his heart at this time, so this alliance with us is not nonsense, has Yide ever thought about it, if Sun Quan really wants to form an alliance with us, we put forward some conditions, how can he not allow it?"

"Oh? What conditions can we make with them? Obviously, Zhang Fei still can't think about the use of external forces.

"This is not just one thing that requires Sun Quan to contribute some strength, and it is also possible to take this opportunity to test whether he really wants to form an alliance with our army." Zhuge Liang gently shook the already somewhat worn feather fan in his hand, and said slowly.

"The intention of the military advisor is to fight against Cao Pi this time, and let Sun Quan also send some troops and horses?" Finally, Zhang Fei thought of the meaning of Zhuge Liang's words.

"Yes, Hefei and Runan are close at hand, if Sun Quan can send 20,000 troops to repel Cao Pi with me within ten days, I will promise to form an alliance this time, if I can't send troops, the alliance will be stopped!" Zhuge Liang said it categorically, and as soon as he finished speaking, he wrote a letter by hand, and directly asked the Jiangdong envoy to bring it back to Sun Quan.