Yuan Shu forgot that he was also from the Shi clan, and he is also a traitor now.

Lord Bo Yanxiang suggested: "My lord, the big clans and allies are not credible, and the only thing that can be trusted is strength; Now we are in a weak position, and Lu Zijing is a heroic hero, not to the weak crown has such strength, and the strategy is incomparable, a rare rising star, like suggesting that the lord marry with him, to help, to ensure that we have a foothold in Jiangbei. ”

Although it was rumored that Lu Su was magnificent, extraordinary, and now occupied the land of the three counties, and the soldiers were strong and strong, Yuan Shu was evil and took advantage of the danger of people to sneak attack his territory, and disliked Lu Su's non-Shi background, so he politely refused.

Yang Hong was very supportive of Yan Xiang's suggestion, he understood that now Yuan Shu had reached the point of exhaustion, and the grain and grass were all in Shucheng, if he could not get Lu Su's support, Sun Jian's old troops would leave him, and the entire force would collapse.

However, Yuan Shu still rejected everyone's suggestion, and confirmed: "First ask for Ji Ling and the officers and soldiers under his jurisdiction, if you can't do anything, we will retreat to Xin'an County." ”

Yan Xiang was speechless, so he had to go to Shucheng to find Lu Su for talks.

Yinling City was originally the county governance of Jiujiang County, after the arrival of Yuan Shu, the state governance was set up in Shouchun, and in order to facilitate the work, the county governance was moved from Yinling to Shouchun. Yinling City was high and strong, Pang De was ready for a hard battle, and to his surprise, as soon as the army arrived, the county commander and others went out to surrender.

Pang De ordered him to continue his work, and the county lieutenant maintained local order, and then went to Zhongli County.

Ji Ling is the general of Yuan Shu, he has not tasted defeat, he is very confident, and he has always complained that Yuan Shu did not give him the opportunity to go to the battlefield to make meritorious contributions.

Pang De has been in Liangzhou for a long time, and the use of cavalry is comparable to Fei Ji Ling, and regardless of personal bravery or command strategy, Ji Ling has obviously fallen into disadvantage, fought a few battles, Ji Ling suffered heavy losses, so he retreated back to Zhongli City, insisted on waiting for help, and no longer went out of the city to provoke Pang De, he had to, he was by no means Pound's opponent.

Pang De sent a military commander, one led a thousand cavalry and two thousand infantry to the north of the Huai River with the cooperation of the navy, to receive the three counties of Yicheng, Ping'a and Xiacai, which was a buffer zone with the princes of Yuzhou, and also a security barrier, which must not be abandoned; Another military commander led 1,000 cavalry and 3,000 infantry to several counties south of the Huai River to surrender; He also sent 3,000 cavalry to the north of Lujiang County to surrender.

Pang De left only 5,000 cavalry and 6,000 infantry to besiege Ji Ling.

This was all planned by Lu Su before, and Pang De just followed the order.

Everything was as Lu Su thought, and all the counties passed down.

The news reached Lusu in Shucheng, Lu Su was overjoyed, Ji Ling was surrounded in Zhongli City, there was no escape, and there was no need to be afraid.

Lu Su knew that Yuan Shu could not do anything against him now, Shucheng County was extremely strong and tall, and he would not be stupid enough to risk attacking the city.

Sure enough, a few days later, Yuan Shu's messenger Yan Xiang was ushered in.

Yan Xiang proposed that Jiujiang County could be attributed to Lusu, and Lujiang County could be bounded by Shu County, which would be divided equally by the two families, and that Lusu must plan Ji Ling and the officers and soldiers under his jurisdiction, and then the two families would live in harmony and not be enemies of each other; Otherwise, the two sides will fight to the death and fight to the end.

The north of Shu County is the territory of Lusu, and the territory of Shu County and the south belongs to Yuan Shu; Without the tall city of Shu County, it would be difficult for Yuan Shu to continue to gain a foothold in Jiangbei.

It is located in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River plain, the climate is mild, the land is fertile, the irrigation is convenient, only need to recruit displaced people, it can be rich in grain, support the great cause of the lord, Lu Su is not willing to give up an inch of land.

Lu Su thought about it, now that the territory he occupied was large enough, he needed time to digest it; Moreover, only Sun Jian's troops and Ji Ling's forces were hit, and their main forces were not damaged, if the two sides continued to be hostile, it would easily lead to internal instability, which was not conducive to strengthening his rule over the occupied territory.

After careful consideration, Lu Su agreed in principle to Yan Xiang's plan, but for the sake of defense, Xiang'an County in the south would not return Yuan Shu.

Yan Xiang was overjoyed, this had exceeded Yuan Shu's expectations; It was also proposed that Lusu should not relocate the population of several counties; Especially the money and food in Shucheng, only half of it needs to be taken away by Lu Su, otherwise Yuan Shu will be unable to continue.

In times of war, population is a very valuable resource.

Lu Su must not abandon those who opened the door and surrendered, otherwise, Yuan Shu would slaughter them all when he returned, which would have a very bad impact on him.

In the end, the two sides negotiated, Lusu returned to Shucheng, and the northern part of the two sides was divided by the Dabie Mountain and the Hangbu River in the narrowest part of the eastern hilly area; In the east, Linhu County and Xiang'an County are the dividing line.

Lu Su promised that the people who were willing to migrate would follow the migration, and those who were unwilling to migrate would stay in the local area, and there would be no need to force it.

Yan Xiang understood Lu Su's psychology and readily agreed with Lu Su's opinion, and it was a very good ending to be able to recover Shucheng and half of the money and food in the city.

Subsequently, Lu Su left an army of Sima in Longshu County and Xiang'an County to defend, and he led the army back to Hefei to garrison.

The families of Yuan Shu and others in Shouchun City were safely delivered to Shu County, and Ji Ling also led the remnants of the army back to Yuan Shu's side.

Lu Su began to stabilize the place.

First, the newly occupied territory was set up as three counties, and the northern area of the original Lujiang County was set up as Lu'an County, and the county was governed in Lu'an County; Hefei and Xiang'an and other southern areas of Jiujiang County are Hefei County, and the county is governed in Hefei; Chengde County and the area to the north are Jiujiang County, and the county is governed in Yinling City; In order to facilitate management, Dongcheng County and Huailing County of Guangling County were placed under the jurisdiction of Jiujiang County.

In order to strengthen the defense, Pang De was appointed as the Taishou of Hefei County, and led his troops to garrison Hefei, and Hefei City was in the center, so that it could support the other three counties at any time; Lu Su personally served as the Taishou of Jiujiang County, and he was a local, which was convenient for stabilizing the place.

Fortunately, Gao Shun successively sent many civil and military officials for him, so that he would not be in a hurry, and officials such as the Taishou, the county order, and the county lieutenant arrived one after another, and the place was gradually firmly in his hands.

Lu'an County was stationed with two military commanders, each leading 2,000 infantry and 1,000 cavalry, stationed in Longshu City and Anfeng City respectively; The county commander was stationed in Lu'an City, with 5,000 infantry and 1,000 cavalry.

In order to strengthen the defense and stabilize the interior, Lu Su set up Lu County to the east of Longshu City and north of the Hangbu River to block the narrow passage of Yuan Shu to the north.

In order to strengthen the defense of Hefei, four counties of Feixi, Feinan, Feidong and Feibei were set up on all sides of Hefei.

In order to protect the safety of the inlet and outlet of Chaohu Lake, Wuwei County was established in the east of Xiang'an County, on the east side of the waterway, and in the south of Chaohu County.

Waiting for Dong Zhuo to send an envoy who rehabilitated Yuan Shu and hoped to contact Yuan Shu to attack Liu Biao, he just arrived in Xiapi, Xuzhou, and learned that Yuan Shu was newly defeated and the territory was occupied.

And Tao Qian was lucky, the Yuan Shu force he had always feared was so completely defeated, Gao Shun's plan was too long-term, and he actually set up Lu Su's chess piece a few years ago and began to plan Yuan Shu, fortunately he befriended him, otherwise it is unknown if he was calculated and killed by Gao Shun.

After Liu Biao's envoy learned the news, he felt that there was no need to continue to unite with Yuan Shu, and after finding out the detailed news, he also returned to Xiangyang.

When Liu Biao heard the news, he applauded excitedly, Yuan Shu deserved it, and he dared to attack Jingzhou under the condition of his own internal instability, and finally reaped the consequences.

What made him even happier was that there was one less fierce rival around Jingzhou, and Yuan Shu was stationed in the south of Lujiang County to avoid Jingzhou being threatened by the newly rising Lusu; Now that there is no unstable factor of Yuan Shu, you just need to face Dong Zhuo with peace of mind.