Liu Bei was overjoyed when he heard this, and said excitedly: "The military advisor is really not my trust, Yuan Zhi, quickly spread this news to the whole army, and reported it to Yun Chang and the eldest prince, so that they can prepare early." ”

Xu Shu was also in a happy mood, and hurried away.

Liu Bei stroked Fang Shao's back and said: "Zhongzheng, you have worked hard with the military advisor this time, is there anything wrong with this trip to Chaisang?" ”

Fang Shao immediately remembered such an unfortunate thing as being imprisoned, and of course it was inconvenient to tell Liu Bei, so he said: "There is no shortage of voices of surrender on the Eastern Wu side, Zhang Zhao and others have persuaded Sun Quan to surrender to Cao Ying, but fortunately, there are military advisors who vigorously state their interests, plus Zhou Yu and other generals advocate, so Sun Quan finally made up his mind." ”

Fang Shao tried his best to show Zhuge Liang's exploits, but he didn't want to brag too much, so he didn't hide mentioning Zhou Yu's influence.

Liu Bei nodded and said: "This Zhou Yu can make up his mind with Sun Quan, and Sun Quan also let him lead the army, it seems that this person is extremely influential in Sun Quan." I've heard the name of Mei Zhoulang for a long time, but I don't know what kind of person he is. ”

Fang Shao thought for a moment and said: "I heard that Zhou Yu is open-minded, but he is very self-assured, this person's surname is very two-faced, I'm afraid he is not a person who is easy to get along with when they meet for the first time, the lord said that if he meets him, he needs to be mentally prepared." ”

Fang Shao did not explicitly say that he had met Zhou Yu, of course, he would not mention Zhou Yu's digging of corners, one only made Liu Bei suspicious of Zhuge Liang, and the other made Liu Bei not have a good impression of Zhou Yu.

When Liu Bei heard Fang Shao's evaluation of Zhou Yu, he was fascinated and said, "Listening to what you said, I really want to see this Zhou Yu." ”

After receiving Fang Shao's good news, Liu Bei still looked east by the river every day, but his mood was much better at this time.

Two days later, he was finally relieved.

In the afternoon of this day, it was the crisp autumn weather, and there was a faint white sky on the east side of the Tianshui line. Not long after, the white expanse came overwhelmingly, and the rolling river was shrouded, and the so-called white was an innumerable sail.

The Dongwu Navy, thousands of warships, banners, soldiers, mighty and mighty against the river, thousands of sails gathered, like the white yarn that swept the Yangtze River, when sailing through Fankou, only Liu Beijun who came out on both sides of the strait to watch was dumbfounded.

Such a huge naval army may not be something they could never dream of, and such a momentum is like a reassurance to these soldiers who have experienced the fiasco of Changbanpo.

Zhou Yu first sent someone to inform Liu Bei that the army was about to cross the border, and then Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Lu Meng, Gan Ning and others would lead the follow-up army to arrive, and Liu Bei immediately sent Jian Yong to the labor army.

Unexpectedly, Jian Yong came back in less than half an hour, and returned with a look of indignation, Liu Bei hurriedly asked how it was, Jian Yong exhaled angrily: "That Zhou Yu is really arrogant, I asked him to go ashore to talk to the lord, but Zhou Yu said: 'I have a military appointment, and I can't leave my post without permission.'" I don't know if Liu Yuanjun can deign to come and meet me, if so, I will be very happy. ’。 ”

When everyone heard Zhou Yu's words, they all showed dissatisfaction.

It's no wonder that Liu Bei's official rank in the imperial court is General Zuo, and even the captured general Sun Quan is far from Liu Bei, and Zhou Yu is even worse. What's more, Liu Bei is a prince of one side, and he is currently in alliance with Sun Quan, and he is an equal head on both sides, and Zhou Yu is just working under Sun Quan, so if he doesn't go to see Liu Bei, he will let Liu Bei see him in turn, which is too arrogant, no wonder everyone is angry.

That Zhang Fei immediately shouted: "Zhou Yu, what kind of thing is he, why should he let his brother go to see him, he should come to meet his brother!" ”

Liu Bei was also unhappy in his heart, and only then did he remember Fang Shao's evaluation of Zhou Yu before, and thought that this Zhou Lang was really not a good person to get along with.

However, in front of everyone, Liu Bei was indifferent, and said to everyone with a smile: "Since he wants me to go, then why don't I go, those who become big things should be able to endure the unbearable of ordinary people, and how trivial things are enough." ”

Liu Bei immediately decided to go to the ship to see Zhou Yu in person, and considering that among these subordinates, only Fang Shao had been an envoy to Eastern Wu, and his evaluation of Zhou Yu was very pertinent, so he took him with him, only in a flat boat, without an entourage, and went in person.

On Zhou Yu's flagship, according to convention, Zhou Yu should come out to greet him, but after Liu Bei got on the boat, he was greeted by only a small colonel.

Fang Shao had a good impression of Zhou Yu before, but at this moment, seeing him snubbing Liu Bei like this, he couldn't hold back his face, and he didn't feel that Zhou Yu had lost some favor. However, Liu Bei was still calm, and he was always calm along the way.

When he entered the cabin, he saw Zhou Yu staring at the map with low eyebrows and pondering, I don't know if he didn't hear anyone coming in, or if he did it on purpose, anyway, he ignored Liu Bei.

Fang Shao frowned slightly, and said in a low voice: "Lord, this is the Governor of Zhou." ”

Liu Bei didn't wait for Zhou Yu to call, he stepped forward and bowed first, and said with a smile: "Liu Bei has seen the governor of Zhou, and he has admired the name of the governor for a long time, and it is an honor to see him today." ”

Zhou Yu raised his head suddenly, with a look of surprise, and also arched his hand, and said: "It turned out to be Liu Yuanjun, why did he come without prior notice, Yu couldn't greet him from afar, please forgive me." ”

Zhou Yu's surprised look didn't seem to be pretending, and he was also surprised that Liu Bei could put down his body and come to see him in person.

Liu Bei replied kindly: "The governor is polite, since you and I have formed an alliance, we are a family, between our own families, why pay attention to anything." ”

Zhou Yu smiled and said, "Liu Yuanjun is reasonable, please take a seat." ”

Zhou Yu turned a blind eye to Fang Shao, as if he had never seen him before, but this also followed Fang Shao's wishes, so as not to let Liu Bei know that they had met privately before. And with his identity, the master of the family did not call him to sit, so Fang Shao had no choice but to stand behind Liu Bei and wait.

The greetings were over, Liu Bei didn't talk nonsense, went straight to the question he was most concerned about, and asked directly: "Today, we are talking about Cao, you and I should discuss countermeasures, I don't know how many soldiers and horses the governor brought with him this time." ”

Zhou Yu replied very simply: "30,000 people." ”

When Liu Bei heard that there were only 30,000 people, his face suddenly changed. It's no wonder, according to his estimates, in such a battle of life and death, it is not too much for Jiangdong to deal with the troops of the country, how to get together 60,000 or 70,000 should not be a problem, but Zhou Yu only brought 30,000 people, which is too much.

Liu Bei was disappointed, and whispered: "It's a little less." ”

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