Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang glanced at each other, and a slight smile appeared on the corner of their mouths.

Lu Su's mood was all written on his face, with an anxious look, and he didn't wait for Liu Bei to take a breath, and said bluntly: "I said Liu Yuanjun, you are so leisurely, when is this, Zhijun is still in the mood to go fishing." ”

Hearing Lu Su's tone, Liu Bei felt a little more confident in his heart, but at this time he was even more calm, wiped a handful of water stains on his face, and said with a smile: "Bei's body is full of fishy smell, it's really rude, Zi Jing sat down for a while, and waited for Bei to go to change clothes before talking." ”

Liu Bei was not in a hurry at all, and slowly swallowed into the back account.

Here, Zhuge Liang performed the master's salute and said, "Zi respectfully sits and waits for the lord for a while." ”

Zhuge Liang asked people to watch the tea again, but Na Lu Su did not have the slightest bit of Yaxing, and said worriedly: "Mr. Kong Ming, the 100,000 troops of the Cao army have already gone down the east of the river, do you know?" ”

"Well, Liang already knows." Zhuge Liang tasted the fragrant tea and answered quite easily, as if he was saying something that had nothing to do with him.

Seeing that he didn't care, Lu Su became more and more anxious, and said, "Since Mr. knows that Cao's army is going east, why has he not moved to Chaisang in the past few days to join forces with my family's master, Gongshang." ”

Zhuge Liang coughed lightly a few times, and said with a faint smile: "Cao Jun will definitely not let go of the newly acquired Jingzhou Navy to rush down the river, he will inevitably advance by land and water, in this way, the water network on both sides of the Yangtze River is dense, and the speed of his army will definitely not be fast, Zijing does not need to panic too much." ”

Lu Su shook his head and sighed: "Sir is too optimistic, even if Cao's army advances by land and water, it will be enough for half a month from Jiangling to Xiakou." And if we send troops up the river and occupy a favorable position, all kinds of plans to build barracks to meet the enemy will take time, and time is so urgent, we can't afford to delay it at all. ”

Zhuge Liang frowned slightly, and said: "Zijing seems to be reasonable, and after the lord comes out, Rong Liang will make a little progress." ”

Lu Su breathed a sigh of relief and knelt there and drank a few sips of stuffy tea.

Over there, Liu Bei deliberately changed his clothes for a long time, and when he saw that Lu Su's mood was becoming more and more anxious, he turned out of the screen and arched his hand: "It's useless to be old, and it's not good to change clothes, so Zijing has been waiting for a long time." ”

Lu Su didn't think it was strange, returned the salute, and said eagerly: "Envoy, Cao Ying's army is approaching in a blink of an eye, without further ado, please send Mr. Kong Ming to Chaisang with me to discuss the matter of my general's army going west." ”

Liu Bei pretended to be surprised and said, "Could it be that General Sun also heard about Cao Jun's eastward departure?" ”

Lu Su was stunned for a moment, and he didn't know that Liu Bei was knowingly asking, and said, "How can my general not know the reason for such a big matter." ”

Liu Bei said calmly: "Actually, General Sun doesn't have to panic, I have been fighting with the Cao thief for many years, and I know a little bit about his use of troops, and I can resist Liu Qi in Xiakou for a while. ”

As soon as Liu Bei said this, Lu Su knew that he was talking big, he had been in Jiangxia for so many days, these two uncles and nephews surnamed Liu had a few catties and taels, and how could he not know how many soldiers he had. He knew very well that it would be difficult to resist the attack of the Cao army with these two people, and if Xiakou fell at that time, the upper reaches of the Yangtze River would be lost, and Chaisang would be directly exposed to the Cao army's troops, and it would be too late to resist.

Lu Su's face changed at that time, and he said hurriedly: "Since Sun and Liu have been allied, they are one, so that the king is in trouble, how can my general sit idly by." ”

Zhuge Liang over there saw that the time had come, and hurriedly agreed: "Yes, my lord, Cao Ying is powerful, we must not be careless, if we lose Xiakou, then Cao Ying will go down the river to break Chaisang, if Chaisang is lost, Jiangdong is also in danger, wouldn't it be a trap for General Sun in danger." ”

Lu Su followed: "What Mr. Kong Ming said is exactly, we are one, and we should have difficulties together. Therefore, my general Sun had already sent someone to spread the word, saying that the food and grass for the soldiers and horses of Chaisang had been prepared, and after discussing the specific details of the joint army, he could go to Xiakou to meet the Cao thief. ”

Lu Su didn't know if he was born honest, he couldn't understand the play between his lord and minister, or if Jiangdong was really impatient, so he undisguised his urgency.

Zhuge Liang over there was not enough, and said: "Lord, General Sun sincerely requests to enter the country to fight against the Cao thief, this intention can be expressed in the month, Liang thinks that it should not be delayed any longer, the Cao thief is fierce, and he should respond quickly." ”

Zhuge Liang blinked at him as he spoke, Liu Bei naturally understood, and said: "The two of you are right, it seems that they are ready to despise Cao Thief." But I don't know when Zijing will return to Chaisang, so I can let the military adviser go together, and after seeing General Sun, I will also express my admiration on my behalf, and then discuss the details of the march by the way. ”

Lu Su was overjoyed when he heard this, and said, "Without further ado, we will leave tomorrow morning." ”

Liu Bei turned to Kong Ming again and said, "Then there is a hard trip for the military division, I don't know how many men and horses the military division will bring." ”

Zhuge Liang said casually: "You don't need many people, just take Fang Shao alone, plus two scholars." ”

Liu Bei thought for a while and said, "There is still some way to go to Chaisang, and the safety of the two of you has to be taken care of, so I will send Wei Yan and Wei Wenchang with a hundred elite soldiers to protect me." ”

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It really won't last long, only after the rush of Changban Slope, it was easy to relax for a month, but then stepped into the road to Chaisang.

The next day, the sky was bright, Fang Shao was already on the flat boat, escorted by two small warships, down the east of the river to Chaisang.

At this time, Xu said that the river fog was very heavy, and the scenery of the rolling Yangtze River was nowhere to be seen, so Fang Shao could only squat on the bow of the boat to study the map of Jiangdong.

"Chaisang Chaisang, this place name is very good, but I don't know where to get it." Fang Shao muttered.

Zhuge Liang, who enjoyed the morning river breeze with a fan on the bow of the boat, had very smart ears, and said with a smile: "I don't know, I must be lazy in reading." This Chaisang County was placed in the early Han Dynasty and was named after Chaisang Mountain. ”

Fang Shao is not very clear about these allusions, and during the Three Kingdoms, there were not many stories that happened in Chaisang, so Fang Shao only knew that Chaisang was part of modern Jiujiang City, and the geographical location was very important, but as for how important it was, he did not delve into it.

At this time, without waiting for Fang Shao to ask, Zhuge Liang said with great interest: "This Chaisang is really an important place for soldiers, the Yangtze River has turned a big bend here, and this Chaisang is located at the beginning of the bend." The north bank of the Yangtze River is a heavy mountain, and the south bank is also a group of treacherous mountains. It can be said that this Chaisang is the throat of water and land downstream of Gongwei, and it was really prescient that Sun Ce was able to seize this place back then. ”

"I see, I rarely knew about these things before, it seems that to be a qualified strategist, you have to know all about astronomy and geography."

Fang Shao was sighing to himself in his heart, and a person behind him came from the back deck, and arched his hand: "Strategist, the last general has something to discuss with Strategist. ”

Zhuge Liang looked back, but said with a smile: "What's the matter with Wen Chang, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

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