Zhou Yu did not insist on objecting, which made Sun Quan surprised and secretly relieved, as long as he agreed, the rest would be easy to do, Sun Quan asked: "I don't know which one Gongjin wants to add?" ”

Lu Su got up, pointed to the map and said: "Lord, please see, now Liu Bei is camped in the mouth of the Youjiang River, obviously because the three northern counties of Changsha County are under my control, and the four southern counties have lost the outlet from the mouth of Dongting Lake. And to the oil south to the south, through several tributaries, into the Yuanshui downstream, you can go down the water to take Wuling, and then into the Xiangshui, then you can go to Guiyang, Lingling. Therefore, Liu Bei wanted to use this oil river estuary as another outlet for the north of the four southern counties, so that he could avoid the control of our waterway. ”

Sun Quan couldn't help nodding his head when he listened, but he didn't express his opinion for the time being.

Lu Su continued: "Therefore, in Liu Bei's concept, Wuling County is very important, Gong Jin means that after the southern four counties are taken, Wuling County should be garrisoned by a general sent by our side, so that it echoes the three northern counties of Changsha, and only then can it completely control all the waterways that go north from the south and the four southern counties." In this way, even if more of the real power of the remaining three counties is transferred to Liu Bei, it will not hinder the overall situation. ”

Sun Quan secretly praised in his heart: "Gong Jin is worthy of being Gong Jin, the way of military geography is far-sighted, and the generation of non-Zibu can be compared." ”

So he immediately praised the case: "Gong Jin's suggestion is very good, it is indeed a wonderful strategy." But I don't know who to send to guard Wuling County, and whether Gongjin has been selected. ”

Lu Su smiled slightly, and said: "At present, Gong Jin is leading the generals to fight with Cao Ren in Jiangling, and after calculation, only Lu Meng can draw his background, so Gong Jin Tuosu recommended him to the lord as the Taishou of Wuling." ”

Lü Meng is one of the young generals, Zhou Yu has always attached great importance to him, and after the Battle of Chibi, he also specially added troops to Lü Meng.

Zhou Yu's recommendation of Lü Meng as the Taishou of Wuling was obviously to keep the four southern counties under his control, which Sun Quan would not be unaware of.

Therefore, after listening to Lu Su's words, Sun Quan's brows suddenly frowned slightly, and he said: "Lu Ziming is a talent that can be created, but he seems to be a little young, and I don't know if he should be responsible for this important task." What do you mean, do you also think Gongjin's recommendation is feasible? ”

Lu Su was silent for a long time, and Fang said: "Lu Meng is just a martial artist, he does have his talent in attacking cities and plundering land, and facing the enemy in battle, but if he is too guarded and in charge of the military and political affairs of a county, I am afraid that his ability is still not enough." ”

Lu Su actually objected to Zhou Yu's opinion, which made Sun Quan surprised and delighted.

It is rumored in Jiangdong that Lu Su and Zhou Yu are friends who are irreversible, when Lu Su was a rich man, Zhou Yu was short of food in the army, so he went to Lu Su's house to borrow food, and Lu Su gave three thousand Hu for nothing without saying a word, which made Zhou Yu greatly admire the pride of this businessman, and the two became friends.

It was precisely because of Zhou Yu's recommendation that Lu Su was appreciated by the two Sun brothers step by step, and finally successfully transformed from a businessman to a well-known Confucian general in Jiangdong.

But at this moment, it was this Lu Su who was entrusted by Zhou Yu to lobby Sun Quan, but at a critical moment, he opposed Zhou Yu's proposal.

Obviously, before Lu Su left Zhou Yu, he did not object to Zhou Yu's proposal, if this was the case, it was impossible for Zhou Yu to send him to see Sun Quan. In other words, Lu Su's change happened without Zhou Yu's knowledge. Maybe he had it in his heart earlier, but he never said it explicitly, or maybe it was just in the process of talking to Sun Quan just now, and it suddenly changed.

But in any case, Sun Quan's smile showed that he was very satisfied with Lu Su's move, so he hurriedly asked: "Then with Zijing, who is the most suitable person." ”

Lu Su crossed his fingers and pondered the generals one by one, and said: "According to Su's opinion, it is most suitable for Huang Gong to cover Huang Lao's general." First, the battle of Jiangling was tight, and it was difficult for all the generals to withdraw, and General Huang Lao did not participate because he was slightly injured in the Battle of Chibi. And with Liu Bei going south, it is expected that there will be no war, and after obtaining Wuling, he will take over on the spot. Second, General Huang has rich experience in leading troops to fight wars and managing political affairs. So after all the calculations, Su thought he was the most suitable candidate. ”

Sun Quan was obviously very satisfied with Lu Su's proposal, stroked his purple hair and smiled: "Huang Gongfu is indeed worthy of this important task, since Zijing also recommended it, then he should obey alone." ”

Huang Gai is an old minister of the three dynasties of the Sun family, and Sun Quan is of course a hundred reassuring to him.

Lu Su hurriedly said: "This is just Su's own opinion, the specific candidate, I am afraid that the lord will have to discuss with Gong Jin." ”

Sun Quan waved his hand and said: "Why do you need to discuss it again, Zijing, since you went to Jingzhou, you have no last resort, Lone believes in you, Gong Jin's side, Lone should send someone to appease, you don't have to worry about this." ”

When the two monarchs and ministers make a decision, they look at each other and laugh.

Some people are happy, naturally some people are unhappy, and this time, it is not only Liu Bei who is unhappy, but also Zhou Yu.

But dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction, Sun Quan, as the boss, since he has made up his mind to reject Sun Quan's decision, Liu Bei is powerless, and Zhou Yu may be strong but unintentional, in the end, they can only swallow this bitter fruit.

As a result, the two sides formally reached an agreement to carve up Jingnan in early February.

In the next ten months, Liu Bei stayed in Xiakou with Zhuge Liang, continued to seize the time to overthrow Liu Qi, and at the same time also expressed Liu Qi as the pastor of Jingzhou, under the banner of Liu Qi, led Xu Shu, Zhang Fei, and Wei Yanzhu generals to 2,000 soldiers and horses, under the supervision of more than 500 Wu troops such as Huang Gai, to kill to the south of the Yangtze River.

The process of conquering the four counties was indeed expected by many people, Wuling Taishou Jin Xuan, Changsha Taishou Han Xuan, Guiyang Taishou Zhao Fan and Lingling Taishou Liu Du all surrendered, and Liu Beibing took the four counties in Jiangnan without blood.

But in fact, this time he traveled south, and Liu Bei was only working for others. According to the prior agreement, Huang Gai naturally took over as the Taishou of Wuling.

As a red envelope for part-time work, Liu Bei was able to transfer Zhuge Liang to Changsha to supervise the four counties to pay taxes after getting Sun Quan's approval. In addition, Liu Bei also ambushed Liu Biao's old general Huang Zhong and more than 800 people from the period.

In addition to taking Wuling County without much effort, after nearly ten months of fighting, Zhou Yu swept away the strongholds of the Cao army around Jiangling at the cost of losing his troops and being seriously wounded. Cao Ren, who remained in Jiangling, finally could not withstand the powerful offensive of Eastern Wu, and after obtaining Cao Ying's consent, he led the rest of his troops to withdraw from Jiangling and shrink the defensive line to the line of Xiangfan in the north.

Liu Bei finally watched Zhou Yu stride into Jiangling, the seat of Nanjun Governance, and he must have been very red in his heart. However, he did not get nothing.

Because in the battle of attacking Jiangling, Guan Yu's naval army effectively cut off the reinforcements of the Cao army from Xiangyang to the south, therefore, in return, Zhou Yu assigned the Jiangnan land south of the Yangtze River in Nanjun to Liu Bei, but nominally it was only used to "set up camp" for Liu Bei, that is, the ownership of this land was still owned by Eastern Wu, and Liu Bei only had the right to set up camp here.

As Liu Bei's envoy, he must be stationed in Chaisang for a long time to keep in touch with Eastern Wu at any time. For ten months, he had to play with Sun Quan and his cunning ministers frequently, and in addition, he had to accompany Sun Shangxiang, the eldest lady, to practice karate.

However, in his heart, in the past ten months of Chaisang, his life has indeed been very comfortable, and he is about to forget that he is in a troubled world. As for Sun Shangxiang, this arrogant lady's attitude towards him is also constantly changing, she has nothing to do with the beauty to practice judo, and by the way, she eats a few tofu openly, so she has a comfortable life.

It's just that Fang Shao knows that this kind of plain and leisurely life will not last long.

Sure enough, not long after the beginning of the spring of the fifteenth year of Jian'an, Fang Shao received a secret letter from Liu Bei from the public security side, calling him to return as soon as possible and discuss important matters with him.

On the day of receiving Liu Bei's intensive, Fang Shao hurriedly embarked on the way to the west, at this time it was dusk, the wind and waves on the river were calm, Fang Shao stood on the bow of the boat, enjoying the beautiful scenery of the sunset and the lonely bird, but when he thought that he was about to say goodbye to this leisurely scene, he couldn't help but feel a little reluctant in his heart.

Soon after the boat sailed, I was feeling emotional, and suddenly saw a ship chasing after me from behind, and after a short time, it was on par with the ship, and slowly approached this side.

Fang Shao raised his eyes to look, but saw a red shadow on the bow of the boat swaying in the wind, and when he saw the man's face clearly, Fang Shao's heart couldn't help but move.

The person who chased after him was Sun Shangxiang.

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