As early as a few months ago, before the war began, Xu Shu had already broken away from Liu Bei and went south from Hanzhong to Shu, wanting to go to Jingzhou via Yizhou.

Unfortunately, when Xu Shu had just arrived in Chengdu and was about to go east along the river, Cao Ying's surprise soldiers attacked Jianping and succeeded, cutting off the passage between the east and west, and at the same time blocking Xu Shu in Yizhou.

After that, Er Liu and Cao Ying fought to the death, and there was chaos between Yizhou and Jingzhou, although Cao Ying eventually withdrew his troops, but the place where this line of communication passed was where bandits took advantage of the opportunity.

Under such circumstances, Xu Shu did not dare to travel east, so he had to stay in Chengdu temporarily.

In the following month, Liu Feng's army fought a bloody battle with Cao's army in Nanyang, and the bandits in various places were pacified one after another, and the communication lines of Jingyi and Erzhou began to be restored.

And when Xu Shu did not arrive in Xiangyang, he heard the news of Liu Feng's victory in the Battle of Nanyang, but this news made him not know whether to be happy or worried.

Happily, their common enemy, Cao Ying, has now suffered a comprehensive setback and suffered a great loss in strength.

The old lord Liu Bei took this opportunity to turn over in one fell swoop and take Guan Long.

What worries him is that his old enemy Liu Feng is getting stronger, and he said to Liu Bei that it will be even more difficult to deal with in the future.

"Mr. Yuanzhi, you are really late Shanshan."

In the pastoral mansion, Liu Fengren did not set foot in the hall, and the joyful and enthusiastic voice arrived first.

Xu Shu hurriedly got up, bowed his head and didn't want to look at Liu Feng, and said slightly: "Shu has seen General Liu." ”

"What are you and I polite about, come, sir, please take a seat."

Liu Feng took his hand and invited him to take a seat, and Xu Shu refused hard before Liu Feng gave up.

The guest and the host sat down, Liu Feng looked at Xu Shu, who had experienced the vicissitudes of life, and said with emotion: "Xiakou farewell, so many years have passed in a flash, I didn't expect me to say goodbye to my husband, it seems that Mr. You are destined to have a fate with me." ”

Xu Shu smiled bitterly, and just lowered his head and drank tea silently.

Liu Feng knew that he had a bad heart, so his attitude was so cold, but it didn't matter, everyone was already here, and it was only a matter of time before he was influenced to submit to himself.

"Sir, I am sitting in two states today, and the soldiers are full of food, so I want to enter Hanzhong and take Guanlong in the north, I don't know what Mr. thinks?"

Liu Feng suddenly threw out the idea of attacking Liu Beizhi, and when Xu Shu heard it, his brows couldn't help frowning slightly.

Tentative words, Xu Shuyan can not know.

He was silent for a moment, and said lightly: "Xuande Fang has to close Long, the people's hearts are not attached, with the current strength of the general, if the army is sent to attack, the hope of victory is naturally very great." However, I think that the general's statement is just a test of my Xu Shu, and with your military strategy, the general will definitely not make such a decision. ”

The corners of Liu Feng's mouth raised slightly, and he asked with a smile: "Sir's words are interesting, why can't I kill Liu Bei first?" ”

"The four princes of the world, although Cao Ying's vitality is greatly damaged, his strength is still the strongest. The remaining three princes can only compete with them if they join forces, and if they fight each other, it will only give Cao Ying a chance to resurrect. If General Liu raises troops to attack Liu Xuande, what he will gain will only be a temporary benefit, but what he will lose is the whole world. ”

Xu Shu didn't say anything else, only analyzed the overall situation of the world, and after some words, he said: "General Liu, you can have today's achievements, and you will never be unable to understand the stakes involved." Therefore, what you said is not to test what I am. ”

is worthy of Xu Shu, although he came down, the extraordinary insight hidden in his chest is still amazing.

Liu Feng laughed at the moment, so he stopped beating around the bush and said bluntly: "Mr. is still the same as back then, it hasn't changed at all." Yes, I do wonder what kind of plan my husband has in mind when he returns. ”

Xu Shu paused for a moment, and said: "General Liu has the grace of saving my mother to me, and this favor has to be repaid." Xuande Gong has the grace of knowing me, and this kindness cannot be forgotten. Therefore, I can only say that I will serve General Liu, but if the general orders me to deal with Xuande Gong, I, Xu Shu, would rather die. ”

I see.

It seems that it is another clerical appointment.

One said not to deal with Cao Ying, and the other said not to deal with Liu Bei, this loyalty is indeed admirable.

Well, in that case, leave you to deal with my potential enemy.

"Yes, I promise sir."

Liu Feng didn't think much about it, he promised and promised so happily, which made Xu Shu feel suspicious.

But then, Liu Feng's appointment of Xu Shu made this resourceful man suddenly realize.

Previously, Wen Ping was appointed as the Taishou of Changsha, and Xu Shu, who was newly returned to Shun, was appointed by Liu Feng as the Taishou of Wuling.

Xu Shu immediately understood that Liu Feng was planning to keep them in preparation for a war with Eastern Wu in the future.

After understanding Liu Feng's intentions, Xu Shu put his mind at ease, and after serving his mother in Xiangyang for a few days, he took Liu Feng's appointment and went to Wuling to take office.

…………………………… After two or three years of war, the overall situation of the world at this time has undergone earth-shaking changes.

To the west, after dragging the blessings of Eastern Wu and Liu Feng, the main force of Cao's army in Tongguan retreated eastward, Zhong Xuan, who was guarding Chang'an, was forced to surrender.

Zhong Xuan fell, representing that the situation in Guanzhong was irretrievable, with Liu Bei's main force out of the valley, the three auxiliary counties were too guarded and the town generals all fell in anticipation of the wind.

As for the land of Liangzhou in Longyou, Cao Ying's control of this area was originally unstable, and when Zhangjaw's troops surrendered, Liu Bei took the opportunity to go out of Qishan with Ma Chao, Yi Yuan, Wu Yi and others.

As soon as Tianshui, Nan'an, Anding and other generals heard that Ma Chao had returned, they did not wait for the Hanzhong army to arrive, and the surrendered envoys flocked to Liangzhou.

After seizing Guanlong, Liu Bei quickly moved his Zuo General's Mansion to Chang'an and took over the posts of Yongzhou Mu and Da Sima.

At the same time, Fa Zheng was appointed as Jingzhao Yin, in charge of Jingzhao County, which belongs to Chang'an.

Zhang Fei was promoted to the general of Zhendong, led Feng Yi to defend the army, and garrisoned the first line of Huayin Tongguan as a barrier to the east of Chang'an.

Wu Yi, the former general of Yizhou, was promoted to the history of Liangzhou Thorn. At the same time, Liu Bei, in order to take advantage of Ma's prestige, appointed Ma Chao's brother Ma Dai as the general of Anxi, and ordered the garrison in Jincheng to pacify Zhuhu in Liangzhou.

Li Yan, the former general, was appointed as the Taishou of Hanzhong. Zhao Yun, the original general, was promoted to the general of Zhennan, sitting in Langzhong to defend Liu Feng's army in Yizhou.

Zhuge Liang, the general of the military division, was named the Marquis of Xinfeng by Liu Bei because of his meritorious service in the Guanzhong, and continued to preside over the affairs of General Zuo's office.

The rest of the civil and military officials who had surrendered from Yizhou such as Ma Chao and Pang De were all rewarded as for the Eastern Wu side.

After ambushing Lejin and capturing Shouchun, Zhou Yu led the army to become straight, and before Cao Ying's reinforcements arrived, he captured Xiapi, and in one fell swoop, all the counties of Xuzhou south of Mount Tai were included in the territory of Eastern Wu.

Sun Quan, who was overjoyed, immediately named Zhou Yu the Marquis of Shouchun and ordered his overseers to continue to march north.

Just when Zhou Yu was planning to move his army north, seize Qingzhou and Yanzhou in one fell swoop, and point his sword at the Central Plains, Cao Ying's reinforcements arrived.

The 50,000 soldiers and horses led by Yu Ban and Cao Xiu rushed to the north of Xuzhou in time to build a new defense line between the counties and states bordering Yanxu, such as Peiguo, Lujun, and Liangguo.

Zhou Yu saw that the enemy's aid had arrived, and after hearing that Liu Feng had withdrawn his troops from Nanyang, he was unwilling to fight against Cao Ying with the strength of Eastern Wu alone, so he decisively withdrew his troops, and the 70,000 troops were divided into the key points of Xiapi, Yanguo, and Pengcheng to ensure control of Huaibei.

Because of the fall of Huainan, the three counties along the river, Anfeng, Lujiang and Yiyang, which originally belonged to Cao Ying, could not be defended alone, and all three counties were surrendered to Eastern Wu.

After Cao's army withdrew, Liu Feng and Sun Quan successively sent troops into the county, dividing Runan County into two and dividing them into two.

In terms of Xu County, although Cao Ying had moved the capital from Xudu to Luoyang, given that Yingchuan County was the gateway to the south of Luoyang, and it was economically rich and had a large number of Tuntian districts, it naturally could not be easily abandoned.

Therefore, after the imperial court moved north, Cao Ying left Xiahou Xian to command an army of 50,000 and sat in Luyang, Kunyang, and Dingling counties, as a barrier to the south of Luoyang to resist Liu Feng.

To the west of Luoyang, Cao Ying ordered Xu Huang and Cao Zhen to command an army of 50,000 and entrench in Hongnong County between Tongguan and Hangu Pass, as well as the adjacent Hedong County on the bank of the Yellow River, as a barrier west of Luoyang against Liu Bei.

After some deployment, Cao Ying then took the capital Luoyang as the center and Hebei Prefectures as the backing, and rebuilt a semicircular new defense line on the southeast, west and west sides of Luoyang.

While Cao Yingxin was running his Luoyang defensive line, his three enemies were not idle.

Sun Quan of Eastern Wu was originally born in the Huaisi inferior scholar clan, and most of his subordinates, new and old, came from the Lianghuai area, so after Zhou Yu defeated half of Xuzhou, Sun Quan was actively brewing to move the center of gravity of his rule to the north.

Therefore, just after Shouchun was laid, Sun Quan began to move a large number of people to the Huainan area, and requisitioned the people's power to further repair Gong Shaobei, trying to restore the Tuntian base established by Cao Ying here, and used the grain of Huainan as the grain and grass backing for his northward entry into the Central Plains.

Needless to say, Liu Bei said that the land of Guanzhong, after years of governance by Zhong Xuan, a "master" of governance, had become an important logistics base for Cao Ying as early as the Battle of Guandu.

A few years ago, after quelling the Mahan Rebellion in Guanzhong, Cao Ying moved a lot of Dingkou to Guanzhong, originally planning to build it into a solid base for his southern expedition to Bashu, but he didn't expect to make a wedding dress for Liu Bei.

When Liu Bei's ass was still hot in Chang'an, he ordered the 50,000 people in Hanzhong to be moved to Sanfu to enrich the economic strength of Guanzhong and serve as his backing for the world.

Of course, Liu Feng was not idle, on the one hand, he reorganized the newly surrendered 30,000 or 40,000 Cao troops, and on the other hand, he also moved a large number of people to Nanyang, not only taking over several Tuntian districts built by Cao Ying in Nanyang, but also increasing.

In the more than half a year after the chaos in the world, the four princes had no intention of fighting again for a while, and they were all busy recuperating, and all parties seemed to have no intention of fighting again in a short period of time.

The lull didn't last long, though.

As soon as the early summer of this year arrived, Liu Feng's mansion in Xiangyang came to an unexpected guest.

(To be continued)