Gong'an City, General Zuo's Mansion.

This is the tenth day of Liu Bei's return from Xiakou, Xu Shu has rushed back to the public security yesterday after calmly deploying to take over Liu Qi's territory, Zhuge Liang also just arrived from Changsha this morning, including Fang Shao, Liu Bei's three important strategists have gathered in the public security to discuss with Liu Bei about accepting Nanjun.

Although Liu Bei had received a promise from Sun Quan to supervise the five counties of Jingnan, after hearing the news that Zhou Yu then rushed to Dantu to meet Sun Quan, Liu Bei's side began to worry again.

"Zhou Yu has returned from Dantu for many years, but he only stayed in Baqiu and has not returned to Jiangling for a long time, I don't know what his intentions are?"

Liu Bei's concern was justified, it stands to reason that if Sun Quan persuaded Zhou Yu, then Zhou Yu should rush back to Nanjun, appease his subordinates, and begin to withdraw the Dongwu people from all over Nanjun step by step.

If Sun Quan failed to convince Zhou Yu, or if Zhou Yu persuaded Sun Quan and temporarily repented of his original promise, then Zhou Yu should also return to Jiangling as soon as possible and sit in Nanjun to preside over the overall situation to prevent Liu Bei's side from making any changes.

Now Zhou Yu did not return to Jiangling, but only stayed in Baqiu and did not move, neither saw any personnel and soldiers and horses transferred from the Nanjun side, nor did he see the Dongwu side send people to make relevant explanations, such a strange move had to make Liu Bei feel uneasy.

Zhuge Liang was calm, shook his fan and smiled: "The lord is at ease, since Sun Quan rejected Zhou Yu's strategy to put the lord under house arrest, it means that he is determined to solve the threat of Zhou Yu's tail, even if Zhou Yu goes in person this time, Sun Quan will never be persuaded by him." ”

Liu Bei nodded slightly, but he was still not at ease, and said: "In this case, why did Zhou Yu stay in Baqiu and not return to Jiangling for a long time, and I don't know what his plans are." ”

Everyone failed to guess Zhou Yu's intentions, because there was really no reasonable motive to explain such an approach.

At this time, Fang Shao smiled slightly and said, "Maybe Zhou Yu didn't have any intention of doing this. I heard that he has been in poor health since he was injured in the Battle of Nanjun, and this will be so angry that Sun Quan may be half angry, maybe he is just unwell and stays in Baqiu to recuperate temporarily. ”

After all, people are not gods, they are only flesh and blood, and not all actions come from prior planning, and sometimes, the reason is often so simple.

However, the people present didn't take Fang Shao's speculation seriously, and most people just thought he was making fun of Zhou Yu.

Just when everyone was still speculating about Zhou Yu's actions, the messenger from outside who said Sun Quan came, and there was a message of important matter to Liu Bei.

Everyone's expressions changed suddenly, and their expressions showed a little worry, and everyone was thinking in their hearts, "Sun Quan sent a messenger at this special moment, shouldn't it really be a repentance." ”

Liu Bei also had the same worry in his heart, but on the surface he was quite calm, so he called the messenger in.

After a short time, the messenger entered,

After the visit, he informed Sun Quan of his intention to send Zhou Yu to attack Shu and ask Liu Bei to assist him, and also reiterated that the original agreement had not changed, and Liu Bei would still take over the five counties of Jingnan, and would serve as the backing for Zhou Yu's attack on Shu, providing them with grain, grass and military supplies.

This news really surprised and surprised Liu Bei.

The surprise was because Sun Quan did not change his promise, but he was surprised that this kid was going to send Zhou Yu to attack Yizhou, which was unacceptable to Liu Beiwan.

In front of the envoy, Liu Bei naturally couldn't show it, and after sending the envoy to the pavilion to rest, Liu Bei's expression became solemn, and he said in a stern tone: "Everyone, according to the strategy of the military division, after taking over Jingzhou, the next step is to take Yizhou in the west, and then attack the Central Plains in the Northern Expedition in two ways." But now Sun Quan wants to take Shu first, if he succeeds, won't he destroy our overall plan, it seems that this matter is very tricky. ”

Everyone present was discussing for a while, and their opinions could not be unified for a while about Sun Quan's sudden strategy of cutting down Shu.

Xu Shu said first: "Even if we win the five counties of Jingnan, but there are Cao thieves in the north, it is difficult to compete with them for a while, and there is Sun Quan in the east, so we can't turn against it in a short time, as for Jiaozhou in the south, Sun Quan has also been involved, and even if we win it, it is not of great strategic significance." In today's situation, only to develop westward is the only way, Sun Quan wants to cut down Shu, which is clearly to cut off our future, and I think that even if we meet each other, we must not allow this to happen. ”

Zhang Fei also said: "Yuan Zhi said well, if Zhou Yu is to destroy Shu, he must pass through Nanjun. The elder brother first pretended to agree, and after taking over Nanjun, he cut off Zhou Yu's way back, so that his troops and horses would not return, which was also regarded as a reward for his brother's bird's anger. ”

Everyone was quite excited, but the master and apprentice were calm.

Fang Shao first smiled and said: "Shao thinks that about Zhou Yu's attack on Shu, the lord doesn't have to be too serious. ”

Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Zhou Yu's attack on Shu is to destroy Longzhong's strategy, how can I not take it seriously." ”

Fang Shao didn't sell much guanzi, and said slowly: "The lord thinks about it, if Sun Quan really wants Zhou Yu to go to Shu, then why does he lend Nanjun to the lord?" Just imagine, if Zhou Yu succeeds in conquering Shu, then there will be a lord separated from him and Eastern Wu, such an enclave, isn't Sun Quan worried about Zhou Yu's self-reliance according to Shu? ”

Liu Bei's thoughts gradually calmed down, and after listening to Fang Shao's analysis, he felt reasonable, but said: "Since this is the case, why did Sun Quan allow Zhou Yu to go to Shu, isn't it asking for trouble." ”

At this time, Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "Zhou Gongjin moved Jiangdong, he said that he wanted to open up territory for Sun Quan, of course Sun Quan has no reason to refuse. Therefore, he wanted to hand over Nanjun to the lord, saying that he wanted the lord to be the backing of Zhou Yu's war against Shu, but in fact, he wanted the lord to make a stumbling block in the middle, and then the lord only needed to drag on the grain and grass, and there was a shortage of catties and two, and Zhou Yu's army was afraid that it would have to be obediently withdrawn before it entered Shu, and this matter of cutting down Shu would naturally be over. ”

After Liu Bei listened to the analysis of the master and apprentice, he completely figured it out, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Sun Quan is really very powerful, obviously he is clamping Zhou Yu everywhere, but he is doing a high-sounding drip, this person is really not simple." ”

After thinking about this verse, Liu Bei relieved his heart and immediately ordered someone to go back to the messenger, saying that he agreed to Sun Quan's proposal.

Liu Bei finished discussing here, and just when he was about to call everyone to disperse, there were pro-soldiers from outside to report, and the fine work sent to Baqiu rushed back, and there was big news to report immediately.

Others hadn't taken it seriously, but Fang Shao's heart had already moved, and he had a vague premonition.

When he was guessing, the fine work had been passed in by Liu Bei, and in front of everyone, he said the news that shocked everyone.

Zhou Yu died.

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