Seeing that the ministers all agreed, Zhou Yu couldn't help but be more interested, and simply stood up and said: "After the defeat of the Cao army, the water army will inevitably be annihilated, if the Cao thief is lucky not to die, he will naturally not dare to escape by the waterway, only from the dry road to Jiangling, please look at Yunmengze, there is only one Huarong ancient road that can lead to the north road, this Huarong Road is extremely difficult to walk, so it is convenient for us to pursue the old thief, if the old thief can be captured alive, then the world will be decided!" ”

Qiao Ren remembered that in later generations, it seemed that Liu Bei discovered this ancient road, and Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, and Guan Yu led the army to intercept it, but in the end, Cao Cao retreated safely. The reason for this was debated by later generations, and some said that Guan Yu was favoritist and let Cao Cao go; It is also said that Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang did it deliberately.

However, Qiao Ren confirmed that if Cao Cao died in Jingzhou, the world would be in chaos, but Dongwu had a greater chance, after all, Jiangdong was now second only to Cao Cao's power, and Liu Bei was weak, so Qiao Ren thought that it would be strange if Liu Bei guarded Wulin and did not let Cao Cao go.

At this time, Lu Meng, who was the left deputy governor, said: "The governor of the capital is far-sighted, and the arrangements of our army have been decided, but Liu Bei still has 20,000 soldiers in Fankou, but I don't know how the governor will arrange it. ”

This sentence is the key to saying that Liu Bei originally had 5,000 Yuzhou troops, together with Liu Qi's 6,000 troops and Liu Pan's nearly 10,000 soldiers, was a big force in Fankou, and it was impossible to ignore it.

Thinking of this, Qiao Ren said: "Governor of the capital, Liu Bei garrisons Fankou." If there is nothing to do behind our army, it is better to let it garrison most of its troops in Hanyang. ”

Cao Cao's advance this time, although the main force along the Yangtze River eastward, but another north road army from Xiangyang, along the Han River south, if this force broke through the blockade of Xiakou, then Zhou Yu's army will face the danger of being attacked by the front soldiers. Of course, the most important thing is Guan Yu's naval army, if there is no such naval army, even if Er Liu has Fankoukou, it is impossible to block the Jingzhou naval army from Xiangyang to the south.

Zhou Yu didn't want Liu Bei to still have some effect, and said with a smile: "Since this is the case, let Liu Bei send troops to Hanyang." ”

At this time, Lu Su, who had not yet spoken, hurriedly said: "It's not appropriate for the Metropolitan Governor to do this." Although Liu Bei's forces are weak, he is an alliance of our army rather than a subordinate, so it is not appropriate to serve as an envoy. ”

At this time, Zhou Yu also thought about it and said, "It's really not suitable." In this way, Lao Zijing went to Fankou to discuss with Liu Bei, and then asked Zhuge Liang to be stationed in our army to facilitate consultation. ”

"Whoa!" Lu Su received the order in a hurry.

After talking about Liu Bei's matter, this is a key issue. Zhou Yu said: "Cao Cao has fought countless battles in his life, and he has countless generals and ministers, and he will never let go of Chibi." And who among the generals will grab Chibi, you can have a candidate. ”

At this time, there was also a lot of controversy in the hall, some people said that Gan Ning was suitable, and some people said that Zhou Tai was suitable.

Lu Su came out and said: "The Metropolitan Governor, whether it is Gan Ning or Zhou Tai's generals, there are too few soldiers and horses under his command of only one or two thousand, and I am afraid it will be difficult to compete with the Cao army who came to capture Chibi." ”

Zhou Yu asked: "Yi Zijingzhi sees who can take Chibi." ”

Lu Su pointed his hand, and everyone looked at Qiao Ren in dialect, and said: "Qiao Hu is just right, the corporal of the guard army is brave, and there are tens of thousands of troops, which is the best candidate to snatch Chibi." ”

"But!" At this time, Huang Gai said: "Ziyan is a protector, how can he leave without permission. ”

Zhou Yu synthesized everyone's opinions, thought for a moment and said, "Ziyan is the best candidate. As for its protection, it can't stay away from the Chinese army, but it doesn't matter. In the past, when I was the protector of the army, how many days was in Jianye! ”

After the candidate was finalized, Qiao Ren did not shirk and said: "Liu Bei has fought with Cao Cao many times, but he is very familiar with Cao Cao. It's better to ask Liu Bei to send troops to assist. "It's only an hour and a half from Xiakou to Fankou down the river.

Zhou Yu also made sense when he heard this, and said: "In this case, please also ask Zi Jing to go to Fankou quickly and discuss the matter with Liu Bei." Qiao Renjun, set off tomorrow. ”

"Whoa!"

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After the meeting, Qiao Ren immediately summoned the lieutenant generals Huang Ce, Xu Sheng, Dai Gang, Jia Hua, and Liu Ji and Zhang Wen. Since he wants to open it, he will definitely not go back to the other courtyard in Xiakou, but go directly to the big tent where he is stationed.

Qiao Ren was dressed in a military uniform, wiped his sword and said, "Everyone, the generals of the Metropolitan Governor, our army will set out to seize Chibi on the other day. ”

After finishing the sentence, all the generals in the hall were excited, especially Dai Gang, whose force had skyrocketed to eighty, and said: "General, this time to take Chibi is the first battle of the army? ”

"Exactly" Qiao Ren's face was indifferent, and the movement of the sword in his hand was not slow at all.

After speaking, the audience was even more eager to try, but Qiao Ren was not as optimistic as them. How strong Cao Cao's foot cavalry is, Qiao Ren did not feel it softly, but as long as he thinks that he has defeated the strong many times in his life, and he has conquered many alien races in the north, the military prestige on his road is far from being comparable to Jiangdong, even if Cao Cao only sent a few thousand people this time, Qiao Ren put himself in a weak position in his heart, although he is a little self-conscious, but there is no way.

At night, Lu Su finally arrived at Fankou, and Liu Bei didn't want Lu Zijing, who he had only seen a few days ago, to come again today. However, although Lu Zijing is good, it doesn't seem to be anything good every time he comes.

But after all, it was an alliance, Liu Bei still led Lu Su into the lobby, served some wine and food, and asked Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu to accompany him. After three rounds of wine and five flavors, Liu Bei spoke: "I don't know what happened to Mr. Zijing?" ”

Lu Su drank a few glasses of wine, and said without hesitation: "Su came on the order of the Metropolitan Governor, and the Metropolitan Governor decided to send troops to seize Chibi tomorrow, and wanted to ask Liu Zhijun to send troops to garrison Hanyang, and send troops to help our army take Chibi." ”

Lu Su's words had already been processed by himself, but Liu Bei still didn't hear it, and Zhou Yu's name was no different from an order. Liu Bei set his eyes on it, but Xu Shu and Zhuge Liang saw that they both signaled him to respond first.

Liu Bei had no choice but to say: "The arrangement of the metropolitan governor is very appropriate, and he is ready to send Yun Chang to move the army to Hanyang to meet Liu Qi's son, but I don't know which general the metropolitan governor will send to take Chibi." Liu Bei's meaning is very simple, depending on Zhou Yu's arrangement and sending people, if it is an ordinary general, Liu Bei can arrange a soy sauce past.

When Lu Su heard this, he smiled and said: "This person also knows you, it is Qiao Hujun." ”

"Qiao Ren" A young and handsome face flashed in the minds of the three of them, and there are already sayings in Jiangdong, such as Mei Zhoulang and Qiaoziyan. Qiao Ren and Er Qiao's faces are quite similar, if it weren't for Qiao Ren's hard practice of martial arts for eight years, his figure is more masculine and nearly eight feet tall, otherwise he would definitely be mistaken for a woman.

However, Liu Bei and the others didn't care about Qiao Ren's appearance, but remembered Qiao Ren's deeds, and Zhuge Liang had more experience. Liu Bei asked at this time: "The military advisor thinks that who can be sent to help Qiao Hujun." ”

Zhuge Liang said without thinking: "Zhao Yun of the Central Protector Army." ”

Liu Bei thought about it, both of them were protectors, both of them were handsome and wore silver armor. "In this way, how about sending Zhao Yun, the central guard, to lead eight hundred cavalry to help?" Liu Bei is not reluctant to the army, but Jiangdong's lack of horses, these eight hundred cavalry is not a small establishment for Jiangdong, looking at Lu Su's smiling face, Liu Bei thought that Lu Su was very satisfied.

But he didn't want to, Lu Su laughed and said, "This Liu Bei still thinks that I am short of horses in Jiangdong, but I don't know that there are nearly a thousand cavalry in Qiao Ren's army, otherwise how can he send a dignified general as the vanguard."

After finalizing some matters, Liu Bei wanted to persuade him to drink again, but he was rejected by Lu Su on the grounds that he wanted to return to Xiakou to resume his life!