Qingzhou has seven counties, including Qi County, Jinan, Le'an, Beihai, Chengyang, Donglai and Pingyuan, with 62 counties under its jurisdiction. Compared with Zhuge Liang's division of troops to outwit and annex the state, Sun Quan's troops and horses all the way to Qingzhou were much more violent.

Sun Quan is younger than Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Nan Ye, and the young Sun Quan is very receptive to new things. After seeing the power of the thunderbolt outside the city of Xuchang, Sun Quan relied on making thunderbolts to crush the city all the way. With the Thunderbolt Car, Sun Quan's siege speed was also extremely fast, but it was very time-consuming to build and transport the Thunderbolt Car, so Sun Quan's speed of taking Qingzhou was even slower than the speed at which Liu Bei took and annexed the state. Still, Sun Quan wanted a piece of the pie in Yanzhou.

Liu Bei hesitated before coming to take Yanzhou, but Sun Quan didn't hesitate at all, let alone expect that Nan Ye had already taken Yanzhou. After leaving the necessary soldiers and horses to defend the city in Qingzhou, Sun Quan directly sent troops to Yanzhou and entered from Mount Tai. As a result, Sun Quan hit a nail like Liu Bei, and Huang Zhong and his son were leading troops to guard Taishan County.

When Sun Quan saw the banner of Nanye in the city, he was even more dumbfounded than Liu Bei, because he had no preparation at all, and hurriedly summoned Lu Su and Lu Meng to come to discuss.

Lu Su said: "Since the national teacher has taken Yanzhou, we must not attack its prefecture and county again, otherwise the dispute will be in vain, and Cao Pi will laugh!" ”

Lu Meng and Lu Su's opinion was the opposite: "Zijing's words are wrong! I waited for Qingzhou to be taken, Nanye took Yanzhou, and presumably the state also fell into the hands of that Liu Bei. In this way, Cao Pi only has Ji and Youerzhou, and he is afraid that the lord is too late, and he dares to laugh? Before, 300,000 people and horses took Xuchang and could not be obtained, but now each has a state to divide troops to guard, and there are fewer soldiers who can attack Cao Pi Yecheng, according to my opinion, Yecheng cannot be obtained, and this battle stops here.

Looking at the fact that there are only four princes left, Nanye occupies a large number of soldiers in the southwest, and is the first. The lord has the land of Xu, Qing and Yang in the east, second only to Nanye. Liu Bei and Cao Pi each have two states, so they are not to be feared. The great enemy of the lord in the future is not Cao Pi, but Nanye, why not take Yanzhou at this time and then make peace with Cao Pi, fight against Nanye in the east and west, and then dominate the world? ”

Sun Quan was very moved by the blueprint drawn by Lu Meng, but he was really not ready to start a war with Nan Ye, so he couldn't help but look at Lu Su and wanted to hear what he had to say.

Lu Su really stopped: "The lord can't! The strength of the soldiers and horses of the Nanye National Division is obvious to all, and if the lord wants to win, the time, place, and people are indispensable. Although our army won this battle, it also suffered a lot of losses, and there was no clever plan to prepare in advance to defeat the national division, which is not a good time! The national teacher first got Yanzhou, and there were generals to defend the city, which was not advantageous! The lord betrayed the alliance to tie Cao Pi, and Liu Xuande will help the national teacher, which is unfriendly! How can I attack when the time, the place, and the people are not there? ”

Sun Quan did not have much trouble attacking the city and plundering the pond along the way, but he was confident that he would break through the city guarded by Huang Zhong in front of him. But when he thought of Nan Ye and Liu Bei joining forces, Sun Quan suddenly felt a headache. Sun Quan, who is good at politics, can predict the outcome of the war with a little weighing, Liu Bei and Nan Ye have had a friendship since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and the two will inevitably join forces to fight themselves, even if Sun Quan can win over Cao Pi to help in the war, but the relationship between the two sides is definitely not as stable as the alliance between Nan Ye and Liu Bei, and the strength is not necessarily comparable to the alliance of Nan Ye and Liu Bei, and in the end it will definitely lose.

After thinking clearly about the gains and losses, Sun Quan said: "What Zijing and Ziming said is reasonable. If you want to dominate the world, you will definitely have a battle with Nanye in the future, but this is definitely not a good opportunity to turn against each other. I'll wait a little longer, and see what the city guards have to say. ”

Huang Zhong saw that Sun Quan's army did not advance after arriving at the city, and did not retreat, so he knew that the other party was not well-intentioned, so he did not go out of the city to greet him, but only waited for Sun Quan to finish his discussion. After a long time, he saw Sun Quan leading a group of civil and military officers to the city, Pan Zhang stepped forward and said, "Who is the guard in the city?" Why didn't King Wu go out of the city to greet him? ”

As soon as Huang Xu saw that it was not Sun Quan, he replied for Huang Zhong: "I am Huang Xu under the command of the national teacher." The city is small, and there are not many horses and horses, so King Wu and the generals are invited to camp under the city to rest. The national teacher has already taken Xuchang, and at this time he is waiting for King Wu to meet in Dongjun, and he will wait with his father to inform King Wu here. ”

Sun Quan was shocked when he heard that Nan Ye had taken Xuchang, and he had no intention of attacking the city, so that the defensive attitude of Huang Zhong and his son made Sun Quan very unhappy, he felt that Huang Zhong and his son were villains in the belly of a gentleman, but he didn't want to think that he was still discussing the siege with Lu Su and Lu Meng just now.

Sun Quan, who had already decided not to start a war with Nan Ye, of course would not change his original intention because he was unhappy with Huang Zhong's father and son, but he wanted to teach Huang Zhong and his son a lesson, so he stepped out and said: "There is nowhere to rest in the city, and it doesn't hurt for us to be stationed outside the city." It's just that there is one more thing that wants to bother General Huang. ”

Huang Zhong saw that Sun Quan personally stepped forward and said, "King Wu has something to say, I should do my best." ”

Sun Quan looked at the old and young of Huang Zhong's father and son, and said with a smile: "I have heard the prestige of General Huang for a long time, and today I saw it really extraordinary." There are several generals under my command who have admired General Huang for a long time, and always want to find an opportunity to have a discussion, I wonder if General Huang can teach him? ”

At first, Huang Zhong thought that Sun Quan wanted to ask for food and grass for the army, but he didn't expect that he would learn martial arts. Friendship with martial arts is the favorite thing for military generals, and Sun Quan's status is high, Huang Zhong can't refuse, so he said: "Don't dare to be the word teaching." It is impossible to be loyal to General Wu Wang. ”

Sun Quan couldn't help laughing when he heard Huang Zhong's promise: "General Huang is happy! I think this competition needs to be a little bit more colorful. If General Huang wins, I will take a day's grain and grass as a bet on the general, otherwise General Huang will give a day's grain and grass to the army? ”

Huang Zhong smiled slightly when he heard this, in fact, he had already prepared food and grass for the army in the city, if Sun Quan was polite, it would not hurt to give it to him. But Sun Quan wanted to take advantage of the way of betting on martial arts, which made Huang Zhong unhappy. At this time, Huang Zhong not only didn't want to give grain and grass to the army, but also wanted to win back some grain and grass to let Sun Quan know that he was powerful, so he said: "King Wu's proposal is very good!" It's just that I don't know how much food and grass are spent on King Wu's army and horses? ”

After Sun Quan left troops to defend Qingzhou, there were about 50,000 horses, and the ancients had two meals a day, which was 100,000 catties of grain per person per meal, so the two gambled 100,000 catties of military rations. After agreeing on the gambling game, Huang Zhong rode down to the city alone. Sun Quan didn't take Huang Zhong seriously, so he asked the generals: "Who are you waiting for to win this old army and win some military rations back?" ”

A group of Eastern Wu generals were angry about Huang Zhong's refusal to invite Sun Quan into the city, so they asked for battle. After Sun Quan glanced at everyone, he decided to let Zhou Tai, who had the highest martial arts, fight Huang Zhong.