When Nan Ye saw Ma Chao, Cao Cao had already been dead for a long time. Ma Chao cut off Cao Cao's head to pay tribute to Ma Teng, and finally failed to leave the whole body of the traitorous male Cao Cao. Although Cao Hong fought desperately to the death, he was no match for Pang De and Ma Dai after all, not to mention Xun You, Cheng Yu and other ministers, all of whom died under the iron hoof.

Ma Chaosi saw that Nan Ye then rushed forward to salute, Ma Chaohu bowed to Nan Ye with tears in his eyes and said: "Today, my father's revenge has to be avenged by the national teacher, and we should swear to repay this great favor." ”

Nan Ye picked up Ma Chao and said: "It is also my duty to avenge the old general, and Meng Qi does not need to be polite." ”

After Ma Chao got up, he asked Nan Ye: "The thief Cao is dead, how should I dispatch the soldiers and horses?" ”

Nan Ye thought for a while and said: "Nanjun already has Wei Wenchang and Lu Boyan as internal responses, and there are still Jingzhou soldiers in Xiangyang who are not easy to attack, so Meng Qi can order soldiers to pretend to be Cao Cao's defeated soldiers and defraud Nanyang County." After I obtain Nanjun, I can transfer troops to the north, and my boss will be subordinate to Chang'an. ”

When Ma Chao heard this, he took the order and went with Pang De and Ma Dai to capture Nanyang County, while Ma Yunluo returned with Nanye and headed for Nanjun.

Let's say that Zhou Yu won a big victory in Chibi, and the army collection points will report to Sun Quan one by one, and then reward the three armies. In this battle, Zhou Yu captured countless burdens such as Cao's army's grain, grass, wagons, and ships, and reduced more than 100,000 soldiers, which can be described as a complete victory, but Zhou Yu was not satisfied. The credit for capturing the flag is naturally not small, but it is not as great as the credit for opening up the territory and expanding the territory. So after Zhou Yu sacrificed the army, he discussed marching into Jingzhou to attack.

The four southern counties of Jingzhou Nine Counties have been returned to Nanye, Jiangxia is in the hands of Liu Bei and Liu Qi, so Zhou Yu can only choose one from Nanjun, Nanyang County, Xiangyang County, and Zhangling County.

When Zhou Yu was discussing the march of the army, the corporal came to report: "Liu Xuande's envoy Sun Qian came to congratulate the governor of Chibi on his victory." ”

Zhou Yu ordered someone to invite Sun Gan in, and Sun Qian saluted: "My lord has prepared a small gift to thank the governor for retiring Cao Dade." ”

Zhou Yu also asked, "Where is Xuande Gong now?" ”

Sun Qian replied: "After the lord divided his troops to kill Cao Cao, he moved his troops to the mouth of the oil river. ”

Zhou Yu was shocked when he heard this, and asked, "Can Guanghua Guoshi and Kong Ming be in the oil river?" ”

Sun Qian said: "The military advisor and the lord are in the same Youjiang. The national teacher intercepted Cao Cao and went, I don't know where he is now. ”

Zhou Yu nodded when he heard this: "Thank you Xuande Gong for your kindness, Mr. can go back first, and I will go to thank you in person." ”

Sun Qian saw that Zhou Yu had accepted the gift, so he said goodbye and returned. Lu Su asked Zhou Yu on the side: "Why is Du Du Shicai surprised?" ”

Zhou Yu said: "Liu Beitun Bingyoujiang must want to take Nanjun." We spent a lot of military horses, used a lot of money and food, and now Nanjun is at my fingertips, Liu Bei is unkind and wants to be ready-made, so I need to pass this pass first! ”

Lu Su was shocked and asked, "If this is the case, what should I do?" ”

Zhou Yu said: "I'll go and discuss with him first, just discuss it, and if the discussion is not good, I will first get Liu Bei and bring Jiang Xia." ”

Now that Cao Cao has been defeated, Lu Su is no longer blindly defending the Sun-Liu alliance. Hearing that Zhou Yu was going to compete with Liu Bei for Jingzhou, Lu Su was very approving: "I am willing to discuss with the governor." ”

The two of them had made up their minds, so they led 3,000 light horsemen to the mouth of the oil river. After Sun Qian returned to see Liu Bei, he reported to Liu Bei that Zhou Yu wanted to thank him in person. Liu Bei didn't know Zhou Yu's intentions, so he asked Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "How can Zhou Gongjin be rewarded with a little courtesy?" This is for the matter of Nanjun. ”

Liu Bei has been borrowing Liu Qi's Jiangxia land to settle down, and now Cao Cao is defeated and wants to take advantage of the chaos to take Jingbei as a place to live. When he heard that Zhou Yu was going to take Nanjun, he was in a hurry and said: "Zhou Gongjin will not let me send troops if he wants to take Nanjun, how should I reply?" ”

Zhuge Liang said: "The lord doesn't need to worry too much, just answer it correctly like this......"

After Liu Bei heard Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu's men and horses also arrived outside the camp, and Liu Bei sent Guan Yu out to greet him. Zhou Yu saw that Liu Bei's army was majestic and morale-high, and his heart was even more uneasy, and he regarded Liu Bei as the number one enemy.

Zhou Yu and Lu Su marched to the camp gate, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang went out to welcome the audience into the tent, and then set up a banquet to entertain them. During the banquet, Liu Bei just kept raising his glass to Zhou Yu to thank Chibi for the soldiers, and did not mention Nanjun.

After three rounds of drinking, Zhou Yu saw that Liu Bei was still pretending to be stupid, so he couldn't help but ask directly: "Liu Yuzhou moved his troops here, could it be that he intended to take Nanjun?" ”

Liu Bei said according to Zhuge Liang's instructions: "I heard that the governor wants to take Nanjun to help." If the governor does not take it, I will take it."

Zhou Yu smiled when he heard this: "I have defeated Cao Cao's army, and now Nanjun is in the palm of my hand, why not take it?" ”

Liu Bei said: "The victory or defeat cannot be predetermined. Cao Cao has arranged men and horses in Nanjun for the defense of the national division to go north, but he is afraid that the governor will not be able to win. ”

Zhou Yu said: "I don't need Uncle Huang's help, if I can't get it, I will let Uncle Huang take it at that time." ”

Liu Bei said: "Zijing and Kong Ming are here as proof, and the governor should not regret it." ”

Lu Su heard that Liu Bei was agitated, and couldn't help but look at Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu didn't think it was right and said: "The eldest husband has said everything, why regret it?" ”

Zhuge Liang took the opportunity to interject: "The governor's words are very fair. You might as well let the governor take it first, and if you can't win the lord, you can take it again. ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard someone outside the tent: "If Gongjin and Xuande can't take it, I don't know if I can take it?" ”

Liu Bei and Zhou Yu were all shocked when they heard this, and when everyone in the tent looked outside the tent, they saw Nan Ye enter with the curtain raised. Liu Bei's Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Nan Ye had a deep friendship, and the three of them worked together to fight against Cao, so Nan Ye did not need to be notified when he entered the camp, and directly entered the handsome tent.

After Nan Ye intercepted Cao Cao, he wanted to take Nanjun directly, but halfway through, he remembered that Zhou Yu and Liu Bei were also fighting Nanjun. In order to prevent the conflict between the three soldiers, Nan Ye went to Liu Bei's camp to say hello first, but he didn't expect Zhou Yu to happen to be there.

Zhuge Liang couldn't help but ask in surprise when he saw Nan Ye: "The national teacher is here, I don't know what Cao Cao's life is?" ”

Everyone in the tent couldn't help but prick up their ears when Zhuge Liang asked about Cao Cao. The last news they got was that Guan Yu let Cao Cao go, and no one knew the result of Nan Ye's final interception and killing of Cao Cao.

Nan Ye knew that the world would be shaken as soon as the news of Cao Cao's death came out, and in order to ensure that the dart bureau and money village in Cao Cao's territory could be evacuated safely, Nan Ye did not plan to spread the news of Cao Cao's death now. So he said: "I failed to kill Cao Mengde in Huarong Dao, but Meng Qi has already tracked him down, and I don't know what the result will be." ”

Zhou Yu knew that Cao Cao had a lot of sons, even if Cao Cao died, someone else would succeed him, so he didn't care about Cao Cao's life or death, but cared more about Nanjun in front of him. Zhou Yu frowned and asked, "The national teacher has always guarded the land, why do you want to take the land of Nanjun?" ”

Nan Ye said with a smile: "After this battle, I and Cao Mengde are in the same situation, if I don't take the opportunity to take the land, do I still have to leave Nanjun to him to recruit soldiers to gather grass and grain, and it will not be able to make a comeback?" ”