The three generals Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, and Yang Xiong had already seen the scene of Zhou Yu's siege of the city, so they were dissatisfied with Zhou Yu in their hearts. The three of them were able to lead the troops to arrive in time, naturally because they received Nan Ye's order. Although Nan Ye himself did not come to attack Nanjun, it was not difficult to pass on the news. It's just that when Nan Ye gave the order, he didn't expect Zhao Yun and the others to come so coincidentally, in fact, even if they were two days late, it would not be a big problem, it would still be the same result.

Zhao Yun saw that Zhou Yu had already collected his troops and lined up, so he also ordered the soldiers and horses to line up, and he stepped forward and said: "I am Changshan Zhao Zilong, but the opposite side is the governor of Zhou Gongjin?" ”

Zhou Yu had also heard of Zhao Yunwei's fame, and with Nan Ye's fame, all the generals under Nan Ye's command were also famous. People with good deeds arranged the generals of Nan Ye, saying that there is a dragon, a tiger and a bear under the command of Nan Ye, two immortals and two halberds. One dragon and one tiger refer to Zhao Zilong and Han Hu, and Xiong Zhen refers not to Bai Zhen but to Yang Xiong. The two immortals refer to the sword god Wang Yue and the god of war Lu Bu, and the two pairs of halberds refer to Dian Wei and Zhou Cang.

Of course, Huang Zhong, Ma Chao and others are not bad at their skills, but they followed Nan Ye late and were not arranged. Although Zhang Liao and Xu Huang followed Nan Ye earlier and their official positions were not low, they were mostly in Jiaozhou, and few people knew about their expeditions with Nan Ye.

Knowing that it was Zhao Yun in person, Zhou Yu gave up the idea of fighting, and patted his horse and saluted: "This commander is Zhou Yu, and General Zhao is here to raise troops but the national teacher sent him?" I don't know if the national teacher can be in the army? ”

Zhao Yun knew that Zhou Yu, Zhuge Liang, and Nan Ye had agreed to take turns attacking Nanjun, and naturally knew that Zhou Yu was asking for the guilt, so he replied with a smile: "It was not sent by the national teacher, but the guards in the city surrendered, and I led the army to surrender." ”

Zhou Yu sneered when he heard this: "The defenders in the city only surrendered today, why did General Zhao come so quickly?" Can't you lie to me? ”

Zhao Yun was neither humble nor arrogant: "I don't dare to deceive the governor of Zhou, but the guards in the city and the guards of the four counties of Jingnan have already secretly defected to the national division." It was only because Cao Cao sent the generals to take the first step, and the guards were anxious not to move, so they waited for me to lead the army to respond. I don't want the governor to take the first step to drive away Cao Jun for me, Zhao Yun is here to thank the governor. ”

Zhou Yu was stunned when he heard Zhao Yun finish speaking, because Zhao Yun's words were not impossible. Since Zhao Yun came here for help from the guards, it is no wonder that Zhao Yun sent troops, after all, Zhao Yun did not know that there was an agreement that Zhou Yu would take Nanjun first, and it could not be regarded as a breach of contract. Zhou Yu saw that Zhao Yun had upright facial features and extraordinary heroism, not like a treacherous and cunning person, so he believed what Zhao Yun said and said to Zhao Yun: "General Zhao doesn't have to thank me. To tell you the truth, I came here to make an appointment with the national teacher to take Nanjun first, and if it is not successful, the national teacher will take it again. Now that I have defeated Cao's army, I should take Nanjun, and the general will inevitably make the national teacher lose his trust. ”

Zhao Yun raised his eyebrows when he heard this, pretending to be stupid: "Oh? There are such things! But I have not heard of it. The national teacher has always been benevolent and righteous, and he has never broken his promise, and I cannot trap the national teacher in injustice. However, the defenders of the city have surrendered to the national army, and I cannot sit back and watch the governor continue to attack the city. How good is that? ”

Zhou Yu saw that Zhao Yun looked like he was in a dilemma and thought that Zhao Yun was upright and easy to deceive, so he said, "What's so difficult about this? Since the guards have already returned to the national division, General Zhao ordered the guards to lead the troops out of the city. In this way, the soldiers in the city will return to the national division, and the land of the southern county will belong to me, so that the national division can increase the number of soldiers and horses, and it will not make the national teacher lose his trust, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds? ”

Zhao Yun patted his head and smiled: "The words of the governor are really clever. It's just that I don't know if the appointment between the governor and the national teacher is true or not, Zhao Yun didn't dare to take it upon himself to sacrifice the city. I don't think it's as good as this, the governor will be here for a few days, and then I will send someone to ask the Ming national division about the reason, and then lead the troops to retreat and let go of the city. Without waiting for Zhou Yu to agree, he said to the soldiers behind him: "I'll wait and enter the city to rest first." Wait for the military order of the national division. ”

Zhou Yu and Jiangdong sent the state army into the city without saying a word. Zhao Yun was very polite from beginning to end, and he didn't say that he wouldn't let the city, but only said that he wanted to ask Nan Ye, how could Zhou Yu refuse? As for the strong attack on Nanjun, Zhou Yu didn't dare to think about it, Zhao Yun and the others couldn't capture the city until Zhou Yu arrived, and the Jiaozhou army would be even more useless as soon as Zhou Yu arrived. Now Zhou Yu can only hope that Nanye's character is good, and order Zhao Yun to give up the land of Nanjun. Fortunately, Liu Bei's camp in Youjiang is not far from here, and it won't take long for Zhao Yun to send people back and forth, so Zhou Yu will stay in the camp and wait for good news.

Nan Ye's character can't be said to be bad, but he is not good enough to spit out the meat that he eats in his mouth. Zhou Yu waited for a few days without getting a reply from Zhao Yun, so he simply sent someone to Youjiang to find Nan Ye. But when Zhou Yu's envoy arrived in Youjiang, he was dumbfounded, where is Nan Ye here? Even Liu Bei's camp is gone.

When Zhou Yu heard the news, he hurriedly ordered someone to inquire about the whereabouts of Nan Ye and Liu Bei, and the horse detective returned: "Guanghua Guoshi has gone to Nanyang County, Liu Xuande got the Nanjun Cao Jun Talisman from somewhere, and falsely claimed to be Nanjun for help from the Xiangyang guard, and attacked Xiangyang ...... after luring out the soldiers and horses."

Without waiting for the detailed work to finish, Zhou Yu asked anxiously: "Why did Nan Ye go to Nanyang?" When did Liu Bei take Xiangyang? ”

"Cao Cao has been killed by Ma Chao, and Nanyang County has also been obtained by Ma Chao, so the national teacher went to Nanyang to sit down. Liu Xuande's capture of Xiangyang was just a few days. ”

Zhou Yu screamed when he heard this, and the arrow wound cracked, clenched his fists and said angrily: "I Zhongnan Ye and Zhuge Liang's plan is also!" ”

Lu Su persuaded on the side: "Calm your anger!" What tactics did the two of them use to make the governor so angry? ”

Zhou Yu said angrily: "Neither of these two people has the heart to take Nanjun, and they want to compete with me to deceive me, so that I will waste my troops here." The Nanjun guard will vote for Nanye early, so Nanye will take Nanyang directly, and Zhuge Liang must have known about it, so he borrowed the Nanjun soldier talisman to take Xiangyang. The hateful duo kept us in the dark. ”

Lu Su is also a smart person, he asked Zhou Yu if he really didn't know the strategy, but just led Zhou Yu to speak so as not to be angry. At this time, seeing that Zhou Yu said something to calm down his anger, he asked Zhou Yu: "What should I do now?" ”

Zhou Yu was really guided by Lu Su, and no longer got angry for no reason, but thought about a strategy. After thinking for a moment, Zhou Yu said: "As soon as Xiangyang and Nanyang are lost, Nanjun will be separated from Jiangdong, and there will be no border. Even if we wait, we can't be stationed. Now that there is no Cao army in Jingzhou, we can only return to the army and go north to fight with Cao Jun for the land of Xuzhou. As soon as Cao Cao died, Xuzhou was at his fingertips. ”

Lu Su sighed in his heart when he heard this, how could he not know that Nanjun had become an enclave for Jiangdong, and it was useless to get it. However, what really frightened Lu Su was that the current situation was really developing according to Nanye's strategic layout. Nan Ye proposed that Liu Bei attack Xiangyang and Zhou Yu attack Xuzhou before Zhou Yu attacked Nanjun, but Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang did not listen to it at that time. I didn't expect things to develop to this point in the end, if there is really any difference, it is that Zhou Yu attacked Nanjun and lost his troops, and Zhuge Liang accepted Nan Ye's suggestion for some reason, and as a result, he got Nan Ye's help to take Xiangyang.

Although Zhou Yu was very angry by Nan Ye and Zhuge Liang, he did not turn his face because of this, and desperately attacked Nan Ye and Liu Bei. can sit in the position of the governor of the capital, how can Zhou Yu be a person who has a small belly and does not care about the overall situation? After making a decision, Zhou Yu did not procrastinate, and directly ordered the troops to enter Xuzhou.

Zhang Liao and Jia Xu in the city of Nanjun did not delay when they saw Zhou Yu's retreat, leaving Lu Xun and Wei Yan to guard Nanjun, and at the same time ordered Lu Xun to supervise the soldiers and horses of Jingzhou counties, and the rest of the people continued to lead the troops north to Nanyang to join Nanye.

In Nanyang Taishou Mansion, Nan Ye and the generals gathered together. On the left hand side there are strategists Pang Tong, Jia Xu, Zhuge Jin, and on the right hand side there are military generals Dian Wei, Zhang Liao, Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao and others. At this time, the people were deliberating about the march into the army.

Pang Tong said: "As soon as Cao Cao dies, the army's heart will be chaotic, and the national teacher can take this opportunity to lead troops to attack Xuchang to rescue the Son of Heaven, and the big thing will be decided." ”

Jia Xu said: "Cao Cao's hijacking of the Son of Heaven to occupy the land of Bazhou was decided by the national division in a war, and the root cause was that the national division was strong. Since General Ma Lao was killed by Cao Cao, and the land of Xiliang was obtained by Cao Cao, there has been a shortage of war horses in the army. In my opinion, he should attack the division and enter the Xiliang. One can get the east and the west, the second can get the land of the West Liang and the horses, and the third can trade with the countries of the Western Regions. ”

Zhuge Jin said: "When the national division raised the army, he had already contacted the Northern Dart Bureau and Qianzhuang, and now Cao Cao's Dart Bureau and Qianzhuang have been closed and transferred, which has made the people panic. When Cao's army was suffering from internal and external troubles, the national division soldiers would divide many troops and take them, and there was no need to stick to one place. In addition, my brother Kong Ming has the talents of Guan Zhong and Le Yi, and the national teacher must be guarded against. It can be divided into an army to enter Yuzhou, and Liu Xuande's northward march is not possible. ”

Nan Ye listened to the three military advisors express their opinions and nodded again and again, what these three people said was not unreasonable. Nan Ye also knew that this was the best opportunity to send troops to the north, if the troops were enough and time permitted, Nan Ye would be eager to take Cao Cao's eight states in one pot, and the generals under his command probably planned to do the same. However, this wish is not realistic after all, whether it is the news of Cao Cao's death or the evacuation of the dart game and Qian Zhuang, it is only a temporary shock. It is still too late to take this opportunity to take one state, but it is impossible to take all eight states.

Among the three plans, Nan Ye is most optimistic about Jia Xu's plan. Luoyang, the eastern capital, and Chang'an, the western capital, didn't care. Xiliang's horse, Nan Ye, can still buy it as long as he is willing to spend a lot of money. What moved Nan Ye the most was the article on trade with the countries of the Western Regions. The Maritime Silk Road brought prosperity to Jiaozhou, making Nanye the richest person in the world, and if he controlled the land Silk Road again, Nanye's strength would be even higher.

There is another advantage of attacking Sili and Xiliang, that is, the land of Sili is sparsely populated after the rebellion of Dong Zhuo and Li Dao, and Xiliang was occupied by Cao Cao not long after Ma Teng's territory, and Ma Chao still has influence in the local area. Attacking these two places will not waste too many troops, and Nan Ye can also divide his troops to fight Yuzhou. But if he attacks Xuchang, Nan Ye must go all out, who will make Xuchang Cao Cao's base camp. If a land of Xuchang and Sanzhou was for Nan Ye to choose, Nan Ye would naturally choose the latter. As for Emperor Nan Ye of the Han Dynasty, he really didn't want it, so the charge of abolishing the emperor was left to Cao Pi.

As soon as Nan Ye wanted to say that he supported Jia Xu and Zhuge Jin's strategy, a mage's personal guard came to report: "Uncle Liu Huang sent the military division Kong Ming to reward the national teacher with gifts." ”