Guan Feng asked, Liu Bei and Guan Ping glanced at each other, and said with a smile: "The second brother said that Jingzhou has a heavy responsibility and does not dare to slack off. Therefore, when the wedding banquet is held, I will preside over it. Guan Feng didn't ask much after hearing this, but his expression was very sad and sad. Zhao Shu stretched out his hand and held her lightly, which was considered comforting. Guan Yu was able to repent of marrying Zhang Fei and agreeing to this family affair, which is already very gracious; It seems a bit difficult to let him preside over the wedding in person.

At that moment, everyone discussed some preparations for the wedding, and then they dispersed. This is Liu Bei's first happy event in Chengdu, and the man's right-hand man, and the woman is Guan Yu's daughter, so he naturally wants to be lively and decent, in order to show his favor to Zhao Shu and Guan Yu.

Seeing that the wedding date was approaching, Zhao Shu was in a better mood, but he suddenly reported that Sun Quan scolded Lu Meng for attacking and occupying Changsha, Lingling, and Guiyang counties, and suddenly felt very bad. Sure enough, on that day, Liu Bei urgently summoned everyone to the mansion to discuss his affairs. Kong Ming has always advocated joining Wu to resist Cao, and he was the first to say: "Yizhou is initially decided, and the people's hearts are unstable, so it is not appropriate to use swords." Since Sun Quan has occupied three counties, the lord can take the three counties with him. ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Fei's rough voice shouted: "The military advisor is also bad. Sun Quannasi took advantage of the eldest brother's entry into Shu to welcome his sister back to Wu privately, insulting the eldest brother very much. Now they have taken away three counties of me, and their rudeness is even worse. I am willing to lead the army to go and recapture the three counties with my second brother. ”

Calculating the time, Zhao Shu knew that Cao Cao was about to seize Hanzhong, and it was really not appropriate to grudge with Sun Quan again, so he said: "Zhuge is very good, and Shu also asks the lord to make peace with Marquis Wu." Now that Cao Cao is strong and the lord and the marquis of Wu are weak, the basic strategy of joining Wu to resist Cao must not change. ”

Liu Bei saw that both of them agreed with the peace proposal, so he had the heart to say nothing about the war. Zhang Fei said again: "Could it be that Mr. Zhao is afraid that you will miss your wedding date?" Sir is not going, I will lead the army to go, and it just so happens that I don't want to attend your wedding banquet. ”

Zhang Fei was so careless, Zhao Shu was displeased, but he still carefully decomposed: "Shu Guan Cao Cao wants to take Hanzhong for a long time. If the lord sends troops to fight for Jingzhou with Wu Hou, Cao Cao will send troops to take Hanzhong. If Hanzhong loses, the door of Xichuan will be wide open, and Yizhou will be in danger. ”

Zhang Fei didn't believe his words, and sneered: "You are just alarmist. Zhang Lu has been immortal in Hanzhong for decades, how can Cao Cao easily break it? Together with my second brother, within two months, I will be able to win the three counties and return. Kong Ming and Zhao Shu persuaded again, but Zhang Fei insisted on fighting, and finally said: "The second brother was ordered to guard Jingzhou, and now the three counties are lost, and he has no face to face the eldest brother, how can he give up?" Even if the eldest brother does not send troops, with the temperament of the second brother and the strength of one person, he will definitely recapture the three counties. But I am afraid that I can't catch it, and I will suffer a disaster, and the eldest brother can bear to see it? ”

Zhang Fei said this, it is also very reasonable, Guan Yu is arrogant, how can he bear what Sun Quan did? If there is another dispute, it will hurt the harmony of the two families even more. Zhao Shu and Kong Ming both thought so, so they didn't want to say more. Liu Bei also knew that only he could suppress Guan Yu, so he said: "Jingzhou is my foundation, Sun Quan deceives people too much, I should lead the army to welcome him." Kong Ming and Zilong stayed in Chengdu, and Jingwei went to Jingzhou with me. After retiring Sun Quan, he was married by his second brother in Jingzhou. ”

After two days, Liu Bei took Zhang Fei as the front, raised an army of 50,000, and marched to Jingzhou. Zhao Shu and Guan Feng are all in the army. The army entered the public security, and Guan Yu of Jingzhou also led the army to Yiyang. Zhang Fei wanted to fight, Zhao Shu repeatedly said to stop him, Liu Bei didn't want to tear his face with Sun Quan right now, only the general Ma Anza, and did not go to war, and condemned Sun Qian to send an envoy to Eastern Wu to ask for the three counties.

A few days later, Lu Su, the governor of Eastern Wu, personally accompanied Sun Qian to Liu Bei's army to discuss the affairs of the three counties. Liu Bei hurriedly raised the tent to greet him, and Lu Su entered the house to greet him and sat down. Liu Bei asked first: "Zi Jing is here, do you want to return the three counties?" ”

Lu Su said: "Why did Uncle Huang say this? Uncle Huang was repeatedly defeated by Cao Cao and ran to Jiangxia, if he was in danger of being tired. Marquis Wu ordered Zhou Dudu to lead troops to reject Cao, and broke in Chibi, so that the emperor's uncle could settle down. In the battle of Chibi, Jiangdong military horses contributed a lot, but the emperor's uncle took the opportunity to capture Jingzhou. Wu Hou Nian was in the friendship of the alliance, and he did not want to take it by force, but he reprimanded and demanded it, but the emperor's uncle first took Liu Qi's son as the reason, and then limited himself to taking Yizhou. Uncle Huang has already obtained Xichuan, and he still has no intention of returning it, so Marquis Wu reprimanded General Lu to take it himself. Jingzhou was supposed to be the land of my Eastern Wu, how can I return it to the emperor's uncle? ”

Zhang Fei was already furious on the side, and it was easy to wait for Lu Su to finish speaking, and then shouted: "In the battle of Wulin, my eldest brother personally risked arrows and stones to destroy the enemy, how could he be in vain and have no land?" ”

Lu Su didn't show any fear, and said loudly: "No." Uncle Huang was defeated in Nagasaka, exhausted, will want to go away, my lord thinks that Uncle Huang has nowhere to go, does not love the land, so that there is support, in order to achieve success; And the emperor's uncle is good, he has already won Xichuan, and he occupies Jingzhou, greedy and betrayal, and he is afraid that he will be laughed at by the world. But the emperor's uncle observed it. ”

Zhao Shu knew that Zhang Fei was not his opponent between his tongues, and he was afraid that the more he spoke, the more stiff he became, so he said: "After my lord takes Sichuan, he originally had the intention of returning Jingzhou. But Wu Hou took advantage of my lord's entry into Sichuan to privately welcome Mrs. Sun back to Wu. People say that 'marrying a girl is like splashing water', and Wu Hou insulted my lord very much. How can there be an alliance and the sincerity of friendship? ”

Sun Quan was at a loss in this matter, and Lu Su had no choice but to say: "The former Mrs. Sun returned to Wu, but the country was too seriously ill and she was very anxious to miss her daughter. I haven't told the emperor's uncle, don't blame me. ”

Zhao Shu sneered a few times, and then asked, "Could it be that Guotai is still sick?" Why did my lord come in person, but still not see the lady return? Lu Su didn't shirk it anymore, he was angry, and said in a low voice: "This Wu Hou's family matter, Su really doesn't know. ”

Zhao Shu wanted to take the opportunity to ask, but saw Liu Feng hurriedly crashing in from outside the tent and whispering in Liu Bei's ear for a while. Liu Bei suddenly changed his color, and said to Lu Su with a smile: "Jingwei's words are very true. I wanted to return Jingzhou, but Wu Hou was rude first, since Zijing came to the family, I will return the three counties first. Changsha, Lingling, Guiyang and Wu Hou, when I took Liangzhou, transferred the second brother to guard, and then returned Jingzhou. ”

Lu Su saw that Liu Bei's tone was loose, and he still wanted to say more. Liu Bei said in a deep voice: "Why is Zijing not greedy enough? I have now brought a large army to come, but I do not send troops to fight, but I remember the friendship of the former alliance against Cao. If Zijing really wants to get the whole territory of Jingzhou, he can quickly return to Wu to rectify the army and horses. ”

Lu Su also supported the Wushu alliance very much, and did not want to start a war with Liu Bei seriously at all, so he hurriedly said: "Marquis Wu has no intention of being an enemy of the emperor's uncle, and even if he returns the three counties, the emperor's uncle can also lead the army back to Sichuan." ”

Liu Bei nodded and said: "I will lead the army back, Zijing will return to Wu and restore Wu Hou, the two families will be in good harmony, don't make another incident." Lu Su got up and took his leave. Liu Bei didn't send it in person, but just sent someone to it.