Gao Ping, Rong'er's identity, Zhao Shu instructed Guo Huai not to divulge. And Guan Yu, Zhao Shu thought that even if he guessed one or two, he would not tell them about the scandal he had back then.

Zhao Shu didn't want to mention Rong'er's life experience, and said lightly: "It should be someone from Dongwu." ”

Guan Feng asked again: "You don't know?" "Obviously don't believe it, after all, Zhao Shu has had a friendship with Gao Ping and Rong'er for several years.

Zhao Shu nodded and said to Li Wei: "Go back." ”

In the winter of the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, Hanshou Pavilion waited, the former general Guan Yu was assassinated, the murderer was unknown, and the head was dedicated to Cao Cao. Cao Cao was too frightened, his head wind recurred, and he could no longer go south to fight, so the army was stationed in the east of Wancheng. The siege of Xiangyang was temporarily resolved. Liu Bei, the king of Hanzhong, also set up an altar in Chengdu, cried Guan Yu with Zhang Fei, issued an edict to Xiangyang, and escorted Ma Jian back to Chengdu for trial. The eldest son Guan Ping attacked the Marquis of Shouting, added the title of General Zhenwei, and the second son Guan Xing led the Nanjun Taishou with the general of the Zhenjun.

Zhao Shu also got a little light, promoted to the former general, and led the affairs of Jingxiang. On the edict, there was no mention of Kong Ming, which also made Zhao Shu quite incomprehensible. And Liu Feng's matter was never mentioned, and the envoy was also very tight-mouthed. Since Zhao Shu was ordered to sit in Jingzhou, he couldn't enter Chengdu casually. Fortunately, the war in Jingxiang has just subsided, and all kinds of waste are waiting to be revived, and all large and small affairs have to be dealt with, so Zhao Shu is so busy that he is anxious, and he gradually does not take these things to heart.

Eastern Wu and Lümeng retreated to Jiangxia, and the public security and other places gave up. Now under the leadership of Zhao Shu, there are only three counties of Xiangyang, Nanjun and Wuling, that is, Xiangshui and west of Xiangshui. Wuling is far away from Jingzhou and is located in Jingnan, so the geographical location is not very important.

And Xiangyang, Nanjun, Jingzhou and other places are connected to Bashu in the west, Wanluo in the north, and down the river in the east, and capture the six counties of Jiangdong, which is the place where Cao and Sun must fight. It's just that now, Sun Quan is newly defeated, and he has an alliance, so he will not come to offend for the time being, and Cao Cao is sick again, but he does not retreat and return to Xudu, which makes people guess, is it because of Sima, or is he still going south to Xiangyang?

Guan Yu's clothes were buried in Jingshan in the southwest of Xiangyang, and Zhao Shu should have ruled Jingzhou, but in order to guard against Cao Cao, he guarded Xiangyang with Guan Ping. Guanxing Zhennan County, Yu Ban stationed in Jingzhou with General Dangkou, with his strategy and martial arts, it was enough to guard against Lu Meng.

Zhao Shu's most troublesome problem in Jingzhou counties is the problem of soldiers, the battle of Jingzhou, Kip Xia was defeated, and the original tens of thousands of troops were less than 20,000. Zhao Shu took 10,000 Shangyong soldiers and horses, and the remaining soldiers and horses in Jingzhou recovered Nanjun, Jingzhou, and there were also losses. Now, with the newly recruited sergeants, there are only 30,000 troops stationed in the three places. Nanjun, Jingzhou divided 10,000, Xiangyang only 20,000 soldiers and horses, if Cao Cao went south, Zhao Shu really did not have much confidence to be able to defeat his 200,000 tiger and wolf army.

Zhao Shuxiu asked Chengdu for help, but the New Year is approaching, how to raise troops? What's more, Cao Cao's intention to go south was still not obvious, Liu Bei asked Zhao Shu to hold on, and personally raise troops in the coming spring to avenge Guan Yu.

In this angry and anxious atmosphere, the new year begins in the twenty-fifth year of Jian'an. Zhao Shu is in the Three Kingdoms, and now that he thinks about it carefully, only Guo Huai can communicate with each other, but he has succeeded to the position of Shangyong Taishou, and everyone has given each other a gift. Guan Ping always cared about Zhou Cang's death, Guan Feng was not common, and Zhao Shu lived a cold and lonely life throughout the New Year. Occasionally, drinking with Lin Yang and Li Wei is a rare pastime.

In the early morning of the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, Zhao Shu was still lying down. There will be a family member shouting outside: "Sir, Xichuan urgent." Zhao Shu got up suddenly, ignoring the wine he and Lin and Li drank last night, and their heads were dizzy, and they rushed out without wearing their coats, and asked happily: "The king has sent troops?" "I'm looking forward to reinforcements every day.

"My subordinates don't know, the envoy is waiting for Mr. in the hall." Seeing that Zhao Shu was going out again, the general reminded in a low voice: "Mr. should tidy up his clothes and go to see the messenger again." ”

Zhao Shu was anxious, although it was a little cold, he didn't care, and said while walking out, "You go and fetch the clothes for me." Zhao Shu walked quickly into the living room, and when the messenger saw Zhao Shu entering, he was stunned for a moment, and then stepped forward to salute.

Zhao Shu saw that it was Fei Shi, who was considered an acquaintance, and returned the salute, so he asked, "When will the king's soldiers and horses arrive in Xiangyang?" ”

Fei Shi was puzzled: "What soldiers?" Immediately said: "The king will not raise troops in Xiangyang for the time being." ”

To make Zhao Shubai happy, it turned out that it was not a matter of saving soldiers, Zhao Shu took the coat from the hand of the general who came with him, and asked while wearing it: "Then I don't know why Mr. Fei came to Xiangyang?" ”

Fei Shi's expression darkened, and he whispered: "The king was going to raise troops, but there was an accident, so ......"

What accident? If you don't send troops, as soon as Cao Cao's army comes, Jingzhou will be lost inadvertently. Fei Shi saw Zhao Shu's gloomy face, and said: "I originally asked General Zhang to send troops to Bazhong and join forces to save Xiangyang ......."

Zhao Shu's heart was cold, and he asked, "Could it be that the third general had an accident?" ”

Fei Shi glanced at Zhao Shu and nodded slowly, Zhao Shu sat on the sandalwood chair as soon as he fell, he had obviously changed history, why did Guan Yu and Zhang Fei still lose their lives? Instead, he took one more Huang Zhong.

Zhao Shu tried his best to relax himself and asked, "Mr. Annoyance, Mr. Lao explained in detail." ”

Fei Shi said that Zhang Fei had mourned Zhang Bao and Guan Yu in a few months, and she was sad in her heart. Therefore, on the occasion of the New Year, the sergeants are not allowed to have fun. As a result, a year ago, Fan Jiang and Zhang Da, the last generals of his subordinates, were caught by Zhang Fei for drinking in private, and each of them was heavily punished with a hundred military sticks. Although Zhang Fei forbade others to have fun, he used alcohol to kill his sorrows, got drunk that night, and was killed by the two. Fan and Zhang took Zhang Fei's head and wanted to go north to Cao Cao, but they were captured in Hanzhong and killed by Wei Yan. When Liu Bei heard the bad news, his condition worsened, and it was inconvenient to raise troops.

Although the details were different, Zhang Fei was still killed by these two, Zhao Shu's whole body was cold, he waved his hand weakly, and said, "Send Mr. down to rest." Fei Shi saluted and took his leave. Zhao Shu's head kept thinking, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei died one after another, and Liu Bei was left with only himself, Kong Ming, and Fa Zheng. I am now far away from Chengdu, although it is considered to be a self-protective, and it seems to be relatively safe. But in this place of the four wars in Jingzhou, there is Cao Cao in the north, Sun Quan in the east, and there is no Shuzhong as a support, how can it be defended for a long time? Now that Liu Bei is seriously ill, if he goes west and Kong Ming and Fa Zheng are in power, he will not be trapped and die in Jingzhou?

Zhao Shu was thinking deeply, but he heard Li Wei's voice say, "Sir." ”

Zhao Shu came back to his senses and saw that Li Wei was panting like a cow, so he hurriedly asked, "Wenjie, what's the matter?" ”

Li Wei replied: "There is news from Wancheng. ”

Isn't it, could it be that Cao Cao brought troops and horses to Xiangyang? Zhao Shu hurriedly stood up and asked, "Where are the military horses?" ”

Li Wei saw that Zhao Shu looked nervous, and said with a smile: "Mr. misunderstood, Cao Cao died of illness, and the army withdrew to Xudu." ”

"Haha." Zhao Shu burst out laughing, patted Li Wei's shoulder, and said, "Wenjie, you really brought me a good news bigger than the sky." ”