Zhou Yu was very satisfied, he felt that his words were compelling, forcing Liu Bei to agree to send Guan Yu to the North Dao, which was a great thing.

It was done, and he Zhou Yu captured Jiangling and took Nanjun into his pocket.

No, he Zhou Yu has no loss, and with a little more effort, he may be able to defeat Nanjun.

It was Liu Bei who suffered left and right, and he just used a few words to let Liu Bei be fooled, which was simply wonderful.

Sure enough, as long as Zhuge Liang and Zhang Xi are not by Liu Bei's side, then Liu Bei is not worried.

On Liu Bei's side, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu were also very dissatisfied.

With the cooperation of Lu Meng, Guan Yu, who finally captured Cao Yong's camp, had just collected his troops and returned to the camp, and before he could take a break, he was called by Liu Bei.

Liu Bei informed Guan Yu of the mission of the North Dao, Guan Yu thought about it for a while, and asked Xu Shu questions.

It's not that there is any doubt about the Jehokudo, but there is a question about why it is being done.

"Strategist, how can we take the risk and make efforts to let Zhou Lang sit and reap the benefits?!"

Guan Yu also has some strategic vision, he can see that this matter is the credit of Zhou Yu, not his own loss, so Guan Yu doesn't understand.

As for Zhang Fei.

"Strategist, why do you want me to obey Zhou Yu's orders here, but the second brother led an army to kill the enemy. Second brother, why don't we change it?! ”

Zhang Fei shouted for a while, Zhang Xi couldn't stand it anymore, and quickly dragged back his former boss.

There is no way, Zhang Fei is this character, everyone is used to it, even Xu Shu did not respond to Zhang Fei, but turned his head to Guan Yu and said, "The matter of the North Dao, although it is beneficial to Zhou Lang, but Nanjun is not down, Jiangxia is always under the threat of Cao Jun, we will help him succeed, and it will also be good for us!" ”

Guan Yu thought silently for a while, but still couldn't understand.

"We are waiting to help Zhou Lang achieve great achievements, but he only divides a small county to the eldest brother, so helpful, I am afraid that after Jiangdong sits in the future, we will have no place to stay." Guan Yu said with a frown.

Guan Yu is far-sighted, and he can see the problem.

It's okay to help, but how to help, the effort is not proportional to the income.

The most important thing is that once Zhou Yu occupies Nanjun, then Jiangxia's position will become very awkward, and the land expansion of just a few counties will not help at all.

Xu Shu smiled, did not answer Guan Yu immediately, but looked at Zhang Xi and asked, "Does Yuan Chang have any opinions on this matter?!" ”

What can Zhang Xi think, such an important matter in the North Road, how could Zhang Xi not know.

The North Road was a very outstanding military command in Guan Yu's military career, and it was the success of Guan Yu's North Road that allowed Zhou Yu to capture Nanjun.

But for Liu Beijun, the North Road is just a disguise.

"Brother Yuan's plan, I'm afraid it's not in the North Road, but in the four counties of Jingnan!" Zhang Xi smiled and said his answer.

Xu Shu was slightly stunned, but then smiled.

"Yuan Chang has been growing recently. Not bad, Jingnan Four Counties! Xu Shu smiled and nodded to affirm Zhang Xi's judgment.

Zhang Xi said ashamed in his heart.

If he hadn't known in advance, Zhang Xi really couldn't have guessed that Guan Yu's vigorous Jehoku Dao was just a pretext for Liu Bei to march into the four counties of Jingnan.

Liu Bei smiled happily and expressed his satisfaction that there were more and more outstanding strategists under his account.

At first, Liu Bei didn't understand why Xu Shu wanted to help Zhou Yu speak, and he sent troops to help Jiangdong fight. If he hadn't trusted Xu Shu's ability, Liu Bei might not have agreed to Xu Shu's suggestion on the spot.

But Liu suffered enough from the lack of strategists, so he had a lot of respect for Xu Shu, Zhuge Liang and others, since Xu Shu told Zhou Yu so, Liu Bei agreed for the time being, and when he came back to ask, he knew how good Xu Shu's strategic vision was.

Now that Zhang Xi can also see through Xu Shu's strategic vision, Liu Bei will naturally only be happy, and no one will dislike the talent under his command.

And Guan Yu and Zhang Fei don't understand, it doesn't matter, Xu Shu will explain it to these two.

In fact, Liu Beijun's situation now is indeed better than before the Battle of Chibi, but it is only a limited amount of good.

Before the Battle of Chibi, Liu Bei's main enemy was Cao Cao, Cao Cao attacked Jingzhou, and could attack Jiangxia at any time, Liu Bei was indeed in danger at that time.

Cao Cao was defeated in the Battle of Chibi, and now Cao Cao has led his army back to Xudu, but before retreating, Cao Cao almost gave up the four counties of Jingnan with a broken wrist and shrunk his forces to defend Xiangyang and Jiangling.

For Liu Bei, without the pressure of survival, of course it will be better than before.

But it's really not good, because Cao Cao is gone, and Sun Quan is here.

In the first battle of Chibi, Zhou Yu attacked and broke the Cao army, which can be said to have burned down most of the Jingzhou army with a fire.

And Zhou Yu, who seized this opportunity, immediately collapsed the river from Jiangnan to Jiangbei and attacked Nanjun, and at this time, Liu Beijun had just finished solving Cao Cao's middle route army in Jingling and returned to Xiakou.

If Zhou Yu really captures Nanjun, and then he turns around and collects the four counties of Jingnan, Liu Bei's situation will be very complicated.

On the south side of Jiangxia are the four counties of Jingnan and Jiangdong, and these two places can be connected.

On the west side of Jiangxia is Nanjun, and if Zhou Yu captures it, it will also be Jiangdong's territory.

On the north side of Jiangxia is Dabie Mountain, and the mountain used to be Cao Cao's heartland Runan.

On the east side of Jiangxia is the Huainan region controlled by Cao Cao.

In other words, if Sun Quan occupied the four counties of Nanjun and Jingnan, Jiangxia would be surrounded by the forces of Cao Cao and Sun Quan.

Sun Quan is an ally, and he can't turn his face for the time being, Cao Cao is an enemy, but he can attack.

The difficulty of crossing the Dabie Mountains is too great, even after 1,800 years, it is a feat, so it is not realistic to attack north.

Instead, it is possible to develop from the east and attack the Huainan region. Then Sun Quan is going to be very happy, isn't this sending troops for free to help him fight Hefei?!

Once the situation reaches that point, Liu Bei in Jiangxia will not have any possibility of development, and will be completely locked in one place in Jiangxia.

This is obviously in line with Zhou Yu's plan for Liu Bei, but it is seriously not in Liu Bei's interests.

Xu Shu saw this problem, so in front of Zhou Yu, he suggested that Guan Yu should not go north.

Xu Shu did this in order to paralyze Zhou Yu and make Zhou Yu think that Liu Beijun's main force had been pinned down and went to the North Dao, and there would be no new moves in a short period of time.

In fact, it was to let Liu Bei lead the elite troops to cross the river, take a step ahead of Zhou Yu, and collect the four counties of Jingnan.

Once the four counties of Jingnan are in Liu Bei's hands, then things will change radically, and the uncomfortable person will become Jiangdong.

By that time, the east of Nanjun was Liu Beijun's Jiangxia, the south was Liu Beijun's Jingnan Four Counties, the north was Cao Cao's Xiangyang, and the west was Yizhou Liu Zhang.

Even if Zhou Yu captures Nanjun, he will become an enclave, far from Jiangdong, all transportation supplies must be transported over long distances through the Yangtze River, and he will have to face the threat of Cao's army in Xiangyang alone. Those who are suffocated to death will be replaced by Zhou Yu.

Therefore, the four counties of Jingnan are the key to Liu Bei's revitalization of the whole game of chess.

After understanding Xu Shu's strategic concept, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei stopped talking.

However, Xu Shu and Zhang Xi began to discuss the details of the four counties of Jingnan.

"Although Zhou Gongjin has been concealed this time, it is also necessary to fight quickly to capture the four counties in the south, if it is delayed, it will not be easy for Zhou Lang to go south to dispute with our army after Zhou Lang pacifies the southern county." Xu Shu said to Liu Bei.

And Liu Bei was also a little embarrassed, and said, "The things on the battlefield, I'm afraid that I can't do everything as expected, military division, Yuan Chief, can you have other plans?!" ”

Zhang Xi thought for a while and said, "Lord, why don't you go to your cousin Liu Qi as the assassin of Jingzhou and march into the four counties of Jingnan in the name of your son Liu Qi?!" ”

When Liu Bei heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up.

I just patronized it from a military point of view, but now I think about it from a different angle and find that Zhang Xi's idea is really a good idea.

Liu Qi is the son of Liu Biao, and playing Liu Qi as the assassin of Jingzhou is to tell the four counties of Jingnan that I, Liu Bei, am here on behalf of the son of your old superior.

Your old superior died of illness, and Cao Cao was powerful at that time, and it was understandable for you to surrender to Cao Cao.

But now that Cao Cao has been defeated and fled, and now that the son of his old superior has inherited the position and returned, do you still want to be Cao Cao's loyal minister?!

You can't be so shameless.

Of course, the four Taishou of the four counties of Jingnan have never been loyal ministers, and they say this not to persuade them, but just to give them a step.

Just like Wen Ping, if you surrender so quickly, if you surrender so quickly, it won't sound good to say, and you will be despised by others.

But now that there is a step back to the old lord's son, there is no shame in surrendering.

To put it bluntly, the four counties of Jingnan are four small warlords, who are not subordinate to each other and have contradictions with each other.

And this place in Jingnan has never been a rich place in Jingzhou, and there are many barbarian mountains and mountains around, which are not very stable, and their own strength is insufficient, so they have always been the grass on the wall, as long as they ensure their own interests, anyone can be a pastor in Jingzhou.

Therefore, no matter who attacks the four counties of Jingnan, they will choose to surrender, but now that they can get dignity after surrendering, they will naturally choose a more decent way to surrender.

After Liu Bei thought about these things clearly, he immediately made a decision, wrote a letter as soon as possible, sent it back to Jiangxia for sealing, and then sent someone to Xu Du to watch the Son of Heaven and ask Liu Qi to assassinate the history of Jingzhou.

Of course, it is definitely impossible for the Son of Heaven to see this recital, and it is impossible for Cao Cao to agree, but who cares.

All Liu Bei needs is a name, he can just go through the process, after all, the whole world knows that he and Cao Cao are on the same page.

Then Liu Bei left Zhang Fei and Zhang Xi, and a thousand soldiers, to obey Zhou Yu's dispatch, and then under the pretext of preparing the ordnance, grain and grass of the North Road for Guan Yu, he returned to Jiangxia first.

Originally, Liu Bei didn't want Zhang Xi to stay, after all, now he has to use people everywhere, Zhang Xi can come up with ideas and lead troops, and Liu Bei also wants to take him to recover the four counties of Jingnan.

But Zhou Yu refused to let go, and designated Zhang Fei and Zhang Xi to stay together, and said that they had a sense of working together in Lukou or something. Liu Bei is not easy to force.

Zhang Xi had no choice about this, after breaking Cao, Zhou Dudu's reputation and status rose, and the two sides were allies, so it was too stiff, so Zhang Xi still agreed to stay and help Zhang Fei come up with ideas or something.

However, before parting, Zhang Xi still found Liu Bei and recommended a virtuous talent to him.

"The lord is going to Jingnan, it should be no big problem. It's just that in the land of Changsha, there is a general, and please pay more attention to the lord. This person's surname is Huang, his name is Zhong, and his name is Hansheng. In the past, he guarded Changsha with Liu Jingsheng's son Liu Pan, and although he is fifty years old now, he still has the courage of ten thousand people, and his courage is even more outstanding.

(End of chapter)