At the end of March, Zhang Yun returned to Jingzhou in a gloomy manner.

Of the 80,000 horses he led this time, less than 60,000 returned, and most of the grain and grass were taken away by Cao Cao, resulting in heavy losses.

Wen Ping's situation was slightly stronger, except for a small defeat when he attacked Cao Cao in person, he could be regarded as retreating, only two or three thousand people were killed and wounded, and even defeated Cao Cao's partial division.

Liu Bei is similar, but when he returns to Nanyang, most of the old Yuan clans who came with Runan before have been dismissed, they were originally from Runan's Haoqiang family, and their roots are in Runan, so they won't follow Liu Bei to Jingzhou.

Knowing that the attack was defeated and returned with a loss of more than 30,000 men, Liu Biao was furious and wanted to severely punish Zhang Yun, but after hesitating again and again, he still raised it high and put it down gently.

After all, he is his own nephew, and he is also the most capable general in Jingzhou except for Huang Zu, so there is really no way.

But in early April, a piece of good news came.

The imperial court named him the king of Chu.

In Xiangyang City, the mansion of the Duke of Chu, Liu Biao was very stunned at first and quite puzzled, so he summoned Jia Xu to inquire.

The small building in the backyard was overflowing with incense, and after Jia Xu was summoned, he sat on the seat and talked eloquently.

"This is a ploy to drive away the tiger and devour the wolf."

He said.

Liu Biao was surprised: "What is this plan?" ”

Jia Xu said: "Originally, my plan was that the Duke of Chu would go north to attack Cao Cao, and if he got Henan, he would go on both sides of the road, first get Yangzhou, and bring all the banks of the river south of the river under his rule, and then he could go north to fight and decide the future." However, Cao Cao repelled Yuan Shao, which I did not expect. At this time, Cao Cao must only want to eliminate Yuan Shao, so he must stabilize the Duke of Chu. If the Duke of Chu is crowned as the king, he will lead Liu Zhang and Sun Quan to attack and contain the Duke of Chu, which is called to drive the tiger and devour the wolf. ”

Liu Biao sneered: "Although Lone is defeated, there are still thousands of miles of territory, and there are more than 100,000 people with armor, what can they do to me?" ”

Jia Xu said: "But this is also a good thing, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao contain each other, and it is difficult to distinguish the winner in a short period of time." The soldiers and horses of the Duke of Chu are strong, Sun Quan and Liu Zhang are one west and one east, and they cannot be united, but they can be broken one by one, and Yangzhou and Yizhou are taken first, and the entire south is obtained. When the north is in turmoil, you can win in the chaos, and you can win the world in one battle. ”

"Hmm. Wen He's words are indeed reasonable. ”

Liu Biao pondered for a moment, nodded slightly, and sighed again: "Alas, it's a pity that the lonely old man is unbearable, although he is called the king at this time, he doesn't know when he will be called the emperor." ”

Jia Xu said with a smile: "Don't worry, although Huangzu Zhang Yun is not good at land warfare, the naval army is strong, and he needs a water division to attack Yizhou Jiangdong." I didn't expect that in two years, with the strength of Duke Chu, he would definitely be able to defeat them. If you get Yuzhang, you can go to the hinterland of Jiangdong. If Deba County, Chengdu is not in danger. At this time, the Duke of Chu has half of the world, why can't he be called the emperor? ”

Two years?

Liu Biao's eyes showed a hint of longing.

Is it two years?

Although I don't know if I can live for two years.

But in order to be the emperor.

Even if you endure it for another two years, what's the matter?

At that moment, he said to Jia Xu seriously: "If Gu Zhen can be the emperor in two years, he will worship Mr. as the prime minister!" ”

Jia Xu thanked him and said, "Thank you Chu Gong, oh no, the king!" ”

"Hahahaha."

Liu Biao stroked his beard and laughed, and a hint of ruddy flashed on his old face.

Maybe in the future, I can really be the emperor and establish a meritorious career?

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In April of the seventh year of Jian'an of the Han Dynasty, in May 202 AD, the imperial court canonized Liu Biao as the king of Chu.

Yizhou, Chengdu.

By May, Liu Zhang had gotten the news.

The imperial court also sent envoys to give him some rewards, such as canonizing him as the Marquis of Ting, the general of Zhenxi, but the words of the imperial envoy hinted at some words, which made him very displeased.

In July, Jiangdong sent another letter, so on this day he gathered his staff to discuss important matters.

Now the Yizhou Muzhou Mansion is engaged in the middle of the government, headed by Wang Shang and Zhang Song, and the rest are Chen Shi from Anhan, Gong Yang, Zhao Min, Li Jing from Dianjiang, Wang Tang from Langzhong, Meng Biao from Jiangzhou and others, all of whom are officials of the state government under Liu Zhang.

However, Liu Zhang's most important thing is Wang Shang, followed by Zhang Song.

At this time, Chengdu Yizhou Mu Mansion, many people in the hall were engaged in other driving and sitting in separate columns, and Wang Shang and Zhang Song sat under Liu Zhang's left and right hands respectively.

After everyone arrived, Liu Zhang walked into the hall, sat on the main seat, looked around at everyone and said: "Yesterday, Sun Quan of Jiangdong sent me a letter, saying that Liu Biao has the ambition to annex the south and wants to attack Liu Biao together with our alliance, what do you think?" ”

Wang Shang was Liu Zhang's chief strategist, and immediately said: "Ming Gong, now that Liu Biao occupies Jingzhou, the population under his rule is extremely large, and he has hundreds of thousands of people, and he may come to attack us at any time. ”

"Not bad."

Zhang Song also agreed: "We still have Sun Quan and Liu Biao as feuds, and we all want to destroy each other, but Liu Biao is getting stronger and stronger, and we can't help him." The imperial court named him king this time, and it was also a last resort, and the alliance with Sun Quan and Liu Biao was also hoped for by the imperial court. ”

"yes."

Wang Shang continued: "Liu Biao was defeated by Cao Gong, and he will definitely not be able to look north. However, its naval army is strong, and if we fight it alone in Yizhou or Jiangdong, we will not be an opponent. If they can't unite, they will be broken by him one by one. ”

"Ziqiao and Wen Biao said well, don't you hear that it is not fate, and accept it, so those who know their fate do not stand under the rock wall. Those who die in their own way are righteous; Shackling the dead is not a righteous fate. Liu Biao is strong, and he will come to us. If you can't take precautions in advance, Yizhou is in danger. ”

"People don't hurt the tiger, but the tiger hurts people's hearts. What's more, now that Liu Biao has the intention of being the emperor, how can he not be eyeing Jiangdong and Yizhou? If the Duke of Ming can't form an alliance with Sun Quan, Liu Biao has hundreds of thousands of troops and attacks Yizhou in the west, how can he stop it? I also seconded the motion. ”

"Seconded, I seconded."

"Yes, only by forming an alliance to discuss Liu Biao can we stabilize Yizhou, and if we get Jingzhou, wouldn't we?"

Many officials and aides discussed and agreed with the proposal to form an alliance.

After all, Liu Cheng is really strong, even if he has just been defeated by Cao Cao, he has not hurt his bones, and he has 1780,000 people, and he may sweep Jiangdong and Yizhou at any time, so it is natural to form an alliance with Sun Quan in advance.

Hearing that many of his staff members agreed, Liu Zhang nodded and said: "I also think the same way, okay, I will immediately write to Jiangdong, promise Sun Quan to form an alliance, and then reorganize the troops and horses, and discuss with him the plan to defeat Liu Biao." ”

At that moment, Liu Zhang immediately wrote a letter in his own hand, ordering someone to go to Ba County as soon as possible, and send it south along the Yangtze River to Jiangdong.

As the saying goes, "between the white emperor and the clouds, thousands of miles of Jiangling will be returned in one day".

Jiangdong is in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and it may take two or three months to send a letter, but Yizhou is in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and it will take more than 20 days to reach Jiangdong.

At the end of July, Sun Quan received a letter from Liu Zhang, and he immediately summoned Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Zhang Zhao, Qin Song, Zhang Hong and others to discuss.

Moling, Wuhou Mansion.

Everyone in the hall had arrived, and after Sun Quan said Liu Zhang's letter promising to form an alliance, he said: "I plan to rectify the soldiers and horses, and next year I will agree with Liu Zhang to jointly crusade against Liu Biao, what do you think?" ”

"Isn't it too early?"

Zhang Zhao hesitated: "Now that Jiangdong has just been pacified, and it still needs to recuperate, I am afraid that it will be unfavorable to Jiangdong if you rashly raise a sword again." ”

Zhou Yu shook his head and said: "People's knives are already on our necks, but we are still thinking about recuperation, Jingzhou has countless populations, how can recuperation compare to Liu Biao?" What's more, Zibu doesn't know, a few days ago, Liu Biao increased his troops in Jiangxia. ”

Sun Quan said in a deep voice: "The old thief will not die of harming me, my father died at his hands back then, and my brother has repeatedly attacked for revenge, and he has not returned." The will of my father and brother will be inherited by me, how can I sit and die? ”

Not to mention that in history, Sun Quan attacked Jiangxia three times in the past few years, and he needed to attack Liu Biao to avenge his father, and to appease the hearts of many veterans in Jiangdong. Just said that now that Liu Biaobing is strong and strong, and he is across the river, how can Sun Quan feel at ease?

Therefore, although Liu Biao is powerful, he must also form an alliance with Liu Zhang to crusade against this common enemy. Like a jackal hunting for food, both sides are looking for the other's flaws, seeking an opportunity to bite the enemy's flesh down.

Qin Song hesitated and said, "Wu Hou, I have a question." ”

"Mr. Wenbiao, please speak."

Sun Quan looked at him.

Coincidentally, Liu Zhang's most relied on advisor in the early days was called Wang Shang, with a list of characters.

And Sun Quan's earliest mastermind was called Qin Song, and he also had a list of words.

And both of them are relatively good strategists and can give some good advice.

Even the time of their deaths was about the same, one was on the eve of Chibi, and the other was after Chibi, so it was very interesting to let Liu Zhang and Sun Quan each cut off their arms.

At this moment, Qin Song said: "Liu Biao is old, I think he is becoming more and more dim, it is said that the second son does not like the eldest son, the second son Liu Cong is weak, I expect Liu Biao to not last long, if he really joins Liu Zhang to attack together, he may be able to defeat him, but how will Jingzhou deal with it after that?" Divide Jingzhou equally with Liu Zhang, or."

He gestured with a knife to slash down, and there was a hint of fierceness in his eyes.

Sun Quan looked at Zhou Yu and Lu Su.

The eyes of the two also showed a hint of fierceness, and Lu Su said: "Naturally, break with it?" If Jiangdong wants to grow, how can he give Jingzhou to others? ”

"Just."

Qin Song hesitated slightly: "If you suddenly betray the alliance, I am afraid that I will be laughed at by the people of the world." ”

"Shame?"

Lu Su was happy, and laughed and said: "Hahahaha, when we raid Liu Zhang's army, and then go north along the river, attack Yizhou, and divide the world with the north, who will laugh at us?" Cao Cao, or Yuan Shao? When the time comes, they will only woo us and look at our faces. ”

Sun Quan hurriedly said: "What does Mr. Zijing mean?" ”

Lu Su explained: "Cao Cao's appointment of Liu Biao as king this time is nothing more than to stabilize Liu Biao, and at the same time let us fight with him in the south, so that he can deal with Yuan Shao wholeheartedly." However, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao have been holding each other for a long time, and it is by no means a moment and a half to distinguish the winner and loser, and Liu Biao is over sixty years old, and there are still a few years to live? As soon as the old thief died, he shared Jingzhou with Liu Zhang, but how could Jingzhou be equal with it, so he reneged on the covenant, raided Liu Zhang, and then went north along the river to seize Yizhou, and the world could get two of them. And the north is not good to say that Yuan Cao has not yet divided the winner, we sit on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, when both sides are tired, the army goes north, sweeps the world, then the general can achieve the great cause, the king can be prosperous! ”

Zhou Yu also said: "Yes, Zijing and I both think like this, this is the division of the world!" ”

"Two worlds?"

Sun Quan muttered to himself, this dream seemed out of reach.

But now Yuan Cao has not won or lost, and Liu Biao is already old and faint, even if he has more than 100,000 people, he is only a local chicken.

Maybe.

He can really join forces with Liu Zhang in the south to destroy Liu Biao first, and then attack Liu Zhang, seize Jingzhou, sit in the south and look north, and sweep the world!

"Good!"

Twenty-one-year-old Sun Quan suddenly stood up from the seat, only to feel the pride in his chest, suddenly drew his sword, and slashed towards the table next to him.

Airplanes!

The bright Wu Yue sword was extremely sharp, and he easily cut off a corner of the table.

He looked around, raised his sword and shouted, "Where is Zhou Yu?" ”

"The end will be."

"Let you sit in Chaisang, train the sailors, and wait for the opportunity."

"Yui!"

"Where is Lu Su?"

"Humble."

"Let you go to Lujiang, appease the people, and accumulate grain and grass in Huainan Tuntian."

"Yui."

"The rest of the people will do their best, and send troops to Jingzhou next year, and divide the world in two!"

Sun Quan's eyes were shining with a bright light, and between his eyebrows, there seemed to be a faint bit of his father's brother's heroic spirit!

"Wu Hou Yingming!"

Everyone bowed in unison, and they were glad that Jiangdong could have such a wise young master.

So he was in Jian'an for seven years.

Liu Biao sent troops to Jiangxia, Wushan and other places, intending to sweep Jiangdong and Yizhou.

At the same time, Liu Zhang and Sun Quan also became allies and wanted to attack Liu Biao.

At this time, Liu Bei returned to Wancheng, training his soldiers day by day, waiting for the opportunity for him to rise.

Only Shen Chen, who is in the area of Longzhong Township, is still teaching steadily, cultivating qi, raising soldiers, and raising fame.

Waiting for the arrival of the right time, place and people!

I'll explain later that I'm a dog, really. I'm a person who cares a lot about every reader's comments, especially paid readers, and I try my best to reply to explain what I don't understand, but some readers are really unreasonable, and they don't listen to what is clearly written in the book, and they have to come to the book review to scold me, and the result is that I have lost my mind.

I have always been more logical in my books, and there are very few logical errors, and some readers accuse me of writing the characters in the book from the perspective of God, which is really cerebral congestion.

But I've figured it out now.,I can't ruin most people's reading experience for the sake of a few of you.,So I will never explain anything to you in the future.,If you feel that you have a logical problem, go to the book to find the answer.,Don't post comments.,I'll see this kind of comment in the future, and I'll delete one by one.,Out of sight and upset.。

In addition, the main plot is now fully opened, and the strategy is basically to divide the world into two, and then the whole process is high-energy, full of dry goods and fast-paced storylines. So why do I say that the main plot will end quickly after the book is released, that is, to fight the south, and then the north, and dominate the world. The book is relatively slow to heat, and the lack of cool points in the early stage is my problem, but after that, it is definitely wonderful step by step, please feel free to read.

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