It's embarrassing, but the faces of Chen Gong, Fu Zhu, and Tian Feng have been cultivated extremely thickly, and they don't care so much about this kind of embarrassing thing as old fritters.

If they cared, they would have been ashamed and indignant.

Sima Hui is also a smart person, and a little clue can be seen from the slightly unnatural faces of Chen Gong, Fu Zhu, and Tian Feng. It's just that he has been able to live until now by being low-key and cautious, and now he is even more low-key, and he has silently stepped aside, as if everyone knows him.

Liu Yu sat in the carriage and kept thinking about why Sima Hui wanted to go back to Luoyang with him. The phoenix does not fall into the land of treasures, Liu Yu believes that people like Sima Hui definitely have ulterior motives. If a great talent like Sima Hui wants to be prosperous and rich, as long as he is free to show himself to any prince, he will become a master and enjoy the greatest glory in the world. But Sima Hui didn't have it at all, after being in Jingzhou for so long, the dead ghost Liu Biao solicited Sima Hui many times, almost Sima Hui nodded, and a lot of benefits were directly cashed. Therefore, Sima Hui can't look down on the general glory and wealth, which is what Liu Yu is worried about.

Li Gui was by Liu Yu's side, and Liu Yu said softly: "Zhong Yun, in the future, we will increase the surveillance of Sima Hui." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Li Gui immediately knew what Liu Yu meant, as the leader of the "dark department", he was very worried about the sudden arrival of Sima Hui. But without Liu Yu's order, Li Gui would not dare to mess around now, so as not to anger Liu Yu. Now that Liu Yu has ordered this, Li Gui can let go and do it.

The convoy sped up its pace, and Liu Yu also wanted to return to his home where he had not been back for a long time and reunite with his wife and children.

Just as Liu Yu set foot on the return journey, his whereabouts had already been spread.

The first to get the news was Sun Ce of Jiangdong.

Hearing that Liu Yu had returned to Luoyang, Sun Ce, Zhou Yu and the others were relaxed for a while. Liu Yu has been supervising the battle in Jingzhou, in case his brain is convulsed, so that the army under his command will attack Jiangdong desperately, with the current situation, Jiangdong wants to withstand it is a very severe test.

Now that Liu Yu has gone back, this is why his focus is not in Jiangdong, at least that's what many people in Jiangdong think. Some people in Jiangdong suggested that Sun Ce take advantage of Liu Yu's return to Luoyang, Jingzhou's attention was not on Jiangdong's side, and at this time, he suddenly sent troops to catch Jingzhou off guard, and he would definitely be able to turn back some situations.

Sun Ce wanted to scold people for this proposal. It's like a broken brain.

Without Sun Ce and Zhou Yu opening their mouths, Zhang Zhao and these leaders in managing internal affairs directly started spraying.

It's going to be a war, right, that's a good way to say. The army can catch strong men, but the population of Jiangdong is insufficient, and if all men over 13 years old and under 60 years old are pulled out, there will be more than 100,000 troops. What about grain and grass? How much grain and grass can Koto take out? And warships. How many warships are still available in Jiangdong to fight. Even if the battle is over, in case the battle is defeated, what strength does Koto have to block the attack of others. Even if others don't fight, will Jiangdong be able to stabilize his internal situation? Don't say that Koto is obedient inside. Even the powerful Liu Yu and the treacherous Cao Cao did not dare to guarantee that there were no disobedient or attempted rebels within themselves, and Sun Ce was even more impossible. Besides, if Liu Yu hadn't been fully prepared, would he have left Jingzhou so easily? Don't even think about it! Jiangdong should be more worried about whether Liu Yu has made some conspiracies against Jiangdong now.

So Zhang Zhao began to squirt wildly, and his saliva was squirting two feet away. Zhang Zhao didn't let go of the person who approved the proposal just now, and directly sprayed the other party to the ground.

If Sun Ce didn't want to have internal turmoil and asked Zhou Yu to persuade Zhang Zhao, maybe Zhang Zhao would have scolded those who talked nonsense to death.

Zhang Zhao is a very strong old man, ordinary people can't hold him, but Zhou Yu's face still has to be given, after all, without Sun Ce's signal, Zhou Yu will not come out to speak.

With such a small episode, Jiangdong's proposal to take the opportunity to take action against Jingzhou was dashed. Sun Ce was worried that Liu Yu might have a plot against Jiangdong, and ordered everyone to be strictly guarded, and not to be seized by Liu Jun. After experiencing the last failure, Sun Ce was full of vigilance against Liu Yu. Who the hell can guarantee that Liu Yu's return to Luoyang this time is not designed.

The situation in Jiangdong was not optimistic, and Sun Ce could only reluctantly choose a defensive posture to deal with Jingzhou's attack.

Soon Jiangdong's meeting on Liu Yu's departure from Jingzhou was dispersed, and everyone returned to their posts.

Zhou Yu stayed by Sun Ce's side, and when there was no one around, he said worriedly: "Bo Fu, it seems that our Jiangdong has been infiltrated by Liu Yu's people. ”

Zhou Yu, who is extremely resourceful, can see from the situation just now that there are spies on Liu Yu's side who have infiltrated the core power circle in Jiangdong, and this time he encouraged Sun Ce to send troops, someone must be operating in secret.

Sun Ce is not stupid, he also understands that what Zhou Yu said is true, but this is a little helpless for Sun Ce. For the style of the Shenwu Imperial Court, it is necessary to go deep into the hostile forces to make trouble first, weaken the enemy's strength, mislead the enemy, and finally defeat the enemy easily. Sun Ce knew very well, but his current strength was not enough to deal with this, so he could only sigh helplessly.

"Gong Jin, we can't sit still. I'll leave this matter to you. Be sure to ensure that there will be no nails on Liu Yu's side inside us. Sun Ce commanded.

"Understood!" Zhou Yu nodded and said.

Jiangdong's side is cautious in dealing with Liu Yu's movements this time. And Sun Ce's ally Cao Cao has a different attitude.

When Cao Cao heard the news, his whole face was not so good-looking.

During these days, Cao Cao was dealing with Liu Jun's attacks every day. Jia Xu and Sima Yi, two resourceful strategists, constantly used various intrigues to calculate Cao Cao. Cao Cao wisely chose a posture of all-round defense, no matter how provocative Liu Jun was, Cao Cao chose to be a turtle with a shrunken head. And what Cao Cao hopes most is to see Liu Yu suffer a loss in Jiangdong, and then his strength will be damaged, and the best thing is to transfer all the troops in Yuzhou to deal with Jiangdong.

But it was rumored earlier that Jiangdong Sun Ce was defeated by Liu Yu in Chibi, and the turtle retreated back to Jiangdong.

Cao Cao wondered if he had heard it wrong. Sun Ce still had a conscience, and sent a messenger who dared to die to Cao Cao to bring Cao Cao the news of his failure to deal with Liu Yu.

Cao Cao wanted to beat the messenger in front of him on the spot. Didn't Sun Ce say that he swore that he would be able to defeat Liu Yu, he attracted so much firepower for Sun Ce, but Sun Ce still failed to defeat Liu Yu, but was defeated by Liu Yu, which really disappointed Cao Cao.

The envoy told Cao Cao the specific situation of the entire war, which was processed at that time, but it was not very different from the actual situation.

Cao Cao finally understood that Sun Ce would fail. In all fairness, Cao Cao thought that if he were the commander of Liu Jun's side, he might not be able to deal with Jiangdong's various calculations. And the ability of Zhuge Liang, the commander of the Liu army who conquered Jiangdong, is worthy of Cao Cao's vigilance. Cao Cao remembered Zhuge Liang, a young man he hadn't heard much of before.

And this is not over, the news of the Battle of Chibi made the Liu army who attacked Yuzhou even more warlike. In particular, the troops of Liu Junsuo, who attacked from Runan, attacked with the greatest intensity.

Because his decision-maker is Sima Yi, a person who competes with Zhuge Liang. As soon as he heard that Zhuge Liang had defeated Sun Ce in Jiangdong in the middle of the river, he made a huge contribution. The strength is almost the same as Zhuge Liang, and he is the leader of the younger generation, how can Sima Yi bear that he is lagging behind Zhuge Liang? So Sima Yi immediately arranged for his subordinates to carry out a strong attack on Cao's army in Yuzhou, wanting to open up a confrontation with Cao Cao.

If it weren't for Cao Cao's strength, everyone under his command must strictly guard the position and ensure that he does not lose, otherwise he will all be killed. Such a death order was issued, and Cao Jun actually blocked several waves of attacks by the highly moraled Liu army, and caused huge losses to Liu Jun.

Sima Yi, who was eager for meritorious service, regretted that he was confused by the utilitarian heart, and if he collected his troops now, he would be able to avoid the expansion of losses.

In this way, Cao Cao blocked a round of attacks by Liu Jun.

Now that the news of Liu Yu's return to Luoyang came, Cao Cao knew that it was not good.

Liu Yu's return to Luoyang means that Liu Yu's attention will be withdrawn from the south, and the next focus will be on the Central Plains. And Yuzhou, which has not opened up the situation, is Liu Yu's next strategic goal.

Cao Cao and Liu Yu are very familiar with each other, and they know that Liu Yu is a person with a bad stomach, and he will definitely take advantage of him when Cao Cao is not very good to deal with him.

Thinking that he had to face Liu Yu's possible next attack, Cao Cao was very distressed.

Cao Cao originally thought that Liu Yu's going south to Jingzhou would be a huge mistake, and in this way, Liu Yu would definitely fight on two fronts. To Cao Cao's surprise, Liu Yu actually easily took Jingzhou and defeated Sun Ce, and now Jiangdong has no way to make trouble for Liu Yu, and Liu Yu can already free his hands.

Cao Cao could guess Liu Yu's calculations. After Chibi, Jiangdong was powerless to cause trouble for Jingzhou. But if Liu Yu breaks through to Jiangdong now, the results are good, he can win a lot of cities, and the losses he can pay are also very large. Sun Ce is a tough person, he will not be so easy to give into, and he will definitely continue to fight Liu Yu to the death. This is greatly disadvantageous to Liu Yu. Others may not agree with such ideas. With such a large territory and troops, how could Liu Yu care about this loss? If anyone dares to say this in front of Cao Cao, Cao Cao will definitely give him a big mouth. Liu Yu's strength is the greatest, but it also means that the front he has to defend is also very large, and he needs a large number of soldiers, even if he doesn't go to war, the amount of grain and grass that needs to be consumed every day is a huge amount. Therefore, if Liu Yu dared to continue to attack Jiangdong, Cao Cao would be able to laugh, and his pressure would not be so great. Cao Cao was most worried that Liu Yu would withdraw a large number of soldiers and horses and increase investment in the Central Plains, and it would not be too late for Jiangdong to wait for the spring flowers to bloom next year.

But now that Liu Yu has made the choice that Cao Cao is most worried about, Cao Cao doesn't know if he wants to praise his wisdom.

Relying on Yuzhou, it is already very good that Cao Cao can carry it for so long, and if he were someone else, he would definitely not be able to do Cao Cao so well.

"Bo Xuan. Why don't you stay in Jingzhou for a little longer? Jingzhou is a very warm place, why are you going back to Luoyang, that icy and snowy place. Cao Cao kept complaining in his heart.

However, Liu Yu's return to Luoyang is an unchangeable fact, and after Cao Cao complained, he summoned Guo Jia, hoping to listen to Guo Jia's opinion and come up with a way to deal with Liu Yu.

Cao Cao said this to Guo Jia about his thoughts, and Guo Jia's face was the same as Cao Cao's before.

Guo Jia pondered for a while and said, "Lord, Liu Yu returns to Luoyang, will he do anything to us at this time and a half." The situation in Yuzhou is not so serious. ”

"Fengxiao, Liu Yu, this kid can't be touched, Lone is very worried." Cao Cao said worriedly: "You can't wait for Liu Yu to make a decision, you must take the initiative." Fengxiao, do you have a way? ”

"No, there is no way. It's just that this one is a bit difficult. You won't say yes, my lord. Guo Jia said.

Cao Cao understood Guo Jia's method, that is, to send someone to assassinate Liu Yu and let Liu Yu die suddenly, then the entire Shenwu court would fall into turmoil, and Cao Cao and other princes could rise again. Maybe Liu Yu's territory was divided.

Guo Jia had mentioned this proposal in front of Cao Cao before, but Cao Cao refused on the spot.

Of course, Cao Cao refused, Cao Cao really couldn't do anything about the assassination of Liu Yu, and their relationship for many years was still there. And in the fight for hegemony in the world, some of the bottom lines that were kept by the princes have always been in Cao Cao's heart, and Cao Cao prefers that he can defeat Liu Yu openly rather than use the means of indiscriminate. Liu Yu's defense was very strong, and there was no way for ordinary assassins to take Liu Yu's life, and Cao Cao almost broke off this idea.

"Fengxiao, don't you have any other way?" Cao Cao said.

"It's hard for a good woman to cook without rice. There's really no way around it. Unless God gives the Lord a chance. Otherwise, there really is only one way to do it. Guo Jia said in embarrassment.

Cao Cao frowned, he felt that he was really going to go to the point where he used the next three indiscriminate methods?

Cao Cao has not completely degenerated, what he thinks in his mind is that he is going to attack Liu Yu, and his conscience will definitely not be able to get over. In case of failure, Liu Yu will definitely retaliate like crazy, he can hide, but it is difficult to say about his family. Cao Cao had many sons, and the scope of the blow was too great.

"Let's talk about it again. Lone and Liu Yu still have affection. Cao Cao still disagreed with Guo Jia's strategy.

Guo Jia was speechless for a moment, it has come to this point, what kind of affection do you have to pay attention to.