Guan Yu defeated Zhu Zhi and forced him to retire Liyang. When the two armies were holding each other, a detailed report suddenly came, saying that Sun Ce and Zhou Yu had returned from Jiangxia.

Guan Yu said with a smile: "I came to Xuzhou and heard the names of Sun Lang and Zhou Lang. If he comes to help Jiujiang now, and see me break it! So he stayed in Ganning to surround Liyang, but he led his army to the north and went to Quanjiao and Fuling.

The two cities are quite close to each other and have always relied on each other. Hearing that Guan Yu was coming, he was afraid of his prestige and did not dare to fight, so he closed the door and guarded it. Guan Yu led the army to the foot of Fuling City, and said to the people on the city: "You can descend quickly, otherwise the army will enter the city and behead the officials first!" ”

The first lieutenant at the head of the city said: "This is the place ruled by the Yangzhou pastor, why did the general invade my territory without permission?" ”

Guan Yu sneered, and said in his heart that it wasn't my Qingzhou Labor Expedition that swept away Yuan Shu, can Sun Jian pick up this big bargain? Now you are embarrassed to sell your mouth, saying that this is Sun Jian's territory? That also depends on whether I Qingzhou agrees or not!

He was about to give the order to attack the city, but suddenly the city was in chaos, and he saw only one person, and he led his servants and generals to kill the city. Then he cut the rope with a sword, lowered the drawbridge, and then shouted: "The general enter the city quickly!" ”

When Guan Yu saw it, he waved his hand and took advantage of the situation to attack the city, and Fuling went down. Guan Yu entered the Fuling Tomb, sent his subordinates to pacify the chaos, and invited the strong men who opened the city gates.

The strong man was dressed in a Confucian robe, wearing a scarf on his head, with clear eyebrows and a slight beard under his chin. When he saw Guan Yu, he hugged his fists and saluted, and said, "Chengde Liu Ye and Liu Ziyang, I have seen General Guan." ”

Guan Yu saw that this person was very good-looking, and his mind turned slightly, so he smiled and said: "But Liu Ziyang, who is pushed by the famous Xu Zijiang?" ”

Liu Ye said: "A little bit of a small name, I don't dare to be praised by Xu Gong." ”

Guan Yu was overjoyed, he was ordered by Liu Bei to guard Shouchun, and by the way, he also recruited talents for the lord. He had also heard of Liu Ye's name for a long time, and when he sent an envoy to his house to extend the invitation, he learned that Liu Ye was not at home. At that time, I was quite regretful, but who knew that in a blink of an eye, I met here. So Guan Yu then asked Liu Ye how he got to Fuling.

Liu Ye answered them one by one. Liu Ye is the son of Emperor Guangwu, after Liu Yan, the king of Fuling, he has little knowledge. At the age of thirteen, he beheaded his father's attendant according to his mother's will. When he became an adult, he closed his door due to the chaos in the world. At that time, Zheng Bao, the leader of the sect and thieves, and others supported their own troops and wanted to capture the people to cross the river to conquer Jiangdong. I am afraid that the people will not obey, and after taking a fancy to Liu Ye is a famous family in Yangzhou, they want to be strong. Liu Ye learned that a banquet was held to invite Zheng Bao and others, and he personally killed Zheng Bao and surrendered to his people. Thousands of elite soldiers. At that time, Yuan Shu was in Jiujiang, and Liu Ye didn't want to provoke Yuan Shu's suspicion because he was a member of the clan, so he entrusted thousands of elite soldiers to Yuan Shu. He still went home to study, and was not subject to Yuan Shu's requisition. Xu Shao came to Yangzhou to defect to Liu Xuan, commented on the characters in his spare time, and after meeting Liu Ye, he praised him for his talent.

A while ago, Liu Ye returned to Fuling to worship his ancestors, who would have thought that not long after he came, Guan Yu would raise troops to fight with Zhu Zhi, so he stayed here. Now in the city, when he heard that Guan Yu's soldiers were coming, he led his soldiers to attack the city and opened the city gate to welcome Guan Yu in.

When Guan Yu heard this, he asked: "I have heard that Ziyang's name has been around for a long time, and the previous courtesy was not there." Ziyang is willing to be in Qingzhou? ”

Liu Ye listened to it and said, "I want to do what I want!" "After being in the same clan, Liu Ye is of course more willing to be under Liu Bei. What's more, Liu Bei is now sitting on Qing and Xu Erzhou, and his strength is far above Sun Jian. He didn't even want Yuan Shu to follow at the beginning, let alone Sun Jian, who was once under Yuan Shu.

So Guan Yu first made Liu Ye the chief bookkeeper in the army, and said: "Ziyang will do it, and the lord will have arrangements in the future." ”

Fuling, how dare Quan Jiao resist hard, and immediately surrender the city. Zhu Zhi was in Liyang, and when he heard that the two cities were all lost, he couldn't help but be shocked. At this time, the reinforcements did not arrive, he sat in the lonely city, if Guan Yu came to attack, how could he hold it. So he sent several envoys to the counties to ask for help.

At this moment, the letter from Qingzhou was transferred from Shouchun to Guan Yu. After Guan Yu finished reading it, he sighed: "Zhu Zhizhi has Liyang, but unfortunately I can't compete for all the merits." ”

Liu Ye asked, and Guan Yu showed him the letter, but it turned out to be an order from the Qingzhou Pastoral Mansion. Let Guan Yu stop attacking Yangzhou and switch to a full-scale defense.

Liu Ye looked at it, his eyes showed a look of thought, and said: "General, could it be that the lord is in Qingzhou, and he has other plans?" ”

Guan Yu's eyes flashed, and his heart was worthy of being a talented man who was praised by Xu Shao, and another secret letter from the lord said that he wanted to attack Yuan Shao, so Yangzhou could no longer use swords. What he sighed just now was not for Zhu Zhi, but for himself to sit here, and he couldn't attack Yuan Shaoye from the lord.

Before long, Qingzhou ordered to come down, worship Guan Yu as the general of Dingyuan, and allow him to expand the army by 10,000 and guard Jiujiang; Gan Ning was ordered to be the general of Fubo Zhonglang, recruit athletes in Jiujiang, and train sailors. On the Yangzhou side, the whole line was turned into strategic defense.

Zhu Zhi was in Liyang, and he was worried every day, but he waited for Guan Yu to come on the left and Guan Yu to come on the right. Then let people probe the time. had to report to Guan Yu that Wu Kuang was the general of the army to guard Fuling and Quanjiao, but he led the army back to Shouchun. Zhu Zhi had doubts in his heart, so he reported it to Sun Ce.

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu got the letter and agreed that there must be something going on in Qingzhou, otherwise Guan Yu would not stop. So he ordered Zhu Zhi to pay close attention to Guan Yu's movements, and if Guan Yu retreated north, he would take the initiative to attack and recover Jiujiang in one fell swoop. If Guan Yu doesn't move, then let's keep the status quo for the time being.

Not long after, Zhu Zhi sent someone to report, saying that Guan Yu was sitting in Shouchun, recruiting troops, and began to expand the army. When Sun Ce and Zhou Yu heard it, they thought that something big had happened in Qingzhou, and it seemed that there was no drama. So he asked Zhu Zhi to still keep the calendar and not to act rashly.

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu said: "Gong Jin, Guan Yu suddenly quit his troops when he had the advantage, and Qingzhou must have a reason." It is better to take this opportunity and talk peace. Then you and I led the army to quell the civil strife and consolidate the foundation of Jiangdong. ”

Zhou Yu thought about it and felt that it was too. Sun's new Jiangdong, there are many people who are not convinced. The mountains of Jiangdong counties are more and more repeated, and the Liu family is in turmoil in Yuzhang and Haidu. If you don't sweep away these troubles, how can you concentrate on competing with Guan Yu?

Then he said: "What Bo Fu said is very true, in this way, let Jun Li send an envoy to Guan Yu." ”

Sun Ce went to Sun Jian and explained it in detail. Sun Jian was reorganizing the army and horses in Yiyang, and wanted to fight again, and when he saw the letter from his eldest son, he replied: "All matters in the state will be decided by you and the princes." "Sun Jian has been free-range to Sun Ce. There is also Sun Ce's record in attacking Jiangdong, and he is very relieved about his eldest son.

Zhu Zhi got Sun Ce's order, so he sent someone to Shouchun to see Guan Yu. Guan Yu had to report that Zhu Zhi sent someone to see me, and he wanted to see what I was doing, and he wanted to be okay around Shouchun, so it didn't hurt to see him. So it was passed on.

After Zhu Zhi's envoy came in to meet Guan Yu, he explained his intention to Guan Yu and presented Zhu Zhi's handwritten letter. Guan Yu heard that he was here to negotiate peace. If I want to make peace, I will make peace, anyway, the lord will not let me continue to attack. When he opened Zhu Zhi's letter and took a cursory look, he almost exploded.

Zhu Zhi said in the letter that he wanted to strike troops on both sides and stop attacking each other, and then his voice changed, but he wanted Guan Yu to give up Fuling, Quanjiao and other cities, so that the two defense lines could return to the front line of Hefei in an all-round way.

Guan Yu was so angry that he didn't want to say a word, but just waved his hand and let the left and right expel Zhu Zhi's envoys. Daydreaming, get out of here. He also commanded the left and right, saying that in the future, all the envoys from Jiangdong would not be seen.

Liu Ye was beside him, so he persuaded: "Don't worry, general, this time it must be Zhu Zhi who saw that the general had withdrawn troops for no reason, so he sent an envoy to test it." I expect that a messenger will come again soon. When you see it, you will know it. ”

Guan Yu's anger dissipated slightly, and said: "Then I will talk about it, if he talks nonsense again, don't blame me for being ruthless under the knife." ”

When Zhu Zhi saw Guan Yu returning the envoy, he knew it in his heart. There is nothing big in Qingzhou, at least, Guan Yu will continue to stay in Jiujiang and will not be transferred. In that case, don't think about it anymore to get the cities back. This time, he honestly followed Sun Ce's instructions and came to the peace talks without any additional conditions.

One sincerely wanted to appease Guan Yu and wanted him not to have nothing to do in Yangzhou, so that he could get a chance to calm the turmoil in the country. One was given the order to lie dormant and not to attack without authorization. The two hit it off and reached a peace agreement. Since then, the people of Yangzhou have been blessed.

Of course, both families knew that the paper was very fragile and could be torn apart at any time. So they took the opportunity to bury their heads in developing their forces to strengthen themselves.