Xun You also felt from Jia Xu's argument that the gains and losses of one city and one place were not important, and the most important thing was to disintegrate the Cao and Sun alliances. If you can split the Cao and Sun alliances with a county. That's a bargain. It is better to stabilize the south first, and then send troops into Yanzhou to quickly pacify Yanzhou, and then Yuzhou and Yangzhou will naturally stop automatically.

After Liu Bei heard this, he discussed it from here, so he told Guan Yu and ordered him to abandon Shouchun and save Pengcheng. Guan Yu got the letter in Shouchun, sullen, he ran Shouchun for many years, has always used this place as a base camp to attack Xuzhou. It's just that in the past few years, the lord has used troops in the north again and again, and he has no time to look south, so it has been delayed until today. Now that Yangzhou and Yuzhou have joined forces, Pengcheng is in danger and has to be saved. But if he wants to give up Shouchun, he is reluctant. It's just that he also knows that the enemy is outnumbered, and if he still insists on guarding Shouchun, Pengcheng may be in danger. It's not that he doesn't have confidence in Wenpin. Rather, they are worried about their own logistics. Shouchun and Pengcheng are besieged, and it is not easy to transport grain and grass, so it is good to say here that on the Pengcheng side, Xiahou Yuan will definitely attack the grain road of his army. My army was already short of food, and I heard that the price of rice in Linjing had begun to soar since the beginning of the year. If the war in Yanzhou and Xuzhou is erosive, the lord is afraid that his life will not be easy. After that, he abandoned Shouchun and gave Jiujiang to Sun Jian. Let's solve the siege of Pengcheng first.

Wait for the winner to calm Yanzhou with all his might, and see what happens to you in Yuzhou and Yangzhou. Not everyone is willing to give up. Liu Bei decided to give up Shouchun with great courage from a strategic height and Guan Yu with great courage. It's just Wu Kuang, I really can't understand it. After he heard Guan Yu say that he would give up Shouchun, he couldn't help but exclaim: "General, I have been operating in Shouchun for many years, why did I abandon it so easily?" ”

Guan Yu said: "Pengcheng is besieged, and I want to abandon Shouchun to protect Pengcheng." It's to discard it. ”

Wu Kuang shook his head again and again, and said: "Zhongye is in Pengcheng, it is enough to ensure that Pengcheng is worry-free, then Xiahou Yuan is powerful, and he can't easily pull out Pengcheng." Zhongye only needs to hold on for a few months, at most more than a year, and when the lord settles Yanzhou, Xiahou Yuan's soldiers will retreat. Why do you want to abandon Shouchun? ”

Guan Yu said: "If Xiahou Yuan sent people to besiege Pengcheng, and then sent a large army to attack me, he and Zhou Yu attacked Shouchun. I'm in danger too. Jiujiang is lonely and hangs outside, except for Shouchun, all counties cannot be guarded. Xuzhou's heavy troops were at Yuanlong, to no avail. It's better to retreat, and after shooting away Xiahou Yuan, he will return to Shouchun Keye. ”

Wu Kuang said: "Shouchun has been repaired by the general for many years, easy to defend and difficult to attack, once abandoned today, it will be difficult to recapture it in the future." ”

Guan Yu sighed: "The lord has his own plans, and he wants to give up Jiujiang and stop the Yangzhou army. I had to start from also. ”

Wu Kuang listened, and then he came back to his senses, this is cutting meat to feed the wolf. But who can guarantee that the wolf will be satisfied and will not attack again?

Guan Yu also knew about this departure, and he didn't know when he would be able to come to Shouchun. So he planned to take everything he could. Including the common people. This toss, I don't know how loud it made in Shouchun.

Zhou Yu found out the news and learned that Guan Yu wanted to leave. is also suspicious, such a big city as Shouchun, Guan Yu is willing to do it? If Shouchun is not short of food, there will be no problem at all if he sticks to it for a year or two.

By the time Zhou Yu was sure that the news was true, Guan Yu had already led his army across the Huaishui. Along the way, the voices of the people weeping were endless. No matter how good Liu Bei is, where is it good to have his own home. Even if Guan Yu promised the people that after arriving in Xuzhou, the government would re-grant them the land house, but not all the people were willing to abandon their family business and go north with Guan Yu. Guan Yu doesn't care if you want to or not, anyway, you want to forcibly evict. He didn't want to leave these people to Zhou Yu. After driving the people out of the city, Guan Yu burned his years of hard work again.

When Zhou Yu hurriedly led his army to the outside of Shouchun City, he saw a raging fire, which had already reflected half of the sky. Lu Meng looked at it from the side, and couldn't help but say with contempt: "I have heard that Liu Bei is benevolent and loves the people, and I didn't expect to use such means." Naturally, he didn't want to take over a Shouchun City that had been burned to ruins.

When Zhou Yu heard this, he couldn't help but wonder: "It is true that Liu Xuande is benevolent and loves the people, but how can a soldier act by virtue of benevolence, if he is so pedantic, Liu Xuande is not worthy of today." ”

Dealing with the enemy is naturally unprepared. Speak of kindness to the enemy, unless you are a fool. Zhou Yu naturally understands this truth. When Lu Meng was told by Zhou Yu, he couldn't help but be a little sneered, so he said: "Gong Jin, Guan Yu has coerced the people and walked, his action must be slow, why don't you chase after him?" ”

Zhou Yu said: "Guan Yu must be on guard, and chasing him may not make a contribution." ”

Lü Meng didn't listen, so Zhou Yu agreed, Lü Meng rushed to lead the troops to chase Guan Yu, halfway through, was intercepted by Wu Kuang, the two had a big battle, each other won and lost, Lü Meng saw that he couldn't take advantage, so he led the troops and retreated.

Zhou Yu said in his heart, in the past, Zhang Xiu fought with Cao Cao in Nanyang, first chased and lost, and then chased and won. Now that Guan Yu's ambush has come out, why not follow Zhang Xiu's story and chase it again? He will not know that if I chase after him, he will be victorious.

So he led Lu Meng and came to chase Guan Yu again. Chasing the Huai River, I saw a general in the lead, in black armor and red robe, sitting upright on a horse, holding a knife in his right hand, and slashing his beard in his left hand and said: "Why is Gong Jin late, Guan has been waiting for a long time!" "It's not Guan Yu, who is it?

Zhou Yu saw that Guan Yu was prepared, so he stopped immediately and led the army to retreat slowly. Guan Yu saw that Zhou Yu was interested, so he also turned the horse's head and led the troops to walk away. Zhou Yu looked at Guan Yu's back from afar, and couldn't help sighing: "The real name is worthy of it!" ”

When Guan Yu arrived in Xuzhou, he ordered Gan Ning to lead the sailors to guard Guangling with Chen Deng. He also divided Wu Kuang to the next Pi to help Chen Qi guard the next Pi. He also sent Liu Ye to Pengcheng to deliver a letter and let Wen Ping stick to it. But he didn't go to Pengcheng, and after handing over the people to Chen Qi, the prime minister of Xiapi, for resettlement, Guan Yu led his troops to the East China Sea in the starry night.

Guan Yu was disgusted by Yangzhou and Yuzhou. He decided to give Xiahou Yuan a little color to see. After Jiujiang was ceded to Yangzhou, Shouchun was burned to the ground by himself, and he thought that Sun Ce and Zhou Yu would not use troops for the time being. Since Xiahou Yuan's troops besieged Pengcheng, let him surround it. As soon as I let Jiujiang go, I immediately felt that the sea and the sky were vast, and I no longer had to be embarrassed.

Guan Yu went to the East China Sea and went to find Liu Qi, the king of the East China Sea. The lineage of the king of the East China Sea is the inheritance of Liu Qiang, the former crown prince of Emperor Guangwu. More than 100 years ago, Liu Qiang was upset because his mother Empress Guo was deposed, so he asked Liu Xiu to resign as the crown prince. Liu Qiang is not at fault, and Liu Xiu can't bear to give up. But Liu Qiang resigned, so after several years, Liu Xiu made Liu Zhuang, the king of the East China Sea, the son of Empress Yin, the crown prince, the crown prince, and renamed Liu Qiang the king of the East China Sea. Because Liu Qiang was not guilty, Liu Xiu couldn't bear it, so he divided the East China Sea into twenty-three counties to Liu Qiang, and did not give up, and changed the King of Lu to the King of Beihai, and all the six counties of the Lu State were also used as the food of Liu Qiang, the king of the East China Sea. It can be said that at that time, the Donghai Kingdom, with a total of 29 counties, was the first vassal state of the Han Dynasty.

And Liu Qiang's branch has been inherited in the East China Sea to this day. Because of Liu Qiang, the king of the East China Sea also has a special status among the princes. Guan Yu came to find Liu Qi, just to use Liu Qi's influence to attack Lu by surprise.