Lu Su took Hua Tuo to Misu on the same day to report to Sun Quan.

The next day, Liu Bei personally led Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan and other generals to lead 40,000 troops north to Nanjun and settled in Jiangling.

Liu Bei's soldiers and horses are now a lot, more than 20,000 people under the original Liu Qi were taken over by him, and there were 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers and horses recruited after stationing in the public security, and there was the first battle of Hefei, Yuan Shu's old general Lei Xu brought tens of thousands of people from Huainan to defect to Liu Bei, and the troops among these people also had nearly 10,000 troops.

After more than a year of development, the number of combatable troops under Liu Bei's command has reached about 70,000, not counting the soldiers defending the city in various places.

Gangneung is the seat of governance of Namgun, and taking Gangneung is equivalent to taking Namgun. At this moment, Cao Ren led 30,000 troops to surround Jiangling, and only Sun Quan's brother Sun Yu led 5,000 soldiers and horses to resist in the city.

Jiangling and the public security are only separated by a water, Liu Bei led his troops to arrive, and arrived in Jiangling in half a day. Liu Bei had 40,000 soldiers and horses, and Cao Ren did not dare to attack. Entering the city under the guidance of the defenders in the city, he only watched Liu Bei's army enter Jiangling.

Since Liu Bei settled in Jiangling, Sun Yu was going to Jiangxia with 5,000 defenders, so under Liu Beijun's response, Sun Yu also led his troops out of Jiangling and went to Jiangxia to join the Jiangxia defenders and guard Jiangxia.

Cao Ren also did not dare to act rashly, so he could only let the defenders of Nanjun go to Jiangxia.

War is no joke, if Cao Ren fights Liu Bei, once defeated, he may lose the important town of Xiangfan, or even the whole of Nanyang, threatening the safety of Xuchang. And Cao Cao was in the mouth of the wet beard and was restrained by Sun Quan, if so, it was very likely to ruin Cao Cao's life's hard work.

Cao Ren knew this very well, so he didn't dare to act rashly, so he could only seek stability.

It's just that Cao Ren doesn't attack, which means that Liu Bei has secured the southern county, and when Cao Ren retreats, the southern county will completely belong to Liu Bei.

Half a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

Cao Cao could not defeat Sun Quan at the mouth of the river, and Jiangdong's defenders in Nanjun rushed to Jiangxia to garrison, resulting in Wen Ping, who attacked Jiangxia, could not win, and Liu Bei was stationed on the Nanjun side, and Cao Ren could not defeat Liu Bei.

Therefore, after a stalemate for half a month, Cao Cao made the three routes retreat on the grounds of insufficient grain and grass.

In this battle, Liu Bei once again became the biggest profiteer, not only got Nanjun, but also took Jiaozhou again when Sun Cao's two families were too busy to take care of themselves, and their strength doubled.

And Sun Cao's two families, the losses were also very heavy, Sun Quan lost Nanjun, not to mention, but also lost Jiaozhou, which should have belonged to him in history. In addition, the Battle of Chibi and Hefei launched a war not long after, which greatly damaged Jiangdong's vitality, and in a short period of time, Sun Quan was unable to start a war.

And the same is true of Cao Cao, the Battle of Chibi and the Battle of Hefei ended only three or five months ago, and then he went south again because of Zhou Yu's attack on Yizhou.

As a result, the Xiangfan Army and the Huainan Army suffered a lot of losses, the people were overburdened, and the southern front line was unable to wage war in three to five years.

In fact, Cao Cao didn't want to go south to start a war, but Zhou Yu had already sent troops to attack Yizhou, and he couldn't sit idly by, once Zhou Yu really captured Yizhou, then his Cao Cao's power would no longer be a monopoly, and Sun Quan would have the capital to fight him head-on.

There is another point, that is, Cao Cao still has the heart to dominate the world, and he sent troops with the intention of preventing Zhou Yu from gaining Yizhou, but in fact, he also had the intention of pacifying Jiangdong.

This time, Cao Sun was defeated and injured, and he could not start a war in three or five years, which made Liu Bei cheaper, and he could greatly expand his strength.

After Cao Ren's soldiers and horses withdrew from Nanjun, Liu Bei naturally sent troops to occupy various places and assigned officials to govern the place.

Liu Bei stayed in Xinye for seven years, and although he did nothing for these seven years, he accumulated a lot of fame in Jingzhou.

Zhou Yu did not occupy Nanjun for a long time, and he withdrew from Nanjun from Cao Ren's hands last winter, but only a few months, and Zhou Yu has been busy with military affairs in these months. did not pay attention to talents and local governance, so the talents of Nanjun did not take refuge in Zhou Yu.

And after Liu Bei occupied Nanjun, with his reputation in Jingzhou, there was an endless stream of talents who took refuge in Liu Bei for a while.

Two months later, Liu Chan moved to a new home again, from the police to Jiangling.

Gangneung is now the seat of Nanjun, both in terms of the size of the city and the geographical location, it is better than the public security. Therefore, after Liu Bei took Nanjun, he moved the governance office to Jiangling, and in two months, many miscellaneous matters in Jiangling were almost solved, and Liu Bei moved his family over.

At this moment, Zhao Yun and Ma Liang also came back from Jiaozhou, and in Jiangling, Liu Chan met Zhao Yun who had not been seen for a long time.

Although Zhao Yun made meritorious contributions, he was still not promoted, and he still served as a guard.

Liu Bei was able to get Nanjun and Jiaozhou without paying anything, thanks to the planning of Liu Chan and Zhao Yun. Everyone thought that Zhao Yun, who offered the plan, was the first credit, but they didn't know that Liu Chan was the boss behind the scenes.

On the day Zhao Yun returned to Jiangling, Liu Bei prepared a banquet to reward Zhao Yun and Ma Liang.

The next night, in Liu Chan's room, the two gathered together again.

Zhao Yun said with excitement on his face: "The young master's strategy is really clever, and now the lord not only got Nanjun from Jiangdong's hands for nothing, but also took Jiaozhou." Moreover, the two families of Cao and Sun, the Battle of Chibi and the Battle of Hefei had just ended, and a major war broke out, and their vitality was greatly damaged, and it was difficult to do anything within a few years. In the past few years, the lord can concentrate on developing his strength, and the lord will have a young master, and the day when the Han dynasty will be restored is not far away! ”

Liu Chan's plan succeeded, and he couldn't help but feel a little complacent, and said with a smile: "Not only that, but this time my father also won Liu Zhang's favor, if my father wants to seek Yizhou, it will be much easier." Zhou Yu attacked those Yizhou city passes, did his father reveal it, how to deal with it? ”

Zhao Yun replied: "At the end of the banquet yesterday, I heard that the military advisor had advised the lord to return those city passes to Liu Zhang, and the lord promised to come down, and he has already sent someone to do it today." ”

Liu Chan smiled: "The soldiers are afraid that they won't agree!" ”

Zhao Yun nodded and said, "Yes, Yun Chang, Yide, they are all strongly opposed, and even persuaded the lord to take the opportunity to enter Yizhou!" ”

Liu Chan had the intention to test Zhao Yun's knowledge, so he asked, "Then what do you think?" ”

Zhao Yun pondered for a while and replied: "Now that the lord has newly acquired Nanjun, Nanjun is not stable, and it is not the best time to attack Yizhou, Yun thinks that he can occupy these places and not return them, but he should not attack Yizhou." ”

Liu Chan said with a smile: "It's better to pay it back than to occupy it, if you don't pay it back, you will hand over Liu Zhang, and Liu Zhang will know that his father has the intention of seizing Yizhou, so he will station heavy troops in the east to guard against his father." At that time, it will be even more difficult for my father to try to benefit the state.

If he pays it back, Liu Zhang will trust his father and not guard against his father, if his father learns from Zhou Yu to raid Yizhou, the chance of success will be greater. ”

In fact, in another year, Liu Zhang will ask Liu Bei to enter Sichuan to resist Zhang Lu, luring the wolf into the house and causing the loss of Yizhou, but Liu Chan did not say these words.