Fast forward to 210 A.D., March 15.

As early as the beginning of March, Zhou Yu had recovered from his illness and secretly arrived in Zigui.

In the three months since the beginning of the year, Zhou Yu has secretly transported about 35,000 troops to Zigui.

Before and after the Battle of Chibi, it was the most chaotic period of the Three Kingdoms, and the warlords fought each other, which led to a sharp decline in the population, and the population of the entire Three Kingdoms fell to less than 10 million, only a few million people.

It was not until after the establishment of the Three Kingdoms that the localities gradually stabilized and the people gradually settled down, and the population did not continue to be lost. However, the three kingdoms have been fighting for many years, and it is difficult to increase the population of the world.

At this moment, the Jiangdong Sun clan occupies the entire territory south of the Yangtze River in Yangzhou, as well as part of the north of the Yangtze River, and then there is the southern county of Jingzhou and the southern part of Jiangxia County.

The population under his rule is about 1.5 million, and the number of troops is about 100,000, but Nanjun and Jiangxia County have not had time to digest because they are new.

At this moment, Zhou Yu sent troops to raid Yizhou, with 35,000 soldiers, which seems to be not much, but in fact it is a heavy army, you must know that in the Battle of Chibi, Sun Quan gave Zhou Yu only 30,000 soldiers and horses to resist Cao Cao.

The wounded soldiers in the Battle of Nanjun and the Battle of Hefei have all been replaced, and these soldiers who participated in the raid on Yizhou are all elite soldiers who are not injured.

As for the remaining soldiers and horses of Eastern Wu, Sun Quan had secretly mobilized them to garrison along the Yangtze River to prevent Cao Cao from leading his troops south when Zhou Yu raided Yizhou.

Zigui is located in the extreme west of Nanjun, in the west, is the boundary of Yizhou, not far from the eastern barrier of Yizhou, that is, Yong'an, only a few dozen miles away.

From Zigui to the west, it only takes half a day to arrive at Yubei County, but it is thought that if Liu Zhang is unprepared and makes Zhou Yu's surprise attack successful, he is afraid that Zhou Yu can lead his troops into the hinterland of Yizhou in only ten days.

And Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu in Hanzhong are at odds, and the northern part of Yizhou has always had heavy troops to resist Zhang Lu. When the CD is empty, Zhou Yu enters the hinterland of Yizhou, Liu Zhang can't resist Zhou Yu in a hurry, but he is afraid that Yizhou will really be taken away by Zhou Yu.

In the early morning of March 15, the sun was shining, everything was recovering, and the warm spring sun shone on the earth, a vibrant image.

Zhou Yu has just recovered from a serious illness, which is in response to the recovery of everything in spring at this moment.

In the school field of Ziguicheng, Zhou Yu finally swore to go on the expedition, sent troops from Zigui, marched into Yizhou, and went against the current to raid Yubei County.

Under his command, the generals Cheng Pu, Gan Ning, Ling Tong, Lü Meng, Dong Xi and others accompanied the expedition.

As for Nanjun, it was garrisoned by Sun Quan's cousin Sun Yu with 5,000 troops.

At the same time, Zhao Yun and Ma Liang also secretly went to Jiaozhou, and at this moment they had entered the Jingnan territory.

In the county seat of the public security, since Zhao Yun had left at the moment, no one told Liu Chan about the world's major events, and Liu Chan could only sit every day and wait quietly for news.

A month has passed in the blink of an eye.

During this time, Liu Bei rarely came to see him, and Liu Chan knew that at this moment, he was afraid that his strategy had reached a critical juncture, and the situation had gradually become clearer.

That night, Liu Bei finally came to see Liu Chan once, but after saying a few words, Chen Zhi's voice came from outside the room: "Lord, the military advisor came to you, saying that he had something important to report!" ”

"Got it, I'll go over now!"

Liu Bei responded, hugged Liu Chan off his thigh, patted Liu Chan's little head, and said with a smile: "Adou, you go to bed early, my father has something to deal with, go first, and come to see you tomorrow!" ”

"Father, if you have something, let's go first!" Liu Chan nodded obediently.

Liu Bei carried Liu Chan to the bed, carefully covered the quilt, and then turned to leave.

After Liu Bei left, Liu Chan suddenly sat up from the bed and said in his heart: "Zhuge Liang came to find my father late at night, but I am afraid that my plan has been implemented to a critical juncture, and I don't know what is going on." I don't know anything if Zhao Yun is here, this feeling is really uncomfortable, I have to follow and take a look! Let's see what Zhuge Liang said to his father! ”

Thinking of this, Liu Chan quietly walked out of the door, and there was originally Chen Zhi guarding the door, but Liu Bei went out before, and Chen Zhi also followed. At this moment, the door was empty, and it happened to be cheap Liu Chan, so Liu Chan tiptoed to the front hall, wanting to hear what Zhuge Liang said to Liu Bei.

In the front hall, Liu Bei was meeting Zhuge Liang, and Liu Chan was hiding behind the hall to eavesdrop.

Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei had already sat down, and they heard Liu Bei's voice ring first: "Kong Ming, Zhou Yu sent troops to attack Yizhou, and it has been some time since he broke through Yubei County and entered Jiangzhou, a big city in the east of Yizhou, I don't know what news has come recently?" What's going on over there over there? ”

Liu Chan, who was behind the palace, was shocked when he heard this, and said in his heart: "Why did Zhou Yu still kill in Jiangzhou, didn't my father notify Liu Zhang according to my plan?" Could it be that Liu Zhang didn't fortify in Yubei County? ”

Seeing Liu Bei's sad face, Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "Don't worry, although Zhou Yu has entered Jiangzhou, Liu Zhang's side has already sent General Zhang Ren to lead the army to garrison, Zhou Yu has been able to storm for more than ten days, presumably Zhang Ren has stabilized the situation." ”

"Smack!"

Liu Chan only heard the sound of slapping the table, and then heard Liu Bei say angrily: "This Liu Jiyu is really mediocre, I sent someone to remind him a month earlier, but I didn't want him not to take my words to heart, which led to the loss of the important town of Yubei County, and let Zhou Yu kill in the hinterland of Jiangzhou." Fortunately, there is also General Zhang Ren in Yizhou who is extraordinary, otherwise Zilong's plan is only afraid that stealing chickens will not be successful! ”

Now it's April, the weather is getting warmer, Zhuge Liang also took his feather fan, the feather fan shook gently, Zhuge Liang smiled: "The lord doesn't have to be angry, this is a good thing, if Zhang Ren blocked Zhou Yu in Yubei County at the beginning, Zhou Yu couldn't attack it, I am afraid that Sun Quan will let him return to Shinan County soon."

Now that Zhou Yu has killed Jiangzhou, he has already achieved quite a lot, so that Sun Quan will be difficult to choose for a while, so that Zhou Yu will continue to attack Yizhou, and he Jiangdong will also face Cao Cao's attack, so that the lord can profit from it! ”

Liu Bei nodded and continued to ask: "What about Cao Cao's side, is there any movement?" ”

"Cao Cao has exhausted the troops of Xuzhou, Yuzhou, Huainan, a total of 60,000 horses, from Hefei to the south, and the troops have entered the mouth of the Xu!"

Today, the population of the entire Han Dynasty is less than 10 million, and about half of the population of the world is under Cao Cao's rule, but it is only about four or five million.

Now Cao Cao's total army is only three or four hundred thousand. 60,000 troops is already one-fifth of the total strength under his command, which shows Cao Cao's determination to attack Jiangdong this time.

After listening to Zhuge Liang's words, Liu Bei was a little worried: "Except for some variables on Zhou Yu's side, everything else is carried out according to Zilong's strategy." It's just that I'm a little worried about whether Cao Cao will defeat Sun Quan in one fell swoop and take the land of Jiangdong! ”

Zhuge Liang's feather fan shook lightly and said with a smile: "Don't worry, my lord, Sun Quan has arranged thirty or forty thousand soldiers and horses in the mouth of the beard, and he is very well prepared. Although Cao Cao had many soldiers and horses, and the generals under his command were also very experienced in using troops, they were not accustomed to water warfare, and at most they would only occupy some advantages, but they would never be able to win Jiangdong.

After a long time, Zhou Yu will not be able to take Yizhou, and Sun Quan's pressure in the mouth of the water will be great, so he will urge Zhou Yu to return to defense, and then the lord of Nanjun will be at his fingertips! ”