Sun Quan led an army of 10,000 and officially went to Jiaozhou, all the way south from Yuzhang County, because it was a secret march, in order not to attract the attention of others, so all the way was silent, and he specially chose to rest during the day and march at night.

Not long after Sun Quan led the army to leave Wuchang, the envoy sent by Liu Biao arrived at Chaisang first, but was directly stopped by Zhou Yu.

After Liu Biao's envoy left, Zhou Yu sent someone to inform Liu Bei, who was far away in Jingnan, and told Liu Bei that the time had come to take Jingzhou, and he had a detailed plan to capture the entire Jingzhou.

Zhou Yu's envoy went to Changsha as fast as possible, and when he arrived at Changsha City, Liu Bei also received an order from Liu Biao, ordering him to lead the elite of his subordinates to gather in Xiangyang.

After Liu Bei sent away Liu Biao's envoy, he met with Zhou Yu's envoy.

"See General Liu!" As soon as Zhou Yu's envoy saw Liu Bei, he said respectfully.

"You're welcome, why did the Governor of Zhou send you here?" Liu Bei asked.

The envoy immediately took out a letter and handed it to Liu Bei, after Liu Bei opened it, he looked at it in a hurry, and said to the envoy: "I still need to consider this matter, you have been tired of saddle horses all the way, you must be tired, why don't you go to the guest room to rest first, and then I will reply to you tomorrow?" ”

The envoy naturally had no opinion, so he was under Liu Bei's arrangement. Went to the guest room to rest.

Liu Bei saw the envoy leave. Over there, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Yi Yuan, and Jiang Wan were summoned to discuss. and let them read the letters written by Zhou Yu to him one by one.

After everyone finished reading it, Liu Bei asked, "What do you all think about this?" ”

Zhang Fei took the lead and said: "Big brother, this is a good thing, why don't you promise Zhou Yu earlier?" ”

Guan Yu said: "Big brother, I don't think this matter is appropriate. ”

"What's wrong?" Liu Bei asked.

Guan Yu said: "Although Zhou Yu is in alliance with our army, Liu Jingzhou treats me well, and this time is the time to be external all the time." Even if we can use treacherous tricks to capture Jingzhou, after capturing Jingzhou, with our current strength, how can we resist Zhang Yan's army? Moreover, if this unrighteous act is done, the reputation of the eldest brother will inevitably be damaged. In addition, Zhou Yu's words cannot be completely believed, Zhou Yu's training of the navy is very powerful, and he worked hard to get Jingzhou. How could you just want this one place, Jiangxia, and give up all the rest to the eldest brother? Other than that. Jiangxia is the place where the eldest prince is stationed, if Zhou Yu goes to take Jiangxia, won't he have to deal with the eldest prince? ”

After Liu Bei heard this, he frowned, remained silent, and only after a long time did he raise his eyelids, glanced at Yi Yuan, and asked, "What is Sir's opinion?" ”

Yi said: "Now that Liu Jingzhou has asked the lord to lead the army to Xiangyang, his intention is obvious, that is, to launch an all-out force against Zhang Yan. Moreover, according to my guess, Liu Jingzhou will inevitably let Zhang Xiu attack Luoyang as the vanguard, and then let the eldest prince lead Jiangxia's troops to attack Lujiang, and then personally lead the army, starting from Xiangyang, and marching into Yuzhou, and the lord's army must also be used as a backup. If the lord and Zhou Yu form an alliance at this time and conspire with Jingzhou, the lord will certainly be able to seize Jingzhou, but Liu Jingzhou will definitely not give up, and even the eldest prince who has always been good with the lord will turn against him, in addition, Zhou Yu is also scheming, after occupying Jiangxia, he will definitely take advantage of the victory and compete with the lord for the land of Nanjun, in this way, the lord will become the target of the public, and will be attacked by all enemies, which is the road to self-destruction. ”

Liu Bei slapped the table angrily, shook the things on the table, and said angrily: "Zhou Yu deceived me too much, do you think I can't see his tricks?" Someone came, immediately expelled Zhou Yu's envoy from Changsha, and rejected all Zhou Yu's requests! ”

Jiang Wan hurriedly persuaded: "The lord is slow." ”

"Gongyan, do you have anything else to say?" Liu Bei said.

Jiang Wan said: "Our army finally got in touch with Jiangdong and became an ally, don't hurt the peace because of this little thing." ”

"Zhou Yu framed me like this, and you still asked me not to hurt peace with him?" Liu Bei said angrily, "Gongyan, are you my subordinate or Zhou Yu's subordinate?" ”

"Naturally, he is a subordinate of the lord. The lord calmed his anger for the time being, and allowed his subordinates to finish speaking. ”

"Say it!"

Jiang Wan said: "Although Zhou Yu's navy is powerful, but Jiangdong's strength is very limited, and last year it was almost wiped out by Chen Deng The entire Jiangdong, although it won the battle, it can also reveal the combat strength of its army." It can be said that Jiangdong's army is not as good as before, and its strength is very limited, otherwise, Chen Deng would not have allowed his troops to advance. The subordinates thought that this matter was just a small ploy by Zhou Yu to test the lord, and he had no intention of really plotting against Jingzhou, as the so-called emaciated camel is bigger than a horse, there are about 300,000 people in Jingzhou with armor, including nearly 100,000 sailors, Jiangxia has become an important base for the Jingzhou navy, and since the eldest prince was assisted by a young man named Sima Yi, Jiangxia's defense has been impenetrable. No matter how powerful Zhou Yu's navy is, if it wants to attack Jiangxia, it will go against the current, and it will definitely not have the upper hand downstream. Therefore, his subordinates speculated that although Zhou Yu said so, he might not do it. The lord might as well pretend to agree to Zhou Yu, and then send a messenger to inform the eldest prince in Jiangxia, so that he can be careful to watch out for Zhou Yu's army, so that no one can be offended. ”

Liu Bei thought about it for a while and felt that what Jiang Wan said was very reasonable, so he decided to do what Jiang Wan wanted.

This time, Jiang Wan came to Changsha to report on his work, and he happened to encounter this incident, so he expressed his opinion, but Liu Bei was impressed by Jiang Wan.

"What do you think about sending troops to Xiangyang?" Liu Bei asked.

Jiang Wan said: "The lord not only wants to go to Xiangyang in person, but also to lead the elite soldiers and strong generals, preferably, in front of Liu Jingzhou, seek the position of the vanguard, kill the thief in front of the battle, and establish meritorious service." In this way, it can also make Liu Jingzhou know the ability of the Daoist Lord, and even more so the ability of the whole Jingzhou Daoist Lord. Moreover, when going to Xiangyang, I have to continue to buy people's hearts, so that it will be of great help to the lord of Jingzhou in the future! ”

Liu Bei's suggestion to Jiang Wan was very useful, and he was also enthusiastic, so he immediately decided to take Zhang Fei and Huang Zhong to Xiangyang, leaving his second brother Guan Yu to guard Jingnan.

Zhou Yu's envoy returned to Chaisang with Liu Bei's advice, and Zhou Yu really did as Jiang Wan guessed, saying that he wanted to make a decision about Sun Quan.

At this moment, it has been more than ten days since Sun Quan left Wuchang, but Sun Quan has taken many unjust roads in order to hide during the day and march at night, coupled with his unfamiliarity with the geography of Lingnan. In desperation, Sun Quan had no choice but to spend a lot of money to hire a guide to take them to Jiaozhou.

Two days later, Sun Quan arrived at Longchuan County in Nanhai County, Jiaozhou, with his army.

Longchuan County is the "land of the king of Xing" of Zhao Tuo, the king of Nanyue, at the end of the Qin Dynasty and the beginning of the Han Dynasty, Zhao Tuo took Longchuan County as a base to establish the Nanyue Dynasty, and later Zhao Tuo was attached to the Han Dynasty, Han Gaozu retained his fief, and Zhao Tuo was still the king of Nanyue. In the sixth year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Han army pacified the Nanyue Kingdom, but the county seat of Longchuan was not affected by the war at all, and the original outline was retained.

After Sun Quan arrived in Longchuan County, he raided the county seat of Longchuan in the evening, and the Longchuan County Commander was caught off guard, coupled with the lack of soldiers and horses, was surrounded by Sun Quan's army in the city, and was forced to surrender. Therefore, Sun Quan used Longchuan County as a base and prepared a plan to conquer Jiaozhou.

But before the next military move, Sun Quan asked the local people about some things about Jiaozhou, and basically had a general understanding of Jiaozhou.

Today's Jiaozhou Thorn History is called Shixie, who is a native of Jiaozhou Cangwu Guangxin, a native of Jiaozhou, and the Shi family is also a local wealthy family.

Shixie is not only the history of Jiaozhou Thorn, but also Jiaozhi Taishou, his second brother Shiyi is Hepu Taishou, the third brother Shiyu is Jiuzhen Taishou, the fourth brother Shiwu is Nanhai Taishou, Shixie's eldest son Shiyi is Cangwu Taishou, the second son Shihui is Yulin Taishou, and the third son Shigan is Rinan Taishou.

The important official positions in Jiaozhou, large and small, are basically monopolized by the people of the Shi family, and Jiaozhou is located in a remote area, in the southernmost border of the Han Dynasty, the Shi family lives like a soil emperor.

The Shixie brothers and nephews served as the county guards together, and they were in charge of the politics of a state, and because their jurisdiction was thousands of miles away, their prestige was supreme. When they go in and out, they ring bells and chimes, prepare dignified instruments, preach with flutes, ride all over the road, and often have dozens of sand gates sandwiched in the crowd of chariots and horses to burn incense. Their wives and concubines were all in chariots equipped with drapes, and their children were followed by soldiers on horseback, and their nobility and prominence at that time shocked all ethnic minorities, even the former king of Nanyue, Zhao Tuo, could not compare with such a person as the Shi family.

However, although the Shi clan is prominent in Jiaozhou, because of the patriarch Shi Xie, the Shi clan abides by the law and does not bully men and women. And Shi Xie himself has a generous and measured personality, a modest corporal, and loves the people like a son, so that the people of Jiaozhou have a very high evaluation of the Shi family, although they have not many troops, but they have the hearts of the people of Jiaozhou, once something happens to the Shi family, these Jiaozhou people will compete to die for the Shi family.

And the scholars of the Central Plains, because of the stability of Jiaozhou, and the generosity and benevolence of Shixie, the corporal of Lixian, the number of people who went to Jiaozhou to take refuge in hundreds of people, including Yuan Hui's brother Yuan Hui, Xu Zijiang's brother Xu Jing, and Cheng Bing, who is now an official under Zhang Yan, and many famous people in the Central Plains, even more countless, after these people arrive in Jiaozhou, they will be treated with excellent courtesy, and they will also be reused, which makes the atmosphere of Jiaozhou's scholars extremely strong.

After Sun Quan got these news, he immediately frowned, the Shi family can be said to be deeply rooted in Jiaozhou, with the 10,000 people in his hands, he is afraid that he will not be able to seize Jiaozhou, and he must change his strategy. (To be continued......)