The weather became warmer, the fighting intensified in various places, and the folds flew into Jiangxia like snowflakes and were placed on Liu Wei's table.

Half a month ago, Liu Bei sent Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to march south to Jingzhou to relieve the siege of Xiangyang, so that Liu Wei had to temporarily shift his attention from the Xiliang army and hold military discussions with his subordinates for several days to discuss countermeasures.

Because the connection between Jingnan and Jingbei was cut off by Zhuge Liang, Sun Cejun, who was trapped in Xiangyang and Jiangling, was short of food, and in desperation, he sent envoys to borrow grain from Guan Yu and Liu Yu in Hanzhong, who were guarding Shangyong, and sent Zhang Dingbian to escort them.

Liu Yu and Guan Yu opened up fertile fields in Hanzhong and Shangyong, with sufficient grain and grass, and boldly lent Sun Ce 100,000 stone of grain. It's just that the rumors leaked, Yue Fei personally led Gao Chong and Yang Zaixing to ambush them halfway, successfully burned the grain escorted by Zhang Dingbian, and completely annihilated the 5,000 Sun army escorting the grain, Zhang Dingbian fled back to Fancheng by horse, and luckily saved his life, but the crisis of food shortage in Xiangyang could not be solved.

In desperation, Zhu Sheng personally took a trip to Shangyong, and persuaded Guan Yu to send troops to attack Yue Fei's back: "If General Guan doesn't attack head-on, but only echoes each other from afar, I'm afraid that Xiangyang will not be protected." If Xiangyang is lost, Jingnan is in danger! If Jingnan is lost, the Eastern Han army will be divided into two routes, all the way to take Bashu, all the way to attack Shangyong, then Liu Yuanjun's situation will inevitably take a sharp turn, and I hope that General Guan will think twice! ”

After Zhu Sheng left, Guan Yu discussed with Du Ruhui for a long time, thinking that Sun Ce's grain and grass had run out of urgency, and if he couldn't really send troops to rescue, he was afraid that Xiangyang would not last for half a year. The lips are dead and the teeth are cold, if Sun Ce perishes. Liu Wei's men and horses will inevitably drive the president straight in and target Liu Bei, and it seems that the matter of sending troops can no longer be delayed.

"Alas...... The elder brother was originally a descendant of Gaozu. is in the same vein as the Son of Heaven, why is he in such a hurry? "To meet the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty, this made Guan Yu a little dilemma, which was also the reason why he was reluctant to send troops.

In Guan Yu's heart, he wanted to follow Liu Bei to assist the Son of Heaven to revitalize the Han family, which was also one of his ideals. It is for this reason that when Wancheng was reinforced against the Luoyang Army the year before last. Guan Yu ruthlessly made a heavy hand, slashed the vast sea with a knife, and did not hesitate to form a bond with the Luoyang Imperial Court. I didn't expect it to be only two years. But he wanted to meet with the Eastern Han Dynasty army and confront Yue Fei on the battlefield, which made Guan Yu a little hesitant and helpless, and he couldn't make up his mind for a long time!

In Guan Yu's heart. Willing to go to the soup for the righteous brother. Even though the axe is added, there is no fear; is also willing to do his best to revive the Han family, although the horse leather shroud is also not hesitating. These are two things that are not contradictory, because Liu Bei and Liu Wei are both descendants of Gaozu, and Liu Wei recognizes Liu Bei as the emperor's uncle, so the uncle and nephew should work together to sweep away the princes, why did the princes not be destroyed, but they fought first?

In Guan Yu's heart, Liu Bei's best result is to assist the Son of Heaven to sweep away the princes. Then he was crowned king for his merits. Because Liu Bang's White Horse Alliance agreed that no one with the surname Liu could be crowned king, but Liu Bei's surname was Liu. Because of the merits of the king, there is no contradiction in this.

After all, Liu Bei is his sworn brother, and he worshiped heaven and earth in the peach orchard, not seeking to be born on the same day and month of the same year, but only to die on the same day and month of the same year. In private, Guan Yu will also consider for Liu Bei, what if the merit is high and the Lord is not allowed by the Son of Heaven?

It is precisely because of this concern that Guan Yu began to build the Great Wall in Nanxiang and Fangling in his spare time. If the emperor can't tolerate his brother Liu Bei after the world is pacified, it means that the emperor's character is not good, and in that case, he will assist his brother to divide one side.

Who knew that when Guan Yu was still struggling for both loyalty and righteousness, news came that Sun Ce was going to marry Liu Bei, and Sun Ce was going to marry his fourteen-year-old sister to Liu Bei. This made Guan Yu a little puzzled, what kind of medicine was sold in the big brother's gourd? Could it be that he wanted to use a beautiful man to marry Sun Shangxiang, and then persuade his brother-in-law to return to the court and turn the war into a jade silk?

Du Ruhui immediately analyzed the truth of Guan Yu's cold lips and teeth: "How can the tiger sleep soundly on the side of the couch?" Once Liu Wei kills Sun Ce, he will definitely point his sword at Bashu, and the lord just doesn't want to die with cold lips and teeth! ”

Guan Yu's head shook like a rattle: "Brother's move is inappropriate, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, if Liu Wei kills Sun Ce, he really wants to attack Shangyong and Bashu, we will happily fight with the Eastern Han army." After all, it was they who raised troops to attack me, we have a clear conscience and are upright, but my brother wants to marry Sun Ce, I am afraid that we will not take advantage of ourselves! Doesn't marrying a traitor show that the brother is inherently rebellious? ”

"General Guan's words are wrong, as the so-called precautions, everything is foreseen, and if you don't prepare, you will be wasted! If the Eastern Han army comes to the door, I am afraid that it will be too late for the lord to resist again. Taking advantage of Sun Ce's death, he could hold on to the Eastern Han Army in order to win the opportunity to grow stronger. ”

Du Ruhui patiently analyzed Guan Yu's shape, in his opinion, although Guan Yu is excellent in martial arts and has a set in terms of military commandery, he is really poor in political opinions.

To put it bluntly, Guan Yu means that if you hit me, I will beat you, if you don't beat me, I won't beat you, even if you want to fight, you will hit me first, and then I will have a reason to beat you. And Liu Bei's intention is that it looks like he is likely to beat me, I have to be on guard first, it is best to find someone to fight him to the death first, I am full of food and drink on the side, and the initiative is in my hands. This is the difference between Takeo and Hero!

At this point, Du Ruhui still admires Liu Bei very much, this is what Xiaoxiong does, like a person who does big things. And Guan Yu cares too much about face, cares too much about other people's evaluations, and is not thick enough at critical moments, such a person can only be a general at most, and he is more than one realm away from the lord's thinking!

Just when Guan Yu was puzzled, the news that Liu Wei had robbed Sun Shangxiang came again, and Liu Bei, who was cuckolded, was furious and ordered Zhang Song to draft a document to crusade against Liu Bian, and officially tore his face with the Jinling court. A qiē came so suddenly that Guan Yu was defenseless.

After the spring was warm this year, Liu Bei ordered Zhang Fei to be the main general, Fu Youde to be the deputy general, and Pang Tong to be the military division, and led 50,000 horses from Jiangzhou to advance along the Yangtze River by land and water, and went to Jingzhou to relieve Sun Ce. He also sent many envoys in succession, taking Liu Bei's handwritten letter to Shangyong, urging Guan Yu to send troops to attack Wancheng or Yue Fei, and cooperate with Zhang Fei to relieve the siege of Xiangyang.

Although Liu Bei and Liu Wei were already tense, Guan Yu still wanted to mediate to see if he could ease the relationship between the two sides. Therefore, he led Wei Wentong, Yue Sheng, the eldest son Guan Ping, the second son Guan Ling and others to move to Fangling to secretly observe the movements of the Eastern Han army, but they were reluctant to start a war with the Han army.

At this moment, Sun Ce sent an envoy to borrow grain, and Guan Yu was also generous, and lent Sun Ce 100,000 stone of grain for Liu Bei's sake. Unexpectedly, he was burned by Yue Fei on the way, and the food crisis in Xiangyang was not solved at all, which made Guan Yu a little angry, "This Yue Fei really doesn't give face!" ”

After that, Zhu Sheng personally came to Fangling as a lobbyist and persuaded Guan Yu to send troops. After discussing with Du Ruhui, Guan Yu decided to march east from Fangling to Zhuyang to deter Yue Fei's army and reduce Sun Ce's pressure.

Just when Guan Yu raised the army and the war was about to break out, Zhang Fei took Fu Youde and Pang Tong to lead Wu Sangui, Wu Ban, Lei Tong, Chen Shi and other generals from Bajun and went down the river to Jiangling.

Zhang Fei is a straight person, not as much as Guan Yu thinks, in Zhang Fei's heart, his eldest brother is the king, the eldest brother will do whatever he wants, and the eldest brother will beat whoever he wants, and he will be the emperor of heaven! What's more, Liu Wei robbed his sister-in-law, and the eldest brother had a piece of green on his head, and he was also disgraceful!

Therefore, Zhang Fei came out with a dead hand and stormed the camp of Yaoting, Cheng Yanjin and Yang Qilang only had five or six thousand soldiers and horses in their hands, and they did not dare to fight, so they abandoned Yaoting and retreated east along the Yangtze River. Joined Zhuge Liang, who left Wuling to support, stationed 30,000 soldiers and horses in the public security, and confronted Zhang Fei upstream. On the one hand, he sent an envoy to Han Shizhong to ask for reinforcements from the sailors.

After Han Shizhong received Zhuge Liang's letter for help in Luo County, he continued to attack the checkpoint with Gan Ning and Zhu Huan, suppressed Cheng Pu and Zhou Dewei, and at the same time sent Cai Mao and Zhang Yun to lead 20,000 sailors from Dongting Lake, trace the river and go straight to the public security, meet Zhuge Liang, and meet Zhang Fei's reinforcements.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, two fierce generals with 10,000 enemies, each raised 50,000 troops and marched together to reinforce Sun Ce; The situation of the Han army, which had the advantage, suddenly became tense, and Sun Ce saw the hope of turning defeat into victory. The scout's information was sent to Liu Wei every day, and he had to deal with it with his spirits.

"Your Majesty, when Guan Yu hesitated a lot in Shangyong and Fangling, it can be seen that Guan Yu has more concerns, so it is better for His Majesty to send someone to Guan Yu to add an official to the knight, and write a letter to explain that the reason why he had a conflict with Liu Bei was because of Sun Ce's discordant plan. If he does this, no matter how Guan Yu chooses, Liu Bei will be suspicious of him, this is a divisive plan, His Majesty can send someone to try! "Kuai Yue is a master of conspiracy, and he put forward his own proposal during the military discussion.

Liu Wei nodded in approval: "What Kuai Yidu said is exactly what I want, and I also think this plan is feasible!" ”

After discussing the idea, Liu Wei immediately drafted an edict with his own handwriting, sealing Guan Yu as the general of Zhenxi, and the "Marquis of Hanshou Pavilion" granted before will be immortalized for generations. At the same time, he stated in the letter that he had no intention of robbing Mrs. Liu Bei, but he didn't want to see Uncle Liu form an alliance with the traitor Sun Ce.

After the letter was sent, Liu Wei sent a large number of scouts to let them sneak into Bashu, Shangyong, and Hanzhong to publicize the matter, no matter how Guan Yu decided, thinking that Liu Bei would have a dislike for Guan Yu after getting the news, so that after Liu Bei's army had internal contradictions, he could reap the benefits of the fisherman. (To be continued......)