Chapter 252 Four-legged tripod

As early as a few months ago, before the war began, Xu Shu had already left Liu Bei and entered Shu from the south of Hanzhong, and wanted to go through Yizhou to Jingzhou.

Unfortunately, when Xu Shu had just arrived in Chengdu and was about to go down to the east of the river, Cao Qian's strange soldiers attacked Jianping, cut off the passage of things, and also blocked Xu Shu in Yizhou.

After that, Er Liu and Cao Jian fought to the death, and there was chaos between Yizhou and Jingzhou. Although Cao Jian finally withdrew his troops, the place where this traffic line passed was the bandits who took the opportunity to rise.

Under such circumstances, Xu Shu did not dare to go east, so he had to stay in Chengdu for the time being.

In the following month, Liu Feng's army fought with Cao's army in Nanyang. The bandits from all over the country were pacified one after another, and the traffic line of Jingyi's two prefectures began to be restored. At this time, Xu Shu dared to get up and return eastward.

When Xu Shu did not arrive in Xiangyang, he heard the news of Liu Feng's victory in the Battle of Nanyang, which made him not know whether to be happy or worried.

What is happy is that their common enemy, Cao Wei, has now suffered an overall setback and suffered a great loss of strength.

Liu Bei, the old master, took this opportunity to turn over in one fell swoop and unfollowed all of them.

The worry is that his old enemy Liu Feng said that he was getting stronger and stronger, and said to Liu Bei that it would be more difficult to deal with in the future.

"Mr. Yuan Zhi, you are really late."

In the pastoral palace, Liu Fengren did not step into the hall, and his happy and enthusiastic voice came first.

Xu Shu hurriedly got up, bowed his head and did not want to face Liu Feng. He arched his hand slightly and said, "I have seen General Liu."

"What's the politeness between you and me? Come on, sir, please take a seat."

Liu Feng took his hand and asked him to sit down, and Xu Shu bitterly refused Liu Fengcai to give up.

The guest sat down. Liu Feng looked at Xu Shu, who had experienced the vicissitudes of life, and sighed, "After a farewell to Xiakou, so many years have passed in a flash. I didn't expect that I would say goodbye to my husband. It seems that you are destined to be predestined to me."

Xu Shu smiled bitterly and only bowed his head to drink tea without saying a word.

Liu Feng knew that he had a grudge in his heart, so his attitude was so cold, but it didn't matter. People were already here, and it was only a matter of time to convert him to himself.

"Mr. Fang, I have two states, and I have enough troops, so I want to enter Hanzhong and take Guanlong in the north. I don't know what you think?"

Liu Feng suddenly threw out the words of attacking Liu Bei. Xu Shu couldn't help frowning slightly when he heard it.

How can Xu Shu not know the words of temptation?

He was silent for a moment and said lightly, "Xuande has won Guan Long, and the hearts of the people are not attached. With the general's current strength, if he sends troops to attack, the hope of victory is naturally great. However, I think that the general said this just to test Xu Shu. With your military strategy, you will definitely not do such a bad strategy.

Liu Feng raised the corners of his mouth slightly and asked with a smile, "Sir, this is interesting. Why can't I destroy Liu Bei first?"

"The four princes in the world, although Cao Qian's vitality is greatly damaged, his strength is still the strongest. The remaining three princes can only compete with each other. If they fight with each other, they will only give Cao Xun a chance to rekindle. If General Liu rises to attack Liu Xuande, what he will get will only be a momentary benefit, but what he will lose will be the whole world.

Xu Shu didn't say anything else. He only analyzed the overall situation of the world. After a lot of words, he said, "General Liu, you can have today's achievements, and you will never be confused. So what you just said is not to test me.

It is worthy of Xu Shu. Although he is depressed, the extraordinary insight hidden in his chest is still amazing.

Liu Feng laughed loudly, so he no longer beat around the bush and said bluntly, "Sir, it's still the same as before, and it hasn't changed at all. Yes, I really want to know what kind of plan you have for your return this time?

Xu Shu paused for a moment and said, "General Liu has the kindness of saving my mother, and I have to repay this kindness. Lord Xuande has a kindness to me, and I can't forget this kindness. Therefore, I can only say that I will work for General Liu, but if the general tells me to deal with Xuandegong, I, Xu Shu, would rather die than obey.

So that's it.

It seems to be another civil employment.

One said that he would not deal with Cao Yan, and the other said that he would not deal with Liu Bei. This loyalty is really admirable.

Well, in that case, let's keep you to deal with my potential enemy.

" OK, I promise you, sir."

Liu Feng didn't think much about it. He promised so happily, which made Xu Shu suspicious.

But next, Liu Feng's appointment of Xu Shu suddenly made this resourceful man realize.

Previously, Wenpin was appointed as the governor of Changsha, while Xu Shu, who was newly returned, was appointed as the governor of Wuling by Liu Feng.

Xu Shu immediately understood that Liu Feng planned to keep them and prepare for the future war with Eastern Wu.

After clearing Liu Feng's intention, Xu Shu was relieved. After serving his mother in Xiangyang for a few days, he took Liu Feng's appointment to Wuling to take office.

After two or three years of war, the overall situation of the world has changed dramatically.

In the west, the blessing of Dongwu and Liu Feng was dragged. After the main force of Cao's army in Tongguan withdrew eastward, Zhong Yao, who was guarding Chang'an, was forced to surrender.

Zhong Yao's surrender means that the situation in Guanzhong is irreparable. With Liu Bei's main troops coming out of the sloping valley, Sanfu county magistrates and town generals all surrendered in the wind.

As for the land of Longyou Liangzhou, Cao Qian's control of this area was already unstable. When Zhang Yi's troops surrendered, Liu Bei took the opportunity to go out of Qishan with Ma Chao, Yiji, Wu Yi and others.

Tianshui, Nan'an, Anding and other generals heard of Ma Chao's return. Before the arrival of the Hanzhong army, the returning messengers swarmed, and Liu Bei settled in Liangzhou.

After capturing Guan Long, Liu Bei quickly moved his left general's mansion to Chang'an and took over the position of Yongzhou Mu and Da Sima.

At the same time, Fa Zheng was appointed as Jing Zhaoyin, who is in charge of Jingzhao County, which belongs to Chang'an.

Zhang Fei was promoted to General Zhendong, led Feng Yi, and stationed on the front line of Huayin Tongguan as a barrier to the east of Chang'an.

Wu Yi, the former general of Yizhou, was promoted to the governor of Liangzhou. At the same time, in order to take advantage of the prestige of the Ma family, Liu Bei appointed Ma Chao's brother Ma Dai as General Anxi, and ordered the troops to be stationed in Jincheng to suppress Zhuhu in Liangzhou.

Li Yan, the former general, was appointed as the governor of Hanzhong. Zhao Yun, the former general, was promoted as the general of Zhennan, sitting in Langzhong to defend Liu Feng's army in Yizhou.

Zhu Ge Liang, the general of the military division, was awarded the title of Marquis of Xinfeng by Liu Bei and continued to be in charge of General Zuo's office.

The rest of Ma Chao, Pound and other civil and military officials who were originally surrendered from Yizhou were rewarded to Eastern Wu.

After killing Lejin, after capturing Shouchun, Zhou Yu led the commander of the army to be straight. Before Cao Qian's reinforcements arrived, he captured Xia Pi, and all the counties of Xuzhou south of Mount Tai were included in the territory of Eastern Wu in one fell swoop.

Sun Quan, who was overjoyed, immediately made Zhou Yu the Marquis of Shouchun and ordered his governor to continue to march north.

Just as Zhou Yu planned to march north and seize Qingzhou and Yanzhou in one fell swoop, pointing his sword at the Central Plains, Cao Jian's reinforcements arrived.

50,000 soldiers and horses led by Yu Jin and Cao Xiu rushed to the north of Xuzhou in time to build a new line of defense between the counties at the junction of Pei, Lu and Liang.

Zhou Yu saw that the enemy's aid had arrived. After hearing that Liu Feng had withdrawn from Nanyang, he did not want to use the power of Eastern Wu to fight against Cao Qian, so he decisively withdrew his troops. 70,000 troops were divided into the key points of Pi, Xianguo and Pengcheng to ensure control of Huaibei.

Because of the fall of Huainan, the three counties along the river, Anfeng, Lujiang and Yiyang, which originally belonged to Cao Qian, could not be defended alone, and all three counties were surrendered to Eastern Wu.

With the further northward contraction of Cao Qian's southern defense line, Runan County, which was surrounded by Eastern Wu and Jingzhou, had to give up. After the withdrawal of Cao's army, Liu Feng and Sun Quan sent troops to enter one after another, dividing Runan County into two and dividing them separately.

In terms of Xu County, although Cao Qian has moved the capital from Xu Du to Luoyang, in view of the fact that Yingchuan County is the gateway to the south of Luoyang, with a rich economy and a large number of Tuntian districts, it cannot be easily given up.

Therefore, after the northward relocation of the imperial court, Cao Qian left Xiahou to command 50,000 troops and sit in the counties of Luyang, Kunyang and Dingling, as a barrier against Liu Feng in the south of Luoyang.

To the west of Luoyang, Cao Qian ordered Xu Huang and Cao Zhen to command 50,000 troops, stationed in Hongnong County between Tongguan and Hangu Pass, and Hedong County on the adjacent Yellow River Bank, as a barrier to the west of Luoyang to resist Liu Bei.

After some deployment, Cao Wei rebuilt a new semi-circular defense line on the southeast and west sides of Luoyang with the capital Luoyang as the center and the backing of Hebei prefectures.

When Cao Shenxin managed his Luoyang defense line, his three enemies were not idle.

Sun Quan of the Eastern Wu Dynasty was originally born in Huai Sici and other scholars. Most of his new and old generals came from the Lianghuai area. Therefore, after Zhou Yu fought half of Xuzhou, Sun Quan was actively planning to move the center of his rule to the north.

Therefore, just after Shouchun was taken down, Sun Quan began to move a large number of people to the Huainan area, and recruited people's strength to further repair Gong Shaobei, trying to restore the Tuntian base established by Cao Qian here, and used the grain of Huainan as the backing for him to enter the Central Plains in the north.

Needless to say, Liu Bei's land in Guanzhong, after years of governance by Zhong Yao, a "master" in governance, has become an important logistics base for Cao Wei as early as the Battle of Guandu.

After pacting the chaos of Ma and Han in Guanzhong a few years ago, Cao Qian moved a lot of Dingkou to Guanzhong. Originally, he planned to build it into a solid base for his southern expedition to Bashu, but he didn't expect to make wedding clothes for Liu Bei.

Before the buttocks of Chang'an were hot, Liu Bei ordered to move another 50,000 people in Hanzhong to Sanfu to enrich the economic strength of Guanzhong as his backing for the world.

Of course, Liu Feng was not idle. As soon as he faced the newly surrendered 30,000 to 40,000 Cao troops, he also moved a large number of people to Nanyang. He not only received several Tuntian districts built by Cao Qian in Nanyang, but also increased.

For more than half a year after the chaos in the world, the four princes had no intention to fight again for a while. They were all busy nourishing their energy. All parties seemed to have no intention to start another war in a short time.

However, the calm did not last long.

At the beginning of this year, as soon as summer arrived, an unexpected guest came to Liu Feng's house in Xiangyang.

(to be continued)