Along the Yangtze River, everything was as Guo Jia expected.
More than 100,000 people gathered on the shore, waiting to be transferred to the other side of the Yangtze River by ship.
Liu Bei, the leader of Jingzhou, Zhuge Liang, military advisor, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others are maintaining order and constantly calming the rioting people.
There was a lingering look of anxiety on Liu Bei's face.
"Hey...I regret that I didn't listen to the military advisor and ended up in this situation!"
"If you harm these people, how can you face the elders of Jingzhou!"
As he said this, Liu Bei glanced at Guan Yu angrily, full of anger.
Yes, the reason for today's situation is still inseparable from Guan Yu.
But it's not all Guan Yu's fault.
Liu Bei had long heard that Cao Cao had usurped the throne and was preparing to go south to pacify Jingchu.
Liu Bei didn't believe it too much at first. After all, Cao Cao had just eliminated Yuan Shao and pacified Hebei. How could he have so much spare power to continue going south?
But when Cao Cao proclaimed himself the king and founded the country, and refused to be given a series of honors such as nine tins, ten crowns, a golden chariot, six horses, and the emperor Luan Yi when he came and went, Liu Bei knew that something was wrong!
With the news that Xiahou Dun was training troops and horses in Xuchang and mobilizing military supplies.
It no longer matters whether Cao Cao has any remaining strength to go south.
This is about to become a reality!
More importantly, Liu Beijun, who had just been defeated by Liu Zhang, had no ability to stop Cao Cao.
Furthermore, Liu Bei was naturally afraid of Cao Cao, and he always suffered a complete defeat when fighting against him!
The panicked Liu Bei quickly summoned his generals to discuss how to deal with the powerful enemy.
Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and other veteran factions immediately expressed their intention to fight to the death with Cao Cao.
Rather Stick to your guns!
Guan Yu was even more ruthless and said the words "If the city is broken, it will only die"!
It shows the awareness of death.
This defeat and capture had a great impact on Guan Yu.
He would rather die in battle than to completely wash away the injustice caused by the Battle of Yiting.
Zhang Fei was first defeated by Dian Wei and almost died. When exchanging prisoners, he was defeated by Dian Wei again and captured alive.
This kind of humiliation made him restless every day.
This time Cao's army attacked, just in time to kill everyone in all directions to vent his anger.
However, Liu Bei, the leader of Jingzhou, did not agree with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's idea of fighting Cao Cao.
To work hard, you must have capital!
Xiaoting fell into the trap and Yiling was defeated, causing the Jingzhou army to lose its troops and generals!
Now is no longer the time to recruit hundreds of thousands of troops!
If Liu Zhang's attack had not happened, and if Liu Bei still had an army of 100,000, he would have held on to Xiangyang without hesitation and fought to the death with Cao Cao!
It’s a pity that there is no if!
Liu Bei tried his best to recruit more than 60,000 troops, some of whom had never experienced combat.
With this little strength, how can he compete with Cao Cao who just destroyed Yuan Shao?
After further inquiries, we learned that Cao Cao had given Xiahou Dun 50,000 elite troops and was preparing to gather a large number of troops to go south again.
The total number of Cao's troops from all directions may not be less than 200,000 to 300,000!
Liu Bei did not have the confidence to fight desperately and directly rejected the strategy of confronting Cao Cao.
In desperation, Liu Bei could only place all his hopes on Zhuge Liang.
After Xu Shu rebelled, Zhuge Liang became Liu Bei's only mastermind.
It can be said that the matter is undecided, so I asked Yu Liang.
Zhuge Liang already had a countermeasure, but Liu Bei didn't ask, and he didn't take the initiative to tell him.
It is true that Zhuge Liang's current position is a bit embarrassing.
Guan Yu's return even affected Zhang Fei and began to dislike Zhuge Liang.
The two frequently made things difficult and often made sarcastic remarks.
If Liu Bei hadn't stopped him, a fight would have broken out!
Zhuge Liang also learned to be smart and reduce his sense of presence!
If you don't speak, you won't be able to get in Guan Yu or Zhang Fei's eyes, right?
Cao Cao's southern expedition was a major event, and Zhuge Liang didn't want to hide his clumsiness.
However, his plan will definitely be strongly opposed by Guan and Zhang.
Therefore, with Liu Bei's almost pleading attitude, Zhuge Liang finally came up with his solution.
Withdrew from Nanjun and fled to Jingnan.
Although Zhuge Liang was prepared, things developed far beyond his expectations.
As soon as he finished speaking, Guan Yu shouted with his big mouth, and slapped Zhuge Liang away!
Zhuge Liang spun around in the air before falling heavily to the ground.
This time, Zhuge Liang was almost slapped to death!
The originally solemn meeting place suddenly fell into chaos.
If it hadn't been for everyone stopping him, Zhuge Liang would have been recorded as having died in the eighth year of Jian'an!
Zhuge Liang lay on the ground, completely stunned by the slap. He didn't recover until everyone dispersed.
Liu Bei stayed by Zhuge Liang's side, always sincerely apologizing, and praying to Zhuge Liang to put important things first and put aside his personal grudges for the time being.
He also repeatedly promised that after repelling Cao Cao, Guan Yu would be severely punished to give Zhuge Liang an explanation.
Afterwards, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang held candlelight talks at night and finally reached an agreement.
Liu Bei stayed in Nanjun to mobilize the clans and people to prepare to temporarily move the soldiers and civilians of Nanjun to Jingnan.
Zhuge Liang went down the river to Kuaiji County to ask for an audience with Sun Quan.
Get Sun Quan to send troops and prepare to form a Sun-Liu coalition to jointly fight against Cao Cao.
In front of the eloquent Zhuge Liang, Sun Quan could not resist at all, and the officials in Jiangdong were rendered speechless.
Soon, Sun Quan made up his mind to fight against Cao Cao and killed Cao Cao's envoys in front of Zhuge Liang.
Zhuge Liang completed the alliance tasks in full and returned to Jingzhou with great joy to report the good news to Liu Bei.
But after returning to Jiangling, Zhuge Liang froze in place.
The plan to relocate the people has not been carried out at all!
After careful questioning, I learned that Guan Yu took the lead and strongly opposed it.
He has always said that he relies on the strong city of Xiangyang to stop Cao Cao's army.
The Nanjun family was unwilling to give up their huge family fortune and go to the unfamiliar Jingnan.
The two sides hit it off immediately, and even convinced Liu Bei again!
Zhuge Liang almost died of anger!
It's normal for the Nanjun clan to be unwilling to leave. At worst, they would change their flag immediately after Liu Bei's defeat and join Cao Cao.
But why didn't Guan Yu leave?
It was all to let Liu Bei die in Nanjun!
After some verbal rebuke, Liu Bei suddenly came to his senses and reaffirmed his plan to immigrate.
Zhuge Liang personally traveled among aristocratic families and told Cao Cao that he liked to massacre cities, and used what happened to Xuzhou in the past to promote it.
The massacre of the city is extremely terrifying for anyone, and the world is no exception.
After a lot of coaxing and deception, Zhuge Liang completely defeated the Nanjun family.
But it also wastes a lot of time!
When Xiahou Dun announced to raise troops from Xuchang, the immigration near Xiangyang had just begun!
After arriving in Xinye, 50,000 Cao troops immediately gathered Kuai Liang and Huang Zu who were stationed in Xinye.
The number of Cao's troops increased directly to 70,000.
Liu Bei, who was stationed in Xiangyang, was completely numb when he heard the number 70,000.
Xiangyang only had 50,000 troops, but Xiahou Dun actually had 70,000!
However, Liu Bei was very smart and immediately handed over all command rights to Zhuge Liang.
Regarding Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Liu Bei, they reprimanded them hoarsely, telling them to obey their orders no matter what.
Zhuge Liang was just trying to consolidate his position with a new victory, when Xiahou Dun arrived!
Under his ingenious strategies, Xiahou Dun fell into the trap one after another.
Of the 60,000-strong army, less than 10,000 escaped in the end!
This victory successfully allowed Zhuge Liang to rise again!
But new problems also followed. . .
