Liu Bei's defeat shocked the world, which was a heavy blow to Cao Cao, but it was a good thing for Sima Yi, because in this way he could realize his strategy of attacking Japan. However, Cao Cao is very cautious about him now, and he has to keep a low profile for the time being. On the other hand, he is secretly making Cao Cao's heir, Cao Pi.

For Liu He, this was actually expected. Although he didn't know when Liu Bei would be defeated, he had already made preparations in all aspects.

As soon as the news of Liu Bei's defeat came, the governor of Jingzhou, Zhang Xiu, immediately ordered Xu Huang to lead his troops to seize Fuling, Badong County and Yidu, and the Jiangbei part of Jianping County. These four counties were separated after Liu Bei occupied Ba County. It was originally part of Ba County. Now that Liu He occupied these four counties, it completely blocked Zhou Yu's road to attack Shuzhong from Jiangling along water and land. After the news came, Zhou Yu was so angry that he almost vomited blood. He immediately shouted that he wanted to lead his troops to retake the four counties, but was persuaded by Sun Quan.

"Gongjin, now we are not the time to fight against Liu He. Once the war begins, we will fight against Liu Bei and Liu He at the same time. At that time, even if we have natural dangers in the river, we will definitely lose. Therefore, what we need to do now is to expand the results of the war, occupy the entire Jiaozhou, and try our best to seize the land of Yizhou. Even if we occupy an extra county, this is our benefit, which can represent a large amount of taxes and soldiers."

Sun Quan's purpose was very obvious, to try to avoid a war with Liu He, and at the same time, to quickly expand the results of the battle in the event of a great victory, occupy Liu Bei's land, accumulate wealth, and lay a solid foundation for the next step of expansion.

Another adviser Zhuge Jin advised Sun Quan: "Lord, although Liu Xuande was defeated, he still had a considerable amount of strength in Yizhou, and the people had not lost their hearts. It would cost a huge price to completely seize Yizhou, and this price was definitely not what we wanted to see. Therefore, the subordinate advised that we should try our best to avoid restraint now, and it is best to be tolerant to try to turn the enemy into an allies again, and the two sides formed an alliance to resist Liu He together. Liu He has now seized a large area of ​​land in Yuzhou and Yanzhou. Only Xuzhou and Qingzhou south of the river are left in the whole north. In this case, we will win over one more ally, which is much more useful than simply occupying the other's land."

However, Zhuge Jin's golden and jade words were not followed by Sun Quan and Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu sneered: "At the beginning, our three-party alliance with Cao Cao was not enough to defeat Liu He's army, let alone a crippled Liu Bei and a half-disabled Cao Cao? Now, for us, there is only one way to fight against Liu He, that is, to take all the land in Jiangnan, rely on the danger of the river water, compete with Liu He, and at the same time, slowly develop internal affairs and improve strength. Hehe, let's not hide it from Ziyu, we have also learned the production technology of making farm tools such as Quyuan Ploughs. In addition, the large number of people who moved from the north due to war, and the methods and means of assimilating barbarians we learned from Liu He, it only takes another ten years to build the entire Jiangnan region into a granary of the world."

Sun Quan nodded and agreed to Zhou Yu's words. He appointed Zhou Yu as the prefect of Nanjun and ordered him to guard Jiangling. At the same time, he also appointed Cheng Pu as the governor of Jiaozhou and General Pingxi, and ordered him to lead an army of 50,000. Under the banner of upholding justice for Liu Zhang, he took a boat from Jiangling to Wuling, and then attacked Ba County in Yizhou through Wuling, and then attacked Jiangyang, Jianwei, and advanced to Chengdu to completely eliminate Liu Bei's power.

Sun Quan's action policy was quickly implemented, and the news was soon transmitted to Liu He by spies.

"Lord, now Sun Quan has made every effort to seize Liu Bei's Yizhou land. Should we continue to expand the results and attack Chengdu from Badong?" Hearing the news that Sun Quan launched a full-scale attack, Xu Chu was even more anxious to kill the enemy and make achievements because he had just surrendered, so he hurriedly said to Liu He.

But Liu He smiled and said, "Don't be busy for now, hehe, although Sun Quan seems to be strong and powerful, it is not easy to occupy Yizhou. Don't forget that there is Zhuge Liang and Zhang Fei there. As long as this cooperation between literature and martial arts, Sun Quan will not be able to break Chengdu even if he has a hundred thousand troops. Do you still remember the stone formation set up by Zhuge Liang at the foot of Dingjun Mountain? Not to mention anything else, the stone formation alone can make Zhou Yu helpless, so this time Sun Quan can only capture the southern part of Yizhou, and even Ba County may not be able to capture it, so the weakening of Liu Bei's strength is very limited. For several counties in southern Yizhou, there is no difference between them and not. Those places are all barbaric tribes, and the local barbarians are barbaric and fierce, and they do not accept the king's transformation. It takes a lot of energy to get those places."

"Then what should we do? Could it be that we should watch Sun Quan grow stronger and remain indifferent?" Xu Chu was still a little anxious about this and asked.

But Liu He smiled mysteriously and said lightly: "You will know soon. Sometimes it is more useful to keep an opponent than to destroy an opponent. Now that Sun Quan attacks Liu Bei's Yizhou, the conflict between them will never end. Wouldn't it be nice to sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight? Hehe, both Zhou Yu and Sun Quan have really underestimated the potential of the Shu army, and when they wake up, it's too late."

"But..." Xu Chu was still confused and couldn't help but want to speak.

But Pei Yuanshao quietly pulled the corner of Xu Chu's clothes, gave a wink, and whispered in his ear: "Second Brother Xu, you don't know. The lord has always been aware of enemy opportunities first, and he likes to use those methods of killing people without blood. You should still remember the battle of Guandu. Cao Cao finally defeated Yuan Shao, but in the end Hebei became the lord's bag. Now that the lord is not going to take the opportunity to seize Yizhou, then he must have other ideas. Just rest assured. Under the lord's account, you don't have to worry about not having any military achievements to make, especially the lord's personal military camp. Often those tough battles are done by us."

"Haha, Pei Yuanshao is right, Zhongkang, just rest assured. Military achievements will definitely make you lose weight, but it's not now. Even if we make military achievements, we must try our best to carry out the battle without damaging our own strength. Now the battle between Sun Quan and Liu Bei is an opportunity. I want to design them to fight to the death, and I just need to cheer for them." Liu He patted Xu Chu on the shoulder and said mysteriously.

"Come on, shout, what does this mean?" Xu Chu looked at Pei Yuanshao with a puzzled look on his face.

Pei Yuanshao also spread his hands and shook his head, saying that he didn't know what was going on. However, he laughed and said, "This kind of thing is definitely not something that a rude man like us can think through. The idea is the matter of the lord and the military advisors. Our task is mainly to take up swords and kill the enemy, so I am too lazy to think about it next year. As long as I follow the lord's orders, it is always right."
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