Although Lu Meng seized the three counties in Jingnan, this happened to be where Liu Bei wanted to return it. Ma Su successfully ambushed Lu Meng, and the location happened to be outside the scope of returning the three counties.

Although both sides had taken action, fortunately Liu Bei and Sun Quan did not break up and start a full war. In order to prevent the situation from worsening, Liu Bei made a quick decision and immediately asked Guan Yu to stop the attack and prepared to send envoys to seek peace with Sun Quan.

Liu Bei was afraid that Guan Yu would not be able to lose face because he lost the land of the three counties, so he refused to obey the military orders, so he insisted on attacking Jiangdong and sent Jian Yong to deliver the message.

Fortunately, Gan Ning acted as a roadblock, and Guan Yu was a little embarrassed, but with Liu Bei's order, he immediately stopped the attack.

After receiving Jian Yong's reward, Liu Bei felt relieved and summoned a group of advisers to discuss in the public security. Ma Liang, who was in charge of Xiangyang, also made a special trip.

The matter was urgent, and Liu Bei did not say too much of the opening remarks, but went straight to the point and asked everyone:

"I want to return the three counties of Jingnan to Sun Quan, and the two sides will reconcile. Who can do it?"

Yiji stood up and said, "I want to go."

Jian Yong also stood up and said, "I am willing to go."

Because Ma Liang was in charge of Jingzhou, it was related to the settlement of the three counties in Jingzhou. Ma Liang was a very suitable candidate. He originally wanted to ask for his fate, but when he saw that it was Jian Yong and Yiji in front, he hesitated for a moment and did not stand up to compete with them.

Liu Bei originally wanted Yi Ji to act as an envoy, but in this battle in Jingzhou, Guan Yu was completely at a disadvantage. Liu Bei was able to regain his face because of the victory of Ma Su's ambushing Lu Meng.

He had made up his mind and would not reward Ma Su for the time being, so this contribution would naturally be counted on Ma Liang.

Seeing that Ma Liang did not leave the line to receive the order, Liu Bei pretended to be difficult to make decisions, patrolled everyone with his eyes, and fell on Ma Liang before speaking:

"Jibo and Xianhe are naturally excellent candidates, which makes it difficult for me to make a decision! But this time I went to Jiangdong, after all, it was related to Jingzhou, so it is naturally more suitable for those who are familiar with Jingzhou affairs. I wonder if Ji Chang dared to go to Jiangdong?"

Ma Liang wanted to go there and happily accepted the order.

Liu Bei was overjoyed and wrote a tribute to him, and ordered Ma Liang to go to Yiyang first, inform Guan Yu, and then go to Jiangdong.

Guan Yu was very unwilling to ced the land of the three counties to Jiangdong. But now the raw rice has been cooked and the three counties have been in the hands of Sun Quan, and he was not sure to snatch it back. When he heard that Liu Bei wanted to hand it over to Sun Quan with justification, he did not raise any objections, but he was full of resentment towards Sun Quan.

Ma Liang arrived at Lukou and informed the soldiers guarding the city to see Sun Quan.

When Sun Quan heard that someone from Jingzhou had come, he was sure that he would have come to make peace. He felt relieved and immediately let Ma Liang meet.

Sun Quan's desire for Jingzhou made him take a risk, but after he really got the three counties, he was afraid that Liu Bei would go to war at all costs.

When Ma Liang saw Sun Quan, he treated the princes very politely. Sun Quan also returned the salute very respectfully, and then deliberately said:

"Uncle Liu promised to return the three counties in Jingnan, but General Guan refused to give it to him for a long time. Now I have taken it myself. What are you here?"

Ma Liang smiled slightly and replied:

"The Marquis of Wu is too impatient! My Lord promised Zhuge Ziyu to return the three counties including Changsha, so he naturally would not go back on his word. It was just because the military advisor had something to go out and had not yet drawn the dividing line between the two sides, and there was a loss of handover. Since the Marquis of Wu had already taken it on his own, my Lord did not want to pursue the Marquis of Wu's rebellion, which hurt the harmony between the two sides. Now my Lord came to Jingzhou in person and asked me to send a letter to the three counties, and the two sides discussed and drew the dividing line. Now Cao Cao was raising troops to attack Hanzhong, and my Lord wanted to take advantage of the void to capture the land of Xiliang. Now, the Marquis of Wu also raised an army to attack him and asked Cao Cao to withdraw his troops to the South. If my Lord took Xiliang, then he could also negotiate the entire territory of Jingzhou to Wuhou!"

When Sun Quan heard that he could get the entire Jingzhou area, his eyes immediately shone and almost immediately wanted to agree. However, when he remembered that Jiangdong had fought for years, even if he sent troops to respond to the story, he could not act hastily, so he said to Ma Liang:

"Sir, please go back to the hall to rest, let me discuss it."

After Ma Liang left, Sun Quan asked for advice from all the advisers.

Zhang Zhao said:

"This is why Liu Bei was afraid that Cao Cao would advance to Xichuan, so he planned for this. Despite this, because Cao Cao's main force arrived in Hanzhong, the lord took advantage of the situation to attack Hefei, which was also a plan."

According to his words, Sun Quan exchanged documents with Ma Liang, and ordered Zhuge Jin to negotiate the settlement matters and the demarcation of the boundary line in order to send back to Jingzhou.

Sun Quan remembered this sneak attack on Jingnan, after all, it was a bit of a loss and did not dare to delay the attack on Hefei.

After Ma Liang left, Sun Quan discussed raising an army to attack Hefei. He ordered Lu Su to preside over the demarcation line, collect three counties including Changsha, and station troops in Lukou.

He asked Lu Meng and Gan Ning to lead the troops to follow the battle, and sent envoys to Yuhang to transfer Ling Tong to the same place.

Lu Su didn't want to break up with Liu Bei, so he negotiated with Zhuge Jin with Guan Yu, Ma Liang and others. After several discussions, the two sides agreed to re-dividing the land of Jingzhou with the Xiang River as the boundary.

To the east of the Xiang River, Jiangxia, Changsha and Guiyang counties, which are close to Jiangdong, are assigned to Sun Quan.

The three counties of Jiangling, Lingling and Wuling, which were adjacent to Xichuan, and Xiangyang County, which were later captured by Ma Su, were assigned to Liu Bei.

After Liu Bei waited for Ma Liang to come back and received news that Sun Quan agreed to the peace talks, he couldn't wait to retreat to Jiangzhou and prepare to resist Cao Cao's attack.

After Liu Bei and Sun Quan cultivated the relationship, Liu Bei used most of Jiangxia County to exchange for Lingling County occupied by Sun Quan.

Sun Quan was determined to show his kindness. Not only did the Jiangdong Army withdraw from Lingling City without any crime, but he also released all the officials who were unwilling to surrender in the three counties back to Jiangling.

At that time, the princes fought in a melee. In order to preserve their strength, their generals surrendered was a common phenomenon and they were not treated as traitors.

With such an opportunity, Lu Meng, who was deeply trusted by Sun Quan and was obsessed with the entire Jingzhou, naturally would not miss the opportunity to mix sand. Fu Shiren, who was the magistrate of Changsha at the time, hit it off with Lu Meng at first sight.

Fu Shiren was a veteran of Liu Bei's rebellion. He followed Guan Yu for quite some time and was also considered his old subordinate. He was favored by Lu Meng and followed Liu Bei officials who had sincerely returned to Jiangling with Hao Pu and other Liu Bei officials. He was entrusted with important tasks by Guan Yu and arranged to be a guard in the public security.

Sun Quan received one-third of Jingzhou and was very happy and praised the meritorious personnel this time.

Gan Ning blocked Guan Yu's 30,000 troops with an army of 1,000 people. He was recommended by Lu Su as the first meritorious person. He was appointed as the prefect of Xiling by Sun Quan, Tongyang Xin and Xiazhi counties.

Lu Meng, who captured the three counties of Jingnan, should have made contributions above Gan Ning, but because he was ambushed by Ma Su, he lost many people and lost their merits and demerits.

But Sun Quan would not treat his confidant badly. Lu Meng also received special rewards. Although he was not promoted, he also received considerable rewards.
Chapter completed!