Li Yan led his army to Baidi City and only brought five thousand county soldiers and half a year of food and grass.

Liu Bei was not idle either. He recruited soldiers everywhere and recruited many horses from all over the country.

The cavalry brought back by Chen Dao was almost all equipped with horses. Although they had less than two thousand people and their combat power had not been fully restored, they had already begun to take shape and were more than enough to deal with the Jiangdong cavalry.

Although the only navy army of Wu Ban suffered very little losses in the water battle, after being blocked by Lu Xun during the land battle, it suffered a hard battle, which cost most of the remaining navy troops less than 3,000.

Although Liu Bei prepared all the warships, he could not compete with the Jiangdong Army for water control, and at best he could escort the fleet to transport.

Liu Bei's total strength was less than 20,000, which was quite inferior to Lu Xun's defense of Yidu, both in terms of quantity and combat power.

If Liu Bei wants to counterattack Jingzhou, Lu Xun cannot pass this level and must wait patiently for the opportunity.

Liu Bei has been staying in Baidi City for several months. Although all the major matters are left to Zhuge Liang to handle, many things must be approved by Liu Bei before they can be implemented. Liu Bei also needs to handle many memorials every day.

After Li Yan arrived in Yong'an, the battle between Sun and Cao began, the crisis in Baidi City had been lifted, and the excuse of guarding Baidi City was not very good.

Liu Bei was not very good at arranging Li Yan's position. It happened that the Secretary of the Shangshu Ling Liu Ba died of illness, so Liu Bei appointed Li Yan as the Secretary of the Shangshu Ling and handled state affairs in Yong'an Palace.

Liu Bei appointed Li Yan as the Secretary of the Republic of China, and there were several considerations at the same time, in addition to relying on Li Yan to enter Jingzhou again? Also because Li Yan had integrated into the Yizhou system, he wanted to replace Fa Zheng with Li Yan? He restrained Prime Minister Zhuge Liang.

After Cao Pi's three armies attacked one after another, Liu Bei sent a large number of spies to quickly repay the military information to avoid losing the opportunity to fighter.

But Sun Quan dispatched troops in Jiangdong, but did not move Lu Xun's troops.

Yidu is not far from Jiangling? Even if Zhu Ran has become an isolated city in Jiangling? Sun Quan still did not move Lu Xun's soldiers and soldiers.

Although Sun Quan was completely passive, he still let Lu Xun block the Wu Gorge exit? Liu Bei had no choice.

Liu Bei actually no longer has too many ambitions. He stayed in Baidi City? It’s really hard to bear the pressure.

It just so happened that many officials under Liu Bei suffered a lot in the remote Baidi City and wanted to return to the prosperous Chengdu? After all, it was not convenient for Liu Bei to handle state affairs in Baidi City? Jointly wrote a letter again? Let Liu Bei return to Chengdu as soon as possible to deal with state affairs? And suggested sending someone to ease the relationship with Sun Quan.

Liu Bei stayed persistently in Baidi City and wanted to march into Jingzhou again? He did not think that he could really retake Jingzhou.

His requirements are not high? He just wants to defeat Sun Quan in a small game? He wants Sun Quan to be soft-super? He just wants to find some face.

After listening to the ministers' suggestions, Liu Bei wanted to reject it, but suddenly had a plan. He then sent someone to send a letter to Sun Quan and sent a good intention to join forces with Sun Quan to fight Cao Pi.

In fact, Liu Bei just wanted to numb Sun Quan? Let Lu Xun also participate in the Battle of Jiangling. Only when they were in stalemate could he have the opportunity to enter Jingzhou, and he was also famous for his masters.

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After Sun Quan wrote a letter to Cao Pi for peace, he did not bow down to his subordinates. He had long wanted to be on par with Cao Pi and Liu Bei.

Although Sun Quan still used the title of King of Wu, he was changed to Huang Wu in a bold way. Although he had not ascended the throne and became emperor, he had officially lit up his banner and formed a situation of being in harmony with Cao Pi and Liu Bei.

After the war with Cao Pi, Sun Quan's situation was not optimistic.

At this time, the Wu army was at a disadvantage in all three routes.

Sun Quan was in charge of Wuchang, but was worried about the situation on the front line.

Although it seems that all three people can barely deal with it, what Sun Quan is most afraid of is that Liu Bei and Cao Pi secretly communicate with each other. If Liu Bei leads his troops again, Sun Quan will be defeated in Jingzhou.

Just then, Liu Bei wrote to show his goodwill to Sun Quan, so Sun Quan responded and sent Taizhong Doctor Zheng Quan to serve as an envoy, hoping to resume contact with Shu Han.

After receiving Liu Bei's letter, Sun Quan felt that the crisis in Xichuan had been lifted, and he also wanted to ask Lu Xun, who was blocking Liu Bei, to send troops to rescue Zhu Ran.

But Lu Xun had no way to move troops because Cao Pi had prepared for a long time and had been sending Cao Zhen to keep an eye on Lu Xun.

After Lu Xun defeated Liu Bei, his reputation was so great.

When Cao Pi attacked Sun Quan, his generals all hoped to use Lu Xun as a stepping stone.

Cao Pi arranged two commanders in the Western Army because he wanted to separate one person to deal with Lu Xun and show the prestige of the Cao family army.

Cao Zhen, the commander of the Western Route Army, was Cao Pi's confidant general. He wanted to use Lu Xun as a stepping stone, so he handed over the mission to attack Jiangling to Xiahou Shang, who secretly focused on dealing with Lu Xun.

Cao Zhen didn't have many soldiers and horses to use, nor did he think about attacking Lu Xun, so all he left were elite cavalry.

Cao Zhen used cavalry to deal with Lu Xun, but was inspired by Liu Bei. He wanted Lu Xun to send troops to rescue Zhu Ran.

Once Lu Xun is defeated, it can maximize the morale of the Wu army, and its effect is greater than that of capturing Jiangling City.

After Lu Xun guarded Yidu, he was burdened by his reputation and naturally did not dare to send troops easily.

So no matter how critical Zhu Ran from Jiangling is, he just can't stand it.

Throughout the winter, Sun Quan spent the rest of his life in fear.

After spring begins, a turning point quietly comes.

In March 223 AD, the ice and snow melted and the spring rain fell, Cao Ren in the middle could not hold back his breath because of his poor physical condition.

As the number one person in the Wei army, Cao Ren has his own pride.

A small defeat is nothing, but he doesn't want to return without success.

Cao Ren ordered Cao Tai to step up his attack on Ruxu City, and at the same time ordered Chang Diao to supervise Zhuge Qian, Wang Shuanger led 5,000 troops to attack Ruxu Zhongzhou, and he led 10,000 troops to take charge.

Ruxu Zhongzhou is where the families of Zhu Huan’s soldiers live. Cao Ren believes that once this move is successful, it will definitely slaughter the morale of Zhu Huan’s army.

However, military advisor Jiang Ji strongly opposed it.

He suggested to Cao Ren that Zhongzhou was on the east coast of the lower reaches of the Wu army. If the Wu army attacked Chang Diao and others from the upper reaches, the Wei army would surely perish.

But Cao Ren insisted on his own opinion and insisted on implementing it.

After Zhu Huan discovered Cao Ren's actions, he instantly noticed his loophole. After Chang Diao came ashore, he personally led his army to take away his warship, cutting off the retreat of Chang Diao and others.

When Cao Tai saw Zhu Huan leave the city, he led his army to attack Ruxu. Zhu Huan sent Luo Tong and Yan Gui to attack Chang Diao. At the same time, he sent generals to intercept Cao Ren's reinforcements and fought with Cao Tai himself.

In the end, the Wu army won a great victory. Luo Tong was beheaded throughout the journey, Wang Shuang was captured alive, and the Wei army lost more than a thousand people, while Zhu Huan burned down Cao Tai's military camp and chased and killed thousands of people. The morale of the middle army was greatly reduced.
Chapter completed!