The day after discussing with Li Su, Liu Bei quickly recalled Guan Yu, who was racing to capture land in Linjiang County and surrendering Anmin, and gave him face-to-face opportunities and entrusted him with important tasks.

The troops did not need to recall them, because they would soon continue to go east along the Yangtze River to capture Baidi, Zigui, Yiling and other places, which was already on the way.

Guan Yu rode back to Jiangzhou alone, and when he saw Liu Bei, he naturally had a lot to talk about. After talking about family matters, Liu Bei patted Guan Yu's back of his hand in front of Li Su, and told him earnestly:

"Yunchang, brother Yu wanted to fight steadily, Xu Tu Liu Yan. However, in the Central Plains, the wind and clouds were surging and changing rapidly, and I would not give me this opportunity. Sun Jian, Yuan Shu fought fiercely against Dong, and Yuan Shu was willing to prepay food and grass to ask our army to challenge Dong, and directly refused was contrary to the righteousness.

Dong Zhuo also sent the new Jingzhou Governor Liu Jingsheng to take office. Brother Yu was afraid that he would not take this opportunity to establish a good relationship with Liu Jingsheng and draw a clear boundary, and there would be disputes in the future. Brother Jingsheng's combat power was not enough to be afraid, but this person's name was Bajun, and he occupied the moral benefits of the Qingliu famous scholar.

If he falsely accused us of Dong Zhuo of his fellow clans and sent people to interfere in Yizhou affairs in the name of the court, even if he is not afraid of them, he will be in trouble and will damage his reputation. Liu Yan's morale will be regained when he hears that someone from the outside world supports him.

In short, Brother Yu needed his second brother to guard the eastern boundary of Yizhou and seize the dangers of the Three Gorges until Yiling. First, he did not allow foreign enemies to spy on Shu from the Yangtze River and interfere in Shu affairs, and second, he also blocked the news that was unfavorable to us and screened and isolated them to avoid encouraging Liu Yan.

This task is of great importance and will never be led to a decisive battle with Liu Yan. Brother Yu thought about it again and again. Only the second brother can take on this important task alone. Do not refuse!"

Liu Bei explained so much, because he was simply aware of Guan Yu's arrogance: Liu Yan may gather troops to fight back at any time. If Guan Yu and Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun were not allowed to lead troops to fight together at this moment, they would go to the battlefield on the Eastern Front and not explain the importance clearly, Guan Yu would definitely be unhappy.

And if it weren't for his own brothers, Liu Bei wouldn't have said that he would have caused such a showdown and poured out all the inside story.

While talking, Liu Bei was also a little confused.

He began to understand why Liu Yan released Zhang Lu, a rebel, to "isolate the Han envoy" - there was a "morial court" outside that could be nervous at any time, just like a time bomb? It could pose a potential threat to the legitimacy of separatist warlords at any time.

And? Don’t underestimate Liu Biao’s ambitions.

In history, Liu Yan isolated Han envoys, but only successfully isolated Hanzhong in the north? Two years ago, because Jingzhou was Yuan Shu and Sun Jian who absolutely challenged Dong's position, the imperial envoys controlled by Dong Zhuo could not come. It was okay. But after Liu Biao became the governor of Jingzhou, he sent an envoy to Dong Zhuo to complain that Liu Yan was suspected of being a great rebellion. Later, he used the excuse of using the imperial authority to fight a little battle with Liu Yan in the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River and pledged Gan Ning and others away.

Liu Bei's life has been a long journey, so he knew that since he had replaced Liu Yan's position, he would also attract the hatred that Liu Yan had originally laid. He never expected Liu Biao to really have a good relationship with him.

The best situation is just to use each other's appearance.

After being so heart-warmingly explained by his elder brother, Guan Yu finally patted his chest and agreed generously: "So this matter is so important? Don't worry, what's going on in the East? I will take it with you."

After Li Su and Liu Bei finished speaking, they also took care of him: "Chang Yun? Never advance rashly. Our army only needs to control the dangers and defend it. We must not be greedy for the city and land in the fertile hinterland of Jingzhou? To avoid creating too many enemies? It also ruined the reputation of the elder brother. We just wanted to ask Dong to establish a good relationship with Liu Biao. After passing the Yiling territory, even if our army assisted in the war and helped Liu Biao take it, we must return it to Liu Biao first."

The diplomatic situation is sometimes more important than occupying one city and one land. Even the head of state knows that even if he crossed the Buge River in 39 years, he had to vomit it out and return it to Comrade Stalin. Otherwise, it would be bad if he was exposed too quickly and was warned against two fronts. If the whole world wants to turn into a completely overlord of the strong, he has to wait a year or two to fight against Dong. The alliance to fight Dong completely broke down, so let Liu Dai and Qiao Mao first become the evil man who breaks the rules and fire the first shot of the alliance. In history, Liu Dai did this and did not end up well.

Li Su is good at farming and reorganizing shipping. As long as he takes the line along the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, he will rectify the Hanshui shipping in the Shangyong area, or like the previous rectification of the Jialing River shipping, he will set up towns along the Three Gorges, and transfer them in sections, and build more ships specifically sailing between the Three Gorges.

It takes less than a few years to allow the Yizhou army to move smoothly in the Three Gorges area. There will never be any more information about the history of the Battle of Yiling. Before the Battle of Yiling, Huang Quan dissuaded Liu Bei to send troops and grains, "Our army is in the upper reaches, and it is convenient to transport troops and grains downstream, but it is very difficult for ships to return against the current."

Guan Yu was obviously a little unwilling to accept Li Su's care. He looked back at Liu Bei and saw Liu Bei nodding solemnly, he promised: "Brother, don't worry, I won't occupy more city east of Yiling."

Liu Bei: "Yide and Zilong also have to divide his troops to capture Guanghan and Jianwei, and at least 20,000 troops must be left. Jiangzhou must also divide his troops to defend. Yun Chang will lead... eight thousand people? Is it enough?"

Guan Yu said proudly: "It's just to take down Baidi, Wuxian, Zigui and other places. Five thousand people are enough! In the future, I really want to attack the name of Cai Gong, the prefect of Ba County, and go north to challenge Dong with Sun Jian. I will also divide the troops from these five thousand people!"

Liu Bei advised him a few words, and Guan Yu insisted that he had enough, so he set out to send troops. In addition to taking away five thousand troops, mainly Danyang soldiers and auxiliary Banyang Man, he also took away two deputy generals Zhou Tai and Gan Ning.

As for Xu Huang, who had been following Guan Yu, was kept because the subsequent battles on the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River would require a large number of naval troops to fight, and there would be not many attacks. Xu Huang was not very suitable for leaving, so it would be better to stay on the Western Front battlefield where the number of soldiers was even short of major generals.

...

It is divided into two parts. It is estimated that it will take at least ten days and half a month to take Baidi City, the easternmost fortress of Ba County.

After all, there are Yangqu, Quren, Hanfeng and other counties along the way to recruit surrender, and it will take more than 500 miles to reach Baidi City alone. When he reaches Yidu and Wuling, it is probably November.

At present, the main battlefield that Liu Bei and Li Su are most concerned about is the Western Front. The decisive battle with Liu Yan may break out at any time, and the rapid enclosure of land with the imperial edict of the court.

The day after Guan Yu left, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun also ended the first phase of land enclosure and rushed back to Jiangzhou to listen to Liu Bei's long-term plan for the next phase.

After all, Guan Yu had separated so many troops, the remaining 20,000 mobile troops could not be fully blossomed. He had to choose several directions to focus on attacks, and he could not go too far alone to avoid being blocked by Liu Yan's determination to send all the main forces to block it.

"Brother! Liu Yan's old man is exhausted. Even if his second brother is not here, Zilong and I are still in a good position. Brother is waiting for the troops to surround Chengdu and get the full results!"

As soon as everyone met, Zhang Fei was inspired by the recent success and chattered. It was not that he had no plans, but Zhang Fei was a little aware of the army, with fine and fine, but if he picked up too many victories for free, he would inevitably underestimate the enemy.

However, Zhao Yun was always cautious and picked up three or four counties for free, but still acted as a cautious attitude of "the next county might have to fight a tough battle."

Liu Bei didn't want to disappoint him, so he just said a few words to Zhang Fei, and then ordered: "Don't underestimate Liu Yan. I have calculated Boya in the past two days. Liu Yan really wants to fight us. He will probably be able to gather 30,000 Dongzhou soldiers and 80,000 Yizhou soldiers.

So, at that time, Zilong would first lead 10,000 troops, all of them were equipped with horses, and continued to flow up the Yangtze River, and continued to advance from Fujie, taking down Jiangyang, the capital of Jianwei County, and the important town of Minjiang River. Turn from Wudao to Minjiang River, take Nan'an and Wuyang, and approach Shu County."

(Note: Jiangyang is Luzhou in Laojiao, Luzhou. The road of Wuliangye is Yibin, Wuliangye)

When Zhao Yun heard this, he was the first to agree: "I will obey the order!"

Liu Bei then turned to Zhang Fei to explain: "Yide is mainly infantry, and goes upstream from the Fu River, and fights steadily, taking Guanghan County Deyang, Guanghan, Fucheng, Jiangyou, and Zitong, and dismantling Yinping Road and Jiange Road from behind. In order to encircle Zhang Ren in front and back, let Wu Kuang, who was stationed outside Jianmen Pass, lure the enemy into the pass, and also open up the retreat of our army.

In this way, even if Liu Yan approaches with a large army, Yide can retreat to Jiangyou calmly and defend against Jiange Road. If you want to fight, you can fight, and you can avoid the battle. You must be careful that Liu Yan's confidant from Fucheng, Jiangyou and other places will be in charge of Pang Xi, who leads the Dongzhou troops to defend. If you are not capable of the enemy, you can just seize the southern entrance of Jiange Road and capture Zhang Ren from front to back to attack the road. If you are not in a hurry to take down the county towns such as Jiangyou, Fucheng, etc.."

Among the three counties in the Chengdu Plain, Shu County is in the west, with Jianwei in the southwest and Guanghan in the northwest. Therefore, Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei formed the left hook and right hook respectively, and hooked along the Yangtze River and Fu River to Chengdu and Mianzhu.

Zhao Yun was the main cavalry, and he moved quickly and was farther away from behind, which could attract more attention from the enemy. Zhang Fei had a short distance, but he was slow to march. After Zhao Yun pulled out of the gap, he stepped straight behind the Jiange Road.

Zhang Fei roughly understood the ideas here and also took the order in a buzzing voice.

Li Su sat quietly beside him without interfering with the matter. After Liu Bei finished his order, he added Zhao Yun's sentence: "Zilong, who told you to be a cavalry? The task of mobilizing the enemy and pulling out the main force of the enemy can only be handed over to you.

Along the way, you must show your flags to strengthen your military power. Ten thousand people will make the momentum of 20,000 people. You must also dare to divide the troops and capture the counties at a moderate level, and act like a very greedy person, making Liu Yan feel that "If you don't fight with you, the entire Jianwei and even Nanzhong will be surrounded and persuaded to surrender quickly with the imperial edict." In this way, he will be unable to help but send the main force to encircle you and create a fighter opportunity for Yide to deal with Pang Xi.

The further you pull, the more main forces you seduce Liu Yan, and the more confident we will be when we open the Jiange Road as an alternative retreat. Although we can now walk the Yangtze River route and detour Chengdu, it is not safe after all. It is always good to retreat on multiple roads and move forward and retreat freely.

Once Liu Yan really chases you, don’t be entrusted to fight with his main force. Just use your speed advantage to run directly. Whether it is running back to Nan'an or Wudao, pulling 10,000 people close to the city to defend the city, and Liu Yan will not be able to attack you. If he withdraws the entire army, you will chase him and harass him. If he divides his troops back to deal with Yide, Yide will not be afraid of being less divided; if he divides more, then you will kill from Wudao and kill the remaining troops who have to monitor you."
Chapter completed!