Liu Chan smiled and said, "Didn't Brother Zhao call me here to discuss some important matter?"

"Uh...this..."

Seeing that Liu Chan suddenly turned the topic to him, Zhao Tong couldn't help but feel a little unresponsive.

He was still wondering in his heart: "Usually it looks like Adou has become an adult, but at this critical moment, why does it seem like he doesn't know the etiquette anymore?!"

Just when he was wondering, Xu Shu suddenly stood up straight and said with a smile: "Young Master is right. We do have an important matter to discuss with Young Master."

Liu Chan said: "Actually, there are two things in my mind that I want to discuss with these two gentlemen. But since Mr. Xu has something to do, please let Mr. Xu talk first."

Seeing Liu Chan's calm look, Xu Shu smiled and said, "That's fine, just follow what the young master said."

After that, he put away his smile and said seriously: "Now that Cao's army is about to go south, Cao's army that occupied Xiangfan will definitely take action. But when we came back this time, we didn't see any defenses in our army. Now, we should step up our defenses."

, to prevent Cao’s army from raiding Jingzhou.”

Upon hearing this, Liu Chan looked at Zhuge Liang with a puzzled face and asked, "Sir, didn't we set up defenses on the river bank?"

Zhuge Liang gently shook his feather fan and said: "Because my lord entered Shu and took away a large number of troops, and Cao's army has also stopped recently, our army only left a small number of troops in Jiangling to prepare for emergencies."

Although Liu Chan had been in Jingzhou for more than half a year, he did not pay much attention to Cao Jun in the north of Jingzhou.

It was only now that Xu Shu mentioned it that he thought about this issue in his mind for the first time.

Liu Chan said sternly: "Mr. Xu is right. Since Cao Jun went south this time, although Cao Jun in northern Jing will not participate in the attack on Jiangdong, in order to contain us from aiding Sun Quan, he will definitely send troops to attack us. Now it is true

It’s time to consider guarding against Cao’s army in the north of Jing, which has been recuperating for a long time.”

Xu Shu said sternly: "Young Master also said just now that Cao Jun's main opponents this time are Sun Quan, Jiangxia's Wenpin, and Xiangyang's Le Jin. They are just sending troops to contain them, and they may not really dare to invade Jingzhou in a large scale."

He paused for a moment and then said: "So, we only need to send a fierce general and lead an elite army of no more than 5,000 people to guard Qingni. As long as Le Jin and Wenpin cannot succeed, there is nothing they can do.

.”

This time, Xu Shu and Lu Meng went to Jianye. They also carefully observed the situation along the way. They found that Qingni had a dangerous terrain and was an important transportation route. It also happened to be adjacent to the Han River, and both water and land were connected.

It is a battleground for military strategists.

But this time, he didn't see Liu Bei's army stationed there, which really made him feel a little strange.

Although Liu Chan didn't know where Qingni was, he believed in Xu Shu's military vision. He asked, "I wonder, sir, who do you think this fierce general should be sent to?"

"In my humble opinion, I should send General Guan there."

After he finished speaking, everyone seemed a little confused, and he added: "Qingni can use soldiers on land and water. General Guan has the courage to fight on land and is invincible to ten thousand men. He is also the best in water warfare in our army, so he is the only one who can do it."

Only by going can you be sure that everything is safe!"

"Oh? What's foolproof?"

Suddenly, a voice came from outside the lobby.

"Sure enough, it said 'Cao Cao', 'Cao Cao' has arrived."

Liu Chan couldn't help but sigh secretly.

The person who came was none other than Guan Yu. He got the news that there was something important to discuss, so he and Xun Chen came from the military camp. They arrived just in time.

When he was outside the door, he heard a strange voice talking loudly. He couldn't help but be curious, so he asked loudly.

But when he stepped across the threshold and saw the people standing in the hall, he was suddenly stunned.

"Army...strategist, is that you?"

Guan Yu seemed to be in a trance. He looked at Xu Shu and walked over in a daze.

Then he stretched out his hands and held Xu Shu's hand, tears overflowing from his eyes.

This real touch and familiar face made Guan Yu no longer doubtful.

"Commander, you are finally back! We have been looking forward to it for a long time!"

Guan Yu looked very excited, as if a treasure that had been lost for many years had returned to his hands.

Xu Shu was also a little sad. He held Guan Yu's hand tightly and sighed: "Yun Chang, I'm still a little late."

"It's okay! It's okay! It's not too late to come back now! By the way, what was the military advisor saying just now?"

Although he was very excited about Xu Shu's return, he also knew that now was not the time for small talk, so he immediately changed the subject.

But at this time, Liu Chan had a big question mark in his heart: "What's going on with Uncle Guan? Why does he seem to respect Xu Shu more than Zhuge Liang?"

Little did he know that when Xu Shu defected to Liu Bei, he made several big moves and suddenly reversed the situation Liu Bei was facing.

Guan Yu remembered all these great deeds one by one. In addition, Xu Shu had strong martial arts skills and a bold personality, and was not just a rotten scholar, so they got along better.

Only Xu Shu said: "We are talking about Cao's army going south soon. We are afraid that Xiangyang Lejin and Jiangxia Wenpin are plotting against Jingzhou. We want to ask the general to lead the army to garrison Qingni so that Lejin and Wenpin do not dare to move easily!"

Guan Yu immediately held up his hands and said: "The military advisor has an order, Guan will go and prepare now."

"Holy crap! Is this still the Guan Yu I know?"

Liu Chan was surprised when he saw Guan Yu leaving after speaking.

"etc!"

He suddenly called out to Guan Yu.

Guan Yu turned around with a puzzled look, looked at Liu Chan and asked, "What? Adou, do you have anything else to say?"

Liu Chan said sternly: "Although the matter arranged by Military Master Xu is very important, Second Uncle Guan still wants to hear us finish the matter first before leaving!"

"Okay then! Just tell me quickly, I have to go back and get ready!"

In fact, Guan Yu was not so active solely because of what Xu Shu said, but he suddenly discovered at this time that they had been ignoring Cao Jun in northern Jing since Liu Bei entered Shu.

Now that Cao Cao came again in large numbers, he also felt that a war was inevitable in Jingzhou, and this war was most likely to come from Cao's army in northern Jingzhou.

Of course he was very active and took this kind of life-and-death matter seriously.

Liu Chan said seriously: "Then let me tell you quickly. The first thing is to go to Qichun, Lujiang and other four counties to rob people. Second Uncle Guan, how many warships do you have available now?"

Guan Yu said: "There are almost thirty newly built tower ships. Adding the original ten or so ships, there are almost fifty ships."

These fifty large ships are basically their entire property.
Chapter completed!