Although Lu Su seems loyal and honest, and is down-to-earth and willing to do things, he is very scheming! If you really want to plot against others, you may not be inferior to Zhou Yu!

After a brief thought, Lu Su figured out the key, his eyes lit up, and he spoke to Zhou Yu:

"Gongjin, Liu Bei promised to return those county towns in Jiangling, I think it's a good thing!"

When Zhou Yu heard Lu Su say this, he asked in surprise: "What are the opinions of Zijing?"

Lu Su replied: "Although Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang recognized that those counties should belong to Jiangdong, it is natural that Jiangdong really wants to take back those places, but it is not just taxes! If Jiangdong is allowed to station troops in those counties, Liu Bei will definitely be unable to sleep or eat! It would be better if I consulted with Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang to discuss it and make a fuss. So I would like to pack up and lend it to Liu Bei to Liu Bei, ask him to write a loan note and formulate a return period. At that time, let Liu Bei return the entire Jiangling County to Jiangdong. This is the plan to get the first choice. Gongjin will see if it is feasible?"

Zhou Yu was still angry about being captured by Zhuge Liang unexpectedly. When he heard Lu Su's words, he suddenly felt that this seemed to be a good idea! Zhou Yu thought secretly:

"We have come up with this condition and cannot tolerate Liu Bei's disagreement. If Liu Bei does not trade with Jiangdong, then he will only have the lonely city of Jiangling. The income of Jiangling County has basically nothing to do with him! Even if Liu Bei is determined, as long as Jiangling City is very important to resist the several counties and passes attacked by Cao's army, whether in Jiangdong or captured by Cao's army, Liu Bei's Jiangling City will be in danger. Liu Bei must find a way to obtain these places. If Jiangdong lends all these counties to Liu Bei, no matter what, Jiangdong will become Liu Bei's creditor, and naturally he will have the right to come to ask for debts at any time. Even if he disagrees and turns against him, the one who is responsible for the loss must be Liu Bei. Taking such a good handle in his hand is equivalent to grabbing the initiative to tear the alliance at any time. It is indeed a good deal!"

Zhou Yu couldn't help but turn his eyes to Lu Su. Seeing his loyal face, he was still a little suspicious. Could it be that Lu Su had thought of these twists and turns long ago?

Just when Zhou Yu wanted to test Lu Su, Sun Quan suddenly sent an envoy to him.

Zhou Yu asked the envoy to enter, and the envoy said to Zhou Yu: "Governor, the lord has been besieging Hefei for a long time, and the battle has not been successful. Recently, I heard that the governor was injured by poisonous arrows, so I ordered the governor to take back the army to Jiangdong for recuperation, and send troops to Hefei to help him."

Zhou Yu received Sun Quan's order. Although he was extremely reluctant, he still did not dare to do such a thing. He had to go back to Chaisang to recuperate and ordered Cheng Pu to lead the soldiers of the warship to Hefei and listen to Sun Quan's call.

After Cao Ren returned to Xiangyang, he immediately sent an envoy to use 800 miles of urgent documents to report to Liu Bei's military report to Jiangling City and Cao Cao. Within two days, the news spread to Xuchang.

After Cao Cao received the military newspaper, although Liu Bei occupied Jiangling as expected, he was still lost for a long time. In the end, Cao Cao had no good idea to curb Liu Bei, so he had to gather a group of advisers to discuss. He said:

"Liu Bei is a dragon among people. He has never had water in his life. Now he has Jingzhou, he is trapped into the sea and is lonely and unable to be at peace! I also promised Ma Su and reported to Liu Bei as the governor of Jingzhou. If Liu Bei had this title, he would be like a tiger with wings, what should I do?"

Because of this Nanxing, Cheng Yu failed to take charge of Jiangdong's rebellion, which left a bad impression in Cao Cao's mind, and he was very unwilling to accept it!

After coming back, Cheng Yu tried to make up for it, but he was still thinking about the matter in Jiangdong. He already had a general idea in his mind. After getting the news, he suddenly realized! He stood up and said:

"If the Prime Minister has a word, if he does not want to break his trust in the world, he cannot break his trust in Ma Su. It is imperative to submit Liu Bei as the governor of Jingzhou! Since this matter must be done, I think the Prime Minister would be more generous and give Liu Bei another surprise. Before Liu Bei asks Sun Quan to submit a letter, the Prime Minister directly asked His Majesty to ask His Majesty to issue an order immediately and make Liu Bei the governor of Jingzhou?"

Cao Cao still quite recognized Cheng Yu's wisdom, but he felt that he might not appreciate the favor he gave Liu Bei the most. He didn't understand Cheng Yu's meaning for a while and asked:

"What are the insights of Zhongde?"

Cheng Yu replied:

"Sun Quan was very afraid of Liu Bei. This time he divided the territory and Jiangdong attacked Jiangling first, so that Liu Bei was restrained by Jiangdong! However, Zhou Yu attacked Jiangling for several months and was about to make a contribution, but Chen Jiao unexpectedly presented the city to Zhuge Liang. Zhou Yu originally wanted to attack him with his troops; but he was afraid that the Prime Minister would take advantage of the situation and dare not fight against each other, but he would have to fight a verbal battle!"

Cao Cao nodded and said, "Zhongde's words are reasonable!"

Cheng Yu was praised by Cao Cao and was happy in his heart, and then said:

"I have a plan to make Sun and Liu Zi annex each other. The Prime Minister took advantage of the situation and slowly planned it. One drum would make both enemies exhausted!"

Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard this and asked about his plan.

Cheng Yu introduced carefully:

"Jiangdong Zhou Yu and Liu Bei fought openly and secretly to Jiangling County for a long time, but because of the Prime Minister's promise, Zhuge Liang was so proud that he snatched Jiangling City from Zhou Yu, making him lose all his efforts. It is impossible for Zhou Yu to not want to steal Jiangling back. Therefore, the Prime Minister might as well add another move, not only to report that Liu Bei was the governor of Jingzhou, but also to report that Zhou Yu was the prefect of Jiangling and Cheng Pu was the prefect of Jiangxia. Zhou Yu would have to be an enemy of Liu Bei. Isn't it good to take advantage of his confrontation and plan for it?"

Cao Cao nodded and said, "Zhongde's words are exactly in line with his own will."

The next morning, Cao Cao arranged for officials to report to Zhou Yu to lead the prefect of Jiangling, and Cheng Pu was the prefect of Jiangxia, so Emperor Xian naturally issued an imperial edict and sent envoys to Jingzhou to announce the edict.

The envoy first went to Jingzhou to announce the imperial edict and appointed Liu Bei as the governor of Jingzhou. After Liu Bei received the imperial edict, he was sworn in, opened a government office and established a yamen, and was awarded a great honor for his meritorious officials.

Ma Liang joined Liu Bei's army for a short time and did not make any contribution. However, because he was famous and Guan Yu's strong recommendation, Ma Liang and Zhuge Liang were the most kind, so he was hired by Liu Bei to work in Jingzhou, with a rank of 600 stones.

Because of Zhang Fei's outstanding performance recently, Guan Yu felt a sense of crisis of being overtaken. Under his repeated requests, Liu Bei asked Ma Liang to assist Guan Yu in guarding Xiakou.

Ma Su has always been in charge of Wuling, and this time he was actually appointed as the governor of Wuling County, with a rank of 600 stones and 8,000 county soldiers in charge of Wuling County. Zhuge Liang mainly asked Ma Su to train his troops and prepare to supplement the damage to Jiangling and Jiangxia at any time.

This was not very challenging for Ma Su, because he used to train troops in his family, as well as Gong Li and Tian Shi, two right-hand assistants, as well as his personal captain Xing Daorong.

This time, Liu Bei was awarded a great honor to the hero, and did not forget Gong Li and Tian Shi under Ma Su. Both of them were named deputy generals and in charge of 500 soldiers and horses. They were already serious generals, and their status was no less than that of surrendered general Wei Yan!

Even Ma Su's personal guard Xing Daorong was personally designated as a 100-man general by Liu Bei. Because of the fierce folk in Wuling, officials were often assassinated and killed. Liu Bei allowed Ma Su to form a 100-man guard to ensure Ma Su was a little safe. His importance to Ma Su can be seen.

This time, both Ma Liang's brothers were promoted by Liu Bei, which means that the Ma family's Hema clan has been completely tied to Liu Bei's chariot.
Chapter completed!