Lu Meng can be said to be a great contributor to this Battle of Ruxu and the biggest beneficiary!

Because he not only presided over the construction of Ruxuwu, allowing Sun Quan to be invincible. He also went to Sun Quan for private purposes many times, and told Sun Quan about his ideas in the name of asking about military tactics, and gave Sun Quan advice in disguise.

Inspired by Lu Meng, Sun Quan was very smart and tricky in the battle with Cao Cao, and he used his troops like a god. With his inferior forces, he was equal to the invincible Cao Cao!

Such a thing of showing his face made Sun Quan feel very good, even more enjoyable than capturing the city!

Sun Quan's prestige in the Jiangdong army also reached an unprecedented high point, and he felt that the Lord of Jiangdong was in control.

Sun Quan knew very well that all his benefits were inseparable from Lu Meng's contributions, so he naturally would not treat his confidant generals whom he cultivated.

Lu Meng's status in Sun Quan's mind has improved rapidly and can already be comparable to the governor Lu Su, but his trust is still greater than that!

Therefore, when Sun Quan received Lu Su's official document and knew that Zhuge Liang did not think that it was Zhang Fei's fault for killing Zhou Shan, but he just expressed deep regret verbally.

After a detailed understanding, Lu Su had no differences in the process of the matter, and he also agreed with Zhuge Liang's explanation, so he could not catch Liu Bei's fault and did not have the excuse of Sun Quan's attack. He was extremely dissatisfied with Lu Su!

As for the matter of asking Zhuge Liang to send troops to rescue Jiangdong, Zhuge Liang did not refuse, but Cao Cao had already arranged for Cao Ren to attack Xiangyang and restrain Guan Yu.

Guan Yu also had the excuse of not sending troops, and he was tacit with Cao Ren. Everyone was like a confrontation across the river, and there was no sincerity of allies!

Although Sun Quan was a little dissatisfied with Liu Bei, he fought with Cao Cao in Ruxu for several months. Although the battle was not bad, he was already a tired army and would definitely not be able to fight with Jingzhou anymore, so he asked everyone for their opinions.

Zhang Zhao was in charge of Jiangdong's logistics, food, supplies and other matters. Knowing that with Jiangdong's strategic reserves, it would be difficult to fight a protracted battle with Jingzhou, he offered his advice:

"My lord should not move troops. If a troops are launched, Cao Cao's troops will arrive again. It is better to send more detailed works and go to Chengdu to spread rumors that Liu Bei has joined Jiangdong and took Xichuan together, which made Liu Zhang suspicious and attack Liu Bei. In addition, he sent an envoy to sign an alliance with Zhang Lu and agreed to take Xichuan together, so that Liu Bei could not take care of each other. Then I sent troops to Jingzhou, and things would be smooth."

Sun Quan did not want to betray the alliance and go to war with Jingzhou. He proposed to discuss the issue of marching into Jingzhou, but just wanted to express his dissatisfaction with Lu Su. After hearing Zhang Zhao's plan, he felt it was feasible, so he acted according to the plan.

Sun Quan knew that Lu Su was loyal to him, but he was a rigid person and was the concluding member of the Sun-Liu alliance. It was impossible for him to take the initiative to attack Jingzhou!

In order to seize the offensive opportunity, he promoted Lu Meng to the deputy governor and claimed to be assisting Lu Su's work.

In fact, Sun Quan gave Lu Meng a secret order, asking him to prepare specifically for the attack on Jingzhou, and only be responsible to Sun Quan himself. He could report directly to Sun Quan over Lu Su and act cheaply.

Most of the capital, Lu Su, was responsible for the open negotiations with Jingzhou. In terms of deciding on the relationship with Liu Bei, he was just a puppet and obviously became a person who took the blame!

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Ma Chao retreated voluntarily and stationed troops in Fengyang County, but some of Zhang Lu's subordinates still didn't want him to stay in Hanzhong and share their cake...

The most active part is naturally the Yang family. They are a first-class family in Hanzhong and have real power under Zhang Lu's hands. They can be said to be the biggest beneficiaries.

Although Ma Su did not reveal his identity and only made suggestions behind the scenes, Ma Chao obeyed his words, attracted Yang Song's attention, and began to investigate his identity.

There is no airtight wall in the world. Ma Su's identity as Liu Bei's envoy was exposed by Yang Song. After Zhang Lu learned of this news, he was afraid that Ma Chao would conspire with Liu Bei to Hanzhong, so he was very cautious about Ma Chao and even cut off Ma Chao's army's supply of food and grass.

Several months have passed, and although there is no food and grass provided by Zhang Lu, fortunately, Pang Rou has been operating in Fengyang for a long time and has accumulated some military food and grass, but he can only barely maintain the cost of these thousands of troops for several months, and the prospects are worrying!

Because Ma Chao was in a difficult situation in Fengyang, he couldn't hold back his anger and asked Ma Su many times to lead his troops to Liu Bei.

Ma Su was unable to refuse, so he had to send someone to contact Liu Bei and expressed Ma Chao's willingness to lead his troops to serve.

But Liu Zhang invited Liu Bei into Xichuan because Ma Chao defected to Zhang Lu.

Liu Bei was able to leisurely station troops in Jiameng Pass to train troops without leaving the pass to fight with Zhang Lu. He could even buy the people's hearts and recruit soldiers in Zitong County because of Ma Chao's existence.

If Ma Chao leads his troops to Liu Bei, because he only has thousands of remaining soldiers, he will have little help to Liu Bei, and the impact on the entire situation will be too great!

In this way, Liu Bei became a powerful party because of his famous general Ma Chao, and invisibly threatened Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu.

Although it is unlikely that Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu will join forces, if Zhang Lu wants to save face, he will definitely not let Ma Chao who defected to Liu Bei go. He has to fight with Liu Bei to give an explanation to the world.

Liu Zhang was also afraid that Liu Bei would seize his foundation, even if he did not take the initiative to attack Liu Bei, he would guard all the passes and cut off Liu Bei's logistics supply, making him unable to advance or retreat.

If there is any improper handling, Liu Bei's army is likely to be in a situation where he is attacked from the back and forth.

Therefore, Pang Tong told Liu Bei that he had not found a reason to start a war with Liu Zhang, and he would never accept Ma Chao's effectiveness.

Liu Bei naturally knew the importance of it, so he wrote a reply to Ma Su, asking him to persuade Ma Chao to hold his troops temporarily and wait for the opportunity.

Ma Su went through a lot of talk before he persuaded Ma Chao to stay in Wenyang, but because the army had insufficient food and supplies, Ma Su had to find a way, and he set his mind on Liu Xiongming's head.

After Liu Xiongming defected to Zhang Lu, because he had a strong reputation in Guanzhong, he was a trump card for Zhang Luran to Guanzhong, and he was hiding in Xixiang County.

Liu Xiongming was not an ordinary person. Without Ma Su's suppression, he soon became the leader again.

After more than a year of operation, due to sufficient food and supplies, Liu Xiongming recruited troops and horses, and the number of troops reached about 5,000, and he controlled more than half of the troops.

But the existence of Fang Shan and He Yun was a great threat to Liu Xiongming. Therefore, he always tried to drive them away, but he was afraid of Ma Su's power and could only let them stay in the army.

After Ma Su found Liu Xiongming, he directly asked to borrow food. Liu Xiongming stammered at first and agreed to Ma Su's request soon, but proposed that Ma Su take away the two thousand troops under Fang Shan and He Yun and break up completely with Ma Su.

In fact, when Ma Su came to Liu Xiongming this time, he wanted to draw a clear line with him and take Fang Shan and He Yun's army away, because he would definitely not hide the fact that he had a backup plan for Liu Xiongming.

Ma Su had known about Liu Xiongming's small moves during this period. It was him who restrained He Yun and Fang Shan, which allowed Liu Xiongming to take power again. However, in Liu Xiongming's confidant army, there were still many Ma Su's secret chess, so he was not afraid that he would make a big fuss.

The two hit it off, and Liu Xiongming provided Ma Su with food and supplies for one year, so Ma Chao could rest and rest in Fengyang with peace of mind and wait for the period.

After three years, Liu Xiongming once again completely controlled his army, which was very happy.

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Chapter completed!