(Thank you for the Alliance! Thank you Zhao Wuxiu 2014, ug, the people on the mountain, the slightest yizhi, the wind blows the lonely bird without traces, the lonely little white rabbit, the years of time)

The border between Jiangxia and Nanjun, at the foot of Zhangshan, on the west bank of the Han River, and the Neifang Pavilion.

This is the garrison of Liu Bei's army, and Cao Cao's army camp is stationed on the other side. From a regional perspective, it belongs to the territory of Jiangxia, and is more than 500 miles away from Xiling, the capital of Jiangxia County. Since November of the fifth year of Jian'an, Liu Bei and Cao Cao's army have been with the army's family and the migrant people, and have been trapped in this narrow Jingbei area for several months.

The inner side was only a small pavilion, so of course it could not supply enough food and grass, so it could only rely on Liu Biao. Liu Biao was worried that if Cao and Liu did not continue, he would probably be as troubled as Zhang Ji in the past, and at the same time he also hoped that the disaster would lead to the east. Therefore, in terms of food and grass, there was sufficient supply, but Cao and Liu were strictly prohibited from recruiting troops in this town.

During this period, Liu Bei felt extremely depressed. Every day, Zhang Er General entered the camp to train his soldiers, Jian Yong sorted out documents and signed military orders. Liu Bei went out to climb Zhangshan, stepped onto Fenglin Mountain Road, pondered in the small house in the mountains, and looked down at the Han River rolling eastward to relieve his worries.

Sometimes, Liu Bei often wondered whether he had politely rejected the emperor's call from Kong Rong to make a mistake? If he accepted the official title in the court, would he still end up in this state today? In fact, when Kong Rong was honest and persuaded him to accept it, the opinions of civil and military officials were different, and they were mainly divided into two factions.

With Jian Yong and Sun Qian as the leader, the benefits of persuading him to accept were obvious: he was a relative of the Liu family, and he could determine his status; he was assisted in the court and as his clan status, he would rely on it. Liu Bei's background and strength at that time would not be difficult to be ordered to take charge in the future, such as Liu Biao, Liu Yu, Liu Yan, and Liu Dai's story.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei opposed it. Their reason was very simple, just in one sentence: "This is not a summoning by the emperor, it is clearly a trap for the horse man."

This sentence was like a revelation, which made Liu Bei feel scared and alert, yes! When he entered the court, if he had a strong foreign relative, Ma Han, there was no good fruit for him? If he had a powerful general, Ma Han, there was no good territory for him? Maybe he would be able to enter the court today and his military power will be removed tomorrow. That person can absolutely do such a thing.

At that time, Liu Bei had not thought of even more terrible consequences. Even so, it had exceeded his bottom line and was unacceptable, so he finally refused.

After Guan Yu rescued Cao Cao and failed to ambush the horse, the entire army was defeated and forced to jump into the river to escape back. Among the news he brought back, there seemed to have nothing to do with him, but it always made him very scared. What news is so terrifying?

Xu Chu's death!

Xu Chu died of injury, which is undoubtedly true, but the shoulder injury that caused him to die has always been a mystery. Liu Bei later personally asked Cao Cao, Cao Pi, and even the medical worker who cured the wound. The answer he got was only two words "Heavenly Punishment". The Heavenly Punishment of the Demon Eye Bow. People who have never experienced it will not believe it, but Liu Bei believed it. Because his second brother, who is a enemy of thousands of people, almost died under this bow.

After Guan Yu escaped, he warned his elder brother very seriously and solemnly, "Never try to get close to Ma Han within a hundred steps, especially when he has a bow in his hand."

Liu Bei didn't understand what "Heavenly Punishment" was, but he knew very well that Ma Han could make a powerful general like Xu Chu fall into trouble without knowing it. What if he was himself?

I have to say that Liu Bei is really not worried.

If Liu Bei was really summoned to Luo, Ma Han would disband his army in the first step, and the second step was to wait for an opportunity to kill the three brothers. If necessary, he would not hesitate to go into battle. Ma Han was a "experienced person". He would not make mistakes like Cao Cao. Once Liu Bei got into the trap, he would tighten the rope circle without mercy.

Although Liu Bei could not yet sense that Ma Han would have to kill him, he knew at least one thing, because his second brother repeatedly ambushed Ma Han, he had completely angered him. Ma Han would never let his second brother Guan Yu go, but he would definitely kill him once. But letting his second brother go means not letting him go. This grudge is determined and cannot be resolved.

When people are in desperate situations, they always like to assume that they were taking another path that might be better than they are now, and Liu Bei is no exception. But what he is better than ordinary people is that he occasionally thinks about it, but will never fall into regret and cannot extricate himself, but seeks good strategies to break through adversity.

How to break the current dead end? Undoubtedly, joining forces with Jiangdong is the best strategy and the only way to break through the predicament. Sun Quan also wrote a letter and took the initiative to form an alliance. Liu Bei and Cao Cao both sent envoys to Jiangdong to negotiate. It has been several months in a flash. Although there have been a reply, the few words on the paper are difficult to exhaust. Now, Liu Bei is eagerly waiting for Sun Qian to return, and perhaps he will bring an opportunity to get out of the predicament.

When Liu Bei was wandering around, he seemed to hear a call faintly. As soon as he turned his head, he saw the entourage serving as a guard on the mountainside running quickly, panting: "Report to the envoy, Cao Gong is visiting..."

Liu Bei said happily: "Come on... Come on, add a seat and hold a drink."

"Envoy."

"Hmm? What else is there?"

"Sun Changshi is back."

"Kongyou is back!" Liu Bei was overjoyed and said in a stack of voices, "Come here quickly! Well, please come with the second and third generals."

A moment later, in the small house in the mountain, important figures from both Cao and Liu were gathered together. Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Jian Yong, Sun Qian, and Liu Bei all arrived. Cao Cao, Xiahou Yuan, and Han Hao from Cao camp were all present, and only Cao Pi and Liu Yan were ordered to guard the camp before they arrived. As for Cao Cao's right-hand man, Xun Yu, the planner, was weak, unable to go out in the cold winter, and even unable to climb the mountain. This was the sequelae of Lu Bu's casual blow back. With Xun Yu's physique, it was a miracle to survive. Health and other health were already a luxury.

Well, Cao Cao and Liu Bei, who were originally a life-and-death hatred in history, became brothers and brothers in this time and space, and helped each other and became neighbors, which made people feel very touching. However, Cao and Liu camp, which were originally full of talents, have barely broken through ten figures in total, so how can they be miserable?

Naturally, like Jian Yong and Sun Qian were sent to Jiangdong, the Sun family in Jiangdong also sent a powerful envoy: Yu Fan.

Yu Fan first sent a gift to Cao and Liu: "Yu Fan, the envoy of Jiangdong, paid a visit to the two envoys. Cao and Liu Gong were both the heroic lords of the world. Now the dragon is trapped in the shallows and the tiger falls into the flat sun. There will be a day when the lord Sun Hou is willing to help him. The three families will join forces to cut off gold and the east and west of the river will cause great storms." After that, he presented the official alliance letter from Jiangdong.

After reading the alliance letter, Liu Bei stroked his beard and praised: "Wu Cheng Hou (Sun Quan inherited the title of father and brother) is indeed a hero of father and brother. Zhou Gongjin and Zhang Zibu are also heroes of the times, and they are determined to make a decision. OK! We are also willing to help Wu Cheng Hou to fight against the rebel Ma Han who took the emperor to attack his peers, raise troops for no reason, and attack our Jingchu and Jiangdong."

The so-called army is famous. Ma Han attacked Sun, Cao, and Liu, and had a high-sounding reason to occupy the righteousness. Similarly, Sun, Cao and Liu had to find a reason to fight Ma Han, and if they could not find a member, they would have to compile one. Their reason was that they claimed that Ma Han was dictatorial, deceived the holy listen, abused the army and attacked their peers with the emperor.

Of course, they were not very persuasive to their own yelling. In addition to the military, civilians and people under their rule, the famous families and powerful families in Jingchu and Jiangdong and other places ignored it. For this reason, Zhang Hong, the spokesperson of Sun's family in Luoyang, and Xun Yan, who had been sent to Luoyang for a long time, had made a lot of trouble. They used their respective connections to unite with the forces of opposing Ma Han in the court to create a lot of momentum. Among them, the saying "holding the emperor" is an emotional expression of court officials being dissatisfied with Ma Han's power.

Not only opposition forces, but some neutral forces are also quite dissatisfied, hoping to share more benefits in this power feast. This political power is so huge that even Jia Xu dare not take action easily.

It was precisely through the court's east wind that Sun Cao and Liu raised the banner of resistance, whether the people of Jianghuai and Jingchu believed it, they believed it anyway.

Yu Fan smiled and thanked him, and sent two more letters to Cao Cao and Liu Bei.

Cao and Liu took the letter and became more and more surprised the more they read it. What was really surprising was that the Jiangdong Army was brazenly expeditioning Huang Zu in the west when the Dragon Wolf Army was about to approach the border. This determination was really admirable; what was glad was that this opportunity had come.

Is Cao and Liu willing to be lonely? Even Jiangxia and even Jingzhou are unable to accommodate these two big dragons, let alone this corner. They are waiting for an opportunity to hold back their ultimate moves. Huang Zu became the target of their critical strike after the full yellow bar.

The content of Sun Quan's letter was mainly two: First, Cao and Liu sent no less than 5,000 troops to ship along the Han River, and built water camps at the Han River estuary into the Yangtze River, cutting off Jingling, Anlu, Nanxin, Yunshe, Shaxian and other counties west of Jiangxia to the rescue of Xiling, and isolating Xiling. Second, after the destruction of Huangzu, Jiangxia was divided into two, and Xiling, Zhu County, E County, Qichun, Xiazhi, and Shaxian belonged to the Sun family; while Jingling, Anlu, Nanxin, Yunshe, Xiyang, Wuxian, Pingchun and others were transferred to Cao and Liu. Third, the money seized in this battle, the valley, soldiers, and people were divided equally.

From the perspective of the territory, Cao and Liu had many zodiac signs, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that Xiyang, Wulu County, Pingchun and other counties, the northernmost part of Jiangxia, were too close to the Huai River and were separated by the vast Dabie Mountains in the middle. They were not able to see or dare not eat, and they would sooner or later be a horse. The only areas where Cao and Liu could truly stand are Jingling, Anlu, Nanxin and Yunshe, that is, the area within a radius of 300 miles between the Han River and the Han River.

This area is not big or small. For the Cao and Liu forces, which have less than 10,000 troops, it is enough to be able to maneuver and at least gain a foothold.

Liu Bei and Cao Cao looked at each other and nodded tacitly. The deal was pretty cost-effective. Judging from their current situation, there was no other choice except to accept it.

The two signed the seal immediately and the alliance was officially reached.

There were bursts of laughter from the mountain hut, among which Cao Cao's unique yellow bell buzzing like a big luxuriant sound.
Chapter completed!