Just as Cao's army crossed the river from Yicheng County and broke through the Han River defense line, Liu Jing also led his army back to the south Zhengcheng of Hanzhong from Xicheng. Because the Dihu cavalry sent troops to assist Cao's army, the Han army's plan to go north was disrupted, which forced Liu Jing to temporarily stop going north and ordered Huang Zhong to lead 20,000 troops to guard Xicheng, and he returned to Hanzhong.

On the one hand, Liu Jing sent Ma Dai to the Qiang and Hu missions, and on the other hand, he ordered Chengdu to increase 50,000 troops to Hanzhong again, so that the total strength of Hanzhong reached 120,000. But at this time, the urgent report sent by Jia Xu from Xiangyang was also transmitted to Hanzhong from the Ge letter.

At night, Fa Zheng and Wu Yi, who was guarding Hanzhong County, received an emergency call from Liu Jing and rushed to the military camp outside the city. A personal soldier had already been waiting in front of the gate. Seeing that the two of them arrived, he hurriedly took them to the central army tent.

"What happened?" Wu Yi asked his personal soldiers in a low voice.

The personal soldier smiled bitterly and said, "I don't know the specific position. It seems that something happened in Xiangyang, and the provincial governor is quite worried."

Wu Yi and Fa Zheng looked at each other, and both of them became a little nervous. What made the provincial governor worry about must be something big in Xiangyang. Did the Cao army capture Xiangyang? If that were the case, the problem would be really serious.

The two arrived at the big tent, and their personal soldiers reported to them in front of the tent, "Qi Bizhou Governor, General Wu and the French Military Advisor arrived."

"Please come in!"

Listening to Liu Jing's voice, his emotions were quite stable, which made Wu Yi and Fa Zheng feel a little relieved, and they quickly walked into the tent.

A sand table was placed in the middle of the tent. Liu Jing and Pang Tong were standing in front of the sand table to discuss military information. At this time, Wu Yi and Fa Zheng walked in, and they bowed together and said, "See the governor of the state!"

"You two don't have to be too polite, come here!"

When the two approached the sand table, they found that it was the sand table in Jingzhou. Liu Jing said to them: "I just received an urgent report from Military Commander Jia, and there was a little trouble in Xiangyang."

Liu Jing picked up the wooden pole and pointed at Yicheng County: "About 30,000 Cao troops used the long gap between the Han River patrols to build a floating bridge on the river surface of Yicheng County, and quickly crossed the Han River. Now they have captured Yicheng. It is said that the commander may be Zhang Liao, and they cannot be sure of it."

Thirty thousand people crossed the river, and Wu Yi and Fa Zheng looked at each other. This problem was indeed very serious. At this time, Fa Zheng asked again: "I wonder what countermeasures have Xiangyang taken?"

"There are also countermeasures. Gan Ninghuo quickly led some naval forces to the south to destroy Cao's floating bridge and strengthen Jiangxia's defense. In addition, all the people outside the city of Xiangyang retreated into the city. Xiangyang's army strengthened combat readiness. Judging from the information sent by Military Advisor Jia, Cao Cao showed no sign of a large-scale attack into Jingzhou."

At this time, Pang Tong interrogated: "Now I am worried that the Cao army will turn around and kill Jiangxia. Jiangxia only has an advantage in the navy, but on land, it is not a match for Cao's army. If Jiangxia is destroyed by Cao's army, the consequences will be unimaginable, and the entire morale of the army will probably be shaken."

Everyone was silent. At this time, Wu Yi asked: "I have a question, I wonder if I should ask?"

"Ziyuan said, you don't have to be so humble."

Wu Yi pondered for a moment and said, "Justice's governor just said that the floating bridge in Yicheng County has been destroyed by the navy. Then I don't quite understand, how should these 30,000 Cao troops go back?"

Liu Jing nodded, "Ziyuan's question is key. First of all, how the Cao army built the floating bridge. If the buoyant bridge is built, a small boat will inevitably be used to build the floating bridge. Since the Bishuihekou has been blocked by us, how can Cao's small boat sail to Yicheng County? However, this problem has been solved just now. The boat can be carried by car and must be transported by land. But from this incident, it can be seen that Cao Cao has made a lot of preparations. Since they can send the army, there must be a way to take the army back."

Everyone was silent. At this time, Liu Jing said again: "I invite you all to discuss with everyone whether I should send troops to Xiangyang?"

This is the key to the problem. Everyone knows that Cao Cao sent troops to Jingxiang to disrupt the Han army's plan to head north on the Western Front. At the beginning, Cao's army destroyed Fancheng and stationed troops north of the Han River, but did not affect the Western Front plan. But now that Cao's army crossed the Han River, the problem is very serious.

The three of them knew in their hearts that since Liu Jing wanted to discuss this matter, it meant that he had a plan to send troops to rescue Xiangyang, but in this way, he could no longer consider the Northern Expedition within at least half a year, which made Cao Cao's plan to siege Wei and save Zhao successfully.

After a moment of silence, Liu Jing slowly said: "I think so. Because Di Hu sent troops to Tianshui, my plan was destroyed. I need to wait for the Qiang people to send troops to Di Hu's base camp and force the Di Hu cavalry back. It will take at least two or three months. Then I have to dispatch troops and transport food. It will take one or two months. Anyway, I am waiting during this period. So I will simply send troops to Xiangyang and drive Cao's army back to Nanyang to relieve the worries of Xiangyang and Jiangxia. What do you think?"

Fa Zheng sighed and said, "Didn't the provincial governor say that he wanted to ask Sun Quan to send troops to Hefei and force Cao Cao to withdraw his troops?"

Liu Jing shook his head, "I don't expect Sun Quan to send troops. I received a quick letter from Xu Jing, saying that the emperor had issued an order to grant Sun Quan the Duke of Wu and appointed Cheng Pu as the prefect of Jian'an County. In addition, it is said that Zhou Yu was seriously ill. According to these information analysis, Sun Quan would not send troops, and at most he would behave and could not lift the siege of Xiangyang at all."

Speaking of this, Liu Jing sighed again: "Although Cao Cao does not have the intention to annex Jingzhou now, he is afraid that after a long time, his reinforcements and food will go south, Cao Cao will change his mind and then launch a second southern expedition. At that time, the problem will be big."

Speaking of this, the three of them understood that Liu Jing decided to support Xiangyang. Wu Yi responded: "The Northern Expedition is not successful in one or two times. Not only do we have to fight, but we also have to stand firm. This requires sufficient preparation. Now our strategy of Northern Expedition is completely correct, so we will implement it to the end. Use this period of time to transport grain to the north and store all the five cities with grain. After half a year, we are fully prepared. I believe that it will succeed in the northern expedition again in Longxi."

Wu Yi's words reached Liu Jing's heart, and he said to the three of them: "I will personally lead 50,000 troops to the mediocre road to Xiangyang, but before leaving, I need to make some arrangements. Military advisor Pang can go to Xicheng to assist General Huang in defending the city, and the French military advisor went to Wudu County to assist General Zhao in charge of the transfer of troops and food. General Wu stayed in Hanzhong County, defending the six roads of Hanzhong to prevent Cao's army from attacking Hanzhong."

The three of them bowed together, "Abide by the orders of the governor of the state!"

On the second day, Liu Jing led an army of 50,000, with Wei Yan as the vanguard, left Nanzheng City, and embarked on mediocre road and rushed towards Xiangyang to resolve the dangers of Xiangyang.

Since the 14th year of Jian'an, when Sun Quan and Liu Jing reached a settlement agreement, the Jiangdong army entered a rest period, and Jiangdong began to recuperate and gradually recovered from the serious damage caused to the Jiangdong economy by the Western Expedition.

At the same time, Jiangdong also eliminated internal troubles. Sun Ben was imprisoned by a small island overseas, and his younger brother Sun Lang was deprived of military power and demoted to a commoner. Zhu Zhi, a counselor, was also dismissed from all official positions and was retired at home.

However, in order to maintain the stability of the regime, Sun Quan did not go too far. After only punishing a few key figures, the rest of the followers pardoned them one by one, which led to a reconciliation within Jiangdong.

After eliminating internal troubles, Sun Quan finally accepted Zhang Hong's persuasion and moved the capital to Moling County again, renamed the county town Jianye, and officially moved the capital from Jingkou to Jianye City, where the tiger and dragon pan were shrouded. This was a major event in Jiangdong. It was built and built palaces. From the 14th year of Jian'an to the 16th year of Jian'an, the entire Jiangdong was busy moving the capital.

However, while moving the capital, Sun Quan did not forget to open the border. Since the 15th year of Jian'an, Sun Quan began to weaken the power of the Shanyue people and ordered Cheng Pu to continue to attack the Shanyue people's cities and plunder the Shanyue people as slaves.

At this time, Sun Quan had already begun to expand his power to the south. He knew that he could not compete with Jingzhou for the time being, so he could expand his power to Lingnan and finally seize Jiaozhou.

Although Sun Quan's attention was in the south, he was also observing Liu Jing's expansion and northern expedition. In Sun Quan's mind, Liu Jing was always his strong enemy. Although Liu Jing was already his brother-in-law, his ambition to compete for the world was far greater than the family affection brought by marriage.

Just over a month ago, Sun Quan accepted the title of title from the court, and was named Duke Wu, Right General, and his eldest son Sun Deng was named Captain Jianjun. Of course, Sun Quan also knew that this was Cao Cao's win over him, and Cao Cao would inevitably attack Jingzhou. Sure enough, half a month after the title, Cao Cao personally led an army of 100,000 south to Jingxiang.

Jianye City has not been fully built yet, and half of the city walls are still there, and the city is a little confused. There are mansions built everywhere, unlike the Iron City in Jingkou. Everyone knows that Iron City is just a temporary capital, so they are unwilling to build mansions, which makes the Iron City look deserted and their families are basically still in Dongwu City.

As for this time, when the capital is moved to Jianye, everyone knows that this will be the century-old foundation of Jiangdong and will not be changed easily. Therefore, whether it is civil and military officials, landlords and merchants, ordinary people, etc., they all purchase land and houses in Jianye and buy family industries.

Sun Quan's carriage was escorted by hundreds of guards and ran south along Moling Street. Soon, the carriage stopped in front of a mansion. This was Zhou Yu's mansion. Zhou Yu was injured by a hawk in the battle against the Shanyue people for two years and was seriously injured. Although Zhang Zhongjing's healing and saved his life, the injury was difficult to heal.

At the beginning of the year, a cold wave hit Jiangdongzhong, Zhou Yu's injury broke out again. Although many famous doctors were invited to treat him, it was still irreversible. Seeing that Zhou Yu was gradually approaching his death, Sun Quan felt extremely heartbroken and sent someone to visit him every day.

The carriage slowly stopped in front of the mansion. At this time, Zhou Yu's eldest son Zhou Xun had been waiting in front of the mansion for a long time. Zhou Yu and Xiao Qiao had two sons and one daughter. The eldest son Zhou Xun was only fifteen years old this year and had been engaged to Sun Quan's eldest daughter Sun Luban. However, Sun Luban was only ten years old, so he had to wait until she became an adult before getting married.

Zhou Xun stepped forward and knelt down to pay a greeting, "Mr. Zhou Xun, I, pay homage to Mr. Wu!"
Chapter completed!