Chapter 511: Destiny
The Yunmengze waterway is crisscrossed with mountains and forests, and it is an area with complex terrain. The huge Xuanxia fleet is spread out upstream and downstream and has been stationed there for a long time.

Although the huge fleet would consume countless supplies every day just by staying here, unlike marching on land, the fleet itself could store a huge amount of supplies. Xuanxia had made sufficient preparations for this battle. Now, with only half a month left, the Xuanxia navy had no pressure at all to cope with it.

Even if it takes a while longer, they can always resupply on the north shore at a suitable place.

But even so, such a long period of stay idle was still a slightly abnormal move. While the Wu-Shu coalition forces were observing and guessing, they were also making arrangements as far in advance as possible. However, the Xuanxia navy remained motionless, which made the Wu-Shu coalition forces uneasy.

In the Shu army, Liu Bei was worried about Guan Yu's injury, but he could not slack off in military affairs, so he could only temporarily entrust military and national affairs to Xu Shu, and let Xu Shu go to discuss important matters with the Wu State.

Now Guan Yu is at a critical moment of life and death, and he is in no mood to care about important matters.

Fortunately, Xu Shu's talents were enough to handle important matters, and he discussed the military plan with the Wu army very smoothly.

Soon the arrangement agreed upon by Zhou Yu and Sun Quan was implemented. The Wu-Shu coalition army divided its forces into two parts, which were stationed in Xiangyang and Chungu respectively, in order to guard against possible attacks by the Yellow Turbans in advance.

After making these arrangements, the Wu-Shu coalition forces felt a little more at ease.

They were waiting for the next move of the Yellow Turban Navy, which might completely determine the fate of the Wu and Shu countries.

Fortunately, during their anxious and restless waiting, the Yellow Turban Navy finally made some movements again after staying in Yunmengze for several days. The direction of the Yellow Turban Navy's movement was to go straight to Xiangyang via the Han River!

As soon as he received the news, Sun Quan could not sit still and went to the Shu camp with several important officials. At such a critical moment, he had to discuss the battle plan with Liu Bei no matter what!
"The Yellow Turban Navy has moved. The Yellow Turban Navy has moved. Emperor Han, please discuss the next major issue with me immediately..."

Time cannot be wasted on military and national affairs, so Sun Quan hurried over and shouted loudly before entering the tent, but he stopped abruptly as soon as he said this.

Because a cry of extreme grief and anger directly drowned out his voice.

"My second brother, my invincible second brother, how could he die from a mere arrow wound?"

A voice came from the tent. The extreme grief and resentment in the words made Sun Quan, Zhou Yu and others feel cold in their hearts. Although they had not seen the scene inside, they could imagine what the atmosphere was like.

They looked at each other and understood what was going on.

It was fate that played such a trick on us. After the naval battle, many generals of Wu and Shu were rescued one after another. Obviously, Zhou Yu looked more seriously injured at that time. Unexpectedly, more than half a month later, it was Guan Yu who fell in the end.

Guan Yu was a top-notch military general of his time, but he died from an arrow wound in his left arm. It is really unbelievable.

But on second thought, injuries and illnesses are mostly left to fate. If they really die, then we can only say that it is fate.
"Your Majesty, the Emperor of Han is suffering a blow, and it is difficult to discuss matters at this time. It is better to call Xu Shu to discuss first, and once there is a definite plan, Xu Shu will convey and execute it."

Sun Quan fell silent as he listened to the cries in the tent and the advice of Zhou Yu beside him.

In fact, he was a little confused at that time. Wasn't it just the death of a minister? Why was there so much crying and wailing? No matter how big the matter was, could it be bigger than the war in front of him?
This Liu Bei really called himself an emperor in vain. The emperor is a lonely man, how can he really treat his subjects as brothers?
No matter how he complained in his heart, Sun Quan understood that now was indeed not a good time to discuss matters, so he could only frown, shake his head and turn away. Lu Su also quickly went to Xu Shu who was not far away and invited him to come over to discuss important matters.

It was at this critical moment that such a thing happened to the Shu army, which was really fatal. It directly made the atmosphere in the Shu camp become depressed and the morale was terribly negative.

As Liu Bei's right-hand man who followed him all the way, Guan Yu's prestige in the army was immeasurable. His death was a huge blow to many Shu army soldiers.

Even the invincible general died at the hands of the Yellow Turbans. Is there still hope for the Shu Kingdom?

Xu Shu was also full of helplessness at this time. Although he knew that the military and national affairs should be given priority at this time, he could not go into the tent to persuade Liu Bei to cheer up. If Liu Bei could really get out of the blow of losing his brothers so easily, then he would not be the lord he knew.

Liu Bei valued friendship and loyalty, which was the reason why he was willing to follow him. This kind of character was destined, and it would take Liu Bei a considerable amount of time to recover from this blow.

Xu Shu knew that Liu Bei's spiritual world was strong enough and he would be able to cheer up sooner or later, but at this juncture, it was still too serious.

As a minister, it is his duty to help the monarch solve problems. Since Liu Bei is unable to manage affairs at this time, Xu Shu naturally has to shoulder this responsibility. The more critical the time is, the more important it is to ensure the stability of the overall situation, and the most important military affairs cannot be neglected in the slightest.

So when Lu Su came, Xu Shu immediately understood and hurried to meet him.

It was no longer possible to discuss matters in the Shu camp at this time, so Xu Shu left the camp together with Sun Quan and others. As soon as they left, white silk was hung in the camp. There was mourning in the camp, and the gloomy atmosphere added a bit of sadness to the world.

Guan Yu's death was so sudden and so ordinary, so ordinary that it was hard for people to accept it. He didn't even have a good talk with Liu Bei before he died.

But this is the reality. There are not so many dramatic things. One accidentally suffers a devastating defeat, one accidentally gets hit by an arrow, and then one accidentally gets an infection from the wound and dies. The whole process is so natural and there is nothing earth-shattering.

This incident did have a huge impact on the Shu army, but things in the world will not stop moving without someone. No matter how sad Liu Bei was or how upset the Shu army was, they had to accept the reality. They couldn't even stop to arrange Guan Yu's funeral. The army could only passively follow the movements of the Yellow Turban navy and begin to move forward.

All the affairs of the Shu army have been handed over to Xu Shu. When the Yellow Turbans approached Xiangyang, the Wu-Shu coalition could only respond. It was impossible for them to sit idly by and watch the Yellow Turbans take Xiangyang.

Now they could no longer care about Guan Yu's funeral and the army immediately began to move. Although Liu Bei cried out in grief beside Guan Yu's corpse all day long, his reason made him agree to Xu Shu's arrangement.

The Wu-Shu coalition forces dragged Guan Yu's body along the inauspicious path towards the northwest.

The death of one general cast a shadow over the entire Wu-Shu coalition. This might be some kind of omen from heaven.

Everyone in the army became worried about the upcoming war.

What will be my fate on this journey to Xiangyang?
(End of this chapter)

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