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At this time Liu Jing did not return to Xiangyang, but waited for news from Liu Bei and Sima Yi in Jiangling. Although he had promised to give up Jianping County and Yidu County to Liu Zhang, it was only a verbal promise, not unconditional.

The difficulty of attacking Zigui County made it impossible for Liu Jing to be in a cocoon again, and handed over the difficult-to-attack Zigui and Wucheng to Liu Zhang, so his conditions were relatively harsh, and Liu Zhang was needed to assist him in capturing Hanzhong.

Of course, once Liu Zhang promised to send troops to Hanzhong, he could also give Bashu a little bit of sweetness by first returning Jianping County, also known as Wucheng, to Bashu, but the premise was that only Pang Xi's army could be stationed.

It is not difficult for the powerful Jingzhou to seize Bashu, but it is rare that he needs to find a sufficient excuse. Historically, Liu Bei got an excuse because Liu Zhang took the initiative to invite his army to enter Shu.

It is now impossible for Liu Zhang to invite the Jingzhou army to enter Shu, so it is very important for Liu Jing to find a suitable excuse.

Although this is an era of advocating power, political morality is equally important if the court is not dead, otherwise Cao Cao would not need to coerce the emperor to order the princes.

Early in the morning, Liu Jing, escorted by dozens of personal soldiers, came to a house in the north of Jiangling City. The house was closely guarded by the army, and Guan Yu and his son were under house arrest here.

"How are they doing?" Liu Jing asked an officer in charge of guarding them.

"Reporting to Zhou Mu, they are in good condition and their mood is very stable. General Guan spends most of his time reading."[

Liu Jing nodded and walked into the house, but saw Guan Ping practicing sword in the yard head on. Liu Jing stopped and stood with his hands behind his back to watch Guan Ping practice his sword.

After looking at it for a while, Liu Jing smiled slightly and said, "The sword is strong enough, but not flexible enough. This is not the way to last!"

Guan Ping put away his sword, but when he turned around, he saw that it was Liu Jing, his expression immediately turned cold, he snorted coldly, turned around and left.

Although their relationship used to be very good, at this moment, no matter how Guan Ping could reconnect with Liu Jing, they were enemies after all, and he was a prisoner of war after all.

Liu Jing didn't call Guan Ping, but watched him walk away quickly, Liu Jing shook his head, walked into the inner courtyard, and saw that the door was open, Guan Yu was holding a book, sitting on the brazier Concentrate on reading the book.

Liu Jing smiled slightly, "Are you bothering General Guan?"

Guan Yu looked up and saw Liu Jing walking into the courtyard, he got up and laughed, "It turns out that Liu Zhou Mu has arrived, sorry!"

Compared with Guan Ping's indifference, Guan Yu was more sensible. He knew that Liu Jing treated their father and son so kindly, so he didn't regard them as enemies. He invited Liu Jing into the room, waved his hand and smiled, "Please sit down, Zhou Mu!"

Liu Jing was not polite, and sat down directly by the brazier. He said to Guan Yu with concern: "General Guan has any difficulties and needs, just ask the guards, they will definitely try their best to meet the general's requirements."

Guan Yu said lightly: "As a prisoner of war, I am very satisfied to receive such good treatment. If possible, can you give me some more books?"

Liu Jing laughed, "That's easy. I'll order my subordinates to send some books to General Guan. In addition, if General Guan has any letters from home, I can send them to the police for the general."

Just as Liu Jing finished speaking, he heard Guan Ping's cold voice from the yard, "Don't dare to trouble Liu Zhou Mu, please avoid family letters and the like! lest the family members not see the real news."

Guan Yu was furious, and shouted: "Nie Zhan, how dare you be so polite, why don't you hurry up and make amends!"

Liu Jing waved his hand, stopped Guan Yu's anger, and said with a smile: "Brother Yiwu has always been a man of temperament, I will not be angry with him, and General Guan does not need to be harsh on him."

Guan Yu gave his son a hard look, "Since you don't want to apologize, don't embarrass me here, get out!" [

Guan Ping wanted to remind his father not to be "confuse" by Liu Jing's words, thus falling into his trap, but unexpectedly, he was severely scolded by his father, he was ashamed and retreated.

Guan Yu sighed and said: "Speaking of which, I am also a 30-year-old Nizi, but I am ignorant and willful. Compared with Zhou Mu, I am far behind. Sometimes I also feel strange. How can there be such a big gap between people and people?"

"General Guan's words are wrong. General Yiwu is honest and sincere, but because of his different positions, he has a prejudice against me. Moreover, General Yiwu once saved me from poverty in Xinye. I will never forget the kindness of the past, General Guan, please don’t worry.”

Now that Liu Jing said so, Guan Yu let go of his heart slightly, he pondered for a while and asked again: "I don't know what Zhou Mu plans to do with our father and son?"

Liu Jing smiled, "General Guan's words are serious, General Guan please stay at ease, I think Uncle Liu Huang will take General Guan and Brother Yiwu back soon."

Guan Yu's face changed, and his tone became colder, "Could it be that Zhou Mu wants to exchange our father and son with my eldest brother?"

Liu Jing raised his head and started laughing. He stopped laughing immediately and said coldly: "General Guan has underestimated Liu Jing too much. I can gather a hundred thousand troops and a thousand warships at any time. May I ask Uncle Liu Huang for more than 1?" How long can the army hold out? Do I need to exchange General Guan and Uncle Liu for anything?"

Guan Yu was silent, he knew that Liu Jing was telling the truth, with Jingzhou's current strength, killing them was just a matter of raising hands, and he didn't know why Liu Jing didn't do it for a long time.

At this time Liu Jing said again: "The reason why I didn't use troops against Jingnan was to stop the people of Jingnan from suffering from the flames of war. I can tell General Guan frankly that I will go south from Jingnan. Since Uncle Liu Huang is the shepherd of Jiaozhou , he can go to Jiaozhou, I will not stop him, as for General Guan, I will not persuade General Guan to surrender, I will fulfill Liu Guanzhang's loyalty, but since he was captured in the war, he must follow the rules, General Guan can go back , but Emperor Liu must pay the price."

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After visiting Guan Yu, Liu Jing returned to the county office. Not long after he had left, a soldier came running from behind, "Please stop, Zhou Mu!"

Liu Jing reined in the reins, turned around and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Reporting to Zhou Mu, an envoy from the public security has arrived at the pier. It is Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei's military advisor."

The soldiers approached Liu Jing again and said in a low voice, "Zhuge Liang brought another person, who seems to be Mr. Qi."

This news made Liu Jing slightly startled, he knew that Liu Bei would send envoys, and he was in Jiangling to a large extent to wait for Liu Bei's envoys. It was not surprising that Zhuge Liang came, but he did not expect Liu Qi to come back.

Liu Jing's thoughts turned very quickly, he immediately realized that Liu Bei had decided to withdraw from Jingnan, so Liu Qi was meaningless to him, and Zhuge Liang wanted to exchange Liu Qi for Guan Yu.

But Zhuge Liang dared to bring Liu Qi directly. Without any agreement, Zhuge Liang was too confident, Liu Jing couldn't help but sneered.

At this time, Li Yan happened to come from the opposite side. Because of the loss of Zigui, Li Yan was demoted by Liu Jing to the governor of Nanjun County, and Huo Jun was also demoted to Sima of another department. However, Li Yan regained the Zigui Wharf at a critical moment and blocked Liu Bei on the other side of the river. , He made great contributions to the Jingzhou army's final capture of Zigui and Wucheng, so although Liu Jing demoted him to the county magistrate, he was still planning to promote him in the capture of Yizhou.

"My minister sees the state shepherd!"

Liu Jing smiled slightly, "It just so happened that Liu Bei's envoy arrived at the pier, please ask Li Juncheng to greet me, okay?"

Li Yan hastily cupped his hands and said, "The humble official is willing to share the worries of the state shepherd."

Li Yan got on his horse and ran out of the city with a few followers. Seeing him go far away, Liu Jing ordered his soldiers: "Go back to the county office first, and wait for the guests to visit!"

A group of people urged their horses to gallop towards the county office

Gong'an County is not far from Jiangling, just over an hour's waterway. Although Zhuge Liang's boat docked at the civilian wharf, Jiangling is still heavily guarded at this time, and even businessmen cannot easily enter the city.

Zhuge Liang waited patiently on the pier. Not long after, Li Yan galloped up with a few entourages on horseback. He galloped forward, got off his horse and said with a smile, "Mr. Zhuge has been waiting for a long time."

Zhuge Liang chuckled, "It turned out to be Li Taishou, I'm sorry, I don't know if Zhou Mu is in Jiangling City?"

"Now I am no longer the prefect, but temporarily serve as the county magistrate."

Li Yan explained a sentence and said: "Zhou Mu is in the city, he specially ordered me to meet Mr., Mr. Please come with me."

"Hehe! Sorry for the trouble, Jun Cheng."

Zhuge Liang also got on a horse and followed Li Yan slowly towards the city. As he was walking, Zhuge Liang asked in a serious manner, "I heard that Sima's army division went to Chengdu, have you come back?"

"I'm not sure about this. Maybe he's in Jianping County. Recently, there are a lot of things going on there, and they need to be sorted out by competent people."

"That's true!"

Not long after, the two came to the county yamen. Inside the yamen was Liu Jing's temporary official room. Two guards at the door saw Li Yan coming with Zhuge Liang, and hurriedly reported: "Report to Zhou Mu, Mr. Zhuge has arrived."

"Please come in!"

Liu Jing was standing in front of the sand table to check the terrain of Bashu. When he turned around and saw Zhuge Liang walking in, he smiled cheerfully and said, "Mr. Zhuge, don't you come here? It seems that you are healthier than when you were in Jiangxia."

Zhuge Liang gave a deep salute, "Kong Ming thanks Zhou Mu for his concern."

At this time, Zhuge Liang saw the Bashu sand table, and his eyes lit up. He also thought about making the Bashu sand table, but he let it go because of the difficulty. It made him more aware of Liu Jing's determination to seize Bashu.

He walked slowly to the sand table and watched silently for a while. He found that all the passes marked with the number of defenders and the name of the commander. The information was extremely detailed, which made him even more frightened. Finally, Zhuge Liang sighed: In the sand table, it can be said that Zhou Mu seized Bashu easily."

Liu Jing smiled: "I know that Uncle Huang also wanted to take Bashu, but unfortunately he didn't have the chance. I wonder if Mr. Zhuge can teach me how to take Bashu?"

Zhuge Liang pondered for a moment and said: "It is better to take Bashu sooner rather than later. Cao Cao's troops are exhausted and marching into Hanzhong. It will be difficult to seize Bashu."

Liu Jing nodded, and the timing Zhuge Liang said was very suitable for him. He asked again: "But Liu Zhang also has one hundred thousand soldiers from Shu, and he has an advantage in geographical location. What tactic do you think will be the most effective?"

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