After all, Zhang Fei is a well-known general. Although Liu Bei sometimes regrets that he will scold him in private, he still has to cover up for Zhang Fei in public.

Now that Zhang Fei reveals his shortcomings, and there are no outsiders here, Liu Bei is so arrogant to tell the truth:

"The third brother is more powerful than the second brother, and his military use is not much better than the second brother. However, he is drunk and turns his face back and refuses to accept others after drinking. No one can control him except me, so he stays by my side and listens to him."

As a superior, although Liu Bei had not made a decision yet, no one generally opposed the matters raised by Liu Bei.

The situation was urgent this time. Liu Bei had reached an important moment of life and death. He arranged for Guan Yu to guard Xiakou. He had already discussed with Zhuge Liang in advance, and the two had the same opinion.

Unexpectedly, a Ma Su appeared halfway and put forward different opinions, which was obviously to protect Zhang Fei.

Liu Bei was good at listening to other people's opinions and was not unhappy with Ma Su's objections. He just wanted to know the reason because he believed that Ma Su was so smart that he was not inferior to Kong Ming!

Even before Kong Ming, Ma Su had already proposed the idea of ​​three parts of the world to Liu Bei, and had predicted the time of Cao Cao's southern expedition early, which convinced Liu Bei from the bottom of his heart.

Especially when Changbanpo was attacked, when Liu Bei was in panic and retreated, Ma Su was able to stand up, ambush Cao Cao's pursuers and win.

This originally inconspicuous small victory boosted morale and completely changed Liu Bei's bad impression of Ma Su's "exaggeration". He attached great importance to him and patiently explained the reason why Zhang Fei did not need to guard Xia's mouth.

Because although Liu Bei accepted him, he did not arrange his position, Ma Su still regarded himself as a guest official and did not explain again.

Liu Bei was a little confused, so he looked at Kong Ming, and he still showed a confused look. He had to turn his head and ask:

"What are the opinions of young people? You might as well say it out and let us take a closer look!"

Since Ma Su woke up from his dream, he had already deliberately kept a low profile and didn't like to show off. He rarely talked about it, but this time he pretended to be amazing, and there was nothing he could do.

Ma Su took the initiative to join Liu Bei's army. Although Liu Bei welcomed him from the bottom of his heart, he had not yet considered how to arrange his duties.

Now seeing Ma Su suggesting that Zhang Fei guard Xiakou, I can't help but remember the promise that he promised Zhang Fei to hand over Ma Su to him.

Ma Su knew that apart from a vague memory and in terms of talent, he still had a certain gap with Zhuge Liang.

He came to join Liu Bei in times of crisis, but he didn't want Zhuge Liang to keep suppressing him. The only way was to separate from Zhuge Liang so that he could show his magical powers.

He heard Liu Bei's question and had already responded to it and said calmly:

"Although Uncle Liu only has one county in Jiangxia now, I think Cao Cao will not stop in Jingzhou. He will definitely fight Jiangdong in the next step. Once he fails, he will definitely not be able to protect Jingzhou, which has not yet settled down. Uncle Huang has always lived in Jingzhou, and the successor of Jingzhou Liu Qi is in Jiangxia, so it is not too difficult to collect Jingzhou in a random manner. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, the two generals, will sooner or later, because General Zhang has never guarded a single place alone, so he has to give him the opportunity to guard Xiakou this time, and I am willing to assist General Zhang in guarding."

Liu Bei heard Ma Su say that he could get Jingzhou again. Although he was secretly happy, Cao Cao was strong and now he had most of the navy in Jingzhou. It was difficult to save Jiangxia. It was basically unlikely to take Jingzhou back from him!

At least Liu Bei believed that it would be impossible for him to retake Jingzhou from Cao Cao with the troops of Jiangxia!

Before Cao Cao's southern expedition, both Ma Su and Zhuge Liang mentioned that Jingzhou would still be owned by him soon after, and Liu Bei believed it.

Therefore, when Liu Biao gave way, he refused without hesitation. However, now that Jingzhou is at Cao Cao's hands, it is even more difficult to conquer, he has no idea and blurted out:

"What do you say about Youchang?"

Ma Su replied:

"This time, Cao Cao's southern expedition, because Liu Cong usurped the throne, he easily obtained Jingzhou. It seems that the general trend is coming to the foregone conclusion. The unification of the world is a foregone conclusion! In fact, Sun Quan of Jiangdong would definitely not be willing to bow to Chen Chen. He had been secretly spy on the ground for a long time. Uncle Liu was stationed in Jiangxia, which seemed to be unable to support him, but Jiangdong needed allies even more. I expect that the Jiangdong envoy would come to test the alliance soon. At that time, with Kong Ming's plan, it would be a matter of time to obtain Jingzhou!"

When he heard Ma Su talk about him, Kong Ming couldn't keep silent anymore. He took Ma Su's words and said:

"It's always reasonable for the young man. I think General Zhang can be stationed in Xiakou, and Jiangxia also needs General Guan to take charge. Let's hurry up and return to Jiangxia to set up defenses to avoid any more changes."

Guan Yu was originally very content with himself, but although he was not happy with Zhang Fei's replacement for him to guard Xiakou, he also spoke:

"My third brother is not as talented as me. If I can stay away from getting drunk, it will be no problem to guard Xiakou!"

When Liu Bei saw that Guan Yu also supported Zhang Feidao to guard Xiakou, and Ma Su was willing to assist Zhang Fei, he had long agreed with Ma Su's proposal.

Liu Bei was originally a little embarrassed about what kind of official position he gave to Ma Su. Since he was willing to assist Zhang Fei, Liu Bei decided to become the Sima of the army, assist Zhang Fei in leading the army and guarding Xiakou.

Ma Su happily accepted the order and commanded five thousand soldiers with Zhang Fei, and led more than a thousand private soldiers to go straight to Xiakou.

Liu Bei and Kong Ming and Yun Chang joined Liu Qi to join Jiangxia.

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Since leading the army to attack Huang Zu, Sun Quan in Jiangdong withdrew from Jiangxia and stationed his troops in Chaisang, and was ready to deal with Liu Biao's revenge.

But a few months passed, and there was no waiting for Liu Biao to lead the army, but instead received rumors that Liu Biao had passed away.

Sun Quan was preparing to make a plan to attack Jingnan and quickly occupy the territory of Jingnan.

Suddenly, when Cao Cao's army arrived in Xiangyang, Liu Cong had surrendered, and now he was on the road to obtain Jiangling on a night and Sun Quan gathered all the advisers to discuss the strategies of guarding the country.

After Lu Su led his subordinates to Sun Quan, he proposed a strategic plan to reach Jiangdong for him, so he was appreciated by Sun Quan.

Lu Su also tried his best to assist Sun Quan. Whenever he encountered major events, he would counsel his plans and think deeply and have a great understanding.

But because he was just a counselor and did not make any contribution, he had a low status in Jiangdong.

This time, when Cao Cao went south, Lu Su thought it was a good opportunity for Sun Quan to seek Jingzhou, so he persuaded Sun Quan to connect with Liu Bei and defeat Cao Cao together, and then the situation of a tripod could be achieved.

Lu Su's strategy of conquering the world was recognized by Sun Quan. It was Lu Su's idea to eliminate Huang Zu and attack Liu Biao some time ago.

Sun Quan's goal was to try his best to occupy all the places south of the Yangtze River. Jiangxia County was located in Jiangbei, so he could give up, but he was very eager for the land in Jingnan.

Originally, he planned to attack Jingnan, Jingzhou, but now he was suddenly occupied by Cao Cao. Sun Quan attacked Jingnan, and faced Cao Cao's troops and threatened Jiangdong, and was also considering how to deal with it.

The suggestion made by Lu Su was very consistent with his wishes. Sun Quan was happy to follow his words and sent Lu Su to Jiangxia to mourn.

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Chapter completed!