After the Battle of Chibi, Lu Su first returned to Wu County, and Sun Quan made a big fuss and ordered the generals to meet Lu Su.
Lu Su was about to enter the temple to meet Sun Quan, and as soon as he walked to the door, Sun Quan got up and saluted and asked Lu Su loudly: "Zi Jing, I helped the saddle off the horse to greet you, is it enough to commend your merits, right?" ”
Lu Su hurriedly ran towards Sun Quan, saying as he ran, "Non-also." ”
When the generals and officials in the palace heard this, they were all shocked.
Lu Su was not in a hurry, so he sat down, slowly raised his horse whip, and said, "I hope that your weide will spread all over the world, encompass Kyushu, complete the great cause of the emperor, and then summon me with a soft-wheeled car, which can be regarded as a manifestation of me." ”
When Sun Quan heard this, he couldn't help but clap his hands and laugh.
Before Zhou Yu died, Shang Songshu said: "The length of life is determined by fate, and it is really not regrettable. I only hate that the small wish in my heart has not yet been fulfilled, and I can no longer carry out your orders. Now, Cao Cao is in the north, the territory is not calm, Liu Bei lives in Jingzhou, as if he has a tiger at home. When today is a time of chaos and troubles, it is the time when ministers and generals are struggling to forget to eat, and it is also something that I worry about day and night, and I hope that Your Majesty will look to the future, think of danger in peace, think more about what has not yet happened, and then think of comfort and enjoyment. Now that he was working against Cao, Liu Bei was close to the public security, and the people near the border had not yet been annexed, so they should use good generals to go to the garrison of Zhenfu. Lu Su's wisdom and strategy were slightly competent enough to ask for him to succeed me. On the day I die, there will be nothing to worry about. ”
Sun Quan immediately appointed Lu Su as a lieutenant of Fenwu and replaced Zhou Yu in commanding the army.
Zhou Yu's former more than 4,000 people and fengyi in four counties all belonged to Lu Su.
Sun Quan also appointed Cheng Pu to concurrently serve as the Taishou of Nan Commandery (南郡太守), and a part of the land was carved out of Yuzhang Commandery (豫章郡) to establish Fanyang Commandery (治鄱阳县, in present-day Du Town, Guxian County, northeast of Boyang County, Jiangxi), a portion of the land from Changsha County, and hanchang Commandery (治汉昌县, southeast of present-day Pingjiang County, Hunan), and Cheng Pu (程浦) as Jiangxia Taishou (江夏太守).
Lu Su was initially stationed in Jiangling, and then moved down the river to Lukou (陸口, in present-day Luxi Town, Jiayu County, Hubei), and his prestige and endowment were greatly spread, and the number of soldiers increased to more than 10,000.
Therefore, Sun Quan appointed him as the Taishou of Hanchang and the general of Partiality.
Considering the overall situation, Lu Su persuaded Sun Quan to lend Jingzhou to Liu Bei so that Sun Liu could unite and jointly fight against Cao Cao.
Lu Su said to Sun Quan, "Although you are a god and a martial artist, Cao Cao's power is too great. We have just taken possession of Jingzhou, and Ende Xinyi has not yet spread to the people. If you lend Jingzhou to Liu Bei and let him appease the people, it is really the best policy. Because in this way, Cao Cao has one more enemy and we have one more friend. ”
Sun Quan took Lu Su's advice and agreed to lend Jingzhou to Liu Bei.
When Cao Cao heard the news, he was writing a letter and was so shocked that he dropped his pen on the ground.
Lu Su's so-called borrowing of Jingzhou can actually only be regarded as a loan of a southern county to Liu Bei.
Lu Su's proposal to agree to borrow Jingzhou was actually bitter.
When Zhou Yu was alive, Liu Bei had the four southern counties that he had previously laid under the name of Liu Qi, plus the Jiangnan region of the southern counties that Zhou Yu had given him, and the territory did not border Cao Cao, hiding behind Sun Quan and stealing music, and the military pressure fell on Sun Quan.
Sun Quan had to fight against the Cao army to the north, and to the southwest also had to guard against Liu Bei's sneak attack, and was attacked on both sides.
When Zhou Yu was there, there were people to help him defend Nan County, and after Zhou Yu's death, this pressure was greater.
Therefore, Lu Su revived the topic of Liu Bei's borrowing of Jingzhou, and used a southern county to pull Liu Bei out of the water, so that his forces bordered Cao Cao, directly faced Cao Cao, and jointly understood the pressure of Cao Cao's army.
Moreover, Liu Bei also gave up part of jiangxia county he occupied to Sun Quan, and the territory was a little smaller than that of Nan County, but Sun Quan was not particularly at a loss.
Liu Bei borrowed nan county, opened a passage into Yizhou from the west, and began to plot Yizhou.
Both sides can be said to take what they need.