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Chapter 2721 Marrying Guan Yinping!
Guan Yu noticed that while everyone else was talking, only Wang Yue remained silent. He waited until everyone else had finished speaking before addressing Wang Yue.
"My dear son-in-law, do you have any suggestions?"

Wang Yue bowed to Guan Yu and then solemnly said, “Father-in-law, I believe that remote areas do not need to be restricted as long as the grain is paid on time. Even if they are guarded, they are like chicken ribs, not very useful. However, Jiangxia, Changsha and Xiangyang need to be heavily guarded.”

Once the grain ripens on the plains between the Yangtze and Han rivers and between Dongting Lake, we will have enough food to recruit more men. After accumulating this for a year or two, the troops in Jingzhou and Dingnan will surely be strong and well-equipped. Then we can decide whether to launch an eastern or northern expedition.”

Guan Yu knew that Wang Yue's words made a lot of sense, but Jiangdong had just launched a surprise attack on him, and he was unwilling to let him go so easily.

Ma Liang saw what Guan Yu was thinking and said solemnly, "My lord, I think Prefect Wang is right. Besides, we have already fought back and vented our anger. I am willing to go to Jiangdong to ask for a temporary truce between our two places, so that Jingzhou can get some breathing room."

The other people who were assisting Guan Yu also agreed, thinking it was a good idea.

Guan Yu was actually very frustrated, because if he had just had another 20,000 or 30,000 men, the entire Nanyang would definitely be his.

Unlike now, when we simply don't have enough troops. If we hadn't unexpectedly captured Yu Jin and exchanged him for Fancheng, we probably would have returned empty-handed this time.

With that in mind, Guan Yu followed the decision of the others.

However, to prevent Jiangdong from proposing a marriage alliance again, Guan Yu instructed Ma Liang to wait until after Guan Yinping's marriage to go.

As a result, Guan Yinping and Wang Yue's wedding date was brought forward considerably, to the point that it could be described as urgent.

However, Guan Yinping and Wang Yue developed a tacit understanding and their relationship became very good during this series of battles. Therefore, neither of them objected, especially Guan Yinping, who also wanted to marry Wang Yue so that she could be with him in Jiangxia.

By then, Jiangxia will all be hers!
And so, Wang Yue and Guan Yinping got married quickly, and then together they led the troops of the Bandit Suppression Command to Jiangxia.

Of course, the swamp between Wang Yue's Sanhu City and Sanzhai City originally belonged to the bandit-suppressing command, but less than two thousand people were left to garrison each of the two cities, and the rest of the troops were all taken to Jiangxia.

Jiangxia also has many swamps, and these lands have not yet been occupied by powerful families, so they have become Wang Yue's new territory for farming.

After Guan Yinping arrived, she immediately issued a decree that bandits who voluntarily came down from the mountain would be given household registration and arable land.

The reputation of the Bandit Suppression Command was already very attractive to bandits and common people. Now that the announcement had been made, many bandits and landless people rushed to Jiangxia County, causing Jiangxia's population to surge by more than 100,000 in a short period of time.

Taking advantage of the situation, Wang Yue issued an order that anyone whose family members served in the army could receive double the land. Guan Yinping also took the opportunity to expand the army again, bringing the number of troops in the bandit-suppressing command to 20,000, and this number was still increasing.

As Jiangxia continued to expand his army, Jiangdong was in an uproar, leaving Sun Quan, who was already somewhat hesitant, completely at a loss as to what to do.

Some blamed Lü Meng for deserving of death, since if Lü Meng hadn't provoked them, Jiangdong wouldn't have lost so much territory and would have thoroughly offended Guan Yu.

Some argue that even if Lü Meng was wrong, Guan Yu's men killed him directly, showing a complete disregard for Jiangdong.

Some people suggested that Liu Bei should take the initiative to seek peace at this time. If they could reclaim the lost territory through negotiations, that would be even better. Others suggested contacting Cao Wei and having both sides attack Jingzhou together, which would allow them to recapture most of Jingzhou.

There's really nothing we can do about it.

Originally, Sun Quan's inner circle was divided into three factions. The surrender faction, led by Zhang Zhao, advocated for direct surrender as early as the Battle of Red Cliffs.

There was also the pro-war faction led by Lü Meng and Lu Xun, but because Lü Meng died during the attack on Jingzhou, they suffered heavy losses.

There was also Lu Su among them, who advocated for peace through war. His goal was to take Jingzhou first, then Yizhou, and to create a situation of confrontation between the north and south with Cao Cao.

But now that Lu Su is dead, no one can persuade either of these factions, which has led to the current situation.

During the few days they argued, Liu Bei in Chengdu was really restless.

Liu Bei had just finished the Battle of Hanzhong with Cao Wei and was leaving Hanzhong with his army when he immediately received news that Guan Yu had launched an attack on Xiangfan.

It's important to know that Liu Bei was very clear about the number of his men. With this small force, defense was not a problem, but launching an attack would be harder than climbing to heaven.

Therefore, the entire Hanzhong region was closely monitoring the situation in Jingzhou. Liu Bei even spared 20,000 troops to send to Zhang Fei, intending to have Zhang Fei launch a direct attack on Nanyang from Hanzhong if necessary. While this might not necessarily result in a rescue, it would at least create pressure.

Fortunately, Guan Yu's side was in a very good situation at the beginning. Whether it was the flooding of the seven armies or the later standoff at Nanyang, they realized that they didn't need any help at all.

In fact, Zhuge Liang was quite worried about the safety of Jiangling at this time, since the elite soldiers had been transferred to the Xiangyang defense line, and Jiangling was basically undefended.

Liu Bei, however, felt that Mi Fang and Fu Shiren had been with him for so long, and although they had been punished by Guan Yu, they might not be good at offense, but they were certainly capable of defense. Then, news of Guan Yinping's anti-banditry school guard unit also spread.

When Liu Bei heard this news, he laughed heartily, thinking that like father, like daughter, and that his niece Guan Yinping was indeed remarkable.

Even Zhuge Liang felt that Guan Yinping's recruitment of a group of mountain bandits at this time, even if they couldn't attack, greatly strengthened the defense of Jiangling City, which really put their minds at ease.

Later news revealed that it was Guan Yinping's bandit-suppressing command that played a decisive role.

From Mi Fang's report, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang learned that in order to support the mountain bandits and strengthen defenses, Guan Yinping's suggestion to blockade the river and switch to land transport would conveniently increase revenue during battles.

Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang, and others were very happy to see that Guan Yinping had grown up and even figured out how to use special methods in this special situation.

(End of this chapter)