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Chapter 2728 The New Han!

Guo Huai was already struggling to withstand the siege from Liu Feng and Hou Yin. Now, he was tasked with relocating the people. He decisively relocated a portion of them and then retreated, stationing his troops at Wuguan to prevent Wei Yan's army from pursuing them.

In fact, when Wei Yan's army arrived from Hanzhong, the people north of Guancheng in Nanyang had already been mostly relocated. Xiahou Dun personally directed the defense and helped Cao Zhen's army slowly retreat back to Guangcheng Pass. Cao Ren, seeing that his goal had been achieved, also retreated to Yecheng.

Thus, the Battle of Nanyang came to an end. Liu Bei, the King of Hanzhong, gained most of Nanyang's territory and half of its population, while Cao Wei covered the evacuation of half of the population. Neither side suffered any significant damage, and the war ended just like that.

Originally, acquiring such a large territory should have been a good thing for Shu Han, but Cao Pi directly sent Xiahou Dun to Guanzhong to oversee the defenses of Guanzhong and Luoyang, strengthening his control over Guanzhong and Liangzhou, which was actually a bad thing for Shu Han.

Because attacking Cao Wei from either Hanzhong or Nanyang would be extremely difficult, and the possibility of being attacked would be much greater.

However, Liu Bei, the King of Hanzhong, now has a strong and well-equipped army, so he is not worried about losing the entire territory.

However, with such a large territory, it was actually not appropriate for Liu Bei to continue staying in Chengdu. If any unforeseen events occurred in the future, it would be very troublesome to seek support.

However, Wang Yue didn't have time to worry about that now, because Liu Bei, persuaded by Zhuge Liang and Fa Zheng, took advantage of the momentum of his great victory and reluctantly declared himself emperor, thus continuing the Han dynasty's lineage.

Now, Liu Bei commands eight commanderies in Jingzhou and the entire territory of Yizhou. Although this is still a small part compared to the thirteen provinces of the Han Dynasty, it gives him the confidence to contend with Cao Wei for supremacy.

However, Liu Bei's Han dynasty lost most of the northern regions and Yangzhou, and was temporarily referred to as the Southern Han or the Southwestern Han.

Guan Yu was enfeoffed as the Marquis of Xiangyang, Zhang Fei as the Marquis of Xixiang, and others were also rewarded.

Wang Yue made great contributions and played a decisive role in this war, so he became the Earl of Fangcheng.

However, after Wang Yue finished his campaign, he returned to Jiangxia and temporarily handed over Nanyang to Wei Yan, Hanzhong to Zhang Fei, Guan Yu to Xiangyang, and Jiangling to Mi Fang.

After this great battle, Sun Quan learned that Guan Yu had captured Nanyang and felt that he had to unite with Cao Wei to take back Jingzhou, so he directly submitted to Cao Pi.

Of course, Sun Quan was also worried about being purged by Guan Yu, which is why he was in a hurry to find allies.

Guan Yu was furious at Sun Quan's duplicitous behavior, but there was nothing he could do about it. After all, Nanyang was such a mess that it needed to be dealt with properly.

Moreover, Guan Yu himself is very clear that Jingzhou is under great pressure. Not only does it have to defend against Eastern Wu, but it also has to be constantly on guard against Wei in the north.

With only so many men at his disposal, it would be extremely difficult for Guan Yu to resist Cao Cao in the north and drive Sun Quan in the east.

Fortunately, Zhuge Liang was aware of the pressure Guan Yu was under, so he advised Liu Bei to send Li Yan with 20,000 Shu troops to Hanzhong, which greatly increased the strength of Hanzhong and forced the Guanzhong region to defend itself.

Liu Feng, in an awkward position, and his partner Meng Da were assigned to Nanxiang County to guard against Cao Wei's army from the direction of Wuguan.

Therefore, Guan Yu now needs to guard against Luoyang, Yingchuan, and Jiangdong, which is no easy task.

Fortunately, after the Battle of Nanyang, the people of Jingzhou were fully inspired and the local powerful families began to truly support Liu Bei's new Han dynasty, which greatly solved the problem of food supplies.

Therefore, Guan Yu is no longer like he was when he first occupied Nan Commandery, when he had to cultivate his own land to grow grain. Now, he has no shortage of logistical supplies, and the families who have come to his aid are not only providing manpower but also supplies.

Guan Yu now has a multitude of fierce generals and strategists under his command, and he is eager to make a big move, but he also knows that he needs to be patient for now.

So he issued an order for all troops to train diligently and to at least recruit the surrendered soldiers, while simultaneously expanding the army. However, this patience lasted for a year.

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In 222 AD, after a year of bargaining, Sun Quan formally accepted the title of King from the State of Wei and established the State of Eastern Wu.

Upon hearing this news, Liu Bei was furious and immediately set out to launch a military campaign to destroy Wu!

Upon receiving Liu Bei's edict, Guan Yu immediately summoned Wang Yue and others to discuss the matter.

Pan Jun, the Prefect of Jingzhou, spoke first, saying, "My Lord, I believe we can send our navy directly to Chaisang. If we defeat the Jiangdong navy there, the matter will be settled!"

The others also spoke first, but their suggestions were either to attack from Changsha or Jiangxia, though neither of these places was easy to attack.

For example, an attack from Jiangxia.

Although the Jingzhou navy has been trained to a decent standard in recent years, it is by no means a match for the Jiangdong navy. Therefore, in a major battle, it is very likely that the Jingzhou navy would be even weaker than Cao Cao.

The other is an attack from Changsha.

However, the roads there are all mountainous, making them easy to defend but difficult to attack. It would probably take a long time to reach Chaisang, and not only would they suffer heavy losses, but they might also return empty-handed.

Seeing that no one could reach a consensus, Guan Yu frowned and looked at Wang Yue, asking, "Changwen, you are the governor of Jiangxia, what do you think should be done?"

Everyone thought Wang Yue would support the attack from Jiangxia, since he was familiar with the area and would surely gain the most credit if successful.

Wang Yue surprised everyone by speaking very solemnly to Guan Yu.

"My lord, I believe that attacking from Jiangxia is not a good idea!"

Since we will be facing enemies from both Wu and Wei, no matter where we attack from, Sun Quan will definitely notify Cao Pi and ask him to help attack our flanks.

Therefore, I believe that we should attack Wei and force Wei to order Jiangdong to attack.

If Jiangdong launches an attack, they will face the same problem as us: taking a land route is extremely difficult, so they will most likely take advantage of their naval strength!

"As long as we can annihilate the Jiangdong navy in one fell swoop within Jiangxia territory, and then turn back to attack Jiangdong, even if the Wei Kingdom wants to cause trouble, as long as our navy blocks the Yangtze River, they can only look on helplessly."

Guan Yu understood that Wang Yue was planning to use a feint attack, so he frowned and said, "But if we want to make a scene and force Wei to request Jiangdong to send troops, I'm afraid that will be very difficult for us."

Whether in Luoyang or Yingchuan, Wei's defenses are extremely secure! With too few men, they are impossible to breach; with too many, it becomes a decisive battle, ironically giving the cowards of Jiangdong an opportunity.

Since Wang Yue was going to do something, he had made preparations in advance. He bowed to Guan Yu and then walked to the huge map of Jingzhou.

(End of this chapter)