I came to the hall and said as soon as I opened my mouth: "Everyone, do you know? Liu Bei has led his army to attack us! Yulin County has been lost and Guangxin City is in danger. Now I ask you to come here to find a countermeasure to this matter! There is one more thing The thing, that is" I ordered: "Sun Quan's son Sun Fen and his grandsons Sun Fan, Sun Xi, and Sun Ying should be given more property! I want to commend them for not participating in the rebellion of Sun Xiu and Sun Liang, and give them generous gifts. reward!"
"Ah? Why reward the Sun family so generously?" While people were still discussing, I added: "Sun Liang and Sun Xiu rebelled. Sun Liang even sent a message to the original Wu Chen to support him and join him. Rebellion! Everyone, take a look at this memorandum!" After I finished speaking, I showed Sun Liang's memorandum to Zhou Yu and other former Wu Chen.
Zhang Zhao, Bu Zhi and others were frightened, fearing that I would be harmful to them. It was Gu Yong who spoke out first: "Sir, I would like to move my whole family to your place to serve you!" I knew that Gu Yong's move was to protect himself and avoid suspicion.
What I said surprised everyone and was unexpected: "No! You don't have to move your whole family. You can place your family members wherever they are safe! You can each take care of your duties." In order to show that you do not participate in the rebellion, I will also give you a reward. Reward you for being loyal to your duties!"
I said to Zhou Yu: "Captain Zhou, the one who serves as Liu Bei's vanguard is L¨¹ Meng. I hope you will lead your troops to talk to L¨¹ Meng. If L¨¹ Meng insists on fighting, you have affection after all. It is not good to hurt our affection. Then my Jiaozhou The army can make up for the battle with Lu Meng at any time." Zhou Yu asked: "You mean to lead a small army, do you assign" I shook my head and said: "No! You lead your own army, and all actions are done by You. As for the direction of Lu Meng's army's attack, I will also leave it to you to defend and let you deploy the defense as you wish!" "Yes! That's right!" I confirmed.
This is nothing more than giving Zhou Yu great convenience. If he wants to fight back, he can welcome L¨¹ Meng's army to occupy the position he is guarding, or he can cross the defense line to join L¨¹ Meng. Zhou Yu knew that it was impossible for me not to understand, and if I did this, was it true or false? Still persistently skeptical. Even Wu ministers were confused.
I already know their inner thoughts and know that they can understand them as long as they are reflected in actions, so it is useless to talk more now. It is better to see what good strategies they can come up with.
I then asked: "Liu Bei and Cao Cao were fighting fiercely. How come they suddenly reached a tacit understanding? Cao Cao did not attack and instead strengthened the border with troops, but Liu Bei attacked me crazily? Liu Bei was friendly with me before, and there were all signs They all said it was impossible to attack us! And it is impossible for Liu Bei not to know that no one of our two families can fight against Cao Cao alone. The two families rebelled and their vitality was greatly damaged. Who benefited? It was Cao Cao! Together, we will benefit both sides. , if divided, both sides will lose! Liu Bei has such excellent advisers as Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, so it¡¯s impossible that he doesn¡¯t understand? Why did he get confused?"
Xuan Zheng said: "I know Kong Ming. What Kong Ming wants to do is what others can't do. What others think is impossible is what he has to do! Things that are hopeless can be turned around as long as they are handled by his masterful hands. It should have been I thought of it, I made a mistake! This time I really made a mistake!"
"Oh?" I looked at Xuezheng and asked, "Zihong, what do you think about Liu Bei abandoning Cao Cao and attacking me? Why is he so confident? Isn't he afraid that Cao Cao will contain him from behind? I have already sent an envoy to ask Cao Cao to Attack Liu Bei from behind, which will prompt Liu Bei to either withdraw his troops or not be able to concentrate on attacking us!"
Xuan Zheng shook his head and said: "It's useless! At most, Cao Cao just asked us to send troops when he fought with Liu Bei before. We just pretended to send troops to help! Like this, how can Liu Bei care?" "Ah?" I woke up: "You mean that Liu Bei kept trying to please us just to show that he wanted us to relax our vigilance, and he also wanted us to make Cao Cao feel disgusted. In fact, Liu Bei's intention was On us?¡±
Zheng replied: "That's right! Because according to common sense, we and Liu Bei will benefit from cooperation, and we will suffer from both disadvantages if we separate. In this case, how could we not think that we would fight back, but what if we fight back? Then the benefits that can be harvested must be Huge. This is the reason why most of our Jiaozhou will not be protected! And Cao Cao knows that we will benefit from our cooperation, and he is eager for our two families to fight in a melee. No matter who wins or loses, our strength will be damaged, so he can take advantage of it. . Instead of waiting for the two families to join forces and make it difficult for them to conquer, it is better for us to attack each other and attack you, which consumes a lot of strength. If Liu Bei wins, he may take the opportunity to attack us. If Liu Bei loses, he will immediately send his troops to attack Liu Bei. If one side dies, the other side will die because of it. The loss of fighting strength is nothing to worry about for Cao Cao! So I heard that after Lu Meng was defeated, he went to Cao Cao's territory and received Cao Cao's protection. Now he is getting Cao Cao's help to attack us. This prompted us to fight endlessly with Liu Bei. The more fierce and miserable the fight, the happier Cao Cao was."
I was shocked when I heard this. Isn¡¯t it obvious that I am waiting for death??I immediately said: "Tell Liu Bei this situation. Doesn't Liu Bei want to support the Han Dynasty? If we continue to fight like this, both families will die! I hope Liu Bei will withdraw his troops!"
Zhang Zhao spoke up: "Humph! How is this possible? Liu Bei, the hero of the world, usually decides after weighing the pros and cons. If Cao Cao doesn't send troops, he just wants to turn our power into his own. He is so determined, why? Will they listen to our advice and retreat? Instead of hoping that Liu Bei will retreat, it would be more practical to strengthen the defense and rectify the army to repel Liu Bei!"
He said directly: "What Mr. Zhang said is absolutely true! However, we have to send someone to tell Liu Bei about this situation, and we must also make it clear that the reason why Liu Bei took the risk to attack us is simply because the lord's wife and Cao Cao are father and daughter, and the lord and Cao Cao have many things. Contact. For this reason, Liu Bei knew that the alliance could not last long and was far inferior to Sun Wu. So he made a desperate effort to destroy us first and cut off this factor that could become an enemy at any time. As long as he can destroy us very quickly, then he can use all his strength to It is far better to counteract Cao Cao than to ask for our unstable alliance. We told him what he was thinking and made it clear that we would unite with him firmly. As long as we break his inability to make quick decisions, we will definitely be able to win. There is a glimmer of hope that Liu Bei will be able to retreat. Even if it doesn't happen, the worst we can do is fight Liu Bei to the death. This will allow Liu Bei to restrain his arrogance."
I frowned and said, "Is this really the only way? Alas!" Looking at everyone, everyone was helpless. I smiled and said, "There is no way to avoid it! Even if we are allowed to fight Liu Bei and Cao Cao alone, why should we be afraid? After all, I have so many wise men to help me. Looking at the world, who can make me afraid?"
I ordered: "Get to your posts and prepare quickly! The soldiers will stop you, and the water will cover you! If you want to fight, fight hard!" I turned to Zhou Yu and said: "Captain Zhou, thanks for your hard work to stop Lu Meng first! I firmly believe that you can lead the army when I do it." When we arrive, protect my Cangwu County and prevent my Dongjiao Prefecture from falling into the hands of Liu Bei! You are the hardest worker, so please go first! You can choose the soldiers of our army at your will. As long as you give an order to the generals, they will all I can go with you! Commander, go and prepare first!" Zhou Yu just looked at me without saying anything, then turned and left.
Zhou Yu only selected former Wu soldiers such as Lu Su, Taishi Ci, Zhou Tai, Xu Sheng, Ding Feng and others. Almost all the outstanding generals in Wuzhong were included in his army. I agreed.
I asked Zhuge Xin to find Zhuge Jin and ask them to garrison in Jianye to avoid Liu Bei. When I saw him off, I secretly said to Zhuge Jin: "Brother, if I really lose to Liu Bei, I hope you can vote for Zhuge Liang and dedicate your career to Liu Bei! When that day comes , just do this! I entrust Xin'er and my son Yong'er to you! I hope you don't tell them what I said today, okay?"
Zhuge Jin looked at me closely and fell silent. I begged: "Please, promise me!" Zhuge Jin smiled and said: "Zhuge Xin is my little sister, and Yong'er is my nephew. How could I treat them badly? Don't worry!" I was happy. Extremely: "Okay! Okay! That's good! I feel relieved with your words!"
Zhuge Jin's eldest son, Zhuge Ke, was reluctant and said, "Father, I don't want to leave! I used to try my best to contribute to the world! Now my uncle is in trouble, how can we be a family?" If you don't want to help? Just let me stay!" "Huh?" I couldn't help but be surprised by what Zhuge Ke said.
Zhuge Jin said: "Nonsense! Let's go! Come with me!" I saw that Zhuge Ke was eager to achieve success, and he was already well-known for his intelligence and talent, so I said: "Okay! Now it's a pity that I have to fight against Liu Bei. , after all, Zhuge Liang is herewhat an inconvenience! If you have the opportunity in the future, I will definitely let you use your talents!" "Ah? Really!" Zhuge Ke was very happy and immediately bit me: "You must mean what you say. !" I replied: "Of course! I will keep my word!" Zhuge Ke said: "Okay! That's it!" Zhuge Ke stretched out a palm. I knew that Zhuge Ke wanted me to high-five him, so I agreed with him. He high-fived: "It's settled!" Zhuge Jin's expression changed drastically.
Zhuge Jin pulled me to the other side, where no one was, and said to me secretly
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Summary of the next chapter: Zhuge Jin sincerely asks Fan Li Zhou Yu and Lu Su lead their troops to confront Lu Meng. Will Zhou Yu betray Fan Li?