Sun Ce's last words to Sun Quan: "Ask Zhou Yu if you don't decide on foreign affairs, and ask Zhang Zhao if you don't decide on internal affairs." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Zhou Yu received the news of Sun Quan's flying pigeon, and knew that something big must have happened in the court of Eastern Wu, which made Sun Quan hesitate, so he flew the pigeon to send a letter to him. Zhou Yu immediately took his wife Xiao Qiao, hurried to Chaisang, and immediately went to see Sun Quan.

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Lu Su met Liu Bei at Changbanpo, and he frankly pointed out that the Jiangdong soldiers were well fed, and Sun Quan and Liu Bei should unite to resist Cao Cao's claims. Liu Bei was very happy to hear this, Liu Bei's military advisor Zhuge Liang thought that the current situation was critical, he volunteered to go to Eastern Wu to ask Sun Quan for help, and Liu Bei asked him and Lu Su to go to see Sun Quan together.

When he arrived in Chaisang, Lu Su first asked Zhuge Liang to rest in the pavilion and went to see Sun Quan by himself. Sun Quan is gathering hundreds of civil and military officials to discuss matters. Zhang Zhao said: "Cao Cao came this time, his momentum is huge, and he is pretending to be in the name of the Son of Heaven. Moreover, Cao Cao got Jingzhou, and the Yangtze River natural insurance on which we relied has also lost half of it. According to the old minister's view, surrendering Cao Cao now is the best policy. ”

Zhang Zhao's words won the unison of all the strategists. Zhang Zhao added: "The lord does not need to doubt, if he surrenders to Cao Cao, the common people of Eastern Wu will be stable, and the places of the six counties of Jiangdong will be preserved." Sun Quan just bowed his head and said nothing.

After a while, Sun Quan retreated into the back hall, and Lu Su followed him into the back hall, and he said to Sun Quan: "What everyone said just now, the lord must not listen to it. Everyone can surrender to Cao Cao, but only the lord cannot surrender. ”

Sun Quan asked, "How do you say this?"

Lu Su replied: "If our people surrender, it is not difficult to find a state and county official to do it, but the lord has surrendered to Cao Cao, at most it is just a wait, and if you want today's status, it will be difficult." Their words are all planned for themselves, you must not listen to them, the lord should make up his mind immediately. ”

When Sun Quan heard this, he was quite moved in his heart, and he sighed: "Zhang Zhao's discussion disappointed me too much, and your words only came to my heart." But what I'm worried about is that Cao Cao can't be the enemy, Cao Cao's soldiers are strong, and we may not be his opponents. ”

Lu Su took the opportunity to invite Sun Quan to meet Zhuge Liang, and asked Sun Quan to ask Zhuge Liang what was the strength of Cao's army?

The next day, Lu Su accompanied Zhuge Liang to meet Sun Quan, who was already waiting on the steps to meet them. Zhuge Liang first said Liu Bei's greetings, and he peeked at Sun Quan. Sun Quan has a big mouth, blue eyes and purple hair, he has a square face, he was born with a big mouth, a purple beard full of cheeks, blue eyes like electricity, and an image of not being angry and arrogant.

Sun Quan is Sun Jian's second son, Sun Quan was born with a big mouth and fine eyes, Sun Jian, who was still in Xiapi County at that time, was very surprised to see it, thinking that he had a noble appearance. Fang Yi has square cheeks, a big mouth, a big mouth, can eat all directions, and his eyes are shining, and his vitality is very abundant.

Sun Quan's appearance also has two significant characteristics, the purple-haired general, long and short. Purple hair, that is, the cheeks are covered with purple and yellow beards. Some people believe that Sun Quan has atavistic phenomena, and his ancestors have the blood of northern nomads. The blue-eyed purple hair made Sun Quan really look like a half-breed with Caucasian blood. As for the length of the upper and lower levels, it is the length of the body, that is, the length of the upper body, and the legs are short, that is, the lower body is short. Standing up, short, sitting down, tall, only nobles who do not need to stand to wait for people, but sit and let others wait, this is a saying of Sun Quan.

Liu Wan once said to people: "I think that although the Sun brothers are talented and understand things well, they are all rich and noble, and their lives are not long." Only the second grandson, Sun Quan, has a burly body, a peculiar appearance, an extraordinary skeleton, a noble appearance, and the longest lifespan, you can fulfill what I said in the future. At that time, Sun Quan was still a young man with a weak crown.

Zhuge Liang saw that Sun Quan was extraordinary, so he planned to provoke him with counterwords. After a few polite words, Sun Quan asked Zhuge Liang: "How much strength does Cao Jun have?"

Zhuge Liang said: "Cao Cao's cavalry, infantry, and naval army add up to millions of people. ”

Sun Quan groaned in a low voice: "Then how are we going to deal with it?"

Zhuge Liang said: "Lord Sun, if you want to rely on the strength of Wu and Yue to confront Cao Cao in the north, then you should cut off relations with Cao Cao as soon as possible; It is very dangerous to wait and see at this time. ”

Sun Quan immediately retorted: "Then why didn't Liu Bei surrender?"

Zhuge Liang replied: "Tian Heng is just a strong man in the Qi Kingdom, and he can still keep his righteousness without disgrace. Our lord is a hero in the world, admired by everyone, and even if the times are bad, he will never give in to Cao Cao. ”

After hearing this, Sun Quan said very excitedly: "I have six counties in Jiangdong and 100,000 soldiers, I will definitely not be controlled by others, and I am also determined to resist Cao." ”

Zhuge Liang analyzed Cao Cao's weaknesses and said: "Although our Liu Beijun suffered defeat, Guan Yu's men have 10,000 elite soldiers, and Liu Qi also has 10,000 soldiers, which is enough to fight with Cao's army." ”

The advantage of Cao Cao's army, after Cao Cao eliminated Yuan Shao, there was no one in the north who could match Cao Cao, and the situation in the whole of China was very favorable to Cao Cao at this time. Militarily, Cao Cao's military strength increased dramatically, estimated to around 200,000 soldiers, and his ruling area included the eight prefectures of Yan, Henan, Xu, Hebei, Qing, You, He, and Sili.

From an economic point of view, due to Cao Cao's establishment of tuntian, the suppression of the powerful class, and the cultivation of yeoman farmers, the economic strength of the north also continued to recover. From a political point of view, Cao Cao has the political strength to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, which is his greatest strategic advantage.

After Cao Cao conquered Jingzhou and defeated Liu Bei, his strength was greatly enhanced, and he possessed the strategic towns of Xiangyang and Jiangling in Jingzhou, and received Liu Biao's military supplies and troops. In this way, he controlled the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, had the ability to conduct large-scale water battles on the Yangtze River, and was in a situation where he could attack Jiangdong in the east and Yizhou in the west, which added to Cao Cao's advantage in advancing southward.

The disadvantage of Cao Cao's army, Cao Cao only occupied Xiangfan and Jiangling, two important towns in Jingzhou, but in the rest of Jingzhou, Cao's army has not yet reached the strength. Moreover, Jingzhou surrendered under Cao Cao's strong military oppression, and the people's hearts had not yet been attached, and the people of Jingzhou were fluctuating and restless, and Cao's army came from afar, without recuperation, and the army was tired.

Cao Jun was not good at water warfare, and Cao Cao also came up with the intention of capturing Eastern Wu after he obtained Jingzhou sailors without losing a single soldier. Jingzhou soldiers were originally Liu Biao's soldiers, but they had just been incorporated by Cao Cao, and their loyalty was unreassuring. Moreover, there was no general who was good at water warfare in Cao Cao's army, so he had to hand it over to the future commander who did not understand water warfare, the commander was unprofessional, and the soldiers were undecided, and their strength was still recovering.

Cao Cao's army committed four taboos, and now the north has not been pacified, plus Ma Chao and Han Sui are still in Guanxi, they are Cao Cao's troubles. Cao Cao's army abandoned the saddle horse and relied on boats to fight Wu Yue, which was not what Cao Jun was good at. Now it was a cold winter, and the horses had no grass to eat, so they drove the northern soldiers to the south to the lakes of the south, where they were not accustomed to water and soil, and were bound to get sick. These four items are Cao Cao's taboos in using troops, but Cao Cao took the risk of doing it.

If it is a protracted war, Cao Jun will not be able to bargain. In addition to the difficulty of transporting grain and grass, perhaps even the entire national strength will be dragged down.

Zhuge Liang said: "The Cao army came from afar, they didn't know how to fight water wars, and the people of Jingzhou hated them very much. If Lord Sun is willing to work together with our lord, he will definitely defeat Cao Cao. Cao Cao was defeated and retreated to the north, Sun was dominant in Jiangdong, and my lord occupied Jingzhou, and a situation of three points was formed. The chance of success or failure lies in today. ”

Sun Quan was very happy when he heard this: "After listening to your words, the problem has been solved, my mind has been decided, there is no need to have other worries, let's discuss sending troops to meet the battle immediately." Sun Quan asked Lu Su to announce the decision to the officials, and Zhuge Liang temporarily returned to the post house to rest.