Jiangdong, Zhuge Mansion.

Zhuge Jin is Chinese New Year's Eve six years old today, with an elegant appearance and a very famous demeanor. His 'serving' Sun Jian for several years, although he has not been as deeply believed by Sun as Zhou Yu, Lu Su, and Zhang Zhao, but he has also been quite reused, and now he holds the position of Changshi under the account of King Wu, and among the ministers under Sun Jian's account, it can be regarded as having a certain status.

At this moment, Zhuge Jin was in his living room, receiving his younger brother ---- Zhuge Liang, who was seven years younger than him.

Zhuge Liang was planning for Liu Bei, and after the brothers drank a few sips of tea and exchanged a few words, they stepped into the main topic.

"Today, the Cao thief 'wants' to use the power of the Central Plains to invade Jiangdong, and I hope that my brother can make a few suggestions in front of King Wu, so that Xuande Gong can lead a team of soldiers and horses, and do his part for the people of Jiangdong with the Cao thief." Zhuge Liang took the lead in saying the purpose of his visit.

Zhuge Jin listened to his younger brother's request and frowned slightly. Zhuge Liang sought soldiers and horses for Liu Bei, although he said that it was to help defend Jiangdong, but in fact, his real thoughts were clear at a glance, and he was still to take the opportunity to expand Liu Bei's power.

After Liu Bei entered Wu, he was suppressed by Sun Jian, and the number of soldiers and horses he could control never exceeded 10,000. Sun Jian is not like Liu Biao, Liu Bei lives in Wudi, even if he tries his best, there is no way to increase his power by the slightest.

And now, Cao 'Cao' raised 250,000 troops and invaded Wu in the south, which made Liu Bei see an opportunity to enhance his strength ---- break away from Sun Jian.

Although Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei stayed in Jiangdong together for a long time, the number of meetings between the Zhuge brothers was also very rare, that is, during the New Year's holidays, the two brothers came out to get together, and they basically didn't see each other much at other times. After all, although Zhuge Liang is now in Wuying, he has never been truly loyal to Sun Jian in his heart, which everyone in Jiangdong knows. If Zhuge Jin and Zhuge Liang stay together too many times and for too long, causing unnecessary misunderstandings between the lord Sun Jian, it will be very troublesome. Although Sun Jian is not a suspicious and jealous person, he pays attention to everything in case, so if there is nothing important, Zhuge Jin will not easily visit his younger brother. And Zhuge Liang can also understand his brother's difficulties and will not come to him casually.

But now, his younger brother asked him to go to the king of Wu and ask the king of Wu to send troops, isn't this embarrassing for himself. If he said that to King Wu, no matter how generous King Wu was, he would definitely suspect that he had colluded with Liu Bei.

"Kong Ming, I don't know how many soldiers and horses Xuande Gong wants?" Zhuge asked tentatively.

"Twenty thousand." Zhuge Liang also knew that he was very unkind to his brother like this, but this was the best opportunity for Liu Bei to develop his strength, and it was the only opportunity!

Once the current opportunity is missed, after the battle of Wu Wei, Liu Bei will no longer have a chance to turn over. Sun Jiansheng will be victorious, and Liu Bei will be firmly controlled by Sun Jian in the second half of his life, and he can only die of depression in the end; Cao '' the victory, Liu Bei either died, or fled to the deep mountains and forests, and since then he has lived a secluded life without asking about the world.

In order to prevent these things from happening, he must bring a force for Liu Bei before Wu Wei's battle, so that no matter which side Wu Wei wins, he cannot easily disdain Liu Bei's existence. It would be even better if Liu Bei could take the opportunity to take advantage of the fisherman's profits and get a piece of land when the two sides were in a big war.

And the only person he can ask for help is Zhuge Jin. The rest of the people like Zhang Zhao and others, how could they ignore the request of their lord Liu Bei, as for Zhou Yu's generation, they regarded the lord as a thorn in the side of the 'meat', and it was not easy to do no harm, how could they help him in the slightest?

"Twenty thousand?" Zhuge Jin's brows furrowed even tighter. Now Liu Bei has 10,000 soldiers and horses, and if he gives him 20,000, the total number of troops he can control will reach 30,000, which is not small. With Liu Bei's ability, once he has 30,000 soldiers and horses, then he already has the strength to break away from Jiangdong's control, which may pose a threat to Jiangdong. It is impossible for either Sun Jian or Zhou Yu to allow this kind of thing to happen, let alone allow Liu Bei to have so many soldiers and horses in Jiangdong.

Not to mention that Cao Thief has not sent troops yet, even if he has already hit outside Jianye City, Sun Jian will not let Liu Bei lead 30,000 soldiers and horses!

If Zhuge Liang said that he wanted 6,000 people, Zhuge Jin would have said something to King Wu for the sake of brotherhood. But as soon as Zhuge Liang opened his mouth, he asked for 20,000 soldiers and horses, and Zhuge Jin didn't have the idea of going to see King Wu.

He knew that as soon as he mentioned this matter to King Wu, he would be driven out by the 'attendants' around King Wu the next moment.

"There's nothing I can do about it." Zhuge Jin's face changed again and again, and finally opened his mouth to refuse.

"Brother......" Zhuge Liang wanted to try to persuade again, but was interrupted by Zhuge Jin.

"I can't help you in this matter, but I can recommend someone to you, maybe you can help you make your wish come true."

"Oh? Dare to ask who my brother is talking about? At first, when he heard that Zhuge Jin refused, Zhuge Liang couldn't help but be disappointed, but then when he saw that Zhuge Jin had another candidate, Zhuge Liang looked forward to it again.

"Lu Su, Lu Zijing."