On the 15th day of the spring of February in the 25th year of Han Jian'an (220 AD), Nanjun, Jiangling City.

Just when the Han army was evacuating Jingzhou one after another, Cao Cao led Xu Huang's army to retreat from Shangyong to Nanjun, first to the Dangyang camp in Nanjun, and converged with 20,000 Tuntian soldiers led by Sima Yi, and summoned the soldiers and horses of Cao Ren, the defender of Xiangyang and Fancheng, and the soldiers and horses of Manzhong's subordinates totaled 70,000, known as 100,000, and marched south to force Jiangling City.

At this time, it was only more than ten days since Sun Quan escaped from the camp of Jiangnan Yiting to Jiangling City.

On the same day, he led the army to come, and at its peak, there were 100,000 soldiers in Jiangling City, and the soldiers in the hall were like rainbows, vowing to sweep Liu Bei; Now the battle of Yiling was defeated, the three armies were defeated, and the fighting spirit was lost.

The 20,000 soldiers who were captured and released were all starved to bones by the Han army, dying, and they could no longer become combat strength without more than a month's time to recuperate, and they were all sent to the public security city south of the Yangtze River to recuperate.

There are only more than 20,000 soldiers in Jiangling City, and it is okay to defend the city with these horses, but they dare not fight in the field, so they have to watch the Wei army slowly advance and show off their might under Jiangling City.

Sun Quan was like a frightened bird, his heartstrings that had just relaxed tightened again, and he hurriedly convened the generals to discuss the matter.

The matter was big, and after a while, Lu Mengqiang, who was ill, dragged his sick body, led the generals, and hurriedly gathered.

"Cao Cao's soldiers are coming to the city, I don't know what is going on, I invite you to come, I just want to discuss it."

Seeing that the brave generals who were gathered together that day were already half empty at this time, Sun Quan sighed, and suddenly felt exhausted.

Lu Meng, who was at the bottom of the stairs, was actually suffering from abdominal pain at the moment, his face was unusually pale, and sweat the size of soybeans couldn't help but ooze.

At the same time, he observed his words and looks, and had already seen the hesitation in Wu Hou Sun Quan's heart.

At this time, the people in the city were panicked, and they needed to stand up as a military commander, and they must not show any weakness.

At present, the first priority is to analyze the strength of both the enemy and the enemy, and dispel Wu Hou's fear.

Lu Meng took a deep breath, endured the pain, and came out to hug his fists:

"The lord is good, the Wei army claims to be 100,000, but in fact, only half of the people who can fight, and the number of good fighters will be halved. With the impregnable defense of Gangneung City, the minister dared to guarantee that there was no possibility of falling. ”

Sun Quan's expression slowed slightly, but then he sighed again and hesitated: "After all, the morale of our army is low...... What's more, Zhang Liao and Wen Ping appeared on the border of Jiangxia and Misukou, although they have not attacked, it is inevitable that they will not harbor evil intentions. ”

Lu Meng said in his heart, this second item is to distinguish the enemy's intentions.

He took a step forward and replied loudly: "Don't worry, my lord, Cao Cao is false and real, and he has been discovered by the ministers." ”

When Sun Quan heard this, his spirits lifted slightly, and he asked, "Oh? Please also ask Ziming to explain the details. ”

Lu Meng knew that he was the backbone of this room, so he pretended to be calm at the moment, and said loudly:

"It is true that Zhang Liao and Wen Ping appeared on the border of the Eastern Front, and the minister had previously made a claim and sent an envoy to question Zhang Liao, according to Zhang Liao, the reason for his entry was to pursue and kill the rebels, and this suspicion is also one; Secondly, the Wei State successively dealt with the Hanzhong War, the Xiangfan War, and internal and external difficulties, and the army had been exhausted for a long time. Therefore, the minister dared to conclude that Cao Cao did not have the confidence to completely turn his face with us. ”

Sun Quan bowed slightly, and then asked, "Then where did Cao Cao come from this time?" ”

Lu Meng said: "In the opinion of the ministers, what Cao Cao asks for is not to prohibit the surrender of 30,000 Wei countries!" ”

These 30,000 soldiers were captured by Guan Yu when the Seventh Army flooded the Seventh Army that day, and they were held in Jiangling City.

Unexpectedly, Jiangling City was attacked by Lu Meng and succeeded in Jiangling, and these surrendered troops finally cheapened Soochow.

After Sun Quan presented his subordinates to Cao Cao, Cao Cao had explicitly ordered Sun Quan to return these horses, but Sun Quan claimed to wait until Guan Yu's army was defeated before making plans, and before that, he should take proper care of Yunyun for the king of Wei.

In fact, he wanted to eat all these soldiers silently.

Because at that time, the Eastern Wu army inside and outside Jiangling City was rampant, and there was a naval army to respond, so Cao Cao had no way to deal with him for a while.

But as the old saying goes: if you come out to mix, sooner or later you will have to pay it back.

Jiang Qinshui's camp was destroyed, and Sun Quan took the initiative to provoke Liu Bei to fight a decisive battle, in a vain attempt to realize the strategy of two points in the world, but he was defeated miserably, not to mention the heavy injuries of the soldiers, and even the Jingzhou soldiers who originally belonged to Guan Yu were all asked to go back.

Now that morale is low, Cao Cao finally took this opportunity to personally lead the people with a large army.

It really responded to the sentence "People are under the eaves and have to bow their heads." ”

But Wen Lu Meng said: "For today's plan, you might as well agree to Cao Cao first." First, the general and some of the generals will be transferred to the other party, so that they can retreat first. ”

Sun Quan nodded weakly, this time he really stole chickens and rice, didn't eat mutton, and made a mess.

"Lone is afraid that Cao Cao agreed, and Cao Cao didn't want to retreat."

Lu Meng continued: "Secondly, it is necessary to revive the morale of the three armies. The yellow and white things given by the lord to the ministers before, as well as the wealth hidden by Guan Yu, have been sealed in the treasury of Jiangling City, and they should be scattered among the soldiers of the three armies at this time. ”

There is no better way to do this, Sun Quan has no choice but to be good, but the depression on his face can't be hidden no matter what.

Buqi, who came with the car, saw that the lord was in a bad mood, and offered a plan: "The minister has a plan, he can retire Cao Cao's millions of male soldiers, and he is willing to dedicate it to the lord!" ”

Sun Quan hurriedly asked, "Will the plan be released?" ”

Bu Qi said: "The lord can send one person to the Wei army, make tribute, claim to Cao Cao, and persuade Cao Cao to replace the Han Dynasty and proclaim himself the emperor of Great Wei." ”

When Sun Quan heard this, his eyes lit up, and when he talked about political struggles and power schemes, he suddenly understood.

At this time, he bowed his head and called himself a minister, and Cao Cao may not believe him; But if Cao Cao is persuaded to be the emperor as a "subordinate", how can Cao Cao not be cautious in the face of this "kindness"?

If Cao Cao continues to Chen soldiers under Jiangling City, then he will accurately tell the subjects of the world that his Cao family has no idea of self-reliance, and no one will need to persuade him in the future, otherwise Sun Quan of Eastern Wu will be an example.

He didn't believe that Cao Cao didn't have the intention of usurping the throne.

Taking 10,000 steps back, even if Cao Cao really doesn't have the heart to be self-reliant, what will this make his subordinates who have been with him all his life think?

Cao Cao's every move must be very careful to avoid bringing wrong guidance to these people who are watching from the wall, because this will bring great obstacles to his subsequent actions.

When it comes to playing political means, Sun Quan has always drawn inferences from one another, and he can understand the beauty of this plan immediately, so he was overjoyed, and immediately ordered:

"Just according to Zishan's words. Order Liang Yu to serve to the Xuchang Imperial Court and repatriate Zhu Guang! ”

Zhu Guang was appointed by Cao Cao to be the Taishou of Lujiang, who was middle-aged in Jian'an, opened up the rice fields, and ordered the intermediates to lure the Poyang thieves and make internal responses.

In the nineteenth year of Jian'an, Lü Meng recommended Gan Ning as the governor of Shengcheng, and Gan Ning attacked in front and was succeeded by the elite. Invaded the morning attack, Lu Meng held a drum in his hand, and the soldiers all rose to the top, breaking it when eating, and captured Zhu Guang and tens of thousands of men and women.

Zhu Guang has been under house arrest in Wu since then.

This time, in order to win Cao Cao's trust, Sun Quan turned out all his family wealth this time.