"What do you mean?" Sun Quan's eyes burst out with a gleam.

Lu Su lowered his voice and said: "Once Su Zhe withdraws from the siege of Jianye, his army of more than 100,000 will be able to attack Hefei with all his might, and the general will feel it, will he easily let go of General Bofu?" ”

Sun Quan's body was shocked, and he suddenly realized.

Lu Su This is a trick to kill two birds with one stone, a plan to kill people with a knife.

He first used the title of minister to pay tribute in exchange for Su Zhe's retreat, and then ceded Jiangbei to Su Zhe, and used Su Zhe to destroy Sun Ce.

As soon as Sun Ce died, he, Sun Quan, would be able to govern Jiangdong justifiably, who would still be qualified and powerful to question him and oppose him.

Sun Quan smiled, and the corners of his mouth hooked up with an imperceptible mysterious sneer.

"However, before that, the general still needs to deal with one person, and with him, the general will never be allowed to pay tribute to Su Zhenagong."

"Who is it?" Sun Quan became alert again.

"Zhou Yu." Lu Su silently said his name.

Sun Quan's figure was shocked again, and he suddenly understood the meaning of Lu Su's words, and couldn't help frowning deeply.

Lu Su was right, Zhou Yu was the biggest obstacle for him to pay tribute to Su Zhenagong.

Zhou Yu and Sun Ce not only have the friendship of the lord and minister, but also the brotherhood, looking at the Jiangdong generals, only Zhou Yu dares to call Sun Ce "Bofu" all the time.

Not to mention that Zhou Yu is arrogant by nature and can't tolerate Jiangdong being a vassal to Su Zhe, with Zhou Yu's cleverness, he must be able to see that once he proclaims himself to Su Zhe, it will be tantamount to ignoring Sun Ce's life and death.

Zhou Yu, how could he allow it.

And Zhou Yu has great prestige in the army, half of the people in this Jianye City were once Zhou Yu's subordinates, if Zhou Yu gets angry and does something out of the ordinary, he is not an opponent.

"Yes, Zhou Gongjin is indeed the biggest obstacle, we should solve his headache problem......"

Sun Quan paced down the hall, muttering to himself, deep in worry.

At this time, Lu Su's eyes moved, and he thought about it, so he stepped forward and whispered a few words to Sun Quan in his ear.

The worry on Sun Quan's face gradually disappeared, and was replaced by a sneer.

……

The next day, at dusk.

Sun Quan set up a small banquet in the lobby, and the aroma of wine permeated the lobby, which rarely made people feel a little relaxed and idle.

"Report to the general, the governor of Zhou has arrived." A pro-soldier stepped forward to report.

Sun Quan's spirit immediately tensed, and he waved his hands and said, "Hurry up and invite the governor to come in." ”

The soldiers retreated, and Sun Quan's eyes looked at Zhou Tai beside him, and there was a hint of inquiry in his eyes.

Zhou Tai arched his hand and said in a low voice: "Son, rest assured, everything is arranged properly and foolproof." ”

Sun Quan's eyes were a little relieved, and his eyes only looked outside the lobby.

Suddenly, Zhou Yu, dressed in military uniform, strode into the lobby.

"Gongjin, you're here." Sun Quan took the initiative to get up and greeted him with a smile.

Zhou Yu arched his hand: "I'm inspecting the city defense, I don't know if General Zhongmou suddenly summoned me, what's the matter?" ”

"It's an important matter, Gong Jin will sit down and have a drink first." Sun Quan motioned to the left and right to give the seats.

Zhou Yu glanced at the wine and meat on the table, and couldn't guess what Sun Quan's intentions were for a while, so he could only unload his sword and sit down.

"Gong Jin, you have worked hard, I will salute you first for this glass of wine." Sun Quan took the initiative to raise his glass.

Zhou Yu reluctantly picked up the wine glass, but laughed at himself: "Bo Fu asked me to assist General Zhongmou to defend the construction industry, which is what I should do, but unfortunately there are too many Su thieves and horses, and I have lost the quarrying and the outer city one after another, which is really ashamed." ”

Sun Quan didn't blame him, but said with relief: "Gongjin, you have done your best, the previous losses are inevitable, don't say anything, come, drink." ”

Sun Quan raised his glass and drank it all.

Zhou Yu also hurriedly raised his glass, raised his head and poured all the wine, but felt that something was wrong in his heart, feeling that Sun Quan suddenly held a banquet to entertain him, and he was so kind and relieved, it seemed that he had another purpose.

"What do you have to say, you might as well say it directly, you don't have to be polite with me, I have to rush to patrol the city." Zhou Yu asked frankly.

"Well, cough-" Sun Quan coughed a few times, looked at Lu Su who was sitting with him, and secretly looked at him.

Lu Su understood, so he smiled and said: "That's the case, Su Bucai, I thought of a plan to solve the dilemma." ”

"Zijing actually has a clever plan, let's hear it." Zhou Yu's eyes lit up.

Lu Su said: "Actually, my strategy is also very simple, that is, immediately send a general to Jiaozhou, command the troops of Jiaozhou to go north to Jingzhou, and cooperate with Liu Bei to capture the flank of the Su thief, so as to force the Su thief to retreat." ”

Jiaozhou?

Hearing Lu Su's strategy, Zhou Yu was taken aback, and the original look of expectation on his face instantly collapsed.

"Zijing, you're not kidding, are you?" Zhou Yu said in surprise.

Lu Su said seriously: "The stakes are very high, of course I'm not joking, Jiaozhou has a population of one million, enough to raise seventy or eighty thousand soldiers and horses, if you can send this army north, it will definitely form a huge threat to Jingnan." ”

Zhou Yu's brows furrowed.

Jiaozhou is also one of the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, just because it is located in the extreme south of the Han Dynasty and is separated from Jingzhou by five mountains, so after Su Zhe captured Jingzhou, he never took the state in his eyes, nor did he send troops to collect it in time.

For Su Zhe, Jiaozhou is a piece of chicken ribs, but for Sun Ce, who only owns one state, Jiaozhou is equivalent to a mosquito meat, no matter how small it is, it is also meat.

Therefore, more than two years ago, Sun Ce sent Lu Dai to be the assassin of Jiaozhou, led thousands of soldiers and horses into Jiaozhou, and nominally completed the conquest of Jiaozhou.

It's just that Jiaozhou is too far away from Jiangdong, and the local powerful clans are only nominally subservient to Sun Ce, but in fact they are still in a state of self-respect.

Sun Ce not only couldn't collect grain from Jiaozhou and couldn't transfer troops, but also had to spend money to support Lu Dai's thousands of soldiers and horses in Jiaozhou to show his possession of Jiaozhou.

"Jiaozhou has a population of one million, but the real number of households is only more than 500,000, and the rest are mostly people from the Nanyi tribe, so it is impossible for us to use them."

"Besides, the rule of our Jiaozhou is only in name, most of the counties are in the hands of the Shi clan, do you think that the surnamed Shi, in order to take care of the overall situation, will bleed and cut the flesh, provide us with people and food, and help us deal with the Su thief?"

Zhou Yu naturally knows the situation in Jiaozhou well, and in a blink of an eye, he made the real situation in Jiaozhou clear.

In the face of Zhou Yu's questioning, Lu Su was serious and didn't seem to take the problem Zhou Yu said seriously at all.

After Zhou Yu finished speaking, Lu Su said: "What Gong Jin said, Su Wei didn't expect it, so I told General Zhongmou that we must send our strongest commander in Jiangdong to Jiaozhou, so as to integrate Jiaozhou and command Jiaozhou's troops to go north to attack Wei." ”

"The person you are talking about will not be ......" Zhou Yu's expression became solemn, and he vaguely guessed something.

Sun Quan, who had been silent, said at this time: "Gongjin, you guessed right, this candidate is none other than you." ”