Chapter 70: The Covenant of the Past.
Since the Eastern Wu took the three counties from Liu Bei, although the two sides are still secretly competing, they have ostensibly returned to the covenant-like state of harmony before the Battle of Chibi. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoBecause he asked Shana to lead 5,000 troops to Xiangyang for him, Zhuge Song only brought a few entourages and ten personal guards to Lukou this time.
Because the time had been agreed with a letter in advance, the warships of Soochow also came out early to welcome Zhuge Song to the shore, and it was a little embarrassing that it was Lu Meng who was waiting to greet Zhuge Song on the shore. Previously, Lu Meng led his troops to Changsha, Guiyang, and Lingling counties, if it weren't for Shamoke's very interesting way to bring troops to help, Zhuge Song's Wuling County would definitely be in danger.
After the two met, they couldn't help but be embarrassed, but they still had to say polite words, and Lu Meng held back for a long time and gave Zhuge Song a sentence: "The general has good archery skills that day!" ”
Zhuge Song also took advantage of the situation and said to him: "It's still General Lu who has a big appetite and almost stole my Wuling!" The two looked at each other and laughed, looking like they had relieved their previous suspicions, but Zhuge Song knew that Lu Meng was not sure how to think about Yin himself who would succeed next time, and he also sneered in his heart: "Boy, when you cross the river in white, I won't give you a good look!" ”
In this way, Zhuge Song and Lu Meng went to Lu Su's residence together "intimately", and the scenery along the way was not bad.
Lukou is the mouth of the Yangtze River out of Lushui Lake, so it is named, Zhou Yu was the army here to defeat Cao Cao in Chibi, it can be said that it is also the blessed land of Eastern Wu, now Lu Su is the capital of Eastern Wu Governor Tun soldiers here, the north can even Jiangxia, the west can peek into Jiangling, what Zhuge Song saw and heard along the way, and it seemed that the military fortress of Eastern Wu was more vast and prosperous than when he and Kong Ming came.
Although Guan Yu had said to Zhuge Song that Lu Su was seriously ill, Zhuge Song didn't expect that Lu Su would be haggard when he saw him this time, and he would lie directly on the bed to meet the guests, except for him and Lu Meng sitting on the side of Lu Su's bed on a stool, there was no one else left in the room.
When Lu Su saw Zhuge Song come in, he "forced" to let Lu Meng help him up and lie down, during which he coughed for a while, but Zhuge Song knew that although Lu Su was about to end his life, he should have at least about three years to live in history. The more Lu Su pretended to be serious like this, the more Zhuge Song remembered that Lu Meng pretended to be sick and paralyzed Guan Yu in history, and induced Guan Yu to dispatch Jingzhou's troops to attack Fancheng.
Maybe Lu Su has always been a humble gentleman and an honest man, but at the critical moment when Guan Yu captured Xiangyang and possibly continued to go north to make Nanjun empty, as Sun Quan's most relied on now, he chose to deceive Zhuge Song in front of national interests, but in Zhuge Song's opinion, it was really understandable.
Seeing that Lu Su was very sick and pitiful, Zhuge Song really couldn't bear to expose him in front of him like this. Of course, the deeper reason is that although Lu Su looks honest, Lu Meng is not a good stubble, if Zhuge Song immediately exposes that Lu Su is deliberately exaggerating his own condition, it is equivalent to telling them that Zhuge Song already knows Lu Su's intention to pretend to be sick like this, if the generals of Eastern Wu secretly yin Zhuge Song for Jingzhou, and make an accident scene for him so that he can't return to Jiangling, then Zhuge Song will become a big fool.
So Zhuge Song decided to cooperate with the acting, pretending to be particularly concerned about Lu Su, and when he sat down, he took Lu Su's hand and began to shush and ask for warmth, showing that he was very worried about his condition. After all, Lu Su is an honest man in his bones, seeing Zhuge Song like this, his face is inevitably a little flawed, in order to hide the uneasiness in his heart, he coughed vigorously twice, and congratulated Zhuge Song on Guan Yu's defeat of Cao Ren and the capture of Xiangyang, so as to divert the topic from his illness.
Speaking of Xiangyang, Zhuge Song was a little hesitant. In his heart, he wanted to take this opportunity to directly say to Lu Su that Guan Yu wanted to take advantage of the victory to attack Fancheng, but he was a little worried that the transfer of troops from Jiangling to the front line would cause the emptiness of Nanjun to test Lu Su.
However, now that Cao Ren has lost Xiangyang and has no time to protect himself, the only one who can threaten Nanjun is Dongwu, who is stationed in Lukou, so it is obvious that there is some distrust of the allies. But Zhuge Song still didn't want to miss this opportunity to see if Lu Su really wanted to sneak attack Nanjun, after all, Lu Su was already dead when the white clothes crossed the river in history, if he was still there, maybe from the perspective of jointly resisting Cao, he wouldn't have attacked Nanjun.
So Zhuge Song decided to change the method and said to Lu Su: "General Guan is heroic, Cao Ren is naturally not an opponent, and now we are ready to take advantage of the victory to pursue and attack Fancheng, and Cao Cao is confronting my lord in Hanzhong at this time, Xuchang is empty, and it is likely to mobilize troops from Xuzhou to reinforce Fancheng, so that Hefei has no backup, and the governor of the capital can intentionally take it?" ”
Lu Su sighed and shook his head: "I'm not afraid of the general laughing, the last time our side attacked Hefei, Zhang Liao was taken by surprise and lost his spirit." Now that my morale is low, I need to recuperate, and I am also so sick that I can't go into the army at all! ”
Zhuge Song looked at Lu Meng, and saw that he also had a bitter look on his face, but Zhuge Song couldn't feel the bitterness on Lu Meng's face because he couldn't take Hefei.
The more low-key these two played, the more Zhuge Song felt that Nanjun was dangerous, but how could he be sure when Dongwu would make a move? Zhuge Song decided to come up with the killer plan that he had already thought of before he came.
Thinking of this, Zhuge Song pretended to laugh at Lu Su and said: "It seems that you Dongwu is really unprofitable!" ”
"What did the general say about this?" Lu Su was stunned when he heard Zhuge Song suddenly speak like this, while Lu Meng was angry.
Zhuge Song stretched out his hand into his arms, Lu Meng's eyes stared at the hand that was stretched into his arms, looking very nervous, but Zhuge Song smiled and slowly took out a small bag and gently placed it next to Lu Su's bed.
Lu Meng's expression was visibly relaxed, because it was obvious that such a small bag would not let go of something as dangerous as a dagger.
Zhuge Song slowly opened the string on the brocade bag, and gently poured out the contents with a slight sound.
"This?" Lu Meng obviously didn't expect that Zhuge Song would actually pour out seven very ordinary copper coins from the bag, and looked at him in surprise. But Lu Su's face changed suddenly, and his face was as if a seriously ill person had suddenly returned to his light, and he suddenly had a brilliance.
Zhuge Song completely ignored Lu Meng, who was very confused, but gently grabbed one from these copper coins and said to Lu Su: "The three-year appointment has passed early, since the governor of the capital did not come to ask for his life, why didn't he send 50,000 arrows to Wuling?" ”
Lu Su's face turned red suddenly, but he also lost his mind to an idea, but after a slight hesitation, he said to Zhuge Song with a very self-reproachful look: "The big husband is willing to gamble and lose, and the general gambled with his life that day, how dare Su not abide by the preface?" It's just that the general has been in Sichuan for a long time, and then the two sides have to meet each other because of the ownership of Jingzhou, if I send the arrows to you at that time, wouldn't I be suspected of collaborating with the enemy in front of my lord? General, please rest assured, I have already prepared 50,000 arrows, and when the general returns to Nanjun, I will bring them back with me! ”
Zhuge Song laughed and said, "Good, good, good!" The Metropolitan Governor is really a trustworthy person, and now that our attack on Fancheng is imminent, it is when military supplies are urgently needed, then I will be disrespectful! ”
Lu Meng's face was dazed, but because of Lu Su's identity, he couldn't ask clearly. When Zhuge Song saw this, he knew that he had given Lu Su a divination, but Lu Su didn't tell anyone afterwards. Thinking about this, he wanted to make an effort to keep Dongwu from attacking Jingzhou, although Zhuge Song knew that if he wanted Dongwu to give up Jingzhou, it would be as difficult as asking Sun Quan to cut off one of his arms, but he still wanted to try.
He said to Lu Su: "Since the Metropolitan Governor is so trustworthy, Song'er is willing to give the Metropolitan Governor another divination, when you can recover from your illness, and when Hefei can be pocketed by Wu Hou!" ”