As soon as Sun Quan's words fell, he suddenly heard a report from Jia Hua, the general of his own army, outside the door: "Lord, it's not good, according to the report of the spies, Liu He led the army from Jiangxia to Lujiang, and its forward is only fifty miles away from us......"

"What? This, this Liu He, is it really impossible to kill them all? After Sun Quan listened to Jia Hua's words, he couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, and said in a lost voice. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At this time, I saw Zhang Zhao step forward and say, "Lord, what should we do now?" Liu He's army is strong, far beyond our ability to resist, according to the opinion of the lower officials, we might as well escape, if it's too late, the lord might as well temporarily compromise and forbear, surrender to it, as long as we can reach Jiangdong safely, we don't have to be afraid anymore, after all, Liu He's generals and soldiers are not good at water warfare, we arrived in Jiangdong, and he was helpless. ”

"Mr. Zhang, how can you say such a thing?" Listening to Zhang Zhao's words, Sun Quan's Lu Meng couldn't help but shout loudly: "The thieves are coming, we should fight hard, even if we are defeated, it doesn't matter, it's a big deal to repay the country with death, but also to cover the lord's calm return to Jiangdong, now you let the lord pay for his own humiliation, in exchange for the safety of everyone here, it is really not the work of the ministers, it is despicable." ”

When Zhang Zhao heard this, his face turned green with anger, and he pointed at Lu Meng and said: "You kid dares to talk to me like this, it's so bold, don't say it's you, even your brother-in-law Deng Dang, you didn't dare to say this about me back then, not to mention that I said this not for myself, but for the safety of the lord, you said that you have to resist hard, and I ask you, why do you resist?" With this little strength in the city? Even if you resist desperately, even if you die, you can protect the safety of the worker? ”

"Enough!" Watching Zhang Zhao and Lu Meng quarrel, Sun Quan suddenly felt a burst of annoyance for no reason, and scolded loudly: "Anyway, it's not my style to run away without a fight, if I really do this, won't I want to make the world laugh in the future?" Pass my order, the whole city soldiers climbed to the top of the city, swore to resist the enemy to the death, there are those who surrender, there are such cases! ”

After Sun Quan finished speaking, he pulled out the sword at his waist and immediately cut off the corner of the table in front of him, which made Zhang Zhao on the side tremble.

"No!" When Lu Meng saw that Sun Quan did what he had said, he was immediately very excited, agreed loudly, and then glanced at Zhang Zhao proudly, preparing to defend the city.

When Lu Meng left, Sun Quan glanced at Zhang Zhao again, his face gradually softened, and finally explained with a smile: "Zhang Gong, you should know that I have just taken over as the lord of Jiangdong not long ago, the people are not convinced, and Shanyue is also very happy, in this case, if I surrender directly to Liu He, it is estimated that I will no longer be able to gain a foothold in Jiangdong, so I must defend this Lujiang, even if I can't hold it, I must return to Jiangdong decently, this is the emperor's technique, I have to do it." ”

Zhang Zhao's face was originally ugly, but after listening to Sun Quan's explanation, he could only choose to forgive, and said to Sun Quan: "For this, Xia Guan also understands, but the lord can take a degree, don't set himself on fire, this time since Liu He was able to capture Huang Gai alive and kill Han Dang, it proves that he has gathered enough strength, and it is definitely not something we can resist the enemy, in fact, if we follow yesterday's strength, we should have enough strength to guard Lujiang, However, the lord insisted on transferring the most elite soldiers under his command, Tai Shi Ci and General Zhou Tai, to Changsha overnight, which led to a serious shortage of our troops in Lujiang, and once the enemy army cut off our food routes, I am afraid that it will be impossible for us to retreat even if we want to......"

"It seems that everything can't be hidden from Zhang Gong......" Sun Quan sighed and said slowly: "In fact, after Huang Gai was defeated, I knew that Jiangxia could not be saved, and it was meaningless to defend Lujiang in this case, it was better to use these two counties, especially Lujiang, as a bait for Liu He and Cao Cao to fight, so as to be able to ensure the temporary security of my Jiangdong, and as long as the three counties of Jingnan, Jiaozhou and Nanjun were captured during this period, our territory would not be much worse than Liu He, and then we would march into Shuzhong, In this way, we can achieve the rule of the river with Liu He and divide the world, which is actually the strategic intention that Gongjin put forward to me, but we can't do it too obviously, everything must appear natural, so as not to be seen through by others, and in order to achieve this goal, sometimes it is worth making some necessary sacrifices. ”

"I don't know what the lord means by sacrifice?" Zhang Zhao asked with a puzzled expression.

I saw Sun Quan say with a wry smile: "Actually, Lu Meng is a very brave general, but after all, he is young, his personality is reckless, and his heart is not calm enough, it is not easy to train to become an excellent general in a short period of time, and correspondingly, Cheng Pu, Zhou Yu, Ling Cao, Jiang Qin, Zhou Tai, Dong Xi, these veterans are all experienced generals, even Chen Wu, Xu Sheng, Quan Cong, Zhu Huan, these young generals are more calm than him, and it is relatively easy to cultivate, but it is a pity that Huang Gai was captured and Han Dang was killed. Otherwise, these two people will also bring me a lot of help to pacify Jiangdong. ”

After listening to what Sun Quan said, Zhang Zhao understood that Sun Quan wanted to "give" Lujiang City to Liu He by sacrificing Lu Meng's situation, in order to seek a temporary reconciliation with Liu He, and then provoke Liu He and Cao Cao to compete for Jiangxia and Lujiang counties, and then take advantage of Liu Bei and Liu He's competition for Xiangfan and Ba County to attack Liu Bei, obtain the vast territory of Nanjun, Jingnan and Jiaozhou, and realize his plan to divide the world into two.

Zhang Zhao, who had figured all this, couldn't help but be secretly happy, and thought proudly: "Kid Lu Meng, you also deserve it, who made you so disrespectful to me?" And he also proposed the bad idea of letting Sun Ce's daughter marry Guan Yu's son before. You're still too tender. ”

At this time, Lu Meng's reputation and ability were not obvious, and the story of Sun Quan's persuasion did not happen, and his life trajectory was very different from history, in history, Sun Ce was still alive at this time, he should have died in Jian'an for five years, and at that time, Lu Meng was already Sima of other departments, and he was appointed by Sun Ce under the recommendation of Zhang Zhao, but now Zhang Zhao is very respected by Sun Quan as an old minister, how can he pay attention to Lu Meng, an ordinary pro-military camp marquis? In addition, Lu Meng has always been proud of his bravery, and even Jia Hua, the general of his own army, does not pay much attention to it, so he has been squeezed out by Jia Hua many times, and naturally he will not be reused.

In addition, Lü Meng violated the taboo in order to show himself, and even proposed the idea of letting Sun Quan marry Sun Ce's daughter to Guan Yu, which made Sun Quan even more dissatisfied, so he chose the strategy of "giving" Lujiang to Liu He at the expense of Lü Meng.

Subsequently, Sun Quan encouraged Lü Meng to hold on to the city on the one hand, but on the other hand, he quietly evacuated Jiangxia from the waterway with Zhang Zhao, Jia Hua and others......

For Sun Quan did not only Liu He did not know, Lu Meng did not know, until Liu He's army came to the city, and then asked the hospital to attack the city, Lu Meng found that there were no other generals in the city except for himself to guard, his heart was suddenly cold, and he wanted to commit suicide in discouragement, but he was shot to the arm by Liu He's general Huang Zu, and the sword fell to the ground.