Chapter 561: An Unshakable Enemy
Liu He stood up and respectfully saluted Lu Su, "Mr. Zijing came from afar, in fact, it was also to go to the appointment between the two of us, Liu He is here, thank you, Mr." β
Lu Su, who has always been gentle and elegant, polite and humble, was expressionless at this time, sitting calmly in his seat, and did not even have the slightest intention of getting up and saluting.
Liu He laughed self-deprecatingly, "I know that military affairs can't be mixed with personal emotions, but I always feel that if I am not a person all the way, I can't sit down and really put my heart into my heart, you think I am naΓ―ve or paranoid, I, Liu He, am such a person." β
Liu He walked to the railing, leaned on it without any gesture, and said in a calm tone: "Today, there are only three of us on this spiritual platform, so I will tell you what I think about it." I have done so many things for only two purposes, one is to end this troubled world, and the other is to hope that fewer people will die. I came here with these two thoughts in mind, and along the way, I have experienced many things, and I have been impulsive and shaken. I once thought that my idea might be wrong, that ending the troubled times was not as easy as I thought, and that fewer people would die was even more wishful thinking, until I met you. β
Liu He turned around and looked at Cao Cao and Lu Su like two old friends, "It was you who told me that my concept is not wrong, this troubled world must be ended, and people don't have to die in vain." So even though I knew that the idea of one hundred and eight pieces of jade was ridiculous, I still came. I think you must be like me, wanting to see the day this troubled world ends. Liu He knows that it is ridiculous, and thanks to the two of them for their tolerance. β
After that, Liu He straightened his clothes and gave a deep salute, but he didn't get up for a long time.
Cao Cao and Lu Su looked at Liu He, but no one stepped forward to help, leaving Liu He alone on the edge of the railing, performing the most important salute of his life.
After a long time, Lu Su cleared his throat and said in an unprecedentedly deep voice: "I want Mr. Tianji to understand one thing, what we are talking about here today is a major matter related to the lifeblood of this country, and it cannot be done by relying on a few bold words. β
As soon as Lu Su said this, Liu He and Cao Cao were shocked, but after a while, they were both relieved.
Lu Zijing, today's leading politician and columnist, deserves such a mind and bearing.
Cao Cao suddenly laughed for no reason, "Since Mr. Zijing wants to hear something practical, then I'll tell you a few words of truth." The reason why I sat here and calmly discussed this matter with the two of you is that I have a three-year agreement with Mr. Tianji, and second, I have gathered all the strategists under my command to jointly deduce the future trend of our three families. Guess what, what is the result of the deduction? β
Lu Su calmly clenched his fists, "I want to hear about it." β
Cao Cao shook his head, still smiling, but his smile turned into a wry smile, "You must not have imagined the final result." Among the three of us, it was finally Mr. Zijing's Soochow who had the last laugh. β
Lu Su glanced at Cao Cao meaningfully, and smiled faintly, "What Gong Cao said is different from the results of our Dongwu before. Whether it is an all-out battle at any cost, or a long-term consumption of national strength, our Sun and Liu families are not Cao Gong's opponents. β
Cao Cao did not rush to answer, but called someone to bring a map and spread it on the table.
"What can you both see from this picture?"
Liu He and Lu Su looked at the map on the table, and they both frowned.
It was just an ordinary map, but I don't know what Cao Cao meant by asking.
Lu Su thought for a while and said in a deep voice: "This is the territory of the Han Dynasty, and it is also the sphere of our three forces. β
Cao Cao suddenly looked at the map like a torch, pointed to the map and said: "Mr. Zijing is right, from this map, you can indeed see these, but you can only see these!" β
With a wave of his hand, he pointed to the places outside the map that were not depicted, "There are many more that we can't see on here!" There are Xiongnu, Qian, Xianbei in the north, Di and Qiang in the northwest, Wuhuan in the northeast, Nanban in the south, and Shanyue in the southeast! Behind all three of us, there is at least one enemy eyeing us, sharpening their knives while watching us kill each other, and when the time comes, they will pour in from all directions and take the opportunity to sweep the Central Plains! β
Lu Su's face suddenly turned like ashes, and his voice trembled: "Cao Gong is ...... say"
Cao Cao nodded heavily, "Yes, except for your Dongwu who can rely on the advantages of geography and barely support it, both of us will be slaughtered, and there will be no chance to resist at all." And Soochow only lasted a little longer, and in the end it will fall into the same fate as our two families. β
Liu He was shocked when he heard it on the side, and what made him feel even more terrifying was that the Cao and Sun families had already deduced the future trend of the world before this, and the Shu land where they were located was ......
Liu He didn't know if Zhuge Liang had made similar deductions, with Zhuge Liang's intelligence, he would definitely be able to think of anything that the Cao and Sun families could think of.
But if he did the deduction, why didn't he tell himself the results of the deduction?
Standing on this spiritual platform at the top of the world, Liu He once again felt that the gap between himself and the two people in front of him who could completely control the situation in the world was too big.
Cao Cao's eyes became as hot as fire, "If we continue to blindly consume each other like this, it will only pave the way for those foreign races to enter the Central Plains, once they attack the hinterland of the Central Plains, they will not have the slightest mercy on our people, and when the time comes, it will be inevitable that the lives will be ruined, and the catastrophe suffered by the people will be a hundred times more tragic than now!" β
Lu Su, who was already sweating profusely, sat down in his seat for a moment, and his eyes became gloomy.
He has always believed that although Dongwu lacks fierce generals who gallop on the battlefield, the strategists who are strategizing are definitely not inferior to Cao Cao's subordinates.
As early as when Zhou Yu was still alive, he had deduced with Lu Su and many strategists in Jiangdong.
Whether it is the three parties concentrating all their forces to have a decisive battle, or uniting with Liu Bei to stretch Cao Cao's battle line and trying to drag him down, the final result is the same, Cao Cao is always in an invincible position and dominates the world, it is just a matter of time.
It wasn't until Cao Cao gave another answer just now that Lu Su realized that Dongwu had focused all his attention on Cao Cao's strong enemy, and that almost unshakable strong enemy could think farther and think more than them.