Liu Bei returned the salute to Lu Su: "Since Mr. already knows that the situation in Jingzhou has changed greatly, Liu Bei is preparing to retreat to Jiangling, I don't know what Mr. has to teach him." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Lu Su said: "Now Cao Cao is powerful, Liu Cong has surrendered to the state, General Zuo loves the people like a son, and crosses the river with the people, but he travels more than ten miles a day like this, I don't know when he will arrive, if the Cao army chases, how to resist?" ”

Liu Bei laughed proudly: "My Zhuge military division has already made arrangements, last night we have defeated the Cao army's five thousand tiger and leopard cavalry, they have suffered heavy losses, and they have fled back." ”

Lu Su was surprised, seeing that Liu Bei's team was so four or five thousand infantry, it was really not easy to defeat Cao Cao's five thousand cavalry, this Zhuge Liang's military division had a good level of planning, and hurriedly saluted Ge Liang: "The military advisor is like a god, and I admire it, I am friends with Brother Ling, and I have heard him say that his brother is brilliant, and I am fortunate to meet him today." ”

Ge Liang hates that these people always like to talk about crepe when they first meet, can't they just speak colloquially? At the moment, he returned the salute to Lu Su and said: "I heard that Brother Zijing was bold when he was in Linhuai East City, and the local knights were proud to be able to drink three hundred cups with Brother Zijing. "Didn't you want to come and join forces with us to fight Cao? If you have something to say, you should say it early.

Lu Su still had a small abacus in his heart, and now he didn't know what kind of bargaining chip he wanted to give Liu Bei the most cost-effective bargaining chip to talk about the alliance, so he thought for a while and asked Liu Bei: "General Zuo is going to Jiangling, then Jiangling is a place under the jurisdiction of Cai Mao, I heard that he is actively advocating the surrender of Cao Cao, can you successfully enter Jiangling this time?" ”

Ge Liang hurriedly stopped and said: "Since our lord has chosen to retreat to Jiangling, he has naturally made arrangements for it, this is a military secret, and it is inconvenient to disclose it to Brother Zijing, please forgive me." Then he went to Liu Bei's ear and asked softly, "The lord has already made arrangements." ”

Liu Bei shook his head and said: "Cai Mao, as an important official in Jingzhou, is waiting in Xiangyang to welcome Cao Cao and ask for merit and reward, and he is definitely not in Jiangling at this time, I plan to let the people enter the city first, and we will occupy the city gate after we are caught in it, and then the army will be stationed again." ”

Ge Liang also understood Lu Su's thoughts, and he didn't expose him for the time being: "Brother Zijing came to condole, now that the situation has changed, you have to go back to Jiangdong, since we have a fateful meeting, it is better to go to Jiangling first." ”

Of course, Lu Su agreed.

Temporarily supporting Lu Su, Ge Liang discussed with Liu Bei: "Lord, since the surrender faction is still the majority in Jiangling City, it is better to ...... like this."

Lu Su followed everyone to walk slowly for a day, and after going to bed the next morning, he found that he couldn't find Liu Bei's person, and hurriedly asked Ge Liang: "General Zuo, where did you go?" ”

Ge Liang took his hand and asked, "Brother Zijing, you are so anxious to see my lord, do you have anything important to say?" ”

Lu Su still refused to answer, turned his head to look around, and found that the sergeants were much less than yesterday, and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter, did Cao Cao send someone to chase after him again?" ”

Ge Liang smiled and asked, "What's the matter, is Brother Zijing so afraid that Cao Cao will chase after him?" ”

Lu Su looked at Ge Liang's relaxed expression, knew that this would not be the case, thought about it, and asked again, "Did you go to Jiangling City first?" ”

"Brother Zijing, why do you always have one question after another, like a spy sent by Cao Cao, can you answer me a question first?" Ge Liang wants to force him to show his cards early today.

Lu Su retorted: "But when I asked you, you asked you a rhetorical question, I asked you so many words, and you didn't answer me, do you treat guests like this?" ”

"The guest is as he pleases, how can there be a guest like you, who asks this and that as soon as he comes? No, you must answer me a question today. Ge Liang answered quickly.

"No, you answer me first." Lu Su didn't want to suffer.

"No, you must answer me first!" Ge Liang didn't wait for Lu Su to finish speaking, and then answered first.

"You answer me first!"

"You answer me first, and I will answer you!"

"You answer me first, and I will answer you!"

"Okay, it's a word, don't deceive people!" Ge Liang clapped his hands, "You ask first." ”

"Where are you General Zuo now?" Lu Su was now anxious to know Liu Bei's whereabouts.

"Gangneung!" Ge Liang replied simply, "It's time for me to ask you." ”

Ge Liang smiled, slowed down his tone and asked Lu Su: "What is the matter with Brother Zijing looking for our lord?" ”

Anyway, it's only a matter of the past few days, and this Zhuge Liang is also a key person, and Lu Su no longer delayed: "I want to talk about uniting with our General Sun to resist Cao's army." ”

"How?" Ge Liang was waiting for Lu Su to bring it up first.

Lu Su didn't answer: "This is your second question!" ”

This guy reacted so quickly, he was really a master of negotiations, Ge Liang didn't expect that when he was in a hurry, he made a mistake first, Jiang was still old and spicy, so he had to say: "Then you ask again." ”

Lu Su looked around again and asked softly, "You tell me the truth, how many troops do you still have now?" ”

"Forty-five thousand!" Ge Liang had already thought of the answer.

"Won't it?" Lu Su didn't believe it.

"That's the third sentence you asked, but I'll answer you first, you remember to owe me a question." Ge Liang seized the opportunity to fight back, "We have 5,000 people rushing to Jiangling now, and General Guan is also driving to Jiangling with 10,000 sailors by water, and there are more than 10,000 horses and horses of our eldest prince in Jiangxia, and now there are 20,000 soldiers left here." ”

Lu Su's head turned dizzy and he didn't see the 20,000 troops: "Don't lie to me, where are the 20,000 sergeants?" ”

"This is already your fourth question!" Ge Liang reminded Lu Su, turned back to Xu Shu and Huang Yue, and said, "Brother Zijing wants to see where our 20,000 soldiers are." ”

Xu Shu understood and asked loudly to the people: "Folks, this Mr. Lu Zijing wants to ask everyone what we should do if Cao Jun chases after him?" ”

Huang Yue immediately led everyone to shout: "Defeat the Cao army and defend Jingzhou!" ”

The young men all raised their firewood knives and hoes: "Swear to live and die with General Zuo, advance and retreat together!" ”

"See no, see no, I said 20,000 or polite, isn't it? That's almost 100,000. Ge Liang looked at Lu Su proudly.

Although Ge Liang's statement was a bit nonsense, Lu Su also had to accept it, and he couldn't imagine that Liu Bei was so popular with the people in Jingzhou, so he simply said to Zhuge Liang: "Now that Cao Cao is powerful, Liu Cong has surrendered again, and his army will go on an expedition to get Jingzhou without swords, and the next target will definitely point to our Jiangdong." I think that only if the two of us join forces can we repel Cao Jun. ”

Ge Liang asked Lu Su to say it thoroughly: "But in fact, you General Sun must still be a little hesitant, aren't you?" ”

Lu Su admitted: "If Liu Cong did not surrender, and General Zuo could lead Jingzhou, then the two families would definitely be able to resist Cao's army, but now General Zuo only has such a small number of men, even if there is Jiangling, it is also a lonely city, and our General Sun is worried that it is possible to defeat Cao Cao." I hope that the military advisor can go to Jiangdong with me in the future to persuade our lord. ”

Ge Liang reminded Lu Su: "Brother Zijing, we will not be a lonely city, at least, we still have the eldest prince guarding Jiangxia, and there are at least 10,000 horses there!" ”