Zhuge Liang set off and returned to Jiangdong with Lu Su, where he persuaded Sun Quan and completed the task given to him by Liu Bei - to connect Sun against Cao, and this time was also a very wonderful diplomatic performance in the history of the Three Kingdoms.

【Radical Sun Quan】

After Liu Bei fled to Xiakou, Zhuge Liang immediately persuaded him: "Now the situation is critical, please send me to Eastern Wu to ask General Sun Quan for help." Zhuge Liang then sent an envoy to Jiangdong.

At that time, Sun Quan was leading the army to gather in Chaisang, sitting on the side to watch the victory or defeat of Cao and Liu's battle situation, Zhuge Liang went to persuade Sun Quan and said: "The world is in chaos, the general, you have Jiangdong, Liu Yuzhou is also in Hannan to recruit soldiers and horses, and fight for the world with Cao Cao." Now Cao Cao pacified the internal troubles, basically stabilized the north, and then marched south to take Jingzhou, which shocked the world. There is no place for heroes, so Liu Yuzhou fled here. I hope that the general can consider countermeasures according to your own strength: if you can use the army of Eastern Wu to contend with the Cao army in the Central Plains, you should cut ties with Cao Cao as soon as possible; If you can't compete with them, why not put down your weapons, remove your armor, and bow down to them! Now you are persuading Cao Cao on the surface, but you are hesitant in your heart, the situation is critical and you should not make a decision immediately, and the catastrophe is just around the corner! ”

Sun Quan said: "If the situation is as you say, why didn't Liu Yuzhou surrender to Cao Cao?" ”

Zhuge Liang said: "Tian Heng is just a strong man in the Qi country, and he still adheres to the discipline and does not surrender and be humiliated, not to mention that Liu Yuzhou is a descendant of the Han royal family. If the merit cannot be successful, this is determined by heaven, how can you be Cao Cao's subordinate again! ”

Sun Quan was furious and said, "I must not take the entire land of Eastern Wu and the army of 100,000 to be controlled by others. I've made up my mind! You said that no one could resist Cao Cao except Liu Yuzhou, but Liu Yuzhou had just been defeated recently, so how could he resist such a strong enemy? ”

Zhuge Liang said: "Although Liu Yuzhou's army was defeated in Changsaka, there are still tens of thousands of soldiers and horses returned one after another, plus Guan Yu's army; Liu Qi gathered no less than 10,000 Jiangxia soldiers. Cao Cao's soldiers and horses galloped from afar, exhausted, and heard that in order to chase Liu Yuzhou, they rode lightly for more than 300 miles in a day and night, which is the common saying that 'the arrows issued by the strong bow cannot penetrate even the thin silk of Ludi at the end of the range', so this kind of combat is taboo with the method of war, and it is said that 'it will inevitably lead to the defeat of the main general', and the northerners are not suitable for water warfare; in addition, the people of Jingzhou are forced by the strength of the army, and they are not willing. Now the general can really send a fierce general to command tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and work together with Liu Yuzhou, and he will definitely be able to defeat Cao's army. As soon as Cao Cao was defeated, he would inevitably retreat to the north, so that the forces of Jingzhou and Eastern Wu would become stronger, and a situation of dividing the world would be formed. The timing of success or failure lies in the choice of today. ”

Sun Quan was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately sent Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu, Lu Su and others to lead an army of 30,000 sailors, and rushed to Liu Bei with Zhuge Liang to fight against Cao Cao.

【Successful Diplomacy】

Zhuge Liang's diplomatic move was very successful, and he successfully united Sun Quan in a radical way, and jointly formed an alliance against Cao Cao.

At that time, Cao Cao's power was strong, several times, dozens or even hundreds of times stronger than Liu Bei, Liu Bei wanted to survive, so he could only pull Jiangdong Sun Quan into the water together, but the problem Sun Quan was not stupid, there was no need for you Liu Bei to provoke the powerful Cao boss, and it was in this situation that Zhuge Liang faced such huge pressure but successfully won over Sun Quan and achieved an alliance with the Jiangdong Group.

Zhuge Liang first forced Sun Quan to fall on the opposite side of Cao Cao with the method of agitation, and then showed in Sun Quan's question that Liu Bei's group still has considerable strength and is worthy of Sun Quan's wooing, and then listed the shortcomings of Cao Cao's army, showing that it is not invincible, and the Sun-Liu alliance has the power of a battle, and finally pointed out the three points of the world, giving Sun Quan a big sweetness.

In the end, Sun Quan strengthened his position and was determined to unite Liu Bei and Cao Cao to fight to the death.

But is Zhuge Liang's diplomatic level really only that simple? Not really. At that time, what was the purpose of Zhuge Liang's envoy to Jiangdong, even Sun resisted Cao, it felt like one thing, but in fact these were two different things, Zhuge Liang's goal was not only to strengthen Sun Quan's determination to fight against Cao Cao, but also to make Sun Quan recognize the alliance with Liu Bei.

It's actually a much harder thing to do. At that time, Sun Quan dared not resist under Cao Cao's obscenity, and when Sun Quan sent Lu Su to Jingzhou to form an alliance, Cao Cao had not yet gone south to occupy Jingzhou, and Sun Quan's alliance object was essentially the Jingzhou group equal to his own power, not simply Liu Bei, Liu Bei's power at that time was far from being comparable with Sun Quan, and after the Dangyang fiasco, Liu Bei was essentially not qualified to form an alliance with Sun Quan on an equal footing.

And what happened to Liu Bei after he lost and lost power before?

After Gaotang County was breached, Liu Bei took refuge in Gongsun Zhan; After Xuzhou was defeated by Yuan Shu, Liu Bei attached himself to Lü Bu; After being driven out of Xuzhou by Lu Bu, Liu Bei took refuge in Cao Cao; Liu Bei recaptured Xuzhou, and after losing to Cao Cao, he went north and surrendered to Yuan Shao; After Yuan Shao lost the Battle of Guandu, Liu Bei also went south to attach himself to Liu Biao.

And what about after the fiasco of Dangyang? Liu Bei and Sun Quan formed an alliance!! Is this scientific? It's not scientific at all! At that time, Liu Bei gathered some remnants of the defeated army in Xiakou, but in fact Xiakou was not Liu Bei's, but Liu Qi's, it was not good to say, Liu Bei was a lost dog at that time, Sun Quan was willing to take him in, and finally formed an alliance with him under Zhuge Liang's negotiations, so the most powerful thing for Zhuge Liang to Jiangdong at that time was not to strengthen Sun Quan's determination to fight against Cao Cao, but to achieve a union between Sun and Liu, which few people in later generations could see.

And how did Zhuge Liang do this?

First of all, Zhuge Liang first raised Liu Bei's identity, how did Zhuge Liang say about the emperor's uncle, "Liu Yuzhou's royal family, the world's talents, the admiration of all the scholars, if the water returns to the sea" praised Liu Bei, first let Liu Bei be no worse than Sun Quan in identity and status, so it is not right to say that Zhuge Liang's simple agitation will be wrong, this view is only known one but not the other.

Of course, Sun Quan is not stupid, he at least knew that Liu Bei had just failed miserably, so he asked Liu Bei if he still had the strength to fight Cao Cao, and Zhuge Liang said about Liu Bei's strength by the way, and then talked about the shortcomings of Cao Cao's army, and talked about the three parts of the world after winning, Sun Quan heard that Cao Cao could be defeated, and it turned out that after he won, he could also divide the world with Liu Bei and Cao Cao. This is at least much better than being wiped out himself, so Sun Quan forgot about Liu Bei's embarrassment, and inadvertently regarded Liu Bei as an ally of the same level.

We all know that even Sun Kang Cao is actually two different things, but Zhuge Liang turned these two things into one thing, so Zhuge Liang asked Sun Quan if he resisted Cao, Sun Quan said that he would resist to the end, Zhuge Liang said okay, then let's form an alliance, so Sun Quan and Liu Bei formed an alliance.

ps: Recently, I was caught playing cards by a friend at night, and the notebook was replaced by someone tonight,,,