"Senior brother, now that Liu Bei has not gained a firm foothold in Jingzhou, he has already taken Jiaozhou, and his ambitions and ambitions are very great, why don't we take this opportunity to join forces with the two sides to attack Jingzhou." Zhu Ran took a sip of wine and said to Ma Hong with a serious face.

"It's not easy to take Jingzhou, and now our army is attacking Yizhou. If you attack Jingzhou, you can ......"

Zhu Ran interrupted Ma Hong's words and said: "Senior brother, it is you who are attacking Yizhou now, Liu Bei did not expect that you would attack him, although the consumption of the two-front battle is huge, but the opportunity cannot be lost." ”

Ma Hong was silent and did not speak.

"Senior brother, my lord wants to divide Jingzhou equally with senior brother."

Ma Hong rubbed his eyebrows, his fingers lightly tapped on the tabletop, knocked to the seventh, and said, "Tell me about your plan." ”

Seeing that Ma Hong was tempted, Zhu Ran took out a map from his arms, spread it out on the table, pointed to the map and said: "My lord is willing to send troops out of two ways to attack Jingzhou, the first route is led by Zhou Yu to attack Jiangxia, and the second route is led by me and Lu Su to attack Changsha. As long as the senior brother is willing to send troops to attack Liu Bei with my lord, major events can be decided, and Jingzhou can be planned. ”

Ma Hong hummed and said, "So, how many troops does Sun Quan have to send?" ”

"Zhou Yu led an army of 30,000, and Lu Su and I led an army of 20,000."

"Fifty thousand horses, it seems that Sun Quan is serious."

"Of course."

"Good! But I can only send 30,000 troops. Because of the two-front war, you also know that the loss of grain and grass is huge. ”

"Thirty thousand is enough." Zhu Ran said with a smile.

"Then when will Sun Quan send his sister over?"

"Is it a wife? Or do you want to be a concubine? Zhu Ran asked.

"Of course it's a wife, as long as your head of the family sincerely cooperates with me. I'm not going to let him lose face. ”

"Good!" Ma Hong and Zhu Ran's hands clapped together.

After Zhu Ran and Ma Hong made an agreement, they discussed the route of sending troops, and Zhu Ran left Nanzheng.

Later, Ma Hong summoned Yan Pu and Kuai Yue, and talked about attacking Jingzhou, Yan Pu and Kuai Yue both agreed with Ma Hong, and Ma Hong talked to Kuai Yue alone, saying that marrying Sun Shangxiang was just an expedient measure, in order to take back Jingzhou. Kuai Yue lost Jingzhou, and he felt a little sorry for Ma Hong, and Ma Hong talked about this, and he didn't object. Ma Hong wrote to Pang Tong and Liu Ye, and Liu Ye and Pang Tong both agreed with Ma Hong's attack on Jingzhou. Pang Tong even wanted to come back from Liangzhou to help Ma Hong take Jingzhou, but Ma Hong persuaded Pang Tong to stay in Liangzhou, Pang Tong is now the overseer of Liangzhou, if he leaves Liangzhou and comes to Hanzhong, once Liu Bei finds out the news, he will prepare in advance.

Ma Hong set up a plan, ostensibly in Nanzhengcheng to march to Yizhou, saying that he wanted to personally take command of the attack on Chengdu, but in fact, Huang Zhong led the army to secretly enter Fangling, and he ordered Ma Tan to disguise himself as he led a force to march to Yizhou, while Ma Hong quietly went to Xiangyang.

Jian Ye City, Sun Mansion.

Sun Quan stood behind Wu Guotai and beat his back for Wu Guotai, who had some anger on his face.

Wu Guotai kneeled beside a young girl, the girl was about eighteen or nineteen years old, her face was like a morning flower with rain and dew, her eyes were like stars and moons, her eyes were slightly bewitching, she didn't see a flattering state, and she was born with a flower mole in the center of her eyebrows, proud of the snow plum in the cold winter.

"Mother, don't be angry." Sun Quan said softly.

"Don't be angry, you told me not to be angry, how can I not be angry. If you don't discuss with me, you will set your sister's lifelong event, and marry him thousands of miles away, have you ever thought about my mother's heart? Wu Guotai's language was full of dissatisfaction.

"Mother, the child knows that it is the child's fault that he did not discuss this matter with you, but the child did this for the Jiangdong foundation left by his father and brother."

"Isn't it good for you to keep the inheritance of your father? I have to go to Jingzhou, and I have to lose the lives of many sons of my Jiangdong. Wu Guotai said.

"Mother, if I don't fight out, others will come in, and my brother has always wanted to take Jingzhou ......"

"Don't say it, I won't agree to this matter anyway."

Sun Quan was said by Wu Guotai, his face was as usual, he still rubbed his shoulders for Wu Guotai, and said: "Mother, that Ma Hong is also a hero in the world, and the child has had a relationship with him. If my sister marries in the past, she will definitely not lose her identity. ”

"I only have this one daughter, if I get married, I want to see my daughter in the future, what should I do? Well? ”

"The child will take good care of the mother, the mother can rest assured."

"Hmph, you're busy with official business all day, how can you have time to care about my old bones."

Sun Shangxiang on the side asked at this time: "Brother, is the Ma Hong you are talking about the same Ma Hong who once defeated the eldest brother and captured you and Zhu Ran?" ”

Sun Quan nodded and said, "Exactly." ”

"Well, he's got some skills."

"Now Ma Hong occupies Yongliang, the southern county of Jingzhou, and most of the land in Yizhou, and his official position is a hussar general."

"Brother is an ambitious person, but there is never a shortage of ambitious losers in this world, brother, are you sure you can take Jingzhou?"

"As long as you are willing to be Ma Hong's wife, Ma Hong will trust me, and when the time comes, Ma Hong and I will work together to win Jingzhou."

"Brother, are you so sure?"

"I'm confident."

Sun Shangxiang smiled and said to Wu Guotai: "Mother, please agree to my brother's request!" ”

"Shang Xiang, you ......," Wu Guotai said in disbelief.

"Mother, if Shang Xiang can get his brother to win Jingzhou, Shang Xiang is willing to marry Ma Hong."

"Then Ma Hong doesn't know Shang Xiang's appearance, Quan'er, you might as well send a maid to marry Ma Hong, okay?" Wu Guotai said.

Sun Quan smiled bitterly: "Mother, what a shrewd person Ma Hong is, if he sends a servant girl, he will definitely be recognized at a glance." ”

"Then you can find a good lady to marry him."

"It's not feasible, once Ma Hong knows that I lied to him, I'm afraid he won't cooperate with me in the future."

"Mother, promise your brother! That Ma Hong can also be regarded as a hero, our men in Jiangdong, Shang Xiang still can't look down on him. ”

Wu Guotai was silent for a long time, sighed several times, stood up, looked at the pair of brothers and sisters, and said, "Okay, the old body promises you." ”

"Thank you, Mother." Sun Quan knelt on the ground and buckled his head towards Wu Guotai.

Sun Shangxiang also knelt on the ground with Sun Quan.

Wu Guotai sighed and walked out with the help of the maid.

After Wu Guotai left, Sun Shangxiang said to Sun Quan: "Brother, I only hate that I am not a man, if I am a man, I can go into battle for my brother to kill the enemy and capture Jingzhou." ”

Sun Quan stood up and helped Sun Shangxiang up, and said with a smile: "Sister, I know your intentions, I will definitely take Jingzhou." ”

"Brother, if the eldest brother is here, he will definitely not trade with me and others." Sun Shangxiang said.

Sun Quan's hands curled up in his sleeves, clenched them tightly, and said with an unchanged face: "Yes, I'm not as good as my brother, so sister, you have to help my brother." ”

"If my body can be exchanged for Jingzhou, I am willing to go."

"Shang Xiang, you have secretly changed your concept, not to exchange your body for Jingzhou, but that you are married to Ma Hong, and Ma Hong will believe me."

Sun Shangxiang bit her lip, why didn't she understand that she had the blood of the Sun family in her body, so she had to live for the Sun family. (To be continued.) )