In February, spring comes, in the city of Chengdu, the ice and snow in the streets and alleys have melted bit by bit, everything recovers, and the buds are ready to bloom, waiting for the season of March flowers.

Xishu Palace.

Next to a beautiful lake, in the middle of a rockery and flowing water, Sun Quan was wearing a white brocade robe, his head was pillowed on a fragrant pillow, lying leisurely on a Taishi chair, lazily basking in the sun.

A round of sun hung in the sky, and the soft sunlight reflected made him feel very peaceful.

After going south from Wudu, entering Baima Pass, it was equivalent to returning to their own territory, and the army did not continue to stay, and immediately headed south towards Chengdu City.

Today is the fifth day since he returned to Chengdu.

In the first battle of Guanzhong, the bloody battles were endless, the raids in the north and the breakthrough in the south, they had to be cautious, and even their nerves became nervous, and they returned to their own territory, Sun Quan was finally able to relax.

He wanted to bask in the sun every day and live comfortably.

However, as the monarch of Great Wu, this simple and comfortable day was obviously a bit of a luxury for him.

Soon, Xu Shu, Lu Su and others jointly asked to see each other.

Sun Quan had no choice but to clean up his very unhappy mood and met them in a study: "Lu Zijing, Xu Yuanzhi, can't you let me take a breath?" ”

When he went north, Lu Su was in charge of the government affairs of Bashu, and Xu Shu stabilized the hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Western Expedition Army, which was regarded as the two major military and political members of Bashu, and if it wasn't for the two of them to stabilize Bashu, he would not be able to go north so smoothly.

After all, Bashu has just been won, and there are many problems.

"Your Majesty, the minister doesn't want to disturb Your Majesty's cultivation, but since Your Majesty has decided to return to the court in March, return to Jinling. There are still a lot of things in Bashu for Your Majesty to decide! ”

Lu Su smiled slightly and said apologetically.

The battle of the Western Expedition was almost over, and after Sun Quan returned to Chengdu from Guanzhong, he had already decided to return to the dynasty on March 10, and the time was far away. It's probably about a month away.

If you want to stabilize Bashu in a month, you also have to solve a stalemate that southern Yizhou is now facing, and the time is very tight.

"Your Majesty, although the battle of the Western Expedition has ended, there are still some things in the army of the Western Expedition that need to be decided by Your Majesty, and these things have been piled up for some time!"

Xu Shu also hurriedly bowed down and said: "It's not that Weichen wants to disturb, it's that there are some things that you have to decide!" ”

"Yes, you still say it one by one!"

Sun Quan sighed, and then sat down in front of the bookcase. Some resigned themselves spread out the recitals on the bookcase, and reviewed the recitals while listening to the reports of the two.

He went north for two months, and the recitals that needed his approval in the court have now piled up, in fact, it is no wonder that the two of them came to intercept him.

A kingdom shall not be without a king for a day.

This time, he led the army north to raid Luoyang without authorization, and it is estimated that the recitals of the imperial history platform in the DPRK and the central government to impeach him have already piled up into a big mountain, and he will not behave better. It's really going to anger the public.

"Your Majesty, I'll report on the military situation first!"

Xu Shu stood up. Handed over: "Just now, Jinyiwei got a few news, and when we gathered together, we think that the Wei army unilaterally chose to cease war with our Wu army!" ”

"What?"

When Sun Quan heard this, he immediately raised his head and looked at Xu Shu. said: "Truce, which battlefield is the truce?" Jingzhou or Merge State? ”

"It's all stopped!"

Xu Shu said: "On the Jingzhou side, the Wei army Zhang Xiu's army has withdrawn from the scope of Xinye City, and the troops are stationed in Jianshui and Qingzhou. The Wei navy also gathered its forces in Laizhou Bay, and in Youzhou, the news of the suspension of the battle also came from the Blood Wolf Army! ”

"A unilateral truce? Looks like they don't want to fight! ”

Sun Quan thought about it and said coldly: "Cao Mengde wants to negotiate peace!" ”

"Peace?"

When Xu Shu heard this, he frowned slightly, and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, now that the Wei army has suffered such a big loss, even Luoyang City has been broken by us, and Cao Mengde was driven out of Luoyang by His Majesty, which is a great shame, and now that their troops in the northern Xinjiang have an advantage, will they choose to negotiate peace at this time?" ”

"They don't want to make peace, they have to make peace, the war is not only about the troops, but also about the national strength, now Cao Wei's national strength can no longer bear the consumption of this war, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, the daily consumption can make him scratch his head, and naturally he will negotiate peace!"

Sun Quan sneered: "But Cao Mengde has just been attacked by me to break through his capital Luoyang, and he urgently needs to win back the hearts of the people, he wants to make peace, but he doesn't want to lose this face, so he will stop fighting first, and then let Da Wu propose peace first, and save Cao Wei's face!" ”

"Your Majesty, they are so sure that we will make peace with them?"

Xu Shu was still puzzled: "Although in these battles, our Great Wu soldiers suffered a lot of casualties, but they did not hurt the vitality of our military, with our strength, we can definitely fight!" ”

"This question, Lu Su, you answer him in the name of the cabinet!"

Sun Quan pursed his lips and said lightly.

"Chief of Staff Xu, not only does he want peace, we also want peace, our Dawu has no choice now, your military can continue to fight, because even if the casualties are too large, you also have a group of recruits who have been reserved in recent years, and our Dawu has the largest population, and we can pull up a group of young and strong people at any time, and after training for half a year, you can go to the battlefield, but you have to think about the cabinet, our cabinet will definitely not support any campaign within two years!"

Lu Su looked serious and said very firmly: "What we need now is to recuperate, and we need to stabilize the results we have obtained, you know, the cabinet has already been in debt for several bloody battles last year, and if it continues, in addition to getting the result of losing both, it will even drag down the cabinet's finances, and in the end it will only lead to increased taxes and hardship for the people, which is equivalent to a disguised policy that will affect the policies that have been on track over the years, and will consume the trust of the imperial court in the hearts of the people, which is something we absolutely cannot tolerate!" ”

"Yuan Zhi, military politics is not a thing, but it is a family, no one can do without anyone, standing in your position, you think about the military aspect very well. But we can't ignore politics, so when it's time to make peace, we have to make peace! ”

Sun Quan looked at Xu Shu with a sense of expectation.

Xu Shu was the first strategist to follow him, and he has always done a good job, but he has been in the military for the past two years. The familiar view of things from the military's perspective is naturally a bit incomplete.

As the boss of the General Staff Division, he has to consider not only the military's reply, but the overall situation, which he still has some shortcomings, or rather, he can't let go.

"Your Majesty, it's Wei Chen's inconsiderate thinking!"

Xu Shu lowered his head and said in a low voice.

Cao Mengde now wants a face. I'll give it to him, he is actually a mad dog annoyed by me now, once he goes crazy, he has no reason, if Wu Wei really fights in an all-out way, he can choose to die together, but it is still us who suffers, and we have the upper hand. Step by step, we can swallow him. So I have to appease him, which can be regarded as a little time for us to breathe! ”

Sun Quan's eyes became sharp: "The defeat of the first battle of Luoyang means that we cannot form a unity in a short period of time, the battle between Wu and Wei will be a protracted battle, and the competition between us is not only the army." Or national strength, Dawu must maintain a stable foundation, so, we can propose peace, understand? ”

"Your Majesty. I understand your concerns, if we take the first step to propose peace, it will be us admitting defeat, will this damage the morale of our army? ”

When Xu Shu heard this, he was a little worried: "General Gan Ning's bones are not cold, at this time to negotiate peace, I am afraid that the soldiers will be resentful!" ”

Gan Ning's death in Guanzhong had a great impact on the morale of the Wu army, and at this time, the generals and men in the army must be dissatisfied with the peace negotiation.

"It's going to make a difference!"

Sun Quan is also aware of this, but he really can't be in such a stalemate with Cao Wei now, Da Wu needs time to digest the results of the land of Bashu, it also needs time to stabilize the situation, and it also needs time to create a sharp weapon that will set the world.

As long as this period of time drags on, the victory will be Da Wu's.

At this time, peace negotiation is a sure thing.

"However, the impact will not be very great, after the peace negotiation, I will deal with this issue, and the third military system reform that the General Staff Department has been preparing will also take this opportunity to complete the implementation of the latest system!" Sun Quan said.

"No!"

Xu Shu nodded.

As soon as the Great Wu Reform came to the law, the system of the Wu army was completely new, and it could be regarded as crossing the river by feeling the stones, constantly improving and improving, and experiencing a total of two large and one small military reforms.

However, there are always some shortcomings in the military system, and the Military Aircraft Department has already prepared for the third military reform, and with the establishment of the Eighth Battalion, this aspect has been put on the agenda.

"Your Majesty, who will complete the matter of peace?"

Lu Su asked suddenly.

"Leave it to the Ministry of Rites!"

Sun Quan thought for a while and said: "But we also have to send an influential person as the minister of peace, and we must be a person with a more tough style, we will negotiate peace, not peace!" ”

"Your Majesty said this, I think of someone!"

Lu Su's eyes lit up.

"Say!"

"The military department is still in the book, how is Jiang Guogong?"

"You are really a good choice, now Sun Bofu's mood is not very good, accumulating this resentment, you let him negotiate peace, do you plan to let him explode directly?"

Sun Quan gasped, and his amber crystal eyes looked at Lu Su with a hint of surprise.

Sun Ce broke an arm, he was bent on being ashamed, he couldn't wait to fight again, and directly turned the world upside down, at this time, let Sun Ce be the minister of peace, isn't this tantamount to making peace a matter of peace?

"Your Majesty, Jiang Guogong is the best candidate, we can reflect the sincerity of Da Wu, after all, he is His Majesty's brother, Brother Da Wu, there are few people who can represent His Majesty's identity, and another one, Jiang Guogong has a bad temper, this can also give Cao Wei a dismount, the most important thing, Jiang Guogong is unwilling to negotiate peace, he is only forced to negotiate peace out of desperation, I believe that Cao Wei will also realize this, at least he can coerce Cao Wei to put down his value at the peace table!"

Lu Su looked at ease, and said lightly: "Although our Da Wu proposed peace, in fact, what we want the most now is definitely Cao Wei." ”

"Listening to you say that, it makes sense!"

Sun Quan waved his hand: "Okay, you can talk to Sun Bofu about this matter!" ”

"I'm going? Your Majesty, this ......"

When Lu Su heard this, his face turned pale all of a sudden.

"Hehehe, Lord Lu, this is a beautiful difference!"

Xu Shu said with some schadenfreude.

"Your Majesty, you should spare me, I'm afraid that my soft and weak bones can't survive Jiang Guogong's roar!" Lu Su said dejectedly.

"Co-author, you're planning to let me go and talk to Sun Bofu!"

Sun Quan squinted his amber eyes, pointed his finger at himself, and said: "You brought up this fire pit yourself, if you don't jump yourself, I will jump for you, you are really my loyal minister!" ”

"Your Majesty has won the prize!"

Lu Su replied unashamedly: "The minister wants to be loyal!" ”

"Get out!"

Sun Quan shook him angrily, and didn't bother to argue with him on this matter, he flipped through a few copies of the books on the bookcase, and asked, "Zijing, how are the people of Bashu and Shu counties settled now?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the two counties of Bashu have settled down at present!"

Lu Su entered the state of work report: "But in Hanzhong, the problem is very big, the influence of the Heavenly Master League on the local people is too great, although it is said that Zuo Ci Guoshi has established Taoism, collected the leader of the Wudoumi Sect, and collapsed the influence of the Heavenly Master League, but the number of members of the Wudoumi Sect is too large, most of them are ordinary people, and most of them are in Hanzhong, without three or five years, it cannot be stabilized!" ”

"Then step by step, don't be too anxious, faith is a very troublesome thing, for a person, destroying his spirit is more difficult than killing his body, there will definitely be some chaos in this regard, you have to grasp a degree, you should kill and not stay, but you should not kill, you can't kill more, this thing is also a test for you, do it well or not, the cabinet is watching, Kuai Liang is about to retreat, his secondary position, but many people are staring!"

Sun Quan said in a deep voice.

"Wechen understands!"

Lu Su's eyes are bright, although he has entered the cabinet, his ranking in the cabinet ministers is not high, and there is no shortage of qualifications, but he is missing a little political achievement, this is the best opportunity. (To be continued.) )