Chapter 307: Maximizing Benefits

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When Sun Quan was leaving, he didn't forget to threaten Da Qiao, only scared Da Qiao into promises. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

After leaving Sun Ce's hometown, Sun Quan rode straight to Wuhou Jun's mansion with his thoughts about Xiao Qiao and the pride of playing with his sister-in-law in the palm of his hand.

And there, his good sister-in-law Fang Shao had already been waiting in the meeting hall of the military government for a long time with a lot of valuable gifts.

As soon as he saw Sun Quan, Fang Shao hurriedly got up and stepped forward, and said with a smile but not humble: "Shao has seen Sun Envoy Jun. ”

Because Sun Quan had the title of Yangzhou Mu sealed by the Han Dynasty at this time, Fang Shao changed his name to be the envoy.

The Fang Shao in front of him, although he was his sister-in-law, Sun Quan didn't have a good impression of him at all.

Thinking that when he was Liu Bei's envoy and stationed in Eastern Wu for a long time, he fooled his eldest brother, and the defeat in the battle of Jingzhou was inseparable from the hand of his sister-in-law, so it can be said that since Liu Bei, in addition to the arrogant Guan Yu, Fang Shao is actually the most hated person by Sun Quan.

But unfortunately, this most annoying guy is still his sister-in-law.

Therefore, although Sun Quan was disgusted, he had to pretend to be twelve points of enthusiasm on his face, walked into the hall with Fang Shao's hand, and said with a smile: "Zhongzheng, Lone's good brother-in-law, when Ah Xiang got married, Lone didn't drink your happy wine, and Lone has always been very mindful of it." Okay this time, I didn't expect you to come to Jiangdong again, this time I must have a good drink with your good brother-in-law. ”

Sun Quan ordered to set up a banquet in the political hall to entertain his brother-in-law, who had come from afar.

At the time of the banquet, Zhang Zhao, Gu Yong and many other important ministers in Jianye were ordered to come to accompany the banquet.

I think that back then, when Fang Shao left from Eastern Wu for the last time, he was just a small engagement under Liu Bei, and now nearly six or seven years have passed, Liu Bei, who was low-voiced back then, has become the male lord of the land of Sizhou, and that small engagement has also become a famous and prominent king of Hanzhong, which is unimaginable to the ministers of Eastern Wu.

In terms of official position, Fang Shao's official position is several levels higher than that of Zhang Zhao and others, and his identity is Wu Hou's brother-in-law, so he is theoretically half of their master, so Zhang Zhao and a few other guys of the older generation also have to accompany Fang Shao to toast with a smile.

Of course, Fang Shao knew that these people were actually disgusted with him, but seeing that these people were obviously disgusted in their hearts, but they had to deal with themselves with compliments without smiling, Fang Shao felt a prank in his heart.

After the third round of wine, Fang Shao raised a glass of wine, saluted Sun Quan, and said with a smile: "This glass of wine, Shao has to congratulate you in advance." ”

Sun Quan was stunned and asked rhetorically: "I don't know how happy I am?" ”

Fang Shao said: "Fang Jincao's soldiers and horses are all contained by our army in Guanzhong and Jingzhou, and the two Huai lines can be described as empty, this is a great opportunity given by God to the envoy, as long as the envoy's army moves north, it can be leveled in the middle of the day, isn't it worth congratulating?" ”

Fang Shao turned a corner and explained his own purpose.

The corners of Sun Quan's mouth raised slightly, and he said in his heart: "Sure enough, as I expected, Liu Bei can't go on with Cao Ying, so Baba sent this kid to ask me to send troops." ’

After being complimented by Fang Shao, Sun Quan did not flutter, but said lightly: "Zhongzheng's words are wrong, now on the front line of Shouchun, there are still Cao Hong's sixty or seventy thousand elite soldiers, but it is not an emptiness as you say." ”

Fang Shao said disdainfully: "Cao Hong's talent is far from being comparable to Zhang Liao, Fang Jinguan was lost, Xiahou died, Cao's army was panicked, and the combat effectiveness of the sixty or seventy thousand soldiers and horses will inevitably be reduced by half, in the face of such an enemy, does it make you still have no confidence in the generals of Jiangdong and the hundreds of thousands of high-spirited athletes?" ”

Fang Shao played the radical method again, but after being fooled many times, how could Sun Quan easily fall for the trick, and he didn't talk about it with Fang Shao at the moment, but raised his glass and smiled: "Zhongzheng, it's rare for you to come here, it's not too late to talk about such military affairs in the future, come on, let's just have a drink today, no one is allowed to talk about official affairs anymore, so as to disturb the Yaxing of Lonely and Zhongzheng." ”

Sun Quan obviously wanted to avoid talking about it, and Fang Shao had no choice but to put the matter down first, and accompanied Sun Quan to have a good drink, and they all pretended to be intimate and enthusiastic with each other, and talked about boring scenes for a long time.

After getting his brother-in-law drunk, Sun Quan personally went out of the house and sent Fang Shao to the car to rest at the post house.

When Sun Quan returned to the hall, the banquet had already been removed, but Gu Yong and the others could not stay, because they knew that Wu Hou would have something to discuss with them next.

Sure enough, as soon as he saw everyone, Sun Quan didn't beat around the bush, and said straight to the point: "Everyone, Liu Xuande obviously wants to ask Lone to send troops to Shouchun this time, according to your opinion, should Lone lone lend a hand, or should he 'take advantage of the fire'?" ”

Zhang Zhao didn't talk about this matter first, but asked rhetorically: "Lord, but I don't know what Lu Zijing thinks about this matter?" ”

Sun Quan then took out a letter and showed it to everyone, "Zijing sent a letter earlier, but he meant that he should seize the opportunity to send troops to the two Huai while Cao Ying was in Guanzhong. ”

Zhang Zhao nodded, and said: "Although Liu Xuande is suspected of asking for help from my Dongwu this time, however, it is not unprofitable for us to send troops to help, if we can seize the two Huai and push the border to the line of the Huai River, my Dongwu can really enter the world and retreat to defend the southeast half of the wall." Even Lu Zijing thinks so, Na Zhao thinks it is feasible. ”

In fact, according to the state-building strategy of Eastern Wu, the capture of Lianghuai is the highest strategic goal, and the historical capture of Jingzhou is only in the case of repeated disadvantages in the north, so it is not allowed to change to the west. At present, Hefei has fallen, the strategic situation in the east is quite favorable, and the desire of the Eastern Wu monarchs to conquer the two Huai is still strong enough.

The key is how to maximize profits.

So, after listening to Zhang Zhao's opinion, Sun Quan turned to ask Gu Yong again.

In the Eastern Wu regime, the Huaisi group has always advocated the development of Qingxu, while the slightly conservative Wuhui group tends to be based on the Yangtze River, sure enough, Gu Yong pondered for a long time and said: "As Zibu said, it is indeed a good time to capture Shou at this time, but Yong feels that since Liu Xuande is taking the initiative to ask us, then we should not give up this opportunity, why not take the opportunity to make a fuss in the direction of Jingzhou, so that I can get more benefits from Dongwu." ”

Seeing that Gu Yong seemed to have an idea, Sun Quan was immediately interested, and hurriedly asked, "What is Yuan Si's opinion?" ”

Gu Yong stroked a few sparse beards, and a slight weird smile appeared on his face.

……………… At this time, Fang Shao got up early in the morning, and when he went out of the hall, he saw that Jiang Wei had already gotten up and was concentrating on practicing calligraphy.

Previously, Fang Shao only knew that Jiang Wei was outstanding in martial arts and resourceful, but he never thought that he still had a hobby of practicing calligraphy, but when he remembered that even Zhang Fei could write well and draw exquisite beauty pictures, Fang Shao didn't feel strange.

He didn't make a sound, and quietly stood behind Jiang Wei, but saw that he was copying a completed calligraphy, Fang Shao took a closer look, felt that the calligraphy was so familiar, and suddenly remembered that it was Zhang Fei's words. Looking at Jiang Wei's copying handwriting, it is really exquisite, and it is impossible to distinguish the true from the fake.

Seeing this, Fang Shao couldn't help but exclaim.

Jiang Wei was stunned, and when he looked back and saw that it was Fang Shao, he put down the pen and said busily: "Sir, you got up, did you sleep well last night?" ”

Fang Shao smiled: "It's okay, Boyo, are you imitating General Yide's words?" ”

Jiang Wei said: "Wei has always loved calligraphy, I heard that General Zhang wrote well, when he was in Tianshui, he asked people to do everything possible to ask for a few paintings, Wei is just copying, and General Zhang's level is still far behind." ”

Fang Shaozan said: "You don't have to be modest, although I am not very proficient in the way of calligraphy, but I can also see that your level of copying is really very tight, but I am afraid that General Zhang himself will not be able to tell which one is his own handwriting." ”

"Mr. has won the award, I dare not be ashamed." Although Jiang Wei's words were humble, there was a little smugness on his face.

When the two were talking, a report came from outside, saying that Gu Yong came to visit.

Fang Shao sneered, "Yes, the negotiator is here, please invite him in." ”

Gu Yong was invited in, and the guests and hosts were settled, as Fang Shao expected, after a few polite words, Gu Yongsui euphemistically stated the purpose of his visit.

"Since the two families of Liu and Sun are allies, they should advance and retreat together, in fact, my lord has long had the intention to send troops to the southeast, but I just thought that General Guan was confronting the enemy in Nanyang, if there was a slight disadvantage, Jingzhou would not be in danger, so my lord did not move troops for the time being, just wanted to send troops to Jingzhou quickly in case General Guan was unfavorable, so as to help General Guan."

Gu Yongshen paused for a moment, and then said: "So, my lord is thinking, why don't you hand over the three counties of Guiyang, Changsha, and Jiangxia east of Xiangshui to me to defend Dongwu, so that General Guan can send more troops and horses to attack Nanyang in the north." And the upstream is safe, and I can rest assured that I can go all out to enter Shouchun, isn't this the best of both worlds. ”

Obviously, it was the lion who opened his mouth and took advantage of the fire to rob, but Gu Yong said it very sincerely, as if he was sincerely imagining for his friend, and only let Fang Shao listen to it and want to vomit.

Despite this, Gu Yong's request to cut Jingzhou to the east of Xiangshui to Dongwu is also in line with the bottom line given by Liu Bei before, at this time, Fang Shao can completely implement the "fraud strategy" according to the prior plan.

However, Fang Shao suddenly realized at this time that Pang Tong's strategy was actually quite short-sighted, and now he could indeed deceive Dongwu into sending troops, but after that, he would inevitably tear his face with Dongwu again. At that time, although Guanzhong got it, it was very likely to push Dongwu to Cao Ying's side, and the power of the Cao-Sun Alliance was obviously much stronger than the Liu-Sun Alliance.

Wouldn't it be better if Sun Quan could be allowed to send troops without breaking his promise?

Therefore, Fang Shao decided to postpone the implementation of the "fraud policy" first.

At that moment, he pretended to be silent for a long time, and said: "Jingzhou is just a containment all the way, General Guan will not have a head-on decisive battle with the enemy, and the safety of the upstream Marquis Wu can rest assured." However, if we turn a blind eye to Wu Hou's kindness, it will not damage the friendship between the two families, so we can give Guiyang County to Jiangdong to defend it. ”

Gu Yong's face changed slightly, obviously, Fang Shao's conditions did not satisfy him.

(To be continued)