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Sun Luban looked at Sun Deng, very embarrassed, on the one hand, she was warlike, she had just made a prestige on the battlefield, and she was not enjoying it yet, and she couldn't wait for another chance to fight, on the other hand, although she left Wu for a general and came to Yue, but in her heart, Wu Yue is actually still a family, whether it is her father or the eldest brother, they are all surnamed Sun, who is not helping. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info If it weren't for Guan Yu leading the troops, she wouldn't have thought too much about it at all, and she would definitely ask to join the war, which was not only enjoyable, but also able to help her father, what a good thing.

But when Guan Yu is involved, this matter is a little troublesome. Although Sun Luban has few scheming, she is not stupid, of course she knows that the battle outside the West Roll City is Guan Feng who has achieved her reputation, if it weren't for Guan Feng to let Ding Feng take the Destroying Battalion to protect her, with her and those female pawns of the Flying Tiger Battalion, it is impossible to stop the Funan soldiers who are about to go crazy for their lives, no matter how brave they are, at most they can only kill and injure some more Funan soldiers, and in the end they still can't avoid the fate of being swallowed up by the rout.

Out of a very simple sense of gratitude, Sun Luban was reluctant to fight against Guan Yu, even if it was for the sake of his father and brother. In her heart, Guan Feng is also a relative, and she is no more distant than Sun Quan and Sun Deng. And the reason for Sun Deng's frustration is that Sun Luban is simple-minded, if she refuses to help because of her relationship with Sun Shao and Guan Feng, how will Sun Shao and Guan Feng react?

Sun Deng sat silently, Zhuge Ke, who was standing behind him, clenched his fists, covered his mouth and coughed lightly. Sun Deng tilted his head sideways, did not say a word, Zhuge Ke showed a smile, and said calmly: "In fact, the prince is in a hurry to go back this time, not to start a war with Shu, General Guan's ancestors are heroes, counting from the battle of the Yellow Turban, it has been forty years since he became famous, the first battle of Wancheng, General Guan advanced thousands of miles, directly took the key point of Cao Wei, welcomed back the Son of Heaven, shocked China, and achieved the momentum of the Four Kingdoms, such a hero, my prince is also extremely admired, how can he fight against it?" ”

Sun Shangxiang and Sun Luban couldn't help but be a little strange, they glanced at Zhuge Ke, and then looked at Sun Deng suspiciously, Sun Deng nodded, and said with a smile: "What Yuan Xun said is exact, I didn't rush back this time to fight against General Guan." Wu Yue Shu Wei, the eldest brother focuses on conquering overseas, regardless of the rights and wrongs of the Central Plains, and among the three kingdoms of Wu Shu and Wei, Wei is the strongest, followed by Wu Shu. If Wu Shu goes to war, no matter who wins or loses, it will be difficult to confront Wei again, and at that time, not only Wu Wei will be defeated, but the world will also be turbulent, and the people will be displaced, which I can't bear to see. ”

Sun Shangxiang was silent, she saw a lot of the people during the war, and she also experienced it personally when she was a child, first Sun Jian was fighting outside, she followed her mother and brother to run around, and then Sun Ce led the troops to fight, the situation was even worse, she and her mother followed her uncle Wu Jing to go through many places together, and it was not uncommon for her to be frustrated. Now that she is getting older, she has become close to Lu Ji, and the Lu family has suffered even more because of the war, although the people of the Lu family will not take the initiative to talk to her, but when she thinks of the death of hundreds of people in Lujiang, the resentment can still be felt now, just like the ghost of the dead haunting her heart. If Wu Shu goes to war, not only Guan Feng will be embarrassed, but she will also feel embarrassed, she will not miss Liu Bei, but Liu Chan. She has been Liu Chan's stepmother for two years, at that time Liu Chan was three or four years old, very dependent on her, since she left the public security, she has never seen Liu Chan since, I think this year has grown into an adult like Sun Deng.

Liu Bei has been in poor health in recent years, and he may die at any time, if he dies, Liu Chan is the king of Shu, Wu Shu goes to war, if Shu is defeated, of course, the prospects are not good, if he wins, I am afraid that it is not a good thing for Liu Chan. Guan Yu is a general, Zhang Fei is a former general, or the father of the crown princess, if he makes a meritorious service, he will definitely be a general in the future, and the prestige of his relatives is inevitable.

Thinking of the scourge brought by his relatives in history, Sun Shangxiang couldn't help but feel worried about Liu Chan. But she couldn't think of any good way, so she could only worry secretly, and now Sun Deng said that he didn't want to fight this battle, although he couldn't solve the actual problem, but it always made her see some hope for a solution.

"Then what are you doing with the eldest brother?" Sun Luban asked in surprise: "Do you want to ask the eldest brother to mediate?" ”

"That's exactly what I thought." Sun Deng nodded sincerely: "At least, I also hope that the eldest brother will not add fuel to the fire for the benefit of the Yue country." He looked into Sun Shangxiang's eyes and said in a low voice: "Although the eldest brother will not send a large army to fight, but the strength of the Yue Machinery is currently unmatched, if the eldest brother supports some weapons of the Shu State, I just want to persuade peace, I am afraid that General Guan will not give me a chance to speak." ”

Sun Shangxiang nodded, Sun Luban thought for a while, and nodded.

Zhuge Ke and Xie Jing glanced at each other and quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

"What is Brother Zhuge busy with?" Sun Shao calmly looked at the Shu envoy Zongpre and asked in a very intimate tone. In front of him, the identity of the sect who is nearly forty years old is very delicate, he is a person from Nanyang'an, nineteen years of Jian'an, Liu Bei's attack on the city was frustrated, Pang Tonggong died, and as a last resort, Liu Bei transferred Zhuge Liang and Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others into Sichuan. Zong Pre was Zhang Fei's staff at that time, quite trusted by Zhang Fei, Zhang Fei was too punctual in Bajun, and he also did a period of time as the chief secretary, and later Zhuge Liang was the prime minister, and he did the prime minister's main book, this time the army went out, his identity was to join the army right middle Lang general, auxiliary Guan Yu to the east. This time he sent an envoy to the Yue Kingdom, and as an envoy, he was sent to Funan.

From Shu to Funan, it is not easy, from the waterway, not only to cross the Yangtze River controlled by Wu, but also time-consuming, from the land, also to pass through Yulin County, Cangwu County controlled by Wu, the jungle is innumerable, and Zong Pre not only arrived safely, but also only took a month, which made Sun Shao very surprised.

What surprised Sun Shao even more was the identity of Zong Pre, Zong Pre and Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei are all related, and the relationship is not shallow, and the ability can be seen. With Sun Shao's bad habit of living the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, he suspected that Zong Pre knew Zhuge Liang before he befriended Zhang Fei, and An Zhong was not far from Xinye, and it was impossible for Zhuge Liang to know nothing about a talent like Zong Pre. If his conjecture is true, then it is very suspicious that Zong Yu is now joining the army as Guan Yu, is he just an official arrangement, or is it someone who Zhuge Liang placed next to Guan Yu? You must know that the previous position of the sect was the prime minister's chief bookkeeper.

At this time, it is very important to find out what Zhuge Liang is thinking.

"The prime minister is raising food and grass for the army." Zong pre said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "However, although Yizhou has tried its best to recover in recent years, but has not been able to recover its vitality, Yizhou County has such a thing, the king is furious, thinking that Wu is too bullying, and insists on sending troops to fight, the prime minister is persuaded hard, but he is powerless to stop, at present, it is necessary to support the army to go out, but also to appease Yizhou, Ke counties, it is really difficult, the general realized the difficulties of the prime minister, so he decided to ask the king for help, so he sent me. ”

Sun Shao laughed secretly in his heart. It seems that Liu Bei ordered the expedition, largely for the sake of face. Yizhou County is thousands of miles away from the border of Jiaozhou, and there is a Ke County in the middle, the forces of Wu can actually penetrate into it, rebel against the local natives, kill a Taishou, kidnap a Taishou, it can be seen that Shu's control over the southern part of Yizhou is really poor, if Liu Bei is not angry, who knows if Wu will become more aggressive in the future and further penetrate into the territory of Shu?

In this way, the symbolic significance of Shu's army expedition is greater than the practical significance, Shu is actually not ready to fight this battle, did Sun Quan see through this, so he was fearless, greeted without concessions, and resolutely refused to give in?

With the strength of Shu, if Zhuge Liang fully supports the army, there should be no problem, although the strength of Yizhou is not the strongest, but the 50,000 army will be dragged down after a few months, but Zhuge Liang has to be distracted to appease the southern counties of Yizhou at this time, it seems to be a matter of course, but it is a little suspicious when you think about it. The southern part of Yizhou is in chaos, this is not just today, Shu State's control over the southern part of Yizhou has not been strong, it doesn't matter much if it is appeased one day earlier and one day later, or if there is no army entering, even if it is pacified, it is only a superficial thing, and the actual problem has not been solved, with Zhuge Liang's intelligence, how can he not see this?

Then there is only one explanation, Zhuge Liang not only disapproves of the Eastern Crusade, but also opposes it very much, Guan Yu led the army to crusade against Wu, facing not only the problem of food and grass shortage, but also the contradiction of internal disagreement. He is now a great general, and if this battle is defeated, he will probably be able to do it as a great general.

Zhuge Liang may be using this opportunity to stumble on Guan Yu.

So what does Liu Bei think? Does Liu Bei also have any opinions about Guan Yu, the general, otherwise, although he is not a wise person, he should be able to see Zhuge Liang's passive sabotage. Of course, it is normal for Liu Bei to make a faint move, in history, isn't his expedition against Eastern Wu going against the public?

"How do you want me to help?" The corners of Sun Shao's mouth twitched slightly, revealing a meaningful smile, and after seeing the internal affairs of Shu clearly, he had an idea.

Zong Yu frowned inadvertently, he was very uneasy about Sun Shao's composure. At this time, he didn't ask Liu Bei what he thought, nor did he ask Guan Yu what he thought, he directly asked Zhuge Liang what he thought, could it be that his relationship with Zhuge Liang was closer than his relationship with Guan Yu's son-in-law? As Zhuge Liang's cronies, Zong Yu knew that Zhuge Liang and Sun Shao had cooperated several times, but these collaborations seemed to be official business, and there were not too many personal friendships in them, even Zhuge Liang's younger brother Zhuge Jun went to Zhuya Academy on official business, and I didn't hear how many personal friendships they had. And at this moment, Sun Shao's familiarity with Zhuge Liang showed in his tone made Zong unable to understand the mystery, and naturally he didn't know how to answer Sun Shao.

He thought for a moment, and could only say vaguely: "Now the war is under the full authority of the general, and I also came to ask for help on the order of the general." The general hopes that the king can support some grain, grass and ordnance, and it would be better if he could threaten Jiaozhou from the side. ”

"You came here, do the King of Shu and the Prime Minister know?" Sun Shao was in hot pursuit.

Zong Yu frowned, hesitated for a moment before saying: "I don't know, I am appointed by the general, and the general should inform the king and the prime minister's mansion." ”

"yes, I see." Sun Shao nodded, and didn't ask any more, this sentence is already very clear, it was Guan Yu's idea to come here, Guan Yu has always been arrogant, this kind of thing is actually cut first and then played, when Liu Bei still trusts him, of course he will not embarrass him because of this kind of thing, but when it comes to settling the account, this is an unforgivable crime, no matter how light, you can be sentenced to a crime of communicating with a foreign country. "You rest here for two days and take a look at the scenery of Temu City, and I will discuss it with the queen and try to support as much as possible." Sun Shao said with some ostentatiousness: "Don't dare to say anything else, I don't lack food and ordnance, Lord Yuezhang opened his mouth, I can't be too stingy." In a moment I will send you to see the armory, and if you fancy anything, tell me that I will try to meet your requests. ”

Hearing such news, Zong Yu bowed down and thanked him, but there was some ridicule in his expression.

Zong Pre went out, and Guan Feng, who had been standing behind the scenes, walked out, sat opposite Sun Shao, and asked puzzledly: "The husband is helping out, why is Zong Pre not happy?" Could it be that the war situation is really so difficult that it is not just a matter of food, grass and ordnance? ”

Sun Shao smiled, leaned over and took Guan Feng's hand, pulling her to his side. Although it is already October, the weather in Funan is still very hot, Guan Feng is wearing a thin silk coat, although it is dyed with gorgeous patterns, it can still reveal the clothes inside, in addition to the body is wrapped in opaque clothes, the two arms are almost all exposed, and the chest also reveals a piece of snow-white skin, below the knees, there is only a pair of cowhide sandals and ice foot clothes, which looks attractive.

"Husband ......" was held in Sun Shao's arms, Guan Feng's face was red, and he struggled twice uneasily. Although there are no outsiders in the hall, Guan Feng, who has always been restrained, is still not used to having such intimate actions in broad daylight.

"Don't you want to hear me analyze Lord Yue's current predicament?" Sun Shao blinked and said with a wicked smile. As soon as he heard about his father, Guan Feng didn't dare to struggle, and quietly leaned on Sun Shao's side to listen to his explanation.

"Could it be so?" Guan Feng's eyes widened in surprise after hearing a few words.

"Although I don't dare to say that it is certain, but eight or nine is not far from ten, I am still sure." Sun Shao smiled and reached out to tap the tip of Guan Feng's nose: "Don't forget, Zhang Fei's daughter is the crown princess, once Liu Chan succeeds to the throne, Zhang Fei should be a general." Although Yuezhang is two or three years older than Liu Bei, his health has always been very good, on the contrary, Liu Bei has been bedridden, in case Liu Bei dies first, what should Yuezhang do? Who can counterbalance him? If this long-term campaign is fruitless, or even a small provocation, things will be different, with the temper of Yuezhang, he will definitely take the blame and resign, and Zhang Fei, as a former general second only to Yuezhang, will be succeeded by him as a general, which has become a legitimate thing. ”

Guan Feng gasped. Glaring, it took a long time before he asked, "What then?" ”

"It's fine." Sun Shao patted Guan Feng on the shoulder and smiled disappreciatively: "First, they are just afraid of Yue-in-law, and they just want to restrain him appropriately, so they don't want to deal with him." Second, they forgot that your father had a daughter who was a queen. ”

"I ...... What use can I have, the powerful one in Yue is the sailor, and if the sailor wants to reach Changsha, he has to cross the border of Wu, and besides, what is the difference between that and meeting the soldiers of Wu? Guan Feng shook his head and sighed, "In that case, it will be equivalent to a war between Wu and Yue." Although I care about my father, I don't want to drag Yue Guo into this inexplicable war. We have just taken Funan, we need time to stabilize the situation of the people in Funan, and we can't go on a rash expedition, and there is no need for that. ”

Sun Shao looked at Guan Feng quietly, very satisfied, although Guan Feng did not know how to scheming, but the basic right and wrong were still clear.

"Don't worry, I have a way." Sun Shao leaned into Guan Feng's ear and whispered a few words. Guan Feng listened attentively, nodded again and again, but finally couldn't help blushing, glanced at Sun Shao with shame, got up and ran away.

Under the leadership of Zhao Feng, Zong Pre visited the arsenal that had just been renovated, especially the crossbow that had just been installed on the Special Mu City, Zong Pre didn't take it seriously at first, but was a little curious about the shape of the repeater, Zhao Feng saw that he didn't believe it, so he asked people to demonstrate it. When Zong Yu saw the powerful arrows shooting at an almost non-stop speed, he opened his mouth wide in surprise, and he lost his temper for a moment.

"This ...... How many such weapons do you have in the country? Zong Pre immediately changed his expression and asked impatiently.

"Not too much." Zhao Feng smiled, and walked forward with Zong Pre, and said: "There are about ten to thirty such repeaters on each ship, depending on the size of the ship, there are fewer on medium-sized fighting ships, and the standard configuration is one at the head and tail of each battleship, however, the base of these repeaters can be rotated and can shoot in one direction at the same time, in total, we have about four or five hundred such repeaters in Yueguo." Zhao Feng glanced at Zong Pre, his expression was full of pride: "In the Battle of Xijuan City and the Battle of Dunxun, our army defeated the enemy with the powerful lethality of the crossbow. If it can be equipped with a hundred of these repeating crossbows, I believe that it will not be difficult for the prince to defeat the Wu army. ”

Zong pre held his beard, rolled his eyes, and thought nervously. The Han Dynasty has always used the bow and crossbow as the strongest weapon, whether it is against the nomads who are mainly cavalry, or against the foot soldiers, whether it is a field battle or a siege, the number and surname of the long-range weapon of the bow and crossbow can determine the strength to a large extent. Now the Yue State has overcome the defect of the slow shooting speed of the crossbow, and pushed the power of this weapon to a new height, they are no longer the most inconspicuous foil in the four countries, but have become a powerful force that cannot be ignored, coupled with the new Funan, to solve the problem of food shortage, the strength of the Yue State has surpassed Wu Shu, and can be faintly compared with the Wei State. Shu and Wu competed, Shu relied on the relationship between the general Guan Yu and Sun Shao's son-in-law, while Wu was one step closer, they were both surnamed Sun, even if Sun Quan and Sun Shao had contradictions, he would not watch Sun Quan be frustrated. If Sun Shao supported some of these crossbows to Sun Quan, not only would the possibility of Guan Yu's defeat greatly increase, but it might also turn from a small provocation to a big defeat.

Zong Yu knew that Zhuge Liang could not hope that such a thing would happen, they just hoped that Guan Yu would suffer a small setback, or that the army would not be in a good position, and would never want to suffer heavy losses.

"If King Yue can support some such crossbows to the general, the general will definitely be able to win and succeed." Zong Yu quickly put on a smile that was happy to see the hunter, and he couldn't put it down, and he circled the repeater several times, looking at it carefully.

"Since the king said that he would support it strongly, it must include such a repeater." Zhao Feng nodded: "Not only the crossbow, but also the sword and the horse, as long as the general needs it, the king will definitely do his best to support it." ”

The corners of Zong Pre's eyes couldn't help jumping, and he was embarrassed in his heart. Why is Guan Yu so strong now, even Liu Bei has to be afraid of three points? This has a lot to do with the fact that Sun Shao supported Guan Yu's 2,000 war horses last time. Two thousand war horses Guan Yu did not swallow alone, he offered a thousand to Liu Bei, now it is Liu Bei's personal guard of the cavalry in the White Ear Army, the other thousand in addition to a small amount of gifts to Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei and others, Guan Yu left seven hundred, at present, among the generals of Shu, Guan Yu's personal guard cavalry is the largest, up to a thousand people, and there is Sun Shao, the son-in-law, his war horse can be replenished every year, can always maintain a strong combat effectiveness, other generals and him are too far behind, Even the White Ear Army wanted to change the war horse as conveniently as him, and the speed of replenishment was far from keeping up with the speed of loss, and its strength continued to decline.

If he gets a large number of weapons and war horses this time, Guan Yu's strength will be further expanded, even if he loses the battle, I am afraid that no one will dare to touch him easily.

This is a dilemma, to ask for these supports, and Zhuge Liang and others expect just the opposite, without these supports, then the risk will become too big and uncontrollable, which is also not what Zhuge Liang wants.

Zong Yu scratched his head very much, the worry in his eyes was more obvious, Zhao Feng saw it, thinking that he was worried that Sun Shao would not give it in vain, Guan Yu might not be able to afford such a price, so he comforted: "Zong Jun rest assured, the king of my family loves the queen very much, and he also respects General Guan very much, although he is a father-in-law, he is not worse than his biological father, although these things are expensive, but of course they will not cost so much money to give to General Guan, at most it is just a symbol of the surname." ”

It's okay if he doesn't say it, but when he says this, Zong Yu is even more worried. He glanced at Zhao Feng and stopped talking. He knew that there were many generals around Sun Shao who were from the Guan family's personal guards, and the person in front of him was only afraid that it was not appropriate to say that Guan Yu was not in front of him, but he must think of a solution, neither allowing Wu Guo to gain the upper hand, nor cheapening Guan Yu.

Zong Yu pondered for a moment, and suddenly had an idea, and he thought about it.

(To be continued)