Chapter 101: Great Praise
Fang Shao, as Liu Bei's envoy, calmly entered Chaisang City.
On the day of staying at the post house, Fang Shao heard that Sun Quan was fortunately still in Chaisang at this time, perhaps because although the Hefei side was empty, Sun Quan's troops were also stretched, so he had to wait until the army of the Shanyue people in Wu County and other places came back before he could take action.
Without further ado, Fang Shao asked to meet Sun Quan on the same day, perhaps after the Battle of Chibi, Sun Quan was also anxious to discuss with Liu Bei on the distribution of interests in Jingzhou, so that night, Sun Quan couldn't wait to summon Fang Shao in Wuhou's Mansion.
As soon as he entered the political hall, Fang Shao saw the blue-eyed and purple-haired Sun Quan on the seat at a glance, this was the first time he saw Sun Quan himself, and sure enough, it was the same as described in the book and Zhuge Liang, and he thought in his heart: "It's really like a foreign devil, why did Sun Jian create him like this, could it be that the gene mutation failed, or did someone put a hat on him?" ”
He took Sun Quan in his heart, but he was respectful and polite on his face, stepped forward a few steps, and bowed: "General Zuo's subordinate Fang Shao paid a visit to General Sun." ”
Sun Quan also got up and returned the salute, and said kindly: "Fang is engaged in free etiquette, I have worked hard all the way, come here, serve tea." ”
The two sides settled down, Sun Quan looked Fang Shao up and down, and secretly thought: "I once heard a letter from Zijing, saying that there is a person named Fang Shao under Liu Bei, who has a lot of strategies, and there have been many suggestions in the first battle of Chibi, but now I see it, I can't imagine that it is still such a young man, well, Liu Bei's subordinates are really the hidden dragon and crouching tiger." ”
Fang Shao saw that Sun Quan's eyes were a little unusual, and he probably heard of some of his deeds, but he didn't know at the moment, and after a few sips of tea, he said: "In the battle of Chibi, our coalition army defeated Cao Thief, which is really gratifying. ”
Sun Quan smiled and stroked his beard and said: "Liu Yuanjun is brave and good at fighting, this battle of Chibi must have won a lot." ”
Sun Quan's words were much more subtle and polite than Zhou Yu's, but there was still an implicit irony that Liu Bei did nothing and only cared about snatching the spoils.
Fang Shao knew that Sun Quan was beginning to calculate the merits, and after the calculations, it was natural to distribute the benefits after the war.
Fang Shao's expression was more calm, and he said: "The reason why the Battle of Chibi was able to succeed is actually due to the tacit cooperation between the two families, such as General Guan blocking the Han River waterway with a water army, preventing the southward path of the Cao army in Xiangyang, and clearing the worries for the Zhou Dudu. Later, when the two sides were at a stalemate, General Zuo mobilized all the people under his tent to work together and offered Zhou Dudu a fire attack and a series of plans. In the battle of Wulin, General Zuo took the lead and pursued Cao Thief with Zhou Dudu. Our alliance cooperates so tacitly, how can Cao Thief be invincible. ”
At this time, Fang Shao knew that he could no longer be modest, so he said all the credits of Liu Bei with exaggerated elements, and the implication was naturally to say to Sun Quan: "See, don't look at your many soldiers, but if you leave our assistance, you will have no chance to win Cao Ying, and when you will divide the territory, you don't want to take advantage of us."
Sun Quan didn't know what Fang Shao meant, and according to the news he had planted in the front line, how could he not tell how much Fang Shao was true and how much was exaggerated.
Moreover, the two sides are in the honeymoon period of the alliance, and Sun Quan didn't plan to swallow Liu Bei's share of the cake, but whether this honeymoon is a seven-day tour of Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, or find a nearby farmhouse, it is up to him Sun Quan to decide.
So, he smiled slightly, and did not overturn Fang Shao's words, but said: "Liu Envoy Jun can contribute like this, my front-line soldiers must work harder, otherwise with the crowd of Cao thieves, how can they be defeated by one blow." ”
Sun Quan is emphasizing his main surname for his own merits.
It was obvious who had made the most contributions in the Battle of Chibi, and Fang Shao had no intention at all, nor did he dare to overthrow Wu Jun's position as the main contributor.
He heard Sun Quan's words, so he took the opportunity to say: "This is natural, Shao is in Chibi, but he has witnessed the whole battle process with his own eyes." If you want to say that the person with the greatest credit, it has to be said that it is the governor of Zhou, and the governor of Zhou is called Shenwu Mingju, which of your army is not convinced of him, even the lord of my family is extremely admired, if it is not for the command of the governor of Zhou, even if we use all our strategies, I am afraid that in the end it will be empty. ”
Fang Shao did not hesitate to praise Zhou Yu, and Sun Quan smiled slightly when he heard it, and said lightly: "Lone's vision is really right, he is indeed indispensable to this battle." ”
Sun Quan's subtext is, of course, that no matter how capable Zhou Yu is, it must first be my Sun Quan's useful vision, and if you want to say the biggest credit, it has to be my Sun Quan.
Fang Shao pretended not to know, and then said: "In this battle of Chibi, the governor of Zhou is famous all over the world, and even the old governor of Cheng is convinced of him. The Governor of Dadu said that with him, General Sun can rest assured that he will first defeat the southern counties, and then go to take the four southern counties, and then most of Jingzhou will be in his hands, and then he will be able to sweep the world for General Sun. ”
Fang Shao did a long day of foreshadowing, and finally transferred to the four southern counties, but this is still just foreshadowing, what he has to do now is to create the momentum of Zhou Yu's "high merit and mastery" in front of Sun Quan.
This is the strategy that Fang Shao came up with, with Zhou Yu's surname, of course he would not allow Liu Bei to take advantage of him, so only by taking advantage of Sun Quan's suspicions and the contradictions within Jiangdong to make Sun Quan think that Zhou Yu must be clamped down to a certain extent, Liu Bei Fang can profit from it.
Fang Shao's gorgeous bombardment began to work, especially in the latter paragraph, Sun Quan obviously flashed a trace of melancholy in his eyes when he heard it, and the smile on his face converged a lot, and said: "Gong Jin is elegant and talented, and it is reasonable for everyone to be convinced." ”
Fang Shao saw that the foreshadowing was almost over, so he changed his words and said: "With the ability of the governor of Zhou, it is naturally only a matter of time before he takes the southern county and then the southern four counties. It's just that there are still 30,000 Cao Ren's army in Jiangling at the moment, and Cao Ren is not an easy character to deal with. As for General Sun, he could have personally gone out to take the four southern counties, but Shaolai heard that Hefei was empty, and General Sun had the intention of going in person. It's hard to get out, but if you don't take it, it's always a threat, which is really not easy to do. ”
Sun Quan now understands that it turns out that this person came this time because Liu Bei wanted to go to the four southern counties, but his analysis did make some sense.
The corners of Sun Quan's mouth raised slightly, and he said: "It's rare that Liu Yuanjun is so thoughtful for Lone, presumably Liu Envoyjun has also thought of a way to deal with Lone." ”
Sun Quan said this, Fang Shao was not interesting to beat around the bush, he smiled at the moment, and said: "Since your two families are alliances, then naturally they are not separated from each other, my lord thinks that the general can't transfer extra men and horses now anyway, instead of this, I might as well let my lord take it on behalf of the general, but I don't know what the general wants." ”
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