Obviously, Sun Quan's goal was originally Jingzhou.

Since the last time Zhuge Jin entered Sichuan and brought back Liu Bei's IOU, Sun Quan's heart was holding a fire, every time he saw Liu Bei's not very handsome handwriting, he couldn't wait to tear the IOU to pieces, and his hatred for Liu Bei could be said to be increasing.

After suffering the defeat in the first Battle of Hefei, Sun Quan decided to adjust the direction of the attack and get Jingzhou first.

However, every time Sun Quan decides, he does not easily express his attitude, but uses a certain subordinate to come down and express his decision, Zhou Yu during the Battle of Chibi, Lu Su when he borrowed Jingzhou, and this time it was Lu Meng's turn.

The advantages of this are obvious, if you fail, you will return to your subordinates, and if you succeed, you will be the wise decision of my master, no matter what, you will be invincible, so many years, Sun Quan has played this trick very thoroughly.

Therefore, after listening to Lu Meng's words, Sun Quan couldn't help but feel secretly proud in his heart, but he said worriedly: "Although Liu Bei is in Yizhou, Jingzhou still has heavy troops to garrison, and a tiger and wolf general like Guan Yu is guarding it, if he forcibly uses troops, I am afraid that there is no certainty of victory." ”

Lu Meng said with a smile: "Although Jingzhou is the lord's sooner or later, there is no need to swallow it in a hurry, Meng thinks that when we adopt a gradual encroachment strategy, we will slowly swallow Jingzhou little by little." ”

Sun Quan raised his eyebrows and said busily: "How to gradually encroach, Ziming will be more detailed." ”

Lu Meng then stood up, pointed to the map on the screen and said: "Lord, please see, although there are six counties in Jingnan, the most important ones are only Nanjun and Jiangxia, so Guan Yu's main forces are mainly concentrated in Xiakou, Gong'an, and Jiangling, while the four southern counties are weak. Now that Hanchang County is in my hands, then our naval division can cut off the Xiangshui Mouth at any time, Guan Yu is afraid of the benefits of our army's water war, and he does not dare to go south of Xiangshui to aid the four counties, only from the public security into the oil river, and then transfer to Jingnan, so that it will take time, then our army can calmly capture Guiyang, Changsha, Lingling three counties. ”

Lü Meng followed Zhou Yu to fight in Nanjun for a long time, and he was familiar with the situation in Jingnan, and he knew how to take advantage of the advantages of Wu's army.

After listening to Lu Meng's analysis, Sun Quan sighed with joy in his heart, sighing that Lu Meng and Lu Su were both people strongly recommended by Zhou Yu.

Lu Meng's words are much more durable, there is not so much reason, a few simple strategies for using troops can make him take the three counties lightly, it is so simple, this is a pleasure to hear.

Sun Quan immediately patted Lu Meng on the shoulder and praised: "Ziming, it seems that you are already confident, it seems that you are the only candidate for the capture of the three counties." ”

As soon as Lu Meng heard that Sun Quan had the intention of entrusting him with a heavy responsibility, his spirit suddenly lifted up, and he hurriedly said: "If the lord can trust Meng, Meng will take back the three counties for the lord." ”

Sun Quan nodded and said: "Very good, then you can go back to Lukou as soon as possible, and analyze more of the benefits and disadvantages with the generals, Wuzhong's side, you will persuade them to agree." ”

In fact, Sun Quan was known as the lord of Eastern Wu, but everything involving the use of troops, from the Battle of Chibi to the crusade against the Shanyue Rebellion, could not be arbitrary.

Sun Quan's difficulties are actually inextricably linked to the way of governing the country in Eastern Wu.

The clans of Soochow controlled almost most of the population and economic lifeline of Soochow, and the army of Soochow was actually composed of private soldiers. In Eastern Wu, there were as many as hundreds of generals with private soldiers, and important ones such as Cheng Pu, Chen Wu and others all had as many as thousands of private soldiers. And the most important thing is that these private soldiers can be succeeded by father and son, and Sun Quan basically cannot mobilize them alone, only through the generals to whom the private soldiers belong.

And Sun Quan wanted these generals who supported the army to use their own private soldiers, relying on the same interests as them, such as using slogans such as anti-Cao and anti-China to make them hate the same enemy. For example, after the Battle of Chibi, Zhou Yu captured Hanchang County in the north of Changsha, which became Zhou Yu's food town, and after Lu Su took over Zhou Yu's army, Hanchang County was converted into Lu Su's food town, which was unimaginable in Liu Bei's group and Cao Ying's group.

Therefore, the most fundamental factor in maintaining Soochow Group is visible interests. The previous invasion of Xu Yang in the north was in vain, and the generals involved all lost their generals, which made the interests of many generals suffer, and many people complained. Therefore, this time Sun Quan couldn't wait to encroach on Jingzhou, but in fact, he also wanted to compensate these generals.

If you compare it a little, Cao Ying's group is equivalent to a one-person head office, followed by many small companies, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang These generals are the heads of small companies, but if Cao Ying wants to replace them, it is also easy.

Liu Bei Group is equivalent to a joint-stock company of partnership, Liu Bei is the major shareholder, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are the second shareholders, Zhuge Liang and others are shareholders, no matter what benefits they get, everyone has dividends.

Sun Quan's words are similar to franchise stores, doing good or bad work is their own, but they have to pay some franchise fees to the nominal boss Sun Quan every year.

Such a way of organizing the regime may solve the many reasons why Eastern Wu has not had a clear offensive and defensive policy for several generations, and several attacks that are not very brilliant have also been in vain, and the offensive surname of its regime is far less than that of Shu Han.

When Sun Quan met with the civil and military officials of Eastern Wu one after another, preparing to turn the battlefield from Xu Yang to Jingxiang, another troublesome matter followed.

At this time, when Sun Quan was receiving Gu Yong, he suddenly heard a commotion outside the hall, and was about to drink who the guards were making a noise, when one person broke into the door, followed by a large group of panicked guards.

When Sun Quan just wanted to scold, he looked up and saw the menacing intruder, and the angry words on his lips involuntarily swallowed back.

The intruder was his sister Sun Shangxiang, at this moment, she was staring at his brother with a resentful look, and Gu Yong, who was still beside him with a gentle face.

"Little sister, I'm discussing something important with Yuan Si, what are you doing?" Sun Quan was stunned, but he didn't dare to say too much.

Sun Shangxiang didn't answer him, but just snorted coldly.

Ba Ji's temper is well known, this is not the first time she has trespassed on Sun Quan's political affairs hall, Gu Yong has also heard about it for a long time, at this time, seeing Sun Shangxiang's angry face, he guessed the ** point in his heart, so he got up and said: "The lord has family affairs, so Yong will not bother." ”

Sun Quan was also afraid of being embarrassed in front of the minister, so he smiled and said: "Then this is a good thing, so let's talk to Yuan Si again." ”

Gu Yong glanced at Sun Shangxiang with a slanted glance, smiled and whispered: "Whether this matter can be done or not, let's wait until the lord passes the young lady's level." ”

Gu Yong got up and walked away calmly, and when he passed by Sun Shangxiang's side, he also bowed his hand, but Sun Shangxiang didn't even look at him, his expression seemed to be hostile.

After Gu Yong left, Sun Quan's face sank, and he said unhappily: "Little sister, how many times have I told you for my brother, how can you break into this important military place at will." Also, Gu Yuanxi is my important minister in Jiangdong, how can you be so rude to him. ”

Sun Shangxiang snorted and said disdainfully: "What Jiangdong important minister, he is nothing more than a snobs who climb the dragon and attach the phoenix." ”

Sun Shangxiang was so disrespectful, Sun Quan frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Little sister, I see that you are really spoiled by me, and you are becoming more and more disagreeable, Gu Yuansigh is my Sun's humerus, you are so disrespectful to him, and it will be passed out, isn't it cold to Yuan's sigh." ”

Sun Shangxiang also followed the fire and said: "Where did I say it wrong, if he is not a disciple who climbs the dragon and attaches the phoenix, why does Baba beat me for his son?" ”

Sun Quan was stunned in his heart, and only then did he realize that his sister was so angry that he was like that. So his expression eased a little, and said: "Little sister, you misunderstood Yuan Si, in fact, I proposed to marry Yuan Si and marry you to filial piety." ”

The "filial piety" that Sun Quan said in his mouth is Gu Yong's eldest son Gu Shao.

Sun Shangxiang became even more angry when he heard this, looked at Sun Quan coldly, and asked angrily: "Second brother, where did I do something wrong, why do you have to marry me to the one surnamed Gu!" ”

Sun Quan knew that her sister's surname was Geng Lie, and when she was going to marry her to Liu Bei before, she almost didn't kill her, so she had to endure her surname and persuade her with good words: "Sister, where did you say this, filial piety is from a famous family, and the person is good-looking, and the talent is amazing, if you marry him, it is the right person, the talented woman, for the brother, this is for your lifelong happiness." ”

Gu Shao is a talented person, this person is well-read, happy, when he was young, he was able to be as famous as his uncle Lu Ji, and when he was older, his reputation was better than Lu Xun, and he was also evaluated by Pang Tong as "a crossbow bull can carry the weight far", and at the age of twenty-seven, he was worshiped as Yuzhang Taishou, and he deserved to be the arrogance of the younger generation of Jiangdong.

It's just that none of this is important, the most important thing is that this person's father is Gu Yong, a famous person in Jiangdong.

The famous family in Jiangdong is headed by "Gu Lu Zhu Zhang", and the Gu family of Wu County is ranked first, the reason why Sun Quan wants to give his sister to Gu Shao, his real intention is nothing more than to form a political in-law with the Gu family.

"What kind of family is right, talented and beautiful, I don't want to be rare, I just don't marry!"

Sun Shangxiang's response was very decisive, Sun Quan saw that it was too soft, so he had to be hard, so he sank his face, put on a brother's shelf, and taught him a lesson: "You are in charge of marriage matters." Besides, you have been in the boudoir for many years, and you have long passed the age of marriage, and it is not easy for your brother to find such a good family for you. ”

Sun Shangxiang was so sad, angry and anxious, and just when she didn't know what to do, the words that the person had said suddenly came to mind: I wonder if Miss has ever heard of 'one crying, two troubles, and three hangings'?

It was this sentence that reminded Sun Shangxiang, and suddenly, her face became extremely resolute, and she said in a deep voice: "Second brother, if you force me again, I will die to show you!" ”

(To be continued)