Zhuge Liang looked around, and saw Zhang Zhao, Gu Yong and other more than 20 civil and military officials, sitting in full clothes. And after Zhuge Liang saw the salute one by one, he stood in the hall and said: "I still hope that you will not hesitate to teach." ”

Zhang Zhao and the others saw Zhuge Kong Mingfeng's spirit fluttering, and his instrument was lofty, and he looked like a lobbyist. Zhang Zhao, as the head of Wenchen, took the lead in asking: "I, Zhang Zhao, am just a little person in Jiangdong, I have long heard that Mr. Gao Wolongzhong, compared himself to Guan Zhong and Le Yi, can there be such a thing?" ”

Zhuge Liang replied: "This is just a small comparison of Liang's life. ”

Zhang Zhao asked again: "Recently, I heard that Mr. Liu Yuzhou Sangu was in the grass house, and fortunately, Mr. thought that 'like a fish in water' wanted to sweep Jingxiang." Now Jing Xiang suddenly belongs to Cao Ying, I don't know why? But what about the gentleman's plan? ”

Zhuge Liang secretly thought: This Zhang Zhao is the first strategist under Sun Ce, if he doesn't stump him first, how can he convince Sun Ce? So he replied: "According to Liang's opinion, it is easy for my lord to take the land of Hanshang. Our lord Liu Yuzhou is humble and benevolent, and he can't bear to take away the inheritance of his brothers from the same clan, so he pushed Jingzhou away. Liu Cong's dog Zi'er, at the mercy of his words, surrendered privately, causing Cao thieves to run rampant. Now that I am the main soldier in Jiangxia, I have other good plans, which is not something that idle people can understand. ”

Zhang Zhao would not consider himself an idle person, and said: "If this is the case, Mr. will contradict himself." Mr. compares himself to Guan Zhong and Le Yi, and Guan Zhong assists Qi Huan to dominate the princes and the world; Le Yi took command of the Yan Kingdom, and went down to more than 70 cities in the Qi Kingdom overnight. These two people are both talents who help the world! And the gentleman will only smile proudly in the grass and sit with his knees crossed. Now that Liu Bei is in charge, he should make a profit for the people and eliminate the thieves. However, when Liu Bei did not get Mr., he was still able to dominate the world and divide the city; Now that he has Mr., people look up to him even more, even the three-year-old child said that Liu Bei is like a tiger with wings, and soon the Han family will be prosperous, and Cao Ying can be destroyed. The government and the opposition are all waiting to see and have great hopes for Mr. But why since Mr. followed Liu Bei, as soon as Cao Bing came, you lost your armor, looked at the wind, abandoned Xinye, went to Fancheng, defeated Dangyang, ran to Fankou, and there was no place to stay. This disappoints Liu Biao's last wish, the edict of the Son of Heaven. It was a great disappointment to the people of the world. So since Liu Yuzhou has a husband, why is it not as good as it was at the beginning? Is Guan Zhong and Le Yi like this? ”

After another pause, Zhang Zhaocai smiled and said: "The people of my mountains and wilderness are reckless and outspoken, and I hope that Mr. will not be surprised!" ”

Qiao Ren looked at Zhang Zhao's smiling face, but he couldn't laugh in his heart. "I didn't see Zhang Zhao's mouth so poisonous before, and he said that Zhuge Liang was useless in a few words" and Sun Ce was also secretly looking forward to what Zhuge Liang could use to refute it.

Zhuge Liang didn't get angry when he heard Zhang Zhao's words, but just smiled silently and said: "Dapeng is shaking thousands of miles, how can its ambition be known to the birds?" For example, if a person has been suffering from a chronic illness for many years, he should first be given some gruel to drink and take it with medicine. When his lungs and abdomen are reconciled and his body is slowly stabilized, he can be nourished with meat and treated with powerful medicine, so that the root of the disease can be eliminated and the person can fully recover. If you don't wait for the patient's qi to calm down, you can give him strong medicine and strong-tasting food, and it will be very difficult to ask for peace. My lord Liu Bei, who was defeated in Runan before, was placed under Liu Biaomen, with less than 1,000 soldiers, and only Guan, Zhang, and Zhao will be just like when the sick body is sick. And Xinye County is remote and scarce and has little food, so the lord is just temporarily borrowing to settle down, how can he stay there for a long time? But it was under such conditions that he was able to burn Bowang and flood the Cao army, which frightened Xiahou Dun and other generals of the Cao army. According to Liang's opinion, even if Guan Zhong and Le Yi use soldiers, it is nothing more than that. As for Liu Cong's surrender to Cao Ying, Yuzhou didn't know about it at the time, and he couldn't bear to take advantage of the chaos to seize the business of the same sect; When the defeat of Yang, Yuzhou could not bear to leave the people, hundreds of thousands of people helped the old and the young to cross the river with each other, and each said that he bumped more than ten miles with the people and gave up to take Jiangling, which is a great benevolence and righteousness! Outnumbered, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers. In the past, it was said that Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty was defeated by Xiang Yu many times, but he won the world in the next battle, wasn't it because Han Xin had a good plan for him? But Han Xinzuo has been a high ancestor for a long time, and there are many victories. Therefore, the major affairs of the family and the country, the safety of the world, the only way to plan is to hear. For example, those who are boastful and good at clever arguments, who rely on vanity to suppress others; Although they can sit back and talk about it, they are useless when it comes to dealing with various changes in the situation at critical moments. This is the real shame of the world! Kong Ming said that Zhang Zhao had no words to answer.

However, Qiao Ren sneered in his heart, burning Bowang was Xu Shu's strategy, and drowning Cao Jun was Liu Bei's master, what did it matter to him Zhuge Liang. However, I have to say that Zhuge Liang's long talk is imposing, and he does have the style of an ancient columnist.

At this time, one of the people in the audience suddenly asked loudly: "Now that Cao Gongtun has a million soldiers and a thousand generals, he is eyeing the whale to swallow Jiangxia, what does Mr. think?" ”

When Zhuge Liang heard this, he suggested that the doctor Yu turn it over, and said: "Cao Ying collected Yuan Shao's soldiers and robbed Liu Biao's rabble, although he falsely claimed 830,000, but it was not a concern."

Yu Xuan sneered when he heard this: "The Yuzhou army was defeated in Dangyang, the plan was poor in Xiakou, and it was only a matter of asking for help, and it dared to say 'not to worry', which is really ashamed!" ”

Zhuge Liang said: "How can my lord rely on only a few thousand benevolent and righteous teachers to resist a million brutal people. The retreat to Fankou is to wait for the time. And now, your Jiangdong soldiers are full of food and food, and they have the natural dangers of the Yangtze River, but some people still want their lords to bend their knees and surrender to Cao Thief, and they don't care about the shame of the world. From this point of view, is it that my lord is afraid of Cao Ying? Yu was speechless.

Another person in the audience asked, "Does Mr. Kong Ming want to follow the example of Zhang Yi and Su Qin to lobby our Eastern Wu?" ”

Zhuge Liang saw that it was Bu Lu, who was appointed as the Dong Cao Ling, and replied: "Mr. Bu Zishan thinks that Zhang Yi and Su Qin are debaters, but don't you know that they are heroes; Su Qin wore the seal of the six countries, and Zhang Yi was the minister of the Qin State twice, and they were both people who sought the country. Jun and the others only listened to Cao Ying's false words, and they were so frightened that they wanted to surrender, are they embarrassed to laugh at Su Qin and Zhang Yi here? ”

Bulu was also speechless by the question.

Suddenly, someone asked, "What does Mr. think Cao Ying is?" ”

Zhuge Liang looked at the man, it was Xue Zong, and replied: "Cao Ying is a thief, do you still need to ask?" ”

Xue Zong said: "Mr. is not right. The Han Dynasty has passed down the emperors of all dynasties so far, and the days have run out. Now Cao Gong owns two-thirds of the world, and everyone is with him. When Liu Bei didn't know the sky, he wanted to fight with it, it was like hitting a stone with an egg, how could he not be defeated? ”

Zhuge Liang said sharply at this time: "How can Xue Jingwen say such a kingless and fatherless words? Life is between heaven and earth, and loyalty and filial piety should be the foundation of life. Since Xue Gong is a Hanchen, he has the heart of not being a minister, and it is the way to be a minister when he checks the heart of his minister. The Cao family has eaten Hanlu in the past dynasties, but he does not want to repay the filial piety of the Han family, but has a rebellious heart to usurp power, and is hated by the people of the world. Although Liang is a puppet, he is ashamed of his words! Xue Zong was full of shame and had nothing to say.

Another person on the seat asked: "Although Cao Mengde coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, his ancestor was Cao Shen, the former Han Xiangguo. Liu Bei often said that he was a descendant of King Jing of Zhongshan, but there was no way to verify it, but it was rumored in the world that he was just a horseman who made straw mats and sold straw shoes, how could he be qualified to fight against Cao Ying"

Zhuge Liang looked at it, and it turned out to be Lu Ji, the leader of the young scholars in Jiangdong. Zhuge Liang laughed instead, and said: "Since Cao Ying is a descendant of Cao Xiangguo, it proves that he has been a Han minister for generations, but now he holds the royal power, runs rampant, and deceives the king, not only without a monarch, but also contempt for his ancestors, not only the rebellious ministers of the Han family, but also the thieves of the Cao family." My lord is a dignified and upright member of the Han family, and the current emperor has given him an official title according to the genealogy of his ancestors, why do you say that there is no way to verify'? Besides, Gaozu started to build a business from the head of the pavilion, so what is there to be ashamed of weaving mats and selling shoes? Liang thought that this was a child's opinion, how could he reason with Coats! Lu Ji couldn't help but keep his tongue shut.

Another person in the banquet said: "What Mr. said is all strong words, not serious at all, so there is no need to say more." Do you have any classic arguments in your book? ”

When Zhuge Liang heard this, he saw that it was the doctor who sacrificed wine severely, and said: "Looking for chapters and excerpts, it is just the work of pedantic Confucians, how can we rejuvenate national affairs according to this." In ancient times, Yi Yin, who cultivated and fished, Taigong who fished in Weishui, as well as Zhang Liang, Deng Yu and other famous people have never seen classic treatises handed down. Could it be that you just imitate those sour scholars all day long, just between the pen and inkstone, counting black and yellow, dancing and writing and making ink? Grim and dejected, unable to answer.

Everyone sighed in their hearts, this Zhuge Liang is really sharp-toothed, and the generals are even more dumbfounded, in the past, those civil servants who could talk back, what is wrong now.

Seeing that the ministers of Eastern Wu were not asking, Zhuge Liang also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, don't look at what he said lightly, but these people are all famous celebrities, how can they not have real talent and learning. It's just that Sun Ce originally had the heart to resist Cao, and this debate was only designed to suppress Zhuge Liang's momentum, and these celebrities were inherently weaker.

Seeing that Jiangdong celebrities were argued by a Zhuge Liang, Qiao Ren couldn't sit still, he was barely a Jiangdong celebrity, his predecessors had fallen, and it was not appropriate for him to go up again. Therefore, he asked: "Cao Yingbu rode across the world, chasing Dong Zhuo, capturing Lu Bu, destroying Yuan Shu, and Pinghebei. Your Liu Yuzhou can also be regarded as a good fight, but he can't stop one or two, how can I stop my Jiangdong soldiers who are weak. ”

Zhuge Liang found that it was a military general who spoke this time, and it was Qiao Ren, the general of the escort army who came to pick her up today. said: "General Qiao is too modest, in the past, he was called Dong, General Sun Jian's tiger power shocked the world, and he killed Huaxiong and defeated Lu Bu. In the first battle of Luoyang, Cao Ying was defeated and General Sun Jian was victorious. Wu Hou inherited the remnants of the tiger's father, and raised troops with the whole sword, vertical and horizontal, and shocked the world. And your Jiangdong soldiers are well fed, with 200,000 people in armor, how can you not have the strength to fight. Besides, above the river, Wu Hou's family is dominant, and in the past, the Jingzhou Navy was no longer an opponent, let alone now. ”

Qiao Ren laughed out loud at this time and said: "Since my lord is a heroic martyr, my Jiangdong soldiers are strong, and Liu Yuzhou has no more than 10,000 soldiers, and he will not be able to pass Zhang Zhao, and he has been defeated repeatedly. In addition, my lord is attributed to the chariot, and Yuzhou is only for General Zuo. If my two families will join forces to fight against Cao Ying, should we take my lord as the leader of the alliance? ”

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