Sun Quan and Lu Su sat down separately, and Lu Su saw Sun Quan's sad face, and couldn't help asking, "What is it that makes the lord so annoyed?" Only then did Sun Quan take out a piece of white silk from his arms, which was written with news about Cao Jun's southward movement, and stretched out his hand to hand it to Lu Su.

Lu Su got up and took the white silk, read it carefully, then put the white silk on the table in front of him, raised his head and asked, "I wonder what the Lord of the Dao Dao thinks about this matter?" Sun Quan thought for a while and said: "Cao Cao pacified the north, and the Central Plains were all wiped out, and now he is aggressively leading a million troops to conquer Jingzhou, this is probably not my Jiangdong's luck!" Lu Su smiled after listening to Sun Quan's words, "The lord is not blinded by hatred, and he is like watching current affairs, which is a fortunate thing for us in Jiangdong!" According to the minister's opinion, now that Cao Cao personally commanded a million troops to drink Ma Han water and pointed his sword at Jingxiang, where would his ambition stop at the Yangtze River? The minister heard that Cao Cao had ordered 30,000 laborers to be recruited in Yecheng to dig a large Xuanwu Lake to train sailors after returning to the dynasty after the victory of Wuhuan last year. The northern plains of Jingzhou are vast and there are not many rivers, if Cao Cao's target is only Liu Jingsheng in Jingzhou, then why is there any need to dig Xuanwu Lake so painstakingly to train the navy? Besides, Wu Yue and Jing Chu were originally dependent on each other, if Jing Chu was destroyed, then how could we Jiangdong survive alone? Moreover, now that Liu Biao is sick and dead, Liu Cong has surrendered to Cao, and the Cao army, which was unable to immediately conquer Jiangdong because of the weakness of the naval division, has the strength to conquer Jiangdong because it has replenished a large number of elite Jingzhou's naval forces. Cai Mao and Zhang Yun are good at water warfare, and the strength of the Jingzhou Navy Division and our Jiangdong Water Division is only equal, and these lords must know it in their hearts. Now that Cai Mao and Zhang Yun have taken refuge in Cao Cao, if Cao Cao orders the two to lead the Jingzhou Navy down the river, and he commands the northern army to go down the land route, so that the land and water advance, then it will not be a few days to reach the city of Chaisang. If so, what did the lord rely on to resist Cao's million-strong army? ”

After listening to Lu Su's words, Sun Quan's sorrow deepened, "In this way, we in Jiangdong can only sit and wait to die?" ”

"It's not like that! Cao Cao is eloquent, resourceful, and uses soldiers like a god. Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Lu Bu, Tao Qian, Zhang Miao, and Chen Gong, who competed with him in the past, have all perished. Now that Cao Cao has taken a million armor and coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, we really can't compete with him with our own strength alone! ”

"Zijing means we need allies!" Sun Quan will understand.

"Yes! We need to unite with our like-minded, stake-in and powerful allies to fight Cao Cao, only in this way can we maximize our strength! ”

"But now that the heroes are gone, who else can help us?"

Recently, the minister heard that the 20,000 light cavalry led by Cao Cao's vanguard, Cao Ren, had been wiped out in Dangyang, and the generals Li Dian and Wen Ping were captured. I don't know if the Lord of the Dao has heard about this? ”

"Well, I've heard about this too! It is said that it was done by Zhao Yun and Zhao Fei, the generals of Yuzhou Mu Liu Xuande! ”

"Yes! That's what Wechen heard! Lord, now Liu Biao is sick and dead, Liu Cong has surrendered to Cao, and many people of insight in Jingzhou have abandoned Xiangyang and gone to Jiangling. Liu Yuzhou has now become the leader of the nine counties of Jingzhou to resist Cao Cao's strength! ”

"Well, according to Zijing, Liu Xuande is an ally you can rely on?"

"Exactly, my lord, come and see!" As he spoke, Lu Su took out a sheepskin roll from his left sleeve, got up and came to Sun Quan's table, and spread the sheepskin roll in front of Sun Quan's table. Only then did Sun Quan see clearly that the map of Jingzhou was drawn on this parchment scroll. The towns and villages, rivers and mountains, roads and bridges above are clearly visible.

"It's ......"

"This is a topographic map of the nine counties of Jingzhou drawn by the minister after secretly sending his retainers to Jingzhou to visit a few years ago. Originally, it was intended to be dedicated to the lord to help the lord eliminate Liu Biao and recover Jingzhou. I didn't expect to have to use it against Cao Cao now! ”

"Hey, if the courtiers of Jiangdong can think about how to strengthen our Jiangdong every day like Zijing, then what else do I have to worry about?"

"The lord has a good reputation!" At this time, Lu Su must show humility and must not climb up the pole, this is the trick of being a courtier.

"Lord, come and see, after Liu Cong surrendered to Cao Cao, Cao's army ostensibly occupied many important towns in the north of Jingzhou, and all the land of Xiangfan belonged to Cao Cao. However, because Cao's army marched too fast, although Cao's army basically took the northern part of Jingzhou, in fact, he only controlled a few scattered military towns in Xiangyang and Fancheng. Many counties have not yet been submitted, and even those that have been submitted are mostly on the sidelines. This is the reason why Cao Cao wanted to leave Xu Huang with his army to garrison Fancheng and Le Jin to garrison Xiangyang with his army before he went south, so as to stabilize the areas that had been occupied in the north of Jingzhou, and at the same time clear those counties that were still resisting. ”

"Zijing means that Cao Cao ostensibly occupies Jingzhou, but in fact his rule over Jingzhou is not stable!"

"My lord is really clever!" Lu Su lost no time in patting Sun Quan's ass.

"Hehehe, Zi Jing praised it!" Sun Quan is actually very useful for Lu Su's sycophants. That's why people often say: Thousands of clothes don't wear sycophants! That's it. From ancient times to the present, there has been no leader who does not like flattery.

"Therefore, Cao Jun is making rapid progress and has achieved great results, but in fact, it hides a huge crisis. If Cao's army successfully pacified Jiangling and the prefectures and counties south of the Great River, then all the crises would naturally be no problem. But once Cao's army loses its march, then these hidden unstable factors will jump out one after another. At that time, Cao Cao's plan for the southern expedition will be difficult to realize! ”

"Well, that's right!"

"Now the fiasco of Dangyang Cao's army is a signal! It's an opportunity for us! Now Liu Yuzhou commanded an army of 60,000 to sit in Jiangling, guarding the north-south transportation hub, connecting Wuyue in the east, Bashu in the west, and reaching the South China Sea in the south. The minister expected that after the Battle of Dangyang, those scholars in Jingzhou who were unwilling to surrender to Cao Cao would definitely turn to Liu Bei, and as a result, Liu Bei's power would inevitably expand rapidly. If Cao Cao can't capture Jiangling within a while, eliminate Liu Bei. Once the war has entered the stage of stalemate, it will be extremely unfavorable for the Cao army of the labor expedition! ”

"Well, that's right!"

"But Liu Bei used 60,000 troops to fight against Cao's million-strong army, and in the end he had few soldiers, so for Liu Bei, he also needed someone who could join forces with him to fight against Cao's army! If this person is not a general, who else will there be? ”

"So what do we do now? Immediately send someone to discuss with Liu Bei the major matter of jointly resisting Cao? ”

"No!"

"What is this for?" Sun Quan is very strange, this grandson just said for a long time, didn't he just want to say that Liu Bei's strength is good, should we unite with him? Why do you say "no" at this juncture?

"Lord, we are going to unite with Liu Bei, but is it now!"

"What do you mean by Zijing's words?" Sun Quan was puzzled.

"First, we didn't have any contact with Liu Bei before, but we just had a general understanding of him from rumors and intelligence. These are not enough to make decisions that matter for the survival of the country. Second, Cao's army is approaching Jiangling, and we are sending envoys to see Liu Bei at this time, isn't this a clear indication of not giving Cao Cao face? This gave Cao Cao a pretext for attacking Jiangdong. Third, if I was too enthusiastic to go to Liu Bei and ask for an alliance, then it would be as if we were begging him to form an alliance with us, if so. Then in the future in the alliance we will be in an extremely disadvantageous position! ”

After listening to Lu Su's words, Sun Quan nodded and agreed, "Then Yi Zijing only sees it, what should we do?" ”

"In the opinion of the ministers, we might as well think that in the name of Liu Jingsheng's filial piety, we might as well send someone to Jiangling to explore the truth first! Then make a decision. What does the lord think? ”

"Wonderful!"

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