"When the book is used, I hate it less, and I don't know how difficult it is?" Zhang Wen groaned for a moment, and sighed: "The prime minister is really diligent again." Although these two sentences are vulgar and unliterate, they are also sobering. Scholars such as us are more or less self-assured, but we don't know that people's hearts are not ancient, and they are not comparable to three generations. Or talk about retro in vain, stick to it, and make it difficult to move forward. The prime minister has such a status today and can still introspect, it is really high and deep, I am waiting for the front to look forward, and I can only be dumbfounded. ”

Zhuge Liang smiled silently, and when Zhang Wen finished praising him, he said unhurriedly: "Huishu, I can't take your words." ”

Zhang Wen smiled and said continuously: "It's quite unbelievable, who else can deserve it?" ”

Zhuge Liang glanced at Fei Yi intentionally or unintentionally, Fei Yi smiled understandingly, nodded slightly, and said that he had written it down. It is reasonable for the two sides to meet, praise each other, get closer to each other, and prepare for the next quarrel, but Zhang Wen obviously didn't notice that once the words he said reached Sun Quan's ears, it might be a different feeling.

Zhuge Liang pulled Zhang Wen into the hall, sat down the guests, Ma Jian and Jiang Wei stood on both sides, and Huo Yi held the book plate, waiting to record the content of their conversation. Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "Huishu, I said that I can't do it because I didn't say this sentence." ”

Zhang Wen was surprised: "Yes, who said that?" ”

"It was Wei Ba, the youngest member of my Prime Minister's Mansion to join the army, who said it." Zhuge Liang said unhurriedly: "Regarding reading, he also said another sentence, but it is the same as Mencius. Zhuge Liang said halfway, didn't say any more, and waited quietly.

Zhang Wen replied: "If you believe in a book, it is better to have no book?" ”

Zhuge Liang shook his head and said word by word: "Dead books, dead books." Reading to death. ”

Zhang Wen was stunned, and then stroked his palm: "Wonderful, wonderful." Sure enough, it is in a word, and it is more than Mencius's words. He then looked at Zhuge Liang with undisguised admiration: "Prime Minister, you can attach so much importance to the words of a young man who joins the army, and he can't see the virtuous." The breadth of your mind is very accessible. Admire, admire! ”

Zhuge Liang laughed: "Huishu, if you continue to talk about it, I'm just afraid that I will think that you are a clever person." Come on, come on. Let's get down to business. How is King Wu now? ”

Seeing Zhuge Liang cut to the point, Zhang Wen also put away his smile and said solemnly: "I came to see the prime minister on the order of the king, naturally I want to reaffirm the alliance." The prime minister's expedition to the northwest has been reported frequently, and the king of my family is also overjoyed by the prime minister. It's just that the prime minister has just used troops in the northwest. Cao Wei Yuwei has not yet been cleared, so he increased the troops in Fangling, strengthened the garrison of Anqiaosai, and even more scouts entered Jingzhou, which really puzzled me. ”

"What's so strange about that?" Zhuge Liang said calmly: "Increase the troops in Fangling." It's just a plan to encircle Wei to save Zhao, and it also wants to hunt Jingxiang with King Wu, break Cao Wei together, and remove the filth for the Han family. Han and Wu were originally an alliance, and if they cooperate, they will benefit both, and if they divide them, they will hurt both. Our army went on a northern expedition to capture Guanzhong, although the mandate of heaven was in Han and the division was victorious, but it was also unable to catch it. If Han and Wu join forces, capture Xiangfan, drive straight in, radial Wanluo, and then send the water division into Jianghuai, three ways to advance together, Cao Wei can be destroyed, and the Han family can be prosperous, wouldn't it be better than our army going out alone? This perfect plan, why is King Wu puzzled, and Hui Shu is also puzzled? ”

Zhang Wen was speechless for a while. As soon as he came up to accuse Shu Han of increasing troops in Fangling, he also emphasized that it was disrespectful to his allies to strengthen the defense of Anqiaosai. But Zhuge Liang said on the other hand, you are too sensitive, I want to fight Wei with you and capture Xiangyang and Fancheng. Everyone knows that what the other party said is a lie, but on this occasion, since everyone knows that the alliance cannot be broken, and this alliance will continue, it depends on who can justify themselves and explain their previous actions logically, at least without finding obvious loopholes.

In the first round, Zhang Wen was blocked by Zhuge Liang and fell behind. He was not willing to show weakness, rolled his eyes, and said with a smile: "The prime minister's three-way plan is really clever." However, the prime minister has just fought in the northwest, although he has won the war, he has also suffered losses, can he fight again? ”

The meaning of his words is obvious, you are a great victory in the Northern Expedition in your name, but your main force is out of Longyou, and as a result, Longyou is still in the hands of Cao Wei, in fact, it is defeated, and the loss will definitely not be small, can you still fight now? Don't say the beautiful words of fighting with Wu and Wei, you want to use the power of my Wu State to relieve the siege of Guanzhong, right?

Zhuge Liang's face did not change: "The Northern Expedition did have some losses, but compared to the gains, it was insignificant." Not to mention that I have to have 40,000 elite soldiers from Guanzhong alone. Even the soldiers of the Northern Expedition, after this battle, have improved a lot, and the number may have been slightly reduced, but the combat power has been greatly improved. If you don't believe it, when the war begins, you will know that what I say is true. ”

Zhang Wen's face changed. Zhuge Liang's words can bring a lot of threats. When the war started, was it a war with Cao Wei or a war with Soochow?

The two of you come and go, and the confrontation between words and swords, although Zhang Wen is very smart, he still can't take advantage of Zhuge Liang in front of him. In addition, because of the ghost ship incident, Wu Guo is now facing the danger of losing the advantage of water warfare, and he does not dare to turn his face with Shu Han at all. There are requests for others, Zhang Wen has already lost one first, but Zhuge Liang is confident, as stable as Mount Tai, refuting Zhang Wen's temptations one by one, and counterattacking from time to time, so that Zhang Wen has nothing to say.

Speaking of zuihou, Zhang Wen used Zuihou's killer move, pretending to be helpless, but actually threatening, and said: "Don't hide it from the prime minister, Emperor Cao Rui of Wei also has the intention of forming an alliance with me." If I go up the river in Eastern Wu and attack Yong'an, pointing directly at Chengdu, and Wei Chong'an attacks Guanzhong and takes Hanzhong with partial divisions, I don't know how the prime minister will deal with it? ”

Zhuge Liang had been prepared for a long time, and after listening to Zhang Wen's words, he laughed, laughed very easily, and smiled disapprovingly. He looked at his fingers, was silent for a moment, and suddenly asked, "Huishu, how is the war in Jiaozhou?" Are Danyang and Huiji's Shanyue still having trouble? ”

Zhang Wen opened his mouth and had nothing to say. In fact, all three countries have internal troubles. There is Qianghu in the north of Wei, the rebellion in the south of Shu has just been quelled, and Wu is not too peaceful, Shanyue in Danyang, Huiji and other places has not stopped, and Jiaozhou has just had an accident last year, and the interior is not peaceful. With the departure of a group of old ministers who followed Sun Jian and Sun Ce back then, Jiangdong Shili unstoppably raised his head, and the four surnames of Wu County, Zhu Lu and Gu Zhang, have entered the center one after another. Sun Quan is also in a dilemma, blocking the rise of the Jiangdong people, there will be no foundation for the country, and if the rise of the Jiangdong people is allowed to rise, they will be swayed. How could he have an easy life again? What Zhuge Liang said was just external troubles, and the part of internal troubles was not mentioned in person, just to save some face for Zhang Wen.

Zhang Wen is one of the representatives of Jiangdong Shili.

Despite this, this is enough for Zhang Wen to be vigilant. If he wanted to play these temptation tricks, he couldn't get any bargain from Zhuge Liang at all. In desperation, Zhang Wen had to give up his bargaining plan and offered Sun Quan to continue to maintain an alliance with Shu Han, jointly resist Wei, and crusade against Xiangyang together. Wu had an advantage in water warfare and could be responsible for cutting off the connection between Xiangyang and Fancheng, so could Shu Han be responsible for the task of capturing Xiangyang?

Zhuge Liang scoffed, Xiangyang and Fancheng are the eyes of the array, no matter who wins, the other two parties will desperately come to take it. Since the Battle of Chibi, Zhou Yu served as the Taishou of Nanjun and was responsible for the Jingxiang War, Eastern Wu never gave up his efforts to fight for Xiangyang, and did not hesitate to stab Guan Yu for this, causing Liu Bei's eastward crusade. Now Sun Quan said that he wants to help Shu Han seize Xiangyang, what is this not?

"Your sailors did have an advantage in the past, but do you still have an advantage now?" Zhuge Liang avoided a positive answer and asked playfully.

Zhang Wen stroked the short beard under his chin and didn't speak in embarrassment. He was silent for a moment, then bowed down and said, "I heard Fei Jun say that the jishu of the new warship of the Wei army was originally the handiwork of that genius who joined the army Wei Ba, but I don't know how, it was won by the Wei army. Now that I, Wu and Han, have formed an alliance, can the prime minister have this jishu in common with me? ”

Zhuge Liang smiled silently, and after talking for a long time, he finally came into contact with the topic. Prior to this, Fei Yi had already made a detailed report to him about what had happened. Although Zhuge Liang didn't know how this jishu leaked, and he didn't know that the warship that caused the exchange of fire between Wei and Wu was actually the warship of the Shu army, he knew very well that mastering the powerful warship jishu was pinching the weakness of Wu State, how could he easily hand it over to Wu State.

"Is there such a thing?" Zhuge Liang turned his head and asked rhetorically, pretending to be puzzled: "Is your news accurate?" ”

Fei Yi understood: "I also heard about it, and there may be something, but the specific situation is not very clear now." Whether it is a jihua leak or a mature plan, it is difficult to say now, you have to ask Wei Ba himself to know. ”

Zhuge Liang nodded: "Huishu, you are right, since we are an alliance, there are some things, naturally we have to communicate with each other." I will send someone to Fangling to inquire, and if there is indeed such a thing, I will naturally provide it to you. He paused, and then said: "As long as King Wu is sincere and works with my Han to fight Wei, other branches can be discussed." If King Wu has meritorious service to the world, the people of the world will naturally not forget his merits. The destiny of heaven is unusual, and only the virtuous live in it. ”

Zhang Wen looked at Zhuge Liang in surprise, and the meaning of Zhuge Liang's words was very clear. As long as King Wu is willing to fight Wei together, not only the affairs of the warship can be discussed, but also the matter of becoming the emperor can also be discussed. It's just that Shu Han claims to be orthodox, and he can't clearly say that he recognizes Sun Quan as emperor, but the meaning is already very clear. Sun Quan really wanted to be the emperor, but after the ghost ship incident, he couldn't care about the emperor, so Zhang Wen never mentioned it. Now Zhuge Liang took the initiative to propose, which was a considerable concession, so much so that Zhang Wen himself was a little skeptical that he had heard it wrong.

"Prime Minister...... Seriously? ”

"Such a big thing, can you talk about it?" Zhuge Liang waved his hand, and Ma Jian immediately held a map and spread it out in front of Zhang Wen. When Zhang Wen saw it, he couldn't help but be ecstatic.

This is a map of the division of the world between Shu Han and Eastern Wu after the destruction of Wei. It doesn't matter how it is divided, we can talk about it later. The important thing is that this picture is enough to show that Zhuge Liang's words just now are not a whim, but the result of careful consideration.

This result is enough to make Sun Quan satisfied, and he is overjoyed.

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