I have to say that Guo Jia's exposition is very incisive, and the analysis is thorough, and the current situation is seen thoroughly, and the pros and cons are all clear.

In addition, Guo Jia knew very well in his heart that Li Li also knew what he said, as if he was watching a fire from the other side. It was Li Li who was about to tear his face with Sun Ce at the moment when he retreated to the next best, and then forced Sun Ce to give in to Li Li in order to protect himself and 30,000 Jiangdong soldiers.

It's just that in this way, Guo Jia and the generals of Xiliang were confused by Li Li, full of doubts, and couldn't figure out what Li Li thought if they wanted to break their heads.

What an opportunity! You can't ask for anything, you can ask for soldiers and horses, money and food, ordnance and baggage, you can give whatever Sun Ce wants, even if Jiangbei doesn't have it, you can also transfer it from Jiangdong.

But Li Li didn't want this, but asked Sun Ce for his second brother to be a hostage.

Why is that?

"Why did the lord do this, and for what purpose?" This is the biggest doubt in the hearts of Guo Jia and the generals, they have no clue at all, and they are not mentally prepared at all. Even Bu Qi, who had traveled to Jiangdong, was full of doubts at the moment, he really couldn't figure out why Li Li didn't want to be really ordnance, but he was eyeing the nearly sixteen-year-old Huangkou child Sun Quan?

It was with such a question in mind that Guo Jia was eager to know the answer. But as a subordinate, he must abide by his duty, and he can't ask the lord directly about things he doesn't understand, so he can only knock on the side and figure out what he wants. It was because he did not directly ask Li Li why he asked Sun Quan as a hostage, but made a statement to test whether Li Li intended to get rid of Sun Ce now. Meanwhile. Guo Jia first expressed his opinion on this matter, which naturally led to the result he wanted to know.

This is the wisdom of a courtier, and it is also a unique way of communication between a courtier. This way of communication between superiors and subordinates has never been interrupted. It has been used to this day, and it has continued to evolve, with more and more advanced skills and more and more diverse methods.

To this day, truly intelligent officials do not directly ask their immediate superiors: "What do you want to do?" Why are you doing this? What is the purpose of this? "If an official really asks this, then his career will come to an end, and he will not get a good position after a lifetime of struggle. I will never have anything to do with the official road for the rest of my life. (In fact, the ancients were more able to be officials than today, and the way of being an official was not inferior to that of later officials, so that those who became officials must learn Chinese well.) It is best to be a high-achieving student in the Department of Chinese or History, and the angry youth is not suitable for mixed officialdom. No matter how the times develop, the way of officialdom remains the same, and the underlying rules only increase. Its form is getting more and more sophisticated. It has become an unfathomable science. ）

?????? In the back tent, Guo Jia and Li Li talked while drinking tea, while Bu Qi sat on the side and quietly poured tea and served, very eye-catching, which made Guo Jia can't help but look at him again, and Li Li also smiled approvingly at him.

"As Feng Xiao said, at present, when our army's naval division is newly built, it is starting from scratch. If you want to form combat effectiveness, I am afraid that it will take two or three years. And although my Xiliang Iron Cavalry is the strongest army in the world. But after all, it is a land war horse, but the Yangtze River, and even many soldiers have seasickness, because our army is indeed unable to occupy Jiangdong in a short period of time. Since he can't occupy Jiangdong, killing Sun Ce won't help, but will cheapen others. Therefore, since I led the army to the south, I have been thinking about how to stabilize the situation in Huainan, how to force Jiangdong Sun Ce not to dare to attack Huainan, and let him stay in Jiangdong honestly. Li Li held the teacup and said thoughtfully.

Guo Jia smiled and continued: "So the lord used a little trick to force Sun Ce to hand over Sun Quan as a hostage, so as to coerce him not to lead the army to capture Lujiang. It's just that Weichen is quite puzzled by this, can Sun Quan really influence Sun Ce's decision? As far as Wei Chen knows, Sun Ce has many younger brothers, four younger brothers and one younger sister, and Sun Ce has married and had children. In this way, this Sun Quan seems to be irrelevant, there is no more than him, and there is no less than one, after all, Sun Ce already has a successor. After going around in a circle, Guo Jia finally asked the question he wanted to know urgently. However, he followed Li Li's words, which was logical and not obtrusive at all.

Li Li was slightly stunned when he heard this, and he laughed out loud, as if he had heard a big joke, and he laughed so much that he couldn't close his mouth, so that the tea in his hand spilled out.

"Hehehe, but Feng Xiao doesn't know anything!" After finally reining in his laughter, Li Li signaled that Bu Qi didn't have to be busy wiping the water stains, and said with a smile: "Feng Xiao is not wrong, but you only know one thing and don't know the other, and you are only half right. It is true that Sun Ce has several brothers and sisters, not only Sun Quan's younger brother, but the others are still young. In addition to Sun Quan, the eldest is Sun Ce's younger sister, but she is only fourteen years old, and the remaining three younger brothers are all within ten years old, which is not enough to succeed in the next ten years. As for Sun Ce's son, you know this, a half-year-old baby is completely negligible. So I chose Sun Quan, and as long as Sun Ce handed him over to me as scheduled, the matter would end here. Then Sun Ce was able to lead the army to withdraw to Jiangdong, and since then the two families have divided the river and ruled without aggression against each other. ”

Guo Jia became more and more curious when he heard this, and asked: "The lord values Sun Quan so much, presumably he must have something extraordinary." As the so-called tiger father has no dog son, Sun Jian had the prestige of 'Jiangdong Tiger' when he was alive, and Sun Ce was known as 'Jiangdong Little Overlord'. In this way, it is expected that Sun Quan should have the style of his father, Wen Taowu strategy. I wonder how he is better than Sun Ce? ”

"Huh? Wen Taowu 、、、 Sun Quan? Li Li was stunned and groaned, then shook his head lightly, and said with a smile: "Sun Quan is indeed worthy of the word 'Wen Tao', but Wu Luo is a bit far-fetched. Let's put it this way, if it is to charge into battle and attack the city, ten Sun Quan will not be worth one Sun Ce, or even more than that, even twenty or thirty will not be comparable to Sun Ce. However, when it comes to scheming and conspiracy, two Sun Ce tied together is not worth one Sun Quan. In other words, Sun Quan is scheming, good at scheming, and has the posture of a king; Compared with Sun Ce, at best, he is the commander of the three armies who can fight well, and his power and scheming skills are far inferior to Sun Quan. So I'd rather let Sun Ce continue to lead Jiangdong than Sun Quan to take advantage of Jiangdong and take charge of Jiangdong. ”

"Oh?" Guo Jia was very surprised when he heard this, squinted his eyes, and muttered: "Work in scheming, good at scheming, Sun Zhongmou? It is said that when Sun Quan was nine years old, his father Sun Jian gave him the word 'Zhongmou', and soon after, Sun Jian was robbed and killed by Liu Biao, and died with an arrow piercing his heart. After Sun Jian's death, the nine-year-old Sun Quan went to Jingzhou to ask for Sun Jian's body, and a touching statement made Liu Biao Lao cry, but with a soft heart and a wave of his hand, he let Sun Quan take away the coffin of his deceased father. This matter has spread all over the world in the early years, and Wechen didn't believe it at the time, but just a rumor that it was false, and now it seems that this matter is not a rumor, but a real thing. ”

The voice fell, and Bu Qi, who was sitting on the side and listening quietly, said softly: "What the military advisor said is good. Sun Quan's request to Liu Biao for the body of his father Sun Jian is true, in the early years it was spread all over the banks of the river, in the lower has also heard about it, three years ago when he traveled to Jiangdong also asked for confirmation of this matter, many people living by the river of Wu County have seen it with their own eyes, it is not a rumor. ”

After hearing this, Li Li bowed slightly, poured a cup of tea casually, slowly and methodically blew the hot air, savored it, and smiled silently.

After Guo Jia saw this, he said with a smile that seemed to be enlightened: "The lord is really well-informed, he expects everything in advance, and he sits on half of the northern country, but he also knows everything about the south of the Yangtze River, which really makes Weichen admire!" ”

After Li Li heard this, a sip of tea almost squirted out, and then his old face turned red and he sneered: "Fengxiao is too famous." I don't know everything about it, at most I have heard about it, and I just know a little about it. Uh, yes, a little bit of fur、、、 hehehe! Obviously, Guo Jia's words made Li Li realize that he had lost his words just now, and he only cared about spitting it out, but he forgot that he had not set foot in Jiangdong, so how could Sun Quan be talented? It was because of his rare embarrassment, and his cheeks were hot, all of which were caused by the prophet's preconception, and he was a goof.

Seeing that Li Li was so modest that even his face changed, Guo Jia's expression changed slightly, and he immediately changed the topic: "If Sun Zhongmou is as his name suggests, and he is indeed good at power and mental tricks, then as the lord said, once this son takes Jiangdong, the threat to our army is still above Sun Ce." However, all those who are good at scheming have one thing in common, and that is that they must have power in their hands. Only after taking power can he have the opportunity to play with power, if he does not have the opportunity to be in power, he will be useless, no different from ordinary people, at best he is a scribe with sharp teeth and dancing and writing, and he can't make big waves at all. ”

Li Li was shocked, and said with a smile: "What Feng Xiao said is very much in line with my heart!" ”

Guo Jia smiled humbly: "Weichen was also openly guided by the Lord, so he came to his senses. The lord is truly clever, and he will make a decisive decision to nip a potential threat in the bud, which is tantamount to drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle. Once Sun Quan came under the command of the lord, he completely lost the opportunity to take charge of Jiangdong and become the superior, and even if he had the ability to penetrate the heavens and the earth, it would be useless. It must be known that there are not a few people in the world who are scheming, and there are also many people who are proficient in power and scheming, and even some people are well versed in the way of emperors, but it is a pity that they boast of their abilities but have no place to use them. Soon, one more person will be added to this group, and this is Sun Quan, who has been reduced to a proton. I don't know what the Lord wants? ”

"Goodness, great goodness! What Feng Xiao said is exactly what I want. Li Li bowed his head happily, and then looked at Guo Jia and smiled, but the smile was very strange, like a treacherous smile of a successful conspiracy, which was creepy and chilling to see.

At this time, Bu Qi interjected: "I wonder if the lord has ever seen Sun Quan?" If Sun Ce cheats, he finds people who look similar to Sun Quan to fill the number indiscriminately, so as to deceive the lord. How can we tell the truth from the fake? ”

Li Li looked at Bu Qi when he heard the sound and said approvingly: "Zishan is delicate and what he says is very true. But I have been prepared for this, Zishan, this is the portrait of Sun Quan. Just after the discussion was over, I ordered someone to give Sun Ce a picture to completely cut off his luck thoughts. While speaking, Li Li got up and walked to the desk and took out a portrait of brocade silk, and the young man in the painting was Sun Quan and Sun Zhongmou.

―――――― To be Continued ―――――――――――――― (To be Continued......

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