Entering the post station, I took a short rest, changed into a set of clean clothes and went straight to Prime Minister Zhuge Mansion. Lu Fan knew that if he wanted to persuade Liu Bei to send troops, Zhuge Liang was the most critical person.

Zhuge Liang is sitting in the mansion at the moment, and he is waiting for Lu Fan's arrival.

Although it seems that Xishu has been very quiet for a while, and has been busy with the construction of the city, in fact, Zhuge Liang's eyes have never left the Central Plains war situation. After seeing the defeat of Wei and Eastern Wu one after another, he knew that he wanted to rebuild all the important cities, and he was afraid that it would be difficult to complete it, because Zhang Chao was afraid that he would not give him enough time. Fortunately, some important towns have been transformed, and even if the explosives of the Celestial Empire are brought up, he has the ability to resist.

The most important thing is that using this time, Zhuge Liang improved the chain crossbow.

The original large chain crossbow with low lethality, weak attack power, and short distance has been transformed by him, and its lethality has increased exponentially. With this thing, he also has the ability to compete with the explosives of the Celestial Empire.

There is a truth about the death of cold lips and teeth, no one needs to say it, Zhuge Liang is also very clear, even if Lu Fan does not come to beg him, he is also preparing to send troops, and even some Xishu troops have begun to carry out abnormal transfers.

And now, now that Lu Fan is here, of course Zhuge Liang will see it, if he can't take this opportunity to get some benefits, then he will be in vain in the name of Wolong.

Lu Fan didn't expect to see Zhuge Liang so easily, as soon as he entered the hall, he knelt on the ground regardless of his identity, and said with a crying face: "Prime Minister Zhuge , please also save my lord." ”

"Brother Ziheng (Lu Fanzi) can't, please get up quickly." Zhuge Liang, who stretched out his hand to help Lu Fan up, was also very surprised in his heart, he felt that Lu Fan was not pretentious, but that Dongwu was really dangerous.

Could it be that Zhang Chao is so powerful that he can destroy the Wei State and hit the Eastern Wu State in such a short period of time? If this is the case, then he will have to send troops even more, because if he gives the other party a whole army, maybe when they fight, Xishu will not be able to fight back.

"Prime Minister Zhuge Cheng, you must come to the rescue of my lord and save our Dongwu. For this reason, you can put forward any conditions, and we are also willing to send Yuzhou to Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty. After getting up, Lu Fan didn't wait for him to sit down, so he opened his mouth and promised.

But don't look at Lu Fan who seems to be in a hurry to expose his hole cards at the moment, in fact, this is his cleverness.

The situation in Dongwu is indeed very dangerous, this is clear to him, and he also believes that Zhuge Liang can feel it, even if it is like this, he does not have to pretend to be tough, it is better to tell the truth. Maybe this can win sympathy, and it can make Xishu feel the power of the Celestial Empire, so that they have to send troops.

Regarding how to say words after meeting Zhuge Liang, Lu Fan thought a lot along the way. After thinking about it, he still decided to tell the truth, in his opinion, as long as he can let Xishu send troops, and as for sending Yuzhou to Liu Bei, hehe, this is not their territory, and it is not a pity to send it. In other words, without Yuzhou, can't they still seize Xuzhou? And all this can only be done on the basis of the heavy damage of the Celestial Empire.

Lu Fan's planning all the way, this is the scene of seeing Zhuge Liang.

In fact, doing so did make Zhuge Liang nervous. Of course, he knew that Yuzhou was not Dongwu's, and now the other party's promise to send Yuzhou was as if he hadn't said it, but he knew that this might be the only thing that Dongwu could come up with. In other words, even if Dongwu is willing to give him the entire Jiangdong and Eastern Prefectures to the Han Dynasty now, can he ask for it? Let's not talk about how many soldiers and horses are needed to settle down, will Zhang Chao of the Celestial Empire agree?

Therefore, knowing that Lu Fan's promise was not reliable, Zhuge Liang did not want to deal with him at this moment, but said with a cautious expression: "Brother Ziheng, what is the situation in Dongwu now, can you tell me about it?" ”

At this time, Lu Fan naturally would not have any hidden smuggling, which truthfully told the story of Dongwu's successive defeats and the loss of several generals and nearly one million soldiers.

Zhuge Liang sat on the opposite side, and the more he listened, the more frightened he became.

Although Xishu has its own intelligence officers, it is not so easy to say that the specific figures after the war are not so easy. So he only knew that the Eastern Wu army was defeated by himself, but he really didn't expect that things would be so serious.

After hearing that Sun Jian went to the front line again, and also took away almost all the mobile forces of Eastern Wu, he said anxiously: "This is obviously Zhang Chao deliberately leading the king of Wu to besiege Sun Ce, why can't you see it, and the courtiers don't persuade him?" ”

"Hey. Prime Minister Zhuge is not hiding it, the situation in Soochow is already precarious, and it is useless to persuade at this moment. Rather than letting them kill His Highness first, it would be better to fight against the water in Dongwu. Lu Fan kept shaking his head when he talked about this.

As a person who can become the great Sima of Eastern Wu in history, Lu Fan can be regarded as a capable person. It's just that looking at the situation in Soochow, he really doesn't have any better solution, and it seems that there is no way out of the situation except for the first war. Of course, if Xishu can send troops, the outcome of this battle is unknown.

Listening to Lu Fanqi's words, Zhuge Liang knew that Dongwu really wanted to break the axe and sink the boat, otherwise, he would not know Zhang Chao's plan, and he would have to fall into the trap. Even so, Xishu can't be onlookers, but also exert its strength, otherwise, after Wei and Eastern Wu, Xishu is also not good.

Having made up his mind, Zhuge Liang said to Lu Fan: "Okay, you go back and rest first, tomorrow when the court is meeting, I will propose to the emperor to send troops to aid Eastern Wu, and at that time, you will appear as an envoy." ”

Knowing that Zhuge Liang was going to speak for Dongwu, Lu Fan immediately knelt on the ground again and thanked him.

The next day was the day of the Western Shu Han Dynasty. In the morning, Liu Bei was dressed in a yellow golden dragon imperial robe, and sat under the main hall to accept the bows of the ministers below.

After the ministers worshipped, a eunuch with a male duck's voice waved his hand and said in a sharp voice: "Report something early, and retreat from the court if you have nothing." ”

I have to say that Liu Bei is still very majestic when he becomes the emperor, at least it makes people look like that.

Liu Bei started as a descendant of the Liu family and an imperial uncle, and with the assistance of his brothers Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhuge Liang, he finally became a climate, established the New Han Dynasty, and became the Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty, which shocked the land of Western Shu.

has made a living by weaving straw shoes since he was a child, and now he has become an emperor, which made Liu Da'er proud for a while. The only fly in the ointment is that he also has a powerful opponent, Zhang Chao, the first emperor of the Celestial Empire, if this person can be removed, then his position will be more stable, and even it is not impossible to unify the whole country.

Liu Bei sat high on the top, and the chief eunuch had just finished singing the morning report of something and retreated from the court after nothing happened, Prime Minister Zhuge Liang stepped out and stood in the hall. "The minister has something to do."

"It turned out to be the prime minister." Seeing that it was Zhuge Liang who stood up, Liu Bei had a happy expression on his face. He was naturally very satisfied with the assistance of this person, and he knew better that if it wasn't for this person to help him, he was afraid that it would be difficult for him to get everything he had now.

Because he knew that Zhuge Liang was very capable, Liu Bei was extremely polite when he spoke.

"It's Wechen." For Liu Bei's attention, Zhuge Liang is also very satisfied. At least he knew that if he learned the Celestial Empire with his talents, he might not be so valued. Although he thinks that he will not lose to anyone in terms of ability, compared to his qualifications, he is too different from old courtiers like Guo Jia and Lu Su.

If you want to display your ambitions, you first need a space where he can give full play to his abilities, and obviously Liu Bei is more suitable here. Of course, if the weaker Xishu can be raised to the position of orthodoxy and unify the whole country, it will also show his personal ability even more.

"Prime Minister, what's the important matter?" Seeing Zhuge Liang stand up, Liu Bei made a look of listening attentively. This is not only an expression of respect, but also an expression of reuse.

Although he may not be very strong when it comes to personal combat ability and IQ, there is one thing that others can't learn, that is, his acting talent, the ability to lower himself in order to achieve his goals, and the kind of character that can bend and stretch, even Zhang Chao is beyond his reach.

Zhuge Liang was very satisfied with Liu Bei's appearance, and he then said with a respectful attitude, "Your Majesty, the envoys of Eastern Wu are now outside the palace, asking to see the emperor, and please be gracious." ”

"Oh, is it Soochow's friend? So, please! Liu Bei said with a very happy look. I didn't know, and I thought he was really willing to meet the envoys of Eastern Wu. But only he knew in his heart that he didn't want to provoke Zhang Chao of the Celestial Empire now, and naturally he didn't want to meet Zhang Chao's enemy, the envoy of Eastern Wu.

However, this is Zhuge Liang's proposal, Liu Bei knows very well that even if the prime minister speaks, he must have an extremely important interest relationship, otherwise, he can talk to himself in private about things like this, and he will not bring it up on such a solemn occasion.

As soon as Liu Bei agreed, the chief eunuch on the side continued to say in the voice of the male duck: "Please ask the envoys of Eastern Wu to go on the pilgrimage." ”

As the sound came out, outside the main hall, he held a knot (like a stick, with a rope tied to the top of the stick.. About 2 meters long rope is strung with a lot of red balls, like a string of sugar gourds, each ball is about 10 centimeters in diameter. Lu Fan, who had already changed into a brocade coat and satin cannon, walked in.