Chapter 112: Alliance

"This, Mr. Ziyu." Liu Hou tried his best to pretend to be pleasant, and said to Zhuge Jin: "How did I hear that the county lord of Luban has been married to my brother-in-law Zhou Xun?" "Historically, Sun Luban first married Zhou Xun, the son of Zhou Yu, and then Zhou Xun died, so she remarried Quan Cong.

"No, no." Zhuge Jin raised his hand and wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve, and said, "Before, Mrs. Xiao Qiao asked the lord for marriage, but our lord did not agree to her. How can Zhou Xun be worthy of our Luban county lord, and it is only your majesty that you are worthy of our Luban county lord with golden branches and jade leaves. ”

"Oh? Is Mr. Ziyu too hot and sweating? Liu Hou asked with a look of concern.

"Well, yes, yes, the charcoal fire here is too hot, and Jin came in from outside, dressed a little too much." Zhuge Jin hurriedly covered up. Liu Hou smiled, didn't demolish him, and continued the topic just now:

"Alas, the county lord of Luban is really famous, even I have heard of it in Chengdu. I believe that in Soochow, there must be many children of noble families vying to marry her. I actually admire her beauty. It's a pity, it's a pity, Mr. Ziyu, you also know that a gentleman doesn't win people's love, especially if this person is still my brother-in-law. Since my brother-in-law likes Lord Luban so much, how can I snatch love with a sword. ”

Liu Hou pretended to be regretful, which provoked Zhuge Liang and the other three ministers of Shu to laugh, but it was not easy to laugh in front of Zhuge Jin, so he had to endure it, and in the end, his face was a little red.

"The lord of Luban has reached the marriageable age, has the appearance of a country and a city, and his family is the first in Wu, and there are indeed many suitors in recent years. However, Jin believes that the only person in the world who can be worthy of the lord of Luban is His Majesty. ”

Liu Hou thought to himself, worthy of your sister, of course I am worthy of her, the problem is that she is not worthy of me. I only heard Zhuge Jin continue:

"If His Majesty really cares about age, it doesn't matter, we have another choice. The lord of Luban also has a younger sister named Lu Yu, who is also born by Mrs. Bu. Lu Yu County Lord Fang Ling is eleven years old, she is already very smart, she is definitely a beautiful embryo, and when she grows up, her appearance will not be worse than her sister and mother......"

Liu Hou watched this old boy spitting and commenting on the beauty of a loli, and really wanted to step forward and take off his shoes and slap him with the soles of his shoes. The more you look at him, the more he looks like a weird old man, and he's still very evil. If it weren't for the fact that he was the prime minister's brother, Liu Hou would definitely jump out and destroy this perverted old man with special habits on behalf of the moon.

"Okay, okay, Mr. Ziyu, Lord Lu Yu is only eleven years old, how can she marry at such a young age, let's wait a few years for her to grow up, let's come to Japan for a long time."

"Eleven years old is not too young, if Your Majesty thinks she is too young, it doesn't matter, you can get engaged first. Now it's okay to make a marriage contract first, wait for two years, and then get married. ”

Liu Hou was really defeated by this old boy, this guy is going around and around is talking about the marriage relationship, and if he has enough of his own Lao Tzu, he will talk about his own, in short, he has to pull the Sun and Liu families into his own family, that look, that face, compared to those matchmakers and icemen.

"Okay, Mr. Ziyu, let's not talk about marriage for now, let's talk about business. I believe that Mr. Ziyu came all the way to Chengdu, in addition to worrying about the marriage of my father and son, there must be some state affairs to do, right? If you have anything to say to me, you can say it now, and I will listen to you. ”

Liu Hou no longer dared to put on a face of "only talking about personal affairs today, not about official affairs", if he continues like this, he will continue to entangle this matchmaker, and maybe soon he will have to add a few more people to his harem.

When Zhuge Jin heard this, he was overjoyed, the embarrassment just now was swept away, he sat up straight, straightened his clothes, and arched his hand to Liu Hou and said: "Your Majesty is wise, but this marriage is one with the facts of the country." We hope to be on good terms with your country, and just as we did more than a decade ago, the two countries continue to form an alliance against Cao. ”

Liu Hou thought to himself, I finally waited for your words, I really don't understand what you are doing with so much nonsense in front of you, it would be good to say no to this earlier, I just need to talk to you and stabilize you, so that I can pull out my hand and attack Cao with all my might.

He didn't want to think about it, he was there from the beginning, if Zhuge Jin said this from the beginning, there was a high probability that he would be rejected.

If Zhuge Jin hadn't been so roundabout, like messing around and pulling relatives everywhere, which upset him, would he have agreed to talk to others so easily? Therefore, Zhuge Jin seems to be an honest man on the surface, but in fact he is not a simple character, otherwise how could he be reused by Sun Quan.

Liu Hou glanced at Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang nodded imperceptibly, and after Liu Hou received his signal, he spoke: "Mr. Ziyu, I respect you as the prime minister's brother, so I told you the truth.

Don't hide it from Mr. Ziyu, I am transferring the army, and I plan to personally raise the army in the tenth month, go down the east of the river, and find your lord to fight to the death. This time, I plan to gather the elite of the whole country and engage in an endless fight with the Eastern Wu army, vowing to avenge the deep hatred of the previous time. ”

Hearing this, Zhuge Jin's mood that had just calmed down began to stir again, his heart was pounding uncontrollably, and the cold sweat that had just dried came out again. I only heard Liu Hou continue:

"However, I'm actually a person who misses old loves. Your county lord, that is, my Sanniang, although she has been back to Dongwu for many years, after all, she is still the daughter-in-law of our Liu family and one of my aunts, so I still have to take care of her face.

In addition, my Empress Zhou, her father Gong Jin, fought side by side with my father Emperor against Cao Cao, and this friendship has always been in my heart.

I will give face to them today, and promise to form an alliance with you Dongwu, of course, this is also to give face to Mr. Ziyu, Mr. Ziyu, after all, you are the brother of the prime minister, and you are a famous person in Wuzhong, I have long admired Mr. Ziyu's name, and this face still has to be given.

However, Mr. Ziyu, it is okay for our two countries to form an alliance, but the statement that we are allied against Cao seems to be a bit inappropriate. ”

When Zhuge Jin heard that Liu Hou agreed to form an alliance, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and the big stone in his heart let go with a bang, and hurriedly asked, "I don't know what's wrong?" ”

"Mr. said that the alliance is against Cao, against Cao and against Cao, then we have to Cao Wei to attack us, so that we can resist Cao, under the current shape, I believe that Cao Pi should not have the courage to attack us, since they don't come to attack us, how can we talk about fighting Cao? Mr. Ziyu, do you think I'm right? ”

"This ...... Then I don't know what His Majesty has in mind? ”

Zhuge Jin also knew the shape of the Three Kingdoms now, and among the Three Kingdoms, Cao Wei had the most powerful military strength in the past, so strong that Shu and Wu might not be able to resist it when they united. However, after the Battle of Chibi, Liu Bei quickly occupied Yizhou and Hanzhong, and his strength increased greatly, and he was already able to gain a firm foothold.

However, in the Liu Bei era, it can only be said that he has a firm foothold, and in terms of real military strength, Cao Wei is still the first. Guan Gong's Northern Expedition was actually a bit self-defeating, and even the later Zhuge Liang went out of Qishan and finally returned with a feather, which fully proves that Cao Wei's comprehensive strength is far above Shu Han.

However, the little emperor in front of him was very powerful, and the firearms troops he built single-handedly beat the troops of Wei and Wu to the ground. Now the people of the world have a consensus that if you want to say that the first strong army, it must be the Hong army of Shu Han.

It is rumored in the rivers and lakes that the tiger and leopard cavalry of Wei, the first strong army in the past, was almost wiped out by the Hong army when it encountered it, and the throne of the first Hong army can be said to be well deserved.

Although Liu Chan has just regained the throne, although Shu has just gone through a round of civil strife, the Hong army is still firmly in the hands of Liu Chan, and in the civil strife, its strength is not only not damaged, but more and more powerful, in this case, Shu Han does not go to Cao Wei to trouble, Cao Wei also dares to take the initiative to attack Shu Han.

"My idea is very simple, the alliance between your and our two countries is okay, but the statement of resisting Cao must be changed."

"Oh? I don't know how to change it? ”

"How about changing it to Cao Cao? The alliance will attack Cao, and if Cao Wei doesn't come to fight us, we will go together to crusade against Cao Wei. ”

"This" Zhuge Jin pondered, in fact, what kind of name it is doesn't matter to Dongwu at all, all they need is the name of the alliance between the two sides, and after the alliance, they can't do anything to each other.

Since they were bound by the covenant, the Shu Han would not attack the state of Wu, and they could buy time to regain their vitality. Of course, how binding this covenant is depends on how much it is.

"It doesn't matter if you resist Cao or cut Cao, Jin will do her best to convey the meaning of your majesty to us, and I believe that I will definitely agree."

"Okay, since it is an alliance to attack Cao, then may I ask Mr. Ziyu, how many troops and horses does your country plan to send to attack Cao, when will you send troops, from which direction, and what is the route of the march?"

Liu Hou asked, Zhuge Jin was stunned. Eastern Wu came to negotiate peace and form an alliance with Shu Han, but it was just to obtain a paper covenant and prevent Eastern Wu from bearing the brunt of the attack, but he didn't really want to attack Cao Wei with Shu Han.

Now that the national strength of Eastern Wu is weakened, the army has been hit hard, and self-protection is still insufficient, how can we talk about sending troops to attack other countries? Now that this little emperor asked about such a specific thing, how did Zhuge Jin answer? How can this be fooled? Zhuge Jin began to rack his brains to think of countermeasures. Liu Hou preemptively said:

"To show my sincerity, let's talk about my country's plan first. China intends to send 200,000 troops within two months, first gather in Jingzhou, and then go north from Jingzhou to Xiangyang and Fancheng, go straight to Nanyang in the Central Plains, and then advance to Xuchang.

What do you think? Mr. Ziyu, please give me some advice, how about my plan? Okay, I have thrown bricks and led jade, now it's your turn, and I would like to ask Mr. Ziyu to tell me about the plan of Soochow, and when the time comes, our two countries must cooperate well to eliminate Cao Wei's rebels in one fell swoop. ”

200,000 horses This is Liu Hou's exaggeration, he can't get so many people now, if you add the baggage team or okay, it would be good if half of the regular army could be used, but Zhuge Jin didn't know the inside story.

When Zhuge Jin heard Liu Hou say this, he couldn't help but be shocked, the little emperor is a threat from Chiguoguo. If the Shu army of 200,000 horses and horses were assembled in Jingzhou, then Eastern Wu should be nervous.

Because of the junction of Jingzhou and Eastern Wu, the Shu army could either go north to attack Cao or attack Wu to the east. Where to go is all in the thoughts of this little emperor. With the previous dirty affairs between the two countries, it is really difficult to say whether this paper covenant can really restrain this little emperor.

Isn't there a saying: "Covenants are meant to be torn apart"? Back then, Eastern Wu also tried to unilaterally tear up the covenant and sneak attack Jingzhou, his rear during Guan Gong's Northern Expedition, who knows if this little emperor will follow the example and retaliate with a tooth for a tooth?