Chapter 44: Sun-Liu Alliance

It has been almost twenty years since the Emperor of Heaven of the Han Dynasty ascended the throne, and it has been thirteen years since he was taken away by Cao Cao.

Over the years, the Han Dynasty has become more and more dilapidated and decadent, and everyone still has a little respect for the Son of Heaven on the surface, but in fact, it ......

Clams, just him? How old is he?

When Guan Ping slowly bowed, poured the copper in his hand, and sprinkled the wine on the ground, Cheng Pu and the others were stunned for a while, not knowing what he was doing.

After a long time, everyone remembered one thing - yes, after winning the battle, it was theoretically necessary to offer victory to the Son of Heaven and thank God for his protection.

Although Guan Ping's thank-you method is not quite in line with the orthodox ceremony, and it is even a little unlucky, at least the attitude of the people is here.

Cheng Pu and the others finally reacted, and hurriedly bowed to the ground one after another, pretending to bow down, and said that they were grateful to the Son of Heaven for his protection.

In this process, Sun Quan had already entered the hall accompanied by Zhou Yu and Lu Su, and when he saw Guan Ping and others bowing down, Zhou Yu and Lu Su both subconsciously avoided it, but Sun Quan's face showed a little envy.

He didn't shy away, he walked up to the main seat, slowly sat upright, and looked at the people who fell to the ground, and he suddenly felt that there was something in his heart that was greatly satisfied.

Then, his sharp gaze fell on Sun Ben's body.

Sun Ben had a bitter and hideous look on his face, gritted his teeth unabashedly in front of Sun Quan, sighed painfully, and reluctantly bowed to the ground.

Sun Ben is not a few years younger than Sun Jian, his parents died early, and he raised his younger brother Sun Fu, who was still a baby at the time, and then went to his uncle Sun Jian to fight all the way, which was the earliest strong force of the Sun family. He was loyal to Sun Jian and Sun Ce, and never had the slightest idea of betraying him.

It's just that after Sun Ce's death, things began to change a little. Although Sun Quan followed the old team of Sun Ce's period, he had obviously begun to alienate his family because of Sun Hui's rebellion, and then Sun Fu tried to collude with Cao Cao to leave Jiangdong and was claustrophobic by Sun Quan.

Originally, Sun Quan could be regarded as giving his relatives a face, but he didn't expect Sun Fu to die violently in claustrophobia, and this matter was indisputable, which made Sun Ben's hatred of Sun Quan skyrocket.

This time Cao Cao's eastward expedition, he wanted to use Cao Cao's troops to avenge his younger brother, but he didn't expect Cao Cao's army to be defeated before it left Jingzhou, and the 30,000 army was beaten and almost lost the power to move eastward. And the commander of the Sun and Liu coalition forces attacked the little-known Lu Yi and the equally unknown Guan Ping.

After receiving the news, Sun Ben was very angry, and he was determined to get rid of Guan Ping.

Sun Ben has now lost his military power, and he is afraid that he will be held down before he leaves the house to rebel directly, he is determined to take advantage of this banquet to poison Guan Ping, if he can poison Guan Ping, Sun Quan will inevitably deal with himself ruthlessly, and when Jiangdong is in chaos, he can also complete Prime Minister Cao Cheng's entrustment.

Unexpectedly, Guan Ping actually resolved the matter lightly in the name of toasting the Son of Heaven, which made Sun Ben stunned on the spot.

"You, you......" His teeth chattered, and his right hand had subconsciously touched the hilt of the sword.

Or fight with him here? If I can lead to the chaos in Jiangdong with my life, I can also add a big boost to Prime Minister Cao Cheng.

Cheng Pu and Han Dang watched the expression on Sun Ben's face gradually become hideous and terrifying, and the two of them thought that a big battle would be inevitable, so they had to subconsciously step forward and use their bodies to calm Sun Ben.

But at this moment, a big hand slowly pressed on Sun Ben's shoulder from behind, and when Sun Ben turned around, he saw a scribe who was eight feet tall and had a face like a crown of jade was standing behind him with a smile, and he couldn't help but be stunned.

"Strategist!"

Guan Ping blurted out excitedly, Zhuge Liang smiled and nodded, and slowly raised the feather fan in his hand to slightly block everyone's sight, and whispered something to Sun Ben.

Sun Ben's whole body trembled, and he looked at Zhuge Liang with a shocked face, only to see that Zhuge Liang was still smiling as usual, Sun Ben nodded, turned his head and looked at Guan Ping with complicated eyes for a moment, and quickly ran out of the door and disappeared in an instant.

Cheng Pu Han Dang and the others, you look at me, I look at you, they thought that Sun Ben had a piece of hob meat, and today they had to take the opportunity to make trouble and make trouble, but they didn't expect Zhuge Liang to let Sun Ben leave with a word, and everyone immediately looked at each other.

Hmm, curious, looking at this appearance, it seems that the two people under Liu Bei have been prepared for a long time.

Cheng Pu was a high-ranking figure in the Eastern Wu army, after the battle of the sneak attack on Jiangling, he had already received a relatively complete report, and he found that Lu Yiguan Ping could return with a great victory, in addition to the brave martial arts, Zhang Yun, who was lurking in Jingzhou, also played a great role.

Could it be that there is a link in this?

Thinking that Sun Quan had lifted his weight lightly before, and had completed the battle plan early, Cheng Pu and the others were all in a daze, and they hurriedly sat down one after another, not daring to speak again.

Guan Ping also wanted to ask Zhuge Liang what he said, but Zhuge Liang cast a deep look, and Guan Ping immediately understood, pretending not to care.

Lu Su's gaze turned over, and his eyebrows slowly twisted together.

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Sun Ben's episode did not affect the celebration banquet.

Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Gan Ning, Lu Meng, Huang Gai, Dong Xi, Chen Wu, Xu Sheng, Lu Yi and others came together one after another, everyone was solemn, looking at Sun Quan's eyes full of respect, so that Sun Quan had a sense of great accomplishment that he had never felt before.

Since his accession to the throne, people who disobey him abound, over the years, he has relied on his own means and victories again and again, and finally cultivated a strong team that is absolutely loyal to himself, this time to suppress Zhang Zhao, and then use Lu Yi to balance the Jiangdong clan, Sun Quan felt for the first time in his life that he had completed his long-awaited big checks and balances, and now it was time to take the initiative.

"Cao Cao is a Han minister, but he is actually a thief, and he holds the Son of Heaven hostage to do things that are not subordinate, which is no different from Dong Zhuo back then." Sun Quan tried his best to calm and deepen his voice, but Guan Ping still heard his voice trembling with excitement.

"Back then, the father and the princes allied with the sour jujube, fought through thorns, crusaded against the unsubordinate, beheaded Huaxiong, collected Luoyang, and became famous all over the world. If today's son is covered with dust again, how can my Sun Quan, as a righteous man, sit idly by? โ€

He got up slowly and drew his long sword from his waist, at this moment, Sun Quanzhi was full of pride, and the blood on his body seemed to be burning.

Back then, my father was just a general under Yuan Shu, but now, I have become the leader of the alliance and a figure who can stir up the storm.

With this, I have far surpassed my father and brother, and everyone in the world will admire my deeds in the future!

"Lone has decided to ally with General Liu Xuande of the left to support the Han family. In the future, my two families will be one family, moving forward side by side and fighting Cao thieves together. Whoever breaks the oath of today's alliance deserves to die by the sword! โ€

Sun Quan suddenly raised the long sword in his hand and slammed it on the table, the sharp long sword immediately cut off a corner on the table, and everyone was stunned, shouting:

"We are willing to go forward side by side, and whoever betrays his allies and surrenders to the thief will die by the sword!"

Everyone cheered in unison "Wansheng", Sun Quan nodded, and named Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu as the governors of the left and right, and the two commanded an army of 30,000 to go to Xiakou to fight side by side with Liu Bei.

Sun Quan now has a total of 100,000 soldiers and horses, but he needs a large number of soldiers and horses to be careful of Shanyue and guard against his own rebellion, and now he can dispatch up to 50,000 people.

He gave Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu 30,000, and he gathered 20,000 people for the rear team to respond at any time, which can be said to be the main force to fight Cao Jun to the death.

Although the number of 30,000 was much less than expected, and Liu Beijun had even exceeded this number after taking in a large number of Jingzhou prisoners, Sun Quan's gesture of cooperation was very important, and the two sides were equal to each other in the battle, so that Liu Bei finally had a strong and reliable foreign aid to wrestle with a strong enemy that he had never defeated before.

This made Guan Ping very excited, and his mission to Jiangdong was finally successfully completed.

He looked at Zhuge Liang excitedly, and Zhuge Liang bowed his head slightly, but there was a hint of cunning between his eyebrows, suggesting that Guan Ping still had a good show.

Since his mission to Jiangdong, Zhuge Liang has been secretly promoting the overall situation quietly, although I don't know how he did it, but it seems that everything is in Zhuge Liang's calculations.

Hey, if only I had the resourcefulness of a military advisor - hey, by the way, a military advisor with such wisdom might be able to read the devil's book.

It's not right, the devil's book is all absurd, if it were misleading the military advisor.

Guan Ping was suffering from gains and losses, and Zhou Yu, who had never met Guan Ping before, suddenly spoke slowly:

"I heard that Xiao Guan Gong's martial arts are superb, and he has the courage of ten thousand people, I don't know if I would like to go with a certain person and fight against Cao Thief?"