The news that the entire 30,000 vanguard army of Eastern Wu had been captured in Jiaozhou was soon transmitted back to Wu and Shu.

On the side of Shu, there is naturally a lot of jubilation, from the emperor Liu Chan to the people of Shu, all of them are happy and celebrating.

This was Shu Han's first major victory over Eastern Wu since the defeat of Yiling.

I think that after the defeat of Yiling, Liu Bei died of illness in the White Emperor City, leaving Zhuge Liang with a mess, and the two countries of Wei and Wu were at the same time at the same time, and the internal rebellion in Nanzhong continued, and the territory that Shu could effectively control was only a few counties.

Now in the battle of Jiaozhou, Shu Han not only opened up the territory and expanded the territory, but also played the national prestige of Shu Han, and there was a feeling of raising eyebrows and puffing up from top to bottom of Shu State, as if Han Zhongxing had seen the dawn of hope again.

On the other hand, Soochow is a bleak and gloomy cloud.

Lu Xun had already arrived at Jianye, and originally Lu Xun was a little hesitant to raise 100,000 troops to send down the state, and he was worried that after the army went south, the Wei State would take the opportunity to attack Jingzhou.

It's just that Sun Quan, the lord of the country, is very insistent, and it is difficult for him to refuse categorically.

Now that the news that Zhuge Ke's 30,000 vanguard army has been captured has returned, although the lord Sun Quan is angry, he no longer dares to underestimate Jiang Wei.

So he forced himself to calm down, and convened the three important ministers he relied on the most in the side hall to discuss, these three people were the general Lu Xun, the general Zhuge Jin, and the prime minister Gu Yong.

Sun Quan said to the three of them: "Gu recently received information that the 30,000 vanguard army led by Zhuge Ke has all been captured by the Shu army, and it is not good to go out of the army, how to deal with the matter of Jiaozhou?" Tell me what you think! ”

Prime Minister Gu Yong spoke first:

"Your Majesty, the minister has been thinking about a question recently, why did Shu suddenly invade Jiaozhou if it was poor and weak, and it had been an enemy of Cao Wei for many years, and it maintained an alliance with my Wu State? There has to be a reason to make sense, otherwise even if Jiang Wei insists on going his own way, he must not be able to get the support of the Shu dynasty! ”

Lu Xun said: "Your Majesty, the minister heard some rumors that Shu attacked Jiaozhou, because Pan Zhang led the army to capture the west city in the south of Shu first, so the Shu army thought that our country betrayed the alliance first, so it sent troops into Jiaozhou. I wonder if Your Majesty has heard this rumor? ”

Sun Quan's face suddenly became a little ugly, and then he said: "Lone has heard some of them, these are all nonsense!" ”

Zhuge Jin said: "Your Majesty, the minister also heard the news, and it came from the mouth of the soldiers who fled back to Yangzhou in Jiaozhou, and the soldiers also said that they did follow Pan Zhang into Nanzhong, the purpose was to hunt down Shi Kuang, but Pan Zhang was greedy for money, and saw that Xisui City was quite rich, so he captured and plundered Xisui City. ”

"Yes, the former Richen also received an official letter from the Shu State, in which he reprimanded my Wu State for treachery and sent Pan Zhang to capture the south, middle and west cities of Shu. It seems that the statement on the side of Shu is completely consistent with the rumors, Your Majesty, this matter is a little strange. ”

Prime Minister Gu Yong said, and took out an official letter from Shu from his arms.

A few people came over to take a look, and they all felt that this matter was not so simple, but there was some important information, but they didn't know it.

Sun Quan couldn't hide it when he saw this, so he smiled awkwardly and said:

"Oh! Gu remembered that Gu had sent Pan Zhang to lead the army to arrest Shi Kuang, because Shi Kuang, the old fox, bribed Gu's concubine and stole the treasure Xuanwu Baoyu that Gu carried with him, and this thing must not fall into the hands of thieves, so Gu Cai secretly ordered Pan Zhang to lead the army to arrest Shi Kuang! ”

"Xuanwu Baoyu?"

When Lu Xun heard this, he stood up in shock. "Your Majesty is talking about my Dongwu Supreme Treasure Xuanwu Baoyu? That's a treasure worth 100,000 troops, how could it be lost? ”

"Humph! It's all that little slut, who actually stole Lone's national treasure to the old thief Shikuang for a fake pearl, and Lone has already broken the body of that concubine into ten thousand pieces! Sun Qun said resentfully.

"That makes sense!" Lu Xun reacted suddenly.

"If what I expected is right, then Pan Zhang was indeed ordered to hunt down Shi Kuang, as for why he dared to go deep into the Shu realm, and even capture the city of Shu, these are not important, Xuanwu Baoyu is indeed extremely important, in order to recover Baoyu, even if it is carried out with Shu, it is reasonable!"

As soon as Lu Xun said this, Zhuge Jin and Gu Yong both nodded, these people are the core high-level of Eastern Wu, and they all know the secrets of Xuanwu Baoyu.

Lu Xun continued: "The reason why my Dongwu was able to fight against Cao Wei with a mere land of Jingyang, the most important thing is that I have two magic weapons in Dongwu, both of which were obtained by chance by Zhou Yu, the governor of the capital, the same is Xuanwu Baoyu and the same is Vermilion Bird Baoyu. ”

"In the battle of Chibi that year, Zhou Gongjin, the governor of the capital, fought against Cao Cao's 800,000 army with a mere army, and originally had no chance of winning, but on a certain day, he got two pieces of jade from Vermilion Bird and Xuanwu, Vermilion Bird and Baoyu were the main fire, and Xuanwu Baoyu was the main wind, so there was an unprecedented victory of borrowing the east wind and burning Chibi, defeating Cao Cao's 800,000 army, and laying a three-point situation in the world."

Zhuge Jin nodded and said:

"In the Battle of Chibi that year, Zhou Yu was a god in a battle, and the east wind rose and burned Cao Cao's 800,000 army, which made Cao Cao frightened and fled in embarrassment. Xuanwu Baoyu and Vermilion Bird Baoyu are both the treasures of Eastern Wu, the important weapons of the country, if they are lost, they must be recovered no matter what."

Gu Yong nodded and said: "The Xuanwu Baoyu is indeed not to be lost, according to Gan Xin, who escaped from the Battle of Guangzhou, Zhuge Ke fought Jiang Wei that day, and a hurricane blew on the sea for no reason, which must also be the power of the Xuanwu Baoyu." ”

Zhuge Jin also continued.

"Yes, Your Majesty! This Xuanwu Baoyu is really powerful, the minister heard that the dog led the army through Guangzhou that day, encountered Jiang Wei's army intercepted, the sea blew a hurricane for no reason, and forced the 30,000 troops of Eastern Wu into the Shu army harbor, which led to the capture of all our vanguard army. Now that Xuanwu Baoyu is in the hands of Shu, the minister suggested that he can't fight anymore, and he has to rebuild the alliance! ”

Lu Xun thought for a while and said: "If the hurricane at sea is urged by Jiang Wei with Xuanwu Baoyu, casting a spell on such a scale has the power to change the celestial phenomena, I don't know how much true qi it will take, unless Jiang Wei has the body of an immortal and the true qi is endless, otherwise Jiang Wei is estimated to have exhausted his energy and died at this moment!" ”

Gu Yong also nodded, and said to Sun Quan: "Although the minister doesn't know whether the 30,000 vanguard army was defeated because of Xuanwu Baoyu, but Pan Zhang's chaser Kuang entered the Shu realm, and Xuanwu Baoyu may have already fallen into the hands of Jiang Wei. At this time, it is indeed not appropriate to conflict with Shu again, and the minister also suggests that it is better to rebuild the alliance with Shu! ”

After thinking about it for a while, Lu Xun said to Sun Quan: "Now that Jiaozhou has been lost, and Xuanwu Baoyu has been lost, if you fight a war with Shu again, I am afraid it will be cheaper Cao Wei, and the minister also suggested that it is better to rebuild the alliance with Shu!" ”

Sun Quan was a little surprised, if Zhuge Jin and Gu Yong are both old and serious, and have always advocated joining Shu to carry Wei, then Lu Xun is a firm main battle faction, Lu Xun has never been afraid of war with Shu, and Lu Xun was not merciless when he fought Shu in the Battle of Yiling, why did Lu Xun also agree to make peace with Shu today?

So Sun Quan asked Lu Xun: "Bo Yan, don't you still have Vermilion Bird Treasure on your body?" Why do you also advocate peace with Shu, do you know what it means? From Gu's point of view, seeking peace means that I, Dongwu, have to give up Jiaozhou, otherwise how can Shu give up? ”

Lu Xun hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, Xuanwu Baoyu is afraid that it has fallen into the hands of Jiang Wei of Shu State, and now it is a defeat with Shu State, so I can only cheapen Cao Wei, my Dongwu and Shu have cold lips and teeth, and there can be no more swordsmen, and the minister suggests that a virtuous person can be sent to Shu, and it is best to get back Jiaozhou, Xuanwu Baoyu, at least 30,000 forward soldiers and horses of Dongwu." ”

When Sun Quan heard this, his heart was difficult to calm for a long time.

He felt so unwilling, the source of everything was that damn Shi Kuang, and now that the situation is like this, I'm afraid he has to make a compromise. The eldest husband can bend and stretch, and Sun Quan is also a monarch who can judge the situation, so he asked the three of them:

"That's it! I don't know who can make a lonely envoy to Shu? ”

Zhuge Jin raised his head proudly and said, "Your Majesty, the minister is willing to go!" ”