After Zhuge Jin carefully analyzed the situation faced by all forces. It was decisively suggested that Yuan Shu give up his territorial ambitions for Xuzhou, honestly switch to strict defense, and find a way to pull a few allies over to fight against the Jin State together.

Thinking that Yuan Shao was now holding a broom in his hand, being watched every day to clean a piece of autumn leaves in a huge cemetery, Yuan Shu couldn't give birth to any joy. He hated Yuan Shao, and even once resented Yuan Shao, who was born to a servant girl, for stealing his limelight, but Yuan Shao was also a member of the Yuan family after all, and now he was so downtrodden, it was inevitable that he would feel sad about the death of a rabbit and a fox.

Yuan Shu knew very well that if his army was also defeated and captured by Zhao Xing, the ending might be even more tragic. Zhao Xing's hatred for him was better than his hatred for Yuan Shao, and he unabashedly moved his murderous intent several times, but Yuan Shu escaped by chance.

Zhuge Jin suggested that Yuan Shu find a way to unite with Sun Jian's forces in the east of Yangzhou, form an alliance with Liu Biao of Jingzhou in the upper reaches of Yangzhou, and pull Liu Yan of Yuzhou into the gang to join forces against the Jin forces in Xuzhou.

Yuan Shu asked Zhuge Jin: "Although I have a very personal relationship with Sun Jian, but there are many people who are good at scheming in Eastern Wu, how can I persuade the Sun family to join the Xuzhou war group?"

Zhuge Jin replied: "Sun Jian has a daughter, named Sun Ren, who is not only beautiful, but also has extraordinary martial arts, and can marry the wife of his son." Since then, the two families of Yuan and Sun have become good friends of Qin and Jin, and they will be able to resist Zhao Xing with one heart. ”

Yuan Shu asked again: "What is the dowry?"

Zhuge Jin replied: "You might as well take the Guangling County of Xuzhou that has been occupied as a dowry gift and give it to Dongwu." ”

Yuan Shu nodded silently, thinking that he was a little reluctant in his heart, but in the end he did not say anything against it.

Yuan Shu asked Zhuge Jin again: "Jingzhou Liu Biao is cunning and fickle, Yuzhou Liu Yan is timid and afraid of things, these two people are not enough to succeed, but there are often more failures, how can you believe it?"

Zhuge Jin replied: "Although Liu Biao is cunning, he has always obeyed the call of the imperial court, and has twice sent troops north to attack Zhao Xing, so he might as well find a way to put pressure on Liu Biao and force him to send the 30,000 troops who are now retreating from the north to the Xuzhou battlefield to relieve the dilemma of General Ji Ling being besieged." Liu Yan is timid and afraid, so he can just intimidate him, and clearly state the pros and cons of the alliance, and Yuzhou will not dare to refuse!"

After Yuan Shu listened, he rarely squeezed out a little smile, praised Zhuge Jin and said: "People call your brother Wolong, and I Guan Ziyu is a tiger, which is really a rare talent!"

Zhuge Jin thanked Yuan Shu for his praise, withdrew from Yuan's mansion, and returned to his mansion with a melancholy face. He knew very well in his heart that today's strategy could not fundamentally solve the crisis facing Yangzhou, and could only be said to be an expedient measure, just to allow Yuan Shu to survive for some time. As Zhao Xing's power expands more and more, when he completely stabilizes and controls the situation in Qingxu and Xu, the next step is to be afraid that without waiting for Yuan Shu to make a move, the Jin State will also find a way to fight against the surrounding forces.

According to the latest issue of "Jin Bao", Zhao Xing actually went to Yumen to close it to comfort the troops and sent a large army to subdue the Western Regions Changshi Mansion, which shows how big his ambitions are. Zhuge Jin didn't believe that Zhao Xing's usual trick of attacking the east from the west to the east was not hidden behind it.

In many cases, you can see danger approaching, but because of the position you are standing in and the angle you are in, you have to be caught up in it. Zhuge Jin, who was reluctant to be embarrassed, is now feeling like this. He simply packed up the items he needed to go out, and then sailed down the Yangtze River with a small group of escorts.

Sun Jian, who is in Wu County, has not been very comfortable recently. As the saying goes, people have no long-term worries, when Sun Jian heard that the Jin State sent a large number of troop transport ships to land in Qingzhou and Xuzhou from the sea, it only took one month to destroy Yuan Shao, beat Yuan Shu, frightened Liu Yan, and captured Cao Cao's love general Xiahou Yuan alive, the shock in his heart was difficult to add, and his worry was increasing day by day.

If no one can see Zhao Xing's ambition by now, then it is really time to go to the Crouching Tiger Martyr's Garden to accompany Yuan Shao.

Sun Jian is a generation of heroes, so he naturally saw Zhao Xing's ambition early. It is precisely because of this that he will bury his head in vigorously developing the internal affairs construction in Wuzhou, desperately recruit and train the second army of water and land, and find a way to eliminate the Shanyue alien races entrenched in the territory of Wuyue. And because of the tacit approval of the imperial court, Wuzhou is now trying to extend its tentacles to the direction of Jiaozhou, and most of the territory of Nanhai County has now fallen into the hands of Sun Jian.

Even so, Sun Jian still felt that with the strength of Wuzhou alone, he still could not compete with the growing Jin State. He thought more than once of forming an alliance with Yuan Shu and Liu Biao near Wuzhou, but when he thought of Yuan Shu's virtue of being defeated by Zhao, and Liu Biao's straw bag performance that could only talk loudly, he felt a chill in his heart.

If you are not afraid of an opponent like a god, you will be worried about an ally like a pig. Sun Jian was really worried about Yuan Shu and Liu Biao.

Zhou Yu advised Sun Jian to secretly form an alliance with Cao Cao, the male lord of Yanzhou, to find a way to swallow the territory of Liu Yan and Yuan Shu, and finally the two families met west of Xuzhou, and worked together to curb the spread of Jin power in the land of Qingxu, so that they could be temporarily peaceful.

While they were busy calculating, suddenly Lu Su came to report and said, "Zhuge Jin, a strategist under Yuan Shu, has come to Wu County and has something important to discuss with the lord. ”

Sun Jian turned his head and asked Zhou Yu: "Gong Jin thinks that Zhuge Ziyu is here in Jiangdong, what is the so-called matter?"

Zhou Yu replied with a smile: "Maybe I'm here to be a matchmaker!"

Sun Jian rolled his eyes and said angrily: "As long as you don't have a proper shape, I see that I should find you a daughter-in-law to take care of it!"

When Zhou Yu heard this, he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Lord, don't make a fool of me." Whether Zhuge Jin is here to be a matchmaker will be known later. Don't worry about my family, I'm free to assert it. ”

Zhou Yu and Sun Ce have a very good relationship, and the two call them brothers, so they are not very restrained in front of the elder Sun Jian, and the ministers get along very well.

In the evening of the same day, Sun Jian held a banquet to entertain Zhuge Jin, the envoy of Yuan Shu, accompanied by Sun Ce, Zhou Yu, Lu Su and others from the Eastern Wu side, and the atmosphere during the banquet was very harmonious. After the wine feast is over, let's get to the point. Sun Jian asked Zhuge Jin: "Ziyu is here in Jiangdong, I don't know what the so-called thing is?"

Zhuge Jin then replied with a smile: "I came to visit Lord Wu this time, but there is a great joy to discuss!"

As soon as Zhuge Jin said this, Sun Jian muttered a little in his heart, but Zhou Yu and Lu Su looked calm, as if they had guessed something.

Sun Jian then asked: "Oh, it's a great joy, but why are you still discussing it with me? Wouldn't it be beautiful to say it directly?"

Zhuge Jin then told Yuan Shu that he wanted to propose marriage to the Sun family for his eldest son Yuan Yao, and hinted to Dongwu that if he agreed to this family affair, Yuan Shu would immediately give up Guangling County east of the Yangtze River as a dowry.

When Sun Jian was a county official in Xuzhou in the past, he had secretly befriended Yuan Shu and received the favor of the Yuan family, and now Yuan Shu married his eldest son Yuan Yao as a wife, and he also gave Guangling County to him, which was enough to give face. So when Zhuge Jin proposed the marriage of the two families, he didn't know whether to agree or refuse for a while.

Sun Jian then snorted, saying that Zhuge Jin was tired, so he would rest for one night first, and then discuss the marriage between the two families tomorrow.

Zhuge Jin knew that this matter was important, and Sun Jian would definitely not agree, so he pushed the boat down the river and returned to the post house first.