In Zhang Xi's opinion, taking Jingzhou is similar to taking Jiangxia, and it is a bit unreliable.

Although the power of the family in these years is not as huge as that of the Two Jin Dynasty, it is also an important force that can affect the ownership of a place.

In these days, you can't stand firm in one place without relying on the strength of the family.

Zhang Xi understands this truth, Xu Shu understands, and Liu Bei understands it even more.

That's why Liu Bei married the Jingzhou family as soon as he came to Jingzhou, and it was precisely because of this that Liu Biao was suspicious of Liu Bei, and finally placed him in Xinye County to be responsible for guarding against Cao Cao.

Xinye County, to the north is Nanyang County, which is controlled by Cao Cao, and there are no large families around...... If you Liu Bei can turn over here, then he Liu Biao will also admit it.

Although Zhuge Liang gave Liu Bei "Longzhong Pair" and told Liu Bei about the way to curry favor with the family, he did not tell Liu Bei the power structure and benefit distribution within the Jingxiang family, which are the most important things.

If you don't know this, you can't really get the support of the Jingzhou family, and you can't check and balance it and really gain a firm foothold in Jingzhou.

Before he really decided to take refuge in Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang would not say these things easily.

So although Liu Bei knew what he would do in the future to maximize his interests, now, he still hasn't found the key to maximize his interests.

And the key to this key is Zhuge Liang.

As for Xu Shu and Zhang Xi, what they think is relatively simple.

They are thinking about whether the strategic layout of "Longzhong Pair" is feasible or not.

Xu Shu thought for a long time and was silent for a long time.

In Xu Shu's opinion, Zhuge Liang's layout can be said to have taken into account all aspects, this is not a temporary idea, but something that should be planned from a very early age, and he really can't find any flaws for a while.

And Zhang Xi...... Hehe, the biggest flaw in "Longzhong Pair", can he still not know?!

According to Jingzhou, but still thinking about "Donghe Sun Quan"?!

Doesn't that regard Sun Quan as a guardian dog like Liu Zhang?!

Sun 100,000 is a person, although he is very strained by foreign wars, but he is also an excellent monarch in this era, and he also has the ambition to win the world when he is young.

At least at this time, Sun Quan, who was only in his early twenties, was not a king who only knew checks and balances and palace fighting.

And the reason why Jiangdong Group wants Jingzhou is also very simple - the geographical location of Jingzhou is too fatal for Jiangdong.

Jingzhou is in the upper reaches of Jiangdong, and if Jingzhou wants to attack Eastern Wu, it only needs to go down the river, while if Eastern Wu wants to attack Jingzhou, it must go upstream.

In addition to manpower and wind power, the best power for boating in this era is water power caused by poor terrain.

The advantage of the upstream over the downstream is too great, basically only I fight you, without you to fight me, how can Dongwu let the soldiers of Jingzhou hang over their heads? !

Even if it is an ally, this feeling of pinning one's life on others is not very comfortable.

Of course, Soochow is not without a way to break the game, that is, to break through the Hefei line in the north, or to attack Guangling across the sea in the east, and then occupy Yangzhou and Xuzhou, so that the way to live is open.

But the question is - Sun 100,000

It's worse than Xiahoudun.

It can be said that Chen Deng is too powerful to attack Guangling across the sea, and even Sun Ce, the master of Jiangdong pioneering, can't attack it, which is understandable.

But in the Battle of Hefei, Sun 100,000 lost to Zhang Babai, and forcibly carried Zhang Liao into the Later Wumiao...... There's really no one left.

Zhang Xi had to save some face for his idol in front of Zhuge Liang, and did not point out Zhuge Liang's "omission" on the spot, but mentioned it afterwards when discussing it with Xu Shu.

But Xu Shu didn't think so.

"As the Yuan Chang said, Jiangdong has long had the heart of Jingzhou, but Jingzhou has a favorable terrain, and there is a great enemy of Cao Cao in the north, once the two families form an alliance, how can Jiangdong be so unwise?!" Xu Shu asked.

What's this...... In that place in Jiangdong, people are evil.

A small Jiangdong can be divided into three or four interest groups, half of which want to live a good life by guarding their own one-third of an acre, and the other half want to enter the Central Plains...... In the end, the result of the compromise was to occupy Jingzhou and shut it up.

"Moreover, as Kong Ming said, the land of Jingzhou should be fundamental, and the lord only needs to be careful and vigilant, with the topography of Jingzhou, what can Jiangdong do?!" Xu Shu smiled and said with a little contempt, "Jiangdong uses the power of the southeast, and it is still difficult to attack a Jiangxia, how dare you invade Jingzhou in a big way?!" ”

...... At that time, the lord entered Sichuan, and he had just taken Hanzhong and had not recovered his breath, and our second master was also powerful in Huaxia, destroyed in the forbidden beheading of Pang De, besieged the city of Xiangyang, and was entering Fancheng...... At this time, who would have thought that Jiangdong villain, not talking about martial arts, playing sneak attacks.

"In the end, Jiangdong is not without a way out, just find the right time, go north to Hefei, peep at Xuzhou, then you can occupy the Central Plains, and retreat can divide the world with the lord, why bother staring at a Jingzhou?!"

...... Let's not say anything, we all blame Sun 100,000!!

Now Zhang Xi understands why Zhuge Liang's "Longzhong Pair" didn't make too many arrangements for Jiangdong's attack on Jingzhou.

Because Zhuge Liang felt that the land of Jingzhou was actually a stable place.

First, once the two families form an alliance, the common enemy is Cao Cao, Cao Cao occupies the land of the seven states in the world, and the Sun and Liu families combined, even if they take Xichuan, it is only the land of three states, and it is not on the same order of magnitude at all.

Sun Wu has no reason to let Cao Cao not fight, he has to come to fight the allies of the alliance.

Second, Jingzhou occupies a favorable geographical position, and attacking Jingzhou must rely on the water army, but although the Jiangdong water army is known as the first in the world, it is difficult to fight Jiangxia, how dare you go against the current to attack Nanjun and other places? !

Finally, and most importantly, Zhuge Liang gave Sun Quan a way out, as long as he conquered Hefei, or captured Guangling with the power of the naval army, and entered Xuzhou, Sun Wu would not have to be trapped in one place, nor would he need to worry about the threat of Jingzhou going downstream.

As for the time when the two families encroach on Cao Cao's land and break the balance of the alliance, there will naturally be a new strategy at that time.

There is never a strategy that remains the same forever.

The reason why "Longzhong Pair" has been discussed so much by later generations is purely because "Longzhong Pair" has not been realized at all, which gives future generations room for discussion.

Including Lu Su's "Couch Policy", it is also a truth.

Moreover, the strategic plan of "Longzhong Pair" was actually a compressed version from the beginning and was incomplete.

"Longzhong Pair" asked Liu Bei to take Jingzhou, but in fact, Liu Bei later only occupied half of Nanjun, and such an important place as the northern part of Nanjun and Xiangyang was still in Cao Cao's hands.

After that, although Liu Bei took Xichuan in accordance with the requirements of "Longzhong Pair", Jingzhou was always a big problem, and Liu Bei never had Jingzhou completely.

Therefore, "Longzhong Pair" was a deformed child from the beginning of its implementation, and it failed to grow up in the end, but some people blamed Zhuge Liang for not planning it well...... This is a bit shameless.

Besides, whether it is the Romance of the Three Kingdoms or history, Lu Meng's sneak attack on Jingzhou is not kind to Sun Quan.

There are always people who say "Liu Bei borrowed Jingzhou, whether he borrowed it or not", but in fact, it is still a question whether Liu Bei borrowed Jingzhou, and even if he borrowed it, Liu Bei also repaid it later.

In the twentieth year of Jian'an, Liu Bei had just pacified Xichuan, Sun Quan was dissatisfied with Jingzhou, he only had one Jiangxia County in hand, and Liu Bei asked for Jingzhou but was refused, and in a fit of anger, he sent troops to the four counties of Jingnan, and Liu Bei led his troops to confront Sun Quan, which is the "Xiangshui demarcation".

At that time, Liu Bei's strength was no worse than Sun Quan's, but because he heard that Cao Cao personally led his troops to Hanzhong, Liu Bei wanted to go west to compete with Cao Cao for Hanzhong, so he made concessions to Sun Quan.

The two sides agreed to take Xiangshui as the boundary, and the three counties of Changsha, Guiyang, and Jiangxia belonged to Sun Quan, and the three counties of Wuling, Lingling, and Nanjun belonged to Liu Bei.

It was at this time that there was no longer anything to "borrow" Jingzhou, the two sides had already divided the ownership of Jingzhou, and Liu Bei had already "returned" Jingzhou.

You can't ask Liu Bei to lend you half of Nanjun, so you have to help you work for free and pay you back the whole Jingzhou, right?!

In this case, another sneak attack by Jiangdong is morally and reasonably unjustifiable.

On the whole, there is actually no big problem with the planning of "Longzhong Pair", and Zhuge Liang has taken into account everything he should have considered, but Zhuge Liang didn't expect that the situation would change so quickly.

One is that Jingzhou will surrender so quickly, and Liu Bei will not be given a chance to take Jingzhou at all.

The other is that Jiangdong Group is so shameless, and he doesn't care about the future at all, he only cares about the three melons and two dates in front of him.

This is not Zhuge Liang's fault, if Zhuge Liang can even predict this, then Zhang Xi has to wonder if he has the right code with Zhuge Liang first.

For example, if you say "odd and even unchanged" or something, see if he will say "symbols look at the quadrant".

In short, Zhang Xi still insisted on his concern about Sun Quanfang with Xu Shu, and repeatedly emphasized that Jingzhou should not be taken lightly, while Xu Shu affirmed Zhang Xi's worries, but he was more inclined to Zhuge Liang and said that he did not need to worry too much.

Since ancient times, Jiangdong has been so heroic...... It can't be that there is not a single smart person in Jiangdong people, and they can't understand the pattern of this troubled world, right?!

In this regard, Zhang Xi can only say...... People's positions change, and sometimes even if they can see clearly, they come to different conclusions depending on where they stand.

Zhou Yu was a genius in the world, so he did not agree to form an alliance with Liu Bei, nor did he agree to "lend" Nanjun to Liu Bei, because he felt that Jiangdong alone was enough to resist Cao Cao in the north.

Even Lu Su, who advocated "borrowing" Nanjun, later went to Guan Yu to ask for Nanjun even if he "went to the meeting alone", and even when Sun Quan sent Lü Meng to send troops to the four counties of Jingnan to demarcate the boundary in Xiangshui, he did not raise any objections.

However, Zhang Xi can only express his opinion to Xu Shu now, if you want him to revise this "Longzhong Pair", he really can't do it.

It can't be changed to "Dongfang Sun Quan", right......

It is necessary to have a good relationship with Sun Quan, after all, the two families have a glimmer of hope to fight Cao Cao.

Both sides can only die faster.

But while you want to say that you have a good relationship with Sun Quan, you also say that you can't trust Sun Quan...... In the eyes of people in this era, this person is somewhat crazy.

Another is also the reason why Zhuge Liang did not write his true attitude towards Sun Quan in "Longzhong Pair" - there are some things that can only be done, not said.

Everyone knows it, and it's okay to do it secretly, but you can't say it.

Especially in articles like "Longzhong Pair", which obviously want to be disseminated, not a single word can be written.

Didn't you see the actual practice of "Longzhong Pair", it was all in Zhuge Liang's belly, only when Liu Bei asked him would he say it...... He didn't write these things on the bamboo slips.

This is the reason why later generations cannot see Zhuge Liang's true attitude towards Eastern Wu, in fact, from a historical point of view, Liu Bei's side did not really believe in Jiangdong from beginning to end.

Of course, Jiangdong has never really regarded Liu Bei as an ally.