When Lu Su came to Xiakou, he did not see Liu Bei for the first time, but was temporarily arranged by Liu Bei to rest in the pavilion.

The reason is simple, Jiangdong and Jingzhou are feuding.

Sun Jian died at the hands of Huang Zu's generals, and when Sun Jian and Sun Ce died, Jingzhou didn't even symbolically send people to mourn, which was already treating the other party as an enemy.

It's not like this between Cao Cao and Liu Bei, the two still retain the last decency, and the two sides occasionally correspond.

There is a feud between the two sides, and Na Lu Su suddenly came to Jiangxia in the name of a messenger without even doing superficial work, what do you want to do?!

In this case, Liu Bei really didn't dare to meet Lu Su rashly, and he had to consider the feelings of the Xia Shi clan and Liu Qi in Xiajiang, so he first summoned Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu, and Zhang Xi to discuss Lu Su's intentions.

"Lu Su is here, it must be to explore the truth, Jiangdong thinks it also has the intention of resisting Cao!" Zhuge Liang was confident and said to Liu Bei.

This time it was not a serious military discussion, but the four of them got together to discuss, so there were not so many rules, and they could say whatever they wanted.

Zhuge Liang first analyzed Lu Su's intention to come this time.

Whoever sees hundreds of thousands of troops coming to the door of his house, and easily solves the feud that he has not been able to handle for more than ten years, will not feel that the other party is full of goodwill towards him.

This place in Jiangdong has experienced Sun Jian, Sun Ce, to Sun Quan, and the third generation, and it is already quite famous, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like Liu Biao's situation where he could only rely on the family to govern, and he was betrayed by his subordinates as soon as he died.

Although Jiangdong also has mixed hearts, and the family is not all of the same heart as the Sun family, Sun Quan also has his own team, the support of the Huaisi group, his own henchmen and army, and his own ambitions, so he will not choose to surrender as soon as he comes up.

As long as Liu Bei treats others a little bit, he can guess Jiangdong's thoughts now.

It's just that

When Sun Ce was there, he sent Zhang Hong to Xudu to ask the Son of Heaven to canonize him, Cao Cao also wanted to surrender Jiangdong, and after Sun Ce's death, he still named Sun Quan as a general to capture him, and the two families had the intention of forming an alliance. This Lu Su's trip is true to test the truth and the truth, but it may not be to resist Cao. Xu Shu frowned and said a little uneasy.

At this time, the relationship between Jiangdong and Cao Cao was indeed very delicate, otherwise there would not be so many Jiangdong families planning to surrender.

Although Sun Ce tried to attack Xu Du while Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were at a standoff, Cao Cao also tried to use troops in Jiangdong after Sun Ce's death, but these things did not work out in the end.

There is no contradiction between the two families on the surface, and Cao Cao also added an official to Sun Quan after Sun Ce's death, Sun Ce, Sun Quan's cousin Sun Ben's daughter, and also married Cao Cao's son Cao Zhang, the two families have a tendency to form an alliance Since they are allies, they will definitely be treated preferentially if they surrender, so why fight desperately.

No matter what, Liu Bei saw Lu Su's intention and knew it as soon as he asked.

However, before meeting Lu Su, Liu Bei still wanted to find out what kind of person Lu Su was, what his status was in Jiangdong, and whether he could represent the opinion of Sun Quan, the lord of Jiangdong.

Zhuge Liang can answer this question, after all, Zhuge Liang has lived in Jingxiang for a long time and still has some understanding of the main power structure in Jiangdong.

"Lu Su, the word is respectful, and the people of Linhuai Dongcheng are also. In the past, he was recommended by Zhou Yu, and later he was Sun Yu's confidant and strategist, and it was rumored that this person was very important to Sun Yu, and he often discussed the world's major events with him, thinking that he was happy. ”

Zhuge Liang gave a general account of Lu Su's life, and also pointed out Lu Su's important identity as Sun Quan's confidant.

In addition, I heard that Lu Zi respects his people, treats people sincerely, makes friends only and trusts, and is a rare and sincere gentleman. Jiangdong has a saying that "making friends should be a fader respect", which can be seen. ”

Xu Shu also added, this is what he heard, rumors about Lu Su.

When Liu Bei heard this, he said happily, "Even if he is such an important person, and he has such a demeanor, he should go to the pavilion to meet him in person." ”

Saying that, Liu Bei was about to get up, but Zhang Xi, who hadn't spoken for a long time, frowned and couldn't help interrupting Liu Bei's movements.

"Slow down!" Zhang Xi hesitated for a moment and said, "Xi has a word, I don't know whether to say it or not."

Really, Zhang Xi is actually really hesitant, about Lu Su, it's actually quite complicated.

It's good to say that the romance line is just a good old man who is committed to the Sun-Liu Alliance and has been played by Zhuge Liang.

But historically, although Lu Su also advocated the Sun-Liu Alliance, this is not a good man, let alone an honest man, but an excellent military strategist and strategist, and his strategic vision can be said to be the most outstanding and long-term among the four major governors of Eastern Wu.

Now Zhang Xi doesn't know what route this Lu Su is taking, so he is a little hesitant and doesn't know whether to say it or not.

But now Liu Bei already regards Zhang Xi as very important, and he will not ignore Zhang Xi's opinion.

Zhang Xi used the battle of Changbanpo to prove his ability to train troops, and Liu Bei also heard Zhang Xi's analysis of the situation in Jingzhou from Zhuge Liang, which made Liu Bei recognize Zhang Xi's foresight.

It can be said that the current Zhang Xi has secured the third position of Liu Bei's strategist in the army.

Therefore, as soon as Liu Bei heard what Zhang Xi had to say, he immediately stopped his movements and said, "If Yuan Chang has something to say, you might as well speak up, and be prepared to listen." ”

Zhang Xi thought about it for a while, and felt that with Liu Beijun's current situation, he would rather think more and try not to think less, after all, he really couldn't afford to fail.

Therefore, Zhang Xi said slowly, "Xi has also heard of Lu Su, this person is indeed a model of a gentleman, and he treats friends with sincerity but is limited to "friends". ”

"What does the chief mean by this?!" Liu Bei asked puzzled.

But Zhang Xi did not answer directly, but talked about some of Lu Su's past.

During the Zhongping period, because of the chaos caused by the Yellow Turban Uprising, Lu Su's hometown was also affected, and at this time, Lu Su did one thing - sell land to save the people.

Selling his family's land to help those fleeing refugees was a very benevolent thing, and it also made Lu Su's reputation rise rapidly in the local area and be praised by others.

Lu Su is not from a family, he is not even a poor family, his ancestors have been landlords for generations, and no one has ever been an official in his ancestors.

But as soon as Lu Su did this, he immediately gained a reputation, and he also had the identity and position of talking to the family or the Hanmen.

And after Lu Su gained fame, the second thing he did was to form a private army.

Liu Bei also did the formation of private soldiers, this is how he started, and later took refuge in Zou Jing, put down the Yellow Turban Uprising, obtained military merits, and became the official of Anxi County Lieutenant.

At first glance, Lu Su did this without a problem, but if you look at the timeline, this matter is a big problem.

When Liu Bei formed a private army, it was two years after the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and Emperor Ling of Han ordered that the local government could organize the village warriors to defend the place, and only allowed the local local governors to recruit, not everyone could.

Therefore, the first thing Liu Bei did after recruiting private soldiers was to take refuge in Zou Jing in exchange for a legal identity.

And Lu Su formed a private army when the Yellow Turban Rebellion first broke out, and Emperor Ling of Han had not yet issued this decree, and he was not a local governor, but a "white body". And afterwards, Lu Su did not seek refuge with people in the official face, but took refuge in an "illegal" armed force himself.

It can be seen from here that Lu Su is not "honest" at all, and he has no respect for the Han family.

Therefore, when Lu Su later offered Sun Quan a "couch strategy", he directly asked Sun Quan, the general of the Han Dynasty, what he thought of the Han Dynasty. Lu Su didn't care about the survival of the Han Dynasty at all.

And later, when Zhou Yu was the head of the nest, he heard about Lu Su, so he went to Lu Su to borrow grain, whether it was simply to borrow grain, or whether Zhou Yu wanted to take the opportunity to beat Lu Su, it is hard to say, because Lu Su's approach made Zhou Yu quite admired.

At that time, Lu Su had two tons of rice at home, and when he heard that Zhou Yu came to borrow grain, he directly pointed to a piece of rice and gave it to Zhou Yu.

One piece of rice, converted to about fifty tons now, was so generous as soon as he made a move, and he directly smashed Zhou Yu unconscious.

Zhou Yu sighed at the atmosphere of this person's work, and after talking, he felt that Lu Su was an extraordinary person, so he became friends with him, and later recommended Lu Su to Sun Quan.

Later, Yuan Shu also heard about Lu Su, felt that this person was capable, and wanted to ask him to be the mayor of Dongcheng, that is, the supreme governor of Lu Su's hometown.

The Han system stipulates that people from their hometowns are not allowed to be officials in their hometowns, so it can be seen that Yuan Shu made Lu Su the supreme governor of his hometown, which is a special treatment, which means that Lu Su is valued.

But Lu Su felt that Yuan Shu was not a good lord, so he ran away overnight, and Yuan Shu was immediately furious when he heard about it, and sent people to chase after him, wanting to arrest Lu Su back.

Ke Lu Su faced a chasing team of hundreds of people, first let his private soldiers line up, and then said to the chasing soldiers in front of the battle, now the world is in chaos, there is no reward for the meritorious, and there is no punishment for the wrongdoers, why embarrass him? !

After speaking, he bent his bow and shot an arrow in front of the two armies, and the arrow directly pierced the shield, and the special force value was off the charts.

The chasing soldiers looked at this situation, and then thought about what Lu Su said was right, if he didn't catch up, he wouldn't be punished, if he really didn't fight well, he couldn't beat others. Then withdraw.

In this way, Lu Su got rid of the pursuers and successfully arrived at Juchao to join Zhou Yu.

Lu Su's matter, it is very surprising to take out just one of them, and now that they are together, this is definitely not a "sincere gentleman", nor is it a simple character.

After Liu Bei listened, he admired Lu Su even more, and at the same time, he also had a trace of wariness of Lu Su in his heart.

Don't say it, Lu Su's behavior of forming a private army is not quite in line with Liu Bei's values and actually ignores the laws of the imperial court?!

But Liu Bei also knows that from the first year of Zhongping to the present, the world is in turmoil, and discipline is lax. There are too many people who ignore the laws of the imperial court, and if you want to use this to demand, he Liu Bei himself is not a perfect person, and he has no position to accuse others.

Therefore, Liu Bei still admired Lu Su very much, and he did firm up his idea of going to the post house to meet him in person.

It's just that no matter whether it is Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang, or Xu Shu, after Zhang Xi's series of "introductions", no one dares to regard such a ruthless character as an object that can be deceived at will.

You have to be honest.

(End of chapter)