Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu and Lu Su talked for a long time, and Zhang Xi, who realized it later, finally understood what these people were talking about.

They are talking about who is the main leader of this covenant of the Sun-Liu Alliance, who should occupy the dominant position, and who should bear what kind of responsibility.

This issue, which has a bearing on the distribution of interests after the war, must be properly discussed.

If Cao Cao wins, then this covenant will naturally be meaningless, but if Cao Cao loses, the formulation of this covenant will be very important.

Zhuge Liang argued with Zhou Yu from the beginning about whether Liu Bei was asking for help or forming an alliance, and this was the purpose.

Once Zhou Yu believes that Liu Bei is here to ask for help, then you have to return the grace of saving your life after the war, and then Jiangdong can swallow the biggest results in one go, and leaving some leftovers for Liu Bei can be said to be benevolent and righteous, and not to treat allies badly.

Zhuge Liang definitely couldn't agree to this condition, so he insisted that Liu Bei had the strength to fight, and the two sides were allied, not Liu Bei's desperate refuge.

In other words, from the beginning, Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu both knew that the other party would definitely resist Cao and would not choose to surrender.

So for the two of them, the most important thing at the moment was to finalize the details of the Sun-Liu alliance at that time.

Originally, the two of them were pulling back and forth, not giving in to each other, who knew that Zhang Xi suddenly caught an inappropriate place in Zhou Yu's words and said so many cruel words.

Seriously, Zhang Xi can't be blamed for this, after all, Zhang Xi has no experience in this kind of verbal negotiation in his two lives combined, and Zhuge Liang didn't explain this matter to Zhang Xi in advance, Zhang Xi really didn't know that there were so many twists and turns.

And Zhang Xi originally felt that this description in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was very fascinating, Zhou Yu, as Sun Ce's sworn friend, was also the first person to support Sun Quan and lead the Huaisi Group to perform courtiers to Sun Quan, and he would not have surrendered to Cao.

In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", it is necessary to arrange for Wenchen military generals to be tempted repeatedly, and finally to be made up by Zhuge Liang. What kind of characteristics can this highlight Zhou Yu?!

So Zhang Xi watched Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang struggle with the question of whether Liu Bei was asking for help, and he really couldn't help it, with such a time, be honest with each other and discuss how to break the enemy? !

Zhou Yu was also speechless for a while, but Zhang Xi was caught and sprayed, and Zhou Yu, who sprayed, was also uncomfortable.

Although it was used for bargaining, he really shouldn't have said that Sun Quan could get the position of marquis by demoting Cao.

One is sorry for Sun Quan, who has always trusted him, and the other is sorry for Sun Ce, who has passed away. It's really a bit ungrateful.

So Zhou Yu thanked Zhang Xi seriously, thanking him for helping him point out this gaffe.

But what should be fought for has to continue to fight, Zhou Yu did not investigate whether Liu Bei was asking for help, but in a blink of an eye, he said that he had formed an alliance with Liu Bei, and Liu Bei couldn't help at all.

And at this time, Lu Su, who advocated the Sun-Liu alliance, obviously would not sit idly by. This is due to Zhou Gongjin's elegance, and if he changes someone, maybe if he lets that Zhang Yuanchang say something, he will ruin the Sun-Liu Alliance.

Zhang Xi also realized that he was almost bad, and he didn't dare to speak anymore at the moment, looking at Zhuge Liang, Lu Su, and Zhou Yu.

Lu Su is also busy, he has to help Zhou Yu fight for the interests of Jiangdong for a while, and he has to help Zhuge Liang persuade Zhou Yu to promote the achievement of the Sun-Liu Alliance.

In the end, the three of them talked back and forth for more than an hour, probably forming a framework, and Zhuge Liang took Zhang Xi to say goodbye and leave.

As soon as he walked out of the gate of Sun Quan's courtyard, Zhuge Liang looked at Zhang Xi, who was a little depressed, and comforted him with a smile, "Although Yuan Chang Shicai's words are inappropriate, it has also helped Liang a lot, so that Zhou Gongjin no longer avoids resisting Cao." As for the gaffes, Zhou Gongjin has always been elegant, and he will not be embarrassed by Yuan Chang, and Yuan Chang does not have to blame himself too much. ”

Zhang Xi was silent, he knew that this was Zhuge Liang comforting himself, but Zhang Xi also had his own principles - if it was his own fault, he had to admit it.

Therefore, after returning to the pavilion, Zhang Xi still obediently admitted his mistake to Zhuge Liang in person.

Zhuge Liang didn't care, and continued to comfort Zhang Xi for a few words.

After all, Zhang Xi is still young, and when he is Zhang Xi's age, it is inevitable that he will not think about things thoroughly.

The key is that Zhang Xi himself realized his mistakes, and later he was willing to admit his mistakes, this quality is stronger than many people, and after a few years of training, he will be able to take on a big responsibility.

Anyway, this time when he met Zhou Yu, Zhuge Liang got the result he wanted.

Early the next morning, Zhou Yu went to meet Sun Quan, and at the military meeting, he tried to explain the reason for sending troops to resist Cao.

To put it simply, it was to settle military accounts for Sun Quan in front of the civil and military ministers, so that Sun Quan realized that Cao Cao did not have an army of 800,000 and was not invincible.

Zhuge Liang helped Sun Quan see the consequences of his surrender in the front, and Zhou Yu told Sun Quan in the back that we can win by fighting Cao Cao. In this way, Sun Quan has nothing to hesitate about.

Sun Quan, 26 years old this year, is not a Huangkou child without his own opinions, nor is he a mediocre lord without enterprising heart, he immediately decided to unite with Liu Bei and send troops to fight Cao.

Immediately worship Zhou Yu as the governor of the left, Cheng Pu as the governor of the right, Lu Su as the captain of the military academy, and Zhou Yu led the Jiangdong Navy Division of 30,000 and the army of 20,000, and raised troops to resist Cao.

This is already all the forces that Sun Quan can control now.

And Sun Quan was also worried that there would not be enough soldiers, so he said that he would continue to organize reinforcements in Chaisang, that is, to serve the Jiangdong family to send troops and lead the troops as Zhou Yu's backup.

"Those who can do it are sincere, and if they are unsatisfactory, they will return to me, and I should decide with Meng De."

Sun Quan's words were quite imposing, and Zhou Yu was also very moved.

But Zhou Yu knew in his heart that Sun Quan's words meant that if his front army could not win, then Sun Quan would not be able to organize any rear army at all. This was the case in the battle of Exian at the beginning.

These Jiangdong families, when they pick up cheap and fight with the wind, they are faster than the other, and they are really going to encounter any setbacks, and they all know that they are guarding their own one-third of an acre of land, and whoever comes will bite whom.

Therefore, after Zhou Yu received the order, he began to assemble troops, sort out military affairs, and as for the alliance with Liu Bei, he handed it over to Lu Su to deal with.

Lu Su was instructed by Sun Quan to form an alliance with Liu Bei, and then went to the pavilion, and after agreeing with Zhuge Liang on the details of the covenant, he forwarded it to Sun Quan to see that it was correct, and Sun Quan stamped his big seal to capture the general, and then Lu Su personally crossed the river and let Liu Bei use the seal.

The covenant stipulated that the two families would form an alliance to resist Cao, and the Jiangdong Army would go north through Jiangxia County, and Jiangxia would need to open the county seat along the way to ensure the supply and grain routes of the Jiangdong Army, and at the same time be responsible for defending the smooth flow of grain routes.

At the same time, the Jiangxia Navy will go to war with the Jiangdong Navy and obey the command of Zhou Yu, the governor of the left capital, but the commander of the Jiangxia Navy is still the person from Jiangxia, and the Jiangdong Army will not interfere with the commander of the army.

As for the troops of the Cao army that may go down the Han River, as well as the Cao army troops that may enter from the north of Jiangxia, the armies of the Sun and Liu families formed a coalition army, which was under the command of Liu Bei, and it was necessary to ensure that the two Cao armies were blocked to prevent these Cao armies from threatening the flanks of the navy.

The covenant as a whole was fairly fair.

Although Liu Beijun paid more, it was basically the consumption of some money, food and materials, and the main anti-Cao forces were mainly in Jiangdong.

Liu Bei is weak after all, and being able to achieve such a result is already a manifestation of Zhuge Liang's ability.

And Liu Bei, after seeing such alliance conditions, didn't think much about it at all, and directly stamped it to confirm, and asked Lu Su by the way, when Zhuge Liang and Zhang Xi would be able to return to Jiangxia, and he couldn't lack these two people with troops here.

Lu Su tactfully told Liu Bei that Zhuge Liang, as the contact person of the alliance between the two sides, needed to stay in the coalition army to be responsible for coordination, and the governor of Zhang Xima had high hopes for him, hoping to keep him to serve in the army.

The alliance had just been formed, and it was in the honeymoon period of the alliance, and Liu Bei couldn't forcibly call people back for a while, so he had to agree to Jiangdong's arrangement.

Zhuge Liang doesn't care, he is just like in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Zhou Yu also specially arranged a small boat for him to ride, and he is not tired at all.

But Zhang Xi can't, Zhang Xi has to report to the barracks every day.

Zhang Xi doesn't understand, you are dignified Zhou Gongjin, if you don't go to Zhuge Liang, what are you looking for me? !

This thing is wicked.

After staying in Zhou Yu's camp for a few days, Zhang Xi finally figured out Zhou Yu's purpose for requisitioning him.

"I heard that when the general was in Jiangxia, he was in charge of military drills and was proficient in the art of land warfare, so Yu specially invited the general to come and help train the military horses, and I hope the general will not refuse!"

Zhou Yu still smiled, and said to Zhang Xi in an approachable manner, not at all because Zhang Xi suspected that he was accusing him of being ungrateful.

But Zhang Xi was quite embarrassed in the face of Zhou Yu's request.

The co-author heard that he was good at training soldiers, so he asked himself to help train soldiers?!

"It's all overrated!" Zhang Xi hurriedly returned the salute first, and then said, "Don't hide it from the governor, the people who will meet in the river, the land war, now Jiangdong Pocao, all the water army is used, Xi really doesn't understand the wonder of the water army, please ask the governor to ask Gao Ming." ”

Right, you are in command of the naval army, what do you want the method of land warfare to do?!

Besides, these days, how can you let people help you train soldiers with such a big grin, don't you know that the method of soldier training is generally a secret that is not passed on?!

Although it is said that there is an alliance

"Hey, the law of water warfare will be practiced, but the water battle can defeat Cao, but not Cao, after defeating Cao, you will eventually need the navy to go ashore to fight on land, in order to defeat the enemy and break the city. As an ally, I hope that the general will work tirelessly to teach the law of land warfare on his behalf. ”

Why are you going too far, how can you have an alliance that requires secrets in the army?!

This kind of thing

"This matter is important, I don't dare to deceive the general, and I can't answer until Xi asks the lord." Zhang Xi arched his hand and said.

Zhou Yu didn't embarrass Zhang Xi, nodded and said yes, and said that if Zhang Xi was really embarrassed, he could write a letter to Liu Bei by hand, believing that Liu Bei would not refuse in front of his allies.

Zhang Xicai didn't believe the nonsense of this goods, so he hurried to Zhuge Liang's boat after getting off duty and asked Zhuge Liang's opinion.

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "I already knew Zhou Gongjin's intentions and passed on to him, it doesn't hurt!" ”

Zhang Xi was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart that you are not afraid that the two families will turn their faces in the future, and the high level of land warfare will add trouble to you? !

Zhuge Liang continued, "Now that the two families are in good alliance, although the method of training soldiers is heavy, if Zhou Gongjin really wants it, the lord will not refuse it. ”

After saying these high-sounding words, Zhuge Liang pulled Zhang Xi and whispered in Zhang Xi's ear, "I look at the training method of the Yuan Chief, the military posture and the bow, it can be passed on, but the Mandarin Duck Array cannot be passed on lightly, if he asks, the Yuan Chang will prevaricate this is the secret method of the Lord Gong, and you don't know." ”

Good guys, this. That's right, this is Zhuge Liang.

(End of chapter)