Because Cao Pi was critically ill, Zhang Xi was recalled to Chengdu by Zhuge Liang's secret order.

In the past few years, the situation in the world has changed too quickly, and the forces of all parties are not very stable, and Zhuge Liang also feels that it is very troublesome to deal with this matter.

After Deng Zhi sent an envoy to Dongwu, although the relationship with Dongwu was eased, the deployment of troops between the two sides in Jingzhou was still in a state of confrontation, and the Dongwu side did not give any reasonable explanation to the Han.

Sun Quan was very shameless and mentioned the agreement between Liu Bei and Dongwu before entering Sichuan, saying that now that the Han Dynasty has captured Guanzhong, he should follow the agreement and hand over Jingzhou to Dongwu.

Therefore, Sun Quan's dispatch of troops this time was just to seek to obtain Jingzhou in his own way.

was angry with Deng Zhi on the spot, and almost couldn't hold back and scolded directly.

There have been so many things in the middle of the co-authorship, and it is the demarcation of Xiangshui, and the re-signing of the covenant after the backstab failed, you don't think you exist, right?!

Really, if Deng Zhi hadn't come to ease the relationship with Dongwu, he should really have pointed at Sun Quan's nose and scolded.

Fortunately, Deng Zhi knew a little bit of his responsibility, and after some courteous arguments, Sun Quan eased his attitude a little, but he still did not make any concessions about his betrayal of the alliance and the attack on Jingzhou without declaring war.

Not only did he not let go, but he also continued to march to Changsha and Chaisang, as if he was going to make a posture of attacking again.

If this were an ordinary person, maybe he would have been deceived by Sun Quan, but Deng Zhi is not only an eloquent civil official, he is also a military general who has fought on the battlefield and formulated strategies in the army, how can this little strategy not be seen through? !

Obvious bluff is just now that Jingzhou's troop adjustment has been in place, and the deployment of troops has been strengthened in various places, and even Chen's 10,000 northern army has been stationed in Wuling, Sun Quan really wants to increase his troops to confront and fight a big battle, then he should not have chosen to retreat from the army in the first place.

In the final analysis, Sun Quan now wants to show a strong side in front of the Han Dynasty, in order to offset his weakness in truth after the failure of the sneak attack of the alliance.

Deng Zhi didn't have any good way, after all, he didn't come to deepen the contradictions between the two countries, so he had to be more or less tactful.

To tell the truth, Deng Zhi didn't expect that this trip to Soochow would be so awkward and uncomfortable.

In Deng Zhi's imagination, he came to Soochow and reprimanded Soochow to cause Dongwu to lose money, and then changed his tone a little to express the Han definition of a national thief.

The national thief is Cao Wei, not Dongwu, although Dongwu has repeatedly betrayed the alliance, but the Han can be generous and ignore it, only need conditions such as balabala, and then bargain with Dongwu.

But Deng Zhi really didn't expect that although Dongwu's attitude towards himself had softened a lot, and he also entertained himself according to the etiquette of normal envoys after arguing with reason, but for this attack on Jingzhou, Dongwu bit it to death and did not admit his mistakes, and had to say something about the so-called last words of Emperor Zhaolie, which was just a verbal agreement, forcing Deng Zhi to have no way at all.

I didn't even apologize, how can I talk about the various conditions behind it?!

It is impossible for Deng Zhi to acquiesce to the authenticity of this matter on behalf of the Han Dynasty, even if he wants to re-maintain relations with Dongwu, it is not such a concession.

Therefore, Deng Zhi took it with him in Dongwu for a month, and finally returned to Chengdu without any gain except for being treated courteously by the monarchs and ministers of Dongwu, and therefore, the land of Jingzhou is still in a state of war readiness.

Zhuge Liang has no good way to deal with this matter, so he can only stalemate for the time being.

But after all, it is not a long-term solution.

In Jingzhou, Jingbei has to face the threat of Cao Wei's Wancheng, Xuchang and other places, and in the south, it is necessary to guard against Jiangdong's coveting of Jingnan's two counties, and even Jiangxia and Jiangling, and it is not a good thing to prepare for war for a long time.

But now, things have taken a turn for the better, Cao Pi is seriously ill?!

If Cao Pi wants to be just an ordinary minor illness, no matter how powerful Luoyang is meticulously, he will not be able to detect any news. The information that can be directly investigated by the detailed work is definitely not that kind of confidential information.

In other words, it is no secret that Cao Pi is seriously ill in Luoyang.

In other words, Cao Pi's serious illness this time is the kind of serious illness that is very likely to be delayed.

Once Cao Pi is really dead, then at least the pressure on Jingbei and Guanzhong can be reduced a lot, and at that time, it is difficult to say whether Sun Quan of Eastern Wu will be as stubborn as he is now.

Everything was prepared for a rainy day, so Zhuge Liang urgently transferred Zhang Xi, and Zhao Yun returned to Chengdu to discuss the next national political changes.

After all, it will take a certain amount of time to return to Chengdu from Liangzhou and Yongzhou.

When Zhang Xi and Zhao Yun received the news, made arrangements for their respective states and counties, and left to return to Chengdu, Cao Pi died of illness in Luoyang, and the news of Cao Wei's new monarch Cao Rong had also been transmitted back to Chengdu through Luoyang's fine channel.

Now, just in time, let's discuss together what to do next.

In the end, take advantage of Cao Pi's new funeral and Cao Wei's "ownerless" efforts to send troops to attack the Central Plains, or wait for a while, wait for their own side to recover, and then launch a large-scale battle.

These two ideas, in fact, are now very fierce debates within the Chengdu Qunchen.

The military generals faction headed by Zhang Fei supported the immediate dispatch of troops to recover the Central Plains.

It's a rare opportunity.

Cao Pi, this old boy, although he is far worse than his father, but he still has the ability, coupled with Cao Wei's large size, although he has suffered consecutive defeats, he is quite stable at home, and he can keep the bottom line externally, and he is still the strongest party in the Three Kingdoms.

This old boy is dead now, his son is only in his early twenties this year, a yellow-haired child, inexperienced and unprestigious, at this time to send troops to fight against Cao Wei, maybe it can also cause internal turmoil in Cao Wei, it is simply a godsend.

Of course, if you don't crusade against Cao Wei, it's okay to turn around and crusade against Sun Quan. I saw that treacherous bastard who was not pleasing to the eye, so I put Cao Wei aside for the time being, and it was okay to attack Jiangdong.

That's what the generals think.

The civilian faction headed by Qin Mi advocated taking advantage of the rare pressure window period to temporarily recuperate and accumulate strength.

After all, over the years, there have been foreign wars almost every two or three years, and the burden of both the people and the big families is very heavy, and no one wants to fight anymore.

During the Three Kingdoms period, it was a little different from ordinary troubled times.

Other dynasties in troubled times, generally after a dozen or twenty years of melee, basically it should be over, if it can't end, it will basically become a situation of confrontation between various forces, after more than 100 years or even longer of recuperation, there will be an eloquent monarch to appear, re-complete the great cause of unifying the world.

But the turbulent times of the Three Kingdoms, the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the first year of Zhongping to now, has been fighting for more than 30 years, and the major forces have been fighting infighting, and the last three-legged stand still has not stopped.

Therefore, civil officials are more inclined to take a break to recuperate. If they don't recuperate, not only will the people be unbearable, but their families will not be able to stand it.

From the perspective of the survival of the people, Qin Mi is actually right, although today's Han is much better than the days in history, but he still can't afford to toss too much.

From Zhang Fei's point of view, it can also be understood.

The world has been in turmoil for more than 30 years, everyone is a little exhausted, if you don't take advantage of the enemy's weakness now, launch a decisive war, and then continue to drag on, let Cao Wei ease up, the great cause of the rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty, I don't know when it will be realized.

No matter how hard the people of the world are for three or five years, or for another thirty or fifty years, this multiple-choice question is placed in front of you, and smart people know how to choose, right?!

Then Zhang Fei was sprayed by Qin Mi.

In the matter of war, who can know the outcome in advance, if you can't play a decisive role in sending troops this time, then you still have to make the people (families) suffer even more.

Besides, although Dongwu was unreliable before, it was a nominal ally, during the two Northern Expeditions, although Dongwu was more for its own expansion of strategic space, but in fact, it did help the Han to drag down some of the Cao Wei elites, but now, the Han and Dongwu have turned their faces, what if we are fighting with Cao Wei, what if Dongwu takes advantage of the danger of others? !

This kind of thing, with the urine nature of those people in Jiangdong, do you dare to say that they won't do this?!

However, Zhang Fei disapprovingly believed that Dongwu had failed to backstab twice, and now although he was stubborn and did not admit his mistakes, with his second brother staying in Jingzhou, Dongwu would not dare to act rashly.

As long as the Han Dynasty began to attack the Central Plains, Cao Wei could not support it, and with the virtue of Eastern Wu, he would inevitably take the opportunity to send troops to grab territory and take advantage, and he would not necessarily have to get along with the Han Dynasty.

The two sides quarreled and made a lot of noise, and no one could convince anyone.

And Zhuge Liang, although he was the prime minister at this time, because of the promise given by Zhuge Liang when he was entrusted to Gu, he did not use the power in his hands to forcibly suppress these disputes, but chose to convene the assassins from all over the country to return to Chengdu to discuss the national policy.

Moreover, the problem that Zhuge Liang has to face is not only the problem of war or peace, but even the foreign policy issue of Eastern Wu, in fact, it is not that he did not take advantage of the opportunity of Cao Wei in the north to take care of himself and send troops to conquer Eastern Wu.

And the most terrible thing is that among the people who uphold such ideas, the representative figure is Pang Tong.

Compared with Qin Mi, Pang Tong's opinion is the problem that Zhuge Liang has to face.

And the reason why Pang Tong supported the attack on Soochow was that he had to find a way to relieve the trouble.

Otherwise, no matter when the Han Dynasty chooses to attack Cao Wei again in the future and attack the Central Plains, it must always take into account whether the Eastern Wu will lag behind, and in terms of Jingzhou's geographical location, as long as the Eastern Wu naval army maintains its current combat strength, once they attack Jingzhou, Jingzhou will not be able to go north to respond to the Northern Expedition, and the Han will only be able to walk on one leg.

Again, today's Yongzhou, Qinzhou, Liangzhou, and even Jingzhou do not have the possibility of immediately sending troops to attack the Central Plains.

Yongzhou is still in the period of recovery of people's livelihood, although the population has been migrating for two years, it has still not returned to the state of three years ago, and the training level of the county soldiers is not high, and the combat strength is insufficient.

Qinzhou assassin Shi Ma Chao, finally did not survive to Jianxing for three years, he died of illness at the end of last year.

Qin Governor Shi Jiang Xu took over as the Assassin of Qinzhou, but Jiang Xu's prestige was insufficient, and the surrounding Qiang people were also a little impatient, so it was really not suitable to send county troops to the east.

In the Liangzhou area, Zhao Yun and Pang De finally trained a cavalry force of 5,000 people after several years of hard work, and after the first battle of Zhiyuan, the cavalry troops had actual combat experience, but the number was still insufficient, especially in the Central Plains, it was inevitable that the cavalry of Cao Wei would be large, and this strength was obviously not enough to help the Han army occupy a cavalry advantage on the battlefield in the Central Plains.

As for Jingzhou from last year, Guan Yu's physical condition began to deteriorate a little, in the winter of the second year of Jianxing, although Guan Yu survived, but it was very hard, the physical fitness is getting worse and worse, a little attention will cause typhoid fever symptoms, no one knows how long Guan Yu can last in Jingzhou.

Therefore, Pang Tong's idea is very straightforward - taking advantage of the fact that the spirit and combat strength of the Jingzhou Army are still there, and they also have the ability to fight water, it is better to march directly to Eastern Wu, at least to snatch back Changsha and Guiyang counties.

In this way, not only can Jingzhou be completely controlled and the development of Eastern Wu can be suppressed, but at the same time, it can also master the land passage to Yuzhang County through Changsha and Guiyang, and threaten Jiangdong not to dare to make a mistake.

(End of chapter)