One thing to say, when Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao both raised objections, Sun Quan should also get off the donkey and give up the matter of trading and forming an alliance with Shu Han.

But. Sun Shiwan was really reluctant to Jiangxia County.

Jiangxia County is a sword hanging over his head to Soochow. It doesn't necessarily fall off, but can you feel at ease when it sits around your head every day?!

However, Sun Quan also knew that Zhang Zhao and Zhou Yu's opinions were also for him and for the sake of Dongwu, which was reasonable, even if he was arbitrary, he would still be able to listen to the words of these two people.

Well, not much, just a little.

Therefore, after Sun Quan heard the objections of Zhang Zhao and Zhou Yu, he did not give up his idea at the first time, on the contrary, he was seeking another truth.

"Can there be a way, not only not to form an alliance with Shu Han, but also to make my Eastern Wu occupy Jiangxia?!"

This is the question raised by Sun Quan.

This question, Zhang Zhao almost didn't catch his breath when he asked it, the old man is over seventy, and he has never heard such a shameless question.

What do you think of beautiful things!!

Are the people of Shu Han all fools, giving you a county for nothing, allowing you to grasp the geographical advantage, but not wanting you to do anything?!

Can you believe this kind of thing?!

But it was not good to say this directly to Sun Quan, so Zhang Zhao could only slander in his heart, and then pretend to think, but in fact he didn't say a word.

This Supreme, since he became emperor, Zhang Zhao felt that he couldn't understand him more and more. Is this still the Sun Zhongmou who sits in the southeast, humbly accepts advice, and knows people well? !

On the one hand, Zhang Zhao really didn't have the ability to help Sun Quan daydream, and on the other hand, he didn't know how to face such a Sun Quan, so he turned off the fire.

Ke Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu was still thinking seriously, thinking about how to answer Sun Quan's question.

The different personalities create different ways for two people to cope.

Since the time of Sun Ce, Zhang Zhao has been highly respected by Sun Ce and Sun Quan, and respected him as a teacher.

But Zhou Yu is different, since the time of Sun Ce, Zhou Yu has been Sun Ce's friend, Sun Ce's Jiangdong foundation, and half of it is Zhou Yu's hard work.

In the era of Sun Quan, Sun Quan can be said to have grown up with Zhou Yu's single-handedness, helping Sun Quan to sit firmly in the position of the lord of Jiangdong, helping Sun Quan to fight the Battle of Chibi, and laying the foundation for this three-point world. Zhou Yu always has a sense of responsibility.

Therefore, although Zhou Yu also found Sun Quan's ideas more and more difficult to understand, as long as Sun Quan's ideas were beneficial to Eastern Wu, Zhou Yu was still willing to think more and make more suggestions.

And it's . In Zhou Yu's view, in fact, Sun Quan's idea is not impossible to do.

Shu Han's purpose was nothing more than two, one was to ask Eastern Wu to send troops, distract Cao Wei's attention, and divide Cao Wei's troops. The other is that the troops of Jingzhou can be safely dispatched to the north to attack Wancheng, and cooperate with the two sides of Guanzhong to attack.

And there are two taboos on the Eastern Wu side, one is that the Shu Han alliance cannot be openly cooperated, after all, the impact of going back and forth is really bad. The other is to take back Jiangxia without paying too much price to provide protection for the entire Yangtze River.

Both sides have their own ideas, and these ideas, strictly speaking, do not have much conflict.

Zhou Yu thought for a while, and on the basis of the known conditions, through his own thinking, he gave his own suggestions.

It is not possible to form an alliance openly, but it is not impossible to reach a tacit understanding in private.

As for the reason, Zhou Yu also thought about it - use soldiers to use strange.

Once the two families form an alliance in the open, even if they don't make a big deal of it, it won't take more than a month for Cao Rong, who is in Luoyang, to get this information.

At that time, Cao Wei will inevitably strengthen the defense of Eastern Wu, and if Eastern Wu sends troops to attack north, it will not achieve much effect, let alone contain some of Cao Wei's troops.

In this case, it is better not to form an alliance from the beginning, and reach an agreement in private, but if you Shu Han believe in my Dongwu, we will do it, if you can't believe it, it will be nothing.

Anyway, it's not me who is in a hurry to go on the Northern Expedition.

And once Shu Han is willing to accept this first step, then he can negotiate privately with Shu Han to hand over Jiangxia County as a reward first, and then Jiangdong will send troops north.

As for the method of "delivery", Zhou Yu also thought about it.

Anyway, the two families are only a truce now, not a truce, so at this time, Soochow can find an excuse to expel Deng Zhi and make the illusion that the two families have fallen out.

Then Dongwu sent a naval army to attack Jiangxia, and at that time, Jiangxia's Wenpin could completely follow the Han River, lead the Jiangxia soldiers and naval army to retreat to Xiangyang, and make a posture of defeat and retreat.

In this way, not only can Dongwu take advantage of the situation to take over Jiangxia County, but Wen Ping will not attract the attention of Cao Wei when he leads his troops to Xiangyang, which is equivalent to helping Shu Han concentrate troops in Xiangyang and provide cover.

Of course, there is also the most important point - once Sun Liu fights again, Cao Wei will inevitably choose to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and the defense of the Shu army on the Xiangyang side will also be reduced.

At that time, the Jingzhou Shu army suddenly went north to attack Wancheng, which could also have a surprise effect.

As for the dispatch of troops from the Eastern Wu side, it can also benefit from this.

It is unlikely that Cao Wei would have expected that the battle between the Wu and Shu families in Jingzhou was just acting, and they would not have believed that Eastern Wu had the ability to fight on two fronts. Therefore, when this big drama began, Zhou Yu suggested that Sun Quan could launch an offensive on the Eastern Front, go out of Huainan, and take Cao Wei by surprise.

Zhou Yu even thought of the goal - Runan controlled by Cao Xiu.

Pengcheng's Jia Kui is strategic, cautious, and it is really difficult to find a breakthrough, but Cao Xiu of Runan is different.

Cao Xiu's ability is indeed not bad, but this person is too dry, as long as the reason given is appropriate, even if he knows that there is fraud, he may jump into it head-on, just to bet that he can win. This is a point that Soochow can take advantage of.

And if Eastern Wu can smoothly get out of Huainan, enter Yuzhou, and even capture Runan, and then cooperate with Lu Xun in Xiapi and Xu Sheng in Guangling. Yanzhou and even Xuchang are at your fingertips.

At that time, Dongwu will be able to directly open the passage to Luoyang, and it is not known who will occupy the Central Plains first.

This is what Zhou Yu can think of in a short period of time, a way to maximize benefits.

To tell the truth, this kind of strategy is possible, but it is also very difficult.

Anyway, after Zhang Zhao heard it, he immediately felt that this was impossible.

First of all, the first one can't get over - Shu Han is not stupid, we have betrayed the alliance twice in a row, why do you ask Shu Han to believe in some of our private promises?!

Aren't you afraid that we will take the opportunity of acting to really march from Jiangxia and seize Jiangling, and even the entire Jingzhou?!

This kind of risk, even true allies may not dare to take it, let alone us and Shu Han, holding on to death can only be regarded as a temporary partner who is not in harmony with each other.

Again, Cao Wei is not without capable people, this kind of strategy of destroying the enemy on a false path and attacking the west can only deceive Cao Xiu and other goods, if Cao Wei has a capable person who sees through this plan, it doesn't matter how we act, strengthen the border defense. No matter how well you perform this play, you may not be able to achieve any decent results.

Therefore, Zhang Zhao raised objections, and Sun Quan was actually confused about this, thinking that Zhou Yu's approach was a bit too child's play.

Zhou Yu had no choice, so he could only silently sit on the side without speaking, and sit and wait for the opportunity.

Sun Quan saw that Zhou Yu stopped talking, thinking that Zhou Yu also felt that there were too many variables, so he gave up this strategy and turned his head and asked Sun Shao, Lu Ji, Bu Qi, Gu Yong and others if they had any good ideas.

But obviously, even Zhang Zhao and Zhou Yu can't come up with any good ideas, what good ideas can these four come up with?!

This meeting, at a glance, will not be conclusive.

Even Sun Quan accepted it a little, seeing that everyone had no better way, thinking that it would not work, so he refused Shu Han's request to rely on the Yangtze River and divide one side, which was not an unacceptable choice.

In this way, Sun Quan announced the dismissal of the meeting and dismissed the confidants and ministers who came to the meeting, but soon, Sun Quan found out that Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao, after the meeting ended, were still sitting in their positions, motionless.

Sun Quan immediately understood, and the rest of the civil and military ministers, seeing the posture of these two, also understood what to go and what to stay.

When there were only three people left in the entire hall, Sun Quan, Zhou Yu, and Zhang Zhao, Zhou Yu told his true heartfelt words.

This time, Zhou Yu planned to personally come forward to communicate with Shu Han, and also planned to personally lead the army into Jiangxia and march on the eastern front, Zhou Yu recommended Lu Xun as the commander to attack Runan.

If Lu Xun's advance went smoothly and Cao Wei was defenseless, he quickly occupied Runan, advanced to Xuchang, and threatened Yanzhou.

If Lu Xun's advance does not go well, and Cao Wei strictly guards the border of the Eastern Front, then let Lu Xun retreat when he sees the opportunity, and he does not have to fight hard.

At this time, Zhou Yu, who was stationed in Jiangxia, would activate the second option of the entire plan - choose the opportunity to go west to Jiangling, and even go against the river to capture Xiangyang.

This is Zhou Yu's complete strategic plan.

Either way, Soochow is unlikely to suffer.

The only thing that was lost in this was probably the reputation that Zhou Yu had accumulated for half a lifetime.

(End of chapter)