Zhang Xi was transferred to Jingzhou Mu this time with a purpose.

According to the decision of Chang'an, Zhang Xi went to Jingzhou to put enough pressure on Dongwu to give Dongwu an explanation and price for the sneak attack on Jingzhou during the last Northern Expedition.

According to the compromise measures between Zhuge Liang and Zhang Xi, after Zhang Xi led the troops to Jiangling, he immediately found Shi Bao and asked him about the combat readiness of the Jiangling Naval Army.

If you want to suppress public security, you must have a navy.

It is not difficult to cross the river to attack the public security, if you just transport troops to the other side of the river, you can also collect more people's fishing boats, but the real trouble is the problem of logistics and supply.

If we can't maintain a certain balance of power in the river and water battles, even if the troops are transported to the public security territory and the enemy forces are desperately defending the city, the logistics and supplies will not be able to keep up.

Therefore, if you want to send troops to threaten the public security, or even directly attack the public security across the river, you must have at least one Jingzhou naval army that can block the Jiangdong naval army for a while.

As a result, the answer given by Shi Bud disappointed Zhang Xi.

Now Jingzhou has a total of 2,000 sailors, and there is a Mengchong battleship on the warship, and there are more than 30 big and small battles.

This amount of troops, these warships, is not enough for the Dongwu Navy to charge once.

But what about this, you can't blame Shibud, it can be said that it is the sequelae of the last Northern Expedition.

In the last Northern Expedition, in order to withdraw the Jiangxia water and land army soldiers to Xiangyang in as soon as possible, the Jiangling Navy also sent a lot of soldiers and warships to participate in the retreat.

Later, in order to guard against Zhou Yu, who had already occupied Jiangxia, Wen Ping temporarily detained these sailors and warships to guard Xiangyang City.

Well, now none of these trolls will come back.

There is no way, the warship is not equipped with wheels, so it can't come back from land, so it can only be by water.

The only way from Xiangyang to Jiangling is to take the Han River, pass through Xiakou, enter the Yangtze River, and then go upriver and return to Jiangling.

The problem is that the upstream part of the Han River is controlled by the Han Dynasty, but the downstream part passes through Jiangxia County.

This place is now in the hands of Soochow.

This is also one of the reasons why Liu Biao was able to tolerate Huang Zu back then, and holding Jiangxia would allow the Jingzhou Navy to have complete combat capability, otherwise, it would be cut into two sections like now, with more than enough garrison and insufficient attack.

In the past, when Sun and Liu were in the alliance, this problem was not big, and when Guan Yu went north to attack Xiangfan, he borrowed the road from Jiangxia County controlled by Eastern Wu and led the naval army north.

But now it's not going to work, the two are basically torn apart.

To a certain extent, when the Northern Expedition strategy was formulated, Zhang Xi and Zhuge Liang did make some mistakes in the trade-off, but the problem is that Zhang Xi didn't expect that Wen Ping would detain the Jiangling Navy without authorization and use it to guard Xiangyang.

It's okay to hold anyone accountable for this matter now.

After learning that the current strength of the Jiangling Navy was seriously insufficient in warships, Zhang Xi immediately began to write letters.

There are three letters in total.

One was written to Xiangyang Wenpin, ordering him to immediately prepare the navy, establish a water village in Yicheng along the Han River, and make a posture of going down the river and attacking Jiangxia to attract the attention of the Jiangxia navy.

One was written to Chen Dao, who was stationed in Yufu, asking him to lend his 5,000 sailors and warships to himself, so that he could at least make up a decent sailor army.

The last letter was written to Zhou Yu. Since the risk of a forcible attack is very high, we can only think of a way to get back some of our own interests through political means.

In fact, when Zhou Yu received Zhang Xi's invitation to go to the meeting alone, it was actually a month after Zhang Xi arrived in Jiangling.

But in any case, the preparations that should be made have been completed, and the time for the invitation has arrived, Zhang Xi set off with five hundred people, protecting himself along the way, until he arrived at the agreed river bank, only with ten personal guards, carrying a single knife to the meeting.

On the bank of the river, Zhang Xi had already ordered someone to set up a tent and set up two tables and some fruits. Others, not anymore.

One thing to say, Zhang Xi actually didn't have much hope for this meeting, so some of the things that didn't have were saved if they could be saved.

After meditating in the tent for about a stick of incense, Zhou Yu arrived.

was also accompanied by a single guard, Zhou Yu arrived at the agreed place.

Zhang Xi, as the person who invited him, naturally went out to greet him, and the number of courtesies was indispensable.

And then bar. Zhang Xi was depressed.

Zhou Yu is old, his hair is already half white, and his beard has grown, after all, he is already in his fifties.

But this thing, that face, is real. Even if Zhang Xi wants to find some shortcomings, he can't find them, he really deserves to be Mei Zhoulang.

And when this thing was young, it was okay to wrap it up, all of them were in their fifties, and they were still wearing bright silver armor, with their own unique aristocratic temperament, outstanding appearance, and a middle-aged and elderly handsome guy with a good complexion who had been maintained over the years.

What made Zhang Xi even more depressed was that if the two stood together and didn't look at the color of their hair, Zhang Xi felt that Zhou Yu was the same age as him.

But in fact, Zhang Xi is more than ten years younger than Zhou Yu.

is so handsome, he can do whatever he wants!!

Looking at Zhou Yu, who still looked like a handsome guy, Zhang Xi still bowed his hand first to express his greetings, and then Zhou Yu bowed and returned the salute.

No way, this is not only a famous senior, but also his eldest brother.

After a brief greeting, both of them held each other's hands with a smile on their faces and entered the tent together.

After the guests were seated, Zhou Yu waved his hand to let the soldiers retreat and go to inspect the outside of the camp, just in case Yixi did the same.

In the tent, there are only two waiters left, and the two protagonists.

"If it's a banquet, why don't you see the drink?!" Zhou Yu smiled and suddenly asked.

Zhou Yu is a guest in the end, and he is still a little bit upright.

Zhang Xi was not so polite, as soon as he saw that there were no outsiders, he was not nervous, and replied directly angrily, "There is no need to be right, there is an invitation for you!! ”

As he spoke, Zhang Xi took out an invitation card from his sleeve pocket, handed it to the waiter, and asked the waiter to give it to Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu was also quite surprised.

It's not that Zhang Xi's attitude suddenly changed, but that Zhang Xi had an invitation to give him? !

After Zhou Yu took it and looked at it, he suddenly didn't know how to express his feelings.

It's been more than ten years, and even Xuan'er has to get married!!" Zhou Yu said with a sigh.

If it weren't for the Wei thieves who committed the border last year, I might have hugged my grandson now!!" Zhang Xi said in a sour tone.

Yes, the invitation that Zhang Xi gave to Zhou Yu was the invitation to Xiao Xuan'er's wedding.

Actually, Zhang Xi knew very well that it was impossible for Zhou Yu to attend Xiao Xuan'er's wedding in person anyway, which was held in Chang'an, and it took a month to talk about back and forth, how could Zhou Yu throw away military affairs and run so far for personal matters.

However, according to Sun Shangxiang, whether Zhou Yu can come or not is his business, but Sun Shangxiang recognizes Zhou Yu's brother, so the invitation must be given.

Obviously, Zhou Yu also understood the meaning of this, and after receiving the invitation, he was still very warm-hearted, and said, "I will report this matter to my lord even if he can't come in person, I will also give a small gift to congratulate him." ”

"Waiver !!" Zhang Xi hurriedly interrupted Zhou Yu's words and said, "What my wife means, this invitation is for you, your family, our husband and wife don't want to invite!" ”

If you say this, Zhou Yu will be very embarrassed. When the younger sister didn't invite her brother, but invited him to recognize the brother, it seems that the resentment in the little sister's heart is still not gone.

But I really can't blame my little sister for this. Although the Supreme is the master, he is somewhat affectionate in the matter of the little sister.

Zhou Yu couldn't say anything, so he could only laugh dryly and eat fruit.

There's no way, a guy slammed the door, and he didn't even prepare a cup of tea.

The scene was embarrassing for a while, and when Zhou Yu saw this posture, the passive skill of "drinking glycol" attacked.

"Xuan'er marrying Zhuge is also a good match, Bo Song is a person, I also know something, gentle and elegant." Zhou Yu was more embarrassed to find the topic.

Zhou Yu originally wanted to ease the atmosphere, after all, Zhou Yu really knew Zhuge Qiao Before he passed on to Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Qiao was Zhuge Jin's son.

But as soon as these words came out, Zhang Xi's face suddenly became ugly.

Indeed, the marriage between Zhang Xi and Zhuge Liang, no matter from what point of view, seems to be a good match if Xiao Xuan'er is not Zhuge Qiao.

Zhang Xi has always been dissatisfied with Zhuge Qiao, that is, Zhuge Qiao's life, after all, in history, this is a short-lived ghost.

But, Zhang Xi inexplicably looked at Zhou Yu in front of him, and the short-lived ghost in front of him had lived to more than fifty, Zhuge Qiao shouldn't have any problems, right?!

Zhou Yu made Zhang Xi look inexplicable, but then, looking at Zhang Xi's not very good face, Zhou Yu's heart moved.

Could it be that the chief actually has scruples about this marriage, or is not satisfied?!

After thinking about it a little later, Zhou Yu suddenly found that this matter was actually not without worries.

Zhang Xi and Zhuge Liang are both ministers left by Liu Bei, and now, the two ministers are married, and one is guarding one side outside, and the other is controlling the government inside. Internal and external collusion is a taboo for monarchs.

So. In fact, the interior of Shu Han is not as rumored in the outside world, it is monolithic, right?!

Thinking of this, Zhou Yu suddenly began to adjust his tone, and said in an admiring tone, "In this way, your lord is really a generous person, the Zhang family and the Zhuge family are married, and they jointly assist the Han family, so you can sit back and relax." ”

The yin and yang in these words, Zhang Xi can hear it without thinking about it.

Isn't it just yin and yang, who wouldn't!!

"My lord is wise and benevolent, but he is wise." Zhang Xi smiled slightly, first praised Liu Chan, and then changed the conversation, and said in a strange manner, "It's not like some gentlemen, who are treacherous and capricious. Gong Jin is not very happy to serve under the account of such a monarch, right?! ”

"Zhang Yuanchang !!!"

Okay, Zhou Yu was angry, and he shot the case directly!!

(End of chapter)