Actually, Dongwu didn't have the attitude of completely turning his face with Shu Han, otherwise Zhang Zhao would not have taken the initiative to say those words to Deng Zhi.

Didn't that make it clear to tell Deng Zhi that Dongwu's attitude had changed, so that Shu Han's side was on guard.

If you really want to turn the other cheek, can you tell you this?!

How could an old fox like Zhang Zhao not know that Jiangdong must have Shu Han's fine work, and Deng Zhi also has enough ability to spread this matter through the fine work channel.

Zhang Zhao did this, in fact, to a certain extent, he was wiping his ass for Sun Quan.

The supreme of his own family, do things, look forward and look backward, when the battle of Chibi was in the past, he didn't want to surrender, but he didn't make up his mind to fight. If it weren't for Zhou Yu standing up to persuade him and really winning, how could there be the current Dongwu Jiangshan.

Zhang Zhao also admitted this, but Zhang Zhao didn't think that his attitude of surrendering during the Battle of Chibi was wrong.

It can only be said that judging from the results, Zhang Zhao's practice of advocating fake surrender to preserve the foundation was too conservative, in fact, after Cao Cao pacified Hebei, his army had indeed reached the end of the strong crossbow that Zhou Gongjin said, and it was not invincible.

But who could have foresight at that time? Even Zhou Yu was hard-headed, and he didn't know that he could reap such a big result before the war.

This time, in terms of his attitude towards Shu Han, Sun Quan actually made the same mistake again.

Judging from the situation in the world, it is now a situation where Shu Han is strong and Wu Wei is weak, so it is correct to keep a distance from Shu Han, form an alliance with Cao Wei, and inhibit the further development of Shu Han.

However, the current situation in the world is not as good as it was during the Battle of Chibi, although Shu Han is strong, it is only a little stronger, and Cao Wei is weak, but it still retains the essence of all the land north of the Yellow River.

As for Dongwu, even Sun Quan knew in his heart that although the current Dongwu had occupied Qingxu, Huainan and other places, the level of land warfare was insufficient, which caused Dongwu to want to develop to the north again, and he had more than enough heart but not enough strength.

Therefore, Zhang Zhao recognized Sun Quan's alliance with Cao Wei to curb the expansion of Shu Han, and at the same time buy time to develop his own diplomatic strategy internally.

However, Sun Quan's attitude towards Shu Han has always been a little wavering.

It stands to reason that since he has decided to form an alliance with Cao Wei, he will definitely turn his face against Shu Han. Otherwise, what is Cao Wei's alliance with you?!

can sneak attack Jiangling three times in a row, once was beaten by others, and finally could only cut the land and sue for peace, and the other two times people asked for you, so I didn't care much about you really want to fight, Sun Quan really doubted that the Jiangxia he now occupies, and even the four counties of Jingnan, can be saved.

There is no way, Lu Xun wants to stay in Huainan, Zhou Yu's condition has always been repeated and cannot be cured, Zhu Ran is somewhat meaningless, and the odds of winning against his brother-in-law are really not high.

Therefore, Sun Quan also had a headache, he wanted to suppress the expansion speed of Shu Han, and at the same time he was afraid that his side would really not be able to kill Shu Han, but because of the alliance with Cao Wei, Shu Han turned the focus of his attack to himself, and gave Cao Wei time to recuperate.

During Deng Zhi's visit this time, Sun Quan's ambivalence was reflected to the extreme.

On the one hand, he sent Zhou Yin to Jiangling to greet Deng Zhi, and on the other hand, when Deng Zhi arrived in Jianye, he ordered the pavilion to be blocked and Deng Zhi not to go out, in case Deng Zhi learned that he planned to form an alliance with Cao Wei.

But the problem is that Deng Zhi is not a fool, and his doing this will only make Deng Zhi more suspicious.

And with Shu Han's intelligence network in Eastern Wu, this kind of thing will soon be investigated, and with Deng Zhi's ability, it is impossible for you to let him stay in the pavilion honestly.

Originally, Zhang Zhao was still thinking about what method he could use to help Sun Quan make this matter perfect, not only to appease Deng Zhi, but also to get the intelligence of Shu Han and Jingzhou's defense from Deng Zhi, and Deng Zhi sent it to the door by himself.

Then Zhang Zhao played such a play.

On the one hand, Zhang Zhao felt that the alliance between Eastern Wu and Cao Wei could not be concealed for too long, and sooner or later it would be known by Shu Han. A little earlier and a little later, there is no difference at all.

Therefore, Zhang Zhao directly told Deng Zhi in disguise on the opportunity to refute Deng Zhi's remarks, and now Dongwu's attitude has changed.

On the other hand, Zhang Zhao was also testing Deng Zhi, and through Deng Zhi's reaction, he judged whether Jingzhou was ready to turn against Soochow.

If Deng Zhi scolded Zhang Zhaoyi angrily, and hurried to visit the four great families of Jiangdong after going out, or returned to the pavilion and closed the door, waiting for Sun Quan to summon him, it means that Jingzhou is not ready to turn his face with Eastern Wu, and now Deng Zhi is still seeking the possibility of easing relations between the two countries.

If Deng Zhi didn't say a word, brushed his sleeves away, and was in a hurry to leave Jiangdong and return to Jiangling the next day, it would mean that Jingzhou was ready to turn against Dongwu, and it was even possible that he would choose to strike first and attack the four counties of Jingnan.

If that's the case, then just turn around and start a war, anyway, there is no room for redemption.

Fortunately, Deng Zhi's response is the first one.

This also made Zhang Zhao feel at ease, and then hurried into the palace, saw Sun Quan, and asked him to summon Deng Zhi quickly to appease him.

In other words, in fact, Deng Zhi still let the old fox Zhang Zhao calculate.

After Deng Zhi left Zhang Zhao's Prime Minister's Mansion, he was very anxious.

On the one hand, he had to quickly pass the news to Jiangling, so that Zhang Xi could be prepared to prevent Dongwu from launching a sneak attack.

On the other hand, Deng Zhi immediately went to visit Wuzhong's Zhang family, Zhang Wen, hoping to contact the four major families of Jiangdong through Zhang Wen, and through them, tell Sun Quan about the interests and disadvantages, and delay the time for Sun Quan to form an alliance with Cao Wei.

However, just when Deng Zhi was busy visiting his "friends", he suddenly received a notice that early the next morning, Sun Quan would summon Deng Zhi at the court meeting and return the letter of the Han Emperor.

Deng Zhi was that unexpected. His secret letter has just been written, and he hasn't had time to contact the big man who is lurking in Jianye.

But no matter what, this is an opportunity, an opportunity to convince Sun Quan head-on, Deng Zhi cannot let go, and must prepare carefully.

But when Deng Zhi prepared a lot of rhetoric, he was ready to persuade Sun Quan at the court meeting and give up the alliance with Cao Wei, but Deng Zhi found that his rhetoric was completely useless.

Because Sun Quan didn't mention any words about turning his face with Shu Han at all, he just used the old words for Deng Zhi's questioning, saying that the first lord Liu Bei promised him, and after taking Yongliang, he handed over Jingzhou to Eastern Wu, but now Shu Han even captured Luoyang, but he didn't even give Jiangling Since you promised but didn't give it, then I'll take it myself, it's reasonable, right?!

As soon as Sun Quan said this, he couldn't directly kill Deng Zhi What did your prime minister say yesterday, "The territory of the world is taken by those who are virtuous"? !

Now that he has gone back to the old road and brought out this kind of, wouldn't Deng Zhi have to deal with it according to the old routine of "Xiangshui Demarcation", and finally turned into a mouthpiece, and finally it was over? !

At the court meeting, Deng Zhi tentatively inquired about the contacts between Cao Wei and Eastern Wu in the north, and Sun Quan only vaguely used the excuse that the northern boundary had not been determined, and the two countries had discussed the demarcation of the border, so they contacted each other.

Deng Zhi is wondering. Sun Quan's attitude at the court meeting did not look like he was about to turn his face.

So. What is Soochow's true attitude?!

Is it going to turn the other cheek with the big man, or is it that in fact, the attitude of "the territory of the world, the virtuous take it" is the words of Prime Minister Zhang Zhao's family? !

The more Deng Zhi thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that there was a problem in it, and he made a mistake in dealing with Sun Quan.

Fortunately, Deng Zhi is also a talented and agile person, so he didn't make a fool of himself.

When he got the letter of state given to Liu Chan by Sun Quan, ended the court meeting, and returned to the pavilion to look through it carefully, Deng Zhi still didn't have any clue.

The letter of state is very normal, just like the letter of state exchanged between the two countries in the past, Sun Quan still called Liu Chan the lord of the Han Dynasty, and there is nothing to emphasize the orthodoxy of Eastern Wu in the words of the letter of state.

In addition to taking advantage of Liu Chan every day and claiming to be an elder, you really can't find any intention of Sun Quan to turn his face with the Han in this national letter.

But Zhang Zhao's remarks were said in front of him, so it can't be fake.

I can't Zhang Zhao's rhetoric, it's just that I'm old and confused, I can quote the scriptures like this, and Zhang Zhao is inevitably a little too powerful.

In the middle of this, there is a high probability that something has happened, which led to Sun Quan finally making a move to ease relations between the two countries

But what it is, Deng Zhi doesn't know, but Deng Zhi can be sure that Dongwu's attitude has indeed had a certain change, maybe it is not a change, it has really changed.

It is even possible that this letter of state is just a delaying tactic used by Eastern Wu to paralyze the Han Dynasty.

No matter what, Deng Zhi felt that he still had to return to Jiangling as soon as possible and reminded Zhang Xi to prepare early.

Now that Deng Zhi's mission is completed, there is no need to pass the message through the fine work channel, after all, it is not easy to lurk in the fine work, and try not to enable it if you can not use it.

Besides, the transmission speed of the fine work channel may not be as fast as the return from Jianye to Jiangling in an upright manner.

In this way, Deng Zhi hurried back to Jiangling and informed Zhang Xi of the changes in Eastern Wu.

After Zhang Xi and Wang Ji heard what Deng Zhi had seen and heard about this envoy to Jiangdong, they didn't say a word, and directly began to strengthen Jiangling's defense force.

Regardless of whether you have changed your attitude or not, it is always right to prepare in advance.

(End of chapter)