The mastermind behind the scenes is Sun Quan?

Everyone was amazed for a moment.

With Sun Quan's performance today, it doesn't look like the main messenger.

Lai Min asked: "Prime Minister, if Sun Quan is the mastermind, he really doesn't dare to say that he misses Jiangdong, but why Zhang Zhao them?" ”

Zhuge Liang smiled: "Indeed, it can be understood that Sun Quan did not contact the rebellion, because he did not even contact Zhang Zhao and them. But this can't prove that he is not conspiring and dare not tell Zhang Zhao about them? ”

Everyone was even more confused now.

Fei Yi said: "Prime Minister, I don't understand very well. ”

Zhuge Liang explained: "Actually, looking at Sun Quan's performance today, you can know that he is being cautious. You have to understand one thing, unless you are extremely stupid, if you really don't have the heart to return to your homeland, why do you make such a gesture? Could it be that Sun Quan doesn't understand the benevolence of His Majesty and the crown prince? ”

Yin Mo suddenly realized: "I understand, if Sun Quan doesn't have a rebellious heart, he might as well admit that he misses his homeland, but it is normal." If he hides it and blindly pretends to be happy, it means that he has a ghost in his heart. ”

"Not bad."

Zhuge Liang sighed: "His behavior today is too much." ”

The meaning of this sentence is that Sun Quan's acting skills are too poor.

It stands to reason that Sun Quan is not a stupid person, he knows that this is a temptation, even if he excuses himself for the first time and says that he is happy not to think about Wu, the reason can be reasonable.

But the second time he put all the blame on Zhang Zhao, it would be too stupid, it would be better to say that it was his own idea.

In the Han Dynasty, an era when the local complex was relatively heavy, there was no sin in a person missing his hometown.

Liu Bei is also a famous person who pays attention to his teacher, and since Sun Quan, as a prince, has been submitted, he will not kill for no reason if he has no reason or excuse.

To kill Sun Quan just because he was thinking of his hometown would be a blow to Liu Bei's benevolent reputation.

So it's better to admit generously that it's not actually a bad thing, but it will be reassuring.

But he pretended to be crazy and stupid, which was quite deliberate.

The main thing is that the characters are different.

In history, Liu Chan was unhappy, and Sima Zhao did not doubt it, it was because Liu Chan's character was like that.

Since ascending the throne, political affairs have been handled by Zhuge Liang and others for decades, and even if Zhuge Liang died of illness later, several successors of Zhuge Liang, the four ministers of Shu and Han have been in charge of state affairs.

And he himself enjoys himself all day in the rear, and rarely dictates state affairs, so he feels like a puppet who can't be supported.

Because of this, even if he behaved badly, he looked like a critic at the banquet, and no one doubted it.

What about Sun Quan?

His character is a young man who inherited the great cause of his father and brother, and he was quite a hero in the early days, and he personally led troops to fight many times, which can be described as a hegemon.

What's more important is that his previous performance was not bad, under the internal and external troubles of Jiangdong, he defeated rebels from all walks of life, repeatedly quelled the Shanyue Rebellion, and at the same time firmly held the power of Jiangdong.

When such a character suddenly becomes so stupid, it will give people the feeling that he is deliberately pretending to be stupid.

And the more he does this unnecessary cover-up, it means that he has a weak heart.

What could make him weak?

Naturally, Zhuge Liang investigated that someone in Jiangdong was plotting a rebellion.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang believes that the initiator of this matter may be Cao Wei's side, and Cao Wei's side sent people to contact Sun Quan, wanting to set off a rebellion in the rear and make Liu Bei's foundation unstable.

But the main messenger of the rebellion must be Sun Quan.

Only he is familiar with all the families in Jiangdong, and he also knows which families are unwilling to submit to the Han court, so he can contact those people.

And judging from today's temptation, Zhuge Liang also confirmed this, his cover-up was a little too much, but it was exposed.

Hearing Zhuge Liang's analysis, Liu Chan hurriedly said: "Then Prime Minister, what should we do with Sun Quan?" ”

"Worry in the abdomen, the landslide is a disease, the disaster causes the wall, and it actually controls the country. It stands to reason that a scourge like this should have been eliminated as soon as possible. ”

Zhuge Liang thought about it, and then said: "But since it has been discovered, let's wait and see what happens, and when it happens, it will happen to have the name of righteousness to remove it, which can be regarded as the last chance for Sun Quan." ”

"What does the prime minister mean by letting Sun Quan continue to do it? When he shows his feet, he will catch them all? ”

Lai Min asked.

"Hmm."

Zhuge Liang nodded: "If he is smart, he should go back and think about it, know what to do, if he chooses the wrong path, then he can't complain about us." ”

And when they looked at each other, they all agreed.

Anyway, they didn't actually do anything to Sun Quan, if the prime minister misjudged, it didn't matter. If Sun Quan was really the mastermind behind the scenes, they would naturally set traps and wait for Sun Quan to drill into the trap.

Everything is under their control, and there is no need to worry.

And when Liu Chan Zhuge Liang and Zhuge Liang were discussing this matter, Sun Quan, Marquis of Anle, also returned to his mansion in a carriage.

Liu Bei allowed Sun Quan to keep his servants and the property of the mansion, so the mansion was all his original people.

However, Sun Quan was still afraid that someone would choose to turn his back on him and be Liu Bei's eyes and ears, so every time he discussed a major matter, he used the excuse of enjoying the scenery in the backyard to let the slave stay a little farther away and talk quietly with Fu Jun in the garden.

In this way, it will not be like plotting behind closed doors in the room, arousing suspicion, and it will not be overheard by many people.

At this moment, Sun Quan was sitting cross-legged in the pavilion in the back garden, and the nearest slave serving nearby was more than ten zhang away, and he said to Fu Jun in a low and serious voice: "Boliang, how is the matter that you want to contact?" ”

Fu Jun replied: "There are already more than ten families who are willing, and each family has hundreds of people, and now they can probably gather thousands of people." It's just that there are no suitable generals yet, and there is no one to lead the troops. ”

Sun Quan was silent for a moment and said: "I have my own choice of the person who leads the troops, Ah Gu has always been loyal to me, he should not be out of Liu Bei now, but returned to his hometown in Wu County." You send someone to contact him, and he knows what to do. ”

"Yes."

Fu Jun nodded.

Sun Quan said that the valley is called Gu Li, which is given by Sun Quan's left and right, and belongs to the close prison officer, because of his loyalty and decisiveness, integrity and strength, so Sun Quan likes him very much.

Now that the generals of Eastern Wu are dead and surrendered, there are very few that can be used, and they can only let the loyal Gu Li lead the troops.

After Fu Jun responded, he asked, "Liu Chan summoned Wu Hou this time, how is the situation?" ”

Sun Quan stroked his beard and said: "During the banquet, Liu Chan asked me if I thought about Wu, and I said that I was happy here, not Wu. This is probably something that normal people should be able to answer, and Liu Chan didn't dare to do anything to me if he wanted to, just to test it. ”

"That's fine."

Fu Jun put his mind at ease, this is a very clever answer, if he says about Wu, he will definitely be suspicious of Liu Chan, so even if he misses Wu Di in his heart, if he doesn't say it, it is for self-preservation.

"Just."

Sun Quan hesitated slightly.

Fu Jun asked, "Just what?" ”

"It's just that Zhuge Liang didn't say a word during the banquet, and often stared at Lone, which made Lone terrifying."

Sun Quan sighed.

Liu Chan is so fooled, Zhuge Liang is not a good stubble.

He was worried that this statement would not deceive Zhuge Liang at all, and it would be bad if Zhuge Liang found out the clues.

Hearing Sun Quan's words, Fu Jun hurriedly asked, and Sun Quan told him everything about the banquet.

Now Zhang Zhao and the others dare not go to find it, first, the target is too big, and second, he can't figure out Zhang Zhao's attitude, so he can only discuss with Fu Jun.

Knowing what happened to Sun Quan during the banquet, Fu Jun thought for a while and said: "Wu Hou doesn't need to worry, if Zhuge Liang is suspicious, I'm afraid he has already sent someone to trap Wu Hou, and now there is no movement outside the mansion, so it should be okay." What's more, even so, Zhuge Liang has no evidence. ”

"Hmm."

Sun Quan nodded and said: "Liu Bei is full of benevolence and righteousness, in order to block the mouth of the world, he will not dare to kill Gu for no reason." As long as you don't make mistakes and let them not grasp the handle, you still let Cao Pi's people do these things, and try to show up as little as possible. ”

"Yes."

Fu Jun nodded.

In fact, until now, they have contacted the old Koto department, and they have not come forward in person.

Shen Chen has many spy networks in the north, responsible for investigating the enemy and spying on military affairs, why didn't Cao Pi install an internal response in the south?

Therefore, what Sun Quan and Fu Jun did was just to hand over the list of contacts to Cao Pi's internal response, and let Cao Pi's people contact those Jiangdong families and old departments in Jiangdong.

He himself did not come forward, and even those Jiangdong families who were connected did not know that there was Sun Quan's shadow behind this.

So Sun Quan is not worried that he will be exposed.

The only thing he thought about was how he would escape from Xiangyang City and how he would quickly seize power after returning to Jiangdong if things really went smoothly in the direction he wanted.

It's a big problem, and he has to think about it to come up with a perfect solution.

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Zhang Wu's six years of turbulent world trends, whether it is for Cao Wei or Ji Han, it is a critical year.

At the end of last year, Liu Bei brazenly sent troops to the Northern Expedition, and the war was fought for a year, and the momentum in the south was like a rainbow.

It's just that Cao Pi didn't use all his strength at the beginning, he adopted defensive tactics, and wanted to rely on Chang'an, Henan, Huainan and other places to drag Liu Bei down.

Liu Bei's main force was exhausted, and the grain, grass, soldiers and horses traveled for a long time, and the three northern expeditions were carried out in various places.

And he still has a large number of reserves in Luoyang, Hebei and other places, and the grain and grass are also replenished nearby, far from being as far away as Liu Bei.

So if he can hold on for a year or two, and hollow out Liu Bei's family funds for three years of recuperation, he will be able to take the opportunity to go south and drink the Yangtze River.

It's a pity that his strategy and tactics are right, but the executor abilities of the two sides are different, Zhong Xuan is indeed not weak, but he is far less powerful than Shen Chen.

Under Shen Chen's onslaught on the western front, Chang'an was broken, Zhong Miao was captured, Xiahou Mao was beheaded, and Cao Wei was forced to retreat to Hedong and Tongguan.

On the eastern front, Huainan had the unexpected factor of Cao Xiu's distrust of Zhang Liao, which led to Cao Xiu not arranging a defensive line in the area of Peiguo in Runan as originally planned, leading his troops south, and being defeated by Guan Yu head-on.

Hefei had been besieged for a year, the city was short of food and grass, Cao's army was demoralized, and even Zhang Liao himself fell ill in anger after learning that the reason Cao Xiu went south was that he did not trust him, which made the soldiers in the city even more uneasy.

The only good news is that as Cao Pi was forced to have no way out, he had to exhaust his background, and Liu Bei's group's offensive could only go so far for the time being.

Shen Chen's breakthrough of Chang'an is already the limit, and if he wants to continue to advance Tongguan and Merge Prefecture, he still needs sufficient preparation, and he can't do it overnight.

Huainan increased Cao Pi's troops and transferred the Luoyang guard troops to the south, so that Cao Xiu could stabilize his position.

In this way, at least in terms of the overall situation, although Cao Wei was slightly defeated by the defeat on the Western Front and the Eastern Front, he still stabilized the situation and did not lose all of them.

It's just that with the protracted confrontation, Liu Bei's body is getting worse and worse, especially this winter, it is snowing in Henan, the cold wind is howling, he occasionally feels cold, and there are signs of vomiting blood.

In Dingling County, in Liu Bei's commander's tent, the house is full of medicinal incense.

Liu Bei lay on the hospital bed and coughed lightly.

Next to him, Yang Yi, Jiang Wan, Dong He, Huang Quan, Zheng Du, Zhuge Jin, Lu Xun and other staff officers accompanied them worriedly.

Ma Liang was outside the tent at this time, and asked the doctor who had just diagnosed the pulse: "Doctor, how is it?" ”

The doctor shook his head at him and said, "It's an old problem, Your Majesty is old, and he has reached the year of the Mandate of Heaven, but he is working on military affairs all day long, I'm afraid."

"Ugh."

Ma Liang sighed.

Since the beginning of this year, His Majesty's health has not been very good.

The prime minister and the hussar general also objected to the matter of his Northern Expedition, because they were afraid that His Majesty would have a physical problem.

It's just that His Majesty insists on pro-conquest, and there is no way to do it.

As a result, his already poor body was exhausted from running around and working hard for a year of military affairs, and he finally fell ill.

Last night, His Majesty vomited blood and was almost unconscious, causing chaos among the people.

Now at such a critical juncture, His Majesty is in poor health, how can he not make them feel uneasy?

Ma Liang returned to the tent, and Liu Bei had gradually woken up.

Seeing Ma Liang approaching the edge of the wooden collapse, he asked softly, "Ji Chang, what does the imperial doctor say?" ”

Ma Liang removed the sad expression on his face, changed his smile and said, "The imperial doctor said that Your Majesty only occasionally felt a cold, not a serious illness, and only needs to recuperate well to recover." ”

"You don't have to lie to me, my body, I know."

Liu Beiqiang supported his sick body, leaned on the edge of the wooden collapse with the support of his attendants, and sighed: "I am also sixty and seven this year, and I have reached the year of the Mandate of Heaven, even if it is death, it is a matter of common sense. It's just that I can't die, if I die, the Northern Expedition will revive the cause of the Han Dynasty. ”

As he spoke, he began to cough violently again.

Ma Liang, Yang Yi, Jiang Wan, Dong He, Huang Quan, Zheng Du, Zhuge Jin, and Lu Xun suddenly swarmed over.

Jiang Wan persuaded: "Your Majesty, why don't you retreat and go back to Nanyang first." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, your body matters."

"Although the great cause of the Northern Expedition is important, if you don't have a healthy body, how can you eliminate Cao Wei and dominate the world?"

"Your Majesty should go back to Xiangyang to recuperate first, and then go north to the Central Plains when your body is better."

The crowd persuaded one after another.

Liu Bei's temples were gray, his hair was already gray and brown, and he couldn't hide the tired look on his face, and blood flowed from the corners of his mouth.

finally calmed down his cough, and then said slowly: "I, I will never retreat." ”

"Your Majesty, even if you don't retreat, Your Majesty should go back."

Ma Liang directly knelt on one knee on the ground, kowtowed to Liu Bei angrily and said: "The minister said a big disrespectful word, if Your Majesty overworked, the middle way collapsed during the Northern Expedition, and because of Your Majesty's affairs, the three armies will have to withdraw to the south, wouldn't it delay the great cause of the Northern Expedition even more?" ”

"What Ji Chang said is very true, Your Majesty."

Yang Yi also knelt down on one knee and begged bitterly: "If you let the three deputy ministers lead the troops, Your Majesty will sit in the rear and recuperate, it will be better than running around and working on the front line." ”

"Please go back, Your Majesty."

"Please go back, Your Majesty."

"Please go back, Your Majesty."

Many courtiers also knelt down on one knee and petitioned Liu Bei.

It's not that they want to retire, it's just that Liu Bei's current body can't stand the toss, and he can't go back to recuperate, I'm afraid he won't be able to support it for long.

Liu Bei saw that everyone was deeply affectionate, and his cloudy eyes scanned everyone, and finally sighed: "That's it. So be it. ”

After saying this, his condition seemed to be more serious, and he fell softly on the wooden collapse, but he was a little less angry and a little more dead.

Years.

After all, there will be no mercy for anyone.

I went on a blind date on Saturday and Sunday, and I had a chapter every day until Monday, and I worked hard to update it when I came back.

(End of chapter)