Chapter Seventy-Nine: Forming an Alliance with Soochow (3)

Historically, in this year, his father was defeated by Lu Xun, Huang Zhong was killed in battle, Gan Ning was killed in battle, and Sun Shangxiang threw himself into the river and died. Ma Chao fell ill and died.

None of this would have happened because of me. Huang Zhong died in Quail City, Gan Ning was still a general in Jiangdong, his father was guarding Chang'an, and he was so sick that Ma Chao was alive and well in the army, and Sun Shangxiang - Sun Shangxiang was about to live very freely......

Deng Zhi came to see me.

He is now 40 years old, one year younger than Mr., a new savage of Yiyang, after Deng Yu, a great hero of the Eastern Han Dynasty. When he was young, he was not reused in Shu, so he went to ask Zhang Yu, who was good at physiognomy, and Zhang Yu said that he would definitely be able to pay homage to the marquis in his later years. He first took refuge in Brazil Taishou Pang Xi, and was soon called by his father to be the governor of Pixian County, and later successively served as the county magistrate of Pixian County, Guanghan Taishou, and Shangshu. He is regarded as Liu Ba's successor. In his dealings with Wu Guo, although he did not achieve anything, he was personally deeply loved by Sun Quan.

I asked him, "What is the matter with Sun Quan?" ”

He has been instructed to negotiate with Sun Quan about the people and horses captured by Sun Quan in Jingzhou, Sun Quan is a bit like me in Weinan, always want to sell for a good price, and refuse to hand it over to us plainly, I was mainly focused on Yongliang, neither willing to pay for redemption, nor stiffened all of a sudden, just to bring strength to negotiate with Sun Quan today. Sun Quan is a man who is extremely shrewd, and he will not fail to understand the current situation. And I don't have the determination to fight a big war with Soochow, and now it's just a matter of how to negotiate.

Speaking of which, as early as seven years before Mr. and his father conducted the Longzhong pair, Sun Quan and Lu Su had a Wuzhong pair, Sun Quan wanted to become the hegemony of Huan Wen, Lu Su said no, because the Duke of Qi Huan and Jin Wen Gong were all respected by the Zhou family, and Emperor Gao of the Han Dynasty also wanted to serve Emperor Yi, but he did not succeed, this is because there is Xiang Yu, and now Cao Cao is Xiang Yu, so the general cannot be the Duke of Huan. I think that the Han family cannot be revived, Cao Cao cannot be eliminated, for the general's plan, only to set foot in Jiangdong, to observe the changes in the world, take advantage of the chaos in the north, get rid of Huang Zu, enter Liu Biao, take the south of the Yangtze River as his own, and then build the emperor to map the world.

I know history in my dreams, and I can know that Kong Ming's Longzhong pair is to turn the world into the Eastern and Western Han Dynasty, and Lusu and Wuzhong are to turn the world into the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Now these two goals have been achieved - Dongwu has the land south of the Yangtze River, and Cao Wei has crossed the river to rule, and we have Guanzhong and Xishu, and we have the foundation of Gaozu back then. At this time, Cao Wei, who was powerful for a while, was also defeated by our army, and Sun Quan, who had been forced to surrender to Cao Wei, was named a general by Cao Pi, and already had another choice.

For us, is it a choice of peace, or a choice of war? A: Ann is self-evident.

Our army is located in the upper reaches of the Three Gorges, and has a geographical advantage over Soochow. Moreover, although Sun Quan took Jingzhou and ruled by dividing the river with Cao Wei, at the same time, due to the excessive border, the pressure also increased greatly, and it was unwise for him to build a strong enemy like us. But if I go east, if there is a slight negligence in the southeast, Yongliang will be in danger, not to mention that our army has only fought a national battle with Cao Wei, and I really don't have the strength to compete with Dongwu again. Therefore I have come to negotiate peace, not to go to war. But peace and war, since ancient times, are one and two, two and one. When you want to fight, you can show that you will not fight, and when you want to truce, you can also show that you will fight. Now peace is the theme, but the deterrence of combat power is the means.

Deng Zhi listened to my question and replied, "Return to Your Highness." At the beginning, he discussed with Soochow, and Soochow asked for ransom, but his attitude was acceptable. When Cao Pi raised the army, they suddenly launched and detained his subordinates, until our army won a great victory, Sun Quan personally met with Weichen, saying that it was a dispute between Wei and Han, and he was afraid that his subordinates would be ignorant and hurt Weichen's body, so he made this decision. and agreed to release Zhao Lei and the families of the second general, and sent the general Zhuge Jin to meet His Royal Highness. ”

When Zhao Ti lost Jingzhou, he took the initiative to be captured by Eastern Wu after the Maicheng was broken. The second uncle's family members in Jinling were lost in the battle, including the second uncle's wife, his little daughter Guan Feng and his child Guan Suo. At that time, when Lu Meng entered Jingzhou, the first thing was to protect the second uncle's family and mansion, so that he did not commit any crimes in the autumn. The hundred officials in Jingzhou did not offend, so at that time, except for Ma Liang and others who abandoned their families and fled to Yizhou, and Liao Hua fled back with his mother alone, most of the officials surrendered to Soochow. Speaking of which, the second uncle has been running Jingzhou for several years, and overnight, all his subordinates have fallen, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses have scattered like morning dew and the rising sun, dissipating without a trace, which is really a big shame for the second uncle.

Therefore, when I made a list of the hundred officials who wanted Sun Quan to be released, Sun Quan refused to do so, and Sun Quan refused to do so, because those people demoted him, and how could he be willing to release him back. Today, he promised to take the initiative to release Zhao Lei and his second uncle's family, which can be regarded as a gesture of goodwill. And sending a big man like Zhuge Jin to see me really gave me enough face. You must know that Zhuge Jin is the brother of Prime Minister Kong Ming, and he is the biological father of Zhuge Qiao, who is my brother and sister.

Naturally, I treated each other with courtesy and personally greeted the door. As soon as I saw Zhuge Jin, I hurriedly took two steps and said, "I didn't know that Uncle Shi had come here, and I didn't welcome him from afar, and I hope that Uncle Shi would atone for his sins." ”

Zhuge Jin hurriedly saluted: "Zhuge Jin has seen His Royal Highness Chitose. ”

I called Zhuge Qiao and asked him to see his father.

Zhuge Qiaoben Zhuge Jin's son-in-law, because he passed on to Kong Ming, he called Zhuge Qiao an uncle. Zhuge Jin looked at Zhuge Qiao, tears appeared in his eyes, and he sighed for a long time: "You have grown so tall." ”

Zhuge Qiao wept and said: "The child is not filial, I wonder if my mother and brother are okay?" ”

Zhuge Jin said: "Everything is good at home. You are in Jihan, listen to the words of the elders, and teach your father. Your body is naturally weak, pay more attention to your body. ”

Zhuge Qiao nodded yes.

I smiled and said, "This is not the place to speak, Uncle Shi, please." ”

When the group came to the back hall, I only talked about family etiquette, not about official business, and let Zhuge Qiao serve his father. Zhuge Jin shook his head and said, "Your Highness." Jin is here, in order to be a major national event, first discuss the public discussion, and then talk about personal feelings. ”

I smiled faintly and said, "I'm afraid that if I talk about business, this private affair will be difficult to tell." ”

Zhuge Jin said: "Where the duty is, I dare not say nothing." In the past, Marquis Wu married his sister and handed over the three counties of Jingzhou to his uncle. However, Uncle Huang broke his trust and refused to return it. Later, when Guan Gong was in Jingzhou, Wu Hou asked for marriage several times, but Guan Gong did not allow it, and he actually humiliated Wu Hou. I didn't want to talk about the fact that death is great, but at that time, it was true. Guan Gong fought Xiangyang, and Cao Cao went to the book Marquis Wu several times to ask my lord to send troops to attack. My lord didn't allow it, but at this time, Guan Gong actually went to Xiangguan under the rule of Eastern Wu to collect grain. At that time, the governor of the capital, Lü Meng, was furious and sent troops to take Jingzhou. This was the feeling at the time. After Marquis Wu occupied Jingzhou, he sealed the treasury and protected the official residence, without harming the people in the slightest, and won the popularity of the people. This incident was done by Guan Gong and Lu Meng that day, and now the two are dead, and the enmity has been settled. Think of the living. Marquis Wu is willing to send back to Zhao Lei and other generals and the families of the second generals. And Mrs. is in Jiangdong, thinking of His Majesty and His Royal Highness day and night, Dongwu is willing to send Mrs. back, and then the two families will forever form an alliance to destroy Cao Pi to correct his crime of usurpation. ”

Saying this, it's okay to be on the side, but when Sun Shangxiang misses his father and me, a nameless fire in my heart burns up. The day is now in front of us. At that time, in front of me, she promised Zhou Shan to marry, and in the face of me crying, she said, "Who is your mother?" I forgot, General Liu, you just came to tell me that your father was married, right? Thank you for your kindness, do you want to stay and drink a glass of wine from my Sun Shangxiang? ”

Right now, she only saw the new person laughing a long time ago, but the old man cried, no, I was wrong, the old man didn't cry either, it was just me who cried in the middle. Seven or eight years have passed, and I dare not think about it countless times in midnight dreams, it is an unbearable pain. After so many years, she has already had her own children, so how can she miss me and her father.

I couldn't help but laugh. My laughter stunned Zhuge Jin.

"Your Highness, what do you mean, do you insist on avenging Guan Gong and taking Jingzhou. You know, there are major and small things, the Han Emperor usurped for Cao Pi, did not think of extermination, but raised troops for relatives with different surnames, this is to give up the big righteousness and the small righteousness, the Central Plains is the land of the sea, His Royal Highness does not go to the Central Plains, but comes to Jingzhou, so he gives up the heavy and takes the light. The world knows that the emperor's uncle inherited the unification, restored the rivers and mountains, revived the Han Dynasty, and broke Cao Pi in Weinan, all the heroes in the world looked up, His Royal Highness did not support His Majesty to the east to the Central Plains, and was obsessed with this square inch of land, and did not take it for His Royal Highness in the next steal. ”

"Very well, you said it very well, General Zhuge . However, since Marquis Wu knew that the world was unified and should belong to the Han family, why didn't he follow the Han family and surrender to Cao Pi, what kind of general did he be? May I ask General Zhuge what this means? ”

"The momentum is also, and the time is also. The day has its own feelings of the day, and today needs to have the momentum of today. Although my lord has surrendered to Cao Pi and received Jiuxi, he has never been concentric with Cao Wei, not to mention that when Ji Han fought in Weinan, our army's northern expedition echoed, which can be regarded as a small favor for Ji Han. ”

"Yes, I did a small favor, and the Hyotun Kawaguchi is also one of the small favors. General, let me ask you, Yu Ban must be at Wu Hou's place, why didn't Wu Hou punish him? ”

Zhuge Jin was stunned for a moment and said, "When I go back, I can report to my lord and hand it over to His Highness." ”

Du Dao Zhuge Jin is honest and improvised, far from being his brother's opponent, but at this time, it seems that he is also a character who thinks like a spring of thought and touches the end. He heard that I wanted Sun Quan to be banned, but he refused to offend Cao Wei directly, and would rather give me people and let me settle this revenge. This is probably the reason why they interacted with Cao Cao in history. These Dongwu people say that they are timid, and they are less courageous than anyone else, and they say that they are bold, but they are bold. But what am I afraid of, not to mention that Yu Ban has already lowered the second uncle. I nodded in agreement.

"Second, the people obtained by Wu Hou, except for Zhao and the families of various officials, need to be handed over according to my list, especially Pan Jun and Fu Shiren, who surrendered without a fight and sacrificed the city to protect themselves, I must them, otherwise, Ji Han and Dongwu, if they want to get along, I am afraid it will be a little difficult."

"Pan Jun and Fu Shiren, I can be the master and hand it over to His Highness. Where is the list made by His Highness, I am willing to refer to it together with His Highness. ”

"Very good, third, Wu Hou treacherously took Jingzhou, the land of these nine counties, hundreds of thousands of people, and the source of property and wealth is inexhaustible, how can Wu Hou repay it?"

Zhuge Jin said: "The land of Jingzhou belongs to my lord, and my lord will not lose his trust if he takes it." ”

I stood up: "Is there no one for the general to bully Ji Han?" ”

Zhuge Jin said: "How dare you, Ji Han defeated Cao Wei, the world is in turmoil, His Royal Highness's father and son did not take this opportunity to take Sizhou in the east and merge the state, but they were obsessed with the small half of Jingzhou, wouldn't it be a blind eye." If His Royal Highness gives up Jingzhou, I am willing to act as a guarantee on behalf of my lord, and be close to Ji Han for generations to create the world. ”

"Create the world together? It sounds so false. General, the matter of Jingzhou will not be easily overturned. My second uncle gave his life to Jingzhou. My father tried to take revenge many times, but I stopped him. If you don't believe it, you can ask Zhuge Qiao, what I said is true or false. I came here for the love of the two families, in order not to let Jingzhou be full of blood again. If my uncle thinks that his soldiers and horses are strong, and wants to take the matter of Jingzhou lightly and never mention it again, I am afraid that the person who will come here next time will be my father. ”

Zhuge Jin looked at Zhuge Qiao. Zhuge Qiao nodded. As early as when we fled back from Jingzhou, my father was going to send a whole army to fight in Eastern Wu, and he knew about it. The corners of Zhuge Jin's mouth twitched, and he said, "Does Your Highness have any other requirements?" ”

"There is a fourth point. I want Wu Hou to return to my mother with great fanfare. ”

"There's no problem with that."

"It was Zhou Shan who brought her back to Dongwu, and I want Zhou Shan to send her back again."