Put yourself in their shoes, if Zhuge Liang is in this position, I am afraid that he will do the same.

I am weak and weak, and I can't complain about others.

But then it's time to show what you're capable of.

"The general is well-informed, so he should know about Nagasaka Slope."

Sun Quan nodded slightly: "I heard that Zhang Yide roared angrily, and he chased five thousand cavalry and fled in a hurry, he was really brave!" ”

Speaking of this, even Sun Quan couldn't help but admire.

It wasn't just one person who saw that scene that day, and there was no room for fakes in such a thing.

Even Sun Quan couldn't help but praise a true fierce general.

In comparison, Cao Cao became the one who was laughed at in the world.

5,000 people, chased by one person and fled in a hurry, you don't care what happened, the people of the world will only care about the outcome of the matter.

As a result, you are 5,000 people chased up and down by one person.

The battle of Changbanpo did show that Liu Bei's strength was not yet clear.

You say he is strong, he was chased by Cao Cao and fled all the way south, which can be called a shame.

But if you want to say that he is weak, Liu Bei can protect hundreds of thousands of people all the way south.

According to Sun Quan's rough estimate, there are 150,000 people brought down by Liu Bei.

With so many people, it can be said that he settled down unscathed under Cao Cao's pursuit, and this kind of ability is absolutely something that ordinary people can do.

So Sun Quan didn't understand how Liu Bei became what he is now.

If you have the ability to take more than 100,000 people to the south safe and sound, can't you hold a few cities?

Zhuge didn't have much to explain about this.

If you really want to say it, this is also thanks to Qin Tian.

If it weren't for Qin Tian's unintentional move last year, I was afraid that Liu Bei would be too embarrassed that day.

Don't say it's the people, maybe he won't even be able to keep his own wife and children.

Fortunately, Cao Jun was frightened by the sudden and inexplicable reinforcements, which allowed Liu Bei to leave Changbanpo unscathed, and finally settled down.

"Although we have lost Jingzhou and other places, in fact, our strength has not been damaged too much."

Zhuge Liang did not hide it in the slightest: "Now the soldiers who are coming back one after another, plus Guan Yu's sailors, have 28,000 elite soldiers. ”

"In addition, there are more than 10,000 people in Liu Qi of Jiangxia County."

Speaking of this, Zhuge Liang was also a little emotional.

is also the same father, but the two sons born are different.

Liu Cong and Liu Qi...... Forget it, there's no comparison.

Speaking of which, Zhuge Liang didn't expect that his previous unintentional actions would leave him with the last trace of life.

Last year, he gave Liu Qi an idea to leave as soon as possible, so it didn't take long for Liu Qi to leave Jingzhou and go to Jiangxia.

If it weren't for Liu Qi and Jiangxia's 10,000 elite soldiers, I am afraid that Liu Bei's situation would be very difficult now.

Hearing this, Sun Quan shook his head decisively: "Not enough, far from enough!" ”

Marching and fighting is not a number, but even so, the difference in strength between the two sides is huge.

Although Sun Quan claimed that there were 100,000 elite soldiers in Jiangdong, only he knew how much water there was.

And these 100,000 elite soldiers will not stay in this one place, in fact, the number of troops near Chibi is much smaller than this number.

In fact, if there is really a fight, Sun Quan's subordinates estimate that there are only 30,000 or 40,000 people who can use it.

If the war situation is urgent and there is no time to mobilize the army, I am afraid that this number will be even less.

Coupled with Liu Bei's 40,000 troops, it is no more than about 100,000.

But what about Cao Cao?

He brought with him at least 150,000 troops just to the south.

These 150,000 people are all elite soldiers who can fight.

And because Cao Cao basically took Jingzhou, Jiangling and other places without any effort, plus the soldiers in these places, Cao Cao now has at least 200,000 troops!

This is at least, God knows how many people Cao Cao really has!

The difference in strength between the two sides can be described as extremely obvious.

It is impossible to fight a war, and according to the most unoptimistic estimates, the combined forces of Sun and Liu may only be 60,000 or 70,000 people.

And once Cao Cao opens, he will bring at least 200,000 troops.

Even if fighting a war is not a simple competition of numbers, this comparison of military disparities is enough to make people despair.

Sun Quan really didn't want to bow down to Cao Cao, but the gap in strength was ......

Zhuge Liang was not discouraged.

The first is that Cao Cao's army came from afar and was exhausted.

And when chasing Liu Bei, he sent light cavalry to gallop more than 300 miles in one day and one night.

If Cao Cao's army was really strong, how could he only exclude 5,000 light cavalry to chase after him.

It can be seen that Cao Cao marched for many days, and the army was already exhausted.

It is difficult to say how much the combat effectiveness of the soldiers has been maintained.

After all, Cao Cao just finished fighting Liaodong last year, and he started to fight Jiangdong again this year, and he supports it with national strength? What about the soldiers' revolt?

These are all factors that interfere with the combat effectiveness of the army.

Besides, even if you add the soldiers in Jingzhou Jiangling and other places, there is no need to be afraid.

After all, how much combat power can a surrendered soldier have?

And even if Cao Cao came south to attack Jiangdong, he still had to keep people to guard Jiangling and other places, right?

These more than 200,000 troops, after they really go south, I am afraid that there may not even be 150,000.

Of course, the premise of all this is to set the battlefield of the decisive battle in their favor.

If Cao Cao is patient, then all the plans are useless, let's wait for death together.

"You also said, if Cao Cao can endure his temperament and garrison Jiangling, what will happen to us?" Sun Quan frowned.

Zhuge Liang smiled slightly: "It must be impossible!" ”

"Why?"

Zhuge Liang gently spit out two names in his mouth: "Ma Chao, Han Sui." ”

Sun Quan suddenly realized.

Cao Cao seems to have pacified the north, but in fact, he still has a lot of worries.

Ma Chao and Han Sui have been at odds with Cao Cao, if the time drags on too long, the rear is empty, I am afraid that these two people will do it soon.

"In addition, I don't think the general knows that Cao Cao's first strategist, the ghost genius Guo Jia, died of illness last year."

Sun Quan frowned, as if he had realized.

"No wonder I think Cao Cao is so eager to march, it stands to reason that he shouldn't be so greedy for merit, it turns out that Guo Fengxiao has died."

If Guo Jia was still alive, he would definitely stop Cao Cao and prevent him from being so greedy and reckless.

But now that Guo Jia is gone, no one can stop Cao Cao, no wonder he is so eager.

If Guo Jia was still alive, this battle would not have happened at all!

Therefore, Cao Cao will definitely be eager to go south to fight, and being in a hurry is his biggest weakness!

"The most critical point, northerners, are not good at water warfare."

Zhuge Liang Zhizhu is in his hand: "Cao Cao wants to go south, and there is only one way to go to Jiangdong, and that is to rely on the sailors of Jingzhou." ”

This is also the reason why Cao Cao's first purpose is Liu Bei.

If there were no sailors in Jingzhou, Cao Cao would not have thought about anything to conquer Jiangdong.

Does he have to rely on a group of foot soldiers to fight the sailors?

This leads to another question.

"The Jingzhou Navy Division was attached to Cao Cao, but it was only under the coercion of his army, not convinced."

After all, they are a group of pawns, and without the digestion of time, how much combat power can they exert?

It stands to reason that Cao Cao's most correct approach now is to garrison Jiangling and wait for the opportunity.

But this will give him a chance for Ma Chao and Han Sui in the rear.

Therefore, Cao Cao must fight quickly, or simply give up Jingzhou and go back directly, but this is an impossible thing.

So Cao Cao is now in a dilemma.

If you want to rely on the Jingzhou Naval Division, it will definitely not be reliable, and there will be at most 60,000 or 70,000 Naval Divisions among the 200,000 troops.

In this way, the combat effectiveness of both sides is almost on the same level.

Although Sun Quan and Liu Bei's strength is not very strong, there is no problem in pulling out a 350,000 sailor.

So the comparison of strength changed from 80,000 to 200,000 to 40,000 to 60,000, so that the gap was very small.

It is not that there is no chance of victory, as long as it is well planned.

Besides, the opponent is a pawn, so he will definitely not be able to exert too much strength, and the victory can be called a foregone conclusion!

And the sailor can't take Jiangdong, what can Cao manipulate to make an army of 200,000?

200,000 foot soldiers faced 50,000 sailors, and they could only look at the ocean and sigh, and even were beaten by the sailors as a live target.

If Cao Cao loses his mind and lets these soldiers who are not good at water warfare go on the warship, then I am afraid that Sun Quan and Liu Bei's mouths will be crooked.

What happens if a foot soldier who is not good at water warfare forcibly gets on a ship and fights with a sailor?

The result is something that everyone can imagine.

At this time, Zhuge Liang threw out the most critical bait: "Now, the general is leading tens of thousands of troops, and with Liu Bei working together, he will definitely easily defeat Cao's army."

"When Cao Cao fails, he will inevitably retreat to the north, and he will not have the strength and opportunity to go south for at least five years."

"In this way, Jingzhou and Dongwu have gained great time and space for development, and the trend of one-third of the world has been determined, whether it will succeed or not, it all depends on the general's thoughts!"

Everything else is false, and Zhuge Liang's key bait is in Jingzhou.

To put it bluntly, the key reason why Sun Quan is reluctant to unite with Liu Bei is that he doesn't want to let the tiger return to the mountain.

Even if Cao Cao is defeated, Cao Cao will have no strength to go south for many years, but the problem is that there is still a Liu Bei by his side?

As soon as Cao Cao leaves, Liu Bei will inevitably be strong again, which is tantamount to letting the tiger return to the mountain.

Although Sun Quan didn't want to be controlled by Cao Cao, he also didn't want to raise a disaster for himself by his side.

But now that Zhuge Liang said Jingzhou, there would be no problem.

After taking Jingzhou, Liu Bei's lifeblood was basically held by Sun Quan.

From now on, he didn't need to worry about Liu Bei being unfavorable to him at all, because Jingzhou was in his own hands, and if he wanted to do it to himself, he had to take Jingzhou first.

Without Jingzhou, Liu Bei is not a fart.

This is equivalent to Zhuge Liang taking the initiative to hand over his lifeline to Sun Quan.

In this way, Sun Quan no longer has any worries.

Now that they are united, they can not only defeat Cao Cao and solve their urgent needs, but also take Jingzhou, a place that he has been coveting for a long time, where does Sun Quan have a reason to refuse.

Finally, Zhuge Liang still has a layer of insurance.

He didn't want to tear Qin Tian out as a tiger skin, but now that the situation is critical, he has to use it.

"I don't know if the general knows about last year's White Dragon?"

Sun Quan's eyes moved slightly: "Naturally, I know, but I don't know why Kong Ming mentioned this matter." ”

"It's not a secret, Liang has seen the true body of the white dragon."

"Oh?" Sun Quan was suddenly interested.

"Tell me more?"

So Zhuge Liang told him about his encounter with Qin Tian.

"Liang said that the man was eloquent and proficient in world affairs, and the general would definitely not believe it, but Liang did have physical evidence."

Then, Zhuge Liang told him about Wei Yan's encounter with Qin Tian.

"The immortal pointed out a clear path to Wei Yan, and only then did he have a big victory in Changbanpo that day, otherwise it would ......"

Zhuge Liang sighed, if it wasn't for Wei Yan to save the scene, there was really no telling what would have happened that day.

"How can such a thing happen?"

Sun Quan was suddenly interested.

He was already very interested in the matter of the fairy and the ghost, not to mention that no one had actually seen the fairy.

Zhuge Liang was full of confidence: "Liang naturally won't lie." ”

After that, Zhuge Liang asked people to present the gifts he had prepared a long time ago.

The gift was naturally the rice and white noodles that Qin Tian had conjured up before, as well as various foods such as sugar.

If rice and white flour are just of good quality, then various condiments such as sugar are not like mortal food at all.

Especially the white sugar and refined salt, as fine as sand, white as snow, rare in the world!

At least Sun Quan had never seen the sugar as white as snow.

Sugar is rare, and all kinds of sucrose produced in this era also have other variegated colors, such as the white sugar that Qin Tian conjured, which has never been seen since ancient times.

If the previous detailed story only made people doubt it, then as soon as this white sugar appeared, Sun Quan no longer had any doubts.

This kind of item has never been refined by anyone in the world today.

The person who can take these things is not an immortal, not the white dragon, what else can it be?

Seeing that Sun Quan believed what he said, Zhuge Liang was relieved.

"To tell you the truth, a few days ago, I saw the immortal in the tent and talked about the situation in the world after that."

"Oh? What did the immortal say? Sun Quan's eyes lit up.

"If it weren't for the immortal's affirmation, how could I be in the general's tent now?" Zhuge Liang smiled slightly: "I'm afraid that I will have fled from the south with the lord a long time ago." ”

Sun Quan immediately laughed.

Of course, Qin Tian didn't say this to Zhuge Liang, he just knew history, and the Sun-Liu coalition actually had advantages in all aspects.

Don't look at Cao Cao's menacing, in fact, he is just a paper tiger.

Of course, he didn't mind Zhuge Liang swaggering and deceiving under his name.

It's a bit of an exaggeration to say that it's swaggering, at most it's pulling your own tiger skin.

Zhuge Liang is a strategist, not a pedantic person, and has always had his own flexible moral bottom line for this kind of thing, not to mention that Qin Tian himself doesn't mind.

So at this time, pulling Qin Tian out to endorse himself, Zhuge Liang did not have the slightest pressure.

He also knew that Sun Quan liked these strange things, so he finally took out this matter to make the last layer of insurance for himself.

At the same time, this is also a warning to Sun Quan to some extent.

I have an old relationship with the immortals, so we'd better abide by our duties as gentlemen and don't have any inexplicable ideas.

Otherwise, when the fish dies and the net is broken......

If there was another way, Zhuge Liang would never pull Qin Tian out as a shield, but who made them weak now?

(End of chapter)