Wu Guo, Jianye.

"Your Majesty!!"

"The old minister deserves death!!"

Shi Ji knelt in front of Emperor Sun Xiu with tears in his eyes.

Shi Ji came to Jianye by boat overnight to report the war in Jingzhou, and at the same time to meet the new emperor.

He didn't bring any troops, and he came alone, which shows his loyalty to the emperor.

The young emperor Sun Xiu was also startled when he saw Shi Ji kneeling in front of him, and hurriedly came down to help.

"General, why so? Please! Please! ”

Sun Xiu wanted to help him up, but Shi Ji didn't dare to raise his head to look at Sun Xiu.

"The old minister has lost Jiangbei, what face do you have to come to see Your Majesty? His Majesty did not pursue the crimes of the old minister, the old minister was already panicked, how dare he serve as a general? ”

"Your Majesty, please cure the old minister's sin!"

Hearing Shi Ji's words, Sun Xiu subconsciously wondered whether this person was sincere or putting pressure on himself in disguise.

But when he saw the tearful old general in front of him, the suspicions in his heart were immediately dispelled.

Sun Xiu helped him up solemnly, "General, the loss of Jiangbei is because of the two dog thieves, why Jun, what does this have to do with you?" If it weren't for you, let alone Jiangbei, even the entire Wu Kingdom, I am afraid that it would also fall into the hands of Cao Thief. ”

"In today's Wu Kingdom, only you can turn the tide and defend Jingzhou, please don't say such things again."

Sun Xiu's attitude is also extremely sincere.

When Shi Ji heard this, he was even more ashamed.

Sun Xiu helped him and let him sit directly beside him.

Zhang Bu and Pu Yangxing sat opposite, looking at the old general, still more polite.

Since Sun Xiu got rid of Sun Qi, these two can be said to have soared into the sky, especially Zhang Bu, because there was no Ding Feng to share the credit, he took off directly, and as the governor of the Chinese army, he took charge of the army inside and outside the construction industry, and also gave him the power to participate in the government, which can be described as a weakened version of the general.

Puyang Xing is even more so, when Sun Xiu settled in Huiji County, Puyang Xing was too shou of Huiji, and his personal relationship with Sun Xiu was very good.

And after Sun Xiu ascended the throne, in a very short period of time, he flew directly from a Taishou to Taichang, and then added General Wei, then added Pingjun and State Affairs, and named Waihuang Hou.

At this soaring speed, Sun Qi shook his head when he saw it.

Pu Yangxing and Zhang Bu quickly became allies, because Sun Xiu was still young, although he had the idea of helping the world and governing the world, he was still very young about many government affairs, so the big thing basically fell on these two people.

You said that the power is back in the hands of the monarch, which is also true, but the power of the ministers also seems to exist at the same time, although these two power ministers appeared because of the emperor's favor, but this makes the internal situation of Wu look a little complicated.

Sun Xiu appeased for a long time, and Shi Ji talked about Jiangbei guiltily.

"Your Majesty, a counterattack is unlikely, several younger brothers of Sun Guqi surrendered directly to Cao Thief with the army, and now Xiakou has fallen into the hands of the enemy, making us unable to connect head to tail, and Wang Ji is extremely cautious, he is in Jiangling"

In just one year, Shi Ji looks a lot older.

His hair and beard are all white, and the whole person looks very vicissitudes, thin, and his eyes are dull.

Sun Xiu reassured again: "General, these things can be discussed later, don't worry." ”

Shi Ji talked about his own defense line again.

"The minister's army is mainly deployed in Lexiang, facing the enemy across the river, it is not easy for them to fight out, Your Majesty does not have to worry about Wang Ji going south, the minister has already done a new line of defense, and the new line of defense is like this."

Shi Ji told it seriously, Sun Xiu didn't know much about military affairs, but he still listened very carefully and gave the general great respect.

"The minister thinks that he can let the general Ding Feng return to Jianye and let him guard here, Biqiu Jian is in Huainan, and he is training the navy, which is obviously to raise troops to the south, if Jianye is not able to defend in the future, it will be easy to have problems."

Zhang Bu immediately frowned.

Shi Ji didn't look at him, and continued:

"The minister's idea is this, the current situation, we can't deal with the Cao thief alone, and the same is true of Shu, the Cao thief occupies Jiangbei, the threat to Shu is greater, and the current situation is not conducive to both of us."

"Your Majesty can send an envoy to Shu to form an alliance with Shu, and the two sides will deploy a defensive line together to contain the forces of Cao thieves in Jiangbei, so that they don't have the idea of Kou Wu or Kou Shu, no matter which side they attack, the other side can go all out."

"What Shu lacks is food, if the two sides can join forces to fight the enemy, Cao Thief will not dare to be so rampant."

"The minister can sit in Lexiang and continue to keep an eye on the Cao thief, while General Ding can return to Jianye and let him come to garrison Jianye, so "

Shi Ji was talking about his thoughts, but Zhang Bu couldn't help it, he looked at Pu Yangxing on the side and gestured to him.

Pu Yangxing suddenly understood, he cleared his throat and looked at Sun Xiu, "Your Majesty, the minister also has some ideas. ”

Sun Xiu looked at him and asked, "Aiqing thinks it's inappropriate?" ”

Pu Yangxing hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Shu cannot be easily trusted, this time Shu promised us to send troops, but in the end I just led the troops around Yong'an, and found that there were no benefits to capture, so I left, and formed an alliance with them, they will definitely ask for a lot of supplies, but in the end they will not come to help us." ”

"The affairs of Jingzhou should still be handed over to our own talents, and Jingzhou has a general and a general Ding, and it will be safe and sound."

"As for Jianye, the minister thinks that if Cao thief wants to take Jianye, he must first take Jingnan, and General Ding can play the greatest role in Jingnan."

Pu Yangxing said very sincerely.

Shi Ji was in a hurry at that time.

Shi Ji has always advocated establishing a more intimate connection with Shu.

Zhang Bu secretly looked at Sun Xiu's face at this moment.

Of course, he wants to oppose Shi Ji, if Ding Feng comes to Jianye, then what is he as the military governor? ?

Without the support of military power, how can he and Pu Yangxing govern the world?

Just let them stay in Jingzhou and don't have the idea of coming back.

Shi Ji immediately said: "Your Majesty, they were unable to send a large army because they lacked food and lost Jiangbei, and the harm to them was not small, but now they are facing a flank attack from both sides, and they will never allow Cao Thief to attack Jingnan with confidence."

Shi Ji worked very hard to explain, but Pu Yangxing also had his own thoughts about it.

The two sides were at a stalemate, and Sun Xiu could only temporarily let Shi Ji go to rest.

After he left, Sun Xiufang looked at the two of them.

"The reason why you oppose this matter is because you are afraid that Ding Feng will take away your power after he returns?"

As soon as Sun Xiu asked, the two of them were so frightened that they immediately said, "Don't dare!" ”

"Your Majesty, the ministers are all for Your Majesty!"

Pu Yangxing immediately said: "Your Majesty doesn't know, when there was a rebellion, General Shi had a lot of contact with Shu in private, and even wrote letters to the rest of the generals, saying that he wanted to fight against Cao thieves with Shu!" ”

"The minister is not saying that General Shi is disloyal to you, but these things cannot be ignored, besides, General Ding has such trust in General Shi"

Pu Yangxing said, and couldn't help wiping away his tears, "If Your Majesty thinks that the minister has other ideas, the minister is willing to resign and go home!" ”

Sun Xiu's eyes narrowed, he actually knew very well what these two people were thinking.

However, he was in a hurry to promote these two people, just because he really didn't have any henchmen around him.

He didn't dare to easily distribute the power of the temple to others, for fear that there would be another powerful minister that he couldn't suppress, or that the big clan would empty himself.

After considering many issues, Sun Xiu promoted these two people and asked them to come forward to do things.

At this moment, Sun Xiu was also a little hesitant, after all, it was the first time he and Shi Ji met, and the relationship between the two sides was not too deep.

However, the affairs of the alliance, Sun Xiu felt that it was still very necessary.

Now relying on the strength of the Wu State alone, there is really no way to compete with the Wei State

He said seriously: "The matter of the alliance is beneficial to the world, I believe that you are speaking out for me, but in the future, you can no longer be so disrespectful to the general." ”

The two said yes.

Sun Xiu then sent someone to inform Shi Ji and asked him to do it as soon as possible.

When Shi Ji, who was worried, saw the person sent by the emperor, he was extremely excited.

Saint King, what else do I have to worry about when I have such a Saint King in Dawu?

He immediately began to contact his old ministry in Jingzhou, asking them to go to Shu as soon as possible to meet Chen Qi, the Shangshu of Shu, to discuss the cooperation between the two sides.

After receiving the news, the envoy set out from Jingnan and took a detour to Bashu, which was ten times more difficult than usual!

When the envoy of Wu arrived in Shu out of breath, the atmosphere in Shu looked a little sad.

The envoys of Wu arrived in Chengdu, and just when they were getting ready to meet the emperor of Shu, they suddenly learned something.

Xiahou Ba, the general of Shu's chariot cavalry, died of illness.

The Emperor of Shu was in great grief at this moment, and could not spare time to greet the envoy of Wu.

The envoy of the state of Wu decided to go to see Shang Shuling Chen Yi first.

However, he learned that Shangshu Ling Chen Qi was also seriously ill, and he could no longer get up to deal with government affairs at this moment.

They wanted to see the general again.

But I also learned that the general Jiang Wei went to Hanzhong to guard the local area, and he is not in Chengdu at present.

This made the envoys of Wu extremely helpless, so who do we want to see?

At this moment, Chen Qi also learned about this, and he struggled to get up several times to meet these messengers, but his body did not get better.

On the eighth day after the envoy arrived in Chengdu, Chen Yi died of illness.

In the face of Chen Yi's death, the scholars in Chengdu were not too sad.

This thief, he colluded with eunuchs and made friends with villains like Huang Hao, he knew that he was flattering to His Majesty on weekdays, and he had no brains to support the general's Northern Expedition, and the current situation of Shu was not caused by him?

The scholars within the Shu Kingdom had great opinions about Chen Qi.

But Liu Chan was even more sad, he lost two important ministers one after another.

This made him very sad, and he repeatedly instructed the ministers not to despise Shang Shuling.

The ministers gave him the word loyalty as a nickname.

At the same time, Huang Hao also rolled up his sleeves and prepared to start his own era in Shu.

The first thing he did was to send back these envoys from the State of Wu.

And when Shi Ji, who returned to Jingnan, heard about this, he was stunned at first, then silent, and finally raised his head and laughed until he was exhausted.