Chapter 250: Envoy to Soochow
At this time, Liu Bei was a frightened bird, and when he heard Zhang Fei's howl, it was like his butt was on fire, and he bounced up and said, "Where are Cao Cao's soldiers and horses?"
Zhang Fei looked dazed: "No, how come I can't understand what you say, big brother?"
Liu Bei became angry when he heard this, and his face sank and said: "Then what are you shouting? What's wrong?" said this, but his heart was a lot more steady.
"I got a report that Cao Cao appointed Cai Mao as the governor of the water division and was training the navy, and it is estimated that after a month or two of training, he will go south to fight Jiangxia. Zhang Fei said.
"Isn't this inevitable?" Liu Bei rolled his eyes, but his face was worried.
Zhuge Liang said: "Cao Cao vigorously trained the naval army, and his goal must not only be in Jiangxia, he wants to conquer Jiangdong in one fell swoop. Without further ado, we set off at once and went to Jiangdong to meet Sun Quan, the lord of Wu, and reach an alliance between the two sides. ”
Duan Dahu nodded and said, "That's the best." ”
After a little tidying up, Duan Dahu said goodbye to Zhao Yun and went to Jiangdong with Zhuge Liang. This time, he obeyed Zhuge Liang's strategy and dressed up as a little scholar, dressed in blue and white, with a bun tied up in his hair, which was also fresh and delicate. If it weren't for the long black, it would have a bit of a reader's floating state.
It's just that the dragon slaying knife is quite conspicuous, so it is wrapped in blue cloth, and others only say that it is the piano. The two of them drove south, and saw the Yangtze River rolling along the way, all flowing eastward, but it was inevitable that there was a little more desolation in their hearts. Zhuge Liang always likes to be silent when he is not discussing things, except for the occasional glance, his eyes are extremely bright, he is a complete scholar, but he stands at the bow of the boat and dances in a white robe, quite a bit of fairy wind and bones, and he sees Duan Dahu envious.
Lu Su took the lead and arranged a meeting between Zhuge Liang and Lord Wu. Therefore, when the two arrived, Lu Su had already greeted the shore and served tea. Lu Su glanced at Duan Dahu, then stopped looking at him, pulled Zhuge Liang to sit in a pavilion by the river, and said: "Mr. Kong Ming, my lord Sun Quan has not experienced a big war, and he is quite afraid of Cao Cao. ”
"Brother Zijing, rest assured, Zhuge Liang knows. Zhuge Liang nodded sincerely.
Lu Su saw that this was an understanding person, and said with a smile: "Please Mr. go to the post house to rest first, and after I report, I will ask Mr. to go and meet." ”
"There is Lao Zijing. The two said goodbye.
However, it was said that Lu Su went to the general's mansion to see Sun Quan, and Sun Quan summoned him to the middle hall, but he saw Sun Quan frowning and sitting on a chair pondering. Sun Quan looks mighty, has a big mouth, purple hair and blue eyes, and looks like a king in Lu Su's eyes.
"Lord, I don't know what to ponder?"
Sun Quan shook his head and said kindly: "Zijing, you are here, Cao Cao has a letter, please give me a decision." ”
Lu Su stretched out his hand to take it and saw that it was written: "I led a million troops to conquer Jiangnan, and wherever the army went, the nine counties of Jingxiang were tied. Now he intends to hunt in Jiangxia with General Sun Quan, cut down Duan Dahu together, share the land, and form an alliance forever. ”
While Lu Su was watching Cao Cao's writing, Sun Quan was looking at Lu Su. This seemingly weak middle-aged scribe is the leader of the Eastern Wu clan. In Sun Quan's heart, sometimes Lu Su's status was higher than that of Zhou Yu, the governor.
On the same day, when Lu Su first met Sun Quan, the two were on the same floor, drinking the same pot of wine, and talking about national affairs. At that time, Sun Quan wanted to achieve the cause of the overlord immediately, and Lu Su persuaded Sun Quan to live in Jiangdong now and wait for the opportunity.
"Now that Cao Cao has taken control of the Han dynasty and coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, he has nominally achieved a favorable position. The most important thing now is to seize Jingzhou, which is a battleground in the Central Plains, and seize the world after building the emperor. Although Cao Cao won the Han dynasty, the north was not unified, and the calm situation was turbulent, and it was a good time to seize Jingzhou. ”
Lu Su's words, Sun Quan still remembers vividly. This is also the reason why Sun Quan sent troops to attack Jiangxia Huangzu, in the name of avenging his father, but in fact, he wanted to take the opportunity to seize Jingzhou. However, Cao Cao dispatched his troops too quickly, depriving Eastern Wu of the opportunity to capture Jingzhou in one fell swoop.
After reading the text, Lu Su asked, "I don't know what the lord wants?"
Sun Quan said: "I am pondering, and I have not yet reached a conclusion." Please also ask Zi Jing to fight for me. ”
Cao Cao sent this letter, in the name of crusading against Duan Dahu with the lord, but in fact he was demonstrating to Eastern Wu. There is only one Jiangxia, but only 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers and horses, so why should Cao Cao's million-strong army go to conquer? Lu Su said.
"That's exactly what I think, but Cao Cao is here with great momentum, and I heard that there are thousands of generals and millions of soldiers, do I have the strength to fight him in Jiangdong?" Sun Quan sighed.
"Don't worry, my lord, I have invited Jiangxia's military advisor Wolong to come to Jiangdong, and I am now resting in the post house. Duan Jun and Cao Cao fought several times, and knowing Cao Cao's reality should help the lord to make a decision. ”
"Okay, I heard that Zhuge Liang is a genius in the world. Ordered all the strategists to come together, so that they would meet this 'Mr. Wolong', and they would also be majestic in my Jiangdong. Sun Quan was in good spirits.
Lu Su received the order and ordered to go down, and after a while, all the advisers and ministers in Jiangdong came one after another. Zhuge Liang and Duan Dahu deliberately came late to highlight the status of envoys.
After Zhuge Liang finished the ceremony with everyone, Sun Quan first circulated Cao Cao's text among the people, and all the advisers were silent. Sun Quan was not in a hurry, he drank tea slowly, but looked at everyone. Since Sun Ce's death, Sun Quan succeeded as the lord of Jiangdong, although he was young, but in the opinion of everyone, there was only one word to describe him, and that was: "Stable!"
Sun Quan took up the post of county magistrate at the age of fifteen, and he did things without mistakes for many years. According to rumors, Sun Quan practiced swordsmanship by himself, and his martial arts were unfathomable, but he never showed his martial arts in front of everyone. Only Lu Su and a few other people knew that Sun Quan once went out hunting alone, and encountered a tiger on the road, but he single-handedly subdued the white-fronted worm. Now, the tiger skin on his seat is his trophy.
Sun Quan looked at Zhang Zhao with his eyes.
Duan Dahu also looked at Zhang Zhao.
Zhang Zhao was white-haired, thin and slender, and was the chief minister relied on by the Sun family for three generations, and had a high prestige among the scholars. Zhang Zhao then said: "Cao Cao has millions of people, and he fought in the name of the Son of Han Heaven, and his arrogance is unmatched for a while. If it is forcibly blocked, it is tantamount to using the mantis arm as a car. The only person on whom Jiangdong relied was the Yangtze River moat, but at this time Cao Cao had already occupied Jingzhou, and the Yangtze River moat was shared with me, and it was invincible. If you surrender to Cao Cao, my lord will still divide the land and rule Jiangdong, what do you think?"
The strategists seconded: "What Changshi said is extremely true, if Cao Cao surrenders, the people of Eastern Wu will be spared from suffering, and the six counties in the south of the Yangtze River can be protected." ”
Sun Quan bowed his head and was silent, thoughtful. At this moment, one of the people in the seat suddenly laughed loudly, and the laughter was so long that it could not be stopped. Sun Quan asked, "Why is the little scholar laughing?"
A serious little scholar replied: "It is rumored that the people of Jiangdong are more intelligent, but I didn't expect that it would be better to be famous than to meet, how pedantic!"