Chapter 56 Lu Meng’s Plot (please read and vote)
Sun Quan had a broad face, a high nose bridge, a full forehead, a dense and unmixed beard under his lips, and a neatly dark complexion.
Judging from his appearance alone, Sun Quan, who was sitting at the head of the Jiangdong ministers, was quite majestic and worthy of being his master.
Sun Quan, who is nearly forty this year, has been in charge of Jiangdong for more than ten years.
In the more than ten years since he was in charge of Jiangdong, Sun Quan has already managed Jiangdong's ministers obediently through various checks and balances.
Although Sun Quan was half leaning against Ping Ji at the moment, with an expression of emotion and anger on his face,
But even so, Sun Quan still exuded a vague aura of majesty.
This kind of momentum made the Jiangdong ministers in the meeting hall not dare to do anything disrespectful.
Sun Quan inherited Jiangdong at a young age and was able to preserve Jiangdong's foundation despite being surrounded by wolves and experiencing internal instability.
This shows that his intelligence is not low, but he is more scientific and focuses all his intelligence on tactics.
The information that Sun Quan currently holds in his hands was submitted by his spies stationed in Jingnan.
The intelligence records in detail the ins and outs of Mi Yang's recovery of the public security.
When Sun Quan saw Mi Yang personally beheading Shiren, his heart ached a little.
It took a lot of effort to win over Shiren.
Originally, Sun Quan wanted to rely on Shiren to tear open the defensive circle deployed by Guan Yu in Jingzhou in one fell swoop.
But now, everything is in vain.
How could this make Sun Quan not feel angry?
Sun Quan then held up the "sincere" letter Xu Xiang wrote to him, begging him to send troops to Jingzhou as soon as possible.
Feeling that he had been tricked, Sun Quan threw the letter away angrily.
Xu Xiang's letter rolled down the steps with Sun Quan's force, and after landing, it rolled several times on the floor of the hall.
Finally, it fell straight to the floor.
The final fate of this letter represented that its master had been sentenced to death in Sun Quan's mind.
"Xu Xiang has known Gu for decades, and Gu has always been sincere to him. Unexpectedly, he was greedy for life and afraid of death, so he wrote this letter for Guan Yu to deceive me."
"And Mi Yang dares to act rashly and ruin my great mission. He should be cut into pieces by a thousand swords!"
Sun Quan's face surged with anger, and he gritted his teeth and said the above words to the Jiangdong ministers in the hall.
As the police intelligence came in, Sun Quan finally realized what Xu Xiang's real purpose was when he wrote the letter.
He even vaguely guessed that maybe all this was due to Mi Yang's plan.
After all, Mi Yang is Mi Fang's son, and Xu Xiang's whereabouts are unknown when he was working as a lobbyist for him to lure Mi Fang to surrender.
Compared with Mi Fang, who has little talent, Mi Yang, who has suddenly risen to prominence in recent times, is more in line with the suspicion in Sun Quan's mind.
When Sun Quan received Xu Xiang's letter, he recognized Xu Xiang's handwriting at a glance.
But because Xu Xiang never showed up from beginning to end, he inevitably became suspicious.
He felt that this letter was probably written to him by Guan Yu who forced Xu Xiang to lure him into sending troops as soon as possible.
But because of the fear of Guan Yu in his heart, Sun Quan felt that this was a trick set by Guan Yu to lure the enemy.
In addition, spies outside Fancheng later copied a copy of the letter that Guan Yu shot into Xu Huang's camp and sent it back to Jiangdong, which further strengthened Sun Quan's judgment.
He immediately ordered Lu Meng, who had arrived at Xunyang, to return to Jianye, thereby missing the best opportunity to capture Jingzhou.
But now it seems that it was not a tactic to lure the enemy, it was clearly a tactic to mislead the enemy.
If Guan Yu had taken precautions and set up a plan to lure the enemy,
Apart from anything else, relying on its own prestige,
Guan Yu only had to go to the police station and Shiren would be captured without any help.
Why did Mi Yang have to take risks to take down the police?
Guan Yu set up this strategy to delay his dispatch of troops so that he could have time to return to Jiangling.
This will give Mi Yang time to take down the police and get rid of Shiren, the Jiangdong spy.
When all the truth was revealed, Sun Quan felt that he had become a huge joke.
Sun Quan was furious, and all the Jiangdong ministers in the hall were trembling with fear. Only one person dared to raise his head and speak to Sun Quan at this time,
"Supreme!"
"Now that the matter has come to this, it is useless to hate Mi Yang and Xu Xiang.
Now that the Supreme Being knows all of Guan Yu's plans, he should immediately send troops to capture the public security forces and regain Jingzhou."
The one who dared to speak out when Sun Quan was furious was none other than Lu Meng and Lu Ziming, the most famous general in Jiangdong today.
Sun Quan saw that it was Lu Meng who was advising him. Facing the general he relied on most, the anger on Sun Quan's face subsided.
After knowing why he recalled him to Jianye, Lü Meng repeatedly appealed to him, saying that it might be Guan Yu's plan to deceive his troops.
But it's a pity that I didn't listen to him at first, so I missed the best opportunity.
Regarding this, Sun Quan felt a little guilty towards Lu Meng.
It's just that Sun Quan still has concerns in his heart.
"Ziming, what you said makes sense."
"But now the Public Security Bureau has been occupied by thieves. The Public Security City is strong, so I'm afraid it won't be easy to capture it."
Since he could not defeat Hefei after several attacks, Sun Quan had some doubts about attacking the fortified city.
Had it not been for the intention of the public security guard Shiren to surrender, Sun Quan would not have adopted Lu Meng's proposal to attack Jingzhou.
Now because of his missed opportunity, the vital and fortified city of Public Security has been occupied by Mi Yang.
Because of the presence of the shadow of Hefei, Sun Quan inevitably started to murmur in his heart.
Seeing that Sun Quan's will was weak again, Lu Meng couldn't help but become anxious.
He suggested, "Guan Yu's army is now restrained by Xu Huang in Fancheng. Even if the police are in the hands of thieves, how many troops can he have in his hands?"
"I expected that the current army in the public security city would be no more than 10,000, or even only a few thousand."
"Although the Public Security City is a strong city, if the officers and soldiers guarding the city are benevolent and do not repair the city defense and do not control the people's hearts, the Public Security City will be useless even though it is strong.
Today, the thieves have only occupied the public security for half a month. Time is short, what can they do?
It will take a few days to control the protective equipment and rectify the people's hearts.
If the Supreme Being hesitates again, the thief is quite talented. As time goes on,
With the public security city ready and repaired, and rescue coming from Yizhou, it will be impossible.
Now that Jingzhou is empty, we should take advantage of it and enter.
If we wait a few days, Liu Bei's army will arrive and descend from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River to the east of the Yangtze River, where they will be robbed and threatened.
Looking at this city now, it cannot be very strong. With the vigor of the three armies, we can attack from all sides. If we do not move, we can pull it out. This is the way to complete victory."
Lu Meng spoke sincerely, and in order to get Sun Quan to adopt his suggestion, he bowed his head and nodded continuously.
In the empty meeting hall, the thumping sound caused by Lu Meng's head resounded non-stop, pounding in Sun Quan's heart.
Although Lü Meng became an official in Jiangdong during the time of Sun Ce, he was promoted to where he is today only after being appreciated by Sun Quan.
For Lu Meng, Sun Quan was his real benefactor.
For Sun Quan, compared with Zhou Yu, Lu Meng can be regarded as a direct general trained by him.
With such an extraordinary relationship between king and minister, Sun Quan saw Lü Meng kowtow non-stop, so he immediately got up from his seat and came to Lü Meng.
Sun Quan stopped Lu Meng's move.
After Lu Meng stopped and nodded, Sun Quan saw a touch of red on his forehead.
Sun Quan was greatly worried when he saw this. He quickly picked up the sleeves of his princely clothes and wiped the wound on Lu Meng's forehead.
"Ziming! Ziming!"
"You are already weak, why are you like this?"
(End of chapter)
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