Lu Su was worthy of being one of the most outstanding diplomats in the Three Kingdoms era. He was eloquent and eloquent. He started with friendship and talked about Sun Jian's contribution to stabilizing Jingnan and Sun Ce's rescue of Changsha, eliminating the alertness of everyone in Jingnan.
heart, thus bringing them closer to each other.
Then he pointed the finger at Liu Biao, accusing him of murdering Sun Jian and invading Jingnan. He was the common enemy of both sides. Finally, it was logical to propose an alliance to fight against Liu Biao.
Although Liu Jing has decided to launch the Northern Expedition to Liu Biao next year, he has not made it public out of caution. Currently, only a few people know about it.
Therefore, when the civil and military forces in Jingnan heard that Jiangdong wanted to form an alliance with them and attack Liu Biao together, everyone had different expressions for a while, whether they were happy or worried, whispering to each other, and the whole hall was buzzing.
Liu Jing sat on the main seat, looked around the hall, coughed slightly, and the hall fell silent for a moment, Wen and Wu sat at attention, no longer whispering.
Seeing this scene, Lu Su looked a little solemn. A scholar is proud and a warrior is unruly. However, in front of Liu Jing, no matter he is a famous person or a powerful general, everyone is respectful and respectful, and dare not be a little more polite. From this, we can know that Liu Jingwei
Heavy.
To be honest, this kind of prestige was not even matched by Sun Ce when he was still alive, let alone the young and unprestige Sun Quan.
There was no way, Sun Ce captured Jiangdong with one brigade; Liu Jing also occupied Jingnan with one city. In terms of martial arts, Liu Jing was not inferior to Sun Ce.
However, Liu Jing came from a royal family, but he was far from a poor family like the Sun family. Moreover, Liu Jing himself had both political integrity and talent. His famous book Chu Land was the crown of Jingzhou scholars, which was difficult for Sun Ce to match.
Liu Jing himself had almost no shortcomings and was an almost perfect lord. Liu Xiu, the former Emperor Guangwu, was nothing more than that.
It is no wonder that Lu Su and Zhou Yu were deeply wary of Liu Jing. After all, in their opinion, Liu Biao was superficial and Liu Zhang was weak and incompetent. With their planning and assistance, Sun Quan would definitely be able to annex the two in the future and completely control the Yangtze River.
Unify the south and establish an empire...
Unfortunately, Liu Jing suddenly emerged in Jingnan last year, shattering their wishful thinking.
When Lu Su and Zhou Yu discussed in private, they both believed that Jiangdong must not treat the dispute between Liu Jing and Liu Biao in Jingzhou as a snipe and clam fight with the intention of profit. Otherwise, if there is a slight negligence and Liu Jing unifies Jingzhou, it will be a big trouble for Jiangdong.
The best way to deal with it is to take the initiative to seize Jiangxia County in the upper reaches of Jiangdong. No matter what the situation in Jingzhou is by then, Jiangxia is in hand. You can advance to capture Jingzhou and retreat to protect Jiangdong. This is how Lu Su "joined forces with Liu"
King, together attack Liu Biao" suggestion.
Seeing the silence in the hall, Liu Jing looked at Lu Su with bright eyes, and slowly said: "Sun Toulu wants to form an alliance with me to deal with Liu Zhennan together? It can be seen from this that there is no personal grudge between me and Liu Zhennan, even in the early years
I once received his favor and was promoted as a talented person."
Liu Jing paused for a moment before saying, "The reason why I raised troops to resist Liu Zhennan was, firstly, to seek revenge from Changsha, and secondly, because I couldn't bear to see the people in Jingnan suffering from the war. The reason why I sent troops to Wuling before was because the emperor worshiped me.
As General Anyuan, Dong oversees the four counties in Jingnan, which is where his authority lies."
Liu Jing finally said: "Liu Zhennan is the shepherd of Jingzhou officially appointed by the emperor, and I am the prefect of Lingling and his subordinate. If I lead my troops across the river and attack the north of Jingzhou, regardless of whether it is public or private, I will give them the authority and I will be punished."
People criticize."
Lu Su had already suspected something in his mind, and said calmly: "General Liu said that he had been favored by Liu Biao, but this was only a small favor, and it was insignificant compared to the prosperity and decline of the country. Liu Biao was a member of the Han Dynasty, and he had no intention of saving the country.
In the water and fire, internally he used weapons and weapons to kill loyal people, and externally he colluded with Yuan Shao and caused trouble for the country. The year before last, the imperial court issued an edict to Sun (Ce) to fight against rebellion, denounced Liu Biao as a 'rebel', and ordered Sun to fight against Duke Cao.
Attack the thieves vigorously. General Liu raises his troops to attack them. Not only is there no fault, but it is also a service to the country."
In fact, the emperor's previous edict to Liu Jing also directly called Liu Biao a "rebel". Of course, this was probably not the emperor's own intention, but came from Cao Cao's instructions.
But no matter whose intention it was, with this imperial edict, Liu Jing could confidently attack Liu Biao without having to bear the infamy of being guilty, ungrateful, etc.
Liu Jinggu was in a difficult situation. At this time, it was Zhuge Liang's turn to appear. He stood up and spoke generously: "The general has always wanted to revive the Han Dynasty and clarify the aspirations of the world. However, the land in Jingnan
Being in a remote location and far away from the Central Plains is not enough to fulfill the general's ambitions."
"Jingzhou reaches the Han and Mian in the north, and benefits from the South China Sea. It is connected to Wuhui in the east and Bashu in the west. It has fertile fields thousands of miles away, rich soil, and abundant crops. It is actually a country that uses force, which is enough to help big things. Liu Zhennan is old and has no way to save the world.
In my heart, I only have the thought of separatist rule and maintaining complete control. He is the master of Jingzhou and is not a blessing to the country."
"The general might as well take his place and unite the north and the south to help the world. At that time, the general will drive the Jingchu people out of Nanyang, Sun Tuolu will lead the Wuyue troops out of Huaisi, Qin Wang Xudu will have an audience with the emperor, and the revival of the Han Dynasty will be just around the corner!"
Of course, Zhuge Liang would not naively think that Sun Quan was a loyal man who cared about the country. This was all a pretext to Lu Su.
Of course, it is impossible for Zhuge Liang not to be aware of the problems that Lu Su and Zhou Yu were aware of. After Liu Biao was solved, both sides would definitely turn against each other.
Liu Ba, Huan Jie and Zhuge Liang were all the top decision-makers in Jingnan. They were also among the few people who knew about Liu Jing's plan for the Northern Expedition. It was in their own interests to form an alliance with Jiangdong, so they naturally voted in favor.
Zhuge Liang, Liu Ba, and Huan Jie successively expressed their opinions, which was like a weathervane. For a time, everyone followed suit. And all the military generals were even more passionate and strongly agreed. Without exception, they wanted to start a war with Liu Biao immediately.
Liu Jing saw that all the civil and military officers under his command were speaking unanimously, so he could only reluctantly nod his head and sighed: "Since Liu Zhennan, the elder of the clan, has invaded Jingnan, he has made mistakes in invading Jingnan, but he has suppressed bandits internally and resisted bandits externally.
, resting with the people, and keeping the territory peaceful, making Jingzhou a rare paradise in troubled times. If it were not for the sake of national justice, we would not be able to bear to attack it."
Lu Su said: "In the past, Wei was loud and graceful, and he was also known as an elder. He was in Liangzhou, where he practiced criminal and political affairs, and had a prosperous army. The three assistants, senior officials, and senior officials rushed to join him. It is a pity that he did not understand the current affairs and sat down to discuss.
Xibo will inevitably be defeated in the end. Liu Biao is like Kuai Xiao today."
"A strong argument with a single step, with etiquette, Qin Zhifeng." Liu Jing smiled bitterly and shook his head. He stopped being pretentious after that. This was just for the sake of character. As the saying goes, too much is not enough, and acting too much will appear hypocritical.
Then the two sides formally finalized the alliance: in March next year, they would raise their troops at the same time, Liu Jing would focus on attacking Nanjun, and Sun Quan would march into Jiangxia, one person per county, and carve up Jingbei, so that no one would suffer.