Jiang Dong and Liu Bei Shen Chen will fight to the death?
Hearing these words, Lu Su, who was already exhausted mentally and physically, was very anxious.
But he also knew that Sun Quan had lost his mind in anger, so he had to patiently persuade him: "Wu Hou, please listen to me."
Sun Quan's eyes turned red, he punched the table in front of him, and turned his head, with tears already shining in his eyes.
Lu Su said: "Wu Hou, this battle is not Gong Jin's fault, nor is our planning improper, but God's will. Not to mention the southeast wind, it is the Jiangxia Navy's ship. Wu Hou has also seen it of."
“Is God going to destroy us in Jiangdong?”
Sun Quan had tears in his eyes and was filled with grief and anger. He had seen the Jiangxia Navy's ships, and found that they were ingeniously driven by pedals. Wheels and propellers were added to the left and right sides of the ship and at the rear. With smooth winds and smooth water, the speed was amazing. Quick, Zhou Yu didn't react.
The most important thing is, who would have thought that the Jiangxia Navy had so much steel and could actually create so many iron tools for binding wheels, propellers, and pedal chains, so that the Jiangdong Navy's attack failed.
But what Sun Quan didn't know was that there was no shortage of ingenious people in the context of the era. The paddle steamer was not necessarily invented after the Tang Dynasty. It was just because the steel filling method appeared in the Tang Dynasty that the steel production soared, thus solving the urgent need before the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Steel, thereby completing technological innovation.
In addition, it was the emergence of paddlewheelers that eliminated the need for so many rowing seats in cabins that originally required a large amount of manpower to row, thus saving a certain amount of space. This allowed the stern ships, which could only carry two to three hundred people in history, to carry more.
This is also the reason why Zhou Yu only snatched two-thirds of Shen Chen's ships, plus the ships saved by Cheng Pu and Zhu Ran, but was able to withdraw with about 30,000 troops.
Lu Su said in a deep voice: "The time, place, and people are favorable, and God does not fulfill man's wishes, but man is stronger than God. It's just that although Gong Jin is strong, Shen Chen is not weak. So since this battle has become a fact, Wu Hou should not lose Rather than being rational and blindly sending out troops to seek revenge, we should be willing to endure the humiliation and bear the burden like Gou Jian, and first restore the strength of Jiangdong, and then wait for the opportunity to move to his advantage."
Sun Quan slowly calmed down. Historically, he was a flexible and adaptable person. Chen Shou, the author of "Three Kingdoms", commented on him: "He humbled himself and endured humiliation, allowed his talents to be calculated, and was like Gou Jian, a hero among heroes.", so he was angry. After that, it was natural for him to regain his senses and follow Lu Su's wise advice.
He said with tears in his eyes: "Now that Gongjin has passed away, only Zijing is left by my side. I would like to ask Zijing to teach me how I can preserve the Jiangdong inheritance left by my father and brother."
Lu Su said: "Of course I want to make peace with Liu Bei."
He continued: "When we first raised troops, we attacked the Jiangxia Navy in the name of defeating Huang Zu and avenging Marquis Wucheng. We did not have any enemies with Liu Bei. Although Liu Bei and Cao Cao are currently confronting each other in Nanyang, Shen Chen will definitely go north to help him at this moment. He, Cao Cao's main force did not go south, and is about to retreat. By then, Liu Bei will have captured the entire Jingzhou and will be strong. We are on the neighboring side. If we turn against each other, we may be harmed by him."
Sun Quan clenched his hand and said nothing.
Lu Su added: "Although we have suffered heavy losses, we are not without the ability to fight back. Taking advantage of the fact that Cao Cao has not retreated and Liu Cong has not been wiped out by Liu Bei, we take the opportunity to ask Liu Bei to fulfill his promise and ask him to borrow Jingnan to fight against Jiaozhou." !”
"Use Jingnan to fight with Jiaozhou?"
Sun Quan was surprised.
"Yes, Liu Bei formed an alliance with us at the beginning and promised to donate Jiaozhou to us. But now Jiaozhou is occupied by Wu Ju, Shi Xie and others, so it is natural to raise troops to attack it."
Lu Su nodded and said: "Since we can't send troops from the east of the Yangtze River to deliver troops to the state, we have to use the counties in Jingnan as a base to facilitate the transportation of grain and grass, and attack it from the south of the Xiang River. Although we are defeated at this time, Liu Bei is also capturing Jingzhou.
At the critical moment, in order to avoid falling into a three-front war, he should agree."
Lu Su added: "Once we borrow Jingnan, we will use the land and population in Jingnan to strengthen ourselves, then train soldiers, strengthen our troops, and wait for the right opportunity. We will connect with Cao Cao to the north, Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang to the west, and send troops from Jingnan and Jiangdong at the same time."
, to attack Liu Bei together, there may be room for success in the future."
Sun Quan narrowed his eyes, touched the beard that had grown on his lower jaw, and thought carefully.
Lu Su's meaning is actually very simple.
When the alliance was first concluded, Sun Quan formed an alliance with Liu Bei, not Liu Qi.
Now there are three internal forces in Jingzhou, Liu Bei, Liu Qi, and Liu Cong. The three Lius are competing for Jingzhou. Moreover, Liu Bei and Liu Qi are still in a joint state. However, in the eyes of Sun Quan and others, after Liu Cong is eliminated, Liu Qi should not be Liu Bei's opponent, and Jingzhou will definitely be defeated by Liu Bei.
income.
Therefore, at the earliest stage, they set up a trap in advance in the alliance they signed. They only formed an alliance with Liu Bei and promised not to attack Jiangxia until the decisive battle between Liu Bei and Cai Mao.
In fact, it was difficult for him to attack Jiangxia at that time, after all, the Jiangxia navy had been guarding against them.
So just be a favor.
Afterwards, I thought that if Liu Bei and Cai Mao fight to the death, and if the Jiangxia Navy stationed in Jiangxia also takes action and is restrained by Cai Hao's Yangtze River Navy, they can take the opportunity to steal the weapon in the name of attacking Huang Zu and avenging Sun Jian.
Jiangxia Navy weakened Jingzhou's strength, and at the same time united with Cao Cao to carve up Jingzhou.
However, they never expected that Cai Hao would disappear in the blink of an eye. The imagined situation of mutual destruction did not appear at all. He was directly annihilated by several armies in a joint operation, so that Jiangdong lost the best opportunity to enter the battlefield.
But later it was no longer enough if he didn't want to come. After all, if they didn't come, then Cao Cao wouldn't come either. Liu Cong couldn't resist it. It would be very scary for Liu Bei to get a complete Jingzhou.
Therefore, Sun Quan immediately attacked the Jiangxia Navy in the name of avenging his father. He wanted to at least take care of the Jiangxia Navy.
And Cao Cao restrained Liu Bei, so the power in Jingzhou became five groups.
In this way, according to Sun Quan's vision, the best result is naturally that Cao Cao defeats Liu Bei and takes Nanyang, Zhou Yu defeats Jiangxia Navy, and then annexes Liu Cong, taking all Jingzhou except Nanyang.
Although Nanyang was lost, as long as we have the foundation of Yangzhou and Jingzhou, while Cao Cao is still recovering the north, he might not be able to recapture Nanyang in the future.
Sun Quan even fantasized that if his dream came true and he captured Jingzhou, he would immediately attack Sichuan and Shu, hold the entire south in his hands, and then send troops to recapture Nanyang and Huainan, and then go north to unify the world and achieve an imperial career.
It's a pity that the ideal is full and the reality is cruel.
Zhou Yu died before he left the army. In the Battle of Hongkou, two-fifths of the entire Jiangdong elite soldiers were lost, and the rest barely managed to escape. Moreover, the morale of the army fell to the bottom, and many people even became afraid of war.
Emotions caused Jiangdong to suffer heavy losses.
So in the face of this reality, Sun Quan must consider how to save such an embarrassing situation.
Lu Su believes that they first formed an alliance with Liu Bei and attacked Liu Qi, so they and Liu Bei have not yet turned against each other. Since Liu Bei made an alliance with them and promised to hand over the state to them, they can naturally ask the other party to fulfill his promise.
But now Liu Bei is still at war with Cao Cao. Lai Gong, the governor of Jiaozhou, was expelled by Wu Ju, the prefect of Cangwu. Wu Ju and Shi Xie, the prefect of Jiaozhi, followed Liu Cong. Liu Bei definitely can't take care of Jiaozhou now.
Therefore, Lu Su proposed that Sun Quan could ask Liu Bei to hand over the state. Liu Bei would definitely not be able to give it to him now, so they would go and get it themselves.
How can I get it?
Of course it's an attack.
Liu Bei would also be happy to see Jiangdong troops attack Jiaozhou, so that he would have one less threat from the rear.
But there is no way to attack Jiaozhou from Jiangdong.
Then Lu Su suggested to Sun Quan that they could ask Liu Bei to borrow Jingnan, and on the condition that Sun and Liu allied themselves to fight against Cao, as long as Jiangdong, Jingnan, and Jiaozhou were connected together, they could recruit troops, recuperate for a few years, and grow stronger.
stand up.
When the time comes, we will backstab again and plan to capture Jingzhou!
Just after hearing Lu Su's suggestion, Sun Quan still hesitated and said: "After my defeat, Cao Cao must know that there is no hope of taking Jingzhou. Liu Cong is incompetent and is definitely no match for Liu Bei. When Cao Cao and Liu Cong can no longer threaten Liu Bei, will he?"
Will you still agree to the previous conditions?"
Lu Su smiled and said: "Liu Bei founded the world with benevolence and trustworthiness. When he signed the alliance, it was written in the deed. If he refused, he only had to hand over the deed to the court. Cao Cao would never miss the opportunity to suppress Liu Bei's reputation.
At that time, in the name of the Emperor, I announced to the world that if Liu Bei did not keep his word, then all the reputation he had accumulated for many years would be lost. Which is more important, Liu Bei will naturally know."
"But even so, he may not agree to lend Jingnan to us."
Sun Quan shook his head and said: "If he told us that Jiaozhou is for us to take for ourselves, but Jingnan is the only one who won't borrow it, he would have a valid reason."
Lu Su smiled and said: "Liu Bei will not be so short-sighted. Although we are newly defeated, Liu Bei must comfort us. After all, we still have 30,000 or 40,000 troops. We will rest for a year or two, recruit new troops, intensify training, and then
We can prepare tens of thousands of troops and come out. Even if Liu Bei wins Jingzhou, what should he do next? Is he going to attack us?"
Sun Quan frowned and said, "Isn't it?"
Lu Su shook his head: "Of course not, Cao Cao is still recovering the north, but Cao Jun will still deploy a large number of troops and horses to defend the south, so even if Liu Bei wins Jingzhou, he cannot go north. We occupy natural dangers in the east of the Yangtze River, and although we are newly defeated, we still have defenses.
In terms of ability, his only redeeming quality is Yizhou Bashu."
"Yizhou Bashu?"
Sun Quan touched his chin and beard and narrowed his eyes.
"Exactly, at this time, there was civil strife in Yizhou. Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang were competing with each other. Seeing that both sides were losing, it was impossible for Liu Bei not to want to profit from it."
Lu Su continued: "Compared to Yizhou and Jingzhou, only Nanjun and Nanyang are the most important. In Jingnan, only Changsha County is better. The rest are like spring trees and dead branches, with little purpose.
In order to stabilize us and make it easier for him to take Yizhou, Liu Bei will not refuse to agree, not to mention he has to face the threat of Cao Cao."
"So in Su's humble opinion, Liu Bei is very likely to agree. Even if it is not given to Changsha County and Wuling County, but only to Guiyang and Lingling County, it is very good. Lingling County has a population of hundreds of thousands and also produces a lot of ore.
, if we get this county, collect grain, grass and minerals to nourish Jiangdong."
"The most important thing is that Liu Bei is still at war with Cao Cao. Although Cao Cao may retreat, after all, he is still entrenched in Nanyang and threatens him. Therefore, in order to prevent us from making a comeback again, it is very possible to stabilize us."
"As long as Liu Bei agrees to our conditions and we take the opportunity to strengthen ourselves, when Liu Bei attacks Bashu and the rear is empty, we can send troops from Jingnan and Jiangdong at the same time."
"When the time comes, Jingzhou will be at your fingertips. Even in the worst case, if Liu Bei gets Bashu, he will be able to control three-thirds of the world. However, Cao Cao has not yet regained Youzhou, and the day when he can merge the states, Guanzhong, and Xiliang is far away. While he is busy in the north,
At that time, Wu Hou could still attack Yizhou and gain the entire south, thereby dividing the world with Cao Cao."
Is there still a chance to split the world?
After some analysis, Sun Quan suddenly understood a lot.
Because what Lu Su said was indeed correct.
The most important thing for Jiangdong now is to regain his strength.
Wait until you regain your strength and then consider the matter of seizing Jingzhou.
So how can you regain your strength?
Of course it’s about opening up new territories.
The larger the territory, the more people will be under the rule, and the resources for food and troops will naturally be available.
There happens to be an opportunity right now.
Liu Bei promised Sun Quan to give them Jiaozhou. Now that Cao and Liu are at war, he might be able to take advantage of the crisis to get Jiaozhou and Jingnan.
Thinking of this, Sun Quan nodded and said: "Zijing's words are very reasonable. I will send someone to Liu Bei immediately?"
"No rush."
Lu Su hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Wu Hou, before that, there are two more things."
"What's the matter?"
Sun Quan asked.
Lu Su said with a slight embarrassment: "The first thing is that this matter should not be too obvious to prevent Liu Bei from seeing the clues. Therefore, we must work hard and maintain a good posture. We also ask Wu Hou to write a letter and do not mention it.
Regarding this matter, I only need to say that Gong Jin died of illness and there is a big funeral in Jiangdong. Just inform Liu Bei. Liu Bei will definitely send someone to express his condolences, so we can take the opportunity to discuss it."
"Hmm"
Sun Quan knew what Lu Su meant, which was to lower his profile in front of Liu Bei. In short, he was pretending to be a grandson. Although this was humiliating, but when he thought about Gou Jian's revenge, he even tasted feces. What was this humiliation?
So he only pondered for a few seconds and then said: "Okay, according to Zijing's words, what is the second thing?"
Lu Su said: "In order to paralyze Liu Bei and make him think that we are really afraid of him and will never attack Jingzhou again in the future, we also asked the Marquis of Wu to make peace with Liu Bei."
"Marriage?"
Sun Quan stroked his beard and said: "Liu Bei and my father started the army at the same time to attack the Yellow Turbans in the early years. They are also my uncles. I heard that he has two daughters. They are about twenty-eight years old. If they marry me, they will be a good match."
Lu Su became even more embarrassed and said: "Wu Hou."
"Um?"
Sun Quan was surprised and said: "Isn't it okay if I marry his daughter?"
Lu Su shook his head and said: "After all, we are newly defeated. We don't have the foundation to marry Liu Bei's daughter. It is best to marry a daughter."
"Go out to marry a girl?"
Sun Quan's expression changed greatly and he said, "I heard that Liu Bei's son Adou is only one year old?"
In the eleventh year of Jian'an, Liu Bei stationed troops in Linxiang.
When he saw Kou Feng, he liked him very much and wanted to adopt him as his adopted son. Unexpectedly, news came out that Mrs. Gan was pregnant, so he gave up the idea.
The next year, that is, the 12th year of Jian'an last year, Mrs. Gan gave birth to a son successfully. Because Mrs. Gan dreamed of swallowing the Beidou at night, she became pregnant, so the child she gave birth to was nicknamed Adou, and he was only about one and a half years old this year.
So if he were to marry a girl, it would be impossible for Adou to get a wife under his conditions, and Liu Bei would have no other children, right?
"I'm not marrying Adou, I'm marrying Liu Bei!"
Lu Su said softly: "Only in this way can we win his trust. When he sends troops to Bashu to capture Yizhou in the future, I will have my wife as an internal response."
Sun Quan's fist tightened even more.
Among the Sun family, the only young unmarried woman now is his sister Sun Shangxiang.
But Liu Bei was twenty or thirty years older than Sun Shangxiang. How could he overcome the humiliation of marrying his sister to someone of the same generation as his father?
How should I put it? I actually laid a lot of groundwork for the Jiangdong Army's escape, so I don't want to explain it here. The fact that two-fifths of the enemy's troops were wiped out in one battle is already an exaggeration. Cao Cao's main force was not lost in the Battle of Chibi.
How many.
Everyone said that the ship could not load so many, and the order of boarding the ship was also explained in the book, because I judged it based on the number of people recorded on the ship's load. It was also said that part of the ship was in the process, and Zhu Ran saved some of the ship. In addition, Jiangdong
The part of the ship that the army robbed was barely enough to carry 30,000 people back. After also grabbing part of the ship, Jiangdong's army used bows and arrows to repel the protagonist's pursuers and cover his teammates on the ship.
As for why they didn't pursue it, it was because half of the boat was taken away and there was no way to pursue it.
And I have to serve the plot. If I really annihilate all these people, Jiangdong will be basically finished. When Liu Bei takes Jingzhou, he can just send tens of thousands of people to destroy Jiangdong. How can he do it again?
So I have to keep Jiangdong Huozhong, and deal with the big ones later. The right way is to finish them all at once.