In early March of the 14th year of Jian'an, Liu Bei and Sun Quan once again formed an alliance and concluded an alliance with each other.
On the surface, the relationship between the two parties is harmonious, but in fact they are in conflict.
There were three main reasons why Liu Bei agreed to form an alliance. First, he was in a hurry to go to Bashu and had no time to work with Sun Quan. He was also afraid that he would continue to cause trouble, so he stabilized him first.
Second, Jiaozhou was indeed promised to Sun Quan before. Liu Bei was famous for his credibility, so naturally he could not break his promise.
The third and most important point is that Liu Bei aims to restore the Han Dynasty in the north.
The land in Jiaozhou and Jingnan is really too remote and a barbaric land. Although it is also the territory of the Han Dynasty, cultivating these areas will not only waste time but also waste human resources.
After all, if you occupy Jingnan Jiaozhou, you can't just control the miasma and ethnic minority issues in ten years. There is really no way.
Therefore, instead of arguing with Sun Quan, it is better to be more generous and exchange for a strategically important place like Lujiang.
Therefore, for Liu Bei, this transaction is not a bad thing.
As for the little thoughts of Zhuge Liang and Shen Chen, Liu Bei naturally didn't know that they were already planning to deal with Sun Quan, so he simply lured him to Jiaozhou to close the door and beat the dog.
Pretending to fall into a trap.
Zhuge Liang rolled his eyes at him again.
Due to several defeats, Jiangdong suffered heavy losses, and Sun Shiwan almost turned into Sun Wuwan.
Shen Chen on the side laughed and said: "There are powerful men from Meigan, Lei Xu, Chen Lan and other places in Lujiang and other places who control the Jianghuai River. When General Huang attacked Jiangdong, these powerful men came to defect. In the battle of Zheqi City, they were scattered, so they
They ran to the border area between Lujiang and Jiujiang, and were jealous of Wen Hui, the governor of Yangzhou sent by Cao Cao. The two sides fought, but Wen Hui was outnumbered and retreated to Shouchun. At the beginning of this month, Cao Cao sent Xia Houyuan to lead an army south to prepare to wipe them out.
Knowing that we could not resist, we retreated to the Shu County area and wrote a letter to General Zuo to inform him that he was willing to come and defect to us. Now that the south of the Lujiang River has been gained by us, it is time to send troops to meet him."
Shen Chen responded, he also agreed with this point.
Secondly, if Lujiang County is involved, Jiangdong's strategy will change from actively attacking Jiangxia to passive defense, greatly losing its initiative.
Zhuge Liang said: "If he doesn't dare to act rashly, we can't find an excuse to attack him. So we have to pretend to have been fooled by him, just like King Wu Fu Chai despised King Gou Jian of Yue, and from then on we began to despise him, neglect him, and let him go."
He felt that we didn't take him seriously at all, so he would act violently and hurt people like Gou Jian. This is a good opportunity for us to close the door and beat the dog."
Liu Bei quickly greeted the two of them to come in.
"Um."
Liu Bei asked in surprise: "Is there any happy event?"
At this time, only Liu Bei and Shen Chen were in Xiangyang.
certainly.
Liu Bei was dragged to Xiangyang by Liu Qi. Huang Zu died of illness last month. Liu Qi was greatly shocked and vomited blood, so Liu Bei is still unable to move forward.
"We can use Sun's daughter to confuse Sun Quan."
Shen Chen smiled evilly.
"Um?"
"good."
Liu Bei was puzzled.
Sun Quan is even willing to marry his own sister to Liu Bei, an old man who is nearly fifty years old. Liu Bei will naturally despise him even more.
But why didn't Liu Bei want to kill him?
So Zhuge Liang's suggestion is to use one move to defeat the opponent.
Liu Bei was stupid at that time.
Shen Chen shrugged: "I can marry my uncle if he is willing, but I heard that the Sun's daughter is coquettish and willful and is not a good woman. My suggestion is not to marry her."
"oh?"
Zhuge Liang and Sun Qian got off the carriage and saw Liu Bei and Shen Chen waiting at the gate of the palace. They quickly raised their hands to Liu Bei and said, "My lord."
There were not many complicated greetings for the four people in the small building. Liu Bei invited them to sit on the porch, and the four of them sat cross-legged.
March 6th, Prince Chu's Mansion in Xiangyang.
"Then what?"
Why bother?
However, Zhuge Liang had a look of hatred on his face and said: "Xiaoqing, let me ask you, does Sun Quan's request for peace really mean that he intends to live in Jiangdong and no longer peep at Jingzhou?"
Although it is not uncommon for an old man to have a young wife.
Zhuge Liang rolled his eyes at Shen Chen again and said, "I thought Xiaoqing understood."
And now there are only 50,000 people in Jiangdong who have lost all their money. If he still wants to ensure that he stays in the place, then he may only have 10,000 or 20,000 troops at his disposal. Who can he fight with this small number of troops?
"Why?"
At this time, Shen Chen was stunned. He was still thinking that Sun Quan was going to marry his sister again?
Could it be Sun Shangxiang again?
Is there something serious about Sun Quan that forces him to marry his sister to Liu Bei?
While he was thinking wildly, he suddenly heard Zhuge Liang calling him. He came to his senses and asked, "What's wrong?"
The other one is naturally to seek to seize Jingnan and Jiaozhou.
But Liu Bei was still a little reluctant and said: "Do you really want to marry me?"
Liu Bei nodded repeatedly and said: "It's better not to marry."
So how can you pretend to be a scam?
First, with the establishment of Lujiang County, Liu Bei took the strategic initiative.
"That's how it should be."
Zhuge Liang rolled his eyes at him and said, "Master, should I marry Sun's daughter?"
Because he believes that exchanging a strategically important place for a potential strategically important place in the future is gambling on tomorrow with today.
Liu Bei nodded and said: "Although there is only half of Lujiang County, it is like a sharp knife at the throat of Cao Cao and Sun Quan, and there is also a happy event."
"What's the benefit?"
But in fact, Mourui got numb after eating Sichuan peppercorns.
By then Liu Bei will definitely be more contemptuous, and at the same time, he will probably have more trust in Sun Quan's sincerity.
Therefore, Lu Su felt that there was nothing wrong with developing first. If they find the right time in the future, they could still achieve their strategic goals by taking Changsha first and then attacking Nanjun.
Shen Chen said: "I plan to let Gan Ning do it. It is said that they have more than 100,000 people in Dingkou. Now Jiangxia is vast and sparsely populated, and it needs to promote double-cropping rice. It can be planted by Yunmengze Lake. The rice seedlings will be used to supply food and grass for the future attack on Jiangdong, and their troops and horses can also be reorganized to train an elite army and strong generals."
Zhuge Liang looked at Shen Chen and said, "Xiaoqing, what do you think?"
Liu Bei was very puzzled: "Since we plan to attack Jiangdong immediately after taking Yizhou, why do we want to marry Sun's daughter?"
Shen Chen thought for a while and said: "Sun Quan will think that we have been guarding against him, so he will not dare to act rashly."
And Jiangdong also has ideas.
What does Sun Quan want to do with this alliance?
One is to seek development and profit from Jiaozhou and Jingnan.
Historically, Sun Quan held back for more than ten years. When he attacked Hefei, he brought 100,000 troops with him. Those left behind at home were considered 50,000, and the total force was less than 200,000.
After sitting down, Liu Bei asked: "Kong Ming, Gongyou, how was your trip to Jiangdong?"
Zhuge Liang and Sun Qian looked at each other, and Sun Qian said with a smile: "My lord, Sun Quan plans to make peace with us and marry his sister to my lord."
"Want to marry."
Wang Can's "Heroes" records Liu Bei's attack on Dong Zhuo. Unfortunately, he was just a follower of Gongsun Zan at that time, and his status was very different from that of Sun Jian. Moreover, Sun Jian's loyalty to the Han Dynasty and his efforts to attack Dong Zhuo also impressed Liu Bei. , marrying Sun Wentai's daughter is indeed a bit difficult for him to accept.
Jingnan seems remote, but it is also of strategic significance to Jingzhou.
Lu Su's move is called trading space for time.
So if Jingzhou is occupied by Liu Bei and the north is Cao Cao's territory, where can he develop?
One is to attack the Shanyue people south of Yangzhou and plunder their population and property to make up for the losses in Jiangdong.
Shen Chen was confused. Historically, Sun Quan married his sister because he wanted to maintain a long-term political alliance with Liu Bei.
Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "He is even willing to marry his sister to the lord, just to make us think that he is afraid of us. If we don't marry Sun's daughter, but instead deploy heavy troops in Jiangxia, what will Sun Quan think?"
"Yeah, just right."
But Sun Shangxiang was very arrogant because she was Sun Quan's sister, and the relationship with Liu Bei and his wife was so bad that when he later returned to Soochow, Liu Bei had no intention of retaining her and was eager to leave her.
But with Jingnan in hand, and with the Jiangdong Navy sailing upstream from the Yangtze River, they could still attack Nanjun from the east and south at the same time.
"Xiaoqing!"
It’s just that Sun Quan and Lu Su were uncomfortable.
Sun Quan wants to marry his sister to me?
But Liu Bei had a great cause in mind and did not have Cao Cao's lecherous character, so he felt very uncomfortable.
So you still have to make some sacrifices in exchange.
"Understand what?"
Therefore, as long as Sun Quan marries a daughter of the Sun family, he will basically be humiliating himself.
"How to confuse?"
Shen Chen shook his head and said: "Sun Quan is so ambitious that he is borrowing Guiyang now. In name, he is borrowing the road. In fact, he wants to move the population and food of Jiaozhou, and at the same time, he wants to invade Jingnan and prepare for the joint attack on Jingzhou with Cao Cao in the future."
After hearing this, Liu Bei smiled bitterly and said, "It seems that I must marry you."
Zhuge Liang said: "There is another advantage to marrying her."
"oh!"
This exchange is really not worth it.
A group of people entered the mansion.
Zhuge Liang looked around at everyone and continued: "And he deliberately handed over the strategic area of Lujiang County into our hands to paralyze us and make us think that Lujiang County is in our hands and he will not be able to attack Jingzhou. This will make us relax our vigilance and give us more in the future. A fatal blow!"
If Zhuge Liang hadn't been analyzing his psychology.
Shen Chen took over the conversation and said: "Once he sends troops, he will find that Jiangxia and Nanjun, which were initially empty of news, will have large armies waiting for him. It will be easy to destroy Jiangdong by then!"
"Kong Ming, Gongyou, you have been working hard all the way, and you are tired from traveling all the way. Come into the mansion and rest soon."
Zhuge Liang was surprised and said: "Where does happiness come from?"
"Exactly."
The second is to make Liu Bei despise him and thus neglect his defense.
The second was to marry Sun's daughter.
"Then marrying my sister, isn't it also showing weakness to our enemies?"
Not only did he want to use Sun Quan and Lu Su's psychology to confuse them, but he also wanted to use Sun Shangxiang to give false information.
In fact, I invite you to enter the urn.
Zhuge Liang said: "Then who will do this?"
Therefore, this alliance, under the circumstances where both parties were barely suitable, finally formed a superficial alliance.
Although it seems that one state and one county are exchanged for half of Lujiang County, Jiangdong will make a profit.
The two places are as remote as they come, and no matter how thin a mosquito's legs are, it's just meat, so it can always plunder some wealth.
Zhuge Liang nodded, then looked at Liu Bei with a smile and said, "Master, I also have a happy event."
"I'm usually well-dressed, but I didn't expect that I'm so bad-tempered."
But now Liu Bei is not as embarrassed as he was in history. He plans to attack Jiangdong and unify the south.
At that time, Liu Bei was in a dilemma and urgently needed a strong foreign aid to help him fight against Cao Cao, so he agreed to the matter.
Therefore, after Zhuge Liang and Sun Qian completed their mission, they immediately returned to Jingzhou and reported their orders to Liu Bei.
After that, there was the handover of Guiyang County and Lujiang County, and Sun Quan's marriage of his sister to Liu Bei. He had to go back and ask Liu Bei for his opinion.
Fortunately, now that we have signed a contract, we can finally borrow it from Guiyang County.
Therefore, this Sun's daughter really wants to marry.
Zhuge Liang nodded and said: "He is willing to exchange with us even Lujiang County, which is a strategic location, because in the future he can send troops from the south of Jing to the north to attack the north of Jing."
However, Lu Su gritted his teeth and finally decided to exchange Lujiang County for Guiyang County.
Zhuge Liang is full of bad ideas.
However, Zhuge Liang said: "My lord, you should marry me."
They lost Lujiang County and only lost the strategic initiative to attack Jingzhou from land.
"Xiaoqing's words make sense."
"At that time, the false news passed to him by Sun's daughter became a reminder."
After all, he and Sun Jian were of the same generation and were six years younger than Sun Jian. It was indeed psychologically immoral to marry Sun Jian's daughter.
Sun Shangxiang was well-known in later generations, and it was said that she was also very beautiful. But beauty is beautiful, and there is no need to marry a troublesome person just because of her beauty. If she makes a fuss, Liu Bei may be tormented again.
"Of course not."
Shen Chen said: "A counter-intuitive plan?"
When Liu Bei learned that the two men had returned, he greeted them at the Prince of Chu's Mansion.
So under the circumstances that Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang and Chen Chen had very different goals and ideas, they completed this alliance.
However, this agreement to form an alliance is only a preliminary agreement.
It's just that the former one is okay, but if the latter one doesn't borrow the road from Jingnan, they won't even have a road to Jiaozhou.
First of all, Jiaozhou was too remote and inaccessible. Historically, neither Liu Biao nor Sun Quan had any interest in conquering Jiaozhou. They only sent people to serve as nominal governors of the state and county, without actually ruling.
When everyone entered the hall, Liu Bei did not summon the officials of the state government or the children of the major families to discuss matters. Instead, he talked with them in a small inner courtyard next to the atrium.
"That's good."
Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "When Sun's daughter gets married, Sun Quan will definitely ask her to collect information about us for internal response. We can pass some false news to Sun Quan to make Sun Quan think that we believe that he is sincerely allying with us, and at the same time, he will not Treat him as a threat, so that if Cao Cao attacks, Sun Quan will definitely break the alliance and attack our rear."
Therefore, Lu Su believes that it is unrealistic to do anything big in Jiangdong in its current state. The only way is to seek development.
Therefore, he repeatedly declined and said: "This matter will never happen. I also admire Sun Wentai, the fierce tiger from Jiangdong. Although I followed Gongsun Zan to fight against Dong, he was already a pioneer general. I am just an unknown person. How can I marry him?" 's daughter."
As long as the time comes, they can still attack Nanjun again with Cao Cao and carve up Jingzhou.
"Exactly."
Shen Chen asked.
Shen Chen suddenly understood, then he looked Zhuge Liang up and down and said, "Brother."
Zhuge Liang smiled and cupped his hands and said: "Fortunately, I have lived up to my fate. I exchanged Guiyang County for half of Lujiang County. With this half of Lujiang County, it will be much easier for us to send troops to Jiangdong or capture Huainan in the future."
really.
In order to make Jiangdong think that he had fallen into a trap, after taking this strategic initiative, he no longer regarded Jiangdong as a threat, so he could not deploy heavy troops in Jiangxia to confuse Sun Quan.
Guan Yu and Pang Tong went to Wu County, Zhang Fei and Xu Shu were in Jiangling, and the others were busy sending troops to Yizhou.
Zhuge Liang said with a smile.
At this moment, a servant suddenly rushed in from outside the door and shouted: "General Zuo, the eldest son is sick again."
Liu Bei was shocked and said: "Come with me and have a look."