Lu Xun naturally stood in front of everyone, but seeing the unconvinced looks on the faces of Quan Cong and other young generals, I'm afraid they really didn't get together out of fear.
In order to prevent the situation from getting worse, Lu Xun acted as a peacemaker.
But it was obvious that Zhu Huan had no intention of betraying Lu Xun - no one wanted to believe it now. He always said that civil and military forces were incompatible with each other. But at the time of the survival of a force like this, the conflict between them
The more irreconcilable the contradiction becomes.
Without him, if it were not for the different modes of thinking and different stances between the two people, there would never be a gap in the "civil and military" category.
Zhu Huan himself actually had no intention of seeking hegemony.
After all, he is still a nobleman at heart, and the concept of "country" has never been as good as the concept of "family" for which he can devote himself.
It would be impossible to say that he was able to follow Sun Ce and conquer a large area of Jiangdong without selfish motives.
After Sun Ce died, the reason why he followed Sun Quan instead of others was simply because the choice was before him at that time - Sun Quan was the popular choice, and with the help of Zhang Zhao, Zhou Yu and Lu Su, it was impossible not to choose him.
of.
But now - the confrontation between Zhang Zhao and Lu Xun has obviously affected Zhu's interests.
Again, for a family, the pinnacle they can reach is to master private soldiers.
It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. Now you want the Zhu family to hand over the military power that they have worked hard for generations to master. Let alone Zhang Zhao asked Zhu Huan, even if Sun Ce asked, Zhu Huan
Huan will also weigh and weigh.
Taking advantage of the chaos among Lu Xun and others, Zhu Huan had already sent people out of the city to investigate the situation——
He suspected that Zhang Zhao and Lu Xun would turn this voting into an unmanageable situation.
Before that, he didn't intend to stay in the dark.
"Don't think that since I have a rift with Zhang Zhao, you can do whatever you want - I don't want to care about how that person slipped into the city just now, but if there is a next time - I won't give you any excuses
room."
It seemed that Zhu Huan was timid.
But in fact, Zhang Zhao understood that Zhu Huan was confident.
He didn't need to do anything. Among the three parties remaining on the field, only Zhu Huan had the most advantage.
What he has to do is to control all the city gates and gates to ensure that the news does not leak out. Then when the results come out and neither side can fight in secret, Zhu Huan will naturally be able to adjust his strategy according to the situation later.
Countermeasures.
Although Zhu Huan and his group are all generals, it would be a bit insulting to say that Jiang Qin, Song Qian and others have no brains.
——
Everything turned out as Zhang Zhao expected. After Zhu Huan stepped up his care, Lu Xun and others began to look a little anxious.
Logically speaking, if Lu Xun and others were already confident of victory, they did not need to panic because of this - after all, it was obviously Zhang Zhao's side that suffered losses due to Zhu Huan's incident.
This confirmed Zhang Zhao's guess - Lu Xun's last resort must not have taken effect yet. At least so far, the changes Lu Xun had made for himself must be just his ordinary methods.
Regardless of the panic of Gu Yong and others, Zhang Zhao remained calm and composed, and even Lü Meng remained motionless in front.
The abnormality of these two people naturally attracted the attention of many people on Lu Xun's side.
"Bo Yan, look...why is Zhang Zhao so calm?"
"No...couldn't this be a scene where he and Zhu Huan colluded together? If that's the case, then we will be targeted!"
Quan Cong gritted his teeth on the side. The previous voting rules stated that before the results of the voting were announced, both parties were not allowed to send people to interfere with the order by force without authorization.
But the question now is whether Zhu Huan broke up with Zhang Zhao or not. If the previous dispute between the two was false, it means that Zhang Zhao took advantage of a loophole in the rules.
It seemed that Lu Xun's poor thinking caused everyone to fall into a deadlock.
Zhu Huan did not participate in this voting from beginning to end. This is known to everyone - many people even think that Zhu Huan has completely faded out of the stage of high-level political confrontation in Jiangdong.
But now Zhu Huan's counterattack, although he had heavy troops in hand, he did not really use force——
Such a behavior that wanders on the edge of the rules makes it difficult for people to doubt the relationship between him and Zhang Zhao.
to this end--
"I'll go..."
Lu Su stood up.
At some point, a hooded man in black walked out from behind Lu Xun and others.
He took off his hood, revealing a face that had been weathered in recent times, looking haggard but also resolute.
"Zijing! You're back!"
Sun Quan exclaimed.
His voice also attracted Zhang Zhao's attention.
However, Zhang Zhao smiled when he saw that the man in black was just Lu Su.
"It turned out that it was just Lu Su who was pretending to be a ghost and pretending that there was someone behind him. He was just trying to bluff. Sure enough, with Zhu Huan's interference, they had no backup plan."
Zhang Zhao said to Lu Meng beside him.
Lu Meng nodded silently.
At this time, another major worry for Zhang Zhao was finally solved - he originally thought that the group of men in black brought by Lu Xun were Cao Cao, or the back-up men left by the exhibition hall, but speaking of it, it turned out that they were the current ones.
The situation is more normal, right?
Less than half a month has passed since Cao Cao proclaimed himself the duke and founded the country. Zhang Zhao did not believe that Cao Cao, just after the founding of the country, could devote so much energy to paying attention to Jiangdong.
Even if he has this intention, the power he can use will definitely not surpass Liu Bei today.
Liu Bei, who was staying in Chaisang, was out in full force. Although Zhang Zhao was extremely disdainful of Liu Bei's behavior of taking advantage of the situation, he could no longer care so much.
Once Lu Xun is suppressed and Cao Cao's infiltration to the north is resisted, and their internal problems gather strength, there will always be a turn for the better.
——
Of course Sun Quan didn't know what Zhang Zhao was thinking, and the current situation was beyond his imagination.
Although Lu Xun had been telling him quietly that everything was still under control, he still didn't know where Lu Xun's control was.
Being able to see Lu Su's appearance now really made Sun Quan feel good.
Lu Su came to Sun Quan and said in a deep voice to Sun Quan:
"My lord, don't look at how calm Zhang Zhao is now. In fact, I have already found out clearly behind his back that Zhu Huan's break with Zhang Zhao is a fact - he is just holding on and waiting for us to fall into our trap.
——”
"We know his plan very well. He went to Wuchang a few days ago, and as expected, he went to establish relations with Liu Bei and others. If he is released now, he will definitely send someone to notify Liu Bei and others immediately."
"In his opinion, he must think that our back-up moves are not worth mentioning in the face of strong force, but... well, leave it to me next. Since he wants to wait for us to fall into the trap, then we will
If you want to take the wrong approach——"
Lu Su said, and Lu Xun behind him also nodded, but Sun Quan, who was confused, still didn't know what the people in front of him were thinking.