Zhang Zhao almost crushed the wine cup in his hand.
Is there a difference?
Eight hundred thousand and five hundred thousand.
Five hundred thousand is more appropriate, but what about them?
"Let me ask you, how many troops does Liu Bei have?"
"Twenty thousand."
Zhuge Liang said directly.
"If my estimate is correct, Liu Biao's son Liu Qi should still be near Jiangxia. If you are willing to accept him, then we will have 10,000 more people."
Zhuge Liang was so confident that Zhang Zhao and others seemed to think that Zhuge Liang was the one with an army of 500,000.
"Okay, at the end of the day, there are 30,000 of you. How will we fight this battle?"
"Fifty thousand against thirty thousand, even if we give you one hundred thousand troops, can you still fight the Battle of Guandu on this river?"
When it came to the Battle of Guandu, Lu Su and others were a little embarrassed.
They only knew that Cao Cao relied on a series of magical operations to knock Yuan Shao upside down.
If you want to defeat such a terrifying military strategist in the Battle of Guandu, it will probably be harder than climbing to the sky.
"So? So you are going to give away the entire six counties of Jiangdong to others for free?"
"I tell you the truth, you must fight this battle if you still want to keep the title of Marquis of Wu."
"Don't tell me that each of you is only thinking about protecting yourself and has never considered whether Wu Hou will stay or leave, right?"
"Hahaha... That's it, that's it, I understand..."
Zhuge Liang's barrage of taunts seemed to read the innermost thoughts of the officials of Soochow.
It's just that Sun Quan and even Lu Su and others have figured it out. People with a discerning eye can see through it without telling it. Sacrifice Sun Quan in exchange for peace in Soochow. This deal is certainly worth it.
"You, you...you spit on others!"
"Prime Minister Cao loves his people like his own son. As long as he chooses to give in, Prime Minister Cao will definitely give him peace!"
This rebuttal seems a bit weak.
In the end, Zhuge Liang's killer move caught everyone by surprise:
Zhuge Liang snorted coldly, as if he thought of the fact that the originator of his current tragic image was simply a fact that he said through gritted teeth.
"To tell you the truth, since you mentioned the Battle of Guandu, I might as well tell you why Cao Cao was able to win that seemingly impossible battle-"
At this time, Zhuge Liang's words captured everyone's hearts.
Soochow was relatively peaceful. When Cao Cao was fighting in the south and north, Soochow was often focused on itself, so few people have heard of Cao Cao's various deeds that turned danger into safety.
Zhuge Liang decided to sow this seed at this moment, planting a nightmare in the minds of these Soochow people, and the name of this nightmare was Yi Xiaotian.
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"Don't be so dumbfounded, come...drink..."
Sun Quan's voice echoed in the hall, but when he picked up the wine cup, the trembling of his hands and the sound of hitting the plate echoed in everyone's ears very clearly.
Sun Quan was trembling because he listened to Zhuge Liang describe word by word the story of a hermit who was like a god and helped Cao Cao avert danger in various crises.
If it weren't for Zhuge Liang's cold voice, he would really rather it was Zhuge Liang's fabrication.
"Lord..."
Bu Zhao swallowed his saliva and asked what everyone wanted to ask:
"Is this...is this true?"
"Are there really such strange people in the world?"
Sun Quan did not answer them, it was Lu Su who answered them.
"Yes... I have heard it for a long time, and Zhou Lang also told me that there seem to be several famous villas in the north, and the owner of that villa, Yi Xiaotian, is the founder of Cao Cao's hegemony..."
Zhuge Liang seemed to be quite satisfied with the reactions of these people, because when he first heard Yi Xiaotian's name, his reaction was much more exaggerated than this.
"Let me tell you one more thing - Yi Xiaotian's reputation with Cao Cao is even greater than that of the Emperor... When the Wuchao fire broke out, Xu You, the one who gave the advice, should have been Cao Cao's number one hero."
Zhuge Liang looked coldly at the stiff Soochow ministers and continued:
"But just because he provoked Yi Xiaotian, Xu You was killed."
"Yi Xiaotian's attitude towards the nobles is not very good..."
This sentence is a naked threat from Zhuge Liang.
"I heard that his villa business seems to be in conflict with the pillars of your family?"
Zhuge Liang is talking about everyone's lifeblood.
Salt and iron - Salt and iron have been the economic lifeline of various dynasties since ancient times.
The famous families in Jiangdong: Lu family, Wang family, etc., they made their fortune in salt and iron.
Now you tell him that someone is coming and wants to take away half of the foundation of their house. Now... the officials of Soochow finally couldn't sit still.
If you want to get along with Cao Cao, you can't avoid Yi Xiaotian, but you have to deal with Yi Xiaotian...
"hiss…"
When many people think about this consequence, they dare not speak.
"So...Wu Hou, what is your decision? Should you fight...or surrender?"
Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan. This debate lasted from morning to evening. The sun outside was almost setting. Finally...
Sun Quan escaped.
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In fact, Sun Quan did not escape, he went to find someone.
If Zhang Zhao is unreliable, then someone can be relied upon in the end.
"My lord! My lord! You...you go slowly..."
Lu Su was a little puffy, Sun Quan walked quickly, and Zhuge Liang followed him like a wild ghost in the distance.
Naturally, the officials in the hall didn't care, and everyone still managed to squeeze in one day.
It's just that the ghost story Zhuge Liang told them cost everyone their lives.
"Zijing, go and call Zhou Lang here..."
Ask Zhang Zhao for internal affairs and Zhou Lang for foreign affairs. If Zhuge Liang is Liu Bei's thigh and Yi Xiaotian is Cao Cao's thigh, then Zhou Yu is Sun Quan's thick leg that he is unwilling to let go from beginning to end.
"Hey, good...good!"
As soon as he heard Zhou Yu's name, Lu Su also understood that Sun Quan was completely shaken. As long as Zhou Yu came, whether it was war or surrender, there would be a conclusion.
Lu Su didn't even put on his shoes, so he ran out of the Hou Mansion, leaving Zhuge Liang beside Sun Quan, watching from a distance.
"Kong Ming... let me ask you, are you sure?"
Sun Quan, with his back turned, seemed to sense Zhuge Liang's approach, and asked without looking back.
"If we have that Zhou Lang to help us, we have at least a 30% chance of winning this battle."
"I'm not asking about this battle, I'm asking whether you are sure...that you can beat that Yi Xiaotian."
Speaking of Yi Xiaotian, Zhuge Liang's face froze.
He had never felt such great pressure from a person in his life, not even Cao Cao.
Zhuge Liang stopped talking, lying in front of the railing in the same posture as Sun Quan, looking into the distance sadly.
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At the same time, near Xiakou, on a ship sailing towards the other shore, there was a man with a rather handsome appearance. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he was charming and beautiful.