Chapter 836: There is no better way to have children than Sun Zhongmou
Then again, Sun Quan was deceived by Jiang Xia's loss.
But what he was confused about was not why Lu Meng was so vulnerable. What he didn't understand the most was why Cao Ren, who was in the Xiangfan area, was still standing still at this time.
Guan Yu was obviously jumping around like this, but you, Cao Ren, acted like a blind man and pretended not to see it. Sun Quan was almost furious.
Of course Sun Quan didn't know that Cao Ren did this because of Yi Xiaotian's suggestion:
"I will not move if the enemy does not move - the land of Xiangfan is easy to defend but difficult to attack. When the rear area has not been fully cultivated, as the defender of Xiangfan, the only thing you need to pay attention to is not to let the enemy find an opportunity to take advantage of -
On this basis, we built dams and embankments on the north and south banks of the Han River to control the flooding problem of the Han River at the turn of summer and autumn."
After hearing this, Cao Ren certainly didn't understand the deep meaning of Yi Xiaotian's words. Judging from his many years of experience in the army, if he had stayed put, he would definitely miss some good opportunities.
But the important thing is that this is Yi Xiaotian's suggestion.
As long as he knew this, Cao Ren had no reason not to obey.
So when Sun Quan was furious and yelled at Cao Ren for his inaction, Cao Ren was building dams and embankments on the upper reaches of the Han River.
Of course, Yi Xiaotian's move is difficult to explain from an ordinary perspective, but as long as you stand in the same perspective as Yi Xiaotian and know why Mr. Guan later shocked China in the first battle, this move can be easily explained.
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In another time and space, many years later, Cao Ren, who was guarding Xiangfan, underestimated the power of the Han River flood and the dikes were short and low, which ultimately led to the tragedy of "flooding seven armies".
Yi Xiaotian was helping Cao Ren out of the siege in disguise, and he was also helping Cao Ren find something to do. He had nothing to do when something went wrong when he sent troops to attack Guan Erye. At that time, trying to remedy the situation would not be worth the gain.
In the end, Jiang Xia was lost and the matter was a foregone conclusion.
It happened that Governor Zhou was riding back to Jianye humming a ditty, preparing to make a comeback and create greater glory - he heard the bad news as soon as he entered Danyang. This was like a thunderbolt from the blue, and almost made Zhou Yu go back to Jiaozhou in anger.
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In Jianye City, in the meeting hall, looking at the silent scene of everyone, Zhou Yu expressed his incomprehensible mood:
"Lord! What...why is this? Why are you attacking Liu Bei and the others at this time? Isn't this...isn't this a good game in vain?"
It was rare for Zhou Lang to be so excited in a year. His voice was full of confusion and confusion. When the words came into Sun Quan's ears, Sun Quan was a little unable to resist.
Ask Zhang Zhao internally and Zhou Yu externally. This is what his brother Sun Ce meant.
Now he attacked Liu Bei on his own without any hesitation, which indeed violated his original intention.
However, Sun Quan, who had been exposed, did not reflect on it but planned to make a quibble. He wanted to save face and spread his hands to Zhou Yu, showing an expression that he didn't care about his own business:
"Gong Jin, don't be so excited. I just followed your strategy. Now that you are defeated, how can you blame me?"
Now Sun Quan has become a marquis. Of course, after his defeat at Hefei last year, Sun Quan was worried about Cao Cao's revenge, so he wrote a letter to express his intention to surrender. This surrender was definitely not done willingly, but as a delaying strategy, Sun Quan could not afford to lose face.
At that time, Cao Cao also experienced a series of wars and did not want to compete with others for the sake of face anymore, so he agreed to Sun Quan's intention of reconciliation. He even went to the court to express his gratitude to Sun Quan. In the end, Sun Quan invited General Chariot and Cavalry and the Marquis of Nanchang to join him.
In addition, a series of titles also gave Sun Quan a little confidence in front of his ministers.
Cao Cao even promised that if Sun Quan and Liu Bei broke up, he would grant Sun Quan the title of shepherd of Jingzhou, and it would be no problem to hand over all the Jingzhong area to Sun Quan in the future.
Naturally, everyone in the court was opposed to breaking with Liu Bei at that time. After all, Cao Cao was the only one in the family at that time. As long as he recovered, he would soon be able to mobilize the offensive again and form a new round of suppression against Soochow.
Therefore, due to the situation, Sun Quan did not agree to the next conditions.
But this incident finally planted a seed in Sun Quan's heart.
How could he not want the Jingzhong area?
It is unclear whether the sneak attack finally launched some time ago was due to Cao Cao's rhetoric.
Zhou Yu was even more angry when he saw Sun Quan using his name to suppress him and even citing his remarks many years ago.
Now he is just a nominal general, so naturally he does not dare to disobey Sun Quan, but if he argues hard, Zhou Yu can still do it - if he can't do it, he will just watch Soochow suffer such a secret loss, and he still has to help
Sun Quan took the blame, but Zhou Yu was not that stupid.
therefore--
"Lord! If you don't remember the world strategy I mentioned to you back then, let me remind you again -"
Zhou Yu took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and continued:
"My lord, it is true that I divided the world with Cao Cao. I planned to conquer Jingzhou first, then divided Yizhou, and finally fought against Cao Cao along the Yangtze River to unify the Central Plains. But my lord, have you forgotten that the premise of all this is to wait and see, and wait for the world to change."
Change, wait for the time and move?"
"Is there even the slightest flaw in Jiangling years ago? It is true that Liu Bei was defeated before, but we are training, and the opponent is also recovering! Now they are preparing to attack Xichuan, and Guan Yu in Jiangling will never underestimate the enemy in the slightest
, no matter what you think at this time, you shouldn’t provoke them easily!!”
"What's more, we still have an alliance with Liu Bei in Soochow. Now we are not justified and our words are not justified. After being counterattacked, we have lost all our hearts. This decision that is harmful but useless is really not something that a cautious person like the Lord would make.
Did you do it?”
As a result, Sun Quan's intention to fight Haha was completely exposed by Zhou Yu's barrage.
Not only was Sun Quan lowered his head when he was told, but all the civil servants and generals who did not stop Sun Quan when he decided to send troops, and even expressed support, were also speechless.
After all...these people in Soochow are all convinced by Zhou Yu, and Zhou Yu, as one of the few discerning people in Soochow, has just returned from exile and has to clean up this mess - everyone really can't hold their heads up.
"Lord, where is Zijing?"
"Uh - Zijing is still in a stalemate with Guan Yu in Jiangxia..."
"Call Zijing to come back. Such a counterattack will have no impact on the overall situation. Zijing is not good at military affairs. When he comes back, the real business is to discuss how to reconcile with Liu Bei——"
"No...that's right...that's it...I...I will send someone to Jiangxia right now!"
I'm back, I'm really back.
Zhou Yu's ability to suppress the whole audience invisibly made Sun Quan a little timid.
Sun Quan, who had done something wrong, was just like the child who hid behind his father and brother when he was young and was at a loss.
The appearance of Zhou Yu was like another such person appearing in front of him. Of course he would rely on him without hesitation.
However, there is one sentence that seems to need to be reconsidered.
Sun Quan's short-sightedness on the Jingzhou matter reflects his future life to a certain extent——
Giving birth to a son should be like Sun Zhongmou? I’m afraid that’s not the case, right?
If Sun Jian knew that his youngest son was such a bastard who continued to stir up trouble in the factional struggles among his ministers even after becoming a monarch, would he probably jump out of his grave and scold him?