Chapter 838: The snipe and the clam compete for the fisherman’s profit
The timeline is probably in the middle of the twelfth lunar month of the 15th year of Jian'an. Guan Yu captured Jiangxia with overwhelming force. A few days later, Lu Su led the defenders of Lujiang to confront Guan Yu near Xiakou.
Before the end of the year, Zhou Yu returned to Jianye and learned that Jiangxia had been lost, Guiyang had been recaptured by Liu Bei, Lü Meng was defeated on the river, and Soochow had completely broken off with Liu Bei.
Three days later, probably in the first few days of the 16th year of Jian'an, Liu Bei felt that the burden of food and grass on the army was getting heavier, and he hesitated whether to retreat, so he held the meeting that day and happened to get a letter from Zhao Yun, who had been missing for a long time.
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And Jiang Qin beheaded Zhao Fan, using his head and corresponding bargaining chips as compensation, and went as an envoy from Soochow to reunite with Liu Bei. Before this, it was naturally the result of a joint discussion between Sun Quan, Zhou Yu and Lu Su.
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Three days ago.
After Zhou Yu sternly asked Sun Quan to recall Lu Su, less than a day later, Lu Su retreated that night.
Lu Su didn't stop at all when he returned to Lujiang. He went down the river overnight to feel Jianye, just to explain the seriousness of the matter to Sun Quan.
But after seeing Zhou Yu again, Lu Su's anxiety eased a lot.
Early the next morning, in front of the General's Mansion, oh no, it should be called the Nanchang Marquis' Mansion now. In front of the Marquis' Mansion, there were only a few people, except for two carriages that came to the place at the same time.
The two people who dismounted one after another looked at each other and smiled, each seeing calmness and calmness in each other's eyes.
"Captain—please."
"Zijing, when did you become so outspoken? Now you are the governor of Soochow, and I, Zhou Yu, am just an idler."
"Idle people also have their praises. Everyone in the world knows that I, Lu Su, took the position of governor, just to give you Zhou Lang a temporary opening. Now Gong Jin, you are back - Soochow is called Soochow, and the army
Only then can there be a true governor."
"Hahaha - Zijing, you, you..."
The two of them chatted for a while, but they didn't know that Sun Quan in the palace was already waiting and scratching his head.
Sun Quansheng had a big beard, his upper body was long and his lower body was short, and he stood up quite strangely. Now he was scratching his ears and cheeks, looking like a mountain ape.
But this... is not enough to express Sun Quan's mood at the moment.
He was a little panicked... The order to attack Changsha and take Nanjun directly was done by him without telling Lu Su and Zhou Yu.
Afterwards, I didn't know how to reflect. When I was planning to quibble, my intention was revealed by Zhou Yu. To be honest, if Sun Quan hadn't been so thick-skinned, he would have died of embarrassment.
He didn't know how to face Zhou Yu and Lu Su, his two right-hand men who were dedicated to assisting him. However, when he was still anxious, Sun Quan raised his eyes and saw these two people coming side by side.
"Uh - Zijing, Gongjin... you are here..."
"Well, my lord is not as aggressive as yesterday, so that's good."
As soon as Sun Quan opened his mouth, Zhou Yu unexpectedly stabbed him.
"Gong Jin, yesterday...yesterday it was me..."
"If my lord has really gained such arbitrariness in this year, I think this is a blessing. However, it seems that my lord still lacks the ability to use troops."
Zhou Yu shrugged. The person who dared to talk to Sun Quan like this was the only one among the civil and military officials of Soochow. After all, Zhou Yu and Sun Quan were brothers. If Sun Quan admired Sun Ce, then Zhou Yu, who was of the same age,
He is Sun Quan's only friend.
But what did you do before?
His best friend and brother were exiled for a whole year before he returned. Not only did he hide his decision-making, but he also wanted to blame him immediately when something went wrong?
After reflecting like this, Sun Quan really started to feel ashamed.
Seeing Sun Quan lower his head, Lu Su sighed and raised his hand to stop Zhou Yu:
"Gong Jin, that's enough. If you keep pretending like this, my lord will really take it seriously."
Um?
When Sun Quan heard what Lu Su said, he suddenly couldn't understand it. He raised his head in confusion, only to see Lu Su next to him and Zhou Yu opposite him with helpless smiles on their faces.
"Gong Jin, Zijing, what are you..."
Sun Quan was a little confused and didn't understand what these two people meant for a while.
The result is Lu Su again. As the oldest and best-tempered person among the people, Lu Su often plays the role of mediating the atmosphere. Of course, this is also his specialty:
"Hasn't my lord noticed it yet? Gong Jin has stopped being angry with my lord a long time ago, let alone me - if we are still worried about your lord's unauthorized attack order, today we will be angry again
How would it appear here?"
Sun Quan suddenly realized what he was saying and didn't know what to say.
The way Zhou Yu looked at Zhou Yu with timidity before, when he looked at it again, it turned out to be true:
"My lord, you have been like this since you were a child. The role of a villain is not suitable for you. There are only three of us here. Aren't you going to be honest with us?"
"Zhong Mou, we are the only ones you can trust unconditionally."
Zhou Yu directly called Sun Quan by his name, which instantly brought Sun Quan back to his childhood. As a child, he looked at the backs of his father and brother, and chased their figures together with Zhou Yu.
It was also from that time that Sun Quan secretly determined in his heart that throughout his life, he would not have any change in his attitude towards this person because of changes in his identity and status.
After so many years... having stayed in the position of lord for so long, Sun Quan almost forgot this.
"Yes - yes, yes...it was me...it was me who forgot first. I forgot that you are the people I trust the most."
"I see... I was confused. Gong Jin, Zijing, forgive me. This kind of thing will never happen again -"
Sun Quan said this very frankly, but Zhou Yu shrugged his shoulders with a look of disgust on his face:
"Okay, okay, don't we know about you yet? Let's talk about it here...last night I actually thought about how to deal with the next thing."
The relationship between monarch and ministers is quite complicated. After Sun Quan really became the lord and the leader of Soochow, he was very familiar with such things, but this is not the case with friends... Friends are no matter what your status is, you
They can communicate and interact easily without any worries.
Sun Quan almost embarked on an extreme path, but fortunately he had people like Zhou Yu and Lu Su by his side. After all, he did not completely abandon the most emotional part of people's hearts.
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"So Zijing and I have basically the same idea - Jiangling must be taken, but not now... Now that Cao Cao continues to increase his strength, we must not break with Liu Bei so easily while he has no time to take care of us.
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Zhou Yu said this, pointing to the location of Jiangling on the map - here... This has always been a thorn in Sun Quan's side, but as Zhou Yu said, Sun Quan was too hasty before, and now is not the best chance to capture Jiangling.
If they and Liu Bei went to full-scale war, no matter who wins, Cao Cao will be the winner in the end.
