"Lü Bu wants to pay his respects to Xixiang! He also said that he has received the emperor's decree and is going to Geyang County to stay temporarily. He can't support Yuan here... Humph! The emperor's decree? What kind of thing is he, Lu Bu, who can get into the emperor's way?
?It must be the order that the Tao thief requested from His Majesty on his behalf!"
Yan Xiang did not refute this matter. He just sighed and said regretfully: "Beauty, official position... Tao Shang knew Lu Bu's character accurately, so he used this method, which is beyond our expectation."
If Yuan Shu and Yan Xiang knew that the woman given to Lu Bu by the pottery merchant earlier was his own daughter, they might have changed their plans for Lu Bu. However, the current situation is unclear and no one has figured it out. But the pottery merchant
The fact that Lu Bu was given a beautiful woman was right in front of him.
In their subconscious mind, Lu Bu accepted the beauty and bribe from the pottery merchant.
In addition, Lu Bu refused to marry his daughter to Yuan Shu's son Yuan Yao, which caused Yuan Shu to have a gap in his heart towards Lu Bu.
This bastard clearly looks down on Yuan!
It's not that Lu Bu wanted to shirk the marriage, but after some advice from Wei Xu and the strange dress the potter wore when he sent Miss Lu back, Lu Bu now didn't know what he was doing.
Is my daughter still innocent?
In this era of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was not a big deal for a woman to remarry and change her husband. Everyone was very accustomed to it... But after all, Yuan Shu was from a wealthy family and had great reputation. If he found out that Lu Bu's daughter had never left the court, she would not be innocent.
, although it won’t cause any big trouble, but after all, it doesn’t look good in terms of appearance.
Lu Bu was worried that there would be trouble between the two families in the future, but if he told Yuan Shu that his daughter had been harmed by the pottery merchant, it would be even more uncomfortable than killing Lu Bu.
It doesn't matter how proud you are of being a father.
Many chances, coincidences, or misunderstandings have brought things to this delicate situation.
"Lü Bu wants to go to Geyang County? It's just a dream! Why should he go to Geyang County? Can't he unite with the pottery merchants to attack Yuan from both sides? Yuan will never let him get what he wants."
Yan Xiang hesitated for a moment, but tried his best to persuade Yuan Shu: "Ming Gong, although Lu Bu has different intentions now, he has never broken up with Ming Gong after all. In the current matter, the priority should be to win over...
I think Duke Ming might as well send someone to send Lu Bu a large sum of money as a gift, which is more than the benefits the pottery merchant can give him, and report it to the court and the senior officials of Lu Bu County, and send more beautiful women. Lu Bu is forgetful of the benefits.
As a righteous person, it shouldn't be difficult to win him back."
Yuan Shu sneered, his laughter so harsh that it made Yan Xiang's body goosebumps.
"If Tao showed favor to Lü Bu, Yuan also had to show favor to Lü Bu? This is absolutely ridiculous! If Tao cedes a county to Lü Bu, would I have to give the entire Huainan to Lü Bu...
…I swear to destroy these three family slaves!”
Yan Xiang became anxious when he heard this: "Ming Ming must not act too hastily. If we act like this, if Lu Bu cannot defeat Lu Bu in a hurry and the two armies are in a stalemate, wouldn't it mean that Tao will reap the benefits of the fishermen?"
Yuan Shu smiled coldly and said: "Don't worry, Yuan is by no means a reckless person. This matter is easy. Yuan will not fall out with Lu Bu for now, but secretly contact Sun Ce and ask him to invite Lu Bu to the banquet as an ally.
As a farewell, let Sun Ce kill Lu Bu during the banquet and behead him, while Yuan will take advantage of the situation to gather the Bingzhou Army that surrendered to Lu Bu. Wouldn't that be nice?"
"This, this..." Yan Xiang thought about it carefully and said, "Isn't this method a bit too dangerous? Sun Ce is not that trustworthy."
Yuan Shu said confidently: "Although Sun Lang has a strong personality, he still needs to rely on me. Without my supply, his Sun family army will not even be able to eat! At least for a short period of time, Sun Lang cannot escape Yuan's control. Moreover,
Sun Langzhi is in the territory of Jiangdong. As long as the pottery business is not destroyed, his development in Jiangdong will be blocked. Yuan has understood this for a long time, so he can use him with confidence! You don't need to worry, he doesn't dare to play any tricks.
All kinds of tricks!”
…
Today, Zhou Yu feels very lucky, because he, who has always thought highly of himself, has met a peerless and elegant person who can be compared with himself.
This person is Zhuge Liang, the envoy sent by Tao Shang to the Sun family army.
The so-called serial alienation must be gradually linked to each other.
But if you want to move Sun Ce, you must give him enough benefits and benefits, because Sun Ce hates pottery merchants, so he must start with Zhou Yu.
In Tao Shang's opinion, the only person who could successfully persuade Zhou Yu was Zhuge Liang.
Zhuge Liang followed Tao Shang's instructions and did the opposite. He did not meet Sun Ce, the leader of the Sun family's army, but first met with Zhou Lang, who was like Sun Ce's brother.
Zhou Gongjin received the young Tao Jun envoy in his tent.
Seeing that Tao Shang sent such a young man as an envoy, Zhou Yu was a little confused at first. Did Tao Shang have no one under his command?
But the thought was fleeting.
Judging from Tao Shang's deeds in the past five years, he is by no means a simple figure.
Zhou Yu immediately stopped talking about business, and just tested Zhuge Liang's ability intentionally or unintentionally. He talked about the general trend of the world, talking about one thing in the east and another in the west. His words were mostly meant to test Zhuge Liang's abilities.
After a brief conversation, Zhuge Liang's performance surprised Zhou Yu.
Whether it is conversation, temperament, thoughts, knowledge or talent, the abilities displayed by this young boy are beyond Zhou Yu's imagination.
It can be said that this person's knowledge is not inferior to his own at all, and his understanding of government affairs and people's livelihood is even higher than Zhou Yu's.
This guy is definitely a talent!
But this is just a potter's apprentice.
Although Zhou Yu admired Zhuge Liang in his heart, he did not show any sign of weakness on his face.
He smiled lightly and said: "Taifu Tao and my General Sun are rivals. You and our armies have directly fought twice. Master Zhuge came here as an envoy today, but it is out of common sense. I don't know what he thinks."
Can you give me some advice to Yu?"
Zhuge Liang bowed slightly and said: "When eighteen princes attacked Dong Zhuo and fought in Bianshui, only the father of General Sun fought to the death with Master Taiping and vowed to support the Han Dynasty together. Now several years have passed.
Every time my teacher thinks of the late General Sun, he still admires and admires him deeply with emotion."
Zhou Yu laughed when he heard this: "Today is different from the past. Today's Sun and Tao families are enemies, and they will never regain the friendship they had back then."
Zhuge Liang said calmly: "The Master said: If your father is alive, watch your ambitions. If your father is gone, watch your actions. If you don't change your father's ways for three years, you can be called filial. In the past, General Sun's father and Tao Taifu joined forces to fight against the national traitors.
"Today, General Sun and Taifu Tao join forces to fight against rebellion. Isn't it just following the will of God? What's impossible?"
Zhou Yu looked at Zhuge Liang very calmly: "I wonder who the traitor Mr. Sir is talking about is?"
Zhuge Liang said calmly: "Shou Chun, Yuan Shu."
Zhou Yu burst out laughing when he heard this.
"Mr. Zhuge, are you right? Mr. Yuan is the emperor's personal empress general. In the past, he and Brother Bo Fu's father were close friends of life and death. Bo Fu and I both served under the empress general. How can there be such a thing in this world?
What’s the reason for one’s own family to attack one’s own family?”
Zhuge Liang smiled lightly.
I saw him gently shaking his white feather fan and asked Zhou Yu: "At the end of last year, my master and Yuan Gonglu jointly sent troops to Yuzhang County to hunt in Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province. Yuan Gong had 50,000 elite soldiers under his command, but he only sent General Sun to lead them.
The 20,000 troops of his headquarters occupied Nanchang to fight against the 60,000 troops of his family division, but his own main force has not arrived. I dare to ask brother Gong Jin, what is the deep meaning of Yuan Gong's move? What his own people did,
Is that what it means?"
Zhou Yu's eyes narrowed, and there was a hint of chill in his eyes.
Good boy! You really have some knowledge.
Zhou Yu said with a smile: "The dispatching of troops and horses, the movement of money and grain, are all irregularities. It is of no use that Duke Yuan's march is delayed for a while."
Zhuge Liang swung his feather fan and said with emotion: "Yuan Shao from Hebei and Yuan Shu from Huainan are currently hostile to each other, but they are from the same sect after all. They are hostile. One south and one north are enough to dominate the world. If one day the two armies unite, they will be defeated."
All the scholars in the world and the princes of the world, don’t they all look like trivial matters in his eyes?”
Zhou Yu still smiled and looked at Zhuge Liang quietly.
Zhuge Liang was not embarrassed at all and continued: "When my master was in Jinling City, he had many feelings for Liang Zeng. It was pitiful that the Sun family army was attached to Yuan Shu and relied on others. If Sun Wentai were alive, he would be able to make this great world without Sun's soldiers and horses.
The size of the land?"
"good!"
Zhou Yu stood up, applauded and looked at Zhuge Liang, saying: "What a young hero, the disciple of Prince Taiping, he is indeed remarkable! Then Yu might as well ask sir, where in the world today is the place where the Sun family's troops can stand?"
"
Zhuge Liang leaned slightly and said: "Liang came here with the sincerity of the Grand Tutor. He did not dare to deceive Brother Gong Jin in the slightest. Our master is attacking Yuan Shu this time with a total of 60,000 soldiers and horses. There are still 60,000 soldiers and horses guarding Jinling City."
Twenty thousand, in Pengcheng and Xiapi Kingdom of Xuzhou in the north, there are still 50,000 Xuzhou Central Army, a total of 130,000 horses, and each is well equipped, with sufficient ordnance, capable soldiers and generals, and abundant food and grass! In the land of Huainan, Yuan Shu has Liu Xun guarding the city
With an army of 50,000, and 50,000 of his own soldiers and horses, plus tens of thousands of troops from Sun and Lu Bu, although they can be evenly matched with the troops of Tao's eight counties, the people in Huainan are not rich, and they impose heavy taxes. Yuan Shu is greedy
There is not enough food and fodder, and there are no more than a hundred ships. Even if we can resist for a while, we can only take advantage of the favorable weather and location.
The whole army retreats and the fertile land of Yuzhang is given over to Yuan Shu. How can we hold on to Jiangdong for a long time under Yuan Shu's tyranny? Sooner or later, Yuzhang will also be in the pocket of my grand master."
Zhou Yu laughed and sighed: "What a sharp tongue...Brother Zhuge, if Yu remembers correctly, your uncle, elder brother, and younger brother are all in the hands of Mr. Yuan now, and you are still here to talk to me? Don't you?"
Are you not caring about the safety of your loved ones?"