Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 289 Zhuge Liang's stomach full of bad water
At the beginning of March in the 14th year of Jian'an, Liu Bei and Sun Quan formed an alliance again and signed an alliance with each other.

The relationship between the two parties is harmonious on the surface, but in fact they are intrigues.

There are three main reasons why Liu Bei agreed to form an alliance. First, he was in a hurry to go to Bashu and had no time to work with Sun Quan, and he was afraid that he would continue to cause trouble, so he stabilized him first.

The second is that Jiaozhou was indeed promised to Sun Quan before. Liu Bei is famous for his credibility, so naturally he can't break his promise.

The third and most important point is that Liu Beizhi is in the north to restore the Han Dynasty.

The land of Jingnan in Jiaozhou is really too remote, it is a barren land, although it is also the territory of the Han Dynasty, if you cultivate these places, it will not only waste time, but also waste human resources.

After all, if you go to occupy Jingnan Jiaozhou, just to deal with miasma and ethnic minority issues, it won't last ten years. There is really no way.

So instead of arguing with Sun Quan, it is better to be generous and exchange for a strategically important place like Lujiang.

Therefore, for Liu Bei, this transaction is not a bad thing.

As for Zhuge Liang and Shen Chen's careful thinking, Liu Bei naturally didn't know that they were already planning to deal with Sun Quan, so he simply led him to Jiaozhou, and used a trick to close the door and beat the dog.

Zhuge Liang said: "Then who will handle this matter?"

So how can you pretend to be in the trap?
First of all, after the establishment of Lujiang County, Liu Bei took the strategic initiative.

The other is naturally to seize Jingnan and Jiaozhou.

After sitting down, Liu Bei asked, "Kong Ming, Gongyou, how was your trip to Jiangdong?"

"Why?"

But with Jingnan in hand, together with the Jiangdong navy that is heading upstream from the Yangtze River, it is still possible to attack Nanjun from the east and the south at the same time.

"Oh?"

"What's the benefit?"

However, Lu Su gritted his teeth and finally decided to exchange Lujiang County with Guiyang County.

"How confused?"

Shen Chen was at a loss. In history, Sun Quan married his younger sister because he wanted to maintain a long-term political alliance with Liu Bei.

Second, with Lujiang County included, Jiangdong's strategy will change from actively attacking Jiangxia to passive defense, greatly losing its initiative.

Due to several defeats, Jiangdong suffered heavy losses, and Sun Shiwan almost became Sun Wuwan.

But Sun Shangxiang was very domineering because she was Sun Quan's younger sister, and her relationship with Liu Bei and his wife was extremely bad, so that when she returned to Soochow, Liu Bei had no intention of keeping her at all, and wished she would leave.

Liu Bei nodded again and again, "It's better not to marry."

"Of course not."

"Ok?"

"Xiaoqing's words are justified."

"Exactly."

At that time, Liu Bei himself was rather embarrassed and urgently needed a strong foreign aid to help him fight against Cao Cao, so he agreed to this matter.

Shen Chen responded, and he also agreed with this point.

"To marry."

Zhuge Liangliang nodded and said, "The reason why he is willing to exchange Lujiang County with us is because he can send troops from Jingnanbei to attack Jingbei in the future."

Therefore, Lu Su felt that there was nothing wrong with developing first. In the future, they would find the right time to take Changsha first and then attack Nanjun, which would still be able to achieve their strategic goals.

Jingnan seems remote, but for Jingzhou, it is also of strategic significance.

Wang Can's "Heroes" records Liu Bei's begging for Dong Zhuo. Unfortunately, he was just a follower of Gongsun Zan at that time, and his status was very different from Sun Jian's. Moreover, Sun Jian's behavior of being loyal to the Han Dynasty and trying to attack Dong Zhuo also made Liu Bei very admired. , Marrying Sun Wentai's daughter was indeed a bit difficult for him to accept.

Zhuge Liang looked around the crowd and continued: "And he deliberately handed over the Lujiang area to our hands, in order to paralyze us and make us think that Lujiang County is in our hands, so he can't attack Jingzhou, so that we can relax our vigilance and give us some protection in the future." Fatal blow!"

Although it seems that one state and one county are exchanged for half of Lujiang County, Jiangdong is bloody.

The second is to make Liu Bei despise him, so as to neglect his defense.

However, the agreement to form an alliance this time is only a preliminary agreement.

Zhuge Liangliang nodded, then looked at Liu Bei with a smile and said, "Master, I also have a happy event."

"We can confuse Sun Quan through Sun's daughter."

The four people in Xiaozhu didn't have too many cumbersome etiquettes. Liu Bei invited them to sit on the porch, and the four sat cross-legged.

This exchange is really not cheap.

In history, Sun Quan held back for more than ten years. When he attacked Hefei, he brought 10 troops. The number of people staying at home was 20, and the total force was less than [-].

of course.

"Ah."

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "He even wants to marry his younger sister to the lord, just to make us feel that he is afraid of us. If we don't marry Sun's daughter, but deploy heavy troops in Jiangxia, what will Sun Quan think?"

It's just that the former one is okay, but if the latter one doesn't borrow from Jingnan, they don't even have a way to Jiaozhou.

After listening to Liu Bei, he smiled wryly and said, "It seems that I must marry."

Zhuge Liang rolled Shen Chen's eyes again, and said, "I thought Xiaoqing understood."

Liu Bei hurriedly beckoned the two to go in.

Therefore, this alliance, under the circumstances that both sides are barely suitable, finally formed a relationship of superficial allies.

"Xiaoqing!"

"Kongming, Gongyou, you have worked hard all the way, and the journey is exhausting. Come to the mansion to rest."

Because he believes that taking a strategically important location for a potential strategically important location in the future is to bet on tomorrow with today.

Shen Chen shrugged: "The emperor can marry if he wants, but I heard that Sun's daughter is quite capricious, and she is not a good woman. My suggestion is not to marry."

Shen Chen asked.

If there is no monster like Zhuge Liang analyzing his psychology.

"It should be."

So he repeatedly declined and said: "This matter must never be done. I also admire Sun Wentai, the fierce tiger in Jiangdong. Although I followed Gongsun Zan to discuss Dong, he is already a vanguard general. I am just an unknown person. How can I marry him?" daughter."

"and then?"

Zhuge Liang smiled and cupped his hands and said, "Fortunately, Guiyang County was exchanged for half of Lujiang County. With this half of Lujiang County, it will be much easier for us to send troops to Jiangdong or capture Huainan in the future."

Guan Yu and Pang Tong went to Wu County, Zhang Fei and Xu Shu were in Jiangling, and the rest were busy sending troops to Yizhou.

Even Sun Quan's own sister was willing to marry Liu Bei, an old man who was nearly fifty years old, so Liu Bei would naturally despise him even more.

"good."

Lu Su's trick is called exchanging space for time.

Zhuge Liang said: "There is another advantage in marrying her."

Then Jingzhou is occupied by Liu Bei, and the north is Cao Cao's territory. Where else can he develop?
One is to attack the Shanyue people in the south of Yangzhou and plunder their population and property to supplement the losses in Jiangdong.

So you still have to pay some sacrifices in exchange.

Liu Bei nodded and said: "Although there is only half of Lujiang County, it is like a sharp knife against the throat of Cao Cao and Sun Quan, and there is a happy event."

"Understand what?"

In order to make Jiang Dong think that he has been tricked, after having this strategic initiative, he no longer regards Jiang Dong as a threat, so he can stop deploying heavy troops in Jiangxia to confuse Sun Quan.

Zhuge Liang gave him another look.

Fortunately, now that the covenant has been signed, it is finally borrowed from Guiyang County.

Shen Chen said: "I plan to ask Gan Ning to do it. It is said that there are more than [-] people in their Dingkou. Now Jiangxia has a large land and few people, and they need to promote double-cropping rice. It can be settled and planted by Yunmengze Lake. The rice seedlings will be used to supply food and grass for the attack on Jiangdong in the future, and their soldiers and horses can also be reorganized to train a strong army."

They lost Lujiang County, but they lost the strategic initiative to attack Jingzhou from land.

"At that time, the fake news passed to him by Sun's daughter will become a reminder."

But now Liu Bei is not as embarrassed as he was in history. He intends to attack Jiangdong and dominate the south.

It's just that Sun Quan and Lu Su are uncomfortable.

At that time, Liu Bei will definitely be more contemptuous, and at the same time, or in other words, he will probably have more trust in Sun Quan's sincerity.

really.

So when Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang, and Shen Chen had similar goals and ideas, they completed this alliance.

Shen Chen thought for a while and said, "Sun Quanhui thought we were always guarding against him, so he didn't dare to act rashly."

Although such things as old couples and young wives are not uncommon.

Liu Bei was stupid at the time.

Pretend to be tricked.

Shen Chen smirked.

When Liu Bei learned that the two had returned, he greeted them at the Chu Palace.

At this time, only Liu Bei and Shen Chen were in Xiangyang.

Zhuge Liang and Sun Qian looked at each other, and Sun Qian said with a smile: "My lord, Sun Quan intends to marry us and marry his younger sister to the lord."

Why bother?
However, Zhuge Liang said with a face full of hatred: "Xiaoqing, let me ask you, does Sun Quan's appeal for peace really mean that he plans to live in Jiangdong and stop spying on Jingzhou?"

Not only thinking of using Sun Quan and Lu Su's psychology to confuse them, but also thinking of using Sun Shangxiang to give false information.

Firstly, Jiaozhou is too remote, and birds don’t shit. In history, neither Liu Biao nor Sun Quan had any interest in conquering Jiaozhou. They just sent people to be prefects and county governors in name, and they didn’t actually rule.

But Zhuge Liang said: "My lord, you should marry me."

Zhuge Liang looked at Shen Chen and said, "Xiaoqing, what do you think?"

But why did Liu Bei not want to kill him?
So Zhuge Liang's suggestion is to use one trick and one trick.

Shen Chen suddenly realized, then looked Zhuge Liang up and down, and said, "Brother."

Therefore, Lu Su believes that it is unrealistic to want to do anything big in the current state of Jiangdong, and the only way to do it is to seek development.

Liu Bei asked in surprise, "Is there any happy event?"

But Liu Bei has a great cause in his heart, and he doesn't have Cao Cao's lustful personality, so he feels very uncomfortable.

Sun Quan wants to marry his sister to me?

Zhuge Liang was full of bad water.

"Oh!"

Zhuge Liang and Sun Qian got down from the carriage and saw that Liu Bei and Shen Chen were already waiting at the gate of the palace, they hurriedly cupped their hands to Liu Bei and said, "My lord."

"Well, just right."

And now there are only 5 people in the entire Jiangdong bankrupt. If he still wants to stay in the place, then he may use only 2 or [-] troops. Who can he fight with this force?

Zhuge Liang asked in surprise, "Where does the joy come from?"

Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "When Sun's daughter is married, Sun Quan will definitely ask her to collect information about us as an internal response. We can pass some fake news to Sun Quan to think that we believe that he is sincerely forming an alliance with us, and at the same time, we will not continue Treat him as a threat, so that if Cao Cao attacks one day, Sun Quan will definitely abandon the covenant and attack our rear."

So after Zhuge Liang and Sun Qian completed their missions, they immediately returned to Jingzhou and returned to Liu Bei.

The remoteness of the two places is remote, no matter how thin the legs of mosquitoes are, they are still meat, and they can always plunder some wealth.

Shen Chen smiled and said: "There are Meigan, Leixu, Chen Lan and other places in Lujiang and other places who are tyrannical across the Yangtze River and Huaihe River. When General Huang attacked Jiangdong, these tyrants came to join him. After the battle of Zheqi City, they were scattered, and they were scattered. They ran to the border between Lujiang and Jiujiang, and were jealous of Wen Hui, the governor of Yangzhou sent by Cao Cao. The two sides fought. Knowing that we couldn't resist, we retreated to Shu County and wrote a letter to General Zuo to tell him that we are willing to come and join us. Now that the south of Lujiang River has been captured by us, we should send troops to meet it."

"Then marrying my younger sister, isn't that showing us our weakness?"

Therefore, this daughter of the Sun family really wants to marry.

But in fact, it was Rui who ate peppercorns and lost his mind.

Shen Chen said, "A counter-measure?"

At this time, Shen Chen was in a daze, he was still thinking that Sun Quan was going to marry his sister again?
Could it be Sun Shangxiang again?
Does Sun Quan have a serious illness and must marry his sister to Liu Bei?
Just as he was thinking wildly, he suddenly heard Zhuge Liang calling him, he came back to his senses and asked, "What's wrong?"

As long as the time comes, they can still attack Nanjun with Cao Cao again and carve up Jingzhou.

Shen Chen shook his head and said: "Sun Quan's ambition is to use Guiyang now, nominally as an excuse, but in fact he wants to move the population and food of Jiaozhou, and at the same time invade Jingnan to prepare for the future joint attack on Jingzhou with Cao Cao."

Liu Bei was very puzzled: "Since we plan to attack Jiangdong immediately after taking Yizhou, why do we want to marry Sun's daughter?"

A group of people entered the mansion.

Zhuge Liang rolled his eyes at him and said, "Should my lord marry Sun's daughter?"

March [-]th, Xiangyang Chu Palace.

So as long as he marries Sun's daughter, Sun Quan is basically a taste of self-inflicted humiliation.

Zhuge Liang said: "If he doesn't dare to act rashly, we can't find an excuse to do it to him. So we have to pretend to be fooled by him, just as Fucha, the king of Wu, despised Goujian, the king of Yue. He felt that we didn't take him seriously at all, so he would be like Goujian, violently hurting people, and this is a good opportunity for us to close the door and beat dogs."

What does Sun Quan want to do with this alliance?
One is to seek development and profit from Jingnan, Jiaozhou.

After all, he and Sun Jian belonged to the same generation, and he was six years younger than Sun Jian. To marry Sun Jian's daughter was indeed somewhat immoral.

After that, it was the handover of Guiyang County and Lujiang County, and Sun Quan married his younger sister to Liu Bei, so he had to go back and ask Liu Bei for his opinion.

"That's good."

Liu Bei was puzzled.

Liu Bei was dragged to Xiangyang by Liu Qi. Huang Zu died of illness last month. Liu Qi was hit hard and vomited blood because of this, so Liu Bei is still unable to move forward.

But Liu Bei was still a little reluctant and said: "Do you really want to marry?"

"You are usually well-dressed, but I didn't expect to have a bad stomach."

And Jiangdong also has ideas.

Shen Chen took over the words and said: "Once he dispatches troops, he will find that Jiangxia and Nanjun, which were originally empty in the news, will have a long-awaited army waiting for him. When the time comes to destroy Jiangdong, it will be easy!"

"Exactly."

In fact, I invite you into the urn.

When everyone entered the hall, Liu Bei did not call the officials of the state government and the children of the major families to discuss the matter, but talked with them in a small inner courtyard building on the side of the atrium.

Sun Shangxiang is well-known in later generations, and it is said that she is also very beautiful.But beauty is beauty, there is no need to marry a scourge just because of beauty, but there is a lot of trouble, maybe Liu Bei will be tossed again.

The second is to marry Sun's daughter.

Zhuge Liang said with a smile.

At this moment, a servant came in hurriedly outside the door and shouted: "General Zuo, the eldest son is ill again."

Liu Bei was shocked and said, "Follow me to have a look."

After that, he hurried to the backyard.

(End of this chapter)