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Chapter 472 Mistakes
Sun Quan did not receive the news that Liu Jing had captured Jingzhou until the beginning of October, almost ten days later than Cao Cao.

The subtle thing is that this news was not sent to him by his "ally" Liu Jing, but his elder brother Sun Ben, the prefect of Yuzhang, heard it from the merchants who entered Changsha.

At that time, Sun Quan was entertaining himself by copying Liu Jing's calligraphy in his study. When he heard the news, he was so shocked that his pen dropped to the ground.

Then Sun Quan became jealous, Jingnan was far less developed than Jiangdong, and Jiaozhou was even more barren.However, between Jingbei, Jianghan and Han, there are thousands of miles of fertile fields, and the scholars and people are well-off.

Three generations of his Sun family, father and son, have coveted Jiang and Han, and now they are occupied by Liu Jing, how can Sun Quan not be jealous.

Besides jealousy, Sun Quan's heart was also full of fear. Now Liu Jing has conquered the crossing domain in the south, set Jianghan in the north, thousands of miles away, with more than [-] armored troops, and his strength is several times stronger than before.

Liu Jingsu has different ambitions and ambitions, and he will never be satisfied with the land of Jingzhou and Jiaozhou. Where will he direct his troops next?
Is it to command the Northern Expedition and compete with Cao Cao for hegemony in the Central Plains?Or go west to Bashu and establish the foundation of Gaozu?Or even go down the river to snatch Jiangdong?
To tell the truth, Liu Jingruo personally raised a crowd of [-] people to invade Jiangdong, but Sun Quan did not have the confidence to keep his foundation. This is the reason for his inner fear.

Sun Quan was fidgeting for a while, and urgently summoned Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, Xu Kun and others to discuss countermeasures.

Lu Su was an official in Sun Quan's mansion, he was the closest, so he was the first to arrive.

Looking at Lu Su who took off his shoes and entered the door, Sun Quan felt very uncomfortable, and secretly complained: "I really shouldn't have listened to Lu Zijing's suggestion and formed an alliance with Liu Jing to conspire with Liu Biao..."

Tens of thousands of soldiers of the Jiangdong Army died in Jiangxia. In the end, apart from fighting with Huang Zu, they lost both sides, but they didn't get any benefits. They made Liu Jing's wedding dress for nothing.

Forming an alliance with Liu Jing, harming oneself and benefiting others, now seems to be a foolish move, and Lu Su, who made this suggestion, naturally bears the first responsibility.

"Alas! I wish I hadn't listened to Mr. Zhang's advice..." At this time, Sun Quan remembered Zhang Zhao's kindness again.

At that time, Zhang Zhao strongly opposed Lu Su's plan to "unite with Liu Jing and jointly attack Liu Biao". He believed that Liu Biao's danger of occupying Jiang and Han mountains and rivers was not aggressive enough, but he was more than self-defense.Moreover, the situation in Jiangdong is far from being stable. Heroes, Shanyue, and Yellow Turbans are all over the prefectures and counties. The army is going west, and the interior is empty. Someone must take the opportunity to stir up trouble.

As Zhang Zhao said, the army attacked Liu Biao to the west, and it was defeated, with heavy casualties, and rebellions occurred in Yuzhang, Luling, Danyang, and Kuaiji counties one after another.If Zhang Zhao, Zhou Yu, Tai Shici, He Qi and others hadn't used their lives to quell the turmoil in time, whether Sun Quan could still hold his seat would be a question mark.

"General..." Lu Su bowed cautiously, although he didn't know what happened, but Sun Quan eagerly invited him to come, and he looked hesitant, thinking it must not be a good thing.

Sun Quan is a man with a deep family background, and he didn't show any dissatisfaction with Lu Su. He sighed and said, "Zijing, Gu just received a report from Yuzhang that Liu Jing has captured Xiangyang. It's no surprise that the land of Jingchu is his." Everything!"

"This...!" Lu Su turned pale with shock. Didn't Liu Jing conquer Jiangling not long ago, why did he go north and capture Xiangyang in the blink of an eye?This was Sun Quan. If it was someone else, Lu Su would definitely think that the other party was joking with him.

"Liu Jing's luck is so good, it's like God's help!" Sun Quan couldn't hide his envy and hatred. "When he went north to Xiangyang, Huang Zu lost all his troops and ships, and was unable to respond. It happened that Liu Biao died of illness. His son Liu Zong was young and lacked dignity, and he had neither the ability to appease the people nor the strategy to resist foreign aggression. .” After finishing speaking, both the monarch and his subjects fell silent for a while.

Lu Su's will was slightly depressed, and Liu Jing's seizure of Jingbei meant that his plan to carve up Jingbei with Liu Jing completely failed.

Although he made a wedding dress for Liu Jing, Lu Su insisted that it was right to form an alliance with Liu Jing. Why did Liu Jing easily capture Jiangling and Xiangyang, but they met in Jiangxia?
In the end, I can only blame myself. If the Jiangdong army is as good at fighting as Liu Jing's army, they can kill Huang Zu and occupy Jiangxia, and then sit back and watch Liu Jing and Liu Biao's snipe and clam fight to reap the benefits of the fisherman.Instead of watching Liu Jing monopolize Jingbei like now, lamenting to himself.

But thinking about it, Zhang Zhao will definitely not let go of this opportunity, and will definitely criticize him.

Fortunately, Lu Su is used to it. Since Jiangxia came back, almost every time Zhang Zhao ran into him, he would sneer at him. If Lu Su could avoid it, he would avoid it. Don't dare to touch him, at most scold him or something.

Lu Su didn't care much about personal honor or disgrace, what he really cared about was Jiangdong's future.

In the past, Jingzhou was split between the north and the south, and Jiangdong still had a chance to intervene. Now that Liu Jing is ruling Jingzhou, Jiangdong has no chance to take advantage of it. Instead, he has to beware of Liu Jing's coveting of Jiangdong, so now he must immediately adjust his strategy and switch from offense to defense. , to keep Jiangdong as the top priority.

Lu Su told Sun Quan his thoughts. As a prominent strategist and diplomat in the Three Kingdoms, he was quick-witted, eloquent, and extremely persuasive.

Soon, Zhou Yu, Zhang Zhao, Xu Kun and others arrived one after another.

Among them, Sun Quan paid special respect to Zhang Zhao alone, went out to greet him personally, talked about Liu Jing's capture of Jingbei, and sighed again and again: "I regret not listening to Zhang Gong's advice, I regret not listening to Zhang Gong's advice!"

Zhang Zhaowen was also shocked by the news. He followed Sun Quan into the room, glanced at Lu Su who was standing calmly, and said to Sun Quan: "It is said in "Han Fei": "A wise man must see far and see clearly. Private.' Although Lu Zijing is talented, he is careless and modest. This is a big taboo of wise men. If you want to use wisdom to dominate the princes, you will only harm the country and yourself in the end. This is what I often advise the general to say. The reason why the son is not very useful."

Lu Su couldn't help being angry at the side, but it was difficult to refute, and he was ashamed.

Although Sun Quan was dissatisfied with Lu Su, he still had great trust in his talent. He regarded him as his own Deng Yu, and persuaded Zhang Zhao: "Zi Jing is rough but not contemptible, arrogant but not arrogant, and thinks about the future. , have a superior understanding, and today there is something going on in the world, and it is the time to employ people, even if your temperament is flawed, you should tolerate it."

Seeing that Zhang Zhao was unmoved, he seemed to want to say more, so Zhou Yu hurriedly spoke out to relieve Lu Su, "We know very little about the affairs of Jingzhou now, in my opinion, we should send envoys to Xiangyang to find out the facts. If Jingzhou is already If it is settled, we will continue the covenant to prevent Liu Zhongda from going east. If Jingzhou is not settled, it will not be too late to plan Jiangxia."

Lu Su asked himself: "General, Su is willing to be an envoy and rush to Xiangyang to find out."

Sun Quan saw that Lu Su was willing to "take the crime and make meritorious service", nodded his head and said, "Okay. Zijing, you go to Xiangyang now, and don't care about the rest. The only thing is to continue the alliance with Liu Jinggu and lead him to use troops west and north." Sun Quan thought in his heart He extremely regretted forming an alliance with Liu Jing, but now he was afraid that Liu Jing would covet Jiangdong, so he tried every means to renew his alliance.

"No." Lu Su replied loudly, and he packed his bags that day and set off for the north.

(End of this chapter)