Mi Han

Chapter 168 Ceding the land and offering protons as gifts (5000 words)
Liu Bei looked at Zhuge Jin with some scrutiny, and the softness in his eyes had disappeared.

Liu Bei asked Zhuge Jin, "Could it be that what Ziyu means is that that little thief, Sun Quan, intends to ask Gu for peace?"

Liu Bei's questioning sound reached Zhuge Jin's ears, and there was no doubt that there was a hint of ridicule in Liu Bei's words.

Perhaps it was Zhuge Jin who was Sun Quan's emissary, but when he caught the sneer in Liu Bei's words, a look of shame appeared on Zhuge Jin's face.

It's just that as a subject of Sun Quan, since Zhuge Jin took over the burden of being an envoy, he naturally couldn't shrink back.

Zhuge Jin bowed to Liu Bei and said, "My Patriarch has exactly this intention."

"Your Majesty's personal visit to Xiangyang is probably because General Hussars intends to seize Jingzhou and murder General Guan, and he has a deep resentment, so he feels that he must seek revenge from Generals Hussars.

However, the king's intentions here are too small, and he didn't pay attention to the big one.

Jin tried to discuss its importance and size for the king.

If the king suppresses his prestige and hurts his anger, and carefully consider what Jin said today, the matter can be decided immediately, and the matter will also get a turn for the better.

Today, Cao Cao, the traitor of the Han Dynasty, ascended to dominate the emperor and abused the people below. The Kyushu accounted for six of them, and his troops were powerful all over the world.

Since Chibi, the Liu and Sun families have been united for more than ten years. Although there were frictions in the middle, they finally reconciled as before.

Because of the union of the two families, Cao Cao was defeated by Chibi in the past, but now he is humiliated by Hanzhong.

It can be seen from this that the two families of Liu and Sun will benefit from cooperation, and lose from competition.

Your Majesty thinks that personal grievances are as serious as national vendettas?What is the size of Jingzhou and overseas?

Everyone responds to the enemy's disease, who should be the first?If you review this number, it is easy to turn your back. "

When Zhuge Jin finished speaking, the tent fell into a moment of silence.

Does what Zhuge Jin said make sense? Of course it makes sense. Before, this was the consensus of the Liu and Sun families, and it was also the situation that Zhuge Jin's younger brother Zhuge Liang wanted to create.

But Zhuge Jin said the above words at this point in time, but made the faces of the officials in the tent even more contemptuous.

Fortunately, Zhang Fei was not there, otherwise he would have opened his mouth and cursed directly.

After listening to Zhuge Jin's words, Liu Bei couldn't help sneering a few times.

He bent his body slightly and looked at Zhuge Jin with dangerous eyes, and said with a cold heart in his mouth:

"Ziyu is really knowledgeable, but I just want to ask, since Ziyu has this insight, why didn't Ziyu advise your lord like this when Sun Quan launched an army to attack me in Jingzhou?"

"If Ziyu didn't use this reason to persuade your lord back then, then what face do you use to persuade Gu today?"

"If Ziyu couldn't use this principle to dissuade the Lord from raising unrighteous soldiers and doing villainous things.

So how confident is Ziyu today that he can use this principle to persuade the lonely teacher of the king to hang people and punish crimes? "

"Can Tzuyu answer Gu's doubts?"

Liu Bei's face is now full of fear.

Under Liu Bei's repeated rhetorical questions, Zhuge Jin's face had already started to show cold sweat.

Liu Bei fought for decades, but step by step from the bottom to the throne of the King of Hanzhong relying on his own hard work.

When he questioned Zhuge Jin with coldness in his mouth, the king's aura in him was undoubtedly revealed to Zhuge Jin.

Zhuge Jin had never felt this kind of aura from Sun Quan, so facing Liu Bei's strong coercion, Zhuge Jin felt fear instantly.

Coupled with Liu Bei's rhetorical question, Zhuge Jin couldn't answer at all.

Because Liu Bei's rhetorical question is based on facts, human feelings, and morality, how does Zhuge Jin refute it?

Zhuge Jin keeps saying that one is the overall situation and the other is the national hatred, but it is Sun Quan who destroys the overall situation first and forgets the national hatred first.

It was Sun Quan who betrayed his faith and attacked his allies first. Liu Bei, facing the allies' sneak attack and betrayal, wanted to send troops to avenge his hatred and demonstrate justice in the world. What could be wrong?

Seeing that Zhuge Jin was speechless and sweating coldly under his own rhetorical question, Liu Bei's disdain grew stronger.

Compatriots of the same mother, but they are as different as heaven and earth.

It's better than Kong Ming.

When Zhuge Jin was at a loss, Liu Bei stood up directly and walked towards Zhuge Jin.

This scene made Zhuge Jin unconsciously take a few steps back.

Liu Bei put his hand on the king's sword and got up. He looked at Zhuge Jin with cold eyes, and said in his mouth: "In the 20th year of Jian'an, although Sun Quan had the heart to seize, at least he dared to attack Jingzhou blatantly at that time."

"But last year, after Gu and he had demarcated the Xiangshui River, he dared to disregard the covenant and use this despicable method of sneak attack."

"The vicious methods are rare in the world. Now that his army has been defeated by Zicheng and suffered heavy losses, but now he thinks of asking Gu for peace again?"

"Just ask, which prince in the world can endure such a despicable cunning captive to exist in the world."

"Gu believes in Sun Quan, but Sun Quan betrays Gu, which is enmity and humiliation to Gu.

Did Ziyu think that just relying on the king's upside-down words, he could make Gu forget this great humiliation? "

Liu Bei's words were sharp and well-founded. Every time he said a word, he pressed his hand on Wang Jian and took a step closer. Under the force of Liu Bei's words and the coercion on his body, Zhuge Jin kept retreating, and he was almost out of command.

When Liu Bei was young, he was seldom talkative. Later, he set up troops to travel around. Because his early career was not going well, he often stayed under other forces.

During that time, he honed his eloquence in order to protect himself.

In terms of eloquence alone, he is not inferior to any of his courtiers.

But Guan Yu and the Jingzhou officials in the tent, seeing Liu Bei's sharp words and the way he spoke every step of the way, recalled the figure of a young man in their minds.

In the military tent outside Fancheng, Mi Yang refuted Pan Jun step by step in the same way.

It turns out that Mi Yang learned this from the king.

When Zhuge Jin was about to withdraw from the king's tent, he finally resisted his confusion and stopped his figure.

He knows that Liu Bei is the wise master after all, and he can't just be moved by words.

Since words can't be used, it can only release strength.

After Zhuge Jin stabilized her figure, she suppressed the fear of Liu Bei in her heart, and bowed to Liu Bei: "What your king said is reasonable."

"At the beginning, Jin tried to persuade my lord, but my lord didn't listen. Jin is a minister and cannot disobey the order of the lord."

"Today's mission, Jin also knows that the king must be very angry with our lord, and it is not easy to seek peace, but the lord let the minister go, and the minister has to go."

"When Jin left Yong'an, my lord made it clear to Jin that as long as the king promises my lord's request for peace and the two families form an alliance, my lord is willing to return Changsha and Guiyang counties as a token of sincerity."

After hearing what Zhuge Jin said, the coldness on Liu Bei's face became slightly lowered.

But he felt that simply returning the two counties was not enough.

Liu Bei said to Zhuge Jin: "Back then when the Xiang River was demarcated, Sun Quan separated Jiangxia, Changsha, and Guiyang from Gu."

"Since he violated the Xiangshui agreement signed back then, then return all the three counties."

When Liu Bei said this, Zhuge Jin's expression changed drastically.

When he left Yong'an, Sun Quan held his hand and said "keep Jiangxia" to him.

This shows that these four words are the bottom line in Sun Quan's heart.

Because Jiangxia County is really important to Jiangdong.

Jiangxia borders Jiangdong on the east, Jingzhou on the west, and Yuzhou on the north.

In addition, Jiangxia has another very important role for Jiangdong.

The waters in Jiangxia are vertical and horizontal, and water transport is well developed. The Yangtze River, the largest river in the south, flows through the whole territory of Jiangxia, dividing Jiangxia into two.

After the Yangtze River entered the territory of Jiangxia, there was a corner near Xiakou. After passing through that corner, the Yangtze River headed towards the east of the river mightily.

If Jiangxia County is acquired by Liu Bei, then if Liu Bei builds a boat in Xiakou and invades Jiangdong in a large scale in the future, the Jiangdong navy that is completely downstream will fall into a disadvantage, which will be extremely unfavorable to Jiangdong.

Losing Jiangxia Commandery is tantamount to exposing the hinterland of Jiangdong to Liu Bei's soldiers. Such a result is absolutely unacceptable to Sun Quan.

Zhuge Jin immediately bowed to Liu Bei and said: "Back then, most of Jiangxia was in the hands of my lord. When the Xiangshui River was demarcated, although the two families stipulated that each of them should be divided into three counties in Jingzhou, in fact, what my lord got at that time was only Changsha and Guiyang counties."

"If Your Majesty wants to ask for Jiangxia's county today, it would be a bit unreasonable."

What Zhuge Jin said was correct. Before the demarcation of the Xiangshui River, the area Liu Bei actually controlled was Nanjun and the four counties of Jingnan.

In the 13th year of Jian'an, on the eve of the Battle of Chibi, Sun Quan finally attacked and killed Huang Zu with the assistance of Zhou Yu, and captured most of Jiangxia County, but some counties were not captured.

But in the same year, Liu Qi took refuge. After learning the news of Huang Zu's death, he asked Liu Biao to be the prefect of Jiangxia, and went out to town those counties that Sun Quan had not yet captured.

And these counties later became Liu Bei's initial stronghold after arriving in Jiangxia.

After the victory in the Chibi War, Liu Bei felt that living in several counties in Jiangxia could not realize his ideal, so he proposed to Sun Quan to exchange several counties in Jiangxia for a part of Nanjun as a place to live.

At Liu Bei's suggestion, and Zhou Yu's attack on Jiangling needed Liu Bei's assistance at that time, Sun Quan agreed to the request.

Since then, Liu Bei has gradually captured the four counties of Jingnan based on some of the southern counties.

Later, after Zhou Yu's death, at Lu Su's suggestion, Sun Quan agreed to lend Liu Bei the counties of Jiangling in Nanjun, and Liu Bei completely occupied Nanjun.

That is to say, when the Xiangshui River demarcated, Jiangxia County was already in the hands of Sun Quan.

Liu Bei's demarcation of the Xiangshui River actually gave up the two counties of Changsha and Guiyang, and formally handed over the ownership of Jiangxia to Sun Quan in name.

Although what Zhuge Jin said was correct, Liu Bei said to Zhuge Jin after listening to Zhuge Jin's words: "When the Xiangshui River was demarcated, I made an agreement with your lord to divide Jingzhou equally and no disputes will arise over this." .”

"The love between Gongjin and Zijing back then has been repaid by giving up the two counties of Changsha and Guiyang."

"Half of Nanjun, I will repay it with two counties. I have done my best to Sun Quan, and I have no debts."

"But last year, Sun Quan turned up his evil intentions again and attacked Jingzhou. Such an outrageous thing, if this time he only paid back the two counties of Changsha and Guiyang, wouldn't it be too cheap for Sun Quan?"

"When people do something wrong, they should pay the price."

"Ziyu doesn't need to say any more. If Sun Quan really wants to seek peace, he will hand over the three counties of Jiangxia, Changsha, and Guiyang to Gu."

"Otherwise, once the war starts, Jiangdong's life will be ruined, and Sun Quan will regret it later!"

Faced with Liu Bei's tough attitude, Zhuge Jin was very anxious. He was about to bow down and fight again, but Liu Bei turned his sleeves and said angrily:

"Ziyu, do you think today is the same as back then?"

"Back then, I was worried that Cao Cao would annex Hanzhong, and he would return to the army in time, so I drew the boundary with your Lord Xiangshui."

"But now that we are retreating from Cao Cao in the lonely north, we will defeat your [-] Jiangdong army in the east, and your troops are in full swing, while your Jiangdong's vitality has been severely injured, and all of your troops have been defeated."

"It's a blessing for you, Jiangdong, to be willing to accept your Lord's proposal for peace."

"Don't go into too much detail. Gu respects you because you are Kong Ming's brother, so I share this with you. Don't treat Gu with courtesy, because he won't send troops to attack you in Jiangdong."

"Remember the four words that the present is not what it used to be!"

"Quickly go back to Jiangxia and tell Sun Quan that if you don't get an answer from him within ten days, then the two armies will fight after the autumn harvest."

After finishing speaking, Liu Bei turned his back to Zhuge Jin, and said to the armored soldiers in the tent, "Send it to the camp."

As soon as Liu Bei's order came out, the soldiers in the tent immediately stepped forward and came behind Zhuge Jin.

Feeling the staring gaze of the armored soldier behind him, Zhuge Jin could only sigh inwardly, he had tried his best.

Zhuge Jin bowed to Liu Bei's back, and slowly left Liu Bei's handsome tent in a lonely figure.

After Zhugejin left Xiangyang, because of the ten-day deadline given by Liu Bei, he quickly returned to Yong'an City by water.

Sun Quan in Yong'an City immediately summoned Zhuge Jin in the conference hall as soon as he heard the news of Zhuge Jin's return.

During Zhugejin's absence, Sun Quan has been anxiously waiting for Zhugejin's return.

At the moment when he saw Zhuge Jin, Sun Quan showed a look of joy on his face.

After Sun Quan ordered Zhuge Jin to sit down in the hall, he immediately asked Zhuge Jin, "Did Liu Bei agree to Ziyu's request for peace on behalf of Gu when he went to Jingzhou this time?"

At this time, Sun Quan still had confidence in whether Zhuge Jin could successfully seek peace.

Because when Zhuge Jin left, Sun Quan had revealed his intention that as long as Jiangxia could be kept, then Changsha and Guiyang counties could be parted.

In Sun Quan's view, this kind of condition is already very generous.

But in the face of Sun Quan's inquiry, Zhuge Jin's face showed bitterness, and he said to Sun Quan: "The king of Hanzhong has the intention of agreeing to seek peace, but the premise is that the Supreme needs to cede Jiang Xia."

After Zhugejin said this sentence, he also roughly told Sun Quan what Liu Bei said.

Of course, those words that Liu Bei scolded Sun Quan were deliberately omitted by Zhuge Jin.

After hearing what Zhuge Jin said, Sun Quan's face first showed shock, and finally showed anger.

He raised the case and said indignantly: "Liu Bei is a hateful old thief, Gu has already made such a concession, and he is still not satisfied."

"Jiang Xia must not be lost, otherwise he will be the fish and meat on Liu Bei's case alone in the future."

"Since the old thief doesn't allow Gu's request for peace, then Gu is at odds!"

The table table set off by Sun Quan rose from mid-air and landed on the floor in the hall with a loud noise.

Seeing Sun Quan's uncontrollable anger, the other Jiangdong courtiers in the hall were all silent.

At this time, only one minister, Lu Xun, dared to remonstrate with Sun Quan in the face of Sun Quan's anger, "Supreme, calm down for now."

Seeing that Lu Xun was from Sun Quan's background, the anger on his face subsided for the time being.

But his mouth was still full of anger: "Bo Yan, you heard it too."

"Liu Bei deceived people too much. He was not satisfied with the two counties, but he still wanted Jiang Xia."

"How can Jiangxia County be ceded?"

As the lord of Jiangdong, Sun Quan knew the importance of Jiangxia to Jiangdong, and Lu Xun, as a great talent in the world, how could he not know this?

It's just that Lu Xun has his own views.

Lu Xun said to Sun Quan: "The spring plowing is coming soon, Liu Bei will not send troops to attack our army immediately."

"However, once this year's autumn harvest is over, according to Liu Bei's temperament, if he does what he says, he will definitely send troops to Jiangxia."

"Our army's public security has been severely damaged in the first battle, but now Liu Bei dominates Jingyi and Yizhou, and his strength is tyrannical."

"If his army comes at that time and the two armies are at war, the enemy is strong and we are weak, and the situation is not good for our army."

"The most important thing is that if Cao Cao takes advantage of the battle between our armies and sends troops to attack Lujiang County, then our army will be attacked by the enemy, and our army will be in danger!"

"So at this time it is the best policy to make friends with Liu Bei."

After listening to Lu Xun's suggestion, although he also knew that what Lu Xun said was reasonable, he had another glimmer of hope.

Sun Quan asked Lu Xun, "Now that Liu Bei is making progress and deceiving others too much, he can strengthen his alliance with the King of Wei."

"At that time, with the help of the King of Wei, Gu Ye may not be afraid of Liu Bei!"

When Lu Xun heard Sun Quan's words, worry appeared on his face.

Lu Xun bowed solemnly to Sun Quan and said, "My lord! Cao Cao's wolf ambition has never been trusted."

"Earlier, Supreme and Cao Cao made good friends many times. In the end, didn't Cao Cao send troops to attack Jiangdong many times?"

"After the First World War for Public Security, it will take at least five years for our army to recover."

"Today, Cao Cao is the strongest among the three forces. Although Cao Cao and Liu Bei are mortal enemies, Liu Bei has now occupied Xiangyang, with the Han River as the defense line. It is not easy for Cao Cao to defeat Liu Bei."

"If Cao Cao can't attack Liu Bei for a long time, he will definitely turn his guns and attack me Jiangdong. At that time, how can I rely on Jiangdong?"

"And if you have a good alliance with Liu Bei, with Liu Bei's reputation, he will not tear up the alliance at will like Cao Cao."

"At that time, if Cao Cao attacks our Jiangdong, our army can also rely on Liu Bei's troops to protect ourselves."

"Furthermore, after Liu Bei makes an alliance with our army, he will definitely focus on the Northern Expedition at all times. Only when Cao Cao and Liu Bei fight against each other will our army have a chance to breathe."

After listening to Lu Xun's words, the anger on Sun Quan's face gradually dissipated.

But he was still unwilling, and asked Lu Xun, "Could it be that I can only hand over Jiangxia County if I'm an orphan?"

Faced with Sun Quan's concerns, Lu Xun had a compromise in mind.

Lu Xun said to Sun Quan: "Liu Bei wants Jiangxia because he is worried that our army will attack Jingzhou again."

"I guess it has no intention of annexing Jiangdong for the time being, otherwise it will not agree to the peace negotiation request."

"Since that's the case, I suggest that the Supreme Lord send the eldest son to Jingzhou."

"With the eldest son in Jingzhou, Liu Bei can feel at ease when he wants to come."

After Sun Quan heard Lu Xun's offer to send Sun Deng away, a look of shock and anger appeared on his face, and he shouted at Lu Xun: "You are bold!"

Sun Deng is his most beloved eldest son.

Faced with Sun Quan's angry shout, Lu Xun fell to his knees, but there was no expression of regret on his face for making this suggestion.

Lu Xun knelt down and replied: "Liu Bei has always been known for benevolence and righteousness, the eldest son will not be in danger of life if he enters Jingzhou."

"And only in this way will Liu Bei feel at ease with our army. Only in this way can Jiangxia be preserved."

"The minister's suggestion is entirely out of a public mind, and I hope the Supreme will clearly observe it."

"I hope that the Supreme will not abandon the foundation of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains because of little love!"

After speaking, Lu Xun bowed his head to Sun Quan.

Lu Xun's words fell into Sun Quan's ears. Sun Quan listened to Lu Xun's words, recalling the current situation in his mind. Finally, all the anger on his face disappeared, leaving only helplessness and sadness.

Sun Quan was unsteady and fell down on his seat.

After a long time, in the silent hall, Sun Quan's aged voice resounded in the hall.

"Wen Ze, go back to Jianye in person and bring Deng'er here."

　Modify the timeout, the problem is not big.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)