Sanguo: Banzi Shengtian, you call him Yanque?

Chapter 41 The method of provoking generals!

Jiangdong Capital City was built.

It has been a few days since Zhuge Liang arrived, but in these few days, not only did he not see Sun Quan, the leader of Jiangdong, he didn't even see the officials of Jiangdong.

But he also understood that this was a warning given to him by Sun Quan, which meant to let him know that even if he, Sun Quan, was willing to make an alliance with Sun and Liu, Jiangdong would still be in a dominant position.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang was not in a hurry and waited with peace of mind. Lu Su would come to him from time to time to comfort him.

Finally, five days later, Sun Quan summoned Zhuge Liang, along with other ministers from Jiangdong.

"Kong Ming must remember what I said when he leaves. Never mention Cao Cao's advantages, lest those people become afraid."

Lu Su reminded him that the people he mentioned were naturally the civil servants in Jiangdong.

Zhuge Liang nodded slowly, always with a confident smile on his face: "Liang knows what he is doing."

The two of them soon arrived at the Palace of the Marquis of Wu. At this time, the Palace of the Marquis of Wu was already well prepared. Sun Quan was sitting on top, and on both sides were the civil and military officials from Jiangdong.

"My lord, this is Liu Bei's military advisor, Zhuge Liang." Lu Su stepped forward and said to Zhuge Liang: "This is my lord Sun Quan."

Zhuge Liang looked neither humble nor arrogant, holding a feather fan and bowing slightly to salute: "I have met General Sun."

With a smile on his face, Sun Quan stood up and said, "I've heard about Kong Ming's visit a long time ago, and I finally got to see him today. It's really a pleasure to meet him."

Then everyone sat down, all eyes focused on Zhuge Liang, while Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan slightly, looking calm.

Before anyone could speak, Sun Quan first asked: "Liu Shijun has repeatedly fought against Cao Jun in Jingzhou. He should have some knowledge of the number of Cao Jun's troops. Is it possible to tell him?"

As the lord of Jiangdong, what he cares most about is the combat power of Cao Jun, so that he can know it well.

Lu Su's heart skipped a beat at the side. He had warned Zhuge Liang along the way just for this matter. If the people in Jiangdong knew about the situation of Cao's army, they would definitely be willing to surrender before fighting.

Even Sun Quan's heart was shaken, so he winked at Zhuge Liang.

Unexpectedly, Zhuge Liang ignored Lu Su's look. Instead, he cupped his hand and said with a masculine look on his face: "Since it is the general who is asking, I naturally have to tell the truth."

He stood up, first looked at Sun Quan, and then glanced around at everyone in Jiangdong, his expression became solemn.

"Oops!"

When Lu Su saw Zhuge Liang's appearance, he knew something was wrong.

Sure enough, Zhuge Liang told the truth as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Cao's army has a complete navy, army, and cavalry. There are about one million troops in total, and most of them are good at fighting. They are brave and good at fighting. In my opinion, Jiangdong can't stop Cao's army at all!"

As soon as these words were said, the whole place was in an uproar, the military generals were talking a lot, and the civil servants were all surprised.

Lu Su didn't speak, but he was slightly worried. He looked at Sun Quan and sent a message. Sun Quan's face had darkened, and he was obviously very unhappy.

But Sun Quan was also the lord of Jiangdong after all. He coughed twice, suppressed other voices, and then looked at Zhuge Liang.

"Is Cao's army really that powerful? According to you, isn't Cao's army invincible?"

Lu Su coughed twice as if he wanted to remind Zhuge Liang, but Zhuge Liang was not moved at all.

"In my opinion, Cao Cao's army is indeed very powerful. Not only are they abundant in troops, but the generals under his command are also first-class in the world, such as Cao Ren, Cao Hong, the two brothers Xiahou, Xu Chu, Xu Huang, Zhang Liao, and Zhang He..." "Cao Cao has many soldiers under his command. General Jiang Guang has occupied Jingzhou, and has formed a tendency to devour Jiangdong. He has also trained his navy and built warships. It is estimated that he will soon cross the river and destroy Jiangdong."

"As I see it, General Sun has only one option: surrender."

Zhuge Liang kept talking and directly described Cao Jun as extremely terrifying, making Sun Quan's face even darker.

I don't know why, the Jiangdong family originally expected to hear Zhuge Liang say this, but after hearing Zhuge Liang's mocking words that he could only surrender, they felt very uncomfortable.

"That's enough. According to what you said, our only option in Jiangdong is to surrender to Cao Cao? But why don't you, Liu Bei's army, surrender?"

No matter how good-tempered Sun Quan was, he finally couldn't bear it after hearing Zhuge Liang's slightly sarcastic words.

Zhuge Liang smiled slightly, cupped his hands and said: "My lord is different from the general. My lord Liu Bei is the orthodox man of the Han Dynasty, while Cao Cao is a thief of the Han Dynasty. They are incompatible with each other."

"Although my lord faced Cao Cao and suffered repeated defeats, he never gave up against Cao Cao. He was united and united. There is no one in the world who is least likely to surrender to Cao Cao. It must be my lord."

"I would rather be shattered into pieces, but my lord must uphold the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty!"

Although every sentence in these words talks about Liu Bei, every sentence also mocks Jiangdong.

Liu Bei and his few major generals were able to fight Cao Cao, but Jiangdong wanted to surrender without a fight.

Liu Bei's army was united, both generals and ordinary soldiers, while Jiangdong officials were half-hearted and only cared about their own interests.

After those words, Jiangdong's ministers suddenly felt ashamed.

Sun Quan's face became extremely ugly. He stood up and left angrily regardless of the presence of others.

The ministers in Jiangdong, such as military generals such as Huang Gai and Cheng Pu, as well as civil servants such as Zhang Zhao and Gu Yong, also looked at Zhuge Liang coldly.

"In your eyes, Zhuge Liang, am I, Jiangdong, inferior to you?"

Huang Gai left angrily after leaving a few words.

After everyone left, Lu Su took Zhuge Liang and left quickly, returned to his residence, and then started complaining.

"Kong Ming, you've offended everyone to death. I've already reminded you, why don't you just do it?"

Zhuge Liang was still shaking his feather fan with a confident smile on his face.

"Zijing, don't worry, everything is as I expected."

Seeing Zhuge Liang's appearance, Lu Su opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he sighed and turned away.

In the Wuhou Mansion, the anger in Sun Quan's heart has reached its peak. In Zhuge Liang's words, their majestic land east of the Yangtze River is not as good as Liu Bei's army running around?
  "Damn it, that's too much!"

At this moment, Lu Su hurried over and knelt on the ground as soon as he arrived.

"Lord, please calm down!"

"Calm down? Why don't you ask me to be angry? Does Zhuge Liang think that I dare not kill him? According to what he said, Jiangdong has no other choice but to surrender?" Sun Quan said angrily.
  Lu Su said quickly: "Lord, you must not surrender. If you surrender, the others will be safe, and even I can resign and go home. But my lord will definitely end up like Liu Cong of Jingzhou, being sent to Xuchang. Under house arrest for life!"

"Kong Ming said this just because he wanted to make the master firm in his determination to fight against Cao Cao!"

(End of this chapter)