The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 394 Chapter 393 Sun Quan's Visit
In the hall of the government office, the person Sun Quan sent out to follow Lu Fan returned and told Sun Quan what he had seen.

After Sun Quan heard this, he sneered and said secretly, "Sure enough, as I expected, Zhou Yu is really pretending to be sick!"

However, after Sun Quan got the news, he fell into deep thought again. Zhou Yu and his elder brother were siblings. Before his death, his elder brother entrusted the whole Jiangdong to Zhou Yu.

Sun Quan thought about it, but couldn't figure it out, so he decided to go to Zhou Yu's house to find out what happened.

"Prepare your horse, go to the Governor's Mansion!" Sun Quan gave an order, turned around and left the hall.

The yamen servant in the mansion hurried to the stables and brought out a steed. Sun Quan stepped on the horse, and with a loud shout of "drive", he galloped out immediately. up.

At this moment, Zhou Yu was entertaining Lu Fan in the lobby of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion. He didn't even look at the gift from Sun Quan. Five large boxes were placed in the hall one by one. There is no question about these gifts.

However, Lu Fan was very curious, what exactly were in these five big boxes?
After drinking for three rounds, Lu Fan couldn't hold back his laughter anymore, and said to Zhou Yu: "Gong Jin, why don't you open the things my lord rewarded you?"

Zhou Yu smiled and said, "Brother Ziheng, with your ingenuity, I wonder if you can guess what's in the box?"

Lu Fan thought for a moment, then slowly said: "No matter what is in the box, it is definitely not gold, silver and jewelry anyway."

"How do you know?" Zhou Yu asked.

Lu Fan said: "How much is Jiangdong's annual tax? If these five boxes are full of gold, silver and jewels, why didn't Brother Bofu use these gold and silver jewels when the river embankment was built before? Worried about things? Besides, if these five big boxes are really filled with gold, silver and jewels, they can almost cover Jiangdong’s tax for a year. Jiangdong’s treasury can’t be said to be empty, but at least for the time being, there is no such thing. A lot of money. Just based on this, I dare to assert that the contents of these five big boxes are definitely not gold, silver and jewelry."

Lu Fan served as the minister of the inner government and was in charge of the income and expenditure of money and food. Although he was not in charge of the money and food of the entire Jiangdong, he should have a good understanding of the money and food in the treasury.

Zhou Yu listened to Lu Fan's detailed analysis, so he laughed and said: "Brother Ziheng's speculation is indeed good, and I also conclude that these five big boxes will never contain gold, silver and jewelry. Why is it so heavy to lift?"

Lu Fan became more and more curious, so he said to Zhou Yu: "What the hell, just open the box and you'll know!"

Zhou Yu then ordered people to open the five big boxes. The moment the boxes were opened, Zhou Yu and Lu Fan were shocked, and what came into view was a pile of stones!
Stone?

That's right, it is indeed a stone, and it is a pile of the most ordinary stones, which can be seen everywhere, and countless can be picked up from the mountains outside the city, which are worthless.

After a brief moment of astonishment, Lu Fan looked at Zhou Yu suspiciously, and asked, "Gong Jin, what on earth is my lord thinking that I want to give you a box of stones?"

Zhou Yu was silent for a moment, then suddenly he laughed and said to himself, "I understand, I understand..."

Lu Fan asked in bewilderment: "Gong Jin, what do you understand?"

Zhou Yu explained: "My lord wants to take this opportunity to imply me by sending these five boxes of stones, which means that my lord's heart to resolutely resist the invading enemy is just like these five boxes of stones. It is impossible to change his decision..."

Before Zhou Yu could finish speaking, a voice came in directly from outside the hall: "Beyond this, there is another meaning. If Gong Jin is not willing to help me make suggestions to get through this difficult time, I will be let down." Brother's great trust, and Sun's great love for Gong Jin. Then, these five boxes of stones are enough to build a grave for Gong Jin!"

Hearing this voice, Zhou Yu and Lu Fan raised their heads together, and looked out of the hall, but saw Sun Quan was dressed in hard clothes, with a gloomy face, and his eyes were shining brightly, implying a murderous intent.

"My lord!" Seeing Sun Quan suddenly appearing here, Zhou Yu and Lu Fan hurriedly got up and knelt down.

Sun Quan strode forward, helped Zhou Yu and Lu Fan up personally, and hurriedly comforted him: "Both of you are heroes of my Sun family. Without them, my Sun family would not have come to where I am today. Now it is time In times of crisis, the governor did not stand up and lead many civil and military forces in Jiangdong to resist the invading enemy, but he pretended to be sick and refused to take charge. Did you take your oath?"

Zhou Yu said in a loud voice: "To tell my lord, Gong Jin dare not forget the slightest bit. But Gong Jin has no choice but to do this, and it's all for the good of the lord..."

"For my own good? If you are really for my good, you should take the initiative to stand up and take the responsibility you should bear, instead of pretending to be ill and hiding here to drink!" Sun Quan reprimanded angrily.

Zhou Yu remained expressionless in the face of Sun Quan's reprimand. When Sun Quan finished speaking, Zhou Yu said very sincerely: "Yes, yes, my lord is very critical. Zhou Yu is confused!"

Lu Fan couldn't stand it any longer, and hastily interjected, "My lord, in fact, Gong Jin has other reasons for doing this. In fact, Gong Jin wants to..."

"Brother Ziheng!" Zhou Yu immediately interrupted Lu Fan's words, "I did something wrong, that's what I did. I shouldn't be afraid of the enemy's strength, but stay out of the matter and ignore Jiang Dong. Gong Jin admits his mistake!"

Lu Fan saw that Zhou Yu was unwilling to let him tell the truth of the matter, so he closed his mouth, stopped making any excuses, and stood aside as a mute.

Sun Quan's sudden appearance made Zhou Yu very surprised. Sun Quan was able to tell that he was pretending to be sick, and even came to see Zhou Yu in person, which is enough to show Sun Quan's extraordinary wisdom and superior courage.

"Great Governor, I am still young. I have just taken over Jiangdong, and now I am facing such a crisis. It is really difficult to deal with it. If the Great Governor doesn't help me, then Jiangdong is really in danger. For the sake of the common people and my brother, please help me!"

As soon as the words fell, Sun Quan was about to kneel down, but Zhou Yu, who had quick eyesight and quick hands, helped him up.

"My lord, don't worry, Gongjin will definitely do her best to help my lord."

"With Gongjin's words, I feel relieved." Sun Quan said.

Afterwards, Sun Quan discussed the current situation with Zhou Yu and asked Zhou Yu what to do.

Zhou Yu turned around and asked Sun Quan what would Sun Quan do without him.

Sun Quan thought for a long time, and then he said the strategy he had been thinking about for a long time, only four words, lure the enemy deep!

Zhou Yu laughed out loud after hearing this, but he didn't expect Sun Quan's thoughts to coincide with his own.

In the current situation, Zhang Yan's army is strong, while Jiangdong's soldiers are weak, and the enemy is outnumbered. The enemy army drove straight in.Let the enemy army occupy the city, the more the better.In this way, the enemy's forces will be too scattered, and when the time is right, it will be the day when the Jiangdong soldiers counterattack. At that time, as long as they can find out where the enemy's main general is, they can lead the elite troops to attack.

As the saying goes, capture the thief first and capture the king first. If you capture the enemy's general, the enemy will lose its unified command.

In addition, Zhou Yu and Sun Quan are also planning to confuse the people of Shanyue to resist the army from the north. Whether it is to deceive the people or distort the facts, in short, as long as they incite these Shanyue, it is enough for the enemy to drink a pot.

In the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, Sun Quan and Zhou Yu had a real long talk for the first time. During this meeting, Sun Quan completely admired Zhou Yu's ability to plan strategies, and Zhou Yu also looked at Sun Quan differently, because some of them had opinions Are the same.This shows that both of them thought of going together.

Half an hour passed, and the conversation between Sun Quan and Zhou Yu was coming to an end. Zhou Yu suddenly said to Sun Quan: "My lord, with the strength of our army, it is not enough to fight against the threat from the north alone. We have lost ground, but how to defend requires a long-term plan. I think we should actively look for some allies so that we can jointly fight against the threat from the north.”

Sun Quan nodded and asked, "Do you have any suitable candidates?"

Zhou Yu didn't even think about it, and immediately said, "Jingzhou Liu Biao!"

"Liu Biao? Liu Biao is my father-killer and enemy. My father died at the hands of his subordinates. You want me to form an alliance with my father-killer and enemy?" Sun Quan's face immediately became ugly after hearing this.

"I know this very well. But at this moment, Liu Biao is the only one who can have great strength against Zhang Yan. If the lord is not willing, I have another candidate, but his strength is slightly weaker than Liu Biao. "

"Who?"

"Under Liu Biao's tent, the governor of Jingnan, Liu Bei!" Zhou Yu said.

"Liu Bei? I've heard of this person. Wasn't it Liu Bei who put down Changsha prefect Zhang Xian's rebellion a few years ago?" Sun Quan asked.

Zhou Yu was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that Sun Quan in Nancheng County also paid great attention to collecting news from all over the world, and he knew about Liu Bei.

"Yes, that's the man. Under Liu Bei's account are Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, two invincible generals, and recently recruited Chen Dao, Huang Zhong and other generals who are accustomed to fighting. Jiang Wan and others are their staff, although their strength is not as strong as Liu Biao's, their strength should not be underestimated." Zhou Yu slowly introduced.

After hearing this, Sun Quan said, "Then form an alliance with Liu Bei. Changsha borders Nanchang, so it is convenient to travel, and Liu Bei is not my father-killing enemy, so you can form an alliance. Gongjin, I will leave it to you to handle the matter of forming an alliance with Liu Bei." , the sooner the better!"

"Here!"

(End of this chapter)