Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 277

Zhou Wen was taken aback. "That's the truth, but sooner or later, Cao Cao will still deal with us. And during this period, he continued to do everything possible to weaken us, just like leaving Junyi in Xudu."

Zhang Jiong felt that it was not enough, and continued: "From now on, we will never fight side by side with Cao Cao like we did in Guandu. Even if we form an alliance, we can only support it!"

Zhang Jiong is right. At this point, it doesn’t matter whether Zhou Cang becomes Cao Cao’s vassal or not. Now Zhou Cang only needs to maintain the superficial alliance with Cao Cao, not to fall into the trap of each other, and to stabilize Cao Cao’s position. conditions to expand their own interests.In other words, you can no longer let Cao Cao play tricks on yourself.

"This idea is interesting. It seems that in a few days, I should go to Xudu again." Zhou Cang said.

Zhou Wen frowned slightly. "I have no objection to my lord going to Xudu in person this time, but it's not at this time. In addition, my lord can't leave Xuzhou lightly in the future, and sometimes I can just send an envoy. Now my lord is the lord of a state, so it's understandable to do so."

Zhou Cang and Zhang Jiong thought it was reasonable. Zhou Cang had served as an envoy when he was under Tao Qian.It is very dangerous for Zhou Cang to go to Xu, and it is not ruled out that he will be detained by Cao Cao.

"Let's talk about the second important thing. A few days ago, we were talking about outside Xuzhou. Let's find two more backup places, namely Liaodong and Liuqiu."

"Well, I have already told Gan Ning and Xu Sheng that Liaodong seems to be feasible, and Gan Ning will go to Donglai to organize this matter soon." Zhou Cang suddenly thought of the two people's advice on how to appease his general, I didn't hand over the soldiers and horses to Xu Huang at that time, it seems that I was right at the time, otherwise Gan Ning might not be convinced. "The planning of Liaodong and Ryukyu is classified as a first-class secret. Except for the three of us, Gan Ning, and Xu Sheng, no one else is allowed to disclose it!"

"Last time when we talked about the Bingma Division, I thought about it for a few days and decided to change the Bingma Division into the Staff Division, which is dedicated to advising military aircraft and formulating military strategies. There are three of us, Jia Gongming and Xingba. Gongming is the commander of the army, Xingba Serve as commander of the navy."

"My lord, I admire you!"

Zhou Cang's reorganization not only strengthened his own control over the army, but also avoided the competition between Xu and Gan, and expanded the power of Zhang Jiong and Zhou Wen. It was really a good idea.

"There is no prospect in Liuqiu yet..." Zhou Cang looked at Zhang Jiong again, which made Zhang Jiong a little nervous.

"Could Ziming go on a mission to Jiangdong, firstly to make friends with Sun Quan, and secondly to inquire about information about Ryukyu?"

"It's okay to go, but what excuse can you find?" You can't go to see Sun Quan with a shy face. If Sun Quan doesn't see him or drives him back, it's not Zhang Jiong's face that's lost, but Xuzhou and Zhou. Cang's face, "I heard that Yuan Shu's son is in Jiangdong. As an old minister, you go to see him in the name of greeting the old master, and go to see Sun Quan through Yuan Yao?"

"My lord, absolutely not." Zhou Wen was in a hurry. "That Ziming's identity will be exposed."

"Ziming just said that he was taken captive by me. Wouldn't it be nice to take this opportunity to reveal his identity?"

"Then, what about that thing?"

that thing?Uh, if you forget about Chuanguo Yuxi, then the matter of Yuxi will be revealed.Zhou Cang frowned, Zhou Wen took this very seriously.

"I will give the jade seal to Cao Cao, and give him a size. In this way, will Cao Cao trust me more?"

Zhou Cang didn't care too much, people in later generations really looked down on this symbolic object.Historically, after the Southern Song Dynasty, the whereabouts of the Chuanguo Yuxi were unknown. Wouldn’t Kublai Khan, Zhu Yuanzhang and Fulin still be emperors? "It's just a dead thing, why not use it if it can be used?"

"That's the case, but, but that's Yuxi. My lord, think twice." Zhou Wen was still heartbroken.

"Although we can visit Yuan Yao as an excuse, but we have already become enemies with Jiang Dong, how can we show our friendship to him?" Zhang Jiong changed the subject in a timely manner.

"In the face of interests, there are no eternal enemies, and there are no eternal friends. I believe Sun Quan can understand this. Besides, it is Sun Ce who is enmity, not Sun Quan. He Jiangdong and Jingzhou still have revenge for killing their father. Yes, use this As an opportunity." Zhou Cang said.

"At the beginning, it was Sun Ce who raised troops to attack our army, and we were passive defensive, so he was at fault first, so we can't blame him for his failure. We can return some of the captives who surrendered at the beginning to show our sincerity. Then, we can return To bring disaster to Jingzhou, you can promise Sun Quan that if he raises troops in Jiangxia, we can send troops to help."

"My lord, in this case, Sun Quan has nothing to say." Zhang Jiong got Zhou Cang's hole card, and his confidence soared. With so many favorable terms, Jiang Dong had no reason not to agree.

"In addition, you can discuss with Sun Quan that Xuzhou and Jiangdong will open up business and exchange information. However, military supplies are not included. If Sun Quan wants to spy on stirrups or warships, you can tell him to talk to Cao Cao. We have no right to These communicate with Jiangdong."

"What the lord said is that I am still worried that Sun Quan will make unreasonable demands, and it would be best to push them to Cao Cao."

Zhou Cang thought to himself, fortunately he doesn't miss the news, and he knows what is going on with trade and arms races. Half a bottle of diplomatic rhetoric is more than enough to deal with the current situation.

"My lord, is the jade seal really going to be given to Cao Cao?" Zhou Wen asked with a mournful face.

"I understand Yuan Fang's thoughts, but think about it, what's the use of me keeping the jade seal? If the news is leaked out, wouldn't that be a firestorm?" Zhou Cang didn't want to leave Zhou Wen with a knot in his heart. "At the beginning, Sun Ce borrowed troops from Yuan Shu and sent troops to Jiangdong to give the jade seal to Yuan Shu. Why couldn't I give it to Cao Cao? A piece of jade seal can buy us several years of development time, it's worth it!"

Zhou Wen thinks about it carefully. This is true. Zhang Jiong is not the same as himself. Most of the people who knew him are dead. He changed his name and surname, and his appearance and accent have also changed. There are too many living people who know Zhang Jiong. Secret, if the news is leaked, it will definitely fall into a situation of eternal doom.Yuan Shu's son is still alive, and his identity is in danger of being exposed at any time, and the whereabouts of Yuxi will definitely surface.

Big things can't be left to chance, so Zhou Wen could only sigh regretfully. "My lord, do you think Cao Cao got the jade seal and hid it privately or handed it over to the emperor?"

"Let's check him out." Zhang Jiong chuckled. "I wish he would stay by himself, so that we can completely break with him!"

"Okay, that's the case. Ziming, you are going to Jiangdong as soon as you are ready." Zhou Cang suddenly slapped his forehead. "Ziming will leave two days later. Zhou Fu said that Qu'a's marriage is ready, the wedding date is set for the day after tomorrow, and we will leave after drinking the wedding wine."

(End of this chapter)