The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 79

"Otherwise." Sun Shao shook his head: "One moment and another moment. The most important thing right now is to fight against Cao Cao. I, Jiangdong, are not strong enough, so I have to make compromises. After this difficulty is over, it's not too late to think about other things." He suddenly smiled Laughing, he raised his cup and signaled: "I believe that with the wisdom of the Supreme Being and the power of the kings, there will always be a solution."

Lu Meng didn't know whether to laugh or cry. After a long time, you didn't have a solution. It was all nonsense.

"Instead of envying the fish in the abyss, it is better to retreat and form a net. No matter how good the strategy is, if it is not practical, what is the point? The marriage plan cannot be said to be long-term, at least it can solve the current predicament. If Fujun has a better plan The solution is, why do we have to travel thousands of miles to Nanjun to see Guan Yu's face? If things are not harmonious, not only we will be humiliated, but the Supreme will also feel disgraced."

Lu Meng choked with anger, these words directly slapped him across the face.Are you not a cow?If you have the ability to handle it, we will go back. We went to propose marriage because you are incompetent, so you are so hot-faced and stick to other people's cold asses.Sun Shao went around in a circle, and finally the responsibility returned to him, Lu Meng.

Zhang Cheng saw that Lu Meng's breath became thicker and his face was ashen, he hurriedly smoothed things over, raised his wine glass and said, "My lord, I heard that you were injured in the last Hefei battle, but have you ever recovered?"

Lu Meng smiled awkwardly, Zhang Cheng was originally a good word, but from Lu Meng's ears, he was suspected of exposing his background.Aren't you a bullshit? How come Hefei was beaten by 7000 people in the First World War?He blushed, and had no choice but to raise his wine glass to cover his face and said: "Thank you Zhong Si for your concern, it's better, but it hasn't recovered, and it relapses from time to time."

"The Lord of the Fu should pay attention to rest and not be too tired." Zhang Cheng said sincerely: "The Lord of the Fu is the pillar of Jiangdong, and he is the person whom the Supreme wants to entrust with a heavy responsibility. He should take care of the country."

"Don't dare." Lu Meng's face became better now, and he didn't look at Sun Shao again.Sun Shao didn't care, he drank the wine on his own.

After bidding farewell to Lu Meng and returning to the boat, Zhang Cheng couldn't help asking: "Feng Xian, Lu Meng has such a temper, why do you have to be serious with him?"

Sun Shao was silent.He rubbed the knife ring on his waist, staring blankly at the wide river outside the cabin, his eyes looked rather deep.Seeing him lost in thought, Zhang Cheng didn't interrupt his thoughts.After a while, Sun Shao sighed and said, "Brother Zhong Si, a hero of Lu Meng, but his vision is a bit narrow."

Zhang Cheng hesitated for a moment, looked up at Sun Shao, and waited for his further explanation.

"In today's world, apart from the Gongsun family in Liaodong, there are several other forces that can be counted, that is, the three families of Sun, Cao and Liu. Cao Cao occupies the Central Plains and is the strongest. Whether it is me, Jiangdong or Liu Bei, it is extremely difficult to deal with Cao Cao independently. .Liu Bei occupies Yizhou, which is more or less advantageous. Even if he can't make a big move, he can hold on for a while. But what about Jiangdong? It seems that I have won many victories over the years, but my footprints have never been too far away from the Yangtze River. The old general has passed away a lot. Will the Supreme be satisfied with separatist Jiangdong? Could he be able to separatist Jiangdong if he wants to? Our biggest enemy is Cao Cao, not Liu Bei. Of course there will be battles between Sun and Liu, but right now In the current situation, we must focus on cooperation and supplement it with competition. Otherwise, Cao Cao will be taken advantage of in vain. If the Supreme Master does not think so, why did he divide Jingzhou with Liu Bei the year before last? He didn't do this because he focused on the overall situation. It's a pity that Lu Meng has been fighting for many years, and as the supreme confidant, he can't appreciate the painstaking efforts of the supreme."

Zhang Cheng smiled wryly, feeling sorry for him.He lightly tapped the lacquer case, and sighed, "Isn't that the case. It's just that these generals are all focused on their own interests. They want military exploits and food, otherwise why would they have so many soldiers? Once people set their sights on profit, it is inevitable that they will be short-sighted. If the northward advance is blocked, they can only advance from the west. This is also a helpless thing.”

Sun Shao also smiled wryly, and he also heard some other elements from Zhang Cheng's voice.It's an eventful autumn, with frequent wars, and the generals are favored.People like Lu Meng came across the river. They had no property in the south of the Yangtze River. Sun Quan gave them a privilege, which is the military system.Most of the soldiers led by Lu Meng were private soldiers, and these soldiers, like titles, could be inherited.In order for them to support these soldiers, Sun Quan gave them food towns. For example, Lu Meng's food towns were Yangxin and Xunyang counties, and the taxes in these two counties were all his.The more military exploits, the more soldiers you bring, and the more food you enjoy. For example, when Zhou Yu was alive, there were food cities in four counties. After Zhou Yu died, because Zhou Xun was young, he could not inherit it for the time being. More than 4000 private soldiers were all left to Lu Su, including the food towns in these four counties.Now that Zhou Xun has grown up, if it is difficult for Sun Quan to get back these soldiers and food towns from Lu Su, he has to allocate another compensation to Zhou Xun.Of course, these compensations cannot be paid in full. If Zhou Xun wants to restore Zhou Yu's strength, he must continue to fight and win battles, so that there will be more soldiers and more food.

Similarly, if Lu Meng wants to have more wealth, he must fight and win.There is no chance of winning the battle in the north. If they want to win the battle, they can only go west.Although Lu Meng's plan is not entirely selfish, it is undeniable that selfishness plays a very important role in it.

Compared with the generals, the treatment of civil servants like Zhang Zhao is much worse. They have no soldiers to lead, and they don't have so many food towns. They can only be rewarded with some fields by Sun Quan, which is different from the generals. The food towns in the county cannot be compared, not to mention that Zhang Zhao has been treated coldly by Sun Quan recently.

When the word profit is in the foreground, people will inevitably be impatient and short-sighted. Among the three governors of Jiangdong, Zhou Yu is a radical faction. He wants to take Yizhou and rule the river with Cao Cao.Lu Su is a prudent faction. He advocates seeking common ground while reserving differences with Yizhou, focusing on cooperation. Compared with Zhou Yu, he is less generous, but he still has vision.Compared with Zhou Yu and Lu Su, Lu Meng didn't even have this vision.He is eager to take back Jingzhou from Liu Bei, because taking Jingzhou back is the most practical benefit.If Zhou Yu and Lu Su still think about making progress and thinking about the Central Plains, Lu Meng has no thoughts about the Central Plains at all.Facing the mighty Cao Cao, all he wanted was to keep Jiangdong and his own vested interests.Therefore, it is far more practical to get rid of Guan Yu, an unreliable neighbor, than to be aggressive.

They no longer look at problems from the perspective of the overall situation of the world, and they can't see these things.

Zhang Zhao can see it.His hometown is Pengcheng, his roots are in Xuzhou, and in Jiangdong, he will always be a guest.If he didn't want to bury his bones in another country, he had to go back to Pengcheng.He hopes to see the world unified. As for whether Cao Cao or Sun Quan will unify the world, it is not so important to him.

"Once we send troops to Jingzhou and turn against Yizhou, it seems that we will occupy the middle and lower reaches of the river, and the gate to the west will be safe. However, our front line is too long. I'm afraid we will be overwhelmed by then. If you are struggling to cope, let alone be aggressive.”

Sun Shao let out a long sigh, drank the wine in his glass, walked out of the cabin, and roared against the wind.

Looking at Sun Shao's tall and straight back, Zhang Cheng savored what Sun Shao said just now, and suddenly felt that the burden on his shoulders was heavy.He hesitated for a moment, then walked out of the cabin, stood side by side with Sun Shao, and asked softly, "Fengxian, do you think we can do it this time as an envoy?"

Sun Shao turned his head and looked at Zhang Cheng seriously. After watching for a long time, he said word by word: "If you still want to win the world, you must succeed."

(End of this chapter)