Jinling City.

After Lu Su secretly met Sun Quan, the next day Han Hao convened a court meeting to discuss a strategy against Sun Ce.

This time, Lu Su almost didn't say a word, he just found a corner in the hall and stayed quietly in it without saying a word.

Han Hao thought that he had beaten Lu Su, his majesty soared, and his self-confidence was unprecedentedly strong, he looked around at the people around him, and said: "Everyone, Sun Ce is now camping not far from the city, in response to this matter, what is your way to break the enemy?" ”

After whispering for a while, the generals of Jinling gave advice to Han Hao one by one.

But none of their advice was very useful, and none of them were actually useful.

There is no suggestion available.

There was no substantive strategy to retreat, Han Hao was very helpless, and he could only look at Lu Su in the end.

But Lu Su just lowered his head and didn't look at him at all.

But at this time, General Xu Sheng stood up and spoke.

"Han Fujun, in the opinion of the last general, although Lujiang is a rich land in Jianghuai and has a vast area, if you want to fight against the entire Jiangnan, it is not enough to see, if it is not for the prime minister who went north to recruit most of the southern army, we would have defeated Sun Ce and attacked Lujiang a long time ago!"

Han Hao grinned and sighed, "What's the use of talking about this now?" The first priority is to discuss what to do with them! ”

Xu Sheng hurriedly said: "Although our army is not strong enough at the moment, I heard that the prime minister has collected his troops and returned to Pengchengguo, if nothing else, the reinforcements will arrive in a month." We just need to postpone the day and wait for the right time. ”

Han Hao frowned: "You said that it was easy to postpone the time, but how?" ”

Xu Sheng arched his hand and said: "The last general has a plan, or it can be used." ”

Han Hao hurriedly said, "What strategy?" ”

Xu Sheng said: "Isn't there a Sun Quan in our city? This person is Sun Ce's second brother, who has been held hostage by the prime minister, and if he is used as a bargaining chip, it may be delayed for a while. ”

As soon as he finished saying this, Han Hao suddenly realized, he raised his hand and patted his forehead and said, "That's right, yes!" You can use this Sun Quan to talk to Sun Ce. ”

……

After the court meeting ended, Pan Zhang, on the order of Lu Su, quietly went to Sun Ce's camp and told all the things discussed in the court meeting.

Sun Ce was surprised at the time.

"Could it be that this is what Lu Zijing told me about meeting me before?"

Pan Zhang nodded and said: "Lu joined the army, this time there was a gap between him and Han Fujun, and it was inconvenient to give advice, so before the court meeting, he found Xu Sheng and told him his thoughts, Xu Sheng thought deeply about the words of Lu to join the army, so he advised Han Hao and asked Han Hao to use Sun Quan to negotiate with General Sun. ”

Hearing this, Sun Ce's eyes suddenly lit up.

He stood up and walked back and forth in the tent, his face unconcealed with excitement.

After all, the brotherhood is deep, and Sun Quan fell into the hands of the pottery merchants, which has always been a heart disease for Sun Ce.

Unexpectedly, Lu Su would make a fuss for himself in this matter, and Sun Ce was so excited that he could hardly help himself.

When he was young, he saw Sun Ce stop, and arched his hand to Pan Zhang: "General Lao went back to tell Lu to join the army for me, Sun remembered his kindness in this matter, and he will repay it in the future." ”

Pan Zhang said: "Don't dare, don't dare, General Sun seized the opportunity to do it for himself, and Lu should be rewarded for joining the army in the future." ”

……

At the same time, Han Hao quietly met with Lu Su: "Brother Zijing, how are the injuries on your body?" I'm sorry for you. ”

Lu Su smiled and waved his hand: "How did Han Fujun say this?" It's all for the important affairs of the court, what is it to be injured? ”

Han Hao looked at the bloody gauze that had just been replaced on the table beside Lu Su.

Han Hao's face couldn't help but show a look of remorse.

"Alas, I knew that I would let Zijing suffer such a big crime for you, and I said that I couldn't do this bitter trick!"

Lu Su shook his head and said, "It's all trivial, why bother?" Besides, the soldiers who executed me still had a light and heavy weight, although the flesh and blood of the beating were blurred, but they were all skin wounds, and they did not hurt the muscles and bones...... By the way, let's get down to business. ”

Han Hao saw Lu Su skimming his injuries so lightly, and he admired it very much in his heart.

"I have already chosen an envoy and sent him to Sun Ying to negotiate with Sun Ce with Sun Quan."

Lu Su nodded and said: "Tell the envoy that although Sun Quan must return it to Sun Ce, it is best not to agree so quickly, put forward more conditions, and grind with Sun Ce. ”

Han Hao nodded and said: "Don't worry, I have my own arrangements for this matter, Zijing only plans secretly, and Han is omniscient to your words." ”

……

The next day, Han Hao sent a delegation of Jinling envoys to Sun Ce's Dazhai for negotiations.

The topic of the envoy group to negotiate was mainly that Sun Ce was a vassal of the pottery merchants, and he relied on the help of the pottery merchants to sit in Lujiang and become the overlord of Jianghuai......

And Sun Ce's rebuttal is also very clear, he has served the potters for many years, but the potters have detained his second brother and put Sun Quan under house arrest......

The two sides went back and forth, and Sun Ce demanded that Jinling unconditionally release Sun Quan and deliver money, grain, rice, and war horses as compensation.

The Jinling side demanded that he withdraw unconditionally and so on.

The two sides went back and forth for several days, and finally Sun Ce couldn't bear it anymore and threatened not to talk about it anymore, and he must burn the land around Jinling for hundreds of miles until Jinling was willing to send Sun Quan back.

In the end, Han Hao's side gave in and asked Sun Ce to withdraw his troops, and they sent Sun Quan back.

Sun Ce asked them to send people back before he retreated.

After a few more struggles, the Jinling side finally sent Sun Quan back.

When the two brothers met, Sun Quan couldn't help but hug Sun Ce's thigh and cry bitterly.

Looking at Sun Quan's pitiful appearance of crying, Sun Ce was also full of emotion in his heart.

The second brother suffered.

He picked up Sun Quan, warmed him from the cold, and asked how Sun Quan was during this time.

Sun Quan roughly told Sun Ce about his situation, and talked to Sun Ce about what he saw and heard in Jinling City.

Finally, Sun Quan asked Sun Ce, "Brother, do you know a person named Lu Su?" ”

When Sun Ce heard this name, his spirit was immediately shocked, and he hurriedly said, "Second brother, have you seen this person?" ”

Sun Quan nodded and said, "When I came, I met with this person, and this person talked to me about the future of our Sun family...... Brother, Lu Su is a rare capable person! In my brother's opinion, he is no longer under Zhou Gongjin! ”

Hearing Sun Quan praise Lu Su like this, Sun Ce became more and more curious about this person: "What did this person say to make the second brother so respectful?" ”

Sun Quan said in a low voice: "This person told his younger brother that if the Sun family wants to gain a foothold in the world, they need to have three Lius in the west, and according to the pottery merchants in the north, they will divide the river and rule the world!" ”

"Three points of the world?" When Sun Ce heard this, he suddenly became energetic: "Second brother, you say be more careful." ”

At that moment, he listened to Sun Quan's words that Lu Su used to fool him, and learned it to Sun Ce completely.

Under this retelling, Sun Ce's eyes lit up when he heard it, his face flushed, and he trembled with excitement.

Lu Su's words, repeated by Sun Quanyi, almost didn't give Sun Ce a climax.

This person is really a rare talent!