In the communication cabin, Lu Ren was sitting on the ground with his arms crossed, sulking.

The assignment of Guiyang County to Sun Quan is actually a land cut-off for peace...... In fact, this kind of thing was very common in that era, like Ma Chao and Han Sui's coalition forces when the battle with Lao Cao began to be unfavorable, they expressed to Lao Cao that they were willing to cede land and sue for peace, and even willing to proton, but Lao Cao was determined to destroy them, so he took advantage of the discord between Ma and Han in turn; Then Liu Bei and Sun Quan had been arguing over the Jingzhou issue and almost went to war, but when Lao Cao captured Hanzhong, Liu Bei decisively gave up the two counties in Jingnan to reconcile with Sun Quan, and then turned back to deal with Lao Cao......

These are not nonsense, but for Lu Ren, a traverser, after reading the humiliating history of modern China, he has an absolute hatred for such a thing as cutting land and seeking peace. But there was no way, forced by the current situation, Lu Ren knew that he had to make some corresponding sacrifices. To put it bluntly, in this kind of confrontation in the political arena, you don't want to give others some sweetness and just expect others to listen to you? Dream your big dreams!

And under the depression in his heart, Lu Ren could only comfort himself as much as possible.

The first thing that came to mind was that Zhou Yu was quite kind, as long as he was in Guiyang County, and he didn't make any other requests. However, Lu Ren knew that Zhou Yu would be so "kind" because Zhou Yu also knew that things could only end here, and if the request was a little too much, Lu Ren would probably refuse completely.

In fact, Lu Ren's territory in the Huaxia Continent, only Guiyang is an "enclave", to put it more clearly, Lu Ren's territory in the Huaxia Continent is basically connected, but Guiyang County is inserted in the middle of Liu Bei and Sun Quan's territory. Lu Ren's original intention was to use Guiyang County as a buffer zone between Liu Bei and Sun Quan, lest the two of them have something to do and destroy the power structure that Lu Ren needs.

In addition, Guiyang is a trading post that Lu Ren left in the inland area, mainly responsible for those trades with Liu Bei, and the military significance is not great, so Lu Ren has not even left soldiers in Guiyang except for the relevant security personnel, anyway, if something really happens, it is hard to say what will happen to Sun Quan, but Liu Bei will definitely send troops to rescue him immediately.

All in all, losing a Guiyang County actually doesn't have much impact on Lu Ren, at least it's not a strategic location, and it won't have any impact on the military, at most, the trade with Liu Bei will become more troublesome.

Lu Ren told Zhou Yu that he was very aware of this point and made this request to Lu Ren. If you ask Lu Ren for some key areas, such as Guangzhou and Quanzhou...... That's it, Lu Ren still turned his face directly with Sun Quan. Although the situation that has been reached in Central Asia is very rare, compared to the importance of its own roots, the Central Asian side can be thrown away first. Therefore, Zhou Yu still has a good grasp of this "degree" issue, and he is sure that Lu Ren does not attach so much importance to Guiyang County.

However, being taken away from a piece of land by Sun Quan like this, Lu Ren's heart was still very uncomfortable. And for such a big matter, of course, Lu Ren wanted to say hello to Xun Yu in person and let Xun Yu do some corresponding things...... Lu Ren's heart was very uncomfortable, so although Guiyang County was assigned to Sun Quan, Lu Ren had to move all the things that could be moved, so as not to let Sun Quan pick up any more cheapness. Even Lu Ren thought about waiting for the matter to be done, so he simply regretted it......

In the hologram, Xun Yu's somewhat tired face appeared in Lu Ren's eyes. The two glanced at each other, and then said "hard work" to each other. Also, after receiving the news that Cao Pi wanted to do something, Lu Ren and Xun Yu were both spinning in a continuous manner, so it would be strange if they were physically and mentally exhausted.

After a few polite sentences, Lu Ren told Xun Yu about his handling of the Cao brothers and Zhou Yu here, and asked Xun Yu's opinion. Xun Yu was obviously very happy with the results of the Cao brothers' treatment, but after listening to the results of the treatment of Zhou Yu and Guiyang County, Xun Yu fell into deep thought, and after a long time, he shook his head lightly at Lu Ren and said, "Yihao, it seems that you are really busy and confused." ”

Lu Ren was stunned: "Xun Gong, you mean I shouldn't agree so easily?" ”

Xun Yu then shook his head: "This Guiyang County ...... Either you don't give it, or if you want to give it, you can simply give it to him directly! However, the old man thinks that at this moment, it is indeed worth using this Guiyang County as a sweetness for Sun Quan. ”

Lu Ren said: "I know this, otherwise I wouldn't have agreed to Zhou Yu." ”

Xun Yu smiled indifferently: "But Yihao, I'm afraid that there is a sense of regret in your heart, right?" ”

Lu Ren nodded with a dark face.

Xun Yu said: "That's why you said that you will hand over Guiyang to Sun Quan after the matter is completed." But Yihao, have you ever thought that if you have such a mind, Sun Quan won't be able to see it? If Sun Quan repeatedly argues with you on this issue, wanting to ask for the past in advance, and you don't want to give him and continue to argue with him, won't it become that you are both unreasonable and untrustworthy in the end? And this kind of constant confrontation with Sun Quan, on the one hand, will give Sun Quan a good excuse to turn his face with you, and on the other hand, it will also make it easier for Cao Pi to provoke Sun Quan to use troops against you. ”

"This ......"

Lu Ren's previous mood was mainly too depressed, which affected his calm judgment. Now being reminded by Xun Yu, Lu Ren suddenly woke up, and said in his heart that this is really the case. Looking at Xun Yu again, Lu Ren couldn't help but be a little depressed and said, "But...... Alas! How so? Sun Quan is not a good dog who will wag his tail at us if he gives us a piece of meat and bones, but a vicious wolf who is ready to swallow us in his stomach at every opportunity, so I am always worried that after Guiyang is assigned to Sun Quan, Sun Quan, this kid, will gain an inch. ”

Xun Yu nodded and said, "Yihao, your worries are not unreasonable. ”

Lu Ren continued: "Besides, although Guiyang is not a military town, it has been operating in my hands for many years. I won't talk about whether it is prosperous or not, let's just say that Guiyang is the trade center between us and Liu Bei, and many of the exchanges between us and Liu Bei are completed by Guiyang. Now assign Guiyang to Sun Quan, then the ...... between us and Liu Bei"

Xun Yu interrupted Lu Ren's words with a smile: "It is precisely because Guiyang is an important town between us and Liu Bei, so at this time, it is even more necessary to directly assign it to Sun Quan." ”

Lu Ren was stunned when he heard this, but he quickly reacted, and then a somewhat sinister smile appeared on his face: "I understand!" Xun Gong, do you mean to treat Guiyang County as meat and bones and throw them in the middle of the two evil wolves, Sun Quan and Liu Bei? ”

Xun Yu said: "That's right! In fact, when he heard that Zhou Yu asked for Guiyang just now, the old man immediately thought that Zhou Yu had any other intentions besides asking you for Guiyang, and asking for other places would probably provoke you to turn your face immediately. Then when I thought about it, I remembered that Zhou Yu had always been worried about Liu Bei's occupation of Jingzhou. ”

Lu Ren was stunned again, but he already understood: "Zhou Yu wants to cut off the trade between me and Liu Bei, and then curb some of Liu Bei's development?" Zhou Yu's vision won't be so short-sighted, right? Isn't he afraid of causing changes on Liu Bei's side? ”

Xun Yu stroked his long beard lightly, and his eyes narrowed: "That's why he will be the same as Yihao, and you will assign Guiyang to Sun Quan after the matter is completed, right?" Otherwise, with Zhou Yu's wisdom, how could he not worry about you regretting it afterwards? The old man thinks so, if Sun Quan accepts this proposal and the matter is over, then Sun Quan can hold his troops and accumulate strength when you are fighting with Cao Pi, and wait until the matter is over to ask you for Guiyang, nominally because of your promise and the division is famous and justifiable, and Liu Bei has become really no reason to send troops to intervene; Moreover, at that time, our war was at the end of the war, and our combat strength was exhausted, which was not conducive to fighting with the Wu army. ”

Lu Ren frowned: "Is that the case?" ”

Xun Yu said: "It should be, right?" And at that time, the three counties of Jingnan all belonged to Sun Quan, and Liu Bei only had one county left in Jingnan, and he lost contact with you, and then the situation in Nanjun was a little bad. At this time, as long as Sun Quan is a little more careful, he may be able to force Liu Bei out of Jingzhou. Therefore, Zhou Yu's purpose should be to enter Jingzhou. ”

Lu Ren spread his hands, and said in his heart If this is the case, then you Zhou Yu really can't let go of the Jingzhou problem, how much do you want to complete your "two divisions of the world"?

Looking at Xun Yu again, he continued: "So, we can't give Sun Quan some time to prepare, this Guiyang County will be directly thrown to Sun Quan now, so that Sun Quan can take it in a hurry." And because Sun Quan didn't have time to make some preparations, Liu Bei would definitely take some action against it. ”

Speaking of this, Xun Yu smiled: "In your words, Yihao, Sun Quan is not a good dog who can be tied up with a piece of meat and bones, but a vicious wolf who devours people at every opportunity." For such a vicious wolf, it is definitely not enough for us to give meat and bones, and we have to find a way to find a vicious dog to watch him. Therefore, Guiyang has already given up anyway, so it is better to use this piece of meat and bones to pull Liu Bei into the water. ”

Lu Ren was also completely stunned at this time. And after listening to Xun Yu's words, the depression in Lu Ren's heart because he had to "cut the land and seek peace" also dissipated a lot. Looking at Xun Yu's demeanor that was obviously already thinking about something, Lu Ren nodded and said, "Xun Gong, these things will be handed over to you." I believe that with your intelligence Xun Gong, you should be able to make Liu Bei and Sun Quan quarrel in this matter. ”

Xun Yu nodded: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say." In addition, there are a few more things that I want to get your consent to......"

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In the winter of the 29th year of Jian'an, Cao Pi's condemnation letter to Lu Ren and Lu Ren's apology letter were making a lot of noise in various parts of the Chinese mainland, and the persuasion edicts issued by Emperor Liu Xie also added fuel to the fire.

In terms of public opinion, people are divided into three factions, one faction thinks that Cao Pi is making a big fuss, and the other faction is from the perspective of Chinese tradition, thinking that Lu Ren has "killed his wife and children" against Cao Pi...... Well, quite a few of this faction were hyped up by Cao Pi; The third faction is the standard wait-and-see, which is the one that will be present in any dispute.

Under these verbal battles and pen battles, Cao Pi is stepping up military deployment. Cao Pi knew in his heart that it was a good opportunity now because Lu Ren was away with troops and so on, but Lu Ren's territory was not so active, and if he wanted to fight, he had to succeed in a battle and reach a fait accompli, so that Lu Ren was powerless to return to the sky.

For this reason, in addition to stepping up military deployment and creating public opinion, Cao Pi also sent a secret letter to Sun Quan at the diplomatic level, just as Lu Ren was worried about, and instigated Sun Quan to seize this opportunity to attack Lu Ren's territory.

Sun Quan was worried after receiving Cao Pi's letter. The first thing that should be affirmed in this regard is that Sun Quan is not such a stupid person, although in terms of his perception of Lu Ren's strength, Sun Quan does not know as deeply as Zhou Yu, but Sun Quan knows very well that Lu Ren is not so easy to mess with.

But then again, now that Lu Ren is on the march, the garrison in these areas of Yi Guangquan is relatively weakened, and once Sun Quan sends troops with Cao Pi, Lu Ren will become a three-front battle in Central Asia, Liaozhou, and Yi Guangquan, which is really an excellent opportunity for Sun Quan. If he can take this opportunity to take down a few of Lu Ren's roots, Lu Ren may not be able to turn over again?

With such worries, Sun Quan convened a secret meeting to discuss the issue with a group of aides, but the result was that the aides were divided into three factions, one who advocated war, one who advocated no war, and then one who waited and watched.

The reason for the main battle faction is very clear, such a good opportunity for expansion should not be given up; The non-war faction thinks that although this is an opportunity, Lu Ren is not easy to provoke, and once it fails, it may summon Lu Ren's comprehensive recovery, which is too dangerous; Wait-and-see...... Don't say.

In fact, the Lord and the faction originally had some upper hand, but Sun Quan did not immediately adopt it. One is that Sun Quan really can't let go of such a great opportunity, and the other is ...... It's a little embarrassing to say it, because the impact of Lu Ren's economic strategy on Jiangdong is indeed a bit big, and most of the members of the non-war faction are local Shijia wealthy families in Jiangdong, and their clan interests are inextricably linked with Lu Ren, so they don't want to take some risks and damage the interests of the clan.

To put it simply, if Sun Quan's battle is successful, can Lu Ren's industrial chain really be handed over to them? Most of them will still be controlled by Sun Quan, right? Although they can still spread some stalls, they used to eat meat, but in the future, they can only drink some soup, who would be happy to do this? As for the defeat...... Not to mention this, it is enough for Lu Ren to directly sever the relationship.

Sun Quan was stunned because he understood this, so he pretended to be stupid at the call for some advantages of the non-war faction. You must know that at this time, the "Jiangdongization" element in Sun Quan's territorial political blueprint has become more and more heavy, which is not a good thing for Sun Quan, so if he really has a chance, Sun Quan still wants to reorganize these Jiangdong clans. And this in turn affected some of Sun Quan's judgments about the state of affairs.

The peak is worried and undecided, and the following is arguing, this is the current situation of Sun Quan here. However, at this time, Zhou Yu's urgent letter was also delivered to Sun Quan in time, and this is what Sun Quan needs most at the moment......