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Although it is now a cold winter, the boiling soup in the charcoal hot pot on the table can also dispel a little chill for the diners, but Sun Shangxiang at the table has no appetite, and just sends the freshly warmed wine into his stomach.

Zhou Yu put a piece of mutton on Sun Shangxiang's plate: "This wine is very strong, don't patronize and drink, eat something to cushion your stomach, otherwise it will be easy to get drunk." ”

Sun Shangxiang put the soaked mutton into his mouth a little carelessly, and swallowed it after a few bites casually. Then when he went to get the wine again, he found that the wine was put aside by Zhou Yu. Stunned, Sun Shangxiang shook his head at Zhou Yu and said, "Brother Zhong, don't worry, I often drink this kind of wine, and it's not so easy to get drunk." ”

By the way, the wine of the Han Dynasty was generally only a few degrees, and when Lu Ren mixed it under Lao Cao's men, the alcohol made was slightly higher, but basically it was around ten degrees. Later, when he moved to Yizhou, the degree of liquor as an export-oriented commodity has increased, but it is generally about 15 degrees. However, when it came to the stage of preparing for the plot against Liaozhou, Lu Ren took into account the cold protection effect of the high wine, and raised the degree of the wine supplied to Liaozhou to 25 to 28.

Of course, it is not difficult to raise this degree again, but Lu Ren doesn't want to be so excessive, otherwise Lu Ren can also make it like vodka at forty or fifty degrees. And Sun Shangxiang stays in Yamatai on Wadao all year round, where the latitude climate is colder, so Lu Ren's high wine is also supplied to Sun Shangxiang and Lu Xun, and Sun Shangxiang said that it is true that she often drinks it.

But for Zhou Yu, it's really a little unbearable, and besides, Zhou Yu didn't specifically ask Sun Shangxiang to drink, just drink a few sips of Yuyi to keep out the cold. At this moment, seeing that Sun Shangxiang was another cup of belly, Zhou Yu frowned and asked, "Shangxiang, you just came from the refugee camp over there, right?" ”

Sun Shangxiang nodded, and then told Zhou Yu what he had just seen, and then sighed: "Brother Zhong, I really didn't expect ......"

Zhou Yu waved his hand: "Needless to say, I have also gone to see it." ”

After a pause, Zhou Yu also sighed: "Shang Xiang, do you know, when I saw the pain of those refugees, I suddenly and completely understood why you insisted on persuading Wu Hou not to attack Lu Yizhou at this time. Lu Yizhou participated in the war for the righteousness of the world and for the suffering people, but if Wu Hou attacked Lu Yizhou, it was only for the benefit of Jiangdong. Maybe Wu Hou can get some benefits when he lands in Yizhou and goes north, but in the end, he will get the infamy......"

At this point, Zhou Yu shook his head and said nothing, Sun Shangxiang also lowered his head, and after thinking for a long time, he suddenly said: "I now remember the two sentences I once saw: love is not love, resentment is not resentment, marriage is destiny; Good is not good, evil is not evil, justice is at ease in people's hearts. In this world, the people have their own justice, even if the second brother has the ability, can he block the mouths of the people in the world? Brother Zhong, I really don't want future generations to look down on our Sun family's children. ”

Zhou Yu nodded: "I don't want to either." So Shang Xiang, I found you now to discuss something with you. ”

"What?"

Zhou Yu sorted out the clues and said: "Originally, we led 5,000 Jiangdong disciples to Liaozhou to participate in the war, to put it bluntly, it was nothing more than a show, so that Lu Yizhou could feel at ease with our Jiangdong, and let Wu Hou and Lu Yizhou not have any trouble." Now that the decisive battle here in Liaoxi is over, we can actually go back to Jiangdong. But now after seeing something...... Shang Xiang, I don't want to go back to Jiangdong so soon. ”

After a pause and a sip of wine, Zhou Yu continued: "The current world is divided into four parts (in addition to three points, you have to count the forces of Lu Ren and the Han Dynasty), and when the alien race invaded the territory, the three families of Cao, Liu and Lu all participated in the war, but only our Jiangdong was on one side. In terms of the general situation, this is of course good for us in Jiangdong, but in terms of the people's will, it is very likely that we Jiangdong will be regarded as cowardly and selfish, and I am afraid that in the future, we will disdain to be in the company of our Jiangdong people. Therefore, I think that at this time, we should not rush back to Jiangdong, but should stay in the north and play a prestige for our Jiangdong children, so that the world will not regard our Jiangdong children as cowardly and selfish. ”

Sun Shangxiang said: "It should be so." It's just that if you don't go back, second brother, ......"

Zhou Yu said: "Wu Hou doesn't have to worry about anything, because before I came, I told Wu Hou about some things. What worries me now is that the battle in western Liaoning has been fought, and we actually have no war to fight in the north. If you want to find a war to fight, I'm afraid you have to follow the troops that Lu Yizhou is going to reinforce the Jinyang line, in other words, we have to follow Lu Yizhou's troops to fight the Huns. And this matter has to be told to Lu Yizhou by you. ”

Sun Shangxiang frowned and thought for a long time after hearing this, then nodded: "This shouldn't be difficult." But Brother Zhong, do you have any other concerns? ”

Zhou Yu said: "How could it not be? To be honest, I really didn't expect the battle in Liaoxi to be over so quickly, but I felt that this war should be stalemate for at least a few months. But now that the war is about to be defeated, what will happen to the situation in the north next? We brought 5,000 Jiangdong disciples to Liaoxi, although we also fought a few battles and made some gains, but to be honest, this result is simply not worth mentioning. If you want to go further, you can only follow Lu Yizhou to fight the Huns and find opportunities to make contributions. But Shang Xiang, don't forget, the fire I had in Chibi almost burned Cao to death, and we followed Lu Yizhou to fight, in fact, we were helping the Cao family to fight the Huns, how could the Cao family not remember this grudge after hearing the news? ”

Sun Shangxiang was also very clear about the messy relationship between the princes of the various families, so he didn't ask much at the moment. After being silent for a while, Sun Shangxiang hesitated: "Brother Zhong, Shang Xiang is quite puzzled about the affairs of the northern border in his heart, can Brother Zhong relieve Shang Xiang's doubts?" ”

"Tell me about it."

"Since the invasion of the Western Regions Alliance, it has triggered the war on the entire northern border of the current Han Dynasty. I just don't understand it now, why the war in the northwest will cause war all the way, and even Liaozhou in the northeast has foreign invasions? ”

Zhou Yu pondered for a moment and explained: "This is simple. If the military struggle is profitable, and the word profit is the head, then no matter who it is, it will have a ghost in their hearts. At that time, Cao Cao and Liu Bei competed in Hanzhong, and they had always had ghosts in their hearts, and they wanted to find an opportunity to give each other a thunderous blow, so when it came to the bodies of all different races, why didn't they have the same ghosts? In other words, in the battle in the northwest, Liu Bei and Cao Cao did not do their best, because they were afraid that when they and the Western Regions coalition army were defeated, they would be taken advantage of by the other side. Because they dragged each other like this, they were exploited by those alien races, and then they all came out and prepared to take advantage of the chaos. ”

Sun Shangxiang said: "Is this the case? ”

Sun Shangxiang said: "So the Huns are also counting on Cao Liu to scruple about each other, so they can take advantage of the chaos to reap the benefits of the fishermen?" ”

Zhou Yu said: "Therefore, all the forces on all sides have ghosts in their hearts, no matter which two parties are fighting, I am afraid that it will affect the whole body." However, they all missed Lu Yizhou's ...... Or should it be said that they all miscalculated Lu Yizhou's side. They all thought that Lu Yizhou was also taking the opportunity to intervene and come to the north to expand his power, but they didn't know that Lu Yizhou came to the north to really participate in the war. ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Yu smiled and shook his head to himself: "And this is destined to be a stalemate between these parties, which will be broken by Lu Yizhou with one blow!" ”

Sun Shangxiang frowned slightly when he heard this: "It's just some things, it doesn't seem to have any share of our Jiangdong children." ”

Zhou Yu smiled: "That's why I think we should continue to stay in the north and participate in the war." If there is any good opportunity, not only can I raise the prestige of my Jiangdong disciples, but also slap Liu Bei and the Cao family in the face with a resounding slap, then why don't we fight? ”

Saying that, Zhou Yu sighed again: "But Cao and Liu are both heroes in the world, and now although Cao Pi has passed away, I believe that Cao Pi is going according to the strategy left by Cao Pu, so the current situation is actually mainly that Cao and Liu are stalemate with each other, and they are both using the excuse of resisting foreign races, but secretly they are accumulating strength, and they are taking advantage of the fact that the other party is fighting with foreign races and is losing both sides to launch a thunderous blow."

"Once they fight under such circumstances, it will be uncontrollable, and we Jiangdong will definitely be involved in it, and I can't predict what kind of earth-shattering changes there will be. But one thing I am sure of is that if either of the Cao and Liu families wins, our Jiangdong will be ruined in the end. In contrast, the Cao and Liu families still maintain the current mutual situation, which is the best for us in Jiangdong. ”

Sun Shangxiang said: "I understand this, but it's ......"

Zhou Yu said: "If we go to fight the Huns, all the military supplies need to be supplied by Lu Yizhou, and they can't be out of Lu Yizhou's control, otherwise, once something happens, who dares to guarantee that the Cao family will not fall into trouble for our Jiangdong children?" Even more ruthless people will use this to provoke the relationship between Wu Hou and Lu Yizhou. My headache is here now, because if this matter is not discussed with Lu Yizhou, then we, the five thousand Jiangdong children, will not go to establish authority for Jiangdong, but to seek our own death. So Shang Xiang, you have to talk to Lu Yizhou when you go back, and if you really can't call me again, do you understand? ”

Sun Shangxiang nodded: "Then I'll try it tomorrow." ”

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In the afternoon of the next day, Sun Shangxiang said goodbye to Lu Ren, and Lu Ren and Chen Gong stood at the city gate tower. After a long time, Chen Gong spoke to Lu Ren: "Yihao, what the Shicai Sun County Lord said, and her worries...... And with all due respect to the old man's bluntness, with the old man's understanding of Lord Sun, Lord Sun is straightforward and can't think of so many messy things, so Gong believes that the things she mentioned are actually Zhou Yu's thoughts. ”

Lu Ren shook his head and smiled: "Actually, what can it be, what can it be?" Lord Sun and Zhou Yu brought 5,000 Jiangdong children who left their hometowns to help us, and Lord Sun did not hesitate to fall out with her brother, so we can't care about their lives or deaths in terms of morality and human feelings, otherwise wouldn't it be looked down upon? Besides, no matter how Lord Sun is, after all, she is Sun Quan's own sister; Although Zhou Yu has gradually become estranged from Sun Quan in recent years, he is still a well-known important minister in Jiangdong. If these two really do something wrong with us, I'm afraid that the saliva of the whole world can drown us. If Sun Quan were a little villain, he would also use this matter to attack us. ”

Chen Gong nodded: "What Yihao said is extremely true, so what does Yihao plan to do next?" ”

Lu Ren groaned: "Before I came to Liaoxi, Xun Gong and others had told me that although Zhou Yu came to the north to help in the war, he was still planning for Jiangdong in his bones...... In fact, at that time, he himself made it clear to me that if the Cao and Liu families continued to stalemate, once the war broke out in an all-round way, they Jiangdong would not only get no benefits, but would also be unable to escape annihilation. So he wants to break this deadlock, in order to continue to maintain the situation of the three in the world, and then seek the best opportunity for development when the three are established. ”

Chen Gongjin applauded: "Zhou Gongjin is a smart man, he knows very well that although Yihao is not good at military affairs, he has seen people, so saying those rhetoric in front of Yihao is far less realistic than telling the truth." ”

Lu Ren said: "Actually, I don't bother to pay attention to what the three families of Cao Liu and Sun will become, to put it mildly, they are just dog-eat-dog, but when it comes to the invasion of foreign races, I can't ignore it." So, whether Zhou Yu is for the righteousness of the world, or for his own little Jiujiu in his heart, even if he brings someone to help, and he really does things, I have to take care of his life and death to the end...... Speaking of which, I really thought about this aspect a long time ago, so I made some preparations related to it. ”

After taking a sip of tea and sorting out his thoughts, Lu Ren continued: "According to what Zhou Yu said when he first met me, he calculated that our decisive battle time would be in the middle or late spring of next year, that is, when the spring snow melted, and the grain and grass materials of the three clan alliance forces were basically exhausted. Later, it was only after he arrived in Liaoxi that he learned that we would be willing to leave all the grain of the autumn harvest to the three ethnic alliance forces, and I believe that he had already found out something at that time. Next, I believe he is already planning whether to return to Jiangdong or continue to participate in the war in the north. ”

Smiling, Lu Ren continued: "The American wolf is also calculating, because he knows what the fire in Chibi burned Lao Cao into, if we don't take care of him at this time, then once he falls into the hands of the Cao family, he will be under house arrest for life. ”

Chen Gongyi smiled: "Then wouldn't it be good to let them go back to Jiangdong directly?" ”

Lu Ren shook his head: "It's not that simple......"