In Jingzhou in the deep winter season, the earth has been covered with a thick layer of snow.

The snow scene is very beautiful, and Zhuge Liang is also rare to have a moment of leisure at this time, standing in front of the window and watching the snow scene.

Since Jian'an was born in Liu Bei in the twelfth year, it has been seventeen or eight years now, and the young man who was twenty-six years old at the time is now a middle-aged uncle at the age of forty-five or six. However, according to the habit of calling himself an "old man" at the age of thirty-six in the Han Dynasty, Zhuge Liang can almost be classified into the "old man" series.

In the original history, Zhuge Liang led the army into the Sichuan army to reinforce Liu Bei due to the death of Pang Tong and Liu Bei's defeat in Sichuan, and then Zhuge Liang basically took root in Sichuan until he died of illness on the way to the Northern Expedition.

However, on the whole, Zhuge Liang's entry into Sichuan was actually somewhat forced by the situation, and judging from the fact that Liu Bei left Zhuge Liang in Jingzhou when he entered Sichuan, the "general" in "Longzhong Pair" in "Choose a General to Leave Wanluo" should have been Zhuge Liang instead of Guan Yu. You must know that Zhuge Liang grew up in Jingzhou since he was a child, and he has a very good understanding of the situation in Jingzhou, and together with Zhuge Liang's own talents, Zhuge Liang is indeed the most suitable candidate, at least one of the most suitable candidates, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others have to go to the back row.

And the current situation is due to Lu Ren's intervention and the series of changes that were caused, so that Pang Tong did not lose in Liu Bei and Sichuan, and Pang Tong did not die in battle, so that Zhuge Liang continued to stay in Jingzhou because of this. However, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who Liu Bei left to Zhuge Liang, rushed to Hanzhong regardless of Zhuge Liang because Liu Bei was injured in the battle against the Western Regions Coalition Army, and Zhuge Liang almost had an accident in Jingzhou at that time.

Later, the Western Regions Coalition Army was defeated, and Liu Bei also felt that Zhuge Liang could not have some characters around him who could fight, so he transferred Zhao Yun and Wei Yan back to Jingzhou. Zhao Yun doesn't need to say much, whoever uses it can rest assured; As for Wei Yanma, this guy was originally a general of the Jingzhou department, and there was no problem in dealing with the military problems of Jingzhou.

As far as Zhuge Liang himself is concerned, although there have been a lot of twists and turns, and he is stationed in Jingzhou, he has to constantly fight with Sun Quan, but in general, Liu Bei Group is still walking according to the general idea of "Longzhong Pair", so Zhuge Liang is quite pleased. At least compared to the original history at this time Zhuge Liang was already in that state of "doing his best and dying", the current Zhuge Liang is not so tired.

As for the Northern Expedition to Cao Wei...... Not to mention that this matter is originally a political slogan, let's just say that Zhuge Liang himself is also a very pragmatic person, he clearly pointed out in "Longzhong Pair" that "when there is something in the north", he can only take action, but what changes can there be on the current Cao Wei's side? So before that, guarding the turf and accumulating strength is the last word.

In a word, Guan Yu will carelessly lose Jingzhou, but this kind of thing is difficult to happen to Zhuge Liang. With Zhuge Liang's style of "Zhuge is only cautious in his life", the biggest mistake in his life may just be the misuse of Ma Tan in the Battle of the Street Pavilion, right?

In fact, the current Zhuge Liang is also quite tired, after all, here in Jingzhou, he often has to argue with Sun Quan about the Jingzhou issue, but it will not be as tiring as the original history of being the leader in Sichuan after being entrusted by Liu Bei, and Zhuge Liang can completely cope with it. So at this time, Zhuge Liang, who was busy with those things in Jingzhou after this autumn, could also enjoy the snow in his spare time...... It is in such weather that Zhuge Liang is still accustomed to holding a feather fan in his hand, and the style of shaking it a few times from time to time really makes people look a little painful.

After blowing a few winds, it was inevitable that his body would be a little cold, so Zhuge Liang picked up the warm wine at hand and poured a few sips, and then continued to enjoy the snow scene, but what Zhuge Liang was thinking about at this moment, others did not know. It's just that at this seemingly rare leisurely time, Huang Yueying led Ma Jian in a hurry, Zhuge Liang turned his head and saw the expressions of the two and knew that something was wrong, and hurriedly put down the wine bottle and asked the two again: "What's the alarm?" ”

Ma Jian was covered in dust, obviously just rushed back. At this time, he didn't have time to salute Zhuge Liang, and he didn't need to pay too much attention to the relationship between him and Zhuge Liang, so he directly picked up another bottle of warm wine on the stove, and after removing the lid, he poured it into his stomach as soon as he raised his neck. After warming up and relieving himself, Ma Jian hurriedly said: "Big thing, big thing!" Lu Ren deliberately wants to assign Guiyang County to Sun Quan!! ”

By the way, Lu Ren also had an idea about the Bai family Wuchang in Jingzhou, but Lu Ren before the Battle of Chibi can basically be said to be poor and white, like Xu Shu, Gan Ning, Zhang Zhongjing, these talents were all abducted and deceived before they went to Yizhou, and Lu Ren was able to abduct them There is a common reason, that is, Xu Shu basically had nothing at that time, and it was more convenient for Lu Ren to turn up, which roughly means that a small company that has not formed a climate has recruited a few talents who are eager to find jobs.

But a local scholar like the Bai Wuchang has his own family background, and he is a talent who is not so eager to find a job, and Lu Ren's background at that time can't arouse their interest, so they treat Lu Ren as a friend at most, and Lu Ren's idea of beating them is not fun at all.

Because of this, the Bai Wuchang still defected to Liu Bei after Liu Bei took Jingzhou as in the original history, and then Baimei Ma Liang followed Liu Bei to Sichuan, and Ma Jian followed Zhuge Liang as an assistant, and many times was also responsible for trade with Lu Ren and often went to Guiyang. At this time, Ma Jian had just finished the winter trade between Liu Bei and Lu Ren this year and had just returned from Guiyang......

"What!?"

Hearing the news brought by Ma Tan, Zhuge Liang was shocked in his heart, and even fell to the ground without even grabbing the feather fan in his hand. You must know that both Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang attach great importance to the diplomatic relations with Lu Ren and the trade relationship brought out, and then on this basis, the importance of Guiyang County in Lu Ren's hands is self-evident. Now that he suddenly heard that Lu Ren was going to assign Guiyang County to Sun Quan, Zhuge Liang would not be surprised here.

Shocked, Zhuge Liang didn't even bother to pick up the feather fan, and hurriedly took two steps forward to ask Ma Jian for details, and Ma Jian roughly said about this trip to Guiyang. It turned out that Ma Jian went to trade this time, and although he successfully got the goods agreed with Lu Ren after arriving at the place, he was also told by the officials of Lu Ren in Guiyang that Guiyang County was about to be assigned to Sun Quan, so this batch of goods was the last batch, and the subsequent orders or something depended on the results of Liu Bei's negotiation with Lu Ren. And Ma Jian is not a fuel-efficient lamp, as soon as he heard the news, he knew that something was wrong, so he threw the transportation of goods to his subordinates, and he hurried back to Jiangling overnight to report to Zhuge Liang.

After asking about those related things, Huang Yueying also handed the feather fan she picked up to Zhuge Liang's hand. As Zhuge Liang's wife, she knows that when Zhuge Liang wants to think calmly, this thing is indispensable in his hand. After Zhuge Liang took the feather fan, he shook it lightly while pacing back and forth in the room. After a long time, Zhuge Liang handed his inquiring gaze to Ma Jian and Huang Yueying: "What do you think about this matter?" ”

Ma Jian bowed her head and was silent, it should be that she hadn't organized what she wanted to say, and Huang Yueying was not a fuel-efficient lamp, and more importantly, Huang Yueying had studied and lived in Yizhou as a "foreign student", and she had a deeper understanding of Lu Ren's affairs, so her reaction in this regard was faster than Ma Yan's:

"What else can you see? Some time ago, Cao Pi took the opportunity to make trouble, and Lu Nanhai was on an expedition, and some whips were out of reach. Therefore, in addition to dealing with Cao Pi in a timely manner, the most important thing to do at the moment is to stabilize Sun Quan, so the matter of dividing Guiyang and Sun Quan is, to put it bluntly, nothing more than dividing land with Sun Quan to seek peace. ”

Zhuge Liang nodded, but once again handed his gaze to Ma Yan. In fact, although Ma Tan is not a qualified general and commander, he is definitely a qualified staff officer, otherwise he would not be deeply valued by Zhuge Liang.

At this moment, facing Zhuge Liang's gaze, what Ma Jian wanted to say here was also organized, so he said slowly to Zhuge Liang and Huang Yueying: "Sister-in-law is right, but things are not so simple. Speaking of which, Lu Ren is by no means an idle person, and Xun Wenruo, who stayed in Yizhou, is also a resourceful person, wouldn't they know that Sun Quan is a vicious wolf who can't be fed? Although the land is allocated to Sun Quan today, if there is no other deep meaning in this, isn't it encouraging Sun Quan to further plot against Lu Ren? Anyway, I don't believe that Lu Ren would do such a stupid thing. ”

Zhuge Liang nodded again, and motioned for Ma Jian to continue. Ma Tan thought for a while before saying, "According to the foolish opinion below, we are only afraid that we will be dragged into the water by Lu Ren this time." And even if we know that this is a pit dug by Lu Ren, under the current situation, we have to jump into this pit. ”

Zhuge Liang let out a long sigh at this time: "You Chang really knows what I mean!" ”

As he spoke, Zhuge Liang returned to the desk and looked up at a map hanging on the wall. This map was obtained by Huang Yueying in Yizhou, but it was not a military map. To be precise, this map is the simplest map of the world if measured by the standards of later generations, and it is a teaching map for geography courses in Yizhou...... Military maps and conventional maps are two different things, Huang Yueying wanted to make military maps but couldn't. However, this map for science and education was also very useful to many people at the time.

Looking at Zhuge Liang's feather fan upside down, the handle of the fan was lightly tapped in Yangon, Yizhou and other places on the map, and finally it was pointed on the map of Guiyang County, and the person also sighed lightly again: "This is forced by the situation, so it's really no wonder that Lu Ren would do this." Once Cao Pi moves to Sun Quan again, his whole situation will be dangerous. And in this situation, he can only pull us into the water and let us control Sun Quan, so that his situation can develop in a good direction. ”

Huang Yueying said: "Is it too much for Lu Nanhai to do this? His situation is understandably critical, but isn't it good for him to ask the lord for help directly? And why do you want to do such an action? ”

Zhuge Liangxin said that my wife is good at everything, she is smart enough, she is a good hand in civil affairs and development, and she also has two brushes in military strategy, but she is only a little worse at the diplomatic level. However, there are some things that Zhuge Liang really doesn't want to say clearly...... Ask Liu Bei for help according to the normal pattern? Do you really think that the relationship between Lu Ren and Liu Bei is so iron?

Of course, out of consideration for his own interests, Liu Bei should have agreed to help. But don't forget that there is also an alliance between Liu Bei and Sun Quan, which makes it inconvenient for Liu Bei to go directly to Sun Quan, so he must first have a lot of skin with Sun Quan at the diplomatic level. And if this delay, Lu Ren's time there can't afford to wait, let alone wait! Lu Ren will not put the initiative in the hands of others, or will not passively count on the unreliable Liu Bei...... Although the strategy was completed by Xun Yu to help Lu Ren, where was Lu Ren willing to give up Guiyang? Lu Ren even thought about repaying the bill. And this arrangement made up by Xun Yu is more in line with Lu Ren's needs.

In other words, Lu Ren took advantage of Liu Bei's business demand for Lu Ren, and forcibly dragged Liu Bei's side into the water with the meat and bone of Guiyang County, and the result was to seize the initiative in Liu Bei's diplomacy in his own hands. Go to Liu Bei for help in the normal way, Lu Ren is a grandson; But the person who gave up a Guiyang County and became a grandson would be Liu Bei.

You must know that Guiyang County has undertaken about seventy percent of the trade tasks between Lu Ren and Liu Bei, and aside from those things that are just making money, Liu Bei is quite in need of high-quality weapons produced by Lu Ren here. This matter, after Liu Bei experienced the battle with the Western Regions Alliance and personally felt the power of thermal weapons, he had already deeply realized the strength of these thermal weapons.

After that, Liu Bei said several times that he wanted to increase the order, so as not to suffer a big loss in the competition with Cao Pi and Sun Quan in the future, and Lu Ren only agreed to a relatively limited part, firmly hanging Liu Bei's appetite, Liu Bei was also anxious about it but couldn't do it. The cottage is a cottage with a heart, but can Liu Bei's industrial base keep up with the demand? To put it too far, what Liu Bei can make now is only an earthen cannon, but Lu Ren's whole head is a Francophone red coat, which can be compared in quality? Is it true that Lu Ren's industrial base, which has been painstakingly operated for more than 20 years, is it a showcase?

In this case, Lu Ren's assignment of Guiyang to Sun Quan was basically equivalent to cutting off trade with Liu Bei. Even if Lu Ren kept falling, would Sun Quan watch Liu Bei and Lu Ren continue to do business? And Sun Quan has been looking at Liu Bei? Therefore, as soon as Guiyang fell into the hands of Sun Quan, it had a great negative impact on Liu Bei, which is what Ma Tan said, "I know that it is a pit, but I still have to jump in......