As Zhuge Liang expected, on the afternoon of the third day of Sun Quan's capture, Zhang Zhao, who was already forty-five years old, came to the Han army camp as an envoy to discuss the redemption of Sun Quan.

After coming to the handsome tent to give the salute, Zhang Zhao went straight to the point and explained his intentions: "Zhao is not here for other reasons, presumably General Kong Ming also knows it." I am willing to exchange General Yansi for my lord Zhongmou and General Huang Gongfu! ”

Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan in his hand and said with a smile: "Hehe...... Is Zhang Zibu joking? Yang Yansi is just a miscellaneous general, and it is almost impossible to exchange him for Huang Gai, and it is almost impossible to exchange him for Sun Quan! ”

Zhang Zhao's face turned red, and he argued with reason: "General Kong Ming wants to gain an inch, if he annoys the governor of Gongjin and the generals of the Sun family, he will no longer care about the life and death of Zhongmou, and set up General Shubi as the master, and then Zhongmou will have no value, anyway, he is the son-in-law of General Wentai." ”

Zhang Zhao bargained with Zhuge Liang here, but he didn't expect that there was a hidden compartment behind the tent, Zhuge Liang had already sent Cheng Biting Jin to bring Sun Quan over, and asked him to listen to the conversation between himself and the envoy behind the compartment, and deliberately set a trap to lure Zhang Zhao to jump into the pit.

Sun Quan was shackled, and under the escort of Cheng Yanjin, he hid behind the compartment to listen to the conversation between Zhuge Liang and Zhang Zhao, and after listening to Zhang Zhao's words at this moment, he couldn't help but have blue eyes and round eyes, and his purple hair stood upside down, and he was about to open his mouth to scold Zhang Zhao and Zhou Yu for being disloyal and unjust, and they wanted to set up another third child as the main father before they died, which is really the most chilling heart!

"Shh......h

Cheng Biting Jin covered Sun Quan's mouth, lowered his voice and warned: "The eldest husband can bend and stretch, you just need to see your status in the hearts of Zhou Yu and others." If you are noisy now, in case Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao leave it alone. You're worthless! ”

Sun Quan had no choice but to close his eyes and sigh. Gritting his teeth, he calculated in his heart how to settle accounts with Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhaoqiu after going back, "The eldest husband can bend and stretch." It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao, let's ride a donkey and read the record book, we'll see! ”

Zhuge Liang had the heart to set up Zhang Zhao, and after listening to Zhang Zhao's words, he laughed and said: "Zhang Zibu's words are too subjective, if you want to change Sun Yi to be the master, will the soldiers of the three armies agree?" Wu Yunzhao, Zhou Dewei, Zhu Zhi and other generals will let you do whatever you want? ”

Zhang Zhao stood with his hands tied and said in a loud voice: "Don't hide it from General Kong Ming, Zhongmou's way of using troops and dealing with people are quite criticized by the soldiers. After being captured this time, his prestige dropped to the freezing point. In contrast, Shu Bi is brave and resolute, jealous and hateful, and is more popular among the soldiers. Wu Yunzhao, Zhou Dewei and other generals are all descendants of Gong Jin, if Gong Jin wants to establish Shubi as the main father, it is not a matter of words! ”

Sun Quan listened behind the compartment, the flames in his eyes were burning, and he said hatefully in his heart: "I have long seen that Zhou Yu supports the army and is self-respecting. Commanding me along the way, he didn't take me seriously at all. My brother entrusted you with the heavy responsibility, you are simply blind, are you right about the spirit of the eldest brother in the sky? ”

Zhuge Liang felt that Zhang Zhao's words were enough to ignite the anger in Sun Quan's heart. The conversation changed: "Since Zhang Zibu told him frankly, it seems that Sun Zhongmou is not indispensable to your old Sun family, then let's make a reciprocal deal." Hand over General Yang Yansi and the Kushan woman called Cleopatra. Let's put back Sun Quan and Huang Gai! ”

"Cleopatra?"

Hearing Zhuge Liang spit out this name, Sun Quan and Zhang Zhaoju were both taken aback. Cleopatra had been secretly imprisoned in Sun Quanjun's army, and those who knew the news were the loyal backbone of the Sun family. Zhuge Liang suddenly offered to use her as a bargaining chip, which surprised Sun Quan and Zhang Zhaowei.

After a while, Sun Quan came to his senses and muttered in his heart: "It seems that I have been deceived by this demon girl, and the secret plan to carry out Yingzheng is purely a fictitious thing!" She is simply the princess of the Peacock Dynasty sent by Caesar to marry Liu Wei, and she miscalculated! ”

But Sun Quan is now a mud bodhisattva crossing the river and it is difficult to protect himself, and he can only regret it in his heart, regretting that he was not brave enough, and he failed to get this bewitching woman into his hands, and he can only watch her return to Zhao and throw herself into Liu Wei's arms in the future, which is simply depressing and vomiting blood.

Zhang Zhao was just a little surprised, but he didn't take Cleopatra too seriously, the Sun family is now a remnant of the mansion is about to collapse, where is there still the energy to mix the grievances between the Kushan Empire and the Peacock Dynasty, as long as Sun Quan can be exchanged for Sun Quan, it doesn't matter whether this woman called Cleopatra is dead or alive.

"A gentleman's words, the horse is hard to chase! We sent Yang Yansi and Cleopatra, and you sent back Zhongmou and General Huang Gongfu! Zhang Zhao thought about it for a while, and boldly agreed to Zhuge Liang's conditions.

Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan lightly and agreed with a smile: "A word is a certainty!" ”

Zhang Zhao said again: "The existence of Cleopatra has always been hidden from Meng Tian and his Guishan soldiers, so our exchange can only be carried out in secret. When I came, I found that there is a place called White Snake Ridge between Huai'an and Rong County, and tonight, the two sides will exchange hostages here, and neither of them can bring a large group of soldiers and horses, only about 500 people. ”

"Just according to what Zhang Zibu said!" Zhuge Liang nodded and agreed.

In any case, he finally saved his life, the anger in Sun Quan's heart calmed down a little, and he secretly thought that sooner or later, he would repay today's humiliation to Zhuge Liang. After getting out, he will not let Zhou Yu feel better, and sooner or later he will be deprived of his military power.

"Stand back left and right!" Just after the agreement was reached, Zhuge Liang suddenly retreated left and right.

Zhang Zhao frowned and was puzzled: "What does Kong Ming mean by this?" ”

Zhuge Liang smiled: "I have a few words to Zhang Zibu!" ”

Without waiting for Zhang Zhao to agree, Zhuge Liang talked eloquently: "I have heard for a long time that Zhang Zibu in Xuzhou is full of economy and is well versed in the way of governing the country. Xuzhou Tao Qian has recruited Mr. several times, but Mr. has refused. Liang sighed why Zhang Zibu didn't take refuge in the imperial court in the first place, so that your governance can be useful?

But he ran all the way to Changsha to join Sun Jian, so that now he is panicking like a lost dog. The building is about to fall, the tide is falling, and the fall of the Sun family is only a matter of time, why didn't Zhang Zibu plan for the future and return to the imperial court? If this is the case, Liang will definitely try his best to recommend to His Majesty, and with Zhang Zibu's internal political skills shown in Jingnan, he can at least make a state assassin history. ”

Touched by Zhuge Liang's words, Zhang Zhao sighed: "I refused Tao Qian's recruitment at the beginning, just because he was a duplicitous hypocrite, and Tao Qian was a vassal to the Eastern Han Dynasty, I was afraid of Tao Qian's retaliation, so I didn't dare to go out in the Eastern Han Dynasty." I never thought that the Emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty would turn against Tao Qian, if I had known this, maybe I wouldn't have gone to Changsha to join General Wentai......"

After listening to Zhang Zhao's words, Sun Quan, who was hiding behind the compartment, sneered a few times in his heart: "Sure enough, the coldest is not the most heartfelt, what loyalty and what righteousness?" When disaster comes, everyone looks at their future! My brother's most important literature and martial arts are like this, one supports the army and wants to usurp the throne, and the other bends down to the Eastern Han Dynasty and almost surrenders on his knees. When I go back, sooner or later you will have to pay for what you have done! ”

Zhang Zhao didn't notice that there was someone behind the compartment at all, and after sighing, he knew that he was speechless, and arched his hand: "Hey...... What's the use of me talking to you about this, everything is predestined! General Sun Wentai and General Bo Fu treated me well, and entrusted all the internal affairs of Jingnan to Zhang Zhao. Without further ado, let's take my leave, exchange prisoners at White Snake Ridge tonight, don't miss the appointment! ”

After Zhang Zhao left, Zhuge Liang summoned Cheng Yanjin to escort Sun Quan out from behind the compartment, shook his feather fan and asked with a smile: "General Zhongmou, have you seen the psychology of Zhou Yu, Zhang Zhao and the generals under his command today?" ”

Sun Quan sighed: "People's hearts are sinister, there is nothing to be done, they can only live one day at a time!" ”

Zhuge Liang advised: "Your Majesty has rehabilitated General Wentai in the past to sweep away the Yellow Turban and crusade against Dong Zhuo, and has rehabilitated him, removed the name of the thief, and re-awarded the Wentai General Wu Chenghou, and posthumously named General Bofu as Wu Hou." Besides, your uncle Wu Jing and the old department Lu Fan have surrendered, so that your sister Shangxiang is quite close to Your Majesty, and your mother Wu is also the wife of General Wu Qi, why didn't General Zhongmou lead his troops to surrender? ”

Now there are less than 30,000 remnants of the Sun family, and Sun Quan also knows that he is at the end of his rope, but when he thinks that Wu Qi accepted his stepmother as his wife, he feels that his face is gloomy, and he muttered: "Let me go back and think twice, and after Your Majesty agrees to my conditions, I will surrender!" ”

"I don't know what General Zhongmou's conditions are?" Zhuge Liang struck while the iron was hot and strongly persuaded Sun Quan to return to obedience.

Sun Quan refused to say more: "You let me go back to the camp first, and then send someone to inform you when I have the conditions, if the Son of Heaven agrees to my request, I will submit, otherwise I will ......"

Since Sun Quan had made up his mind, Zhuge Liang didn't say more, and instructed Cheng Yanjin to remove Sun Quan's shackles, take a shower and change into clean clothes, let him eat and drink enough, and go to White Snake Ridge in the evening to exchange Yang Qilang and Cleopatra and come back.

In the evening, Zhao Yun returned from Huai'an City unscathed, gave a general account of the situation in the city, and finally reminded: "General Wu specially told that the Guishan Army has elephant soldiers to help, as many as more than 300 heads, all of them are behemoths several feet tall, and they seem to be destroyed everywhere they go on the plain. If you don't have a strategy to break the enemy, you must not confront it head-on, lest you be trampled by the giant elephant and let the soldiers sacrifice their lives in vain! ”

"Shhh...... The Kushan army actually had a large number of elephant soldiers to help? Zhuge Liang frowned and gasped, "Let Liang plan the strategy of the elephant breaking soldiers, Zilong tonight, you and the two generals Yang Guerrilla and Cheng Yanjin will bring five hundred cavalry, escort Sun Quan and Huang Gai to the White Snake Ridge between Rongxian and Huai'an, and exchange the two of them for General Yang Yansi and Cleopatra, the messenger from the Peacock Dynasty!" ”

(It's the end of the month, ask for a monthly pass, and the brothers who have a ticket will support it) (to be continued.) )