Volume 3 Chapter 339 Responding One by One (2)
Lu Ren was worried and didn't know how to speak to Zhou Yu, but he didn't know that he didn't have to bother with it at all, because Zhou Yu would never approve of Sun Quan being the enemy of Lu Ren in the current situation, so some words didn't need Lu Ren to say, Zhou Yu himself was already having a headache.
Lu Ren was naturally worried about Zhou Yu, because Lu Ren was quite aware of Zhou Yu's loyalty to the Sun Group. At least in Lu Ren's opinion, Zhou Yu is the kind of person who can go to the soup for the sake of the Sun Group. If there is any opportunity to expand the strength of the Sun Group, Zhou Yu will definitely jump out and rush to the front line.
According to the current situation, Cao Pi is ready to turn his face and start a war with Lu Ren, which is a good opportunity for Sun Quan to expand his territory and strengthen his strength, so it is very likely that Sun Quan will take the olive branch handed over by Cao Pi and attack Lu Ren in the north and south with Cao Pi.
The reason why it is said that it is a good opportunity for Sun Quan is mainly because if Cao Pi invades Liaozhou, then Lu Ren will be equivalent to forming a two-front battle situation with Liaozhou in Central Asia, and two-front combat is a taboo in military terms, Lu Ren is already quite helpless about this, so he has to slow down the relatively slow war in Central Asia, which is mainly based on stability, in order to help Lu Ren return the main force at hand as soon as possible.
However, if Sun Quan also came in at this time, Lu Ren would have to fight on a third front, and it is conceivable how unfavorable the situation would be. What's even worse is that with Zhou Yu's talent, it is impossible not to see these things, so once Zhou Yu knows about Lu Ren's current situation, Lu Ren really doesn't dare to think about what kind of thing Zhou Yu will do...... By the way, Lu Ren didn't know that Zhou Yu had his own news channel at this time, so he didn't know that Zhou Yu had learned about Lu Ren's current situation at this time.
All in all, Zhou Yu's situation is very similar to that of Cao Zhang and Cao Chong in some aspects, but the biggest difference is that the Cao brothers don't have a good impression of Cao Pi, so they have a heart for self-preservation, and it is easier for Lu Ren to persuade them to speak; But Zhou Yu's loyalty to the Sun Group was there, which made it extremely difficult for Lu Ren to persuade Zhou Yu. Then again, at that time, Zhou Yu would come to Lu Ren and say that he was willing to go to war with Lu Ren, and his fundamental purpose was not to consider it from the side of the Sun Group?
The above are Lu Ren's worries, but Lu Ren knows that some things can't be hidden for too long, so he wants to call Zhou Yu over and persuade Zhou Yu when he doesn't know about it. If he really can't be persuaded to do so, Lu Ren can only temporarily put Zhou Yu under house arrest, and the five thousand Jiangdong children in Ceylon will be under the command of Sun Shangxiang, after all, Lu Ren is very relieved of Sun Shangxiang, and he also believes that Sun Shangxiang will not cause trouble for Lu Ren at this time.
So now let's take a look at Zhou Yu, and what does Zhou Yu think?
If it was Zhou Yu in the past, if he had encountered such an opportunity, eight times out of ten he would strongly suggest that Sun Quan seize the opportunity to expand the strength of the Sun Group. But the current Zhou Yu will definitely not approve of Sun Quan turning his face with Lu Ren at this time. It's not that Zhou Yu is thinking about his personal safety because he is in Lu Ren's legion, or although there are a little such factors, when necessary, a character like Zhou Yu will not care about this.
So why did Zhou Yu have such an idea? If Lu Ren knew the origin of Zhou Yu's idea at this time, he would have come up with such a sentence: "Is this Nima Zhou Yu or Yamamoto/Fifty-Six?" ”
Yamamoto/Fifty-six, the admiral of the island nation during World War II, the mastermind of the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, and the main chess player in the Pacific naval war on the island nation...... I won't say much about those messy names, anyway, the American side at that time regarded Yamamoto/Fifty-Six as a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh, and in the end, it used an almost assassination-like decapitation operation to kill Yamamoto/Fifty-six.
Without going into too much detail about these World War II events, Yamamoto/Fifty-Six is generally regarded as a fanatical warmonger. Although it is actually true to say this, Yamamoto/56 is a warmonger, and the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, the fuse of the Pacific Naval Battle, came from his hands, but in fact, Yamamoto/56 has always been strongly opposed to the island countries and the United States before the start of the Pacific Naval War, and for this reason, they were almost assassinated by the radical young men of the island countries.
This is by no means to say that Yamamoto Fifty-six is a peaceful person, on the contrary, Yamamoto is definitely a militarist. The main reason why he opposed the island countries going to war with the United States was that Yamamoto had spent a lot of time in the United States as a diplomat, and had fully investigated, studied, and studied the national conditions of the United States at that time, so Yamamoto was quite aware of the industrial strength of the United States. Once these industrial forces are thrown into the war by the United States, the island nation will face a terrible opponent, and it will be terrifyingly difficult to defeat this opponent. Even if the island countries have achieved an advantage in the initial stage of sea dominance, they can only maintain it for two to three years at most, and then they will be comprehensively overtaken and suppressed by the United States. After saying this, looking at the outcome of the Pacific Naval Battle, it is not difficult to find that Yamamoto's calculation is actually very reasonable.
All in all, Yamamoto did not want to fight, but he did not approve of the island's war of foreign aggression starting a war with the United States before it reached a certain level. So now looking back at Zhou Yu, what are the similarities between Zhou Yu's ideas and Yamamoto's?
In fact, it's very simple, Zhou Yu has been in Lu Ren's army for a long time, and he has been very careful in many of Lu Ren's territories, and he is not like Sun Shangxiang who is heartless and careless to play around, so at this time, Zhou Yu is more aware of Lu Ren's potential reserve strength here, so he also knows that once Sun Quan turns against Lu Ren, it is unlikely that he will get rid of Lu Ren at all.
If Lu Ren can't be killed, then it means that Lu Ren can make a comeback, and at this point, Zhou Yu's mentality is a bit like Yamamoto's concern about the strong industrial strength of the United States. In other words, Sun Quan turned his face with Lu Ren, perhaps taking advantage of Lu Ren's unfavorable situation of being tired of the third-line battle to grab several of Lu Ren's main territories, but Lu Ren's potential strength that he had never used was too strong, and when Lu Ren used these potential strengths to ease up after the defeat, then Sun Quan could have good fruits to eat?
At this point, Lu Ren and Zhou Yu may be because of the different starting points and angles of looking at things, so Zhou Yu thought of some factors that Lu Ren failed to think about. For example, Sun Quan may be able to take a lot of advantage at this time, but one of the biggest reasons for these advantages is that Lu Ren has fallen into a third-line battle because of the current situation, and it is difficult to concentrate his forces.
But when it came to the stage of Lu Ren's regrouping and comeback after the defeat, Lu Ren at that time was not trapped in a situation of fighting on three fronts, but could concentrate all his forces to seek revenge on Sun Quan. And at this time, Lu Ren must be the first to find Sun Quan, and under the factor of geographical location, he can only be the first to find Sun Quan, because it is impossible for Lu Ren to go directly to Cao Pi to take revenge by crossing Sun Quan.
Then at this time, it means that Sun Quan will bear Lu Ren's full anger. With Lu Ren's unused potential strength, it is unknown whether Sun Quan can withstand Lu Ren's full anger. At this time, if Sun Quan asked Cao Pi, who had cooperated before, for help...... Hehe, it's better to save this matter.
What kind of virtue is Cao Pi? Zhou Yu had also dealt with Cao Zhang and Cao Chong before, and together with Cao Pi's excuse-making move this time, he already had a deeper understanding of Cao Pi's character and way of doing things. So Zhou Yu dared to pack the ticket, if it was really at that time, Cao Pi would not only not send troops to reinforce Sun Quan, but would definitely watch Lu Ren and Sun Quan fight to the death, and then send some troops to seize some of Sun Quan's territory by the way. At that time, Sun Quan's territory will be all over if it doesn't do well.
In the same way, Cao Pi would be like this, and Liu Bei's group, which had an alliance with Sun Quan, was no better. Not to mention anything else, both sides are still arguing over the Jingnan issue. So at that time, whether Liu Bei's group can fall into the well or not can be regarded as worthy of the alliance between Sun and Liu.
The above are Zhou Yu's innermost thoughts at the moment, and Zhou Yu is looking at this problem from the perspective of Jiangdong Sun Group, so he focuses on a relatively long term, unlike Lu Ren, who is worried about the current situation, and has not thought of the arrangement after he fell into that situation and failed. To put it more simply, Lu Ren thinks about "near-term worries", while Zhou Yu thinks about "long-term concerns", so Zhou Yu thinks of these.
It's just that these words, Zhou Yu knows that they can't be mentioned to Sun Shangxiang. At this time, he looked at the telegram in front of him again, and after thinking for a long time, he said: "Shang Xiang, I can go this time, you stay in Ceylon to unify the army, but don't make any trouble for the old man Huang." And then we must remember to strictly restrain our Jiangdong children! ”
Sun Shangxiang hesitated: "Brother Zhong is the only one who goes?" This ......"
Zhou Yu waved his hand: "It's enough for me to go." If you and I go together, I'm worried that these 5,000 Jiangdong children will have some kind of chaos without knowing the state of affairs. And ......"
Sun Shangxiang asked, "And what?" ”
"Oh, nothing."
Zhou Yu hurriedly smiled and shook his head. In fact, Zhou Yu just wanted to say, "Lu Ren's biggest worry right now is just me, so I can go over this time alone." But after thinking about it, Zhou Yu decided that it was better not to say this.
Sun Shangxiang has always been very convinced of Zhou Yu, and even has a bit of blind obedience. And thinking that Zhou Yu was right, the five thousand Jiangdong children here in Ceylon must be managed here, so there is indeed a need for him to stay, so he nodded to Zhou Yu and agreed.
A few days later, Zhou's clipper arrived in Yangon. Lu Ren was the same as Cao Zhang and Cao Chong at that time, and directly invited Zhou Yu into the cabin.
When the two sat down face to face, before Lu Ren could speak, Zhou Yu, who had already looked around the cabin, smiled at Lu Ren and said, "Such a cabin can't ambush people, so Lu Nanhai doesn't plan to capture Yu just in case?" ”
Zhou Yu's words made Lu Ren stunned before he understood, and then said in his heart, should I take out the pistol in the drawer and give you another shot of the "American wolf"? By the way, Lu Ren does have the intention of arresting Zhou Yu as a last resort, but he only arrests and not kills, after all, people still have room to talk when they are alive, and if they die, they will be in great trouble. Therefore, Lu Ren's gun is not a musket, but a light energy pistol, and the energy output is adjusted to a level that is limited to stunning. When Lu Ren fled from Xuchang, he used the same type of light rifle that Shirley brought when he passed through and stunned a group of people, including Lao Cao.
Without much gossip, after Lu Ren understood, he couldn't help but look at Zhou Yu in surprise. Lu Ren was not stupid, knowing that Zhou Yu could say this, he must have learned about the Central Plains through his own news channels. And thinking of this, Lu Ren couldn't help but sigh secretly, saying that a famous general is a famous general, and he can't look down on it. Even if Zhou Yuyuan is in Ceylon, what about it? I thought that Zhou Yu didn't get the news, but Zhou Yu didn't already know? And at this point, Cao Zhang and Cao Chong are much inferior to Zhou Yu, the "old wolf".
After shaking a smile and sighing lightly, Lu Ren didn't bother to talk nonsense about some things, and said straight to the point: "Since Gongjin already knows about the matter of the Central Plains, I won't talk nonsense anymore." Gongjin, you should also understand my intention to call you here in such a hurry, right? ”
Zhou Yu smiled: "Although Yu is dull, some things can still be understood. And for the past few days, Yu has been thinking about how to deal with this situation. ”
As he spoke, Zhou Yu took out a letter from the bag and handed it to Lu Ren, who was surprised and a little satisfied after reading it carefully. However, when he saw the end, Lu Ren smiled bitterly at Zhou Yu and said, "In the end, it is Zhou Gongjin, you will really find an opportunity to reach out to me." ”
Zhou Yu smiled again: "What is your intention for Wu Hou, Lu Nanhai, don't you know?" If it is not clear, Lu Nanhai, you will not be in a hurry at this time. Such a good opportunity, if you don't get some advantage for Wu Hou in the future, isn't it too much to say? ”
Zhou Yu's request was to let Lu Ren officially assign Guiyang County to Sun Quan, and Lu Ren almost vomited blood when he saw this request. But there is no way, the current situation is really not optimistic, the territory of Guiyang County, compared with the overall situation here in Lu Ren, Guiyang County is not so important. If the hot-blooded ones refuse, they may lose more and more at that time.
Of course, this condition was still a little difficult for Lu Ren to accept, but Lu Ren kept himself calm as much as possible, and after being silent for a long time and weighing the pros and cons repeatedly, he finally nodded and said, "Okay, I will agree to your request." But I want to make it clear, before the matter is resolved, Wu Hou doesn't just want to take Guiyang from me! ”
(This kind of plot can be a little hard to swallow...... )r