"Holy Lord, Zhuge Jin is the elder brother of the prime minister, and he is ordered by Sun Quan to come here today, and I am afraid that it will be unruly if I don't see it." Huang Quan said.

"It is determined to seek peace, and it is useless to see it." Liu Bei said bluntly.

"It's not too late to make a decision." Huang Quandao.

It was Zhuge Liang's face that made Liu Bei even more unwilling to see him, but for Huang Quan's sake, Liu Bei still nodded and agreed, sat upright, and announced that Zhuge Jin would meet him.

It didn't take long for Zhuge Jin to walk into the hall with his chest straight, and said with a slight arch: "Zhuge Jin sees the King of Hanzhong." ”

Liu Bei's face immediately fell, and it was not difficult to hear from Zhuge Jin's words that Jiangdong did not recognize him as the founding emperor at all.

"Ziyu came from afar, I don't know what to learn?" Liu Bei forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart and said in a deep voice.

"I'm only here for Jingzhou."

"I swear to take Jingzhou, why bother to say more." Liu Bei didn't have a good airway.

"When Uncle Huang temporarily lived in Jingzhou, there was a covenant to return Jingzhou, but Guan Yu refused to fulfill it. I took care of the overall situation, admired benevolence and kindness, and once wanted to marry General Guan, but was insulted by him. Later, Lü Meng raised troops without authorization, so that General Guan was killed, and our lord also deeply regretted this, not only returned Ma Zhong, but also established an ancestral hall for General Guan. It can be seen from this that my lord acts but seeks to be comprehensive, why is it difficult for the king of Hanzhong to be strong? Zhuge Jin said unceremoniously in one breath, and every word was defending Sun Quan, and there was no lack of reprimanding Liu Bei.

Liu Bei was very disgusted, from this point alone, Zhuge Jin was really not as smooth as his brother Zhuge Liang, and he didn't leak. Liu Bei said disdainfully: "It is clear that Sun Quan wants to harm my second brother, if he made a document early, he must not hurt my second brother's life, how can he cause my second brother to die at the hands of an unknown rat, and end up in a different place!" Hmph, today's Ziyu spoke lightly, and he pushed the blame on the dead general Lu Meng, which is really disagreeable! ”

Zhuge Jin saw that Guan Yu's matter didn't make sense, so he changed the topic and said: "Xuande Gong is the uncle of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, and the Emperor of the Han Dynasty has been usurped by Cao Pi. ”

Liu Bei's face turned red when he said this, and he couldn't help but be furious: "Since Sun Quan has surrendered to the Northern Wei Dynasty, he is the enemy of the Han Dynasty and is spurned by the world!" I Xing soldiers crusade, conform to the will of heaven, what face do you have to discuss the great and small righteousness with me here, it is really to avoid the important and light, how absurd! ”

"My lord descended to Wei, but it was an expedient measure, if Xuande Gong sent troops to the north, my lord decided to break off the alliance with Wei, raise troops together, and support the Han family." Zhuge Jin said fearlessly.

This is still like a human saying, Liu Bei put forward a condition at the right time, "If Sun Quan has such sincerity, he will give up Jingzhou, which has proved his heart." ”

"Jingzhou is originally Wu land, and this matter is absolutely not feasible." Zhuge Jin flatly refused.

"If there is no sincerity, how can you lobby? The revenge of killing my brother is not shared with the sky, and I want me to stop the army and stop death! Liu Bei gritted his teeth, feeling that the conversation with Zhuge Jin was really a waste of effort.

And Zhuge Jin was also angry, because Liu Bei, who was in the impression of being kind and humble, no longer existed, and said bluntly: "Xuande Gong, if you and I are in a big war, Cao Pi will definitely benefit from it!" Please also think twice, don't be foolish to compete with each other. ”

Mother and maid too! Liu Bei scolded fiercely in his heart, and said angrily: "If you don't look at the face of the prime minister, I will kill you today, and go back to tell the blue-eyed child, prepare early, wash your neck and die!" ”

"Xuande Gong ......"

! Liu Bei didn't wait for Zhuge Jin to finish speaking, and unceremoniously issued an order to expel the guest, and several guards immediately pushed Zhuge Jin out, without even giving him a cup of tea.

After Zhuge Jin left, Liu Bei was still angry, glared at Huang Quan fiercely, and turned around and went to the back hall. Liu Bei's eyes made Huang Quan awe-inspired, and he regretted that he shouldn't have let Zhuge Jin in just now, especially emphasizing that it was in Zhuge Liang's face, which made Liu Bei so angry.

The failure of the negotiations was also expected, but it was indeed a bit unexpected that the quarrel was so unpleasant, because both sides had their own careful thoughts and were not honest enough with each other.

In order to prove to his colleagues in Jiangdong that he was of the same mind as Sun Quan, Zhuge Jin's tone was much harder than usual when he saw Liu Bei, too deliberate.

And because Liu Bei was unwilling to look at Zhuge Liang's face, he had to force himself to be polite to Zhuge Jin, and he was a little more disgusted before he spoke, not to mention that the conversation was not pleasant.

So the two of them didn't speculate, and they made an unmanageable situation. Zhuge Jin immediately wrote to Sun Quan, telling in detail about the situation of going to see Liu Bei, Sun Quan heard that Liu Bei asked for Jingzhou, he was a little tempted, and asked the ministers: "Now Liu Bei asks for the land of Jingzhou, and he wants to fight with it, so as not to fight, how about it?" ”

"Your Majesty, it is absolutely impossible at this time." Gu Yong came out and said, "Liu Bei's ambition is obvious, he has no faith at all, even if he will be delivered to all parts of Jingzhou, he will continue to go east, and lead the war to Jiangdong!" ”

Everyone echoed this attitude. Sun Quan was silent for a long time, and then made up his mind: "This battle is inevitable, and Lone will fight to the death with that Liu Da'er!" ”

Zhuge Jin ordered 50,000 troops from Nanjun to be stationed in Dangyang to prevent the 100,000 troops of Wu Ban from Zigui, and at the same time, Lu Xun also transferred 50,000 troops from Jiangxia to enter Nanjun as backup, and the two sides entered the point of tension.

At this time, it was the late autumn of September, Liu Beitong discussed with all the strategists, and decided not to fight Dangyang for the time being, but to cross the river to fight Sun Huan first, and then occupy Yidao.

If Zhuge Liang is here, he will definitely not agree with this arrangement, Yidao is a special place, there are many mountains, and the terrain is steep, how can it be more convenient to approach Dangyang?

Liu Bei had his own considerations, he felt that he had an absolute advantage in terms of troops, and wanted to completely control the waters of the Yangtze River, and then go down the east of the Yangtze River to take Sun Quan's old nest Jianye.

Wu Ban received Liu Bei's instructions, and took Zhang Bao and Guan Xing, together with an army of 100,000, to the north bank of the Yangtze River!

The river is surging, and the Jiangdong Dazhai and the warships on the opposite bank are faintly visible, arranged neatly, and quite large-scale. Wu Ban ordered the army to set up a large camp by the river, only to wait for the warships on the side of the White Emperor City to arrive, cross the river, and defeat Sun Huan in one fell swoop.

The impending war did not affect Yiling, and business in the city was still prosperous and orderly.

This night, Wang Baoyu stayed in Cai Wenji's room, and in the middle of the night, Cai Wenji suddenly woke up, her face was covered with tears, soft and cold.

"Cai Xiangguo, what's wrong with you? Did you dream that I ran away? Wang Baoyu held Cai Wenji's shoulders and joked.

Cai Wenji smiled bitterly, and was stunned for a long time before she choked up: "Baoyu! I dreamed that Zhen Mi had already suffered. ”

"Well, it should be around this time." Wang Baoyu sighed slightly, and couldn't help but think of Zhen Mi's beautiful face in front of him, with some unspeakable sadness in it.