Jiang Gan finally came.
This also led Zhang Xi to believe that the Battle of Chibi was most likely a story line.
If that's the case, hey, there's something good to watch.
However, Zhang Xi did not know the news of Jiang Gan's arrival at the first time, but was informed by Lu Su on the night when Zhou Yu hosted a banquet for Jiang Gan.
The Gathering of Heroes was a cocktail party where Zhou Yu demonstrated Soochow's military power to Jiang Gan. It was also the first step in Zhou Yu's counterintuitive plan, in order to convince Jiang Gan that he had the ability to defeat Cao Cao.
If Zhuge Liang and Zhang Xi are brought along, it will become a joint effort between the two families to fight against Cao, which will make Jiang Gan feel that Zhou Yu lacks confidence.
Therefore, Zhou Yu did not invite Zhang Xi and Zhuge Liang to this cocktail party. It was purely a gathering of Jiangdong generals to show off their muscles to Jiang Qian.
That night, Zhuge Liang and Zhang Xi heard the sound of drums in the army camp, and then they learned that Zhou Yu was hosting a banquet in the army, but neither of them knew who was specifically invited.
It wasn't until Lu Su arrived that Zhuge Liang and Zhang Xi knew that Zhou Yu was hosting a banquet for their old classmate Jiang Gan.
Lu Su came to Zhuge Liang and Zhang Xi's boat because he was worried that Zhou Yu's failure to invite Zhuge Liang and Zhang Xi would cause the two people to have objections to Zhou Yu and thus affect the Sun-Liu alliance, so Lu Su specially brought wine to accompany the two of them. Drink and chat.
"The governor's banquet with Jiang Qian is a private banquet, not official business. Therefore, I have not invited you, so please don't take offense." Lu Su explained with a smile while pouring wine for Zhuge Liang and Zhang Xi.
Zhang Xi and Zhuge Liang looked at each other and both smiled.
"Zijing bullies me!" Zhuge Liang smiled and said to Lu Su, "This time Gong Jin invites Jiang Ziyi to the banquet, it may not be purely official!"
Lu Su also looked embarrassed.
Indeed, why should Jiangdong soldiers accompany the private banquet? It is a bit false to say that it is a private banquet. Although Lu Su also knew that Zhou Yu wanted to use Jiang Qian to carry out counterintuitive tactics, but on the surface, it was still Zhou Yu's banquet with old friends, which was not considered official business.
Lu Su could only smile awkwardly and continue to explain, "Jiujiang Jiang Ziyi is a classmate of the Governor and is famous for his eloquence in Jianghuai. Today he comes to see the Governor to reminisce about old times. It's not a private banquet, so why?!"
Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "Why didn't Zijing say that Jiang Qian came from Cao Ying in Jiangbei?!"
Zhang Xi also joined in and said, "Now that the two armies are facing each other, Cao Cao has sent an eloquent person to the south of the Yangtze River. He is also an old friend of the governor. Could he be trying to persuade him to surrender?!"
Lu Su quickly waved his hands and said, "Hey, what did Yuan Chang say? In the past at Chaisang, Yuan Chang knew that the governor was willing to resist Cao Cao. Why did he say such doubtful words about the governor today?! And the governor had made it clear before, today It is a gathering of old friends. Although each is his own master, no official business is discussed."
"Not talking about business?!" Zhang Xi was amused and laughed out loud.
People who don't know will really be fooled by Lu Su, but how could Zhang Xi not know that Qunying would do this.
Zhuge Liang had obviously seen through Zhou Yu's plan a long time ago, so he also laughed.
Lu Su was a little confused for a moment, looked at the two of them, and asked, "Gentlemen, why are you laughing?!"
"I see, Jiang Gan may not be interested in discussing official matters, but Gong Jin may not be the same!" Zhuge Liang smiled and said to Lu Su, "A few days ago, the governor was worried that Cao Jun's water fortress was serious and neat, and he was quite admirable from the navy. , I didn’t expect that someone would come to my door today. This is God’s help to the governor to defeat Cao.”
Lu Su's heart skipped a beat and he quickly asked, "Why did Mr. Kong Ming say this?!"
Zhuge Liang continued, "Although Chiang Kai-shek is an eloquent speaker, he is incapable of strategizing. His crossing the river to persuade the governor to surrender will definitely be used by the governor for his counter-insurgency plan. We only need to remove the two thieves Cai and Zhang." Cao Jun has no one to use in a water battle."
Lu Su was immediately shocked and looked at Zhuge Liang in surprise.
Lu Su had always thought that Zhuge Liang was good at literary affairs. Although he was knowledgeable and eloquent, he had never seen Zhuge Liang's strategic side.
But today's Zhuge Liang made Lu Su realize again that this person is probably very good in terms of strategy and cleverness.
Not many people knew about Zhou Yu's counterintuitive plan. Even the Jiangdong generals in the tent thought it was just a banquet to scare Cao Jun's envoys.
Even Lu Su didn't know it at the beginning. It was Lu Su himself who saw something was wrong. In the face of a small Jiang Gan, Governor Zhou's private banquet was so big, so he must have an ulterior motive.
That's why Lu Su asked Zhou Yu privately, and Zhou Yu didn't want to hide it from Lu Su. He told the truth, and Lu Su only found out.
But Zhuge Liang actually sat in this boat. You can tell that this person's talents are probably not inferior to Zhou Gongjin's.
Lu Su immediately adjusted his view of Zhuge Liang in his heart.
At the same time, since someone had seen through it, Lu Su simply admitted it generously and said, "Sir, since you have guessed it, you should be careful not to let the news leak out and mislead the governor's plan.
"Now that the Sun and Liu families are allied to fight against Cao, how can Liang ruin the governor's affairs?!" Zhuge Liang waved his hand and said, "It's just that the governor's plan may be hidden for a while, but it won't last forever. That Cao Cao is a treacherous man. He is also accustomed to military strategy, so whether this matter can be accomplished depends entirely on God's will."
Lu Su was silent for a moment, and finally nodded and said, "That's true. However, how can people in this world do everything as they wish? It's good to have the governor's plan succeed, but don't worry if it doesn't work. We just have to work together to defeat Cao's thieves." "
Zhuge Liang also nodded in approval, raised his glass and had a drink with Lu Su.
After Lu Su finished drinking, he glanced at Zhang Xi, immediately raised his glass, and toasted to Zhang Xi again. He couldn't favor one over the other.
Zhang Xi also picked up the wine glass, drank it down in one gulp, and then said, "You two are a little worried. I think the Governor's plan will work out nine out of ten times."
"Oh?!" Lu Su also put down his wine glass and asked, "What is Mr. Yuan's advice?!"
Zhang Xixin said, whatever opinions I have, they are mainly those of Luo Guanzhong.
There was no such thing as Jiang Qian stealing books in history. Cai Mao lived a good life, but later his whole family went to the north. The real naval commander of Cao Jun in history was Cao Cao himself.
Cao Cao can't doubt himself and want to kill him, right? !
Since this time and space is going to follow the romance line, isn't it Luo Guanzhong who has the final say? !
Well, I can't say these words, even if I say them, the two of them won't understand.
Therefore, Zhang Xi could only smile and said, "Cao Cao is a suspicious person. How could he trust Jingzhou's generals? Moreover, Cao Cao has destroyed the princes in several years, and now he has defeated Jingzhou. He has long been complacent and has been ignored by others for a while. Multiplying, otherwise how could Wancheng be defeated?!"
Actually, Cao Cao really had this problem. Once he gained power, he could easily become complacent.
When he was in Yanzhou, it could be said that he obeyed the advice of his advisers, but when Xu Du welcomed the emperor and coerced the emperor to order the princes, he drifted away.
Zhang Xiu of Wancheng surrendered sincerely, but he could not control his lustful habits and rebelled against Zhang Xiu, resulting in the loss of his eldest son Cao Ang, nephew Cao Anmin, and guard general Dian Wei.
At this time, Cao Cao has achieved greater achievements than when he was in Wancheng. He is about to dominate the world, so naturally his mentality is even more arrogant than that time.
To what extent? Even Liu Ye saw that Cao Cao's invasion was the end of a strong war, and he politely advised Cao Cao, saying that the soldiers were exhausted from the continuous battles in the past few years, and the army was not well prepared, and there were no clothes for the winter. Be prepared. Jingzhou did not digest it well after its surrender. It is not a good time to go south.
But Cao Cao didn't listen at all, thinking that Liu Ye didn't know how to use troops. He still insisted on his own opinion and must choose to go south.
Probably Cao Cao felt that he had a great advantage and wanted to learn from a certain five-star general in later generations. He thought that he could go home to celebrate the New Year in winter.
In addition, Cao Cao looked down on Zhou Yu, the so-called famous Jiangdong general, and believed that he was just a bunch of rats carrying guns. With his ability, he could quickly defeat Zhou Yu. In this case, some arrogance fell into the trap, which is a high probability event. .
When Lu Su heard Zhang Xi's evaluation of Cao Cao, he thought about it carefully. It seemed that what Zhang Xi said made sense, and the string in his heart was raised again.
I originally thought that Zhuge Liang was enough to subvert Lu Su's senses. In front of him, Zhang Xi and Zhang Yuanchang, who seemed to Lu Su to be unobtrusive and only capable of criticizing characters, actually knew that the beauty of people's hearts would be the enemy of Soochow in the future.
Although he thought so in his heart, Lu Su was still friendly on the surface and continued to drink with Zhang Xi and Zhuge Liang until late at night before saying goodbye and leaving.
But Zhang Xi and Zhuge Liang looked at each other, their eyes a bit complicated.
"Lu Zijing is indeed an honest gentleman, but, as Yuan Chang said, he is only honest to his friends." Zhuge Liang said with emotion.
Although Lu Su was still peaceful on the surface, he could not express his emotions and anger, and some changes could always be noticed.
For this reason, Zhang Xi didn't understand Zhuge Liang's intentions, so he asked, "Military advisor, why did you suddenly show off your talent in front of Brother Zijing?! I am just an alliance with Jiangdong. It is only a temporary strategy. We may not know what the future will bring. Isn't the military advisor afraid?" , then Zhou Gongjin is not good for the military advisor?!"
Zhang Xi really doesn't understand this.
Zhuge Liang had been hiding his clumsiness before, and he had hidden it well. Zhang Xi felt that Zhuge Liang would not be resented by Zhou Yu, so there was no need to worry that Zhuge Liang would be framed by Zhou Yu.
But now why did Zhuge Liang deliberately point out Zhou Yu's counterintuitive plot to make both Lu Su and Zhou Yu aware of Zhuge Liang's ability? !
Zhuge Liang shook his head and said helplessly, "Although it is a temporary alliance, we are weak and Jiangdong is strong after all. If we cannot make Jiangdong afraid, I am afraid that after defeating Cao, we will be destroyed." .”
"So the military advisor deliberately showed off his talents in front of brother Zijing in order to make Jiangdong jealous and not dare to fall out with me easily?!" Zhang Xi understood, but still shook his head and said, "If this is the case, the military advisor is in danger. Duke Zhou Although Jin is elegant and generous, he will not be soft on his "enemies"."
Zhuge Liang also smiled bitterly and said, "It is better to be merciless to me than to be merciless to the master. And with Zi Jing here, I will be safe and sound before destroying Cao."
Zhang Xi was silent and didn't speak.
If it's Lu Su in the novel, Zhang Xi believes this, but if it's Lu Su in history, it's a bit hard to say.
Although the current war is following the process of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", this Lu Su is a typical historical line Lu Su.
He is not an honest and good man.
(End of chapter)
