The Hanzhong Military Conference was a major military conference presided over by Liu Bei himself.
In addition to Liu Bei, the participants included Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Ma Chao, Fazheng, Pang Tong, Huang Quan, Xu Shu, Zhang Xi, Zhuge Liang and others.
These people, except for Guan Yu who couldn't leave, basically include the top talents in both civil and military circles in Liu Bei Group.
Moreover, their respective positions are relatively complicated. There are Yuancong faction, Jingzhou faction, Dongzhou faction, and Yizhou local faction. There are people with different positions.
The first topic of the meeting was to discuss the alliance between Jiangdong and Sun Liu.
Now that their envoy Zhuge Jin has been in Hanzhong for almost two months, there must be an explanation.
Zhuge Jin was also unlucky because he was Zhuge Liang's eldest brother, so he had to do all this troublesome work.
Last time Sun Quan came to ask Liu Bei for the two counties in Jingnan, it was him. Now that Sun Quan failed to stab him in the back, he was still the one who sent envoys to ask for peace.
Let me tell you something. The last time he came to challenge the two counties in Jingnan, Zhuge Jin was still confident. After all, he had an appointment in advance. It was Liu Bei's fault for delaying the agreement. Zhuge Jin did not feel short of breath.
But this time, Zhuge Jin didn't know what to say.
My lord, it's not impossible for you to back your alliance, but at least you have to achieve something, so that I can negotiate, and maybe you can straighten your waist a little bit. You've failed to accomplish anything, and in the end you have to shamelessly ask for help. Yes, no one can straighten their waist.
Zhuge Jin took the order and set out from Jiangdong. He did not go directly to Hanzhong to meet Liu Bei. Instead, he went to Chengdu first to find his brother Zhuge Liang, hoping that Zhuge Liang would come forward and help him put in a good word.
To be honest, Zhuge Jin didn't know that Zhuge Liang wanted to avoid suspicion in this matter, but wasn't there nothing he could do now? !
If Soochow wins, Zhuge Jin may really not come looking for this younger brother, and it will be difficult for the provincial younger brother to do so, but isn't it a defeat? !
Everyone knows the weight of Zhuge Liang in front of Liu Bei. Isn't it because Sun Quan valued the brotherly relationship between Zhuge Jin and Zhuge Liang that Zhuge Jin was able to send an envoy? If his own brother didn't help to persuade him, then this peace settlement would definitely not be successful.
But Zhuge Jin never saw Zhuge Liang after all, because Zhuge Liang's house was closed, and he only sent his servants to see Zhuge Jin, saying something about being "ashamed to see people". Zhuge Jin was almost furious to death.
Why don't you bury your brother like that? ! !
But Zhuge Jin also learned about Zhuge Liang's attitude through this, and it was really difficult for Zhuge Liang to interrupt.
After all, although the Sun-Liu Alliance was led by Lu Su, it was also facilitated by Zhuge Liang. This can be regarded as Zhuge Liang's political achievement.
But now Jiangdong betrays the alliance and attacks Jingzhou, which directly denies Zhuge Liang's political achievements. How can Zhuge Liang still have the face to tell Liu Bei that we still have to continue our alliance with Jiangdong? !
In this way, even those who are not selfish can become selfish, not to mention that this time Jiangdong's envoy is Zhuge Jin, Zhuge Liang's brother. At this time, everything Zhuge Liang said was suspected of malpractice.
Therefore, Zhuge Liang simply didn't see anyone. At the same time, Zhuge Liang also believed that with his brother's intelligence, he should understand what he meant.
The real breakthrough in this matter was never with Zhuge Liang, but with Liu Bei.
How could Zhuge Jin not know this? !
Wasn't he just trying to play the emotional card, maybe it would be of some use? Now that his own brother is like this, what can Zhuge Jin do? !
Bite the bullet and go to Hanzhong to meet Liu Bei.
But Liu Bei is not that easy to see.
After all, it was Jiangdong who betrayed the alliance. Even if he didn't capture any of Liu Bei's territory, in recent years, Jiangdong had been attacking him at every turn, and Liu Bei was still very popular.
Therefore, Liu Bei excused himself from Zhuge Jin for a month under the pretext of being busy with military affairs.
Finally, Liu Bei finally met Zhuge Jin when he couldn't delay it any longer.
Then Zhuge Jin's rhetoric made Liu Bei angry again.
Zhuge Jin claimed that this time Jiangdong did not betray the alliance, but because Cao Cao took advantage of the power of the emperor and issued the imperial edict to Jiangdong, and Jiangdong did not dare to respond.
But the two families had a good alliance, and Jiangdong did not dare to forget it.
Therefore, although Jiangdong sent troops, they surrounded Gong'an but did not conquer it, and blocked Jiangling but did not attack. When the news of the troops was sent to the north, they immediately withdrew their troops and returned to camp. They had no intention of betraying the alliance, let alone coveting Jingzhou.
Now that Jiangdong has withdrawn its troops across the board, Sun Quan was afraid that Liu Bei would misunderstand, so he sent Zhuge Jin to explain and asked Liu Bei to understand Jiangdong's dilemma and not to hurt the peace between the two families.
Listen, listen, is this human language? !
What does it mean to surround the police but not defeat them? !
Who sent people to instigate Liu Zhang to cooperate with others? !
If Wenpin hadn't insisted on the public security, and Zhang Ren knew his justice and didn't give you Jiangdong a chance, wouldn't you have conquered the public security? !
It would be even more ridiculous to block Jiangling without attacking it. Whose corpses are those of the soldiers under the city? !
If Wang Ji hadn't burned your food and grass and forced you to retreat, you Jiangdong might still be attacking Jiangling now.
Seriously, if you, Sun Quan, have the courage to admit that you want Jingzhou but have never defeated it, then I, Liu Bei, can still look up to you. Now? ! Just relying on your rhetoric, you want to gently expose this matter? !
There are no doors.
Liu Bei was furious on the spot and kicked Zhuge Jin out of his temporary residence without giving any face.
Zhuge Jin's claws were numb.
He knew that this matter would be difficult to handle, but now that he was exposed in such an inhumane manner, Zhuge Jin was quite embarrassed.
But Zhuge Jin couldn't just leave. After all, Zhuge Jin didn't come to negotiate, he just came to seek peace, so he had to find a way and try again.
Moreover, Zhuge Jin didn't understand why his own lord had to talk about saving face even though he had already lost. Wouldn't it be better to just talk about it? !
Therefore, Zhuge Jin waited for a while, during which he visited some senior officials of Liu Bei's group. At the same time, he also waited for Liu Bei to calm down before proposing a second meeting.
When they met for the second time, Zhuge Jin did not insist on the obviously deceptive rhetoric given by Sun Quan. Instead, he carefully analyzed the current situation for Liu Bei based on his own ideas and Zhou Yu's instructions before coming.
First, although Liu Bei now occupied Hanzhong and Jingzhou also reoccupied Xiangfan, it did not cause much change in the situation of the world. Generally speaking, Cao Cao was strong and Sun Liu was weak. In this case, does Liu Bei have to have a bitter feud with Jiang Dong? !
Second, Hanzhong and Jingzhou have fought successively. Now Liu Bei's army's food and grass reserves should have reached their limit. Does he still have the ability to start another war? !
Third, if Liu Bei must go to war without a strong enough navy, is he absolutely sure that he can defeat Jiangdong in one battle? ! Once he cannot win against Jiangdong and is dragged into a stalemate by Jiangdong, what should Cao Cao do if he invites troops to invade again? !
Fourth, if Liu Bei must fall out, Jiangdong is not afraid. In the worst case, I will go back and form an alliance with Cao Cao. Anyway, we don’t have the same concerns as you, Liu Bei, about "the Han and the traitors are not at odds." When that time comes, although I, Jiangdong, will not be better, but Your Liu Bei life will only be more uncomfortable.
Don't tell me, when Zhuge Jin put aside the obviously deceptive rhetoric, what he said did not necessarily make Liu Bei feel embarrassed, but every word made Liu Bei feel disgusted.
This Jiangdong really has no face at all.
What disgusts Liu Bei is that although Jiang Dong is shameless, what others say is true.
Once Liu Bei really fell out with Jiangdong, even if Liu Bei did not take the initiative to attack Jiangdong, he would at least arrange some troops to contain Jiangdong. This would be quite detrimental to the future Northern Expedition to attack Cao Cao.
After all, Liu Bei's territory is small and his troops are few, so he cannot withstand too scattered distribution.
What's more serious is that if Jiang Dong really turns to Cao Weifang regardless of dignity, then Liu Bei will have a hard time persisting in fighting against the two forces with his current power.
Jiangdong's naval forces are difficult to deal with. Although they are not aggressive enough, they are more than enough to protect themselves. Liu Bei is really not sure that he can defeat Jiangdong in one battle. Once he gets entangled with Jiangdong, I am afraid that the happiest person will be Cao Cao.
Therefore, Liu Bei really hesitated.
The current Liu Bei is different from the Liu Bei who lost Jingzhou and Guan Yu in history. Apart from some casualties of soldiers and loss of money and food, the current Liu Bei has not lost a city or a place at all.
In other words, the current Liu Bei and Sun Quan are either mortal enemies, they are fighting to death, or they are just like the conflict in the Battle of Jingnan a few years ago.
At least two counties were lost that time, but not a single piece of land was lost this time.
In the end, the result of the Battle of Jingnan was that the Xiang River was demarcated and the alliance was renewed. The consequences this time were not as serious as the last time. Why couldn't the alliance be re-established?
But there is still a face issue.
You, Sun Quan, have repeatedly attacked me in Jingzhou. Do you think Liu Bei is easy to bully? !
Last time, you could say that I was in the wrong because I didn't fulfill my promise, but this time, it's basically because you broke your alliance, right? !
Last time I was wronged and I ended up compensating two counties to you. This time you were wronged. Are you trying to fool this matter with just a few words? !
How can anything be so cheap in the world? !
If I can be fooled so easily, what will the people think of me, Liu Bei? ! Do you think I, Liu Bei, am easy to bully, or do you think I, Liu Bei, am afraid of you, Jiangdong? !
This matter is definitely not that easy to uncover.
However, Liu Bei didn't know what price or method he should use to reconcile with Jiangdong decently. When he couldn't think about it, he brought the matter up at the military meeting and let everyone express their opinions.
In particular, the opinions of the four representatives of the Jingzhou faction, Xu Shu, Zhang Xi, Pang Tong, and Zhuge Liang, are very crucial.
Yes, although Zhang Xi himself didn't know which sect he should belong to, in the eyes of others, Zhang Xi and Xu Shu were considered to be members of the Jingzhou sect.
After all, both of them hold important positions in Jingzhou.
(End of chapter)
