Yu Fan is truly worthy of being Yu Fan, and his methods are truly extraordinary.
After Zhuge Liang's explanation, Yu Fan understood the purpose of his trip, and assured Zhuge Liang that he could successfully complete the mission. Then he reported to the Ministry of Rites, where he cleared customs documents and various gifts and property, and then headed towards the Chu Kingdom. go.
But he did not choose the land route, but the water route. At the same time, he sent a team of people to the Lujiang Ferry to wait and prepare some items according to his instructions.
He himself went south along the Wuguan Road, made a boat in Nanyang, and leisurely traveled down the river towards the State of Chu.
Liu Bei never expected that Jingguo would take the initiative to shake hands with him and say hello.
The internal conflicts in Chu State were not transferred out because Sun Shangxiang returned to Soochow, which led to chaos within Chu State. There were dissatisfied nobles everywhere, waiting with suffocating breath for Wu State's action. He believed that as long as Wu State's troops and horses moved, Behind him, countless nobles stood up to resist him.
Faced with this situation, Liu Bei had a headache.
Sometimes he really wanted to learn from Zhang Xiu, and he wanted to kill all the nobles who were in Cao's camp and in the Han Dynasty, but he didn't dare. After all, he was occupying a magpie's nest. If he forced these nobles to If you get anxious, a civil war will probably break out.
The Jing army outside was watching with eager eyes, and the Chu State really did not dare to have any civil strife break out inside.
Liu Bei had to grit his teeth and endure it.
It's good now that Jingguo has given up the confrontation and is willing to shake hands with Chu and make peace. No matter what the purpose of Jingguo's friendship with them is, at least it can free him up to manage the internal affairs.
So when Liu Bei learned the news, he no longer cared about Zhang Xiu's purpose, and directly ordered Chen Deng to serve as the reception officer and go far to the ferry outside Qingyang County to prepare for the arrival of the Jingguo envoy.
Opposite the Qingyang Ferry in Qingyang County is the Lujiang Ferry.
This is because the Chu State is afraid that the Wu State will interfere in this matter.
As Liu Bei expected, Sun Wu really had this plan, and Jingguo had already anticipated this plan, which was to kill the envoys of Jingguo in the name of Chu. No matter from which aspect, if the envoys of Jingguo died in Chu, On the territory, Jingguo had enough reasons to send troops.
At the very least, it can break the friendship between the two parties.
Therefore, when Sun Quan learned that the State of Jing was going to make friends with the State of Chu, he was frightened and hurriedly invited Zhou Yu, Lu Su and others to discuss countermeasures. Agreeing, he surrendered to Jingguo.
Zhou Yu said seriously: "Your Majesty, this is a God-given opportunity!"
Sun Quan looked surprised: "God-given opportunity? Why did Gong Jin say this?"
Zhou Yu said: "Your Majesty, Jingguo is an envoy from the upper state, and Chu is a lower state. An envoy from the upper state was sent to the lower state, but was killed in the lower state. Do you think the upper state will not be angry? Even if it is not angry, it is better to make friends with them. There is no hope of success! Even the Jingguo State attacked Chu State because of this excuse!"
Sun Quan looked at Zhou Yu, thought for a while and said, "Gong Jin's intention is to send someone to assassinate the envoy of Jingguo and put the blame on Chu?"
"Exactly!"
Zhou Yu said: "The State of Jing does not really want to make friends with the State of Chu, but is forcing us to surrender. He, Zhang Xiu, is the son-in-law of the State of Wu. If he cannot maintain his moral integrity, he will not dare to attack the State of Wu. This is also the survival of the State of Wu." Opportunity."
Lu Su said: "Your Majesty, the Chu State has occupied the magpie nest. Many nobles in the six counties of Jiangdong have written secret letters to contact us. As long as our army is dispatched, they will definitely cooperate with us inside and outside. When the time comes, a battle will be decided and we can recapture it. From my land east of the Yangtze River, I will try my best to conquer the world and compete with Jingguo."
Hearing such inspiring words, Sun Quan suddenly felt full of strength and stood up excitedly: "Okay! Okay! If I want to revive our country of Wu, I will follow your plan to send people into the Kingdom of Chu, no matter what method is used." The other method is to assassinate the envoys of Jingguo and put the blame on Chu."
Seeing that their plan was adopted, Zhou Yu and Lu Su were overjoyed and agreed loudly.
Just as Wu and Chu were secretly making arrangements, Yu Fan's envoys left the Han River and entered the Yangtze River in a mighty manner. Along the Yangtze River, they could soon see the Qingyang Ferry in the distance.
Chen Deng, who had already received the news, led civil and military officials and waited at the ferry.
Yu Fan glanced at the Lujiang Ferry and saw that there were many people watching at the Lujiang Ferry. He smiled secretly in his heart and ordered the people next to him: "Give our people an order to take action as soon as my boat reaches the shore."
"Here!" the guard next to him quickly ordered.
As the Jingguo envoy's ship approached, the number of people on both sides of the river increased involuntarily. Even Chen Deng looked at the people on both sides of the river in surprise and thought to himself: "How come there are so many people watching here today?"
Then he said to Huang Zhong next to him: "General Huang, the number of people has suddenly increased. We must be prepared to prevent the Wu people from causing trouble here."
Huang Zhong said: "Don't worry, Mr. Chen, I have taken all precautions."
Chen Deng nodded.
When Yu Fan's boat sailed between the Lujiang Ferry and Qingyang Ferry, suddenly the drums on both sides of the river were loud and colorful flags were flying. Two long, large and conspicuous banners were pulled out. On the banners on the bank of the Chuguo River It is clearly written: Friendship between wolves is really hateful, and friendship between villains is often chirping. A banner on the bank of the Wu Guojiang River clearly reads: False is also true, sometimes true is also false, inaction sometimes exists and then nothing.
It seems that the words on the bank of the Chu River are sarcastic about the friendship between Jing and Chu, and they are collaborating with each other; the words on the bank of the Wu River are about the true and false interests between countries.
Yu Fan's plan instantly confused both parties. Neither party knew who these two sentences were scolding, and they did not make any adjustments, because these two sentences seemed to apply to everyone.
Chen Deng and the Wu spies on the other side were stunned by this move. No one knew who was responsible for this, and they looked at each other in confusion.
"Hmph! This must be the fault of the rats from the Wu Kingdom. They don't know me from the front, so they just resort to these villainous tricks behind the scenes!" Huang Zhong's voice was full of disdain.
Chen Deng looked at Yu Fan who was slowly approaching the shore: "That's not necessarily true. I heard that this Yu Fan used to be from the Wu Kingdom and surrendered to the Kingdom of Jing. Unexpectedly, he turned into an envoy of the Kingdom of Jing and was sent as an envoy to our country. It's really ridiculous. "
While talking, Yu Fan had already slowly got off the boat.
The sound of drums on both sides of the Taiwan Strait became more and more deafening, colorful flags were flying, and it was very lively. Those who didn't know it thought there was a special event today.
Yu Fan looked at Chen Deng and Huang Zhong with a smile: "Hahaha! I didn't expect that your country's way of welcoming guests is really unique, even neighboring countries are not spared."
Chen Deng smiled bitterly: "Envoy Yu doesn't know something! In fact, this is not our arrangement!"
"Um?"
Yu Fan stared at Chen Deng: "Don't you welcome the arrival of my envoy?"
Chen Deng hurriedly shook his head: "Where is that? Don't get me wrong, Ambassador Yu. What I mean is...well...these are the spontaneous greetings of the local people, not deliberately arranged. Please, Ambassador Yu!"
Yu Fan nodded with satisfaction and followed Chen Deng.
