The next scene was very bloody. Jiang Dongzhi presided over a fight with a tiger with two short halberds. He fought hard for three generations and charged towards the tiger. The eye-catching white-fronted tiger was killed on the spot by his two halberds.
As for before that, the tiger had been subdued by his two bodyguards Gu Li and Zhang Shixian, and was pinned to the ground unable to move, which was not enough for outsiders.
Anyway, there were only three of them present. After they went out, it was Sun Quan who killed the tiger himself.
His martial prowess was definitely not as good as that of his father and brother, but he was courageous. Seeing the tiger splattering with blood in front of his eyes, Sun Quan said without changing his expression: "A thief like Cao must be such a tiger!"
After saying this, applause suddenly came from the distance.
The three of them were immediately shocked. Gu Li, a black man, jumped in front of Sun Quan. Zhang Shi, who was shorter, protected Sun Quan's back. The three of them looked out and saw a man with a deer head and rat eyes standing outside the forest, and there was another man standing next to him. Panting Sun Shangxiang.
Cao Wu looked at the person being guarded in the middle.
The reaper of the Governor of Soochow, the mobile experience pack of Hefei, the equestrian champion of Xiaoyaojin, the monarch who has been in power for the longest time in the Three Kingdoms, the certifier that old age will lead to drowsiness, the maker of a thousand springs, the Marquis of Nanchang of the Han Dynasty, the King of Wu of the Wei Dynasty, Sun Quan, the Great Emperor of Wu.
I’ve admired it for a long time.
I came here this time not to assassinate you, nor to persuade you to surrender to my brother.
On the contrary, I will persuade you to fight this battle, but before the battle, I will make you betray your relatives.
He who breaks the covenant will eventually be betrayed by the covenant.
I, General Cao Wu of Beifu, am here to collect the accounts for Liu Shijun and Guan Erye.
Sun Shangxiang, who didn't notice the coldness on Cao Wu's body at all, went to look at the defeated tiger with a smile on his face, but was unexpectedly stopped by guard Gu Li: "Miss, wait a minute!"
Zhang Shiye looked at Cao Wu with squinted eyes and sneered: "Who is coming? Tell me your name!"
From beginning to end, Sun Quan looked calm and stood in the middle without saying a word.
Sun Shangxiang felt aggrieved, and his eyes instantly became misty as he said, "Brother, your guards stopped me!"
Cao Wu laughed loudly but said nothing.
For him who has mastered the code of the Three Kingdoms, it is very clear that laughter is a panacea. Whenever you smile, someone will ask you why you are laughing.
As expected, Sun Quan said: "Why are you laughing, sir?"
Cao Wudao: "Zhang agrees with what the general just said. This Cao thief is like this defeated tiger, and..."
He looked around and said, "It's a paper tiger!"
Sun Quan's face moved slightly. He had never heard such a strange statement before: "What do you mean by paper tiger?"
"A tiger made of paper can only bluff people, it cannot hurt them, let alone eat them. As long as you are not frightened, it is useless!"
Everyone present, including the two guards, felt that the metaphor of the paper tiger was very subtle. Sun Quan even said with bright eyes: "Sir's words are exquisite and must be a great talent. I don't know where he came from and what he did in Jiangdong? "
Cao Wu sneered: "I came to Jiangdong to meet the Lord of Jiangdong and plan for major events, but I didn't expect that the Lord of Jiangdong didn't see him, but saw rats all over the place."
Gu Li frowned and yelled: "What a rat, you talk behind the scenes, but you should make it clear!"
Cao Wu glanced at him sideways: "My lord has been ruling Shu for 20 years, and he has never heard of the principle that if the lord doesn't speak, the guards will speak first!"
"you you!"
Gu Li was furious, but Sun Quan stopped him.
Sun Quan's face was slightly red, and he coughed slightly: "Sir, are you talking about Liu Yizhou, which controls Bashu?"
Cao Wu said proudly: "He is my lord!"
Sun Quan looked at Sun Shangxiang. No matter how naive he was, Sun Shangxiang nodded and confirmed: "This is Zhang Song and Zhang Ziqiao, the best knight in Yizhou."
Cao Wu's seal and ribbon had been shown to Da Qiao. The seal was made by the emperor's servant. It is actually very difficult to fake. There are only thirteen states in the Han Dynasty, and there are only thirteen states' pastoral seals. Ordinary people have never seen it. Not to mention imitation.
And he can tell a lot about Yizhou affairs, which is basically true.
Sun Shangxiang knew that his brother Sun Quan was a smart man, but he did not expect that Cao Wu would use the words "paper tiger" to impress Sun Quan. He was secretly surprised and looked at this stinky Biejia even more.
Little did she know that Cao Wu's remarks had been drafted a long time ago, and hit the point that Sun Quan wanted to express but could not express. Only then could the young prince be convinced.
Sure enough, Sun Quan took two steps forward and arrived in front of Cao Wu. He smiled cordially and said, "It's Zhongmou who neglected the envoy! I'll go back now and call all the ministers to come and pick up the wind for you!"
Cao Wudao: "That's no need. The rats I'm talking about are those ministers of yours."
Sun Quan suddenly lost his composure: "What... do you mean by this?"
"I came here for a day and secretly got to know the general's subordinates. It turns out that Zhang Zhao and Bu Zhao were more than capable of defending but not successful enough. Yu Fan and Gu Yong were short-sighted and did not distinguish between loyal and traitorous people. Zhang Hong and Lu Ji talked about war on paper. Others, such as Yan Yan, Xue Zong, Cheng Deshu, Zhang Wen, and Luo Tong, can manage one village and one town, but if they manage one county and one country, they will miss important events in vain!"
Of course Sun Quan was dissatisfied. This group of civil servants was inherited from his father and brother and was formed after several years of searching by him. They were all heroes of Soochow. Who would have thought that they were criticized by this messenger with a deer head and rat eyes, so he said in displeasure: "Mr. Nayi , Is there no one in Jiangdong who can catch my eye?"
Cao Wu smiled and said: "Of course there are some who are not rats. But these people I'm talking about have one thing that makes them become rats themselves."
This time it was Sun Shangxiang who said innocently: "What's the matter?"
"They are all capitulators!"
The word "surrender faction" hit Sun Quan on the head, which made Sun Quan feel that the anger he had been feeling for the past few days was rising again.
Sun Quan said angrily: "That's right, the people you selected are those from Jiangdong who should submit to the traitor Cao Cao."
In fact, strictly speaking, the Eastern Han Dynasty still existed, and people like Sun Quan were still Han officials. However, Sun Ce has occupied Jiangdong for more than ten years and is already the de facto overlord. He has long disobeyed the emperor's orders.
The emperor didn't care about them. When Zhang Liao and others were granted the title of marquis, the generals in Jiangdong had no titles and low official positions. This was the result of mutual disapproval.
But what Sun Quan said here was to surrender to Cao Cao and let the emperor's orders be implemented in Jiangdong.
After listening to Sun Quan's remarks, Cao Wu laughed again.
Sun Quan endured it for a long time, but Cao Wu still laughed. Sun Quan finally said again: "Why are you laughing, sir?"
"I laugh at these rats who commit themselves to serving as thieves for the sake of their wives and children. I laugh at the generals who don't know the difference between loyalty and evil, and don't know what is good. I laugh at the generals who can't figure out important matters for themselves!"
"What...what's the big deal?"
Only then did Cao Wu say what had impressed Da Qiao yesterday: "All the generals in Jiangdong can surrender to Cao, except the generals. When generals surrender to Cao, they just change their masters. The officials do the same, the money is still paid, and the status remains the same. But the generals can surrender to Cao. If the general surrenders the traitor Cao, he is afraid that his life and death will be in the hands of others, and he will no longer be the master of Jiangdong, but will become the rat of Jiangdong!"
Sun Quan felt like he was given a slap in the face.
He had been thinking about these things since he received Cao Cao's letter, but he had not yet made it clear like Cao Wu.
Others surrender and still have a chance to survive. If he surrenders, will he still have a chance?
Seeing that he was persuaded, Cao Wu took advantage of the victory and pursued him: "Jianzhong General Zhang Xiu surrendered on his own initiative. As a result, his uncle's wife was taken by the Cao thief as a concubine, and she was humiliated every day with his younger brother Cao Wu. I would like General Zhang Ji to persuade him." He and Li and Guo, who were powerful in the pass, were so heroic during their lifetime, but were misunderstood by their nephew Zhang Xiu. Even the widow suffered such humiliation. Will the general also suffer the same humiliation as him!"
This blow was even more enlightening. Cao Thief's special preferences had long been spread to Soochow. Sun Quan thought that his lovely wife and concubine, the dignified Mrs. Xie, his beloved Mrs. Bu, and other ladies would all be betrayed by Cao Thief. snatch away.
A surge of anger rushed to the top of his head, and he shouted loudly: "This is unreasonable, the ministers misunderstood me!"
