After hearing this, Sun Quan was shocked and said: "Although Yu Yi did not attack Soochow, with Liu Bei's 550,000 troops, Jiangnan is also in danger!" At this moment, a man from the bottom of the steps came out and suggested: "I have an idea. Solve this crisis!"
Sun Quan and Zhuge Jin looked over and saw that the man was Zhao Zi, the senior official.
Sun Quan quickly asked: "What good ideas do you have?"
He replied: "For the current plan, we can only turn to Cao Wei for help. My lord can write a letter and ask me to be an envoy to see the emperor of Wei, Cao Pi, tell him the power of it, and let him attack Hanzhong. Then in Shu If the troops feel in danger, the attack will collapse!"
Sun Quan nodded and said: "This is a good suggestion. Go right away. But when you go to send Cao Wei as an envoy, you must not lose the face of Soochow. You must be tough and don't be humble!"
Zhao Zi paid his respects and said, "If I make any mistake, I would be willing to throw myself into the river immediately. How can I have the dignity to meet my fellow villagers in the south of the Yangtze River?"
Sun Quan was very happy and immediately wrote a letter of expression, willing to become a minister, and asked Zhao Zi to serve as an envoy. He went to Xudu overnight to meet with Taiwei Jia Xu and other officials.
Jia Xu was originally Yu Yi's master and the largest underground leader in Xudu City. Later, when the exposed incident happened, he had no choice but to let Xiaoli leave, thus preserving his strength. However, he was always paying attention to the political situation of the Three Kingdoms. After Cao Pi came to the throne, Jia Xu had been planning how to assist Yu Yi in killing Sima Yi and how to obtain greater benefits for him.
When I heard that the Soochow envoy asked for an audience, I simply met him and asked him to go and make the request on his own.
Jia Xu believed that it was unwise for Liu Bei of Shu to proclaim himself emperor and lead more than 500,000 troops to attack Soochow. He allocated 200,000 troops to Yu Yi. This was the best opportunity to seize power, so he wrote a private letter The letter was sent to Yuyi overnight.
On the second day, Jia Xu went out to perform the memorial and said, "Zhao Zi, the senior official of the Eastern Wu School, is here to deliver the memorial."
After hearing this, Cao Pi smiled and said to everyone: "This is to retreat the Shu troops." After saying that, he let him in. Zhao Zi knelt on the ground and worshiped, and then handed the form of expression to his ministers.
Cao Pi read the form and asked, "What kind of person do you think your master of Soochow is?"
He replied: "A wise, benevolent, wise, talented and strategic master!"
Cao Pi burst out laughing and said, "Did you praise Sun Quan too much?"
He replied: "I didn't praise our master too much. Wu Hou used Lu Su to select talents from ordinary people. This was his wisdom. He selected Lu Meng from among them. This was his wisdom. He will be banned." After settling in, he was not executed. This was his benevolence. After the sneak attack on Jingzhou, he fought without a single blow and made the local people surrender. This was his wisdom. He occupied the natural danger of the Yangtze River. It was his talent and strategy. It was his talent that he surrendered to His Majesty. Looking at it this way, isn’t my master a wise, benevolent, talented and strategic master?”
Cao Pi smiled and said: "So how is the master of Wu's knowledge?"
He replied: "Our master has tens of thousands of warships in the Yangtze River and millions of soldiers and horses. He selects and appoints talented people and has great ambitions. He rarely has free time. He is well-read and has read all the history books and listened to his teachings." , no less than a scholar finding a book and excerpting excellent sentences from it.”
Cao Pi said: "I am going to attack Soochow, is that okay?"
He replied: "Big countries have soldiers to attack, small countries have policies to resist!"
Cao Pi asked again: "Is Wu afraid of Wei?"
He replied: "The state of Wu has millions of troops, and Jianghan is the defense force. How can we be afraid?"
Cao Pi said: "How many people like you are there in Soochow?"
He replied: "There are eighty or ninety people smarter than me, and those who are similar to me can't even count the amount of cars they carry."
Cao Pi sighed: "You sent us as an envoy to the State of Wei for Soochow, and you fulfilled your mission. You are very qualified!" So he issued an edict and ordered Taichang Qing Xing Zhenfu to confer Sun Quan as the King of Wu and add Jiuxi. Zhao Zi thanked him and left.
The doctor Liu Ye advised: "Now Sun Quan is afraid of the military strength of Shu, so he has come to surrender. In my opinion, letting Shu and Wu fight, this is an opportunity for God to destroy them. Now if he sends a general to lead Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses crossed the Yangtze River to attack. If Shu attacks its exterior and we attack its interior, Wu will surely perish. In less than a few months, after Wu is destroyed, Shu will be at its wits end. Why, Your Majesty? Why not make plans earlier?"
Cao Pi said: "Since Sun Quan used etiquette to surrender to me, if I attack Soochow, I will lose the mood of the people in the world who want to surrender to me, so your suggestion cannot be adopted!"
Liu Ye further advised: "Although Sun Quan has some great talents and great ideas, he only holds the position of Hussars General and Marquis of Nanchang in the Han Dynasty before. His official position is small and his power is not great. He still fears the Central Plains. If he is granted the throne, We are only one step away from Your Majesty. Now that Your Majesty believes in their false surrender and has given you the title of king, I am afraid it will be even more powerful than the tiger."
Cao Pi smiled and said: "No, I won't help Wu, nor will I help Shu. It just depends on the fight between Wu and Shu. If one country is eliminated and another country is left, what will be the difficulty? I have decided Please stop trying to persuade me!" So he once again ordered Taichang Qing Xing Zhen and Zhao Zi to hold the tin and go directly to Soochow.
At this time, Sun Quan was gathering civil and military officials to discuss how to deal with Shu's attack. Suddenly, soldiers came in and reported that Wei Emperor Cao Pi had made him king and that he should come to greet him in person.
Gu Yong advised: "My lord should claim to be the general and the uncle of Jiuzhou, and should not accept the reward from Wei."
Sun Quan said: "Previously, Pei Gong accepted Xiang Yu's reward because of current events. Why should he retreat now?" So he led all the civil and military officials out of the city to greet him.
Zhang Zhao was furious when he saw it and said: "You are so rude and arrogant. Do you think you don't care about the land of Jiangnan?"
Xing Zhen was a little scared, so she quickly got out of the car and met Sun Quan. The two rode into the city in the same car. Suddenly, someone behind the car burst into tears and said: "We can't risk our lives to annex Wei and destroy Shu for our master, but Isn't it a shame and a great humiliation for the master to be rewarded by others?"
Everyone looked and saw that the person speaking was Xu Sheng. After hearing this, Xing Zhen sighed: "It seems that the situation in Jiangdong is special. Generals are all such people. After all, they will not be willing to always be beneath others."
In this way, Sun Quan received the reward, and hundreds of civil and military officials came to congratulate him, ordered him to collect some jade and pearls, and sent people to Wei to express his gratitude.
At this time, Xi Zuo came to report that Liu Bei had brought his own soldiers and horses, as well as tens of thousands of elite soldiers led by the Barbarian King Shamoko, as well as Dongxi Han generals Du Lu and Liu Ning. They were advancing by land and water, with overwhelming momentum. The water army Having arrived at Wukou, the soldiers and horses on the dry road arrived at Zigui.
