Three Kingdoms, I open a tavern in Xudu

"When Chen Yang leaves Wakou Pass, he will leave someone to guard it. As far as I know, Cao Cao's third son, Cao Zhang, is following Chen Yang on the expedition. I guess that the person beside Chen Yang who is most likely to stay at Wakou Pass is Cao Zhang."

Zhuge Liang analyzed calmly and said: "Cao Zhang's ability to fight against General Zhang, although he was invincible, also shows his bravery. This is the first time this man has fought so many defeats with Chen Yang, he is easy to be complacent. This kind of person, the most The best thing is to use its psychology, as long as it is used properly, Wakou Pass will be recovered sooner or later."

Ma Chao nodded in agreement, but then asked, "What should we do?"

Zhuge Liang thought for a while, and said: "Give Zhou Yuanfu an order to defeat Cao Zhang and lure the enemy! If you fail once, you will fail a few more times. If there are too many times, Cao Zhang will take the bait and be used by us."

He seemed to have seen the scene where Wakou Pass was taken back.

"Chen Yang has come to Hanzhong. He is full of tricks and is not good for us." Ma Chao said worriedly.

"If I'm not mistaken, what Chen Yang thinks is to delay and consume us. He must be pinning his hopes on that old man Huang Zhong. He wants to take down Tiandang Mountain, and then gather all his strength to deal with Dingjun Mountain."

Zhuge Liang thought for a moment, and then said: "Meng Qi, go and help Uncle reach them and defeat Huang Zhong. Tiandang Mountain is where our food and grass are located. It is close to Micang Mountain, so it is convenient to mobilize supplies. You must not lose it. I will be here for you Delaying Chen Yang."

Ma Chao only wanted to kill Chen Yang for revenge, but with their current strength, it would be extremely difficult to kill Chen Yang.

He is very clear about the truth that if he wants to take revenge, he must first disintegrate all of Chen Yang's current forces, that is, defeat the Cao family.

After hesitating to the end, he cupped his hands and said, "Yes!"

Not long after Ma Chao left, a soldier came in and said, "Military Master, a letter from Jiangdong."

"Jiang Dong, finally a letter!"

Zhuge Liang was overjoyed, took the letter and read it, it probably said that Sun Quan would never betray the Cao family.

However, between the lines of Sun Quan's words, the tone of not betraying is not so firm, as if he deliberately told Zhuge Liang that he was hesitating, maybe he would agree if he was not careful.

This gives people a feeling of capriciousness.

"Sun Zhongmou, the person you are worried about should be Chen Yang, right? With me here, why be afraid of Chen Yang!"

Zhuge Liang thought for a while, then asked again: "What is Jiangdong doing now?"

The soldier said: "Sun Quan is taking back the soldiers who are going to join forces with Cao Cao in the Northern Expedition, leaving only a part of them in Hefei to resist Sun Shao."

Taking back the soldiers and horses of the Northern Expedition, isn't this just preparing to confront the Cao family?

"Continue to pay attention to Jiangdong's movements."

Zhuge Liang didn't write any more letters this time, he felt that he was almost ready, and whether he would succeed or not at that time would depend on Sun Quan's courage.

"Yes!"

The soldier nodded and turned to leave the main tent.

Zhuge Liang thought for a while, and then said: "Pass down the order and continue to attack Hanzhong tomorrow."

This time, he could predict that he should win a game with Chen Yang.

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Jiangdong.

As soon as Sun Quan took back all the soldiers and horses, he got the news that Lu Su's illness was getting worse.

In less than three days, Lu Su died of illness.

After Zhou Yu's death, it was Lu Su's turn so soon, and there was one less person around Sun Quan who could discuss matters. He mourned Lu Su mournfully, and the whole Wu County seemed to be shrouded in sadness.

On the second day after Lu Su's death, Sun Quan called Zhang Zhao into his study, and showed him all the letters that Zhuge Liang had sent him during this period of time.

"My lord, these letters..."

After Zhang Zhao read it, his body shook. He looked at Sun Quan in disbelief, and at the same time he was shocked. If Cao Cao saw it, it would be a proper crime of treason, and Jiangdong would suffer another war.

Jiangdong, I'm afraid they can't stop the Cao family's army.

Zhang Zhao also understood Sun Quan's thoughts. There were seven or eight of these letters. In other words, the communication between Sun Quan and Zhuge Liang was not a matter of a day or two.

Moreover, Sun Quan gathered the soldiers and horses of the Northern Expedition recently and let the Cao family face Sima Yi in the north alone, which is also the best proof.

What's more, the content of the letter is very touching, especially for people like Sun Quan.

"Zibu, what do you think?" Sun Quan asked.

"I don't think it's right!"

Zhang Zhao said: "Not to mention that the Cao family is not weak at present, Zhuge Liang used to belong to Liu Bei, that is to say, he was also one of the people who killed the lord's brother. How can we cooperate with the enemy?"

Sun Quan said: "It will be a matter of time before the Cao family proclaims themselves emperor. Will the foundation laid down by my father and elder brother be given to the Cao family? We also want to become ministers to the Cao family?"

Zhang Zhao said again: "But, the Cao family has never done anything wrong to us!"

It was the Cao family who helped them calm down when Sun Shao caused chaos before. Otherwise, Hefei and even Jianye would not be able to hold on now, and Sun Quan would have nothing left.

Mentioning this matter, Sun Quan frowned, because it was also true.

If they betrayed the Cao family because of Zhuge Liang's letters, it would be their fault, or even a villain's behavior.

"My lord, who else knows about this?" Zhang Zhao asked.

"Zhuge Ziyu," Sun Quan said.

"Zhuge Ziyu, he is Zhuge Liang's elder brother, what is his attitude?" Zhang Zhao asked.

"He suggested that I tell Cao Cao immediately and explain this matter clearly, and my attitude should be against it." Sun Quan said.

"I think Zhuge Ziyu's opinion is very reasonable. Even if the Cao family has many enemies now, if we rebel, can we really succeed? It is unlikely, not to mention that the Cao family still has Chen Yang."

Zhang Zhao said solemnly, "This is just Zhuge Liang's scheme to sow discord."

Sun Quan's body shook slightly, and various thoughts kept popping up in his mind.

After a while, he said, "I see, Zibu, go down first."

After watching Zhang Zhao leave, Sun Quan called Zhuge Jin over again.

"My lord!" Zhuge Jin said respectfully.

"Do you think I can promise Zhuge Liang?" Sun Quan asked again.

"Absolutely not, otherwise the lord will have nothing." Zhuge Jin said solemnly.

"Since this is the case, you should go to Xiangyang instead of me, take these letters with you, and then make an apology to Duke Wei and me, and see how Duke Wei reacts." Sun Quan said again.

He put all the letters in front of Zhuge Jin.

Zhuge Jin was stunned for a while. It turned out that they had been communicating with each other for so long, but they didn't know why Sun Quan suddenly changed his mind.

"My lord, is that really the case?" Zhuge Jin asked cautiously.

"Of course it is true. Could it be that Ziyu dare not go to Xiangyang?" Sun Quan saw his intentions and asked with a smile.

The smile was so embarrassing, because he didn't dare to go, so let Zhuge Jin test the water first.

"of course not!"

Zhuge Jin shook his head, and said again: "This subordinate is going to Xiangyang right now, it's naturally best for my lord to think this way."

At least, Jiang Dong kept it, and Zhou Yu didn't die in vain.