Conferred God: Got cramped at the beginning

Chapter 886: Heaven and Earth, Human World, Three Heroes
Xu Shu's mother was forced to death by Cao Wei. It can be said that she and Cao Wei were mortal enemies.

Half a year ago, the opportunity to defeat Cao was wasted. One can imagine how angry Xu Shu was.

Even though he had been in Xiangyang City for the past six months, dispatching soldiers, pacifying the people, sorting out documents... doing everything that could calm people down, he could not suppress the anger in his heart at all.

At this time, Guan Yu wanted to kill someone, but Xu Yuanzhi's desire to kill was also extremely urgent.

After Xu Yuanzhi's words, the other generals in the camp also became furious and stood up one by one.

An unprecedented achievement is right before our eyes - if the Heavenly Court is unreasonable and deliberately interferes, for the sake of the overall situation, we can only swallow our anger and express helplessness.

But now, General Guan and Military Advisor Xu said that the battle came to an abrupt end because a traitor appeared in their own family and deliberately ruined the good situation...

You know, there is an essential difference between these mortal generals and those immortal gods - it is difficult for these generals to achieve immortality, and even if they can maintain their peak state until death, their lifespan is short.

For them, this unprecedented achievement, this chance of a lifetime, might only come once in a lifetime. If they missed it this time, Cao Wei would be prepared and there would not be another chance for the same battle.

Even if we don't mention this unprecedented achievement, let's just talk about the military competition within Ji Han:
Among the outstanding people of the Ji Han Dynasty, the eight most famous ones are the Three Strategies and Five Tigers.

The three counselors were Zhuge Kongming, Pang Shiyuan, and Xu Yuanzhi.

The Five Tigers are Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Zilong, Ma Mengqi and Huang Hansheng.

With these three strategists and five tigers as the core, Ji Han's military power is also divided into four parts.

The first part is naturally Chengdu where Liu Xuande is located. With Zhuge Kongming, Zhao Zilong and Huang Hansheng as the core, while guarding Chengdu, they also connected with Hanzhong and confronted Cao Wei head-on.

The second part is that Ma Mengqi led troops in the southwest to suppress and gather the barbarians, and also guard against the State of Wu.

The third part was that Zhang Yide and Pang Shiyuan went northwest together, trying to open up the grassland, absorb the Huns, Xianbei, etc., and then attack Cao Wei from the north to the south.

The fourth part is the current Jingxiang area - headed by Guan Yu and assisted by Xu Shu and others, which are entangled with Cao Wei and Sun Wu.

Military men have always been eager to compete with each other, and the generals of the four fronts naturally wanted to surpass others.

If the battle in Jingxiang goes smoothly, then at this time, their army in Jingxiang will naturally have the upper hand over the other three directions.

But now...it's all gone to waste.

Therefore, one can imagine how angry these generals were when they discovered that the abrupt end of the war was caused by an internal traitor.

Guan Ping, Liao Hua, Zhao Lei and other generals smashed the tables in front of them on the spot and gnashed their teeth.

"May I ask, General, who is the traitor?"

"We are waiting, this is how we capture and kill him!"

On Xu Yuanzhi's side, Ma Liang, Wang Fu and others also had cold expressions - they each picked up a pen, seemingly recording something meticulously, but when Xu Yuanzhi glanced over, he saw that what they were writing on the tips of their pens were the word "death" written one after another in different ways.

"Why is Chengming silent? Don't you have anything to say?" Amid the anger of the civil and military officials, the Qi-refining practitioners and the dragon sons in the mansion were all silent and looked at each other - then, Xu Shu's sharp gaze suddenly fell on one person.

Pan Jun, Pan Chengming, is the current head of the Jingzhou clan.

"What does Yuanzhi want to hear?" Pan Jun put down the pen in his hand with a calm expression.

"Just tell me, what were your considerations when you colluded with the thief Cao." Xu Shu's expression was calmer than Pan Jun's.

Hearing Xu Shu's words, the civil and military officials in the mansion couldn't help but get excited and laughed non-stop.

He pointed at himself.

"Brother Yuanzhi, am I a traitor?"

"Why would I become a traitor? What could Cao the thief offer to bribe me?"

"Yeah, I'm curious too." Xu Shu also had a puzzled look on his face.

Pan Jun, the governor of Jingzhou, is one of the top three officials in Jingzhou and Xiangyang in terms of power. If there is no war, his power is even higher than Xu Shu. He is second only to Xu Shu in Jingzhou and is above ten thousand people. If Ji Han were to be revived for the third time, Pan Jun, with his military exploits in Jingzhou, would definitely be one of the most powerful people in the court, and the power of their Pan family would increase greatly.

As for collusion with Cao Wei, even if Cao Wei won in the end, the strength of the Pan family would only be greatly reduced, not increased - after all, there was no place for the Pan family in Cao Wei.

Therefore, no matter what, Xu Shu found it difficult to understand why Pan Jun chose to betray.

Whether it was Cao Wei or Sun Wu, what did they come up with?

The matter of filing a complaint in Heaven was certainly planned by the immortals and gods - but human affairs are ultimately based on human affairs. Without Pan's cooperation, how could those ambiguous "evidence" and "details" be fabricated?

"It's just nonsense."

"I have something important to do, so I won't stay here to watch the general show off his power." Pan Jun was silent for a moment, then he suddenly stood up and waved his sleeves.

However, before he could leave the mansion, the guards at the door stopped him with weapons.

"General, are you going to take charge?" Pan Jun turned around, his eyes cold.

The Zhizhong Gongshi was a real high-ranking official - even if he really surrendered to Cao Wei and was caught red-handed, according to the law, he should go to Chengdu for trial, not to mention now, with empty words and no evidence at all.

How could the officials of Jingzhou have the qualifications to question him?

"How dare I take over authority without authorization." Guan Yu clapped his hands, and then a messenger came with a sword and axe.

"Pan Chengming, look what this is."

"What!" Pan Jun's eyes widened instantly.

What is a Jieyue?
That is the authority entrusted by the emperor of the world.

Guan Yu was originally a great general, and now holding the imperial power, it is no exaggeration to say that he has the power to divide the land and become a king.

Although everyone knew that the three brothers in Taoyuan had a deep affection for each other, after seeing the Jieyue, Pan Jun's heart was full of disbelief - bestowing the Jieyue on a general who held military power would make this general, who already had great power, even more uncontrollable, and the fate of the entire Jingzhou would be entrusted to one person's shoulders.

How could this be a decision a mature emperor should make?

The ministers in Chengdu didn't even give any advice or remonstrance?
"Pan Chengming, I mentioned this matter to Military Advisor Xu today, so there is naturally solid evidence. How can I allow you to deny it?" Guan Yu immediately ordered the documents and corresponding evidence to be passed on to all the civil and military officials, and then ordered the guards to capture Pan Chengming and all the immortals of the Pan family. The military morale was boiling, and the news was blocked from being passed on.

"Zhao Lei, I order you to lead an army to arrest the Pan clan members. No one can escape."

"Guan Ping, I order you to lead an army to Black Mountain to arrest Huai Ting Huoxian."

"Liao Hua, I order you to lead an army and capture all of Pan's immortals!"

While he was speaking, Guan Yu had already thrown three command arrows from the tube in front of him.

"Understood!" After receiving the order, the generals who were named immediately stepped out of the gate without thinking, beat drums to gather their troops, and rushed in different directions.

Xu Yuanzhi also gave the order to capture those members of the Pan family who had left the family one by one.

"Guan Yu, you dare!" Pan Jun's eyes turned red as he watched this scene - by now, he could no longer fail to see that Guan Yu and his men were clearly here to wipe out the entire family.

There are differences between aristocratic families and common people.

If a commoner breaks the law, he will be punished with his life; if a noble family breaks the law, they will be fined three cups of wine.

This is the rule of the game in the current world.

This is also the reason why Pan Chengming dared to "betray".

If their plan succeeds, then they, the Pan family, will be able to seize the power over the river, and everything in Jingxiang will be under their control from then on - at that point, the existence of the Pan family will last forever, and no matter who wins the world, they will have to win over the Pan family.

Taking a step back, even though they had never gained control of the river, Cao Wei was still the strongest among the Three Kingdoms. The Pan family had helped Cao Wei in its time of need, so Cao Wei must remember this favor. The Pan family could also get the best of both worlds, between Cao Wei and Ji Han.

Taking a step further, their plan completely failed... It is just like now. According to the rules of the game in the human world, they will only be fined three cups of wine and give up one or two tribesmen as an explanation, and that's it.

What's more, they were only targeting the Dragon Clan, not the Han court - as humans, isn't it natural for them to exclude the Dragon Clan?

Who dares to say that they are doing something wrong?
According to Pan Chengming's idea, even if he was sent to Chengdu to be punished, by then, with the connections between the aristocratic families, the power of their Pan family would at most be replaced by a new patriarch, and the power could be retained.

So, why doesn't he dare to do such a thing?

But now?

Guan Yu's attitude showed that he had no intention of sending him to Chengdu, nor giving him any chance to move. Instead, he was going to kill all the members of the Pan family in Jingxiang.

"Why wouldn't I dare?"

"Take him away and behead him!" Guan Yu's eyes were cold - this was the military method.

If you don't move, then don't move. But once you move, it will be earth-shaking. If you don't do it, then don't do it. But once you do it, you must do it to the end.

As for the consequences of doing so...

Pan simply handed a step to the people of Cao Wei at the appropriate time. Her actions, in any case, would not lead to the extermination of the entire family.

Guan Yu knew that after this step, there would be countless attacks against him in the court.

But he doesn't care!
For him, nothing is more important than reviving the Han Dynasty, and nothing is more important than the upcoming battle.

After the army's momentum was cut in half by a sudden blow, the most important thing at the moment was to find a way to restore the army's morale - and the blood of the Pan family was the best way to restore life.

"Military warfare and military law - if anyone dares to violate my military law again, the entire Pan family will be killed!"

Therefore, the other civil and military officials, as well as the other Qi-refining practitioners in the mansion were also in awe.

Military law - no one expected that Guan Yu would end the Pan family's affairs from this angle.

Military law has always been based on cruelty. Using Han law to exterminate the Pan family would surely cause a stir in the court and the public. But if it was based on military law, everyone's attention would only fall on Guan Yu. They would argue whether the application of military law was necessary and whether the general was too good at persuading others - but no one would say that the extermination of the Pan family was wrong.

At most, some people would just sigh and say that Pan was unlucky to have met a general who used military law to govern human affairs.

After dealing with the matters of the Pan family and the dragon clan, Guan Yu's attention fell on the dragon sons.

"Just now, did the dragons seem to have something to say?"

At this time, the frightened dragon sons finally came to their senses.

"General, the clan has reported that Empress Li has stepped out of the East China Sea and is following the river, all the way down, and will reach Xiangyang soon."

"My clan asked me to ask whether we should welcome the general." The leader among the dragon sons hinted.

The fact that Li Nu stepped out of the East China Sea was no secret, and the fact that Ao Bing 'awoke' was no secret either - it was very likely that Ao Bing was using a special secret method to observe the changes in the world with the help of Li Nu's eyes. This was even less of a secret, and anyone who knew a little about the history of the dragon clan could guess it.

Especially after the dragon clan’s defense in Lingxiao Palace ended in failure.

Therefore, the words of the dragon sons did not count as revealing the clan's secrets - even if they did not say it, Zhuge Kongming would pass on the news from Chengdu in a day or two.

Just as he was speaking, a guard came outside the palace to report that an envoy from Chengdu had arrived.

"Prime Minister!" After seeing the 'envoy', everyone in the palace couldn't help but stand up.

Zhuge Kongming.

Among the wise men in the world today, he is almost unique!

His talent, decisiveness, wisdom, etc., are all ranked among the top three in the world.

Now, I am not even forty.

But in political affairs, he is already the prime minister of a country, coordinating the upper and lower levels, integrating the inside and the outside, and managing all affairs in an orderly manner.

As for spiritual practice, what he studied was an alternative way of immortality.

Therefore, he gave up immortality in exchange for harmony with humanity. Except for the loss of immortality, everything else was no different from the immortal path - and on this path, he had become a well-deserved Taiyi.

Even if we count from birth, he became Taiyi in less than forty years.

As for the great masters between heaven and earth, their evaluation of Zhuge Kongming is that he is similar to Fuxi.

You can imagine how shocking this is.

"Why did the Prime Minister suddenly come to Xiangyang?" everyone asked after they sat down.

"Of course it's because of the White Tiger Lord who floated downstream." Zhuge Kongming greeted everyone one by one, and then asked the dragon sons.

"Chengtian Bingyi Tianzun and Baihu Tianzun are traveling together on the Yangtze River. I am here on orders to offer sacrifices in Xiangyang."

"I hope all the dragon sons can pass the message to Jiang Ting to avoid any conflict."

"We will obey your orders." Several dragon sons turned around and left.

"Sure enough, Chengtian Bingyi Tianzun is here too." Looking at the reactions of these dragon sons, Zhuge Kongming's heart was moved.

Then, Zhuge Kongming began to skillfully take charge of the political affairs of Xiangyang, dispatch supplies, and build an altar on the river by connecting boats.

At the same time, envoys were sent to Sun Wu and Cao Wei respectively, asking them to come and participate in the sacrifice together.

……

"There are three kingdoms in the world: Han, Wei and Wu." Above the river, Li Nu was still talking about the current situation among the three kingdoms.

Among the Three Kingdoms, Han was righteous and Wei was strong.

As the protagonists of heaven and earth, the changes in the human world and the struggle for supremacy among the Three Kingdoms are bound to attract countless immortals and gods to join in.

Although the Huangtian Dao, which was created with the help of the power of humanity, was short-lived, the impact it brought and the waves it created between heaven and earth were growing bigger and bigger.

When the disputes in the world gradually "stabilized", the immortals and gods between heaven and earth, and even those great Luos, also joined in.

Among the Three Kingdoms, no matter which side it was, it received support from many immortals and gods. Even the Daluo were no exception and each supported one side.

Among the Three Kingdoms, Wei was the strongest. Although it was overbearing, cruel and harsh, it had massacred cities more than once.

But it is precisely because of this that many gods and immortals between heaven and earth believe that the State of Wei will win in the final competition.

Because it is cruel and ruthless enough.

Therefore, among all the immortals and gods in the world, the majority of people supported the State of Wei.

Then there is Sun Wu.

The people of Sun Wu were locked up in the south of the Yangtze River and had little power to advance. Therefore, among the Three Kingdoms, Sun Wu was the most "law-abiding".

The king and his ministers had little intention of competing for supremacy in the world. They only wanted to control the southeast and rule the country from across the river. Although there were some talented people in the country who tried to change the national policy and make Sun Wu advance, they were ultimately outnumbered and weak.

But it is precisely because of this that many immortals and gods between heaven and earth who are afraid of the tyranny of humanity have become closer to Sun Wu and support him. They want to control humanity in this way to prevent humanity from becoming so powerful that no one can control it.

Finally, it’s Ji Han.

Although Ji Han had been the orthodox dynasty for ten thousand years, the foundation of Yan Han had long been divided up in the hands of those aristocratic families and immortal gods - coupled with the Huang Tian Rebellion and the displacement of the imperial family, the newly born Ji Han got nothing except inheriting the name of Han.

——The last few generations of emperors in the Eastern Han Dynasty used up all the favors accumulated over the Yan and Han dynasties without leaving a single cent behind.

To be honest, among the Three Kingdoms, the Han Dynasty had the least chance of unifying the world.

The reason is also very simple.

Since they inherited the name of Han, they also inherited its grievances. If Ji Han could be revived for the third time, then during the Eastern Han Dynasty, should they return the things that were seized by those aristocratic families and immortals?

Among the Three Kingdoms, Ji Han received the least support from the gods and immortals.

Even at the beginning, there were no immortals and gods supporting Ji Han. However, during the process of Ji Han's founding, His Majesty Xuande's sincerity moved the heavens, which gradually united many immortals and gods around him.

Many immortals and gods who were originally just protecting the people from the war simply followed Liu Xuande.

After these immortals and gods followed Liu Xuande, their friends and even the sects behind them also came slowly.

To put it simply, the situation of the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Han and Wu was:
Wei is powerful.

Han has virtue.

As for Wu, it took advantage of the "time".

"Virtue and strength are two separate things, and time is listed outside the two."

"It's really interesting." Ao Bing said.

It sounds interesting, but in reality, this kind of situation makes Ao Bing feel more and more unfamiliar.

Virtue, strength and timing - these three complement each other.

However, the current situation of heaven and earth seems to have distorted the foundation of heaven and earth, causing the existence of these three to present an opposing posture.

Obviously, this is not a reasonable state.

As he was speaking, a beam of light came riding on the waves of the river.

After the flying light passed, another figure of a dragon god fell down.

Ao Xuanming.

He was one of the dragon gods who was originally "appointed" by Ao Bing to hold the power over Jiangdu.

With the development of humanity, the gods of wind and rain, as well as the gods of water, have become more and more important to humanity - the speed at which the gods of wind and rain, as well as the gods of water become stronger is also far beyond that of other Qi cultivators.

But the dragon race is gifted with the power of controlling wind and rain, which is an evolution of the ability to call the wind and rain. Even if others want to fight for it, they cannot win or take it away - unless one day Ao Bing dies, and the ability to call the wind and rain is taken over by someone else.

With the wind and rain gods being controlled by the dragon clan, the other immortal gods and those Qi cultivators had no choice but to turn their attention to the water god.

After all, the highest position among the water gods, that is, the [Water Official Emperor], has not yet been determined - any Daluo who is determined to compete for this position will protect the water gods under his command, and will also be happy to see the water gods under his command expand their authority to other waters.

Therefore, in this world, the competition for water systems and the replacement of water gods can be said to be extremely cruel and extremely fast - especially in times of chaos. The first thing every prince does after gaining power is to confer titles, rotate, or suppress the surrounding water gods to prevent these water gods from being used by their opponents.

Since the Eastern Han Dynasty, immortals and gods everywhere have been fighting with each other, and the aristocratic families have been plotting against each other, which has disrupted this peaceful human world. Countless water gods have suffered heavy casualties. Under such circumstances, the dragon gods of the dragon clan are still able to stabilize the situation in the four rivers, which shows how painstaking they are.

"Greetings, Queen Li." Ao Xuanming bowed to Queen Li, his face full of fatigue.

"It's Xuanming. Why did you find time to stop me instead of patrolling the river?" Li Nu asked. "Have you repaid those favors?"

——The Jiao Ji who married Liu Xuande was the reincarnation of Ao Xuanming’s eldest daughter.

In order to protect the complete reincarnation of his eldest daughter's soul, and to ensure that she could return calmly after reincarnation, Ao Xuanming also paid a considerable price, borrowed many treasures with a lot of favors...

After that, he continued to patrol the Yangtze River on behalf of the other dragon gods to repay the favor.

"Your Majesty, you are joking." Ao Xuanming lowered his head.

"My lady, it is Zhuge Kongming, the prime minister of Ji Han, who has learned that your lady and your majesty are coming to visit the river, and has already set up a sacrifice outside Xiangyang."

"Emissaries from both Sun Wu and Cao Wei were invited to come."

"The Dragon God of the Yangtze River has prepared the ceremonial guards for the Empress and His Majesty, and is ready to respond to your calls."

"Then bring the ceremonial guard."

Li Nu said.

There is one bad thing about immortals and gods traveling around the human world during troubled times.

Once their tracks are exposed, the forces everywhere will block their way and ask for sacrifices, trying to gain a certain amount of support from the immortals and gods in this way, so as to pull the immortals and gods onto their own chariots.

The more respected the status of the immortal or god, the more so this is the case.

As for such sacrifices, the gods and immortals could neither accept nor reject them - because, when the world is in chaos, heroes emerge and even the great masters cannot be sure who will be the final winner.

They could certainly refuse the sacrifices of those princes and stand against them - but if the prince won, the immortal god standing on the opposite side would be suppressed by the human world for a long dynasty.

Similarly, if they accept the sacrifice, there will also be such risks...

Therefore, the more chaotic the situation is, the more obvious the actions of the immortals and gods in making their plans on earth will become, but their respective movements will also become more secretive.

Since Ao Bing and Li Nu had stepped out of the East China Sea without any concealment to meet the hero from the human world, they had naturally made such preparations.

"I am fine with the Xiangyang sacrifice, but have you ever thought about how to manifest in the four directions of heaven and earth?"

For Ao Bing, this is a big trouble.

After all, Ao Bing was only "remotely sensing" Pantian. He could see the many landscapes and heroes in Pantian, but because of the boundary between the past and the future, it was difficult for him to have any influence on the current Pantian, let alone "show his divine power" in this Pantian.

But during the sacrifice, if he, as one of the gods receiving the sacrifice, could not show his holiness, or if it was difficult for him to even show his holiness, then the changes in people's hearts that would be aroused would be very unpredictable.

"That's fine, Senior Sister, just place my dragon ball there when the time comes."

“Sometimes, the unpredictable and the unpredictable are also a kind of strength.”

"Those who understand the connection here will naturally know the mystery here."

"Those who don't understand the connection here are naturally not worth paying attention to."

……

Zhuge Kongming's actions were extremely fast and efficient.

Only three days after the sacrifice was scheduled, the altar on the Yangtze River, which was mainly composed of boats, had been completed.

According to the regulations of different warships, the altar is divided into five levels.

The first layer uses the water of the Yangtze River as its surface, reflecting all things in the sky.

The second layer is dominated by civilian merchant ships, symbolizing the common people who carry the dynasty and the heaven and earth.

The third floor is the deck of those huge warships.

The fourth floor, the fifth floor, and so on.

Flags of various colors and shapes opposite the Azure Dragon and White Tiger, as well as spiritual pennants, were torn apart along the surface of the river, and were carried by small boats, moving around, and then slowly ascended along the five-story altar.

Starting from the third floor, in addition to the flags, there are also the Azure Dragon Pillar of Heaven and the White Tiger Holding a Sword on the altar.

Above and below the altar, there were boys acting as soldiers, some wearing robes, some holding large flags, moving with the waves of the river.

On the fourth layer, there are more images of legends related to the Azure Dragon and the White Tiger, etc.

When the altar was completed, the mighty Yangtze River seemed to have suddenly gained a hub, and the water veins in various places were all controlled and suppressed by the altar.

The dragon gods who exercised authority in various places in the river knew that the altar was built to welcome the Azure Dragon and the White Tiger, so they naturally did not interfere with the altar, but each of them guided the water veins to match the altar.

Of course, during this process, these dragon gods could not help but sigh at the great achievements of Zhuge Kongming.

The Yangtze River is no ordinary body of water. It is one of the four great rivers and one of the most important nodes in the great cycle of water vapor between heaven and earth. Qi Xiang, the lord of the Yangtze River, is an extremely ancient and powerful Daluo.

Since Qi Xiang entrusted the authority of the Yangtze River to Ao Bing, although they, the dragon gods, were ordered to suppress various parts of the Yangtze River - but even with the power of them, the Taiyi Dragon Gods, and their closeness to the water veins, the true dragons, what they steed and control are only the water veins that they are in charge of.

But now?

The Zhuge Kongming in front of him raised the altar and waved the command flag, and more than ten water veins above and below the altar began to move.

As a mortal, his control over water veins is even stronger than that of a true dragon of the same level...

I can only say that he is worthy of being called Zhuge Kongming.

On the left and right of the altar, the invited envoys from Cao Wei and Sun Wu, while looking at the altar, also took the opportunity to examine the soldiers of Xiangyang and assess Xiangyang's defense.

——The envoys of both sides are equally extraordinary.

The one who came from Sun Wu was Lu Su, Lu Zijing. His overall vision was the best in Sun Wu - he was one of the few in Sun Wu who could look at the whole world.

The one who came from Cao Wei was Xun You, also known as Xun Gongda, who was also a famous person. With his twelve ingenious strategies, he helped Cao family to defeat Yuan family and stabilize the north. He could be said to be one of the heroes who made the strategy.

"Brother Zijing, I think the navy of Jingzhou is much stronger than the navy under General Zixiao."

"When General Zixiao was stationed in Xiangyang, you tried to go north several times, but all to no avail."

"Now, General Yunchang is leading the Jingzhou navy here, and you want to cross the river...tsk tsk." Xun Gongda shook his head, not hiding the malice in his words at all.

Even though he knew that Xun Gongda was deliberately trying to instigate him, Lu Zijing still felt a little gloomy in his heart.

Given the terrain of Sun Wu, the Yangtze River is a natural barrier that protects them, but it is also a chain that blocks them.

With the natural barrier of the Yangtze River and the conservative national policy, it was not easy for Sun Wu to go north. Now that Xiangyang had fallen into the hands of Ji Han, Sun Wu's chance of crossing the river became even more difficult - an enterprising person like him would surely lose further power in the Sun Wu country.

"It would be great if the land of Jingxiang could belong to me." Lu Zijing thought to himself.

If the land of Jingxiang could fall into the hands of Sun Wu, on the one hand, they would have a stepping stone to march northward and would not have to worry about being blocked and surrounded at the ferry when crossing the river... Secondly, with the land of Jingxiang on the other side of the river, they would be able to naturally pour Sun Wu's national strength into Jingxiang - until the land of Jingxiang became a place that Sun Wu would find difficult to give up no matter what.

Before this, Sun Wu had attempted to capture the city of Xiangyang more than once. The one leading the navy was the world-famous Zhou Yu, the commander-in-chief of the Battle of Chibi.

Even so, Zhou Yu led the troops several times and suffered heavy casualties, but never posed any threat to Xiangyang. Instead, it helped to establish Cao Zixiao's reputation as a good defender.

And now, the one occupying Xiangyang City is Guan Yu, who is even more powerful than Cao Zixiao...

On the city of Xiangyang, the shadows of countless flags pressed down, covering Lu Zijing, just like covering the future of the Sun Wu Kingdom.

Lu Zijing lowered his head, thinking back to his past dealings with Guan Yu - among all the ministers of Sun Wu, Lu Zijing had always advocated being close to Ji Han. When Guan Yu was in charge of Jingxiang, he had dealt with Guan Yu more than once.

And the traces left by their past dealings emerged in Lu Zijing's mind.

Guan Yu was a very upright person, so he never concealed his disdain for Sun Wu.

In fact, any famous general and capable minister who cares about the world would be disdainful of the ruler and ministers of Eastern Wu who only care about maintaining a peaceful life - but no one can express it as obviously as Guan Yu.

"In troubled times, the greatest weakness is to have no ambition."

"If you don't have the heart to invade the universe, you will definitely be destroyed by others."

"My lord, why don't they understand?" While Lu Zijing was lamenting in his heart, he was also thinking whether there was any way to exchange a part of the Jingxiang land from Ji Han - at least, to give a part of Xiangyang, the key land, to their Sun Wu.

otherwise……

Lu Zijing was calculating the current war situation between the three kingdoms - at that moment, Lu Zijing was suddenly startled.

He suddenly realized that the current situation was that Guan Yu occupied Jingxiang and had extremely elite navy, occupied the upper reaches of the river, and had the support of the Dragon Clan, so he could hold their Sun Wu navy hostage.

In the southwest, Ma Mengqi, one of the Five Tigers, was intimidating and gathering the barbarians - but what if, by any chance, when Ma Mengqi was opening up to the southwest, he inadvertently changed direction and directed his troops towards their Sun Wu, then wouldn't their Sun Wu be immediately attacked by both Ma Mengqi and Guan Yu?
The pincer attack by two of the Five Tiger Generals - what does this concept mean? And it's not like in the past when the soldiers were few and weak, but the Five Tigers are in their prime and have sufficient troops. The Cao Wei army, which has a deep understanding of this, should have a say in this.

"Guan Yu and Ma Mengqi are connected. One can advance by land and sea, and the other can dispatch people."

"It has the power to destroy a country." Lu Zijing's fingers couldn't help but tremble - two armies could destroy a country, which sounded incredible and too contemptuous of Sun Wu.

But Lu Zijing knew very well that this was the real situation.

Sun Wu's army, not to mention its navy, is naturally the best in the world - but the problem is, perhaps because the national strength and fortune were all used on the navy, Sun Wu's land army can only be said to be not worth mentioning and vulnerable!
If things go wrong, with Guan Yu holding back the navy, Ma Mengqi's army might be able to kill all the way through Sun Wu.

Lu Zijing pondered. Originally, among the Three Kingdoms, Cao Wei was strong while Han and Wu were weak. Han and Wu had to unite to fight against Cao Wei.

But in the current situation, if Han first abandons Cao and attacks Wu, and completely takes over Sun Wu, then Ji Han, which has swallowed up Sun Wu, will be able to confront Cao Wei head-on.

Once this thought came to my mind, I could no longer suppress it.

Lu Zijing's gaze swept across the faces of the generals in Xiangyang City.

He could see that these generals were holding their breath.

Lu Zijing was not an ignorant person in military affairs. He knew very well that the merit of destroying a country was, at the very least, a great merit of destroying a country's capital. How aggrieved those warriors would be to watch it slip through their fingers.

Under such a frustrated situation, those warriors will do everything they can to find this opportunity again and make up for this missed opportunity.

However, Cao Wei's national strength is there, and the opportunity to fight against Cao Wei has gone. So, when these fierce and vigorous men come to their senses, where will their eyes be fixed?

Sun Wu!

Even if they didn't come to their senses, Xun Gongda next to them would definitely make them come to their senses.

"They are truly a group of tigers and wolves." Lu Zijing acted harmless, as if he had not noticed the deeper meaning of Xun Gongda's words.

While he agreed with Xun Gongda's words, he was also thinking in his heart how to deal with the next situation.

"With General Yunchang's determination, he will definitely lead his troops north after this sacrifice."

"But I don't know how confident General Zixiao is when facing General Yunchang."

"General Zixiao is an important general of the Cao family, a pillar of support. His previous defeat was already earth-shattering. If he fails again, tut tut..."

"Well, Brother Gongda did remind me that Han and Wu are friendly allies. When General Yunchang suddenly launched an army, our Sun Wu was unable to respond in time. Now, we should prepare more food and grass for General Yunchang so that he can devote all his strength to the north."

"..."Looking at Lu Zijing pretending to be stupid, Xun Gongda was helpless. He could only shake his head, sigh, and leave.

The only way to break the alliance between Sun Wu and Ji Han is to start with Sun Wu - and now, although Ji Han has the opportunity to take action against Sun Wu, the reason why Ji Han is Ji Han, the three counselors and five tigers, and even those immortals and gods have to go against the trend and surround Liu Xuande, is precisely because of Liu Xuande's sincere moral character.

Such a person would never, no matter how great the benefits are, voluntarily betray the alliance and attack Sun Wu.

Therefore, the only way to make Sun Wu take the initiative, make them realize the threat from Ji Han, tear up the alliance, or even take action against Ji Han, is to make Ji Han take action against Sun Wu.

This time, the sacrifice presided over by Zhuge Kongming himself was an opportunity.

However, the envoy from Sun Wu happened to be Lu Zijing. Apart from Lu Zijing, Xun Gongda was sure to persuade any other envoy who came to Xiangyang to make Sun Wu abandon Ji Han and move closer to their Wei State.

But it just so happened that the person who came was Lu Zijing, a rare man in Sun Wu who had the world in his heart but had almost no weaknesses in his character.

"However, internal affairs are decided by Zhang Zhao, and external affairs are decided by Zhou Yu. Since General Zhou allowed Lu Zijing to be the envoy, I think some people in Sun Wu have already seen the threat of Ji Han."

"So the next thing to do is..."

"Bypass Lu Zijing and send an envoy to Sun Wu."

"No, between Sun and Wu, the only two who have ambitions to rule the world are Lu Zijing and Zhou Gongjin."

"And Zhou Gongjin has considerable weaknesses in his character."

"Perhaps, I should consider whether I should find an opportunity to assassinate Lu Zijing."

"As long as Lu Zijing is eliminated, without Lu Zijing as a mediator, given Zhou Gongjin's character, he will surely die at the hands of the Lord of Wu."

"Lu Zijing and Zhou Gongjin are both dead, so the entire Sun Wu is just a plaything in their hands."

A sudden throbbing surged in Xun Gongda's heart.

(End of this chapter)