Three Kingdoms, I'm really not a general!

Chapter 139: Zhou Tai's Conflict

"Brother Youping, the last time we met, it was you who let me go in Jiangdong."

"I have always kept this kindness in my heart, but I have yet to see you again."

"I didn't expect you to escort the envoy to Chengdu, so we can be reunited now!"

"Come on, let's have a few drinks first!"

In Xing Daorong's mansion, facing Zhou Tai, Xing Daorong was mainly enthusiastic.

Zhou Tai, however, seemed a little weird.

Facing the enthusiastic Xing Daorong, he just smiled bitterly and said, "General Xing...my last action may have caused many people in Jiangdong to blame me."

Zhou Tai is also an honest person!

In fact, Xing Daorong could think of this matter. If Zhou Tai let him go, wouldn't Jiangdong blame him?
Especially this time he defeated Jiangdong's attack, which was even more embarrassing for Zhou Tai.

Xing Daorong smiled and said, "Youping, you don't have to be polite. Just call me by my courtesy name."

As he spoke, his smile suddenly disappeared, "Youping! A real man should do things with a clear conscience!"

"Sun Quan of Jiangdong, the sneak attack failed. If you blame it on yourself, you are too foolish!"

Xing Daorong directly named Sun Quan, without even addressing him as Marquis of Wu, and made his attitude clear.

Zhou Tai smiled bitterly again and said, "Zi Yu is so rude. If this happened in Jiangdong, I would have kidnapped you long ago."

"It's not rude." Xing Daorong said, looking at Zhou Tai's expression and seeing that he was not angry, he continued: "Forget it, let's not talk about this, let's drink and forget these troubles!"

Zhou Tai raised his glass and said, "Let's drink to our heart's content!"

The two of them ate and drank to their heart's contention, and really did not mention the fight between Liu Bei and Sun Quan.

He was halfway through his meal when he heard Zhuge Jin coming over.

What can Zhuge Jin do here?
He must be here to get information!
Xing Daorong knew what was going on.

Zhou Tailai came to find me, of course, he also wanted to inquire about the news, but he was embarrassed to speak because I kept calling him "brother".

Zhuge Jin came here probably because he was anxious to see the situation.

Xing Daorong immediately waved his hand to invite the person in, and sure enough, Zhuge Jin stepped forward and bowed, saying, "General Xing, I have long heard of your great name."

Although Zhuge Jin was Zhuge Liang's brother, Xing Daorong was not as friendly to him as he was to Zhou Tai. He just said with a breath of alcohol, "So you are Zhuge's envoy. What do you want from me?"

Xing Daorong's address of "envoy" sounded completely official.

How could Zhuge Jin not understand the meaning behind this, but he had a heavy responsibility here, so he had no choice but to go ahead and do it.

But he said, "General Xing, I heard that General Zhou was here, so I came to disturb you."

It is said: "Zhuge Jin's brother Liang and cousin Dan were both famous and each served in his own country. At the time, it was believed that Shu had obtained its dragon, Wu had obtained its tiger, and Wei had obtained its dog."

Zhuge Jin was nicknamed "tiger", which actually showed that he had some ability.

From the perspective of hindsight, the fact that the three brothers of the Zhuge family served the Three Kingdoms separately must have been the result of a strategic plan within the family.

That is, when the world was not yet unified, a member of the family was arranged to go to each country, so as to avoid the result of everyone suffering the loss.

No matter which country finally unifies the country, the Zhuge family will prosper along with it.

However, when Xing Daorong really came to this era, he realized that there were not so many people who could foresee the future!
The reason why Zhuge Liang was in Jingzhou and Zhuge Jin was in Langya was entirely because Zhuge Jin, as the elder brother, must stay in Langya to guard the house.

However, their father died early, and Zhuge Jin alone could not support his brothers, so he just let Zhuge Liang follow his uncle to Jingzhou.

Judging from these relationships, Zhuge Liang should actually have a good relationship with his eldest brother. If the relationship between Soochow and Liu Bei was not at a freezing point, Xing Daorong would not have treated him like this.

At this moment... Xing Daorong still said in a cold voice: "General Zhou, please enjoy the food and drink here. When you are full, you will return the messenger. Go back and wait for a while. I will definitely send the messenger back before dark."

Zhuge Jin listened with a helpless look on his face. Seeing that Xing Daorong looked like he was going to drive him away, he thought that this guy was just adamant. However, seeing that Xing Daorong was insistent, he could only retreat helplessly for the time being.

But before leaving, he did not forget to give Zhou Tai a look.

Zhou Tai understood clearly that he was going to be the one to do all the investigation work.

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If you ask him to face Xing Daorong, what will he do?

So the more he drank, the more uncomfortable he felt.

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Of course Xing Daorong could see that Zhou Tai's condition was different from before, but he just pretended not to know.

Zhou Tai saw that this was not going to work, so he was very upset. He picked up a glass of wine, drank it quickly, and said with courage: "Zi Yu, can you tell me what the King of Hanzhong wants to do about the peace talks?"

Xing Daorong paused when he heard this, and sighed, "It's hard to talk about this, but since Youping has really asked for it, I'll still talk about it for the sake of our old friendship."

"The world is now divided into three parts. Cao Cao is a traitor to the Han Dynasty. He is the goal of those of us with insight. We should take it as our responsibility to eradicate Cao the traitor and support the Han Dynasty!"

"Marquis Wu... will naturally negotiate for peace."

Zhou Tai heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this. Given the current atmosphere in Jiangdong, it was really difficult to fight a big war.

The previous defeat in Hefei was attributed to bad luck or an accident, and although the aristocratic families were dissatisfied, that was a rough explanation.

As a result, the sneak attack on Jingzhou failed, and the governor Lu Meng and generals Gan Ning and Pan Zhang were all killed in the battle. This is really hard to explain.

The aristocratic families already had some doubts about Sun Quan, and the successive defeats added fuel to the fire. Moreover, after Xu Sheng and Dong Xi returned, they blamed Yuzhang for not helping them.

This simply made the Jiangdong family explode.

There was no need for Gu Yong and Lu Mao to take action, as other families had already "revolted" one after another.

Not only was the blame for the battle placed entirely on Lu Meng, but Sun Quan was also subject to a lot of "gossip" about himself.

Sun Quan couldn't bear the pressure and had to resort to balancing tactics again.

However, this kind of "Taoism of the princes" is fine when the situation is very good, but it is insufficient when problems arise.

I can’t suppress it!

The generals who supported Lu Meng thought that Gu Yong did not come to his rescue.

However, the aristocratic families felt that their "bet" was wrong. Not only was Sun Quan's ability inferior to Cao Cao, he was even inferior to Liu Bei!

As a result, the conflict between the two sides became increasingly greater, and the more balanced Sun Quan tried, the less popular he became.

Not to mention war, there might even be civil strife within the family.

However, Zhou Tai, who was born a pirate, was helpless in the face of this situation. He only knew that the situation was not good.

When he heard that they could negotiate peace, he couldn't help but say, "That's good."

Xing Daorong was moved when he heard this, and immediately realized that there was a big problem on the Jiangdong side.

As a result, he became interested in Jiangdong.

He secretly wondered in his heart whether the fact that he had let Xu Sheng and Dong Xi go in Nanping had played a role.

If it is true that Sun Quan offended the Jiangdong family, then Jiangdong would be in chaos!
Xing Daorong thought for a moment and said, "However, this peace talk must have conditions. Dongwu tore up the alliance without reason. This matter cannot be let go so easily."

"Zilong is killing people everywhere in Jiaozhou right now. If the Marquis of Wu wants to negotiate peace, he must have some conditions..."

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