The words were spat out straight away.

Lu Meng's eyes seemed to be fixed on the master's upper body, quietly observing his movements.

The emotion on his face suddenly rose, and he couldn't help but say loudly in his tone: "The land of Jianghuai is very important to me, Jiangdong."

"But after this battle, our army still lacks the conditions to attack Huainan and other counties."

"Did the Lord not find out anything about this battle?"

The words were spoken slowly, and he was slowly observing the changes in Sun Quan's expression.

In particular, I noticed that at this time, there was still a hesitant look on the subject's face related to making progress in Jingzhou.

So much so that Lu Meng couldn't help but ask the question loudly about his last words.

"What did Ziming mean?"

But who would have expected that after hearing this, Sun Quan looked suspicious and pretended to be confused.

After finishing his words, Lu Meng showed a resolute expression, raised his hands and analyzed in a deep voice, "Lord, from now on our army has been in a stalemate with the main forces of the Cao family for most of the year."

"According to Meng's observation, our army and Cao's army have advantages and disadvantages."

"If you insist on fighting for the land in Huainan and want to go north to the Central Plains, this is not the way to achieve success!"

Sure enough, as soon as these words were spoken, Sun Quan immediately caught Sun Quan's attention, and he even asked:

"Ziming, I don't know what our advantages and disadvantages are against the Cao family?"

As soon as the question came to an end, Lu Meng was unambiguous, full of answers that he had already thought about for a long time, and responded decisively:

"Since ancient times, people from the north are good at riding, while people from the south are good at water."

"If they fight on the flat ground in the north, with their skilled battle formations, foot and cavalry battles, they will be extremely fierce, and they will be unfavorable all the way!"

"But once the Cao family launched a large-scale southern expedition, the Huainan area was densely covered with water systems, and we also had the Yangtze River natural moat. This created a situation that they were not good at."

"Fighting in rivers, the northerners are not accustomed to water warfare and are not good at boats. How can they compete with our Jiangdong navy?"

After the words fell here, Lu Meng's voice gradually became silent again.

He was slowly analyzing the pros and cons of the current situation for his master.

Naturally, you need to give him some time to think about it.

After hearing these words, Sun Quan silently thought about it in his mind.

Lu Meng on one side was watching all this quietly.

After seeing his lord's reaction, he slowly slowed down his tone and continued softly, "But if it's the other way around, it will be our army's turn to take the initiative to march north to attack Huainan and other places, and even the Central Plains states.

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"Once we are far away from the river, the water battles that our soldiers are proud of will be gone forever!"

"If you take the initiative to go north, you will only be forced to go ashore and fight with Cao's army on foot and on horseback."

"This move is undoubtedly an attempt to use one's own shortcomings to attack the enemy's strong points."

The words fall here.

Lu Meng then pondered for a moment and then summed it up loudly: "My lord, this is about the battle between our side and the Cao family in Huainan."

"It's almost like whoever takes the initiative to attack is at a natural disadvantage."

"Now that we have reached a short-term peace agreement with the Cao family, this is a God-given opportunity for us to change our strategic goals and attack Jingzhou again!"

A series of righteous words.

At this time, Sun Quan was naturally deeply touched after analyzing Lu Meng's words.

Deep down in his heart, he always coveted Jingzhou.

Now it will only become more and more prosperous.

However, while his face showed some agreement with Lu Meng's proposal, he also put forward his own opinion and said:

"According to the military report sent back by Zijing in the previous chapter, Guan Yunchang, the current governor of Jingzhou, has once again mobilized all the people in Jingzhou to march northward and invade the Xiangfan area."

"This time the rear of Jingzhou will be very empty."

"If we deploy our armies to attack each other, we will definitely be invincible along the way, and we will no longer be able to conquer the lands easily."

"My lord, I would like to personally raise an army to capture Jingzhou again!"

After hearing the Lord's words, Lu Meng's face suddenly showed a look of joy, and he immediately offered his hand to fight.

Unexpectedly, Sun Quan just waved his hand to signal him to calm down, and then a sad look suddenly appeared on his face, and he said slowly:

"This is a God-given opportunity to seize the counties in Jingzhou. Why don't you know it if you go alone?"

"It's just that since Gong Jin passed away from illness, in the past ten years or so, Zijing has worked hard to promote the alliance between the two families and has been maintaining the Sun-Liu alliance."

"Two years ago, when Gu Mingzi Ming led the masses to attack the four counties of Jingnan, Zijing did not hesitate to boat out at night to come to persuade Yu Gu."

"Half a year ago, when the Cao family launched a large-scale invasion of our Jiangbei defense, it was Zijing who replaced Gu as envoy to Jingzhou and persuaded Guan Yunchang to assemble the main force and go north to attack Xiangfan."

"If not, I'm afraid Cao Cao won't stop his troops so easily and negotiate peace with us?"

"Now the Jingzhou Army is on the front line of Xiangfan. If our army wants to advance with force, Zijing will definitely not agree!"

This is the end of the conversation.

Lu Meng stood aside, quietly listening to Sun Quan express his inner worries, and nodded silently to show his understanding!

He had a deep friendship with Lu Su.

I know my friend's nature well.

Two years ago, we took advantage of the situation to attack several counties in Jingnan, but ultimately ended in failure!

If things hadn't come to a head, Lu Su would have stepped forward at the critical moment and saved the Sun-Liu alliance again.

I'm afraid there will be no chance for reconciliation between the two sides.

Last winter, Cao Cao wanted to mobilize his troops to go south to attack his own side.

It was he who went to Jiangling in person to persuade Guan Yu to send troops to attack Xiangfan and threaten Cao's army with a military attack.

Lu Meng, as a general, would naturally have heard of such deeds!

He knew very well that with the temperament of his friend Lu Su, if he knew about his plan to attack Jingzhou again, he would definitely not go along with it.

So Lü Meng heard about Sun Quan's worries.

There was a moment of silence.

It seemed that he had been thinking for a long time before he turned serious again, with a deep tone in his words, and said sternly:

"My lord, if Governor Lu can't make sense, then why not..."

"How about we wait and kill first and then show off?"

After saying this, Lu Meng's expression suddenly became serious.

In order to capture Jingzhou, he also risked his life.

He did not hesitate to hide it from Lu Su.

When Sun Quan heard this, he did not immediately agree. There was a strong hesitation on his face.

Seeing this, Lu Meng said anxiously: "My Lord, make a decision on this matter sooner rather than later!"

"If there is no upper reaches of Jianghan, the country will be in danger."

"The land of Jingzhou is located in the upper reaches of our river east. If Liu Bei and his ministers want to take action against us one day, we can use the people of Jingzhou to boat down the river and reach Jianye City in only more than ten days."

"Our army must not keep Jingzhou in the opponent's hands?"

After saying this, Lu Meng's face was already filled with anxiety.

Especially when Sun Quan still looked expressionless and didn't respond at all.

This means that Zhao Tong is not here.

If not, he would definitely call Lu Meng a "short-sighted person."

This person only saw the importance of Jingzhou to Jiangdong.

But the strategic value of Huainan was ignored.

and the great power of the current situation in the world.

[Those who strengthen the southeast must fight for Jianghan; those who want to control the Central Plains must win Huaisi. If there are Jianghan but no Huaisi, the country will be weak; if there are Huaisi but no upper reaches of Jianghan, the country will be in danger.

[The Sun family could not reach Guangling in the east and Hefei in the west, so by the end of the Wu Dynasty, they would not be able to meet the Wei people in the Central Plains.]

This is the description of the land of Jiangdong in the "Records of Reading History Fangyu" written by Gu Zuyu.

It is not difficult to see from this passage that the author’s own evaluation is that both Huaisi and Jingzhou are indispensable places for Jiangdong.

But now Lu Meng only felt that his side was unable to move northward on the Huainan front line, and he wanted to give up the strategic idea of ​​advancing into the Central Plains when encountering difficulties.

Instead, he extended his black hand into his ally's land of Jingzhou.
To be continued...