As the state was engaged in governance, Ma Liang was ordered to go to Lukou as an envoy to "visit" the governor Lu Su, who was responsible for maintaining the alliance between the Sun and Liu families, to inquire about his condition.

Lu Su also held himself up and chatted with him.

After talking for a long time, although his body did not show any abnormality and was the same as that of ordinary people, Ma Liang still carefully observed the pale complexion on his face, which seemed to be weak, and the faint sweat on his forehead.

Sweating.

From these clues, Ma Liangliang had already made a judgment, but he did not show it at this time and continued to communicate with a smile.

After bidding farewell to Ma Liang and leaving, Lu Su couldn't hold on and fainted.

I was almost in a coma for a day and a night, and I woke up around noon the next day.

Lu Su couldn't stop coughing several more times, and his face turned red. He suppressed his inner discomfort and asked the general who was always at his side:

"How long have I been unconscious?"

"Captain, you have been unconscious for nearly a day and a night."

Seeing him wake up, the generals let out a long sigh of relief. Yesterday's sudden coma frightened all the generals present.

"Help me up!"

"this……"

Hearing this, the general was a little hesitant and said: "But Commander, you are seriously ill now..."

"It doesn't matter, I still have important things to finish."

Under Lu Su's strong request, the general had no choice but to help him up and stumbled step by step to the table. He sat back down on the mat with difficulty, and even lifted the pen in his hand to tremble.

However, he forced himself to hold back his concentration, tremblingly completed the approval of the remaining official documents, and then wrote on the blank silk book.

Thinking and writing at the same time,

It took about half an hour.

The letters were filled with neat words just now.

Even though he was suffering from illness, Lu Su's writing still did not falter!

He gently put down the pen in his hand, blew slightly to dry the ink, and then very solemnly wrapped the letter and put it in a letterhead and handed it to the general at the side.

"If a certain Japanese governor is no longer alive, you must hand it over to the Marquis of Wu personally. This is related to our future life and death in Soochow, so we must not be careless!"

"Captain!"

Seeing that Lu Su seemed to be saying farewell to his funeral, the general's eyes were filled with tears, and his hands that took the letter seemed to be trembling.

There seemed to be deep reluctance in his eyes.

After all the necessary matters have been dealt with properly.

Lu Su staggered out of the tent, looking at the rare ray of warm sunshine in winter, a smile appeared on his weak cheeks.

Then he disguised himself in ordinary fisherman's clothes, took two strong men, also dressed in fishermen's clothes, and carried a small boat to the tributary of Lushui River, turned northward into the Xiangshui River, and finally arrived at Dongting Lake next to the important town of Baqiu.

On a beach.

After he landed, he ordered his guards to guard the boat.

He slowly walked deeper into the beach.

Because he was dressed like a fisherman, even though there were ships from the Jingzhou Navy patrolling the waters around Baqiu, he did not attract much attention.

When Lu Su arrived, he was greeted by an average-sized tomb covered with weeds. The tombstone in front was engraved with the words "The Tomb of Zhou Yu, the Governor of the Hanzhong Guards".

This is the tomb of Zhou Yu who led his troops to defeat Cao Cao's army in the Battle of Chibi more than ten years ago, and took advantage of the victory to march into Nanjun and become famous throughout the world.

Being buried next to Dongting Lake was also Zhou Yu's request during his lifetime.

It is his unfinished ambition to occupy Jingxiang, advance into Yizhou, and divide the tripod into two parts: north and south.

He wished that after his death, he would protect the entire Jingzhou area for Jiangdong.

When he walked to the tomb, Lu Su, who had been suffering from some physical pain, seemed to suddenly feel much better, and the smile on his face became stronger.

He then sat down gently and looked directly at the tombstone.

"Gong Jin, you have been dead for a long time. I may not know the changes that have taken place in the world in the past ten years!"

Lu Su sprinkled the wine he brought on the ground, as if he was chatting with an old friend for many years.

"I know that Gong Jin, your greatest wish during your lifetime was to lead the Wu and Yue people to occupy Nanjun, attack Xiangyang in the north, and defend against Liu Xuande's forces in Jingnan in the south."

"Then you are waiting for an opportunity to march west to Yizhou, capture Hanzhong, and unite the princes of Xiliang and other forces to compete with the Cao family, in order to divide the world into two and form a confrontation between the north and the south."

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As the words gradually fell, Lu Su paused and said, "However, after your death, I still suggest that the Nanjun you captured be lent to Liu Bei's forces."

"This move is not because I want to benefit the enemy, but because I want to do something big!"

"If at that time, we still occupy Nanjun for a long time, we must guard against Cao's army in Xiangyang in the north, and Liu Bei is also watching in the south, so we must not underestimate it!"

"Our army will invest tens of thousands of troops on the western front to defend it."

"In this way, once Cao's army went south to Jiangling with Xiangyang's army to contain our main force, he also gathered an army at Hefei and went south to attack the various crossings of the river."

"Our military strength will be stretched thin at that time!"

"At that time, only by lending Nanjun and using Liu Bei's military strength to block Cao's army in northern Jing could we have enough mobile troops to go north to seize Huainan, Qingxu and other places, and then advance into the Central Plains and become the king of the country.

career."

"I wonder if you, Gongjin, can understand my intention under Jiuquan?"

Lu Su seemed to be talking to himself, and seemed to be speaking with a hint of expectation in his eyes, hoping to get some kind of response.

"Before this, with my efforts to protect and mediate, although there were frictions in the alliance between the Sun and Liu families, the whole alliance was able to resist Cao together."

"But now my body is exhausted. I don't know when I will meet you underground, Gongjin."

"Where will the fate of Jiangdong go in the future?"

While Lu Su was pouring wine on the ground, he said keenly as if he had insight into people's hearts: "Ziming is my pillar of strength in Jiangdong. He has made rapid progress since Wu Hou persuaded him to study."

"To this day, he is capable of commanding the three armies. He is extremely resourceful and can act independently."

"He has always been determined to seize the land of Jingzhou. Guan Yu, the governor of the counties in Jingzhou, is also a man of strong temper. If I don't mediate between them, I am afraid that the two of them will seem to be separated from each other, and they will be in harmony with each other but not in heart. Sooner or later, there will be conflict.

"

"But when the Sun and Liu families compete against the Cao family on their own, they are both at a disadvantage. If we unite, we will both benefit, but if we separate, we will suffer disadvantages!"

At this point, Lu Su's expression seemed to be full of entanglement, and he said slowly: "I have recommended in the letter that I will take charge of Jingzhou affairs on my behalf in the Ming Dynasty."

"I am not worried at all about his ability to defend one side, but I am worried about his handling of Jingzhou affairs!"

"If Sun and Liu are at odds with each other, the entire Cao family will be applauded."
Chapter completed!