Since Lu Su became seriously ill, the situation between Han and Wu has become quite delicate.

Not only Guan Yu, the general stationed in Jingzhou, was silently paying attention to the condition of the governor Lu Su.

When this information reached Yecheng, the royal capital, even Wei King Cao Cao, who had just held the king's ceremony, was paying attention.

I saw him living in the palace, wearing gorgeous royal clothes and a royal crown, with a look of worry unconsciously showing on his face.

Unless Lu Su dies, he will have no chance to unify the country!

Many years ago, he thought that the sudden death of Zhou Lang, who had shown great prowess in the Battle of Chibi, would be a God-given opportunity for him to gather his troops again and march south.

But one of Lu Su's suggestions made him unable to help but drop his handwriting pen to the ground after hearing it.

That is, Jiangdong lent Nanjun to Liu Bei, allowing Liu Bei's forces to gather on the north bank of the river to face his own army.

Liu Bei also divided part of the territory north of Changsha and west of Jiangxia with the Sun family as compensation.

The two sides completed the defensive change at that time.

In addition, Liu Bei married Sun Quan's younger sister, and the two families became friends of Qin and Jin.

For a time, the alliance is as solid as ever and unbreakable!

Almost all of this was due to Lu Su's planning and mediation.

This was also the key factor why Cao Cao was so shocked that he dropped his pen.

As an outstanding politician in the world, he naturally has a very good vision and can judge that the Sun-Liu alliance will make it difficult for his side to go south and defeat them one by one!

Only when the two alliances fall apart and become hostile to each other will our side have the opportunity to launch a large-scale southern expedition.

Now Lu Su, who was trying his best to promote the union of the two families, suddenly fell seriously ill. Even though he had always been as wealthy as Cao Cao, he couldn't help but feel a little joyful deep in his heart.

As long as Lu Su dies, there will be a gap between Sun and Liu!

At that time, there may be an opportunity for him to march south.

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Ever since Lu Su went to Zhou Yu's tomb in Dongting Lake next to Baqiu in disguise and returned, he really couldn't get sick.

Probably during the twelfth lunar month, as the temperature in the south dropped sharply, heavy snow fell, freezing the Yangtze River and other major southern tributary water systems.

In the winter of the 22nd year of Jian'an in the Han Dynasty [217], Lu Su, the second governor of the Western Front of Soochow, also died of illness in Lukou Camp due to ineffective treatment for a serious illness.

Once the news came out, one family was happy and the other was sad.

When Wu Lord Sun Quan, who was in Stone City [Jianye], heard the bad news, his mind suddenly went blank, and his hand holding the official document was trembling!

It seemed that Yu was stunned on the spot for a long time, barely holding on to the wall beam next to him before he stood still.

"Zijing has passed away, and one of my arms has been broken!"

After calming down for a moment, Sun Quan took out a breath and spoke with difficulty.

The last time I was in such a sad state of mind was when Governor Zhou Yu died of illness several years ago.

After accepting this fact with difficulty,

Sun Quan immediately sent his general Quan Cong and some of his personal guards to the Lukou camp to collect Lu Su's body and escort the coffin back to Stone City.

He wanted to personally mourn Lu Su and hold a memorial ceremony.

"Su Naigu's arms are also the heroes of Jiangdong. Gu should be buried with honor!"

In the Wuhou Mansion where all the ministers gathered, Sun Quan was wearing a pure black robe, his face was full of solemnity, and his whole figure stood upright and announced, with a very solemn feeling.

As Sun Quan mourned Lu Su with great fanfare in Stone City, the news spread to all parties as if time flew by.

First, it spread to Jingzhou, which is near Chichi.

After a discussion between the general Guan Yu and his adviser Pang Tong, they decided again to send Ma Liang, who had been on a previous mission to Wu, to attend the memorial service again and use this opportunity to find out Jiangdong's next motives.

Afterwards, Guan Yu quickly sent people to Shuzhong to report the matter to Liu Bei, the king of Hanzhong.

Now that Lu Su, who maintained the friendly relationship between Sun and Liu families, has passed away, what should we do next?

Should we increase defense efforts on the east side?

Although Guan Yu was the governor of all the counties in Jingzhou, the governor responded to major military and political affairs and enjoyed the power to make emergency decisions, which can be said to be a high-power position!

You are enough to make your own decisions on such diplomatic matters.

But on the one hand, Guan Yu was not willing to make the final decision on his own in such major diplomatic matters concerning the country.

On the other hand, he also knew that his views on the current situation and diplomacy were far less far-reaching than those of the military advisor and general Zhuge Liang, so he also wanted to hear the next deployment of Shuzhong.

As for the Cao family, the news spread to the front lines in northern Jing like a tidal wave.

Cao Ren, the commander-in-chief of the garrison in Fancheng, received this military report first.

After he checked it out for the first time, he couldn't help but look overjoyed and started dancing unconsciously.

"Okay, okay!"

"I heard that Lu Su is the link between Sun and Liu's alliance. Without him, I'm afraid the dispute between the two families over the fight for Jingzhou would have expanded."

"Now that Lu Su has passed away, there will definitely be a gap in the Sun-Liu alliance, and there will definitely be a big fight over the battle for Jingzhou in the future!"

"When the snipe and the clam fight, our army will make a profit!"

Cao Ren summoned his generals and said in a very cheerful mood.

Later, he also ordered people to pass this important military information back to Yecheng, the royal capital, and report it to Wei King Cao Cao.

At the end of the twelfth twelfth lunar month, when the new year was approaching, Sun Quan held a grand funeral for him and buried him with a state funeral at the foot of Purple Mountain on the north side of Stone City, where tigers and dragons were sitting on top of each other.

At the same time, the envoy from Jingzhou traveled through mountains and rivers and finally rushed to Chengdu and informed the King of Hanzhong of the incident.

Subsequently, at the court meeting, Liu Bei also informed the officials of the matter, and asked everyone how Guan Yu and others should deal with the defense in the east and other issues for discussion.

Upon hearing the news of Lu Su's death, the strategist general Zhuge Liang could not help but look sad.

And he mourned him in his own house to express his condolences!

Jiang Wan, a young talent who had been following him for a long time, was also puzzled for a moment. He raised his hands and asked: "Military advisor, although Lu Zijing is extremely intelligent, he is still a minister of the Sun family."

"Why are you so sad now that he has passed away?"

As soon as these words were said, Zhuge Liang was wearing white mourning clothes and a Xiaopa on his head, which was very different from his usual image of wearing plain clothes and fluttering white clothes!

When he heard Jiang Wan's doubts, he did not hesitate. There was a smile on his face, as if he was reminiscing, and then he looked into the distance and said softly:

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"I have two purposes in mourning Lu Zijing."

After hearing the military advisor's solemn response, Jiang Wandun took the time to listen carefully.

"The first is a personal relationship. On the eve of Red Cliff, when Lu Zijing and I arrived in Soochow to persuade the Marquis of Wu to unite against Cao Cao, the two of us were like-minded and even shared many of the same ideas."

"As a result, we have become close friends and often exchange letters in private."

"As far as I'm concerned, Lu Zijing's death may cause the current stable situation to fall apart."

As soon as these words were spoken, the expression on Zhuge Liang's face seemed to gradually become more solemn, and his eyes looking forward seemed to be a little vague.

After Jiang Wan heard this, his face instantly became serious, and he quickly asked: "What does the military advisor mean by this?"

Zhuge Liang regained his calm expression after a moment, and responded with a smile: "Lu Zijing is a man of great talent, and he often has unique insights into the world's current situation."

"Now that the world has basically been divided into three parts, Cao's traitors are strong, and we and the Sun family share the south of the Yangtze River. If we don't unite to fight against Cao, it will be difficult to accomplish our great cause!"
Chapter completed!