The words are divided into two parts. Just when Zhuge Liang was about to leave for Jiangdong, Cao O also sent an envoy to Jiangdong with a letter of persuasion from Cao Jun to surrender. This letter written by Cao O was quite grand, although it was a bit exaggerated. The ingredients are in it, but most of them actually exist.
Cao Jun has hundreds of thousands of elite troops under his command, coupled with the abundant Jingzhou Navy. It can be said that Cao Jun is unprecedentedly powerful today. It has both internal and external troubles. It is united internally and has no enemies outside that can threaten Cao Jun. Said that Cao Jun has the absolute strength to capture Jiangdong.
Cao Cao was very domineering in the letter and asked Sun Quan to surrender early. His words were domineering and sharp, and there was a threatening tone between the lines. In this regard, Zhao Fei frowned somewhat, because Zhao Fei felt that Cao Fei had The tone between the lines of "o" is really too strange. You must know the truth that things must be reversed when they go to extremes.
Zhao Fei also told Cao O about this issue, but Cao O was obviously a little proud at the moment, so he didn't care about it. When Zhao Fei saw that Cao O didn't care, he gave up the idea of continuing to persuade. After all, Zhao Fei would not think that Sun Quan would choose to surrender. In this case, no matter what kind of letter he wrote to persuade him to surrender, it would be the same.
Although Cao Cao sent an envoy to Jiangdong, he obviously had the worst plan. Not long after the hundreds of thousands of Cao Jun's elite troops were stationed in Xiangyang City, they set off to Dangyang. On the other hand, Cao Cao ordered Jingzhou general Wenpin, who was determined to surrender, sent troops to the Jiangxia border.[
Cao didn't know much about this Wenpin beforehand. The reason why he used Wenpin so highly was because of Zhao Fei's actions. Cao naturally trusted Zhao Fei's vision. Many of his generals had Zhao Fei's. The figure was inside, so even though Cao didn't know Wenpin very well, he still chose to reuse Wenpin. When he first met Wenpin, Cao was obviously very happy. Zhao Fei did not misjudge this person. He is truly a rare talent.
After confirming that Wenpin was a talented person, Cao O naturally would not be stingy with the rewards. Of course, in addition to the rewards, Cao O also put Wen Pin in great importance. Among the hundreds of thousands of Jingzhou soldiers who surrendered, Cao O rewarded him in one go. Wen hired 30,000 soldiers to guard the Jiangxia border to guard against Liu Qi and Liu Bei's attacks.
For Liu Qi, Cao O will naturally not take him seriously. Liu Qi is just a dirty boy. Even if he has some strength, he will not be taken seriously by Cao O. Cao O is really wary. It is still Liu Bei who is fighting. If Liu Bei relies on Liu Qi's strength, he may still have an influence on Cao Jun.
Cao O obviously doesn't want this to happen. The next task of Cao's army is to occupy Jiangdong. As long as he can defeat Jiangdong, there will be absolutely no one in the world who can be his opponent. Therefore, if Jiangdong is not eliminated, it will be difficult to let him go. Cao O's heart calmed down. After all, Jiangdong is a special place.
Cao O's letter of persuasion to surrender arrived at Wu County earlier than Zhuge Liang. When Sun Quan received the letter of persuasion to surrender from Cao's army, he hesitated somewhat. Although Sun Quan was somewhat capable, he was far less courageous than his brother Sun Ce and his father Sun Jian. Because of his courage, when faced with Cao Jun's threatening persuasion to surrender, Sun Quan chose to hesitate instead of drawing his sword and confronting Cao Jun.
For Sun Quan, the arrival of Cao's army was a very distant thing in his view. Cao's army marched south in large numbers and targeted Jingzhou. Jingzhou was rich and powerful. There were hundreds of thousands of warriors in Jingzhou, so it is said that Regarding Cao's army and Jingzhou's army, both are fierce tigers. The fight between tigers will obviously not end soon. Although Sun Quan believed that the Jingzhou army would be defeated, he obviously did not expect that the Jingzhou army would be defeated so quickly and surrendered directly. Cao Jun.
Cao's army occupied Xiangyang. Instead of losing troops and generals, their strength increased greatly. They surrendered hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Jingzhou without a single blow. This was obviously something that Sun Quan and all the officials and generals in Jiangdong did not expect. Cao's army was coming with such force. The speed was so fast that the people of Jiangdong found it difficult to accept.
Although Cao's army was strong and powerful, Sun Quan was obviously not afraid of this incident. Jiangdong's water system was developed and there was also the Yangtze River as a natural defensive barrier. It was precisely because of this that the Jiangdong navy was extremely powerful. In the face of any invading enemy, Jiangdong navy has the confidence to resist.
Cao Cao's soldiers are all northerners. They are not good at water and do not know how to fight in the water. Combined with this, Sun Quan is not afraid of Cao's army at all. But now, the problem is coming. With Jingzhou Cai Mao surrendering to Cao's army, this makes All the Jingzhou navy also surrendered to Cao's army.
Regarding the Jingzhou navy, Sun Quan had to pay attention. It is obviously an indisputable fact that the Jingzhou navy is not as elite as the Jiangdong navy. After all, in the naval battle between Jiangdong and Jingzhou, the Jiangdong navy won more than it lost, but then again Back, the victory of the Jiangdong Navy was all due to coincidence. If it really encountered the main force of the Jingzhou Navy, then the loser would definitely be the Jiangdong Navy, because neither the Jiangdong Navy nor the Jingzhou Navy were there in terms of numbers or equipment. On a higher level, although Sun Quan was very helpless about this, there was obviously nothing he could do about it. After all, Jiangdong was far inferior to Jingzhou.
Whenever he thinks of these frustrations, Sun Quan will think of his elder brother and his father. If his father and brother encountered such a situation, they would not hesitate like he did. With his father and brother's temper, after seeing Cao O's letter of persuasion to surrender, he would He will definitely be furious, and then he will draw his sword and fight Cao O.
But after all, he is not his father and brother, nor does he have the momentum of his father and brother. As the actual person in power in Jiangdong, Sun Quan obviously has to think about a lot of things, among other things, but the aristocratic family is not something that can be easily solved. If there is no aristocratic family How many soldiers do you have to command?
The relationship between the aristocratic families in Jiangdong is complicated. The Sun family's current achievements are mostly due to the support of the aristocratic families. However, the relationship between the Sun family in Jiangdong and the major aristocratic families is obviously not very good, because back then, Sun Ce once did something to the aristocratic families. Such a cruel act of humanity.
Now that Cao Jun's army is approaching, there will definitely be many Jiangdong people who are ready to surrender to Cao Jun. With the precedent of Cai Mao's family surrendering, then presumably the masters of Jiangdong's family will also choose to surrender. After all, there is a huge gap in strength between Jiangdong and Cao Jun. In the eyes of most people, Sun will be defeated.
In the meeting hall, Sun Quan was sitting on the chair with a bitter and hesitant look on his face. At this time, the meeting hall was like a vegetable market. Jiangdong's civil servants and generals were passing by like businessmen. They were divided into two parties. There was endless debate in the conference hall. What the two parties were arguing about was whether to fight or surrender in the face of Cao Cao's army that was gradually approaching. Looking at the scene in front of him, Sun Quan shook his head and really disagreed with himself. Not bad at all.
Now, I have returned to the ministers and divided them into two factions. One party is in charge of fighting, while the other party is in charge of surrender. The two parties are quarreling with each other. I have tried to persuade them several times, but it is obviously without any effect. However, although there are two parties fighting for hegemony, but Sun Quan could clearly see that the group that wanted to surrender was much stronger than the group that wanted to fight.
Watching the two parties arguing endlessly, Sun Quan felt that he had a headache. He slapped the table hard and then left his seat angrily. He was noisy and looked the same. This was not a conference hall, it was more like a vegetable market. Instead of listening to them continue to quarrel here, it is better to go out and have some quiet time.
Sun Quan's departure obviously did not attract the attention of the two parties who were arguing, but there was a person quietly following behind Sun Quan. This person was none other than Lu Su. When the two parties were arguing, only Lu Su looked at Sun Quan quietly and said nothing.
"Lord, go slowly." Lu Su caught up with Sun Quan, and then stopped Sun Quan. Hearing someone calling him, Sun Quan stopped and turned around to look, and found that the person coming was Lu Su. Sun Quan's expression obviously improved a lot. After all, Lu Su is still a trustworthy person.[
"Why did Zijing call me?" Sun Quan asked in a deep voice. Although Sun Quan's expression was much gentler, Sun Quan's tone was obviously still not much better. After all, Sun Quan had suffered a lot in the meeting hall just now. , how can this be eliminated in a short period of time.
"My lord knows the truth and is well aware of the righteousness. Why do you need to get angry for these people in the house?" Hearing that Sun Quan's tone was not very good, Lu Su hurriedly comforted him. Lu Su was also quite angry about the situation in the house, especially for advocating surrender. These people are really short-sighted.
However, as a member of a noble family, Lu Su can naturally understand why they would do this. But understanding is understanding, but now we have all become ministers. Since we are ministers, we must do our best for the Lord. Surrendering is like this Lu Su definitely couldn't do it.
Moreover, these people seem to think that surrender is too simple. Cao Cao is a heroic figure of the generation. Such people are really easy to get along with. Now in front of Sun Quan, these children of aristocratic families can do whatever they want, but Facing Cao O, acting arbitrarily will only cost one's own life.
Cao Jun is not Sun Quan. Cao Jun is powerful. If Cao Jun wants to take action against the Jiangdong family, he will definitely not show mercy. Cao Jun is iron-blooded. If he really takes action, the Jiangdong family will definitely suffer heavy losses. Therefore, surrender to Cao Jun. It's really unwise.
Lu Su knew very well that he could not surrender to Cao Jun, but he also knew that he obviously had a very important position in Sun Quan's heart. After thinking for a while, Lu Su said: "I know that my lord is worried about Cao Jun again. It’s because the master has not seen the true nature.”
"Cao loves talents, so if we, as ministers, surrender to Cao's army, Cao will treat us favorably, but my lord is not the same. If my lord surrenders to Cao's army, it will definitely bring death to the Sun family in Jiangdong. After all, my lord is in charge of Jiangdong. How can Cao let the threat of my lord continue to exist, so my lord must think twice before acting."