That night, Liu Jue rested at Zhuge Liang's place. The two of them went to bed and discussed the general situation of the world.
Liu Jue was a transmigrator and was familiar with the history of the Three Kingdoms.
Although Zhuge Liang lived in seclusion in Longzhong, he was very knowledgeable. He secretly paid attention to the general situation of the world, and his understanding of the situation was even more accurate.
Liu Jue admired Zhuge Liang even more, but Zhuge Liang was also pleasantly surprised, thinking that he had not chosen the wrong person.
The next day, Zhuge Liang and Huang Yueying packed their luggage and left the manor to their brother Zhuge Jun. They then returned to Xiangyang City with Liu Jue.
He didn't expect that as soon as he set foot in Xiangyang City, Liu Jue would receive news that Sun Quan had sent an envoy to Xiangyang.
Liu Jue first settled Zhuge Liang and his wife down, and then went to find Liu Biao without stopping.
When Liu Biao saw Liu Jue, he immediately smiled and said,"You should have heard the news of Sun Quan's envoy's arrival, right?”
"I wonder what Sun Quan's purpose for sending the envoy is?" Liu Jue nodded.”
Liu Biao smiled and said," Zhou Yu lost the important town of Chaisang, and now the Shan Yue has started a riot. Sun Quan is afraid that we will take the opportunity to attack the River East, so he sent messengers to sue for peace."”
Liu Jue sneered," Making peace is just Sun Quan's delaying tactic. When River East has pacified the Shan Yue rebellion, they will be the ones to take the initiative. Sun Quan will never give up on Chaisang."”
If it wasn't for the chaos in Shan Yue, Sun Quan would have personally led his troops to take back Chaisang.
The four cities had a total population of seventy to eighty thousand people, and their strategic locations were extremely important. How could Sun Quan give up on them for nothing?
"Then what should we do?" Liu Biao frowned. Was he really going to fight to the death in River East?”
Liu Jue muttered," When Huang Zu was around, the weapons were not repaired and the military law was not strict. The soldiers of Jiangxia could not be put to good use. I also need time to train my soldiers. Why don't I agree to Sun Quan's request for peace?" Even if Sun Quan were to attack in the future, our Jiangxia soldiers would have been trained enough to resist his Jiangdong Army.”
"If that's the case, I'll leave the discussion with the messenger to you." Liu Biao nodded.”
"Father, isn't it inappropriate to leave this matter to me?" Liu Jue asked in astonishment.”
Liu Biao smiled and said,"Zhou Yu was defeated by you. You are the most suitable person for the negotiation!" Go ahead and do it without any scruples.”
"Then I won't refuse." Liu Jue cupped his hands and said.”
After returning to his residence from Liu Biao, Liu Jue told Zhuge Liang about Sun Quan's envoy and asked him to go with him to meet the envoy from Jiangdong.
The envoy that Sun Quan sent this time was none other than the famous Lu Su.
"Jiang Dong envoy Lu Su greets the Governor of Jiang Xia!”When Lu Su saw Liu Jue, he came up and bowed.
"Mister Zijing is too polite. Please take a seat.”As Liu Jue spoke, he sized up Lu Su. This was a great talent.
Many people would easily overlook Lu Su in the history of the Three Kingdoms. This was because throughout Lu Su's life, he had never fought in any famous battles or come up with any strange schemes.
What left a deep impression was that during the Battle of Red Cliff, Sun Quan and Liu Bei formed an alliance. The second was to persuade Sun Quan to lend Jingzhou to Liu Bei.
At first glance, Lu Su seemed to be a good-for-nothing person without any ability.
As everyone knew, Zhuge Liang had helped Liu Bei to propose the strategy of dividing the world into three parts, but in fact, Lu Su was more prescient than Zhuge Liang.
When Sun Quan had just inherited River East, he met Lu Su under Zhou Yu's recommendation.
At that time, Lu Su believed that the Han Dynasty could not be revived. Only by standing in the River East and observing the changes in the world, and then occupying the south of the Yangtze River, could he establish the cause of the emperor.
At that time, Cao Cao had defeated Yuan Shao at Guandu, so many people believed that Cao Cao would quickly pacify the north and then unify the world in the south.
However, Lu Su did not think so. He felt that the world would continue to be divided, and in fact, it was just as he had expected.
Moreover, Lu Su was also skilled in managing the military. Sun Quan had once said that Lu Su was his Deng Yu.
Who was Deng Yu?
He was a great hero who assisted Liu Xiu in establishing the Eastern Han Dynasty. It was only Liu Xiu's fault for being too dazzling and overshadowing the light of his subordinates.
"If only we could recruit Lu Su.”Liu Jue could not help but think to himself. At this moment, he even wanted to detain Lu Su.
However, Liu Jue thought about it and decided not to do so. He was afraid that doing so would have the opposite effect.
The three of them sat down and introduced themselves to each other. Liu Jue smiled and said,"Mr. Zijing, why did you come all the way here?”
"Lu Su is here on the orders of the Marquis of Wu to make peace with Liu Jiangxia," said Lu Su with a serious expression.”
"Make peace?" Liu Jue smiled noncommittally.
Zhuge Liang said,"Mr. Zijing, when my young master first entered Jiangxia, the Marquis of Wu sent Zhou Yu to attack." Later, my young master defeated Zhou Yu and took Chaisang. Wu Hou immediately sent you to negotiate. Isn't that a little too childish?”
Liu Jue also said disdainfully," That's right. You came here to make peace after losing. Do you think I, Liu Jue, am easy to bully?" If Sun Quan doesn't give me an explanation, I'll have Huang Zhong attack Yuzhang tomorrow.”
Lu Su's expression changed, and he could not help but feel angry. However, considering the overall situation, he still suppressed his anger and said,"Marquis Wu was deceived by a villain. Now that the villain has been eliminated, Marquis Wu will also take out a generous gift to apologize to Liu Jiangxia.”
Liu Jue sneered and did not answer Lu Su. Instead, he asked,""Other than that, is there anything else?”
Lu Su hesitated for a moment before saying,"Other than making peace with Liu Jiangxia, Marquis Wu also wants to bring back Zhou Yu's mother and son.”
"Zhou Yu only wants his mother and son. He doesn't want his wife and daughter?" Liu Jue was a little surprised.”
When Lu Su heard this, he immediately rolled his eyes. Wasn't this asking the obvious?
However, he couldn't say this. In the end, Lu Su could only say,""Liu Jiangxia, please spare Zhou Yu's mother and son. Marquis Wu will definitely reward you handsomely.”
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