Three Kingdoms: I, Liu Feng, do not want to die

Inside the royal palace.

Sun Quan sat quietly with his eyes closed.

Gu Li, who was standing aside, lowered his head and dared not breathe.

And opposite Sun Quan.

Lu Xun stood and bowed, neither humble nor arrogant.

a long time.

Sun Quan slowly opened his eyes, and his tone became a little colder: "Bo Yan, do you know that Liu Feng has captured Cao Xiu alive?"

Lawrence Lu said without hesitation, "Your Majesty, I just got the news as well."

Sun Quan asked again: "Then do you know that Liu Feng has no intention of sending troops to Pingchun, but instead asked Xu Sheng and Ding Feng to lead the Chaisang navy to Ruxukou, hoping that I would send troops to Hefei?"

Lu Xun remained gentle: "This is a godsend opportunity to seize Hefei. Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

“Heh—” Seeing Lu Xun pretending to be stupid, Sun Quan couldn’t help but sneer: “Bo Yan, are you still hiding something from me? Liu Feng is trying to seize my military power!”

Sun Quan slammed the table so hard that Gu Li, who was standing beside him, became so frightened that his whole body became stiff.

Such straightforward words did not move Lu Xun.

Lu Xun's tone was equally gentle: "The transfer of military power was what the Supreme wanted at the beginning, so how can it be taken away?"

The implication is: the original condition discussed was the peaceful transfer of power, and since power was being transferred, it naturally included military power.

Sun Quan suddenly felt annoyed: "Bo Yan, whose son-in-law are you?"

Don’t you understand that it’s better to help your relatives than to help others?

Sun Quan didn't believe that Lu Xun didn't understand what he meant.

However, Lu Xun answered in a serious tone, which made Sun Quan very angry.

The most annoying thing is: when you are talking for a long time, the other party is pretending to be stupid, and then in turn questions why you are being stupid today.

Doesn’t Lu Xun understand?

No.

Lu Xun understood.

How could Lu Xun, who was willing to be Sun Quan's nephew-in-law, not be able to see Sun Quan's thoughts?

however.

Just because you see it doesn't mean you have to say it out loud.

Lu Xun, I don’t want to make it too clear.

If there is a step, just go down it carefully.

Why create trouble when nothing has happened?

Therefore.

Facing Sun Quan's questioning, Lu Xun's tone did not fluctuate at all, and he was still "gentle" enough to make people angry: "Your Majesty, I am the son-in-law of Sun family of Wujun."

Seeing that Lu Xun was still playing dumb, Sun Quan could no longer suppress his anger and slammed the table and said, "Lu Boyan! I have treated you well. Do you really want to put me in a desperate situation?"

Sun Quan just felt his heart bleeding.

Ever since Lu Xun suggested imprisoning himself in a dungeon, Sun Quan found that the people around him were becoming increasingly distant.

especially.

When Sun Quan even turned away Zhang Zhao, who came to plead for Lu Xun, the famous scholars in Jiangdong began to avoid Sun Quan.

Even Zhuge Jin stayed indoors.

Sun Quan was so angry.

I am using a trick!
This is a strategy of inflicting pain on one's self in cooperation with Lu Xun!
One is willing to fight and the other is willing to be beaten. This was the strategy used by Zhou Yu and Huang Gai back then.

Why is it that Zhou Yu's strategies were welcomed by everyone, but I am alienated by everyone when I use them?

What Sun Quan didn't know was.

At the beginning, this group of famous scholars in Jiangdong may not have really understood Sun Quan’s intentions, but after a long time everyone realized that something was wrong.

The reason why they chose to distance themselves from Sun Quan was not because everyone did not understand, but because everyone took this opportunity to distance themselves from Sun Quan.

If he directly supported Liu Feng in his betrayal of Sun Quan, his reputation would be bad; but if he used the fact that Sun Quan put Lu Xun in prison, it would mean that "Quan didn't listen."

As for the self-torture tactic?
Sun Quan said it was a self-torture tactic, does it really mean that?

It is clear that in order to avoid war in Jiangdong and to give the Jiangdong gentry a new future, Lu Xun was willing to bear the infamy and exchange the bad reputation of one person for the good reputation of everyone.

Public opinion was in the hands of the gentry, and it was naturally up to them to decide who to debate for.

Liu Feng's entry into Jiangdong would be beneficial to the Jiangdong gentry, so there would naturally be great Confucian scholars who would debate the scriptures for Liu Feng.

As for Sun Quan.

The Han Dynasty has had a rule since ancient times: only those with the surname Liu can be king.

Since there is no king in Jiangdong, there are naturally no subjects.

As long as the logic makes sense, who cares what Sun Quan thinks?

It’s like when a certain Qiu Guolun named Qiao Zhou showed up, Liu Chan had to obediently become the Duke of Anle.

Loyalty is not worth mentioning when it comes to the common interests of the gentry.

Lu Xun remained silent.

Gu Li standing by felt uneasy.

I shouldn't be here!
a long time.

Under Sun Quan's angry gaze, Lu Xun sighed and stopped playing dumb: "As long as His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan intends to take control of Jiangdong, he will definitely attack Hefei to establish his military prestige. The plan to capture Cao Xiu is just to avoid any complications or trouble when attacking Hefei."

Sun Quan clenched his fists.

I don't want to cause any trouble, after all, I'm just trying to protect myself!
Liu Feng is a thief!

Sun Quan was so angry.

It has always been Sun Quan who has been behind the scenes, but now it is Liu Feng who has been the one to backstab.

Thinking about the fact that he had not been able to gain any benefits in the past six years as long as Liu Feng was around, Sun Quan's inner anger became increasingly difficult to contain.

In the past, I entered Jiangling happily.

As a result, because of Liu Feng, they not only retreated from Jiangling, but also lost Lukou, Xiakou, Fankou, and Wuchang step by step, and now even Chaisang has been lost!

Not only that, Liu Feng also pressed on step by step, determined to completely wipe out Sun Quan's influence from Jiangdong!
And now.

Cao Xiu was captured.

The reason for his capture was that Liu Feng joined forces with Sun Quan.

Well, as long as Cao Xiu was still in Liu Feng's hands, even if Sun Quan knelt down in front of Cao Pi and said he would be Cao Pi's dog for the rest of his life, Cao Pi would kick Sun Quan away: You blue-eyed boy are so bad, you want to deceive me again?

Unable to ally with Cao Pi for help externally, and unable to unite the civil and military officials internally, Sun Quan didn't even have the qualifications to negotiate terms with Liu Feng!
Even if Liu Feng said now: Come and eat!

If Sun Quan doesn't want to starve to death alone, he can only continue with this!

Sun Quan sneered, "Lu Boyan, Liu Feng is only Liu Bei's adopted son. He will never be the emperor in his lifetime! Liu Feng will even be suspected because of his great contributions, and be plotted to be killed by Liu Chan and the civil and military officials who support Liu Chan. You put all the Lu family of Wujun on Liu Feng. Aren't you afraid that you will be implicated by Liu Feng in the future and eventually be exterminated?"

Use yourself to save others.

Sun Quan did not think that Liu Feng's future political prospects would be smooth sailing.

An adopted son is always an adopted son.

He is in a place of suspicion, but he has the great merit of sweeping away all the enemies.

Liu Bei could control such a person, but Liu Chan couldn't!

For the emperor: a king who cannot be controlled is always a sharp sword hanging over his head, which may fall and replace him at any time.

The civil and military officials who follow the king will also be implicated and will be regarded as the king's wings and be clipped.

In Sun Quan's view: If Lu Xun put all the Lu family of Wujun on Liu Feng, they would surely end up being exterminated in the future.

however.

Sun Quan's analysis and judgment only got a faint smile from Lu Xun, and said: "We will discuss future events later. For the current Wujun Lu family, His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan can provide the best protection.

Your Majesty, Jiangdong is doomed, why bother struggling any longer? Now, not only are the civil and military officials of Jiangdong unwilling to be enemies with His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan, but even the descendants of Your Majesty's clan are unwilling to be enemies with His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan.

I think it would be extremely unwise to make the Jiangdong civil and military officials and the Sun clan members face the attack and wrath of His Majesty the Prince of Yan just because of His Majesty's selfishness."

Sun Quan's anger came to an abrupt end.

Lu Xun did not lie.

In addition to the fact that the civil and military officials of Jiangdong were afraid of fighting Liu Feng, the descendants of Sun Quan's clan also lost their will to fight.

Faced with a situation where defeat was inevitable, even Sun Quan's clan members would not be willing to go into battle and die.

not to mention.

The civil and military officials of Jiangdong were originally a group of scattered alliances.

Unlike Liu Bei and Cao Cao, they were not able to win over and cultivate civil and military officials with strong cohesion and a sense of common interests after decades of fighting in the south and the north.

As early as the Battle of Red Cliffs, most people wanted to surrender.

For the civil and military officials of Jiangdong, being able to hold on until now has meant that they have done their best.

Sun Quan sat down dejectedly.

He originally wanted to question Lu Xun to gain psychological approval and pretend that he had not been defeated; but now Lu Xun ruthlessly ripped off the last fig leaf.

Sun Quan's energy and spirit were also greatly weakened.

Lost!

A complete defeat!
The three generations of Jiangdong's foundation came to an end in the hands of Sun Quan.

True.

In history, Sun Quan not only founded the Wu Kingdom, but also served as emperor for more than 20 years, making him a great figure of his time.

however.

Today, Sun Quan is just a fake king of Jiangdong who has been losing battles since he captured Jiangling.

The King of Wu of the Wei Dynasty was a gift from Cao Pi.

King Wu of the Han Dynasty?

That was just giving Sun Quan face. In fact, neither Liu Bei nor Liu Feng really acknowledged that Sun Quan was the King of Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Liu Feng would call himself "King of Wu" in public, and he also focused more on winning over the hearts of the civil and military officials in Jiangdong.

In other words: Not only did Sun Quan fail to establish his prestige, but he also gradually exhausted the foundation accumulated by Sun Jian and Sun Ce. Even if he had a high level of political strategy, it would be useless without the hard military power.

"When will Liu Feng enter Jianye?" Sun Quan asked the last question.

Lu Xun pondered for a moment and said, "Your Highness the Prince of Yan can enter Jianye at any time. The reason why he is not entering now is that he is waiting for the attitude of the Supreme."

Ha ha.

Lonely attitude
Liu Feng didn't give Gu Liu any chance at all!
Sun Quan closed his eyes and smiled sadly.

Sun Quan also understood what Lu Xun meant.

It’s still that classic line: Either Sun Quan makes himself respectable, or Liu Feng makes Sun Quan respectable.

"Boyan, you are still Sun's son-in-law, so please give me another suggestion. How should I express my attitude?" Sun Quan raised his head, his eyes full of bloodshot.

Given Sun Quan's current state of mind, he couldn't think of how to express his attitude to Liu Feng.

Seeing Sun Quan's miserable state, Lu Xun felt sorry for him and said, "If Your Majesty is unwilling to bow to His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan, you can summon the civil and military officials and say, 'The Emperor has issued an edict that the counties in Jiangdong will be temporarily supervised by His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan from today onwards, and order Your Majesty and your eldest son Sun Deng to go to Chang'an immediately to meet the Emperor. Your Majesty's second son Sun Liuyin will be responsible for the etiquette of welcoming His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan to Jianye.'"

Although both are surrender, the nature of surrender to Liu Bei and surrender to Liu Feng are different.

Liu Bei was the emperor and Liu Feng was the King of Yan. At least in terms of face, Sun Quan could still retain some ground.

and this.

This is the most suitable step for Sun Quan at the moment!

"Just follow Bo Yan's suggestion! You can convey my intention to Liu Feng." Sun Quan said dejectedly.

Watching Lu Xun leave, Gu Li on the side said with more "anger" in his tone: "There are still elite soldiers loyal to the Supreme in the city. Why not ambush the city gate, wait for Liu Feng to enter the city, gather and capture him, and then ask Liu Bei for Jingzhou."

As soon as he finished speaking, Sun Quan stabbed Gu Li with a cold gaze: "If you want to die, I will grant your wish now!"

Gu Li was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and kowtowed, not daring to say anything else.

Sun Quan's attitude was soon conveyed to Liu Feng in Chaisang through Lu Xun's mouth.

Zhou Cang frowned upon hearing this: "This is just a superficial acceptance. It would be too rude to just let Sun Lu greet him."

Yu Fan thought more deeply: "If Sun Quan takes his eldest son to Chang'an, then Sun Quan can distance himself from anything that happens in Jianye. Even if Sun Quan has no intention, there must be people in Jianye who are loyal to Cao Wei. If Your Highness goes to Jianye, you must bring more soldiers and personal guards with you, just in case."

Liu Feng sneered: "Sun Quan wants respect, I will naturally give him respect. I will not only give this step, but also give it beautifully! Quickly draw up a list of Sun Quan's clan members and civil and military officials, and send someone to Chang'an. I will formally ask my father to be the people of Jiangdong and request an imperial decree to confer titles and rewards.

Then send a message to Lu Xun, telling Sun Quan: If he wants to go to Chang'an, he has to wait for the emperor's order to arrive. Once the emperor's order arrives, he can naturally go to Chang'an."

Liu Feng did not make empty promises but played by the truth. Since he wanted to enter Jianye, he naturally had to bring the imperial edict with him.

this time.

Liu Feng wanted to uproot Sun Quan's power in Jiangdong and leave no chance for Sun Quan to revolt!

The courier expedited.

He sailed all the way from Chaisang to Nanxiang on the upper reaches of the Han River, and then rode horses from Nanxiang to Wuguan to Chang'an. It took fifteen days to deliver Liu Feng's military report to Liu Bei.

Under normal circumstances, it would take at least a month to travel from Chaisang to Chang'an.

But now the entire Han River is under control, and the post stations along the way are intact, so if we carry out expedited delivery, half a month will be enough.

However, when the military report reached Liu Bei, he felt as if he was still sleepy.

It has been half a year since Liu Feng left Chang'an.

Half a year later, Liu Feng sent a military report to Chang'an saying that "Jiangdong has been pacified" and asked Liu Bei to issue an edict as soon as possible. Liu Feng was still waiting for the edict to go to Jianye.

Crazy!
"Yunchang, am I seeing things?" Liu Bei handed the general report to Guan Yu, his voice trembling.

Guan Yu was also shocked: he captured Cao Xiu in one battle and pacified Jiangdong without bloodshed.

Although there was the factor of overwhelming power, it would be difficult to achieve the goal of pacifying Jiangdong without bloodshed except for Liu Feng.

Or in other words: Liu Feng is an existence comparable to the general trend.

As long as it is Liu Feng who goes to pacify Jiangdong, the morale of the civil and military officials of Jiangdong will be reduced by half.

This is Liu Feng’s deterrent power to Jiangdong!

"Your Majesty, you are not seeing things." Guan Yu put down the military report and said in a deep voice: "Zilong once wrote to me saying that Cao Pi had a large number of flags appearing in the north of Wancheng, which might be Cao Pi's strategy to confuse the enemy.

Now it seems that Zilong's guess was correct. Cao Pi deployed decoy troops in the north of Wancheng, which must be because something happened in Pingchun. What a pity. If Yongliang had not been stabilized yet, he would have taken this opportunity to attack Tongguan again, which would have frightened Cao Pi again. "

Liu Bei had a different idea: "My son said in the military report that after he officially takes over Jiangdong, he will lead the troops of Jiangdong to attack Hefei in the north. Although I cannot attack Tongguan to cooperate with the attack, I can still use the strategy of confusing the enemy."

There was a pause.

Liu Bei suddenly laughed: "No wonder my son insisted that I go to Chang'an with Yunchang and the Prime Minister. As long as I shout in Chang'an that I will lead the army in person, even if Cao Pi guesses that I am just using deception, he will not dare to take it lightly!" (End of this chapter)