Originally, Zhou Yu hid in Poyang Lake to train a navy. When he heard that Cao Cao led his army to the south and was looking at Jiangdong, he wanted to take the initiative to find him.

But when Cao Cao all formed a large army, set up camps on the other side of the Yangtze River, and fought with Sun Quan across the river in Chaisang, Zhou Yu could no longer sit still!

Although Zhou Yu was not very arrogant, he did not want to be serious with Sun Ce's younger brother, and let his righteous brother Sun Ce and his foundation that he had founded through hardships be taken away by Cao Cao.

Zhou Yu could no longer hold it, so he returned to Chaisang County overnight and took the initiative to ask Sun Quan to discuss military affairs. Therefore, before Sun Quan's envoy left, Zhou Yu had already arrived first.

In this way, it was a happy situation, because both of them were equivalent to taking a step back, and there was no problem of losing anyone's face. The tension between them was eased instead.

Lu Su has the best relationship with Zhou Yu. It can be said that Lu Su was valued by Sun Quan because of Zhou Yu's recommendation.

Although Sun Quan was a little inconsistent with Zhou Yu, it did not affect Lu Su. He was the first to follow Zhou Yu, and detailed the discussions between the civil and military ministers, raising his own concerns.

Zhou Yu said, "Don't worry, I have my own opinions!"

The two conspired to find something, and Zhou Yu asked Lu Su to invite Kong Ming to meet in the evening.

Lu Su knew Zhou Yu quite well. He knew that he had a suggestion in his heart and thought it was feasible, so he felt relieved to go to Kong Ming.

Zhou Yu sat in the inn to rest, and the civil and military officials from Jiangdong came to visit one after another. Zhou Yu was brought into the hall to sit down, treating each other with courtesy, listening carefully to their words, but he just did not express his opinions.

When they asked about his opinion, whether it was a civil servant or a military general, Zhou Yu blindly agreed, which made people confused!

Zhou Yu did not express his opinion for the time being because his identity was quite special. When Sun Ce was alive, Zhou Yu did not have to personally command the army to the battlefield. He only needed to give advice. At that time, his position in Sun Ce's army was equivalent to that of the head of civil officials.

After Sun Quan ascended the throne, Sun Ce had appointed Zhou Yu as the Central Guard and handed over the military power to Zhou Yu. His status was still above Cheng Pu, and Zhou Yu became the leader of the military general.

The current surrender and the pro-war faction are actually a battle between civil officials and military generals. They all want to bring Zhou Yu closer to their camp.

Zhou Yu knew in his heart that the civil servants were unwilling to start a war. The apparent reason was that Cao Cao was strong and had no chance of winning the war. The war caused the people to be displaced.

In fact, they all have their own little plan. If they can persuade Sun Quan to surrender, they will be meritorious ministers and will still be their official under Cao Cao's command, and may even be rewarded.

If they agree to Sun Quan's war, once they fail, they will be rebels. Although they may not be in danger of life, they will basically lose their career path.

What Zhou Yu didn't know was that although the officials led by Zhang Zhao didn't know each other, most of them had received the promise of a secret envoy sent by Cao Cao that as long as they persuaded Sun Quan to surrender, they would be a foregone conclusion.

A group of generals led by Cheng Pu accounted for more than 90% of the main war faction. They followed Sun Jian, and Sun Ce and his son started a business. They fought hundreds of battles and obtained the six counties in Jiangdong. Naturally, they were reluctant to give up!

Of course, the generals also have their own little calculations. Their contributions were all obtained on the battlefield, and they could not achieve success without fighting.

Once Sun Quan surrenders without fighting, the world will almost be unified. Not to mention the peace in the world, at least there will be no major wars. These surrendered generals will never be able to be reused, and in the end they will be dismissed and returned to the field!

Because Zhou Yu played an important role in Jiangdong, those officials of the pro-war and surrender factions, who could speak with Zhou Yu, came to Zhou Yu to express their opinions. Zhou Yu was busy all day long.

It was only in the evening that Lu Su found a free time to attract Kong Ming to visit. Zhou Yu attached great importance to it and went out to the middle door to welcome Kong Ming into the living room.

After the two of them finished talking about the ceremony, they sat down with the guest and the host. The boy brought tea. Zhuge Liang smelled the strong fragrance and praised: "Good tea!" Then he lowered his head and started to taste the tea.

As the master, Zhou Yu did not first, but took a chance to squeeze Lu Su's eyes.

Lu Su knew it was time to speak, so he pretended to be unable to calm down and asked Zhou Yu first:

"Now Cao Cao drove the people to invade the south, surrendered and fought in two ways. The lord could not decide. When he heard that he was the general, what was the general's intention?"

Zhuge Liang seemed to be tasting tea, but in fact he was always paying attention to Zhou Yu's expression. Although he didn't see Zhou Yu's winking, he also felt that the scene was a bit weird.

Zhou Yu replied, "Cao Cao is named as the emperor, and his army cannot be rejected. Moreover, his power is great and he cannot underestimate the enemy. If he fights, he will be defeated. If he surrenders, he will be at peace. I have decided to see the lord in the future, and he will be sent to surrender."

This answer was beyond Zhuge Liang's expectations, but his astonishment flashed and he did not refute. He still listened to the conversation between the two very politely!

Although Lu Su had known that Zhou Yu would answer this, he still retorted the surrender remarks:

"Gongjin's words are wrong! Jiangdong's foundation has lasted for three lifetimes, how can he abandon others? Bo Fu's last words are entrusted to the general. Now he is trying to protect the country and support Mount Tai, how can he follow the coward's advice?"

The two actually ignored Zhuge Liang's existence, argued with each other, and had a different opinion, and it was hard to distinguish them.

According to Zhou Yu's expectations, when he saw the two of them having an argument, Kong Minghui couldn't help but take the initiative to participate and stand on Lu Su's side to debate with him.

Because Zhuge Liang was an alliance with Sun Quan after all, if he could not convince Zhou Yu to start a war with Cao Cao, then the alliance would be just a castle in the air!

If Kong Ming came out to refute Zhou Yu with Lu Su, he would have fallen into Zhou Yu's plan.

In this way, even if Lu Su goes to Jiangxia and invites him to Jiangdong, it is your Zhuge Liang who asks Jiangdong to form an alliance and asks Sun Quan to help Liu Bei fight Cao Cao together.

As long as such a situation is formed, Zhou Yu will definitely be in good spirits and will be easily persuaded by Kong Ming to start a war with Cao Cao. But in this way, Zhou Yu will have the upper hand when signing an alliance and distributing interests.

Who is Zhuge Liang? How could he not recognize the double act of their performance? So he stood by and did not disturb their debate at all.

Seeing the two of them repeating over and over again, even if they stated the reasons, Zhuge Liang was a little impatient and let out a few sneers to break the deadlock on the court.

Although Zhou Yu was debating with Lu Su, he was always paying attention to Zhuge Liang's expression. When he saw him laughing, he immediately stopped arguing and asked:

"Why did Mr. Kong Ming laugh?"

Kong Ming replied: "I didn't laugh at others, I just couldn't help laughing at Mr. Zijing for not knowing the current situation."

Lu Su was really shocked this time and immediately said, "How can I laugh at me for not knowing the current affairs?" The implication was: "Didn't we agree to persuade others to start a war with Cao Cao together?"
Chapter completed!