When Ma Su talked about this topic, he happened to have a chance to escape Zhuge Liang's itch!

After Guan Yu failed in the Northern Expedition and Jingzhou was taken away by Sun Quan, Zhuge Liang's "Longzhong Pair" could no longer be implemented.

Learning from the pain, Zhuge Liang realized that the situation in Jingzhou was complicated and was attacked from all sides, and it was not a good rear base. Even if the entire Jingzhou was recaptured from Sun Quan, it would be useless!

He also realized that the "Longzhong Pair" formulated back then was a bit of a paper talk, but he was still not careful in thinking and underestimated the importance of several major forces to Jingzhou.

Even if Guan Yu did not lose Jingzhou, Liu Bei's group would consume national strength in the endless competition for Jingzhou.

Because he would fall into a situation of many battles at any time, he would not only not be able to fight from Jingzhou in the north, but he could not even compete with Cao Pi for Yongliang!

Although Xichuan is known as the country of Tianfu, it produces quite a lot.

However, because of the narrow territory, Liu Bei and Cao Pi, who owned most of the world, naturally cannot be compared. Even Sun Quan, who occupied the prosperous land in Jiangnan, also had an absolute advantage in terms of economic strength and population.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang believed that in the war of attrition in Jingzhou, the first force to be consumed was definitely Xichuan, which had few lands and few people.

Zhuge Liang did not regain the intention of continuing to implement "Longzhong Pair", but Liu Bei strongly recognized Zhuge Liang's layout of "Longzhong Pair".

Liu Bei insisted on the Eastern Expedition this time because he believed that this was a three-killing victory:

The first is undoubtedly to teach Sun Quan the treacherous and avenge Guan Yu.

The second is to use Sun Quan to establish his authority in the name of attacking rebels and establish himself as the orthodox position of the Han Dynasty.

The third is to regain Jingzhou and continue the Longzhong strategy proposed by Zhuge Liang.

Although Zhuge Liang overturned Longzhong's strategy in his heart and did not form a new strategic plan, he could not deny his "Longzhong's match", so he did not have enough reason to convince Liu Bei, so he could only reach a compromise and let Liu Bei teach Sun Quan a lesson in Dongzhang.

When sending out Liu Bei's Eastern Expedition Army, Zhuge Liang once sighed: "If Fa Zheng is alive, he will definitely be able to dissuade Liu Bei from Eastern Expedition."

It is not just because Liu Bei favors Fa Zheng, Zhuge Liang will not compete with a dead man for favor. It is mainly because Fa Zheng has always had different opinions on Zhuge Liang's "Longzhong Pair" and almost convinced Liu Bei.

Although Zhuge Liang has initially determined a new strategy, he also needs a process of self-denial. This is not only a matter of face but also a matter of prestige!

Therefore, he needs someone to take responsibility for the failure of the "Longzhong Pair" strategy, rather than self-denial, and ruin his reputation.

But Ma Su was different. Before Liu Bei visited Liu Bei three times, he had already proposed to Liu Bei that had almost the same strategic concept as "Longzhong Pair", and was an ideal candidate for Zhuge Liang to discuss the transformation strategy.

So Zhuge Liang did not reserve him, and gave up Jingzhou, restored the Sun-Liu alliance, and learned from the experience of Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, successfully unifying the world, and decided to conquer Yong and Liang from Hanzhong, occupy Guanzhong, and then conquer the Central Plains, and then unify the world!"

Zhuge Liang put Sun Quan in Jiangdong in the final conquest, clearly thinking that Sun Quan could not cross the Yangtze River and could not be with him in the Central Plains Zheng Xiong.

Ma Su's heart was wise. If Zhuge Liang wanted to implement a new strategy, Jingzhou would become a burden instead.

It seems that Zhuge Liang did not agree with Liu Bei's eastern expedition, but did not want Liu Bei to take Jingzhou. Ma Su was somewhat mentally prepared for Liu Bei's failure.

Ma Su understood what Zhuge Liang meant. He would definitely leave the hot potato of Jingzhou to Sun Quan, and fight for Jingzhou for Cao Pi and Sun Quan, and create opportunities. Therefore, Liu Bei's Eastern Expedition could only end in failure!

Ma Su has always been very strange about Cao Cao's failure in Fancheng.

Now that I have listened to Zhuge Liang's new strategic concept, I have figured out the key point at once.

When Cao Cao was in the Central Plains, he was strong and powerful, and he was defeated by Sun Quan, but was defeated by Guan Yu. It was probably Cao Cao's hard plan, which was to give Sun Quan and Liu Bei a chance to turn against each other!

Knowing that Zhuge Liang did not want Liu Bei to occupy Jingzhou, Ma Su weighed it, but Liu Bei had only two results in this Eastern Expedition:

First, Liu Bei followed Zhuge Liang's advice, accepted Sun Quan's suggestion for peace, and took the initiative to retreat.

Second, Liu Bei insisted on his own initiative and insisted on seizing Jingzhou. However, without Zhuge Liang's perfect cooperation, the battle could only fail to retreat.

Ma Su saw through Zhuge Liang's plan and was even more worried about the safety of Ma Liang and Shamoke.

But Ma Su could not explain Zhuge Liang's thoughts, so he could only ask Zhuge Liang for advice in great cooperation:

"Since that's the case, after Your Majesty becomes emperor, why don't the Prime Minister persuade Your Majesty to surrender to Yongliang, and to attack the rebel Cao Pi, and instead allow Your Majesty to fight Sun Quan in the east?"

Zhuge Liang replied:

"Your Majesty first ascended the throne, not only needs to establish authority on the outside but also on the inside. Even if I do, I cannot make him change his mind casually. Moreover, Sun Quan has been betrayed many times and is capricious, and needs to be criticized! Otherwise, even if he forms an alliance with Sun Quan, it will be difficult to guarantee that he will not be able to Chu Wangshu."

The two discussed some possible situations again. Finally, Ma Su took the initiative to ask for orders to go to Jingzhou to assist in the war.

Zhuge Liang's thoughts were not what Ma Su imagined. He also hoped that Liu Bei could win and return to the court, and it was not a bad thing to regain Jingzhou.

With Jingzhou in hand, Zhuge Liang could make arrangements calmly and then use Jingzhou as bait, use clever tricks, and not be afraid that Cao Pi and Sun Quan would not take the bait. It is inevitable that the two major forces will turn against each other because of their competition for Jingzhou!

Zhuge Liang didn't know that Ma Su had thought so much. He had already regarded Ma Su as his confidant and recognized Ma Su's military talents very well. Seeing that he took the initiative to ask for his order, he immediately revised a secret letter and asked Ma Su to send it to Liu Bei himself, and respected Ma Su's opinions and let him stay in Jingzhou to assist Shamoke.

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It was already midnight when Sun Huan received Sun Heng’s rescue letter.

Sun Quan, who was sleeping in a daze, read Sun Heng's letter of help but did not react much. He had already been mentally prepared.

Sun Quan felt more regret than worry about Sun Heng's defeat. Although he could not rely on Sun Heng to give himself a face, he knew Sun Heng's ability to escape and was not particularly worried. He wanted to wait until dawn before summoning everyone to discuss.

Sun Quan put down the rescue letter and lay on the bed again.

This is not that Sun Quan himself is sleepy, but that he does not want to wake up the ministers in the middle of the night, which makes the movement too big and messes people's hearts.

But before Sun Quan could close his eyes, Zhu Ran's urgent letters followed one after another.

The two governors on both sides were defeated, and Sun Quan could not hold back any more.

He didn't care much, so he got up immediately and ordered the palace guards to immediately summon the civil and military ministers to discuss.

An hour later, all the civil servants and generals in Wuchang arrived, and Sun Quan spoke:

"Now Sun Huan was trapped in Yiling by Wu Ban, Zhu Ran was defeated and retreated to Jiangling. Liu Bei's army was powerful, what if he did?"
Chapter completed!