The rise and fall of rabbits in the Central Plains not only made many generals under Zhao Xing’s men wary of abnormalities, but also had a huge impact on Wuzhou, which is located in the southeast.

In recent years, the relationship between the Sun family of the Eastern Wu and the central court has experienced ups and downs. From the initial call and siege, to the later lip service, and to the current contrary situation, it can be said that it is gradually drifting away. If the situation does not change much, it may really be completely embraced by Zhao Xing, the Jin State.

However, the wind is in constant force, and the water is in constant form. A political storm started by Liu Bei and Cao Cao suddenly started to blow in the eyes of the storm in the imperial capital Luoyang. After Han Rong and Zhuge Liang entered Yangzhou and Liu Biao and Jingzhou were sick, the eastern Wu suddenly felt that the wind direction had changed. Therefore, different voices within the eastern Wu had appeared on what path to take in the future, and they were unwilling to give in to each other, and they rolled up their sleeves and squatted at a disagreement.

Speaking of which, the changes in Dongwu are lacking in Zhao Xing's strategy.

Two years ago, Zhao Xing's six armies fought and beat the imperial army and Yuan Shao of Jizhou on both sides of the Yellow River to a bruised face. In the Xiliang area, Sima Yi of Yizhou was defeated and retreated. He also took the big county Hanzhong. Later, he even landed in Xuzhou, Qingzhou and Xuzhou, and defeated the four coalition forces of Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Liu Yan, and Yuan Shu, and finally completely cut off Yuan Shao.

After this thunderous method, not only greatly expanded the territory of Jin, but also achieved the supreme prestige of Zhao Xingping the King of Xi. For a moment, all forces within the Eastern Wu were frightened and agreed to marry Jin, which means that they completely turned to Zhao Xing.

However, the good times did not last long. After digesting and absorbing the newly established territory, several large armies under Zhao Xing seemed to become more honest and disciplined, no longer provoking and fighting everywhere. They had made no achievements in the past year. They watched Liu Bei and Cao Cao make trouble in the Central Plains, and they were even allowed to let it go.

The forces of the Eastern Wu sects who are out of the matter are not only asking... Is this a situation?

Now seeing Liu Bei and Cao Cao strongly integrate the Central Plains region, once they completely consolidate Yuzhou and Yangzhou, Liu Biao in Jingzhou will be in danger. If Jingzhou is returned to the direct control of the court, the Cao-Liu alliance will inevitably secretly collude with the Sima family of Yizhou. In this way, this convenient representing the central court that controls more than half of the population of the Han Dynasty and the most prosperous areas can also gather enough forces to compete with Zhao Xing, and in the end, who will win and lose will become more unpredictable.

Because of this, three different sounds have gradually appeared in Jiangdong recently.

The first voice also agrees with the slightly larger number of people. It is represented by many aristocratic families such as Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong and Zhu Zhi. They believe that in the current situation of being difficult to decide the outcome, they will not be allowed to fight for the time being, neither support the court nor offend Jin, so they can just watch it on the wall.

However, although being a fence-bearing reduces the risks, the ultimate benefits will also be reduced, and even the danger will be even greater. Just imagine, once the central court or the Jin State achieves a decisive victory, it will turn around and deal with the Eastern Wu without any hesitation. Because of the fence-bearing behavior of the Eastern Wu, people have no worries when taking action.

The second voice is the party who is still optimistic about Jin State and continues to insist that Eastern Wu should maintain close relationships with Jin State. Among them are Lu Su, Gu Yong, Lu Ji and others.

Lu Su was optimistic about Jin because he knew the great superiority of the current system of Jin and clearly understood Zhao Xing's strategic intentions; Gu Yong was optimistic about Jin because he always maintained letter exchanges with his teacher Cai Yong and was greatly influenced by Cai Yong; Lu Ji was optimistic about Jin because Lu Xun now went north to Jin and his former friend Pang Tong went south to Xuzhou, so he was unwilling to have a dispute between disciples from Jin and Wu.

The third voice is also slightly weaker, but it is increasingly attracted by the forces that are joining. With the fiercest shouting of Sun Quan, Ding Feng and Bu Zhi, the young and strong factions such as Sun Quan, Ding Feng and Bu Zhi, they claimed that the Eastern Wu should not just be on the wall, but should take advantage of the battle between the court and Jin State to vigorously develop and strengthen their own forces, find opportunities to seize the land of Jingzhou and become a third-party force to compete for the world.

As the highest decision-maker in the Eastern Wu region, Sun Jian naturally would not easily express his attitude. As Sun Jian's legal first heir, Sun Ce only needs to do things according to his father's intentions, so Sun Jian's attitude is Sun Ce's attitude. Zhou Yu is Sun Jian's friend. Although he is very important in the Eastern Wu power, he has not expressed his opinion because he is still observing and thinking.

Three kinds of voices suddenly appeared within an integrated force, which is not a good phenomenon. As a decision maker who has been in high positions for a long time, Sun Jian certainly understood this truth, so he interviewed representatives of various forces one after another, wanting to hear the reasons everyone insisted on.

After seeing Sun Jian, Zhang Zhao said: "The central court always occupies the title of righteousness, but Zhao Xing, the Jin State, has great reputation and powerful power. Now the Yellow River, Mount Tai, and Huai River are bounded by each other, and no one can predict which side will win the final victory next. At this sensitive time, the originally weak Dongwu became important. Once he clearly stated that he would join one of them, he would inevitably break the existing balance, but he might not necessarily bet on the right direction, and would leave endless troubles in the future."

After meeting Sun Jian, Lu Su said: "The Han Zhongyang court has been in ruins for a long time, and it is time to return. Just one or two powerful and powerful people are unable to turn the world. Now that Jin has stopped fighting, it is just accumulating strength and intending to fight to pacify the world. The lord must not look at the head and tail, swaying left and right, wasting the good foundation laid by the Zhao-Sun alliance."

When the young and strong school representative Sun Quan met his father, he said: "Don't blame the child for being troubled, but the child cannot bear to sit and watch the father's great foundation laid for many years be wasted. A real man is born between heaven and earth, and he should strive for the best. Only I am the only one. How can he be willing to be the tail of others? Now is a good opportunity for Jiangdong to grow and grow. Once the court fights with Jin, we quickly advance westward, destroy Liu Biao in Jingzhou, and lay the foundation for the future competition for the Central Plains. If the child is not talented, he is willing to be a pioneer!"

After seeing these three representatives, Sun Jian not only did not make up his mind, but became even more confused. It sounds like everyone said it makes sense, and they are all for the sake of the Eastern Wu.

In desperation, Sun Jian invited the resourceful Zhou Yu to convey the meaning of the three representatives, wanting to hear Zhou Yu's opinions.

Zhou Yu pondered for a long time and replied slowly: "In fact, it's easy to handle. The lord will send a letter to the Jin State and ask when to hold a wedding ceremony for the eldest lady to see how the Jin State answers."

Sun Jian didn't expect Zhou Yu's answer to be so simple. He frowned and couldn't figure out what Zhou Yu meant.

ps: The fifth update today is here...


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