"I regret that I have not been able to write books until I have used them. I don't know how difficult it is to go through them?" Zhang Wenyin said for a moment, and sighed with a sigh: "The Prime Minister has indeed been diligent again. Although these two sentences are vulgar and unwritten, they are also deeply awake. The scholars, more or less, are a bit self-reliant, but they do not know that people's hearts are not as old as the three generations. Or they talk about retrospect and are not as rigid as they are, so they are difficult to move forward. The Prime Minister has such a status today, and he is still able to reflect on himself. He is so much more and more admirable. When we look ahead, we are suddenly behind, and we can only be dumbfounded."

Zhuge Liang smiled and said slowly when Zhang Wen finished praising her, "Hui Shu, I can't take your words."

Zhang Wen smiled and said repeatedly: "The emperor is not worth it, who else can do it?"

Zhuge Liang glanced at Fei Yi intentionally or unintentionally. Fei Yi smiled with understanding, nodded slightly, and said he had written it down. It was reasonable for both parties to meet, praise each other, bring the relationship closer, and prepare for the next quarrel, but Zhang Wen obviously did not notice that once the words he said reached Sun Quan's ears, it might be another feeling.

Zhuge Liang pulled Zhang Wen to the hall and took the seats. Ma Su and Jiang Wei stood on both sides, Huo Yi held a book version in his hand, waiting to record the content of their conversation. Zhuge Liang then smiled and said, "Hui Shu, I can't bear it because this sentence was not what I said."

Zhang Wen was very surprised: "Is that so, who said that?"

"It was said by Wei Ba, the youngest military officer in the Prime Minister's Office," Zhuge Liang said slowly: "He said another sentence about studying, but he was similar to Mencius." Zhuge Liang said halfway, and did not continue, and waited quietly.

Zhang Wen replied in response: "If you believe in books, you are worse than not without books?"

Zhuge Liang shook his head and said word by word: "Learn hard, read books to death, read books to death."

Zhang Wen was stunned, then he smiled and said, "Miao, Miao, it's true that it's a word, three points more than Mencius's words." He then looked at Zhuge Liang with unconcealed admiration: "Prime Minister, you can attach so much importance to a young army's words, and you are as broad as you can see the wise. Your broad mind is very accessible to everyone. I admire you!"

Zhuge Liang laughed: "Hui Shu, if you continue, I just want to think you are a clever and slanderous person. Come on, let's talk about some serious matters. How is the King of Wu now?"

Seeing Zhuge Liang getting to the point, Zhang Wen also put away his smile and said seriously: "I came to see the Prime Minister on the order of the king, so I naturally wanted to reaffirm the alliance. The Prime Minister's campaign against the northwest, and the news of good news spread frequently. My king was also very happy for the Prime Minister. However, the Prime Minister had just used troops to the northwest, and the Cao Wei Yu Ni had not yet been cleared, so he added troops to Fangling, strengthened the garrison of Anqiao Pass, and even had scouts in and out of Jingzhou. This really puzzled me."

"What's so strange about this?" Zhuge Liang said calmly: "The increase of troops in Fangling is just a plan to surround Wei and save Zhao. He also wanted to hunt Jingxiang with the King of Wu to defeat Cao Wei and eliminate the defilements for the Han family. Han and Wu were originally an alliance, and if they were united, they would benefit from both sides, and if they were divided, they would suffer from two injuries. Our army was in the northern expedition and captured Guanzhong. Although the destiny was in Han and the army was in great victory, they would not be able to do so. If Han and Wu could join forces to capture Xiangfan, and head straight into Wanluo, the King of Wu sent the navy into the Jianghuai River and advance three ways, Cao Wei could be destroyed and the Han Dynasty could be prosperous. Wouldn't it be better than our army to go out alone? This is a complete plan, why is the King of Wu not understanding, and Huishu not understanding?"

Zhang Wen was speechless for a moment. As soon as he came up, he accused Shu Han of increasing troops from Fangling, and emphasized that strengthening the defense of Anqiaosai was disrespectful to his allies. But Zhuge Liang said on the other hand, you are too sensitive. I want to attack Wei with you and conquer Xiangyang and Fancheng. Everyone knew that the other party was lies, but on this occasion, since everyone knew that the alliance could not be broken, the alliance would continue, it depends on who could justify himself and explain his previous actions logically, at least there was no obvious loophole.

In the first round, Zhang Wen was blocked by Zhuge Liang and was at a disadvantage. He was not willing to be outdone. He turned his eyes and smiled and said, "The Prime Minister's plan to advance three times is indeed a clever one. However, the Prime Minister just fought in the northwest, and although he won, he still suffered losses. Can he fight again?"

His meaning is very obvious. Your name is a victory in the Northern Expedition, but your main force goes to Longyou, but as a result, Longyou is still in the hands of Cao Wei. In fact, it is defeated. The loss will definitely not be small. Can you still fight now? Not to mention the beautiful words of fighting with Wu and attacking Wei, are you trying to use the power of Wu to break the siege of Guanzhong?

Zhuge Liang's face remained unchanged: "The Northern Expedition did suffer some losses, but compared with what he gained, it would be insignificant. Not to mention that I had 40,000 elite soldiers from Guanzhong alone. Even the soldiers of the Northern Expedition had made a lot of progress after this battle. The number may be slightly reduced, but the combat power was greatly improved. If Hui Shu didn't believe it, when the war began, he would naturally know what I said was true."

Zhang Wen's face changed. Zhuge Liang's words brought a lot of threats. Is the war started? Is it a war with Cao Wei or a war with Eastern Wu?

The two of them were fighting each other, and they were verbally fighting each other. Although Zhang Wen was extremely smart, he still couldn't take any advantage in front of Zhuge Liang. In addition, due to the ghost ship incident, Wu was now facing the danger of losing his advantage in water war and did not dare to turn against Shu Han at all. If you have any requests, Zhang Wen had already lost his tricks, but Zhuge Liang was confident and as stable as Mount Tai. He refuted Zhang Wen's temptations one by one and fought back from time to time, leaving Zhang Wen with nothing to say.

At the end, Zhang Wen used his last killer move, pretending to be helpless but actually threatening and said: "To be honest, the Prime Minister said that Emperor Cao Rui of Wei also wanted to form an alliance with me. If I go up the Eastern Wu and attack Yong'an and point directly to Chengdu, Wei's heavy troops attack Guanzhong and use a partial army to take Hanzhong, I don't know how the Prime Minister will deal with it?"

Zhuge Liang was prepared for a long time. After hearing Zhang Wen's words, he laughed, smiling relaxedly, and disapprovingly. He looked at his fingers, was silent for a moment, and suddenly asked: "Huishu, what's the war in Jiaozhou? Danyang, is Shanyue in Kuaiji still causing trouble?"

Zhang Wen opened his mouth and had nothing to say. The three countries actually had internal troubles. There were Qiang and Hu in the north of Wei, and the rebellion in the south of Shu had just been quelled, and Wu was not peaceful. Shanyue in Danyang, Kuaiji and other places had not stopped. There was something happened in Jiaozhou last year, and there was no internal peace. With the departure of a group of old ministers who followed Sun Jian and Sun Ce, the power of Jiangdong was unstoppable. Zhu Lu and Gu Zhang, four surnames of Wu County, had entered the center one after another. Sun Quan was also in a dilemma. If the rise of the Jiangdong people was blocked, he would lose the foundation for establishing the country. If the rise of the Jiangdong people was allowed to rise, he would be influenced by them. How could he have lived a relaxed life? Zhuge Liang was just talking about external troubles, and the internal troubles were not mentioned in person, just to save face for Zhang Wen.

Zhang Wen is one of the representatives of the Jiangdong forces.

Despite this, this was enough to be alert to Zhang Wen. If he wanted to play these tentative tricks, he could not get any advantage from Zhuge Liang. In desperation, Zhang Wen had to give up his bargaining plan and proactively proposed that Sun Quan continue to maintain an alliance with Shu Han, resist Wei together, and attack Xiangyang together. Wu has an advantage in water battles and can be responsible for cutting off the connection between Xiangyang and Fancheng. So can Shu Han be responsible for the task of conquering Xiangyang?

Zhuge Liang sneered at Xiangyang and Fancheng, and no matter who got it, the other two sides would fight to seize it. Since the Battle of Chibi, Zhou Yu served as the prefect of Nanjun and was responsible for the war in Jingxiang, the Eastern Wu never gave up his efforts to compete for Xiangyang. For this reason, he stabbed Guan Yu, which caused Liu Bei's storm in the east. Now Sun Quan said he wanted to help Shu Han seize Xiangyang. What is this nonsense?

"Your navy did have an advantage, but do you still have an advantage now?" Zhuge Liang avoided the positive answer and asked jokingly.

Zhang Wen stroked the short beard under his jaw and said in embarrassment. He was silent for a moment and bowed and said, "I heard from Fei Jun that the technology of the new warship of the Wei army was originally written by the genius Wei Ba, but for some reason, it was taken away by the Wei army. Now that I am an alliance with Wu Han, can the Prime Minister share this technology with me?"

Zhuge Liang smiled silently, and after talking for a long time, he finally got to the point. Before this, Fei Yi had already made a detailed report on what happened. Although Zhuge Liang did not know how this technology was leaked, nor did he know that the warship that caused the firefighting between Wei and Wu was actually a warship of the Shu army, he knew very well that if he mastered the powerful warship technology, he would grasp the weakness of Wu, so how could he easily hand it over to Wu?

"Is this a matter?" Zhuge Liang turned his head and asked in disbelief: "Your information is accurate?"

Fei Yi understood: "I heard of it too. It may be true, but the specific situation is not clear yet. Whether it is a plan or a mature plan is difficult to say now. You have to ask Wei Ba himself to understand it."

Zhuge Liang nodded: "Hui Shu, you are right. Since we are an alliance, some things will naturally communicate with each other. I will send someone to Fangling to ask. If there is indeed such a matter, I will naturally provide it to you." He paused and said: "As long as the King of Wu sincerely fights with my Han to attack Wei together, other details can be discussed. If the King of Wu has made contributions to the world, the people of the world will naturally not forget his merits. Heaven is destined to be constant, and only those with virtue are here."

Zhang Wen looked at Zhuge Liang in surprise. The meaning revealed in Zhuge Liang's words was very clear. As long as the King of Wu was willing to jointly attack Wei, not only could the matter of warships be discussed, but the matter of becoming emperor can also be discussed. However, Shu Han regarded himself as orthodox, and he could not clearly say that he would admit that Sun Quan was the emperor, but he already understood the meaning. Sun Quan did want to be emperor, but after the incident of the ghost ship, he no longer cared about the matter of becoming emperor, so Zhang Wen had never mentioned it. Now Zhuge Liang took the initiative to propose it, which was a considerable concession, so Zhang Wen himself was a little doubtful if he had heard it wrong.

"Prime Minister...really?"

"How can you talk nonsense for such a big thing?" Zhuge Liang waved his hand, and Ma Su immediately held a map and spread it in front of Zhang Wen. When Zhang Wen saw it, he couldn't help but be ecstatic.

This is a map of Shu Han and Eastern Wu dividing the world after the destruction of Wei. It is not important to divide it, and we can talk about it later. What is important is that this picture is enough to show that Zhuge Liang's words just now were not on a whim, but a result of careful consideration.

This result was enough to satisfy Sun Quan and be overjoyed.

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Chapter completed!