Zhou Yu knew that Kong Ming was Liu Bei's plenipotentiary representative and had the right to make decisions on the occasion and needed to participate in the decision to fight Cao Cao in Jiangdong.

Although Kong Ming is quite famous, he is a fledgling man and has no record of making a name for himself. He does not want a person who is worthy of fame to participate, but instead plays a negative role.

Zhou Yu asked Kong Ming about the plan to break the enemy, which was equivalent to a question. He must have his own answer. If Kong Ming's answer could not satisfy him, although it would not tear up the alliance agreement, it would be inevitable to sign an unequal treaty.

As for Kong Ming himself, if he knew each other, he would take a few more steps back in the covenant, then his identity as an unreal messenger can still be retained. Although he is mentally depressed in Jiangdong, his living treatment must be good!

If Kong Ming is not able to come up with an idea and has to be careful about the alliance, then the possibility of being driven back to Jiangxia by Zhou Yu and asking Liu Bei to replace him with someone else is also there!

Although Kong Ming had good plans, he could not blurt out. He had to at least be humble: "Liang is a mediocre person, how can he have a brilliant plan?"

Zhuge Liang is known as the lie-down dragon. Although he is not famous for his talent, Zhou Yu has also heard of it. Pang Tong, who is as famous as him, acted as a Dharma Master under Zhou Yu and is quite talented.

Pang Tong seemed a little dissatisfied with Qu Ju Fa Cao. Zhou Yu had already brought him this time and was preparing to recommend him to Sun Quan after the war ended.

As Liu Bei's envoy, Zhuge Liang was fully responsible for the alliance. If he had no plan to break the enemy, Zhou Yu naturally did not believe it.

After much persuasion, Zhou Yu agreed to tell his plan to defeat the enemy. Kong Ming agreed to tell his plan and suggested: "Governor, don't say anything. We both wrote it in our palms, and the same plan is different."

When Zhou Yu heard that Kong Ming was willing to write a plan with him, he was overjoyed. He taught the guards in the army to get a pen and inkstone. He wrote it secretly and clenched his fists and sent the pen to Kong Ming.

Kong Ming also secretly wrote in his palms that he clenched his fists. The two moved closer to the bed, each of them came out of the words in their palms, and looked at each other and laughed.

It turns out that the character in Zhou Yu's palm is the character "fire"; and the character "fire" in Kong Ming's palm is also the character "fire".

Just saying the name of the plan, and before he could use it, Zhou Yu knew that Zhuge Liang was not flirting with his reputation, his talent was not inferior to himself, and he felt like a confidant, so he said to him:

"Since what I both saw is the same, I have no doubt about it. Fortunately, don't leak it."

Kong Ming replied: "This is a matter of two families, how can there be any reason for leaks? I believe that even though Cao Cao defeated my plan twice, he would definitely not be prepared. Now the governor can do it all."

The plan to defeat the enemy has been decided, and the two can be said to be evenly divided. The distribution of interests is also closely related to the number of troops dispatched by both sides.

So, Zhou Yu was ready to make a concerted effort to finalize the number of troops sent by both sides, and he asked Kong Ming again:

"Cao Cao has a great power. Although he can defeat him, he does not need to compete with him in a blind way, but there should not be too few troops to defend and attack. Otherwise, even if he can defeat Cao Cao with a trick, it will be difficult to expand the results of the battle. I am afraid that Cao Cao will not suffer much and will make a comeback soon!"

This time it was a hard indicator, Kong Ming did not shirk it and replied happily:

"My lord, Emperor Liu, was entrusted to Liu Biao, and lived in Xinye small town. He had less than 20,000 troops who could fight. He had lost more than half of them in three consecutive battles with Cao Cao. After the battle at Changbanpo, the remaining troops collected were less than 10,000. In addition to Liu Qi and Jiangxia's troops, the army that could be obtained was only 30,000, and he could not stay away from Fankou, for fear that Cao Cao would raid Jiangxia!"

When Zhou Yu heard this, Zhuge Liang was telling the truth. The total number of naval and land soldiers in the six counties of Jiangdong was more than 200,000, which was no less than that of Liu Biao's Jingzhou soldiers.

Zhou Yu left behind defenders in each county, and when he thought that it was possible to withdraw 100,000 troops, he said to Zhuge Liang:

"The army that Jiangdong can mobilize can reach 100,000. After defeating Cao Cao, can Jiangdong account for 70% of the interest distribution?"

Zhuge Liang sneered in his heart. Zhou Yu was too greedy and didn't know how to fight this battle, so he spoke to take advantage of it!

Fortunately, Cao Cao was not so easy to win. Even if he won this battle, it would not be easy to conquer the counties in Jingzhou again!

Zhuge Liang had a conspiracy in his mind that he could make concessions elsewhere, but Jingzhou was the place where the lord Liu Bei must win. If Zhou Yu wanted to get involved in Jingzhou, he would definitely not be able to make him happy!

But if Sun Quan sent troops and grain, if he could not get any territory, it would definitely not work. This alliance would be difficult to maintain and would be defeated by Cao Cao soon!

Zhuge Liang thought about it and replied: "After defeating Cao Cao, the spoils you get can naturally be assigned according to the governor's method, but the governor should discuss with General Sun and then decide on how much troops he sent. I think General Sun can transfer to your army, which will not exceed 50,000."

The number of troops Zhuge Liang mentioned was also inferred based on the number of troops given by Zhou Yu!

Because of the subtle relationship between Sun Quan and Zhou Yu, Sun Quan would definitely not give Zhou Yu more troops to his own safety.

Zhou Yu was confused by the authorities. After being reminded by Kong Ming, Zhou Yu felt a sudden slap in his heart when he thought of Sun Quan's distrust of himself. He immediately reacted and quickly lowered his posture and bowed to Zhuge Liang, "Please teach me Mr. Kong Ming!"

Zhuge Liang was determined to hit Zhou Yu's confidence and said to him: "General Sun's morale is not yet stable, so he cannot make decisions."

Zhou Yu asked, "What is unstable?"

Kong Ming replied: "I am afraid of Cao's army and I am outnumbered. The governor can solve the problem with the number of troops so that he can understand it without doubt, and then great things can be accomplished."

After all, Zhou Yu was extremely talented and soon understood the mystery. He didn't want to wait for a moment and thanked Zhuge Liang: "Mr.'s argument is very good."

After saying goodbye to Kong Ming, Zhou Yu returned to see Sun Quan.

Sun Quan asked, "What accident happened when Gongjin arrived at night?"

Zhou Yu said: "If the lord is in doubt about the military and horses being allocated in the future?"

Sun Quan hesitated for a moment, saw Zhou Yu's longing eyes, pondered for a moment, and replied: "But he was worried that Cao Cao had many soldiers and was outnumbered, so he had no doubts."

Zhou Yu was secretly shocked when he heard Sun Quan's words. He was also very impressed by Kong Ming's ability to prepare for things. He changed the number that originally demanded Sun Quan's 100,000 troops to 50,000.

Zhou Yu had settled his mind, so he smiled and said to Sun Quan: "I came here to help the lord. When he saw Cao Cao's proclamation, he said that the army of water and land was millions, so he was suspicious and afraid. He did not count the reality. Now he compared the reality: the soldiers in the Central Plains were only 150,000 and 60,000 and exhausted for a long time. The people of Yuan were only 70,000 or 80,000, and he still had doubts but had not been convinced. However, he had obtained tens of thousands of surrendered troops in Jingzhou, but he dared not let go. Although the number of soldiers who were tired for a long time was large, it was not worth fearing! As long as the lord gave me 50,000 troops, it was enough to defeat the so-called millions of people of Cao Cao! I hope the lord would not worry."
Chapter completed!