Sun Quan held a sincere banquet, but Jiang Gan was disappointed after drinking, and finally parted in disgrace. Liu Jing returned to his boat, stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back and looked at the dark river. He was quite proud. Jiang Gan is indeed capable, and hopes that he can still use it for himself in the future.

However, Zhuge Liang is also a talented person and works for himself at critical moments. Although he is for Liu Bei, he can spare him once in the future based on his performance today.

At this time, Chen Mi's voice came from outside the door, "Zhou Mu, Bei Zhi is back."

"Come in"

Chen Mi walked into the room and bowed and said, "I have already found out that Jiang Gan asked Marquis of Wu to resign and leave Qichun County overnight."

Liu Jing nodded. It seemed that Jiang Gan was still obedient. "Would Mr. Wu be allowed to leave?" Liu Jing continued to ask.

This is the key. If Sun Quan allows Jiang Gan to leave, it means that Sun Quan has completely given up on Cao Cao. However, according to common sense, Sun Quan should not stop Jiang Gan anymore. If these things happened tonight, it would be meaningless even if Sun Quan still wanted to use Jiang Gan as a chess piece.

"Wu Hou allowed him to leave and sent a boat to escort him"

Liu Jing walked a few steps behind his hands. He was still a little worried that Jiang Xia would intercept Jiang Gan in the middle of the river, so he said to Chen Mi: "You two hundred brothers immediately follow you on a big ship and must protect the safety of Cao Cao's envoy."

"Abide by the orders of low duties"

Chen Mi left in a hurry, Liu Jing sat down, he spread out the paper, picked up his pen and wrote the three words "ban on the navigation order".

...........

At night, Lu Su took a entourage and found Zhuge Liang's boat with a food box. His entourage stepped forward and called out, "Mr. Zhuge is resting?"

The lights on the boat were on, and Zhuge Liang coughed. Zhuge Liang asked, "Is it Zijing here to find me?"

Lu Su was very surprised and stepped forward and asked, "How did Kong Ming know that it was me here?"

"Let's talk about it when you come in"

Lu Su got on the boat, handed the food box to the child, and smiled and said, "Take the wine in with good temperature."

He picked up the curtain and entered the cabin. In the cabin, Zhuge Liang sat against the window. He was wearing a thin linen Zen suit, a flat scarf, and gently waved the feather fan. He said with a smile: "At this time, no one will come to me except Zijing."

Lu Su immediately shook his head, "This reason is not sufficient. If Wu Hou or Liu Zhoumu sent someone to find him, it is very likely."

Zhuge Liang pointed to the window with a feather fan and said with a smile: "I saw you through the crack in the window. Is this a good reason?"

The two laughed together, and then Lu Su sat down, asked the boy to serve with food and drinks, and said to Zhuge Liang: "Drinking at the banquet is not very pleasant, let's have another drink."

Zhuge Liang said in surprise: "I feel very happy tonight. Could it be that Zijing hopes that Wu Hou and Cao Cao will form an alliance?"

"You are deliberately ridiculing me"

Lu Su smiled bitterly, "If I don't feel happy, will I come to you to drink? It's just that something unpleasant happened, but the result is overjoyed."

Zhuge Liang took a sip of wine, leaned against the wall of the boat and smiled: "What do the Jiangdong generals say? Do I want to eat my meat and sleep with my skin?"

"This is Cao Cao's dirty trick. What does it have to do with you? But Gongjin said that you are so skillful and have no one to understand the skills of taking advantage of the situation."

Zhuge Liang laughed, "Your governor is too proud of me."

He stopped laughing and said lightly: "What am I? You haven't seen the real master of power and scheming yet."

Lu Su hesitated and asked, "You mean... Liu Jing."

Zhuge Liang stared at Lu Su, "Did you see anything?"

"I didn't see anything, but I knew something."

Zhuge Liang was excited and asked quickly: "What's the matter?"

Zhuge Liang is indeed a slight and delicate heart. Although he doesn't know what Liu Jing has to do with Jiang Gan, the development of the situation is of no harm to Liu Jing.

Jiang Gan finally cut off the hope of Sun Quan and Cao Cao's alliance. He couldn't help but have doubts. Liu Jing and Jiang Gan cooperated so well. Is it true that they really have nothing to do with him?

Although Zhuge Liang had no evidence, he always felt that Jiang Gan should not say what Da Qiao was doing. Even if he drank too much wine, he could not insult Jiangdong like this.

Moreover, Zhuge Liang sat opposite Jiang Gan, and he could see clearly that Jiang Gan only drank three glasses of wine in total, and three glasses of wine would definitely not have this effect.

Now there seemed to be something in Lu Su's speech, and Zhuge Liang was immediately interested. He stared at Lu Su without blinking.

Lu Su hesitated for a while before sighing: "Actually, it can be guessed that Jiang Gan had to pass Jiangxia when he came to Qichun. It is very likely that he was intercepted by Jiangxia, and Liu Jing made trouble.

"wrong"

Zhuge Liang shook his head, "Zijing, you are not sincere. If you really don't want to say it, I won't force you."

Lu Su bit his lip and looked outside. Zhuge Liang understood and quickly asked the boy to get off the boat to play. Then he said, "There are only you and me on this boat now, tell me."

Lu Su was forced to helplessly and then lowered his voice: "My mother's tomb is in Lujiang County. At the beginning of the year, I went to visit my mother's tomb and met Jiang Ji, the governor of Lujiang County.

This person turned out to be Huang Zu's aide, and he was also Jiang Gan's clan uncle. When we talked about Jiang Gan, we realized that Jiang Gan was from Chaisang. His father was still in Chaisang, so he did not tell the truth to Wu Hou."

Zhuge Liang narrowed his eyes and nodded slowly. He understood that it must be Jiang Gan being intercepted by Liu Jing. Then he took his father as the handle. In the end, Jiang Gan surrendered and betrayed Cao Cao. When he contacted what happened today, Zhuge Liang took a breath of air. Liu Jing was so terrible.

"Zijing, have you told others about this?"

Lu Su shook his head, "Only you and I know about this, no third person knows about it, and I didn't even say anything about Gongjin."

Zhuge Liang reminded him again: "This matter is of great importance. Once it is leaked, I am afraid that Liu Jing will attack the Jiangdong Army immediately."

Lu Su was shocked, "No way"

"Don't you believe it?"

Zhuge Liang sneered: "If I guess correctly, the conditions given by Cao Cao must be very generous, even including the assignment of Southern Jingzhou to Jiangdong. There is absolutely no saying that the Jiangdong army would not be allowed to pass Wuhu. Who do you think Wu Hou would turn to with such conditions?"

Lu Su was in a state of air conditioning. He knew that if this was the case, Wu Hou would definitely join forces with Cao Cao to attack Jingzhou. Zhuge Liang continued: "If that is the case, Liu Jing's only solution is to take advantage of Cao Cao's opportunity to train troops in Jiangling, attack the Jiangdong army with thunder, and use tinder oil to completely defeat Jiangdong.

"Don't say it again"

Lu Su fully understood. He was very worried and shook his head and said, "I don't think I will tell anyone about this. Please swear to you and never disclose it."

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "If it is leaked, it will be over in Nanjingzhou. Do you think I will say it?"

"It's not important, so please ask Kong Ming to swear."

"You are such a stubborn temper."

Zhuge Liang had no choice but to raise his hand and make a vow. Lu Su was overjoyed, picked up his ear cup and smiled: "I wish tomorrow's negotiations will be successful, and we will drink this cup."

...........

Jiang Gan's overnight departure left no suspense in the alliance between Jiangdong and Jiangxia, and the two sides sat back together with the greatest sincerity.

The next morning, on the 6,000-stone boat ride on Sun Quan, the two sides started formal negotiations in a bright cabin. Generally speaking, this negotiation does not require the participation of both parties' lords, and their respective plenipotent representatives. The Jiangdong side was composed of military advisor Zhang Zhao as the plenipotent representative, Lu Su as the deputy, while the Jiangxia side was composed of chief clerk Ma Liang as the plenipotent representative and Liu Min as the deputy.

It can be said that the positions of both sides are not very equal. Zhang Zhao is the military advisor of Jiangdong and the leader of civil officials. Jiangxia can only sit against Zhang Zhao only if he sends Xu Shu or Jia Xu to come. Therefore, Zhang Zhao is obviously a little unhappy and said coldly: "I don't quite understand that this is a major event in the military and political alliance between the two families. Why only a small chief clerk is sent to come? It seems that your side is not sincere enough."

Ma Liang was furious, which made him extremely embarrassed. He took out Liu Jing's gold medal and put it on the table, and said excitedly: "I need to remind Mr. Zhang that you are not sitting in the chief clerk, but the plenipotent representative of the governor of Jingzhou. I can decide all terms on behalf of the governor of Jingzhou. If Mr. Zhang must be equal, then you can change the chief clerk to discuss the same."

Lu Su quickly smoothed out the situation and said, "Ji Chang misunderstood. My military advisor is not looking down on the position of chief clerk, but is worried that Ma Envoy cannot make decisions, which will affect the negotiation process."

"I have already said that I can decide all terms on behalf of the governor of Jingzhou. If you don't believe it, please go and confirm with my lord."

"Haha, that's fine, there's no need to confirm."

Lu Su smiled at Zhang Zhao again: "What does the military advisor think?"

Zhang Zhao said coldly: "I don't suspect that he can't make decisions. I just think it's impolite. Of course, I can ignore it. Anyway, this is your arrangement, and it's your own business. Since you don't want to change someone, then start."

Lu Su's face was flushed, and Zhang Zhao didn't give him any face either. He was annoyed and had to bear this breath and sat aside without saying a word.

Ma Liang said solemnly: "Considering that the battlefield is in Xiakou area and the two armies need to work together in advance, we still hope that the Jiangdong Navy can be stationed in Zhucheng, and hope that this will be obvious first."

Zhang Zhao laughed and said proudly: "It is not impossible to station in Zhucheng, but there is a principle to be determined in advance. Whoever is the main or the subordinate of Jiangxia or Jiangdong?"

"Jiangxia and Cao's army fought many times, and won many battles. Recently, they wiped out the enemy in Anlu County. They have rich experience. Moreover, my lord will lead the army to fight in person. The battlefield is in Jiangxia County, so we are the main ones. It is natural for the Jiangdong Army to be the guest. Is it true that the Jiangdong Army still wants to turn against the guest?"

Ma Liang's words were reasonable and concise, and Zhang Zhao said nothing for a long time. He was about to show his strength to refute him. At this time, an employed person hurried in and handed a note to Zhang Zhao. Zhang Zhao turned sideways under the table and opened it. He looked at it. It was Wu Hou who gave him. There was only one sentence on it, and each person was his own, no matter how he was his subordinate.

It seems that the Marquis of Wu also realized the passiveness of the situation. Zhang Zhao pinched the notes into a ball and said lightly: "Although we are not Marquis of Wu, the army is the army of Jiangdong and the army of Marquis of Wu. We do not want outsiders to command our army. Our plan is to be the mainstay and coordinate the battle."

Ma Liang and Liu Min looked at each other and said that Jiangdong had made concessions. Ma Liang immediately nodded and said, "Actually, this is the most fair, and we completely agree."

...........

On the third floor of the negotiation cabin, Liu Jing and Sun Quan sat opposite each other in front of the low ship window, drinking tea and chatting. As superiors, they did not need to participate in specific negotiations.

Their attitudes and opinions have been clearly stated to their subordinates. As long as they maintain a close and good relationship at this time, it is the most important atmosphere for negotiation.

"Brother, I plan to move the capital to Jingkou after this battle. I ordered the construction of the Iron City in Jingkou a few months ago. What do you think of Jingkou?"

Liu Jing smiled, "Where can I look at China? I have a look of Beigu Tower. Although the scenery of Beigu Mountain is beautiful, it is not the emperor's atmosphere. Why did Wu Hou not consider the Zijin Mountain of Moling?"

Sun Quan smiled, "It seems that your opinion and Zhang Hong are consistent."

He pondered for a while and said, "I'm not hiding it from my brother. Although Zijin Mountain has a state of beauty, I'm just worried that Longzangpu will break the dragon vein, and it will not be a long-term place."

Liu Jing pondered for a moment, smiled slightly and said, "Moling Zijin Mountain is the place where the dragon rises. Brother, please consider building an imperial property here first and moving the capital to the Central Plains in the future. Isn't this avoiding the taboos of Feng Shui?"

"This is also a solution, let me consider it again."

Speaking of consideration, Sun Quan remembered something again and said with a smile: "My brother really doesn't want to be my sister-in-law, are you so sad?"

Liu Jing shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Brother was joking. I promised to let my sister take three arrows in a month, but I left. Of course she never forgot about me. Besides, my family already has a bad wife, and it is not realistic for Wu Hou to be my wife Ping. This matter is just a joke."

Sun Quan was not considering Mrs. Ping, but if he married Liu Jing, it would inevitably involve various interests of both parties. Now it is not the time to consider this matter, so he laughed it off.

"After this battle, did you decide to put the provincial capital in Wuchang?" Sun Quan asked tentatively.

Liu Jing shook his head, "I can tell my brother clearly that after this battle, I will transfer the prefecture back to Xiangyang, and then concentrate my troops to attack Nanyang. In several battles in Xiangyang, Wancheng was the logistics center of Cao's army, and it was under great pressure on Xiangyang. Only by taking Nanyang can Xiangyang have a strategic depth."
To be continued...