Chapter 422

"Lord Prime Minister, I have come here this time on behalf of my lord, and there is an important matter I wish to discuss with you."

Hearing this, Gu Yi smiled slightly and asked in return:

"In the past, the envoy sent by your army to our army was always Mr. Derun."

"This time, why didn't you let Mr. Derun come over?"

Gu Yi's words made Zhou Yu feel slightly surprised.

But he had also anticipated various unexpected situations that might occur in advance, and he responded without any hesitation:

"Mr. Derun is unwell, so I have come here in his stead."

"Lord Prime Minister, please rest assured, my lord has given me the power to make decisions on the spot this time."

These words made Gu Yi couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly.

It looked like Zhou Yu should have only joined Sun Ce's camp not long ago, but had already become part of the core team.

Seeing this, Gu Yi smiled:

"Zhou Gongjin, right? This time, what is the intention of your lord sending you here?"

Regarding Sun Ce, this little brother in name, Gu Yi had always used him as a butcher's knife.

Did Sun Ce have ambition?

Of course he did! And it was not small at all.

But.

Given the current strength gap between the two sides, did Sun Ce dare to sing a different tune from Gu Yi?

Naturally, he did not dare.

For one thing, Sun Ce needed to rely on his big brother Gu Yi's support in every aspect.

Once the two sides turned hostile, Gu Yi could wipe out Sun Ce in a very short time.

Secondly, Gu Yi and Sun Ce could also be considered to have a marriage relationship.

Sun Shangxiang was, after all, one of Gu Yi's concubines.

If Sun Ce harbored rebellious intentions, how would Sun Shangxiang, who was married to Gu Yi, and his second brother Sun Shiwan, who was staying in Chang'an as a hostage, conduct themselves?

Therefore.

Neither Zhou Yu nor Sun Ce dared to provoke Gu Yi.

This time, Zhou Yu planning for Sun Ce to take the six commanderies of Jiangdong was just hoping that the territory controlled by Sun Ce could further expand.

In this way, Sun Ce's faction could also have more confidence when dealing with Gu Yi's faction diplomatically.

It would not turn into a relationship where one side was completely dominated by the other.

After all.

A hard fist is the truly hard one.

Weak countries have no diplomacy.

The same principle applied to the various warlords here.

Only when one's own strength goes up can what one wants be obtained more easily.

At this moment, facing Gu Yi's inquiry, Zhou Yu decided to answer truthfully.

In Zhou Yu's heart, Gu Yi's next combat target must be Cao Cao and Yuan Shao in the north.

As for the six commanderies of Jiangdong in the south, Zhou Yu believed that at least at the current stage, Gu Yi definitely wouldn't look at them.

Thus.

Zhou Yu answered straight to the point:

"Reporting to the Lord Prime Minister."

"After that scoundrel Liu Bei, Liu Xuande, was defeated at Shouchun, he fled south to the land of Jiangdong."

"Afterward, he obtained the support of many Jiangdong aristocratic families and began to expand outward, attacking the forces of Yan Baihu and Wang Lang."

"As far as I know, this Liu Bei is a person with wolf-like ambition."

"If he is not eliminated now, he will surely become a great disaster in the future."

"My lord is loyal to you, Lord Prime Minister, and even to Grand Tutor, and the sun and moon can bear witness."

"Therefore, my lord wants to apply to you, Lord Prime Minister, to let him lead troops to conquer the six commanderies of Jiangdong and wipe out Liu Bei, Liu Xuande!"

After the words fell.

Zhou Yu waited quietly for Gu Yi's response.

However.

The scene he anticipated did not appear.

Gu Yi just lowered his head slightly, his fingers tapping on the table repeatedly.

Seeing this, Zhou Yu quickly added:

"Lord Prime Minister, my lord Sun Ce, as well as the former lord Sun Jian, were originally people from Wu Jun, Jiangdong."

"Including many veteran soldiers in the Sun family army, they are all people from Jiangdong."

"Regarding Jiangdong, it can be said that they couldn't be more familiar."

"Although Liu Bei obtained the support of the local aristocratic families."

"But if my Sun family army confronts him, the chance of winning is still very high."

"Besides this."

"My Sun family army is good at water warfare."

"Even if fighting on the Yangtze River, my Sun family army has nothing to fear."

The original intention of these words Zhou Yu said was to make Gu Yi agree faster to let Sun Ce lead troops to conquer Jiangdong.

After all.

The soldiers under Gu Yi's command were almost all northern soldiers.

Especially the Xiliang Iron Cavalry and the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry.

Don't look at how fierce they were here.

But if they were put in the south, they would completely become landlubbers.

Being able not to get seasick would already be a quite difficult thing.

In original history, why did Cao Cao adopt the strategy of chaining ships together?

Investigating the root cause, wasn't it because the rocking of the warships made the northern soldiers under his command unable to bear it!

Seasickness is more uncomfortable than carsickness.

With more than half of the soldiers seasick, the Cao army could not launch further attacks.

Chaining ships together could significantly reduce the rocking of the ships.

But it increased the risk of being burned by fire.

If Gu Yi were not a transmigrator, he might be quite tempted by Zhou Yu's current proposal.

After all.

More than half of the Sun family army were southerners.

Sun Jian and Sun Ce, father and son, were also generals from the south.

Having Sun Ce go to conquer Liu Bei was naturally the most appropriate thing.

It's a pity that Gu Yi, as a person who knew later history well.

Knew the ambitions of Sun Ce and Zhou Yu all too well.

Just imagine.

If Gu Yi unified the north.

At that time, if he had no naval force in his hands, and Sun Ce chose to split off and stand on his own after defeating Liu Bei and occupying Jiangdong.

If Gu Yi wanted to wipe out Sun Ce again, wouldn't it take a lot of effort?

Therefore.

Gu Yi naturally could not agree to let Sun Ce and Zhou Yu lead troops to attack Jiangdong.

And, in order to avoid the embarrassing situation of having no naval force to use like Cao Cao in history.

Gu Yi had long ago ordered Gan Ning to train fifty thousand naval troops in the Bajiang River of Yizhou.

Now.

Gan Ning, who received Gu Yi's transfer order, was about to arrive in Peng Cheng with fifty thousand naval troops and three thousand elite Brocade Sail Thieves!

The reason Gu Yi did not rush to reply to Zhou Yu at this moment was precisely to mess with his mentality.