Chapter 437

Actually.

If viewed from a geographical location.

Jiujiang is clearly a southern city.

But in the late Han era.

Due to the tributaries of the Yangtze River, Jiujiang is generally regarded as a northern city.

At this moment, in the council hall.

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu are meeting the young Zhuge Liang.

After introducing his basic information, Zhuge Liang was just about to speak.

Sun Ce waved his hand at the personal guards beside him and sneered:

"Men!"

"Take this fellow away!"

"Execute him immediately!"

It seemed he did not expect Sun Ce to pull such a stunt.

The white feather fan in Zhuge Liang's hand paused slightly.

But Zhuge Liang is Zhuge Liang after all, not an ordinary person.

After a little thought, he knew.

Sun Ce's move was most likely to dampen his momentum, so as to gain more bargaining chips in the negotiation.

Thus, Zhuge Liang's expression remained unchanged, quietly staring at Zhou Yu, who was silent on the side.

Sure enough.

Just as Zhuge Liang was about to be dragged away by the personal guards for execution.

Zhou Yu waved his hand, pretending to be ignorant, and persuaded Sun Ce:

"Bofu, this young friend Kongming is still young after all."

"In my opinion, it would not be too late to let him finish his purpose before dealing with him."

Sun Ce nodded with a smile, accepting Zhou Yu's proposal, and ordered the personal guards to stop seizing Zhuge Liang.

"Hehe, General Bofu's way of treating people is truly unique."

Zhuge Liang sarcastically remarked with a fake smile.

Sun Ce shrugged, not annoyed by this.

Negotiation, this kind of thing must first dampen the opponent's momentum.

Making such a bluffing move to gain more benefits is not shameful.

"Young friend Kongming, please finish your purpose first."

"If your purpose is not pure, the personal guards will really take action."

Zhou Yu also had a smile on his face.

Of course, although he said so.

He did not underestimate Zhuge Liang at all in his heart.

At only sixteen years old, he dared to go on a diplomatic mission alone to the two major warlords, Liu Biao and Sun Ce.

Looking at the same era.

There are probably not many people who can keep up with him, right?

Furthermore.

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu have also been worried about their future development recently.

Attacking Jingzhou won't work, attacking Jiangdong won't work, and attacking the big brother Gu Yi is even more like seeking death!

But if they keep remaining still and quietly wait for Gu Yi to pacify Jiangdong.

The options left for Sun Ce and Zhou Yu in the future will probably only be to honestly and completely surrender to Gu Yi.

This is absolutely unacceptable to both of them.

Therefore.

Zhuge Liang's arrival.

Actually ignited a spark in the hearts of Zhou Yu and Sun Ce.

It's just that they don't know yet how big this spark can burn.

"General Bofu, may I ask if you have a map here? Could you fetch one?"

Zhuge Liang bowed slightly.

Persuading Sun Ce is much more difficult than persuading Liu Biao.

At Liu Biao's place, because the Zhuge family has marriage relationships with the Cai, Kuai, and Huang families.

Zhuge Liang himself can be considered half a Jingzhou person.

Therefore, no matter what, no one would deliberately make things difficult for Zhuge Liang.

On the contrary, they would treat Zhuge Liang with high specifications, giving him a feeling of being a guest at home.

But here at Sun Ce's place.

If he fails to persuade Sun Ce to send troops.

What awaits Zhuge Liang is probably only a dead end!

"Fetch a map for young friend Kongming."

Sun Ce raised his hand.

The personal guards on the side understood instantly.

Soon, a simplified version of the map was brought over.

Zhuge Liang did not dislike this map.

Anyway, it's enough to point at.

He saw the white feather fan in his hand gently shaking.

Immediately, he pointed to the vicinity of Niuzhu on the map.

"This place is the only way Gu Linzhi must pass after crossing the Yangtze River if he wants to capture Jiangdong."

"My lord has already deployed troops here."

"Although it may not necessarily defeat Gu Linzhi, it is enough to make him suffer."

Seeing this, Sun Ce couldn't help but sneer:

"Liu Xuande is nothing but a defeated opponent of this general."

"Facing the more powerful Gu Linzhi, how could Liu Xuande possibly resist?"

Actually, one really can't blame Sun Ce for looking down on Liu Bei.

It is really because Liu Bei's previous record in Huainan was indeed not very good-looking.

Especially after falling for Gu Yi's strategy and accepting Qiao Rui's surrender, he was almost wiped out.

Under such circumstances.

Sun Ce naturally would not be optimistic about Liu Bei.

Who knew, upon hearing this, Zhuge Liang let out a "pfft" and laughed out loud.

"The world says General Bofu is brave."

"But now it seems, you are just a brute with eyes but no vision."

As the words fell, Sun Ce's eyes widened in anger.

He immediately drew his sword, making a gesture of wanting to hack Zhuge Liang to death.

Fortunately, Zhou Yu stopped Sun Ce in time, which temporarily extinguished his anger.

"Zhuge Kongming, since you say this general has eyes but no vision, why don't you let this general hear what high insights you have?"

In the end, curiosity overcame anger.

Sun Ce really wanted to know what kind of insights such an arrogant Zhuge Liang could propose.

"General Bofu, do you know that my lord has already received the unanimous support of the Jiangdong aristocratic families?"

"He is different from you."

"Your various behaviors have long offended most of the aristocratic families in the world."

"As far as I know, the total number of troops General Sun has in the three commanderies of Huainan is no more than forty thousand, right?"

"But my lord, having occupied Jiangdong for only three months, the number of troops under his command has already reached nearly ninety thousand!"