Chapter 460

Zhuge Liang felt a severe sense of frustration from this.

Besides that.

Zhuge Liang had already recognized Liu Bei as his master.

With his personality, he naturally wouldn't abandon Liu Bei at this time.

Although the time they had established a lord-subject relationship was not long.

But Zhuge Liang believed that one should eat the lord's salary and do the subject's work.

Before Liu Bei was completely defeated, he would never betray Liu Bei to defect to Gu Yi.

With Zhuge Liang's words falling.

Zhuge Jin was a bit confused.

He didn't quite understand what Zhuge Liang meant by this.

Was it to defect to Gu Yi, or not to defect to Gu Yi...?

Suddenly.

Zhuge Liang changed the subject, looked at Zhuge Jin, and smiled:

"Brother, I cannot go and defect to Gu Linzhi."

"But you can!"

"Between you and Lord Xuande, although there is the name of lord and subject, there is no reality of lord and subject."

"Until now, you haven't given Lord Xuande any strategies to deal with Gu Linzhi."

"If you go to defect to Gu Linzhi."

"Coupled with the great gift I give to Gu Linzhi."

"I think he will accept you."

"Furthermore, brother, what you are best at is handling internal affairs."

"Gu Linzhi will not refuse talent like you."

"As long as you serve under Gu Linzhi's command, then, even if Lord Xuande fails, the Zhuge family can be preserved."

"Uncle and Jun will not be threatened with their lives."

Zhuge Jin understood.

Zhuge Liang wanted to continue to accompany Liu Bei to be loyal to him.

And for Zhuge Jin, Zhuge Liang hoped that he could defect to Gu Yi to preserve the Zhuge family.

After thinking through the twists and turns, Zhuge Jin's hands trembled:

"Kongming, this is too cruel to you."

Zhuge Liang shook his fan, and the fan leaves gently hit Zhuge Jin's hand.

"Brother, Jun is still young."

"Only if you serve under Gu Linzhi's command can you one hundred percent protect him."

"Otherwise, if Lord Xuande is defeated."

"Gu Linzhi insists on destroying our Zhuge family."

"What should be done then?"

"Brother, don't forget the examples of the Lujiang Zhou family and Zhou Gongjin."

"Gu Linzhi is never a soft-hearted person!"

To put it bluntly.

Zhuge Liang didn't dare to gamble on whether Gu Yi would take his anger out on the Zhuge family after Liu Bei was defeated.

Therefore.

He wanted to arrange for Zhuge Jin to enter Gu Yi's command in advance to preserve the Zhuge family.

Of course, preserving the Zhuge family here refers to preserving the lives of Uncle Zhuge Xuan and third brother Zhuge Jun.

Although within Xuzhou, there was another branch of the Zhuge family headed by Zhuge Dan.

But in fact, the kinship between that branch of the Zhuge family and Zhuge Liang's branch was distant; they were distant relatives.

The two sides hadn't had any contact for a long time.

"This..."

"Sigh..."

Zhuge Jin stopped mid-sentence, sighing endlessly.

At this moment, it was Zhuge Liang who looked more like the older brother.

And he, who should have stood out as the eldest brother, could only hide under the protection of his younger brother.

"Alright, brother."

"This time, just agree to my arrangement."

"Leave Chaisang tonight, head north, and you can reach Gu Yi's location in no more than five days."

"In addition, please brother, give this brocade bag to Gu Yi."

"Inside it contains a great gift I am giving him."

"After reading it, I think he will accept you into his command."

Zhuge Liang smiled and soothed Zhuge Jin.

Since Niuzhu was conquered by Gu Yi's army.

Zhuge Liang understood that no matter how the Jiangdong aristocratic families supported Liu Bei, they couldn't be Gu Yi's match.

Resisting stubbornly was just a pointless and futile struggle.

Zhuge Liang himself could follow Liu Bei to the grave.

But Zhuge Jin, Zhuge Jun, and Zhuge Xuan, these three closest relatives, Zhuge Liang didn't want them to pay with their lives here.

……

Following Zhuge Liang's words.

Zhuge Jin left Chaisang under the cover of night and galloped north.

After learning the news that Zhuge Jin had left the city, Liu Bei didn't understand why.

But toward this, he didn't care.

Among the four people under Liu Bei's command from the Zhuge family so far, the most important were Zhuge Xuan and Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Xuan had quite a reputation in the literary world.

Zhuge Liang is overflowing with talent; despite his young age, he has already gained insight into human nature and is full of ingenious schemes.

Compared to these two, Zhuge Jin appeared insignificant.

And after Zhuge Jin left.

Liu Bei, with the support of the Jiangdong aristocratic families, handed over sixty thousand troops to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, letting them go to Wu Jun to set up a defense line.

Coupled with the thirty thousand garrison troops left by the aristocratic families in Wu Jun.

A total of ninety thousand troops.

The number of troops produced was not small.

And these were all the Jiangdong aristocratic families burning their own foundations to help Liu Bei resist Gu Yi.

Wu Jun was the most prosperous large commandery among the six commanderies of Jiangdong.

It was also the core industrial base of the Jiangdong aristocratic families.

For Liu Bei and the Jiangdong aristocratic families, Wu Jun must not be lost.

By comparison.

Chaisang, as a temporary seat of government, was a substitute that could be abandoned at any time.

However.

What Liu Bei didn't know was.

How could Gu Yi not see through this little thought of his?

A strategy specifically aimed at the Jiangdong aristocratic families and Liu Bei had already been prepared by Gu Yi!

……. ===== CHAPTER 461 =====