Three Kingdoms: I, Ma Su, Only Seek Death

After Shuzhong had finalized the plan to conquer Wu, Zhang Wencai, the envoy from Soochow, arrived belatedly. With the words of Lu Xun, the governor of Soochow, he prepared to persuade the Shu Han Dynasty to support Soochow in the Northern Expedition.

The Battle of Shiting was just the beginning. Lu Xun had prepared a series of plans to build momentum. After defeating Cao Xiu at Shiting, Lu Xun quickly formulated a plan for the five-pronged army's northern expedition.

One of them is the Shu army led by Prime Minister Zhuge.

Zhang Wen was sent here with the intention of strengthening his relationship with Shu Han and discussing the Northern Expedition together. When Sun Quan becomes emperor, he will still need recognition from the Shu Han side.

To put it simply, as long as the Shu Han sends troops for the Northern Expedition, everything will be fine.

However, when Zhang Wen entered the Shuhan court with a mission, he felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere.

The attitude of the Shu Han civil and military officials suddenly turned cold toward him, and many old officials even looked hostile. Even Deng Zhi, who had a close relationship with him in the past, looked at him with a more indifferent look.

This situation made Zhang Wen feel a little weird. After reflection, he didn't seem to have done anything extraordinary. Since he entered Shu, he has been extremely respectful, and it seems that he has not offended the Shu Han officials.

Why do you think I have so much hostility?

However, after thinking about it, Zhang Wen honestly stated the purpose of his trip.

"The King of Wu defeated the Wei army at Shiting one month ago, and now the morale of the whole country of the puppet Wei is low. The King of Wu believes that this is the time for our two countries to join forces to go north, and today is the day to conquer the Central Plains!"

Zhang Wen thought that what he said was very inspiring, and he also knew that the Shu Han people were obsessed with the Northern Expedition. According to his expectation, as long as he finished shouting on the loudspeaker, the Shu Han people would unanimously agree and join forces with Wu to fight against Wei.

However, what Zhang Wen did not expect was that the Shu Han court was eerily silent, with almost everyone looking at him.

The same goes for Liu Chan.

Even Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of the Shu Han Dynasty, who had always understood the general outline and the importance of the alliance, had a calm expression and no emotion.

What's going on?

"Envoy Wu, there are rumors when you come to Chengdu that the King of Wu intends to use the victory in the Battle of Shiting to claim the title of emperor. Is this true?"

Chief Shi Jiang Wan stood up, with a calm expression but shocking words, which shocked Zhang Wen.

Have the thoughts of the Supreme Being become known to everyone?

Why has everyone in Chengdu heard about it?

In an instant, Zhang Wen felt like he was sweating profusely.

"This is just a rumor. I have never heard of such a big event!" Zhang Wen pretended to be calm and replied with pretense of doubt.

However, those who have managed to get to this point have very good eyesight. Seeing Zhang Wen's nervousness for just a moment, all the Shu Han officials knew that they had no choice but to run away.

You, Sun Quan, are so brave!

"Even if you don't admit it, we have already heard about it." Changshui Captain Qin Mi stood up and looked at Zhang Wen with an angry expression.

"The arrogance of Soochow is something that I, the great Han, cannot tolerate. The so-called joint Northern Expedition can only be empty talk."

"I am an orthodox man, how can I unite with the false emperor?" Dong Yun also stood up and shouted angrily.

For a time, the officials of the Shu Han Dynasty were filled with righteous indignation and accused Soochow of being arrogant.

Zhang Wen felt cold about this. Obviously this trip was not that simple.

"This is just a rumor! You are all heroes among the Han Dynasty. How can you be misled by rumors?"

"The King of Wu is only willing to form a good relationship with the Han Dynasty and join forces with the Qin and Jin Dynasties to jointly destroy the puppet Wei!"

"Then how about Wu envoy pointing to the Yangtze River and swearing?"

At this time, Ma Su stood up and looked at Zhang Wendao with a smile.

This sentence made Zhang Wen fall silent and did not dare to reply.

In this era, credibility is still very important. At least you must have some credibility when dealing with non-enemies. Unless there is a prerequisite for huge profits, who is willing to spend their reputation casually?

Obviously, Sun Quan did not give Zhang Wen that price, and Zhang Wen was not willing to waste his credibility by endorsing Sun Quan.

After seeing Zhang Wen's attitude, the Shu Han ministers became very excited and asked to attack him. His words were so angry that Zhang Wen was frightened.

Will this group of Shu veterans get angry and beat him?

Finally, Zhuge Liang stood up and spoke on behalf of Shu Han's attitude.

"Wu is an ally of Han. But today King Wu's arrogance has violated Han's bottom line."

"I would like to ask your Majesty to issue an order to demote Sun Quan to the rank of Marquis of Wu and reduce his fiefdom as punishment. If he still persists in his stubbornness, please send troops to attack him and tell the world's righteous people!"

Zhuge Liang spoke, and Liu Chan nodded quickly. Before the Prime Minister finished speaking, Liu Chan nodded.

"What the prime minister said is true, I will follow what the prime minister said!"

With Shu Han's attitude, Zhang Wen also understood that his mission could not be completed. On the contrary, if Sun Quan really insists on proclaiming himself emperor, he may face the angry Shu army and the Wei army from the north who comes to seek revenge.

What the hell is this shit, why did I get involved in it?

Thinking of this, Zhang Wen could only secretly be angry that his own intelligence about King Wu was not handled carefully. Not only did you not keep such a big matter a secret, you also made it seem like Shu Han knew about it just by himself.

The boy from Shu is a genius in the world. Not only can he recite Meng De's new book, he is also proficient in military strategy, and he is also a good expert in gathering information.

Both His Majesty and the Prime Minister spoke, and the edict was quickly issued and Deng Zhi was appointed as the envoy to issue an ultimatum to Sun Quan.

Give in, or go to war!

"Youchang, what choice do you think Sun Zhongmou will make?" Looking at Zhang Wen leaving in despair, Zhuge Liang smiled slightly and pulled Ma Su next to him and said.

"I think he will be furious, and then yell at Shu Zian for insulting me." Ma Su replied with a smile.

"And not only will he not hold back, he will proclaim himself emperor in advance and show his authority to the people of Jiangdong."

In terms of bottom line, Sun Quan is the weakest among this group of heroes. Even if he is good at fighting and balancing, how can he do anything?

He's just the master of Yishoucheng, and his character is so greedy.

Every time I have to be slapped in the mouth by reality, I only know how much I weigh.

"Speaking of Prime Minister, I think I should be the pioneer..."

"Stop talking nonsense, you have a war to fight. Just carry out the military orders!"

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When Zhang Wen and Deng Zhi came to Jianye and expressed Shu Han's attitude to Sun Quan, Sun Quan was furious as expected.

"How dare Shu Zian insult me!!"

Sun Quan was very angry about this. He never expected that the biggest obstacle to his becoming emperor was the Shu Han.

Originally, he planned to drag the Shu Han people with him on the Northern Expedition and let the Shu army go north to fight the Wei army. When the time comes when Soochow becomes emperor and they need Soochow, they can only hold their noses and admit it.

However, he still underestimated the talents of the Shu Han side. He knew that he wanted to be emperor just by adding Jiuxi.

Not only that, the Shu Han reacted so strongly that they not only broke off diplomatic relations but also prepared to attack him.

Isn't it said that the prime minister of Shu Han generally knew how to advance and retreat? How could he make such an irrational choice?