It was still early when Zhou Yu visited Cao Shu, and the dinner would not start at least two hours later.

After saying goodbye to Cao Shu, he did not return to the military camp, but came to the Sun family.

In the study room.

Sun Quan and Zhou Yu sat facing each other.

"Have Gongjin met Cao Zi melted?" Sun Quan asked.

"I've seen it." Zhou Yu replied.

"What do you think?" Sun Quan asked: "Does the Cao family plan to use troops to Jiangdong?"

"It's still not clear." Zhou Yu said: "From Jiang Gan's previous visit to me and Cao Zirong is here in person, it can be seen that most of the Cao family has no intention of using troops."

"Since the Cao family has no plans to use troops, are we..." Sun Quan asked halfway, but he did not continue asking.

Zhou Yu locked his eyebrows and thought for a while, and said to Sun Quan: "Wu Hou, do you think you should let Cao Zi molten back?"

Sun Quan said with a bad face: "Mother protects him, we are afraid we won't have a chance..."

"Cao Zirong has grown too fast in the past few days." Zhou Yu said: "Although he only has 30,000 troops under his command, he can summon an army of hundreds of thousands at any time as long as he wants."

"I understand what you mean." Sun Quan said: "But I also said that my mother protects him. If he doesn't go, the Cao family will not give up with us."

"We are not the ones who are taking action. What reason does the Cao family have to stop with us?" Zhou Yu asked.

"Gongjin means..." As if he understood what Zhou Yu said, Sun Quan did not point it out directly, but instead asked as if he wanted to make sure.

"Cao Zirong wants to kill Liu Xuande, why doesn't Liu Xuande want to kill him?" Zhou Yu said: "I got the news that Zhuge Kongming recruited some dead soldiers and was planning to cross the Yangtze River to Jiangdong."

"How can I let them attack Jiangdong?" Sun Quan waved his hands repeatedly: "You must never let Cao Zi die in Jiangdong..."

"I think Wu Hou would rather ignore this matter." Zhou Yu said: "Don't say that Cao Zirong may not die. Even if he died in Jiangdong, it was Liu Xuande's attack. What does it have to do with us?"

"Although it was Liu Xuande's attack, we also have the charge of ineffective protection." Sun Quan said: "I have already ordered Gan Xingba to lead two hundred soldiers to protect Cao Zirong from all over the world."

"Wu Hou asked Gan Xingba to protect Cao Zirong?" Zhou Yu asked in surprise.

"Apart from him, everyone else has important things to do." Sun Quan said: "I really can't draw any man."

"Just find a lieutenant to take someone to protect him." Zhou Yu said a little annoyed: "Gan Xingba personally protects himself. I'm afraid that the dead soldiers sent by Liu Xuande can't get close to Cao Zirong's body at all."

"That depends on Liu Xuande's ability." Sun Quan said: "If we can't kill Cao Zirong under Gan Xingba's eyelid, we are not worthy of joining the alliance with him."

"Wu Hou didn't think about helping Liu Xuande?" Zhou Yu said, "You know, once Cao Zirong returns to Shouchun, his future actions will definitely be much greater than now. Moreover, he is nominally the King of Five Prefectures, and he is in charge of the five prefectures, including Yangzhou. If he doesn't kill him, even if he doesn't go against Jiangdong this time, he will come back sooner or later. If he wants to deal with him at that time, there will be no such good opportunity."

Sun Quan hesitated for a while, finally shook his head and said, "We won't do it, just let Liu Xuande do it. I am still worried that if Cao Zirong really dies in Jiangdong, the Cao family will vent our anger."

"The Cao family vented their anger and fought with them." Zhou Yu said: "Without Cao Zirong, the Cao family would be like having the most powerful arm. The Yangtze River relies on water battles, not to win with a large number of troops. Although Jingzhou also has naval troops, they have neglected training in the past and are not the opponent of our Jiangdong naval army at all. As for hundreds of thousands of Cao troops, can they still cross the Yangtze River without warships?"

Looking at Zhou Yu in surprise, Sun Quan asked, "Did Gongjin have already found a solution?"

"Not yet." Zhou Yu replied: "Once the war begins, there will definitely be a method. The most important thing at the moment is to not let Cao Zirong return to the north shore alive."

"Let me think about it carefully." Sun Quan did not respond directly, but said hesitantly.

"Cao Zirong didn't have much time in Jiangdong." Zhou Yu said: "Wu Hou is so hesitant, he is afraid that it will delay major events."

"This matter is quite a matter." Sun Quan shook his head and said, "I must think carefully and make sure that I can kill before I can take action."

Sun Quan could not make up his mind to kill Cao Shu, so Zhou Yu jumped straight into a hurry.

But he had no way of doing this.

Jiangdong belongs to the Sun family, and Sun Quan is the lord of Jiangdong. Of course, Sun Quan has the final say in everything.

Zhou Yu asked Sun Quan to allow him to help Liu Bei kill Cao Shu, but Sun Quan hesitated and refused to take action.

That night, Cao Shuo, escorted by Gan Ning, accompanied by Zhao Yun, Chen Dao and others to the Sun's house.

Jiangdong's aides and generals were also here to accompany him.

After Cao Shuo sat down, Zhao Yun and Chen Daoyi stood behind him by the sword on the left and right.

Deng Zhan and Zhu Aoze stood behind Zhao Yun and Chen Dao.

Seeing that they were all standing, Sun Quan smiled and said, "Don't stand, several generals, please sit down."

Zhao Yun and others ignored him and still pressed the hilt of the sword to look ahead.

Looking at Cao Shu with some embarrassment, Sun Quan said, "Brother Zirong, these people behind you..."

"We don't have to worry about the Lord Wu." Zhao Yun said: "Today we are greeting the young master. We are just the servants of the young master. There has never been a reason why the lord can sit in the banquet, and the servants can also sit."

After he said this, Sun Quan didn't know what to do.

Smiling awkwardly, Sun Quan asked Cao Shu: "Whenever Brother Zirong goes out, how many generals will he bring?"

"Not necessarily." Cao Shuo said: "The general who comes with me every time is not fixed. This time, I come to Jiangdong to bring Zilong and others. I will come back again. It is very likely that the ones I bring are others."

"The powerful generals under Brother Zirong are so enviable." Sun Quan said: "If I could get so many powerful generals..."

"There are many powerful generals in Jiangdong." Cao Shu interrupted him: "There are several people I know alone. How could Zhongmou say he envy me? Could it be that he is not very satisfied with Jiangdong?"

Knowing that he had said the wrong thing, Sun Quan felt even more embarrassed.

The expression on his face changed rapidly a few times, and Sun Quan said: "I'm just saying it casually, why should Brother Zirong expose it in public?"

"Mr. Wu may not know yet, I am honest." Cao Shuo grinned: "What should be said and what should not be said will pop up casually. If you have any offense, please ask Wu Hou to take care of it."

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say!" Sun Quan forced out a smile: "Although I knew Brother Zirong in the past, I didn't know much about it. Today I know a lot, so I'm paying attention to my words."
Chapter completed!