I have to say that Guo Jia's argument is very insightful, and his analysis is meticulous, which makes the current situation clear and understands the pros and cons with all the pros and cons.

In addition, Guo Jia knew very well that Li Li knew what he said, as if he was watching the fire from the other side of the river. Therefore, Li Li retreated to the next best moment when he was about to tear him off, and then forced Sun Ce to surrender to Li Li in order to protect himself and the 30,000 Jiangdong soldiers.

But in this way, Guo Jia and the generals of Xiliang were confused by Li Li, full of doubts, and even if they wanted to break their heads, they could not think of what Li Li was thinking.

What a great opportunity! You can't ask for anything, including soldiers, money, grain, weapons and supplies. Sun Ce will have to give whatever he wants. Even if Jiangbei does not have one, you can still draw it from Jiangdong.

But Li Li didn't want these things, but asked Sun Ce for his second brother to be a hostage.

why is that?

"Why did the lord do this? What's the purpose?" This was the biggest doubt in Guo Jia and the generals. He had no idea and was not prepared at all. Even Bu Zhi, who had traveled to Jiangdong, was full of questions at this moment. He really couldn't figure out why Li Li didn't have real military supplies, but he was aiming at Sun Quan, a child of Huangkou who was nearly 16 years old?

It was with such questions that Guo Jia urgently wanted to know the answer. However, as a subordinate, he had to abide by his duties and could not directly ask the Lord what he couldn't understand. He could only indirectly and guess the superior's intentions. Therefore, he did not directly ask Li Li why he asked Sun Quan as a hostage, but instead made a statement to test whether Li Li intended to get rid of Sun Ce now. At the same time, Guo Jia first expressed his opinion on this matter, and thus naturally led to the results he wanted to know.

This is the wisdom of being a minister and a unique way of communication between the ministers. This way of communication between superiors and subordinates has never been interrupted. It has been used to this day and has been continuously developed and extended, with higher skills and more diverse methods.

Until today, truly wise officials will not directly ask their immediate superiors: "What do you want to do? Why do you do this? What is the purpose of doing this?" If an official really asks this, then his career will come to an end and he will never get a good position even if he struggles for a lifetime. He will never have a relationship with his career path in his life. (In fact, the ancients are better at being an official than the modern people, and the way of being an official is no less than that of later officials, so those who are an official must learn Chinese well. It is best to be a top student in the Chinese department or history department. Angry young people are not suitable for being involved in the officialdom. No matter how the times develop, the way of the officialdom is always the same, and the potential rules only increase and do not decrease. The form is becoming more and more brilliant. It has become an unfathomable academic.)

In the back tent, Guo Jia and Li Li were drinking tea while talking, while Bu Zhi sat aside and quietly pouring tea and serving him, with great eyesight, which made Guo Jia look up to him again, and Li Li also smiled in praise.

"As Fengxiao said, our navy is now established, everything starts from scratch. It is probably two or three years to form combat power. Although our Xiliang Iron Cavalry is the most powerful army in the world, it is still a land war cavalry, and it cannot be a seasickness in the Yangtze River. Many soldiers even have seasickness, so our army will not be able to occupy Jiangdong in the short term. Since we cannot occupy Jiangdong, killing Sun Ce will be useless, and it will be a disadvantage for others. Therefore, since I led the army to the south, I have been thinking about how to stabilize the situation in Huainan and how to force Sun Ce to attack Huainan, so that he would stay in Jiangdong honestly." Li Li held the teacup and said thoughtfully.

Guo Jia smiled and said, "So the lord used a trick to force Sun Ce to hand over Sun Quan as a hostage, and used it to coerce him not to lead his army to capture Lujiang. But the minister was quite confused about this. Can Sun Quan really control Sun Ce's decision? As far as I know, Sun Ce has many younger brothers, four younger brothers and a younger sister, and Sun Ce has married and had children. Since then, Sun Quan seems irrelevant. One more is not more, one less is less. After all, Sun Ce has already had successors." After a round, Guo Jia finally raised the question he was eager to know. However, he said it according to Li Li's words, which naturally did not seem abrupt at all.

Li Li was slightly stunned after hearing this, and then laughed loudly, as if he had heard a huge joke, which made him laugh so hard that he couldn't stop, so that the tea in his hand was sprinkled out.

"Haha, Fengxiao doesn't know anything!" After finally resiliently laughing, Li Li signaled Bu Qi not to scrub the water stains, and said with a smile: "Fengxiao is not wrong, but you only know one but not the other, and only say half right. It is true that Sun Ce has several brothers and sisters, not only Sun Quan, but the others are still young. Apart from Sun Quan, the biggest one is Sun Ce's sister, but she is only fourteen years old and the remaining three younger brothers are under ten years old. It is not enough to accomplish anything in the next ten years. As for Sun Ce's son, you know this. A baby who is a half-year-old can be ignored. So I chose Sun Quan, as long as Sun Ce handed him to me as scheduled, the matter will end here. Then Sun Ce can lead his army to withdraw to Jiangdong, and from then on the two families will rule the river and do not invade each other."

Guo Jia became more and more curious when he heard this and asked, "The lord valued Sun Quan so much, and he must have had extraordinary points. As the saying goes, a tiger father has no dog son. Sun Jian was famous for his 'Jiangdong Tiger' when he was alive, and Sun Ce was even known as the 'Jiangdong Little Overlord'. In this way, I thought Sun Quan should have the style of his father, and his wise and martial arts. I wonder how he was better than Sun Ce?"

"Well? Wentao and martial arts, Sun Quan?" Li Li pondered in surprise, then shook his head slightly, and said with a smile: "Sun Quan is indeed worthy of the word "Wentao", but martial arts is a bit far-fetched. Let's put it this way, if it is a charge and attacking the city and siege, ten Sun Quans are not as good as one Sun Ce, and even more so. Even twenty or thirty cannot be compared with Sun Ce. However, if it comes to scheming and power planning, two Sun Ce can tie up one Sun Quan. In other words, Sun Quan is artificial in scheming and good at power planning, and is very good at power planning. Compared with him, Sun Ce is at best a commander of the three armies who are good at fighting, and his power planning is far less than Sun Quan. So I would rather let Sun Ce continue to take over Jiangdong than Sun Quan to take advantage of Sun Quan."

"Oh?" Guo Jia was very surprised after hearing this, narrowed his eyes and pondered: "It is skilled in scheming and good at power and scheming. Sun Zhongmou? It is said that when Sun Quan was nine years old, his father Sun Jian gave him the name "Zhongmou". Soon after, Sun Jian was robbed and killed by Liu Biao and died of arrows. After Sun Jian died, the nine-year-old Sun Quan went to Jingzhou to seek Sun Jian's body. A touching statement made Liu Biao cry. Then he felt soft and waved his hand and asked Sun Quan to take away the coffin of his deceased father. This incident had spread all over the world in his early years. The ministers did not believe it at the time, but just regarded it as a rumor. Now it seems that this matter is not a false news, but a fact."

As soon as he finished speaking, Bu Zhi sat aside and listened quietly and said softly: "What the military advisor said is right. The fact that Sun Quan asked Liu Biao for the body of his father Sun Jian was true. It spread throughout the river in his early years and heard it later. He also asked for confirmation of this incident when he was traveling to Jiangdong three years ago. Many people in Wu County who lived by the river had seen it with their own eyes, and it was definitely not a rumor."

After hearing this, Li Li nodded slightly, poured a cup of tea on his hands, blew the heat slowly, savored it carefully, and smiled without saying a word.

After seeing this, Guo Jia smiled and said with a smile: "My lord is really knowledgeable, predicting the enemy in advance in everything, and holding half of the northern country, but he is also very familiar with the affairs of Jiangnan, which really makes me admire him!"

After hearing this, Li Li almost squirted out a mouthful of tea, and then his face turned red and he smiled, "I have been too filial to praise me. I can't tell you well. At most, I have heard of it and know the fur. Uh, yes, know the fur, hahaha!" Obviously, Guo Jia's words made Li Li realize that he had just said something wrong, and he was just concerned about speaking out, but he forgot that he had not entered Jiangdong. How could he know what Sun Quan could do? Therefore, he was embarrassed and his cheeks were hot, which was all caused by the foresight.

Seeing that Li Li was so humble and even his face changed, Guo Jia's expression changed slightly, and immediately changed the topic: "If Sun Zhongmou is as famous as his name, and is indeed good at power and strategy, then as the lord said, once this son leads Jiangdong, the threat to our army is greater than that of Sun Ce. However, anyone who is good at power and strategy has one thing in common, which is that he must have power in his hands. Only after he is in power can he have the opportunity to play with power and strategy. If he does not have the opportunity to power, he will have no place to use his power, which is no different from ordinary people. At best, he is a clever and literary scholar who can't make a big fuss at all."

Li Li was shocked and smiled happily, "The words that hit the filial piety are very consistent with my heart!"

Guo Jia smiled humbly and said, "I am also the one who is openly guided by the Lord, and then I have realized it. The lord is truly a clever and makes a quick decision to kill the potential threat at the beginning. This move is tantamount to the bottom of a pot. Once Sun Quan comes to the lord, he completely loses the opportunity to take charge of Jiangdong and become a superior. Even if he has the ability to understand the sky and the earth, it will be useless. It should be noted that there are many people in the world who are good at scheming, and there are also many people who are proficient in power and scheming. Some people are even well versed in the ways of emperors. Unfortunately, they claim to be capable but have no place to use their skills. They are mediocre, wasted their lives, and become the public. Soon, one more person will be added to this group of people, and this is Sun Quan, who has become a hostage. I wonder what the lord is willing to be respected?"

"Good, great kindness! What you say in filial piety is exactly what I want." Li Li nodded happily, then looked at Guo Jia and smiled, but his smile was very strange, as if it was a traitor of a conspiracy. It was creepy and chilling when he saw it.

At this time, Bu Zhi interrupted, "I wonder if the lord has ever seen Sun Quan? If Sun Ce uses fraud to find someone who looks similar to Sun Quan, he can deceive the lord. How can we tell the truth?"

Li Li looked at Bu Zhi and praised, "Zishan is meticulous and said very much. But I was prepared for this. Zishan will look at it. This is a portrait of Sun Quan. Just after the discussion was completed, I ordered someone to give Sun Ce one to completely cut off his luck." As he spoke, Li Li stood up and walked to the desk to take out a portrait of brocade silk. The handsome young man in the painting was Sun Quan and Sun Zhongmou.

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