Cao Cao lost almost 50,000 men on the attack on Fan Cheng and captures Xin Ye in the process, Liu Bei flees to Jiang Xia.
To Guan Yu: Make haste for Jiang Xia and request reinforcements from Liu Qi, he will come as they are relatives, Cao is not just coming for us but is also eyeing the city.
Guan Yu: Good plan...
Zzzz...
Kongming: no war horse can outrun your red hare, therefore is task is yours and yours alone.
Chapter 37: The impending Cao Cao Invasion
In a conversation with Kongming, Liu Bei and Liu Cong, Kongming's strategy was to forge an alliance with Jiang Dong's Sun Quan.
Zhuge Liang's Optimism:
My Lord, you have already lost the battle, should we go to war again, at most, it is merely another defeat. But it is a different case for Sun Quan, it is not a matter of winning or losing, his is a matter of life and death. Cao Cao will definitely cross the river, and conquer his land. Only with our alliance, we stand a chance of victory. (By then a messenger reports that the Jiangdong envoy Lu Su had arrived to mourn Liu Cong's father). Kongming said, should Sun Quan be victorious, my Lord can go for Jing Zhou, if Cao Cao wins, we can go for Jiang Dong.
Liu Bei looked very stern and asked how could he think of conquering the land at a time like this, which Kongming replied, 恕我直言，所有的千秋霸业都是山穷水尽时开始的 (all victorious conquests begins when there was no way out). We have already gone through the most difficult times, as of this moment, besides our heads, there is nothing left for us to lose. Everyday shall be better, the only way to go, is up.
On Lu Su
Amongst Jiang Dong's talents of warriors and academics, the post of head of the warriors will surely go to Zhou Yu, for academics, Zhang Zhao. I heard from my brother, besides him, the 3rd person that can lead Jiang Dong's academics would be Lu Su. In Jiangdong's talents, my brother can only be ranked 20th and after.
Being the arrogant person he is who looks down on others, Zhou Yu has only ever recommended one person in his life to Sun Quan, and that person is Lu Su on the 3rd day Sun Ce passed away. Sun Quan spent an entire month with Lu Su, being very close and spending all their time together, no one knows what they have talked about but a month later, Sun Quan seemed to have been greatly enlightened, even the way he speaks began to have an aura that of 30% of an emperor.
The Lu Su here is portrayed as a honest, straightforward person who goes direct to the point of the matter, and is serious dude.
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