Zhuge Liang's eyes flashed like lightning, and his words were firm and resounding: "The three counties of Jingzhou are not only strategically important in terms of location, but also fundamentally important in terms of the people's support."
"Although General Guan has passed away, his loyal spirit lives on. How can the theft and plunder of Jiangdong compare to this?"
"As for the ownership of Jingzhou, it was occupied by the Yellow Turban Army back then. Wasn't your lord Liu Bei stealing and seizing it?"
Another Confucian scholar seized upon a loophole in Zhuge Liang's words and immediately retorted with a sarcastic remark.
Zhuge Liang suddenly frowned and shouted angrily: "In the past, the Yellow Turban rebels ravaged the Han Dynasty, causing the people to suffer and occupying Jingzhou and other places."
"However, with Zhang Jiao's death and the Yellow Turban Army falling apart, it is only natural that our lord Liu Bei, a descendant of the Han Dynasty, and Fa Xiaozhi, Huang Zhong, and others, would realize their mistake and return to the Han Dynasty!"
"You are Han officials, yet instead of serving the court, you acknowledge the Yellow Turban rebels' occupation of Jingzhou and bark wildly here. I have never seen such shameless people!"
"you……"
The scholar pointed at Zhuge Liang, furious, but for a long time he couldn't find the right words to refute him.
Zhuge Liang snorted coldly and continued, "Let me ask you, if you can hold Jiangdong, when my army arrives, do you scholars have the courage to fight?"
The Confucian scholars looked fearful and lowered their heads.
Let them talk; they're fine with that. But if it really comes to war, none of them will dare to speak.
Zhuge Liang sneered repeatedly: "Heh heh, our army hasn't even attacked Jiangdong yet, and you're already so scared!"
"This is utterly disgraceful to us scholars!"
"Retreat immediately, you have insulted my ears!"
Confucianists value reputation above all else, so how could they bear to hear Zhuge Liang scold them like that?
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