Chapter 463: The Bloody Battle of Xiling I
Jinling City, Donghou Mansion.
In the elegant study, Sun Quan was constantly laughing with his son in his hands, while a serious Fazheng was standing aside, reporting to him very rigorously the recitals presented by officials of the Donghou Mansion from all over the country.
To be honest, Fa Zheng didn't know how much Sun Quan could listen to, but Sun Quan was too lazy, and he couldn't find him when he usually wanted to find him, so he finally blocked him, so he could only report like this.
Although Sun Quan said that he could call the shots about things, but trust was trust, he still thought that he had to be responsible and let Sun Quan know the operation of Donghou Mansion.
"Junhou, there is news from Jiangxia that Zhuge Liang is going to do something to Huang Zu!" Fa Zheng suddenly said that Jiang Xia came back with the news.
"So fast?"
When Sun Quan heard this, he suddenly came back to his senses, narrowed his eyes slightly, and there was a hint of surprise in his eyes.
Liu Bei asked Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang, the two henchmen, to go south and want to seize Jiangxia, which he knew, so Pang Tong personally went to Jiangxia.
It is inevitable for Zhuge Liang to make a move on Huang Zu, but this is also a little too anxious, Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu obviously haven't even stood firm in Jiangxia now, so they want to solve Huang Zu.
They are not afraid of being bitten back.
You must know that Jiangxia is Huang Zu's territory, and Huang Zu has been able to stop Wu Guo for so many years, and he has more or less ability.
"They have to freeze, because Huang Zu is also preparing to do something to the two of them!"
Fa Zheng looked at Sun Quan and continued: "Originally, he wanted to use the tens of thousands of elite soldiers in the Xiling camp to suppress Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu, but Guan Yu was beyond his expectations, and he actually suppressed the Xiling camp with his own strength!" ā
"Not on your own!"
Hearing this, Sun Quan raised his head and looked away from his son's childish and cute little face. Zhao Zihong's eyes flashed with a gleam, and said: "It is the cooperation of force and strategy, Zhuge Kongming plus a Guan Yunchang, a Xiling camp under Huang Zu, it is equivalent to sending them food!"
Huang Zu's move was obviously a little stupid.
"So Huang Zu is already a little annoyed and angry now!" Fa Zheng nodded. expressed his agreement and said: "According to the news, he has sent back tens of thousands of elites under his command who are guarding the Yangtze River waterway, and is ready to exterminate Guan Yu and them in one fell swoop!" ā
"Even the last troops have moved, it seems that Huang Zu has been stimulated and even has no reason!"
This made Sun Quan a little surprised, Huang Zu sent these tens of thousands of troops back, then it was equivalent to Zhou Tai of Chaisang who could drive straight into Huanglong at any time.
The navy under Zhou Tai, once entered Xiling. Whether it's Huang Zu or Zhuge Liang, they all have to retreat obediently, this is a force to reduce ten meetings.
"Maybe for him Huang Zu, Jiangxia is the most important, Chu State? He probably never put it in his eyes! Fa Zheng's eyes were shining, and the sharp light seemed to penetrate Huang Zu's state of mind.
Huang Zu let go of the waterways of the Yangtze River, which was equivalent to giving up the safety of the Chu State.
"That's fine!"
Sun Quan heard this. nodded, agreeing with the Fa Rectification. Then he smiled and said, "Such a big scene, if we Wu Guo don't participate in it, I'm so sorry for them!" ā
"What do you mean?" Fa Zheng didn't quite understand, and hurriedly said: "There is an alliance between the State of Wu and the State of Chu, if we send troops." It is equivalent to tearing up the covenant in front of the people of the world! ā
The covenant is not important, but tearing up the covenant is tantamount to going to war, and Fa Zheng has a comprehensive understanding of the court of the state of Wu through the Donghou Mansion at this time.
He didn't think that Wu could afford to fight a battle for the country now.
"The covenant was signed by so-and-so personally!"
The corners of Sun Quan's mouth outlined a weird smile, and said, "A certain family knows better than you." The content of the covenant, a certain family understands in their hearts that at this moment, it is not a good time to go to war! ā
"What is the prince pointing at?" Fa Zheng looked at Sun Quan and asked
"The Four Treasures of the Study!" Sun Quan teased his son casually, and the little ingots let out a bell-like laugh, filling the space of the study,
"In!"
Hearing this, Fa Zheng quickly sorted out the desk, then polished the ink, prepared the paper, and said respectfully.
Sun Quan stood up, still holding the child, without the intention of writing it himself, with a cold smile on his face, and said: "A certain family dictated, you immediately wrote a book for a certain family and reported it to the king!" ā
"No!"
When Fa Zheng heard this, he didn't say a word, nodded, lifted the pen, his handwriting seemed to be flat and stable, and under Sun Quan's dictation, a brand new recital was soon released.
Sun Quan looked at it, then took out the purple official seal of Donghou Mansion, and asked Fa Zheng to cover it himself, before he said: "Send this book to the palace and report it to the king in the shortest possible time!" ā
Only when he stamped the official seal of his Donghou Mansion can it be regarded as the recital submitted by his Donghou Mansion.
"Will the king agree?" Fa Zheng nodded, and immediately let a few guards come in from outside, and sent Song Shuyi out as quickly as possible, but he was a little worried.
"If nothing else, yes!"
Sun Quan smiled slightly, he didn't care, he had already mentioned yƬ, the boss of Wu was Sun Jian, whether to move the army, or not to move the army, this is Sun Jian's decision.
He hugged his son, and while Fazheng was still pondering and familiarizing, he slipped out of the study like lightning and returned to the inner courtyard.
Fa Zheng came back to his senses and looked at his back, a little crying and laughing.
With such a master, I don't know if it's lucky or unlucky, a super big stage can allow him to play unrestrainedly, but you can't ignore it.
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An hour later, the prime minister's mansion was handed to Sun Jian's imperial study.
"Zibu, Gongjin, Jiangxia has changed, Huang Zu's Yangtze River elite soldiers returned to Xiling, Zhongmou thinks this is a great opportunity, so I hope that Zhou Tai will lead the soldiers to enter Xiling in the name of water thieves!"
Sun Jian's eyes were shining, looking at the book, his brows furrowed a little uncomfortably, and asked, "What do you think?" ā
If Zhou Tai walked in openly, it would be to tear up Wu Chu's covenant, but if he walked in in the name of a water thief, then it would be equivalent to an extra layer of shame on his body.
Although everyone can see that this is Wu Guo's trick, as long as there is no solid evidence to debunk it. Wu Guo didn't admit it, and this really didn't depend on Wu Guo's head.
"Jiangxia can't afford to lose, although he has been a little wronged by General Zhou, but in order to sacrifice a few fewer soldiers in the future battle, this thing can still be done!"
Zhang Zhao thought for a while and said.
The kingdom of Wu went from the king to the common people. All of them are ambitious, and for them, the conquest of Chu is inevitable, it is only a matter of time.
"King, now Xuzhou has been decided, and Youzhou has been flattened!" Zhou Yu obviously considered it much more far-reaching, and said: "Next, if Wu State wants to fight abroad, the first choice is Chu State!" ā
Although both the Jin and Wei states were in contact with the territory of the Wu state. But these two vassal states are both first-class giants, and their strength is not known below the Wu State.
And whether it is Cao Cao, the king of Wei, or Yuan Shao, the king of Jin, they are both wise and martial overlords, if they insist on fighting, even if they can defeat them, they will be greatly injured.
And relatively speaking, Chu is much easier to fight!
The national power of Wu is thriving. And because of the civil strife, the state of Chu is obviously in decline. As long as the precipitation of these two years is over, the national strength of Xuzhou and Youzhou, which are jokes, will be even stronger.
In fact, Wu Guo's future policy is more or less bottomed up in the hearts of several of their high-level leaders.
First level the south, and then chase the north.
This is the policy of Wu Guo after that.
"Jiangxia County is our bridgehead to enter the Chu State!" Zhou Yu looked at Sun Jian and continued: "So I think." It is inevitable to enter Jiangxia, as long as General Zhou Tai, although General Wu Guowei has been reduced to a grass, but for the sake of the overall situation, General Zhou Tai should understand! ā
"Gong Jin. Once Zhou Tai enters Jiangxia, it will inevitably make Liu Biao nervous, do you think, will Liu Biao stand still? ā
Hearing this, Sun Jian nodded, he squinted his eyes, and began to think in his heart, once Zhou Tai moved, no matter what the name was, it would give the State of Chu a sign, and the State of Wu was about to launch an attack on the State of Chu.
If Liu Biao is annoyed and embarrassed, it is inevitable that the two sides will pull the camp.
"Yes!"
Zhou Yu nodded, smiled coldly, and said: "In fact, this time there are not many soldiers and horses entering Jiangxia, 10,000 elite soldiers are enough, the warship erases our mark, and does not erect the battle flag, according to Donghou, not as the navy of Wu State, but also as the Yangtze River water thief, entering Xiling, it is good to get Jiangxia, even if you can't get it, try Liu Biao's reaction, it's actually not bad!" ā
The state of Chu will be fought sooner or later, and trying Liu Biao's endurance will be very helpful for future battles.
"Good!"
When Sun Jian heard this, he was immediately moved, he thought about it for a while, and finally made a decision, and immediately issued an urgent holy decree of eight hundred miles to Zhou Tai, who was far away in Chaisang.
"Zibu!"
After Sun Jian sent down the holy decree, he suddenly had an urgent thought, his eyes suddenly looked at Zhang Zhao, with a look of hope, and asked: "If Gu Ruo wants to fight a full-scale campaign against the Chu State now and break the Chu State in one fell swoop, there will be enough grain and grass support in the country!" ā
Since they are all going to fight, it is better to solve the state of Chu at once.
"King!"
When Zhang Zhao heard this, he was suddenly shocked in his heart, smiled slightly bitterly, and then shook his head very certainly, and said: "The two major battles that have been fought in less than two years now, whether it is the Battle of Xuzhou or the Battle of Youzhou, have actually cost Wu too much manpower and material resources, if it were not for the support of national debt funds, the finances of Wu State would collapse now!" ā
"Can't really afford it?" Sun Jian was still a little unwilling.
"Great King, a certain family is very clear that if there is no one year to recover and precipitate, the finances of the State of Wu will definitely not be able to support the battle against the State of Chu!"
Zhang Zhao cut the way categorically.
The big tent is the national strength, and now the national strength of the Wu State cannot support a big war that overthrows the country, and if it is strong, it is equivalent to being reckless.
Moreover, the State of Chu and the State of Lu and the State of Yan are all different, with the strength of Jingzhou, if the State of Wu wants to take it, it must do its best to determine the outcome in one battle, otherwise it will just tickle when it is opened.
"King, the strength of the Chu State is not weak!"
Zhou Yu looked at Sun Jian's face, and hurriedly added, knocking out his last thoughts, and said: "There are two points that do not allow us to fight this battle, first, our soldiers have sacrificed too much in the past two years, their morale is low, and they start a war rashly, which will only make the soldiers resentful." ā
On the battlefield in Xuzhou and in the station in Youzhou, too many soldiers have died in the past two years, hundreds of thousands of soldiers have fought fiercely, and more than 10,000 casualties have been lost.
"Second, if we want to conquer the Chu State, we must wait for an opportunity, an opportunity that neither the Wei State nor the Jin State is capable of making trouble!" Zhou Yu continued.
Both countries are now eyeing Wu State, if this battle is halfway through, the two countries suddenly send troops, Wu State will be a tragedy!
"Then wait a little longer!"
When Sun Jian heard this, he smiled, the recent expansion of the territory has been too violent, which made him a little fluttering, Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao's words, a basin of cold water, extinguished his burning heart.
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Under the cover of night.
The sky in Xiling is a little gloomy.
Liu Qi was in the newly purchased mansion in Xiling City, full of people, colorful lights, and a big feast, this time, he wanted to invite the king of Jiangxia, Huang Zu.
"Mr. Kong Ming, is this plan really feasible?"
Above the lobby, Liu Qi looked outside, always feeling a little apprehensive in his heart.
He really wanted to kill Huang Zu, but for Huang Zu, he had a trace of fear after all, this overlord of Jiang Xia who covered the sky with one hand was very cruel in his heart.
"The Great Prince!"
Zhuge Liang's face was calm, his eyes narrowed slightly, looked at Liu Qi, crossed a touch of vague disdain, and said lightly: "The Xiling camp has been collected by us, we and him, there will be a death, if he doesn't die, you will die, will you die, or will he die?" ā
Liu Qi belongs to the kind of person who is ambitious and talented, has a heart but has no courage.
"Of course he's dead!"
When Liu Qi heard this, a touch of horror suddenly flowed in his heart, his face turned hideous, and he said coldly: "No matter what, I can't let him walk out of this mansion!" ā
"Don't worry, the eldest prince!"
Guan Yu, who was closing his eyes next to him, opened a pair of narrow Danfeng eyes, his eyes flashed with a bright aura, and he said coldly and arrogantly: "As long as he enters this mansion, he will definitely die!" (To be continued......)