Chapter 512: Prison Country
For Sun Quan, not having to go to war is actually a good thing, but being the minister of Wu is not a good job either.
The scale of Wu is so large now, the territory of the north and south, from the South China Sea to the East China Sea, Pingyou and Liangzhou, Mahan, Waguo, Yizhou, Jiaozhou, not counting the bits and pieces at the county level, just the big things played at the state and county level, which is enough to make people inseparable.
Sun Jian is a responsible king, not to say that he does everything himself, but he can be regarded as comprehensive, hard and hardworking, and now that Sun Jian is on the march, everything in the Wu Kingdom has been pushed to Sun Quan.
Sun Quan has been in charge of the shopkeeper for a long time, so he naturally can't stand it, but now that the four King Kongs underground, he can't even be lazy.
The so-called Four King Kongs are the four giants of the Wu State Dynasty today, Prime Minister Zhang Zhao, General Pan Feng, Taiwei Cheng Pu, and Imperial Doctor Zhang Hong.
They are regarded as the four pillars of the Wu regime, and Sun Jian did not let them go with them on the expedition in order to stabilize the rear of the Wu State.
Although their vision and strategy are not top-notch, they have extraordinary qualifications, extraordinary status, extraordinary prestige, and extraordinary means.
And they have now experienced the baptism of the Wu Dynasty for several years, they are all old foxes, and Sun Quan can fool Fazheng Zhuge Jin, these people, can't fool these old foxes.
In the end, I can only read the book here in peace.
"Alas!"
Sun Quan casually read the book, raised his head, swept his gaze over a few people, sighed long, and then looked at the sunny weather outside with a hint of envy in his eyes.
He muttered, "With such good weather, you should go on an outing." It's good now, it's all wasted on these books! ”
"Prince!"
Zhang Zhao raised his head, glanced at him, and said seriously: "Today's weather is indeed very good, but these have nothing to do with you, as the minister of supervision." You'll have to stay in the palace for two more hours before you can get home! ”
"Prime Minister Zhang, do you have to calculate the time so carefully?"
When Sun Quan heard this, he pursed his lips and smiled a little bitterly: "In fact, now that the political system of Wu State is perfect, each performing its own duties, with me and without me, you don't still handle government affairs the same, why do you have to let me sit here, I can work in Donghou Mansion at a glance." Is there any important book, send a copy to Donghou Mansion for me to see, every day I have to enter the palace before dawn, do you want to go. ”
The royal palace is very large, except for the palace of the harem, most of the palaces in front are offices, and there are many books that come in and out every day.
Executive Palace. This is a side hall next to the Fengtian Hall of the main hall of the upper dynasty, and Sun Jian is usually in the imperial study in addition to it. It is here to deal with government affairs with Zhang Zhao and them.
It's good now, this has become Sun Quan's prison, watching the guards carrying boxes of books, going in and out, reviewing, and not reviewing. It's all annoying.
"Zhongmou, if you are in Donghou Mansion and no one is looking at you, you can be lazy!"
Cheng Pu put down a piece of good news in his hand and said indifferently: "Here." The four of us look at you, you can slip away three or five times, if you are in Donghou Mansion, who can control you! ”
He knows Sun Quan too well, in the past, Wu County was undecided, Sun Jian went out on the expedition and threw Sun Quan under him as an errand, Sun Quan was not lazy in his way that time.
"Uncle!"
When Sun Quan heard this, his face was a little red, he gritted his teeth, looked at him viciously, and said, "We are also an old relationship, uncle and nephew, do you have to say it so bluntly?" ”
"Prince!"
Zhang Zhao's face remained unchanged, and he said lightly: "Now you are the minister of Wu State, how can you be a child's play in the major affairs of the country, you must deal with it in the palace, it is the right way!" ”
"Okay, Junhou, don't think about so many crooked ideas, handle political affairs well, you can come and see this book!"
Pan Feng stood up and handed Sun Quan a copy of the good news from the front.
"Huang Zhong wants to divide his troops?"
Sun Quan was stared at by these four King Kongs, even if he had great ability, he had no choice but to deal with government affairs with peace of mind, he took the book, glanced at it, his eyes lit up slightly, his face turned positive, and said: "The left route army is originally the weakest in strength, if it is divided into troops, it is inevitable that there will be accidents!" ”
Huang Zhong's strength was less than 100,000, and he was the weakest of the Third Route Army, with not many cavalry and navy, and eighty percent of them were foot soldiers.
When it comes to combat effectiveness, it is definitely the weakest.
Guiyang, who has just been taken now, actually wants to divide the troops, attack on both sides at once, and want to swallow Lingling and Changsha in one go, which is a bit too risky.
It stands to reason that Huang Zhong wouldn't take such a risk, right?
"Now the troops of the Chu State are all stationed in Chibi, waiting to fight to the death with the king!"
Cheng Pu's Taiwei Mansion began to quietly transform a long time ago, and now it is equivalent to the military staff, and they have been deducing the development of the war since the beginning of the war.
Therefore, Cheng Pu understands the development of the war ahead more than them: "General Huang's division of troops at this time is not necessarily a bad thing!" ”
"It's not Chu Jun who is worried!"
Sun Quan shook his head, squinted slightly, there was a trace of worry in his eyes, and said: "Don't forget yours, in Jingnan, in addition to the soldiers and horses of the Chu State, there is also a force that can pose a threat to our Wu army!" ”
"Barbarians?"
Zhang Zhao's eyes moved slightly and he called out.
The barbarians in the south of Jingzhou are equivalent to the Shanyue in Jiangdong, and now the Shanyue in Jiangdong has been completely pacified, but the barbarians in Jingzhou are still strong.
They are now unclear about the enemy and us, and if they move, Huang Zhong's troops will be in big trouble.
"Wuxi Man's strength is not weak, and they are not doing well, if they are persuaded by Liu Biao with gold, silver and grain, the current division of General Huang's troops is a great opportunity for him, if they send troops, General Huang's left army will be dangerous!" Sun Quan nodded, analyzing.
"Why don't we send someone to recruit them?" Zhang Hong thought for a while and said in a low voice.
"This must be done, and I've already sent someone to do it!" Sun Quan nodded.
As early as the Western Expedition, he sent his henchman Fa Zheng out, together with two officials from Taichang Mansion, in the name of Wu State, to visit Wuximan.
However, Wuxi Man didn't know much about him. Still a little worried.
Sun Quan said: "Although we sent envoys to communicate with the Wuxi barbarians, we are not sure that we can persuade the Wuxi barbarians at one time, so we must make preparations with both hands to prevent them from sending troops, and we must remind General Huang to be careful of their hands!" ”
"These barbarians don't pose a threat on weekdays. Now at a critical time, it has become a big problem for us! Hearing this, Zhang Zhao sighed and said.
From the Shanyue people in Jiangdong, you can see the trouble of the Wuxi barbarians.
"Confidant?"
When Sun Quan heard this, he shook his head and said: "The Shanyue people have been dominant in Jiangdong for hundreds of years, and we have to get rid of them from the roots, and they Wuxi Man are not worthy of becoming a big trouble for our Wu State, and all we are discussing now is just talking on paper." General Huang is on the front line, he should see it better than us, he wants to have a calm personality, since he dares to divide his troops, it means that he does not take these barbarians in his eyes! ”
"Then you're still so worried about the Left Route Army?" Pan Feng looked at him and said a little strangely.
"As the saying goes: people have no long-term concerns, but they must have near-term worries!"
Sun Quan stood up and said, "We are in the rear." In addition to the words on paper, there is one more. If you can read the news of the front line and take the overall situation of the war, no matter whether the front line has noticed the direction or not, we must pay attention to the fact that they are in the battle situation, no matter how smart they are. It is inevitable that the situation of the battle will be confused and something will be missed, and this is where we have to make up for them! ”
No one is perfect, as long as it is human, no matter how clever the brain is, there will be aspects that are missing.
Lookers-on see most of the game!
What they're going to do now. It is from the perspective of a bystander, but it adds all aspects of the battle situation on the front line that they can't think of.
"After all, we are outside the battle situation, and we can see much more clearly than theirs!"
Sun Quan stood in front of the window of the main hall, looked into the distance, and explained lightly.
"That's right!"
When a few people heard this, they looked at Sun Quan for a moment, and Sun Quan's words would always bring them a different feeling.
"Then let's take a look at the progress of the Right Army!" Pan Fengdao: "This is the battle report of the Right Route Army, one report a day, yesterday and today have not yet arrived!" ”
"Uncle, where is the Right Army?"
Hearing this, Sun Quan turned his head and read all the battle reports, his face became serious, he looked at Cheng Pu and asked.
"Ten days ago, their main force was still Suixian, but now that the vanguard cavalry overlord iron cavalry has passed the Han River, I am afraid that in ten days at most, they will be able to come to Xiangyang!" Cheng Pu stood up and hurriedly said.
"I always feel like something is wrong?"
Sun Quan scratched his head, turned out all the good news on the front line, placed a sand table in front of the administrative hall, compared it carefully, and said: "Brother's plan is very good, capture the thief and capture the king, if you can take Xiangyang, at most half a year, you can draw an end to this battle, but his battle line is too long, and the soldiers are too anxious!" ”
"Junhou, now the entire territory of Jiangxia, except for Xiling, has all fallen into the hands of Wu Jun!" Cheng Pu pondered for a moment, shook his head, and said, "There shouldn't be a problem!" ”
"And the only thing that can threaten the left army is Liu Bei's soldiers and horses, now most of Liu Bei's soldiers and horses have withdrawn from Jiangxia, and the only remaining 20,000 troops are guarding Xiling, waiting for the final retreat, they can't afford any accidents!" Pan Feng's long and narrow phoenix eyes flashed with essence, and said.
"That's what I said!"
Sun Quan's eyes were cold, and he said: "But who saw that Liu Bei's main force really withdrew from Jiangxia, and the scouts returned only to see tens of thousands of soldiers wearing Jiangxia army's military robes entering Xiakou, but they still can't confirm whether it is Liu Bei's main force, what if this is Liu Bei's disguise?" ”
"It should be their main force, right?" Several people glanced at each other, a little shocked by Sun Quan's wild thoughts.
"If Liu Bei's main force wants to go north, it is impossible to keep the eyes of our scouts busy!"
"What if the main forces are scattered?"
Sun Quan threw down the baton in his hand and said, "The army is reduced to zero, and then with the influence of the Jiangxia Huang clan, they want to hide from the sky and the sea and raid north, it's not impossible!" ”
"If that's the case, then it's trouble!" Everyone was slightly shocked.
"Inform the king of our thoughts, and let him confirm whether Liu Bei's main force is in Xiakou!" Sun Quan said coldly.
"No!"
Cheng Pu nodded, and immediately wrote away the dragon and snake, a letter, and then sealed it with fire paint, and asked a soldier to hurry up eight hundred miles and send it to the front line.
"Junhou, in fact, even if their main force goes north, they can't help Jiang Hou, don't forget it, Zhou Yu is not a good stubble, it is impossible not to be prepared at all!" Pan Fengdao.
"I know!"
Sun Quan also understood, but he was always a little uneasy, and muttered: "In addition to Liu Bei's soldiers and horses, where else can the soldiers and horses pose a threat to the right army?" ”
He looked at the sand table, and his eyes suddenly fell on the map of Nanyang.
Cao Wei, Zhang Xiu! (To be continued......)