Chapter 963: Asking for Help

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How many men and horses did Yanghu bring? However, it is only 100,000, no matter from that point of view, he can't shake the Zhong kingdom with nearly 200,000 soldiers in 100 cities in the land of four counties.

When the Zhonghui won Sima Zhao's respect and favor, Yanghu had to take a detour when he saw Zhonghui, for fear of getting into trouble with Zhonghui and causing unwarranted disasters.

In Zhong Hui's memory, Yanghu is such a timid and afraid of things, a character at both ends of the snake and mouse, Zhong Hui never looked at him at the beginning, but he didn't expect that there were no tigers in the mountains, and monkeys could also be overlords. ”

But it was such a Yanghu who Zhong Hui couldn't look down on at the beginning, and as soon as he appeared, he gave Zhong Hui a fatal blow. And this blow was not won on the battlefield in a dignified manner, Yanghu used a special yin method, using a pardon order to bewitch Zhonghui's military heart, inducing Hu Lie and some of the undetermined generals to defect and rebel against the water, and set up a trap, and defeated Zhonghui in Xinye.

How to concentrate the military heart has always been a headache for Zhong Hui, Zhong Hui's soldiers are from the Central Plains and Guanlong, that is to say, these soldiers' homesickness is particularly deep, especially after the break with the Jin State, Zhong Hui's military heart has been in an extremely unstable state.

In order to consolidate the morale of the army, Zhong Hui thought of many ways, one of which was to force Hu Lie to kill Sima Liang, let ordinary soldiers kill the defectors, and let their hands be stained with the blood of the Jin State as much as possible, so as to completely cut off their idea of fleeing back to the Jin State. The second is the system of joint sitting, in which one person defects, one army is punished, one team defects, and a team of people is all beheaded, and through the means of mutual monitoring and mutual restraint, the military spirit of the entire army is suppressed and there is no danger of bombing the camp.

But Yanghu figured out the weakness of the rebels, and easily dispersed the military spirit that Zhong Hui had worked hard to manage for so many years with a pardon order. Zhong Hui governs the army, especially like Kun to control the water, does not dredge and block, the higher the embankment is built, the sheep's strategy, just like the anthill stealing the embankment, the embankment of thousands of miles, once there is a gap, it will be out of control, and the results of Zhong Hui's hard work for many years will be destroyed in one fell swoop.

Sticking to Xiangyang, you can only sit and wait, but if you give up Xiangyang, Zhong Hui doesn't know where to go. For a moment, Zhong Hui was at a loss.

"Yiyang is not far from here, the governor of Eastern Wu will lead the army in Lu Kang, why don't the king ask for help, if Lu Kang helps, the siege of Yanghu can be solved." After the general Wang bought it to Zhong Hui, he came up with an idea.

After Hu Lie's rebellion, the only people Zhong Hui could trust were Xiahou Xian, Ju'an, Wang Mai, Zhong Yong and other Liao Liao people, and the rest of the generals Tian Xu, Huangfu Min, and Zhan Qing, Zhong Hui couldn't believe it anymore, for fear that they would become the second Hu Lie, and after returning to Xiangyang, Zhong Hui dismissed Tian Xu and others and put them under house arrest.

Wang Mai proposed to ask for help from Dongwu, Zhong Hui couldn't help frowning secretly, when the rebellion began, the relationship between Zhong Hui and Dongwu was quite harmonious, at that time Zhong Hui was in decline, and had to introduce Dongwu as Austrian aid, and he bowed down to Dongwu again, and deliberately stammered, and his posture was very low, so he naturally won the favor of Dongwu.

However, later Zhonghui's strength grew, and the threat from the Jin State became smaller, Zhonghui's attitude became arrogant, and he was not very respectful to Dongwu, and even in the border area bordering Dongwu, in order to fight for land, there were some bloody conflicts, although it did not lead to the consequences of a full-scale war, but the relationship between the two sides was bad, which is already an indisputable fact.

At this time, asking for help from Dongwu, Zhong Hui couldn't help but beat a little drum in his heart, many of the things he had done before were a little too desperate, which made the people of Dongwu resentful, and if he wanted to let Dongwu send troops, I am afraid it would be very difficult.

Wang Mai saw Zhong Hui's embarrassment, so he said: "Don't worry, the king, although we are not on good terms with Eastern Wu now, but after all, it is a cold mouth, and Eastern Wu still needs us to resist the Jin Kingdom for them, and our destruction is not good for them." The king, the last general is willing to go to Yiyang in person, and strive to persuade Lu Kang to send troops to rescue. ”

Zhong Hui was overjoyed, and immediately sent Wang Mai as a special envoy, and presented Lu Kang with many valuable gifts, Wang Mai left Xiangyang City overnight and rushed to Yiyang.

The Wu army occupied Yiyang for several years, and the Jin army was across the river, although some conflicts were inevitable, but on the whole, the border between the two sides was relatively calm, and there was no large-scale war.

However, with Yanghu's conquest of Jingzhou, in order to contain the Wu army in Yiyang, the Jin State still increased the garrison in the direction of Runan, and put on an active offensive posture.

Lu Kang has been at the border for a long time, but he can't turn a deaf ear to the affairs of the court, Sun Hao is absurd and cruel, misbehaving, killing ministers without permission, tyrannical and unreasonable, resulting in chaos in the government and government, the entire construction industry is a miasma, Lu Kang is deeply worried, and has written many times to advise, but Sun Hao turned a deaf ear and ignored it, and Lu Kang was also beyond the reach of the whip, so he could only fulfill his duties and stick to the border.

The Central Plains war situation is turned upside down, Lu Kang is on the edge of the Huai River, it is impossible not to know, in Lu Kang's view, the Central Plains chaos, it is the best time for the Eastern Wu to march, at this time if the Northern Expedition is raised, the dream of several generations of the Sun family to win the Central Plains has a good chance to become a reality.

If successful, then Sun Hao will surpass the Great Emperor Sun Quan and become the most successful monarch in the history of Wu. But it's a pity that Sun Hao didn't have much interest in this, Lu Kang wrote several times, but he was pushed off on the grounds that the treasury was empty and the people were poor and the soldiers were tired, which made Lu Kang's fiery ambition gradually become cold and weak.

Due to excessive worry and overwork, Lu Kang's physical condition has deteriorated, Lu Kang often sighs, and he doesn't wait for me!

With the pacification of the Xiongnu war, the Jin State became strong again, and this time the use of troops against Zhonghui in Jingzhou was clearly shown by this, and at the same time, the situation on the entire southern front also became tense, and Lu Kang had to drag his sick body and manage the defense of Yiyang to deal with the attack that the Jin State might launch at any time.

The envoy sent by the Zhong Society was not at all unexpected by Lu Kang, he just lightly ordered to bring the envoy in by the Zhong Society. (To be continued.) )