Farmer of Shu Han

"Report!"

Chuanqi, representing the most urgent situation, rushed straight to the Chinese army.

"Your Majesty, urgent report from the front: General Sun was attacked by thieves at the foot of the mountain, all the attacking equipment was burned, and General Sun died in battle!"

"What!"

When Sun Quan heard the news, he was struck by thunder, his body wobbled, and he almost fell down.

"My fourth brother passed away early. Not only was I unable to take care of my nephew, but I actually caused my nephew to die in front of the battle. Under the yellow soil, how should I face my fourth brother?"

Sun Tai was a real royal family member of Wu Guoshi. Before the official siege of the city, one of the royal family members died, and all the siege equipment was burned at the same time.

This is undoubtedly a huge blow to Wu Jun.

Sun Quan drew his sword in grief and shouted:

"Wei thief and I do not share the same hatred, if we don't destroy Hefei this time, we will never return to our teacher!"

After swearing, he immediately ordered that Lu Xun, who had just arrived in Wancheng, lead the army to Xiaoyaojin to protect the rear of the army, while he himself ordered the entire army to pull out and rush to Hefei.

Lu Xun got the imperial edict, saying that Zhuge Jin said:

"Your Majesty's army is going north, it is expected that most of Wei's troops will be attracted by Shu, and it will be difficult to help Hefei."

"It's just that in my opinion, if Wei loses Guanzhong, he can still retreat to Wanluo, but if he loses Hefei again, the Central Plains will not be stable."

"At the moment Wei Guoguan is in danger of falling, so it is very likely that we must try our best to protect Hefei."

"During the Northern Expedition, Great Wu has lost the opportunity. Your Majesty is already a little too impatient this time."

The postponement of the dispatch of troops was originally a decision made by Lu Xun and Sun Quan after discussion.

Over the years, the State of Shu has repeatedly won many battles against the State of Wei, and they can be described as elite soldiers.

However, the Wei State accounts for more than half of the three parts of the world, and it can be said that the country is the strongest.

Therefore, the struggle between the Wei and Shu countries should be protracted, and it should be protracted at best.

In the end, no matter which side wins, it will consume a lot of national power.

At the same time, this is what Wu Guo wants to see the most.

In the end, whether it was Shu's retreat or Wei's defeat, Wu could take the opportunity to go north during the stalemate between the two countries.

Either take Xiangyang, or take Hefei, not to mention all of them, even if you only take one, it will be considered a big profit.

It's just that man's calculation is not as good as heaven's calculation. No one thought that the situation in Guanzhong would change so quickly.

Coupled with the inconvenience of news exchange, when Wu Guo reacted, not only Shu State was about to take down Guanzhong, but it seemed that even Bingzhou Hedong might be included in the bag.

In the current situation, let alone Sun Quan was in a hurry, even Lu Xun lamented his miscalculation.

Zhuge Jin asked: "Then according to Boyan's idea, what should we do?"

Lu Xun sighed and said, "Wei's situation in Guanzhong is unfavorable. Feng Mingwen has occupied Hedong and may threaten Tongguan at any time."

"At present, the Wei State has transferred troops from Jingzhou and Wancheng, and went to Wuguan to reinforce Guanzhong. The Great Wu should pretend to attack Hefei, but it is the best strategy to wait for an opportunity to attack Xiangyang."

"Da Wuli is in Zhouchuan. Whether it is Jiangling or Jiangxia, there are rivers and rivers connected to Xiangyang. This is just to take advantage of the boats."

"As long as Great Wu takes Xiangyang, even if Shu takes Guanzhong, if they want to send troops to the east in the future, most of them will go to Hedong or Tongguan instead of Wuguan."

To put it bluntly, as long as Great Wu can take Xiangyang, even if the Shu soldiers really dare to come out of Wuguan, facing Wancheng with Wei Jun in the east and Xiangyang with Wu Jun in the south, how dare he go east with confidence?

And when the Great Wu went north from Xiangyang, Wancheng had no danger to defend, which was much more convenient than the Shu army going to Wuguan.

When Guan Yu came to Xiangfan, Cao Cao was able to force Cao Cao to move the capital. After the great Wu captured Xiangyang, he would sooner or later take Wancheng into his pocket.

The only shortcoming of this plan is whether the sudden gathering of the army in Jingzhou will cause the Shu Kingdom to overreact.

Not a big deal though.

After all, most of the troops of the Shu Kingdom are now in Guanzhong, and Yong'an's troops cannot threaten the Jingzhou army.

In addition, as long as the army really attacked Xiangyang, the Kingdom of Shu would understand Wu's intentions.

The big deal is that His Majesty will write a letter to explain to Lord Shu afterwards, and the two countries will live in peace.

It's just that he didn't expect that His Majesty would be so anxious to capture Hefei when he learned that the Kingdom of Shu was benefiting from Guanzhong.

Zhuge Jin comforted:

"As the saying goes, the east corner is lost, and the mulberry and elm harvested. Even if Xiangyang cannot be captured, it is the same to capture Hefei."

Lu Xun hesitated to speak, but finally nodded: "That's true."

When attacking Xiangyang, there are boat divisions to help isolate the reinforcements, and they can even take advantage of the momentum of the Shu people in Hanzhong.

Can Hefei be the same?

Attacking Hefei is probably much more difficult than attacking Xiangyang!

It's just that the matter has come to this point, no matter how much it is said, it is useless.

Let's follow His Majesty's orders first.

Just when the Wu Kingdom gathered troops in Hefei, two medium-sized warships were being untied on the south bank of the river outside Jianye City. It seemed that they were preparing to cross to the north bank.

Most of the people on board were young men in their teens or twenties, and everyone looked excited and nervous, and they were in a hurry to prepare for departure.

The soldiers of the Wu army stationed at Jinkou on weekdays were standing not far away at this time, watching these novices make mistakes from time to time, and then let out bursts of uncontrollable laughter.

"Mr. Ma, do you really not need our help?"

Lu Yi also had a kind smile on his face, looking at the young gentlemen who came from Shu, and asked Ma Di.

It's just that he is not a kind person in the first place, this kind smile looks more like a gloomy sneer.

"No need, no need." Ma Di said hastily, "I have been here for several months, and no matter how much I hear others say about this skill of maneuvering a boat, it is just lip service."

"After all, you still have to do it yourself to learn the skills, and let them toss."

Lu Yi didn't force it, anyway, this matter was an internal decision of the Shu people, and he couldn't say anything about it.

All he can do is to say a few more words, even if he has done his best:

"This Jinkou is only able to cross one or two thousand people. It is not considered a big Jinkou, so it is not used by the army on weekdays."

"During the days of His Majesty's Northern Expedition, if Mr. Ma and the gentlemen want to practice boating here, it will be considered convenient."

Ma Su cupped his hands:

"Schoolmaster Lu is really kind enough to help me find such a place. I thank you on behalf of all the college students."

Right now, everything revolves around the emperor of Wu's crossing of the river and the northern expedition. The students he brought over from the great Han Dynasty are considered guests of Wu, and they have not yet mastered the method of water warfare.

So I can only stay behind doing nothing.

"Hey!" Lu Yi quickly waved his hand, "Mr. Ma, you are being polite. What is convenient for others is only convenient for yourself!"

As he spoke, he subconsciously glanced at the boat on the shore, then lowered his voice:

"I heard that among the students who came this time, there are also disciples of Feng Junhou?"

Ma Di nodded: "That's right."

Lu Yi clapped his hands together, his face lit up with joy:

"That's right. When Principal Qin went to Liangzhou, he had a very pleasant conversation with Feng Junhou, and they had a very close friendship. Now that his disciples have come to Jiangdong, how can the school affairs be inconvenient?"

When Ma Su heard this, a comprehension appeared on his face:

"So that's how it is! In fact, Junhou attaches great importance to Luo Langjun and Fu Langjun. If Feng Junhou knows that Mr. Lu takes care of the two gentlemen like this, he must be grateful."

"I've seen you, I've seen you! You have a great reputation, and it's an honor for us to get to know each other."

Lu Yi said that he was out of touch, but there was an uncontrollable smile of satisfaction on his face.

What he was waiting for was just such a sentence.

With the deepening of cooperation between Wu and Shu, more and more raw sugar is shipped from Jingzhou to Shu every year.

Brown sugar, wine, wool materials from Shu, and even war horses from Liangzhou were also continuously sent to Wu.

The school affairs office is now not only involved in the sale of brown sugar and woolen materials, but also occupies a large share of it.

Over the years, why did the school government try to set up checkpoints and collect taxes?

Isn't it just to raise money, food and supplies for His Majesty?

If the Xinghan Club had been a channel in the school affairs office before, why bother to get complaints from the local government just to get something like that?

It can be said that that trip to Liangzhou greatly resolved the crisis of the school administration and regained His Majesty's trust.

But there is no doubt that people without long-term considerations must have near-term worries. This time they escaped by luck, who can guarantee that they will be so lucky next time?

From Lu Yi's point of view, he still needs to find a way to consolidate the position of the school affairs office in His Majesty's heart.

What the school office can do for His Majesty is to monitor officials at all levels and state and county documents, and to raise money, food and materials for His Majesty.

Needless to say, the schools, officials and documents, after all, how can there be a perfect person in this world?

No one is perfect, as long as you work hard, you can always catch the omissions.

Even if you can't catch the opponent's omissions, as long as you have a mouth and ears, it's okay to hear the rumors.

But the money, food and materials are different.

After all, the school government can make things happen out of thin air, but it can't make money, food and materials out of thin air, right?

Therefore, it is necessary to maintain a good relationship with the head of the Xinghan Association.

Ma Su was originally from a wealthy family in Jingzhou, so it was natural that he would not be too bad in dealing with others.

Coupled with the experience of these years, he can be regarded as a person with clear eyebrows, and now he is holding Lu Yi's hand affectionately:

"Yes, yes, I was too polite."

Lu Yi felt that the other party stuffed a few things into his hand, he looked down slightly, and the exposed corner of the paper was very familiar - it was the unique paper quality of the ticket.

Then I heard Ma Su say meaningfully:

"I'm not being polite, so don't be polite to us after the incident with Lu Xiaoxiao."

Lu Yi understood the pun.

He tucked the bills into his wide sleeve without a trace.

But seeing Ma Su reach into his bosom again, took out a few bills, and deliberately said loudly:

"We borrowed the treasure land and got help from Officer Lu and the officers and men. The mere gift is not a respect. I also asked Officer Lu to take it and treat the officers and soldiers to a meal of wine and meat."

This time, Lu Yi saw the number on the ticket openly and aboveboard: 100 bolts of high-quality wool.

Turn to the next one: ten altars of honey wine.

Turn over another sheet: ten catties of brown sugar.

Lu Yi's eyes were straightened: These Shu people are really generous to his mother, they can give such things to those dead soldiers!

He intends to be greedy, but Ma Di took it out in public, so he can only swallow his saliva, and forced a smile with some distress:

"Mr. Ma really has a heart. My generation of soldiers thanked you for your generous gift."

Subconsciously touched his cuffs, the tickets he took just now were only a lot more, this time he planned to do favors, but he didn't expect to make a fortune.

Unable to afford the money, Lu Yi simply acted as a favor and passed the news to the defenders on the spot.

After learning about this, the Wu army soldiers who had been watching the jokes from a distance suddenly cheered.

Unlike Jingzhou, Jiangdong is not well-known by most people, and it is only popular among the upper-class dignitaries and nobles who communicate with the Shu state-owned caravans.

But woolen brown sugar and other things, even if the top soldiers at the bottom are not qualified to see them, they have been famous for a long time.

Even if these rare items are not distributed in the end, it is enough to make people excited if they are converted into food or cloth.

Some were impatient, and even ran to the water's edge, and began to enthusiastically point out the students.

They stayed at the mouth of the river for a long time, even if they don't know how to command water battles, they are very familiar with boats and boats.

With their guidance, the students went a lot smoother.

Before leaving, Lu Yi handed another token to Ma Su:

"Mr. Ma, although the army has entered Chaohu Lake, there are still many patrol boats in the river."

"If you are interrogated, you can say that the school affairs office is ordered by His Majesty to inspect the tax checkpoints. As long as you don't stray into a military important place, there is basically no problem."

As the school secretary in charge of the school affairs office, Lu Yi's news is far better than others.

His Majesty just received news from the front the day before yesterday, inquiring about the situation of the school affairs office trading war horses with the Shu people.

Although he didn't know what happened ahead, Lu Yi, who knew Sun Quan's thoughts well, knew:

His Majesty specifically asked about this matter, nine out of ten he wanted to get more horses back from the Shu people.

And these people coming to Jiangdong in front of them is part of the Shu Wu horse trade agreement, and it is always wrong to put more effort into them.

"Don't worry, Principal Lu. I just plan to let them go around the river a few times to get familiar with how to operate the boat. Even if they reach the north bank, they will never go near Chaohu Lake."

"Then I wish you all the best."

"Thank you."

"set sail!"

...

On the second day, the two medium-sized warships of the Wu army guarding the mouth of the river came back with those young gentlemen of Shu, and some people greeted them warmly:

"came back?"

"came back."

"Oh, the water floats very badly. After sleeping on the boat all night, some people still feel uncomfortable."

"I'm afraid it's because I've never spent the night on a boat before. I'll get used to it if I sleep a few more times in the future."

"Hahaha, isn't that why you brought them out this time?"

"Mr. Ma is right, right."

Everyone knew that these young gentlemen were guests invited by His Majesty, and they had gained a lot of benefits. Instead of making jokes, the defenders joined in.

"I'll take them back to rest and come back tomorrow. Please take care of these two boats."

"It should be!"

In this way, when Wu Guo was busy with the Northern Expedition, Ma Su led a group of students to practice by himself.

Several days passed.

"Mr. Ma is coming again?"

"yes!"

"Come here, come and give me a hand!"

"No, no, this time, don't bother the soldiers, let them come by themselves."

Ma Su hastily stopped him.

"Oh, listen to Mr. Ma."

"I've already asked someone to bring some food and drink over, and I'll be here soon, come, come, I'll go and pick it up."

As Ma Di said, he pulled the general of the Wu army away.

"Wine and food?"

The general swallowed.

As a low-ranking officer, he didn't have many opportunities to eat meat, let alone wine.

He glanced at those young gentlemen with some hesitation, "This, is it okay?"

"Why not? Officer Lu told me long ago that this is just a small port, and there is nothing to do on weekdays, so that's why we were asked to come here to practice boating."

Ma Di said nonchalantly, "Besides, there are only two boats, no matter how you look at them, you can't see any flowers. Let's go, I invite everyone in the army to have a drink."

Officer Wu Jun thought about it, and this is true.

"Then won't you follow me on board?"

"Let them go to the river alone to see, I have been following, what kind of experience?"

"Yes, sir first."

"Okay, let's go!"

Knowing that the Shu people had invited someone to bring food and drink this time, the two hundred soldiers stationed at Jinkou all smiled happily.

Seeing that Wu Jun didn't notice this side, temporary captain Luo Xian yelled to Fu Qian on the other boat:

"Are you ready?"

"Not yet, wait a while."

Fu Chen replied, something in his hand became unstable and fell into the water.

"Oh, it's too bad!"

As he spoke, he took off his outer robe and jumped directly into the water.

The students on the same boat were also in a panic, and two people also jumped into the water.

After a while, the three of them came to the surface of the water, and the people on the boat hurriedly pulled them up.

After this little accident, Fu Qian finally shouted:

"Okay, let's sail!"

The two warships began to row slowly towards the river.

Except for this little accident, it looks the same as the previous few times.

No one knows that a foot below the shore, invisible to the naked eye, there is a specially treated tough thin line, one end of which is tied to a nailed underwater stake.

Follow this line all the way, and you will find that the other end of it is on the warship where the students of the Shu people practice operation...