Three Kingdoms

Cao Ren couldn't think clearly. On the one hand, it was because Cao Ren himself was not a very wise person. He had no problem with decision-making and tactical choices in battle formations, but when it came to medium- to long-term or even high-level strategies, , which is a bit confusing.

Although Cao Zhen is slightly better than Cao Ren and thinks more about strategies, he is still relatively young after all and lacks experience, so he cannot accurately predict Fei Qian's strategy. .

As a result, all the civil and military officials in Jingzhou were summoned to discuss and discuss the meaning behind this military operation of the Hussars Sichuan-Shu Front Army.

There were leaders at all levels present at the meeting...well, I'm just blundering. Anyway, big and small, no matter whether they were crooked or decent officials, as long as they could be ranked, they all came.

For most Jingzhou natives, their emotions towards Fei Qian are quite complicated. Because Fei Qian can be considered half of the Jingzhou nobles. Sometimes in the dead of night, these Jingzhou natives may not have thought about what they would have done before, and then they would have some regrets, annoyance, regret, and hatred, etc., tossing and turning, unable to sleep, but after dawn the next day, Still must face the life in front of him again.

Therefore, when I heard that Hussar Sichuan and Sichuan were building a forward water fort on Yidao, whether they had heard about it early or just heard about it, they couldn't help but feel a little bit subtle.

Cai Mao squinted his eyes slightly and stroked his beard. He seemed very calm, but in fact, his heart was like boiling water, with various thoughts bubbling up. The cooperation between the Cai family and Fei Qian is still relatively secretive, and shipbuilding cannot be built in a day or two. Therefore, in Jingzhou, the Cai family is only in Yunmengze. He found a relatively secret place, and then secretly sent people to deliver goods there. At the same time, he had to guard against being discovered by Cao Jun, so he couldn't go fast. So this time the Hsuanchuan Shu came to Yi Dao, could it be that they wanted to cover themselves?

Cai Mao was thinking in his mind when he heard Kuai Yue on the side say in a deep voice: "If the Hussars build a water stronghold, given time, it will be a great threat. The Yidao Road is a strategic point. The two rivers converge and the road is divided into three parts. Jiangling can be controlled on the top." It can reach as far as Jiangxia, and the soldiers and horses can reach the city within three days! If Jiangling is not protected, Xiangyang will inevitably be shaken! Therefore, based on my opinion, it is advisable to send troops to stop it to prevent Xiangyang from being lost. 』

Cai Hao glanced at Kuai Yue and sneered secretly in his heart.

What else is Xiangyang talking about? This is because Kuai Yue himself thinks Jiangling is in danger!

Everyone present basically knows what the situation of Yi Dao is like, so even if the Qiaoqi men and horses build the water fort there, it does not mean that it can be repaired in a short time, but if you want to speed up With the speed of construction, it is natural to increase the need for manpower. One is transported from Sichuan and Sichuan, the other is...

Naturally, manpower is collected locally, and where is the place closest to Yidao where there are actually some people?

Jiangling.

Jiang Ling was already miserable before.

First, Jiangdong was captured and plundered, and then the plague spread. Those who survived were treated as bargaining chips by Cao Jun and sent to Guanzhong. As a result, in Jiangling, not to mention young leeks, there were The roots of the leeks were all shaved cleanly. Although most of the Kuai brothers and the descendants of the Jiangling gentry fled to Xiangyang City before the danger came, their lives were saved, but the leeks in the ground were cut off!

When the military front receded and the plague subsided, these descendants of the Jiangling gentry, especially after the Kuai family got the long-desired position of Jiangling prefect, returned to Jiangling, and their mood was so cold that they almost wanted to go back to Jiangling. Cry it out. Even though the gentry children usually looked down upon the ordinary people, and moving meant that they were lowly and lowly, breeding Muggles or something like that, but without these hard-working people, it would be a problem for the gentry children to eat and drink!

So Kuai had no choice but to lower his face, licked Cao Ren's butt for a long time, and bowed his head to Cai Mao. Only then did he get some population allocation and material support, and gradually allowed Jiangling to regain some of its vitality.

Therefore, the one who is most nervous about the Yidao Water Village is naturally the Kuai family. When Cao Ren asked, Kuai Yue spoke eagerly, not caring about being disliked by others. Anyway, he had no shame for a long time. It didn't matter if he was laughed at. As long as he could take care not to cut the leeks on his plate, even if it was necessary Adding a few more Cao Ren's hougouzi is not a big deal!

If Jiangling City were to be destroyed again, Kuai would want to die!

Well, as for whether the water is too cold, that's another story.

No, Kuai Yue would just have to directly instigate Cao Ren to send troops. And if troops are really sent out, where can the soldiers go? Shouldn't Jiangling be stationed in Jiangling? Wouldn't Jiangling be more secure?

When Cao Ren heard this, he neither agreed nor said anything wrong. Instead, he turned to Wenpin and asked, "General Wen, what do you think?" 』

Wenpin is quite interesting. If it were a thesis on military strategy, Wenpin would not be bad, but the only thing that made Cao Cao feel a little regretful was that Wenpin was unwilling to leave his hometown. Before Liu Cong surrendered, Wenpin was unable to save his life. In desperation, he returned to his hometown and stayed at home. Cao Cao sent people to conquer the land. As a result, Wenpin said that he was a woodcutter in the mountains and could neither defend his home nor had any special talents. , Ashamed to see others like this, he refused Cao Cao's conquest.

After hearing this, Cao Cao was very emotional. Before leaving Jingzhou, he went to find Wenpin in person, and finally got Wenpin in his hands. However, Wenpin also said that he was only willing to serve as an official in Jingzhou, and Cao Cao finally nodded. Agreeing, he served as deputy under Cao Ren. Responsible for training new soldiers and commanding the navy, mainly for the defense and security of Jiangdong.

Wenpin cupped his hands and said: "There are more than a hundred ships of various sizes. If you want to fight on the Yi Road, you can do it, but... if the damage is too great, it will be difficult to defend against the Jiangdong navy." ” What Wenpin said is also true.

In fact, Mr. Cao couldn't say that he was very relieved about Cai Mao. Therefore, the navy in Jingzhou was ostensibly led by Cai Mao and Wenpin, but in fact it was Wenpin who had the final say for the most part. There is no way, who allowed the Cai family and the Huang Pang family to marry? If the navy army is really handed over to Cai Mao, Cao will not be able to sleep well, right?

South of Jiangling, the waterways are complicated, and Yunmeng Daze is vast. Not to mention more than a hundred ships, even two or three times more are inconspicuous in this water area, so it can only be focused on defense, dotted lines. The combination is simply impossible to spread out on the surface. Therefore, if a war really starts on Yi Dao and ships are lost, it will inevitably cause loopholes in the original defense line. If Jiangdong has some evil intentions, he may not be able to defend himself.

Cao Ren nodded again, and then asked Cai Hao, "General Cai, what can you do?" 』

Cai Mao listened to Cao Ren's inquiry and slowly saluted Cao Ren first, and then said slowly: "I have been feeling a bit cold recently and haven't gone out behind closed doors, so I don't know what happened... May I ask the general, this hussar in Guanzhong Wuguan Is there any movement here? 』

When Cao Ren heard Cai Mao's question, his heart suddenly moved, and then he said in a deep voice: "Nothing has changed yet." 』

Cai Mao nodded and said in a deep voice: "My subordinates are mediocre in intelligence and are favored by the Prime Minister. I feel that I have nothing to repay. Today, let alone the attack of the Hussars, it is the coming of Jiangdong. For the sake of the Prime Minister's great cause, the elders of Jingzhou belong to me." I will fight to the death! It’s just that the soldiers and horses have not moved forward with food and grass, and the spring plowing is now..."

Cao Ren slapped his hands suddenly, "Degui's words are still true!" 』

Immediately, Cao Ren ordered a small-scale boat to be dispatched as a water reconnaissance to check the movements of the Sichuan-Shu Army and the Jiangdong Army. The rest of the people were responsible for the spring plowing work in various places in Jingzhou. They must not be affected by the incident on the Yi Road. Farming in Zhuanghe, Jingzhou. Of course, Kuai Yue was very dissatisfied with such an order, but he had no way to object. He could only pierce Cai Mao with his eyes angrily.

Cai Mao may not have seen it, or he may have seen it but was unmoved.

Cao Ren watched everyone slowly leaving, then laughed and cursed, "This old cunning guy..."

Cao Zhen was puzzled, "General, what you said...is what General Cai just said, is there something wrong?" 』

Cao Ren shook his head, "There's nothing wrong with what De Gui said." 』

If the Hussars wanted to conquer Jingzhou, they would not just send troops to Yidao. They would at least stock up on troops at Wuguan and Guanzhong, and then advance by land and water, attacking from the north and the south. So since the Hussar has no additional actions, it can be regarded as having no intention to conquer Jingzhou. Naturally, there is no need to be particularly nervous, or even make too big a move, lest it attracts the attention of the Hussar and suspects that it is Cao Jun. He wanted to join forces with Jiang Dongbing to cause more trouble. Therefore, although asking Cao Ren to pay attention to spring plowing seems to be a temporary measure and does not go with the Yi Dao, in fact, it is indeed a brilliant plan.

On the one hand, Jingzhou used this action to express a relatively neutral attitude. Regardless of whether Hussar believed it or not, at least there were no large-scale troop movements in Jingzhou. The main force of Cao's army did not leave the Jingbei area of ​​​​Xiangyang, and it was not easy for the Hussar to attack Jingzhou.

On the other hand, although Yidao is building a water fortress, they are just the vanguard of the Sichuan and Sichuan navy. So what if they send out a large force to win? Just like a lepton in Go, Sichuan and Shu just lost one hand. As a result, Cao Jun in Jingzhou had to spend four hands to lift it. Not to mention the cost, it was impossible for Cao Jun himself to stay in Yidao after all. There is nothing. If you want to stay in Yi Dao, you have to allocate grain, grass and various materials. If you don't stay in Yi Dao, when the Sichuan and Shu Army sends some soldiers again, will Cao Jun respond or not?

As for Jingnan, they are all dead anyway. Besides Kuai who is extremely nervous, who else will care more?

"In that case, what did the general say about Cai Degui's cunning?" ” asked Cao Zhen.

Cao Ren laughed and said, "Kuai Yidu claims to be the lord of Jiangling, so he doesn't want Jiangling to be affected by disaster... But as for Cai Degui, his family's land is all in the north of Jing..."

Cao Zhen was suddenly enlightened and said angrily: "The enemy is our own belly!" Really abominable! 』

Cao Ren waved his hand, "As long as you and I know about this... We still need to be more prepared in Yongwan City, Wuguan... Send more manpower. If there is any news, report it immediately!" 』

Cao Zhen accepted the order and resigned, but Cao Ren still sat in the hall, pondering for a long time. For him, this discussion only solved a small part of the problem, and there were still more than half of the doubts, shrouding the surroundings like a thick fog, making it impossible for Cao Ren to know what was hidden behind the fog... …

When Cao Ren in Xiangyang still had a lot of doubts, Cao Cao in Xu County also had the same spring heart...well, doubts were rippling.

Hey, or it could be said that the heart of spring is rippling.

Sun Quan went to the table and said:

"I was ordered to live in the Han Dynasty, settle down in Yangzhou, and then expand to the east of the Yangtze River. It has been many years. Because Xiliang was a disaster and Dong Ni was a disaster, the emperor's gang was fighting for solution and was unwilling to help the rebellion, so he went to Zhuan Cheng to protect his territory and gather in peace. Today, the Prime Minister Xiang Sheng teaches and is in the wilderness, Qingze flows in China, and outlines the Central Plains. His merits are extremely great, so he is admired. He wants to return to the right place, looking forward to the sun and moon, and punishing him with a wide ax and ax. 』

"Now that I know that I have been severely injured at the hands of the Fei thieves, I want to raise an army to avenge this sworn enemy." I remember that the Prime Minister is generous and has the same friendship with Xian Yan. He is as compatible with the Prime Minister as the earth, and he is as good as the sky. On the day when the great revenge is avenged, they all return to the Prime Minister Fu's steps and have the rest of their lives. I am lucky to be able to protect my family. The concubine's spirit of being strict is no longer filled with resentment. The old mother's court is gone, and there is still a place to greet her. 』

"I would like to lead the civil and military forces in Jiangdong, and I hereby submit my order to you." 』

Although the words are not very gorgeous, and there is no rhythm in the Han Dynasty, for Cao Cao, these are not important. What is important is to understand how sincere and how much this lowering of the table is. A pretense of points?

Sun Quan delivered the surrender without mentioning the emperor. This made Cao Cao very satisfied, but it also made Cao Cao a little suspicious. After all, this was not a serious surrender, and it was not delivered to the emperor, but to the emperor. Although it was sent to the Prime Minister's Mansion, it showed that Sun Quan valued Cao Cao, but after all, it did not go through a formal process, and it was somewhat lacking.

But if he really goes to the side of the emperor Liu Xie, Cao Cao may not be happy. After all, if Sun Quan really surrenders, wouldn't he give Liu Xie such a big advantage in vain?

Well, regardless of who it is given to, the key point is whether Sun Quan’s surrender is true or false...

Anyone who knows something about the history of the Three Kingdoms basically knows the adjectives of thick black science written by Master Li. Cao Cao is as black as shiny, Liu Bei is as thick as a city wall, and Xiao Quanquan is neither as black as Cao Cao nor as black as Cao Cao. Liu Bei is so thick, but he has both, black and thick, so the world is divided into three parts.

Liu Bei didn't take surrender seriously, and he didn't think it was embarrassing to be under someone else's roof. He bowed his head when he should bow his head under the roof of others, without any ambiguity. Xiaoquan Quan also had a lot in common with Liu Bei on this point. Sun Quan not only deceived Cao Cao, but also deceived Cao Pi. By the way, he also deceived Cao Xiu. Not only did Sun Quan fake surrender, but also his subordinates from Huang Gai to Zhou Li to Zhang Bu took it as their duty to deceive Cao Xiu. Glory, you can knock your head to the ground with a bang in front of you, and immediately pull out a knife and stab you in the back.

It's a pity that Cao Cao doesn't know this at the moment...

Cao Cao squinted his eyes, stroked his beard, and looked around, "What do you think of this watch?" 』

Liu Ye was the first to say: "Congratulations, Prime Minister!" If Jiangdong comes to invest, the north and south will be connected as one, the fertile land can be increased by thousands of miles, and the number of soldiers can be increased by millions! 』

Of course, one million soldiers is an exaggeration, but at this time, no one would jump out to correct the exaggerated statement, and they would all congratulate Cao Cao.

Cao Cao took a deep look at Liu Ye, then smiled and waved his hands and said, "If the Sun family sincerely surrenders, it will be a great blessing for the emperor, and his blessings will spread to the world. He is just an axe. However, this Sun family's son wants to speak." How true or false is it that he marched into Sichuan and Sichuan to avenge his father? 』

"Sun Wentai did die in Jingxiang..." Dong Zhao said with his hands on the side, "It was previously said that Liu Jingsheng killed him, but later there were rumors that the hussar set up an ambush and burned him to death... If Jiang Dongfang knew it now Therefore, raising troops to march westward is a righteous act. However, the reason why I looked at Jiangdong was mostly because I was afraid of being attacked by enemies on both sides. I acted obediently to avoid the danger in Jiangdong, and secondly, I hoped to get help from my lord. 』

Cao Cao hummed and nodded.

He could understand this. After all, didn't Cao Cao take advantage of his own father's death? As for how angry or how much hatred he really felt, at the moment he learned the news, Cao Cao also believed that Sun Quan might be more or less angry, but after the anger and hatred, more and more people still stood aside. Consider the overall situation.

Is it like Jiang Dong only now knows that Fei Qian killed Sun Jian?

Or is it possible that in the current chaos, whoever killed whomever wants to take revenge?

During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, there were not many people who died. If they really have to be reckoned with one by one, when will they be counted?

Therefore, Cao Cao also felt that this was just an excuse for Sun Quan.

Cheng Yu said in a deep voice: "The advantages of Sun's expedition outweigh the disadvantages." 』

Cheng Yu has always been a pragmatist, so he doesn't care at all whether Sun Quan is deceiving. He feels that Sun Quan can really send troops to Sichuan and Shu, which is at least better than causing trouble every day in Jingnan and Jiangbei. This is a real benefit. There is no need to know whether Sun Quan sincerely surrenders, it is only necessary that Sun Quan really sends troops to attack Sichuan and Shu, and then he can somewhat hinder the pace of some Fei Qian.

Cao Cao nodded.

This is not wrong.

Now that Cao Cao is facing the increasing pressure in Guanzhong, he really hopes that there is someone who can share some of the burden for him, so he was so happy when he received Sun Quan's letter of surrender. After all, no one wants to have a naughty child with him every day. Trouble, but if that naughty kid goes to Qi Qi Fei Qian to cause trouble, then it will be fine.

"Wen Ruo, what do you think?" ” Seeing that Xun Yu remained silent, Cao Cao turned around and asked.

Xun Yu was silent for a while, and then said slowly: "We can recruit Sun Zhongmou's younger brother, Sun Shubi, to Xu County and worship him as the governor of Qinghe." 』

As soon as Xun Yu said this, everyone suddenly had different expressions!