To be honest, Zhuge Liang did not expect that Soochow's sneak attack would end in such a childish situation.
No, after all, it was a sneak attack against the alliance. Are you on Soochow's side a little more serious? You fight when you say it, and withdraw when you say it. Isn't it a little too serious about the alliance? !
But now, Sun Quan withdrew his troops and returned to Chaisang. With the power of the Jiangdong navy, even if he took advantage of the situation and attacked Jiangdong, he might not be able to get a favor.
In Changsha, Sun Sheng and Quan Cong withdrew their troops and defended themselves. Coupled with He Qi's timely support, Shi Bao saw that the situation was not right and did not dare to stay too long in the south of the Yangtze River. After all, Shi Bao crossed the river with a lack of logistics and continued to fight. If you stay, there is a real possibility that no one will be able to go back.
In addition, after Chen Dao rescued the siege in Wuling, due to lack of troops, he did not dare to pursue the retreating Soochow army too much, so he chose to stand firm in Wuling. Therefore, he sent an order to Shi Bao and asked Shi Bao and Zhang Ren to choose an opportunity to turn back to Gong'an and Jiangling. Perseverance comes first.
As for Guiyang, it's not that Pan Jun didn't want to take advantage, but unfortunately, Lu Dai was not easy to mess with, and he also contacted Shi Xie from Jiaozhou to go north. Pan Jun really didn't dare to launch a counterattack. Don't turn back and capture Guiyang. Not to mention, his own Lingling The county is lost again.
In this way, even if Guan Yu was really angry with Sun Quan, a treacherous thing, when 30,000 sailors went to attack Chai Sang, who was heavily guarded by Soochow troops, Guan Yu was not so aloof and arrogant.
Therefore, Guan Yu had to temporarily withdraw his troops and return to Xiangyang.
However, before Guan Yu left, he left Deng Ai and 10,000 army infantry in Jiangxia.
Ten thousand army infantry are used to strengthen Jiangxia's defense for Wenpin. After all, judging from this sneak attack in Jiangdong, Jiangxia's military strength is indeed a little short. This means that Wenpin has rich experience and outstanding strategies. Otherwise, this Jiangxia It really may not be possible to hold on.
As for Deng Ai, Guan Yu left it to Wenpin, who asked Wenpin to teach Deng Ai water fighting skills.
During the confrontation at Sanjiangkou, Deng Ai never got over his seasickness. He started vomiting as soon as he got on the boat, and Guan Yu became angry when he got off the boat. He didn't believe that Deng Ai's bad habit could not be overcome.
If you can't break it off yourself, leave it to Wenpin to continue breaking it off.
By the way, Wenpin was also left with a general who could serve as an adviser. Next time Wenpin of the province uses a dangerous strategy like the empty city strategy, he will at least have someone to discuss things with him when something happens.
I have to say that Guan Yu has become much more stable now since he was unable to mount his horse and swing his sword.
After arranging these things, Guan Yu led the water army back to Xiangyang, and Guan Yu had no intention of taking care of the remaining finishing work. This was Zhuge Liang's business.
But now, Zhuge Liang is really worried about this matter - what attitude should he use to question Soochow? !
If he ignored it and pretended it didn't happen, wouldn't it look like the big man was afraid of Soochow? !
Besides, all the big men today can’t swallow this breath.
What the hell, Jiangdong kid has shamelessly betrayed the alliance and carried out a sneak attack. This is already the second time. How can he continue to indulge in this? !
The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty all advocated not being too polite to Soochow, and even being more radical, they all asked the Northern Army to go out and join the Jingzhou Army to capture Soochow first, and then march eastward to compete with Cao Wei.
But if someone is sent to investigate, Soochow will just mess it up, destroy the alliance, or even form an alliance with Cao Wei, which will not be good for the Han Dynasty.
Therefore, Zhuge Liang was worried about this matter, and for a while he really didn't know what to do.
Then, just like in history, Deng Zhi stepped forward.
Today, Deng Zhi, after following Liu Bei through two Northern Expeditions, his status in the court is not low. There is really no need to take this risk.
But Deng Zhi still stood up and asked Zhuge Liang to agree to his mission to Soochow.
On the one hand, he went to question Soochow about why he betrayed the alliance. On the other hand, Deng Zhi also suggested that Zhuge Liang try not to fall out with Soochow.
This response strategy is very much in line with Zhuge Liang's wishes.
Although all the civil and military officials in the dynasty shouted to kill Soochow, few people with clear heads would not think this was a good idea.
Although the current Han Dynasty has regained its breath, it is still impossible for the Han Dynasty to deal with Wei and Wu on its own. Once the two are forced to form an alliance against the Han Dynasty, it will be difficult for the Han Dynasty to withstand it.
We have to wait until we capture the Central Plains before we consider this kind of thing.
Now, if possible, it is better not to completely fall out with Soochow.
But the key point is that what Soochow did was so disgusting. Even Fazheng and Pang Tong, although they recognized Zhuge Liang's judgment privately, on the surface, they didn't say a word to help Zhuge Liang. When Zhuge Liang caused chaos, it was considered that the two of them had a tacit understanding with Zhuge Liang.
Therefore, if Deng Zhi does this, he will not only face the danger that Soochow may fall out, but also bear the pressure from the DPRK. If he is not really thinking about the big man, with Deng Zhi's current status, there is really no need Wade through this troubled water.
But no matter what, after Deng Zhi reported it and Zhuge Liang agreed, Deng Zhi set out for Jingzhou. After discussing with Xu Shu and Ma Lianglue in Jingzhou, he went as an envoy to Soochow.
In the second year of Jianxing, the final outcome will depend on the outcome of Deng Zhi's mission.
As for the siege of Liangzhou in the north, it was lifted as early as August.
Zhiyuan Duo was not a fool. After being repulsed by the Liangzhou Army of the Han Dynasty, he knew that he was at the end of his strength. If he did not move eastward during the summer, he would miss the season and survive the winter.
Therefore, in mid-August, Zhi Yuanduo had already withdrawn from Liangzhou and took his troops to the Bingzhou area of Cao Wei to seek life.
The raids near Yongzhou lasted from July to October. Sometimes the raids were frequent, five or six times a month, and sometimes two or three times a month, until late October, when winter entered in Yongzhou. , the number gradually decreased until early November, when it began to snow in Yongzhou, and the Wei army's harassment temporarily stopped.
Zhang Xi has finally figured out the rules. It is estimated that in the spring of next year, Cao Wei will have to do something like this, probably to delay the spring plowing in Yongzhou. Then he will just take more precautions.
Taking advantage of the period before winter, Zhang Xi once again shifted the focus of Yongzhou government affairs to the winter resettlement work. If there is another snowstorm this year, at least we cannot be as busy as last year.
The food and grass that should be prepared must be prepared, and counties must urge people to strengthen their houses and stockpile enough heating materials to prepare for possible snow disasters.
With the lessons learned from last year, the common people will not take the government's disaster preparedness measures seriously. Those who have some financial resources have begun to strengthen their homes in accordance with the government's requirements.
And after working hard for a year, the common people or farmers who still had no wealth left turned to the government for help before winter came and began to move into the charity house and prepare to spend the winter in the charity house.
Speaking of this charity house, Zhang Xi was not the first one, nor was it even the one who promoted it. The person who created it is no longer known, but the person who carried it forward was actually the former Yongzhou governor of Cao Wei, who was also a famous contemporary calligrapher. Politicians Zhong Yao and Zhong Yuanchang.
Zhong Yao built charity houses in various counties in Chang'an and used them as one of the performance assessments for each county. The initial purpose was to gather the people who were displaced after the war between the Liangzhou warlords.
After Zhang Xi took over as the governor of Yongzhou, he discovered such a good thing and immediately used it as a disaster preparedness measure. He specifically asked Chen Zhi to allocate money and food to repair charity houses. If the people were unable to rely on their own strength when encountering a famine, After crossing over, you can go to the charity house for help, and the charity house will take in these people, but similarly, these people will also need to bear extra corvee to repay after they have overcome the crisis.
This is to prevent those who are lazy and want to give birth and rely solely on charity.
Last year's snowstorm affected so many people that these charitable homes could not accommodate them, forcing Zhang Xi to open the vacant houses and palaces of aristocratic families in Chang'an City to deal with the problem.
After the spring of this year, Zhang Xi's first thing was to use the situation of government decrees to resume Zhong Yao's policy, and use the scale and repair and maintenance level of charity homes as part of the performance evaluation of local officials, forcing local officials to repair and expand charity homes. .
In this way, even if there is another snowstorm this winter, it should not be a big problem.
As for the smuggling of grain and grass in Yongzhou, it actually started in July and August this year when the Wei army invaded Guanzhong.
At that time, the Wei army's main focus was on harassing Guanzhong. It was nothing new for ordinary people and even aristocratic families to seek refuge in Guanzhong, and the investigation was not so strict.
Fei Yi took advantage of this opportunity to start opening up smuggling routes and intelligence channels, and arranged for some children of aristocratic families to enter the customs to contact the smugglers. Before winter began in November, the first batch of smuggled grain and grass had already arrived in Guanzhong. It filled some holes caused by the poor grain harvest in Guanzhong.
All in all, Yongzhou in the second year of Jianxing slowly passed through various harassments and reconstructions until the third year of Jianxing.
Since the first month of the third year of Jianxing, Zhang Xi immediately strengthened the vigilance of Zuofengyi and Youfufeng.
According to Zhang Xi's expectation, Cao Wei's harassment of Yongzhou will become normal and lasting, especially when the soil is about to be transformed into spring plowing. Cao Wei will not let go of this opportunity to harass Yongzhou's spring plowing.
However, Zhang Xi prepared for war with all his strength. He waited and waited until early March, but still did not receive any battle report about Cao Wei's invasion.
On the contrary, when the time entered mid-March, Zhang Xi received important information from Luoyang Xizuo.
Cao Pi was critically ill.
(End of chapter)
