Although the situation in Jiangling has temporarily stabilized, it is still not peaceful. Therefore, Zhang Xi does not dare to stay in Chang'an for a long time.
After his daughter returned home to visit the family, Zhang Xi took Sun Shangxiang and some maids and servants on the road, and the family returned to Jiangling.
As for the mansion in Chang'an, there is no need to deal with it any more, just leave it to Xiao Xuan'er as a dowry.
When you reach the location of Zhangxi, there are several houses in various places. Isn't that normal? It really doesn't belong to the feudal landlord class.
There was no delay along the way, and the family returned to Jingzhou smoothly.
After bringing Jingzhou, Zhang Xi first took Sun Shangxiang to visit his youngest son Zhang Zheng who stayed in Xiangyang and was taught by Xu Shu. They stayed in Xiangyang for a while. After Zhang Xi learned that Jingnan had not changed much, he I set off with peace of mind and took my wife with me to Gangneung.
As for his son who was already in his teens and it was time to learn some serious skills, Zhang Xi simply made the decision and asked Xiao Zheng'er to become Xu Shu's teacher and stay in Xiangyang to learn skills from Xu Shu.
It's not that Zhang Xi doesn't want Zhuge Liang to teach. There is no doubt about Zhuge Liang's ability, but the problem is that Zhuge Liang is too busy. He is busy when he has something to do, and he has to be busy when he has nothing to do. How can he have the time to teach? Disciple.
Therefore, it is better for Xu Shu. When Zhang Xi followed Liu Bei to Sichuan, didn't he also entrust little Deng Ai to Xu Shu for a period of time? During this period, Deng Ai's knowledge, military skills, and martial arts did not fall behind.
Xu Shu is really a good teacher.
After settling his children's education issues, Zhang Xi took his wife on the road and returned to Jiangling.
Back in Jiangling, Sun Shangxiang immediately began to look for a new residence. He said that he disliked the prefect's residence where Zhang Xi currently lived. It was too noisy and not suitable for living. Women have a lot of requirements.
However, it is true that Wang Ji has been transferred to Jiangling. He has no place to live for the time being, so he lives in the prefect's mansion.
If Zhang Xi was just a gentleman, it wouldn't be a big problem to squeeze in with Wang Ji. The prefect's mansion is not small. It can accommodate ten more gentlemen, let alone two gentlemen.
But it's different now. Zhang Xi not only brings his wife and concubines, but also more than twenty servants and maids. How can he squeeze in with Wang Ji?
Besides, Wang Ji also needs to have his own private life.
As for Shi Bao, Shi Bao had already consciously moved out and found a house by himself when Zhang Xi took up the post of Jingzhou Shepherd.
There is no way, Shi Bao has so many wives, Zhang Xi alone knows no less than five or six. If you include concubines, God knows how many wives Shi Bao has.
If Zhang Xi and Shi Bao were crowded into the governor's mansion, Zhang Xi would be embarrassed, and Shi Bao would be equally embarrassed.
Anyway, Sun Shangxiang was busy with Zhang Luo's residence, and Zhang Xi also took the time to meet with Wang Ji and learn about the current situation of Jiang Xia and Jing Nan.
Now that the situation has temporarily eased, the preparations on the front line still cannot be careless.
Shi Bao still personally led the troops to pin down the Wu Ling County troops in Lingyang County, while Li Qiu and Zhou Tai were responsible for guarding the Gong'an City.
Among them, Li Qiu was the chief general and stationed in the city with 5,000 soldiers and horses, while Zhou Tai was the deputy general and camped outside the public security city to act as a horn.
Of course, the soldiers would definitely not be able to stand camping in the wild for a long time, so the two men would regularly adjust their defenses, but they did not dare to withdraw their troops for the time being, in case Jiangdong's army detoured and attacked.
The situation in Jingnan has not changed much, and Jiangxia is also quite quiet.
Wenpin still led the navy, wandering back and forth in the Han River Basin between Xiangyang and Yicheng, threatening the three northern counties of Jiangxia from time to time. After Zhang Yi led his troops to Ying County, he immediately made plans to renovate the city defenses and conduct drills. The soldiers were ready to attack Jiangxia by land.
But Zhou Yu's response was very simple. He didn't respond at all.
Judging from the intelligence, Zhou Yu still led the land and sea armies to garrison Xiakou and stood still. He paid no attention to Wenpin's army in the upper reaches of the Han River. He did not even do much naval patrols. It seemed that he was not worried about Wenpin heading south.
In the direction of Ying County, Zhang Cheng was still asked to lead 5,000 Soochow soldiers to guard Jingling, without any plans for a cross-border attack.
The old guy is keeping the same in response to all changes, just watching you Shu army messing around, you are really capable, you can fight until the land entrance.
I have to say that it is really boring to play such tricks in front of Zhou Yu.
Therefore, Zhang Xi had no choice but to give an order to Wenpin, asking him to return to Xiangyang to garrison first and take care of the defense of Yicheng. He also asked Zhang Ni to restrain his momentum. He could only defend the territory and bring peace to the people, but he should stop scaring people. Consuming food and grass.
All that's left is to wait for Deng Zhi to return from Jiangdong and figure out Soochow's true intentions before making an action plan.
About half a month after Zhang Xi returned to Jiangling, Deng Zhi returned from his mission to Jiangdong.
On this mission to Jiangdong, Deng Zhi crossed the river in early September and returned in mid-November. He stayed in Jiangdong for a full two and a half months.
But as for the results of the mission, it can be said that there are some, but it can also be said that there are not.
The reason for saying no is that Deng Zhi's mission has not been completed, and Sun Quan refused to give any explanation for the last time he violated the border, with an attitude of doing whatever you want.
There is no way to make Emperor Wu surrender.
As for Deng Zhi's request to sign a "land loan" clause with Jiangdong, Sun Quan almost turned black on the spot. If he hadn't considered diplomatic etiquette, Sun Quan would have wanted to kick Deng Zhi out directly.
Then, Sun Quan told Deng Zhi that Jingzhou has always been the Jingzhou of Soochow. It was your Emperor Zhaolie who had no shame and defrauded Soochow. Sun Quan continued to bring up the old things and talked about borrowing Jingzhou. .
Then, Deng Zhi began to argue with Sun Quan.
Let’s not talk about whether the late emperor borrowed Jingzhou at the beginning, but this Jingzhou could never be the territory of Soochow. It was the inherent territory of the Han Dynasty.
During the Huanling period in the past, the Han Dynasty declined, resulting in Jingzhou being occupied by various princes. However, the princes of all parties are still our ministers of the Han Dynasty, and Jingzhou is naturally our Han Dynasty.
Now that the Yan Han Dynasty will never end, Emperor Zhaolie will succeed the Second Ancestor Wu and inherit the great unification. Naturally, this Jingzhou will still be the Jingzhou of the Han Dynasty.
As for you, Sun Quan, if you were King Wu of the Han Dynasty, then Jingzhou could barely apply to the court as your fiefdom, but that would be the favor of the emperor. But you are now the supreme emperor of Wu, and this Jingzhou is half as good as you. Money relationship? !
Sun Quan was so angry that he walked away on the spot.
It feels good, I mean it feels good, but the problem is that this matter is a dead end. It is impossible for Sun Quan to sign any land-borrowing treaty with the Han Dynasty.
Having said that, if he, Sun Quan, signs this treaty again, wouldn't he really become the Han King of Wu? ! !
As for the matter between the police and Wuling County, Sun Quan and Deng Zhi both had a tacit understanding and did not even mention it.
The fight has been over, and the situation is already like this. If you don't want the two sides to go to war directly, then it is just asking for trouble.
And if Sun Quan really wanted to start a war directly, then there was no need for him to keep talking to Deng Zhi for two and a half months.
Of course, Sun Quan actually didn't want to talk to Deng Zhi for so long. There was another important reason why Deng Zhi took so long to go to Jiangdong.
Cao Wei also sent Jiang Ji, an old acquaintance of Sun Quan, as envoy to Jiangdong to discuss the matter of reconciliation between the two families.
At the end of last year, when the Jingzhou Army had just returned and the war had just ended, Sun Quan was afraid that the Jingzhou Army would launch a direct attack and retake Jingnan after returning to reinforcements, so he sent an envoy to Luoyang to discuss the truce and repair with Cao Wei.
At that time, Cao Rui had not left Luoyang, so he met Sun Quan's envoy. The two sides agreed on a temporary truce, but it was not a matter of reconciliation. Cao Rui did not decide for a while. He asked the Soochow envoy to go back first, and wait until he returned to Yecheng. Send an envoy to return to Jiangdong.
Then this envoy was delayed until now before being sent out by Cao Rui.
After all, there were actually many objections within Cao Wei to the reconciliation with Soochow, and Cao Xiu was the first to disagree.
The humiliation was so great that Cao Xiu would never forget this shame. He was still thinking that one day he would have another chance to lead his troops back to Huainan.
But in the end, Cao Rui made his decision and sent Jiang Ji across the river to discuss the matter of repair with Soochow.
By the way, after Cao Xiu learned the result, he was so angry that he became bedridden.
It was really not an act. It was said that he had a carbuncle on his back, which made it difficult to get up due to his serious illness.
Well, back to the topic.
Cao Rui sent Jiang Ji as envoy to Soochow. On the one hand, he thought that Jiang Ji was in Yanzhou and it would be convenient for him to cross the river. On the other hand, Jiang Ji, like Deng Zhi, was also a candidate who often sent envoys to Soochow, and he was also an old acquaintance with Sun Quan. .
In Jiangdong, Jiang Ji and Deng Zhi met like this.
It's hard for you to say whether there was something intentional about Sun Quan. Well, neither Deng Zhi nor Jiang Ji were fools. They knew very well that Sun Quan did it on purpose.
But there is no way, now Soochow is shaking.
No one in the Han and Wei families was willing to completely fall out with Soochow, so they had no choice but to make peace with them. They had reasons to tremble.
But the most important thing is that neither Deng Zhi nor Jiang Ji wants to see Soochow re-alliance with each other, so the battle between the two in Soochow is also very exciting.
As for Deng Zhi, he benefited from the connections and goodwill accumulated by the Han Dynasty in Soochow during the Han-Wu Alliance a few years ago. He used these things to influence the operation of the Soochow court and influence Sun Quan's decision-making.
Jiang Ji, on the other hand, repeatedly emphasized that the Shu thieves were extremely difficult to control, and then kept blaming Jingzhou, saying that without Sun Quan's protection, Liu Bei would have been doomed long ago. However, now he is stunned, but in turn accuses Liu Bei. Soochow betrayed its alliance.
Everyone can tell that Jiang Ji is sowing discord, but the problem is that Sun Quan likes to hear what Jiang Ji says.
In this way, Jiang Ji and Deng Zhi fought openly and secretly, and used various methods. From the beginning, they wanted to complete their own missions as much as possible, but gradually became unable to let the other party complete their mission.
Among them, the happiest person is probably Sun Quan.
I've been pretending to be a grandson all these years, so I've been looking forward to this day.
You, Han and Wei, will one day beg me, Soochow! ! !
(End of chapter)
