Jiangdong Jianye, the capital of Soochow.
In late October, the land of Jiangdong began to enter winter. Although there was no snow, there was light rain falling every now and then for almost half a month.
This winter is likely to be warm for Jiangdong, but Sun Quan, who is in the palace now, does not feel warm at all.
The Shu Han sent troops to the Northern Expedition again, and the military peak was directed at Luoyang. This situation made Sun Quan unable to sit still.
In recent years, with the successive Northern Expeditions of the Shu Han Dynasty, the Shu Han Dynasty has continued to acquire the land that originally belonged to Cao Wei. The Shu Han Dynasty has become extremely difficult to control.
After the war ended last year, Sun Quan adopted Zhang Zhao's strategy and put on a high profile, preparing to wait for Cao Wei or Shu Han to come to him and beg him to form an alliance, in order to achieve the goal of balancing the world, but the result was not satisfactory at all.
Those two forces didn't pay much attention to Sun Quan's attitude.
They came over to talk, but after the talks failed once, neither Wei nor Shu had any intention of sending envoys again, and seemed to just leave Soochow aside.
This autumn, the two families completely ignored their own attitudes and started fighting. Sun Quan felt that his existence seemed to be ignored.
Anyway, Sun Quan felt very embarrassed.
Of course, if he just lost face, Sun Quan wouldn't be as anxious as he is now. Staying in Jiangdong and proclaiming himself emperor, holding beauties in his arms, and watching the changes in the world is not actually a hard life.
But the problem is that Sun Quan is not the kind of second-generation hedonistic emperor. Although his character is not very good and his level of leading troops in war is too low, he still has some strategic vision.
It's not much, but it's there.
Sun Quan knew very well that once the Shu Han really captured Luoyang, the world situation would become extremely favorable to the Shu Han, and at that time, Cao Wei would have no way to stop the rise of the Shu Han.
Once the Shu Han frees up its hands in the north and turns to the southeast, looking at the current situation between the two countries, a war between Shu and Wu is almost a certainty.
Of course, Sun Quan is not afraid of a fight now. After all, although Shu Han's navy is stronger than Cao Wei, compared with Soochow's navy, its combat effectiveness is not at the same level. At most, it is just fighting back and forth in Jingzhou, which is not a threat. Jiangdong foundation.
However, in the past two years, the shipyards in Jiangling have been building warships non-stop, and the Jingzhou navy has been practicing endlessly. It can be seen that the Shuhan side did not start preparations in advance.
Once the Shu thieves had enough warships and naval forces to recapture Jingnan and Jiangxia, the initiative in the war would no longer be in Soochow's hands.
Therefore, Sun Quan definitely does not want to see the Shu Han easily capture Luoyang or even the Central Plains.
In other words, Sun Quan now wants to backstab him again.
Or, at this time, Sun Quan's behavior can no longer be regarded as a backstab. Now Shu and Wu are not in an alliance. Sun Quan's current thoughts are purely based on the interests of Soochow and are just well-founded strategic actions.
Therefore, Sun Quan wanted to send troops to attack Jingzhou, as he did last time, to attract the Shu Han to return to defend Jingzhou, so that Luoyang would not fall into the hands of the Shu Han so quickly.
For this reason, Sun Quan directly recalled Zhou Yu who was stationed in Jiangxia, and joined forces with Zhang Zhao to discuss countermeasures.
At this time, Zhang Zhao was almost eighty and had lived for two more years. Zhang Zhao himself felt very lucky because his energy was really not as good as before.
And Zhou Yu's winter was not very wonderful either.
Zhou Yu has never been in good health. He is prone to fevers and colds in winter. As he gets older, Zhou Yu's physical condition is indeed getting worse year by year. This is not something Zhou Yu can decide. This is what Bachuna did back then. The root of the disease left behind after a serious illness.
Simply put, the body’s immunity is getting worse and worse.
Therefore, the state of the two people is actually not very good.
But there was no way. Sun Quan summoned them, and these two people had to come. One was getting older and the other was frail and had a cold, but they still came to Jianye to provide advice to Sun Quan.
But fortunately, these two people's minds are still clear enough at the moment.
As soon as they heard that Sun Quan was going to attack Jingzhou again, their hearts skipped a beat and they all fell silent.
Actually, neither of them really agreed with what Sun Quan did. However, in recent years, Soochow Supreme has become more and more powerful, and Sun Zhongmou, who was the one who took over Southeast Asia, has almost become two people.
When you disagree, just try not to say anything. It's better to do less to refute something in person.
Even a veteran minister with a bad temper like Zhang Zhao began to become taciturn, let alone a smart man with military power like Zhou Yu.
When Sun Quan saw that these two people were silent, he immediately understood what they meant. But let's face it, Sun Quan didn't want these two people to be silent. What he needed was the support of these two people.
After becoming an emperor, he had more to think about. Sun Quan also understood that there were some things that he, the emperor, could not do just because he wanted to do it.
Without the support of his subordinates, he would not be able to do many things.
Sun Quan really had his own reasons for sending troops to Jingzhou this time. He couldn't continue to sit back and watch the Shu Han grow, right? !
At first, Qi just sat back and watched Qin annex the other five countries. When it was his turn, he was defeated and surrendered without even fighting a battle. Sun Quan did not want to follow in the footsteps of Qi and become a subjugated king.
Because it was military affairs, Sun Quan first sought Zhou Yu's opinion. He repeatedly emphasized his concerns, and then sought Zhou Yu's support.
But what can Zhou Yu say? The time now is really not suitable. Although the Soochow Navy has the advantage, the infantry is insufficient.
Furthermore, the current focus of Soochow's military deployment is still in Qingxu, Huainan and other places. The few troops accumulated in Jiangxia and Jingnan are simply not enough to shake the defense line set up by the Shu Han in Jingzhou.
Shu Han is not stupid. You have stabbed him in the back so many times. How can he be unprepared when he goes to war? !
This time, both Jiangling and Xiangyang have left enough naval and land forces to prevent us from rashly sending troops to attack Jingzhou. Wouldn't we just hit someone's gun? ! !
You said it's okay if we can defeat them, but with the troops we deployed in Jiangxia and Jingnan, there's really no guarantee that we can defeat them.
It was a coincidence last time that we happened to encounter the Shu Han general Guan Yu who died of illness, and they took the initiative to withdraw their troops. You don't really think that it was Zhu Ran's contribution to the victory, right? !
Really, Zhou Yu really wanted to tell the truth to Sun Quan like this, but for Sun Quan now, it was impossible to say this, and he wouldn't listen.
Not to mention, Sun Quan is now trying his best to cultivate Zhu Ran and build momentum for Zhu Ran. He is planning to let Zhu Ran and Lu Xun share his position after he retires. If he comments on Zhu Ran like this and spreads it, he will not only offend Zhu Ran. , and will also affect Sun Quan's check and balance strategy.
So Zhou Yu thought for a while and decided to persuade Zhou Yu in a different direction.
"If the Supreme Being is worried about the power of the Shu Han family, why not ask Lu Boyan and Zhuge Ziyu to send troops to Pengcheng, march to Yanzhou, and share the Central Plains with the Shu Han?!" Zhou Yu said.
What Zhou Yu meant was to tell Sun Quan that if he wanted to check and balance the Shu Han, he could not only drag the Shu Han back.
We can definitely get ahead of the Shu Han, send troops to Yanzhou, swallow up the key areas of Yanzhou, and occupy the three eastern states of the Central Plains.
On the one hand, to avoid a direct fall out with the Shu Han, the two sides can still maintain superficial harmony. On the other hand, if the Shu thieves attack Luoyang, Cao Wei will definitely support Heluo with all his strength, and Yanzhou will definitely be unprepared. The risk of us attacking Yanzhou will be much smaller.
As for Cao Wei, if we really capture Yanzhou and the Shu Han also captures Heluo, Cao Wei will have no choice but to retreat to Hebei and become the weakest of the three forces. When the time comes, we Soochow will take the initiative to form an alliance with Cao Wei. I believe that Cao Wei Will not refuse.
After all, if he refuses, Cao Wei may really face the danger of national subjugation.
Wouldn't this also be able to check and balance Shu Han? !
I have to say that Zhou Yu's suggestion makes sense.
But Sun Quan did not accept it.
Yes, occupying Yanzhou is a good idea, but the question is, even if we occupy Yanzhou, what can we do? !
Once the Shu Han occupies Sili, we occupy Yanzhou, and Cao Wei retreats to Hebei. Then there will be a fight between Soochow and Shu Han? !
Whoever can sit back and watch the other party control the Central Plains will definitely have to decide the winner.
Since there is going to be a fight sooner or later, why do we have to decide the outcome in that flat place in the Central Plains? !
The Shu Han Dynasty has the Liangzhou War Horse Base, and it occupies more valuable land than us. It has no shortage of money and food, and can attack the cavalry at any time. However, our advantage in Soochow is the navy, and we are no match for them in land warfare.
Instead of placing the preset battlefield in Jingzhou, a place where the navy has a lot of use, choosing to decide the outcome with the Shu Han in the Central Plains is crazy, right? !
Therefore, Sun Quan still disagreed and hoped to convince Zhou Yu. So far, what can Zhou Yu say? !
Just, fight but try not to fight this year.
If you want to fight, wait until next spring and then fight again.
This year's winter will probably be a warm one. Looking at this situation, the light rain will not stop. Don't forget the useless battle we fought with Cao Wei in the Huainan area during the second Battle of Ruxu.
Not many men were lost in the battle, but the typhoid plague caused by continuous rain almost killed the soldiers.
But Sun Quan still disagreed.
By the spring of next year, I am afraid that the Shu Han will have already captured Luoyang and are even harvesting Yanzhou.
If you want to fight, start preparations now. Start the fight before the year and finish it before spring plowing. This is in the best interests of Soochow.
Sun Quan asked again and again, but Zhou Yu looked at Zhang Zhao, who was pretending to be asleep with his eyes closed, and could only sigh.
What can be said? !
Just leave it like that! ! !
(End of chapter)
