The news of Lu Xun's departure from Huainan soon reached the ears of Ji Han's Yanzhou governor Xu Shu following Ji Han's detailed channels.
Xu Shu responded immediately and asked Zhang Yi of Yingchuan to march troops to the Runan border. He led his troops southward into Liang State, and together with Guanqiu Jian threatened Qiaojun. He then asked Hu Zun to lead troops eastward and Chen troops to the border of Shanyang County.
Put on a posture of fighting the battle of Huainan again.
Xu Shu had two purposes for doing this.
One is to create a posture of Chen Bing on the border, forcing Soochow to passively respond to the war, and consuming Soochow's national power.
After all, today's Han Dynasty controls two-thirds of the world, has strong national power, and can't afford it.
The other is to look at Soochow's response and seek to achieve a breakthrough in the Huainan region.
If Lu Xun really returned to Jianye to report on his duties, instead of commanding the battle in Huainan, and relying only on Zhu Ju of Runan and Sun Shao of Shouchun, Xu Shu would really not take it seriously.
But if Lu Xun was just bluffing, pretending to leave Huainan, and actually leading troops elsewhere with other plans, then Xu Shu wouldn't be afraid. As long as he worked step by step and slowly encroached, he could put enough pressure on Huainan.
Anyway, Huainan without Lu Xun was really not a big pressure for Xu Shu to deal with.
Xu Shu's response immediately increased the pressure on the Huainan area. Both Zhu Zhi and Sun Shao asked for help from Jianye and contacted Zhuge Jin and Zhuge Dan brothers in Xuzhou, asking them to send troops from Xuzhou to contain Yanzhou. County soldiers.
But if this happened, the news would spread back to Jianye and get into the hands of Sun Quan, which would make Sun Quan feel very uncomfortable.
To be honest, Sun Quan actually trusted Lu Xun at this time.
Sun Quan's original intention to recall Lu Xun this time was not to deprive Lu Xun of his military power. He just wanted to recall Lu Xun to Jianye. Firstly, he wanted to talk to Lu Xun privately about the situation he was currently facing. Secondly, he also wanted to show off to Lu Xun. Look at the outside world, let the civil and military ministers in the court look at it, even if it is a high-ranking person like Lu Xun, it is easy for them to seize his power.
After doing this, Sun Quan will still let Lu Xun return to Huainan and take charge of the military.
After all, Sun Quan also knew that in the current situation, he did not have many available people. Zhu Ran and Lu Xun must not be easily moved.
However, when Lu Xun left Huainan and had not yet arrived in Jianye, the Shu Han Dynasty made frequent moves in Yanzhou, as if they were going to attack Huainan, which immediately made Sun Quan feel guilty.
In early October last year, the war in Huainan had just ended. Now it is only February. Are the Shu Han already ready to attack Huainan? !
If we estimate based on the scale of last year's Huainan-Yanzhou war, the preparation period will take at least two to three months. In other words, did Shu Han start preparing for this military operation in November? !
Then why did you choose to return to Yanzhou and end the last war? !
Sun Quan recalled Lu Xun at this juncture because he actually predicted that there would be no large-scale war in Huainan in a short period of time. This was why Lu Xun's return came so quickly, Sun Quan couldn't help but think about it.
Is the Shu Han just feinting and not planning to fully attack Huainan, or is this so-called Shu Han's feinting to attack Huainan just a fake news concocted by someone? !
If it's the former, then it's okay. Let Sun Shao wait for reinforcements, and then let Lu Xun return to Shouchun to direct the defensive battle. For a purely defensive battle, Soochow's current grain, grass and ordnance reserves in Huainan are enough, and there is no need for them. Additional reinforcements.
But if it is the latter. In the entire Huainan region, there is no other person besides Lu Xun who can lie about this kind of military information.
If it was really Lu Xun who was lying about the military situation, then Sun Quan couldn't help but murmur.
Sun Quan is a pure political creature. He can give Lu Xun trust, but this trust must be given to Lu Xun before he can accept it. If Lu Xun himself wants to create this "trust", then Sun Quan will never tolerate it.
Even if this person is a good friend who has known him for decades.
But now the intelligence Sun Quan has received is limited. According to the military reports sent back from the front line, the whole of Runan is now in a hurry, and it may not be appropriate to let Lu Xun return to Jianye.
After some thinking, Sun Quan finally sent his envoy to intercept Lu Xun at the ferry along the Yangtze River, and sent a message to Lu Xun to quickly return to Huainan and preside over the war in Huainan.
But privately, Sun Quan asked Lu Yi to send the captain of the school affairs office to secretly go to Huainan to investigate the truth of the Battle of Huainan.
But the question is, what kind of good person can Lu Yi be? !
Nowadays, Lu Yi has a low position and powerful position. Such a villain can easily get carried away once he succeeds.
And Lu Yi's background also determines that in this era, he is destined to be looked down upon by those who come from aristocratic families. And Lu Yi's character is determined to retaliate. The more people look down on him, the more he will take revenge after he takes power. return.
Although Lu Xun did not offend Lu Yi in any way, after Lu Yi took power, in order to establish his authority, he actually had many ideas against Lu Xun.
That was Lu Xun, the top general of Soochow, who controlled the military and was the number one person in the Soochow military. If he could pull him down, then who would dare to offend him in the future? !
This is what Lu Yi thinks. From this idea, it can be seen that Lu Yi is really a villain without any foresight.
He was not afraid of offending Lu Xun too much. Lu Xun would give him a "Qingjun side". Not to mention Lu Yi, I am afraid that even Sun Quan would be shaken.
But obviously, Lu Yi did not have this consciousness.
Sun Quan asked him to send people to the Huainan area to investigate the truth behind the Shu Han's attack on Huainan. He really wanted to know the truth.
But in Lu Yi's view, this time was a good opportunity for him to rectify Lu Xun and establish his authority. Lu Yi secretly instructed his school captain to go to Huainan this time, no matter how unfavorable the intelligence was.
Even if Lu Xun cannot be accused of colluding with the Shu Han and supporting the bandits, he still has to be accused of supporting soldiers and respecting himself.
It can be seen that Lu Yi not only has no vision, he even has no bottom line.
What's even more terrible is that not long after Lu Xun took the order to return to Shouchun and began to preside over the defensive battle in Huainan, the Shu Han began to gradually withdraw its troops and withdraw to its own defense area.
There is a saying that Xu Shu had his own considerations in doing this.
On the one hand, Sun Shao and Zhu Ju were not as incompetent as Xu Shu imagined. Their response measures were good and they did block the first wave of Han army's offensive.
After that, Lu Xun returned to Huainan and began to take over the defense. Seeing that there was no advantage to be taken, Xu Shu chose to withdraw.
On the other hand, Yanzhou's decision to send troops this time was Xu Shu's own decision. It was okay to play a surprise war, but if it turned into a protracted war, Yanzhou's grain, grass and ordnance reserves might not be able to sustain it for too long.
Therefore, Xu Shu had no choice but to ask for help from Pang Tong in Heluo, hoping that Pang Tong would allocate grain, grass, ordnance to him, and if possible, allow Heluo County soldiers to enter Dongjun again to assist in defense.
However, Pang Tong wrote back and rejected Xu Shu. The reason was that the emperor of Chang'an had issued an order to recuperate in the past two years and would not easily go to war. Therefore, all his money and food were spent on local development, and there was really no spare power to support Xu Shu.
Without enough money and food, Xu Shu had to retreat.
But the timing of Xu Shu's withdrawal was so coincidental that even Lu Xun himself found it strange.
Lu Xun was called back to Jianye by Sun Quan, so the Shu Han sent troops to attack Huainan. But less than a month after Lu Xun returned to Huainan, what does it mean that the Shu Han retreated? !
In addition, there was almost no warning for the Shu Han's attack on Huainan this time. It can be said that the troops were sent out as if they were impromptu and the troops retreated hastily. Do you think Lu Yi's school affairs office can find out the truth? !
The captain of the school affairs office at the front was quite fair and concluded that "the war was fishy", but did not extend it to Lu Xun. But when the matter was in the hands of Lu Yi, he could not be suspected of "raising the bandits for self-respect". That just doesn't make sense.
Sun Quan also fell into deep thought after seeing the "truth" discovered by Lu Yi.
Sun Quan didn't believe the suspicion of "raising bandits." Sun Quan still had some trust in Lu Xun.
However, Sun Quan still has some doubts about "self-respect".
Of course, this "self-respect" may not be intentional on Lu Xun's part, but objectively speaking, Lu Xun is indeed suspected of "supporting his own self-respect".
The obvious change in Shu Han's attitude when Lu Xun left to stay in Shouchun made Sun Quan realize the importance of Lu Xun to the Huainan region. It was not only a deterrent to other areas, but also the backbone of the Shouchun garrison.
In normal times, this is not a bad thing and is conducive to border stability.
But now, the dispute between the two palaces is intensifying, and Lu Xun is the representative of the Soochow family, and the Soochow family generally supports King Lu Sunba. There are some things that Sun Quan has to guard against.
Therefore, Sun Quan issued an edict to promote Sun Shao to General of Hussars and Mu of Youzhou. The purpose of Jiajie was to check and balance Lu Xun and prevent Lu Xun from dominating his family in Huainan.
After that, Sun Quan issued an edict again, promoting Zhu Ju to the post of General of Zhenbei, Mu of Yanzhou, and Jiajie. This move was to divide Lu Xun's power and give Qiaojun of Yanzhou and part of the war command power of Liang State under the control of Soochow. It was assigned to Zhu Zhi in Runan County.
Among them, Sun Shao is a general of the Eastern Wu clan, and although Zhu Ju is from the Zhu family in Wuzhong, he is Sun Quan's youngest son-in-law and can be regarded as half of his own.
Sun Quan began to speed up the cultivation of his clan's power, and slowly began to replace some of the powers of generals with foreign surnames.
(End of chapter)
