Yecheng, the Prime Minister's residence.
Since Jizhou was conquered, Cao Cao regarded Jizhou as his base camp to suppress the restless nearby states.
He only loves being in Yecheng, not Xudu. After all, Xudu still has the emperor, and he doesn't want to stay there.
Cao Cao was reading a book introducing the science of prophecy in front of several cases. Suddenly, Mao Jie walked in excitedly from outside the house.
"Lord, I'm so happy!"
Cao Cao put down his book and looked at Mao Jie questioningly.
Mao Jie said: "There is news from the south that General Beifu captured Cangwu without any bloodshed. It depends on the message from the ten counties of Cangwu. General Beifu has only been out of Jingnan for more than ten days, and one of the seven counties of Jiaozhou has been captured!"
"oh?"
Cao Cao carefully placed the book and looked at Mao Jie with interest. What he asked about was not the war, but something else.
"I thought you would look down on Xiao Wu because of the previous grudge."
"this……"
Mao Jie lowered his head in shame. He always showed his integrity to others, but he couldn't say it. Because Cao Wu agreed to let him write a preface to a pamphlet of Filial Piety, which could be passed down through the ages, his relationship with Cao Wu eased.
Moreover, even the news of the battle report was transmitted to Yecheng through the Beifu carrier pigeon channel, and then sent to the Prime Minister's Mansion, where it was received by Mao Jie, the right military advisor on duty.
Cao Cao patted the book and said: "Since Xiaowu wants to take Jiaozhou, then Jiaozhou can be taken. It doesn't matter."
Mao Jie looked at Cao Cao's unpredictable appearance and said with sincere admiration: "My lord Mingjian, General Beifu is indeed a pillar of talent!"
Cao Cao laughed loudly, stood up, and summoned many Cao Yuan in the prime minister's house to discuss matters.
A map of Jiaozhou was soon hung in the main hall of the Prime Minister's Mansion. All the counselors looked at the map and listened to Xun You, Cheng Yu, and Jia Xu analyzing the situation.
Cui Yan said: "Then where is Jiangdong's army?"
"Information says that Jiangdong Army has captured the four counties of Shixie!"
"So fast!"
None of the counselors expected that Jiangdong Army, led by Zhou Yu, would achieve better results than Cao Wu's side.
Cheng Yu smiled and said: "Actually, it doesn't matter. General Beifu took Cangwu, killed the prefect Wu Ju and the captain Qu Jing, and gained the support of the entire Cangwu territory. He truly controlled Cangwu. But the Jiangdong Army is different. Although they He plotted against Shi Xie but failed to truly control the four counties. "
Jia Xu nodded and said: "Exactly, if the war goes well, everything is easy to say. If the war goes badly, the three brothers of the Shi family will definitely find other strategies."
The counselors nodded and discussed one after another. In the end, everyone agreed that the battle was between 35,000 and more than 70,000. The most important thing was the confrontation between the main force of Cao's army and the main force of Jiangdong's army. The other servant armies were of little effect.
Cao's army has 20,000 troops and Jiangdong's army has 10,000. They have an advantage in this regard, so Cao Wu, the general of Beifu, was right to rush the army out.
At the end of the discussion, Cao Cao raised his hand slightly, and the counselors stopped talking.
If someone sees Cao Wu and Cao Cao raising their hands at the same time, they will find that Cao Wu's prestige is learned from Cao Cao. Cao Cao conquered the world and accumulated enough majesty to become more and more unequivocal.
"Since Xiaowu has sent troops, he will definitely win. You don't need to discuss it anymore. You should think about how to run Jiaozhou after it is conquered!"
"Here!"
All the counselors looked at each other. Although they felt that Cao Wu had a great chance of winning, who dared to say that Cao Wu would definitely win? But Cao Cao said he would win, and who of them dared to refute him?
Mao Jie, who used to be the best at retorting, is now respectful. They can only think that Cao Cao trusts his brother too blindly, but they do not think that Cao Wu can really succeed immediately.
When they left the main hall, Yuan Huan and Du Xi looked at each other, and they both said at the same time: "We can win, but I'm afraid it will be a fierce battle."
…
In April of the 14th year of Jian'an, the Jiaozhou battlefield began to unfold in the form of a major battle.
Sun Quan, who was far away in Wu County, felt much more relaxed because he finally got rid of the stalking of the civil and military officials.
At this moment, he was not in Wu Jun's mansion, but standing on the bank of the rushing river, facing the turbulent water.
The only people accompanying him were Bu Lianshi, Sun Shangxiang, and Sun Quan's guards.
Sun Quan pointed to a place and said: "Recently, I have done some calculations with someone. The expert who is proficient in the study of prophecy said that this place is the capital of the emperor with dragons and pans on Zhongshan Mountain and rocks and tigers. So I came here to see it and planned to build a city here. What do you think?"
The guards lowered their heads, knowing that they were not the ones asking the question.
Sun Shangxiang asked eagerly: "Will there be a separate courtyard for me?"
Because his father and brother died early, Sun Quan doted on his sister and said with a smile: "Of course there will be. After it is completed, I plan to build a large palace called Taichu Palace. Taichu is the foundation of Tao, and this is also the master. I like the name very much."
Sun Shangxiang began to discuss where the palace should be built.
This place is a flat land, with rocks and purple mountains in the distance, and no rubble around. However, as the two of them discussed, they became more and more excited, as if a towering capital city had already stood up.
Trainer Bu bit his lip and watched the two discussing, feeling extremely anxious in his heart.
In the morning she received news that her clan brother Bu Zhao had entered Jiaozhi, and it was said that all the counties in Jiaozhi had surrendered.
She is not actually greedy for power, but the master has said that her daughter Sun Luban will be the pillar of the country, with overwhelming power.
Although it is not easy for a woman to hold power in this era, Bu Lianshi is willing to pave the way for his daughter. In this way, Bu Zhi, who can become Jiaozhou Mu at a young age, will be the biggest support for their mother and daughter. It can be said that they are both prosperous and prosperous. All lose.
She wanted to interrupt Sun Quan several times, but when she saw Sun Quan's relaxed attitude, she gave up again.
Sun Quan and Sun Shangxiang discussed for a while and finally stopped.
When Sun Quan returned to his guards, he regained his aura as a prince and was no longer a playboy who was interested in everything.
He inherited his father and brother's family business at the age of nineteen. During the nine-year struggle, he smoothed many edges and learned too many things.
Standing in front of Sun Shangxiang, he could talk about whatever he wanted, but when it came time to do something, he might not do so.
Sun Shangxiang came over from the river beach one step at a time, and still asked with a smile: "So brother, when should our big city called Jianye be built?"
Sun Quan touched his knees and sighed.
After sighing, he finally said: "Maybe it can't be repaired."
"Why?"
Sun Shangxiang blinked her eyes. Just now, she was imagining having her own independent and exquisite compound. It would be even better if it was big enough to ride horses and shoot arrows.
"These ministers don't understand Gu after all."
Sun Quan shook his head and stared at the river: "Hefei retreated. They all blamed Gu Gu for going his own way. The two governors Cheng and Zhou failed to take Hefei, causing the entire Chibi Battle to fail. But they never thought that Chibi was defeated and besieged Hefei. The army is Gu's last family fortune. They can bet. If they lose the bet, Zhou Yu can still be appreciated and Cheng Pu can still be a general. But what about Gu?"
He chuckled and said: "On this land, how many people have achieved great success. Yuan Gongli is dead, Yuan Benchu is dead, Liu Jingsheng is dead, and Liu Xuande's shadow can no longer be seen. There is only loneliness in this world. I can't afford to lose. Ah, so we can’t bet. Especially in the battle of Jiaozhou, Gu can’t lose, but they are clamoring every day that Gu will lose and let Gu send troops. Hey, who wants to think about Gu.”
Sun Shangxiang seemed to understand, but the Bu trainer gritted his teeth, hesitated for a long time, and finally couldn't help but asked: "Then why can't we send troops?"
Sun Quan spread his hands and laughed at himself: "I only have two hands. If General Cheng goes south, who will defend Cao's army? I can't bet that a strong enemy will not take the initiative to attack, so I can't send troops."
Seeing him patiently explaining to himself, which was rare, Master Bu felt grateful.
"Furthermore, bringing only 10,000 people was Gong Jin's own request."
When Sun Quan said this, he looked a little lonely, as if he couldn't do what he wanted to do and could only expect others to complete it. He was very unwilling but helpless.
When his brother Sun Ce was accidentally assassinated, he took over hastily. Only Da Qiao was completely on his side. The person arranged by his brother to assist the government, Zhang Zhao, was loyal to him and helped him suppress the civil servants. However, Zhang Zhao was extremely arrogant and treated him as a child, causing a lot of unpleasantness. things. Zhou Yu was also an assistant in the government, but he was able to treat him with the courtesy of a lord. Among the generals, he was the first to do so.
When Sun Quan first took power, almost all the military generals were unconvinced. It was Zhou Yu who set an example and let the generals know that Zhou Yu served Sun Quan as the leader. Sun Quan's leadership was slowly established the following year.
At that time, he and Zhou Yu had a very good relationship. Unfortunately, later, a nursery rhyme reminded him to re-examine this experience, and he was shocked to discover that what Zhou Yu did at that time, besides helping him establish a small prestige, It also gained prestige for Zhou Yu himself.
Zhou Yu was originally a close minister of Sun Ce, but by showing weakness to Sun Quan, he became the most powerful person in the military under Sun Quan.
These analyzes were actually made by Cao Wu, who was pretending to be Zhang Song. Sun Quan already knew Cao Wu's conspiracy, but he could never forget Cao Wu's judgment of Zhou Yu.
Generals are not generals.
Thinking of this, Sun Quan sighed, wishing he could command the army himself and no longer rely on Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu.
Master Bu had experienced many things with him and knew what he was thinking, so he sighed.
Unexpectedly, Sun Quan suddenly said: "But how do the ministers know that Gu has not sent troops? Gu's reinforcements are already on the way, but they are just afraid of being inquired about like last time, so they don't want to show it to others easily!"
…
In the vast sea, three huge and hard sea ships are sailing in the sea.
A young captain stood on the bow of the boat independently, blowing the sea breeze and letting the waves beat on him.
He was one of the generals secretly promoted by Sun Quan.
No one in Jiangdong knows that his control over ships and naval forces is probably second only to Zhou Yu in the entire Jiangdong.
He even surpassed Zhou Yu in his understanding of ship performance.
Today he is unknown, but in the future he will be recorded in history and remembered by the entire nation.
He looked at the exposed ground in the distance and said with a smile: "It seems that today's voyage is going well. I will rest on this small island today. In a few days, I will reach the South China Sea, and then follow the governor's order to go up the Pearl River. , launched a surprise attack outside Guangxin City, catching the Cao thieves off guard! I just don’t know if my three big ships can conquer the sea and the rolling Pearl River!"
If Sun Quan were here, he would definitely smile knowingly. This smug young man is his secret weapon.
His name is Wei Wen.
