Lu Xun took advantage of the inertial thinking formed by the Wei State over the years, and with a flash of a false gun, he avoided Hefei and attacked Lujiang. He was about to succeed.
Unexpectedly, Man Chong was so bold and not afraid of Lujiang's mistakes.
Instead, he personally led the army in a large circle in order to cut off the Wu army's retreat.
It can be said that this operation by both parties is amazing.
In comparison, the teammates on both sides are somewhat different.
Although Wang Ling and Man Chong were at odds, they were able to lead the army to garrison Hefei immediately.
Although Sun Quan and Lu Xun were close, they were only bluffing at Ruxukou and did not even enter Chaohu Lake.
Lu Xun definitely doesn't understand the saying that he is not afraid of opponents who are like gods, but teammates who are like pigs.
Even if he understood it, he wouldn't dare to say it, and he wouldn't even have the thought of slandering her.
"Come on, General, what should we do?"
When they heard that there was danger on the way back, some people immediately panicked.
If you are on the boat at this time, there is no need to be afraid.
But more than two hundred miles behind him was the riverside.
No matter how much you look down on the Wei thieves, you have to admit that the only ones who can stand up to the Wei thieves' elite cavalry without falling behind are probably the Shu people.
"Don't panic."
Knowing Man Chong's exact location, Lu Xun's uneasiness disappeared.
It was obvious that it was too late to capture Lujiang.
But we can't just retreat casually.
Otherwise, under the pursuit of the Wei thieves' elite cavalry, if they are not careful, the army will be in danger of retreating into a rout.
After figuring this out, Lu Xun immediately sent people to the intersection of Xianshui and Xieshui to set up more flags.
At the same time, he led the army to follow closely, making a posture of turning around and heading west to meet the incoming enemy.
When the Wei reinforcements learned of the Wu army's movements, they were immediately stunned by the menacing momentum!
In terms of leading the army alone, Feng Yong of Shu and Lu Xun of Wu were both deeply feared figures in the Wei state.
Feng Yong is cunning, attacking like the wind, and defending like a mountain.
Lu Xun, on the other hand, is good at laying out the overall situation and is as difficult to predict as Yin.
Even in the eyes of Wei Guo, Lu Xun was much more difficult to deal with than Feng Yong.
After all, there was the Battle of Yiling before Lu Xun, and the Battle of Shiting behind him.
As a newcomer, Feng Yong's reputation is naturally not as good as Lu Xun's.
So although Man Chong was caught by surprise this time, when Lu Xun reacted on the opposite side, he did not dare to rush in easily and sent out sentries first to explore the situation on the opposite side.
But what he didn't expect was that when he contacted the defenders of Lu'an City, he discovered that Wu Jun had already retreated quietly at night.
The confrontation between Wei and Wu in December of the 10th year of Jianxing seemed to be quiet, but in fact it was extremely dangerous.
If the Wu Kingdom succeeds, it can open the door to the Central Plains.
If the Wei State succeeds, it can revive the decline since the Battle of Shiting.
Because of this, the commanders-in-chief of both sides were extremely cautious and showed restraint before they were sure, so that this confrontation did not turn into a real war.
Sun Quan, who had been at Ruxukou, received the news that Lu Xun had withdrawn his troops, so he also crossed the river and returned to Jianye.
After Lu Xun returned to Wuchang, he wrote a letter and sent someone to Shu.
Man Chong, the governor of Yangzhou in the Wei state, also wrote a memorial after returning to Shouchun and sent it to Luoyang.
Compared with Wuchang, which is far away from Shu, Shouchun sent the memorial to Luoyang much faster.
Cao Rui was not too nervous when he learned that Sun Quan was attacking Hefei again.
Wu Guodu failed to capture Hefei in the Battle of Shiting? Not to mention that it has taken several years to recover now.
Thinking of this? Cao Rui couldn't help but sigh again.
Is the Eight-Niu Plow that was introduced from Shu to the Wei Dynasty really a good thing? It is most suitable for farming.
Runan in Yuzhou and Shouchun in Yangzhou were originally fertile lands, and Emperor Wu left behind a foundation for farming.
After using the eight-niu plow, not only can we open up more wasteland, but we can also reduce the use of villagers. It is really a good thing.
Just remembering that this thing was made by Feng Yong, Cao Rui felt like a huge stone was pressing on his chest.
"Why don't we in Wei Dynasty have such talents?"
Although he was usually scolded by Feng and Feng, in the bottom of his heart, Cao Rui thought about it more than once, how great would it be if Feng Yong could abandon the traitor and join Wei?
It can be said that I hate deeply and think deeply.
Cao Rui didn't know what he was thinking at this time, but after reading Man Chong's memorial, he frowned.
The memorial described the battle in detail, and also included a suggestion:
Hefei City is bordered by rivers and lakes in the south and Shouchun in the north. The thieves are attacking and besieging it, so they have to use the water as a force. To save the city, the officers and soldiers must defeat the elders of the thieves first, and then the siege can be lifted.
It is easy for thieves to escape, but it is difficult for soldiers to rescue them. It is better to move the troops inside the city. Thirty miles to the west, there are strange dangers to rely on, and the city is built to defend it.
If the new city is built, it can be connected to the Lujiang River. This will lead the thieves to the ground and lead them back to the ground, which will be convenient for planning.
Man Chong took the current conflict between Wei and Wu as an example, saying that the city of Hefei was on the edge of Chao Lake, which allowed the Wu people to take advantage of their boats.
Instead of building a new city far away from Chao Lake, if the Wu people wanted to go north, they would have to leave their boats and go ashore.
The Wu people are not good at land warfare, but on land they can take full advantage of the Wei Dynasty's elite cavalry. This will make Hefei easy to defend, and there will also be a chance to defeat the Wu captives.
At the same time, by moving the city of Hefei to the west, it can also interact with the Lujiang River. Whether the Wu captives invade Hefei or attack the Lujiang River, the two places can easily support each other.
After reading it, Cao Rui felt that what Man Chong said did make some sense.
But from east to west, Hefei, Xiangyang, and Qishan have always been barriers to thieves.
The loss of Qishan has caused the Wei Dynasty to lose Longyou first and then Liangzhou. Now even Guanzhong is under its threat.
If we retreat thirty miles to the west to build the new city of Hefei, if something unexpected happens and Wu and Shu are attacked from the east and west, the Wei Dynasty will be in danger!
After much thought, Cao Rui couldn't make a decision, so he summoned his ministers to discuss the matter.
When Jiang Ji, the general of the army guard, learned of Man's favor, he was the first to stand up and object:
"Wu Lu's northern invaders have just retreated, and Manchong is about to give up Hefei. This is not only a sign of weakness to the world, but also more like leaving in the hope that the thieves will destroy the city with beacon fire. This can be said to be the thieves' self-defeat without attacking."
"This will only encourage the thieves to commit crimes in the north, and the thieves' looting will only be more selfless."
Jiang Jinai was a veteran of three dynasties and was good at judging military matters.
When Cao Rui heard this, the balance in his heart tended to be worse than movement, so he issued an edict saying that he must stick to Hefei and not move to the city.
Man Chong received the edict and did not give up. He went to the table again and said:
"Sun Tzu said: 'Soldiers are deceitful, so they can show their incompetence when they are able. They can be arrogant to benefit, and show them to frighten them.' This is because the form and reality do not necessarily correspond to each other."
"It is also said: 'Those who are good at tempting the enemy will shape them.' Today, the thieves move into the city before they arrive. This is called luring them in shape. Lure the thieves away from the water, choose the advantage and move them, and move them outside, and happiness will be born inside. !”
Just show that you are weak to the thief, attract the thief to attack, avoid the enemy's strengths and use your own strengths, which is the key to the art of war.
Although Cao Rui is young, he also knows that Man Chong's statement that Wei and Wu each have their own strengths makes sense.
But this time, Shangshu Zhao Zi agreed with Man Chong's statement.
At the same time, he wrote:
"If your Majesty is worried that the new city has not yet been completed and the Wu captives are coming again, there is no need to worry. Lu Xun has just been forced to retreat by Man Chong and will not invade the north again in the short term."
"And your Majesty ordered Man Chong to supervise Yangzhou's military. Didn't he value his talent? Man Chong was confronting Wu Lu at the front, so he naturally knew the situation better than the rear."
"Since he has repeatedly written to express his opinion on this matter, it means that he must have given it careful consideration."
Cao Rui suddenly realized that he issued an edict for the second time and agreed with Man Chong's approach.
At this time, the eleventh year of Jianxing has quietly arrived.
In the spring of the eleventh year of Jianxing, the letter written by Lu Xun finally arrived in Hanzhong.
The ice and snow in Liangzhou have not yet melted and the roads are difficult to travel, so Feng Governor has stayed in Hanzhong.
As soon as school started in spring, the Emperor and Empress of Han came to Nanzhong in person.
Witnessed by all the teachers and students, and presided over by the Emperor of Han Dynasty and the Queen of Han Dynasty, Nanxiang Academy was officially changed into the Royal Academy of Han Dynasty.
After ten years of hard work, Nanxiang Academy has finally grown from a small thatched cottage into an officially recognized institution of higher learning.
Feng Yong is still the principal of the college, but the students who come out of the college have an additional identity: disciples of the emperor.
The most famous scholars of the Han Dynasty, such as Xiang Lang and Xu Ci, sit in the academy.
The knowledge that the students learned included the sect's knowledge passed down by Feng Jishi, as well as the classics compiled by the imperial court over the years.
Whether in terms of teachers or knowledge, the Royal Academy is extremely valuable.
Coupled with Nanxiang's papermaking and printing techniques, the college has the world's top teaching resources.
There are rumors that on the day the Emperor's Academy was founded, someone heard the howling of mountain ghosts in the mountains of Shu.
There was even thicker smoke billowing in Nanxiang, and it seemed like countless ghosts were rushing out of the ground.
There are ghosts everywhere at night crying miserably...
"Your Majesty established a college and yet Cangjie coined the Chinese character? Just talk about ghosts crying and souls howling, why don't they talk about raining down grains of rice?"
When Governor Feng learned about these rumors, he couldn't help cursing:
"These bitches are already here, and they still want to struggle. Why don't they just lie down?"
In the past few years, the conservative family was financially defeated.
The establishment of the college officially broke the family's monopoly in terms of intellectual resources.
To say that the family is willing to do so would be a joke.
So what if I just don’t give in?
Zhuge Cunfu and Feng Wenhe are two people who are not sons of man. They don't care about human affairs!
So I had no choice but to resort to some unflattering means to make me feel sick and vent my anger.
After Cangjie created the characters, ghosts were afraid of being imprisoned by the calligraphy, so he cried at night.
But when people in the world are literate, they know fraud, and when fraud arises, they abandon their original roots and abandon farming. God knows that they will be hungry, so they become rain millet.
It can be seen from this that the people’s wisdom cannot be expanded.
Governor Feng then said "hetui" to the family and then spit.
If you don’t open up the people’s wisdom, why don’t your family use illiterate people to manage the plantation, workshop, and pasture?
What's the point of trying to cram people into schools all over the place all day long?
Although the emperor and empress of the Han family who were sitting in the main seat did not understand what "shit" was, Feng Mingwen was scolding the family, and he thought it was a vulgar language.
For anyone else, this would be considered a disgrace.
But when it came to Feng Mingwen, the emperor and empress felt happy.
What does this mean?
This shows that Feng Mingwen shows his true temperament and does not treat the royal family as an outsider.
"If someone wants to be a ghost, let them be."
Zhang Xingcai said with a smile, "Cang Jie is an ancient saint. They say that ghosts are crying and souls are howling, but they compare His Majesty to a saint. I don't know what their intentions are?"
When Adou next to the queen heard this, his little chubby face squeezed with joy, and his eyes were squeezed into slits:
"How dare I compare myself to a saint? That's too much!"
In the little fat man's opinion, Feng Mingwen's return to Hanzhong is a great good thing.
Not only did he persuade the Prime Minister to delegate part of his power to the Chancellor, but he also put the school under the name of the royal family. This can be said to be loyal!
Therefore, after the establishment of the Royal Academy, the emperor and the empress did not return to Nanzheng immediately. They deliberately stayed in Nanxiang for a while, and often invited Feng Governor to accompany them in the name of family banquets.
Even veteran ministers like Xiang Lang only received some special treatment when the emperor hosted a palace banquet for the ministers.
Governor Feng was the only one in the world who could be invited by the emperor to have family banquets from time to time.
After hearing what the little fat man said, Governor Feng quickly said seriously:
"After the restoration of the Han Dynasty, if the Royal Academy can print all the books in the world and spread knowledge widely, so that scholars all over the world no longer have the pain of reading books, then Your Majesty can also be a saint!"
He wanted to promote printing throughout the world, completely break the intellectual monopoly of aristocratic families, and improve the quality of the social workforce.
The fastest and best way and channel is to rely on the government.
If Adou could really accomplish this, and with the blessing of his status as emperor, it would be no exaggeration for later generations of literati to call him a saint.
After all... wasn't the emperor of the Tang Dynasty called a saint?
The Queen flattered him, and Governor Feng flattered him, making Adou feel comfortable.
He drank the wine glass in his hand and then laughed:
"If we really want to follow the clear instructions, the first thing to do is to revive the Han Dynasty."
With that said, he poured himself another drink, raised his glass and said to Feng Yong:
"When it comes to strategizing and governing the world, I'm not as good as my father-in-law; when it comes to training troops for battle and winning on the battlefield, I'm not as good as plain writing. What I can do is trust and let it go."
"If we can get the help of good ministers and tiger ministers, and the Han Dynasty can prosper, then the world and the people will be very lucky, and I will thank you!"
He is a little fat, but his words are quite heroic.
After all, he is still a young monarch, and the situation is very good. At this time, Adou should naturally be more ambitious than in history.
Those who have no ambitions and only want to enjoy themselves cannot hold up the wall and get stuck in the mud.
Feng Yong also picked up his wine glass:
"Your Majesty, if you trust me, I will do my best to eliminate the traitors, revive the Han Dynasty, and return to the old capital!"
"Cai!" Zhang Xingcai also picked up the wine glass, "Your Majesty and I pay tribute to the loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty!"
I was having a good time drinking at the family banquet. During the light smoke, a small yellow door quietly came over and told Adou:
"Your Majesty, the Prime Minister's Office sent someone over and said that it was the State of Wu that delivered the credentials."
When Adou heard that it was someone coming from the Prime Minister's Mansion, he immediately woke up and said, "Let someone come in quickly."
After a while, Xiao Huangmen led someone in. Feng Yong took a quick look and couldn't help but feel a little surprised.
The person who came was none other than Li Yi.
Li Yi stepped forward and saluted Adou and Zhang Xingcai without squinting.
"Get up. Li Canjun, is your father still in good health?"
"Your Majesty, the Prime Minister's health has improved a lot."
Adou nodded:
"That's good, just hand over the letter."
The two countries of Han and Wu have one thing in common, that is, under the monarch, there is a minister who can issue letters of credence on behalf of the emperor.
Needless to say, the Han Dynasty had Zhuge Liang, while the Wu Kingdom had Lu Xun.
Because Sun Quan had someone carve a piece of his own jade seal and put it at Lu Xun's place.
Therefore, the documents written by Lu Xun to the Han Dynasty represented Sun Quan's meaning to a large extent.
