"Sun Quan led his remaining troops back to Jiangdong after the defeat in Jingzhou, but I heard that Cao Cao did not take advantage of his weakness to invade south..."
Although Chai Rong has many eyes and ears, he is still a villager and county citizen. Although he is well-informed, he does not know many official affairs clearly.
After Sun Quan ceded territory to pay compensation and signed the shameful "Public Security Truce Agreement", he led his troops to withdraw from the Public Security Bureau as agreed, and led the remaining soldiers to return to Jiangdong by boat with the remaining Zhu Ran, Zhuge Jin and others.
Regarding the return of Guiyang, he has ordered Li Su, the governor of Guiyang, to deliver the goods in accordance with the agreement once Jingzhou sends people and not to provoke a war.
This Li Su only has the same name as the one who served under Dong Zhuo back then, and is not the Tiger Guard general who had been beheaded by Lu Bu for many years.
Sun Quan's honest delivery of Guiyang was certainly not due to Liu Chan's "Great Character Restoration Technique (Physics)" that made him a moral model of integrity and keeping promises.
But there is no natural danger in Guiyang to defend. If Zhuge Liang, Zhao Yun and others sent troops to attack via Lingling, his defeated troops would not be able to defend it at this time.
He fled back to Jiangdong in embarrassment. Although Sun Quan's knee did not become infected and died, the wound cracked repeatedly and failed to recover.
General Sun, unfortunately became a cripple...
At this time, the official's appearance was very important, and Sun Quan, who became a lame man, became increasingly angry with Liu Chan and others, not to mention how many tables he overturned and how many utensils he knocked over.
Now Jiangdong has reached a "critical moment of life and death", but it must deal with it.
Sun Quan already knew that Cao Wei's attack on Wu was a trap, but he never imagined how the Shu army sent a team of thousands of people into the hinterland of Jiangdong without anyone noticing...
So Sun Quan, who had resolved the misunderstanding with Cao Cao, adopted Zhang Zhao's advice and surrendered to Cao Cao... It wasn't that bad, but he immediately sent an urgent letter to Cao Cao.
General Sun is going to make another offer to Cao Cao that kills two birds with one stone. Regardless of success or failure, I believe King Wei will not send troops to attack him.
"Hehehe..." Although his health has been deteriorating recently, Cao Cao couldn't help laughing after reading Sun Quan's letter, "Please take a look."
He handed the letter to the waiter, and then circulated it to all the officials to read together.
In the letter, Sun Quan spoke sadly, saying that in order to alleviate the king's worries and relieve the siege, Sun Quan would not hesitate to send his army to the west.
Now that the siege of Xiangfan has been resolved, Sun Quan has lost his troops and generals, and also lost Guiyang... Isn't this a loyal minister?
However, Sun Quan's loss of soldiers, generals, money, food, and territory were all trivial matters. He was satisfied if he could successfully help King Wei rescue the siege.
Then he boasted about Cao Cao's martial arts and martial arts, saying that the Han Dynasty had exhausted its strength and that the destiny of the Wei Dynasty was with the King of Wei, and it was time to replace him...
After reading the letter, Sima Yi said: "King Wei, although Sun Quan is planning for himself and is worried that we will take advantage of the situation to attack Jiangdong again, there is some truth in what he said. Now that the fate of the Han Dynasty is about to end, and King Wei is dominating the nine states, why not Taking his words to replace the Han? This is actually an act of obeying nature and responding to people!"
Then he bowed deeply to the ground.
The other ministers who followed him also urged him to come forward.
People should not know whether to obey or not. If Cao Cao can establish a new dynasty on behalf of the Han Dynasty, he will definitely seal his officials, and they will all be able to take a step forward.
Emperor Xian has been controlled for many years, and now he is no different than a caged bird. Why should he still be given the title of Emperor?
After Xun Yu's death, and now after Cao Pi's purge in the rear, Cao Cao's subordinates still believe that the number of Han officials is very rare.
The rebel armies who took Guan Yu's seal from afar were also put down one by one with the failure of Guan Yu's Northern Expedition.
Even if there is still, nothing can be done, and the alliance between Sun and Liu has now broken down. This is a good time to proclaim the emperor on behalf of the Han Dynasty.
However, Cao Cao smiled and shook his head: "Sun Zhongmou is just like before, pretending to be a minister, but in fact he wants to hold me over the fire. If I am busy with the unification, I will definitely not send troops south to attack Wu at this time."
After everyone tried to persuade him again, Cao Cao said decisively: "If the fate of fate lies with me, it is enough for me to be King Wen of Zhou Dynasty. There is no need to discuss this matter further."
The implication is to leave the matter of becoming emperor to his son.
Seeing that Cao Cao really didn't seem to have any intention of proclaiming himself emperor, the officials gave up.
"Now that the alliance between Sun and Liu has been broken, and Sun Quan has been defeated, it is a good time to send troops south. What do you think?" Cao Cao asked.
Sima Yi said again: "King Wei, although Sun Quan was defeated, relying on the danger of the Yangtze River to defend Jiangdong, our army may not be able to make achievements for a while. Now that Guan Yu is not dead, the Shu army is in great momentum. If we take advantage of the fierce battle between our army and Jiangdong to send troops to the north again, … I’m just afraid that the situation is worrying.”
Comrade Sun Shiwan indeed left many painful memories in Hefei, but Boss Cao attacked Wu many times...the memories left behind cannot be called good.
"Alas...what Zhongda said is also of concern to me."
When Jiangdong sent troops to Jingzhou, the situation was excellent. He thought that with his full cooperation, Sun Quan would be able to wipe out Guan Yu's Jingzhou army in one fell swoop, but he did not expect that he would fall short in the end.
Not only failed to curb Liu Bei's rise, but he gave him another great victory.
Guan Yu is immortal and Liu Bei is immortal. How can Boss Cao sit back and relax?
"Now that Liu Bei has taken advantage of the dangers of Hanzhong to defend Xichuan, and Jingzhou has heavy troops guarding the strong city of Jiangling, do you have any good strategies to share the worries of me?"
The ministers who had previously urged Jin to speak while waiting to be awarded the title, were now silent.
The eyes observe the nose, and the nose observes the heart, just like a clay-embedded wood sculpture, completely different from the previous one.
But one person suddenly came out to speak, but it was the marching commander Shi who had not expressed much when the officials persuaded them to come in - Liu Ye and Liu Ziyang.
This person is the son of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, after the Fuling King Liu Yan. He can also be regarded as a clan member of the Han Dynasty. He has few talents and famous names. Since defecting to Cao Cao, he has repeatedly come up with clever ideas. What is especially rare is his analysis and control of the overall situation, which is completely different from Lu Meng and others. on the same horizontal line.
"King Wei, what Zhongda said makes sense. Although Jiangdong is defeated at this time, it will not be easy for our army to go south. Even if the Sun-Liu alliance no longer exists, the Shu army will never sit back and watch it perish at my hands for fear of dying.
"Liu Bei's army is at its peak. At this time, it is time to dampen his energy and pacify Jiangdong. Hanzhong and Jingzhou are the focus of his defense, and they are both unattainable...but there is a place that it is not difficult for the King of Wei to take it."
Cao Cao's eyes lit up when he heard the last thing, and he hurriedly said: "Where do you think Ziyang should go?"
"Three counties east of Hanzhong." Liu Ye cupped his hands and said, "This time General Gongming (Xu Huang, not Song Jiang) cooperated with the Fancheng defenders to attack, which could have severely damaged the Jingzhou army, but the reinforcements from the three east counties gave Guan Yu a chance to breathe. .
"If the three counties are obtained, the Mianshui can be controlled in the east to support Xiangfan by water at any time; the Hanzhong can be reached in the west, which will add virtual and real changes to the route to recapture Hanzhong in the future."
Cao Cao twisted his beard and pondered: "Well... what Ziyang said is reasonable, but the mountains and highlands of the three eastern counties are dangerous, so I'm afraid it won't be easy to get."
Sima Yi heard this and said: "The Shangyong Shen family has thousands of shady houses and is the most powerful in the three eastern counties. The two brothers surrendered to Liu Bei without resisting. This shows that they are not loyal people.
"It seems that this powerful family wants to go further. The king of Wei can lure him with a high official and a generous salary. Meng Da, the general of the Shu army, whose father Meng Ta used to bribe Zhang Rang with a lot of money to seek officials. Like father, like son, Wei The king can also send envoys to lure them.
"At that time, another army will be sent to capture the three counties. With the internal and external cooperation, Liu Feng is nothing more than a reckless man. How can the Shu army not defeat him?"
Cao Cao couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "Hahaha, Zhongda and Ziyang's words are very much in line with my wishes!"
Cao Cao immediately wrote back to Sun Quan, expressing his condolences for his loss and praising Sun Quan's loyalty.
That must be praised. All of his sons combined are not as great as Sun Quan's contribution this time.
The original saying, "Having a son should be like Sun Zhongmou" is really true.
Cao Cao also offered Sun Quan the title of general of hussars and a false festival, in order to calm Jiangdong's heart.
Then he sent envoys to prepare generous gifts and prepare to secretly contact the Shen family and Mengda of the three eastern counties to wait for an opportunity to regain the three counties.
However, Liu Feng, who recognized his own path and reunited with Liu Chan, was rewarded by his father after this meritorious service. He was overjoyed and returned to Shangyong, ready to continue his great work. Liu Feng didn't know this yet...
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(End of chapter)
