Sun Ce's eyes were on this indigenous strategist who was born on Wajima, and it was this Oda Nobunaga who offered a plan to let Sun Ce marry the holy Maiden Himiko, which accelerated the submission of the Wa people and allowed him to completely conquer the hearts of the Wa people. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In the years that followed, this Oda Nobunaga presented him with a number of speeches, including the new name of the Great Nippon Kingdom, which was also presented by Oda Nobunaga.

Sun Ce was surprised to find that this young man who had grown up in an uncivilized world had far more insight than the Japanese natives, and in some respects, even surpassed the advisors he had brought from the Wu Kingdom.

In addition to this Oda Nobunaga, there was another Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who also had the same extraordinary resourcefulness and insight, which Sun Ce greatly admired.

So Sun Ce was also exceptionally promoted, and vigorously reused these two Japanese advisers, and within a few years, they were promoted to official positions that could participate in court discussions.

Oda Nobunaga's generous words also ignited the long-suppressed ambition in Sun Ce's heart, and he finally saw the hope of returning to the mainland.

In Sun Ce's mind, he couldn't help but think of the embarrassment and loneliness when he was reluctantly out to sea in Qiantang Bay and was driven out of Wu State.

He also thought of the potter, and how the traitor from a humble background humiliated him again and again, defeated him again and again, and ate away at the Wu country he had worked so hard to establish, and finally drove him out of the sea and was forced to flee to a foreign place such as Wajima.

Today, despite the establishment of the Great Nippon Kingdom, despite sitting in this magnificent imperial palace, and despite ruling over millions of Japanese people, he does not have much sense of accomplishment.

In the depths of his heart, he insisted that only by returning to the mainland, recovering the homeland of Wu, leveling Wei, and killing the pottery merchants could he be the real emperor's business, and then he would have a real sense of achievement.

And to be such a so-called emperor and rule such an island country, in the future, he can only be ridiculed as a clown by the potters who rule the Central Plains.

"Kill back to the mainland, that's right, I want to kill back to the mainland!" The flames of revenge in Sun Ceying's eyes suddenly rose, and his fist slammed into the armrest of the dragon seat.

In the main hall, the hunting spirit immediately boiled.

Sun Yi, Sun Kuang, Sun Lang and other princes and disciples of the Sun clan were all ignited and responded in groups.

These sons of the Sun family, when the Wu State was destroyed, except for Sun Quan, who was a little older and could share a little, most of them were still young, so they could not lead the troops to fight, so they just sat back and watched the fall of the Wu State, and fled to this overseas island with their brothers.

Over the years, these children of the Sun family have grown up, inherited the family's brave tradition, and all of them are worthy of generals, and they don't want to return to their hometown all the time and repeat the glory of the Sun family.

Now that the opportunity has come, these children of the Sun family can not be excited and excited, and they are ready to move.

The children of the Sun family were shouting for war, but only Sun Quan was silent.

"Zhongmou, why don't you speak, don't you want to go back to the mainland with me and recover my Great Wu?" Sun Ce's gaze turned to Sun Quan, who was silent.

Sun Quan's figure moved slightly, raised his head to look at Sun Ce, and wanted to say something, but he hesitated.

After hesitating for a moment, Sun Quan said cautiously: "Brother Huang, the younger brother naturally wants to recover his homeland all the time, but the younger brother still has some doubts in his heart, and he doesn't know whether to say it or not." ”

Sun Quan's caution made Sun Ce feel a little unhappy, so he brushed his hand and said: "Between you and my brothers, where do you have so many scruples, just say what you think." ”

"Then the younger brother will tell me a little simple thoughts in his heart." Sun Quan humbled himself again, and said: "Then Liu Bei said that he wanted to divide the Wei State with us, but in his heart he must have wanted to swallow us alone, he is only being attacked and disturbed by the Wei Navy now, and he has no choice but to ask us for help, the real purpose is nothing more than to borrow our navy." ”

Swallowing his saliva, Sun Quan continued: "If we send troops to destroy Wei's navy in Qingxu, or even land in Qingxu, take the two coastal states of Wei, and successfully kill back to the Central Plains, but you must know that the advantage of our army lies in the navy, once we go ashore, we have no cavalry to use, and then Wei has been destroyed, if Liu Bei tears his face and uses force with us, what will we do to resist Liu Bei's iron cavalry army?" ”

As these words came out, on the dragon throne, Sun Ce's sword eyebrows condensed slightly, and his expression was a little moved.

Sun Quan continued: "Since we don't have cavalry, we can't compete with the Han State on land, and at that time, even if we grab more states and counties, we can only be taken away by the Han State. ”

After talking about his analysis and judgment, Sun Quan's expression became humble again, and he arched his hand and said: "This is exactly some of the worries in the hearts of the ministers, there may be something that is not well considered, and I hope the imperial brother will forgive me." ”

Sun Ce raised his hand and nodded: "Zhongmou, you are very thoughtful and far-sighted, it is very important to recapture the mainland and destroy Tao Wei, but after the destruction of Wei, it is also very important to deal with the Han State's face, there is no strong cavalry, this is indeed the weakness of my Great Ri Kingdom." ”

Sun Quan was praised by his brother, but he didn't dare to be ashamed, and he was busy praising Sun Ce for his wisdom.

In the main hall, the shouts of the children of the Sun family suddenly fell silent, and the excited hearts calmed down a lot.

"Gongjin, what do you think of Zhongmou's concerns?" Sun Ce's gaze looked at the person he trusted the most in the true sense.

Zhou Yu, who had been listening for a long time, raised a confident smile on his jade lips at this time, and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Zhao's worries are very right, Liu Bei is a hero, and he is indeed not credible, even if he unites him to destroy Wei now, he must prepare in advance for the face of him after the destruction of Wei." ”

"What can Gong Jin do?" When Sun Ce saw Zhou Yu's confident smile, he knew that he had an idea in his heart.

Zhou Yu stood up, walked to the huge map on the side wall, and said lightly: "Since we will start a war with the Han State in the future, our biggest weakness is that we have no cavalry, then we can start by solving this weakness." ”

Sun Ce's gaze, Sun Quan's gaze, including the eyes of the children of the Sun family, as well as Oda Nobunaga and other ministers, all moved to the huge map with Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu came to the map, pressed his finger to one of them, and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, please see, the west of my Great Ri Kingdom is adjacent to the Han Peninsula, the southern part of the peninsula is the Sanhan tribe, and the northern part of the peninsula is the Lelang County of the Han Kingdom. ”

Pointing further north, Zhou Yu continued: "To the west, this Lelang County is the Liaodong County of the Han Kingdom, and to the north is the old land of the extinct Goguryeo Kingdom, which has now been set up by the Han Kingdom as Ji'an County and Tonghua County, and is already in the land of horses. ”

Sun Ce stared at the map and scanned, his thoughts flew with what Zhou Yu said, and his eyes gradually revealed essence, and he had faintly guessed what Zhou Yu meant.

Zhou Yu continued: "Liu Bei wants us to fight the Wei Navy for him, we can't do it in vain, Your Majesty can take advantage of the situation to propose, let Liu Bei cede Lelang County to my Dari Kingdom, then Your Majesty can lead the army to land on the Korean Peninsula, first annex the Sanhan tribe in the south, and then take over the Lelang County in the north, and include the entire Korean Peninsula into the territory of our Dari Kingdom, when we have the land of horses, we can establish a powerful iron cavalry army, and the time will ......."

Zhou Yu's hand pointed to the hinterland of the Central Plains again, and sneered: "Your Majesty can rest assured and boldly lead the army to land on the coast of Qingxu, even if Liu Bei dares to turn against us, we have cavalry to compete with." Moreover, the Korean Peninsula is also located behind the side of the Han State, we can also flank the Han State before and after, and we can use the navy to attack the coastal area of Youyan, and then attack on land and sea, and I am afraid that he Liu Bei will not succeed! ”

Rise!

Sun Ce's emotions were immediately ignited by Zhou Yu's words, and in his excitement, he jumped up from the dragon seat, rushed to the map in a few steps, and stared closely at the Nahan Peninsula, pondering and digesting the strategic prospects outlined by Zhou Yu for him in his mind.

Sun Ce was more excited the more he looked at his face, and finally couldn't help laughing, and happily praised: "Gong Jin's strategy is wonderful, wonderful!" ”

In the main hall, the ministers were also excited, and Oda Nobunaga and other ministers nodded yes one after another, agreeing with Zhou Yu's strategy.

In the excitement, Lu Meng said calmly: "The general's plan is certainly good, but at the moment, Liu Bei is an ally to ask us to send troops to help. ”

Sun Ce was stunned, and his eyes looked at Zhou Yu again.

Zhou Yu sneered disapprethoughtly: "Right now, Liu Bei has asked us, and it is natural for us to take advantage of the situation to offer some conditions for sending troops, but what Ziming said is not unreasonable, and Liu Bei has to go to the face, then we will use the Korean Peninsula closer to Qingxu, which is more conducive to us to use it as a backing and send the navy to attack the enemy army in Qingxu. ”

Sun Ce's gaze turned to the Korean Peninsula again, the location of the island is exactly located in the middle of the Great Ri Kingdom and the easternmost part of the mainland, Donglai County, if the warships set off from the Korean Peninsula to attack Qingzhou, it can indeed save half of the distance, which means that the risk at sea, the food consumed, will also be cut in half.

"Well, yes, this is indeed an excellent reason, enough for Liu Bei to refuse......"

Sun Ce nodded slightly, pondered for a moment, a sneer rose at the corner of his mouth, and he waved his hand and shouted: "According to Gongjin's plan, Liu Bei wants me to help him, how can he not cut some meat, come here, pass that Mao to come to see me." ”

……

Thousands of miles away, Jingzhou.

The east shore of Dongting Lake, Baqiu.

The huge dragon boat went upstream, the "Wei" character imperial flag flew in the wind on the giant mast, and hundreds of transport ships followed behind, heading towards the Baqiu water camp.

Baqiu (now Yueyang) City is located at the confluence of the Yangtze River, Xiangshui and Dongting Lake, and its strategic location is extremely important.

Since the Taiping army besieged the city of Xiangcheng, the seat of Changsha County, a large number of people who fled from the south, as well as thousands of retreating Wei troops, were gathering towards Baqiu City by water and land, and for a time Baqiu City became the most lively place in the four counties of Jingnan.

The potter stood on the flagship of the dragon boat, and his gaze crossed the sparkling Dongting Lake and landed on the nearby Baqiu Harbor.

He originally thought that the port and wharf would be in chaos, but when the warships entered the port, he found that the ships on the dock were coming and going in an orderly manner, and the order on the pier trestle was also maintained very well, and there was no sign of chaos.

When the ship docked, the potters got off the ship and went straight down to the nearby city of Baqiu, and the soldiers on the transport ship also disembarked one after another and camped on the spot to rest.

Riding horses all the way, the potter saw that the order of the whole Baqiu city was also under good control, and the streets were full of patrolling county soldiers, whether it was the soldiers who were defeated and retreated, or the people who fled, there was no chaos and crowding, on the contrary, the market was full of vendors, and the business was hot, but there was a bit of prosperity.

"Your Majesty, there are so many ...... in this Baqiu City at once Many people, but they can be so orderly and stable, it seems that this Baqiu County Order is a person...... Talent. Liu Ji beside him nodded approvingly.

The potter also nodded, and raised his whip: "Let's go, go to the county government and have a look." ”

At the moment, he didn't send anyone to pass on the Baqiu County Order, came to the royal front to meet him, beat his horse and whip, and went straight to the county office.

When they came to the county office, the county soldiers outside saw that it was the Son of Heaven who arrived, and hurriedly knelt down on the mountain and shouted long live, anxious to report to the county order.

The potter stopped them and quietly entered the county hall.

In the lobby, the middle-aged county magistrate with a solemn face was sitting in the hall and was handling official business.

The potter remained silent and looked outside with great interest.

I think that he also started from the county order back then, and he knew that it was not easy for this county official, and the public security, finance, culture, education, and criminal and prison cases of a county were all decided by the county order, and the affairs were extremely trivial and difficult.

The potter looked at it for a long time, but was pleased to find that this Baqiu County Commander was extremely capable, organized, and rare fair and strict, and the government affairs were handled in an orderly manner for him, and he was dealt with in half a day, with extremely high efficiency, and the result was basically the correct way to dispose of it.

"Okay, it's well handled, I didn't expect that this small Baqiu City would have such a capable county commander." The potter couldn't help but applaud.

Nabaqiu County's expression changed, his face was gloomy, and he was about to reprimand who was making a lot of noise and disturbing the public court, but when he looked up, he saw a group of royal ** guards who had stood outside the door for some time.

And the loud and noisy gold-armored military general even dared to call himself me.

The order of Nabaqiu County was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized, and hurriedly strode down the hall, bowed down at the feet of the potter, and said: "Chen Baqiu County ordered Zeng Guofan to visit His Majesty, but he didn't know that His Majesty was coming in person, and he couldn't meet him from afar, and asked His Majesty to forgive him." ”

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