Ma Jian was very anxious in the wet beard, but Luo Tong was content, and talked with Ma Jian every day about some military books and war theories.

At the beginning, Ma Jian also chatted with Luo Tong seriously, and carefully shared his experience of reading military books.

But a few days later, he found that Luo Tongyi was perfunctory to himself, and his face began to become more and more ugly.

The prince entrusted me with the people, not to let me spend time here,

Luo Tong......

By the way, the prince said that if there is any problem, you can find Luo Tong, it seems that the key is still in this person.

Ma Jian calmed down and began to learn about the internal affairs of Soochow with Luo Tong.

Although Luo Tong tried his best to hide it and only picked up good words, Ma Jian still found some problems that he had slightly ignored before.

Not long ago, Sun Quan was as good as a stream, and Sun Ce's son Sun Shao was appointed as the Marquis of Wu.

Sun Quan's eldest son, Sun Deng, worshiped Luo Tong as a teacher to learn the scriptures.

This looked like Sun Quan's means of deepening the alliance with the Jiangdong clan, but the witty Ma Jian read something else from Luo Tong's face.

By the way, what the Soochow people are best at is infighting,

They Jiangnan and Jiangbei do not deal with each other, and Jiangnan may not be monolithic.

Sun Ce's sons-in-law are all from Wu County, and Luo Tong ......

He is Sun Fu's son-in-law.

Ma Tan's mind was spinning rapidly, and he had already made up his mind in his heart.

After another day of mixing, Ma Jian resolutely resigned to Luo Tong and wanted to go to Jianye.

Luo Tong smiled bitterly:

"Jianye is busy now, General Sun is preparing for the Northern Expedition to respond to the son, why should you be so anxious?

...... in time"

"Can't wait!"

Ma Tan had always had a good temper before, but Luo Tong shirked left and right, he simply took out the style of the envoy of the kingdom, and sneered:

"Before I came here, the prince and General Deng were full of praise when they talked about Gongxu,

said that the generals of Eastern Wu, only the public knows the general situation and can judge major events.

If you can't think of being famous, it's better to meet, this mustache is not a place to stay for a long time, and you will say goodbye in the next place. ”

Ma Tan flicked his sleeves, stood up, and said casually:

"Fortunately, the prince has other arrangements,

Otherwise, this northward expedition to Wei would have wasted Gongxu's once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. ”

"Why did you say that?"

Dongwu is in trouble now, even if he is scolded by Ma Tan, Luo Tong can only persuade him with good words.

Ma Jian shook his head and said:

"This matter is beneficial to both you and me, since Gongxu is unwilling, then there is no need to say more,

The prince has another ...... in Koto I have another deceased in Jiangdong, so I will go and ask them for help. ”

If other Luo Tong is not serious, but when Ma Jian talked about this, Luo Tong was really panicked.

He has always believed that Liu Chan colluded with Lu Xun early,

It seems that Liu Chan is determined to let Dongwu send troops this time.

Luo Tong's mind turned sharply, and he hurriedly said in a low voice:

"Why bother, I am so young and detailed, how can the prince let me do it?"

If Luo Tong just sent Ma Jian to Jianye, Ma Jian really had nothing to do.

Seeing Luo Tong's tone loosen at this time, Ma Jian finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Really.

It can be seen from Luo Tong's gift of pearls to Deng Tong that the minds of these Wu people are quite active.

Especially these Jiangdong wealthy families, they are not with Sun Quan in the first place.

Now that Sun Quan is weakened, he naturally starts to play other tricks one by one.

"The prince has nothing else to ask for, but to ask General Sun to send troops to the north, restore the Han Dynasty, and attack Cao Wei together!"

Luo Tong breathed a sigh of relief, his brows furrowed:

"If you want to persuade General Sun to go north, you can't do anything.

I'm not afraid of jokes, now Jiangdong is withering, and the mountains are more and more chaotic,

If the Northern Expedition is carried out at this time, spring plowing will inevitably be delayed.

Please also ask the prince to have mercy on the people of Jiangdong, suspend the sword soldiers, and give these hundreds of thousands of old and young people a way to live! ”

Luo Tong is very good at talking.

It's not that he doesn't want to fight, it's just that the prince is benevolent, and he won't let the people of Dongwu be displaced without food and clothing, after all, the people of Dongwu also belong to the people of the Han Dynasty.

Ma Tan was choked and speechless,

After a long time, he sighed, stared at Luo Tong's eyes and said:

"Gongxu, this is an important matter for the prince to explain, and please pay more attention to it."

·

When the news of Wenpin Changdiao's defeat reached Luoyang, it immediately caused a panic.

Wen Ping is a general, guarding Jiangxia for many years, has been brave and good at fighting, but he didn't expect to be captured by Guan Pingsheng this time, which can be described as a rare defeat for the Wei army.

For two consecutive years, the Wei army was defeated in Hanzhong and Jingzhou, losing a lot of living combat power, and fierce generals such as Yu Ban, Pang De, and Wen Ping were all captured.

Thinking of the great solar eclipse that occurred shortly after Cao Cao's death, many people are talking about it, saying that this destiny does not seem to be on Cao Wei's side.

Cao Pi was a little surprised when he heard that Wen Ping had been captured, but he didn't panic too much.

If Wenpin can succeed in this way, it will naturally achieve the greatest results.

But at the beginning, Jia Xu didn't have much hope for them, and even thought that Wen Ping was too aggressive and might have bad results, so it was better to reach the Xiangyang Valley as planned and launch a siege on Xiangyang.

It's just that Wen Ping was too confident at that time, and in a letter to Cao Pi, Wen Ping said very complacently that he had known the Nei Ying in Xiangyang City for many years.

As long as there is him, let alone recapture Xiangyang, there is a chance to kill Guan Yu's father and son.

Cao Pi is a writer full of romanticism in the end,

He actually believed Wen Ping's nonsense like this.

He waited with anticrative expectation for Wen Ping and that Nei Ying to jointly recapture Xiangyang, and heard that Wen Ping was actually greedy and captured, although Cao Pi was not angry, he crushed the silk book sent in front of him and threw it aside.

Although he knew that Jia Xu did not have the option to take Xiangyang in his original plan, he was still a little disappointed in his heart.

This clerk's appointment, why can't he be more steady.

Speaking of Wenpin, Cao Pi quickly thought of Chang Diao, who had led the whole army to retreat to Jiangbei.

Chang Diao was the commander-in-chief in this battle, and he naturally had an unshirkable responsibility for defeat.

But according to Niu Jin's reaction, the Wei army unanimously agreed that General Chang's command was perfect.

He saw through the tricks of the Shu army in time to surrender and outflank them on both sides, and refused to storm Xiangyang.

Only Wen Ping relied on the old man to sell the old and refused to obey the command, and took 500 people stupidly to really connect with the so-called internal response.

After discovering the plot of Wen Ping, Chang Diao made a quick decision, and while ordering his subordinates to retreat quickly, he took the initiative to attack and rescued many soldiers with inferior forces.

Under his calm command, the Wei army finally avoided the embarrassing situation of being surrounded by Liu Chan and Guan Ping under the city of Xiangyang, or being intercepted and beaten violently in the Han River.

And Chang Diao shouted his name in the broken aftermath, and his performance of defeating the enemy generals and almost killing Guan Ping also made Cao Pi quite satisfied with him.

Such a warrior will naturally be of great use in the future.

Jia Xu had been standing quietly beside Cao Pi, and when he saw the expression on Cao Pi's face changing back and forth, he didn't make a sound to disturb.

After a long time, Cao Pi slowly came back to his senses and said slowly:

"Repent of not listening to the text and the advice."

Jia Xu smiled slightly and saluted Cao Piji:

"Why did the king say this,

Although Wen Zhongye was captured, the foundation of our army was not damaged, and the strength of the Shu army was either in Xiangyang or Hanzhong.

Next is the time for the big war, and please ask King Wei to make a decision early! ”

"Good!" Cao Pi's round face rolled with anger, and said solemnly,

Then he sent a decree to the eagle to retreat to the new wilderness,

Wen Lie marched quickly and took Soochow directly! ”

If Liu Beijun is not allowed to go on the Northern Expedition, it will be impossible.

Even if the three eastern counties are lost, even if Liu Bei dies, with Liu Beijun's current situation, it is impossible for him to shrink back, and the Northern Expedition is inevitable.

Most of the Cao, Liu, and Sun families believed that Cao Wei would fight with the Han army repeatedly around Xiangyang in the future, and would never give up this important passage to the north to Guan Yu.

But Jia Xu had long seen that the tactics of repeated battles around Xiangyang were very unwise to the current Wei army.

If they wanted to attack Xiangyang, the Wei army would have to station a large number of troops in Fancheng and fight across the Han River.

Guan Yu's navy was not inferior to Eastern Wu, and crossing the river to fight was precisely Cao Wei's disadvantage.

Guan Yu's army could even let Cao Wei's vanguard force cross the river and land first, and then send a naval army to block the river, repeating the forced surrender of Manchu last year.

And after several rounds of war, Fancheng has been very broken,

It takes a lot of effort to build a city and set up a military camp in this place.

In order to prevent Guan Yu from wreaking, Cao Wei needed at least 50,000 horses to be stationed here all year round.

Together with the defenders of Guanzhong, the northern garrison, and the defenders to the east, Cao Wei had to ensure at least 300,000 mobile troops that would not be productive for most of the year.

This doesn't necessarily hold ......

After all, it's really not good, Guan Yu still has the trick of breaking the embankment and attacking the water.

Hanshu, as the main tributary of the Yangtze River, flooded like last year, and Guan Yu's army rowed a big boat to attack, and there was no Sun Quan to support him from behind.

So Jia Xu tried his best to persuade Cao Pi to recognize the reality,

Xiangyang can't be recovered for the time being, so instead of competing in this kind of place, it is better to think about how to defend in the future.

You can't exhaust all the essence and main force of Cao Wei here.

Hengzhu Guan Yu wants to go on a northern expedition, so it is better to abandon the dilapidated Fancheng and shrink the defense line to Xinye in the north.

Xinye has a strong city wall and two tributaries that are not suitable for launching water attacks as barriers, and a small number of soldiers can be placed in the city to reduce the pressure on food and logistics.

As long as Guan Yu attacks, Xinye will hold on for the time being, and the troops of the base camp Wancheng will send cavalry south to support.

Although Guan Yu also has a waterway to the north, it is not as good as a big river like Hanshui after all, and most of the grain and troops still have to pass by land.

In this way, Guan Yu's supply line is long, and the Wei army's supply line is short, and the advantage is very obvious.

Moreover, Jingzhou has always lacked horses, and it was difficult for Guan Yu's army to reach the north bank to confront Cao Wei's heavy cavalry on the plain.

Guan Yu's attack on Xinye was unfavorable, and when he retreated, it was a good show for Cao Wei's heavy cavalry to go out to chase and kill the fleeing enemy.

(This is not a tactic that the author came up with with a pat on the head, and this tactic was used by Cao Wei in the direction of Hefei in history.)

You may read the book and find that Hefei has been repeatedly surrounded by Eastern Wu, Cao Wei is a group of people who travel thousands of miles to relieve the siege every time, it is because Cao Wei feels that it is too cost-effective to garrison troops on the border, it is better to build a strong city to guard, the enemy is really attacking and then grasp the support from all directions, as long as the supply line is short, the one who suffers is the attacking side)

Cao Pi was very reluctant to lose such a large piece of land just after he ascended the throne.

Although Jia Xu was right, the stubborn Cao Pi still thought that as the master of the Ming, he must make some meritorious deeds to expand the territory.

Jia Xu had already prepared, and he presented the plan and inventory that Cao Cao had prepared before his death in front of Cao Pi.

"Although Wu Shu is constantly fighting, the two countries are lips and teeth, and the lips and teeth are cold, and everyone knows it.

Now that Shu is strong and Wu is weak, our army has broken through Shangyong, and then pretended to send troops to attack Xiangyang, Shu will think that our army is going to fight for Xiangyang, and be the army of the whole country to deal with it, and even launch a northern expedition to fight with me. ”

"Dongwu will fight between our country and Shu, and he must be defenseless, and he wants to make us fight to the death for a few years, so that he can sit and reap the benefits of the fisherman."

"After our army broke through Shangyong, it pretended to attack Xiangyang and induced the whole Shu army to dispatch, and spring ploughing was bound to be unsustainable.

At that time, our army will be guarded based on Xinye, and then Wen Lie will order the first army to take it by surprise, not to attack the mustache, and to take the stone and trailer, and go straight to the stone pavilion.

Sun Quan was light and unprepared, our army broke through the stone pavilion and went straight to Anhuikou, and the big thing can be done! ”