Chapter 574: The Discussion of Destroying Wu

"Now that the Hetao has become the key to this battle, the Wei army in Nanyang has begun to retreat, and the minister thinks that the general and the hussar general can take advantage of this time to go down the river, and seize Yuzhang in one fell swoop before Jiangdong has yet to respond, and even ......" In the palace hall, Li Yan looked at Liu Chan and said: "Swallow Wu in a battle!" ”

Wu this renegade on the covenant, coupled with the lessons of the past, this attack on Wu, can be said to be justified, so far, Eastern Wu has invaded Guiyang, Jiangxia and other places, occupied more than 10 cities, the last time Jiangdong took advantage of Guan Yu to attack Xiangyang, took the opportunity to make trouble, when the Han for the sake of the overall situation, chose to forgive, but this time, the Hetao, the Wei army to redeploy the defense, in a short period of time is not able to take care of the Han side, take the opportunity to go down the river, capture Jiangdong, it is the best time.

Liu Chan nodded, the victory in the northwest is definitely a shot in the arm for the Han, but just like the Wei army has no time to take care of Jiangdong, it is difficult for the Han to transfer the soldiers and horses in Nanyang in a short period of time to redeploy, it is better to transfer the troops directly to Jiangxia, and Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, who have long been preparing in the land of Bajun, and Chen Zhi, Huang Zhong, Wen Ping and others who are now struggling to defend Yueyang and Jiangxia, and attack Jiangdong in one fell swoop.

Jiangdong general, Lu Meng has died of illness, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin were cut down by Guan Yu in the original war, and the other was ambushed in Jiangling, in addition to Gan Ning and Ling Tong also died of illness successively, and the former veterans Huang Gai, Cheng Pu, and Han Dang also died of illness one after another, and now Jiangdong Although the national strength has also improved over the years, but those generals who were able to take charge of themselves in the past are almost dead, as for the current governor Zhu Ran, obviously there is a big gap with the previous spell, Lu Su, and Lu Meng, all with seniority, Although he is also a good general, he is obviously quite deficient compared to the previous governors.

At this time, although the Eastern Wu was much stronger than in the past, there were not many generals who could be used, and they were basically Pan Zhang, Ding Feng, Xu Sheng, who were relatively young and not famous in the past.

It is precisely because of this that many people in the DPRK and China hope to take advantage of this opportunity to destroy Wu in one fell swoop, and after so many years of standing on three legs, the Han Dynasty is now strong enough, and it is time to change the pattern.

Mo said that there were hundreds of officials in the court, Liu Chan was also a little moved when he heard this, he had just succeeded to the throne, and now he had just gone down the Hetao, so that his throne was stable, if he could destroy Jiangdong together at this time, then there was hope that the unification of the world would be realized in his own hands.

Looking at Zhuge Liang at the bottom of the stairs, Liu Chan smiled and said, "What does the prime minister think?" ”

"Maybe you can give it a try." Zhuge Liang muttered: "However, Dongwu has occupied the six counties of Jiangdong for many years, and is good at water warfare, and it is not easy to swallow it. ”

Lian Sun's strategy to resist Cao was proposed by Zhuge Liang at the beginning, originally to fight against Cao Wei, Cao Wei at that time, it was indeed not something that Liu Bei's family could fight against, but if the situation has changed today, the Han Dynasty annexed Heluo, Guanzhong, and Xiliang in the past two years, and now it has the land of Hetao, according to Liu Yi's proposal, Liu Chan has prepared to set the Hetao and Dingxiang area as an independent state as a barrier to the north of the Han Dynasty.

Whether it is national strength or military strength, the Han Dynasty has now faintly equaled or even surpassed Cao Wei, at this time, the strategy set at the beginning is no longer suitable for today's Han Dynasty, if it can unite Jiangdong to continue to attack Wei, it is naturally the best, but Sun Quan obviously also saw this and began to change the camp.

Sun Quan is obviously not a foolish character, such as today's situation, what Sun Quan wants is balance, and what the Han and Wei want is to end the war, and Sun Quan's several provocations also made Zhuge Liang clearly realize that it is difficult for Jiangdong to be an ally again, in this case, taking this opportunity to destroy Sun Quan or make Sun Quan's vitality greatly injured is the best result.

Nowadays, the Han occupies a geographical advantage over Jiangdong, the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River are the territory of the Han, if the Han wants to fight Jiangdong, he only needs to go downstream, and Guiyang, Changsha and other places border Yuzhang, which can provide a land strike.

The only thing that makes Zhuge Liang uncertain is the problem of the Jiangdong Naval Army, the Han Dynasty has focused more on the war against Cao Wei over the years, although the Naval Army also has training, but not much, compared with the Jiangdong Naval Army, which is dominated by water warfare, there is a gap after all, I hope that the three giant warships left by Liu Yi back then are really as Liu Yi said, and can reverse the situation of the water war.

In Zhuge Liang's view, this battle can be fought, but the annexation of Jiangdong is somewhat unrealistic, Yuzhang and Lujiang can be attacked, but Danyang, Zhuge Liang does not recommend fighting, in that case, the east also needs to deploy troops to defend, the current strength of the Han Dynasty cannot pull the battle line to such a long time, even if it can annex Jiangdong, it will take time to digest, so Zhuge Liang first set a lower line, take Yuzhang, and then look at the situation, now is indeed the best opportunity to attack Jiangdong.

Liu Chan saw that Zhuge Liang also nodded, and he smiled in his heart: "Since this is the case, according to the will of the prime minister, summon the general, the hussar general down the river, and attack Yuzhang, in addition, the soldiers and horses under the jurisdiction of the right minister go south, and the troops of the governor Jiangxia will recover the lost territory and attack the Lujiang River. ”

The Central Plains can't fight for the time being, a dozen is a full-scale war, the money and food accumulated by the Han in the past two years have been almost consumed, and it is no longer enough to support a large-scale war, originally this war was because Liu Chan succeeded to the throne, the foundation was unstable and hastily started, now that the crisis has been lifted, it is naturally best to get one or two counties, and Liu Chan is not greedy.

"Your Ministers obey!" The ministers bowed.

After the big thing was said, the ministers dispersed, Liu Chan got up and stretched his waist, this court is really a little tired.

"Your Majesty, Empress Zhang has already prepared breakfast." Huang Hao saw the ministers leaving, bowed to Liu Chan and said, this Queen Zhang is Zhang Fei's eldest daughter, one year younger than Liu Chan, and this family affair was decided when Liu Bei was still there.

"Okay." Liu Chan nodded, and said with a smile on his face: "This time Sikong has made another great contribution, but I don't know how to reward Sikong, and it is not easy to ask the ministers in the court." ”

Now that Liu Yi is already ranked as the third duke, if it is sealed again, Liu Chan doesn't know how to seal it, but such a big victory has raised the prestige of the Han Dynasty, if you don't do a reward, it's not right.

"Why don't you send some beauties?" Huang Hao said tentatively: "The slave maid heard that Sikong only has one wife in his life and no concubine. ”

"Excuse me, Sikong and his wife are deeply affectionate, and they can't tolerate others, otherwise, with Sikong's position, why worry about not having a woman?" Liu Chan shook his head, the legendary story of Liu Yi and Lu Lingqi can be regarded as a good story, Liu Chan doesn't want to run away to destroy other people's feelings, maybe Liu Ming's woman can find the palace directly.

Thinking of Liu Ming, Liu Chan couldn't help but shudder, some childhood shadows lingered.

"Your Majesty, with Sikong's fame and status now, since it doesn't make much sense to add an official to a knighthood, why not think of a way for Madame?" Huang Hao said with a smile.

"Auntie...... It doesn't seem that I have too many preferences, at most I practice martial arts, I can't make my aunt a general to lead troops to fight, right? Liu Chan thought for a while.

"Back then, the first emperor set up a tomb for Sikong's father-in-law and worshiped him in person, why didn't Your Majesty follow suit?" Huang Hao asked with a smile.

"Sikong has already set up a tomb back then, why bother to erect it again?" Liu Chan was puzzled.

"The monument was only built in a hurry, but Tianmen Mountain is not Wenhou's hometown after all, it is better to allocate some money to Sikong, and order Sikong to erect a monument for Wenhou in Wenhou's hometown, and add a nickname, maybe it is better than directly rewarding Sikong." Huang Hao explained.

"Hmm." Liu Chan groped his chin and nodded: "Yes, it just so happens that Jiuyuan now belongs to the border of my Han Dynasty, and I ordered someone to pass on the edict to Sikong, so that Sikong can build a mausoleum for Wenhou in Jiuyuan, and posthumously seal Lu Bu as the general of the Han Hussars." ”

In this way, although Lu Bu's reputation was not very good during his lifetime, he remained in the history books and could be regarded as a general of the Han Dynasty.

"In addition, I can order Sikong's wife Lu Lingqi and her daughter to go to Jiuyuan to worship, just as the New Year is approaching, and Sikong's family will be reunited." Liu Chan didn't know that Liu Yi was going to come back when he was going to come back at the end of the year.

"Your Majesty!" Huang Hao hesitated, looked at Liu Chan and said, "Is there something wrong?" Sikong is alone in the army, and now he has sent his wife and daughter, isn't there no restraint, if Sikong takes this opportunity to ......"

Before he finished speaking, he saw Liu Chan's gaze sweeping over lightly, and Huang Hao only felt a stagnation in his chest.

"I haven't heard this either, do you know that Sikong has a life grace for me and the Queen Mother?" Liu Chan looked at Huang Hao, his voice was still calm, lacking a little cordiality and a little more cold feeling: "Sikong is running around for my Han in this life, Dahan can have today's prosperous world, Sikong is indispensable, how can I be unreasonably suspicious?" If Sikong really has the intention of self-reliance, then this river loop can be regarded as a gift from me to Sikong! ”

"Whoa!" Huang Hao's face turned a little pale, and he hurriedly knelt down and pleaded: "Your Majesty forgives me, slaves and maids should not talk about the government in vain." ”

"Go down and spread the edict, tell your aunt, be sure to let Liu Ming go with you." Liu Chan waved his hand.

"Oh~" Huang Hao hurriedly bowed again, and after Liu Chan wrote the edict, he took the edict to Sikong Mansion.

Looking at Huang Hao's back, Liu Chan shook his head, Liu Ming refused the princess last time, which made Liu Chan a little unhappy, and Liu Ming often came to see the Queen Mother, and it was always a little embarrassing to meet, and since Liu Ming arrived in Chang'an, Liu Chan has never been born in peace, there will always be ministers who come to complain, their children were bullied by Liu Ming, and Liu Ming was sent away.

I really hope that woman will never come back, she has a headache~

Liu Chan smiled suddenly, Liu Ming has been coming less recently, but he sometimes misses the days when he was bullied with Liu Ming, and he is still the queen~

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