On March 20, 267 AD, he simply arrived at Jianye, the capital of Soochow.

Then, he was hung by Sun Hao for more than ten days before he was received.

This treatment, he thought of before he came. So I don't bother to think about it. Instead, he took advantage of the ten days to sing and drink with the clans of Soochow. Finally, public opinion in the officialdom of Soochow began to have opinions on Sun Hao, and Sun Hao met with him under the persuasion of Zhong Hui.

"Humph! The envoy came this time, did he come to confess and apologize to my Da Wu, or did he wag his tail and beg for mercy? ”

"Well, I'm sorry to tell Your Majesty that it's neither."

"Isn't your big Sima very majestic? At the beginning, our army fought to the death in Xiling, and he came out secretly to pick peaches in the end. Hmph, he took advantage of various coincidences to occasionally defeat my Great Wu's naval army once. Isn't that supposed to be proud? How? He is going on a northern expedition, or does he know that he must cooperate with my Da Wu to succeed? ”

"Tut-tut, Your Majesty. The foreign minister came this time to dedicate an opportunity to His Majesty to make contributions. ”

"Humph! The messenger breathed a big sigh. I will take it as long as I need it. Why do you need to give?! ”

"Hehe, Your Majesty. The minister will break up the words and tell you. That's right, my Han is indeed going to prepare to launch the Northern Expedition in the spring of next year, after the snow at the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains melts. If your country can launch an attack on the Jin State in Huainan and Jingzhou at the same time, it will indeed provide a great help to my Han Dynasty. This greatly increased the possibility of the success of the Northern Expedition of our Han Dynasty. Therefore, from this point of view, the Han needs the cooperation and help of your country. ”

"But from your country's point of view. Isn't this Northern Expedition of my Han Dynasty an opportunity for your country to regain its strength? With the prestige of my family's great Sima, this Northern Expedition will definitely be highly valued by the Jin Kingdom. About one-third of the Jin Kingdom's forces will be poured into the Guanlong region. Your country also launched the Northern Expedition at this time, is there more opportunities? Not to mention anything else, the so-called guarding the river must guard the Huai. Relying on the Yangtze River alone, Jianye is not safe enough. If you can take Hefei City in Huaibei. At that time, Da Wu was as stable as Mount Tai! ”

"Humph! Your envoy is indeed sharp and well-deserved. But why did I fight to the death of the Jin Kingdom? As long as your country launches the Northern Expedition, I can completely repair a letter to the Jin Emperor. Let him hand over Hefei City to me Dawu. Then I raised an army of 200,000 troops, attacked Badong in your country all the way, and helped the Jin State to pacify the remnants of Cao Wei in Shangyong all the way. Do you think Emperor Jin will agree to such conditions? ”

"Oh, it turns out that His Majesty's previous reputation was fake. The foreign minister had heard that His Majesty was the person who most resembled the King of Changsha Huan in the Wu Kingdom for decades. However, when did Sun Bofu need to pray for the enemy's benefits by betraying the covenant? ”

"Jian Wushuang, so daring! Believe it or not, I cooked you today?! ”

"Hahahaha, the eldest husband is not born to eat, and he is also to cook when he dies. Your Majesty is going to cook me, and the minister is honored. It's just that Your Majesty cooked the foreign ministers today, and tomorrow my big Sima brother will immediately contact the Jin Emperor, and then the Han and Jin countries will attack Wu together! ”

"Humph! Come on, I'm still afraid of you?! ”

Hey, the young emperor's impatient temper has flare up again. Zhong Hui listened to Sun Hao and the simple confrontation on the side, and he was also helpless: You are the emperor, how can you deal with a courtier on the other side?

"Your Majesty, the envoy has come from afar to work hard. Why don't you talk about it today? ”

"Exactly, Your Majesty. Echoing the Northern Expedition is a big deal, so ......"

"Well, the Prime Minister's monk book makes sense, so let's do it today."

It was late at night, and Sun Hao's study was brightly lit.

Sun Hao, Lu Kai, Wan Yu, Zhong Hui, Ding Feng and other five people gathered together to discuss Shu Han's proposal.

"Shi Ji, in your opinion, can Xishu's Northern Expedition succeed?"

"Your Majesty, I dare not predict whether you can succeed. But what the minister can be sure of is that Guan Zifeng's prestige and authority in Xishu now far surpass that of Jiang Wan and Fei Yi back then. Therefore, the strength of the Northern Expedition of Western Shu this time is extremely great. The number of troops mobilized should not be less than 100,000. ”

"Well, a hundred thousand. Hehe, after all, it's still a small country. Reluctantly, he pretended to have a contemptuous look and expressed his contempt for Shu Han, whose national strength was not as good as his own. Sun Hao said to Ding Feng with a solemn expression: "Right Sima, I am young and lose my heart, and I don't read much. But I also heard that it seems that Jiang Wei of Xishu has rarely mobilized more than 50,000 troops in the nine Northern Expeditions in the past ten years, right? ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. Of Jiang Wei's nine Northern Expeditions, only one had more than 50,000 troops. ”

"Hiss~~~ Although there are few soldiers in Xishu, this combat power cannot be underestimated. Right Da Sima, if I Da Wu also starts the Northern Expedition next year, where do you think the main direction of our army's attack is? Well, this morning, Jian Wushuang's shaft was arrogant and rude. But what he said, 'guarding the river must guard the Huai' is really heartfelt. ”

Guarding the river must guard the Huai, of course, in this era, it is a traverser's vocabulary. It means that if the Jiangnan secession regime wants to survive, it must not rely on a single Yangtze River: thousands of miles of the Yangtze River, there are thoroughfares everywhere. A little breakthrough, a collapse on the whole line. Therefore, it is necessary to control the Huai River basin north of the Yangtze River. In this way, strategic depth is formed. So that even if the enemy breaks through the Huai River defense line, this side has time and space to deal with it.

Speaking of which, Eastern Wu and Jin have an extremely long border. In Jingzhou, the Yangtze River is basically the dividing line. On the Yangzhou side, Dongwu poured the strength of the country and set up three counties of Qichun County, Lujiang County and Guangling County on the north bank of the Yangtze River. The geographical area of these three counties is not large, but Dongwu threw a lot of money into it and built a lot of castles and fortresses, which is to form a land barrier in Jiangbei to defend the capital Jianye.

Therefore, although the people of this era heard the phrase "Shoujiang must Shouhuai" for the first time, they were very shocked. But Soochow has long recognized this. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China for decades, it has been working hard to build the Huainan defense line in Jiangbei.

But Soochow realized this, and Cao Wei (Jin Guo) was not stupid. Since the time of Cao Cao, when the border between Wei and Wu gradually stabilized, Cao Cao ordered Sima Lang, Liu Fu and others to use Shouchun on the south bank of the Huai River as a base to continuously build various fortified castles in the south. Extend your own forces to the north bank of the Yangtze River as much as possible.

For decades, the wars between Cao Wei and Eastern Wu, at least on the Yangzhou line, were fought in areas south of the Huai River and north of the Yangtze River. One side wants to move the national border north to the Huai River to facilitate its own survival. One side wanted to move the border south to the Yangtze River in order to lay the groundwork for the elimination of the other.

After decades of fighting, the two sides are basically tied. Although Soochow failed to reach the south bank of the Huai River, it still retained some territory in Jiangbei. A barrier was built for the capital. Cao Wei, although he failed to reach Jiangbei, at least from Shouchun, moved south little by little. The southernmost Hefei city fortress is less than 200 kilometers away from Jianye.

Therefore, for decades, Dongwu has been thinking about taking the Hefei fortress: this fortress is too great a threat to the survival of Dongwu!

This is also one of the fundamental reasons why Guan Yi dared to make a move against Dongwu in Xiling: Shu Han, at least at this time, did not affect the survival of Dongwu at all!

"Your Majesty, the old minister has fought all his life for Dawu. The biggest ideal is to take Hefei for Dawu. Only by taking this place can the old man sleep peacefully in Jianye at night. Therefore, in this Northern Expedition of Western Shu, my Dawu must participate! Lao Chen thought that Xishu should be allowed to send troops first, and after the Chinese army of the Jin State was attracted to the past, my Dawu would launch another 200,000 troops to attack the Jin State from Jingzhou and Yangzhou. Among them, Jingzhou only needs to allocate 50,000 troops and attack virtually. Here in Yangzhou, the 150,000 army must take Hefei City! ”

"Your Majesty, Minister Lu Kai played. Since His Majesty succeeded to the throne, the political style of our Great Wu has been completely refreshed. At the end of last year, the Prime Minister's Office counted 300,000 more households under the control of the state than in the seventh year of Yong'an (the year when Sun Xiu hanged). The treasury is also full of money. Therefore, I, Dawu, should take advantage of this opportunity to go on the Northern Expedition! Not to mention taking Shouchun and hitting the Huai River. At least take Hefei! ”

"Well, what does Shang Shuling mean?"

"Your Majesty, the minister deeply agrees with the opinions of the right great Sima and the left prime minister."

"Well, I know what you're talking about. But I'm still uncomfortable with Xiling's breath! This Guan Zifeng, I used to think he was a big hero. As a result, he is still the same as their big-eared thief, and his thief nature of stealing chickens and dogs has not changed! ”

"Your Majesty, those who achieve great things are not informal. As Emperor Wu, this grievance is nothing. Now the top priority is how to convince the envoys of Western Shu to send troops first......"

It was the right prime minister Wan Yu who said this. As soon as he said this, Sun Hao's face became even more ugly.

Hey, my brother Wenbin. You still haven't figured out what's going on. Your Majesty is no longer the Marquis of Wucheng back then. How can you talk to him so bluntly? Well, but your stupid personality is much easier to deal with than that Lu Jingfeng. Before Lu Jingfeng falls, I need you to stand in front of me. So, I'll help you this time.

"Your Majesty, when it comes to the question of whether the tone is smooth or not, the minister has a proposal."

"Oh, Shiji, you speak!"

"Well, the Northern Expedition of Xishu will be extremely difficult without our cooperation. Therefore, although I, Dawu, was forced to send troops together due to the general trend of the world. But after all, it helped Xishu a lot. This Xishu has to show a little sincerity anyway. For example, at the end of last year on the Yangtze River, a small trebuchet that could be mounted on a ship ......"

"Huh? Well! Shi Ji, you are really my ovary! Good, as long as Xishu agrees to hand over this technology. I, Dawu, will send troops after next year's spring ploughing! ”