In May 272, Ji Han sent troops to Tongguan, and the Han and Jin wars were unveiled.

In mid-October, due to the fall of Taiyuan County, the country was already at a disadvantage in the war. Under Sima Yan's decision, the Jin court made the decision to cede Shouchun, an important town in Huainan, to Eastern Wu in exchange for Eastern Wu sending troops.

In late October, Zhang Hua came to Jianye, the capital of Soochow, again on behalf of the Jin Kingdom.

After hearing Zhang Hua's decision to explain the Jin Kingdom, there is no doubt that the monarchs and ministers in the Eastern Wu court have all been shot in the arm.

According to the covenant signed between the Jin State and the Wu State after the loss of Yongliang, the Jin State demolished the Hefei City Fortress, but the soldiers of the Wu State were not allowed to go north to the foundation of the Hefei City Fortress, and of course they could not build the Hefei New City under the control of the Wu State.

This treaty only eased the tension that Jianye had always been on the front line. The security of Soochow was not completely improved: the Jiangnan regime had to control the Huainan region and be bounded by the Huai River with the northern regime in order to have a sufficient strategic buffer.

Therefore, when Zhang Hua proposed: You send troops to attack Ji Han and relieve the pressure on my Great Jin, and we will cede Shouchun to you. The joy of the monarchs and ministers of Eastern Wu could not be concealed no matter how deep the old bureaucrats were in the city.

"Hmph, it's really a bunch of short-sighted mad dogs." After secretly despising the monarchs and ministers of Eastern Wu in his heart, Zhang Hua still bowed again: "Your Majesty, what the foreign minister said just now is what His Majesty of my country meant, and I have also obtained the consent of my country's Shangshutai and the young master. The significance of the city of Shouchun to your country does not need to be emphasized by foreign ministers, so how your country responds, please make a decision with your majesty! ”

"Well......" After a long time of taking the exam, Sun Hao raised his head: "Shouchun, our country wants to do whatever it wants, however, since your country has taken out such an important city, then, I think Emperor Jin will not give us this city directly, right?" ”

"Your Majesty. Your Majesty means that your country will first send troops to Badong County or Jiaozhou, where the thieves are in Shu. As long as we can take the city of Shu thieves, our country will immediately hand over Shouchun. ”

Suddenly, this request seems to be very reasonable, but the minister of Eastern Wu, who is a little familiar with the situation at the junction of Ji Han and Eastern Wu, understands that this point is really difficult to achieve after listening to Zhang Hua's words.

Because, the first city in Patong County is Yong'an, which has been run by Sun Gang into a super fortress with intricate water and land defense facilities. And what about Jiaozhou? Well, at present, Ji Han only has the three southern counties of Jiaozhou, and the place bordering Dongwu is Pheasant Pass (Zhennan Pass in later generations), which has long been poured into a strong fortress by Wang Ji with cement.

If Dongwu really has the ability to take one of these two places, then the main force of Ji Han's Eastern Expedition will not say all of it, at least a considerable part of it will be rescued by returning to the division. In this way, the containment of Ji Han by Eastern Wu was achieved, and the pressure on the Jin State was naturally reduced a lot.

Sun Hao is not an idiot, so he naturally knows this. So, he also made a difficulty.

"Your Majesty, the Jinshu War is a battle of national fortunes between the two countries. If I want to enter the game, I must be cautious, so what the ministers mean, is it that the ministers will discuss it carefully after the meeting? ”

"Well, what Shi Ji said is very reasonable. Maoxian, let's do it, please rest in the post house first, I'll give you a clear answer within three days, how about it? ”

"The foreign minister respectfully obeys His Majesty's wishes."

After the court meeting, Sun Hao directly called Wan Yu, Wang Cheng, Zhong Hui, Zhang Yi and other henchmen to his study.

"I don't want to say more, whether it's the cession of the Jin Kingdom, or whether it's my Dawu to take it myself. Shouchun, I am bound to win. ”

"Your Majesty is going to get Shouchun, and it's easy now." Wang Cheng, the head of intelligence, came out: "According to the repeated investigation of the school, due to the tense war in the north, the Jin State has evacuated the Yangzhou Corps to the extreme, and now, the entire Yangzhou Corps of the Jin State is only 10,000 people in the vicinity of Shouchun. Last month, our army was stationed at the city base of Hefei, and although the scouts of the Jin State discovered it, the Yangzhou Corps of the Jin State did not react. ”

"Hehehe, if Your Majesty wants to start a war against the Jin Kingdom, not only Shouchun, but Xiangyang, it can also be easily taken. Shunmin, if I expected it to be true, the Jingzhou Corps of the Jin Kingdom now only has about 10,000 people, right? ”

"Shi Ji's eyes are like torches."

"Hmm......" After thinking for a while, Sun Hao looked at Zhong Hui: "Shi Ji, how is the recent battle between Shu and Jin going?" What do you think about the next battle? ”

"Your Majesty...... This is how the war has progressed in the past few days. The minister thought that in this war, if Shu was defeated, it would be nothing more than temporarily retracting and licking his wounds. And if the Jin Kingdom is defeated, it will be destroyed. And judging from the current war situation, the war situation in the Jin Kingdom is very bad. It can be said that the opportunity is lost, and he can only passively deal with the attack of Shu. Chen Dou dared to predict that if my Great Wu did not intervene, within one to two years, the Jin Kingdom would die! ”

"Huh?! Shi Ji, is it alarmist? I am also not optimistic about the victory of the Jin Kingdom. But if it is said that the country died in World War I, this, the Jin State is a big country in the end. ”

"Your Majesty, there are two main problems with the Jin Kingdom. First, Yongliang was lost, and Luoyang did not move the capital in time after losing the barrier. So much so that in the current war between the two countries, Luoyang, as the capital, was too harshly contained. The Shu Kingdom had only 20,000 or 30,000 people in Tongguan District, so that the 100,000 Chinese troops in Luoyang could not move. This alone made the Jin State's mobile forces seriously insufficient, and it could only deal passively on other battlefields. Second, the family is centrifuged. The promotion of the Sima family to the title of Duke of Jin is quite justifiable, but the promotion to the king of Jin is too reluctant. After the Wei and Jin dynasties, they quickly lost Yongliang...... The nature of this family (wall grass), Your Majesty should be very clear now. Not to mention that over the years, Guan Zifeng has used all kinds of means to tie up and win over the Kanto family. Therefore, if the Jin State is defeated in Bingzhou, Jizhou, Qingzhou and other places will quickly rebel against Jin and return to Shu...... Luoyang will quickly become an isolated city. Chen has lived in Luoyang for many years, although this is indeed the strongest city in the world, but a lonely city, no matter how strong it is, how long can it last? Therefore, if my Great Wu does not intervene, the Jin Kingdom will die! ”

"I understand what Shiji means. Wenbin, Shunmin, Juxian, what do you mean? ”

"Your Majesty!" The first to stand up was Prime Minister Wan Yu: "Your Majesty, although I don't like it very much, but the minister still wants to say that if Jin dies, then my Great Wu will be in danger." Therefore, my Great Wu will immediately send troops to attack Shu! ”

"The ministers seconded it!"

"Well, I understand what Zhu Qing means. It's just that if you want to send troops, how many troops should you use? Where is the main direction of attack? ”

"Your Majesty." Zhong Hui glanced at Wan Yu, and after Wan Yu nodded slightly, he said: "The minister exchanged letters with the general (Lu Kang) many times ago. The ministers thought that if they wanted to send troops, they could send 100,000 troops from the country and 50,000 troops from the family. A total of 150,000 troops, go to Qiqi County! ”

"Mustache? Shiji, although I am not a soldier, I also know that the place in Qiqi County is undulating, and it is rainy and damp, and mosquitoes are rampant. This is really not a good place to enter. ”

"It's true, but it's precisely because of this that the defense of the Shu thief here is also close to nothing. As long as our army enters Qiqi County and takes a few cities, it can go to the Jin State to ask for Shouchun. At the same time, the Shu thieves' Jiaozhou Nanzhong Legion and the Chengdu Legion will definitely be alarmed by us, and at that time, the country will send the main force and attack Jiaozhou again! ”

"Hmm...... It's just that the army traveled to such a difficult place for transportation, this grain road? ”

"The grain route is really a problem. But this time, Chan had some ideas. ”

"Shiji, please speak."

"This time, we can let the Huiji family send private soldiers!"

"Huh? Well, wonderful! Fabulous! ”

According to Sun Hao's plan before he ascended the throne, the next internal target after eliminating the Lu Wang Party was the Huiji family. So what Zhonghui means is: Aren't all the troops of our Eastern Wu more than half of the country and half of the family? This time, the share of the family will be shared by the Huiji family.

Of course, Sun Hao readily accepted such an opinion.

However, since the Eastern Wu Imperial Court has made it clear that it is so harmful to the Huiji family, then the Huiji family will definitely try their best to resist. The most basic trick is to send the old and weak to fill the number. And this, of course, cannot be accepted by Lu Kang, the commander of the troops this time. Therefore, although Guan Yi received the information that the Eastern Wu army was determined to send troops in December of this year, it was already in 273 AD that the Eastern Wu army was really able to set off.