"Foreign Minister Zhang Hua, meet His Majesty the Emperor of Wu."

"How fast Maoxian is!"

"The survival of the country is all in the thought of His Majesty, and he does not dare to be unhurried."

"It's serious, it's serious. Please take your seat first. What does Emperor Jin want, I will listen. ”

On January 24, the Han and Jin fought a decisive battle on the north bank of the mainland, the Han Sheng and Jin were defeated, Jiang Wei was killed, and the Jin army was completely destroyed.

On the 30th, the news reached Jiexiu. On the same day, Du Pre, who gathered on the slopes, also received the same battle report.

On February 2, the news reached Luoyang.

On the 3rd, Chang'an received a battle report.

On the 5th, Guan Yi mourned Jiang Wei in Jiexiu and the whole army Sumin. On the same day, without receiving Sima Yan's explicit instructions, Du Zhen began to mobilize troops and horses to prepare for the retreat south.

On the 8th, Du Pre, Wei Guan, Yanghu and others returned to Luoyang.

In the early morning of the 9th, Sima Yan led the clan to worship the temple and then gathered overnight to determine the defense of Luoyang and a series of plans.

On the twelfth, Zhang Hua, the secretary of the Jin Kingdom, arrived in Wuchang and was quickly received by Sun Hao.

Yes, at this time, Sun Hao was not in Jianye, but came to the place where Sun Quan ascended the throne before, Wuchang City. (This Wuchang is now Echeng, Hubei, not Wuchang in today's Wuhan City.) ）

The Jin State was defeated in Jizhou, and everyone could see the danger of its demise. Therefore, Sun Hao is really anxious at this time. He no longer wanted to stay in the distant Jianye, but took the initiative to come to Wuchang, which was closer to Luoyang. It is convenient to better rescue the Jin Kingdom.

"Your Majesty, the strategy of our country's latest temple calculation is as follows....... In short, it is necessary for your country to urgently provide us with food and send reinforcements when necessary. In this way, there is still a glimmer of life in our country. ”

"Good! Yang Wenju is really talented! It's a pity that it was buried by his brother before. After praising Yang Jue can't help but say, Sun Hao suddenly reacted: I am the emperor of Wu, although if the Jin State dies, I will definitely be alone in the future, but I praise other people's courtiers so much at this time, how can I ask the other party for benefits when negotiating?

"Ahem, Mao Xian, your country estimates that Guan Zifeng commanded the Han army to encircle Luoyang, when will it be?"

"The five prefectures of Hebei have a vast territory and a large population, plus there are many families and wealthy families, and the relationship between them is complicated. Moreover, after a series of battles, the wounded of the Han army itself and the captured officers and soldiers of our army all need to be properly accommodated. Military rations need to be deployed, and armaments such as bows and arrows and armor need to be recoordinated...... No matter how good Guan Zifeng is at at home, he will be able to encircle Luoyang at least in mid-to-late March. ”

"Hmm."

It was really just a moment, and then Sun Hao stopped talking.

As Zhang Hua, who visited Sun Hao many times on behalf of the Jin Kingdom, he still didn't understand what Sun Hao meant. So he immediately began to bid: "Your Majesty, if our country can survive this catastrophe, our country will definitely move its capital after the war." In this way, Wancheng can be handed over to your country. Your country will receive the complete Jingzhou. ”

"Hmm."

"Your Majesty, if your country can send more than 100,000 troops to support our country. Then after the war, our country can cede Xuzhou! ”

"Hmm."

"Your Majesty!" Zhang Hua abruptly stood up from the seat, stepped in front of Sun Hao and bowed heavily, after Sun Hao personally left the table to help him up, Zhang Hua's forehead was already full of blood beads.

"Your Majesty." Zhang Hua, who was in tears, said with a crying voice: "If Your Majesty has doubts about whether I will fulfill the contract after the Great Jin War. My Majesty also said that I have heard for a long time that Your Majesty is wise and resolute, and my country's crown prince has admired him for a long time. If Your Majesty does not give up, our prince is willing to come to Your Majesty's side to lay paper and grind for Your Majesty every day! ”

"Oh? Words are serious, Mao Xian, if the prince of the Jin Kingdom really arrives in my Wu Kingdom, I will definitely treat it as my own! Sun Hao snorted, and then said, "This matter is very important, and I need to discuss it with my country's important ministers." So, let's ask Mao to go to the post house to rest today. Well, the scenery of Wuchang is very different from Jianye, and Maoxian can be seen. ”

"Your Majesty, it's just that the foreign minister is anxious now, and I ask Your Majesty to make a decision as soon as possible."

"Mao Xian rest assured, within one day, I will definitely give Mao Xian a quasi-letter!"

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"Zhongqing, it seems that the Jin Kingdom is really in a hurry. Not to mention Wancheng, even Xuzhou is willing to take it out. That was a place that Lu Ziming didn't dare to touch back then. What else did you say about sending the prince as a hostage! Tsk, back then, Cao Mengde asked the emperor to hand over his first uncle, but the emperor didn't give it. ”

"Your Majesty, if the minister says something inappropriate, it doesn't matter whether the Jin State has issued these conditions or not, and whether or not they have fulfilled the contract after the war. The important thing is that we must keep the Jin Kingdom, otherwise I will be in danger! ”

"Hehehe, Wen Bin (Wan Yu), you still speak so straight. Well, of course I know about it. So Wen Bin, I come to ask you, after repeatedly supporting the Jin State for many times of food, how much food is still in my country? ”

"Uh......" This really asked Wan Yu. It is true that Soochow is the largest grain exporter among the three countries, but the power of this country is too strong. In the early years, a large part of the share of grain exported to Shu Han was actually sold privately by the family to the Mi family, and then the Mi family transported it back to subsidize Shu Han. Therefore, if you really want to say how much the Soochow state power exports, it is actually quite limited.

Soochow's agricultural production in recent years has generally been smooth and rainy, and it has not suffered too many natural disasters. However, in recent years, Soochow has repeatedly lost soldiers and generals in the military - not only soldiers have been lost in this defeat, but a large amount of food and grass for the army will also be lost.

Now, the 150,000-strong army of Soochow has been mobilized for nearly a year, and the food lost during this period is as high as 3 million stones. The first phase of grain to support the Jin State has been sent: no matter how much the Jin State gets in the end, in short, the treasury has spent seven million stones.

After spending 10 million stone of grain in a short period of time, Wan Yu still had 10 million stone in his hand. This is not to be cautious: at this time, it is only the second lunar month, and spring ploughing is about to begin, and then it is the season of green and yellow that agricultural people dislike the most. The country's 150,000 troops, though certainly no longer full, are still fighting on the outer fronts at this time, and must be supplied as well as they must be sustained until the end of the autumn harvest in August and September of this year.

Besides, for the officials in charge of agricultural countries, it is of course good to have the wind and rain in a good situation, but if the wind and rain are smooth for many years in a row, I am afraid that these officials will beat the drum in their hearts.

"Your Majesty reminded you very much, the minister is too anxious. In this way, the Prime Minister's Mansion can allocate two million stone of grain to Luoyang, and there is about 16.7 million stone left. ”

"Really? Hehe. Sun Hao sneered: "I heard what Mao Xian just said, saying that the grain we sent to the Xuchang Grain Depot of the Jin Kingdom in the early stage was only two million stones, and the proportion of Chen Gu brown rice was extremely high!" With these two million stone grains, I'm afraid that more than one million stone may not be able to reach Luoyang, right? ”

"Your Majesty's lesson is that at this time, the minister also received a letter from Pei Jiyan, the secretary of the Jin Kingdom. In this way, this time the grain is transferred, and the speed is sought. Although the loss of waterways is small, there are too many states and counties that pass through, and there are many opportunities for officials and families from all walks of life to work together. So this time, the minister was going to transfer two million directly from Xiangyang and Lu Youjie's reserve army rations, and then the minister would replenish Lu Youjie's food from Jiangling. The grain in Xiangyang directly made Lu Youjie's military and civilian husbands turn to transportation, take the land route, and go to Wancheng to deliver with the Jin State. In this way, the loss should be much less. ”

"Well, that's pretty much it, well, the food problem is solved. What about the army? ”

"Your Majesty, the minister's opinion is that the golden city of the general in Hanzhong is also blocked anyway. It is better to order the general Shangda to suspend the siege of the city, and instead appease the people of the three counties of Shangyong, and persuade them to live and cultivate in Xiangyang. In the three counties of Shangyong, there are 20,000 or 30,000 people, but the original people near Xiangyang were relocated by the Jin State. After the people came, they seized the time to replant rice, saying that they could not catch up with the previous season in autumn. Moreover, by the time of this year's autumn harvest, if the Han State had not taken Luoyang, it would have been exhausted under the Luoyang fortified city, and at that time our army had stabilized the order in Xiangyang, and the newly harvested autumn grain had been put into storage. It's a good time to send troops to the rescue! ”

"Good, then arrange it like this! I only hope that Sima Anshi can last a little longer, if he can't hold on for even half a year, I can't help it. Wen Bin, write a letter to Youjie and Shiji, and inform them of what we have discussed today. Tell them to be ready to send troops after the autumn harvest. ”

"Obey."

"Shunmin, the school must send more people, and I must always control the battle situation in Luoyang. If the Jin State can't even survive this autumn, then we must immediately send troops to grab the territory of Northern Jingzhou, Yuzhou, and Xuzhou as quickly as possible. In this way, we will have the strength to confront the Han Kingdom in the future. ”

"The minister's decree will not disappoint His Majesty."