After Sun Hao ascended the throne, the strange phenomena of laziness, sluggishness, and poor implementation of the Eastern Wu government in the past were effectively corrected. In late June of 266, Sun Hao made the decision to support Xiling. On July 5, the right general Zhuge Liang set off smoothly with 5,000 reinforcements.

On the other hand, although Lu Kang had foreseen that he would intercept and kill the other party's intelligence officers. But what kind of institution was the Jin State's marching Cao? This is the most powerful intelligence agency of this era, which was created by Xi Zhicai, perfected by Guo Jia, and made by Jia Xu into the most powerful intelligence agency of this era. Moreover, Sun Hao has only been on the throne for more than a year, and the transformation of Soochow has only just begun. In Soochow, where families are everywhere, the rule of the state is still not detailed enough. Therefore, when the Bu family's family was still making a hard detour in Daba Mountain, Jin Cao's intelligence officers had already sent the real information of Xiling City to the desk of Sima Liang, the king of Runan, in mid-July.

"Everyone, this is what happened in Xiling City ten days ago. It seems that these Wu dogs have given up the idea of taking Xiling quickly. And preparations were made to deal with the southward movement of our army. ”

"My lord, this is really not a good thing. The meaning of the last general, hurry up and organize the army to go south! ”

"Otherwise, don't worry, Xuanwu. The king, the meaning of the last general is that he can sit and watch Wu Gou and the Xiling Bu family fight for some more time. The king needs to know that it is already July, and the rainy season has come. At this time, the troops were dispatched, mosquitoes were rampant, the army was gathered, and epidemics occurred frequently. In the event of a plague in the army, then we ...... Moreover, this season, as long as there is a little more rain, the Han River will start to swell again, and it is ..... to send troops at this time."

Wang Hun didn't say the rest, but everyone understood: Fifty years ago, Guan Yu didn't just use the surge of the Han River to flood the Seventh Army and shock China.

What Xuan Chong said was really serious. The widow still wants to wait. Well, Xuan Chong, you have been stationed in Jingzhou for a long time. When will the rainy season in Jingzhou usually end? ”

"It's usually about the same in September. It will not last until October. Even if there was rain after that, the amount of rain was not enough to cause the water level of the Han River to change significantly. ”

"Good, folks, do you have any other opinions?"

"Uh, my lord. According to the report of Jin Cao Cao. The Jingzhou army on the side of Eastern Wu can be regarded as pouring out, and its number is no less than 50,000. And our Jingzhou army is only about this number. But we can't come out of the nest, can we? Not to mention anything else, the three counties of Weixing, Shangyong, and Xincheng must maintain a certain number of troops to guard against the sneak attack of Hanzhong County in Western Shu, so ......"

"Well, Ji Sheng (Liu Fu) is right. It just so happens that we also need to report the new strategy to Luoyang. Then trouble Ji Sheng to go in person, which is not only to report, but also to ask for help. ”

"The subordinate officer receives the order, and he will return with reinforcements."

Soon, Liu Fu came to Luoyang with Sima Liang's request.

For His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty, Fifth Uncle, you have to delay the time to send troops, this is no problem. I don't want to receive a step with no loss of strength. Moreover, it is July at this time, and there is no autumn harvest yet. It is a time when a country has the least amount of money and food in stock. And in September, the autumn harvest is almost over, and it happens to be the richest time in a country. Therefore, there is no problem at all in delaying the dispatch of troops for two months.

But, you ask for reinforcements? This is really a bit of a dilemma for me.

Three years ago, the Sima family lost nearly 160,000 troops in the mountains of Bashu at one time. Such a loss, even the powerful Central Plains country was broken, and in just three years, in fact, the Jin State did not ease up.

At present, the total strength of the Jin State is about 450,000. Among them, the Luoyang Central Army was restored to 150,000, the Northwest Theater was 110,000, the Jingzhou Theater was 50,000, the Yangzhou Theater was 80,000, the Qingxu Theater was cleaned, only 5,000 people, and the Youhe Theater was also significantly weakened, with a total of only 20,000 people. In addition, the county soldiers and other security forces in each county add up to 350,000 people.

Of course, this is only the force controlled by the central government of the Jin State. Due to the Sima family's great title of prince and duke, under the command of various princes and county kings of the Jin Kingdom, there are actually a number of kingdom armies. The army of more than thirty princes should add up to no less than 100,000.

But that's not the crux of the matter. The crux of the matter is that this is July, which is the poorest time for a country. The soldiers and horses have not moved, and the grain and grass go first. It's not impossible to dispatch the Chinese army, but what about the money? What about grain? You must know that the population under the control of the Jin government itself is only more than 4 million, and it is almost one soldier for every ten peasants. This ratio is approaching the limit of productivity in this era.

"Well, that's pretty much it. Jingzhou wants reinforcements. But the court is here......"

Your father has already told me, recuperate! Recuperate! But what about you? I just want to make a big military feat when I get to the top! You're the Emperor now! Not a powerful minister who urgently needs military merit and usurpation! It's necessary to do it so urgently!

"Shang Shuling, can't you draw any money and food from the imperial court? How can this official remember that this year's random inspection of household taxes, the imperial court has made a lot of profits. Not to mention anything else, more than 10,000 serfs were released from the official's family as a result......"

"Hey, hey, thank you to the Marquis of Linjin for being loyal to the country and understanding the righteousness. As for the money and grain, even though it is the seventh month at this time, it is the time when the treasury is most empty. But if you really want to grit your teeth, you can still take out a few million stone grain and hundreds of millions of money. But Linjin Marquis, don't you read the newspaper? In May and June this year, the entire territory of Youzhou, Jizhou, and Qingzhou, as well as one part of Bingzhou, were hit by locust plagues. More than 100 counties have not harvested any grains, and more than 700,000 people affected by the disaster are waiting to be fed. The Xiongnu in Xianbei in the north and the Xiongnu in Bingzhou were also ready to move due to the drought of the pastures and the starvation of a large number of livestock. Youzhou Thorn Shi Wei Boyu has written many times to express urgency. If it is said that if a large amount of grain is not taken out to transport it north for disaster relief, I am afraid that there will be something unbearable. Ahem, Marquis of Linjin, you said that at this time, which one should I take care of first? ”

"Humph! Your Majesty. The minister thought that Taiwei (Sima Wang) should be allowed to transfer grain from Guanzhong! In the past two or three years, a large amount of grain from Guanzhong has flowed into Xishu. Instead of such a large-scale capital enemy, it is better to collect the surplus grain in Guanzhong to Luoyang! ”

"Hahahaha~~~ Linjin Hou, I Jia Chong don't dare to agree with what you just said. In the past year, Jin Cao sent a large number of secret spies to Guanzhong to investigate the problems of China's grain outflow and the overflow of illicit salt. The result? Nearly a thousand people died before and after. Why is this happening? Not all the families in Guanzhong are involved! At this time, they were forced to transport all the surplus grain to Luoyang? Do you want to give the cool land to that Guan Zifeng? ”

"This, this, these families, with a home but no country, really damn it! Du Yuankai is in Chang'an, won't he do something? ”

"Hmph, Du Yuankai? The Du family himself is a big family in Guanzhong, what can he do? Didn't you hear what Du Yuankai said himself? After eating the Zigong salt sent by Xishu, his illness began to improve. Can you count on him? Hey, next year's new round of household tax clearance action, we are preparing to focus on Guanzhong. But, that's next year. ”

It can be said that Pei Xiu and Jia Chong really didn't deliberately raise the bar with Yang Jun.

The central government of all dynasties and the inner circle of its power have inevitably become regionalized. For example, in the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty, most of the time the Jiangnan people were dominant. As for Sima Jin, at least before the southern crossing, Henan people and Shanxi talents were the mainstream.

The Yongliang of this era was mainly Shaanxi and Gansu in later generations, and the clans of these two places were really not in the central government of the Jin Kingdom. Just as the people of Yizhou are dissatisfied with the Shu Han government, in fact, the Yongliang family does not like the court in Luoyang too much.

And Yongliang is the front line facing Shu Han. Over the years, due to the frequent wars between the two countries, the overall social environment in Yongliang has been unstable - agricultural production requires a long cycle, how can you produce with peace of mind if you often fight wars? And because of the frequent wars, the people in the Yongliang area are fierce, although the family here is not strong, the number of private soldiers is limited, but in fact, the combat effectiveness is extremely amazing.

Therefore, whether it is Cao Wei or Sima Jin. The rule of these two regions is mainly based on tenderness and pacification. The urging is too urgent, and when Shu Han goes on the next Northern Expedition, we will respond in groups!

This is also why in the past two years, there has been a large outflow of grain from Yongliang on the one hand, and on the other hand, the overflow of illegal salt has caused the national salt tax to fall off a cliff. Under such an exaggerated situation, one of the important reasons why the central government of the Jin State has always refused to take real action.

"Alright, alright! Shang Shuling, General Che Cai, and the Marquis of Linjin are also for the good of the country! I don't want to hear you arguing there now, what I want to hear is how to send a powerful reinforcement to the fifth uncle on the basis of not wanting the country to come up with a lot of money and food! ”

"The minister is incompetent, please punish Your Majesty!"

Looking at these two bastards who relied on the old and sold the old, Sima Yan was really angry: how could his father control these two scumbags so easily before? Hey, this old man of mine is also useless, and he can't think of a way at all! How can you help me weaken the power of these two old guys?

Suddenly, a heavenly voice sounded: "Your Majesty! There is a way to solve Your Majesty's urgency! ”