Huainan was lost like this! Cao Zhen couldn't believe his ears. []

Huainan is Cao Jun's grain production area, and when it comes to grain production, Huainan is not much worse than Jizhou. At the same time, Huainan is the eastern gate to contain Jiangdong and Soochow. Now that Huainan is lost, it not only makes Cao Jun lose a grain production center, but more importantly, it loses the gateway to the southeast. Once Soochow crossed the Huai River, whether it was Xuzhou, Yanzhou or Yuzhou, it was a flat river, a place to attack and defend.

Cao Zhen tried hard to calm himself down, and listening to Wang Chang's description of the general battle, Cao Zhen always felt that there was a hint of familiarity mixed in it. Sun Quan's raid on Hefei was actually a siege to send reinforcements, and at the same time, he also used a move to transfer Cao Ren out of Shouchun, and then attacked Shouchun while ambushing Cao Ren. Shouchun is lost, just one Hefei is difficult to become atmospheric, and Sun Quan can do his best in Huainan.

Since the Battle of Chibi, Sun Quan has attacked Huainan many times, at that time it was Zhang Liao who guarded Huainan, Sun Quan's several attacks were fruitless, but also lost his troops. Since Zhang Liao's death, Cao Ren took over Zhang Liao's town to guard Huainan. Speaking of which, Cao Ren's attainments in defense are only higher than Zhang Liao's, with Cao Ren's presence, Huainan should be more solid, but this Huainan was lost in Cao Ren's hands, which made Cao Zhen feel very surprised.

Suddenly, Cao Zhen thought that Cao Cao used a similar strategy to seize Xuzhou from Lu Bu back then!

"It seems that Sun Quan has capable people around him to help Sun Quan give advice! Otherwise, Huainan will not be able to lose it. But who will be the one who will make the plan? Cao Zhen frowned and began to ponder.

"Sun Quan himself definitely doesn't have this. ability, otherwise, Huainan would have let Sun Quan take it long ago. Could it be that scholar 6 Xun? It shouldn't be, 6 Xun is far away in Jingzhou, how can he command the battle in Huainan. As for the others, I haven't heard of anyone in Jiangdong who is capable of doing this. Cao Zhen thought about it for a long time, but couldn't think of a reason, so he asked Wang Chang: "Lord Wang, Tan Ma and Zeng Spied out, are there any faces among the people who went out with Sun Quan this time?" ”

Wang Chang shook his head: "No." But this time Sun. Quan was quite bold, and sent almost all the generals out, leaving only one Zhuge Jin by his side. ”

"Zhuge Jin? Could it be Zhuge Jin! No, it's definitely not him! Cao Zhen knew that Zhuge Jin was a talent chosen from ten thousand, but compared to his younger brother Zhuge Liang, the gap was still quite large. Especially in terms of strategy, Zhuge Jin is far inferior to Zhuge Liang, if it is said that the strategy was planned by Zhuge Liang, Cao Zhen will believe it, but if it is said that Zhuge Jin came up with this set of serial plans to seize Huainan, Cao Zhen will definitely not believe it.

"Forget it, I don't want to, just see the move before the battle." Cao Zhen was helpless. shook his head, and then said to Wang Chang: "Lord Wang, I'll go and pack up, and we'll leave immediately." ”

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Shou Chun.

Shouchun is an important military town in Huainan, and it is also the largest city in Huainan, located in the south bank of Huaishui, leading to Ru and Yingshui in the south, connecting Sanwu rich area in the east, the hinterland of the Central Plains in the north, Chen, Xu in the west, there are rivers and lakes outside to block, there are Huai, Fei and water conservancy inside, the geographical location is important, it is the north-south traffic point. When Yuan Shu was called the emperor, the capital was Shouchun, and the Yangzhou Thorn History set up by Cao Wei has always been in Shouchun.

The scale of Shouchun's Yangzhou Thorn Mansion is very large. When he was called emperor, he once established a large-scale imperial palace in Shouchun, and later Yuan Shu was defeated, and this palace was transformed into Yangzhou Thorn Mansion.

Yuan Shu searched that year. The gold and silver treasures scraped have long been moved to Xudu by Cao Cao, and the pavilions and pavilions built by Yuan Shu are still there, Yuan Shu was born in the great family of the fourth and third princes, and he is still very particular about things in terms of life, just take the palace he built back then, the pavilions and pavilions are very chic, that is, the palace built by Cao Cao for the emperor of Xu Du, there are also more than that. Even though 20 years have passed, and many places have become dilapidated due to disrepair, the brick pillars left behind in those years can still make people feel the luxurious atmosphere.

As soon as Sun Quan came to this Shouchun City, he was fascinated by the palace built by Yuan Shu back then.

Although Yuan Shu's palace is dilapidated, it is much better than the palace in Jiangdong. You must know that Sun Quan is just a strong local family, and those so-called great families in Jiangdong are just some local Tu clans, where have these people seen the world, how can they compare with the sons of the fourth and third princes like Yuan Shu!

"It's a Yangzhou Thorn Mansion, it's really magnificent! I didn't expect my old rival Zhang Liao to live in such a place on weekdays! Sun Quan touched the fence of the carved dragon, but Zhang Liaolai appeared in his mind.

Since the Battle of Chibi, Zhang Liao has guarded Huainan, sitting in Shouchun, Sun Quan has attacked several times, but has not gained an inch of land, not to mention several generals, and two of them almost lost their lives, thanks to Zhou Tai and Ling Tong desperately rescued each other, only to escape their lives.

It's just that Zhang Liao died at the age of fifty-three. When he first heard the news of Zhang Liao's death, Sun Quan planned to immediately raise troops to recruit Huainan, but he didn't expect Cao Pi to transfer a Cao Ren who was more defensive. Sun Quan had to put his plan to conquer Huainan on hold for the time being.

"Hey......" Sun Quan sighed slightly, and said softly: "Fortunately, God bless me Jiangdong and let me show the talent of Yuanxun......"

At this moment, two people came in the distance, and the one in front of him was a man in his forties and less than fifty years old, with a long face like a crown of jade, thick eyebrows and big eyes, red lips and white teeth, and a wisp of beard under his mouth was combed very neatly.

The middle-aged man was followed by a young man about twenty years old, seven feet six inches tall, with no beard on his mouth, a wide forehead, and a fine light in his eyes.

This middle-aged man is Zhuge Liang's brother Zhuge Jin, and the young man behind Zhuge Jin is Zhuge Jin's eldest son Zhuge Ke!

Zhuge Ke has been smart and abnormal since he was a child, with quick thinking and good at coping, quite like Zhuge Liang when he was a child. It is said that when Zhuge Ke was a child, at a banquet held by Sun Quan again, Sun Quan ordered someone to bring a donkey and hung a sign on the donkey's face, with the words "Zhuge Ziyu" written on it. This Ziyu is Zhuge Jin's expression, Zhuge Jin has a long face, which resembles a donkey's face, so Sun Quan's move is to tease Zhuge Jin.

But Zhuge Ke, who was still a child at that time, stood up and asked to add two words under the brand, Sun Quan agreed, and sent someone to bring a pen, and Zhuge Ke wrote the word "donkey" under the brand, and the sign became "Zhuge Ziyu's donkey". Sun Quan Dayue rewarded the donkey to Zhuge Jin, and since then, Zhuge Ke's reputation has also spread in Jiangdong.

And Sun Quan's whole plan to attack Huainan this time came from the young Zhuge Ke in front of him.

When Sun Quan saw the two of them coming, a smile appeared on his face, and he said, "Ziyu, Gu is thinking about your father and son, so your father and son will come over." ”

The two hurriedly knelt down and saluted Sun Quan, and Sun Quan helped the two up with a smile.

"Hehehe, it's really a tiger father without a dog, Yuan Xun, if you hadn't given Gu Xian's plan, this Huainan wouldn't have been taken down by Gu so easily! Say, whatever you want, Lone will reward you. Sun Quan's face turned into a flower with a smile.

Without waiting for Zhuge Ke to speak, Zhuge Jin said from the side: "It is the duty of our courtiers to share worries for Your Majesty, how dare you ask for a reward." ”

Zhuge Jin is cautious, especially Zhuge Liang. And Zhuge Ke is young and vigorous, somewhat arrogant. Zhuge Jin was really afraid that Zhuge Ke would make any excessive demands, so he hurriedly took the words.

"Hahaha......" Sun Quan laughed even more happily: "With the help of your father and son, why worry about my great cause in Jiangdong!" ”

After Sun Quan finished speaking, he walked up and patted Zhuge Ke on the shoulder, and then said: "Yuan Xun, before that Liu Bei met your uncle Zhuge Kongming, he was just a lost dog, but with the help of Zhuge Kongming, he has been sitting on Yi and Yong Erzhou for more than ten years, and he has won one of the three parts of the world. However, when Liu Bei invited Zhuge Liang, he was already nearly half a hundred years old! And the lonely person who has just passed the age of confusion and is still young, Yuan is inferior to your talent, and it is not inferior to your uncle Zhuge Kongming. With your help, coupled with the concerted efforts of my Jiangdong soldiers, within ten years, I will definitely win that half of the country! ”

"Your Majesty is really a mistake, the dog is just a yellow-mouthed child, and he still needs more experience." Zhuge Jin hurriedly replied respectfully.

Later, Zhuge Ke saw that his father grabbed his own words every time, and he was a little unhappy in his heart. But who let Zhuge Jin be the father, although Zhuge Ke was unhappy in his heart, he could only listen quietly with his head down.

"Hehehe......" Seeing Zhuge Jin's humble attitude, Sun Quan laughed again, and then pointed to the one in front of him and asked, "Ziyu, this was once the palace of the Yuan Highway." In the past, Yuan Highway used to be the emperor here. But it's a pity that although Yuan Highway got the jade seal of the country, he didn't have the life to be the emperor. Although this palace was built magnificently, it could only be slowly abandoned. Now that twenty years have passed, the Yuan Highway has already turned into a scorched earth, and the palace he built back then is still there, but this remnant of the old wall is difficult to show the glory of the year! Think about Yuan Shu back then, the soldiers were full of food, sitting on the rich land of Huainan, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers and thousands of generals, but the defeat was only overnight. Ziyu, what do you think would have happened if Yuan Shu had not been called the emperor back then? ”

Zhuge Jin thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Yuan Shu's funeral has nothing to do with being called the emperor. The Yuan family was originally a great family of the fourth and third dukes, so Yuan Shu was empty-eyed, regarded himself very highly, and did not know how to be a corporal of etiquette, which led to the rebellion of the relatives in the end. Moreover, since the date of the crusade against Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shu has made many enemies, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Liu Bei, and Liu Biao are all enemies of Yuan Shu, and they all want to get rid of Yuan Shu and hurry up. Therefore, whether there is an emperor or not, Yuan Shu will definitely die. ”

"Well said! Ziyu's words are deeply meaningful. Sun Quan said, his voice changed, and then asked: "Ziyu, I want to be the emperor in this Shouchun City, what do you think?" ”

"This ......" Zhuge Jin was shocked in his heart, and a layer of sweat broke out on the top of his head.

Sun Quan was originally just a Marquis of Wu, after Cao Pi became emperor, Sun Quan wrote to Cao Pi and asked for a king of Wu, and it didn't take long for Sun Quan to want to be the emperor! This ambition has swelled too fast!

Zhuge Jin thought about it for a while, and immediately understood Sun Quan's thoughts.

Originally, when Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty was the emperor, the world was still nominally the world of the Han Dynasty, so at this time, he was called the emperor and was a traitor; When Cao Pi is proclaimed emperor, Sun Quan will be acceptable; Then Liu Bei was called the emperor, and Sun Quan also felt that it didn't matter, Liu Bei was still a person of the same era as Sun Quan's father, Sun Jian; But later, when the news of Adou's accession to the throne reached Jiangdong, Sun Quan couldn't sit still. Imagine that a son who is less than twenty years old has become an emperor, how can Sun Quanyou be willing to be only a king of Wu.

Now that Eastern Wu has seized Huainan, it has intensified Sun Quan's idea of becoming emperor. Jiangdong, Jingzhou and Huainan, Sun Quan can be regarded as having one point in the world, which also gives Sun Quan the confidence to be the emperor.

But Zhuge Jin knew that being emperor was not just a matter of changing his name. There's so much at stake.

At the time of Cao Pi's abolition, Wei was the most powerful, so Cao Pi could abolish Emperor Xian without the slightest consideration; As for Liu Bei, he is a relative of the emperor, and Liu Bei was deposed as the emperor and succeeded to the throne and continued the Han court, which is also reasonable and conforms to the will of heaven.

But the situation is different today. The Shu army occupied Yongzhou and its strength soared; Although Wei lost Yongzhou and Huainan, the old foundation of the Central Plains is still there, and if you stick to one Jizhou, you can raise hundreds of thousands of troops, and your strength is still strong; On the other hand, Jiangdong was originally vast and sparsely populated, with relatively few troops. When occupying Jingzhou, a lot of soldiers have been lost, and now counting Huainan, the troops are more dispersed, according to Zhuge Jin's thoughts, Jiangdong at this time should be obscure, and Huainan should be completely digested first. If Sun Quan is proclaimed emperor at this time, it will undoubtedly add another fire to this chaos, and at that time, the eyes of Wei and Shu will all be focused on Jiangdong, and the taste of this budding bird is not good.

Thinking of this, Zhuge Jin cautiously persuaded: "Your Majesty, the matter of being called emperor is very important, and the minister thinks that he should still convene the ministers of Jiangdong and discuss it all the time." ”

"En......" Sun Quan's face sank, although Zhuge Jin did not object, but Sun Quan heard that Zhuge Jin did not support his claim to be emperor.

"What Aiqing said is. This should be discussed slowly. Okay, there's nothing to do today, so you guys step back first! ”

"The minister retired." Zhuge Jin sensed Sun Quan's displeasure. Just now, he shouted "Ziyu" very kindly, but in a blink of an eye, it became "Aiqing", this title is a lot more unfamiliar, Zhuge Jin easily heard Sun Quan's dissatisfaction from this title. Sun Quan was unhappy, Zhuge Jin naturally didn't dare to stay any longer, pulled Zhuge Ke, and left quickly.

Looking at the back of Zhuge Jin leaving, Sun Quan snorted coldly: "That Cao Pi is just a chaotic minister and thief who usurped the throne after a eunuch; And that Liu Bei is a weaver and a pawn. Both of these people can be called emperors, why can't my Sun Quan! ”

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Changan.

Zhuge Liang is always so busy, every night, the light in Zhuge Liang's room will be turned on until late.

Although the moon rises higher and higher, the autumn chill gradually fills the air, and the temperature begins to drop.

Huang Yueying walked lightly, came to Zhuge Liang, and gently draped a brocade robe on Zhuge Liang's body, her eyes were full of tenderness.

Zhuge Liang raised his head and glanced at Huang Yueying, although he didn't speak, but his eyes contained a strong affection. The eyes of the two met in mid-air, although neither of them said a word, but they could read each other's hearts from their eyes.

Zhuge Liang stretched out his hand and gently took Huang Yueying into his arms, and Huang Yueying also leaned on Zhuge Liang's chest like a bird.

However, the good times are always short-lived, just when Zhuge Liang and Huang Yuelang's love for concubines was at its strongest, the sound of a terrible scenery outside came, like a crow's cry in this quiet night.

"Kong Ming! Something is wrong, Kong Ming! ”

"Bad luck! This Pang Shiyuan, come over so late! was stirred up by Pang Tong Yaxing, and Zhuge Liang's face was full of unhappiness.

Pang Tong rushed in quickly, and just happened to see Zhuge Liang's stinky face and Huang Yueying on the side.

"Well, this, my brother and sister are also there!" Pang Tong smiled embarrassedly, according to Pang Tong's cleverness, when he saw Zhuge Liang's appearance, and then looked at Huang Yueying standing next to him, Pang Tong immediately understood that he came at a very bad time, and he just disturbed the two of them.

However, Pang Tong's face is not ordinarily thick, and after a moment of embarrassment, Pang Tong immediately returned to normal, and said with a straight face: "Kong Ming, something is wrong!" ”

"What's the matter?" Zhuge Liang immediately asked, and Zhuge Liang also knew that Pang Tong must have come over in person so late, something very important must have happened.

"I just received a report from the spies in Tongguan, and Cao Zhen in Tongguan has moved."

"It seems that Cao Zhen wants to trouble me in Chang'an City again?"

"No, Cao Zhen withdrew, and he also took a large number of people and horses, and now the guards of Tongguan have been replaced by Guo Huai."

"There must be a change in Cao Pi's rear! If what I expected is good, the biggest possibility is that Sun Quan will attack Huainan, and it seems that Cao Ren's side will not be able to bear it, so Cao Pi will transfer Cao Zhen away. Zhuge Liang didn't think about it, and said immediately.

"Kong Ming, I think so too. As soon as Cao Zhen leaves like this, our Chang'an will be safe. Pang Tong paused, and then said: "But I have more important news here, when I was patrolling the city just now, I happened to meet the people sent back by His Majesty. ”

"What about people? Bring it to me. Zhuge Liang hurriedly said.

"The man came day and night. By the time I met him, he was already exhausted. However, I found a letter from his majesty in his arms. Pang Tong said, took out a letter and handed it over.

Zhuge Liang opened the letter, looked at it at a glance, and his face suddenly changed.

"Do you want to move the entire Di people to live in Yongzhou?"

"Kong Ming, don't just look at the surface, can't you see the intention behind Your Majesty's letter?"

"What's the point?" Zhuge Liang was slightly stunned, and then suddenly realized: "I understand, Your Majesty is going to solve the Qiang people in a war!" ”