Seeing Chen Zhen mention Xiling, General Lu Xun's words of pain and Chen were still in his ears.

Sun Quan remembered that Lu Xun said to himself at that time - "Xiling, Jianping, the country's Fan Table, are both in the lower reaches and suffer from the enemy's two realms." ...... This is an opportunity for the safety of the community, and it is not a small harm to invade the tomb in vain. The minister thought that the west gate of Xiling Kingdom, although the clouds are easy to keep, they are also easy to lose. If there is no defense, not only will a county be lost, then Jingzhou will not be Wu. If it is in danger, it should be fought for by the whole country. ”

Xiling is located in the lower reaches of the river, bordering the border of Wei and Shu, which is related to the success or failure of Jingzhou.

Chen Zhen looked at the palace in shock, and the ministers of Eastern Wu who exchanged their heads and ears echoed Liu Yong's instructions to him at the time of departure.

"Half of the troops of Dongwu to defend Jingzhou are stationed in Xiling, and most of the energy of the Jingzhou defenders of Wu is also focused on the management of the Yiling defense line, you know, Wu and Han have already formed an alliance, Zhuge Jin and Lu Xun are still taking the trouble to manage the Yiling defense line. Do you know the answer? ”

The answer is clear! Of course, Chen Zhen knew that he would guard against the Guoguo Dynasty attacking Jingzhou eastward again!

In the face of Chen Zhen's proposal, Sun Quan didn't know how to answer, as early as the Battle of Yiling, Lu Xun told him: "Yiling is critical, the country's borders, although it is easy to obtain, it is easy to lose." If it is lost, it will not damage a county, and Jingzhou will be worried. ”

Sun Quan has always attached great importance to the defense of the Western Front, and he divided Yidu County to set up Jianping County and arrange military fortresses, which is the origin of the so-called "Xiling, Jianping, and the Table of the Country".

Sun Quan has deep doubts about the withdrawal of border troops between Chen Zhenti and the two sides, Yong'an is condescending to Xiling, and has water conservancy down the river.

Seeing that Sun Quan was full of doubts and avoided answering, Chen Zhen arched his hand again: "In return, our country will also reduce the same number of troops in Yongan to show sincerity." ”

Sun Quan shook his head: "Your country is in danger and occupies a favorable position, so my country has to increase its troops and defend it and make up for it with manpower." The dismantling of the border army is not conducive to the state affairs of the Wu State. ”

Chen Zhen was not surprised by Sun Quanhui's refusal, and said in a deep voice: "One of the thirteen states in the world (Si Li, Xiao Wei Department), the minister dares to invite His Majesty Emperor Wu, which state is the most critical and sensitive?" ”

"Jingzhou!" Sun Quan didn't think about it at all and blurted out.

"Not bad!" Chen Zhen shook his sleeves and talked eloquently, quite with the momentum of pointing to the world and inspiring words.

"Jingzhou is connected to Wancheng and Luoyang in the north, and is directly inserted into Xuchang, the hinterland of Cao Wei. The west is connected to Bashu, and it is the place that must pass through the east of Shu. Wuhui in the east, has the advantage of going down the river to Dongwu, and at the same time, Jingzhou is the confluence of the Han River and the Great River, and it is the place where the water army is used. ”

Lu Xun said in a solemn voice: "It is precisely because Jingzhou is the center of the world and a place where soldiers must fight for that our country will never dare to dismantle the Xiling garrison!" ”

"Thanks to what the general said, Jingzhou is the hub of the world, and whoever occupies Jingzhou will have the initiative." Chen Zhen glanced at Lu Xun, who was very loud and extraordinary, and said casually: "It is precisely because of this that Guan Yu, the former general of the late country, was able to flood the Seventh Army, shock Huaxia, besiege Cao Ren Fancheng, and force him to surrender to the ban." So that Cao Cao has the wish to move the capital to avoid disaster! ”

"After your country occupied Jingzhou, it gave up the route of attacking Wanluo from Jingxiang, and repeatedly tried in vain to break through the line of Yangzhou and Hefei. However, the Hefei fortress is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the Jianghuai Plain is conducive to the cavalry of the Wei army, so it is actually very difficult for your country to go on a northern expedition. ”

Seeing that Chen Zhen had such a thorough understanding of the strategic policy of Soochow, Sun Quan was secretly afraid, and hurriedly said: "Our country naturally has the purpose of doing this, the so-called 'guarding the river must defend Huai', our country has repeatedly advanced north from the east road, in order to consolidate the defense line of the great river and prevent Huainan from developing strength. ”

Chen Zhen refuted sharply: "It should also be so, Wu's Northern Expedition route was wrong from the beginning, it should be Jingxiang to Wanluo as the mainstay, and Huaiyang from the east as a supplement!" ”

The main attack is Wanluo, and the second is Huaiyang?!!

The shock brought by Chen Zhen is enough, and he doesn't want to be poor, this is his real purpose!

The monarchs and ministers of Eastern Wu all colored.

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In summer and June, it became the capital of I

Time flies, and it's summer again, and it was this time last year that Liu Yong ascended the throne as emperor, and it has been a year in a blink of an eye.

Wearing thin and cool summer clothes, Liu Yong and Prime Minister Zhuge Liang took a gold and silver car to Pi County, a suburban county of Chengdu I, to inspect.

On the car, Prime Minister Zhuge was full of energy, and the whole looked jubilant.

At the beginning of the month, Zhuge Liang got a middle-aged son and named Zhuge Zhan.

"Your Majesty, you sent Chen Xiaoqi to say that Sun Quan would dismantle the Yiling garrison and pour the power of Jingxiang to take Xiangfan north, can this work? Guan Yunchang's mistakes are ahead. Zhuge Liang asked.

Liu Yong smiled faintly and said: "Jingxiang Wu's defense of Han is more important than Wei's defense, of course Sun Quan will not be opened by us in a few words, but he will definitely be tempted to try the Northern Expedition from Jingxiang." ”

"Your Majesty is so sure?"

Liu Yong smiled at Zhuge Liang and said confidently: "I believe in me, I will definitely be." ”

Just kidding, among the Three Kingdoms, Eastern Wu had no less appetite for expanding its territory and annexing the world than the Han and Wei dynasties.

It turns out that in history, from Zhuge Liang to Jiang Wei, Shu Han made about 20 Northern Expeditions, all of which were unsuccessful.

The number of Northern Expeditions of Eastern Wu was actually far more than that of Shu Han, and Sun Quan even sent envoys to Liaodong, hoping to use Gongsun Yuan of Liaodong to attack Cao Wei, but these efforts also ended in failure.

After the fall of Shu Han, Eastern Wu couldn't wait to order the troops to move west, wanting to occupy the territory, but was rejected by the Han general Luo Xian in Yong'an, Luo Xian with 2,000 lone troops blocked the land resistance 30,000 motors for half a year, and finally Luo Xian would rather surrender to Cao Wei than surrender to Eastern Wu.

It can be seen that the stubbornness of Soochow for expanding the territory is deep.

"And once Han and Wu send troops at the same time, and the Eastern Wu army goes to Xiangfan, then our pressure will be even lighter!"

At this moment, Chuntuo's shrill voice sounded outside the carriage: "Your Majesty, the mule and horse farm in Pixian County has arrived." ”

This time I came to Pixian County to collect mules for the northern expedition to Cao Wei, because in addition to the Zhancheng rice experimental field in Pixian County, there is also a large mule and horse farm, in which there are 20,000 mules.

Of course, the mule farm is not only a live load of livestock, but also a large number of wheelbarrows and a recently developed wooden oxen and flowing horses!

The so-called, the army has not moved, and the grain and grass go first; The grain and grass were not moved, and the mules and horses went first.

Mules are actually the offspring of horses and donkeys, which not only have the weight-bearing capacity and resistance of donkeys, but also have the spirituality and running ability of horses, and moreover, mules eat less than pack horses, and their ability to adapt to harsh environments is better than pack horses.

In fact, in the Song Dynasty, mules were only used as livestock for servants, so a large number of cultivation began, but Liu Yong had the golden finger of the prophetic foresight of the traverser, and the time of the Huaxia envoy mules was greatly advanced.

In this Northern Expedition, Wei Yanqi's troops attacking Tongguan certainly went out with bags of dry food on their backs.

However, it was naturally impossible for the main force of the Han army to go out of the road and enter the customs with dry food bags on their backs. From Bashu to Hanzhong, it is more than a thousand miles away, and the march alone will take a month, and no matter how big the bag of dry food is, it will not be enough to eat, right?