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Jiang Gan said it right, if Eastern Wu can occupy the Jianghuai and Qinling Mountains and connect the southeast into a line, then even if it cannot enter the Central Plains in the future and dominate the world, it can rely on the geographical advantages and risks to defend itself, and it can keep this half of the country forever. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

If it is allied with the Han Dynasty, Jingzhou will never be able to occupy it, and if it does not occupy Jingzhou, it will not only be unable to occupy Jianghuai, but also unable to occupy Yizhou, which will possess Qinling. In the future, after the destruction of Wei, the Han State can rely on the upstream momentum of Jingzhou to easily attack Eastern Wu downstream.

In this way, the threat of the Han State is indeed greater than that of the Wei State.

It's just that now Liu Bei is powerful, and most of the states in the world have been gained, with Liu Bei's heroic posture, if he betrays the old alliance, if he angers Liu Bei, so that he changes his strategy, and first attacks Eastern Wu along the east of the river, what should be the best.

"Hehe, the Wei envoy came from afar, he must be tired, let's go back to the pavilion to rest first, this king has ordered someone to send the beauty wine and food, and the Wei envoy will enjoy it."

Sun Quan did not respond to Jiang Gan's "kindness", but tactfully issued an eviction order.

Jiang Gan also knew that Sun Quan might not be able to make a decision immediately, so he got up and said: "What the cadres just said is a win-win strategy for both our countries, and I ask King Wu to weigh it carefully, and retire first." ”

Sent Jiang Gan away, Sun Quan couldn't sleep that night, pondered all night and couldn't make a decision, and the next morning, he summoned Zhang Zhao and Gu Yong's cronies and important ministers into the palace to discuss.

When Sun Quan told Jiang Gan's secret words to the two, the two Jiangdong ministers were not much surprised, Zhang Zhao stroked his beard and said: "Cao Ying's plan was already expected by the old ministers, he wanted to borrow my Eastern Wu to resist Liu Han, and the king should not fall for Cao Ying's strategy." ”

It seems that Zhang Zhao has some kind of opposition, but Gu Yong said: "Although Cao Ying has this intention, but in the opinion of the minister, what Jiang Gan said may not be unreasonable, with Liu Xuande's ambition, after destroying Wei, his next target must be Eastern Wu, and if we don't base ourselves on the Yangtze River, how can we be Liu Xuande's opponent." ”

Sun Quan's eyes lit up: "What does Yuan Si mean, is it to ask this king to join the Han Dynasty?" ”

Gu Yong said again: "Now that the Han State is strong, and it is ostensibly an alliance with our country, if it betrays the alliance with Wei, it just gives the Han State a mouth." When Yong means, the king can be called the emperor first, and Liu Bei and Cao Ying are on an equal footing, both in alliance with Wei and Han, and just wait and see. When the war between the two countries resumes and Jingzhou's troops are all transferred north, His Majesty will send troops to the west again, take advantage of the situation to seize Jingzhou, and then take Bashu in the west, all according to the Yangtze River. ”

As a representative of the Jiangdong Shi clan, the Yangtze River has always been Gu Yong's national policy to Sun Quanchen.

When Lu Su was there before, Gu Yong's opinions were still suppressed, and not long ago Lu Su died of illness, Sun Quan began to lean towards Gu Yong's strategy, and now Jiang Gan's visit is actually just a fuse.

Sun Quan immediately said: "Yuan sighs deeply in line with the king's intentions, Jingzhou is the root of my Eastern Wu, and it must be obtained no matter what." Now that Zijing is gone, this king is ready to promote Lu Ziming to the governor of the capital, so that he will supervise the soldiers of Chaisang, and once the time is ripe, he will march west to seize Jingzhou. ”

At this time, Zhang Zhao said worriedly: "Yuan sigh's strategy is good, but that Liu Xuande is a hero, if the king makes all kinds of moves to anger this person, so that his troops are pointed at my Eastern Wu, and the Wei State is sitting on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, then with the current strength of my Eastern Wu, it may not be the opponent of the Han State." ”

Zhang Zhao is afraid of Liu Bei, yes, he is afraid.

However, in the world, there are a few people who are not afraid of Liu Bei, even Cao Ying, who has been invincible all over the world, is afraid of Liu Bei at this moment.

Zhang Zhao's words made Sun Quan fall silent, and the excitement he had just aroused was now depressed again, and it was obvious that he was also afraid of Liu Bei.

Although Sun Quan has always seemed to have disdain for this "big-eared thief" who once came to Jianye to beg for him in a low voice, in fact, since the defeat in the Battle of Jingzhou, Sun Quan has a certain fear of Liu Bei in his heart.

Of course, in addition to fear, there is hatred.

Hatred made him want revenge, but fear kept him from acting rashly, and Sun Quan had been tormented by the whirlpool of these two emotions for so many years, and he was no different.

Gu Yong didn't dare to further insist on his own opinions, because he himself did not have the best strategists in the world, and his absolute confidence in his own strategy, at best, he Gu Yong was just a first-class politician.

In the hall, there was silence, and the three monarchs and ministers fell into contemplation together.

After some time, the footsteps of an attendant hurrying in disrupted the silence.

The attendant presented an urgent message sent by Chai Sang in front of the case, Sun Quan unfolded it and looked at it, the whole person was immediately shocked, his eyes were full of light, and his eyebrows burst with unprecedented brilliance.

"Liu Bei is dead, Liu Bei is dead, hahaha-"

Sun Quan dropped the information on the case, and looked up to the sky and laughed, how proud he was, how happy, such a smile, even when he learned the news of the victory in the Battle of Chibi, he had never had it.

Zhang Gu and the others couldn't help but be taken aback when they saw Sun Quan's words and deeds, and the two hurriedly got up and stepped forward, picked up the letter on the case and looked at it carefully, so their faces couldn't help but have a look of surprise.

At this moment, the three of Dongwu Junchen are really a bit of a schadenfreude of celebration, obviously, Liu Bei is like a meat thorn, which has been deeply pierced into the hearts of Dongwu Junchen for so many years, and today, this meat thorn has finally been pulled out, how can they not be ecstatic.

The laughter stopped, and Sun Quan said proudly: "As soon as Liu Bei dies, this king will be unscrupulous, Yuan sighs, just follow your strategy." ”

………… The autumn breeze is crisp and cool, and it is another harvest season, but the food supply in Guanzhong is not optimistic.

The 200,000 people who moved back from Hebei by Fang Shao have greatly enriched the population of Guanzhong, and together with the people who have moved from other prefectures one after another in recent years, the total population of the entire hinterland of Guanzhong has reached nearly 700,000.

The population of 700,000 is not even as large as the total population of Chang'an, Wan, Ye and other metropolises in the prosperous era of the Han Dynasty, but in this era of war, 700,000 is already a large number.

However, due to the previous war, the grain storage in Guanzhong was almost consumed, and the government soldiers on the front line failed to return to their hometowns in time to harvest, which led to a reduction in this year's grain harvest. At the same time, although the newly relocated 200,000 people have been allocated sufficient land, if they want to make themselves self-sufficient, they will have to wait at least until next year, which means that at the same time as the grain production in Guanzhong is reduced, there are 200,000 more mouths.

In order to stabilize the rule of the two places, the imperial court specially ordered a one-year exemption, and the Yongliang land in the northwest was already poor and could only provide a small part of the grain, which meant that most of the grain had to be transported to Guanzhong from Jingyi Erzhou in the south.

Yizhou, as the main granary of the Han State's foreign wars, has been exhausted over the years, and more forced additions will most likely cause popular uprisings, so the imperial court had to pin the supply of grain on Jingzhou.

According to the power given to Guan Yu by Liu Bei before his death, as a general, he has the right to transfer grain and grass in Jingzhou as needed, which means that at this critical moment in the battle for the throne, in order to stabilize Guanzhong, the court controlled by Zhuge Liang and others had to ask Guan Yu for assistance.

In the middle of autumn, Fei Yi returned to Beijing, and he came back with hundreds of thousands of grain and grass transported from Shijingzhou, obviously Guan Yu was still a person who had a clear distinction between public and private, and did not use this to blackmail the imperial court.

Guan Yu's generosity made Zhuge Liang and others think that Guan Yu might have been convinced, but after meeting Fei Yi, they knew that Fei Yi's trip to Jingzhou actually ended in failure.

"The general insisted that the foreign enemy was on the side, and when he was the ruler, I tried my best to convince the general." Fei Yi said with emotion.

The faces of Zhuge Liang and the others couldn't help but become cloudy, and the feather fan in Zhuge Liang's hand was not so chic, and he muttered: "I didn't expect Yun Chang to be so resolute, this matter is really not easy to do." ”

Pang Tong gritted his teeth and said: "Since Yun Chang doesn't know the overall situation, then we can't control a lot, only to forcibly establish the King of Chu as the emperor, if he dares to make a move, then he can only face it hard." ”

As soon as Pang Tong's voice fell, Fei Yi hurriedly said: "I almost forgot an important thing, before I left, the details of Eastern Wu sent back a secret report, it is said that Sun Quan received Jiang Shi, the envoy of Wei, with a high standard, and heard that a secret agreement had been reached with them, and Sun Quan was already working on the matter of becoming emperor." ”

After saying this, Pang Tong's resolute expression began to soften, and he pulled his face and said: "Sun Quan's guy seems to be preparing to turn his face against us, if this is the case, then Jingzhou must be the first place to bear the brunt of the war with Wu State, why is it at this time." ”

If the king of Chu is forcibly set up as an enemy, Guan Yu of Jingzhou will inevitably be resentful, the relationship between Jingzhou and the central government will be very delicate, and there is Cao Ren of Wei in the north, if the eastern Wu State secretly has a black hand, then Jingzhou's situation will be quite unfavorable, if Jingzhou loses, it will be a heavy blow to the strategy of the entire Han State.

Pang Tong was worried about this section, and Zhuge Liang and Fang Shao certainly knew the stakes.

After the three of them pondered for a long time, Zhuge Liang suddenly said: "Actually, maybe we have all fallen into a misunderstanding before, that is, we have always thought that only the King of Chu can represent the interests of our Jingxiang people, in fact, if you think about it carefully, can't the King of Qi represent us?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the two of them looked the same, and Pang Tong exclaimed: "Kong Ming, could it be that you plan to compromise with Yun Chang?" ”

Zhuge Liang squeezed out a little smile: "Qingxu Shi people are originally a family, in fact, as long as they are not the King of Qin, whether it is the King of Chu or the King of Qi, they can represent the interests of our Qingxu Shi people. ”

It seems that Zhuge Liang is planning to compromise with Guan Yu, in fact, for Fang Shao, he is the savior of Liu Chan, the king of Qi, and his enlightenment teacher, if Liu Chan succeeds to the throne as emperor, his position is also stable, since Zhuge Liang has this meaning, then he Fang Shao should also support it.

However, just when Fang Shao was about to join, he suddenly remembered Mrs. Mi's entrustment to him when he was in Chengdu.

(To be continued)