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Shouchun has become Cao Ying's place of governance, after getting Wuling, Cao Ying ordered people to move all the people of Wuling to Jingzhou, and then withdrew to Shouchun with Wei Yan and others, after all, Wuling is on the south bank of the Yangtze River, which can be regarded as an enclave, and it is the junction of Jiangdong and Yizhou, he doesn't want to be angry at both ends. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Since Wuling still has a city, it can't be given up. Cao Ying still appointed and dismissed a city guard, leaving more than a thousand defenders. Of course, the city guards are locals, and the defenders are also the old, weak, sick and disabled selected from Liu Bei! Perhaps inheriting Liu Bei's good fortune, the original Wuling was engaged in Gongzhi, and once again became the Taishou of Wuling. This time, he is a genuine Taishou, but it's a pity that there are no more people in Wuling!

After returning to Shouchun, Wei Yan and others were arranged, and Cao Ying concentrated on developing internal affairs and absorbing displaced people. There are Sima Yi and Xun Yu, plus the pragmatic Guoyuan, Zaoyi, and Sun Qian, and the lives of the people under Cao Ying's rule are like a day. Even if Tuntian needs to pay fifty or sixty percent of the income, as long as there are no natural disasters, the people can live in peace.

A month after Cao Ying returned to Shouchun, the envoy from Jiangdong suddenly arrived. Now that Liu Zhang's power has risen sharply, Cao Ying does not dare to snub Jiangdong, after all, uniting Jiangdong to fight against Liu Zhang is the king at the moment. But the Jiangdong envoy's words made Cao Ying fall into passivity. Jiangdong actually asked for the heads of Xu Chu and Wei Yan to pay tribute to Sun Jian!

Cao Yingai is known to the world, not to mention that Wei Yan and Xu Chu are his younger brothers, even if they are not, as long as the two decide to take refuge in him, he will not hand them over, otherwise how can he face the people of the world, how can he face the martial arts under his command? Seeing that there was no need to discuss, the Jiangdong envoy threw down a cruel word and left Shouchun.

At this time, news came from Jingzhou that Wuling had fallen! The ruthless Sun Ce broke through Wuling in one breath, and directly turned all the things in the city that could breathe into corpses! Poor Gong Zhi finally did not escape the doom and was chopped into minced meat by Sun Ce! However, Sun Ce only found Sun Jian's body in Wuling, but did not get Sun Jian's head!

More than two months have passed since Han Dang returned to Moling to report the news, and then Sun Ce packed up his army and went to Wuling. Sun Jian's body was already decomposed, and maggots kept crawling out of the cracks in his armor. If it weren't for the armor and ornaments on his body showing the identity of the corpse, Sun Ce would never have recognized his father!

To be honest, Sun Quan didn't want to have a bad relationship with Cao Ying, so he could only benefit Liu Zhang. But Cao Ying refused to hand over Wei Yan and Xu Chu, and he had no choice but to tell Sun Ce about the situation. Looking at his father's mutilated corpse, Sun Ce was furious, and directly raised troops across the Yangtze River to attack Nanjun, and Cao Ren, the guard of Nanjun, immediately complained to Shouchun!

"Too much deception!" After receiving Nanjun's urgency, Cao Ying slapped his palm on the small case and said: "Damn Sun Ce, he dares to attack Nanjun, isn't it bullying his own face?" Pass my orders, and the Prime Minister's Mansion will discuss it! ”

Cao Ying gave an order, and everyone gathered in the Prime Minister's Mansion. After everyone finished reading the information, Cao Ying said in a deep voice: "Sun Ce deceived people too much, the prime minister wants to teach him a good lesson, what do you think?" ”

"Lord, if you fight with Sun Ce at this time, I'm worried that Liu Zhang will take the opportunity to send troops!" Jiang Ji frowned and said: "The snipe and the clam are fighting, and the fisherman is profitable, is it not to reconcile with the Sun family?" ”

"If the prime minister wants to appease Sun Ce's anger, please hand me over to Sun Ce!" Wei Yan knelt in front of Cao Ying, his eyes showed despair and disdain, he was stimulating Cao Ying!

"Second brother!" Xu Chu, who was standing beside Cao Ying, didn't know Wei Yan's purpose, he only knew that Wei Yan was begging for death. So, he also knelt on the ground and said: "Prime Minister, I killed Sun Jian, if you want to hand it over, hand it over to me, don't hand it over to my second brother!" ”

"Get up!" Looking at the sincerity in Xu Chu's eyes, Cao Ying sighed and said: "You are the generals under the command of the prime minister, if the prime minister hands over the generals under his command to please others, how can he face the people of the world?" Do you want to chill the hearts of everyone under the command of the Prime Minister? Stand up for the prime minister, get out of the way, stay away! ”

"Yes!" Wei Yan breathed a sigh of relief, he glanced at Xu Chu and smiled, then returned to the ranks of generals, and Xu Chu stood beside Cao Ye and stood with his sword.

"What the lord said is very true, little Sun, how can you make us bow our heads!" Seeing that Cao Ying and Wei Yan's play was finished, Sima Yi arched his hand and said: "Since the Sun family doesn't know what to do, we will take Jiangdong down and row the river with Liu Zhang!" ”

"Take Koto?" Cao Ying's heart was moved when he heard this, and his eyes were also a little eager to look at Sima Yi.

Today, Cao Ying has three prefectures of Yan, Henan, and Xu, with half of Qingzhou and most of Jingzhou, which is equivalent to the land of four states, while Liu Zhang has five prefectures of Yi, and, You, Hebei, and Liang, as well as half of Qingzhou and Sili, which is equivalent to the land of six states. If Cao Ying can get Jiangdong, he can occupy Yangzhou, Jiaozhou and half of Jingzhou, although the population of these two and a half states is smaller, but Cao Ying's strength can be equal to Liu Zhang!

Sima Yi understood Cao Ying's thoughts, and he smiled: "According to intelligence, the Qiang people and Rong Di have invaded Liangzhou, and Liu Zhang's army has arrived!" ”

"It's... God help me! Cao Ying was overjoyed, in his opinion, as long as there was no Liu Zhang to make trouble, it would be easy to capture Jiangdong!

Liangzhou was in turmoil, and Liu Zhang was not in Chang'an. Even if Cao Ying and Sun fought, Liu Zhang wanted to return to his division cheaply, so he could only send troops from Hujiao Pass to attack Yanzhou. It would take at least twenty days, and the cavalry would have to hurry. If Liu Zhang wants to fight a decisive battle with Cao Ying, it will take longer to prepare, and he will never let the Qiang people and Rong Di alone, but help the Sun family deal with Cao Ying!

"Has the prime minister made up his mind to crusade against Jiangdong?" Sima Yi said with a smile: "If you make up your mind, you need to know that the soldiers are fast!" ”

Cao Ying smiled and asked, "Zhongda, where should we send troops from?" ”

"If you want to defeat Sun Ce quickly, you will naturally send troops to Hefei and enter Chaisang from the mouth of the mustache!" Sima Yi said with a smile: "I heard that Sun Jian learned that Moling had a royal spirit, so he moved the governance office over!" ”

"You mean, from Hefei to Moling?" Cao Ying frowned and said: "Now that Sun Ce is wreaking havoc in Jingzhou, if he is allowed to attack Jingzhou, his command will be a little unstable!" ”

"Prime Minister rest assured, he has his own way to let Sun Ce defeat Nanjun!" Sima Yi sneered: "Just the prime minister can lend me three of them!" ”

"Oh?" Cao Ying smiled and asked, "Which three people does Zhongda want to borrow?" ”

"Lu Bu, Chen Gong, Gao Shun!" Sima Yi smiled: "I don't believe it, no matter how fierce Sun Ce is, he can still be Wen Hou's opponent!" ”

"This..."Cao Ying hesitated, he didn't dare to lend Lu Bu to Sima Yi. Although Lu Bu is very honest now, God knows whether he will be instigated by Sima Yi. Put the knife in the hands of someone with ill intentions, how could Cao Ying do such a stupid thing?

Seeing Cao Ying's hesitant expression, Sima Yi sighed, he knew that Cao Ying was a little suspicious of him, and couldn't help but smile and said, "If Wen Hou can't do it, change the two generals." As far as Wei Yan and Xu Chu are concerned, I don't know what the prime minister wants? ”

"Zhongkang can't do it, I still want him to protect his safety!" Cao Ying smiled and said: "Let the four generals Wei Yan, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, and Yu Ban listen to your dispatch!" ”

"Obey the Prime Minister's order!" Sima Yi smiled: "With the four of them, plus my resourcefulness, Sun Ce is dead!" ”

"Then Jingzhou will be handed over to you!" Cao Ying's face was full of smiles, but a hint of gloom flashed in his eyes, he really didn't want Sima Yi to be in power. However, except for Sima Yi, there are really few talents under his command who can stand alone. Of course, even if those great talents stand alone, they don't have Sima Yi's ability!

"Thank you for your trust!" Sima Yi leaned down and bowed, but a hint of pride flashed in his eyes. In his opinion, the four people handed over to him by Cao Ying, except for Yu Ban, who is Cao Ying's diehard, Wei Yan, Yan Liang, and Wen Chou can all be wooed, especially Wei Yan.

Lu Bu is a man-devouring tiger, Cao Ying knows it, and Sima Yi also knows it. The reason why Sima Yi wanted Lu Bu was to change more chips. It's just Sun Ce, and having a Wei Yan is enough. What's more, there are Wen Ping, Zhang Yun and others in Jingzhou, as well as more than 200,000 Jingzhou soldiers! Sima Yi played a trick gun, but he got one more person. Speaking of which, he still earned it!

While gathering troops, arrange the defense of Shouchun. When Sun Ce's army came to the city of Nanjun, Cao Ying's army also moved! Sima Yi took three generals straight into Jingzhou and used Jingzhou soldiers to resist Sun Ce, while Cao Ying personally led an army of 200,000, known as 500,000, from Yuzhou to the mouth of the Xu, through Hefei, to attack Moling!

Hearing that Cao Ying was coming, Sun Quan was shocked and immediately gathered everyone under his command to discuss countermeasures. The Jiangdong scribes were not optimistic about the Sun family, but when they heard that the Cao army had 500,000, they immediately panicked, and at least half of the scribes proposed to surrender, which made Sun Quan feel aggrieved. However, the Koto scribes did not clamor for long. After Sun Ce knew about the situation in Jiangdong, he immediately asked Chen Wu to enter the Moling with a sword, and anyone who dared to say surrender would be killed!

Sun Ce suppressed Moling with an iron hand, and Sun Quan saw his brother's ability, and his heart was full of jealousy. In Sun Quan's opinion, as long as Sun Ce is in one day, he will not be able to come out, and his heart, which was originally softened by family affection, will be frozen by jealousy again. If it weren't for Cao Ying's great momentum and Sun Ce's resistance, Sun Quan might have wanted to attack Sun Ce!

Of course, if you start to do it, Sun Quan will never leave the slightest bit of truth! It's like in history, Sun Ce was stabbed in Shenting Ridge. Everyone said that it was done by Xu Gong's guest, but how could Xu Gong's guest know that Sun Ce went to the mountain to hunt? You must know that Sun Ce went to Shenting Ridge because he dreamed of a god man, and not many people knew about this matter, how could Xu Gong's family know that he was still ambushed on the top of the mountain? Among them, there may be a relationship with Sun Quan, or maybe not, it can only be guessed by later generations.

Now, Sun Quan, who has tasted the taste of power, never wants to give up the power in his hands. He looked at Chen Wu, who was holding Sun Ce's sword, and the haze in his heart grew bigger and bigger, until the haze turned into resentment. He decided that after defeating Cao Ying, he would start to deal with Sun Ce. In order not to let outsiders discover his thoughts, he received Chen Wu very ceremoniously, and Sun Ce was the main one in everything. When everyone thought that Sun Quan was ready to succumb to Sun Ce, he only had a pair of eyes in the dark, showing thoughtfulness! Because the owner of these eyes found that Sun Quan was a ruthless hero!

(To be continued)