In the second year of Kaiping, Luo Zheng took the crown prince Luo Cheng as the main general, Zhao Yun, the general of the expedition to the north, Yan Xing, the general of the expedition to the west, and Fa Zheng and Sima Yi as the advisers of the army, led 20,000 troops to expedition to Goryeo and the Sanhan tribe, and returned victorious.

In the third year of Kaiping, the Great Dry Water Army was trained, and the time was ripe for the southern expedition.

Chang'an, Qiande Palace.

As soon as the court discussion began, Jia Xu went out to play: "Your Majesty, the minister has a play!" ”

Luo Zheng said: "What is the matter with Aiqing?" ”

Jia Xu said: "Now the states under the rule of the imperial court are years old Kangtai, year after year, the soldiers are strong, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military and the soldiers of the three armies are looking forward to returning to the Qian, such as looking forward to the nectar, the time for the southern expedition has come, please send troops to wipe out Sun Liu, Ding Ding Qian." ”

Luo Zheng looked around at the crowd and asked, "What do you think?" ”

All the officials said in unison: "Please send troops quickly and wipe out Sun Liu!" ”

Luo Zheng immediately took the case and said: "Okay, since all the secretaries think that the time for the southern expedition has come, then pass on my edict and order all the troops and horses to rush to Ulin to assemble before May, and the officials of the various ministries will deploy money, food and materials to prepare for the southern expedition!" ”

"Yes!"

The ministers responded in unison.

Millions of soldiers and horses were mobilized, and naturally they couldn't hide the Wu and Han meticulous works lurking in various places.

When the news reached Jiangdong and Jingnan, Sun Quan and Liu Bei were all shocked and actively discussed countermeasures, but compared with Liu Bei's subordinates who fought against the cadres by force, the ministers of Eastern Wu had differences, and the Wenchen led by Situ Zhang Zhao thought that Xiqian had a million troops, while the total number of soldiers and horses in Eastern Wu was only more than 100,000, and the difference in strength was too great, and there was no chance of winning at all.

Rather than burning, it is better to surrender early.

The military generals headed by Lu Su, Lü Meng, and Lu Xun strongly advocated joining forces with the Han to resist the cadres, believing that Wu and Han had the advantage of a naval army. Although the Xiqian Navy had 200,000 people, it was not as elite as the Wu and Han Naval Armies.

As long as you break the Xigan Water Army. Blockade the river, Xigan set up tens of millions of troops. Is it possible to run across the river on horseback?

The main surrender faction and the main battle faction quarreled in the court, and no one could convince anyone.

Of course, Sun Quan didn't want to surrender, he had already heard the secret anger, snorted coldly, and left the main hall with his sleeves brushed up, leaving a group of courtiers looking at each other, and this matter was put aside, and no one mentioned it again.

At the beginning of May, the four cantonment battalions of Jingxiang, Huainan, Zhongyuan, and Hebei totaled 800,000 Tuntian troops and the 100,000 western troops of the western suburbs of Chang'an rushed to Jiangxia. Set up camp in the area of Wulin, and the army is jointly camped for hundreds of miles, which is magnificent.

In mid-May, Qiandi Luo led 30,000 elite cavalry and 3,000 royal forest troops to Wulin.

The news reached Jiangdong, and Wu Guosi Tu Zhang Zhao once again risked his life to admonish.

"Majesty!"

Zhang Zhao said with a first pause: "Today, Xiqian has raised millions of troops to attack, and the troops are huge and irresistible, which is the livelihood of the Jiangdong scholars and millions of people. The minister thought that His Majesty should quickly submit the table and descend the book, so that the whole clan and the people of Jiangdong should be lowered! ”

"Please think twice!"

Zhang Qiu, Lu Ji and others came out one after another to second, strongly advocating surrender.

Sun Quan was angry, but it was difficult to show it. Instead, he asked the ministers, "What do you think?" ”

As soon as Lu Su made a look, Lu Meng immediately came out of the ranks. He said loudly: "Why should Lord Situ have the ambition of others to destroy his own prestige, although there are millions of cadres. But our army has the advantage of the river, as long as it breaks the Xiqian water army. The cadres could not rush across the river on horseback. On the occasion of this crisis, the minister implored His Majesty to tell the three armies to fight to the death with the cadres and never surrender and betray the country! ”

"You ......"

Zhang Zhao's face changed, and he was immediately furious.

Surrender is nothing, but the word 'traitor' is a bit eye-catching.

The rest of the Wenchen's faces also changed suddenly, and they glared at Lu Meng angrily.

"Enough!"

Sun Quan snorted, drank Zhang Zhao's words, slammed the case, pulled out his sword and slashed off the corner of the table, and shouted: "I have made up my mind, I want to fight to the death with the cadres, all the secretaries quickly go to prepare for the war, and then there are those who advise, they should be the same as this case!" ”

The officials were silent, and no one dared to persuade them.

Since Sun Quan took over from his elder brother Dongwu, he has always been amiable, and he has never been so angry.

After a long time, the ministers felt that Sun Quan lacked courage.

If Sun Ce was still alive, naturally no one would dare to persuade Sun Ce to surrender without a fight.

Compared with Sun Ce, Sun Quan's prestige is indeed worse, after all, the foundation of Jiangdong was laid by Sun Ce, and Sun Quan is just a successor, without great military achievements, how can he subdue the courtiers who followed Sun Ce to fight the country.

No one expected that Sun Quan would dare to fight to the death with the cadres, but he didn't expect Sun Quan to have such courage.

Zhang Zhao, Zhang Qiu, Lu Ji and other main descending factions were all suppressed, and they didn't dare to speak for a while.

"Retreat!"

Sun Quan waved his hand and turned into the back hall.

Baiguan, you looked at me, looked at each other for a while, and then dispersed and went to prepare for the war.

In Wulin, nearly one million cadres and troops are encamped on the north bank of the river, and the dozens of miles long river are densely packed with military tents everywhere, and you can't see the edge at all at a glance.

Ulin was originally a small town, but now it has become a military stronghold.

Previously, the Jingzhou Navy had established a water village here, but the base camp of the Jingzhou Navy was in Chibi across the river, and the role of Wulin was only a spare wharf, which was very simple, not even as good as the Jiangling Navy Village.

After Luo Zheng drove Liu Bei to Jingnan, he ordered Gan Ning to train the water army, and after Gan Ning's field survey, he built the base camp of the Jingzhou water army in Wulin, and with the support of the huge manpower and material resources of the great cadres, the Wulin water port was built into a super water village.

Almost all of the riverbanks of the twenty miles up and down Wulin have been built into wharves.

And a huge super water village on the river is the real base camp of the Xiqian Water Army.

In the past few years, the Wu and Han naval armies have come to attack from time to time, in a vain attempt to destroy the Dazhai of the Xiqian Naval Army, but they have not been able to bargain.

On the river, on a sentry tower more than ten meters high, Luo Zheng, accompanied by the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, was personally observing the naval army.

Similar to this kind of more than 10 meters high sentry tower, there are no less than 100 in the whole water village, and on each sentry tower, there are warning and beacon towers and sailor soldiers on duty in shifts, and it is basically impossible to sneak attack the water labor from the river.

"Yes, yes!"

Luo Zheng nodded again and again, and the ministers were also full of praise.

I don't want to think that for a few years, the navy has such a weather.

Even if the Wu and Han naval armies cannot be eliminated on the river, as long as the million army can be sent across the river, the task of the naval army will be completed.

"How many boats do I have to do like this?"

Luo Zheng's eyes swept away, and he suddenly pointed to a building ship docked not far away and asked.

Gan Ning replied: "Your Majesty, my Great Dry Naval Army has fifty ships of this kind with three decks, which can carry 3,000 people; There are 200 double-decker building ships that can carry 2,000 people, and the rest of the Mengchong and fighting ships are thousands. (To be continued......)