Lao Liu didn't know why Liu Chan suddenly liked this Deng Zhi so much, but from his point of view, Deng Zhi was by no means a mediocre talent.

When they met for the first time, he discovered this person's ability, otherwise he wouldn't have had a conversation, so he appointed Deng Zhi, who had no connections and no glorious deeds at that time, as the county magistrate of Pixian County.

That is, in later generations, the famous Douban sauce was produced in Pi County, and later he was promoted to Guanghan Taishou.

Lao Liu remembered that Liu Chan had not been in contact with this person, but now he was optimistic about him as soon as they met, which made Lao Liu feel relieved.

"My son, as I do, has the ability to recognize people and do good things."

Immediately made a decision to send Deng Zhi as an envoy to Jiangdong.

Of course, before leaving, it is necessary to conduct some "training", and to engage in diplomacy, you must first understand the bottom line and requirements of your own side, and then you can bargain with the other side.

Now that the candidate for the envoy has been decided, Lao Liu, Zhuge Liang, Fa Zheng and others took Deng Zhi to hold several "meetings", and then asked Deng Zhi to leave as soon as possible and send an envoy to Jiangdong with Zhang Wen.

Since Zhang Wen learned from his mouth that Cao Pi had given an ultimatum to Jiangdong, he was afraid that the day of the southern expedition would not be far away, and since the two families planned to form an alliance, it was better to negotiate as soon as possible.

If you deliberately delay time, wait for the strength of both sides to be consumed, and then reap the benefits...... If the resources on his side are equal to Cao Wei's, it is indeed the best choice.

But in the case of two weak and one strong, it would be too short-sighted to do so.

……

Here, Deng Zhi and Zhang Wen sent an envoy to Jiangdong, and Cao Pi saw that Sun Quan still had no intention of giving in, and had already begun to prepare for grain, grass, baggage, and ships, as well as the transfer of troops and troops.

Both Sun Wu and Liu Han speculated that Cao Pi wanted to transfer the Yanyu Army as the main force to attack Wu, as well as Zhang Liao and other generals and their soldiers and horses who were originally stationed in Hefei and other cities along the river.

However, in addition to this, Cao Pi even made a transfer to the Qingxu Legion, apparently to transfer these second-echelon legions to the front line.

Zang Ba and other Qingxu Haoqiang also dispatched one after another, and the momentum was huge, which surprised many people.

Even many Wei Chen thought that Cao Pi's so-called southern expedition to Wu and his personal expedition were just trying to "put on a show", but they never expected that he seemed to be coming for real......

Of course, Cao Pi came to be real, not only to take advantage of this battle, but also to let Sun Wu, who did not know how to raise up, recognize the strength of Great Wei and throw away his unrealistic illusions as soon as possible.

At the same time, he also planned with Sima Yi to use this military operation to extinguish the unstable factors within Cao Wei and firmly control the integrated military force in his own hands.

For fair reasons, remove all those who are restless.

The so-called unstable factors are naturally the Qingzhou soldiers and Xuzhou soldiers who have good combat power, but are not loyal enough to him Cao Pi.

And the so-called restless people are naturally Qingxu Haoba led by Zang Ba.

This is another reason why Cao Pi can't wait to start a war.

Sima Yi's elaborate plan for Cao Pi was divided into two steps, the first step was to appoint a wartime commander of the three-way army due to the needs of the war.

These three people went from west to east, and they were Cao Ren, Cao Zhen, and Cao Xiu.

First of all, additional troops were stationed in Xiangyang, and the echelons of Fancheng and its north were deployed to prevent Guan Yu from taking advantage of their attack on Eastern Wu to make another northern expedition.

This road is the Western Route Army, whose mission is strategic defense, and it is handed over to Cao Ren, who knows himself and the enemy and knows the local terrain and climate well.

The Central Route Army was dominated by the Yanyu Corps, as well as the Hefei garrisons such as Zhangliao, and the mission goal was to advance into the Xuwu Dock.

It was not only the naval base of Soochow, but also the most important link in the Yangtze River defense line, and was always garrisoned by trusted and capable generals.

If it can break through the wet dock, the Yangtze River defense line of Soochow will be completely broken, and it is the most important of the three routes.

The Eastern Route Army was led by Cao Xiu, who had lived in Wu County for a long time and knew the local area very well.

Moreover, Cao Xiu was praised as "Cao Family's Thousand Miles of Horses" because of his defection to Cao Cao, and he was trusted and respected by Cao Cao, and served in the elite of tiger and leopard riding for many years.

Later, he was repeatedly promoted, and fought with Cao Cao in the south and north, and often got Cao Cao's guidance and observed Cao Cao's tactics and strategies.

Whether it is personal bravery, wisdom and strategy, war experience, strategic vision, etc., it can be said that he is the most capable group of the second generation of Cao Wei Group.

The most rare thing is that Cao Xiu's loyalty is very high, if Xiahou has not been captured in Shangyong, these two can be said to be Cao Pi's right-hand men.

The Eastern Route Army led by Cao Xiu was composed of Qingxu's soldiers......

For the sake of insurance, Cao Pi also led the central army to postpone himself, and his intention was naturally to justifiably seize the military leadership of Zang Ba and others.

This is a conspiracy, a military transfer for the sake of war, if you don't comply, then even if you are killed, it is a matter of course.

If you obey ...... Then the second step in the course of the war is to gradually remove the middle and senior generals of the Qingxu army.

When this is in the war, there are too many excuses to use, and the military orders are like a mountain, and you can't help but obey them.

Throughout the ages, wars have often been fought not just to defeat the enemy.

It is also an opportune time to fight against dissidents, promote and install cronies, gild, war is a means to achieve political ends, and this political end is not just external......

……

The mobilization of troops, horses, grain and grass on Cao Wei's side naturally couldn't hide Sun Quan, who was always staring at the north.

King Wu of Great Wei, who is the best at making small moves, how could he neglect to pay attention to the situation in the north.

However, he didn't expect Cao Pi's investment to be so large this time, which is completely different from the "royal driving pro-expedition" that he did last time, which is a posture of death.

It seems that a battle with Cao Wei is inevitable, and not only that, but it seems that it will be a tragic bloody battle.

While Sun Quan continued to actively deploy defenses along the river, ready to respond to the fierce offensive from the north at any time, he anxiously waited for Zhang Wen's return.

Regarding Liu Bei's attitude, he was really a little bottomless in his heart.

This former cheap brother-in-law is different from himself, and he is not a person who can suppress all emotions for the sake of profit.

That Liu Chan is also completely the same, and even surpassed.

Although he has made a lot of concessions, after all, he is afraid that Liu Bei's father and son will still be obsessed with the old things, and take this opportunity to take advantage of the fire to rob ......

If the situation develops to that point, he Jiangdong will really be finished.

According to the news from Jiangxia, Jingzhou has even copied large ships such as building ships...... The Jingzhou Water Army's water warfare capability is already good, and now it is even more powerful.

Wu Jun, who did not have the advantage of water warfare, knew very well what the outcome would be if he started a war.

He was afraid of Guan Yu, but he was actually more afraid of Cao Wei than he was of Cao Wei......

"King, Zhang Zhonglang is back, and there are also envoys sent by Liu Bei."

"Oh?" His brows were tightly locked, and Sun Quan, who was considering the situation of this battle, suddenly raised his head, "Quick, pass on the ministers to discuss the matter in the hall, and the widow will come later, and personally meet the envoy from Shuzhong." ”

"Yes!"

"Wait." Sun Quan suddenly stopped him again, and his eyes rolled and said, "Do you know who is coming?" But what about Zhuge Kongming? ”

"No, let's call Deng Zhi."

…… Deng Zhi? Who is Deng Zhi, how come he has never heard of it.

(End of chapter)