Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 121 Taking Wu as Aid
Liu Chan restrained his expression, returned to the imperial couch, looked at Zhuge Liang, and asked calmly, "Father Xiang, do you know if there is any foreign aid?"

Zhuge Liang pondered for a moment, and said: "I have written letters with Mencius Du (Meng Da character). Since Cao Pi died of illness, Zidu was not happy in Cao Wei, and he wanted to return home. Maybe it can be foreign aid."

As soon as this remark came out, there was a lot of discussion among the people present.Meng Da was the largest person in Ji Han who defected to Cao Wei's official position, and he brought the three eastern counties to surrender, which had a profound impact on the great Han.

The three east counties refer to Shangyong County, Fangling County, and Xicheng County.The three eastern counties were all three counties in the eastern part of Hanzhong at the beginning, and they were upgraded from counties to counties because of their proximity to the front line.Although Dongsan County is located in a remote place, its strategic location is very important.For the big Han, if it is just to separate Yizhou, the three eastern counties are of little value, but they are very important if they have the meaning of revival.

To the south of the three east counties are the two counties of Badong and Brazil in Yizhou.Therefore, if the three counties of Shangyong are occupied by Cao Wei, then this will pose a certain threat to the Shu Han.In addition, the north of Dongsan County is Guanzhong, and the west is Hanzhong.The Mian River (Han River) flows from Hanzhong to the East Three Counties, and Hanzhong can reach the East Three Counties downstream, so it is relatively convenient for the Dahan to support it.

After Meng Da's defection, Hanzhong could attack west, east, and north, but now there are only two routes going north and west.

Liu Chan couldn't help pacing.In Liu Chan's plan for the Northern Expedition, Zhuge Liang went west to Longyou, Huang Quan went out of Baoxie as a suspicious soldier, and Soochow was foreign aid.

Liu Chan has always been a little displeased with Meng Da.

Meng Da was friends with Fazheng and Li Yan. After Lao Liu entered Shu, he regarded the three of them very highly, and Meng Da also reciprocated them faithfully.But first, when attacking the East Three Counties, his soldiers killed Zhuge Liang's brother-in-law Kuai Qi, and then Liu Feng bullied Meng Da, and because he didn't send troops to rescue Guan Yu, Guan Yu died.For many reasons, Meng Dasui defected to Cao Wei.

"What do Xiangfu think?" Liu Chan stopped pacing, frowned and asked Zhuge Liang.

"I think it's okay. If Mencius can raise troops to help, Wei Guo will not doubt the purpose of our Northern Expedition." Zhuge Liang answered with cupped hands.

"What does Li Qing think?" Liu Chan turned his gaze to Li Yan again and asked.

After hearing the words, Li Yan, who had been watching for a long time, folded his hands and looked at Liu Chan who was standing on the steps, and said in a deep voice: "Country, if Zidu can bring the three eastern counties under his control, then there will be no worries in the east wing of Han Dynasty. Besides, Zidu also has the idea of ​​Leyi." Quantity, belonging to the Han, will be beneficial to the revival of the Han."

Of course, Li Yan also had selfish intentions. If Meng Da returned to China, his right to speak in the Han court would certainly be expanded based on his relationship with him.

After hearing the words, Liu Chan continued to pace, his mind was uncertain. In history, Meng Da raised his troops and was quickly defeated by Sima Yi, which was of no use at all.If using him as foreign aid is still not stable enough, it is still necessary to send troops from Soochow as foreign aid.

Liu Chan also thought about the first Northern Expedition, which was related to Ji Han's national fortune. If he succeeds, he will succeed in breaking the situation and have a chance to unify the world;

At this time, Liu Yan, who was watching the play, stood up and said angrily: "Guangzhou, boy Meng Da, he was unfaithful in the past, and later betrayed the former lord. How can a person who repeats himself be a foreign aid?"

Liu Chan stopped, heard the prestige and looked around, but met Liu Yan who was showing anger.Liu Chan was speechless for a moment, and the state affairs could be treated so simply.

When Liu Chan was about to speak out, he immediately calmed down. Although Liu Yan's words were not in line with politics, they were in line with ordinary people's thinking.

At this time, Liu Chan calmed down and thought about the pros and cons.The hall suddenly fell into loneliness, and everyone waited for Liu Chan to speak.

It's not that Liu Chan doesn't want to accept Meng Da, but he is thinking about how to take advantage of Meng Da's matter so that the big man can take advantage of it.And I must also express my acceptance of Meng Da.

Liu Chan stopped, knelt down on the imperial couch, made up his mind, and said in a deep voice: "Wei Wei doesn't know what happened to Mencius Du's defection, so we can't talk about Zidu's defection from now on."

After a pause, Liu Chan looked at Zhuge Liang and said, "For Zidu's worries when he returns to the country, Xiangfu and Li Qing wrote letters to persuade him, and I will also write to Zidu."

"As for the matter of using Zidu as foreign aid, I thought that Zidu might not be able to help our great man in the Northern Expedition with a small number of troops. That's why I want to send envoys to Soochow, and hope that Wu Wang Sun Quan will send troops to help my great man." Liu Chan continued.

Hearing this, Zhuge Liang showed embarrassment.It would be best to let Soochow send troops to help, but because of Sun Quan's lack of benefit and early disposition, it may be difficult to persuade him to send troops.Even if the persuasion is successful, Sun Quan may only dispatch a small group of troops to deal with the matter.

Zhuge Liang thought for a while, then cupped his hands and said: "Country, if the king of Wu can send troops, he will probably be harassing the border of Cao and Wei. It will be difficult to mobilize the Chinese army (Luoyang Forbidden Army) to dispatch. It is not very helpful for my big man to send troops to Longyou, and it is not even as good as Zidu raising troops to respond. Although Zidu There are few soldiers, but they are close to Wei Guo's armpit."

Liu Chan did not answer what Zhuge Liang said, but asked with a faint smile: "Do you know what Sun Quan has been thinking about in recent years?"

Everyone was puzzled again, only Zhuge Liang and Deng Zhi thought about it.

The corners of Liu Chan's mouth turned up, his eyes were bright and deep, and he cast his eyes on Deng Zhi, and said slowly: "Deng Qing has been sent to Soochow several times, so we can know what King Wu is thinking about."

Deng Zhi pinched her beard and groaned, she vaguely knew what it was, but she couldn't figure it out, she was only one step away from an epiphany.

"Deng Qing, how old is Huang Wu of the Eastern Wu this year?" Liu Chan said lightly.

Like a flash of thunder, Deng Zhi suddenly understood, cupped his hands and said: "Sun Quan has only thought about proclaiming himself emperor in recent years."

Zhuge Liang was surprised, and suddenly looked up at Liu Chan. As Zhuge Liang who often wrote letters to Lu Xun and Zhuge Jin, he understood the political situation of Soochow, and he also understood that Sun Quan needed to proclaim himself emperor without legal principles.

Cao Pi was proclaimed emperor by Han Xiandi; Liu Bei proclaimed himself emperor because he was the clan of the Han family, and he was naturally responsible for restoring the Han family; Sun Quan was a Han minister who occupied Jiangdong, and then a Wei minister who occupied Jing, Yang and Jiao. In the land of the state, Sun Quan naturally has no legal reason to claim the emperor.

Deng Zhi's words fell, combined with Liu Chan's previous words, everyone knew what Liu Chan was thinking, and the hall was filled with silence.

Everyone couldn't help looking at the calm-faced Dahan Emperor, but they couldn't see the depth, and then turned their eyes to Zhuge Liang, but Zhuge Liang had already restrained his expression at this time, and everyone didn't know what he meant.

This discussion, before this, had not been revealed at all.Regarding this, the ministers had different expressions and fell silent. Everyone was afraid to express their opinions on Liu Chan's desire to make Sun Quan emperor.

Zhuge Liang didn't say anything because he was considering whether Liu Chan's proposal was feasible. As an excellent politician, he had already let go of these things.Great things are always just icing on the cake.

But Liu Yan couldn't sit still at first. No matter what, he couldn't let Liu Chan act recklessly, so he got up and said directly: "Not for the country."

(End of this chapter)