Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 288 Sun Quanxue Goujian

Zhuge Liang asked to exchange the less than half of Lujiang County currently in Sun Quan's hands for Guiyang County. It seemed that Sun Quan had made a blood profit, but in fact he was a blood loss.

Where is Lujiang County?

In the south of Anhui in later generations, just south of Hefei City, it was probably in the area from Lu'an City to Anqing City, excluding Hefei, which was in Jiujiang County at that time.

Among them, the main area of ​​Lujiang County is the area from Lu'an City in later generations to Gushi County in Henan Province, which is the Huainan Plain in the traditional sense.

At present, this vast plain is controlled by Cao Cao and is under the jurisdiction of Wen Hui, the current governor of Yangzhou.

In the past, Wen Hui was the governor of Yangzhou appointed by Cao Cao. Cao Cao formed an alliance with Sun Quan.

So Wen Hui was changed to the governor of Yangzhou, who was in charge of the Huainan area controlled by Cao Cao.

In addition to the area controlled by Cao Cao, there is a large area of ​​land in the south, north of the Yangtze River, and south of the Dabie Mountains.

This area is the west and north of Anqing City in Anhui later generations, and the west includes Huangmei County, Susong County, Taihu County, and Qianshan City.To the north are Huaining County, Zongyang County, Tongcheng County, Lujiang County and other places.

So in fact, if this place is for Sun Quan and Cao Cao's forces, it is really not an important defensive area.

At this time, this area was controlled by Sun Quan. When Zhou Yu intercepted Huang Zu from land, he started from Anqing City, passed through Qianshan, Taihu Lake, and Susong, and stopped in Huangmei County.

I even married my younger sister, so I can't get a remote suburban county in exchange, it's really embarrassing.

Sun Quan denied it again and again, but Zhuge Liang held back his words, and when he got to his lips, he couldn't explain why, so he choked for a while.

It's not even a rich place.

Because Zhuge Liang said the truth.

Lu Su laughed, but the smile on his face was unnatural.

Lu Su immediately said: "Now that Liu Bei is strong and we are weak, we must show our weakness and paralyze the enemy. Just like Goujian, the king of Yue, did not hesitate to taste the dung for Fuchai, the king of Wu, in exchange for Fuchai's trust. In the end, he tried his best to destroy Wu. "

Its strategic location is extremely dangerous.

Lu Su shook his head repeatedly and said, "Think about it, Marquis Wu, what does the land of Lujiang mean to us and Liu Bei?"

Therefore, when Zhuge Liang made this request, he almost refused without thinking: "Lujiang County is my land in the east of the Yangtze River, how can we exchange it?"

It seems to have a population of more than 50, which is relatively rich.

Lu Su said in a deep voice: "Kong Ming should know that we are only using the Guiyang road for transportation, not occupying the land of Guiyang. And how can Guiyang compare with Lujiang? There is no comparison between the two."

Lu Su followed behind him and continued: "Once Cao and Liu confront each other, we will have Yangzhou in the east and Jiaozhou in the south. One day, we will join forces with Cao Cao to send troops at the same time, and suddenly go north to capture the entire south of Jing. First, Yangzhou, Jingnan, and Jiaozhou will be linked together One piece, and then attack Liu Bei with Cao Cao from the north to the south, if Liu Bei is attacked by the enemy, Jingzhou will return to the Marquis of Wu."

"But the situation is stronger than the people right now."

"This"

There has never been a Wuyue country that has to rely on the Jiujiang area to go north to the Central Plains.

Zhuge Liang retorted: "Guiyang now has hundreds of thousands of Dingkou, hundreds of miles of territory, and people's livelihood is prosperous. Lujiang River has been in war for many years, and there is no one in Dingkou, and people's livelihood is poor. And the area is only north of the Yangtze River, and the south of Dabie Mountain is still in Wu. In the hands of the Marquis, the rest of the land is owned by Cao Cao. How can it not be possible to exchange barren land for rich land?"

Sun Quan was stunned for a moment, and then said without hesitation: "Of course it is to seek to seize the world!"

And everyone knew that Lu Su was talking nonsense.

Lu Su shook his head and said: "I told Wu Hou before that although Cao Cao is strong, he does not have a navy. Here, fighting with us is also a dead end, this is not opening the door to thieves, but closing the door to catch thieves."

Lu Su laughed and said, "It's a blessing for the children of Jiangdong that Marquis Wu has such great ambitions. Therefore, if you want to conquer the world, you must endure a moment of anger and give Lujiang to Liu Bei."

Lu Su was speechless for a moment.

Sun Quan said, "Naturally, you will be worried."

Lu Su pointedly said: "This statement is wrong. Back then, the foundation of Daqin was Guanzhong, which was rich and vast, and had a vast territory. But if you ask Daqin to exchange Wei's Hedong land for Hangu Pass, do you think Qin is willing? The land of Lujiang , is my Hangu Pass in Jiangdong."

"Well."

However, the barbarian land is not subject to kingship and is difficult to manage. At the same time, there are many ethnic minorities, the transportation is remote, the road is extremely long, and the miasma brought by mosquitoes and blood-sucking insects is also abundant.

After they left, Sun Quan said to Lu Su: "Zijing, do you want to exchange Lujiang for Guiyang? This Guiyang is just a remote county, how can it compare with Lujiang?"

"Zijing, you don't know the importance of the Lujiang River, do you?"

Later, the State of Yue destroyed the State of Wu and headed north to the Central Plains to seek hegemony, all by crossing the Yangtze River by land.

Is this still available?

Lu Su nodded and said: "Lujiang is in our hands, Liu Bei has to worry about us attacking Jiangxia with Lujiang as the starting point. Therefore, only when Lujiang is handed over and Marquis Wu makes peace with Liu Bei, will he believe that we are really afraid of him. As long as he doesn't deploy heavy troops in Jiangxia, we will have a chance to strengthen and threaten him!"

This place is connected to the land transportation between Jiangxia and Yuzhang. It faces the Jiangdong territory across the river. If you go north, you can capture Huainan. Once Liu Bei's power expands and Cao Cao's power is driven out of Huainan, then Jiangdong will be surrounded by Liu Bei.

Zhuge Liang turned his head, smiled and said to Sun Quan: "At that time, we can work together to drive Cao Cao out of Huainan, attack the Central Plains north, and restore the Han Dynasty. Wu Hou is not willing, is it because he is guarding against his allies?"

Sun Quan said without hesitation: "If the Lujiang River is in the hands of the solitary, the Jiangdong army can advance both by water and land at any time, and attack Jingzhou. But if it is in the hands of Liu Bei, the one who will be beaten will be lonely."

Lu Su said: "So he will definitely not lend us Jingnan. At the same time, like Liu Biao, he will deploy heavy troops in Jiangxia to guard against Jiangdong. We have suffered heavy losses now. If we can't get Jingnan and Jiaozhou, we can't Restore strength as soon as possible, when the time comes, his army of hundreds of thousands will go down the river and annex Jiangdong, and we will be in danger."

"it is good."

Zhuge Liang stood up with a smile, bowed his hands to Sun Quan together with Sun Qian and said: "In this case, let's go out and have a look, and don't disturb Wu Hou."

Zhuge Liang pursued and beat him fiercely, asking questions all the time.

"If he wins the Lujiang River, what should he do if he takes advantage of the land and attacks us?"

Sun Quan thought for a while, nodded slightly and said: "Zi Jing's words are indeed reasonable. It's just that I just give the sword in my hand to the enemy like this, and I feel unwilling."

"nature."

Sun Quan frowned, his face was very ugly.

To the north is the Dabie Mountains, and to the south is the vast Yangtze River. As long as the Jiangxia navy is deployed in Penglize in the north of the river, which is the area around Longgan Lake and Daguan Lake in later generations, it is equivalent to controlling the lifeline of Jiangdong.

Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "If the Lujiang River is not connected to the Jiangdong, and the second is not a dangerous pass, how can it be the Hangu Pass in the Jiangdong? If Cao Cao sends troops to the south, I am afraid that he only needs to send [-] troops to occupy it easily."

Sun Quan hammered the table hard.

Zhuge Liang stood up and said, "If that's the case, we may have to go back and ask my lord Liu Huangshu's opinion before deciding on this matter. After all, there is no such reason in the world for lending a county's land without any collateral. "

Sun Quan was speechless for a moment.

And because this place is connected with Jiangxia, it can be attacked and defended.

"Oh throat?"

It used to be a thousand miles of fertile fields, but now it has become a barren place, with swamps and jungles, and there may be no human habitation in a radius of dozens of kilometers.

Sun Quan turned his head, glanced at Lu Su, and said: "Cao Cao swallowed the north with anger, and his strength is stronger than Liu Bei. If you invite him to Jingzhou, wouldn't it be a robbery?"

If this area was used as a bargaining chip to borrow Guiyang County and exchanged with Liu Bei, then the garrison of Liu Bei's group would be like a needle inserted directly at the junction of Cao Cao and Sun Quan's territories.The needle pointed at the throats of the two of them, Sun and Cao, and could be fatal at any moment.

"Forehead"

Zhuge Liang also said with a smile: "Guiyang is also the land of Jingzhou. Don't you want to borrow it from Marquis Wu? Loan money is something that comes and goes. Even if it's a marriage, let's not talk about whether my lord should give it or not." , even if it is accepted, with Guiyang County as the gift money, shouldn't Marquis Wu give back with a dowry?"

"This"

It can be said that no matter how large the population is, it is still a tasteless place.

"good."

Living in Jiangdong or seeking to seize the world?

Zhuge Jin understood, so he stood up and said, "Wankou faces the Yangtze River to the south, and Pengli Lake to the west. The river looks like the sea from a distance, and the scenery is also extremely beautiful."

"Give Lujiang to Liu Bei in order to seize the world?"

Therefore, if Lu Su's strategy goes well, it can indeed be implemented.

Zhuge Liang laughed and said: "Besides Ruxukou, there is also Hangou connecting the Huai River, and the fleet can go directly to Xuzhou. Since the Spring and Autumn Period, all the princes of Wu and Yue have been like this. Need to attack from land."

So this area can be said to be Sun Quan's only territory north of the Yangtze River.

"But as far as I know, Huainan is separated from Jiangdong by a river. From Ruxukou, go north to Chaohu Lake. After entering Chaohu Lake, you can attack Shu County in Lujiang to the south, and Hefei in Jiujiang to the north."

In history, Cao Cao was able to fight the Battle of Chibi because he won the army that Liu Biao surrendered.Although the Jiangxia Navy was beaten to pieces by the Jiangdong Navy, the Yangtze River Navy of Cai Mao and Zhang Yun was still there, so Wu Lin confronted and suppressed the [-] Jiangdong Navy.

"Exactly."

"How about Lujiang?"

This made Lu Su very embarrassed.

But after Yuan Shu tossed Huainan, people cannibalized them.

But as long as he still has a little ambition for Jingzhou, he can't give up.

"No."

"This time and the other."

Lu Su stroked his beard, rolled his eyes, and suddenly asked, "I want to ask Marquis Wu, does Marquis Wu plan to live in Jiangdong in this way in the future, or will he send his troops to Jingzhou to take advantage of the three prefectures of Yang, Jiao and Jing?" , win Xichuan again, divide the north and the south with Cao Cao, and seek to seize the world?"

"Naturally, it means who is more active in the enemy's situation."

In addition to Jingzhou's confrontation with Jiangdong, if Jiangdong invaded Jingzhou, it would also invade Jiangxia from land, and even reach the bridgehead of Nanyang County.

No matter how stupid Sun Quan was, he knew that he couldn't do this by exchanging a strategically important place for a piece of tasteless land.

"Of course not. It's just the Lujiang River."

"This Lujiang River is also the road for us to attack Cao Cao from the north from the land."

Sun Quan opened his eyes wide and said, "Isn't this handing over the sword in your hand to the enemy and bringing yourself to perish?"

Lu Su persuaded: "There is no population in the south of Lujiang River. Wuhou can move all the remaining people to Jiangdong, and destroy the city as much as possible, leaving open space for them. And we can deploy a large number of defenses along the south of the Yangtze River, just sit and watch. The fight between Cao Cao and Liu Bei in Huainan is also a strategy of sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight."

Sun Quan stood up and walked slowly in the hall with his hands behind his back.

"The only thing south of the Lujiang River that can become the Hangu Pass in the east of the Yangtze River is to defend or attack Jingzhou. Since Marquis Wu is willing to make a marriage, and even plans to fight Cao Cao with our lord, why is he unwilling to exchange Lujiang with us for Guizhou?" Where is Yang?"

So Lu Su is talking nonsense.

Zhuge Liang turned to look at Lu Su with a smile and said, "Is that really the case?"

Lu Su nodded: "For us and Liu Bei, Lujiang means who is more convenient to take the initiative to attack. If Lujiang is in our hands, will Liu Bei worry that we will come to Jingzhou and raid Jiangxia?"

Lu Su lied and nodded without drafting.

Sun Quan asked again.

Sun Quan frowned and said, "What does Zijing mean? Let Gu deliberately hand over Lujiang to Liu Bei, making him think that he can attack us at any time while occupying a strategically important place in Lujiang, so that he can't take precautions?"

So if Sun Quan gave up the initiative and turned to passive defense, he could hand over Lujiang County.

Lu Su smiled wryly and said, "Jiangdong has suffered repeated defeats, and the damage has been exhausted. If Jiaozhou can't make up for it, how can we recover as soon as possible?"

Of course.

Strictly speaking, this place is really not a dangerous pass.

the most important is.

But being a politician has to be thick-skinned, so even if it's embarrassing and smiles unnaturally, you can only stand up.

"No no no."

Lu Su immediately smoothed things over and said, "So I can't lose it."

This place is connected to Jiangxia County by land, so troops can be sent directly from Jiangxia by land, Cao Cao can be attacked in the north, and Sun Quan can be attacked in the east. Moreover, because it is connected with Jiangxia, the Jingzhou army can rush to help at any time.

Seeing the backs of them leaving, Sun Quan clenched his fists.

In contrast, Guiyang County.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Wu ruled the hegemony, and when they went north to fight with the State of Qi, they went to Hangou.

"You can give Lujiang to Liu Bei, how can you be reconciled?"

Once Sun and Liu turned against each other, Jiang Xia's navy and Liu Bei's army would advance side by side, and they could go straight into the hinterland of Jiangdong. It can be said that they put their own safety in the hands of others.

Because Cao Cao has no navy now, he can't fight against Sun Quan's Jiangdong navy in Yunmengze and the Yangtze River.

Sun Quan said in a deep voice: "If Liu Bei wins the Lujiang River, and the Jiangxia Navy is stationed at Peng Lize, it will be like a sword hanging around Gu's neck. Jingzhou's army can advance by land and water at any time and destroy Jiangdong!"

Lu Su laughed: "Marquis Wu should understand that now Liu Bei is focusing on Yizhou. When he pacifies Yizhou, and then wants to turn around and deal with us, we have already recovered some vitality. And Cao Cao will soon be If the north is pacified and the world will be divided into three, Cao Cao will definitely fight Liu Bei in Guanzhong, Nanyang and other places, how can he still have a chance to attack us?"

Lu Su thought for a while and said, "Kong Ming, please wait a moment, let us discuss and discuss. Ziyu, you two brothers haven't seen each other for many years. I'm afraid you have a lot to say. Wankou is beautiful. Why don't you take him to see it?" look."

It must have been before.

"This"

But if it is Sun Quan's forces and Jingzhou's forces, it is completely different.

Now if it is true what Lu Su said, trade territory for space and time, and after they develop, they will unite with Cao Cao to attack Jingzhou from north to south. Once Liu Bei is defeated, it will really be like what he said.

After that, the three left.

"Kong Ming, I'll take you out for a walk."

"it is good!"

Sun Quan gritted his teeth and said, "Back then, Gou Jian endured humiliation to please Fu Chai, so Gu Yi should suffer this humiliation for Jiangdong's great cause."

After finishing speaking, he turned his head to Lu Su and said, "Just do as Zijing said!"

Lu Su breathed a sigh of relief, cupped his hands and said, "Wei!"

(End of this chapter)