Han Xiang

Chapter 465

"This"

Sun Quan didn't expect Zhou Yu to be relentless, and thought that you are forcing the palace today?In front of Jiangdong's officials, he was so strong, and the anger in his chest was slowly burning, but there was still a surprised expression on his face.

Zhang Zhao has always been at odds with Zhou Yu. Seeing that Sun Quan was at a loss, he immediately spoke up and questioned: "The governor-general commanded Jiangdong's troops and horses, and was stationed in Guangling for a long time. You should know that half of the supplies for the garrisons are prepared by themselves at the garrison, and half are from the rear. transfer supplement;

However, Chaisang’s military supplies are all provided by the rear, and the monthly consumption is already huge. My lord led everyone to save money and save a lot of food for half a month. What is the point of rushing into troops? "

"Since this is a great opportunity, how can Jiangdong focus on a small Jiangxia? Right now, the Cao bandits are too powerful to fight against the enemy. Jiangdong has to go west to capture Jingzhou if it wants to develop;
Right now Liu Qi has defeated Zhang Lu and occupied the four counties in Eastern Hand, and Liu Biao and others are all focusing on the northwest. I hope to prepare food and grass for three months or half a year;
This flood in Jingzhou has caused a lot of losses everywhere. After defeating Huang Zu and occupying Jiangxia, they can take advantage of the situation and go west to capture Jiangling to control the Yangtze River and forcibly divide Jingzhou into two parts: north and south;
It has not been long since the rebellion in the four counties of Jingnan was put down, and the soldiers and civilians of the four counties may not return to Liu Biao. This is the land of Jiangdong, which is bestowed on me by heaven, and the general is willing to take it with me at the end. "

Zhou Yu threw out a shocking reason. If it is achieved, it will undoubtedly reproduce Sun Ceping's contribution to Jiangdong, causing the hall to fall into silence for a while.

Just at the end of last year and the beginning of this year, Cao Cao took advantage of several large rivers from east to west, and cut the [-] people in Hebei into a dozen regiments in Jiyang, Dingtao, Lihu, Juyang, Puyang, Juancheng and other places. Cao Jun's combat effectiveness and geographical advantages were defeated one by one.

Half of the [-] soldiers in Hebei were killed or killed, and half of them surrendered. Yuan Shao was escorted by [-] soldiers and fled back to Hebei.

Although Cao Cao has not stopped fighting in the past two years, he has dealt with Sun Quan's superior situation, and basically ended the battle in a relatively short period of time. Therefore, the consumption of food and grass is not as good as the confrontation at Guandu, and the Central Plains also saved part of the food.

If there is food in reserve, there is no need to kill the soldiers.

Cao Cao had [-] more surrendered troops at once, and he was no longer an opponent that Jiangdong could sneak attack on. Fortunately, Cao Cao was focused on destroying Yuan Shao at this time, so that Zhou Yu could free up his hands to fight a big one.

Zhou Yu saw that everyone was shocked, and then added: "Yuan Shao experienced Yanzhou's defeat, and it will be a matter of time before he loses Hebei. We must take advantage of Cao Cao's occupation of Hebei to make Jiangdong as strong as possible. South, and then lead troops into Sichuan to capture Yizhou, my lord will have the strength to divide the world with Cao Cao."

"Divide the world?"

After hearing this, Sun Quan frowned, and then looked at the officials in the hall with some doubts. There were surprise, suspicion, shock, and respect in those eyes.
Jiangdong has been in constant war for the past few years. Regardless of the powerful local gentry or the civil servants who came to Jiangdong with the Sun family, they all want to recuperate. Only Sun Jian and Sun Ce's former generals will lead the battle.

Although Zhou Yu's strategy is grand and has a high possibility of realization, it doesn't resonate with too many people.

Originally, as the leader of one side, Sun Quan should support Zhou Yu to expand the territory most, but Zhou Yu's soldiers refused to listen to him.

No matter how much territory Zhou Yu has established outside, Sun Quan feels that the other party is building a foundation for himself, and he is still borrowing Jiangdong's resources to achieve success.

Sun Ce was like this in the past, using Yuan Shu's money and grain banner to seize Jiangdong.

Sun Quan was worried that Zhou Yu would become the next Sun Ce, but he didn't dare to reject him directly. After all, the thousands of elite soldiers stationed outside Wu County were capable of another "King of Qin".

Zhou Yu can stand on his own without rebellion, he only needs to learn from Dong Zhuo to use military power to abolish the establishment. Sun Quan has many brothers and brothers, and he can find one to replace him. Sun Quan is the first "victim".

Sun Quan thought a lot at that moment, and he couldn't refuse at this moment, so he smiled and said to Zhang Zhao: "The governor has far-reaching strategies, and he has devoted all his energy to Jiangdong. How can I not support it? Mr. Zhang, come down and think of ways. Suffer yourself and take care of the overall situation."

Zhang Zhao hammered his forehead and replied with a frown: "The governor has tens of thousands of soldiers, half a year's food needs tens of thousands of dendrobium, and all counties need to find a way to raise funds together, and it may take a long time to dispatch."

Zhou Yu replied in a deep voice: "Fighting opportunity is fleeting. After Huang Zu finishes strengthening the city wall, the difficulty of the battle will increase significantly. Troops must be dispatched within a month. As long as the follow-up military rations are guaranteed, the pre-war preparations will be used for one month." Can."

"One month's food and grass?"

Zhang Zhao stroked his beard and said to himself, it's not a problem to put his heart together, but he didn't know what the master thought, so he couldn't help looking at Sun Quan, only to see that the other party was also frowning in thought.

Zhang Zhao was about to say something, when Sun Quan suddenly asked, "Mr. Zhang, it has been three or four years since Luling was established as a county, and the money and grain have never been handed in once. Maybe the granaries over there are plentiful?"

"Because Luling is located in a remote place, because Chuli County needs to develop, Bofu has made the local self-sufficient. In the past few years, no money and grain have been handed in, and I have never heard of the chaos in the mountains. Maybe it is a good place to get food. My lord is really good. quick thinking."

Zhang Zhao nodded affirmatively to Sun Quan, thinking that the lord is too flexible.

Sun Fu, the prefect of Luling, was detained by Sun Quan and Zhang Zhao under house arrest in Wu County because of colluding with Cao Cao. In order to appease the clan of Sun Qiang, Sun Quan asked Sun Ben to serve as the prefect of Luling all the time.

Now put the conflict on Sun Ben, it depends on whether Zhou Yu dares to ask Sun Ben for food.

Zhou Yu's failure in "surrounding Wei and saving Zhao" the year before last resulted in the fall of Nanchang City by Huang Zu and Liu Pan. Sun Ben not only lost his accumulated money, food and population, but also many clansmen died after breaking the city. Became a stranger without contact.

With Zhang Zhao's words affirming, all the officials in the palace followed suit.

Luling County supported the bulk of the military supplies, which made the local gentry in Wu County very happy, and the civil servants in Huaisi also breathed a sigh of relief, because it would reduce a lot of conflicts for raising food.

Everyone thought that Zhou Yu retreated in the face of difficulties, but unexpectedly, the other party was determined this time, and immediately responded to Sun Quan with fists.

"Since there is ready-made grain in Luling, please send an order to Taishou Sun, and the general will take someone to fetch it."

"Uh ok"

Seeing Zhou Yu's arrogance, Sun Quan quickly nodded in agreement, and then told Zhang Zhao: "The governor will go to Luling to collect grain, and Mr. Zhang will be in charge of dispatching grain and grass in the rear. We must ensure that the follow-up supplies for the Western Expedition are in place."

"The old minister takes orders." Zhang Zhao bowed his hands in response.

Zhou Yu then left satisfied. He went home to reunite briefly with his wife and children for half a day, and left Wu County with the new Cheng Buzhi of Luling County. Sun Quan's confidant Zhou Shan was also with him.

Zhou Shan sent clothes and robes to Zhou Yu every month, and he came and went to mix with mature faces in Zhou Yu's camp. This time he went with the army not to send clothes as a routine, but to escort Bu Zhi to Luling to take up his post.

(End of this chapter)