Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 657 Cao Pi is more shameless than his father

Sun Quan found the answer from Hu Ke, and answered the court in a good mood.

The ministers are still arguing about the dispatch of troops for Chaisang, but the Huaisi faction and the Jiangdong gentry also have a consensus. They agree that Sun Quan should come to Ruxu. After all, the king of Wei and Cao Pi have already arrived in person. bit.

Sun Quan Qiankun arbitrarily ordered to draw troops from Chaisang, and ordered Gu Yong and others to prepare money and food for the battle, and ordered the military commander Zhang Zhao to go out with the army two days later.

Sun Quan's tone was unprecedentedly tough, so that the Jiangdong gentry had no chance to shirk. Sun Quan also worshiped the young Zhang Wen as Yilang, intending to let him accumulate military merits with the army.

Yilang is one of the Lang officials under Guang Luxun. He is in charge of counselors, dealing with impermanent affairs, and his Han rank is six hundred shi.

Although the consultant's salary is not high, and he is not a position of real power, he can often accompany the monarch, and he cannot be a person who is not close and trustworthy.

Zhang Wen was born in a wealthy family in Wu County, a descendant of Marquis Zhang Liang. He has little moral integrity and a magnificent appearance. Due to the careful training of his family, he has a great reputation in Jiangdong.

After clearing the value, Zhang Wen walked out of the palace gate with doubts, but Gu Yong was waiting beside him.

"Gu Gong." Zhang Wen cupped his hands and saluted.

Gu Yong nodded lightly, and asked, "Will Huishu go home directly?"

"I will be joining the army soon, my nephew has to go back and pack my bags." Zhang Wen replied politely. Gu Yong was of the same generation as his father Zhang Yun, so he spoke very politely.

"The lord worships Huishu as Yilang. It seems that he will make some achievements in the future. Remember to give more advice when he is in the army. Not many of us scholars from the local area are favored by the lord," Gu Yong instructed.

Zhang Wen smiled awkwardly: "My nephew also finds it strange."

"Maybe my lord thinks about the matter of ransoming the prisoners. Your Zhang family has contributed a lot, so I want to bring you some military merits as compensation." Gu Yong analyzed.

Zhang Wen shook his head and smiled wryly: "Actually, I have no pursuit of military merit."

"The three families of Gu, Lu, and Zhu all have people in charge of the army. Your Zhang family in Wu County should not be an exception. After Lu Boyan becomes the governor, we will have a greater say. At that time, whether we want to seize Jingzhou and fight Hefei will not be Huaihe. Si generals are in charge." Gu Yong said proudly.

"Uh, my nephew doesn't quite understand." Zhang Wen shook his head.

Gu Yong patted him on the shoulder to encourage him: "Work hard and offer more advice and suggestions. We all come from famous families, so just don't humiliate our ancestors."

"Hmm." Zhang Wen nodded in response, wondering if this matter might have something to do with his brother-in-law?He is good at doing business, so he has to be reminded to stay out of politics, as a businessman will not end well if he asks about politics.

A few days later, Sun Quan arrived at Ruxuwu with Jiangdong Wenwu.

Governor Cao Pi led Cao Ren, Zang Ba, etc., and a [-] waterway army passed Hefei and was marching in the direction of Lujiang.

Jiangdong's garrison in Huainan was only more than [-], all gathered in Ruxuwu and set up a defensive posture. Huge pressure shrouded Jiangdong's soldiers.

The land in Huainan is fertile and conducive to irrigation. During the period of tugging with each other, the Sun and Cao families still did not give up farming rice on the front line. Wanxian, Juchao, Linhu, Xiang'an and other places each had their tribes in the army.

Cao Pi led a large army to suppress the border, Zhou Tai could only transfer Ruxu's garrison to cover the village and retreat back to the south bank of the Yangtze River.

The late rice in Huainan is still a month away from harvesting, and Zhou Tai is counting on the supply of rice this season to come to naught.

The large amount of compensation to Jingzhou has caused material shortages in Jiangdong, and it has basically become a luxury to fight the battle of abundance of food. Zhou Tai is worried that the rations of the garrison will be reduced.

After Sun Quan learned about the situation in Huainan, he comforted everyone: "Don't worry, everyone. Our Jiangdong water army is the best in the world. We still have the final say in fighting in the water. Cao Pi is definitely not as good as his father in using troops. Hasn't Cao Cao been here a few times? It's almost there. I was captured in Chaohu, so there is nothing to worry about.

As for the difference in the strength of the two sides, it doesn't matter. I have sent Zihuang (Quan Cong) to Chaisang to mobilize troops. I believe that reinforcements will come soon. Lu Boyan is also coming from Danyang. By then, the strength of the two sides will not be much different. . "

"My lord, as long as we stick to Ruxuwu as before, it will be useless to let the opponent have more troops. The general is only worried about food and grass. I thought I could last until the late rice harvest." Zhou Tai's face was serious.

"You Ping worry too much, you just need to command the army well, you don't need to worry about logistics." Sun Quan shook his head, and then said to Zhang Wen: "Hui Shu, tell General Zhou about the supply problem."

Zhang Wen bowed his hands and nodded, saying: "The Zhang family is mobilizing rice from various places. They should collect [-] to [-] hu grains. Jianye Wharf has already started shipping [-] hu, and they can reach Ruxuwu at the latest the day after tomorrow."

"This is great." Zhou Tai was overjoyed.

Zhang Zhao frowned and pondered. He felt that he still underestimated the Zhang family. This bottomless background was too terrifying. He had contributed a lot to the redemption of prisoners of war last time, and now he took the lead in raising food for the lord. No wonder he was worshiped as Yilang at a young age. , which lord doesn't like such a courtier?

Sun Quan looked at Zhuge Jin and asked: "Is there a reason for Cao Pi's aggressiveness? There are many rumors in Jianye that it is because we want to sell to the ban. Is Cao Pi so boring? He doesn't know how to count 10 soldiers for a business. How much money and food will be consumed in the war of ten thousand people? Will it be settled?"

"Maybe it really has something to do with the transaction." Zhuge Jin blushed, lowered her head and answered in a low voice.

At the beginning, Zhuge Jin spent [-] million to buy Yujin, but after being deceived, he was sent to Huainan by Sun Quan, intending to sell it to Wei State at a higher price.

Because Cao Cao died of illness, Cao Pi succeeded King Wei, Xiahou Dun was transferred away, Cao Ren was transferred in, and major events in Wei State occurred frequently, this deal has not been put on the table for a long time, as if Jiangdong is unilaterally buying and selling.

Sun Quan can't blame Zhuge Jin, because he set the super high selling price.

Just as Zhuge Jin finished speaking, Sun Quan slapped the table angrily, and asked like a cannonball: "What does Cao Pi want to do? If the price is too high, he can bargain. How could he directly launch a war to retaliate before he started bargaining? I never Never seen such an excuse."

Zhuge Jin swallowed her saliva, took out a letter from her bosom and handed it over, "My lord, this is a letter of guilt sent by Cao Pi."

"A letter of guilt?" Sun Quan accepted the letter with a puzzled face, and after unfolding it, he realized that Cao Pi's reason was extremely rude. He was furious and threw it to Zhang Zhao.

"Shameless, Cao Pi is even more shameless than Cao Cao." Sun Quan yelled.

Zhang Zhao frowned, and concluded softly: "Cao Pi framed Jiang Dong as a bribe of [-] million to Sima Yi? The purpose was to sell Yu Ban to Wei Guo for [-] billion? If the bribe failed, he sent a killer to assassinate the other party's entire family. Cao Pi's reason is too absurd, right? The old man has never seen such a brazen person."

"Hmph, bah, if I still have [-] million yuan, wouldn't it be good to find Lan Tian for more prisoners of war? Should I give it to Sima Yi for nothing?" Sun Quan's eyebrows twitched.

"There is also a reason for sending assassins to assassinate the entire Sima family. Isn't this reason too far-fetched? We Jiangdong really have these talents, don't we just assassinate those monarchs casually? We should have ruled the world a long time ago." Zhang Wen listened to Gu Yong's words and talked more offer advice.

(End of this chapter)