Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1367

A round of red sun crossed the sea level in the east, and the blazing rays of the rising sun tore apart the darkness between the heaven and the earth, allowing the light to return to the earth.

Jianye City.

Huanghuang's uneasy night passed, and the streets and alleys, as always, made the people trust the court a little more. At least the current Jianye is still safe.

But in the royal palace, the Hall of Absolute Beginning, there was this gloomy atmosphere.

In the main hall, Sun Jian wore a brocade robe and a jade crown on his head. He knelt and sat in the first place. His breath was very cold. Compared with when he was majestic in the past, now his breath is more of a kind of power without anger.

Holding the great power of the Wu Kingdom, one word can flow blood into rivers, and one word can benefit all people. This position has given him a domineering aura that cannot be disobeyed by others.

When he was sullen, all the Wu officials on the left and right sides of the hall bowed their heads and did not dare to speak.

"You have been beaten to the door of the house, so you have nothing to say to Gu?"

After a while, Sun Jian opened his mouth with a murderous intent: "You still think that Gu's face is insignificant, and you can let them slap if they want, just slap!"

The capital of the king of Wu, Jianye City, is the face of the state of Wu. If it is not the time of life and death, it is not for the sake of destroying the country, but this king's capital has been brought to the city by soldiers.

Think about it, he has an urge to die with the enemy.

Because this slap was like a slap on his face.

He can fight to the death.

Wu Guo can also be defeated.

But such a shameful thing spread, what face does Wu have, and what courage does Wu have to stand among the princes of the world.

"We have failed to share the worries and solve the problems for the king, and we deserve death!"

All the ministers bowed their heads and knelt down, and spoke one after another.

At this time, it is better to confess your guilt than to fight against the king's temper. You must know that the king is in the Central Plains, and the man who is called the Jiangdong tiger is not mainly fierce, but a tiger.

The tiger has a strong nature, how can he bow his knees like cats and dogs, really angered him, but he will not consider the overall situation, if he really says to kill, he will kill him directly.

"This is not what I want to hear!"

Sun Jian raised his eyebrows and glared angrily: "Now, our enemies are approaching the city. They are wandering outside the Yangtze River, ready to rush in at any time. Gu can lose face, Great Wu can lose face, but Jianye City can't be lost. They must be wiped out, and they must be completely wiped out, otherwise our country of Wu will have no face to compete with the princes of the world!"

"Your Majesty, I implore you to summon troops to serve the King!"

One stood up and said with cupped hands.

This is Lu Jun.

General Wu Guowei, although he is not talented in marching and fighting, he has not even been on the battlefield, and has not fought a battle, but he has enough weight to sit in this position. He is the head of the Lu clan in Jiangdong today, and he sits in this position On the top, it represents the stability of Wu's military circle.

The main lineage of the Wu army comes from Sun Jian and Sun Ce's department, but most of the local armies of the Wu army, especially the county soldiers and county soldiers in various places, are in the hands of various aristocratic families.

It may not be possible to overthrow the state of Wu, but if they want civil strife in the state of Wu, as long as they are willing to go out, they are capable.

"The minister begs to summon soldiers to serve the king!"

One minister stood up, Shao Fu Ling Wei Teng.

"I invite you to summon soldiers to serve the king!"

More than a dozen ministers successively stood up and invited them.

This is a united effort.

Most of the people who stood up were officials from aristocratic families. They wanted to work hard for the king, on the one hand, to ensure that their careers would not be lost.

Jianye, as the capital of the Wu Kingdom, has already placed countless people's bets on this city. How dare they let this city have problems.

Therefore, we must take precautions and keep this city as the first core. Don't look at the struggle for power between the aristocratic family and Sun Jian, but this is a guarantee that the stability of Wu State will be above.

If the Ming Kingdom were allowed to enter Jiangdong, they didn't even dare to think about what Jiangdong would be reduced to. Moreover, the lord of the Ming Kingdom, Mu Jing, was the most unfriendly prince in the world to the aristocratic family.

There is not even a powerful family member in the Ming Dynasty. This alone is enough to show that Mujing is strong. Compared with Mujing's brutal methods, they would rather let Sun Jian sit firmly in Jiangdong.

Therefore, it is their unified thinking to protect the construction industry and safeguard the sovereignty of Wu.

And the second point, once the soldiers are recruited to serve the king and all the troops enter the capital, they also have an advantage. At least they can give them a chance to insert some power in controlling the Wu army in the future, instead of the main force of Wu today. Above that, they have little influence.

Sun Jian looked at the faces with hopeful eyes, and slowly calmed down his anger. If it was the past, he didn't need to be like this.

But now, instead, he has a little more thought and learned to use means to solve it instead of using force directly. For a king, this can be regarded as growth.

"If King Qin ordered it, wouldn't the state of Wu be in chaos?" Sun Jian asked, "Our state of Wu is newly built, and people's hearts are not stable. Wouldn't it be even more dangerous to have a strong enemy!"

The battle last night did frighten him a lot, but he wasn't too worried. He still had great confidence in the Tiger Army, and Jianye City wasn't easy to capture.

But don’t be afraid of [-], just be afraid of what happens.

When the news of the First World War came back last night, he was quite surprised. This force retreated to the Yangtze River, but it did not mean to withdraw, but to maintain an attack on Stone City.

This made him a little more worried.

And there is another one, that is the source of this force, there has been no result, which makes him very uneasy, the more uneasy, the more he naturally wants to ensure the stability of Jianye.

"Your Majesty is very worried!"

A middle-aged Confucian student, wearing the uniform of the prime minister, stood up, cupped his hands and said: "I do not agree to publicly issue the order of King Qin, the hearts of the people in the world are not at ease, and my Great Wu has not yet been able to stabilize the hearts of the people. If such a thing happens at this time , the hearts of the people will be messed up, and the place will be unstable, so how can you keep the imperial capital stable!"

"Then I don't know what good strategy the Prime Minister has?"

Wei Teng looked at Zhang Zhao darkly.

Above the imperial court, Zhang Zhao is definitely Sun Jian's confidant, and also the great enemy of the family. This man is scheming and scheming, and his strategies for the country are unpredictable, so he is not an easy person to deal with.

"The enemy's approaching the city is a great disgrace to our country of Wu. We should do everything in our power to wipe them out!"

Zhang Zhao cupped his hands, and said dignifiedly: "I beg you, Hussar General Tai Shici, to lead the army back immediately and join forces with Governor Zhou Yu to attack. We must annihilate all the enemy troops on the Yangtze River Road, so as to correct my great Wu Tianwei!"

"However, General Tai Shici is the main force in conquering the rebellious country of Wu on behalf of Wu, and he withdrew suddenly, how can he explain to the princes of the world!" A minister stood up and questioned Zhang Zhao.

"The enemy who is approaching the city now is the Ming bandit. The Ming bandit has entered our Jiangdong territory. I withdraw my troops and wipe out the enemy. This is to contribute to the crusade against the rebellious country. If this force can be wiped out on the Yangtze River, the waters of the Ming country will be destroyed." The army is bound to suffer a serious setback, and this is a great achievement!"

Zhang Zhao began to analyze in an orderly manner.

In fact, since the Ming army's navy crossed Chaisang, he had such thoughts.

Ming country is in danger, attacking Ming country, how dangerous it is.This part of Tai Shici's main force may even become cannon fodder on the battlefield, and it may be wiped out by the entire army.

Now the goals of the four vassals are the same, but it may not be necessary to say that they work together. How much effort they make depends on their own minds, and it is not determined by individual will, but the collective interests. Wu has Wu's position.

At this time, if you can keep your main force, hide behind, and sit on the mountain to watch the tigers fight, then it is naturally the best.

There was no reason before.

After all, the princes of the world are fighting against Ming together. If Wu Guo does not want to become an ally of Ming and an enemy of the princes of the world, they must contribute to this.

But it is different now, the capital city of the Wu Kingdom was besieged by the enemy, what a big deal, such a reason, withdrawing troops to return to the country, and crusade against rebellion, that is a reasonable reason for the people of the world.

And Mujing took such a risky strategy at the beginning because he considered Wu Guo's mentality in this regard. When he came to the city, he didn't want to destroy Wu Guo, but to force Wu Guo to withdraw his troops.

In this way, the main force will be lost on the battlefield. After all, the Wu army is also fierce, and its combat power is not far behind among the major princes. If there is more main force, it will be more dangerous.

Mu Jing is doing calculations.

However, Wu Guo accepted it. They really wanted to use the donkey to get off the slope, and wanted to withdraw the soldiers and horses from the front line, so when Zhang Zhao made this suggestion, all the officials were silent.

Even Sun Jian was ready to move.

There are not many such opportunities to keep Jianye safe and achieve one's own goals. If you can't grasp it, you will definitely miss it.

"Aiqing, do you have any doubts about the words of the prime minister?" Sun Jian took a deep breath, raised his head, and glanced at the face of a minister with his eyes lightly.

But the silence of the ministers made him understand their mentality.

Even Lu Jun and Wei Teng are silent. Although the interests of the aristocratic family are important, they all eat in the same pot. Now it is not a time of peace, but a period of entrepreneurship, and they will not serve the interests of the aristocratic family. , and directly smashed the plate of Wu Guo.

At this time, the overall situation is very important.

"it is good!"

Sun Jian finally made up his mind: "Come here, hurry up for [-] miles, and pass on the orphan's order: The enemy suddenly approached Jianye, Jianye is in danger, and the city is about to be broken. Order Tai Shici to send the army back to help, and keep Jianye safe! "

"promise!"

This decree spread quickly through many channels.

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After leaving the court, Sun Jian handed over the defense of the city to Zhang Zhao, and then went straight to Stone City without stopping.

He himself was a military commander.

If you don't take a look for yourself, you will be unwilling.

"Your Majesty, why are you here?" Huang Gai was a little surprised, he hurried up to meet him and said, "Now the enemy army is still hovering on the river outside Stone City, and will attack Stone City at any time, this place is too dangerous!"

"The lonely south has been fighting in the north for many years, nowhere is it dangerous!"

Sun Jian waved his hand: "Grand Fu, don't worry. Although Gu is not the enemy of ten thousand people, it is not because he has no strength to restrain a chicken. There are still guards around him to protect him. Even if he is in the battlefield, he will be safe!"

He ignored Huang Gai's worries, and went directly to Stone City, looked at the traces left by Stone City during the battle last night, and couldn't help but gasped: "Arrow marks, fire marks, understandable, but Such fierce impact marks almost smashed the city wall. Obviously, it is possible to do it only by the stone bombs thrown by a large trebuchet. The enemy army lives on the ship as the base to attack. It is impossible to have such a huge trebuchet, what is going on?"

This kind of large-scale trebuchet is also available in Wu State, and many of them are used to attack the main city. The stone bombs thrown can shake the entire city wall, which is of great help to the attack.

But on the river, it is very difficult for fighting ships to be equipped with trebuchets. Even if there are, they are miniature and not very lethal. Even the trebuchets on the building boats are only small trebuchets.

It is impossible to have such a large influence on the siege.

"Your Majesty, you have forgotten that although the Ming army's navy is not good at water warfare, they are good at building ordnance. When they fought in Jingzhou, they showed a combination of stone throwing machines!"

Huang Gai cupped his hands, and reported in a low voice: "Naturally, a large ship cannot carry such a large-scale and fierce attacking catapult, but if several fighting ships are combined to support the force point, it will be very useful." It is possible to form such a destructive trebuchet!"

Just as Ming has information about Wu, Wu will also have information about Ming's military equipment, especially the weapons used by the Ming army during the Jingxiang battle, which Wu has been thinking about.

"The military equipment of the Ming Dynasty is really beyond our reach!"

Sun Jian gritted his teeth when he heard this.

The Ming army is known as the most powerful army in the world. In addition to the strong discipline of the Ming army, the strength of individual soldiers, the proficiency in battle, and various reasons, there is also a great advantage. The advantage of distance in combat power.

That is the military equipment of the Ming Dynasty.

The development of Ming country's military equipment is definitely the best in the world. This is something that any prince of any party has to admit.

Many people even want to obtain the ordnance of the Ming Dynasty through various channels, and then call craftsmen, invest in analysis and research, and want to copy it, but so far, there is no way to catch up with the strength of the ordnance of the Ming Dynasty.

"Gongfu, I just received the news from Danyang yesterday. It stands to reason that the Ming army and navy should be trapped in Danyang. Why did they cross Danyang overnight, and even Shicheng has no realm, and they came to my Jianye city. Already!"

Sun Jian was particularly persistent about this point. He still couldn't figure out whether the Ming army could fly over the river.

"Your Majesty, regarding this point, the general will have some guesses!"

"Say!"

"Today I sent people to investigate on the east side of the Yangtze River and found some news!" Huang Gai had been a little suspicious since the start of the battle last night, but today it was just a matter of implementation: "My warship of Wu Kingdom is divided into two parts. The main force, one is Zhou Yu's department, the governor of the Chaisang navy, and the other is General He Qi's department. It was the warship of Zhou Yu's tribe, but Zhou Yu's tribe was gathered in Chaisang. Basically, there were no warships at Guangling Ferry for a generation. However, some people found that some warships crossed Guangling in the past few days, crossing the border westward from the mouth of the Yangtze River !"

"What do you mean?" Sun Jian froze for a moment.

"This should be the sea bandit in East China Sea!" Huang Gai said: "Before we couldn't find out the root cause, it seemed that it appeared out of thin air. Not only were there elite warships, but they could also entangle with the main force of our army and plunder our Kuaiji County. , How arrogant, now it seems that it should be a warship of the Ming army!"

"how come?"

Sun Jian's pupils widened in disbelief.

The East China Sea, that is the sea area to the east of Jiangdong, how far away is thousands of miles to the southeast, how could there be traces of Ming army warships on the East China Sea, this is too hard for him to believe.

(End of this chapter)