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Chapter 666
Huainan.

After Zhong Hui received Yang Zheng's reply, he said with disdain: "I thought Yang Xingyun was a hero in vain, but he was also a dog guarding the soil. If God didn't take it, he would be blamed. If he doesn't want it, he can only let the Sima family's son come. "

After Jiang Bin read the letter, he cupped his hands and said, "What the King of Qin said is also mature and prudent. Although last year's harvest was bumper, the population in Huainan was insufficient, breaking Wu..."

"It is precisely because Huainan is not strong enough, so we need to take advantage of it!"

"But how could Sima Yan easily attack Wu?"

"It was impossible before, but now it is very possible. If Sima Yan wants to become emperor, he must use the merits of defeating Wu, otherwise he will not have the slightest prestige as emperor!" Zhong Hui was so confident.

Jiang Bin didn't believe it intellectually, but in the battle of Huainan, the original mortal situation was revived by Zhong Hui, so he had to be skeptical.

Zhong Hui saw Jiang Bin's doubts, and patiently explained: "Since the promulgation of the land occupation system, the national power of the Central Plains has been at its peak, like a fire cooking oil, and no matter how the land in Huainan is cultivated, it cannot compare with the Central Plains. I am not looking for something for Sima Yan." Do it, consume its national strength, and Sima Yan will set his sights on Huainan sooner or later!"

The so-called Huainan is actually Shouchun and Hefei.

The other areas are either no-man's land, or the Wu and Wei are intertwined, and they don't have the potential for development at all, which is much worse than Huaibei.

In Yingchuan's letter, Zhong Hui was clearly requested not to go north.

This is a political tacit understanding.

If Zhong Hui didn't go north, what he got in return was the secret support of the Yingchuan clan.

Without their support, Zhonghui would be like duckweed in the water and a tree without roots.

"The governor is wise!" Jiang Bin sighed.

"Sun Hao came out of Soochow, and God helped me!" Zhong Hui's eyes became much deeper.

During the Shouchun battle, he had already given up, but he didn't expect the turn of events. Sima Zhao died of illness, and Sima Yan hurried back to Luoyang to seize power.

Since God does not let him die, it means that there is still a great fortune waiting behind.

Zhong Hui is convinced of this.

"Then how did the governor provoke Sima Yan to attack Wu?" Jiang Bin asked curiously.

Zhong Hui smiled strangely, "This battle must not only rely on the power of Sima Yan, but also the power of Soochow!"

"The governor is wise!" Jiang Bin was very smart and didn't ask any more. Zhong Hui was willing to say it, but he would definitely say it himself, and he didn't want to say it.

Jiang Bin was deeply afraid of the forces standing behind Zhong Hui.

If he had obeyed Sima Zhao's advice and killed Zhong Hui, he would probably die now without a place to bury him.

Perhaps Sima Zhao died unexpectedly because of this.

Jiang Bin suddenly felt uneasy about his future.

It seems that it is just a chess piece that can be manipulated by others, and the fate of the chess pieces is mostly not very good.

Zhong Hui keeps saying that wealth and honor are shared, but if this sentence is said too much, the effect will be greatly reduced...

At this moment in Luoyang, Sima Yan is only one step away from the high position.

The efforts of the third generation of the Sima family will finally bear fruit in him, so Sima Yan cherishes his feathers very much and pays attention to his reputation.

Everything needs to be right and sound. If Sima Yan has no merits, he will have no confidence in his heart.

Wang Mang's lessons are not far away.

Even if he is enthroned, he will be dragged down and die without a place to bury him.

Originally, Sima Zhao could be called emperor, but Cao Mao drew his sword and boarded the chariot, bleeding blood on the streets, which made Sima Zhao no longer have the chance to be emperor.

The Sima family's reputation has been ruined, so they can only make a fuss about their achievements.

In the past few years, the land occupation system has flourished, more and more people have registered households, and the grain harvest has been bumper for several consecutive years. The Gyeonggi area alone has collected millions of grains.

The registered population exceeds 800 million!

Sima Yan ordered Jia Chong, Pei Xiu, and Xun Xu to formulate new laws to wipe out the decline since the Han and Wei dynasties.

In the spring of the ninth year of Ganlu, in view of the extravagance of Cao Wei, he tried to be benevolent and frugal, and repeatedly ordered the county magistrates to persuade them to teach farming and mulberry, and strictly prohibited the powerful from privately raising tenants.

In the past year when Sima Yan was in power, with the help of Zhang Hua, Pei Xiu and others, he reformed politics, revitalized the economy, practiced strict frugality, and promoted the rule of law, which greatly promoted the prosperity of the Central Plains.

With more food in hand and population growth, it is natural to draw your sword and look around.

"There was a severe drought in Guanzhong last year. Yang Zheng built a new capital regardless of the life and death of the people. He also launched an army of 10,000+ people to attack Daijun. Now the food and grass are abundant and the soldiers are full. The soldiers all want to serve the king and make contributions to the country. This is exactly what happened. It's a great time to wipe out the Qin bandits!" Others were afraid of being beaten by the Qin bandits, but Shi Bao was not.

Shi Bao was as famous as Deng Ai in his early years, and his ambition has not yet been fulfilled.

And as long as troops are sent out, all the lost power will come back.

Looking at the court, who else can compare with him?

Qin is now in a period of weakness, and the Central Plains should not stand still.

Wang Jun, the prefect of Hongnong, Zhuge Xu, the prefect of Nanyang, and Tang Bin, the prefect of Hedong, also made numerous appearances, saying that there was a severe drought in Guanzhong, and the people's hearts were uncertain, and it was a good time to recover Guanzhong.

As long as Guanzhong is withdrawn, Qin will lose contact from head to toe, and the day of disintegration will not be far away.

"The thief who broke Qin..." Sima Yan hesitated.

The risk is too great.

If defeated, let alone enthroned and proclaimed emperor, I am afraid that Hedong, Tongguan, and Nanyang will all fall.

Sima Zhao was alive, and might still have the heart of revenge, but Sima Yan never dared to launch a war against the country at this time.

In history, Soochow itself was so bad that Sima Yan attacked Wu on the advice of Yang Hu, Zhang Hua and others.

After the fall of Shu, the state of Wu lasted for 17 years.

Sima Yan wanted merit, but he didn't want to go to Guanzhong to risk his life...

At the critical moment, it was Jia Chong who was able to figure out Sima Yan's thoughts best, "It must not be done, a horse in Guanzhong is flat, extremely beneficial to the cavalry of the Qin thieves. , the morale is at its peak, and at this time, the victory of the Qin attack is unpredictable!"

Sima Yan gave him an approving look, secretly sighed that Jia Chong was still useful, "According to what Gonglu said, what should we do?"

Jia Chong's triangular eyes turned quickly, and he had an idea in the blink of an eye, "You can't defeat Qin, but you can exhaust Qin. Tongguan and Wuguan are both in my hands. You might as well send elite cavalry soldiers to harass them, destroy their fields, and plunder them." The common people, kill their soldiers and shake the hearts of the soldiers. As far as I know, most of the people in Guanzhong migrated from the middle of Shu. If things go on like this for a long time, the strength of the Qin State will be exhausted, and each other will grow and we will grow. In less than three years, the Central Plains will be at its peak, and then the army will enter the Guanzhong. How can the thief Yang be a king with a million soldiers?"

"Good, great good!" Sima Yan stood up from the slump.

These words literally went straight to his heart.

Shi Bao opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything.

Jia Chong's strategy has too many loopholes.

Qin thieves are good at cavalry, what do you use to harass them?

Qin's land equalization system is more thorough than the land occupation system.

If you don't send troops now, it will be even more difficult in the future.

But the problem is that Sima Yan and Jia Chong sang together, and he couldn't find an excuse to interrupt at all.

At this moment, someone outside the hall sang loudly: "Jiangdong Express!"

"Xuan!" Sima Yan's gestures were completely emperor-like.

"Report to the king, Sun Hao used the excuse of going to the funeral for the late king, and together with General Liu Zuan of Chariots and General Teng Mu of the Guards, raised [-] troops to attack Yiyang!"

Sima Yan's face darkened.

Sun Hao is obviously bullying him when he just took over.

When Sima Zhao was there, Sun Hao was more obedient and sent envoys Zhang Yan and Ding Zhong to Luoyang to express his obedience.

Sima Zhao went, Daijun lost, and Sun Hao came after smelling it.

"Is it tolerable or unbearable!" Sima Yan said angrily.

He has no idea about fighting Qin, but he has a lot of experience in fighting Wu.

But Jia Chong saw a clue from it.

Wu's Northern Expedition, either Xiangyang or Hefei, why choose Yiyang?
Besides the old enemy Zhong Hui, who else can mediate in it?
Just as he was about to speak, someone took a step ahead of him.

Xun Xu cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, since Sun Hao took the throne, he has acted perversely and cruelly, and everyone in the country complains about it. Jiangdong will perish today!"

(End of this chapter)