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Chapter 698 Xiling
"What's going on?" Yang Zheng was taken aback. Jin and Wu had been quiet for more than half a year, and they were going to fight again?
"Sun Hao summoned Buxie and Buchan brothers to return to Jianye to be the superintendent of the tent. The two brothers suspected that Sun Hao was going to attack him, so they raised Xiling City to surrender to the Jin thieves, and sent their sons Buji and Busuan to Luoyang as hostages!"

The governor of the tent is actually the commander of the forbidden army of Soochow, and his position is not unimportant.

But with Sun Hao's reputation, and calling the two brothers back to Jianye at this juncture, a fool would know what to do.

The military value of Xiling is more important than that of Jiangling.

It not only blocked the Qin army from going east, but also guarded the Jiangling flank.

The source of the Soochow Yangtze River defense line is actually in Xiling.

"What did Du Yu, Luo Xian, and Linghu Sheng say?"

Pang Qing took out two memos, "Du Dudu and Linghu Inspector both have memos."

"Oh?" Yang Zheng's expression changed.

All affairs in central Shu are decided by Du Yu, what does Linghu Sheng mean by following the last memorial?
After opening the playlist and reading the contents inside, Yang Zheng suddenly realized.

It turned out that the strategies of the two were different.

According to Du Pre-Zou, although the state of Wu is in decline, it has the strength to fight. Ding Feng and Lu Kang are both wise and brave generals, and Zhong Hui is in the midst of them.

Moreover, the main force of the Qin army was in the north, and there were only [-] soldiers in the middle of Shu, and Jin and Wu both had a scale of more than [-].

Linghu Sheng felt that the battle between Jin and Wu was a god-given opportunity. We should seize this opportunity. Zhou Zhi and Liu Yin came out of Shangyong, Du Yu and Luo Xian came out of Shuzhong, and fought for Jingzhou with Jin and Wu!
Looking at Yang Zheng's face, he couldn't help but sink.

Linghu Sheng was suspected of overreaching and acting too aggressively.

A few months ago, Jin Yiwei secretly made a statement, and Linghu Sheng and Du Yu were at odds.

Yang Zheng didn't take it too seriously, Du Yu was calm and modest, and Linghu Sheng was also a good man for a while, so there shouldn't be any trouble.

But now it seems that it is slightly inappropriate to put the two of them in Shuzhong.

Discord between generals and prime ministers has been taboo since ancient times.

Of course, according to the emperor's mind, the two sides are at odds, and fighting openly and secretly is the way to control people.

But Yang Zheng is not an ordinary emperor, and Du Yu is not an ordinary general, so there is no need to doubt his loyalty.

Don't use people with suspicion, don't use people who are suspicious.

In addition to the land equalization system, the advantage of Qin State is that it has less internal friction, high morale, and vigorous spirit.

Yang Zheng felt that the root cause of the Sima family's ability to seize Cao Wei's country was various internal struggles.

Cao Wei's clan fights with each other, fights within the gentry group, and then fights with the noble group, and fights back and forth, creating opportunities for the Sima family.

The gentry pushed Sima Yi to power because they wanted him to be Yi Yin Huo Guang. Unexpectedly, Sima Yi was a tomb tiger, and he used the gentry to take everything from the Cao family.

In a word, flies don't bite seamless eggs, Cao Wei himself has no problem, and Sima Yi can't find a chance.

So Yang Zheng did not allow Shuzhong to fight internally at this critical moment.

"Sheng Linghusheng shoots for Shangshu Zuopu and enters the capital." Yang Zheng quickly made a decision.

The state of Qin has just stabilized for a year, and Jin and Wu have heavy troops on the front line of Jingzhou. If Linghu Sheng's approach is followed, it will definitely be a great battle.

Still passively involved.

Instead of this, it is better to keep Jingzhou and slowly shed the blood of Jin and Wu.

Yang Zheng had an intuition that once he sent troops, it was very likely that Jin and Wu would stop fighting, compromise quickly, and then unite to turn around and mess with himself first.

Because both Jin and Wu were ruled by gentry clansmen, they were naturally opposed to Qin.

"Then Shuzhong..."

"Du Yu is in charge of all the military forces in central Shu. Whether to fight or not is up to him!" Yang Zheng said decisively.

Du Yu has guarded Shuzhong for many years, and he knows best whether he can fight.

Looking at the world, Du Yu's military talent is also one of the best.

"only!"

Xiangyang.

Yang Hu looked at the information sent back from Soochow, and sighed, "It's not the right time!"

Jingzhou had just started to improve, and the war came.

Although everyone wanted the important land of Xiling, Yang Hu was not ready.

He kept telling the Bu brothers to be patient and wait for the opportunity.

The Bu brothers have also been hesitating. After all, the family's attachment to the Jin state is unpredictable. As long as Sun Hao doesn't trouble Xiling, everyone can make do with turning a blind eye.

The Bu family is also a well-known family in Jiangdong, who would betray the motherland unless it is absolutely necessary?
The reputation of several generations of business will also be ruined.

But no one expected that Sun Hao actually broke the tacit understanding between each other and pierced the window paper ahead of time.

The Bu brothers immediately rebelled.

Sima Yan in Luoyang also responded positively, and named Buxie as General Wei, Kaifu Yitong Sansi, Shizhong, and concurrently served as Jiaozhou Shepherd.

Then the king of Dongguan County, Shangshu Youpushe, and Fujun General Sima Ni led the [-] Chinese troops to the south, and Yang Zhao, the governor of Jingzhou, Wang Rong, the governor of Yuzhou, and Sima Liang, the governor of Jiangbei, led an army of [-] troops from Jingyu to the south to support Yanghu.

The strength of Xiangyang City reached [-], and Sima Ni's [-] Chinese Army was still on the way.

Jianye also hastily summoned an army of [-] to support Jiangling.

A big war is inevitable.

But both Jin and Wu rushed to the battle, and the army was preparing in the rear.

On the front line of Jingzhou, there are more than [-] Jin troops in Xiangyang, more than [-] Wu troops in Lexiang, about [-] Wu troops in Jiangling, and [-] defenders in Xiling.

The Jin army has 11 troops on the front line alone, while Lu Kang has only [-] Wu troops under his command.

However, Yang Hu's expression was not good. He was the governor, and Sima Liang was also the governor, and he was still in the clan.

Lu Kang is amazing, Yang Hu has already experienced it.

In July of this year, due to the flat and open terrain to the north of Jiangling, Lu Kang ordered Zhang Xian, governor of Jiangling, to divert the Han River into Dangyang in the north of Jiangling to isolate the Jin army from raids and internal defections.

Coincidentally, Yang Hu also wanted to use the waterway to transport grain to the northern forts of Jiangling, so he threatened to break the dam to pass the infantry, and wanted Wu Jun to step up to intercept the water flow.

Unexpectedly, Lu Kang saw through Yanghu's intentions at a glance, and deliberately waited for the Yanghu grain ship to arrive, so Zhang Xian immediately destroyed the dam. Yanghu lost thousands of shi of grain and grass, and switched to land transportation, which took time and effort.

Although it was only a small confrontation, Lu Kang left a deep impression on him.

Yang Hu's original intention was to let Lu Kang fight the Bu brothers first, wait for Sima Ni's [-] Chinese army, and then the army would go south in one fell swoop and break through Jiangling.

But Sima Liang, Yang Zhao, and Wang Rong all thought that the opportunity must not be missed, and when their own reinforcements arrived, Jianye's reinforcements also came.

It's better to go hand in hand, with Yang Zhao attacking Xiling, Yanghu attacking Jiangling, Xu Yin attacking Gong'an, and casting a wide net, you can always catch a fish.

If any point is breached, the Yangtze River defense line will also be broken.

Yang Hu didn't want to offend others, and felt that this strategy was not bad, so he followed the public's wishes.

The strength of the Jin army was more than twice that of Lu Kang, not counting the troops of the Bu brothers in Xiling City.

The strategy of going hand in hand is also in line with the current situation.

If Jiangling was surrounded first, Lu Kang would only have [-] troops in his hands. With such a small number of people, let alone attacking Xiling, he would be unable to do anything.

As long as any one army bites Lu Kang, and the other two follow up, Lu Kang is almost finished.

In this battle, the Jin army can be said to have the upper hand.

The three-way army marched in with clamor, and people in Soochow were panicked.

(End of this chapter)