Shuhan

Both want and want.

For the current Wei State, it is actually possible.

But

Dividing troops is a taboo for military strategists.

When Cao Pi went on an expedition before, he was caught in the dilemma of fighting on two sides. Wei's unfavorable wars in the past few years were related to this.

After Cao Pi returned to Luoyang, he also summed up his experience and lessons.

It is best not to divide our troops if we can.

This is the safest way.

"Why don't your Majesty mobilize Suiyang's mobile troops and head towards Shouchun first? Shouchun is closer to Wu. If there is a change in Wu, we can rush to help Wu within three days."

Three days?

But three days is neither long nor short, and there are still too many variables.

Cao Pi's eyes wandered.

It stands to reason that Cao Pi is now in his prime, but his face has already begun to look pale.

His figure is also getting thinner and thinner, and he is no longer as tall as he was a few years ago.

Cao Pi naturally knew that he was ill.

This situation is inseparable from the fact that he worked hard and fast to deal with state affairs and was often worried about the rise of the Han Dynasty.

of course

Good beauty and bad living habits are inseparable.

"Send an envoy to see the King of Wu. If he is willing to offer Hefei, I will immediately send 50,000 troops to ask for help from the Kingdom of Wu!"

If you want Wei State to rescue you, why don't you give me some benefits?

Want to have sex for free?

no way?

"At the same time, mobilize 10,000 troops from Suiyang and move to Shouchun to wait for changes!"

Anyway.

He will definitely take down Hefei.

The difference is whether Wu Guo gave it to him or he took it back himself.

As for the state of Wu

If you can, keep it.

If he doesn't know what he wants, then he can work with Han to carve up Wu. That's not impossible.

In this world where three kingdoms are standing in a tripartite state, there are still too many kingdoms.

It would be a good thing to eliminate this old man first.

Within the next ten days.

Between Han and Wu, everything was very peaceful.

There was no friction between the two sides.

There were only small-scale encounters between scouts.

The Wu army was licking its wounds, reorganizing its armaments, and gathering the elite infantry from the land of Wu.

The Han army was recuperating and digesting the meat they had eaten.

At this moment, he is in the prince's palace in Xunyang.

Liu Chan was sitting in the study, with messages in his hands from various places.

After occupying Xunyang, it was natural to collect local intelligence. As for Wu State's actions, military spies had already gone to collect intelligence.

"It seems that although Sun Quan is not good at fighting, he is still good at governing the place."

Liu Chan took the brochure in his hand and looked at it carefully.

I now have a better understanding of Wu's economic situation.

Among the three kingdoms, in terms of national economy, Wei is naturally the best.

After Cao Cao welcomed Emperor Xian to Xuchang, he implemented the policy of "the art of ruling a country is to strengthen the army and have enough food" and implemented farming near Xuchang. As a result, "I recruited people to work in the fields and promised to get millions of dendrobium grains."

Therefore, Cao Cao set up farm officials in various states and counties, recruited refugees to work in the fields, and promoted the system of farming to change the situation of "bones exposed in the wild and no roosters crowing for thousands of miles" caused by the warlords' melee in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

It is precisely because of the success of the farming system that the local area has become "a field for farmers, officers and soldiers, with the sound of chickens and dogs, and the streets are connected with each other." It is precisely because of the adoption of farming measures that the society in the north has turned to stability, and finally reached the point where "conquering the four directions, without the labor of transporting food, Then he destroyed all the thieves and brought peace to the world."

Shu has been known as the land of abundance since ancient times. The Han Emperor's success in conquering the world was based on the rich material resources of this place.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Yan and his son successively served as pastors of Yizhou. They used the policy of lenient and lenient to govern Shu, which gradually led to the monopoly of land and mountain resources by powerful powerful people, thus reducing taxes.

After Liu Bei occupied Yizhou, Zhuge Liang and Fa Zheng changed their past bad policies, cracked down on the powerful, and used seclusion to calm the people and engage in farming.

Weir officials were also set up in Dujiangyan to manage farmland water conservancy projects and promote farming to restore and develop agricultural production.

In addition, Zhuge Liang and Fazheng implemented public ownership of important handicraft industries such as iron smelting, salt boiling, and cotton weaving, and set up full-time officials to strengthen management.

In addition, Liu Chan established a business alliance, and slave trading began, sucking blood from Nanzhong, Bajun and other places.

The above series of measures have greatly increased national tax revenue and established the conditions for a tripartite confrontation.

In particular, the Shu Kingdom had various hard-to-trade commodities such as Shu Brocade and Merchant Alliance, so people all over the world used Han's products worth hundreds of dollars.

On the surface, Han's economy is not as good as Wei's, but in fact, Han is constantly harvesting the wealth of Wei and Wu through seigniorage.

As for Wu State, it is currently the weakest economically among the three countries.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Central Plains was devastated by successive wars and wars. People in the north brought their families across the river to seek refuge.

There were many wealthy businessmen among the northern refugees. They traveled from the north to Jiangnan and brought with them production technology and culture, bringing new blood to the then impoverished Jiangnan. Originally, Wu's farming technology was very backward and he had not yet learned how to farm with cattle.

Later, with the injection of production technology, agricultural production technology gradually improved, and the population gradually increased as a result, changing the previous situation of vast land and sparsely populated areas.

During the three generations of the Sun family: Sun Jian, Sun Ce, and Sun Quan, the territories they ruled gradually expanded, and the army also became larger. Therefore, the consumption of grain and grass for the military became a large part of the national expenditure. In order to reduce the burden, the farming system was gradually implemented.

Sun Quan attached great importance to agricultural production.

From the seventh year of Jian'an to the eighth year of Jian'an in the Han Dynasty, Sun Quan began to promote farming.

Sun Wu's farming villages were divided into two types: military villages and civilian villages. They were established in the military, and officials such as Dian Nong Xiaowei, Dianmin Duwei, and Tuntian Duwei were set up to manage farm affairs.

The soldiers in the field farmed and fought, while the households in the field only farmed and were exempted from military service.

In addition, Sun Quan also adopted Lu Xun's suggestion to expand the area of ​​farmland and reduce the number of oxen he drove from eight to four for farming. As a soldier, he personally plowed the fields and "worked equally with others." These actions greatly encouraged the sentiments of scholars and farmers.

In Kuaiji County, farmland areas such as Haichang, Shangyu, and Xin'an were opened; land was reclaimed on a large scale on the lake beach, and farmland areas such as Piling, Hushu, Liyang, Jiangcheng, Yuhu, and Zheqi were established; and construction was carried out with the population migrating to the south. Jinbaowei was established; more than 10 farming areas were established in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, including Xunyang, Yangxin, Wuchang, Lukou, Jiangling, and Changsha Yukou.

These measures promoted the development of agricultural production in the Jiangnan region.

For example, the farming base in Wancheng has thousands of families with troops stationed there, while the farming base in neighboring Anhui Province has tens of thousands of men and women. The scale of Sun Wu's farmland was considerable, and cattle were mostly used for farming, and the farming technology was also relatively advanced.

It is precisely because of this that the Wu State can maintain an army of nearly 100,000.

Considering the current productivity, if a population of one to two million is used to support 100,000 people, the pressure will be great.

Many of these 100,000 people were field soldiers and did not need money or food from Wu.

"The fields around Xunyang are as much as 200,000 acres. Even so, there is still great potential for development."

When it comes to farming, the Chinese are good at it.

The same is true here in Wu State.

"In a few days, it will be spring plowing, and these mature fields should be planted."

After Xunyang was captured, Liu Chan would naturally not waste the land reclaimed by Wu State.

"It's a pity that Deng Ai is already farming in Jingzhou, Jiangling. Otherwise, if he was transferred here, he would definitely be able to complete this task."

If it doesn't work, the task of farming will be handed over to Gu Yong.

This person also came from humble beginnings. Before he became powerful, he was a tenant farmer. When it comes to farming, he should be pretty good.

After thinking about the farming matter, Liu Chan turned to look at Zhou Che beside him and asked: "Is there any information coming from the military divisions in various places in Wu State?"

Zhou Che was wearing regular clothes, and he had tried to choose loose-fitting clothes. Because her belly was slowly bulging.

"The secret agents of the Military Department in various places have received news that Wu State has mobilized its military forces. Now there are thirty or forty thousand people gathered in Chaisang, and this number is still rising."

"It seems that Wu Guo has the intention to fight a decisive battle with our Han army."

Liu Chan immediately started thinking.

Now that hundreds of thousands of grains and grasses from Xunyang City have been obtained, the army's food and grass problem has been solved in a short time.

There is no need to let too many people pretend to be masters and come to arrange food and grass.

Moreover, this also means that Liu Chan can mobilize more Han troops to the front line.

"However, it will be the day of spring plowing soon. If we gather troops to come, Wu's spring plowing will be delayed."

War is not a war between soldiers.

You have mobilized 100,000 soldiers. In order to feed these 100,000 soldiers, more logistics personnel will be needed to transfer grain, grass, and military supplies.

With this move of Wu State, at least 200,000 to 300,000 people must be mobilized.

This is not a small amount.

Three to four hundred thousand strong laborers were mobilized during the critical period of spring plowing. Wu's spring plowing would definitely be delayed.

Not to mention, many places in Wu State were occupied by military garrison.

"The capital of the country is about to be lost, so what's the use of spring plowing?"

If even the Wu Kingdom cannot be defended, and the spring plowing begins, won’t they make wedding clothes for your Han disciples?

Liu Chan smiled and said, "If that's the case, then I'll just drag it with Wu Guo."

Liu Chan built the plank road openly and secretly to defeat Chen Cang. This can be said to be that the plank road was built too long.

This is almost the end of the battle to destroy Wu.

"Your Highness doesn't intend to destroy Wu?"

Liu Chan said: "If Wu can be destroyed, Gu will naturally be destroyed, but the strength of our army is not enough now. If the Wu State exerts its might, his power will far exceed ours."

In the final analysis, Liu Chan did not mobilize the entire strength of the Han Dynasty.

But only half of Jingzhou's power was mobilized.

The power of half of Jingzhou cannot destroy Wu.

Even taking down the Xunyang defense line was achieved by Liu Chan's trick.

If we attack it seriously, it will definitely take a long time.

It could be a year, it could be several years.

"Then your Highness means to bring down the Kingdom of Wu?"

"It's not that it will collapse, but if the Wu State gathers a large army and comes and eats it, the resources consumed will be an incalculable number. In addition, the spring plowing has been delayed. It will not be seen this year. If it waits until next year , there will be a food shortage in Wu State, and there may be tragic situations of cannibalism."

Harm Wu and weaken Wu.

This is not only what Wei wants, but also what Han wants.

But in addition to cheating Wu and weakening Wu, Liu Chan also wanted to use Wu.

He wanted to use Wu's navy to buy him horses from Youzhou and Liaodong. He wanted Wu to negotiate peace with him and contribute money, silk, grain, grass, and military supplies to him.

Zhou Che had never experienced the horror of cannibalism, but he had heard it from people in his house.

It was a time that no one wants to recall.

In a world where eating is a problem, all etiquette, justice and shame will not exist.

Exchange of sons for food, and selling of daughters and wives often happened.

"Your Highness, why don't you conquer the Kingdom of Wu? If so, the people of the Kingdom of Wu will not suffer so much."

After all, Zhou Che is from Wu. Although he is following Liu Chan now, he still has some compassion in his heart.

"If the King of Wu is willing to surrender Wu's hands, Gu will naturally not let the people of Wu suffer. It's just that with the current situation, Gu doesn't have much confidence in defeating the Wu army."

The so-called sad soldiers will win.

Now Sun Quan has abandoned those illusions. Facing the threat of the destruction of the country and the family, those Wu generals and soldiers are bound to explode with more powerful combat effectiveness than usual.

Fight to the death with these soldiers of Wu who are really desperate for their lives?

Liu Chan is not that stupid.

"Keep Xunyang and hold off the Wu army. Victory will be on our side. Why take risks?"

When it’s time to be steady, you still have to be steady.

Moreover.

The Xunyang defense line was broken. Now everyone in the world knows and believes that the Han army is going to conquer Wu. His task of building the plank road has been completed, and he has overfulfilled his task.

What he has to do now is to stabilize the situation.

Forming a scene of confrontation with the Wu army, he remained silent and moved personnel and materials towards Hanzhong to support Liu Bei's Northern Expedition.

Zhou Che felt a little regretful.

"I thought I could return to Jianye soon?"

There are still many people she cares about in her hometown.

"There will come a day."

Liu Chan's eyes flickered.

After winning Guanzhong, with the financial support of the Silk Road, the pace of unifying the country will become faster and faster.

But the premise is that the Northern Expedition must be successful.

If the Northern Expedition fails, everything will stop!

"Chaisang is right ahead."

Sun Quan took a warship of the Wu Kingdom Navy and sailed upstream, walking fast and slowly, and finally arrived at Chaisang.

Chaisang is very lively at this moment, and there are military tents all over the city.

There was an endless stream of Wu soldiers coming and going, as well as civilians transporting grain and grass.

All kinds of supplies are piled up on the pier like hills, and they have not yet been sorted and sent to the treasury in the city.

Tens of thousands of people are like ants, preparing intensively for the next war.

The warship Sun Quan was riding on was a huge warship in the Wu army. It was several feet high. From this angle, the vision was very broad.

The scene on the river is also very good, but at this moment, Sun Quan has no intention of seeing these beautiful scenery.

When you are in a bad mood, no matter how beautiful the scenery is, it will make you feel sick when you see it.

"How many people are here?"

Just after stepping off the huge ship, Sun Quan asked the local Chai Sang Ling.

"There are more than 40,000 soldiers in total, and at least 60,000 civilians!"

This time, Sun Quan can be said to have gathered all the soldiers of the country here.

He came directly with Wu Guosouha.

With this failure, there was no need for Wu State to exist.

If this is defeated, the unfavorable situation for Han will be reversed.

at least

Wu Guo will not be as passive as it is now.

"The generals who were summoned came to see Gu in the city. As for the government affairs of Wu State, they were handed over to Zhang Gong and Gu Gong. Gu is now short of time, so he must focus on military affairs!" (End of this chapter) )