Wei Ni

Chapter 81

Indeed, this year Sun Quan does not intend to send troops to invade Huainan.

Not only because of the failure of the Shu Kingdom to raise troops at the beginning of the year and the failure of the false surrender last year, but also because Sun Quan has a heart that yearns for the sea.

That is also inevitable after moving the capital to Jianye.

Before Cao Pi received Zen and Liu Bei proclaimed himself emperor, Sun Quan made his capital in Wuchang, intending to use the Jingxiang front as a breakthrough in Wu's foundation.

After all, if Wu Guo can fully occupy Xiangfan, no matter whether he goes north to take Wanluo or goes east to take Yuyan and other central places in the Central Plains, Wu can achieve hegemony.

It's just that Shiyang City, which was guarded by Wenpin, the prefect of Wei Jiangxia, was too difficult to capture.

Sun Quan worked hard many times, but he was unable to capture Shiyang City, so that the Jiangdong Essence Navy went up against the Han River to control Xiangfan.

And Wenpin also lived a long life.

Long lived to the point where the white-haired man sent the black-haired man away, so he had to adopt his stepson Wenxiu as his heir.

Therefore, Sun Quan, who was unable to achieve practical results on the Xiangfan front, moved the capital back to Jianye as soon as he became emperor, intending to use the advantage of the enemy and the enemy in the Battle of Shiting to reverse the situation, and pin his hopes in the North Tuyuan on the Huainan front again. superior.

Of course, this is not an easy task.

Because Jiangdong's defeats on the Huainan front in the early years were much more than those in Jingxiang.

Under such circumstances, Sun Quan also had the mentality of "if you are poor, you will change".

Just like Cao Pi, who defeated Wu three times, learned the lesson that Cao Cao of Wei Wu could not break through Ruxukou throughout his life, so he pinned his hope of breaking Wu on Hengjiangpu and the Yangtze River Estuary in Guangling County; Sun Quan, who was still unable to break through Hefei City , I also want to use the elite navy to find the dawn of hope.

On the grounds of buying horses from Liaodong, he sent General Zhou He and Captain Pei Qian (not the one from Wei) to lead a fleet of hundreds of ships northward to contact Gongsun Yuan.

The land in the south of the Yangtze River does not produce horses, but the Northern Expedition to Wei State cannot do without cavalry.

However, whether it was when Shixie, the governor of Jiaozhou, surrendered to Jiangdong in the early years, or after the alliance between Shu and Wu, Jiangdong has successively purchased a large number of Yunnan horses from the south of Yizhou.It's just that these Dian horses walked on the flat ground in the mountains, but they couldn't match the Wei army on the plains; and Liaodong was connected with nomadic lands, so there was no shortage of good horses.

Moreover, when Sun Quan sent people to Liaodong, he didn't just want to buy war horses.

The Gongsun family in Liaodong has always been a separatist regime, and it is also one of the hidden dangers behind the Wei State.

If Jiangdong and Liaodong were allied, it would be difficult for Wei and Liaodong to send troops south to support Huainan against Wu soldiers in Qingzhou, which is across the sea from Wei State to Liaodong.

It can also be regarded as a temple of long-distance and short-term attack, one ebbs and another.

As for whether Liaodong is willing to form an alliance with Jiangdong, Sun Quan doesn't need to worry.

As early as after the Battle of Shiting, Gongsun Yuan took the initiative to send envoys to Jiangdong to contact him, expressing his willingness to leave Wei and submit to Wu.

Naturally, those who left Wei State and turned to Wu State were just a polite way of showing favor and establishing friendship before there was any actual interest entanglement.The entire Jiangdong knew that the reason why Gongsun Yuan sent his envoy at that time was only because of his own interests, so he just wanted to find foreign aid.

Because at that time, Gongsun Yuan had just imprisoned his father, Gongsun Gong, and established himself as the lord of Liaodong.

This method of usurping power and self-reliance, he must be worried that Wei Guo will send troops to conquer.

After all, when Gongsun Gong was in Wendi Cao Pi, he was named a general of chariots and cavalry, and he was the prefect of Liaodong.

In fact, Gongsun Yuan's worry was not unreasonable.

It was the second year of Taihe, and Liu Ye, who was regarded as the best military planner in the temple of Wei State, advised the emperor Cao Rui to take the opportunity to send troops to fight against Liaodong, and completely solved the problem of being a courtier who was actually a separatist warlord.

In Liu Ye's view, there must be many opponents for Gongsun Yuan to seize power.

As long as the imperial court shows its attitude and lures these opponents by offering rewards to officials and other means, and let them serve as the internal response to the attack on Liaodong, there is a great possibility that Liaodong will be defeated in one battle.

However, his advice was not adopted.

At that time, the princes of the temple, Gungun, had just been defeated by Shiting, and the Shu Kingdom continued to invade Yongliang. They all claimed that it is not appropriate to waste national power and energy on Liaodong at this time.

And the emperor Cao Rui, who had just succeeded to the throne not long ago, chose not to care about it for the time being after comprehensive consideration.

He sent envoys to recognize Gongsun Yuan as the new Liaodong prefect and to confer the title of General Yanglie, intending to appease Liaodong so that there would be no chaos, and discuss him later when he has a chance.

The so-called only names and utensils cannot be fake people.

Originating from the official conferment of officials and worshiping nobles by the court of Wei State, Gongsun Yuan quickly consolidated his power and weakened his connection with Soochow.

Therefore, it evolved into Sun Quan who wanted something, and took the initiative to send envoys to show his favor.

The news of the connection between Jiangdong and Liaodong cannot be hidden from Wei Guo.

The fleet of envoys from the State of Wu arrived in Liaodong in the third month of spring, and there was a detailed work to pass the news to the temple of the State of Wei.

At this time, the princes of Dagon and Dagon all suggested sending troops to attack Gongsunyuan in Liaodong.

The reason is that the thief Wu has not invaded Huainan or Jingxiang on a large scale in recent years, and Shu, which has invaded Yongliang four times in four years, has not mobilized troops this spring.

In this way, just taking advantage of the leisure time of the whole country's military affairs, the hidden dangers of Liaodong were solved in one fell swoop.

But a deeper consideration is that the ministers were refuting Liu Ye's remonstrance and making up for Gongsun Yuan's misfortune caused by their suggestion that the emperor Cao Rui be granted the title.

And it also takes into account the face of a huge country.

As far as the State of Wei is concerned, although it is difficult to destroy the two countries of Shu and Wu in a short period of time, can the Gongsun family who ruled the remote Liaodong, which is like a clown, provoke it?
If you dare to repeatedly jump horizontally, it will kill you!

However, after Liu Ye was alienated, Jiang Ji, who became the most dependent person of the emperor Cao Rui in military planning, held objections.

The attitude is still very firm.

He believes that several generations of the Gongsun family in Liaodong have expressed their obedience to Cao Wei, and they will report for approval when they are appointed to official positions, and there is no shortage of tribute.Now it has made peace with Jiangdong, but there is no clear-cut rebellion against Wei.Under such circumstances, if the Wei State easily sent troops to conquer, it would inevitably push Liaodong back.

Furthermore, the army should seek profit.

Liaodong is located in a remote area, neither in terms of population nor supplies, even if Wei Guoxing's troops are successfully defeated, it will be difficult to make up for the loss of sending troops.

Emperor Cao Rui did not comment.

Even Jiang Ji's objections and proposals have been submerged in the clamor of the princes of Gungun, "If you don't attack, you can't show your prestige".

Yes, the princes of the temple are very keen on conquering Liaodong.

Even Wang Xiong, the governor of Youzhou, who used despicable means to squeeze Tian Yu away, immediately made a petition after learning the news, claiming that he was willing to attract soldiers and horses from Youzhou to seek disobedience for the country.Even if the Banghai Road (Liaoxi Corridor) is flooded, he can follow the example of Wei Wu Cao Cao when he conquered Wuhuan in the north, crossing Yanshan and marching to Liaodong.

Therefore, in the spirit of listening and listening, the emperor Cao Rui also asked who should be the general if he conquered Liaodong and took the sea route.

Well, if Wei Guo attacked Liaodong, he could still go by sea.

As early as when Gongsundu separatized Liaodong, he sent sailors across the sea into Qingzhou to control the coastal counties of Donglai County (Shandong Peninsula) and set up Yingzhou without authorization.

Although Wei's navy could not compete with Jiangdong, it was still possible to transport troops across the sea to Liaodong.

In this regard, Yang Ji, the leader of the Central Committee, recommended Tian Yu, who had been transferred to the prefect of Runan and the general who killed the barbarians.

Needless to say, the reason is that Qingzhou is not familiar with the generals in Northern Xinjiang, and it is impossible to be transferred from Youzhou, so Tian Yu, who is so powerful in Northern Xinjiang, becomes the best candidate.

And there is another layer of relationship that has not been clearly stated.

All the princes in the temple are well aware of the conflict between Tian Yu and Wang Xiong.

Letting the two of them go their separate ways to defeat Liaodong can also inspire them to prove their talents and compete for their lives.

Especially Tian Yunai, a good general of the town, it is really aggrieved to stay in Runan.

If the war against Liaodong goes well, Liaodong can be divided from Youzhou, and Xinzhou can be set up to be guarded by Tian Yu, so that Wei State will no longer have the trouble of Liaodong frontier fortress.

However, after listening to everyone's opinions, Emperor Cao Rui still did not make a decision.

Having gone through the battle of Shiting and defeating Shu, he has already begun not to easily make decisions on matters that affect national policy.Moreover, he is now committed to implementing reforms, so why would he want to attack Liaodong?

Instead of spending national power to crusade against Liaodong, it is better to increase troops from Luoyang to Huainan, cooperate with the plan to attack Wancheng while waiting for the opportunity, and use Lujiang County to open up another path for the future crusade against Wu!

After all, Liaodong is a place of bitter cold.

Even if left alone for ten or twenty years, it will not become a serious problem for Wei.

If there is no attack now, there will be opportunities to destroy it in the future. Compared with Thief Wu, the threat is not an order of magnitude.

Therefore, when the emperor Cao Rui was delaying the decision, out of consideration of experience, he wrote a letter to Li Changshi to tell Xia Houhui, asking him to give a private performance on whether he could attack Liaodong.

After Xia Houhui got the order, without thinking about it, he swiped his brush and wrote privately on the same day.

It's not that he's negligent or careless.

Rather, he felt that attacking Liaodong at this time was putting the cart before the horse.

In recent years, both Huainan and Yongliang ended in the defeat of Wei State, and they still have to spend a lot of time to attack Liaodong?

No matter how strong the country is, it can't be so frustrating~
However, he also knew that the emperor Cao Rui had not made any achievements in military struggles since he succeeded to the throne, and he was also looking forward to making achievements that would go down in history.

So he proposed a long-term strategy.

It is to ask the emperor Cao Rui to implement the policy of "giving what you want to get first". Knowing that Jiangdong and Liaodong are connected, he still orders the world to praise the Gongsun family for generations. , a special envoy was sent to reward Gongsun Yuan, and planned to promote the business activities of Youzhou, Qingzhou and Liaodong in the form of profit-making, so as to improve the livelihood of the officials and people in Liaodong.

This method is used to show that Wei Guo has no intention of holding him and Sun Quan accountable for his petty actions.

It also used this to paralyze Gongsun Yuan, making him think that Wei Guo was still the same as he seized power and self-reliance in the past, and devoted all his energy to dealing with the two countries of Shu and Wu, and had no time and energy to focus on Liaodong.

And these commercial activities are actually activities infiltrated by spies.

After careful work to find out the defense of various places in Liaodong, you can freely travel to and from various places in Liaodong and buy shops in the city to become a "Jia".

As for such an obvious spy action, it's hard to hide from Gongsun Yuan~
No need to worry.

If the penetration is not good in one year, then it will be two years, and if it is not good in two years, then it will be five years.

Wei Guo has a lot of background and time, no matter how vigilant Gongsun Yuan is, there will be a day when he will relax.

Because he had to relax.

He who has seized power will also decentralize power to his supporters in order to consolidate his power.

The so-called man-made money and dead birds die for food. These supporters are essentially tyrants who want to benefit themselves. How long can they resist the temptation of giving up profits from Wei State?

And under the constant demands of his supporters, how long can Gongsun Yuan maintain his vigilance?

Besides, Gongsun Yuan is not stupid.

He knew that Liaodong did not have the strength to enter Tuyuan, but Wei had the absolute strength to make Liaodong change hands; and Jiangdong, who was thousands of miles away, could not come to the rescue to help him defend Liaodong.

Therefore, he can do some small actions in private.

But until the last step, he dared not commit rebellion against Wei.

Of course, if Xia Houhui's strategy can be successful, it is best to have a prerequisite-the horse-buying fleet that sent Jiangdong to Liaodong was attacked.

In addition to demonstrating the strength of Wei to Gongsun Yuan, it also prevented Jiangdong from purchasing a large number of war horses from Liaodong to enhance its combat power.

After the emperor Cao Rui watched Xiahouhui's private performance, he privately called Jiang Ji to discuss again.

Ask him if this strategy is feasible.

After careful consideration, Jiang Ji thought he could give it a try.

However, regarding how to attack the Jiangdong fleet, Emperor Cao Rui summoned Tian Yu to discuss.

He has never been to Qingzhou, nor has he visited Youzhou in person, so he cannot give advice on specific wars.

The emperor said good.

But he followed his words and called Tian Yu back to Luoyang on the grounds of debriefing.

As for what decision was made in the end, no one knows, and today the emperor has not issued any orders to dispatch troops.

And Cao Zhuan, who was far away on the Huainan front, also learned through Li Changshi that Jiangdong sent a fleet to Liaodong and the temple princes led the expedition to Liaodong, so he knew that there should be no war in Huainan this year.

Therefore, he ignored Xia Houhui's teasing.

Because according to the experience of getting along with him for more than a month, let him know that it is best not to chat with Xia Houhui if there is no special need.

Otherwise, it is easy to "actively" invest~
And still invest in anger!

"Why is Desi ignoring me?"

But the cheeky Xia Houhui turned a blind eye to his dislike, stepped over and sat down side by side, took out a few green plums from his arms and handed them over, "Hey, Zhang Qidu from the cavalry battalion gave it to me. It's a little sour, but it can produce body fluids and quench thirst. dry."

Have you returned to Shouchun City?

Are you so kind enough to bring back green plums for me?

Could it be that you want to use these sour green plums to talk things out, and ask me to buy a bunch of green plums for the soldiers to eat?
Cao Zuan didn't take Qingmei, his eyes were full of wariness.

"Take it, is Desi worried that I will not be poisoned?!"

Seeing Cao Zuan's guarded eyes, Xia Houhui urged, and directly stuffed Qingmei into his hands, and then continued, "I'm returning to the city today. I planned to ask Li Changshi to send one or two people who are proficient in fighting in battle to assist Desi urged the soldiers to perform martial arts. He ran into Zhang Qidu on the way, and was invited to chat for a while in the cavalry camp. Unexpectedly, after Zhang Qidu learned what I wanted, he claimed that there was no need to bother Li Changshi. He knew this. People, and can be introduced to us."

Huh, what a coincidence?
Cao Zuan, who was already thinking about this matter, became interested and wanted to urge him to ask what happened, but was interrupted by the sound of swift footsteps.

(End of this chapter)