I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 100 Sima Yi resigned, Sun Quan’s attitude
The people below came to report: "Grand Governor, Mr. Guo is back."

"Come in quickly."

Guo Huai hurried into the camp. After months of intense fighting, Guo Huai looked very haggard.

Guo Huai said: "At the end of the day, I will see the Governor."

"You're back, sit down and talk."

Guo Huai took his seat.

"The general did not march westward for support, please forgive me, the governor."

Sima Yi sighed and said: "Chencang has surrendered, and the Shu army has established a foothold in the Chencang area. If you advance westward, you will be cut off by the Shu army in Longxi. There is no need to make such a fearless sacrifice now."

Sima Yi was a little depressed. It should be said that everyone in Cao Wei was pessimistic now.

From the time the Han army left Xiegu in April to April this year, the Long Road was cut off and the Wei army was defeated many times.

What's even more painful is that the Han army's strategy of occupying territory while fighting was almost a forcible consolidation of territory, which was simply unbreakable.

In the past, wars could be won or lost quickly.

It’s completely different now. It’s not just a frontal battle, it’s also a complete operating model behind the scenes.

"Grand Governor, I met him on my way back." Guo Huai took out a letter.

"Oh?"

"Letter for help from Anding County."

Sima Yi opened it and read it without saying anything, but Xin Pi asked, "How is it?"

"A letter asking for reinforcements. The prefect of Anding County received a letter from the Shu army urging them to surrender. If they don't surrender, the Shu army will attack the city. The prefect Li Quan hopes that we will increase our troops."

"Where are the soldiers?" Simpi cried bitterly when he heard this, "The situation has deteriorated to this! How should we explain to His Majesty!"

Everyone was silent.

Guo Huai said: "The Commander-in-Chief, I have something to say at the end."

"Master Fu, just say it doesn't matter."

"The current plan can only start from two sides."

"Which two parties?"

"The first is to continue to increase the construction of the city wall on the Chencang front; the second is to mobilize troops and horses from Hexi to reinforce Longyou."

Xinpi put away his sad mood and asked hesitantly: "What does Mr. Guo mean, do we not directly reinforce Longyou now?"

"It cannot be done. The Long Road has been cut off by the Shu army."

Xinpi cried even more ugly.

The war had reached this point, and even he didn't know how to explain it to Luoyang.

Sima Yi thought for a moment and said, "This is the only way."

At this time, another announcement came from outside.

"Grand Governor, Liu Changshi is here."

Sima Yi stood up, his eyes changed slightly, and he knew that he was going to be recalled to Luoyang to raise an army for questioning.

He was not in a hurry and took the people out to greet Liu Fang.

Sima Yi said politely: "Liu Gong is here, but I can't welcome him from far away. I still hope to see Haihan."

"Grand Governor, I am here under orders to summon you back to the capital."

As soon as Liu Fang said this, Sima Zhao's expression changed.

Liu Fang said: "The Governor must not panic. Your Majesty and the princes want to fully understand the current war situation, so the Governor must return to Beijing."

"Okay, I'll pack up and go back with Mr. Liu."

"Guo Boji temporarily acts as the governor."

After speaking, he presented Cao Rui's Holy Edict.

Guo Huai quickly took it and said, "I accept the order!"

Guo Huai opened Cao Rui's handwriting, and it was clearly written in it that he should retreat to the Chencang front, build a city for defense, and strive to protect Chang'an.

Guo Huai's heart suddenly felt at peace. It seemed that His Majesty the Emperor agreed with him.

On the second day of April, Jiangdong Jiankang.

Sun Quan summoned his ministers.He said to several important ministers: "The Wei envoy has arrived in Jiankang for more than a month. What do you think?"

"The Wei army and the Shu army were engaged in a fierce battle in Guanzhong. Although there was no winner or loser, there must have been some damage. If Your Majesty were to personally attack Hefei at this time, the Wei state would be shocked."

Zhongshu Ling Kanze said.

Sun Quan did not express his position. He looked at the other ministers.

Sun Jun also stood up and said: "I also believe that now is the time to embark on another Northern Expedition."

Sun Quan hesitated for a moment and said, "But the Wei envoy sent us a gift to express the Wei Lord's goodwill towards us."

Kan Ze said: "The reason why the Lord of Wei is like this, doesn't it further illustrate that the war situation on the Western Front is serious for Wei?"

"Your Majesty, if we don't send troops now, how much later will we wait!" Sun Jun became excited, "If we capture Hefei, our army will be able to attack the Central Plains!"

"What does Gu Qing want?" Sun Quan asked again.

"Didn't Your Majesty ask for the attitude of Ziyu (Zhuge Jin) and Boyan (Lu Xun)?"

Sun Quan was silent.

Because Zhuge Jin and Lu Xun did not agree with the Northern Expedition at this time.

Not only did these two heavyweights disapprove, but Prime Minister Gu Yong also disapproved.

Sun Jun said: "Prime Minister, the Shu army is now at war in Guanzhong, and Cao Wei has no time to take care of himself. This is a great opportunity!"

Gu Yong also remained silent.
Gu Yong is a well-known serious and rigid person. Whenever there is an occasion where he is present, it must be extremely serious.

If he doesn't speak, Sun Quan can't force him.

And if he doesn't speak, he definitely doesn't agree with the other person's opinion.

Kan Ze obviously saw Gu Yong's thoughts and Sun Quan's hesitation.

He said: "Even if we don't send troops, we can't tell Wei that we won't send troops. We have to put forward some conditions now."

"What conditions?"

Kan Ze said: "Since Lord Wei hopes that the two countries can establish friendship, then he will increase the opening of war horse trading."

"How is that possible?" Sun Jun shook his head and said, "War horses are Cao Wei's military supplies."

"In this case, we can consider crossing the Yangtze River and setting up camp south of Hefei."

In fact, during the Three Kingdoms period, the three countries traded with each other.

For example, Ji Han had Shu brocade, and Sun Wu also had Wu embroidery.

Sun Wu not only has Wu embroidery, but also has developed ship technology and imported goods from across the ocean.

For example, Cao Pi wanted to exchange war horses for Sun Quan's night pearls, peacock feathers, and rhinoceros horns, which were specialties from the countries in the South China Sea.

Business is a complex activity that cannot be summarized by a few labels.

Whether the war horses given by Cao Pi were of good quality cannot be proven, and there is a lot of room for manipulation.

But for Sun Wu, it is useful whether it is a thoroughbred horse or not.

This creates specific needs.

What Kan Ze means is that since Cao Wei wants to take the initiative to make friends with us, why don't we put forward conditions?
Sun Jun insisted: "If we take Hefei, can't we capture a group of war horses?"

Kan Ze also fell silent. Sun Jun really didn't see Sun Quan's direction clearly!

If Sun Quan really wanted to go to war, he would have done so long ago.

There are two reasons for not sending troops at the moment: first, the internal emotions have not been digested after last year's defeat, and Sun Wu is the most important family; second, the Han army's consumption is unknown.

Especially the second point, Sun Quan actually had a wait-and-see attitude when he sent troops last year.

If the Han army on the western front is unfavorable, Sun Quan can only retreat.

If the Han army on the western front fights smoothly, Sun Quan will only take Hefei, and then dare the Cao Wei alliance to fight against the Han army.

This is determined by the nature of Sun Wu's establishment.

Cao Wei claimed to be the abdication of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and was the orthodoxy of the world.

Liu Bei claims to be a descendant of the Han royal family, and Liu and Cao are not at odds with each other!
But Sun Quan was different. He couldn't find the name of orthodoxy and had a lot of internal problems.

Sun Quan's attack on Hefei was not to destroy Wei at all, but to use offense instead of defense to protect himself.

So now comes the most important question.

(End of this chapter)