I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 260 Lu Xun’s strategy, Li Heng takes over: a three-party game!

"Liu Lang, please see General Han!"

Li Heng sat upright and said, "No need to be polite."

"The general is a young and handsome man with extraordinary prowess. I saw him today and he is indeed well-deserved for his reputation."

Li Heng said: "If the envoy has anything to do, it's okay to say it."

Liu Lang said: "I am here to say hello to the general on behalf of myself, Da Wu, and the Grand Governor Lu Boyan, and to convey our goodwill."

As soon as he said this, everyone else present looked confused.

Convey goodwill?

Did the messenger's head get caught in the door?

We won Gangneung, and you came to congratulate us?

Does Sun Quan know about this?

Li Heng's eyes fell on Liu Lang and asked in a kind tone: "Send a dozen warships to the Yangtze River to convey goodwill?"

"The general misunderstood. The dozen or so ships loaded with some items were all given to the general. However, there were also some soldiers from Dawu. The main reason was to hope that the general would take the two alliances for more than ten years. Let Uncle Zhuge go."

"I want to, but Uncle Zhuge doesn't want to go with you." Li Heng said without changing his expression and without a beating heart.

"The general is really good at joking. My uncle's father is my general Wu, Zhuge Ziyu. When Zhuge Ziyu learned that Jiangling City was destroyed, he was very worried about him."

"He's fine."

"Then please ask the general to ask him to come out so that I can take him back."

"I told you, he doesn't want to go back."

"He is from Wu, why wouldn't he want to go back?"

"I don't know why, but he just doesn't want to go back."

Liu Lang said: "General, I have come here with sincerity. The Governor is willing to give up Nanjun. From now on, I, Wu, will be in Wuchang, Jiangxia, and this will be our boundary with your country."

"Messenger, I don't understand something."

The speaker was Dong Hong. He sat aside and looked at the messenger calmly, as if he wanted to see the flowers in the messenger.

"But it doesn't matter."

"We captured Jiangling, and you just gave up?" Dong Hong said quickly, "Shouldn't we send troops?"

"Now that Jiangling and Gong'an have been captured by the wise and powerful general, what else can we do?" Liu Lang said politely, "In the past, Jiangling was still in Cao Cao's hands, and Cao Cao took the initiative to abandon Jiangling, didn't he?"

"So, you guys are going to give up on Jiangling now?" Dong Hong asked.

"Yes."

"Cao Cao gave up Jiangling because he was frustrated after the Battle of Chibi and was unwilling to be attacked on both sides of Jiangling, so he gave up." Dong Hong continued to ask, "Then why did you give up?"

Being attacked on both sides means that both Sun Quan and Liu Bei wanted to get Jiangling back then, so they would inevitably continue to use troops against Jiangling.

After the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao began to withdraw important resources to the north. While digesting the interior, he began to lay out defenses in the southeast, which is now the Hefei front.

Because Cao Cao believed that the center of the Wu Kingdom was in the east of the Yangtze River, and the Ruxushui River, as a branch of the Yangtze River, contacted Chaohu Lake and the Shishui River through Chaohu Lake.

Shishui is connected to Feishui, and Feishui can directly reach Shouchun.

Shouchun is the central area beside the Huaihe River, and you can enter the Central Plains along various rivers.

This means that if Jiangdong wants to use troops against the Central Plains, it only needs to enter Chaohu from Ruxushui, reach Hefei, and open up Huainan. Then it can quickly reach the Huaihe River area and point its troops directly at the Central Plains.

This is very dangerous.

If the resources are not directed there, but scattered here and there, the Liu and Sun families may eventually break through all the defense lines in the south.

In that case, Cao Cao might not be able to control the north, and there would be no Cao Wei regime later.

On the contrary, Jiangling was a battleground between Sun and Liu. Going north from Jiangling, there was no important river going directly to Xiangyang.

As for the Han River from Wuchang to Xiangyang, the river is very long. By the time the Wu army sets off, the Wei army in Xiangyang has already heard the news and can prepare for war in advance.

This is completely different from the situation in Hefei on the eastern front.

Therefore, Cao Cao abandoned Jiangling.

From a strategic perspective, this was definitely the optimal solution at the time.

But many people opposed it at the time, but the facts proved that Boss Cao was right.

At least people of this era look back at Cao Cao's move and have no objections.

Including everyone present.

Liu Lang said politely: "We don't want to be attacked on both sides. Now our lord is on the eastern front and has captured Hefei. General Zhenbei (Sun Shao) is also targeting Xuzhou. The situation on the eastern front is excellent. We don't want to start a war on both fronts and delay it." Understand the war situation on the Eastern Front."

As soon as he said this, everyone present could not help but be surprised.

Sun Quan actually captured Hefei!

Li Heng and Du Yu looked at each other and saw surprise in each other's eyes.

Especially Li Heng, as a time traveler, he knew that Hefei was Sun Quan's nightmare.

Unexpectedly, he actually won Hefei?

Could it be that his own time travel caused the butterfly effect?

Who was the commander-in-chief of Cao Wei Yangzhou in this era?

Wang Ling?

That’s not right!

Wang Ling was a famous general in Cao Wei, a figure even Sima Yi was afraid of. How could he really lose Hefei?

Looking at Liu Lang's confident smile, he probably wasn't lying.

But the war on the Eastern Front is not over yet, and it is not certain who will win in the end!

However, Lu Xun sent such a person to give these high-sounding reasons for abandoning Jiangling, which was beyond Li Heng's expectations.

Everyone else looked at each other in surprise, but also thought it seemed reasonable.

Even Dong Hong couldn't ask any questions.

After all, from a strategic perspective, it seems reasonable for the Wu State to abandon Jiangling now. After all, the Eastern Front has achieved results, and the Wei State may increase its troops.

Sun Quan should direct more resources to Hefei.

Moreover, Jiangling was given to Ji Han, and the state of Wu no longer had to defend the Wei army in Xiangyang.

This was also the check and balance strategy proposed by Lu Su back then, but Sun Quan didn't listen.

"Envoy, why don't you take a rest first, how about I send someone to ask my uncle for his opinion?" Li Heng said.

"Then there's General Lao."

After Liu Lang retreated, everyone looked at Li Heng in confusion.

"General, has Wu really given up on Jiangling?"

"Does Lu Xun have this power?" Li Heng asked the essence of this question in one sentence. "Maybe it's Sun Quan's intention."

"Even if Sun Quan wants to give up Jiangling, he will not make such a hasty decision. He will definitely think it over carefully." Li Heng said with a smile, "Do you believe that Lu Boyan gave up Jiangling, or do you believe that I am Qin Shihuang?"

Everyone was startled for a moment, then laughed.

Dong Hong said seriously: "Lu Boyan is like this, why?"

"Lu Boyan's envoy here today kept saying that he would give up Jiangling. Now that he has gone down, in a few days, the news that Lu Boyan gave up Jiangling will spread, and the news will grow wings, fly to Xiangyang City, and spread to Xiangyang City. It will turn out that we and Wu Guo fought for several days and finally captured Jiangling, and we are already exhausted."

Everyone was startled again.

Dong Hong immediately said: "So Lu Boyan told Cao Wei to give up Jiangling?"

"That's right, we are just his tools for Lu Boyan. When Wei Jun heard that Wu Jun retreated to Wuchang, he saw that we had just fought with Wu Jun and were new here. We are not familiar with the place. General Guan has been dead for more than ten years. The local wealthy families have already pledged their allegiance to Wu, so Wei Jun will certainly think that now is the perfect time to go south to Jiangling."

When Li Heng said this, everyone became calm instantly.

First of all, he was shocked by Lu Xun's cleverness.

Secondly, Li Heng was shocked by his cleverness.

"What if the Wei army doesn't go south?" Dong Hong was a good student who broke the casserole and asked the truth.

Li Heng did not answer him directly, but said to Ma Yong: "Closely monitor those wealthy families. They should receive some letters in the next few days, and maybe they have received them now."

"Here!"

Dong Hong asked in surprise: "So what the general means is that Lu Xun made two preparations and carried out two strategies at the same time?"

"That's right, it's a siege rather than an attack. It's just that the siege is not Lu Xun's Wu army, it's the mobilization of Jiangling and the surrounding tribes. The siege is not our soldiers, but food."

"I see!"

Ma Yong was also puzzled like Dong Hong: "General, the subordinates are stupid. I wonder why the general asked the subordinates to monitor those big families?"

"Lu Xun will not fight us head-on. If he wants to fight, he will go ashore and form a formation to fight. If we win, Lu Xun will lose. If we lose, even if the Wei army goes south, Lu Xun will still lose."

This time it was Du Yu who spoke.

"That's why only idiots would rush to fight us. Lu Xun is not an idiot."

Everyone looked at each other, feeling that the current situation was really strange.

"Zhuge Jin wrote to those big clans and asked them to secretly recruit troops to guard the food. While we were unable to replenish food in Jiangling, we encouraged the Wei army to go south."

Ma Yong was so shocked that he opened his mouth wide.

Damn it, if I were sitting in Li Jian's position, I might not survive for three days!

But Ma Yong was unwilling to give in. He continued to ask: "We can transport grain from Chongqing to Jiangling. We have the convenience of water transportation on the Yangtze River, so there is no need for them to talk to the local wealthy people about grain."

Du Yu gave Ma Yong a childish look and said, "The most powerful force in the Wu army is the navy. Once the Wei army goes south, the Wu army can dispatch a navy to intercept our food."

This time Ma Yong took a breath and was completely speechless.

But then I thought about it and asked again: "Why did they ask for uncle by name?"

"You go after a fair lady and you want her to give you a baby, but you can't say that directly. You have to find a reason that has nothing to do with having a baby, otherwise the lady will run away."

"Oh, if the general talks about pursuing beauties, then I understand everything."

Ma Yong couldn't help but cursed again: "That stupid Lu Boyan is full of tricks!"

"Okay, let's go do some work."

"Here!"

In the evening, Li Heng was working with Dong Hong and Du Yu to make statistics on the fertile land in Jiangling and surrounding areas. Now that the wealthy families have begun to hand over their land, the land equalization system will be implemented next, and the Zhechong Prefecture will be established.

Gangneung was the site of the Three War. Although it was captured by lightning, if you want to gain a firm foothold, you must lay a solid foundation.

"General, Xie Chong is here." Ma Yong said.

"Let him in."

Xie Chong walked in quickly and saluted: "See you, General."

"No need to be polite." Li Heng behaved very gently, looking like a good neighbor next door.

If he met Li Heng for the first time, Xie Chong must have been deceived by his appearance.

But after Wang Hui's incident, Xie Chong suffered from insomnia for several days, and he developed another deep respect for Li Heng.

"General, please take a look."

"Oh?"

Du took it in advance, took a look at it, and then presented it to Li Heng: "As the general said, Zhuge Ziyu wrote to them."

"After all, Zhuge Ziyu has been in Jiangling for several years." Li Heng said, "These people will still listen to him."

Xie Chong hurriedly said: "General, we have abandoned the secrets and surrendered to the light long ago!"

"Zhuge Jin has written to you, should you reply?" Li Heng asked.

"I have already written a reply, please take a look at it, General."

Xie Chong presented the letter, and Li Heng nodded after reading it: "Well, you did a good job this time, and I won't treat you badly."

"It's my honor to be able to share the general's worries. If I don't have anything else to do, I won't disturb the general."

"Okay, you go down first."

"Farewell."

After Xie Chong left, Du Yu said: "Zhuge Jin must have written letters to other families."

"Ma Yushi."

"The subordinate is here!"

"Send people to visit each house. Don't ask about the letter. Record those who voluntarily hand over the letter and those who don't."

"Here."

Li Heng put down the document in his hand and began to write: "Since Lu Xun wants to give up Jiangling, then I will write a letter to Sun Quan to thank Sun Quan for the gift and see Sun Quan's reaction."

(End of this chapter)