I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 264 Sun Quan: I won’t listen! Bastard chants sutras! I want Jiangling!

On April 10th, the main force of the Wei army arrived in Yicheng County, but the cavalry unit as an outpost had already entered Dangyang, not far from Maicheng.

After a quick inspection of the Wei cavalry outpost, they determined that there was no defense from the Han army and continued south.

They were very high-profile and came in groups. When they saw the villagers, they grabbed a group first and killed anyone who dared to resist.

On April 11, Xia Houru received intelligence from the outpost and learned that there was no defense from Dangyang to Zhijiang, and the Wei army seemed to be in an uninhabited territory.

Someone told Xia Houru that the Shu army might have an ambush and deliberately lured our army to go deeper.

However, Xiahou Ru argued against all opinions. He said that the Shu army had just experienced a major war and the popular sentiment in Jiangling was unstable. There was no way to disperse the troops for in-depth defense and could only concentrate under Jiangling City.

By April 12, Xia Houru's main force had arrived in the Maicheng area.

At this time, the sky was filled with dust to the north of Jiangling City, where countless engineers were digging trenches in full swing.

The distribution of these trenches is uneven and can even be said to be very random.

Next to the trenches are piles of earth, one after another, criss-crossing, dozens of miles from east to west.

The news reached Xia Houru's ears that day. After hearing it, Xia Houru laughed: "I have heard for a long time that Li Heng is good at defensive operations. It is true. As soon as our army arrived, he was so frightened that he started digging trenches. When I wrote Send a letter and humiliate him!"

It is not known when Xia Houru's letter reached Li Heng, but on April 13, Li Heng's letter to Sun Quan had already been delivered to Sun Quan.

After reading Li Heng's letter, Sun Quan suppressed his anger, but his heart almost exploded.

"The Governor wants to give up Jiangling!" Sun Quan looked at Kan Ze with a serious look on his face and asked.

Kan Ze said: "Your Majesty is joking, how dare the Governor give up Jiangling?"

"Li Jian has already written to me. The Governor not only threatened to abandon Jiangling, but also sent him many gifts. Li Jian is now cultivating fields in Jiangling, and he also thanked me for returning Nanjun to them!"

Everyone was slightly startled and looked at each other, obviously shocked by Sun Quan's rhetoric.

Kan Ze hesitated: "Chen...chen..."

"Say!"

"I heard something mentioned by the scout yesterday, but it was unbelievable, so I didn't report it to His Majesty."

"So, is it true?"

"It may not be true. Your Majesty still needs to confirm it with the Grand Governor himself."

"Confirmation?" Sun Quan said angrily, "Did I write to him to ask him to confirm?"

Everyone was silent and Jiangling was lost, which obviously stimulated Sun Quan.

"If he doesn't admit it, should I send someone to confirm again and again?"

Everyone was still silent.

In fact, Sun Quan's big reaction was not only due to the loss of Jiangling, but also related to the past in Jiangdong mentioned by Li Heng in his letter.

There is an old grudge between the Sun and Lu families!

Yes, the Sun family and the Lu family have a bloody feud!

This matter begins with Lu Xun's grandfather Lu Kang, who was the prefect of Lujiang in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Yuan Shu was frustrated in the battle for the Central Plains, so he moved to Huainan, and later asked Lu Kang to borrow grain.

Of course Lu Kang refused.

Yuan Shu then sent his best soldier Sun Ce to attack Lu Kang.

Lu Kang knew that he could not defeat Sun Ce, so he sent a group of outstanding members of his family back to their hometown in Jiangdong to preserve the foundation of the Lu family.

Among them were his son Lu Ji and grandnephew Lu Xun.

Lu Kang died of depression and illness after the city was destroyed.

This debt was settled on Sun Ce's head. Lu Xun was actually several years older than Lu Ji and more talented, so after Lu Kang's death, Lu Xun directly succeeded him as the clan leader.

Later, the Sun family took Huaisi's Jiangling gang to develop in Jiangdong. Sun Jian was born as a farmer. With his excellent skills and two watermelon knives, he slashed all the way from Liangzhou to the south without blinking an eye.

But because the Sun family was from a humble background, not even a humble family, they were naturally looked down upon by those wealthy families in Jiangdong.

Sun Ce has a hot temper. If you look down on me, I will kill you.

As a result, many large clans in Jiangdong were massacred by Sun Ce, even the Yi clan.

For example, the Gao family of Wujun, the Wang family of Wujun, the Zhou family of Kuaiji, the Sheng family of Kuaiji, etc., and the famous literary giants, scholars, celebrities, etc. in Jiangdong, all could not escape Sun Ce's butcher knife.

Even those who took refuge with Sun Ce were not safe, and some were killed without fail.

In the end, Sun Ce was assassinated by a retainer of Xu Gong, the governor of Wu County. Before he died, he told Sun Quan to deal with the relationship with the Jiangdong family.

After Sun Quan took over the power, he did not kill the Jiangdong family again, and still reused the old Huaisi tribe.

This is also the reason why Lu Xun is so outstanding but did not appear in the Battle of Red Cliff.

It was not until later that the old Huaisi tribe passed away one after another that Sun Quan began to win over the local aristocratic families in Jiangdong.

This included marrying his sister to the Zhu family, someone like Zhu Ju.

It also included helping Lu Xun to go to Jingzhou to assist Lu Meng, and making Gu Yong the prime minister.

However, this does not mean that Sun Quan trusts the Jiangdong family.

As Lu Xun showed his extraordinary talents in the Battle of Jingzhou, defeated Liu Bei in the Battle of Yiling, and then defeated Cao Xiu in the Battle of Shiting, helping Sun Quan become emperor, a famous general who was famous in the Three Kingdoms turned out to be born.

At this time, Sun Quan ostensibly gave Lu Xun the jade seal and the power to sign and seal it, but he was always wary of Lu Xun in his heart.

Later, during the battle between the two palaces, Lu Xun was scolded to death by Sun Quan's men. This was an opportunity that Sun Quan seized.

As long as he seizes the opportunity, he will never let Lu Xun go!

This time, it was an opportunity that Sun Quan seized.

What did Li Heng mention in his letter?

He said that he had heard that Sun Quan had great trust in Lu Xun and that all of Sun Quan's jade seals were given to Lu Xun. Lu Xun was not only talented but also virtuous in Wu and could win the hearts of everyone.

Finally, he also said: If Sun Quan had brought Lu Xun with him in every previous personal expedition to Hefei, Hefei would have been captured long ago. But it doesn’t matter. I heard that every time you returned from Hefei, Lu Xun would comfort people in the court. Having such a minister is really a blessing from God!

The last paragraph directly stimulated Sun Quan.

The last remaining forbearance in Sun Quan's heart broke out on the spot.

After all, he is now a man from Hefei!

Faced with Sun Quan's questions, no one dared to speak casually.

"The Wei army coveted Jiangling. The Shu army captured Jiangling and was already exhausted. During this period, the governor did not take the opportunity to attack. He had previously proposed a siege to me but refused to attack. Now the news I have received confirms that he gave Jiangling away. People!"

The more Sun Quan thought about it, the angrier he became.

Zhu Ju hesitated for a moment and then said: "Your Majesty, the Governor may have done this on purpose, deliberately showing the enemy weakness and deliberately luring the Wei army southward, so that our army could benefit from it."

Sun Quan was startled. He really didn't expect this.

But then he thought again and said: "Retreat ten thousand steps. Even so, if the Shu army takes Jiangling, it must be a tired army, and its foundation in Jiangling is unstable. Once the Wei army goes south, Jiangling will inevitably fall into the hands of the Wei army, which is worse than falling into the hands of the Wei army." It’s even more terrifying in the hands of the Shu army! How is this different from luring a wolf into the house!”

Now even Zhu Ju didn't dare to speak.

Sun Quan's face became increasingly ugly as he walked back and forth.

I fought so smoothly in Hefei, but this time it was the governor who held me back!

This time it’s you, the Commander-in-Chief!

Thinking of this, a sneer even appeared on Sun Quan's ugly face.

"Pass on my order and order the Governor to immediately send troops to attack Jiangling. I refuse to listen to his policy of siege and not attack! I want Jiangling!"

(End of this chapter)