I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 396: Eastern Expedition to Destroy Wu
Lu Xun's death shocked the whole country.

The whole country was shocked in several batches.

One is the prince faction headed by Lu Yin and Gu Tan. They originally thought that Lu Xun's joining would turn the situation against the prince.

But he never thought that Lu Xun would die.

The second was the King of Lu faction headed by Sun Hong. Sun Hong did not expect that this time he would directly kill Lu Xun. This was really a big surprise.

The third is the middle and grassroots officials and ordinary people in Jianye City and Wuchang City.

They heard that Lu Xun died, and the cause of death was very strange, so various rumors about him began.

Some people said that Lu Xun was so accomplished that the emperor sent someone to kill him.

Some people say that Lu Xun colluded with the prince and plotted rebellion, but was discovered in time.

Others say that Lu Xun had colluded with the enemy a long time ago and was discovered in time by our two outstanding heroes Zhang Xiu and Sun Hong.

As for Lu Xun, his body was sent back to Wu County. Not only did he not have a graceful funeral, his son Lu Kang was also placed under house arrest.

This time, Lu Xun did not succeed Gu Yong as prime minister.

Because not only Lu Xun died, but Prime Minister Gu Yong also died.

This is a situation of checks and balances.

Lu Xun’s death was so timely!

A prime minister, a chief governor, a civil servant and a military commander left one after another.

I know you were wronged, but there is no other way, you must die!

But in any case, Lu Xun's death caused great political changes in Wu State.

Thinking back to the fact that I took on the business entrusted by my brother when I was young, I have been walking on thin ice all these years.

And Sun Quan is not worried about Li Heng coming to kill him, because this game is not played by the two of them, there is also Sima Yi.

After all, internal worries are just around the corner.

No matter what kind of rumors they are, they are not good to hear.

He recalled the past with Lu Xun, thought of Lu Meng, thought of Lu Su, and thought of Zhou Yu.

Bu Zhi did not succeed Lu Xun as prime minister, but Zhu Ju, the former hussar general, became prime minister.

The ministers who originally planned to intercede for Lu Xun obediently shut their mouths when they saw this scene.

Sun Quan felt more and more that his body could not last many more years.

Subsequently, Sun Quan sent Sun Jun to Wuchang to lead Jingzhou as a herdsman and take charge of Jingzhou's military and political affairs.

Gu Yong died normally, and Lu Xun died abnormally.

After Lu Xun died, Sun Quan felt that the hanging stone in his heart finally fell.

In the first month of the sixth year of Yanxi, on a snowy day, Sun Quan, with his gray temples, barely supported his body and looked out the window in trance.

Internal troubles are more terrifying than external troubles.

But this time, Sun Quan miscalculated.

In the first month of the sixth year of Yanxi's reign, the snow in Jiangling was particularly heavy.

Li Heng braved the heavy snow to review the three armies.

The Jingzhou Shenwu Army of the Han Dynasty was displayed on the Jianghan Plain with a rainbow-like momentum.

Today's Nanjun has an army of 150,000, including 10,000 infantry soldiers, 50,000 iron armor soldiers, and 50,000 leather armor soldiers.

Ten thousand crossbowmen, ten thousand archers, and ten thousand engineers.

The scary thing is that Dahan Logistics Trading Co., Ltd., Dahan Textile Trading Co., Ltd., and Jingzhou Changping Division can provide the Han army with a large number of ships, clothing, and food.

In the later period, it was a logistics trading company, which could convert all civilian merchant ships into warships for transporting military supplies in a short period of time.

What's even more frightening is that now all the people in Nanjun are fighting.

As long as the general gives an order, men can enlist in the army and women can be transported.

To the extreme, half a million people can participate.

And there are also outstanding generals like Du Yu, Zhuge Ke, and Wang Ling.

On February 15, the sixth year of Yanxi, Sun Jun, the new governor of the Wu Kingdom, arrived in Wuchang. Jianye was still happy about eradicating Lu Xun, but the Yangtze River Road in Jiangling was lined with endless warships. On a bright spring morning, countless strong young men lined up outside the city, carrying their own armaments.

Standing at the top of the city, you can't see the end at a glance.

Under the command of their respective officers, they all lined up silently and silently followed the large team onto the warship.

In the fields in the distance, the old man, father, daughter and children are all looking here.

Some people wave here to say goodbye to their relatives, hoping that they can come back and reunite soon.

Jiangling Ferry, the largest ferry on the Yangtze River, was blocked that day, and all merchant ships were not allowed to enter.

All this happened so quickly. Except for the time in the first month when Li Heng inspected the three armies and expressed condolences to the soldiers, there were no signs of the Eastern Expedition.

After Wu Jun reported it that time, Wu Guo judged it to be Li Heng's bluff. After all, he had often played like this in the past few years.

It also engaged in high-profile military expansion in Jiangling and Xiangyang.

It was later proven that he was just strategic intimidation.

The top officials of Wu State conducted an in-depth analysis of the strategy and determined that with the checks and balances of the elite Wei army, Li Heng did not dare to send his troops eastward.

This is not a simulation, let alone a paper exercise.

Once the troops move eastward, they cannot retreat at will. It is a matter of life and death.

Therefore, the state of Wu did not pay too much attention, and even Sun Quan himself did not take it seriously.

But this time, the Han army's actions showed nothing like the previous day.

The gathering really started when the bells of Jiangling City rang at dawn this morning.

A large number of Han troops came out of the military camp. They seemed to have been prepared for it. They moved so fast that Xi Zuo, who was lurking in Jiangling, could not react at all.

Moreover, Jiangling's ferry was blocked, and all official roads everywhere were blocked.

Xizuo couldn't even send a message out for a while.

At noon, all the Han troops boarded the ships, and the endless warships sailed down the Yangtze River.

An army of 150,000 men pointed their swords at Sun Wu.

A war to destroy the country began under circumstances that no one expected.

Early in the morning on February 17th, the sky was just dawning, the river was quiet, and the woods on both sides were covered with a thin layer of mist in early spring.

The farmers on the shore were the first to see the group of battleships emerging from the mist.

They stood frozen in shock.

It was already a bright spring morning when Wuchang's patrol ship discovered the Han army's battleship group.

The news came back to Wuchang at noon.

After the messenger landed, he mounted his horse and ran towards Wuchang City like crazy.

When he entered Wuchang City, he exclaimed: "Urgent report! Urgent report!"

Run all the way towards the Governor's Mansion!

The newly appointed Governor Sun Jun is also considered a veteran of many battles. He has just arrived in Wuchang ten days ago and first inspected Wuchang's defense.

At this time, Sun Jun, who was still discussing Wuchang's material dispatch with Lu Dai, suddenly received an emergency report.

"Grand Governor! Report! Grand Governor! We found a large number of Shu army warships fifty miles away from Wuchang, heading towards Wuchang!"

Sun Jun stood up suddenly, looking shocked: "What did you say!"

Not long after, the bells of Wuchang City rang.

Sun Jun urgently gathered his troops.

But it was too late.

In the era of cold weapons, if one side has an advantage in time, it is a huge advantage.

It is impossible for the Wu army's defense in Jiangxia to be all concentrated in Wuchang City.

Sun Jun needed time to gather his troops.

But Li Heng obviously didn't give him this time.

(End of this chapter)