I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 402 From now on, offense and defense have changed!
The original discussions have been settled and everyone feels at ease.

But the sudden emergency news froze the atmosphere in the room for a moment.

Master Sima immediately got up and went out, took the information and walked back.

At this time, the last sunset slowly disappeared from the house, and the light became dim and uncertain.

Everyone sat there, motionless, with expressions on their faces like wax statues.

"Bring it here." Sima Yi said calmly.

Master Sima walked over and presented the information to Sima Yi.

It was written by the governor of Jiangxia County.

There was a deep word "Chuan" between Sima Yi's eyebrows, his eyelids were drooped, and the ravine-like wrinkles on his face moved slightly, and he said in a hoarse voice: "Li Jian has captured Wuchang. This is an urgent report."

"Impossible!" Gao Tanglong was the first to stand up and said, "This is absolutely impossible!"

"On the north side of the Yangtze River."

Or the north side of the river.

Sima Yi did not expect that the two urgent reports would be so close.

He also knows this opponent very well.

"Can we capture Wuchang in one day?"

After all, the brick wall, heavy cannon, eight-oxen crossbow, and double stirrups have all appeared, and they have all been confirmed to be made by Li Heng.

This shows that after the Cao Wei scouts in Jiangxia County observed the Han army, the Han army attacked the city that afternoon, and the Cao Wei scouts were always nearby.

At least in the past, a city with strong defenses had never been captured in one day.

Liu Fang obviously didn't believe it either. If this matter hadn't come from Sima Yi's mouth, these people would have become angry and scolded him.

"How is this possible?"

This is the first time I have heard of such a terrible record.

Everyone looked at each other.

After a while, Sima Yi said: "Judging from the time of the two urgent reports, it may have only taken the Shu army one day to capture Wuchang."

"This is a handwritten letter from the governor of Wuchang, and it states how Wuchang was captured. On that day, there was a loud bang that penetrated the sky, the city of Wuchang collapsed, and the morale of the Wu army collapsed."

Everyone is stupid.

"Then it can't be a heavy artillery!"

"A weapon more powerful than heavy artillery?" Liu Fang murmured.

Seven or eight years ago, Master Sima would never have thought of this, but it was different now. He immediately thought of new weapons.

"I'm afraid Li Jian has a new weapon." Master Sima suddenly said.

There was dead silence all around.

"A loud noise that penetrated the sky?" Liu Fang asked in confusion, "Where did the scout detect it?"

What's more, Wuchang has the Yangtze River and is the defense center of Wu State's western front.

"So it seems that Jianye is also in danger?" Wang Su, who had been silent, said, "It only takes five days to get to Jianye from Wuchang."

"If Li Jian really destroyed the Wu Kingdom, wouldn't his strength be greatly increased?"

Everyone looked at Sima Yi, as if waiting for him to decide what to do next.

Although the Wei Dynasty lost Guanzhong and Xiangyang, it was still the Wei Dynasty.

The size of Wei Dynasty was not comparable to that of Ji Han and Sun Wu.

Even if Sima Yi now gives Luoyang to Zhuge Liang, Cao Wei is still number one in terms of overall strength.

Unless Ji Han destroyed Sun Wu and occupied all the territory south of the Yangtze River, plus Longyou, Guanzhong and Luoyang, he could barely compare with Cao Wei.

After all, in this era, half of the world's population lives in the Central Plains, Hebei and other places, and the cultivated land there is even wider.

As long as you understand the map of China and take a look at the North China Plain, you will understand what it is.

However, although Cao Wei's comprehensive strength is still the strongest, the commercial development momentum of Jingzhou and Guanzhong has emerged. This is a fact that all the ministers of Cao and Wei have to admit.

"One Chongqing helped Li Jian capture Jingzhou, one Jiangling helped Li Jian conquer Wu, and if there were one more Wuchang and one more Jianye..." Lu Yu sighed. He didn't finish his words, but there was no need to finish them. .

After a while, Sima Yi said: "Send the order to Sima Zhao, and Jingzhou soldiers and horses will attack Xiangyang immediately."

"Send orders to Guo Boji and Yuzhou soldiers and horses to immediately go south to Jiangxia County and capture Wuchang."

"The order was sent to Yangzhou Guanqiu Jian, and Yangzhou soldiers and horses immediately went south to Chen Bing's bank of the Yangtze River, waiting to contain the Shu army at any time."

"Send orders to Tongguan soldiers and horses to prepare for defense."

"Master, do you want an all-out war?"

"Li Jian is bullying others too much!"

Sima Yi started coughing violently again.

He would never watch the Wu Kingdom be destroyed by Li Heng.

The destruction of the Wu State was not due to the constraints of the Three Kingdoms, but to the confrontation between the north and the south of the two countries.

The atmosphere was very solemn.

"Is there no room for relaxation?" Lu Yu said.

"It's too late to send troops now!" Sima Yi suddenly raised his voice, "It will be a few days before the troop deployment order is sent to Nanyang. It will take several days to recruit troops and horses in Nanyang, and it will take several days to send troops to Xiangyang. Half a month has passed!"

"At least a month has passed since the Yuzhou army marched south to Jiangxia!"

"A month has passed since Yangzhou soldiers and horses received the order to mobilize troops and marched south from Shouchun!"

"It only took Li Jian one day to defeat Wuchang! But it took at least a month for our troops to go south and reach the battlefield!"

Sima Yi reluctantly finished speaking in a hoarse voice, and then coughed again.

"Master, calm down. Master, take care of yourself. Master, since it's too late, why not send an envoy to threaten you."

"Who can threaten him and Kong Ming! Also, I am going to Tongguan. If Kong Ming learns that I am sending troops south, he will attack Tongguan and Linjin! I will never let him take another step forward!"

Sima Yi forced himself to stand up, but accidentally stumbled.

Fortunately, Master Sima reacted quickly and supported him: "Father..."

"Quick! Move troops immediately! We will move troops even if we can't catch up! Let Li Jian know that we have multiple troops heading south!"

"Here!"

If you can't fight, you have to use strategic deterrence.

The current initiative does not lie with Wu State, nor with Wei State.

In this situation, both Cao Wei and Sun Wu became forced to cooperate, and Wu was even forced to destroy the country.

On February 20th, Luoyang's multi-channel troop deployment order was urgently issued.

The situation in the Three Kingdoms changed suddenly.

This is a situation that no one could have imagined half a month ago.

The balance of the Three Kingdoms may be broken.

At noon on February 21st, all merchant ships at Jianye Ferry had been emptied, and warships gathered quickly one after another.

We have to admit the power of Sun Wu Navy. This power is not only reflected in the advantages of warships, but also in the speed of assembly.

Originally there were a large number of warships staying near Jianye, but now they are all here.

It was also at this time that there was no need for a reconnaissance ship. Wu Jun had already seen countless small black spots in front of him on the wide front.

After a while, the outline of the Han army's warships can be seen.

When the news reached Jianye, the Jianye court was not discussing how to retreat from the enemy. Instead, they were discussing whether to initiate war or peace.

The prince's faction began to submit a large number of letters, saying that Wuchang had been defeated and there was no need to fight with the Shu army now. It was better to seek peace first to hold back the Shu army.

(End of this chapter)