Three Kingdoms: The opening incorporates Li Cunxiao

Chapter 546 The war is about to break out

Wang Meng has always been conceited when making plans.

He always throws out strategies full of loopholes so straightforwardly. It's like there's no fear of being discovered.

It has the meaning of Jiang Taigong fishing, and those who wish to take the bait.

But in fact, most of Wang Meng's strategies include the political needs of the hostile camps, the needs of internal conflicts, and the fierce desire of human nature when facing hope in desperate situations.

It's like a person is at the bottom of a dry well and will be trapped to death in another day. At this time, a straw rope falls from the top. The person at the bottom of the well can clearly see the gap in the straw rope, but he will still hold a straw rope. Climb up with a lucky mentality.

What is the difference between the current Southern Jin Dynasty and the people who fell into the well in desperate situation?

If you choose to believe such a piece of news, you still have a chance to give it a try. If you leave it alone, you can only wait to be eaten away step by step.

After all, regardless of horizontal or vertical comparison, the Southern Jin Dynasty was weaker than the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Furthermore, the aristocratic family is powerful and the emperor has little power. This is what most people want to see.

However, while Huan Wen was in great power, he was also ambitious and secretly coveted the imperial power. Once he succeeds in taking the throne, this situation will definitely be broken.

What the aristocratic families need is a weak royal family, not an ambitious man who has the ability to lead them in all aspects.

This is in line with the interests of the major families.

Therefore, everyone in the imperial court hoped that the power controlled by Huan Wen could be reduced through a war.

Under such a general situation, it was Xie Yi who went to Huan Wen to explain clearly and state his interests. We are also determined not to change the necessity of this war.

If you fight, you will definitely lose.

"An Shi, you are the most knowledgeable person in our family. For the current plan, what do you think we should do?"

"Brother, do you really want to hear it?"

"Don't make any detours and come quickly."

"Resign from office, take all the land deeds from home and exchange them for grain, gold, silver, and utensils."

"This is?"

"It is a strategy of self-preservation. I am a member of the Xie family, a heirloom of poetry, books, etiquette, and ethics. No matter who this world belongs to in the future, as long as you show the attitude of retiring into seclusion and do not want to get involved, no matter whether it is Cao Wei or Sima Jin, there will be no problem." People will seek bad luck for you for nothing. If my brother is obsessed with fame and wealth, he can become an official again when the world is about to fall apart."

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Wow! ~
On the bank of the Yangtze River, Zhang Wu failed his study tour again and was fished out by Ran Min, all wet.

The Yangtze River, the Yangtze River again.
Zhang Wu didn't know whether this rolling and roaring river was friendly to others, but it was really not very friendly to him.

No matter how you look at it, it seems that he has no chance of becoming a naval general.

The generals around him were suppressing laughter, but they seemed not to notice.

Wang Meng clasped his fists and stepped forward: "To inform Jinwu, this generation is the ferry in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. If Sima sends troops, they must pass through this ferry."

Zhang Wu turned over the river water in his helmet and pointed to the river surface. He saw only a few big ships and only a hundred small ones: "Don't tell me this is Cao Wei's naval power."

Wang Meng's face turned red with embarrassment and he hesitated: "Jin Wu really has a sharp eye."

Your sister has a sharp eye!
Without coming to the river, Zhang Wu still felt that Cao Wei wanted to destroy Sima Jin, and that was just a matter of words.

After all, the heroes of the Northern Territory were forged in tough battles.

To put it bluntly, anyone who has served in the military for more than three years will be considered a soldier in hundreds of battles.

The number of standing soldiers across the country is even more than 700,000.

In terms of strength on paper alone, he can absolutely crush Sima Jin.

But when I came to the riverside to see it, I almost had a cerebral hemorrhage.

With just a few broken ships, if they were to start a fight with the Southern Jin navy, it would be no different than delivering food. Of course, it is undeniable that Cao Wei's comprehensive national strength is far superior to Sima Jin. If he really devotes himself to developing the navy for a few years, it is not impossible to destroy it.

But I don’t know how many years that will take.

"Is the javelin I asked you to build ready?"

"It's complete."

Wang Meng waved his hand at the soldiers around him, and saw two soldiers carrying a bundle of javelins, grunting and moving with difficulty.

It took a lot of effort to lift the javelin to the front of the three-army formation.

There are nine javelins in total, with different shapes and appearances.

The light ones weigh forty or fifty, and the heavy ones weigh more than a hundred catties.

The only thing they have in common is that the interface between the gun head and the gun body has an iron carved flying eagle pattern, and the tail of the javelin is connected by a long iron chain.

Zhang Wu tested the weight and found that it was easy for him, so he took off his cloak that was soaked by the cold river water and hung the javelin on his back. Another mess of the iron chain at the javelin position is hooked on the belt around his waist.

The nine-rod javelin weighs more than 400 kilograms, and with the connecting iron ropes, it weighs more than a thousand kilograms.

But with such a weight, not only did Zhang Wu feel nothing strange when he carried it on his back, but even if he turned over, the horse could still walk as fast as flying.

Wang Meng called to the generals: "Okay, I will confirm the marching strategy again."

"In order to make a living, Xu Guan led 10,000 soldiers to guard the mouth of the Hengjiang River. The Southern Jin soldiers were few, so they attacked them hard. If the bandits were strong, they would fight and retreat, heading towards Hefei."

Xu Guan clasped his fists and said, "I have the order!"

"Yong Zeng, once most of the Southern Jin soldiers and horses have crossed the river, you will be responsible for seizing the ferry, sinking the warships, and cutting off their return."

"I'll take care of this little thing."

"Finally, I'll bother Jin Wu to personally guard Hefei."

Zhang Wu picked up the iron rope in his hand and swung the javelin: "You brought me here just to guard the city?"

"The general will not dare."

"Don't do this. Ran Xiaozi will defend the city and leave it to me to scuttle the warship and cut off the return route."

Wang Meng was sweating profusely: "Master Jin Wu is not good at water, if something unexpected happens..."

"Accident? I have been fighting in the world for so many years, but I have never known what an accident is."

Zhang Wu insisted again and again. Ran Min and Wang Meng had no reason to disobey, so they followed him.

It stands to reason that it is good to defend a city or to build a ship.

No matter how big or small the credit is, it is absolutely impossible to compete for it.

Strictly speaking, Zhang Wu's defense of the city was definitely more effective, but as soon as he stood at the top of the city, Wang Meng really couldn't figure out how the Jin army could invade Hefei.

But Ran Min's defense of the city was pretty much the same. In any case, he was the number one general at the time. If he defended the city, his effect would be similar to Zhang Wu's.

The most important point is that Zhang Wu doesn't know how to swim, and if he rashly goes to build a boat, there is no chance that something unexpected will happen.

But here lies the core of the key issue.

Not only were there water wars in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, but there were also water wars in the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty.

Zhang Wu finally came up with a water fighting method that didn't require water skills, so he naturally wanted to test the feasibility of the method.

(End of this chapter)