Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 261 255. Anxiety
"Silver screen...?"

Feng Xi carefully pushed open the door, holding the door curtain with both hands, trying not to let the cold wind from outside invade the room. Of course, it was already the beginning of summer, so there was no "cold wind" to speak of, Feng Xi was just worried and confused.

"...Husband, look how cute they are..."

Guan Yinping was lying on the bed at this time. The bed had been cleaned by Xiaochun and other maids. Guan Yinping was holding two babies who had been washed and wrapped in swaddling clothes, with a loving look on her face.

It is true that even the strongest woman will become soft after having a child.

Feng Xi came closer to the bed and saw two wrinkled babies. To be honest, babies at this age don't look very good, but they are his own flesh and blood after all, so Feng Xi still used his sturdy fingers to pull the children's hands, which were not even as big as his fingers.

Feng Xi felt that as soon as their hands touched, a feeling of blood connection surged into his heart, as if it had anchored a coordinate for himself in this world and given him roots.

"Cuckoo..."

It was not known whether it was Feng Yuan's or Feng Zhen's child who giggled, and seemed to enjoy playing with Feng Xi's fingers. Feng Xi's facial expression softened and he looked kind.

The family of four just quietly enjoyed the family happiness, as if time had stood still.

Of course, time standing still is just a feeling, and the days still pass one after another. Although Feng Xi spends most of his time with Guan Yinping and enjoys a peaceful life with his two children, the machine of Jingzhou has already started to run.

First, the propaganda machine began to build momentum. The "Dahan Daily" brought up the old incident again, pointing out that Sun Quan's betrayal, sneak attack on Jingzhou, and murder of Guan Yu had not yet been avenged. It also interviewed many victims and denounced the atrocities committed by the Wu army during the occupation of Jingzhou in the newspaper, in order to build momentum for the Jingzhou army's expedition.

The people at this time were still very simple-minded, and most of them were grateful for Guan Yu's benevolent rule. In addition, Feng Xi's previous propaganda was very effective, so this mobilization almost united the people of Jingzhou against a common enemy, and they were all united in the eastward expedition to attack Sun Quan.

Next is logistics. A large number of barns filled with grain were opened, ready to be made into dry food or distributed to the front line for use by the army. There were constant comings and goings of carts at the arsenal, taking away cartloads of mysterious objects. The warehouse also began to intensively count the number of consumables such as arrows and armor.

After a year of training, the Jingzhou army had been completely transformed and was ready early. They had swept away the decadence during the occupation of Jiangdong and became proud and dignified again. They had restored and even surpassed the mental state of Guan Yu.

Jingzhou is like a strong bow with a tight bowstring, waiting for an opportunity to let go. Once it lets go, the sharp arrow will mercilessly pierce the enemy it faces.

Naturally, Sichuan also received the message from Jingzhou early on and learned the time when Feng Xi was preparing to send troops. Zhuge Liang also sent an order to Li Yan in Shangyong, asking him to be on guard against Cao Wei while also avoiding Cao Wei using the same means as last time to restrain him.

Li Yan was not a mediocre person. He learned from his mistakes and had already made preparations for both situations. He had deployed troops in various places on the front line in advance. Even if Zhang He dared to attack again, he had enough troops to support Jingzhou and would not be nailed to Shangyong again. Zhuge Liang also asked Feng Xi for his opinion, that is, whether Sichuan should march north to Guanzhong when Feng Xi was on the eastern expedition to share the pressure for Feng Xi.

Feng Xi's reply was "If the enemy doesn't move, I won't move. If Cao Wei has any ideas about him, it won't be too late to send troops from Sichuan."

The reason is very simple. First of all, if Cao Wei wants to attack Jingzhou, it is impossible for them to send only a few soldiers and generals. At least the scale should be the same as Cao Ren's last southern expedition. To do so, it is necessary to draw troops from other places.

Secondly, Feng Xi also considered the Northern Expedition. In the original timeline, Zhuge Liang launched seven Northern Expeditions, but only the first one was a complete victory, but all the previous efforts were wasted because Ma Su lost Jieting. In the subsequent battles, either Chencang was defended or Sima Yi set up camp to defend it. Apart from Zhang He being shot dead at Mumen Road and Wei Yan defeating Guo Huai and conquering two states and two counties, there was almost no achievement.

But there was no great significance in conquering them. Originally, these counties were surrendered by the Han army, but the Wei army came back and rebelled again. It was not of much value except that it allowed Sima Yi to understand Zhuge Liang's tactics. Perhaps the greatest value was that during the first Northern Expedition, he brought back a Tianshui Qilin, Jiang Wei and Jiang Boyao, who later became the great general.

Therefore, in Feng Xi's opinion, it would be better for Zhuge Liang not to act rashly unless it is necessary. He is now attacking Sun Quan. Even if Zhuge Liang really takes Guanzhong, he will not be able to support him. It would be better for him to wait until he takes Jiangdong and then cooperate with Zhuge Liang from afar. It would be much more effective if the three states attack together.

Fortunately, Zhuge Liang roughly understood Feng Xi's idea, so he just asked Ma Chao and Wei Yan to pay attention to the movements of Cao Zhen and Zhang He in Guanzhong. If they dared to mobilize troops to attack Jingzhou again, they would definitely be given an unexpected surprise.

How could Sun Quan not know about the massive mobilization in Jingzhou? The overwhelming pile of edicts to attack Wu could bury Sun Quan. Although Sun Quan banned "Secret Insights" from entering Dongwu and even banned "Da Han Daily", it did not prevent senior officials in Jiangdong from reading these newspapers frequently to collect information about the Han army.

The news that Jingzhou was going to attack Jiangdong was placed on Sun Quan's desk within two days. At the same time, the news had already spread among the people, proving that Sun Quan's "ban" seemed to be useless and was actually completely useless.

The people were in a panic. They had heard about the terror of the Han army since the Battle of Dongting Lake. The previous Grand Commander Lu Xun had died at the hands of the Han army. Now that Jiangdong was so empty, how could they be a match for the Han army?
Some people even had distorted ideas and put the blame on Lu Meng, believing that if he had not launched a sneak attack on Jingzhou, Jiangdong would not be facing this situation today.

Of course, no one dared to blame Sun Quan, but they still dared to make things difficult for a dead man and his son.

"..."

Sun Quan looked haggard these days, and it was obvious that he hadn't slept well because of worry. The Jingzhou army was like a mountain pressing down on him.

Nearly 100,000 elite troops of the Eastern Wu were all burned out by Liu Bei's rage for revenge; the tens of thousands of troops that were finally managed were also slaughtered in Dongting Lake.

The Han army was like a ruthless meat grinder, it could eat as many people as the Eastern Wu had. Such tragic casualties shocked Sun Quan. Now the Han army was preparing for another battle, but what about his side? There was nothing left.

(End of this chapter)