Soldiers come to the world

Time gradually arrived at the beginning of February. When Gan Ning led the grain transport fleet to Hefei, the food crisis of the army and the people was completely alleviated. At this time, Hefei and Shouchun areas had already begun the city-building and farming movements in full swing. More than 10,000 young and strong With the assistance of the Han army, men and women plowed fields and transported rocks, felled trees, rebuilt houses, and built water conservancy. The land of Chaohu Lake, which had been barren due to the war, was restored to vitality.

However, the Han army did not withdraw its troops back to Jingzhou. Liu Jing hoped to take this opportunity to completely seize the land north of the Yangtze River, so that the Han army warships could patrol the river outside Jianye.

On the five-thousand stone warship at Ruxukou, Liu Jing and seven or eight high-ranking officials of the Han army were discussing countermeasures in front of the sand table. Occupy the entire south of Guangling."

Liu Jing pointed at the sand table with a wooden pole and said: "According to the agreement reached with Cao Pi, all Cao troops must withdraw from the south of the Huaihe River, including the [-] Cao troops currently stationed in Jiangdong. The two thousand Cao troops must be withdrawn to the north. The [-] Cao troops can only withdraw from Guangling County to the north, and as long as the Cao troops stay in Guangling County, we can use Cao Jun’s violation of the agreement as an excuse to attack Cao Jun and occupy the north bank of the Yangtze River.”

When Liu Jing said this, seeing all the generals nodded, but Pang Tong remained silent, Liu Jing asked, "Does Master Pang have any ideas?"

Pang Tong sighed slightly: "I'm afraid that the agreement between us and Cao Pi will not be able to bind Yu Jin. Without Cao Cao's order, how could Yu Jin withdraw from Jiangbei? I'm afraid Cao Cao would not issue such an order."

Liu Jing sneered and said: "If this is the case, we will launch a campaign against Cao Jun and drive the banned Cao Jun out of Jiangdong. At that time, I am afraid that we will not need to do anything. Sun Quan will also force Cao Jun to leave."

Gan Ning beside him also smiled and said, "It's better for Yu Jin not to leave, so that we have a reason to declare war. When Cao's army retreats to the north bank, we will immediately launch an attack and directly occupy the north bank of the Yangtze River."

All the generals supported the dispatch of troops to Jiangdong, and even hoped that Jiangdong could be wiped out directly at this opportunity, but Liu Jing knew that the time to destroy Jiangdong was not yet ripe, and it needed to be done step by step.

He waved his hand, and the cabin suddenly fell silent, Liu Jing said to the generals: "Anyway, what needs to be done must be done, we can be polite before fighting."

At this time, the lord Bo Qinmi stepped forward and saluted, "I am willing to go to Jiangdong as an envoy!"

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The news that Cao Jun was defeated in Hefei and was forced to withdraw to the north of the Huaihe River had already spread to Jiangdong, and immediately caused a great shock in the Jiangdong government and opposition parties. For ordinary people in Jiangdong, this news is worthy of congratulations. The war is over, and everyone does not have to live in fear. For merchants, this is also good news. The Han army no longer has to block the river and allow merchant ships to go west to do business.

But for many people of insight in Jiangdong, this news is heavy. The Han army occupied Jianghuai, will the next target be Jiangdong?

However, for Sun Quan, this result was within his expectation. Ever since the battle of the Han army against Hefei was changed to a battle of national power, Sun Quan knew that the Cao army would definitely be defeated. On the most critical issue of food, the Han army has an advantage.

They had just defeated the Xiongnu and had huge war dividends. Not only did they have millions of cattle and sheep, but they also had pastures in Longxi and Hexi. protracted war.

When the news of Cao Jun's retreat to the north came, to Sun Quan, it was only the second boot that fell to the ground, which confirmed his guess, but Sun Quan remained calm about the news.

On the contrary, it was the [-] Cao troops in Piling County that troubled Sun Quan. The reason was simple. He could hardly afford the money and food expenses of this army. , They have been stationed for almost half a year, and they have consumed [-] shi of grain in Jiangdong.

However, due to the lack of farmers in Wu County, the main grain-producing area, this year's grain production has been greatly reduced. Only the five counties of Danyang, Piling, Xindu, Yuzhang, and Jiujiang have to support the [-] troops in Jiangdong itself. The food supply is very serious. Nervous, the market price of grain has never been lower than [-] yuan for a bucket of rice, which put Sun Quan under great pressure.

Sun Quan wanted to let Cao Jun withdraw to the north, but he was worried about the threat of the Han army in Taihu Lake and Kuaiji County, so he was hesitant to make up his mind. In November last year, he sent someone to test Cao Jun, general Jin, and Yu Jin's answer However, they must have Wei Gong's order to retreat, which made Sun Quan even more upset. Could it be that Cao Cao planned to keep this Cao army stationed in Piling County?

In the back hall of Jianye Palace, Sun Quan was pacing back and forth a little distractedly. Just now, Yu Jin sent someone to ask him for three months' grain, that is, [-] shi of grain, but his treasury only had [-] shi of grain. Given Yu Jin, what should his army do?

Cao Jun's demand is like a bottomless pit of insatiable greed, which disturbs Sun Quan's already restless heart all the time. What makes Sun Quan even more resentful is that Cao Cao also promised to give Jiangdong [-] shi of grain, but there is no news so far, and there are [-] barrels left. He hadn't had time to settle the matter with Cao Cao about the fake kerosene.

Another thing also made Sun Quan dissatisfied. Cao Cao promised to marry his daughter to him, but since their warship was burned by the Han army, Cao Cao never mentioned it again, as if he had never promised.

Although Sun Quan was upset about Cao Cao and Cao Jun's affairs, he also knew that Cao Jun must be given the food he needed, but could he be given [-] shi first instead of [-] shi to oppress him all at once.

At this moment, a guard hurried over and reported in the hall, "Report to Marquis Wu, Master Zhang has something urgent to see you!"

Sun Quan nodded and said: "Let him come to see me."

Not long after, Zhang Zhao quickly walked into the inner hall, and said with a smile, "Marquis Wu, Liu Jing sent Qin Mi here again."

Sun Quan couldn't help being startled, "Why this time?"

"I asked Qin Mi. To be precise, Qin Mi did not come to see Marquis Wu, but went to Piling County to meet Yu Jin."

"What does he want to see Yu Jin for?" Sun Quan asked puzzled.

"Qin Mi didn't say the details, but the veteran can roughly guess that Liu Jing wants Cao Jun to withdraw from Jiangdong."

Sun Quan snorted coldly and said, "He wants Cao's army to withdraw, so why doesn't he withdraw himself? What does he think of Jiangdong?"

Zhang Zhao said with a wry smile: "Don't worry about yourself, Marquis Wu. The Han army defeated Cao Jun. The two sides signed an agreement. Cao Jun must withdraw to the south of the Huaihe River, including the Cao army in Jiangdong, so Liu Jing sent envoys to come. It is also reasonable to urge Yu Jin to withdraw his troops."

Sun Quan didn't speak for a long while, and paced back and forth with his hands behind his back. He suddenly turned around and asked, "Is Liu Jing planning to attack Jiangdong by telling Cao Jun to retreat?"

Sun Quan's face became extremely serious, and he stared at Zhang Zhao sternly. Would the thing he was most worried about and feared most happen unexpectedly?

Zhang Zhao shook his head, "The Battle of Changfa exhausted Han's national power and exhausted the soldiers, and Jiangdong still has strength, and the hearts of the army and the people are all toward Wu, so the veteran thinks that he will not attack Jiangdong now, nor will he in a year or two. Do it, but he is very jealous of the Sun-Cao alliance, so he must obey the agreement and retreat north."

Sun Quan thought for a while, and it was indeed the case. He let go of his heart a little, and said to Zhang Zhao: "Actually, I also hope that Cao Jun can retreat to Jiangbei, at least let Cao Cao pay for their rations. I really can't afford it. I'm afraid that Yu Jin won't evacuate, so what should I do?"

Zhang Zhao smiled slightly, "I don't think Marquis Wu should worry too much about this problem. I believe that Liu Jing will have a solution."

Sun Quan seemed to know what method Liu Jing would use to force Cao Jun to leave, he couldn't help but sighed softly, "I just hope that there will be no tragedy of falsely destroying Guo."

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Although Qin Mi was going to meet General Cao Jun, Sun Quan still met him out of courtesy, and Liu Jing's attitude towards Jiangdong, and whether the Han army warships in Taihu Lake were withdrawn, all these need to be clarified, but Sun Quan's opinion of Qin Mi Mi didn't have too much hope, maybe he could express his attitude to Liu Jing through Qin Mi.

In the inner hall, Qin Mi took a sip of tea calmly and said with a smile to Sun Quan: "The reason why the Han army stationed in Taihu Lake was to fight against the Cao army in Piling County, not to target Jiangdong. Once Piling County can withdraw Going out of Jiangdong, His Highness the King of Han is also willing to reduce the garrison in Taihu Lake."

Zhang Zhao and Bu Zhi, who were sitting by the side, glanced at each other. The other party used words very carefully, and actually used cut instead of withdraw, which indicated that the Han army would still garrison in Taihu Lake.

Of course, even if Qin Mi said that the Han army would withdraw, they would not believe it. How could they spit out the fat they ate so easily? Qin Mi's statement of reducing the garrison still had some credibility.

"I don't know how much the Han army plans to reduce the garrison?" Sun Quan asked quietly.

"I don't know exactly how much, but what His Royal Highness the King of Han means is that we can discuss it in detail. As long as the Cao army withdraws, it is not impossible for the Han army to withdraw."

This statement lifted the spirits of all present. It is indeed the case. As long as the Cao army withdraws northward, the Han army has no reason to stay in Taihu Lake. The Han army will definitely offer conditions for withdrawing troops.

For Sun Quan, the most important thing is that the Han army is willing to withdraw from Taihu Lake and relieve the danger in the hinterland of Jiangdong. As for the withdrawal conditions, as long as they are not too excessive, he can also accept them.

Thinking of this, Sun Quan smiled happily and said, "Then let Bu Changshi and Qin Zhubo go to Cao Ying together!"

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